LAS VEGAS – Joshua Van beat Felipe Bunes with a second-round TKO Saturday to open up the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 234 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Take a look inside the fight with Van, who won for the eighth straight time and got his first finish in the UFC.
Felipe Bunes vs. Joshua Van
Result: Joshua Van def. Felipe Bunes via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 4:31
Updated records: Van (10-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC), Bunes (13-7 MMA, 0-1 UFC) (TKO2)
Key stats: Van outstruck Bunes 154-57.
Van on the fight's key moment
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“We knew he was going to come with a knee a lot, so if I go to the body, I’ll get the knee in the face. Every fight is different. I can’t just go in there and look for the body shot and stuff like that. So that was the game plan – to fake him out and stuff like that.”
Van on his first UFC finish
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“My team, this whole past two weeks, they’ve been talking mess about me not getting the finish. They call me a decision fighter, so I have to prove a point – get it finished this fight. He’s got a long reach, and I was trying to find a way to get in. In the second round, it was a lot easier.”
Van on what he wants next
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“I want to fight next week. Let’s go. (Texas in 2024) would be ideal – San Antonio, Austin, Houston … Houston would be the best. I hope I get to fight in Texas. … I want to be in the top 15, top five, or maybe even for a title contender (by the end of the year). … I want to be the first Myanmar UFC champion.”
To hear more from Van, check out the video of the full post-fight interview above.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 234.