Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship Will Dunkel - Blake Davis
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00:00 Dunkel said he was gonna parry those punches just like that to get inside.
00:02 He's parrying it, but he's not really stepping to get inside yet.
00:05 There it is.
00:06 He's again looking to explode to the inside.
00:09 The inside, Dunkel right back out on the push-off.
00:15 Davis staying...
00:16 For this bout in the middleweight division, Blake Davis versus Will Dunkel.
00:20 And Sean, everything's been even on most fighters.
00:23 Not right here, you look at this.
00:24 Blake Davis has a huge reach advantage, which he's gonna want to utilize.
00:28 That's the way he fights, he stays long.
00:30 He wants to make sure he makes people pay every time they come forward.
00:32 He pops them with that jab, hits them with that too.
00:34 He's gonna want to do the same thing against Will Dunkel.
00:37 Ladies and gentlemen, we are set for the next fight of the night.
00:43 Scheduled for five two-minute rounds in the middleweight division.
00:47 Presented to you by Nerd Focus, the original think drink.
00:51 Introducing to you first, fighting out of the red corner.
00:54 Tonight, he wears black and red.
00:56 He stands at even six feet tall.
00:58 His official weight, 175.6 pounds.
01:01 Tonight, he steps into the squared circle for the second time.
01:06 Fighting out of Nampa, Idaho.
01:09 Here is...
01:11 William "The Underdog" Dunkel!
01:17 And across the ring, his opponent, fighting out of the blue corner.
01:21 Tonight, he wears black and silver.
01:23 He stands six feet, five inches tall.
01:26 His official weight, 175.2 pounds.
01:30 He holds an undefeated bare knuckle record at one and oh.
01:34 Fighting out of Davie, Florida.
01:37 By way of Cooper City, Florida.
01:40 Here is the undefeated...
01:43 Bad...
01:44 Blake...
01:45 Davis!
01:49 And our referee in charge of the action, Sam Burgos.
01:53 Right.
01:54 Please, help me.
01:55 Call the line.
01:56 William Dunkel said, "I know I have to get to the inside.
02:00 I have to smartly use different angles to get to the inside."
02:03 Round number one.
02:06 Black and white trunks for the six foot five Blake Davis.
02:09 Black and red trunks for the six foot tall William Dunkel.
02:13 He's staying long off the jab.
02:15 This is the range exactly where Blake Davis wants to be.
02:19 Dunkel, you see, trying to lead hand parry.
02:21 Overhand slap toward to the inside from the southpaw stance.
02:24 That's the orthodox right handed stance of Blake Davis.
02:28 Dunkel said he was going to parry those punches just like that to get inside.
02:31 He parried it, but he's not really stepping to get inside yet.
02:34 There it is.
02:35 He's again looking to explode to the inside.
02:38 The inside, Dunkel right back out on the push off.
02:44 Davis staying very composed, staying tall, staying long.
02:50 Overhand left knock there.
02:53 Big swings from Davis coming to the inside.
02:56 Separation ordered and received from Sam Borgos.
02:59 You see the open hands of Dunkel.
03:04 Trying to slap, trying to parry that long lead jab of Davis.
03:08 On the duck under.
03:12 Fifty seconds remaining, round number one of this bout in the middleweight division.
03:15 You see the abrasion under the right eye of William Dunkel.
03:18 Dunkel's got to be careful with that duck under.
03:22 If Davis throws the uppercut, he's going to get in bad moves.
03:25 Davis off his back foot, off the jab.
03:30 See those open hand slaps, left hand, right hand.
03:32 Misses it, down goes William Dunkel on the counter.
03:35 That was Dunkel coming forward.
03:39 It was Palutena coming forward in addition to the opponent's punch.
03:47 Sam Borgos waves off this fight.
03:50 Victory number two in two fights in BKFC for Blake Davis.
03:57 The breath was all something he didn't like.
04:00 The way Dunkel got up, the way he didn't come forward.
04:03 He looked very confused.
04:05 You have to stop that fight.
04:06 If you don't feel like he's ready to continue,
04:08 he's just going to get hit harder the next time, Sean.
04:10 As a pro combat sports athlete,
04:13 between pro boxing and BKFC,
04:15 Blake Davis is 11-0 with seven finishes, Chris.
04:19 Pretty impressive.
04:21 Got that range, got that reach, understands how to use it.
04:24 Can't go back to what Blake Davis told us in our fighter meeting.
04:29 As you see this replay, I want William Dunkel to come towards me.
04:32 That's what happened.
04:36 Dunkel came forward with that punch
04:39 and went right into a right hand, so it's magnified.
04:42 It was a right hand power plus his own weight coming forward.
04:45 You see the way he fell there, Sean.
04:46 William Dunkel is a very experienced and accomplished pro combat sports athlete.
04:57 His conundrum, he knew he had to get to the inside,
05:00 but coming to the inside was exactly what Blake Davis wanted Dunkel to do.
05:05 When you come inside, like you talked about,
05:07 you got to parry, you got to push off that jab,
05:09 off that back foot and throw that jab.
05:11 You cannot just come in throwing a right hand.
05:13 Are you going to get countered just like that?
05:15 That's what happened right there.
05:16 He came in throwing a right hand, got countered.
05:18 That was a phenomenal right hand to the finish for Blake Davis.
05:21 Here's Jeff Houston.
05:22 Ladies and gentlemen, our referee in charge, Sam Burgos,
05:26 steps in and calls a stop to this fight.
05:28 At 1 minute 43 seconds into round number one,
05:31 for your winner by TKO and still undefeated,
05:36 Bad Blake Davis.
05:42 Another big win for Blake Davis,
05:45 and he's going to be a problem for people with that range and his ability to use it.
05:49 Understanding his reach, he's going to be a problem, Sean.
05:52 William Dunkel wanted to be aggressive,
05:58 wanted to attack to the inside, threw big shots,
06:01 but this fight finished with that huge, clean right hand of Blake Davis.
06:08 The victor by way of first round technical knockout, Blake Davis.