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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Luciano (ranked 1686 p4p, 1433 weight class) and Cavalho Atunes (ranked 190 p4p, 173 weight class). Luciano's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, SHORT PEOPLE. Atunes has chosen Makeba as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 3, fighting out of London, Ray Luciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cavalho Atunes!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jonathan Paton and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atunes misses with an uppercut.
Luciano does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Atunes cracks a nice hook into Luciano's ribs.
Nice straight punches there by Luciano. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Luciano.
Atunes staying out of range there.
Luciano scores with a decent looking hook.
Luciano paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Luciano takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Atunes tests Luciano's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A good leg kick by Atunes.
Atunes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luciano scores with a spinning back kick!
Luciano checks the leg kick.
Luciano is looking for a counter combo.
Atunes tries to move into range but Luciano moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Atunes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luciano is working for takedown but Atunes is calmly controlling the position for now.
Luciano wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Luciano tries to break the clinch but Atunes is controlling the position.
Atunes stalling.
Atunes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Luciano has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Atunes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Luciano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Luciano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Luciano misses with some punches.
Luciano is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Atunes stalls.
Atunes has Luciano pressed against the cage, preventing Luciano from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A frustrated look appears on Luciano's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Luciano manages to break the clinch.
Luciano throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Luciano throws a poor cross that misses
and Atunes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Atunes.
Atunes avoids the body shot from Luciano.
Luciano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Atunes.
Luciano lands a nice shot to the body.
Luciano has been working on his balance at , so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Atunes.
Atunes has managed to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luciano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Luciano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Atunes misses with a hook. Luciano ducked under it nicely.
Luciano swinging wildly here.
Atunes lands a jab.
Atunes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atunes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Luciano has time to react.
Luciano scores with a leg kick.
Atunes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Atunes.
Luciano tries to bum rush Atunes with a series of wild strikes but Atunes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Luciano misses with a series of wild punches.
Luciano throws a front kick that sends Atunes stumbling back into the cage.
Luciano just misses with a punch to the body.
A cross from Luciano lands.
Luciano looks to land a combination but Atunes avoids it well.
Ray Luciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Atunes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Luciano was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Atunes works the jab nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes feints and then cracks Luciano's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Luciano down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atunes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Luciano looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Atunes throws a body punch but Luciano moves out of range.
A jab from Luciano misses.
Atunes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Atunes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Luciano is breathing heavily.
Atunes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Luciano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Atunes throws a body punch but Luciano moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Atunes.
Luciano takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Luciano walks into a left hand.
Luciano is looking to land body kicks.
A nice side step and Atunes releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Atunes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Luciano misses with a head kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cavalho Atunes dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Atunes with a jab.
Luciano punishes Atunes's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Luciano misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Luciano. That's going to slow Atunes down.
A head kick misses from Luciano.
Atunes pushes Luciano up against the cage in a clinch.
Luciano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Atunes stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Atunes feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lucianos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Luciano misses with a wild body shot.
As Luciano backs off Atunes throws a huge counter combo but Luciano manages to avoid it all.
Atunes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luciano was well out of range. Poor timing from Atunes.
Luciano throws a wild body kick that Atunes sees coming a mile off.
Luciano takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Atunes connects with a nice looking jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ray Luciano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Atunes throws a wild body kick that Luciano sees coming a mile off.
Luciano looks to land a left hand but Atunes moved out of range nicely.
Luciano looks to throw the jab but Atunes is out of range.
Luciano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Atunes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Luciano.
Luciano cracks Atunes with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Atunes connects with a leg kick.
Atunes throws a low kick, looking for Luciano's leg but Luciano calmly moves out of range.
Atunes digs a good hook to Luciano's body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Luciano ducks under a wild hook from Atunes.
Luciano throws a quick counter kick to the body but Atunes avoids it.
Atunes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes is looking to slow Luciano down with leg kicks.
A left lands for Atunes.
Cavalho Atunes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Atunes blocks a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd cheers as Atunes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Luciano doesn't seem phased though.
