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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Morten Larsen (ranked 1768 p4p, 2406 weight class) and Cavalho Atunes (ranked 266 p4p, 336 weight class). Cavalho Atunes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Morten Larsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cavalho Atunes!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atunes throws a chopping leg kick but Larsen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Larsen misses with a body punch
and Atunes counters with an outside leg kick.
Atunes misses the shot to the body.
Atunes tried to score with a low kick but Larsen checks it.
Larsen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Atunes steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Larsen moves out of range of the body kick.
Larsen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Atunes.
Atunes throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A jab lands there for Larsen.
It looks like Cavalho Atunes has been cut.
Atunes has managed to clinch.
Larsen has had enough of the clinch but Atunes keeps him there for the moment.
Larsen tries to break free but Atunes pushes him back against the cage.
Larsen wants to get back to striking at distance but Atunes won't allow it.
Atunes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Larsen tries to break the clinch but Atunes is controlling the position.
Atunes lands a nice shot to the body.
Atunes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Atunes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Atunes lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Morten Larsen has been cut.
Atunes is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Atunes scores with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Larsen is looking to break free of the clinch but Atunes has double underhooks.
Atunes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Larsen working hard to break the clinch.
Larsen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Larsen tries to break free but Atunes pushes him back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Atunes.
Larsen is trying to break the clinch but Atunes has him pressed against the cage.
Atunes landing knees to the body.
Larsen is looking to break free of the clinch but Atunes has double underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Atunes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Larsen is trying to break the clinch but Atunes is controlling him.
Atunes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Larsen working hard to break the clinch.
Larsen is looking to break free of the clinch but Atunes has double underhooks.
Larsen wants to break free but Atunes has control.
Atunes avoiding damage.
Atunes lands a left hand.
Atunes lands a left hand.
Larsen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Atunes forces Larsen back against the cage and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Atunes has Larsen pressed against the cage, preventing Larsen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Larsen has had enough of the clinch but Atunes keeps him there for the moment.
Larsen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Atunes has him pressed against the cage.
Atunes lands a hook that snaps the head of Larsen backwards.
Larsen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Atunes has him pressed against the cage.
Atunes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Larsen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
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!
Larsen just misses with a punch to the body.
Atunes avoids the body shot from Larsen.
Larsen gets tackled into the cage by Atunes. Atunes maintains the clinch.
Atunes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Larsen's efforts to push away.
Atunes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Atunes.
Atunes lands a shoulder strike.
Atunes has Larsen pushed against the cage.
Atunes scores a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larsen tries to break free but Atunes pushes him back against the cage.
Larsen wants to break free but Atunes has control.
Atunes stalling in the clinch.
Atunes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Larsen is trying to push Atunes away but Atunes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Atunes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Atunes.
Larsen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Larsen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Atunes. Atunes obviously looking to wear him down.
Atunes scores with a leg kick.
Atunes explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Atunes fakes the leg kick and cracks Larsen in the body.
Larsen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Atunes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Atunes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Larsen takes a swing at Atunes's ribcage but misses.
Larsen looks to score with a jab to the body but Atunes is just out of range.
Larsen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Atunes was well out of range. Poor timing from Larsen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Larsen gets tackled into the cage by Atunes. Atunes maintains the clinch.
Atunes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Atunes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes pushes Larsen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Atunes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Larsen backwards.
Atunes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Atunes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Larsen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Larsen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Larsen looks to clinch
and Atunes counters with a low kick, right behind Larsen 's knee.
Larsen misses with a body punch
and Atunes counters with a leg kick.
Atunes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Atunes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Larsen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Atunes.
Larsen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Atunes.
Larsen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Larsen throws a right hand that Atunes ducks under and follows up with a left that Atunes also avoids with ease.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Larsen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Atunes was well out of range. Poor timing from Larsen.
Nice body kick from Atunes.
Larsen is looking to wear down Atunes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Atunes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Atunes jabs Larsen right on the nose. Larsen blinks but takes it well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cavalho Atunes dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Larsen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Atunes.
Atunes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Atunes lands a leg kick that knocks Larsen off balance momentarily.
Larsen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Atunes counters with a nice leg kick.
Atunes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Larsen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A slapping body kick lands there for Atunes.
Atunes throws a head kick that misses.
Atunes moves into range and clinches up with Larsen.
Larsen working hard to break the clinch.
Atunes stalling the fight.
Larsen is trying to break the clinch but Atunes has him pressed against the cage.
Larsen tries to break the clinch but Atunes is controlling the position.
Atunes pushes Larsen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Atunes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Larsen is trying to push Atunes away but Atunes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Atunes lands with a short shot to the head.
Larsen wants to get back to striking at distance but Atunes won't allow it.
Larsen has had enough of the clinch but Atunes keeps him there for the moment.
Atunes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Atunes lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab from Atunes finds it's way through Larsen's defenses.
Larsen takes a swing at Atunes's ribcage but misses.
Larsen misses the shot to the body.
Cavalho Atunes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Larsen throws a jab but it's blocked by Atunes.
Larsen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Atunes.
Larsen misses the shot to the body.
Atunes connects with an inside leg kick.
Atunes connects with a crisp jab.
Atunes lands with a cross.
