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NGF 62 | Romanov vs Ladin Review ( 775657 )

UNDER CARD

Welterweight Fight

James James (4-2, 2-2 NGF) v Rollo Lothbrok (2-3, 0-3 NGF)

Rollo Lothbrok did change things up in this fight, he had been averaging 8.8 take downs per fight and he has worn himself out in his fights, he didn’t attempt any in this one, only problem is he ran into a very angry fighter. James James has faced some really hard guys and has come up short, he looked determined to win this one from the start. James was loading up with big power shots, an early one cut Lothbrok and set the tone. Lothbrok I thought did a nice job, he countered with a nice uppercut that landed perfectly, but he just couldn’t defend enough of the big shots from James. James did a nice job of avoiding strikes and he countered with a series of strikes that landed and put Lothbrok out at 1:49 of the 1st.

Featherweight Fight

Kamryn Black (8-6, 5-3 NGF) v Chan Sung Jung (5-3, 2-3 NGF)

You know, I don’t normally like ground battles like this, but this was rather exciting. Kamryn Black was able to complete 3-4 take downs and he destroyed Chan Sung Jung by landing 41-41 ground strikes. Jung simply sacrificed his face to try and submit Black, Jung was 0-25 in submissions. The two guys did nothing standing, the action was on the ground, with both guys staying very active and attempting sweeps and transitions. The only way Jung would have won this fight is if he was able to pull off one submission, but he couldn’t and in the end, Black was clear winner, 30-27 by all three judges.

Welterweight Fight

Jesse James (5-6, 1-4 NGF) v Aulis Tyrmaaja (6-1 NGF)

Okay, I’m going to say that this might be the single worst fight I have ever seen. I don’t know what Jesse James was doing, but I think we should all say good riddance to James if this is how he is going to perform. Aulis Tyrmaaja is a good fighter, but this was his easiest fight in his history. He easily clinched with James early and just demolished him, he landed 11-18 head punches, 4-10 body punches, 1 elbow, and although James was defending, he did nothing to try and break out. Tyrmaaja landed a monster uppercut that pretty much put James out and as he laid against the cage, Tyrmaaja landed a few more punches before the ref stopped this at 4:22 of the 1st. James didn’t land a single strike in the fight. Ugly.

Light Heavyweight Fight

#12 Cal Paxton (6-3, 3-2 NGF) v Tommy Victorio (9-4, 2-1 NGF)

Thankfully after that stinker between Jesse James and Aulis Tyrmaaja came this fight. Wow, Cal Paxton and Tommy Victorio put on a great show for everyone. Tommy Victorio looked fantastic, this was a great fight, but Victorio was clearly the more dominating fighter. Victorio was able to get a counter take down in the 1st, he controlled Paxton and dominated the ground battle. In the 2nd, Paxton was able to keep the fight standing for a period of time, he looked good and he looked like he was finding his range, but Victorio was able to get the fight down again, and once again he dominated there. In the 3rd, Paxton was a very tired fighter and Victorio was able to land some very solid strikes standing. Victorio again took the fight to the ground where he again was the better fighter. The move of the fight was when Victorio, who looked like he was just trying to wait for the time to tick away, dropped back from top position to grab an ankle and after a few seconds, he really cranked on the foot and Paxton tapped in major pain at 3:31 of the 3rd round. This fight earned both fighters the FOTN and also gave Victorio the SOTN.77

Heavyweight Fight

Sundar Thapa (6-1, 1-1 NGF) v #12 Petr Jakovlev (8-4 NGF)

Well this fight was a grapplers dream and it went exactly as both of these guys wanted, take down and ground fighting. The surprising part was that I thought Sundar Thapa was the better ground fighter, but Petr Jakovlev completely dominated the ground fighting. Jakovlev was able to get Thapa’s back at one point and the fight was essentially over. Jakovlev was able to work on a rear naked choke and he started to land some major bombs, eventually a frustrated Thapa tapped out under the strikes at 4:40 of the 1st round.

MAIN CARD

Heavyweight Fight

#14 Kaneonuskatew Citlali (9-3, 0-1 NGF) v Troy Glover (6-1, 2-1 NGF)

The NGF has high hopes for both these guys, but Kaneonuskatew Citlali did not look real good in this fight. Troy Glover looked awesome on the other hand as he was pretty much in control of this fight from the opening bell. Glover looked faster and he was landing at will with his stand up strikes while Citlali was always 2nd to the punch and couldn’t ever get anything going. Glover also was 3-5 on take downs and he destroyed Citlali on the ground as he landed 20 ground strikes to 0 from Citlali. The complete totals were Glover landing 28 strikes to Citlali’s 1, complete domination. Citlali landed that 1 strike, a head punch, in the first seconds of the 3rd round, a crisp jab that cut Glover. You have to give Citlali credit about that 1 punch as it did damage and the fact that he looks to have a granite chin.

Lightweight Fight

Dean Winchester (8-2, 0-2 NGF) v #4 Martin Louis (12-1, 1-0 NGF)

In a fight between to 155 title hopefuls, Dean Winchester came straight ahead at Canadian Martin Louis. Louis did a nice job of avoiding the early pressure from Winchester and then he hit Dean with a hard, straight right that staggered Winchester and had him stumbling backwards. After some nice back and forth, Louis hit Winchester with a overhand right that looked like a grazing blow, but Winchester was jelly legged, rocked. Louis attacked, he landed a vicious uppercut and Winchester looked out on his feet, he stumbled and fell against the cage, Louis jumped on top of him and landed a few more hard shots before the ref could get in and stop this at 1:59 of the 1st. After the fight, Martin Louis pleaded for a title shot. After just 1 win, I think he’ll have to fight one more time before that happens. One thing that did happen, Louis got another 5 k in his pocket for KOTN.

Featherweight Fight

#5 Pip Gonzalez (9-2, 1-0 NGF) v #2 Clean Jaude Damn Vame (6-4 NGF)

Just as I thought, these two would put on a great show, even attempting spinning kicks and strikes of that nature; you would expect nothing less from these two creative fighters. The first round saw some good stand up, but when Gonzalez pulled guard at the 1:30 mark of the round, that ended the stand up and started the back and forth ground battle. It was excellent to watch these two think things out, do little things with wrist control and leg control to prevent and set up transitions. Gonzalez was the more offensive fighter on the ground, landing a few really good elbows to go along with a few punches. Give Pip round 1 as he looked strong and finished on top. In the 2nd it was Gonzalez clinching up very quickly with Damn Vame and both guys did a nice job of working some solid striking in before Gonzalez broke free. Gonzalez then shot in a got another take down. Pip started by landing 2 solid elbows, but Clean Jaude Damn Vame did a nice job of defending and eventually got a reversal and got on top of Gonzalez. The ref stood the two up a few seconds later as neither guy did anything once Vame got on top. Vame did a nice job in the round standing, he was working some good leg kicks and solid counter striking into his game and he took round 2. The 3rd was all Pip Gonzalez, he got the early take down and just dominated the round. He finished 9-29 in ground strikes and he attempted 6 submissions while Damn Vame was 5-8 in ground strikes and he finished 6-23 in improving his position. A very close fight but Gonzalez took this fight 29-28 by all three judges. Gonzalez was just the better ground fighter, they were even standing, but Gonzalez won this with this excellent wrestling.

Co-Main Event:

Light Heavyweight Fight

#15 Evgeniy Malkin (6-2, 1-1 NGF) v #2 Esa Tikkanen (17-3-1, 1-1 NGF)

Both guys came out swinging to start, mostly kicks, but Evgeniy Malkin nailed Esa Tikkanen early that hurt him, he responded by shooting in and getting a take down. From the 45 second mark on Tikkanen dominated Malkin on the ground. Tikkanen was all over Malkin with his ground and pound, he was landing some really good shots, but Malkin did survive and the round ended. The 2nd saw Malkin come out very aggressive, he pushed Tikkanen back to the cage, but when they got there, Tikkanen clinched up. In the clinch, Malkin did land a few really good shots, but he wanted out and Tikkanen controlled him very well and didn’t allow him to break, he kept him in there and really slowed Malkin down. Later, Tikkanen got a nice trip take down and once again, he finished the round on top and did land more ground strikes. Entering the 3rd, it was clear Malkin needed to get a submission or knock out to win this fight. Malkin came out with a massive uppercut meant to get that KO, but it just missed. Tikkanen was able to counter clinch and then he picked Malkin up, walked with him in the air for a few feet then slammed him down and landed in half guard. The rest of the round was all Tikkanen again outside of a desperation submission attempt, it was all Tikkanen. Tikkanen finished 17-25 in ground strikes and he won the fight 30-27 by all judges.

Main Event

Super Heavyweight Fight

#5 Vyacheslav Romanov (11-1, 4-1 NGF) v #7 Ben Ladin (11-3, 0-1 NGF)

Houston, we have a problem, ok, maybe, not Houston, but there is certainly a problem with Ben Ladin. Ladin has been KO’ed now in his last 3 fights, oh no, bad chin? Whatever the problem, it’s a problem that needs figured out and figured out NOW. Ladin looked good in this fight; he came out and looked to counter as Romanov pushed forward to start. Landin landed a couple of really nice punches that stung Vyacheslav Romanov and then a head kick that hurt Romanov. Romanov was shook up so he clinched up with Ladin. In the clinch, Romanov landed a nice inside hook, but Ladin was using the Thai clinch and landed a beautiful knee right to the nose of Romanov. Ladin then pulled guard and took the fight to the ground. On the ground, these two really put on a show, it was excellent to watch. Ladin wanted to end the fight by submission, but Romanov was active and making it hard to lock up any submissions, on top of that, he was still throwing strikes. Close to the 3 minute mark, Ladin grabbed an arm and tried for a armbar, it was deep, but Romanov rolled and not only escaped, he ended up on top. Romanov attempted a submission, but it was not a very good one and he and Ladin had some words with each other. Romanov was still working in some good ground strikes and Ladin was still working submissions. Around the 4 minute mark, Romanov was able to work into side control and he drilled Ladin with a punch that made Ladin’s left arm go limp for a second, he was rocked and in bad shape. Romanov knew it was time; he landed a massive elbow and then 2 more strikes that put Ladin to sleep at 4:45 of the very 1st round. Violent finish to this entertaining fight.

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NGF 62 | Romanov vs Ladin Review ( 775657 )

UNDER CARD

Welterweight Fight

James James (4-2, 2-2 NGF) v Rollo Lothbrok (2-3, 0-3 NGF)

Rollo Lothbrok did change things up in this fight, he had been averaging 8.8 take downs per fight and he has worn himself out in his fights, he didn’t attempt any in this one, only problem is he ran into a very angry fighter. James James has faced some really hard guys and has come up short, he looked determined to win this one from the start. James was loading up with big power shots, an early one cut Lothbrok and set the tone. Lothbrok I thought did a nice job, he countered with a nice uppercut that landed perfectly, but he just couldn’t defend enough of the big shots from James. James did a nice job of avoiding strikes and he countered with a series of strikes that landed and put Lothbrok out at 1:49 of the 1st.

Featherweight Fight

Kamryn Black (8-6, 5-3 NGF) v Chan Sung Jung (5-3, 2-3 NGF)

You know, I don’t normally like ground battles like this, but this was rather exciting. Kamryn Black was able to complete 3-4 take downs and he destroyed Chan Sung Jung by landing 41-41 ground strikes. Jung simply sacrificed his face to try and submit Black, Jung was 0-25 in submissions. The two guys did nothing standing, the action was on the ground, with both guys staying very active and attempting sweeps and transitions. The only way Jung would have won this fight is if he was able to pull off one submission, but he couldn’t and in the end, Black was clear winner, 30-27 by all three judges.

Welterweight Fight

Jesse James (5-6, 1-4 NGF) v Aulis Tyrmaaja (6-1 NGF)

Okay, I’m going to say that this might be the single worst fight I have ever seen. I don’t know what Jesse James was doing, but I think we should all say good riddance to James if this is how he is going to perform. Aulis Tyrmaaja is a good fighter, but this was his easiest fight in his history. He easily clinched with James early and just demolished him, he landed 11-18 head punches, 4-10 body punches, 1 elbow, and although James was defending, he did nothing to try and break out. Tyrmaaja landed a monster uppercut that pretty much put James out and as he laid against the cage, Tyrmaaja landed a few more punches before the ref stopped this at 4:22 of the 1st. James didn’t land a single strike in the fight. Ugly.

Light Heavyweight Fight

#12 Cal Paxton (6-3, 3-2 NGF) v Tommy Victorio (9-4, 2-1 NGF)

Thankfully after that stinker between Jesse James and Aulis Tyrmaaja came this fight. Wow, Cal Paxton and Tommy Victorio put on a great show for everyone. Tommy Victorio looked fantastic, this was a great fight, but Victorio was clearly the more dominating fighter. Victorio was able to get a counter take down in the 1st, he controlled Paxton and dominated the ground battle. In the 2nd, Paxton was able to keep the fight standing for a period of time, he looked good and he looked like he was finding his range, but Victorio was able to get the fight down again, and once again he dominated there. In the 3rd, Paxton was a very tired fighter and Victorio was able to land some very solid strikes standing. Victorio again took the fight to the ground where he again was the better fighter. The move of the fight was when Victorio, who looked like he was just trying to wait for the time to tick away, dropped back from top position to grab an ankle and after a few seconds, he really cranked on the foot and Paxton tapped in major pain at 3:31 of the 3rd round. This fight earned both fighters the FOTN and also gave Victorio the SOTN.77

Heavyweight Fight

Sundar Thapa (6-1, 1-1 NGF) v #12 Petr Jakovlev (8-4 NGF)

Well this fight was a grapplers dream and it went exactly as both of these guys wanted, take down and ground fighting. The surprising part was that I thought Sundar Thapa was the better ground fighter, but Petr Jakovlev completely dominated the ground fighting. Jakovlev was able to get Thapa’s back at one point and the fight was essentially over. Jakovlev was able to work on a rear naked choke and he started to land some major bombs, eventually a frustrated Thapa tapped out under the strikes at 4:40 of the 1st round.

MAIN CARD

Heavyweight Fight

#14 Kaneonuskatew Citlali (9-3, 0-1 NGF) v Troy Glover (6-1, 2-1 NGF)

The NGF has high hopes for both these guys, but Kaneonuskatew Citlali did not look real good in this fight. Troy Glover looked awesome on the other hand as he was pretty much in control of this fight from the opening bell. Glover looked faster and he was landing at will with his stand up strikes while Citlali was always 2nd to the punch and couldn’t ever get anything going. Glover also was 3-5 on take downs and he destroyed Citlali on the ground as he landed 20 ground strikes to 0 from Citlali. The complete totals were Glover landing 28 strikes to Citlali’s 1, complete domination. Citlali landed that 1 strike, a head punch, in the first seconds of the 3rd round, a crisp jab that cut Glover. You have to give Citlali credit about that 1 punch as it did damage and the fact that he looks to have a granite chin.

Lightweight Fight

Dean Winchester (8-2, 0-2 NGF) v #4 Martin Louis (12-1, 1-0 NGF)

In a fight between to 155 title hopefuls, Dean Winchester came straight ahead at Canadian Martin Louis. Louis did a nice job of avoiding the early pressure from Winchester and then he hit Dean with a hard, straight right that staggered Winchester and had him stumbling backwards. After some nice back and forth, Louis hit Winchester with a overhand right that looked like a grazing blow, but Winchester was jelly legged, rocked. Louis attacked, he landed a vicious uppercut and Winchester looked out on his feet, he stumbled and fell against the cage, Louis jumped on top of him and landed a few more hard shots before the ref could get in and stop this at 1:59 of the 1st. After the fight, Martin Louis pleaded for a title shot. After just 1 win, I think he’ll have to fight one more time before that happens. One thing that did happen, Louis got another 5 k in his pocket for KOTN.

Featherweight Fight

#5 Pip Gonzalez (9-2, 1-0 NGF) v #2 Clean Jaude Damn Vame (6-4 NGF)

Just as I thought, these two would put on a great show, even attempting spinning kicks and strikes of that nature; you would expect nothing less from these two creative fighters. The first round saw some good stand up, but when Gonzalez pulled guard at the 1:30 mark of the round, that ended the stand up and started the back and forth ground battle. It was excellent to watch these two think things out, do little things with wrist control and leg control to prevent and set up transitions. Gonzalez was the more offensive fighter on the ground, landing a few really good elbows to go along with a few punches. Give Pip round 1 as he looked strong and finished on top. In the 2nd it was Gonzalez clinching up very quickly with Damn Vame and both guys did a nice job of working some solid striking in before Gonzalez broke free. Gonzalez then shot in a got another take down. Pip started by landing 2 solid elbows, but Clean Jaude Damn Vame did a nice job of defending and eventually got a reversal and got on top of Gonzalez. The ref stood the two up a few seconds later as neither guy did anything once Vame got on top. Vame did a nice job in the round standing, he was working some good leg kicks and solid counter striking into his game and he took round 2. The 3rd was all Pip Gonzalez, he got the early take down and just dominated the round. He finished 9-29 in ground strikes and he attempted 6 submissions while Damn Vame was 5-8 in ground strikes and he finished 6-23 in improving his position. A very close fight but Gonzalez took this fight 29-28 by all three judges. Gonzalez was just the better ground fighter, they were even standing, but Gonzalez won this with this excellent wrestling.

Co-Main Event:

Light Heavyweight Fight

#15 Evgeniy Malkin (6-2, 1-1 NGF) v #2 Esa Tikkanen (17-3-1, 1-1 NGF)

Both guys came out swinging to start, mostly kicks, but Evgeniy Malkin nailed Esa Tikkanen early that hurt him, he responded by shooting in and getting a take down. From the 45 second mark on Tikkanen dominated Malkin on the ground. Tikkanen was all over Malkin with his ground and pound, he was landing some really good shots, but Malkin did survive and the round ended. The 2nd saw Malkin come out very aggressive, he pushed Tikkanen back to the cage, but when they got there, Tikkanen clinched up. In the clinch, Malkin did land a few really good shots, but he wanted out and Tikkanen controlled him very well and didn’t allow him to break, he kept him in there and really slowed Malkin down. Later, Tikkanen got a nice trip take down and once again, he finished the round on top and did land more ground strikes. Entering the 3rd, it was clear Malkin needed to get a submission or knock out to win this fight. Malkin came out with a massive uppercut meant to get that KO, but it just missed. Tikkanen was able to counter clinch and then he picked Malkin up, walked with him in the air for a few feet then slammed him down and landed in half guard. The rest of the round was all Tikkanen again outside of a desperation submission attempt, it was all Tikkanen. Tikkanen finished 17-25 in ground strikes and he won the fight 30-27 by all judges.

Main Event

Super Heavyweight Fight

#5 Vyacheslav Romanov (11-1, 4-1 NGF) v #7 Ben Ladin (11-3, 0-1 NGF)

Houston, we have a problem, ok, maybe, not Houston, but there is certainly a problem with Ben Ladin. Ladin has been KO’ed now in his last 3 fights, oh no, bad chin? Whatever the problem, it’s a problem that needs figured out and figured out NOW. Ladin looked good in this fight; he came out and looked to counter as Romanov pushed forward to start. Landin landed a couple of really nice punches that stung Vyacheslav Romanov and then a head kick that hurt Romanov. Romanov was shook up so he clinched up with Ladin. In the clinch, Romanov landed a nice inside hook, but Ladin was using the Thai clinch and landed a beautiful knee right to the nose of Romanov. Ladin then pulled guard and took the fight to the ground. On the ground, these two really put on a show, it was excellent to watch. Ladin wanted to end the fight by submission, but Romanov was active and making it hard to lock up any submissions, on top of that, he was still throwing strikes. Close to the 3 minute mark, Ladin grabbed an arm and tried for a armbar, it was deep, but Romanov rolled and not only escaped, he ended up on top. Romanov attempted a submission, but it was not a very good one and he and Ladin had some words with each other. Romanov was still working in some good ground strikes and Ladin was still working submissions. Around the 4 minute mark, Romanov was able to work into side control and he drilled Ladin with a punch that made Ladin’s left arm go limp for a second, he was rocked and in bad shape. Romanov knew it was time; he landed a massive elbow and then 2 more strikes that put Ladin to sleep at 4:45 of the very 1st round. Violent finish to this entertaining fight.

