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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phill Bunce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Qasem Suleimani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suleimani comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Busta Rhymes - Arab Money kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Qasem Suleimani has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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192 cm
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219 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
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186 cm
23
219 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Phill Bunce! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Qasem Suleimani! The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Suleimani ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Suleimani wants to counter the offense by Bunce and move into the clinch position. Suleimani dodges the punch combination from Bunce.
Bunce clobbers Suleimani with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Bunce throws out a loose jab but Suleimani uses good head movement to avoid it. A jab from Suleimani finds it's way through Bunce's defenses. Suleimani looks to land a left hand but Bunce moved out of range nicely. Bunce thuds his right hand into Suleimani's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Bunce throws a big shot that misses. Suleimani slips a jab and a cross from Bunce.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Suleimani tests Bunce's chin there with a solid looking shot. Suleimani lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Suleimani just misses with a punch to the body.
Bunce moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round. Suleimani misses with a straight left. Bunce throws a predictable looking body shot
and Suleimani counters with a nice uppercut. Suleimani misses with an uppercut. Bunce saw that one coming. It looked like Bunce wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Suleimani lands a jab. Suleimani missing with a left hand there. Bunce was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Bunce swinging wildly here.
Bunce lands a nice shot to the body.
Suleimani slips under a jab. Bunce throws a series of strikes that have Suleimani backpedaling.
A shot to the liver by Bunce. Beautiful body shot. Bunce misses with a shot to the body and Suleimani counters with a lovely straight right hand! This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Bunce scores with a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bunce throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Suleimani bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Bunce throws a poor cross that misses
and Suleimani counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Sloppy strikes from Bunce. Those never looked like landing. Suleimani slips under a jab. Suleimani lands an overhand right. Bunce throws an off balance right hand
enabling Suleimani to counter with a crisp jab. Some wild striking there from Bunce.
Good exchange - Bunce coming out on top. Bunce swinging wildly here.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Suleimani! But no joy. Suleimani takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bunce looks to land a right hand but Suleimani moved out of range. Nice cross by Suleimani. Bunce rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Suleimani moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Phill Bunce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Bunce rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Suleimani counters with a crisp right that sends Bunce to the canvas! Suleimani follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Qasem Suleimani! A victorious Qasem Suleimani thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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