Some bone on bone action there as Larsen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Atunes scores with a kick to the body.
Atunes thuds his shin into the meat of Larsen's side.
Atunes looks to land a body kick but Larsen moved away.
Atunes ducks under a wild hook from Larsen.
Larsen blocks the body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Atunes lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Larsen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Larsen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick lands for Atunes.
Atunes misses with an attempted mid kick.
Larsen appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Larsen swings for the body but Atunes moves out of range.
Atunes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Larsen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Larsen feinted with a counter takedown.
Atunes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Atunes lands a jab to the head.
Atunes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Larsen. That did some damage!
Atunes clinches.
Atunes lands a hook that snaps the head of Larsen backwards.
Atunes leaning against his opponent.
Larsen is trying to force a seperation but Atunes has the dominant position.
Atunes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Larsen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Atunes lands a left hand.
Atunes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Atunes taking a breather.
Larsen is looking to break free of the clinch but Atunes has double underhooks.
Larsen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Larsen fails to land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Larsen misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larsen takes a swing at Atunes's ribcage but misses.
Atunes moves into range and clinches up with Larsen.
Atunes leaning his opponent against the cage.
Atunes lands a shoulder strike.
Atunes works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Larsen is trying to force a seperation but Atunes has the dominant position.
A hook to the body from Atunes.
Larsen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Atunes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Atunes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Atunes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Larsen up against the cage.
Atunes lands a body shot.
Larsen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Larsen is trying to push Atunes away but Atunes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Atunes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Larsen's efforts to push away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larsen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Atunes is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Atunes slowing the pace effectively.
Larsen is trying to break the clinch but Atunes is controlling him.
Larsen tries to break the clinch but Atunes is controlling the position.
Larsen tries to circle away but Atunes has him pinned against the cage.
Larsen can't break the clinch.
Larsen tries to circle away but Atunes has him pinned against the cage.
Atunes tries a body shot but Larsen blocks it.
Larsen is trying to push Atunes away but Atunes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Atunes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Larsen's face.
Atunes with a knee to the head.
Atunes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Larsen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Atunes connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Atunes.
Atunes lands a knee to the head.
Larsen is rocked!
Larsen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Oh Larsen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cavalho Atunes seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Atunes misses with a knee to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cavalho Atunes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Atunes moves into the clinch successfully.
Larsen seems to have got his legs back now.
Atunes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Larsen working hard to break the clinch.
Atunes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Larsen will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Larsen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Atunes landing knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Atunes.
Atunes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Larsen wants to get back to striking at distance but Atunes won't allow it.
Atunes has Larsen pressed against the cage, preventing Larsen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Atunes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Atunes has Larsen pressed against the cage, preventing Larsen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Larsen tries to break the clinch but Atunes is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Atunes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Atunes keeps control of Larsen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Larsen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Atunes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Larsen.
Atunes moves into the clinch successfully.
Larsen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Larsen is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Atunes.
Atunes lands a body shot in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Atunes takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Atunes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Atunes crunches a lovely knee into Larsen's ribcage.
Atunes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Larsens head.
Atunes connects with a knee to the head.
Larsen takes a shot to the head.
A knee to the head by Atunes.
Atunes scores with a knee to the head.
Larsen letting Atunes take a breather here.
Atunes connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Larsen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Atunes has him pressed against the cage.
Atunes dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Atunes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Atunes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Atunes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Atunes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Atunes lands a hook that snaps the head of Larsen backwards.
Atunes stalling the fight.
Atunes keeps control of Larsen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Atunes lands a good knee to the midsection. Larsen won't want to take too many of those.
Atunes slowing the pace effectively.
Larsen is trying to break the clinch but Atunes has him pressed against the cage.
Atunes is pushing Larsen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Atunes obliges.
Atunes controlling the action here for a moment.
Larsen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Atunes working Larsen over with knees to the body.
Larsen wants to get back to striking at distance but Atunes won't allow it.
Larsen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atunes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Larsen's face.
Morten Larsen's cut is getting worse.
A short right from Atunes.
Atunes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Larsen's face.
Larsen is trying to push Atunes away but Atunes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Larsen wants to break free but Atunes has control.
Larsen takes a shot to the head.
Come on Atunes - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Larsen wants to get back to striking at distance but Atunes won't allow it.
Atunes stalling the fight.
Larsen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Atunes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Atunes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Larsen up against the cage.
Atunes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Atunes.
Larsen working hard to break the clinch.
Atunes has Larsen pressed against the cage, preventing Larsen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Larsen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Atunes lands a knee to the head.
Atunes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Larsen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Atunes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atunes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Larsen.
Morten Larsen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Larsen digs a good body shot into Atunes's ribs.
Atunes throws an overhand right that lands on Larsen's shoulder, as Larsen tries to avoid the shot.
Larsen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Atunes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Larsen.
Larsen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Atunes was well out of range. Poor timing from Larsen.
Larsen walks forward, straight into a front kick from Atunes.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Atunes - that will leave a mark!
Atunes lands with a kick to the ribs.
Atunes pushes Larsen away with a front kick.
Larsen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Atunes counters with a body kick that stops Larsen in his tracks momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cavalho Atunes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Atunes has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cavalho Atunes!
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