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NGF 67 | Murosaki vs Allen Preview (776273)

MAIN CARD

Main Event

Featherweight Fight

#1 Barry Allen (11-2, 3-1 NGF) v C-Koji Murosaki (10-2, 8-2 NGF)

Barry Allen gets his 2nd crack at the featherweight title. When you think of Allen you think of one thing, head kicks. Allen may have the best head kicks in the entire organization, he averages 3.2 head kicks per fight, he lands 46% of them and he has 4 head kick KO’s. His kicking overall is very good and he loves to attack and punish his opponent’s legs. He’ll fight in the clinch and has done ok at times, but he doesn’t win rounds there. He will avoid the ground at all costs. Allen will have to deal with a very tough, smart and exciting fighter in Koji Murosaki. Murosaki has 7 OTN awards in his career including 4 SOTN awards. Murosaki will often look like he’s not doing much as he tries to figure out the perfect way to defeat his opponent, when he figures it out; the outcome is usually quick and efficient as he has seven 1st round victories. Murosaki has exceptional boxing skills, so he holds his own there, but he makes his money working on the ground, on top or off his back, he’s good at both. He doesn’t land a lot of ground strikes and he doesn’t have great ground defense, but he is a master at working on submissions and setting up his opponent with his legs and arms. He is averaging 3.3 submissions per fight and if you don’t get off the ground with him, he will eventually lock one up. Allen has got to hurt Murosaki early with his kicking, he has got to take away Murosaki’s ability to get good take downs and get Allen into a difficult spot. If Koji is able to get Allen down quickly this one is probably over. I’m going to call for a new champion in this one, I think Allen can catch Murosaki with one of those deadly head kicks. PREDICTION: Allen 2nd round KO

Co-Main Event:

Middleweight Title Fight

#11 Marek Jebut (8-2-1, 1-1 NGF) v #12 Jack Kessler (9-5, 1-2 NGF)

Marek Jebut is a solid stand up fighter who has solid striking defense. He looks to land counter take downs and get the fight to the mat where he can use is sensational wrestling skills and his black belt bjj skills. He has excellent take down skills as he’s is successful on 50% of his take down attempts. He averages 18.5 ground strikes per fight and 4.5 submissions and lands 44% of his ground strikes and he has 1 submission victory. He has elite ground striking defense as he’s holding his opponents to just 11% landing percentage. Jack Kessler is an excellent fighter who ran into some bad luck and started 0-2 in the NGF. He lost a decision that in no way he should have lost; a terrible one as one of his losses. Kessler can fight anywhere; he has powerful striking and can end a fight or at least rock an opponent with any number of ways. He also has excellent striking defense, he’s a quick man for a middleweight and he is pretty elusive. He is successful on 53% of his take downs and he can be a beast on the mat. He is landing 64% of his 14.4 averaged ground strikes and he controls really well. These guys are going to take this to the mat, they are both very strong fighters on the ground, but I think Kessler has the better power. PREDICTION: Kessler 2nd round TKO

Middleweight Fight

#14 Ed Nesi (3-3, 2-1 NGF) v #5 Milan Savic (8-4 NGF)

Ed Nesi is an elite Muay Thai fighter, who has monster elbows and knees, but he has been in a few real hard fought Muay Thai battles, he is averaging 2.3 elbows per fight and his opponents are averaging 13.3 elbows. One weird thing for a Muay Thai fighter is the fact that he attempts no kicks. He can get back to his feet well, but he is a liability on the ground. Former champion Milan Savic is trying to work his way back to the top, but he had a pretty big setback with his last loss at FN 33. Savic has average stand up skills including average striking defense, but he will go for take downs and try and get the fight to the mat as soon as he can. He is a strong guy on the ground and he can grind out rounds when he’s on top, but when he’s only landing 7% of his ground strikes, he hardly can be considered dangerous on the mat. He will attempt close to 5 submissions per fight and he does have good submission skills with 5 submission wins. Ed Nesi can win this fight in the clinch and standing, he is much better than Savic there, but this one will probably go Savic’s way if it gets to the mat. PREDICTION: Nesi 2nd round TKO

Heavyweight Fight

Iosif Kirill (2-1, 0-1 NGF) v #13 Kent Phillips (9-3, 0-0 NGF)

Iosif Kirill is a very skilled guy and at 24 years old, he is still growing. Kirill has heavy hands and he has done a solid stand up job, but he hasn’t developed any kicking yet. What he has developed is a good take down skills; he’s completed 71% of his take downs from standing and 100% from the clinch. He has been really strong on the ground, he is very active and tries to advance, which he does successfully 53% of the time. He is also averaging 19.3 ground strikes and he’s done a nice job of ground striking defense as well. Kent Phillips is a former Dawg Pound Elite Fighting and Undisputed Online Championship champion, and he will make his NGF debut in this one. He’s lost his last 2 and is 2-3 in his last 5, but he has monster power and can end a fight with either hand. He’s an aggressive guy who can clinch up and pound away with dirty boxing; he is landing 94% of his clinch head punches. He wants to stay off the ground, but he has done a pretty good job there. He also has a problem with getting cut, that happens pretty often and quite easily. The last two fights have been very weird for Phillips, he’s been totally dominated and he just hasn’t done anything offensive, so let’s hope the change of scenery will change his luck. PREDICTION: Kirill 2nd round TKO

Welterweight Fight

Lionel Cascara (10-7, 3-5 NGF) v Razor Bush (11-8-1, 6-4 NGF)

Brazil vs the USA in this one as Brazilian Lionel Cascara takes on the American Razor Bush. Cascara is a below average stand up fighter with zero striking defense, he allows opponents to land 71% of their head punches, 73% of their body punches, 50% of their head kicks, 85% of their leg kicks and 87% of their body kicks. Cascara is a decent fighter in the clinch, but he is a ground fighter first off. He does a nice job on the ground, landing 60% of his ground strikes and he has 4 submission wins. This is a perfect matchup, because Bush is a ground fighter as well, he averages 6.2 take downs per fight and nearly zero stand up strikes. He has just as bad if not worse striking defense than Cascara and he is good on top on the ground, but he has not been as good from the bottom. These two guys will likely touch gloves and then just fall on the mat to start this fight. This is a close one, but I think Cascara can get the job done with his better bjj skills. PREDICTION: Cascara 3rd round submission

PRELIM CARD

Lightweight Fight

#14 Neeyo Collin (8-5-1, 5-4-1 NGF) v Makoto Shibasaki (9-7, 7-6 NGF)

Neeyo Collin has had a rough time of late, 0-2 in his last 2 fights and 1-3-1 in his last 5. Like any ground fighter, when he’s able to get his take downs he’s good, when he struggles with them, he gets hammered on his feet and he struggles. He averages over 11 ground strikes per fight and he’s completed 10% of his submission attempts, but if he has to stay standing he is in bad shape. Makoto Shibasaki has really struggled in his last 5 fights going 1-4 and he’s lost 3 straight. He’s a ground fighter, and just like Collin, he is struggling being consistent with getting his take downs, and when you struggle with them, you tire yourself out and become a easier target to hit. Shibasaki is landing 61% of his ground strikes and he is a very hard fighter on the ground because he can control pretty good. He’ll get beat up standing and in the clinch, so he needs to get a fight to the mat. This fight will be a hard fought ground battle; both guys are desperate for a win so this should be a good one. PREDICTION: Collin decision win

Middleweight Fight

Heath Marcum (7-4, 4-3 NGF) v Jon Targaryen (1-1 NGF)

Heath Marcum has fallen like a rock over his last 3 fights, he was once considered a title contender, but after 3 straight losses, he’ll need to string together a bunch of wins to get back to that point. Marcum is a takedown styled fighter, doesn’t want anything to do with the standup game and when he’s able to get his take downs, he’s great, when he doesn’t he can get pounded and punished. He’s very hard to fight on the ground, he averages 19.1 ground strikes and he can put his opponent’s lights out with hammer fists and punches. Jon Targaryen comes from parts unknown in this world, he is very mysterious and his camp doesn’t speak a lot about his training. He’s a crazy, wild striker who at times doesn’t even look like he knows how to punch; he is landing just 17% of his stand up head punches and 0% of his body punches and combinations. He is alright in the clinch and on the ground, he again, is active, almost crazy, uncontrolled, he averages 9 ground strikes and 7 submissions per fight, but only lands 22% of the ground strikes and he hasn’t locked up a single submission yet. Marcum is the more polished fighter here, I think he should be able to win this, but we’ll see if Targaryen has learned anything more, we know he’s training in an elite gym. PREDICTION: Marcum decision win

Heavyweight Fight

John Torrio (2-1 NGF) v Andrew Golota (11-6, 6-4 NGF)

John Torrio has looked ok to start his MMA career, but he still has a lot of room to grown. Torrio has shown good stand up striking, but he has been awful on the ground, allowing opponents to land 77% of their ground strikes. He looks for a lot of submissions and he did lock up 1 so far. Andrew Golota has waited a long time for a fight and that means a lot of gym time, we’ll see what part of his game has improved. He’s 1-3 over his last 4 fights and all 3 of the losses have been by TKO. He’s a good stand up fighter with average striking defense, but he loses rounds when he has to fight on the ground. Torrio will win this fight if it goes to the ground, but Golota has the standup advantage. PREDICTION: Torrio 2nd round submission

Middleweight Fight

John Clayton (5-3 NGF) v Boleslaw Krol (7-4, 3-2 NGF)

I think John Clayton has all the skills to be a really good fighter, but he seems to be missing something. He shows good striking defense, he has good striking, and elite take down skills. On the ground he can be very good, but his problem is he’s terrible on his back. Boleslaw Krol likes to get a fight to the mat where he is averaging 18.3 ground strikes per fight. He has good ground striking, but he allows his opponent to improve far too easily at 73% success rate. This fight will be a ground fight and I would say Clayton can win this if he stays off his back. PREDICTION: Clayton decision win

Middleweight Fight

Andrzej Golotowski (1-5 NGF) v Dennis Bird (8-4, 1-2 NGF)

Andrzej Golotowski has just not been able to figure out NGF fighters. Golotowski doesn’t do anything really good and nothing really bad, but he just can’t seem to win. He has solid striking, but he often can be off balance and get put into bad situations, he’s been TKO’ed, submitted and lost a decision, just bad luck for this guy. Dennis Bird is on his 4th manager already, which probably says a lot about this guy. Bird shows talent, but his heart can be questioned. He has had a handful of fights where he seems to just give up when things turn bad. I would like to say Bird can win this fight, but I would not be surprised if Golotowski ends up dropping Bird late. PREDICTION: Golotowski 3rd round TKO

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Lightweight Fight

#15 Yoshihiro Imanari (11-4, 2-1 NGF) v Heinz Augustus (5-6, 0-3 NGF)

One thing is clear after this fight; Heinz Augustus is simply out of his league in the NGF. Yoshihiro Imanari owned Augustus from the start of this fight. The craziest thing about this fight is that a judge actually gave Augustus a round. Imanari dominated the standup game, landing 8 of 9 strikes and 3 of 3 in take down attempts while Augustus was 0 of 6 in his striking, 1 of 8 in combinations and 1 of 6 in take down attempts. Imanari also dominated the mat by landing 19 of 36 ground strikes. In no way was Augustus ever in control of a moment of this fight.

Light Heavyweight Fight

Mads Rosenkilde (11-7-1, 2-3-1 NGF) v Jean Cerien(3-6, 2-6 NGF)

Mads Rosenkilde showed fantastic take down defense and pin point striking to give Jean Cerien another loss. Rosenkilde looked very good, landing brilliant strikes after defending take downs. Cerien landed just 1 strike in the entire fight and was picking himself up off the canvas most of the fight. Rosenkilde knocked Cerien down just seconds into the fight with a beautiful combination which not only knocked Cerien down, but cut him open. The final blow came at 1:30 of the round, a big hook that landed on the temple of Cerien and put him out.

Featherweight Fight

Stefan Burczymucha (3-4, 2-4 NGF) v Joko Diaz (19-9, 1-2 NGF)

Joko Diaz finally got his first NGF win and his 19th overall. He looked good in this one and he controlled the fight pretty much for the start. Stefan Burczymucha landed just 4 strikes and couldn’t defend a take down or any ground strikes as Diaz was 2-2 in take down attempts and 6-6 with his ground strikes. Diaz took the fight to the mat in the first, landed some good ground strikes and worked in a submission attempt. In the 2nd Burczymucha came out and missed with a ugly looking leg kick and Diaz countered with a jab, cross, uppercut combination, all landed and Burczymucha crashed to the canvas, blood pouring from his nose. A violent, brutal, ugly finish that earned Diaz the KOTN.

Middleweight Fight

Nigel McHughes (10-10-1, 2-4 NGF) v Bowman Rook (10-6, 1-0 NGF)

This fight ended up being a great fight, it went pretty much the way I thought it would, including the outcome, but it was still a very good fight. Nigel McHughes landed the 1st significant strike in the fight, it was his first strike of the fight, a head kick that was partial blocked, but it ended up cutting Bowman Rook on his forehead and it stunned Rook. As he wiped at it, McHughes landed a perfectly timed combination and Rook had wobbly legs and in trouble, but after a few seconds, Rook looked to have recovered. Rook was able to then take the fight to the clinch, there he did a lot of damage and ended up winning the round. He was landing good elbows and one of them cut McHughes on the bride of nose. In the 2nd, again, McHughes was winning the stand up battle, but Rook took the fight to the clinch again and again he demolished McHughes with punches and elbows. The 3rd was just like the first two rounds, the fight was in the clinch and again, Rook was in total control, McHughes did land a few good shots, but Rook completely dominated. McHughes finished landing 12 stand up strikes to Rook’s 4, but Rook was 16-21 in clinch head punches, 12-27 in body punches, 5-12 with elbows and 15-52 with his knees. Rook took the fight 30-27 by all three judges.

Bantamweight Fight

#15 Daiju Kikuchi (5-1, 2-1 NGF) v #14 Bill Nevin (11-6-1, 3-2-1 NGF)

In the 1st round, Bill Nevin came out and was the aggressor, he pushed the pace, but Daiju Kikuchi did a nice job of counter striking. They both landed some good shots in the 1st, but Nevin took the round with his octagon control. Things started to turn in favor or Kikuchi in the 2nd, he became a little more aggressive and he was the one who pushed the pace. There were a lot of missed strikes in the 2nd, but Kikuchi was the one who landed more. The surprising thing at this point was that Nevin hadn’t even attempted a take down. In the 3rd, Nevin looked very tired and he really slowed down, he threw a lot of strikes but he came up empty on most of them. Kikuchi wasn’t doing a whole lot, but he was defending well and landing a strike here and there. Almost 2 minutes in, Nevin was winning the round just because he was pushing the pace, but Kikuchi was able to land a counter head kick and Nevin was then losing the round as soon as he staggered away, rocked. The rest of the round, Kikuchi fought for the decision win, he was able to land some nice counter striking and he continued to make Nevin miss. In the end, Kikuchi landed 31 strikes to Nevin’s 34. There wasn’t a single take down attempted in the fight and when the judges read their scores, it was 29-28 in favor of Kikuchi. A big win for Daiju Kikuchi and a disappointing loss for Bill Nevin, who is holding on to a top 15 spot by a thread at this point.

MAIN CARD

Lightweight Fight

#2 Dom DeLuise (9-5, 2-1 NGF) v #4 Lance Rock (11-9, 9-3 NGF)

This was a disappointing fight for Dom DeLuise who was in line for a title fight with a win. He didn’t look like he was ready for this fight and Lance Rock was able to do pretty much anything he wanted to do in this one. Rock came out and he controlled the stand up, he was landed some good quick shots while DeLuise struggled to find his range. As the round went on DeLuise did land some strikes, but Rock did enough and he was able to get 2 take downs in the round. In the 2nd, Rock again was the fighter who was able to do more and he was landing the harder strikes. Rock took the fight in the clinch and then got a trip take down. Now a possible turning point happened around the 2 minute mark as Lance Rock attempted a submission, DeLuise defended it very well and actually reversed and got on top of Rock. Now DeLuise on top could have been real trouble for Rock, but Rock got wrist control and DeLuise never could get space and the ref stood them up after about 30 seconds of doing nothing. DeLuise did land a quick shot to the head of Rock and he had a cut on his cheek. At the end of the round, Rock did enough to take that round and now was up 20-18. In the 3rd, DeLuise came out very aggressive, you could see he knew he had to finish the fight to get the win. He was clinching up with Rock and started to really put on the pressure and he did land some very nice early strikes. Rock responded by taking the fight to the mat, he didn’t do much offensively, but he was in control and made DeLuise work hard and tire himself out. The fight ended with DeLuise landing a total of 15 total strikes while Rock landed 27 total strikes and was 5-16 in take downs and Rock took the win 30-27.

Heavyweight Fight

#10 Carlos Cierra (15-5, 2-2 NGF) v #13 Gniewomir Polaniecki (11-8, 1-2 NGF)

This fight may have been one of the bloodiest fights we’ve ever had in the NGF. The fight didn’t look like it was going to get past 1 minute as Carlos Cierra came out very aggressive and landed a head kick that cut Gniewomir Polaniecki. Cierra then took the fight in the clinch, and he used a Muay Thai clinch to pull Polaniecki’s head down and a knee straight up landed and Polaniecki went right down, but he scrambled to the cage and got out of trouble, but blood was gushing out of his nose or forehead. Cierra could feel that the end was near, so he attacked, he landed a beautiful leg kick that buckled Polaniecki’s knee. Cierra was all over Polaniecki’s legs and he was hurting him to the point where Polaniecki was grimacing with every kick. Cierra had pushed Polaniecki right up against the cage at this point and he landed a big uppercut that bounced Polaniecki back against the cage and he bounced off. Around the 2 minute mark, the blood was all over both fighters, the canvas was a bloody mess and the crowd was a little astounded by the gore. Cierra continued the onslaught as he went after Polaniecki’s legs more, a big read welt had formed on the thigh of Polaniecki. Around the 4 minute mark, Cierra landed a head kick that sent Polanieckin falling to the canvas, bloody and rocked. Polaniecki scrambled to his feet, but as he turned around, Cierra landed a brutal uppercut and Polaniecki feel to the canvas, but the ref jumped in and instead of stopping the fight, he called in the Dr. and the Dr. put a stop to the fight at 4:33 of the 1st round. There was so much blood I was actually a felt a little sick to my stomach.

Lightweight Fight

#8 Jack Fry (14-7, 3-2 NGF) v Mitch Mitchel (12-5, 4-2 NGF)

This fight was going to be a very big test for both guys, Jack Fry was coming into this one on a 3 fight winning streak and Mitch Mitchel was going to have the chance to break into the top 10 win a win. In the 1st, Mitchel came out and was really attacking the body of Fry. Mitchel landed some nice body punches and kicks; he also worked in some leg kicks. The fight went to the clinch and Mitchel controlled nicely there, he was able to score with some nice striking, but Fry scored too, he was able to land a few punches and a few nice elbows. Both fighters looked good, but Mitchel was able to land many more strikes in the round including one early that cut Fry under his eye. In the 2nd, Mitchel came out and worked into the clinch, he got very aggressive and was taking it to Fry. Close to the 1 minute mark, Mitchel pushed Fry against the cage, he landed a quick shot that rocked Fry and he was wobbling around and in big trouble. Mitchel landed a left and then a big uppercut that put Fry to his knees, Mitchel jumped on top of him, landed a few more shots and then the ref jumped in and this fight was over at 1:09 of the 2nd. Mitchel looked very good as he dominated the clinch fight, landing 21-26 clinch head punches, and 6-13 body punches.

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Welterweight Title Fight

#1 Kaito Rin (14-4, 4-2 NGF) v C-Aurelius Schultes (17-5-1, 5-1 NGF)

The first 2 minutes of this fight was all Kaito Rin, he landed a few nice shots, but he was pushing the pace and had Aurelius Schultes back on his heels. Just after the 2 minute mark, Rin looked to slow down a bit and Schultes started landed a lot of counter leg kicks. By the 2:45 second mark, it started to feel that Rin wasn’t going to be able to get a take down, he had missed on 4 to this point, and Schultes was going to take control of this fight, but that changed at the 3:30 mark as Rin was able to get a counter take down. The rest of the round didn’t have much offense, Rin was trying to advance his position and Schultes did a nice job of submission defense and wrist control to prevent any damage, but Rin clearly won round 1. In the 2nd, Rin was able to get a pretty early take down, then the next minute or so was pretty dull, not much happened. The ref stood them up and then last 3 minutes was spend on the feet with some decent back and forth striking. The biggest strike was a spinning back fist that Rin threw and landed pretty flush on the face of Schultes, but he shook it off. It was a dominating round for Rin and he was up 20-18 at this point. In the 3rd, the first two minutes was just like the first 2 round, Rin landing some good shots, with a nice shot landed from Schultes every here and there. Just after the 2 minute mark, Rin missed badly with a right hand, and Schultes counters with a double leg take down right into side control and you could almost feel the air go out of this fight for Rin. As Rin tried to improve, he got a arm tied up and Schultes didn’t waste time, he attacked and started landing big punches. Schultes landed a big elbow and Rin was in really bad shape, the ref dove down close, looking like he would stop this at any moment. Schultes poured it on, 1 elbow, then 2, then 3 all landing to the side of Rin’s head, then he landed and rocked Rin with 2 big hammer fists. Schultes then advanced and mounted Rin and dropped bombs until the ref jumped in and stopped this fight at 4:56 of the round. It was so disappointing for Rin, he was just 4 seconds away from becoming the new champion, but what a come from behind victory for Aurelius Schultes to remain the champion!

Main Event

Middleweight Fight

#4 Randall Cunningham (12-3-1, 2-1 NGF) v #3 Bill Clinton (17-4, 1-1 NGF)

This was a beautiful fight to watch; these two warriors went to battle and left it all out there in the octagon. In the 1st, Bill Clinton came out and was the aggressor, Randall Cunningham was fighting a defensive, counter style fight, but mainly he couldn’t get a lot of offense going because he was defending take downs. There were a lot of striking, but a lot of missing in the 1st, but Clinton was the more aggressive fighter for sure. In the 2nd, Cunningham came out more aggressive, he pushed the pace and he was pushing Clinton back, until Clinton got a counter take down. They didn’t stay on the ground long, but the take down took a little out of Cunningham, slowed the pace and earned points. The fight went back and forth for the next few minutes, but Clinton got another late take down, and that probably won the round for him. In the 3rd, Cunningham did most of his damage, he scored a lot of points with leg kicks, but Clinton did enough to give the judges a tough decision. Cunningham finished 3-8 with his stand up punches, 10-35 with his kicks, and he was 8-26 with his clinch knees. Clinton was 3-11 with take downs, 15-22 with his stand up punches, 7-10 with his kicking, 13-29 with his clinch punching. It went to the judges, but you knew that Cunningham was never in control, whenever he did start to get things going; Clinton would get a take down or clinch up. The judges scored it 29-28 in favor of Bill Clinton; they did have Cunningham winning the 3rd round.

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Super Heavyweight Fight

Stef Jalz (5-9, 0-5 NGF) v #14 Leopold Stotch (8-5, 3-4 NGF)

Stef Jalz waited until his last fight to make it his best. Jalz has looked terrible so far in his NGF career, but he actually came out to fight in this one. Leopold Stotch was also out for blood and he out classed Jalz and ended up taking this fight. Jalz did come out and be the aggressor in this one and he cut open Stotch with a big uppercut, but Stotch responded by landing a combination that sent Jalz to the mat. Stotch moments later landed a right hand that dropped Jalz to the mat, on his side; Stotch dove on top and landed more strikes before the fight was stopped at 1:15 of the first. Good bye Stef Jalz.

Bantamweight Fight

Tony Frost (6-6-1, 6-5-1 NGF) v PO Burn (9-7, 8-5 NGF)

You have to wonder if Tony Frost knows what he’s doing at this port. He is a strong guy who looks very skilled, but when he fights he tends to look lost if his opponent changes their game plan. In the first meeting between these two, PO Burn dominated the ground game, and grounded out a win. In this one, Frost looked like he was game planning to stop the take downs and Burn surprised him by fighting in the clinch and once again, Burn got the victory. The NGF must have had this same question about Frost, does he know what he’s doing? They thought the answer was no, at least not in the NGF because he was released right after the fight. Burn shows that he has experience and he is a smart fighter.

Lightweight Fight

Reggie Smack (7-8, 6-8 NGF) v Exodus Starburst (4-5, 3-3 NGF)

Exodus Starburst put on one of the biggest beat downs that I have ever seen in this fight. Smack was terrible and Starburst looked amazing. Smack has no business being in this organization with all the quality fighters, and he proved that in this fight. He had no answer, he put up very little fight and he was completely dominated. Starburst was on him like white on rice in this one from the opening bell. Starburst finished 17-18 in stand up head punches, 6-9 in body punches, 32-43 in kicks, and 31-32 in clinch punching, to Smacks, um, 3 TOTAL STRIKES LANDED! Wow! Here’s another, GOOD BYE to Reggie Smack.

Lightweight Fight

Dirk Diggler (7-7 NGF) v Wade Dew (9-5, 4-4 NGF)

Okay, don’t look now but Dirk Diggler has won 3 straight fights and has looked pretty damn good in each of them. Diggler put together a pretty complete fight in this one, he was quick, he landed a lot of good quality strikes, he fought in the clinch well and he did a nice job or countering and landing take downs. Diggler finished by landing 37 total strikes to Wade Dew’s 19. Dew was just a little slower in this one and was back on his heels for most of the fight. Diggler even survived being rocked early in the 3rd round. Great fight and a great win for Diggler.

