PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arturo Atunes (ranked 380 p4p, 56 weight class) and Aaron Newport (ranked 582 p4p, 80 weight class). Arturo Atunes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Atunes
vs
Newport

185 cm
34
191 lbs
34 - 20 - 1

190 cm
37
194 lbs
25 - 6 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Arturo Atunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aaron Newport!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atunes takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Atunes has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Crassus in the buildup to the fight.
Newport feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Atunes's calf.
Newport misses with an attempted mid kick.
Atunes throws a leg kick
and Newport counters with a nice uppercut.
Newport takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Atunes throws a nice looking combination but Newport bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Newport scores with a jab to the body.
Newport lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Atunes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Newport stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Atunes on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Newport takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Atunes connects with a nice looking jab.
Atunes moves in looking to clinch but Newport pushes him off.
Atunes throws a jab when Newport was well out of range.
Atunes works Newport's body with a nice hook.
Atunes shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Newport pinned against the cage. Newport gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes checks a leg kick.
Atunes walks into a left hand.
Nice cross by Newport.
Atunes throws a lazy right hand but Newport sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Newport swings widly with a right hand
letting Atunes counter with a right hand.
Newport throws a head kick but Atunes moves out of range.
Newport connects with a body shot.
Atunes moves out of range of the strikes.
Newport swings widly with a right hand
and Atunes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Atunes slips under a jab.
Newport connects with a jab.
Newport throws a head kick that misses
and Atunes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Newport is rocked!
Newport tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Newport is still on wobbly legs! Can Atunes finish him?
Newport lands a nice uppercut.
Newport seems to have recovered his senses.
A short right from Newport.
Atunes lands a hook that snaps the head of Newport backwards.
Newport trying to land knees to the body.
Atunes is struggling to control the position.
Atunes blocks an uppercut.
Atunes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Newport as the two fighters clinch.

Atunes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Atunes throws an overhand right that lands on Newport's shoulder, as Newport tries to avoid the shot.
A good leg kick by Newport.
Atunes moves out of range of the body kick from Newport.
It looked like Atunes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Newport fakes the leg kick and cracks Atunes in the body.
Atunes misses with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newport takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Atunes avoids a kick to the body.
Aaron Newport seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Atunes is looking to clinch but Newport is avoiding it.
Newport throws a sloppy head kick and Atunes moves out of range easily.
Atunes avoids the body shot from Newport.
Atunes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Newport moves away.
Atunes looks to throw the jab but Newport is out of range.
Atunes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A jab from Atunes finds it's way through Newport's defenses.
Atunes lands a lovely overhand right.
Newport throws a body punch but Atunes moves out of range.
Newport lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Atunes tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Newport scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newport throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A jab from Atunes misses.
Newport connects with a jab.
Newport connects with a body shot that sends Atunes's belly button to the back.
Atunes misses with a body shot.
Atunes ducks under a wild hook from Newport.
Atunes tests Newport's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Newport goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Newport throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Newport swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A bone on bone clash there as Atunes blocks the leg kick.
Atunes is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Newport uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Atunes.
A low kick from Newport misses
and Atunes counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Newport dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Newport lands a leg kick that knocks Atunes off balance momentarily.
Nice straight punches there by Newport. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Newport.
Atunes lands with a shot to the body.
Newport throws a low kick but Atunes moves out of range easily.
Atunes was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Newport misses with a body shot.
Atunes checks the leg kick nicely there.
Atunes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Newport misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Atunes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Atunes misses with a two punch combination.
Atunes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Newport throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Atunes throws out a powerful jab.
Atunes cracks the inside of Newport's front leg.
A jab from Newport finds it's way through Atunes's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Atunes drops Newport with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Newport looks back up at him and smiles so Atunes waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Newport swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And Atunes counters with a quick kick to the body but Newport blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Atunes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Atunes blocks an uppercut.
Newport throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Atunes blocks it with crossed arms.
Newport doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Newport misses with a knee strike.
Newport misses with a knee to the head.
Newport misses with a body punch.
Newport tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Newport goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Newport misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Atunes.
A nice left hand lands by Atunes.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Atunes blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Atunes.
Newport misses with a hook from the clinch.
Atunes misses with a body punch.
Newport lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Atunes takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newport crunches a lovely knee into Atunes's ribcage.
Atunes scores with a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Newport tries to work over Atunes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Newport obliges.
Newport swings wildly with an uppercut but Atunes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Newport lands a hook to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Newport scores with a hook to the body.
Newport tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Atunes's elbow.
Newport tries to work over Atunes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Newport tries to land knees in the clinch but Atunes avoids the damage to the body.
Atunes blocks a body shot from Newport.
Atunes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Atunes is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Atunes throws a punch but it's blocked by Newport.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Newport is looking to control Atunes's arms but Atunes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Newport has his back to the cage.
Newport is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Newport tries a body shot but Atunes blocks it.
Newport takes a shot to the head.
Atunes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Newport throws a punch but it's blocked by Atunes.
Atunes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Atunes scores with a shoulder strike.
Newport blocks an uppercut.
Newport struggles to land a body shot inside as Atunes controls his hands.
Newport lands a left hand that snaps the head of Atunes backwards.
Atunes misses with a body punch.
Atunes slowing the pace effectively.
Newport working aggressively here.
Atunes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Newport backwards.
Atunes has Newport pressed against the cage.
Newport stalling in the clinch but Atunes improves position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newport softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Newport tries to throw a body punch but Atunes avoids it by throwing Newport back against the cage.
Newport tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Atunes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Atunes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Atunes managing to block the knees to the body from Newport.
Newport digs a right hand underneath Atunes's ribcage. Atunes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Newport missing with knees to the body.
Newport tries to land a knee to the head but Atunes blocks with his arms.
Newport misses with a punch to the body.

Atunes breaks the clinch.

Atunes darts in and clinches Newport up against the cage.
Atunes takes a shot to the head.
Newport is pushing Atunes up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Newport lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Arturo Atunes will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Good exchange - Newport coming out on top.
Newport throws a head kick that misses.

Atunes shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Atunes showed some decent athleticism there.
Atunes wants to take a breather but Newport is having none of it.
Atunes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Atunes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Newport gets full guard.
Newport keeping full guard, as Atunes tries to pass.
Atunes throws an elbow that misses. Newport uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Atunes's guard. Nice move by Newport!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Newport trying to control the position from guard on top but Atunes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Atunes throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Newport escapes and throws Atunes's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Atunes is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Newport's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Atunes is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Atunes trying to hold on to Newport's head to control him but Newport postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Atunes is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Atunes with the active half guard here but Newport passes nicely into side control.
Newport slows the pace down.
Atunes is trying to control Newport's posture but Newport avoids it.
Newport wants to lay and pray for a moment but Atunes keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atunes tries to improve position but can't.
Atunes manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Atunes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Newport looks like he's trying to stand up.
Well, if Atunes is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Atunes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Atunes wants to take a breather but Newport is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Newport is controlling Atunes's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Newport makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Newport.
Atunes pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Newport is keeping the position for now.
Atunes not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Newport preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Aaron Newport.
I think Newport has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 29:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!