markyosullivan Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 Troid 109 Preview: O'Connor vs Volkov http://i.imgur.com/fEUPiXR.png When the popular "Lucky" Liam O'Connor (15-6) stepped off The Island to join up with Mark O'Sullivan's Team Finland to attempt to have a successful career, post The Island many were predicted his stay in professional MMA to be a short one, yet he has continually proved the critics wrong every step of the way in his illustrious MMA career. Liam O'Connor went off the radar for over 6 months but eventually joined up with BEEF for their SlaughterSeason tournament which was made especially for Island fighters, with one round of fights the tournament was cancelled and O'Connor was left once more as a free agent. It didn't take long for him to be signed up again as he was signed up by world renowned organisation Umbrella Corporation, Igor Byhenikov's then business and he had another fight one month later. Unfortunately, again Liam managed only one fight, this time a loss albeit against his first opponent who never appeared on The Island. It wasn't until Grant Brophy decided to take a gamble and sign the ex-Islander for Troid (now Troid EP) that he really shined and what a gamble it was, with Liam's current record in Troid being a very respectable 5-1 and him being on the back of a 4 fight winning streak which has lead him to where he is now... a fight for the Troid Middleweight title. Ironically former Umbrella owner Igor Byhenikov, the man who first saw Liam's potential off The Island would eventually have one of his own elite fighters take on the famous Irishman. Standing across the cage from him on Saturday night will be Ilya Mstislav Volkov (12-3) one of the most feared Russian MMA fighters in the world at this time. Oddly enough Ilya is another former Umbrella Corporation fighter and is no stranger to big fights having fought in numerous title fights during his time with Epicity Productions. He was the reigning Middleweight champion when the Epicity Production and Troid merger took place and got an immediate title shot at the then Troid title holder Joe Smith (13-3), it was a tough battle between the two champions but it was Ilya that emerged victorious as the new Troid EP Middleweight champion. In addition to fighting for both Umbrella and Epicity, Ilya also had a spell with Insanity which is another one of the current big orgs at this time. He's currently on a 6 fight win streak, with 5 of those coming via KO/TKO. Ilya will be confident coming into this fight having won 6 fights in a row but Liam O'Connor is no stranger to over coming the odds having already fought in one fight during 2015 where he was a heavy underdog against Moses Diggs son "Unchained" Django Diggs (9-1). Despite many throughout the world feeling he had no chance at all, he proved everyone wrong and left Django Diggs screaming for him to let go of his armbar, the technique Liam has used to help him win 5 of his 12 professional MMA submission wins.The Liam O'Connor tactic as it's now been called has worked time and time again through Liam's career. If he gets a hold of you in the clinch, you better hope to God he doesn't pull guard and take you with him because if he does, he's going to apply a lock to one of your limbs and force you to tap quicker than you can say "OH SHIT". Ilya knows exactly what not to do, he wants to keep the fight on the outside, avoid Liam's clinch game and utilise his own gameplan. Ilya has the power to get a KO and we know Liam has been KO'd before in the past. Interestingly, Ilya's biggest weakness (at least at looking at his record) is against submission guys with 2 of his 3 losses coming via submission. This mouth watering match up has the potential to be an all-time classic. This is the biggest test of Liam O'Connor's career and a win here could potentially cement himself as one of the all time greatest Irish MMA fighters if he hasn't done so already, winning the Troid title would surely be the biggest achievement of his MMA career to date. Ilya has all the pressure on him, will he be able to cope with it? Or will he buckle under the pressure? Find out on Saturday night! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 If Liam win's i'll literally eat my hat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBK16 Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 If Liam win's i'll literally eat my hat It's all lies, Wolf doesn't even own a hat! Looking forward to this, Liam seems to have been making a career off The Island as a known underdog going into these fights, and this will be probably the hardest fight of his entire career Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazorMuayThai Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 You can do it !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtieBanks Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 If Liam win's i'll literally eat my hat If he wins i'll eat that sock your mother broke her foot on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 If Liam wins I will eat my girlfriends cat. Hate the little twat anyway. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornmma1 Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Liam by submission, going with the underdog in this one 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stpierrecanada Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Wow, tough fight but Liam via anything he wants! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyosullivan Posted October 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 I'm surprised so many people actually believe Liam is going to win this one, I thought he was going to be a huge underdog again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 If Liam wins I will eat my girlfriends cat. Hate the little twat anyway. You'll eat your girlfriend's pussy? Doesn't sound too bad.... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Hahahah I knew someone would say that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igorbyhenikov Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 im rooting for liam. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clydebankblitz Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 Even Volkov is rooting for Liam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyosullivan Posted October 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 Even Volkov is rooting for Liam. Volkov's manager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clydebankblitz Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 No I mean the non-existent simulation that is Volkov. That's how popular Liam is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyosullivan Posted October 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 No I mean the non-existent simulation that is Volkov. That's how popular Liam is. Well I guess everyone loves an underdog story 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortfuse122829 Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 im rooting for liam. Need a tampon pussy? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itakebrides Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 Well I guess everyone loves an underdog story They only love it when there a happy ending.Not when the dog get run over by a steam roller called Volkov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igorbyhenikov Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 Need a tampon pussy? no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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