Welterweight Fight

#7 Dominick Napolitano (7-5, 7-4 NGF) v #3 Artur Ross (11-3, 10-3 NGF)

This was the first fight for Artur Ross since he was dumped by his manager Max Newsky. Now with a top 20 manager, Jima Jamm, Ross looked very focused and hungry in this fight. Ross attacked Dominick at the start, but Napolitano took the fight to the clinch, which totally backfired as Ross looked outstanding and really took control of the round. Ross landed a knee to the head of Napolitano and he was badly cut. In the 2nd, Napolitano keep the fight on the outside and he did pretty well, he landed more strikes and pushed the pace of the round, he was the better fighter and won the 2nd round. In the 3rd, the fight went back to the clinch and Ross again controlled and put a lot of punishment on Napolitano. In the end, Ross landed 23 head punches, 17 body punches and 11 knees in the clinch while Napolitano landed 12 head punches, 0 body punches, and 2 knees. Ross dominated round 1 and 3 and the judges scored it 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 in favor or Artur Ross.

MAIN CARD

Light Heavyweight Fight

Derek B. Cooper (11-6) v Kaito Saruwatari (17-6)

Here is a fight between two guys that fought on a trial basis for NGF, they came in and filled a spot and they put on a really good show for the crowd. Derek Cooper looked quick, but he was out classed by Kaito Saruwatari. Saruwatari looked fantastic on his feet, he was able to dart in and out and land a lot of good quality shots. Cooper did a nice job of getting 3 take downs in the 1st round, but he just failed to capitalize on the opportunity and although he won round 1, he really didn’t do much damage to Saruwatari as he failed to put up any ground offense. In the 2nd, Saruwatari found his range more and he started to defend the take downs. Cooper did land a solid jab early in the 2nd that opened up a cut on Saruwatari. Cooper then took the fight in the clinch, which totally backfired as Saruwatari did some damage with clinch striking. Cooper did land a take down with a few seconds to go in round 2, but Saruwatari was clearly the more aggressive stand up fighter in the round. In the 3rd, Cooper was very tired and Saruwatari took advantage of that as he was able to score with kicks and jabs. Cooper did get a nice counter take down, but he did nothing as it looked like he was trying to catch his breath and the ref stood them up. In the end, Saruwatari was the more active fighter, he landed more strikes (35 to 6) and he pushed the pace way more than Cooper and he won the fight 29-28 by all 3 judges.

Welterweight Fight

#9 Daemon Mustacho (9-3, 7-3 NGF) v #11 Radar Salter (11-7, 0-1 NGF)

Here is your FOTN, this was such a great fight with both of these guys being aggressive, smart and entertaining from start to finish. This was a beautiful stand up battle and it could have gone either way, only thing I want is to see more of these guys, let’s hope they get a rematch soon. Mustacho concentrated on leg kicks in the 1st round and Salter was working the body with kicks, both guys landed good strikes in the 1st, with Mustacho landing a few more significant strikes, give him round 1. In the 2nd, Mustacho once again worked the legs and they were starting to take their toll. Salter did land a lot of good jabs in the round and did look to be more aggressive. Mustacho took the fight in the clinch and he was in control, he worked over Salter and mixed in some solid striking. I thought Mustacho won the round. In the 3rd, Radar Salter found his range; he started to land some nice jabs and combinations mixed in with some good solid body kicks. Mustacho did take the fight to the clinch again, but Salter didn’t take much damage and he got out pretty quickly. The round ended and I clearly thought Salter took the round and I had given the fight to Salter 29-28, but that means nothing, we went to the judges that actually decide the fight and Igor Prikhodko scored it 29-28, Mustacho. Aleksei Zolotukhin scored it 30-28 Salter and Valeri Chadov scored it 29-28 Mustacho and winner by split decision, Daemon Mustacho, wow that was close.

Heavyweight Fight

#6 Sam Winchester (9-5, 4-3 NGF) v #4 Vladislav Munchkin (10-3, 3-0 NGF)

The first round of this fight, Vladislav Munchkin completely dominated; he came right out and pushed the pace. Sam Winchester continued his struggles as he was on his heels and played all defense in round one. Munchkin even got a take down and we didn’t have much action, but Winchester spent almost 3 minutes just defending and trying to get back to his feet, he did try a late submission, but it did nothing to erase the fact that Munchkin was in total control. In the 2nd, our 1st significant strike landed just 10 seconds in, as Munchkin nailed Winchester with a big uppercut that both cut Sam and knocked him down. Again, Munchkin was doing enough and playing fantastic defense on his feet, he once again got the take down, this time Winchester did manage to be a little more dangerous as he was looking for submissions. I had Munchkin up 20-18 after the 2nd round. The 3rd round saw Sam Winchester know he needed to finish to win the fight and he stepped it up. The fight went to the ground again, Munchkin did work in some ground and pound, but he was content on winning this fight by decision as he did a lot of stalling. Winchester desperately tried to submit Munchkin, he worked very hard in round 3. In the end, Winchester landed 6 total strikes, 0-2 in take downs and was 0-9 in submissions, while Munchkin landed 16 total strikes, including 10 ground strikes, he was 4-6 in take downs and he was 8-12 in improving his position. All three judges scored this 30-27 in favor of Vladislav Munchkin and just like that, he’s moved himself into the title picture.

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Heavyweight Fight

Elbrys Gora (14-6, 2-5 NGF) v #11 Polish Engineer (12-6, 6-3 NGF)

Oh what could have been for Elbrys Gora, I watch this guy and I just feel so bad for him. Gora has all the tools to be great, he shows that he can hurt and do damage to any fighter, but he just cannot get through a fight anymore. Gora has a terrible cutting problem and it has derailed his career. This fight just wasn’t that fun to watch as Gora has now been reduced to a fighter that is so scared to get hit, that he tries to get the fight to the mat, but in this case, when he did do it, he just doesn’t do anything. Polish Engineer looked solid in this fight, but he was defending take downs for a good portion of it. In nailed Gora early, and it, as always, opened Gora up. Elbrys then tried to get the fight down, he has exceptional wrestling skills, and he was able to take Engineer down, but he just didn’t do anything. There was a lot of control and lying around and the ref stood them up. For the next 3 minutes, it was Engineer working in some leg kicks and jabs and Gora missing on take down attempts. In the 2nd, again, Engineer not really loading up on anything, just some short jabs and Gora ended up getting the fight down. The entire round was Gora on top, basically controlling Engineer and not allowing him to do anything, he was 0-4 in submissions in the round and no ground strikes landed. A very boring round to watch, but you have to give it to Gora for being on top the entire round. The best thing about the round is Gora didn’t take any more damage on his cut. In the 3rd, again, Engineer came out with jabs, this time he landed one and blood began to pour out of the cut on Gora’s face and it looked like another one had opened up on the bridge of his nose. For the next few minutes, it was Engineer using his reach to keep Gora on the outside, a few jabs landed and a few leg kicks, but there was a lot of swings and misses and not a whole lot of action. Just after the 3 minute mark, Engineer landed a nice body, head combination and there was more blood. And you knew we were about to see something that we’ve seen far too often as Gora started whipping at his eyes. The next minute you could see, Gora was having all sorts of trouble seeing, he was covered in blood, he looked horrendous, he was getting picked apart by quick short shots now and it was only a matter of time. The ref called in the Dr. at 4:29 and he wasted little time calling the fight.

Main Event

Bantamweight Title Fight

#1 Yngwie Malmsteen (10-4, 9-4 NGF) v C-Andrzej Gajewski (19-2-1, 7-0 NGF)

This championship title fight started with both guys touching gloves and Andrzej Gajewski coming out real aggressive. He landed a quick shot and then followed it up with a big body punch that just missed. Yngwie Malmsteen was starting this fight off by going after Gajewski’s body, some kicks and punches, trying to wear out Andrzej. The fight did go to the clinch and I thought both fighters did a very nice job, but Malmsteen seemed to control pretty well. One inside shot cut Malmsteen at the 4:15 mark. In the 2nd, again, Gajewski came out and started throwing, a jab, a right hand and a kick all landed within 15 seconds of the round starting. The 2nd just had Gajewski landing just about everything he threw, a lot of jabs, but he was pretty much in the zone. The 3rd round was all Gajewski, he was starting to wear out Malmsteen and he was able to get a beautiful counter take down where he controlled Malmsteen and worked in a submission attempt and a few ground strikes. In the 4th, both guys were very active on their feet, but it was clear that Gajewski was the better conditioned fighter for these championship rounds and he had much more jump. He did more on his feet; he’d dart in, land a jab or a kick and get back out of trouble. Malmsteen was very slow at this point and Gajewski was nailing him with just about anything he threw. Gajewski was able to get a take down in the round and when he landed some strong ground strikes, Malmsteen had his head bounced off the canvas and he was in big trouble. Malmsteen was able to hold on and did survive the round. After 4 rounds, I had the fight 40-36 and Malmsteen was going to have to get a stoppage to win this fight. By the 5th round though, Malmsteen had nothing left, he had his front leg red and welted from 16 leg kicks landed by Gajewski and he was exhausted by the ground work he had been doing. Gajewski was able to land a lot of strikes in the 5th round and never really got into trouble or had any damage done. The final stats on this fight were Malmsteen was 11-27 with standup head punches, 10-41 in body punches, 2-6 in kicks, 6-13 in clinch strikes and 0-4 in ground strikes while Gajewski was 41-42 in standup head punches, 5-8 in body punches 20-27 in kicking, 7-17 in clinch striking and 3-13 in ground strikes. All three judges had it 50-45 and STILL BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION, ANDRZEJ GAJEWSKI!

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UNDER CARD

Lightweight Fight

Mohsen Mosaddegh (6-1, 0-1 NGF) v #11 Kyun-Chul Kim (5-2 NGF)

I thought that Mohsen Mosaddegh 6-0 record was a little deceiving, but man, I thought he’d put up a little fight. Maybe Mosaddegh had a little jitters as he was no doubt trying to impress the fans of NGF and gain some new ones, but it was not a good first showing. Mosaddegh took the fight to the clinch, but Kyun-Shul Kim showed his smarts and got a beautiful trip take down. He then dominated Mosaddegh on the mat, controlling him and he landed 9 ground strikes and eventually landed a monster elbow from mount and then 2 more big punches before the ref was able to stop it at 3:55 of the 1st round.

Light Heavyweight Fight

Vincent Coll (1-2 NGF) v Sioux Sie (9-5, 3-3 NGF)

Sioux Sie may have put up his best fight in the NGF in this one. He looked very good, he landed and nice percentage of his strikes and he controlled on the ground. Vincent Coll looked solid, but he was slow and didn’t really look like he could get going until the 3rd round and by that time, Sie was already up 2 rounds. Sie got 5-14 take down attempts and he did control well, but his offense wasn’t much as he was 0-5 with his ground strikes and 0-1 in submission attempts. In the end, the judges scored it 30-28, 30-28, 29-28 in favor of Sioux Sie.

Bantamweight Fight

#13 Hakan Juholt (3-1 NGF) v #8 Jack Judo (7-4 NGF)

What you had here were two very high class judo fighters here, Jack Judo shot in and he got the take down. Hakan Juholt has excellent judo skills and he fought off a submission, but as Judo made a slight mistake, Juholt got a beautiful sweep and he got on top. Juholt then went the next few minutes just dropping bombs on Judo who had no striking defense as usual as he is now allowing opponents to land 81% of their ground strikes. Juholt was able to land hammer fists that rocked Judo and then after some good grappling, he was able to land more strikes that had Judo covering up and the ref jumped in and ended it at 4:57 of the 1st round. A very impressive win for Hakan Juholt and he moves up the ranks and makes a statement to the rest of the division.

Heavyweight Fight

Roman Kowalski (9-8, 6-6 NGF) v Firco Nowack (17-8, 4-3 NGF)

Firco Nowack is a veteran of this sport and he’s been around for a pretty long time, but I don’t believe he’s ever been this impressive or dominating. Roman Kowalski was totally outclassed in this one, he had no answers and he exhausted himself by missing on 12 take down attempts. Nowack was light on his feet, he did pretty much anything he wanted in the fight as he landed 21 stand up strikes to Kowalski’s 6. Where Nowack shined was in the clinch, he is an exceptional Muay Thai fighter but he looked elite in this one, he landed 11 of 11 clinch head punches, 3 of 3 body punches, 19 of 19 elbows, 25 of 46 knees to the head and 27 of 27 knees to the body. Wow! You have to give it to Roman, he has monster heart and a chin of stone after taking this much punishment and still able to stay standing. After the fight, Firco Nowack called it quits, but days later, he has resigned with the NGF, but now he’s a super heavyweight.

Middleweight Fight

#14 Paul McCracken (7-2, 5-1 NGF) v Joe Laynpray (11-10, 1-3 NGF)

Well this one went just as I had thought, Joe Laynpray continued to be the 1 dimensional fighter that he’s been, doing nothing offensive and going all take down attempts, but in this fight, Paul McCracken defended them and Mc Craked Laynpray with monster shots. McCracken first caught Laynpray standing flat footed looking for a take down, he hit him with a big head kick and Laynpray was knocked down, rocked and cut. Moments later, after dishing out more punishment, McCracken landed another head kick that sent Laynpray down again. Then at 1:39, McCracken landed another quick head kick to the side of Laynpray’s head and the lights went out. Paul McCracken continues to move up the ranks and show that he is a serious threat in the middleweight division.

MAIN CARD

Featherweight Fight

#8 Lion El Johnson (7-3, 1-1 NGF) v #10 Davis Davies (11-4, 2-0 NGF)

This was such a good fight, big striking, good defense, good ground fighting, yep, I didn’t want this one to end. The first round had Lion El Johnson looking very good, he was landing some decent stand up striking, but Davis Davies got the take down and worked a submission quickly. Johnson was able to improve his position and he then started the offense, Davies was doing a nice job of defending, but Johnson was definitely in control and he did get some good shots in. In the 2nd, Johnson came out aggressive, but Davies did a nice job of counter striking, one counter punch landed straight on the jaw of Johnson and he was rocked, falling and staggering backwards. Davies stay on the attack and he landed another strike that sent Johnson falling back against the cage, Davies jumped on top and landed more strikes before the ref could stop the fight at 1:22 of the 2nd round. A very good, action packed fight and both guys showed that they are strong contenders in the featherweight division.

Featherweight Fight

#12 Riviere Hinds (8-6, 4-2 NGF) v Jean Van Dam (15-7, 1-3 NGF)

This was also a very good fight and this could have gone either way as both guys looked very strong on the ground. The fight had moments of no action, but when these two were active, it was great to see the strategy’s that these two worked on. Jean Van Dam did more of the take downs as he was 4-21 in take down attempts and Riviere Hinds was 4-5. Both guys spent time on top and on the bottom, they both did a nice job of improving, but Hinds looked to be the more active fighter, he improved 8-15 attempts while Van Dam improved 4-24 attempts. Hinds looked a little stronger on the ground, especially in the 3rd round. As the fight ended, Hinds was able to land 7 stand up strikes to Van Dam’s 1 and Hinds landed 7 ground strikes to Van Dam’s 5. The judges scored it 29-28, Hinds, 29-28 Van Dam and then 29-28 to give the split decision to Riviere Hinds. This was a great fight and it earned the FOTN award, well deserved in my opinion.

Super Heavyweight Fight

#7 Buck Compton (8-4, 5-1 NGF) v #5 Samson Miodek (10-4, 5-2 NGF)

This one was so strange, I would have thought Buck Compton would have been prepared for this fight, he is a skilled guy, but he looked lost and confused in this one. Samson Miodek came out, he was aggressive, he landed just about anything on Compton, who did more back peddling than anything. Compton was slow and had pretty much no defense as he was flat footed and Miodek made him pay as he landed 27 stand up strikes to just 2 of Compton. Miodek also got the fight to the mat and landed 3 more ground strikes. The 2nd round was the fatal round for Compton. Miodek landed a uppercut, and then he fired a straight right hand, landing straight to the face of Compton and he fell, face first to the ground, completely out, a violent end to this one and one that earned the KOTN. I’m not sure what Compton has been doing in training, but this was an embarrassing fight for him.

Co-Main Event:

Welterweight Fight

#14 Dmitry Timonyn (11-9-1, 6-6-1 NGF) v #2 Zeddicus Starburst (11-3, 7-3 NGF)

Zeddicus Starburst looked awesome in this one as he was able to dominate Dmitry Timonyn standing and also avoided damage and was able to get back to his feet when Timonyn took him down. Starburst landed a lot of hard shots in the 1st round, including a quick head kick that cut Timonyn. Even when Timonyn was able to get Starburst down and get on top, Starburst was able to improve and get sweeps. Starburst continued to land massive strikes and good leg kicks in round 2, he opened up a 2nd cut on Timonyn with a solid punch that hit Timonyn right in the eye. Timonyn did land some stand up strikes, but he continued to work for take downs, but he couldn’t control Starburst and lost the upper hand on most occasions. The final stats showed Timonyn landing 5 total strikes the entire fight, he was 5-16 in take down attempts, but he was 0-2 in ground striking and 0-3 in submissions while only improving 2 times out of 14 attempts. Starburst finished landing 28 total strikes and he improved 6 times out of his 9 attempts. A dominating fight for Starburst and he took the fight 30-27 by all three judges.

Main Event

Middleweight Fight

#8 Jeff Glover (4-1 NGF) v #3 Michael Fybra (18-8, 2-0 NGF)

Jeff Glover came right out and started striking in this one; he had Michael Fybra on his heels and playing defense. Glover landed a early hook that snapped Fybras head and cut him open, just moments into the fight. The Glover shot in and got a take down and landed in Fybra’s guard. The next minute we had both guys struggling for position and control, not a whole lot of offense. Michael Fybra did perform a sweep and ended up getting on top of Glover. Then there was another minute of not much, just control and battle for position and the ref did stand them up just after the 3 minute mark. Then from the 3:15 to the 4 minute mark, Fybra was able to land a 8 strikes that hurt Glover. Then Fybra landed a very hard leg kick that really hurt Glover and he kinda hunched over, grabbed his leg and at that very moment, Fybra launched a head kick that hit Glover in the neck, jaw area and Glover was rocked, as he wobbled, Fybra jumped on him, knocked him down and began to pound away until the ref stopped the fight at 4:11 of the 1st round. Not an overly exciting main event, but one that showed how dangerous Michael Fybra can be.

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NGF 68 | Odin vs Borschev Preview (776275)

MAIN CARD

Main Event

Super Heavyweight Title Fight

#1 Dmitry Borschev (8-0, 5-0 NGF) v C-Shavo Odin (11-5, 3-0 NGF)

Holy cow, the co-main event is so awesome, but I think this one might be better, nope, yep, ahh who cares, they are both unbelievable fights. Dmitry Borschev is a flat out bad ass. 8 straight wins, 2 TKO’s, 6 KO’s, 1 by a flying knee, 1 head kick, others punches…yep, BAD ASS! If that wasn’t scary enough, how about this, he’s just 22 years old! He just comes out in his fights, straight ahead, he is first to the punch, he can rock or hurt his opponents with the very first punch and then he goes in for the kill very quickly. He is landing 75% of his head punches, 58% of his body punches, 50% of his head kicks, 85% of his leg kicks and 86% of his body kicks. He has shown elite striking defense and take down defense. His one area of weakness, if you want to call it that, is he hasn’t been great on the ground. Shavo Odin is a pretty big bad ass himself, he has outstanding power and he can cut his opponents with his quick striking. Odin has 3 FOTN and 3 KOTN awards, but he can also use his bjj brown belt skills to get a submission. Odin has good stand up skills, but he uses exceptional take down skills to take a fight to the mat. On the mat he is so strong, opponents are only improving 39% of their attempts and he will drop monster shots as he averages 8.1 ground strikes per fight. He isn’t a overly accurate striker and his stand up defense can be pretty poor at times, but he can hurt is opponent with a single strike. I can’t believe this title fight, it is so damn good! Odin is going to try and get this fight to the mat and Borschev’s take down defense will be tested. Also, Odin’s average striking defense will be tested, lets just hope the chin holds up. PREDICTION: Borschev 2nd round KO

Co-Main Event:

Heavyweight Title Fight

#1 Frederick Frost (6-1, 5-0 NGF) v C-Wei Pei (8-0, 3-0 NGF)

Oh my lord, look at this fight, if this card wasn’t good enough already, here is the first of two title fights and I can’t decide which is the better one. Frederick Frost is a monster…can I just stop there? Frost has won 6 straight fights, he’s finished every win and he has 4 KO’s in his last 5 wins. He is a pure stand up fighter who doesn’t only land huge bombs, but he is very accurate as well as he’s landing 79% of his head punches, 73% of his body punches, and 93% of his leg kicks. He is excellent at his striking defense, but in most fights, opponents have just tried to take him down to stay away from his power. He’s terrible on the ground, so that’s the place to attack I guess. Wei Pei is a monster…can I just stop…oh wait, I’ve used that. At one point Pei was 6-0 with 6 KO’s all he’s done since that is go 2-0 with 2 TKO’s. None of Wei Pei’s fights have even gotten to the 2nd minute of the 1st round; he comes out and just attacks his opponents with extreme violence. He has the best power in the entire organization hands down, he can hurt you with either hand and his kicks are pretty good as well. I have no idea how he is in the clinch or on the ground since he hasn’t spent a single second in those areas. His average head punches landed (4.3) is larger than his opponents are averaging with total strikes (4.2). We are looking at two of the biggest beasts in the heavyweight division and someone might leave on a stretcher. PREDICTION: Pei 1st round KO

Lightweight Fight

#3 Martin Louis (12-1, 1-0 NGF) v #4 Project Ghetto (12-5, 1-0 NGF)

I cannot believe how excited I am for this fight. These two are two of the top lightweights in the division and possibly, for their age, in the game. Martin Louis is a former Undisputed Online Championship champion and he has just 1 loss in his career. Louis has fantastic power and he has fought very smart, adapting his game plan well. There aren’t really any holes in Louis’s game, he is overwhelming with his aggression at times, he has fantastic striking defense and he’s been a beast in the clinch, he is averaging 36.7 clinch punches while his opponents are only averaging 9.9. He has elite take down defense, but on the off chance he is taken down, he has shown excellent striking defense. Project Ghetto is a former Eternal Rivals champion and though he doesn’t have the power of Louis, he might be even smarter. Ghetto is a very exciting fighter, he has 6 FOTN awards and he will fight anywhere in the cage. He will adapt his game plan to any style and he has shown a fantastic ability to switch up styles from counter to aggressive in the middle of fights. He is averaging 18.3 stand up head punches, 15.8 leg kicks, 16.5 clinch punches and 8.6 ground strikes per fight. He has gone to a decision 12 times so he is one of the best conditioned fighters in the sport. I have no idea who is going to win this one and frankly I don’t care, I just can’t wait to see this and the winner will probably be the #1 contender. If you pined me down and asked for who I think will win, I’m going with the more power. PREDICTION: Louis 3rd round TKO

Lightweight Fight

#8 Edmund Dantes (11-5, 4-2 NGF) v #13 Heraldo Magnifico (13-7, 3-3 NGF)

