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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phill Bunce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Crushman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daniel Crushman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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219 lbs
16 - 12 - 0 |
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205 lbs
7 - 3 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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
16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Phill Bunce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Crushman!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A bone on bone clash there as Bunce blocks the leg kick.
Bunce rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bunce takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Crushman lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bunce looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Crushman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Crushman has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Crushman is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
It looks like Daniel Crushman has been cut.
Bunce throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Crushman thumps Bunce with a low kick.
Crushman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bunce.
Crushman misses with a lunging right hand
and Bunce counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bunce's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Crushman connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bunce scrambles back to his feet.
Bunce throws a jab but it's blocked by Crushman.
Crushman finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crushman throws a leg kick but Bunce checks it.
Crushman cracks Bunce with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Crushman feints and then cracks Bunce's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bunce down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Bunce.
Crushman pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Crushman misses the body punch
and Bunce counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A nice inside leg kick there by Crushman. That's going to slow Bunce down.
Crushman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bunce ducks under a wild hook from Crushman.
Crushman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bunce.
Bunce throws out a powerful jab.
Bunce on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bunce takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Crushman throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bunce misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunce tries to keep at a distance but Crushman has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Crushman.
Bunce wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch on the inside from Crushman fails to land.
Bunce breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bunce misses with a hook
and Crushman makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bunce lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crushman circles away quickly and effectively.
Bunce throws a looping overhand right but Crushman ducks down to avoid it.
Crushman looks to land a left hand but Bunce moved out of range nicely.
Bunce moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bunce throws a hook to the side of Crushman's head but Crushman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Crushman misses with a wild combination.
Crushman scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crushman moves out of range of the strikes.
Daniel Crushman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crushman pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bunce is out of range and Crushman settles back down.
Crushman motions for Bunce to come forward. Crushman throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bunce 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.
Nice straight punches there by Bunce. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bunce.
Crushman jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Crushman swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bunce counters with a stiff right hand.
Crushman moves out of range as Bunce strikes.
Crushman scores with a nice head shot.
Bunce connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bunce is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bunce checks the leg kick.
Crushman stuns Bunce with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice cross by Bunce.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crushman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Crushman takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bunce misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bunce takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bunce's corner calls for a 1-2. Bunce obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Crushman throws a leg kick but Bunce checks it.
Bunce moves out of range of the body kick.
Crushman lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Crushman scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crushman misses with a low kick.
Crushman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bunce.
Crushman gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Crushman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Crushman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Crushman's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Crushman's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bunce under the eye.
Crushman thumps Bunce with a low kick.
Bunce keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bunce throws a big shot that misses.
Jab from Crushman.
Bunce takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bunce misses with a wild combination.
Crushman misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crushman moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Phill Bunce is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bunce misses with a two punch combination.
Crushman lands a high kick to the side of Bunce's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Crushman dives into guard, looking to finish.
Bunce is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crushman trying to control the position from guard on top but Bunce is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oh Bunce is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bunce is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Crushman dives into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunce is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Bunce seems to have got his legs back now.
Crushman trying to control the action but Bunce is working from the bottom.
Bunce throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Crushman scoring well with a low kick there.
Crushman throws out a loose jab but Bunce uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crushman connects with a single shot there.
Bunce throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Crushman throws a low kick but Bunce moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunce misses with a jab, cross combination.
Crushman cracks the inside of Bunce's front leg.
Crushman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bunce lands a head shot.
Crushman jabs at Bunce's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crushman digs a good body shot into Bunce's ribs.
Bunce blocks a low kick nicely.
Bunce pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Crushman throws the kick towards the body but Bunce avoids it.
Bunce is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Crushman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Bunce misses the target.
Crushman scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bunce in his tracks.
Crushman misses with a body kick.
Crushman connects with an inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crushman tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Crushman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bunce misses the jab.
Bunce throws out a loose jab but Crushman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crushman throws out a powerful jab.
Bunce misses with a hook
enabling Crushman to counter with a crisp jab.
Bunce throws a combination that misses
and Crushman counters with a crisp right that sends Bunce to the canvas! Crushman follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Crushman!
In his post fight interview, Daniel Crushman started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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hype
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