shortfuse122829 Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 http://www.mmatycoon.com/gallery/0/13770308972160.jpg Gary "The Bone Collector" Bunn (26-8) Key Victories in 2013 Defeated Mr. Azure for the Versus FW title Defeated Zack Allen for the Ascension LW champion making him dual champion Defeated Charles Martel to become the Syn LW champion Defeated Otso Jokinen in the 1st round of the EVO FOTY tournament Key Losses in 2013 Lost to Mr. Azure for the Versus FW title Lost the rubber match to Mr. Azure for the Versus FW title Suffered only KO loss and lost Ascension LW title to Ed Gein Gary Bunn is an aggressive kick-boxer with a fantastic chin who probably deserves a nick-name of "The Decision Machine" or "Nap Time" because he is certainly a decision fighter. Bunn looks to close the distance and get fights to the mat where he is a brazilian jiu-jitsu black-belt. He prefers to keep the dominant position and beat guys up with his ground strikes over going for submissions but did show some ability in that aspect in his last fight against Bobby Dettman. The only striker who has beaten Bunn this year is Ed Gein in what I considered a pretty shocking finish as Bunn had never even been hurt to that point in his career. His other two losses were to a BJJ black-belt who was able to out-grapple him in Mr. Azure. His keys to victory will be to avoid the clinch-game of Rafa and do what it takes to get the fight to the mat where he should have the advantage. http://www.mmatycoon.com/gallery/28/28w14.jpg "Atomic" Rafa Silva (29-1) Key Victories in 2013 Defeated SPFT champion Sergiy Sklyar in a champion vs. champion super-fight. Defeated Dr. Gonzo in a super-fight right after he upset Barry Scott Defeated Buzz Coltran in the rematch to regain the UPG Vegas 135lbs title Defeated Buzz Coltran in the rubber-match to retain his championship Key Losses in 2013 Defeated by Buzz Coltran losing his UPG Vegas 135lbs championship Rafa Silva is without a doubt one of the most dominant fighters in the lighter weight divisions with an overall record of 29 wins and only 1 loss. He has elite muay-thai skills and uses an aggressive attack brutalizing opponents with low kicks to the leg and body. He is also deadly with his head kicks and lands on 41% of his attempts. Rafa Silva is one of the most dangerous guys in the bantam-weight division with 20 career wins coming via TKO or knock-out but Bunn has a great chin so it will be interesting to see if Silva can finish him or if he even tries. The keys to victory for Rafa will be to keep Bunn moving backwards and land the bigger shots to wear him down and help him keep this fight standing where he should have an advantage. If the fight does hit the mat he'll need to control the position and work his way back to his feet. Two of the best lighter weight fighters square off in this epic super-fight put on by the folks at Ascension (thanks to Synchrocity for allowing this to happen). Who do you guys see winning it? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexiZaitev Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 as much as I wanna pick my buddy fuse in this one, Rafa has the record and the power aqdvantage over Bunn. not that Rafa will finish Bunn, but I think Rafa natural power advantage will allow him to edge out a decision here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortfuse122829 Posted December 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 I voted for myself cause I'm awesome. Also because I thought the same about Otso's natural KO power but I dominated that fight and he even had TD's and a ground game to help defend or use offensively which Rafa does not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coton81 Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Im going for rafa in a very close fight which will b a war Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Rafa Silva = Renan Barao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potter09 Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Gonna be 1 great fight I can't pick a winner if I'm honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyDirk Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Should be a close fight but I think Bunn will edge out the decision victory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesCozad Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Leaning towards Rafa, but should be a close fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtieBanks Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Going for Rafa he has fought a lot of wrestlers and his power should ensure he does enough damage standing to nullify bunn's tds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutz Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Great fight! My vote goes for Rafa. I think Bunn has very similar build then my Bad Idea who Rafa won before. I see this going the same way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thb Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 I'm gonna go with Gary Bunn by decision but it could go either way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludovik Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 And that fight is only one of many greats that this card will display. Everyone will have the opportunity to follow the special coverage of the biggest card of the year in a few days. Will be epic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rac2 Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 rafa is the best fighter in the game. if competition were as good in the lower weight classes he'd probably be the p4p king. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potter09 Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Competition is as good tho he just never left UPG to go find it. We ll see if Rafa is really what he looks like over his next few fights. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyDirk Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Competition is as good tho he just never left UPG to go find it. We ll see if Rafa is really what he looks like over his next few fights. I agree, plenty of strong competition in the lower weight classes, just gotta be prepared to go out there and find it and move between the likes of bantamweight and featherweight a little, which is what he is doing now so it'll be interesting to see how well he does. He's definitely looked strong so far but my money's still on Fuse grinding out a decision victory 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potter09 Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Fuse has a history of shock results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjs2442 Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 I went with Bunn via Decision because, well duh! He is my boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend2204 Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 Rafa Silva via another leg kick domination. Good luck to Gary Bunn, I hope he can pull off the upset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortfuse122829 Posted December 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 Damn, pretty even so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 I picked Rafa Silva. I think he can play it smart and keep it standing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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