This is a super fight, so good and I can’t wait to see these two guys go. Edmund Dantes will look to move up the ranks a bit with a win and he’ll try to make it 5 straight NGF wins. Dantes might have the worst power in the division and possibly the most boring style too. Dantes is pretty aggressive, he averages 10 head punches per fight, but they are usually just jabs. What he likes to do is go for a lot of take downs, around 6 a fight and when he gets an opponent down, it’s all control with him. He is only averaging 2.2 ground strikes per fight, but he is averaging 6.4 submissions, but his submission skills just haven’t been that good. He is a point eater when he’s on the mat because when he gets on top usually that’s how the round ends. Heraldo Magnifico is a lot more exciting, he has 8 FOTN awards in his career, but he will have to try and not get frustrated with Dantes style. Magnifico is a very good stand up fighter, he has good power in his hands and feet, he has powerful kicking although he doesn’t land them at a high percentage at 19%. Magnifico has been very tough in the clinch, he has good dirty boxing and solid Muay Thai and he is averaging 15.9 clinch punches per fight. He has shown exceptional take down defense and ground defense which is something he will need in this fight. Dantes is a very hard fighter to deal with, very frustrating and that will be the biggest question here, can Magnifico stay focused and keep off the mat. PREDICTION: Magnifico 2nd round TKO

Welterweight Fight

Archie Stewart (5-2, 3-2 NGF) v #14 Adam Yauch (9-5 NGF)

Archie Stewart is a highly skilled guy who likes to use some counter punching and take downs to usually fight on the mat. Stewart has wonderful wrestling skills and he is solid at getting take downs from standing or from the clinch. His striking defense is severely lacking as he’s being out struck on his feet 13.1 to 9.1 on average, but the percentage of strikes landed is pretty high. Stewart is averaging 10 ground strikes per fight and he’s landing 81% of them and that’s usually where he does his damage. Adam Yauch keeps improving and he keeps getting better in all areas. He’s a guy who will face fighters with a lot more experience and he has looked solid in losses to top opponents. Yauch has a lot of power in his punches and he’s getting to be very creative, trying spinning back fist, knees and switch kicks. Yauch has improved in all areas, but still to this point, he has shown very little defense with anything and he’s relied on his punching power to be down and then get the KO with one punch. This is a good matchup, Stewart is strong in the areas that Yauch is not, but if Yauch can land that one punch, he’ll win. PREDICTION: Yauch 2nd round TKO

PRELIM CARD

Welterweight Fight

#5 Alastair Gridlock 6-4, 3-1 NGF) v #9 Macros Motaro (5-2-1, 3-2 NGF)

Alastair Gridlock was probably going to be in a title fight if he won his last fight, but he lost a majority decision to Enzo Moretti. Gridlock is super skilled, he can fight anywhere, but he’s elite with his boxing skills. He uses a nice mix of kicking and punching to eat up points and he also has enough power that he can rock his opponents with either hand. Gridlock has also shown excellent striking defense and sensational footwork to be able to fight off take downs. Macros Motaro is a sensational kick boxer, he can tie up his opponents well and he has excellent dirty boxing. He also has brilliant striking defense and he can counter very well. He isn’t a ground fighter at all, but he has done an excellent job at improving and getting back to his feet. These two guys throw bombs, they each can end a fight very quickly, but I think Gridlock has slightly better all-around skills and he’ll pull this out. PREDICTION: Gridlock 2nd round TKO

Super Heavyweight Fight

#12 Mikhail Van Kirkland (11-9, 2-1 NGF) v #13 Buddy Threadgood (7-5, 6-5 NGF)

Russia vs the USA in this one, brings back memories of Rocky IV. Russia’s Mikhail Van Kirkland has monster power and an ability to cut open his opponents, the problem, Kirkland might get cut more than he cuts. He lacks striking defense as he tries to load up with big KO punches and he will get out struck standing. He is solid at getting take downs and when he’s on top he can control and dish out major punishment with his ground and pound. USA’s Buddy Threadgood will try and do his best to dodge those hay makers because his chin is as close to glass as you can get, he’s been KO’ed 4 times and TKO’ed the other. On the other hand, Threadgood has major power too and he’s very creative for a big man, he has 2 superman KO’s in his career. Threadgood is skilled, but he still lacks the defense to avoid being KO’ed. This should be fun and should end violently. PREDICTION: Threadgood 2nd round KO

Welterweight Fight

Stringer Bell (5-2, 1-2 NGF) v Andry Andrianampoinimerina (7-4, 5-2 NGF)

Stringer Bell has shown very good striking defense and he’s coming in very angry after losing his last fight by decision. He has been a monster on the mat, landing 76% of his ground strikes and he has a submission win. He has shown elite ground striking defense as well holding his opponents to just 9% on their ground strikes. Andry Andrianampoinimerina has gone in the tank a bit after winning 5 straight; he is now riding a 2 fight losing streak. He has little stand up skill, but he is a beast on the mat. He is averaging 4.2 take downs per fight and on the mat he is averaging 20.6 ground strikes while landing 61% of them. He is not good on his back however and he can be submitted rather easily. This is going to be a ground battle and I think Bell has the submission skills to win it. PREDICTION: Bell 2nd round submission

Bantamweight Fight

Sebastian Kowalski (4-2, 0-0 NGF) v Andrew Summer (9-7, 8-6 NGF)

Polish fighter Sebastian Kowalski is making his NGF debut and is currently on a 2 fight losing streak. He has been fantastic in the clinch, he has very dangerous knees and his kicking is very efficient. He is good at getting back to his feet if he’s taken down, but he has taken damage on the mat. Andrew Summer is 1-3 in his last 4 fights and he seems to have lost focus a bit in what he wants from this sport. He has excellent take down skills and he can certainly be a monster when he’s on top, landing 66% of his ground strikes and 11% of his submission attempts. Summer has a pretty bad weakness if he’s on his back and his chin is a bit in question as he’s been finished by T(KO) 5 times. PREDICTION: Kowalski decision win

Super Heavyweight Fight

Sawyer Hume (3-0, 1-0 NGF) v Kieron Radebe (5-2, 1-0 NGF)

A fantastic fight kicks this card off between to very heavy strikers in Thailand’s Sawyer Hume and England’s Kieron Radebe. Hume so far has been pretty much all Muay Thai, he has sensational clinch skills, he has landed 100% of his clinch punches and his elbows will tear up his opponents. Kieron Radebe has finished all his wins, 2 TKO’s and 3 KO’s. He wants to avoid the ground, but his take down defense hasn’t been good. He has a monster head kick that you have got to be ready for. These guys are very evenly matched, but if Hume gets his hands on Radebe, this could be a very short fight. PREDICTION: Hume 2nd round TKO

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NGF 66 | Fybra vs Glover Review (775661)

UNDER CARD

Lightweight Fight

Mohsen Mosaddegh (6-1, 0-1 NGF) v #11 Kyun-Chul Kim (5-2 NGF)

I thought that Mohsen Mosaddegh 6-0 record was a little deceiving, but man, I thought he’d put up a little fight. Maybe Mosaddegh had a little jitters as he was no doubt trying to impress the fans of NGF and gain some new ones, but it was not a good first showing. Mosaddegh took the fight to the clinch, but Kyun-Shul Kim showed his smarts and got a beautiful trip take down. He then dominated Mosaddegh on the mat, controlling him and he landed 9 ground strikes and eventually landed a monster elbow from mount and then 2 more big punches before the ref was able to stop it at 3:55 of the 1st round.

Light Heavyweight Fight

Vincent Coll (1-2 NGF) v Sioux Sie (9-5, 3-3 NGF)

Sioux Sie may have put up his best fight in the NGF in this one. He looked very good, he landed and nice percentage of his strikes and he controlled on the ground. Vincent Coll looked solid, but he was slow and didn’t really look like he could get going until the 3rd round and by that time, Sie was already up 2 rounds. Sie got 5-14 take down attempts and he did control well, but his offense wasn’t much as he was 0-5 with his ground strikes and 0-1 in submission attempts. In the end, the judges scored it 30-28, 30-28, 29-28 in favor of Sioux Sie.

Bantamweight Fight

#13 Hakan Juholt (3-1 NGF) v #8 Jack Judo (7-4 NGF)

What you had here were two very high class judo fighters here, Jack Judo shot in and he got the take down. Hakan Juholt has excellent judo skills and he fought off a submission, but as Judo made a slight mistake, Juholt got a beautiful sweep and he got on top. Juholt then went the next few minutes just dropping bombs on Judo who had no striking defense as usual as he is now allowing opponents to land 81% of their ground strikes. Juholt was able to land hammer fists that rocked Judo and then after some good grappling, he was able to land more strikes that had Judo covering up and the ref jumped in and ended it at 4:57 of the 1st round. A very impressive win for Hakan Juholt and he moves up the ranks and makes a statement to the rest of the division.

Heavyweight Fight

Roman Kowalski (9-8, 6-6 NGF) v Firco Nowack (17-8, 4-3 NGF)

Firco Nowack is a veteran of this sport and he’s been around for a pretty long time, but I don’t believe he’s ever been this impressive or dominating. Roman Kowalski was totally outclassed in this one, he had no answers and he exhausted himself by missing on 12 take down attempts. Nowack was light on his feet, he did pretty much anything he wanted in the fight as he landed 21 stand up strikes to Kowalski’s 6. Where Nowack shined was in the clinch, he is an exceptional Muay Thai fighter but he looked elite in this one, he landed 11 of 11 clinch head punches, 3 of 3 body punches, 19 of 19 elbows, 25 of 46 knees to the head and 27 of 27 knees to the body. Wow! You have to give it to Roman, he has monster heart and a chin of stone after taking this much punishment and still able to stay standing. After the fight, Firco Nowack called it quits, but days later, he has resigned with the NGF, but now he’s a super heavyweight.

Middleweight Fight

#14 Paul McCracken (7-2, 5-1 NGF) v Joe Laynpray (11-10, 1-3 NGF)

Well this one went just as I had thought, Joe Laynpray continued to be the 1 dimensional fighter that he’s been, doing nothing offensive and going all take down attempts, but in this fight, Paul McCracken defended them and Mc Craked Laynpray with monster shots. McCracken first caught Laynpray standing flat footed looking for a take down, he hit him with a big head kick and Laynpray was knocked down, rocked and cut. Moments later, after dishing out more punishment, McCracken landed another head kick that sent Laynpray down again. Then at 1:39, McCracken landed another quick head kick to the side of Laynpray’s head and the lights went out. Paul McCracken continues to move up the ranks and show that he is a serious threat in the middleweight division.

MAIN CARD

Featherweight Fight

#8 Lion El Johnson (7-3, 1-1 NGF) v #10 Davis Davies (11-4, 2-0 NGF)

This was such a good fight, big striking, good defense, good ground fighting, yep, I didn’t want this one to end. The first round had Lion El Johnson looking very good, he was landing some decent stand up striking, but Davis Davies got the take down and worked a submission quickly. Johnson was able to improve his position and he then started the offense, Davies was doing a nice job of defending, but Johnson was definitely in control and he did get some good shots in. In the 2nd, Johnson came out aggressive, but Davies did a nice job of counter striking, one counter punch landed straight on the jaw of Johnson and he was rocked, falling and staggering backwards. Davies stay on the attack and he landed another strike that sent Johnson falling back against the cage, Davies jumped on top and landed more strikes before the ref could stop the fight at 1:22 of the 2nd round. A very good, action packed fight and both guys showed that they are strong contenders in the featherweight division.

Featherweight Fight

#12 Riviere Hinds (8-6, 4-2 NGF) v Jean Van Dam (15-7, 1-3 NGF)

This was also a very good fight and this could have gone either way as both guys looked very strong on the ground. The fight had moments of no action, but when these two were active, it was great to see the strategy’s that these two worked on. Jean Van Dam did more of the take downs as he was 4-21 in take down attempts and Riviere Hinds was 4-5. Both guys spent time on top and on the bottom, they both did a nice job of improving, but Hinds looked to be the more active fighter, he improved 8-15 attempts while Van Dam improved 4-24 attempts. Hinds looked a little stronger on the ground, especially in the 3rd round. As the fight ended, Hinds was able to land 7 stand up strikes to Van Dam’s 1 and Hinds landed 7 ground strikes to Van Dam’s 5. The judges scored it 29-28, Hinds, 29-28 Van Dam and then 29-28 to give the split decision to Riviere Hinds. This was a great fight and it earned the FOTN award, well deserved in my opinion.

Super Heavyweight Fight

#7 Buck Compton (8-4, 5-1 NGF) v #5 Samson Miodek (10-4, 5-2 NGF)

This one was so strange, I would have thought Buck Compton would have been prepared for this fight, he is a skilled guy, but he looked lost and confused in this one. Samson Miodek came out, he was aggressive, he landed just about anything on Compton, who did more back peddling than anything. Compton was slow and had pretty much no defense as he was flat footed and Miodek made him pay as he landed 27 stand up strikes to just 2 of Compton. Miodek also got the fight to the mat and landed 3 more ground strikes. The 2nd round was the fatal round for Compton. Miodek landed a uppercut, and then he fired a straight right hand, landing straight to the face of Compton and he fell, face first to the ground, completely out, a violent end to this one and one that earned the KOTN. I’m not sure what Compton has been doing in training, but this was an embarrassing fight for him.

Co-Main Event:

Welterweight Fight

#14 Dmitry Timonyn (11-9-1, 6-6-1 NGF) v #2 Zeddicus Starburst (11-3, 7-3 NGF)

Zeddicus Starburst looked awesome in this one as he was able to dominate Dmitry Timonyn standing and also avoided damage and was able to get back to his feet when Timonyn took him down. Starburst landed a lot of hard shots in the 1st round, including a quick head kick that cut Timonyn. Even when Timonyn was able to get Starburst down and get on top, Starburst was able to improve and get sweeps. Starburst continued to land massive strikes and good leg kicks in round 2, he opened up a 2nd cut on Timonyn with a solid punch that hit Timonyn right in the eye. Timonyn did land some stand up strikes, but he continued to work for take downs, but he couldn’t control Starburst and lost the upper hand on most occasions. The final stats showed Timonyn landing 5 total strikes the entire fight, he was 5-16 in take down attempts, but he was 0-2 in ground striking and 0-3 in submissions while only improving 2 times out of 14 attempts. Starburst finished landing 28 total strikes and he improved 6 times out of his 9 attempts. A dominating fight for Starburst and he took the fight 30-27 by all three judges.

Main Event

Middleweight Fight

#8 Jeff Glover (4-1 NGF) v #3 Michael Fybra (18-8, 2-0 NGF)

Jeff Glover came right out and started striking in this one; he had Michael Fybra on his heels and playing defense. Glover landed a early hook that snapped Fybras head and cut him open, just moments into the fight. The Glover shot in and got a take down and landed in Fybra’s guard. The next minute we had both guys struggling for position and control, not a whole lot of offense. Michael Fybra did perform a sweep and ended up getting on top of Glover. Then there was another minute of not much, just control and battle for position and the ref did stand them up just after the 3 minute mark. Then from the 3:15 to the 4 minute mark, Fybra was able to land a 8 strikes that hurt Glover. Then Fybra landed a very hard leg kick that really hurt Glover and he kinda hunched over, grabbed his leg and at that very moment, Fybra launched a head kick that hit Glover in the neck, jaw area and Glover was rocked, as he wobbled, Fybra jumped on him, knocked him down and began to pound away until the ref stopped the fight at 4:11 of the 1st round. Not an overly exciting main event, but one that showed how dangerous Michael Fybra can be.

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NGF 66 | Fybra vs Glover Review (775661)

UNDER CARD

Lightweight Fight

Mohsen Mosaddegh (6-1, 0-1 NGF) v #11 Kyun-Chul Kim (5-2 NGF)

I thought that Mohsen Mosaddegh 6-0 record was a little deceiving, but man, I thought he’d put up a little fight. Maybe Mosaddegh had a little jitters as he was no doubt trying to impress the fans of NGF and gain some new ones, but it was not a good first showing. Mosaddegh took the fight to the clinch, but Kyun-Shul Kim showed his smarts and got a beautiful trip take down. He then dominated Mosaddegh on the mat, controlling him and he landed 9 ground strikes and eventually landed a monster elbow from mount and then 2 more big punches before the ref was able to stop it at 3:55 of the 1st round.

Light Heavyweight Fight

Vincent Coll (1-2 NGF) v Sioux Sie (9-5, 3-3 NGF)

Sioux Sie may have put up his best fight in the NGF in this one. He looked very good, he landed and nice percentage of his strikes and he controlled on the ground. Vincent Coll looked solid, but he was slow and didn’t really look like he could get going until the 3rd round and by that time, Sie was already up 2 rounds. Sie got 5-14 take down attempts and he did control well, but his offense wasn’t much as he was 0-5 with his ground strikes and 0-1 in submission attempts. In the end, the judges scored it 30-28, 30-28, 29-28 in favor of Sioux Sie.

Bantamweight Fight

#13 Hakan Juholt (3-1 NGF) v #8 Jack Judo (7-4 NGF)

What you had here were two very high class judo fighters here, Jack Judo shot in and he got the take down. Hakan Juholt has excellent judo skills and he fought off a submission, but as Judo made a slight mistake, Juholt got a beautiful sweep and he got on top. Juholt then went the next few minutes just dropping bombs on Judo who had no striking defense as usual as he is now allowing opponents to land 81% of their ground strikes. Juholt was able to land hammer fists that rocked Judo and then after some good grappling, he was able to land more strikes that had Judo covering up and the ref jumped in and ended it at 4:57 of the 1st round. A very impressive win for Hakan Juholt and he moves up the ranks and makes a statement to the rest of the division.

Heavyweight Fight

Roman Kowalski (9-8, 6-6 NGF) v Firco Nowack (17-8, 4-3 NGF)

Firco Nowack is a veteran of this sport and he’s been around for a pretty long time, but I don’t believe he’s ever been this impressive or dominating. Roman Kowalski was totally outclassed in this one, he had no answers and he exhausted himself by missing on 12 take down attempts. Nowack was light on his feet, he did pretty much anything he wanted in the fight as he landed 21 stand up strikes to Kowalski’s 6. Where Nowack shined was in the clinch, he is an exceptional Muay Thai fighter but he looked elite in this one, he landed 11 of 11 clinch head punches, 3 of 3 body punches, 19 of 19 elbows, 25 of 46 knees to the head and 27 of 27 knees to the body. Wow! You have to give it to Roman, he has monster heart and a chin of stone after taking this much punishment and still able to stay standing. After the fight, Firco Nowack called it quits, but days later, he has resigned with the NGF, but now he’s a super heavyweight.

Middleweight Fight

#14 Paul McCracken (7-2, 5-1 NGF) v Joe Laynpray (11-10, 1-3 NGF)

Well this one went just as I had thought, Joe Laynpray continued to be the 1 dimensional fighter that he’s been, doing nothing offensive and going all take down attempts, but in this fight, Paul McCracken defended them and Mc Craked Laynpray with monster shots. McCracken first caught Laynpray standing flat footed looking for a take down, he hit him with a big head kick and Laynpray was knocked down, rocked and cut. Moments later, after dishing out more punishment, McCracken landed another head kick that sent Laynpray down again. Then at 1:39, McCracken landed another quick head kick to the side of Laynpray’s head and the lights went out. Paul McCracken continues to move up the ranks and show that he is a serious threat in the middleweight division.

MAIN CARD

Featherweight Fight

#8 Lion El Johnson (7-3, 1-1 NGF) v #10 Davis Davies (11-4, 2-0 NGF)

This was such a good fight, big striking, good defense, good ground fighting, yep, I didn’t want this one to end. The first round had Lion El Johnson looking very good, he was landing some decent stand up striking, but Davis Davies got the take down and worked a submission quickly. Johnson was able to improve his position and he then started the offense, Davies was doing a nice job of defending, but Johnson was definitely in control and he did get some good shots in. In the 2nd, Johnson came out aggressive, but Davies did a nice job of counter striking, one counter punch landed straight on the jaw of Johnson and he was rocked, falling and staggering backwards. Davies stay on the attack and he landed another strike that sent Johnson falling back against the cage, Davies jumped on top and landed more strikes before the ref could stop the fight at 1:22 of the 2nd round. A very good, action packed fight and both guys showed that they are strong contenders in the featherweight division.

Featherweight Fight

#12 Riviere Hinds (8-6, 4-2 NGF) v Jean Van Dam (15-7, 1-3 NGF)

This was also a very good fight and this could have gone either way as both guys looked very strong on the ground. The fight had moments of no action, but when these two were active, it was great to see the strategy’s that these two worked on. Jean Van Dam did more of the take downs as he was 4-21 in take down attempts and Riviere Hinds was 4-5. Both guys spent time on top and on the bottom, they both did a nice job of improving, but Hinds looked to be the more active fighter, he improved 8-15 attempts while Van Dam improved 4-24 attempts. Hinds looked a little stronger on the ground, especially in the 3rd round. As the fight ended, Hinds was able to land 7 stand up strikes to Van Dam’s 1 and Hinds landed 7 ground strikes to Van Dam’s 5. The judges scored it 29-28, Hinds, 29-28 Van Dam and then 29-28 to give the split decision to Riviere Hinds. This was a great fight and it earned the FOTN award, well deserved in my opinion.

Super Heavyweight Fight

#7 Buck Compton (8-4, 5-1 NGF) v #5 Samson Miodek (10-4, 5-2 NGF)

This one was so strange, I would have thought Buck Compton would have been prepared for this fight, he is a skilled guy, but he looked lost and confused in this one. Samson Miodek came out, he was aggressive, he landed just about anything on Compton, who did more back peddling than anything. Compton was slow and had pretty much no defense as he was flat footed and Miodek made him pay as he landed 27 stand up strikes to just 2 of Compton. Miodek also got the fight to the mat and landed 3 more ground strikes. The 2nd round was the fatal round for Compton. Miodek landed a uppercut, and then he fired a straight right hand, landing straight to the face of Compton and he fell, face first to the ground, completely out, a violent end to this one and one that earned the KOTN. I’m not sure what Compton has been doing in training, but this was an embarrassing fight for him.

Co-Main Event:

Welterweight Fight

#14 Dmitry Timonyn (11-9-1, 6-6-1 NGF) v #2 Zeddicus Starburst (11-3, 7-3 NGF)

Zeddicus Starburst looked awesome in this one as he was able to dominate Dmitry Timonyn standing and also avoided damage and was able to get back to his feet when Timonyn took him down. Starburst landed a lot of hard shots in the 1st round, including a quick head kick that cut Timonyn. Even when Timonyn was able to get Starburst down and get on top, Starburst was able to improve and get sweeps. Starburst continued to land massive strikes and good leg kicks in round 2, he opened up a 2nd cut on Timonyn with a solid punch that hit Timonyn right in the eye. Timonyn did land some stand up strikes, but he continued to work for take downs, but he couldn’t control Starburst and lost the upper hand on most occasions. The final stats showed Timonyn landing 5 total strikes the entire fight, he was 5-16 in take down attempts, but he was 0-2 in ground striking and 0-3 in submissions while only improving 2 times out of 14 attempts. Starburst finished landing 28 total strikes and he improved 6 times out of his 9 attempts. A dominating fight for Starburst and he took the fight 30-27 by all three judges.

