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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo Atunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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187 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leonardo Atunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atunes slips a jab from Hardy.
Hardy avoids the body shot from Atunes.
Hardy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Hardy lands a body shot.
Atunes tries to score with a low kick but Hardy moves his leg out of the way.
Hardy misses with a hook. Atunes ducked under it nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Hardy blocks the leg kick.
Hardy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Atunes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Atunes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy throws a hook to the side of Atunes's head but Atunes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Atunes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Atunes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hardy has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Hardy misses the jab.
Hardy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes misses with a low kick as Hardy jumps back.
Hardy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Atunes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Brian Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardy with a nice cross.
Hardy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Atunes throws a shot to the body.
Hardy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Atunes is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hardy lands a jab.
Atunes is looking to slow Hardy down with leg kicks.
Atunes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hardy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hardy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big left from Hardy misses.
Atunes throws a body punch but Hardy moves out of range.
Hardy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Atunes misses with a jab to the body
and Hardy counters with a stiff right hand.
Atunes is looking to land body kicks.
Hardy misses with an uppercut. Atunes saw that one coming.
Atunes scores with a leg kick.
Atunes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Atunes punishes Hardy's body with a nice straight punch.
Hardy throws a right and a left that Atunes avoids nicely.
Hardy moves out of range of the body kick.
Atunes throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Atunes slips a jab from Hardy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Atunes. Hardy does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atunes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hardy.
Hardy throws a hook but Atunes avoids it easily.
Atunes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hardy is out of range.
Hardy is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Hardy misses with an uppercut. Atunes saw that one coming.
Nice cross by Hardy.
Hardy misses with a jab to the body
and Atunes counters with an inside leg kick.
Hardy misses with an uppercut. Atunes saw that one coming.
Hardy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Atunes looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hardy throws out a counter right but Atunes avoids it with no problem.
Hardy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hardy misses with a wild body shot.
Atunes tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Hardy manages to circle out of the way.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Atunes. Hardy shrugs it off though.
Hardy throws a jab but it's blocked by Atunes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And Atunes counters with a quick kick to the body but Hardy blocks it.
Hardy throws out a loose jab but Atunes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Atunes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hardy is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Atunes had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Atunes takes a swing at Hardy's ribcage but misses.
Hardy misses with an uppercut
and Atunes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Atunes tests Hardy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Atunes throws a body kick that misses.
Hardy blocks the body kick.
Hardy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Atunes is looking to wear down Hardy with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A combination from Hardy does no damage.
Atunes misses with a body kick.
Atunes takes one to the chin there.
Hardy misses with an uppercut. Atunes saw that one coming.
Atunes scoring well with a low kick there.
Hardy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Atunes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Brian Hardy will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Atunes wants to land a leg kick but Hardy is out of range.
Atunes lands with a nice body punch.
Hardy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Atunes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Crunch! Atunes slams his shin into Hardy's torso.
Atunes avoids the body shot from Hardy.
Hardy throws a lazy right hand but Atunes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice defenses there by Atunes.
Atunes throws a wild body kick that Hardy sees coming a mile off.
It seemed like Hardy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Atunes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hardy misses with a left hand
and Atunes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Atunes jabs Hardy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Atunes throws a lazy head kick
enabling Hardy to counter with a crisp jab.
Atunes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hardy backs up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hardy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Good leg kick by Atunes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hardy throws a jab but it's blocked by Atunes.
Atunes will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hardy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Atunes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hardy.
Atunes throws a body kick that misses
and Hardy counters with a stiff right hand.
Atunes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Atunes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hardy.
Atunes slips a jab from Hardy.
Atunes seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Atunes misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hardy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Atunes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Leonardo Atunes is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy throws the left hand but Atunes avoids the punch easily.
Atunes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hardy.
Atunes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hardy manages to avoid it.
Atunes pushes Hardy away with a front kick.
Hardy lands with an overhand left.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hardy looks to score with a jab to the body but Atunes is just out of range.
Hardy throws a hook but Atunes blocks it.
