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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dale Bunga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dale Bunga has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
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218 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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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
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alistair Overeem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dale Bunga!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overeem tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bunga swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bunga connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Overeem tries to clinch up but Bunga circles away and keeps his distance.
Bunga lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Bunga connects with a leg kick. Overeem looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
We've been told by Overeem's head coaches at MMA Sanok Training Center that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Bunga swats away the attempt to clinch by Overeem.
Bunga lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Bunga scores with a leg kick.
Overeem gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Overeem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Overeem breaks the clinch.
Overeem is looking to clinch.
Bunga has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Overeem is landing a low percentage of strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Overeem tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Overeem tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Overeem sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Overeem scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Overeem fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Overeem moves in looking to clinch but Bunga pushes him off.
As Overeem backs off Bunga throws a huge counter combo but Overeem manages to avoid it all.
Overeem takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Alistair Overeem has been cut.
Overeem avoids a kick to the body.
Overeem is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Overeem takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bunga keeps the fight on the outside.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bunga.
Overeem has taken the fight to the clinch.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the head but Bunga blocks with his arms.
Overeem stalling in the clinch.
Overeem blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bunga looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bunga managing to block the knees to the body from Overeem.
Bunga is trying to break the clinch but Overeem is controlling him.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem breaks from the clinch.
Overeem is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Overeem moves to clinch but Bunga breaks away
and Bunga counters with a low kick, right behind Overeem 's knee.
Overeem clinches up with Bunga and pushes him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Overeem tries a knee to the head but Bunga blocks it.
Overeem with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Overeem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bunga blocks it with crossed arms.
Overeem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bunga blocks it with crossed arms.
Overeem tries to land knees in the clinch but Bunga avoids the damage to the body.
Overeem missing with knees to the body.
Overeem managing to block the knees to the body from Bunga.
Overeem scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Dale Bunga has been cut.
Overeem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bunga blocks it with crossed arms.
Overeem avoiding damage as Bunga throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunga breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bunga moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Alistair Overeem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bunga throws a leg kick which misses Overeem's front leg but catches the back leg as Overeem tries to avoid it.
Overeem drives through and clinches with Bunga against the cage.
Bunga throws an elbow but it misses.
Overeem misses with a hook from the clinch.
Overeem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Overeem manages to break the clinch.
Overeem closes the distance but Bunga moves to the side
and Bunga counters with a nice body kick.
Overeem takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Overeem is breathing heavily.
Whack! Bunga lands a heavy head kick that drops Overeem. The ref tackles Bunga to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Overeem was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Dale Bunga!
Dale Bunga spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
The defeated Alistair Overeem had this to say: 'I would just like to thank all my fans , my coaches , my sponsers and i'm sure i'l bevback stronger and hungrier than ever '.
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