Main Event

Middleweight Fight

#8 Jeff Glover (4-1 NGF) v #3 Michael Fybra (18-8, 2-0 NGF)

Jeff Glover came right out and started striking in this one; he had Michael Fybra on his heels and playing defense. Glover landed a early hook that snapped Fybras head and cut him open, just moments into the fight. The Glover shot in and got a take down and landed in Fybra’s guard. The next minute we had both guys struggling for position and control, not a whole lot of offense. Michael Fybra did perform a sweep and ended up getting on top of Glover. Then there was another minute of not much, just control and battle for position and the ref did stand them up just after the 3 minute mark. Then from the 3:15 to the 4 minute mark, Fybra was able to land a 8 strikes that hurt Glover. Then Fybra landed a very hard leg kick that really hurt Glover and he kinda hunched over, grabbed his leg and at that very moment, Fybra launched a head kick that hit Glover in the neck, jaw area and Glover was rocked, as he wobbled, Fybra jumped on him, knocked him down and began to pound away until the ref stopped the fight at 4:11 of the 1st round. Not an overly exciting main event, but one that showed how dangerous Michael Fybra can be.

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NGF 74 | Romanov vs Hyypia Preview (778663)

MAIN CARD

Main Event

Super Heavyweight Fight

#8 Sami Hyypia (12-5-2, 3-1 NGF) v #3 Vyacheslav Romanov (11-1, 4-1 NGF)

Sami Hyypia will try to rebound after his loss to Dmitry Borschev at NGF 60, but there is no easy fight when you’re a top 10 ranked fighter. Hyypia can be a beast, everywhere, he is a monster on his feet and when he’s landing 69% of his ground strikes and locking up 43% of his submission attempts, he can be dominating on the ground. Hyypa has very good power and he has good striking defense. Hyypia also uses all his weapons, punching, kicking, elbows, knees and ground strikes, he’s a monster. Vyacheslav Romanov has just 1 loss in his career and he responded by winning his very next fight, so he’ll be wanting to start another 10 fight winning streak. Like Hyypia, he is a beast on his feet and is a tough guy to handle on the ground. He has excellent power and can rock opponents with either hand. On the ground, on top he can dominate, on his back he’s isn’t as good. He is allowing his opponents to improve their position at a 62% success rate and they are landing 69% of their ground strikes. Like Hyypia also, Romanov is a double threat, he can pound your face or lock in a submission, he has 3 submission wins. This fight is like Godzilla vs King Kong, this is a epic battle and I can’t wait to see this one. I have no idea who has the advantage here, maybe Hyypia on the mat and a slight edge to Romanov on his feet. PREDICTION: Romanov 2nd round TKO

Co-Main Event:

Lightweight Fight

#8 Mitch Mitchel (12-5, 4-2 NGF) v #1 Lance Rock (11-9, 9-3 NGF)

Mitch Mitchel has come up with some pretty big wins and he’s move himself into the top 10 in the rankings, well a top 10 ranking means he will get tests and this is one of them. Mitchel fights like a crazy person, maybe that’s why he’s called “The Berzerker?” He is averaging 24.5 stand up head punches and 17 body punches and he has excellent power. He has decent striking defense, but he can be countered and on his bad day, he’ll let a lot of counter strikes land and then get taken down. On the mat Mitchel has not been good and he can be controlled very easily as he’s only successful on improving his position 8% of the time. Lance Rock is a very skilled fighter who has found most of his career success in the NGF. With a win he’ll move into a 2nd place tie with 10 wins in the NGF. He’s spent most of his time at 170 lbs, but he is 3-2 since moving to 155. He is talented in all areas, but he has often under performed in my opinion. He will sometimes wear down and lose the later rounds or just kinda look like he’s fighting for a decision. He does have good power, but he has been TKO’ed 6 times and at times, he can tend to get flat footed, which has caused him to get caught and rocked. Rock has a lot riding here, with a win he should be considered a top contender and finally get another title shot. Rock has the skill to win this fight, stoppage or decision, but he has got to watch out for Mitchel’s power, because 1 punch can hurt Rock. PREDICTION: Rock 2nd round TKO

Middleweight Fight

#12 Paul McCracken (7-2, 5-1 NGF) v #5 Henkka Seppala (5-1 NGF)

Paul McCracken, the winner of Season 6 Most Exciting Fighter award is exciting, but he’s yet to get a OTN award. He’s on a 4 fight winning streak and he overwhelms his opponents with his aggressive style. He comes straight out and has demolished his last 4 opponents all inside 1:45 of the 1st round. He has power in both hands and is deadly with his head kicks which he attempts 2 per fight on average and is landing 61% of them. Henkka Seppala is just 22 years old, but has power like he’s been doing this for 10 years. He is aggressive as well, and his clinch defense has been perfect so far. He doesn’t fight well on the ground, but either does McCracken, so that shouldn’t be a factor. This is one hell of a matchup, McCracken will be tested in this and I think these two should give us a fantastic stand up battle. PREDICTION: Seppala 2nd round KO

Super Heavyweight Fight

#15 Firco Nowack (17-8, 4-3 NGF) v #10 Ben Ladin (11-3, 0-1 NGF)

Firco Nowack walked away and retired after his last fight…okay, retired for about 2 hours. Nowack signed a super heavyweight contract hours after his win over Roman Kowalski, maybe it was the money or maybe it was because he put on such a beat down on Kowalski, either way he’s back. Nowack is aging and he’s lost a bit, but he still can be remarkable in the clinch. He isn’t great anywhere, but he can fight well everywhere. Ben Ladin is on a 3 fight losing streak and he needs a win like the desert needs water. He is solid standing, but he likes to fight in the clinch and at times can just be dominating. He will use a lot of elbows and knees to beat up his opponents. One of the biggest strengths for Ladin is his power, he can land a single strike and it can rock his opponent. Nowack will take this in the clinch and he may do a solid job, but Ladin should be able to finish Nowack with any number of strikes. PREDICTION: Ladin 2nd round TKO

Welterweight Fight

#8 Daemon Mustacho (9-3, 7-3 NGF) v #2 Artur Ross (11-3, 10-3 NGF)

Daemon Mustacho has now won 2 straight fights, but is coming off a very close split decision win in his last fight. Mustacho doesn’t have the most power in the welterweight division, but he averages 46.9 stand up head punches and 12.8 leg kicks. He will get into a lot of striking battles, and he is quick enough to win the point battles on most occasions, but he could use a little more power to take it out of the judges hands. Artur Ross won his 1st fight with his new manager Jima Jamm. Ross looked very good and did show a little different style in the win as he was a little less aggressive and fought a smarter fight. Ross has always had excellent striking defense, but his problem has been on the mat. He likes to fight in the clinch where he uses powerful knees to hurt his opponents. I like this fight a lot, they both are smart fighters, but I’m taking Ross with his power advantage. PREDICTION: Ross 2nd round TKO

PRELIM CARD

Middleweight Fight

#11 Jack Kessler (10-5, 2-2 NGF) v #4 Milan Savic (9-4 NGF)

Jack Kessler is on a 2 fight winning streak and he could be on a 3 fight winning streak if not for a crazy decision loss 3 fights ago. Kessler can fight anywhere, he has very solid stand up skills including his striking defense. He is successful on nearly 50% of his takedowns and on the ground he can be a monster, landing 64% of his ground strikes and he averages 13.7 ground strikes per fight. Milan Savic has struggled a bit since losing his belt at NGF 50. Savic won his last fight so he’s looking to continue on this winning path and get that much closer to another title fight. Savic has good footwork and he is very good at avoiding and landing counter strikes, but he does look to fight on the ground. He is a strong fighter who can control his opponents well and eat up points. He averages 5.6 submissions per fight and he has 5 submission wins. I think Savic will be able to get Kessler down, but Kessler is a very determined fighter and I believe he’ll use his power to win this fight. PREDICTION: Kessler 3rd round TKO

Heavyweight Fight

#15 Troy Glover (6-1, 2-1 NGF) v #6 Sam Winchester (9-5, 4-3 NGF)

The 2nd Glover on this card, Troy will use good stand up striking, solid clinch fighting and a strong ground attack to beat his opponents in any way they want to fight. Glover is exciting and he is landing 100% of his body punches, head kicks, clinch head punches, and 92% of his elbows. Glover has some of the best striking defense in the game and he is very frustrating to fight. Sam Winchester is on a slide; he’s lost 2 straight fights and is just 1-3 over his last 4. Sam has got to get back to the basics, the style that got him to become the champion. Winchester has had some problems with his chin and he needs to use his speed to get in and out without taking damage. This one’s a tough call, Glover is rolling and he has the power to put Winchester out, but if Sam can get him down and stay on top, he’ll grind this win out. PREDICTION: Glover 2nd round TKO

Middleweight Fight

#14 Bowman Rook (10-6, 1-0 NGF) v #10 Jeff Glover (4-1 NGF)

Bowman Rook comes into winner of 2 straight and is 3-1 over his last 4 fights. Rook is a good clinch fighter with decent stand up skills. He will attack with deadly elbows and devastating knees. His striking defense is still a work in progress and he can get rocked and knocked down fairly often. Jeff Glover is a brilliant Jiu Jitsu fighter with average stand up skills. He is getting 67% of his take downs from standing and once on the mat, he has locked up 38% of his submission attempts. He has next to no striking defense, but he is very strong on the ground. I think Rook has the elite take down defense to keep this standing and end up eating Glover up in the clinch. PREDICTION: Rook 2nd round TKO

Light Heavyweight Fight

Keiji Mutou (3-0, 0-0 NGF) v #15 Tommy Price (7-2, 0-1 NGF)

Keiji Mutou will make is NGF debut and he has already quite a bit of hype. He is 3-0 with 3 TKO wins with his monster ground and pound. He is all ground so far and he’s yet to be tested at all, as he’s been barley hit and he’s ended his 3 fights in the 1st round. Tommy Price is all standup and he will probably have his ground defense tested in this one. He is an aggressive fighter who has monster power in both hands. He is solid in the clinch, but his striking defense still needs work. PREDICTION: Price 2nd round TKO

Lightweight Fight

Dirk Diggler (7-7 NGF) v #11 Kyun-Chul Kim (5-2 NGF)

Dirk Diggler has seemingly turned his career around with 3 straight wins. This will be a very big test for the former porn star. Diggler is a very smart fighter; he does a good job of watching video and learning his opponents. He has decent power, but he lacks the defense and accuracy that top fighter need. Kyun-Chul Kim is 3-1 over his last 4 fights with 2 decision wins and 1 TKO win. His last win, a TKO, was his first finish of his career as he has 4 decision wins. He has excellent ground offense, averaging 19.7 ground strikes, but he lacks the overall power, although, we’ll see if that just developed. PREDICTION: Diggler decision win

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Great preview mate! A few words from Sami Hyypia about his upcoming fight at NGF 74!

 

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Steve: We're in Helsinki, in The Gentlemen's Club with one of the headliners in the NGF 74 - Sami Hyypia. Sami could you tell us something about your preparations for the upcoming fight?

 

Sami: I had been doing sparing, CT trainings and technique sessions with coaches, just a regular camp before any fights, of course I can't tell you anything more. But as always I was using the best supplements in the tycooniverse from Cold Blooded Kemist nutrion company.

 

Steve: We all know that athlet's training program are top secret, haha. So, MMA fans in all over the world are curious about two things. Are Sami Hyypia is still the same fighter after that hard knockout and what tactics will he choose in the upcoming fight?

 

Sami: I'm still the same fighter, what can I say? Dimitry Borschev is a fighter from the top. He is young, very talented striker, but he is not so handsome like me of course. I had bad day, wrong tactics and I was sure that I would win the fight against that young fighter without any problems. And that caused I've been KOed. I can only say that Dimitry is future NGF's champ. My tactic is a next fight is easy, I want to win it!

 

Steve: Maybe you're gonna say something more about your tactic?

 

Sami: I can only say that will be a good fight, I've spoted a few weaknesses of my opponent. If I will follow my plans I'm gonna win, but we all know that all plans are not working when someone is punching you in the face.

 

Steve: Sami, could you comment your situation in NGF?

 

Sami: Well, right now I'm ranked as a #8 in the ladder. But I'm fighting against guy ranked as #3 so if I will win, I may be considered as a candidad to the title shot.

 

Steve: Okay, but if you will lose your next fight, have you considered chaning the org?

 

Sami: No. NGF is my home and I want to become the super heavyweight champ some day. Also I'm getting nice salary and that guy Chad is writing nice things about me. His writing skills are pretty good, he?

 

Steve: Indeed, he has a nice style. It's almost the end of the interview. Last words to fans?

 

Sami: If you hadn't bought a ticket for NGF 74 do it as fast as possible! The fight between me and Mr. Romanov is gonna be legendary! Also don't forget to check my sponsors - DJs Locker and Conviction. Buying clothes in those companies you're sponsoring your favourite NGF's super heavyweight.

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Steve: Here's your favourite reporter - me, with Sami Hyypia after his big victory over "The Last Czar" Vyacheslav Romanov. Sami you was called an underdog in the fight. Sami first I want to congratulate you and ask how are you feeling after the fight?

 

Sami: Thanks, Steve! I'm really pumped after that victory. I didn't expected that the fight would looks like. I done my homework before the fight. I spent lots of time on watching Vyacheslav's fight videos. Also I was preparing very hard to the fight with my mates in The Gentleman's Club. I want to thanks owner of the gym Niklas Heningsson for letting me train there. Without such great gym I wouldn't be there.

 

Steve: That was big knockout. Most peoples thought that you would lose. What you have been thinking before the fight?

 

Sami: I was scared. I bet that Vyacheslav was scared too. In's superheavyweight division, man. One punch can end a fight. But I used my fear as a motivation to training. Of course green dollars was motivating me to and that shining belt. Probably I will receive a TS. If not I would have to pay a visit to Chad Didion to have a conversation with him about his last promises *smiles*.

 

Steve: I know that you have to go through checkout in the airport, so I won't hold you anymore. Word or even a few to our fans?

 

Sami: Don't stop believing! The word impossible does not exist! I'm possible. And buy clothes from my sponsors Conviction and DJs Locker.

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NGF 74 | Romanov vs Hyypia Review (778663)

UNDER CARD

Lightweight Fight

Dirk Diggler (7-8 NGF) v #11 Kyun-Chul Kim (6-2 NGF)

Dirk Diggler got a big test in this one and he showed that his skills just aren’t up to the higher ranks of the division. Kyun-Chul Kim fought fast and was able to pick apart Diggler with punches and kicks and when he wasn’t doing that, he was able to take Diggler down. Diggler never got things going; he missed a ton of strikes and couldn’t defend a take down. Kim easily won this fight 30-27 by all three judges.

Light Heavyweight Fight

Keiji Mutou (4-0, 1-0 NGF) v #15 Tommy Price (7-3, 0-2 NGF)

Keiji Mutou moves to 4-0 in his career as he takes his NGF debut by a 30-27 decision. Mutou used all wrestling to win this, not a fan favorite style, but he was able to land 3 of 12 take down attempts and was able to grind out the win. Tommy Price was frustrated all night, just when he started to get things going, Mutou would take him down. Mutou landed 27 of 70 ground strikes and he was very active as he attempted 24 position improvements. A very nice first fight from Keiji Mutou.

Middleweight Fight

#14 Bowman Rook (11-6, 2-0 NGF) v #10 Jeff Glover (4-2 NGF)

Bowman Rook dominated the stand up game and the clinch fighting in this one as he was able to land damaging kicks and 14 strikes in the clinch to 0 for Jeff Glover. Glover tried to us the clinch for trips and throws as he was 3 for 12 in take down attempts from the clinch. On the ground, Glover could never really establish himself, Rook was able to improve and get to better positions all fight long and Rook was able to land 12 of 16 ground strikes while Glover was just 1 of 1. Rook showed outstanding submission defense as he defended against all 7 of the submissions Glover attempted. Rook truly dominated this fight and he moves to 2-0 inside the division and moves up the ranks.

Heavyweight Fight

#15 Troy Glover (7-1, 3-1 NGF) v #6 Sam Winchester (9-6, 4-4 NGF)

Boy, the days of Sam Winchester being the champion seem so far away and after his 3rd straight loss, it just got a little further away. Troy Glover was hit and cut early by a head kick from Winchester, and then Sam got a take down. Glover showed excellent grappling skills and was able to hold Winchester close and didn’t allow him to improve his position and he was able to get a referee stand up. Glover then went to work with leg kicks and he really did some damage on Winchesters lead leg. Just after the 4 minute mark, Glover landed a beautiful head kick that cut Winchester open and also knocked him down. Glover took Winchester down in the 2nd and Sam tried a few desperate submission attempts, but Glover controlled from the top, he stayed active and landed a lot of good ground and pound. In the 3rd, Glover rocked and knocked Winchester down with a head kick, Winchester did get back to his feet, but Glover landed the KOTN head kick that sent a unconscious Winchester flying back and slamming back first into the cage at 2:57 of the 3rd round, WOW!

Middleweight Fight

#11 Jack Kessler (11-5, 3-2 NGF) v #4 Milan Savic (9-5 NGF)

Milan Savic instantly got a take down in this fight and he then used his bjj skills to stay active and look for submissions. Jack Kessler showed outstanding defensive grappling and he stayed very active from the bottom, he was able to defend 7 submissions and get 2 ref stand ups, but he was taken down and spent the whole round on his back. Then came the moment that turned the whole fight around and one that I’m sure had Milan Savic’s camp in total up roar. The round started and Kessler came right up with a knee to the groin of Savic, now I’m not one that thinks anything is intentional, but Kessler was exhausted coming out, he was dominated in round 1 and maybe he could use a little longer breather? What ever it was, Savic took the full 5 minutes and when the fight started again, Kessler looked rejuvenated. Kessler went to work on his feet, he was the quicker fighter now and he used the speed to his advantage. Savic did land 16 stand up strikes, but it seemed as if Kessler was doing more damage and one combination landed for Kessler that cut open Savic. Kessler was also the one getting the take downs in the 2nd and 3rd. As the fight went to the judges, they scored it 29-28 in favor of Jack Kessler.

MAIN CARD

Welterweight Fight

#8 Daemon Mustacho (9-4, 7-4 NGF) v #2 Artur Ross (12-3, 11-3 NGF)

A dynamite fight on paper and it certainly didn’t disappoint the 4100 fans in attendance. Artur Ross was able to land the first significant strike, a right hand that snapped Daemon Mustacho’s head and cut him open just seconds into the fight. Both guys then showed very good skill, they both went after legs and were landing some nice head and body strikes, but they both showed their skill in defense as well. Mustacho took the fight into the clinch, but Ross has become extremely skilled here, and it was him that got the better of the clinch fighting as he finished 17-22 in head punches, 2-6 in body punches, and 4-8 in knees while Mustacho was 2-12 in head punches, and he was only able to land 2-29 in his knees. It was in the clinch in the 2nd round that Ross was able to get free and he destroyed Mustacho with a series of head punches that eventually knocked Mustacho to his knees and had the ref stopping the fight at 1:58 of the 2nd.

Super Heavyweight Fight

#15 Firco Nowack (17-9, 4-4 NGF) v #10 Ben Ladin (12-3, 1-1 NGF)

I don’t know what it is with Firco Nowack, he can look so damn good, like his last fight and then he can just simply look like he doesn’t want to be there and gets his head handed to him, like this fight. Ben Ladin needed a win, no doubts there, and he came out very aggressive, but he didn’t have much opposition in this one either. Ladin took the fight to the clinch and after shrugging off one elbow from Nowack, he went into demolishin’ mode. Ladin landed 12-12 head punches, 6-7 body punches and 5 -5 knees as he beat down Firco Nowack. Ladin landed 2 huge uppercuts that rocked Nowack and then a huge knee that snapped Nowacks head back against the cage and he dropped to the floor, Ladin jumped on top but the ref was able to save Nowack from taking any more beating at 1:35 of the 1st. Man, this might be in the running for the Beatdown of the Season.

Middleweight Fight

#12 Paul McCracken (7-3, 5-2 NGF) v #5 Henkka Seppala (6-1 NGF)

What do you expect to have happen when you put season’s 6 Most Exciting Fighter in a fight? Excitement! That’s exactly what you got in this fight, so exciting it was the night FOTN. Both guys looked very sharp early on and they didn’t need any feeling out process, they got right to it. At one point, Paul McCracken tried to clinch up, but Henkka Seppala pushed away and countered with a solid 1-2 combination that rocked McCracken and sent him to the floor. In the 1st, Seppala was landed heavy shots, big uppercuts, but McCracken showed that fantastic chin that he has and just kept coming. The 2nd round was NUTS! Seppala was able to land a head kick just seconds in that knocked McCracken down, but Paul scrambled back to his feet and clinched up with Seppala. Seppala pushed away and he kind of circled back to the center, but he looked down, not really paying attention and McCracken moved in quickly and knocked Seppala down with a monster head kick. Seppala was rocked; he was wobbly and cut badly. The fight continued with McCracken being the more aggressive guy in the round, but both guys doing a great job. In the 3rd, once again, a very entertaining display of stand up fighting by both guys, combinations, kicks, punches, countering, excellent stuff. Seppala looked like he had found his range nicely around the 3 minute mark, and when McCracken tried to come in, Seppala landed a 3 punch combination with the 3rd punch knocking McCracken out at 3:50 of the 3rd round.

Co-Main Event:

Lightweight Fight

#8 Mitch Mitchel (12-5, 4-2 NGF) v #1 Lance Rock (11-9, 9-3 NGF)

A #1 contender fight between the #8 ranked New Yorker Mitch Mitchel and the #1, New Jersey fighter, Lance Rock; this had all the makings of a monster fight! This fight on paper and by all the experts looked like it would be a win by Rock, it just was thought that Rock was too skilled in his wrestling and bjj for Mitchel. This one started with Mitchel coming out very aggressive and Rock was able to bounce back and land some good counter strikes early on. Rock then did what everyone thought; use his wrestling to get the fight down. Mitchel did do a nice job to avoid damage and he was able to get a ref stand up. The biggest damage was done to Mitchel’s balls as Rock landed a monster kick to the nuggets late in the round. In the 2nd, it was a lot of the same, Mitchel came out aggressive and Rock was more countering. This is where I think Rock made a mistake, he should have started to take over in this round, he should have gone a little more aggressive and try to put Mitchel on his heels, or at least get this fight to the ground where he’s the better fighter. It never happened, instead, Mitchel continued to push forward and Rock never got on track. In the 3rd, Rock once again never took the fight over, instead Mitchel was able to clinch up and push Rock up against the cage. Mitchel wore out Rock, he was able to land some strikes in the clinch, but more importantly he showed he was in control and took precious minutes off the clock with him grinding away. Rock was able to get a take down in the round, but there wasn’t much happening as Rock just looked exhausted. The fight went to the judges and they scored it 29-28 for Mitch Mitchel, a big upset and a fantastic win for him! Bring on Tolek Banan.

