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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Gage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Bunting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gage comes to the cage accompanied by Panama. John Bunting told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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251 lbs
25 - 9 - 0 |
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267 lbs
37 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Gage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
37 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Bunting!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bunting connects with a nice looking jab.
Gage throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bunting counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bunting.
Bunting blocking some punches.
Bunting misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Gage fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bunting.
Gage tries a body shot but Bunting blocks it.
Bunting tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bunting misses with a punch to the body.
Gage lands a right hand.
Bunting lands a shot to the body.
Bunting takes a shot to the head.
Bunting scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bunting throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bunting creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gage working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bunting throws a punch but it's blocked by Gage.
We've been informed that Bunting has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Gage working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bunting.
A short left from Bunting.
Bunting takes a shot to the head.
Gage throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gage misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunting escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gage thows a left - swing and a miss!
A thudding body kick lands there by Gage!
Bunting takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gage with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gage fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
It looks like John Bunting has been cut.
Bunting lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bunting.
John Bunting seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gage throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gage slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gage. That's going to slow Bunting down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gage moves in looking to clinch but Bunting pushes him off.
Gage lands with a nice body punch.
Bunting defending well as Gage loads up on a big left hand.
Gage throws a jab when Bunting was well out of range.
Bunting throws the left hand but Gage avoids the punch easily.
Bunting cracks the inside of Gage's front leg.
Bunting drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunting turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bunting on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gage looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Gage avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gage slips a jab from Bunting.
Gage was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Gage ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gage throwing a counter right hand but Bunting manages to avoid it.
A punch lands to the side of Gage 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bunting throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bunting swings for the body but Gage moves out of range.
Gage thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bunting clobbers Gage with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bunting gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bunting misses with a kick to the body
and Gage connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That has opened up John Bunting's cut even more.
Gage lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bunting misses with a right hand
and Gage counters with a huge left! Bunting is in big trouble! He's backing up but Gage isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Bunting from any more damage. A dominating finish by Gage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Gage!
After the fight, Joe Gage was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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