A swing and a miss from Luciano.
Luciano closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A telegraphed right hand from Luciano misses the target.
Luciano misses with a wild combination.
Atunes lands with a nice body kick.
Luciano takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Luciano blocks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano pivots, looking for a leg kick but Atunes is out of range and Luciano settles back down.
Atunes fakes the leg kick and cracks Luciano in the body.
Luciano is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Luciano gets tackled into the cage by Atunes. Atunes maintains the clinch.
Atunes connects with a knee to the head.
Atunes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Atunes.
Luciano takes a shot to the head.
Atunes with a knee to the head.
Atunes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Atunes tries a knee to the head but Luciano blocks it.
Atunes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Atunes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luciano takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Ray Luciano has been cut.
Atunes tries a knee to the head but Luciano blocks it.
Atunes tries to land a knee to the head but Luciano blocks with his arms.
Atunes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Atunes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Luciano's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Atunes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Luciano blocks it with crossed arms.
Atunes wants to stall.
Atunes lands a hook that snaps the head of Luciano backwards.
Atunes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The referee calls for Atunes to work.
Luciano is trying to push Atunes away but Atunes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Atunes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Luciano backwards.
Atunes has Luciano pressed against the cage, preventing Luciano from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Atunes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Luciano backwards.
Atunes connects with a knee to the head.
A shot in the inside from Atunes.
Atunes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Luciano backwards.
Knees to the body from Atunes.
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.
The cut man is working on Ray Luciano's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A low kick lands for Atunes.
Atunes scores with a hook to the body. Luciano takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Atunes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Luciano looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A low kick from Luciano misses
and Atunes makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Luciano misses with a double jab.
Atunes connects with a leg kick.
Atunes does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Atunes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Luciano.
Atunes doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Luciano throws a leg kick but Atunes checks it.
It seemed like Atunes 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.
Luciano walks into a straight right hand from Atunes.
Atunes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Atunes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Atunes fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Atunes.
Atunes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Atunes lands with a left to the head.
Atunes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Atunes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Luciano being controlled against the cage.
Atunes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Atunes is struggling to control the position.
Atunes crunches a lovely knee into Luciano's ribcage.
Luciano looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Atunes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Atunes throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Atunes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice left hand lands by Atunes.
Still in the clinch, Atunes scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Atunes.
Atunes lands a nice shot to the body.
Atunes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Atunes with a knee to the head.
Atunes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Atunes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Atunes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luciano is trying to push Atunes away but Atunes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A knee to the head by Atunes.
Luciano takes a knee right on the jaw!
Atunes lands a hook that snaps the head of Luciano backwards.
Atunes avoiding damage.
The referee calls for Atunes to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atunes with a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Atunes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Atunes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Luciano letting Atunes take a breather here.
Atunes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Luciano.
Atunes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Luciano has had enough of the clinch but Atunes keeps him there for the moment.
Luciano misses with a short punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Luciano wants to break free but Atunes has control.
Atunes lands a nice uppercut.
Atunes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Atunes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Atunes landing knees to the head.
Luciano has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Luciano blocks it with crossed arms.
Atunes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
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 connects with a knee to the head.
Luciano is rocked!
Atunes lands with a light punch inside.
Oh Luciano is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Luciano wants to get back to striking at distance but Atunes won't allow it.
Atunes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Luciano backwards.
Atunes pushes Luciano back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Atunes scores with a hook to the body.
A shot in the inside from Atunes.
Atunes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Atunes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Luciano's face.
Ray Luciano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Atunes taking a breather.
Atunes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Atunes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Luciano backwards.
Atunes misses with a knee strike.
A nice left hand lands by Atunes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Atunes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Atunes crunches a lovely knee into Luciano's ribcage.
Atunes lands with a right to the head.
Atunes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Luciano is trying to break free.
Cavalho Atunes is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
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'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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cavalho Atunes!
Post fight, Cavalho Atunes took to the microphone: 'Quero agradecer aos fãs e ao meu treinador!!'.
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