Main Event

Super Heavyweight Fight

#8 Sami Hyypia (12-5-2, 3-1 NGF) v #3 Vyacheslav Romanov (11-1, 4-1 NGF)

The fight started and Vyacheslav Romanov rushed out trying to clinch up, Sami Hyypia did his best to try and back pedal away, but Romanov did grab him and clinched up, total back fire by Romanov as Hyypia was the better fighter. Hyypia landed a brutal body shot in the clinch, right in the ribs of Romanov and it clearly hurt him and he really never was the same after that. Moments after that body shot, the hurt Romanov pushed away, but Hyypia knew he found what was working and he went back into the clinch. Hyypia demolished Romanov for the last 2 minutes in the clinch, uppercuts, body and head punches, a lot of damaging shots landed for Hyypia. In the corners, Romanov was a beaten man; he was hunched in his chair and looked completely exhausted. As round 2 started, the fresh Hyypia could barely contain himself in his corner, the bell rang, and Sami came right out and pounced on Romanov. Romanov was all defenses, he threw out a few defensive strikes, but Hyypia was all over him. Hyypia then landed a overhand right, perfectly landing right on the jaw of Romanov and it sent him to the canvas, but he did scramble back to his feet, clearly in trouble. The crowd was on their feet now, going mad with anticipation of a KO. Hyypia paused and waited now, waiting for his opening, and when Romanov stopped for a second, Hyypia landed the KO blow, a straight right hand, through the gloves and straight on the nose of Romanov and he was out cold and fell like a tree backwards to the mat. A super KO win by Sami Hyypia and this man is a force to be dealt with in the super heavyweight division.

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NGF 75 | Pei vs Munchkin Review (778664)

UNDER CARD

Middleweight Fight

Benjamin Siegel (4-3, 1-1 NGF) v Patrick Whales (10-3, 1-0 NGF)

This one had some very good ground battles, Benjamin Siegel got the 1st take down, but Patrick Whales did a nice job of controlling Siegel from the bottom and got a ref stand up. Whales then got a take down of his own, but Siegel did a great job of getting a sweep to get on top, but moments later, Whales got a sweep of his own. Whales then was able to drop bombs on Siegel , including 3 massive elbows and this fight was stopped at 2:53 of the 1st round.

Bantamweight Fight

#13 Bill Nevin (12-6-1, 4-2-1 NGF) v Mickey McGillicutty (16-9, 0-1 NGF)

This fight was a very exciting fight, it had good stand up and some very good clinch battles. Mickey McGillicutty wanted this fight to go to the clinch right away, but Bill Nevin was able to keep it standing early on. McGillicutty did get the fight to the clinch and he did land some early strikes, but so did Nevin. The 1st round was a mix of McGillicutty clinching, both guys doing work and then Nevin pushing away. At the end of the round, I thought McGillicutty was in control more, so I gave him the round. The 2nd round was very similar, McGillicutty was controlling the fight, he would clinch up and he did a solid job, but Nevin was doing more when the fight wasn’t in the clinch and he was doing a solid job in the clinch as well. In the 3rd, once again, McGillicutty was clinching, he was doing a solid job, but I thought Nevin did a lot more out of the clinch and he did more in round 3 in the clinch. Nevin finished landing 20 clinch strikes to McGillicutty’s 18 and Nevin landed 32 stand up strikes to McGillicutty’s 6. The judges scored this 29-29, 29-28 Nevin and 29-28 Nevin. What a fight, one that put 5 grand extra in each fighters pocket for FOTN.

Heavyweight Fight

#14 Gniewomir Polaniecki (11-8, 1-2 NGF) v #5 Eric Cooke (7-6, 1-1 NGF)

I thought this was going to be a longer fight, both guys are very strong, but I thought we might see a real battle. Eric Cooke must have been a little be nervous about Polaniecki’s power, because he went for a take down just seconds in and then he went for the clinch. Cooke did clinch up, but he did nothing, he attempted another take down, but didn’t get it, all the while, Polaniecki stayed active and landed a few shots. Cooke did land a nice counter punch that cut Polaniecki around the 45 second mark, and that seemed to change the momentum as Cooke did get the fight into the clinch again and this time he got his take down. Cooke quickly went for a submission as he tried to lock up an armbar, but Polaniecki escaped and transitioned quickly into side control on top. From there, Polaniecki pummeled Cooke on the ground as he landed 12 ground strikes, but Cooke survived the round, but he was in real trouble. In the 2nd, again Cooke went for a take down, but couldn’t get it. Polaniecki drilled Cooke in the groin with a knee and Cooke took about 2 minutes to shake it off. The fight started and Polaniecki was able to land a series of punches that knocked Cooke out at :34 of the 2nd round.

Welterweight Fight

#7 James Sunderland (11-4, 0-1 NGF) v #3 Alastair Gridlock (8-4, 5-1 NGF)

James Sunderland wanted to make an impression in his first NGF fight and I think he did that. In the 1st round, both guys stayed at distance, they both landed several leg kicks, but Sunderland landed more in the opening round. The fight went to the clinch and Alastair Gridlock did a nice job of controlling Sunderland and he managed to land some good solid strikes. The rest of the fight saw Gridlock do a very nice job of being elusive, he was fast and strong and he pushed the pace. Sunderland did a nice job of landing his leg kicks, but he often was late with his punches and Gridlock would land a punch before Sunderland could get his strike off, which caused him to miss a lot of strikes. Sunderland ended 3-18 in head punches, 3-12 in body punches and 18-53 in leg kicks while Gridlock was 14-17 in head punches, 7-11 in body punches and he was 20-34 in leg kicks. Gridlock landed the more strikes and he was the more aggressive fighter in this one, but James Sunderland showed he is a strong fighter as well. Gridlock took this one 30-27 by all three judges.

Heavyweight Fight

#8 Carlos Cierra (15-6, 2-3 NGF) v #12 Polish Engineer (12-6, 7-3 NGF)

Polish Engineer looked very determined in this one, he came out and he just had a look about him, very intense. The bell rang and Carlos Cierra missed with his first punch, and Engineer landed a crisp counter punch that, of course, cut Cierra. Engineer was the more aggressive guy, Cierra did land a nice leg kick, but for the most part he looked slow and Engineer was able to counter and land some very good strikes, a quick right hand caused the cut to open more and blood was pouring out. As the fight went on, Engineer was now picking on the cut, each punch was aimed directly at the cut and Cierra could not defend it. At the 4:43 mark, after Engineer landed several shots, Cierra looked like someone shot him in the head, blood was gushing and he clearly was having vision issues. The Dr. was called in and after a few seconds he ended the fight.

MAIN CARD

Featherweight Fight

#15 Borys Grabowski (14-7, 0-1 NGF) v #4 Koji Murosaki (11-3, 9-3 NGF)

We learned a few things from this fight about Borys Grabowski, one, his submission defensive skills are fantastic, and two, his take down defensive skills are terrible. Koji Murosaki attempted 7 submissions, and usually that means submission win, but he didn’t lock one up, but Murosaki was able to keep the fight on the ground by landing 4-7 take downs. Grabowski did his best to try and slow down Murosaki as he landed 7-11 leg kicks and he tried to clinch up, but he just wasn’t successful doing that either. He did manage to clinch, but he didn’t attempt a single strike and Murosaki was 3-3 in take downs. Grabowski showed fantastic ground skills from his back, he didn’t allow Murosaki to improve his position and as said before, he was 7-7 in submission defense. As the fight went to the judges, there really was no question who was in control of this fight, but Grabowski showed us skills in this one.

Bantamweight Fight

#4 Harald Andersson (9-3, 8-3 NGF) v #2 Yoshiteru Goto (13-8-1, 7-2 NGF)

This was a #1 contender fight, with the winner getting a title shot at the winner of Andrzej Gajewski vs Boris Yurinov. Right off the bat, Harald Andersson was able to get Yoshiteru Goto up against the cage and he started to T off on him, but Goto managed to survive and he got off the cage and out of trouble. Moments later, Andersson was able to clinch up with Goto, but Andersson struggled to land strikes and Goto was able to get the better of the striking. At one point, Goto landed a big body shot that seemed to really hurt Andersson. Around the 3:30 mark Andersson was able to land a body shot of his own and Goto let out a big breath as he looked hurt, or maybe not, because moments later, Goto pushed away and landed a big uppercut and Andersson was rocked and wobbly. Goto followed the wobbly Andersson to the cage; he pounced and landed several big punches before the ref stopped the fight at 4:59 of the 1st round. Huge win for Yoshiteru Goto and he will now wait for a title fight.

Middleweight Fight

#2 Michael Fybra (18-9, 2-1 NGF) v #1 Purpura Mortis (13-4, 7-2 NGF)

This is another #1 contender fight in the middleweight division, Michael Fybra looked awesome in his first 2 fights in the NGF, but Purpura Mortis is a middleweight monster. The bell rang, they touched gloves and Fybra landed a quick punch to Mortis, who almost looked like he wasn’t expecting it. Mortis stumbled back and he wiped at his face and sure enough, he was cut. This seemed to make Mortis mad, and he attempted a crazy spinning back kick that just missed Fybra’s jaw. Fybra moved forward, he threw out a leg kick that missed and Mortis came back with a huge hook that drilled Fybra in the temple and knocked him to the mat. Fybra scrambled and did get back to his feet, but he was rocked and in real trouble. Mortis moved in for the kill, a monster overhand right landed to the temple and Fybra went smashing into the floor face first, completely out cold, WOW! Mortis did get a title shot, but he told the crowd and matchmaker Chad Didion, that he would not fight his alliance mate Jima Jamm, so he will move up to 205 and take on the winner of this next fight.

Co-Main Event:

Light Heavyweight Interim Title Fight

#2 Kert Nigobson (13-7, 10-4 NGF) v #1 David Steel (11-3, 2-1 NGF)

Current champion Scotty Bennet is on leave, and with him gone, the NGF has decided to have a interim belt and the winner will become the new interim light heavyweight champion and will then take on Purpura Mortis. From the opening bell, Kert Nigobson really dominated, at times this fight was close, but for the most part, Nigobson was in complete control. David Steel simply looked overmatched in this fight, he tried to land leg kicks and take the speed away of Nigobson, but it just didn’t work. In the 1st round, Nigobson managed to get the fight to the mat, he was in mount at times, he attempted submissions and he really did a lot of damage. The 2nd and 3rd rounds were both the same, in the 4th round, both fighters looked very tired, but Steel came out and landed a surprising quick jab that snapped Nigobson’s head back and buckled his knees a bit, it opened up a cut on Kert, but that was it as far as significant strikes from Steel. Nigobson got back to work and he was able to get the fight down and dominate the ground battles. Nigobson finished 20-36 in stand up punches, 11-26 in kicks, 3-11 in take downs and he landed 28-70 ground strikes while Steel landed just 25 total strikes in the entire fight. And YOUR INTERIM LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, Kert Nigobson!

Main Event

Heavyweight Title Fight

#1 Vladislav Munchkin (10-3, 3-0 NGF) v C-Wei Pei (9-0, 4-0 NGF)

Right now champion, Wei Pei looks un-stoppable; he looks like a monster, a man among boys. Vladislav Munchkin is also a monster, a fighter who came in with very little negative to talk about as far as his fighting skills go. This one started with both guys trying to get a feel and find their range, Munchkin landing a nice leg kick and Pei landing a nice punch and uppercut over the first minute. Munchkin was trying to stay out of Pei’s power as he tried to bring it to the mat, but once again, Pei showed his elite take down defense and kept the fight standing. Around the 1:30 mark, Pei landed a big overhand right that send Munchkin to the mat, rocked, he did manage to scramble back to his feet. Munchkin was still all over the place as his face was red with blood. Pei moved in for the kill, he landed a thudding leg kick that seemed to hurt Munchkin as his face showed pain as he winced. Munchkin couldn’t move with his leg, and Pei seized the moment, he loaded up and sent a huge straight right hand down the pipe and it drilled Munchkin right in the face and he flew back, off his feet and right on the ground, completely out, what a KO! A KOTN KO an STILL CHAMPION, WEI PEI!

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NGF 78 | Gajewski vs Yurinov Preview (778833)

MAIN CARD

Main Event

Heavyweight Title Fight

#1 Boris Yurinov (10-4, 7-2 NGF) v C-Andrzej Gajewski (19-2-1, 7-0 NGF)

Boris Yurinov will finally get another title show after winning 5 of his last 6 fights including 3 in a row. Yurinov is a very good fighter, one of the smartest around, but man, he has the least amount of power I’ve seen. He is averaging 28 head punches, 18.1 body punches and he’s landing on average, 17.1 head punches 1.3 head kicks and 5.9 body kicks and he has exactly 1 finish in his career, WOW. Yurinov will overwhelm his opponents with kicks and punches, he’s extremely active and aggressive and his striking defense is outstanding, he is landing more head punches (17.1) than his opponents total strikes (15.7). He has not ground offense, but he’s been excellent with his defense and getting out of trouble and back to his feet. Andrzej Gajewski has been a dominating champion so far with 5 successful title defenses. Gajewski is a smart fighter and he can adapt his game plan very well, he is a well-rounded fighter and he is good in all areas. He will use leg kicks to take out his opponents legs, he’ll land 64% of his head punches, he averages 13.8 clinch punches and he is successful on 50% of his take downs. On the mat he is very strong, he can control and grind out wins as he averages 4.8 ground strikes and 1.6 submissions per fight. Gajewski is all class and he knows how to win, he has the skills to finish a fight, but he also has the skills to win rounds in the judge’s eyes, I think he will be able to do it again here. PREDICTION: Gajewski decision win

Co-Main Event:

Lightweight Fight

#13 James Jameson (12-5, 7-5 NGF) v #4 Dom DeLuise (10-5, 3-1 NGF)

The lightweight division is about to get a HUGE shake up and these two might find themselves in a title fight with a win. James Jameson is a angry fighter, he is in a angry camp and we’ll see what that does to his game. He is fighting his last fight on his contract and the rumor is he’s turned down an extension, so this could very well be his last fight with the NGF, which is too bad since this will be his 13th fight with the organization. Jameson hasn’t really beaten any top fighters, he’s been given some lower ranked guys and smoked them, but when he steps up he hasn’t put up much of a fight. He’s mainly a stand up guy, he has no ground offense at all, but his ground defense has been elite. He has the power to end a fight at any second. Dom DeLuise likes to fight in the clinch and he has sensational Muay Thai skills, he’ll use elbows and knees, but he doesn’t land a high percentage of them. His striking defense is solid, but he’s more of a counter fighter on his feet. He isn’t great on the mat, he has no ground offense, but he is decent at improving and getting back to his feet. I think DeLuise can pull this one out, he will use his Muay Thai skills to grind out the win. PREDICTION: DeLuise decision win

Welterweight Fight

#5 Xavier Styles (14-8-1, 1-1 NGF) v #9 Ramazan Temel (10-3, 4-1 NGF)

Xavier Styles lost his last fight, a #1 contender bout, so he is very angry coming into this one. He tends to use more of a counter style; trying mainly to land counter take downs. On the ground he is very strong, he can control and grind, he has excellent submission skills, and he will use his very good ground and pound to end fights, he is landing 55% of his ground strikes and he also has 5 submissions. Ramazan Temel is certainly rolling right now having won 4 straight fights and he will get a very big test in this one. Temel has excellent power as he has 7 (T)KO wins and he also fights a very smart game. He is mainly a stand up fighter, he uses a decent amount of kicks and his striking defense is a little above average. He is solid in the clinch, but not great, and on the ground he is very good on top, but off is back is weak. This is a super fight, both guys can finish and both guys show good skills in all areas. Right now, Temel looks like he can’t be stopped. PREDICTION: Temel 2nd round TKO

Light Heavyweight Fight

Siegfried Freak (11-7, 0-1 NGF) v Mathurin Kerbouchard (10-8, 0-0 NGF)

Siegfried Freak is a interesting fighter, he has some of the best power, but he also can be wild, drop his guard and get dropped himself. Freak is 1-4 in his last 5 fights and he’s been submitted, KO’ed and TKO’ed. Freak is aggressive on his feet, he is averaging 19.7 head punches per fight and he’s landing 50% of them. He shows good striking defense and very good take down defense, but when he is taken down he’s been terrible. Mathurin Kerbouchard is all ground and very little stand up and he lacks striking defense as well. He is strong on the mat, he can control well and he will soften up his opponents with some ground and pound and then move in for a submission, he is attempting 3.3 submissions per fight. This is a bad matchup for Freak, but his take down defense is excellent and he has the power to KO Kerbouchard if he can land one, Kerbouchard has a very weak chin so this could be interesting. PREDICTION: Kerbouchard 2nd round submission

Featherweight Fight

#14 Incan Bulb (9-2, 1-0 NGF) v Jordan Mutch (13-11, 2-3 NGF)

Incan Bulb uses quantity over quality in his fighting style as he is averaging 30.8 punches and 58.8 kicks per fight, which includes 44 leg kicks. Bulb has only finished 2 fights even though he is landing on average, 20.9 punches and 39.1 kicks per fight. He has amazing striking defense, but he’s not great in the clinch or on the ground. Jordan Mutch has fought so many times in his career and I think this has cause him to just be a so so fighter. Mutch is perfect, average fighter, he doesn’t land a high percentage of strikes, but he has decent power, he’ll attempt his take downs, but he doesn’t have a great success rate, he’ll be strong on the ground, yet, he allows his opponents to land 62% of their ground strikes. With all this average skill, the biggest problem is his defense is just not good and that has caused him to lose most of his fights if it goes to the judges. PREDICTION: Bulb decision win

PRELIM CARD

Light Heavyweight Fight

Sioux Sie (9-5, 3-3 NGF) v Soa Palelei (9-5, 1-1 NGF)

Sioux Sie will try and use his wrestling and his bjj skills to win fights as he averages 3.2 take downs and 2.6 submissions per fight. Sie has solid stand up skills, he’ll be aggressive, but he will look to finish fights on the ground, he has 5 submissions. Soa Palelei is so talented, but he seems to not fight smart at times in the cage. He has very good power, but his chin is in question as he’s been KO’ed 3 times. Palelei will fight very well, but he’ll make a dumb mistake and it usually changes the momentum of the fight. He is decent in the clinch and he has very good ground defense as well. I like Palelei’s power in this one, but Sie can win this if he gets the fight down. PREDICTION: Palelei 2nd round KO

Bantamweight Fight

#13 Jack Judo (7-4 NGF) v Andrew Summer (10-7, 9-6 NGF)

Jack Judo comes in losing his last fight and he is just 1-3 in his last 4. Judo has very little positives to say about his stand up game, he has almost zero striking defenses, he’s awful in the clinch, but he averages 8.3 take downs per fight and although he isn’t good at take downs, he’ll get one eventually. On the mat he is fantastic, he attempts 10 submissions per fight and he has 6 submission wins. Andrew Summer is a black belt in bjj so he has the skills to not only give Judo a real battle, but to win this. Summer has better stand up skills than Judo and his striking defense is better, but he isn’t good in the clinch. He has much better take down skills than Judo, but I don’t think that will matter, this fight will be on the mat even if these two have to just fall on the floor. Summer is landing 66% of his ground strikes and he is much better at improving his position. This will be one of those grappling battles that will be very interesting to see. PREDICTION: Summer 2nd round submission

Bantamweight Fight

PO Burn (9-7, 8-5 NGF) v Ron Paul (6-3, 3-3 NGF)

PO Burn is so well-rounded, he can fight anyway that he has to, but he lacks any sort of finishing skill, Burn has gone to a decision 12 times out of his 16 career fights. Burn has solid defense and he is super accurate in the clinch with his punches. Ron Paul is coming off a fight where he landed 25 elbows and 25 knees, so his clinch fighting can be awesome. He has elite striking defense and he is a solid striker stand up fighter, but he is excellent in the clinch. He is s a very active fighter on the ground, always trying to improve, but he’s allowing 77% of his opponent’s ground strikes to land. I can see Burn winning this fight if it gets to the ground, but if Paul is able to clinch up, Burn is in real trouble. PREDICTION: Paul decision win

 

Bantamweight Fight

Sebastian Kowalski (4-3, 0-1 NGF) v Tony Chu (4-4, 2-4 NGF)

These two are a combined 0-5 in their last 5 fights, so these two will be very desperate for a win. Sebastian Kowalski likes to fight in the clinch, he has devastating knees and he’s averaging over 11 of them per fight, but he is brutal on the mat. He has horrible take down defense and when he’s on the ground, he can improve his position, but he has been dominated there in his last 3 fights. Tony Chu will use his exceptional Muay Thai skills all fight long, he too has monster knees and he’s averaging 9.9 per fight. He has solid boxing skills as well, but his striking defense hasn’t been that good. Chu has sensational take down defense, so he hasn’t been tested on the ground yet. This fight should be standing with a lot of clinch wars, this is very even and it could go either way PREDICTION: Kowalski 2nd round TKO

Middleweight Fight

Andrej Kavelin (8-7, 6-7 NGF)v Fair Child (10-9, 0-1 NGF)

The night starts off with 2 struggling fighters meeting, both Andrej Kavelin and Fair Child are 1-3 in their last 4 fights, but Kavelin is 2-6 in his last 8. Kavelin likes to have quick fights, only 3 of his 15 career fights have made it past the 1st round. He will use decent stand up to set up his take downs and then on the ground he will look for submissions, he has 5 submission wins. Fair Child, oh what might have been with his career. Child is s a skilled fighter, he is a very solid striker who can fight in the clinch and on the ground as well. He is landing 55% of his ground strikes and his overall defense is very good. He has a big problem and that’s cutting, he gets cut in every fight and he has had 4 cut stoppages. This one will get interesting when it’s on the ground. PREDICTION: Child 1st round TKO

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NGF 77 | Phillips vs Frost Review (778832)

UNDER CARD

Middleweight Fight

Boleslaw Krol (7-6, 3-4 NGF) v Dennis Bird (10-4, 3-2 NGF)

Dennis Bird looked really good in this one, he was taken down in the 1st round, but he avoided a ton of ground strikes from Boleslaw Krol and even managed to sweep and get on top. Bird was able to land a good amount of stand up strikes as he was 10-12 in head punches, but he seemed to be down 2 rounds going into the 3rd round and needed a stoppage and that’s just what he did. Bird came out in the 3rd and pressed the attack, he knew he need to finish Krol and around the :30 second mark he nailed Krol with a head kick and knocked him down, he jumped on top and the ref jumped in at 49 seconds of the 3rd round.

Welterweight Fight

Archie Stewart (6-3, 4-3 NGF) v #7 Macros Motaro (6-3-1, 4-3 NGF)

I wrote all about the low morale with the fighters managed by Swan Song and you are going to see the 1st of 3 win by his fighters. Macros Motaro came out and was able to land a beautiful counter punch right on the button of Archie Stewart and ended this fight just 35 seconds in and also go the KOTN award with this quick finish.

Welterweight Fight

Lionel Cascara (11-8, 4-6 NGF) v Stringer Bell (7-2, 3-2 NGF)

This was a very entertaining, back and forth battle with good stand up and solid ground fighting. Lionel Cascara came out and looked pretty quick in this one, and he worked some nice stand up along with 10 take down attempts. Stringer Bell was also very quick and he attempted a lot of combinations, 24 in total. He also landed 3 take downs and did a nice job of defending Cascara once he was on the bottom. The judges scored this 30-27 in favor of Stringer Bell, but I thought that Cascara could have won at least a round if not 2.

