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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tony Bunker (ranked 505 p4p, 57 weight class) and Steve Sanchez (ranked 1096 p4p, 113 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sanchez's choice of entrance music: Where is My Mind? by Pixies. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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144 lbs
14 - 6 - 2 |
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158 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Bunker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steve Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Sanchez misses.
It looked like Bunker wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Steve Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Bunker.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanchez lands a slapping body shot.
Bunker connects with an inside leg kick.
Sanchez's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Sanchez duly obliges.
Sanchez throws an overhand right that lands on Bunker's shoulder, as Bunker tries to avoid the shot.
Sanchez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bunker's calf.
Bunker misses with a head kick.
Bunker misses with a hook. Sanchez ducked under it nicely.
Bunker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sanchez misses with a wild body shot.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut
and Bunker counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sanchez moves out of range of the body kick.
Sanchez looks to score with a jab to the body but Bunker is just out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bunker ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
Sanchez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bunker misses with a hook.
Sanchez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Sanchez.
We've been hearing reports that Bunker has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Sanchez sizes up Bunker with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bunker slips under a jab from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bunker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sanchez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bunker throws a solid leg kick but Sanchez takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bunker.
And Sanchez tries to counter it with a takedown but Bunker pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Sanchez lands with a nice body kick.
Sanchez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sanchez checks a low kick from Bunker.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Sanchez misses with a left hand
and Bunker cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sanchez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bunker throws a low kick but Sanchez moves out of range easily.
Bunker moves in looking to clinch but Sanchez pushes him off.
A big right from Sanchez misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Bunker misses the target.
Bunker staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez looks to land a left hand but Bunker moved out of range nicely.
Bunker pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sanchez is out of range and Bunker settles back down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab by Bunker.
Sanchez throws a body punch but Bunker moves out of range.
Sanchez throws a body punch but Bunker moves out of range.
Sanchez moves into range and clinches up with Bunker.
Bunker blocks an elbow strike from Sanchez.
Bunker misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanchez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bunker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bunker takes an elbow to the temple.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bunker.
Bunker scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sanchez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sanchez is stalling here.
Bunker blocks an uppercut.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanchez's elbow.
Bunker lands a hook that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Sanchez looking to slow down the pace here.
Bunker stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bunker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sanchez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sanchez misses with an elbow strike.
Bunker blocks an elbow strike from Sanchez.
Sanchez pushes off an throws an elbow but Bunker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sanchez throws an elbow but it misses.
Bunker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanchez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bunker misses with some punches.
Bunker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Bunker dodges an elbow strike from Sanchez.
Bunker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bunker backwards.
Bunker tries to throw a body punch but Sanchez avoids it by throwing Bunker back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sanchez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bunker's brow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez being controlled against the cage.
Bunker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bunker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bunker.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bunker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sanchez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bunker's brow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bunker.
Sanchez lands an elbow inside.
Bunker lands a shoulder strike.
Bunker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bunker blocks an elbow strike from Sanchez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Steve Sanchez will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bunker throws a leg kick but Sanchez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Steve Sanchez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big right from Bunker misses.
Sanchez connects with a leg kick. Bunker looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bunker tries to work over Sanchez's front leg with a kick but Sanchez checks it.
Sanchez drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Bunker defends it well.
Sanchez scores with a jab. Bunker acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bunker connects with a single shot there.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut.
Sanchez looks to throw the jab but Bunker is out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Bunker blocks the leg kick.
Bunker's corner calls for a 1-2. Bunker obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sanchez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bunker stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bunker lands with an uppercut that bounces Sanchez off the cage and back into range.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bunker manages to avoid it.
Bunker moves out of range as Sanchez strikes.
Bunker connects with a right hand. Sanchez shakes it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bunker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sanchez feints the counter takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez swinging wildly here.
Bunker looks to land a body kick but Sanchez moved away.
Sanchez wants to land a leg kick but Bunker is out of range.
Bunker looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bunker throws a nice head kick!
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Bunker avoids them all with ease.
Bunker changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanchez avoids the body shot from Bunker.