Atunes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Atunes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hardy at a distance.
Atunes throws a leg kick which misses Hardy's front leg but catches the back leg as Hardy tries to avoid it.
Atunes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hardy on the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hardy. Atunes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Atunes misses with the body kick
and Atunes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atunes throws a low kick but Hardy avoids it.
Atunes throws a leg kick which misses Hardy's front leg but catches the back leg as Hardy tries to avoid it.
Hardy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hardy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Atunes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Atunes scores with a body shot.
Hardy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Atunes misses its target.
Hardy misses with a looping right.
Hardy moves out of range of the body kick from Atunes.
Atunes bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A punch combination from Hardy misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Atunes. That snapped Hardy's head back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.
Atunes scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hardy moves out of range of the body kick from Atunes.
That kick from Atunes tenderised Hardy's leg. Hardy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hardy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Atunes takes a swing at Hardy's ribcage but misses.
Hardy lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Hardy misses the shot to the body.
Hardy loads up on a big right hand but Atunes slips the punch.
Hardy throws a jab when Atunes was well out of range.
Atunes stuns Hardy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Atunes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Atunes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hardy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hardy avoids a kick to the body.
Atunes takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leonardo Atunes dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Hardy just misses with a punch to the body.
Atunes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Atunes.
Atunes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Atunes explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Atunes wants to slow Hardy down by chopping away at his legs.
Hardy takes a swing at Atunes's ribcage but misses.
Hardy sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Atunes thuds his shin into the meat of Hardy's side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Atunes scores with a jab to the jaw.
Atunes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Atunes thuds a left hand into Hardy's body.
Hardy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Some bone on bone action there as Hardy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Atunes cracks the inside of Hardy's front leg.
Atunes lands a leg kick that knocks Hardy off balance momentarily.
Hardy throws a lazy right hand but Atunes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hardy throws a body punch but Atunes moves out of range.
Atunes missing with a left hand there. Hardy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Atunes lands a jab to the nose.
A slapping leg kick lands for Atunes.
Hardy looks to land a right hand but Atunes moved out of range.
Hardy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Atunes tries to work over Hardy's front leg with a kick but Hardy checks it.
Hardy lands a body shot.
Hardy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hardy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Atunes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardy misses with a straight right.
Atunes tried to counter with a leg kick but Hardy avoided it.
Hardy throws a jab when Atunes was well out of range.
Atunes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nice defenses there by Atunes.
A head kick from Atunes lands but Hardy takes it in his stride.
Atunes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hardy is out of range.
Atunes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Hardy might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Atunes has got the better of the exchanges.
Atunes looks to land a body kick but Hardy moved away.
Hardy moves out of range of the body kick from Atunes.
Hardy lands a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Atunes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hardy can do to turn this around?
A combination from Hardy does no damage.
Hardy works the jab nicely.
Atunes misses with a leg kick
and Hardy counters with a three punch combo that has Atunes backing up. Atunes nods at Hardy to acknowledge the strikes.
Atunes throws a body kick that misses.
Hardy throws an overhand right that lands on Atunes's shoulder, as Atunes tries to avoid the shot.
Atunes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Atunes is looking to slow Hardy down with leg kicks.
The fighters circling - Hardy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Atunes moves away from the strike by Hardy.
Atunes misses with an attempted mid kick.
Atunes moves out of range as Hardy strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy misses with a few strikes there.
Hardy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Atunes moves away.
Hardy avoids a kick to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hardy! But no joy.
Hardy blocks a low kick nicely.
Atunes lands a glancing blow to the side of Hardy's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Atunes throws a leg kick
and Hardy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Atunes lands with a nice body kick.
Hardy misses with a looping right.
Hardy has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Atunes.
Hardy lands a lovely overhand right.
Atunes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hardy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Atunes throws a nice inside leg kick.
You can see that Hardy has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Hardy misses with a lunging right hand
and Atunes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Leonardo Atunes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Atunes has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonardo Atunes!
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energy
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hype
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