Heavyweight Fight

Andrew Golota (11-8, 6-6 NGF) v Roman Kowalski (10-8, 7-6 NGF)

Andrew Golota came out and pushed the pace to start, he was landing some decent stand up strikes, but Roman Kowalski was able to get a take down and spent the last 3:40 on top and dominated the 1st round. The thing is he dominated obviously, but he finished the fight just 1 of 26 in ground strikes. In the 2nd, Kowalski came out and just bull rushed Golota, he fired of a few strikes, then drilled Golota with a 3 punch combination that sent Golota falling into the cage, Roman jumped on top and pounded out a quick 2nd round win.

Light Heavyweight Fight

Cal Paxton (7-3, 4-2 NGF) v #11 Bobby Newmark (12-7-1, 0-1 NGF)

Cal Paxton showed that solid chin again in this one as NGF rookie, Bobby Newmark looked good. Newmark came out and really pushed the pace in the 1st round. Newmark landed a lot of good strikes, but just couldn’t hurt Paxton and it was Newmark getting cut open early on in the round. In the 2nd, Newark was missing a lot of strikes and he looked to wear down early and Paxton found his range. Paxton was able to drop down and land a huge uppercut late in the round that rocked Newmark. As Newmark was still wobbly, Paxton lunged in and knocked Newmark to the canvas with a big hook, Paxton jumped on top of Newmark and pounded out a win at 4:27 of the 2nd round.

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Middleweight Fight

John Clayton (6-4 NGF) v #13 Marek Jebut (9-3-1, 2-2 NGF)

This fight was just simply a stand up fighter, John Clayton, having absolutely no answer for a ground fighter, Marek Jebut. Here’s another thing, Jebut beat the hell out of Clayton standing too, this was a total domination. Clayton landed just 3 strikes the entire fight while Jebut was 9-14 in head punches, 3-4 in body punches and he landed 18-37 in ground strikes. The judges obviously scored this 30-27 in favor of Marek Jebut.

Featherweight Fight

Chan Sung Jung (5-4, 2-4 NGF) v #15 Gim Ruut (20-8, 2-3 NGF)

This fight pretty much turned out the way that I and most thought it would. Gim Ruut came out, wrestled Chan Sung Jung to the ground and just out jiu jitsu’ed him. There was only a short period that this fight was not on the ground, Jung tried his best to work off his back and did improve a couple of times, but Ruut eventually overwhelmed Jung and got the submission, an armbar at 3:55 of the 2nd. Jung finished the fight 0-13 in submissions while Ruut was 7-10 in ground strikes and 1-19 in submissions.

Light Heavyweight Fight

#9 Arek Rendziok (9-4, 0-1 NGF) v #4 Rogerio Mustacho (12-5, 11-5 NGF)

Arek Rendziok tried to impress the NGF fans by taking on one of the long time vet’s of the organization, one thing I think he did was gain the respect, but probably no impress. Rogerio Mustacho looked very good on his feet in this one, he was lightning quick, landing a punch or kick and getting out of Rendziok’s range. Rendziok got 3 take downs and he tried to work Mustacho over on the ground, but he just didn’t do it as Mustacho stayed very active and made it very hard for Rendziok to do anything. Mustacho landed 21 total leg kicks and 12 punches while Rendziok finished with just 6 punches and just 2 ground strikes. The fight was scored 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 in favor or Rogerio Mustacho.

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Featherweight Fight

#13 Riviere Hinds (8-7, 4-3 NGF) v #7 Vaughn Shaunessey (18-7, 6-2 NGF)

Former champion, Vaughn Shaunessey needed a win badly after dropping his last 2 fights, well, nothing like coming out and completely dominating a fight to break the losing streak. Riviere Hinds really was out classed in this one, he tried, but he just had no answers for Shaunessey. Shaunessey was as quick as I’ve ever seen him; he would rush in, land a strike and get out before any damage. Hinds was very frustrated the entire fight, he could land much of anything, he was demolished in the clinch and he couldn’t get a take down to save his life. Hinds finished 4-20 in head punches, 2-5 in body punches, 0-12 in kicks, 1-9 in clinch punching, 1-12 in take down attempts and 0-4 in ground strikes. Shaunessey finished 15-21 in head punches, 11-14 in body punches, 13-17 in kicks, 12-16 in clinch punches, 9-12 in knees and won this fight easily, 30-27 by all three judges.

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Heavyweight Fight

#2 Frederick Frost (6-2, 5-1 NGF) v #12 Kent Phillips (11-3, 2-0 NGF)

Frederick Frost came in with low morale and Kent Phillips was rolling with 2 dominating wins, so I thought it would be Phillips getting the next title fight. Frost showed me again, he has monster power and he is an excellent fighter and that will overcome low morale every time. Phillips came out aggressive to start, but he was a little wild and Frost was able to make him pay, one strike landed and it cut Phillips and sent him stumbling back to the cage. Phillips then found his range and he started to land some nice leg kicks and powerful strikes. Frost showed that good chin however and he survived the round, but it was clearly Phillips that landed the more significant strikes and he was the one who controlled the center. In the 2nd, Phillips once again came out, he landed two monster strikes to start off the round and Frost was pushed to the cage, covering as Phillips went for the kill, but the ref let them fight on. Frost slipped away and he drilled Phillips with a straight jab that snapped Phillips head back and that seemed to turn things around and Phillips lost his range and everything he started to throw was missing and he really wore himself out. Phillips was still the aggressor, but he was missing everything, one miss opened himself up and Frost unloaded a uppercut that just crumpled Phillips knees as he fell to the floor, the ref ran in, but Phillips was able to roll out and got back to his feet, but he was still on wobbly legs. Frost now was stalking Phillips and as he moved forward, Phillips tried to back pedal away, he avoided the first 2 punches, but the third landed right on the button and knocked Phillips out cold at 2:59 of the 2nd round. A fantastic fight and one that earned the FOTN.

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NGF 79 | Allen vs Brown Preview (778834)

MAIN CARD

 

Main Event

 

Featherweight Title Fight

#1 Jack Brown (9-3-1, 6-1 NGF) v C-Barry Allen (12-2, 4-1 NGF)

Well we will finally see Jack Brown in a title fight, he was in a #1 contender fight, but he was beaten by Marcos Silva. Brown is eager and ready for this challenge and he’s chomping at the bit to get in the cage. Brown has developing power, but over his last 3 fights that power looks like it’s shown up, he has 2 TKO wins over his last 3 wins. Brown has solid stand up skills and his striking defense overall is very good, but he doesn’t want to stay on his feet, he is averaging 3.7 take downs per fight and he’s successful on 54% of them. On the ground Brown is usually too much for whomever he faces, he is very active, strong and he is averaging 31.8 ground strikes per fight. Barry Allen became the champion in his last fight, his 2nd title fight and he did it by answering all the questions about him, could he fight on the mat? Allen has one very big weapon and that’s his head kicks, he has 9 (T)KO wins, 4 of them by head kick. Allen has average to below average striking defense, but he will usually out strike his opponents. He is solid in the clinch where he does have some good elbows that he lands, but not often. He has really improved his ground game, not offensively, but defensively he has been good and he’s improved his ability to get back to his feet. Brown is going to be one hell of a test for Allen’s ground game. Allen will have to be perfect with his footwork and take down defense and Brown will have to not miss too many and wear himself out. If Brown misses too many take downs and he’s slow to get back to his feet, Allen will soccer kick his head clean off. I cannot wait for this fight; too great fighters will different skill sets, who’s the better fighter? PREDICTION: Brown decision win

 

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Heavyweight Fight

#6 Petr Jakovlev (9-4 NGF) v #9 Polish Engineer (12-6, 7-3 NGF)

This could very well end up being a #1 contender fight between Petr Jakovlev and Polish Engineer, both guys would be on 3 fight winning streaks with a win. Petr Jakovlev is an elite wrestler, he has bad striking defense and he rarely does much on his feet, but he will go for take downs, he will get at least one, and he WILL make life miserable for his opponent on the ground. He doesn’t improve his position at a very high rate, but he is very strong, he can control very well and he averages 18.9 ground strikes per fight while landing 46% of them. The biggest weak point for Jakovlev is he just does not have any defense, he comes in, hands down, slow and looking for take downs. Polish Engineer has all the power and all the tools to really make this fight no fun for Jakovlev. Engineer can cut up his opponents with a single right hand, he has 4 cut stoppage wins including his last 2. He loads up with big punches, which makes his accuracy suffer, but his defense is still very good and he’s still landing 58% of his head punches. He will fight on the ground, but it’s not his first choice, he is excellent on the ground, he is landing 50% of his ground strikes while holding his opponents to 0%. I think this fight is going to see a good portion of time on the ground, Jakovlev is the better fighter there, but Engineer is good too. Engineer has the much better power and Jakovlev just gets hit way too much, I like Polish in this one. PREDICTION: Engineer 2nd round TKO

 

Super Heavyweight Fight

#1 Chilemba Murithi (5-1 NGF) v #2 Samson Miodek (11-4, 6-2 NGF)

This is one hell of a super heavyweight match up; Sweden’s Chilemba Murithi will try and take the head off of Poland’s Samson Miodek. Murithi is a strange, but deadly fighter, he throws no punches, yep, none, he is all kicks and he’s landing a very good percentage of them, 61% of his head kicks, 84% of his leg kicks and 58% of his body kicks. He has excellent striking defense and he’s solid with his ground defense, but he stinks in the clinch, well, at least the few minutes he’s been there. Samson Miodek is a former champion and he’s looking to get his third straight win and get back into title contention. Miodek is a heavy striker with 9(T)KO’s in his career and he can mash in all areas. He is very strong in the clinch and he can land nasty elbows and knees along with punches. He is successful on 68% of his take down attempts from standing and on the ground he averages 10.3 ground strikes and he is landing 68% of them. Murithi does one thing, we know what he’s going to do, Miodek can do a bunch of different things, one of them is get a fight to the ground, no worries about kicks there. PREDICTION: Miodek 2nd round TKO

 

Super Heavyweight Fight

#11 David Miller (10-6, 7-4 NGF) v #9 Paulo Cesar Silva (7-3 NGF)

This is a fantastic matchup between two very good ground fighters. David Miller is a decent striker, but he just has no striking defense, his opponents are landing 73% of their head punches, 78% of their body punches and 83% of their leg kicks. Miller often attempts almost 2-1 more strikes then his opponents, so that help a lot in the judges eyes and with the total strikes landed. Miller likes to fight on the ground and use his exceptional wrestling skills, he lands 48% of this ground strikes and he has 5 submission wins. Paulo Cesar Silva has NO stand up game, no striking defense, can’t fight in the clinch at all, but he is a MONSTER on the ground, huge power, strong and can control anyone from top position. Silva will often not throw a single stand up strike, he averages .7 stand up strikes per fight, but he averages 5.1 take downs per fight. On the mat he is averaging 7.9 ground strikes and can simply ground and pound anyone into la la land. This fight will go to the mat at some point, I want to say Miller is the smarter, more skilled fighter there, but if Silva gets on top, it’s over. PREDICTION: Kerbouchard 2nd round submission

 

Featherweight Fight

#9 Davis Davies (11-5, 2-1 NGF) v #8 Diego Brandao (5-2 NGF)

Davis Davies is a heavy puncher who can grind out wins and get submissions on the ground. Davies doesn’t have much other than punches, his take down skills are average, but he is strong on top and can win rounds with his wrestling. Davies does make mistakes and he has been submitted 2 times and his overall defense skills just are average at best. Diego Brandao is an aggressive stand up fighter with amazing striking defense. He is quick and strong and he will get his under hooks in and control very well in the clinch. Brandao has a couple of submissions, but on the mat he just isn’t good, but he will make opponents pay for their mistakes, he’s allowing his opponents to land 72% of their ground strikes. I’m not sure how this one goes, the both will go to the ground, Davies more so, they both have very good take down defense, give the edge to Davies on the ground, edge to Brandao with the stand up. PREDICTION: Davies decision win

 

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Bantamweight Fight

#10 Daiju Kikuchi (5-1, 2-1 NGF) v #7 Grant Vanguard (9-5, 1-2 NGF)

Daiju Kikuchi has proven he can beat some very talent fighters; he will now try and prove himself again with a top 10 fighter in Grant Vanguard. Kikuchi has excellent defense, his opponents are averaging 35 head punches per fight against him, but they are landing just 34% of them. Kikuchi has good power and he can counter very well. He is landing 83% of his leg kicks and his dirty boxing is outstanding. Grant Vanguard has faced some fantastic competition since coming into the NGF; Kikuchi is just another monster he needs to figure out. Vanguard has vicious head kicks, he is averaging 5 of them per fight and he’s landing 1.6 per fight, usually that’s all it takes to KO his opponent. Vanguard is excellent at improving his position on the ground and getting back to his feet, he is not a offensive ground fighter at all. Opponents know to stay away from Vanguards stand up power, so they are attempting 5.6 take downs per fight, but Grant has been very good at defending them. These two are super bantamweights with good power, neither guy likes to fight on the ground so we could have one HELL of a stand up battle, (sniff, sniff) I smell FOTN! PREDICTION: Kikuchi 3rd round TKO

 

Super Heavyweight Fight

#15 Zeus Zorrander (7-0, 0-0 NGF) v Nick Game (5-2, 0-1 NGF)

We will finally see Zeus Zorrander fight; I cannot wait to see this kid scrap. Zorrander has compiled a 7-0 record with nasty, vicious power, he has 6 (T)KO wins and 1 decision, and in the decision win, he went up against some iron chin guy where Zeus landed 42 head punches. He’s aggressive, he’s overwhelming and he has dangerous head kicks that he has laned 60% successful. He’s a dangerous fighter, but he hasn’t been tested on the ground or in the clinch yet. Nick Game is always “game” when it comes to fighting, he’ll fight anyone you put in front of him. Game is still developing as a fighter, right now he seems to sacrifice accuracy for power, yet he’s only has 2 (T)KO wins. His striking defense has lacked in a lot of his fights and he needs improve at his take down defense as well. He does a solid job when he goes to the ground at controlling and grinding out wins, he may have to do that in this one. We will see if the hype on Zorrander is real, Game can get this fight to the ground and finally test Zorrander’s ground skill, but Zeus has the power to end this one quickly. PREDICTION: Zorrander 2nd round KO

 

Lightweight Fight

Ivan Verchanko (10-5, 0-2 NGF) v #13 Edmund Dantes (11-6, 4-3 NGF)

Ivan Verchanko just seems out matched here in NGF, he’s lost his 2 previous fights by TKO and they haven’t been close. Verchanko does have very good power and he is creative, but he’s quick, only 1 of his 15 career fights have made it past the 1st round. Verchanko is a 1 dimensional fighter, he has nothing but punching in his arsenal and that just doesn’t cut it here in NGF. Edmund Dantes is in his 2nd go round with NGF, he compiled a 3-2 record with the organization before leaving for a few months, now he’s back and has gone 1-1. Dantes doesn’t stand out in any area, he is an aggressive guy and he has average striking defense. He averages 6.5 take downs per fight, but once on the ground he is all trying to improve his position and submission attempts, as he averages 12.1 position improvements and 6 submission attempts per fight. I don’t know how exciting this one’s going to be, but luckily I don’t think it will go long. PREDICTION: Dantes 1st round submission

 

Super Heavyweight Fight

Mikhail Van Kirkland (11-10, 2-2 NGF) v Leopold Stotch (8-5, 3-4 NGF)

Mikhail Van Kirkland has been back and forth, up and down for much of his career, one reason is because he get cut up in every fight and that has caused him major problems. Kirkland can cut up his opponents as well with his strikes, but he isn’t great on his feet. His defense is average and he doesn’t land a high percentage of strikes. He is averaging 7 ground strikes per fight and he can be very difficult to handle on the mat. Leopold Stotch has good power with 7 (T)KO wins, but he has a weak chin and has been KO’ed in his last 3 losses. Stotch’s overall game is lacking, he has good stand up skills, but he’s mostly punching and he has been destroyed in the clinch. These guys are very equal, both have much of the same weaknesses, but Stotch isn’t much on the ground and that’s where Kirkland is at his best. PREDICTION: Kirkland 2nd round TKO

 

Super Heavyweight Fight

Third Dag (6-7, 3-7 NGF) v #13 Buck Compton (8-4, 5-1 NGF)

Third Dag just hasn’t found success at NGF; he’s fought in heavyweight and now super heavyweight, both with the same result. Dag can be fantastic on the ground, he’s very strong and he has good ground and pound and submission skills, but he has no stand up or chin to be long term successful. Buck Compton was a former champion under a different name, his manager went inactive and Compton left the sport for a while. He looked simple terrible in his first fight back, so we will see if this former champion can regain his skills or if the layoff was just too much for him. Compton is well-rounded, with very heavy hands, but his overall striking defense isn’t very good. It’s hard to pick Dag, but he could get Compton down and really put the hurt on him. PREDICTION: Compton 2nd round KO

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NGF 80 | Jamm vs Clinton 2 Preview (778835)

MAIN CARD

 

Main Event

 

Middleweight Title Fight

#1 Bill Clinton (18-4, 2-1 NGF) v C-Jima Jamm (15-3-1, 6-0 NGF)

How great is this card, I mean seriously, look at the monsters on fighting, we have a title fight in the prelims, and we have these two facing off for the second time. This fight has had a long training period, so both guys have had time to work on certain areas to get ready for this epic fight. Bill Clinton has only lost 1 time in his last 9 fights and that was against Jima Jamm. Clinton has very good defense and he likes to push the pace standing, and then win rounds by getting take downs and controlling his opponent. Clinton has decent power, but not as much as most middleweights, he is a smarter, more grind it out type of guy. He has been fantastic on the ground, he’s strong and he is averaging 6.8 ground strikes and 2.6 submissions per fight. Jima Jamm will be defending his title for the 3rd time and he is 10-0-1 in his last 11 fights. There really aren’t any weaknesses that I can see in Jamm’s game, he has some of the best striking power in the organization, he has violent head kicks and he has been fantastic in the clinch. Jamm is averaging 3.1 head kicks per fight and he will use that often to either rock or KO his opponent. In the clinch he’s just so damn strong, he controls his opponents and has out struck them on average 8.3 to 3.3 in the clinch. Jamm is very good at defending take downs as well, but when he does have to fight there he is landing 100% of his ground strikes and has 3 submission wins. Clinton is going to have to get inside and get Jamm down to have a chance in this one. Jamm is too big, quick and powerful if Clinton allows Jamm to find his range. I look for this to be a very good battle, but I believe Jamm will find a way to retain the belt. PREDICTION: Jamm 3rd round TKO

 

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Light Heavyweight Fight

#3 Esa Tikkanen (17-3-1, 1-1 NGF) v #6 Brett Riverboat (14-4, 9-4 NGF)

Okay, seriously, how great is this card?!! Esa Tikkanen hasn’t fought since 7/27/2013, so he should be well trained, but we’ll see about ring rust. Tikkanen has good stand up skills and very good striking defense, but where he makes his money is no doubt on the mat. Tikkanen will average 5.2 take downs per fight and he’s been successful on 46% of them. On the ground he is very smart, creative and he averages 5 ground strikes and 2.6 submissions. Tikkanen is very dangerous on the ground and he loves to switch from submissions and transition in to his signature armbar. Brett Riverboat is one of the best and most exciting fighters to watch, it’s truly a treat to watch this guy fight. Riverboat is made of knives, or at least it seems as if he is, he will cut his opponents, you can count on a few things, getting old and he or his opponents, most of the time both, will be bleeding. The former champion, Riverboat has immense and a granite chin, two things that have made him successful, because he doesn’t land what you would call a lot of strikes and his defense isn’t on an elite level. Riverboat has no offense on the ground, but he is fantastic at improving his position and getting back to his feet. Riverboat doesn’t have the best take down defense, so this hopefully was an area he really worked on in training, because Tikkanen is excellent on the mat. Tikkanen has much better striking defense, but Riverboat can hurt him with a single punch and end this fight quickly. PREDICTION: Riverboat 2nd round TKO

 

Light Heavyweight Fight

#12 Dmitry Boitsoff (13-8, 6-6 NGF) v #9 Dongmin Oh (18-4, 2-2 NGF)

Long time NGF fighter, Dmitry Boitsoff will try and get out of his 2 fight funk by taking care of Dongmin Oh. It’s been said before, Boitsoff has a style that isn’t very fun to watch, but when he’s on, he can dominate. Boitsoff shows very little other than wrestling and bjj, he has very little striking defense and he’s awful in the clinch, but he will get a take down and he will attempt submissions until he locks one up. Dongmin Oh is a completely different type of fighter, he is a much more exciting fighter, where as Boitsoff has 8 SOTN awards, Oh has 8 FOTN awards. Oh has excellent power in both hands, he has deadly head kicks, and he has a knack for cutting up his opponents. Oh uses good footwork and agility to move in and out, avoid damage and get into the clinch. In the clinch he will use vicious elbows, which he averages 10.2 per fight to really do damage. Oh is riding a 2 fight losing streak and he’ll have to stay off his back in this one to get back on the winning ways, because he hasn’t been very good on the ground. I think this one could end early, Boitsoff is going to do what he normally does, just try to fight on the mat, but Oh has too much power and Boitsoff has no defense. PREDICTION: Oh 1st round KO

 

Lightweight Fight

#1 Mitch Mitchel (13-5, 5-2 NGF) v #5 Akira Toriyama (17-2-1, 0-0 NGF)

This is a hard pill to swallow for Mitch Mitchel, he was in a title fight, but with the recent news from Semper Fidelis about Tolek Banan, Mitchel now finds himself in just a normal fight against a very good fighter in Akira Toriyama. Mitchel is riding a 3 fight winning streak and he’s 4-1 over his last 5 fights. Mitchel is a super aggressive guy with excellent power, he is averaging 42.3 punches per fight and he has 11 (T)KO wins. He has good striking defense and he has shown outstanding take down defense. On the ground he can be beaten up a bit there and he’s been terrible at improving his position, he’s only improved at a 7% success rate. Akira Toriyama makes is NGF debut in this one and he comes in on a 9 fight winning streak. Toriyama is a smart, skilled, quick fighter, but has very little power. He is aggressive an he’s averaging 28.4 punches and 47.8 kicks per fight. He has done a solid job in the clinch and he’ll land 3.3 elbows per fight and he is getting 60% of his clinch take downs as well. On the ground, Toriyama has excellent bjj skills; he has gotten 3 submission victories. The best part of Toriyama’s game is clearly his defense, he just doesn’t get hit that often and his conditioning is elite, so he’ll wear out his opponents by making them miss, he gets his take downs and will control the fight from start to finish, he has gone to 14 judges decisions and won 12 of them. Mitchel has the power, he needs to get Toriyama in a bad position, he needs to hurt him and he needs to not let him recover. Toriyama is a better fighter than Mitchel and he can do what he normally does, but he has got to watch out for the power. PREDICTION: Toriyama decision win

 

Super Heavyweight Fight

#10 Anthony Brown (15-5, 1-0 NGF) v #6 Dmitry Borschev (8-1, 5-1 NGF)