Sanchez throws an off balance right hand
and Bunker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bunker lands with a good body shot.
Bunker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sanchez.
Sanchez drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Bunker defends it well.
Sanchez misses with a low kick as Bunker jumps back.
Bunker takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez misses with a straight left.
Bunker is looking to chop away at Sanchez's legs.
Sanchez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sanchez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bunker. Bunker circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Bunker throws a nice outside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Bunker.
Sanchez throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Bunker wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sanchez throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Bunker to counter with a crisp jab.
Sanchez swings widly with a right hand
and Bunker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sanchez moves out of range of the body kick from Bunker.
A slow jab from Bunker misses its intended target.
Bunker on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sanchez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bunker finds it's way round the side to connect with Sanchez's head.
Sanchez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bunker blocks a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Bunker on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut. Bunker saw that one coming.
Sanchez moves out of range of the strikes.
Sanchez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanchez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sanchez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sanchez misses with a straight right.
Bunker quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands a slapping body shot.
Bunker wants to clinch up but Sanchez keeps it at a distance.
Bunker slips a straight right by Sanchez.
Bunker feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Bunker just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez with the counter takedown but Bunker avoids it easily.
Sanchez digs a good body shot into Bunker's ribs.
Bunker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bunker throws out a loose jab but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bunker wants to clinch.
Sanchez with the counter takedown but Bunker avoids it easily.
Sanchez misses with a straight right.
Bunker scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sanchez 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.
Sanchez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bunker slips a jab from Sanchez.
A big right from Sanchez misses.
Bunker misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a lazy right hand but Bunker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Bunker misses the target.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut.
Bunker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bunker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sanchez scores with a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Bunker misses.
Sanchez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bunker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bunker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sanchez.
Bunker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sanchez looks to land a combination but Bunker avoids it well.
Bunker throws a nice head kick!
Sanchez throws a leg kick that misses.
Bunker swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sanchez walks into a left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Bunker bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Bunker dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Bunker looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bunker staying out of range there.
Bunker lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sanchez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bunker momentarily.
Bunker lands a nice looking body shot.
Sanchez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sanchez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bunker throws a head kick that misses.
Sanchez throws out a loose jab but Bunker uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Sanchez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sanchez throws a hook to the side of Bunker's head but Bunker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sanchez thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bunker moves out of range as Sanchez strikes.
Bunker tried to counter with a leg kick but Sanchez avoided it.
A big right from Sanchez misses.
Bunker throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sanchez's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez slips under a jab from Bunker.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Bunker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sanchez feints the counter takedown.
Sanchez scores with a jab.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bunker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanchez throws a punch but it's blocked by Bunker.
Sanchez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bunker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sanchez misses with a knee strike.
Bunker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bunker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanchez taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sanchez pushes off an throws an elbow but Bunker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bunker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bunker misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez taking a breather.
Nice elbow from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands an elbow inside that Bunker shrugs off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bunker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sanchez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bunker.
Bunker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sanchez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sanchez is trying to maintain a safe position but Bunker gets an underhook and turns Sanchez into the cage.
Tony Bunker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanchez blocks an uppercut.
Bunker scores with a shot to the side of Sanchez's head.
Sanchez trying to control the position but instead, Bunker has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sanchez into the cage.
Bunker misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bunker fails to land.
Bunker lands a shoulder strike.
Sanchez is rocked!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bunker.
Sanchez is still on wobbly legs! Can Bunker finish him?
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bunker prevents Sanchez from breaking the clinch.
Bunker presses Sanchez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sanchez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sanchez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bunker.
Bunker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Bunker blocks an uppercut.
Sanchez connects with a knee to the head.
Sanchez slowing the pace effectively.
Bunker dodges an elbow strike from Sanchez.
Bunker lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bunker blocks an elbow strike from Sanchez.
Bunker blocks a body shot from Sanchez.
Bunker working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bunker gets through Sanchez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bunker lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Sanchez to his knees! Bunker keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Bunker!
A relieved looking Tony Bunker thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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