Anthony Brown came into the NGF, fought once at heavyweight, got a win and then instantly wanted to fight Dmitry Borschev at super heavyweight, well, here we are. Brown is a very strong fighter, he has steel in his hands and he will cut his opponents. He is a heavy striker, which affects his accuracy, but his striking defense is fantastic. Brown can and will take a fight to the ground he is very strong, he controls and wears out opponents and he has good ground striking as he’s averaging 6.9 ground strikes per fight. Dmitry Borschev had a bit of a wake up call his last fight as he was demolished by Shavo Odin at NGF 68. Borschev had won 8 straight before losing, he is just 22 years old and he may be the most skilled fighter in the super heavyweight division, but he’s still has room to improve. Borschev is a monster on his feet, amazing power in both hands, but he’s creative and he’ll look for flying knees and all sorts of different types of strikes. He has very good take down defense, which he needs, because he hasn’t been very good on the ground, but he has done a ok job of getting back to his feet. I mean, come on, how great is this card?! Both of these guys, with a win, will get themselves into the super heavyweight tournament, where the winner of that 4 man tournament will get a title shot with Rinky Spider. Brown has the power to end this fight quickly, so does Borschev, but Brown has the ability to win this fight on the mat too. PREDICTION: Brown 3rd round TKO

 

PRELIM CARD

 

Welterweight Title Fight

#3 Enzo Moretti (17-8, 5-2 NGF) v C-Aurelius Schultes (18-5-1, 6-1 NGF)

How great is this card?!!! How many times do you see a card so great that the prelims end with a title fight? Italy’s Enzo Moretti will try and take the belt from USA’s Aurelius Schultes and from what I hear, Moretti has flown in around 100 friends and relatives to cheer him on. Moretti is a very aggressive fighter, he comes straight out and will push the pace from the opening bell. Moretti is averaging 34.8 stand up punches a fight to his opponent 20.3 and his stand up is where he wins rounds, but he can be taken down and he’s not great there, so that’s where he loses rounds. In the clinch Moretti averages 16.5 head punches and he’s landing 65% of them. He has outstanding striking defense, but his weakness is the ground. Aurelius Schultes will be defending his belt for the 4th time in this one since first winning it at SNF 7 vs Kaito Rin. Schultes has now won 5 straight fights and as powerful as he was, I think his power has gotten better over these last 5 fights. Schultes has strong kicking and he likes to take out legs as he’s averaging 18.9 leg kicks per fight. He can be aggressive, but he will sit back a bit on his feet and wait for counter take downs. On the ground Schultes is very strong, he can control well and he is averaging 17.4 ground strikes per fight, he will usually end rounds by being on top and score points in the judges eyes. It’s an extremely good matchup, two fantastic fighters, Moretti will have to try and stay off the mat, although he has good ground striking defense, Schultes is very strong and he will wear Moretti out. PREDICTION: Schultes decision win

 

Super Heavyweight Fight

#7 Jay Jay Mutombo (7-1, 0-0 NGF) v #13 Ben Ladin (12-3, 1-1 NGF)

Jay Jay Mutombo is the current Undisputed Online Championship champion, but he brings his talents to NGF and he will start his title march with Ben Ladin. Mutombo has fantastic power and he can hurt opponents standing and in the clinch. He has good striking and clinch defense, but his ground striking defense hasn’t been very good. He can cut up his opponents and he has one hell of a head kick. Ben Ladin won his last fight and that broke a 3 fight losing streak. Ladin has monster power, but he also has a suspect chin and in recent months he’s looked like he’s lost a little bit of desire which is too bad, remember, this is a guy that started his MMA career 11-0 with 8 KO’s! Ladin is creative, he’ll look for spinning kicks and back fists, and he’s landing 94% of his head punches, 100% of leg and body kicks, 96% of his clinch head punches and he has vicious elbows and knees. Ladin doesn’t like to be on the ground, his ground striking defense hasn’t been good, but he has done a nice job of escaping and getting back to his feet. I can’t wait to see this fight, if Ladin brings is A game this will be awesome, if he’s less than that, Mutombo will have him for lunch. PREDICTION: Mutombo 2nd round TKO

 

Lightweight Fight

#10 Heraldo Magnifico (14-7, 4-3 NGF) v #7 Soon Do (13-5-1, 1-1 NGF)

I’m going to be amazed by this card on a number of occasions, so I apologize if you have to read “how great is this card?” 4 or 5 times in this preview, but how great is this card? Heraldo Magnifico, one of the most exciting fighters in the org with 8 FOTN and 1 KOTN awards. Magnifico will fight standing and in the clinch, he has good power and he’s very creative. He is averaging 17 stand up head punches and 12.8 clinch head punches. He has solid striking defense and he has no offense on the ground, but his defense is very good. Soon Do lost his last fight to Tolek Banan, and now with the news from Banan’s camp, Do could find himself in a title fight right away if he wins this one. Do is 6-1 over his last 7 fights and he will look to use his wrestling to get this fight down, get on top and use that brilliant ground attack. Do averages 17.5 ground strikes and he loves to use his ground and pound to soften up his opponents and either he will end it with strikes or lock in a submission, he has 8 (T)KO wins and 3 submission wins. This is one hell of a matchup, it will have some good stand up, but it will come down to if Magnifico can stay standing, because Do is a beast on the mat. PREDICTION: Do 2nd round TKO

 

Welterweight Fight

Jack Pot (11-6, 0-2 NGF) v #10 Dan Haley (8-3, 0-0 NGF)

Jack Pot is very talented, but he has struggled since joining NGF going 0-2. Pot has very good striking defense, but he will spend as little time standing as he can, he is averaging 6.3 take downs per fight. On the mat he is very difficult, he stays in motion and averages 3.8 submissions per fight and he has 9 submission wins. Dan Haley is making his NGF debut in this one and from what we are told, he’s an elite wrestler with good power. Haley has destroyed opponents in the clinch as he is landing 73% and 77% of his head and body punches. He as very good success with his take downs and he can be a beast on top as he is landing 60% of his ground strikes and with his power, he doesn’t need to land many to cause major damage. If Haley can get into the clinch with Pot he will out strike him and possible end the fight, if Pot can bring this down, we will see a fantastic ground war. PREDICTION: Pot 2nd round submission

 

Super Heavyweight Fight

Sawyer Hume (3-1, 1-1 NGF) v Firco Nowack (17-9, 4-4 NGF)

23 year old Sawyer Hume will make his 3 NGF fight in this one and he will take on 33 year old, MMA veteran Firco Nowack. Hume has decent stand up but outstanding Muay Thai skills. He is landing 100% of his head and body punches and he has devastating elbows and knees. Hume has elite clinch defense, take down defense and submission defense. Firco Nowack’s last 10 fight have been this, w,l, w, l, w, l, w, l, w, l…if that pattern continues this will be a win for him. Nowack has average skills, he doesn’t have great power, but he can obviously hurt someone. He has good Muay Thai skills, but his clinch defense isn’t great. He has been pretty good on the mat, although he hasn’t spent much time there. Hume is the younger, hungrier kid, I think he’ll take this one in the clinch. PREDICTION: Hume 2nd round TKO

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NGF 79 | Allen vs Brown Review(778834)

UNDER CARD

 

Super Heavyweight Fight

 

Third Dag (6-8, 3-8 NGF) v #13 Buck Compton (9-4, 6-1 NGF)

Well you can say one thing, Buck Compton looked better in this fight than his first fight back from his long lay off, but I have to say, he still looks miles away from the one time champion he was. Third Dag looked as bad as he’s always looked, he has no footwork, he can’t get away from damage, he has no defense and now it looks like his chin is completely gone. Compton knocked Dag down with a very good uppercut and moments later he put Dag out with another one and ended the fight at 53 seconds of the 1st round. Dag has been released from the NGF after his manager made a statement that he was releasing him also.

 

Super Heavyweight Fight

 

Mikhail Van Kirkland (12-10, 3-2 NGF) v Leopold Stotch (8-6, 3-5 NGF)

Mikhail Van Kirkland just dominated this fight, he came out, he won the stand up, he clinched up, and he took Stotch down at will as he went 8 of 9 in take down attempts. Leopold Stotch looked completely overmatched in this fight and looked very confused on what he should do. Kirkland missed just 1 strike the entire fight as he went 16-17 in his striking. Stotch showed no offense, he went for take downs and when he did get to the ground in a good position, he really struggled with controlling and ended up giving up his position. Kirkland won the fight 30-27 by all three judges. Also, at the presser, Thanga Paihte, Leopold’s manager, announced that the two of them have split ways. The NGF responded by releasing Stotch as well.

 

Lightweight Fight

 

Ivan Verchanko (10-5, 0-3 NGF) v #13 Edmund Dantes (12-6, 5-3 NGF)

Just a complete waste of a fight here, Ivan Verchanko is no match for anyone he is facing in the NGF. Edmund Dantes barely worked up a sweat in this fight as he landed just about everything he threw and easily avoided the slow and sloppy striking from Verchanko. Dantes rocked Verchanko with a very weak looking left hand, seconds later he dropped Verchanko to his knees with a right hand and then Verchanko very quickly tapped under strikes at 1:34 of the 1st. The submission by Verchanko shows that he just doesn’t want to be fighting these caliber of fighters.

 

Super Heavyweight Fight

 

#15 Zeus Zorrander (7-1, 0-1 NGF) v Nick Game (6-2, 1-1 NGF)

Zeus Zorrander came into this fight undefeated and he showed signs of what has made him so dominating up until this point, but I said this in the preview, we didn’t know what he was going to be like on the ground and what we saw was his weakness. Nick Game came out with a fantastic game plan, he was able to defend against the vicious head kicks of Zorrander, he was able to move in and out, land good strikes and frustrate Zorrander by getting away from his striking. Game was also able to take advantage of the bad take down defense Zorrander has and he got 6 of 8 of his take downs. On the ground, Game was able to control and chew up points and win rounds. It was a very entertaining fight and Zorrander showed on his feet flashes of his skill, but Game just fought a better fight and won it 30-27 by all three judges.

 

Bantamweight Fight

 

#10 Daiju Kikuchi (5-2, 2-2 NGF) v #7 Grant Vanguard (10-5, 2-2 NGF)

This one was a pretty big surprise to me, these two guys are monsters and I was expecting a back and forth, 3 round battle, didn’t get that. Grant Vanguard came out and overwhelmed Daiju Kikuchi quickly, he avoided a few Kikuchi strikes then he just landed at will and sent Kikuchi down with a quick, deadly head kick to the temple. Kikuchi got back to his feet, but he was really wobbly and clearly out of it. Kikuchi stumbled forward and Vanguard drilled him with a straight right hand, Kikuchi went limp and fell face first to the floor. It took about 10 minutes for the dr. to check Kikuchi out and get him to a stool. Vanguard had his hand raised as Kikuchi stat on his stool, unable to make the hand raising. What a KO, for sure the KOTN and maybe in the running for KOTY.

 

MAIN CARD

 

Featherweight Fight

 

#9 Davis Davies (12-5, 3-1 NGF) v #8 Diego Brandao (5-3 NGF)

The 1st round was one of the more painful rounds I’ve ever seen. Davis Davies got a very early take down and he did next to nothing on top. Diego Brandao was extremely active and he attempted 7 submissions. Davies was on top and he didn’t let Brandao improve or get back to his feet, but Brandao was clearly the more active fighter. In the 2nd, Davies again pushed the action and he took the fight into the clinch, but Brandao was the more active fighter, he attempted a number of strikes and Davies was forced to defend, Brandao clearly won the 2nd round. In the 3rd, Davies took the fight to the clinch, but soon broke free and took down a off balance Brandao, this time Davies was much more active and the patient Davies waited for his opportunity, took Brandao’s back and got the RNC at 3:59 of the 3rd round.

 

Super Heavyweight Fight

 

#11 David Miller (11-6, 8-4 NGF) v #9 Paulo Cesar Silva (7-4 NGF)

I’ve never seen a fighter like Paulo Cesar Silva before and I’ve never seen this type of fight before either. Silva is so one dimensional it’s almost disgusting. All he does is go for take downs, he has no, NO stand up ability what so ever. Miller just battered him in the 1st, fought off the take downs and beat the hell out of him, a 10-8 round. In the 2nd, Silva did get his take down, and there, he showed what he is good at, there is no denying he is very strong on the ground, but man, this is MMA, you got to learn the other parts of the game. In the 2nd, again, Miller just destroyed Silva, he was no match as Miller was able to defend the take downs and land punch after punch for another 10-8 round. Miller one this one 29-26 by all three judges.

 

Super Heavyweight Fight

 

#1 Chilemba Murithi (5-2 NGF) v #2 Samson Miodek (12-4, 7-2 NGF)

This fight showed what will happen if you just come out with the same game plan each fight, if you don’t do things to give your opponent something different to look at, then anyone can be beaten. Chilemba Murithi is excellent at what he does, he has vicious kicks that he uses all fight long, to the point where he doesn’t even throw punches, well he did it again, problem is Samson Miodek is very smart and he can adapt his game to exploit weaknesses. Miodek made it a point to get inside on Murithi, Miodek was aggressive and moved in quickly before Murithi was able to really get set to land his kicks. Miodek was able to work in take downs to frustrate Murithi and he was only able to attempt 3 of those deadly head kicks and didn’t land any. Miodek pretty much dominated the fight; he landed 22 total strikes to Murithi’s 9. Miodek was 2-2 in take downs and he really controlled the fight on the mat. This was one of those fights where Miodek got inside, he landed a lot of quick, short shots and Murithi just wasn’t in good kicking range, I feel Murithi has GOT to develop some sort of punching so he could use them in this type of close courters fighting. Miodek won the fight by 30-27 from all three judges.

 

Co-Main Event:

 

Heavyweight Fight

 

#6 Petr Jakovlev (9-5 NGF) v #9 Polish Engineer (13-6, 8-3 NGF)

Petr Jakovlev looked quick in this, but Polish Engineer looked better prepared for the type of fight that this one turned into. Right off the bell you could tell Jakovlev was in no mood to be standing with Engineer’s power, he came right out and quickly attempted a few take downs while Engineer was able to land a couple of very nice punches. Jakovlev did get the take down, but he struggled with trying to control Engineer and maintain a good position as Engineer quickly improved into full guard. Engineer was also able to take advantage of Jakovlev’s ankle lock attempt and got on top. Engineer did a great job of controlling Jakovlev, defending submissions and landing a few hard ground strikes. In the 2nd, Jakovlev again got a take down, but again, he couldn’t do anything he finished the fight landing just 1 ground strike out of his 11 attempts and he was 0-9 in submissions. The scariest moment for Engineer happened around the 1:30 mark, Jakovlev looked to lock in a triangle, but Engineer stood up, and slammed Jakovlev to the mat which loosened up the submission enough for Engineer to escape into side control. From there, Engineer began to unload ground strikes until he was able to slip 2 monster elbows through which rocked Jakovlev and the fight was stopped at 2:24 of the 2nd round.

 

Main Event

 

Featherweight Title Fight

 

#1 Jack Brown (10-3-1, 7-1 NGF) v C-Barry Allen (12-3, 4-2 NGF)

Now on to the best fight on the card, and possibly the best fight we’ve seen in the last 3 seasons. Jack Brown came into the NGF and he has been vocal, he’s said he was going to be a champion here one day and he is extremely confident in his skills. Barry Allen, he’s been much more quite, he’s just come in and taken care of business, but done it a little more humble. In the 1st round, Allen came out and moved the fight into the clinch, Allen then showed his strength as he was able to get the fight to the cage and he controlled very well. Allen landed some really good elbows in the clinch, but Brown did a very good job of defending as the round went on. Allen scored big in the round and clearly took round 1. The 2nd looked different; both guys stayed at kick boxing range in the round, Allen again, looked to be the one pushing the pace. Allen landed some very good strikes, but Brown did as well as he landed some very hard body kicks in the round. Allen did land a monster uppercut later in the round that send Brown flying back against the cage from about a foot away, it looked devastating, but Brown looked un phased. The 3rd looked a little like rounds 1 and 2, Allen again came out and really pushed forward, he landed some very big shots, but Brown showed an amazing chin. Midway through the round, Brown was very swollen around his right eye and he looked like his lip was busted up too. Brown did land a big overhand right that looked to wobble Allen, but only for a few seconds. Brown to me looked like he was all power strikes in the round, he didn’t land a lot of them and I thought he was making a mistake and wearing himself out. This looked apparent as Brown did get a late take down, but he couldn’t control the position and he let Allen get a sweep and end the round on top. At this point, Brown looked a bit worried and tired, Allen also looked tired, but Browns corner told him to “F—king let it all go!”. Heading into the 4th round, I had Allen up 30-27. The 4th started and Allen rushed out, Brown landed a beautiful counter strike that shook Allen, but he kept coming. Brown again got the take down, but Allen easily moved into guard and then pretty easily moved to top position. It was pretty shocking to see Jack not be able to be dominating on the ground. Allen showed his exhaustion at this point because he did nothing in top position and Brown was able to get back on top, but only for a few seconds, as Brown moved to mount, Allen quickly switched and got on top of Brown again. The round ended standing and both guys were just exhausted, but I had Allen up 40-36 at this point and Brown needed a finish to pull this one out. In the 5th and final round, Allen came out and moved the fight to the clinch, which seemed like a safe thing to do to grind out the round, but Brown really came to life here, he was able to land a very good uppercut, then he got his knees going and he started to hurt Allen. In fact, Allen looked to me in big trouble after a nasty knee landed right to the jaw, Allen was just holding on here. Just about the 4 minute mark, Brown managed to drag the fight to the ground, but again, Allen was able to improve his position as Brown was missing his ground strikes. Now Allen was going for it from top, he was trying to land elbows and big ground strikes, but Brown defended well and you could see him starting to move his legs up, looking for an opening to lock in some sort of submission. Brown did get his legs up, but Allen defended, but left his arm exposed and Brown quickly realized and straightened out the arm, it looked tight and at 4:57 of the 5th round, Allen was tapping as Brown looked to do some real damage to the arm and YOUR NEW FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION, JACK BROWN!!! WHAT A FIGHT!!

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NGF 81 | Ross vs Gridlock Preview (780369)

MAIN CARD

 

Main Event

 

Welterweight #1 Contender Fight

 

#2 Alastair Gridlock (8-4, 5-1 NGF) v #1 Artur Ross (12-3 NGF)

This is a huge fight, this is a fight if you are a fight fan, you stop what you’re doing, you get out of the plans you might have and you get somewhere to watch this. Alastair Gridlock and Artur Ross will be battling to see who will go on to get the next title fight. Gridlock is landing 78% of his stand up head punches, 58% of his body punches and 65% of his leg kicks, he knows how to land strikes and he has good finishing power. His defense overall is excellent, some of the best in the entire division, but sometimes he can get taken down and lose rounds. He will fight in the clinch and he’s mostly a dirty boxer there, but his clinch defense is good. Artur Ross is quite, but his actions speak louder than words. He is a very smart fighter, he will adapt his game well and take what his opponents give him, but capitalize on mistakes. He has solid stand up with powerful kicks and he uses them to slow his opponents down and to prevent them from getting take downs. He has good counter striking ability and he is very good at counter clinching. In the clinch he does most of his damage, he can rock an opponent with his knees and he’s averaging 14.3 head punches while landing 81% of them. He isn’t great on the mat, but he has very good submission defense. I don’t think either one of these fighters will try and take this to the mat, if they do it would be a huge surprise to the other guy for sure. They like to fight in the clinch and I feel that this fight will be won or lost there. PREDICTION: Ross decision win

 

Co-Main Event:

 

Bantamweight Fight

 

#9 Rasva Jorma (11-5, 0-1 NGF) v #3 Park Doo Man (15-5, 1-1 NGF)

Rasva Jorma needs a win like the desert needs rain, he’s lost 3 straight fights and he is really searching for answers. One thing that needs to improve is his striking defense, he tends to throw a lot of power strikes and he’s paid the price with counter strikes. He is a strong and powerful guy with his punches and he’ll mix in a little kicking. He can wear himself out with all the misses he does, but he also can end fights when he lands them. He’s been good on top on the ground, but on the bottom he hasn’t shown much defense. Park Doo Man is a very good fighter with one major concern, his power has dried up and is gone, in his first 9 wins, he had 7 (T)KO’s now he hasn’t had one since 12/14/2012. What he has done is add a lot more leg kicks and has improved his accuracy with shorter, less damaging strikes; he is averaging 21.1 head punches and 24 leg kicks per fight. He has good, solid striking defense and he is the one setting the pace in most of his fights. He is not great on the ground, but he has pretty solid take down defense. Man is just a much more aggressive guy and he will overwhelm most fighters with the amount of strikes he throws. Jorma has got to be patient and try and land his big shots to hurt Man and get his respect. PREDICTION: Man decision win

 

Lightweight Fight

 

#8 Felix Sandoval (10-3, 0-0 NGF) v #15 Yoshihiro Imanari (12-4, 3-1 NGF)

We’ll get our first look at Felix Sandoval in this one and he comes in 4-1 over his last 5 fights, but loser of his last. Sandoval has solid stand up skills, but fighting on the ground is his first choice as he is attempting 6.1 take downs per fight. He does not land a high percentage of punches standing, as he’s at 42% for head punches and 22% of body punches, but his kicks are better. He has very good striking defense and he is a very difficult on the ground as he is strong and active and he also has 5 submission wins. The ground is also Yoshihiro Imanari’s 1st love, he does very little as far as offense goes with his stand up and he averages 6 take downs attempts per fight. On the ground he can be a beast, he is very strong and he controls very well. He is averaging 12.3 ground strikes per fight and he is landing 66% of them. He also has good submission and submission defense skills as he has not been submitted and he has 5 submission wins. This one is going to be a total ground battle I feel, they are both very equal in their skills and it is very difficult to pick a winner. I guess we’ll see which one makes a mistake first. PREDICTION: Sandoval decision win.

 

Featherweight Fight

 

#9 Marcos Silva (12-7, 4-3 NGF) v #12 Meat Beater (10-5, 2-1 NGF)

Marcos Silva wants back at that title, but he’s just 1-2 over his last 3, but a win here would move him very close to consideration. Silva is more of a counter fighter, his style hasn’t been a judge’s favorite, but he does a nice job of counter take downs. He is an exceptional wrestler; he is extremely strong and can control very well, he is landing 51% if his ground strikes and he has 4 submission wins. Meat Beater’s base is defense, he uses quick feet and smarts to both avoid and block his opponent’s strikes. He is aggressive as he is averaging 34.9 stand up punches per fight, but he will often get into slugfests with his opponents. On the ground he has no offense, but his defense again is exceptional. This is going to be one of those stand up fighter vs ground fighter battles. I like Silva if he gets it to the mat, which he probably will, but Beater is very good at controlling. I just wonder if Beater can do enough to win this fight in the judges eyes. PREDICTION: Silva decision win

 

Heavyweight Fight

 

#7 Troy Glover (7-1, 3-1 NGF) v Stevie Gonzales (13-3, 2-2 NGF)

Troy Glover will try and make it 4 wins in a row and continue his march up the ranks. Glover has just been dominating in his fights, he is aggressive and he has amazing striking defense. He is creative and has power in his hands, feet and knees to end fights. He’s just been so dominating so far, he has out stuck his opponents on average of 22.9 to 2.3! Wow! Glover is excellent standing and he is also very strong on the mat. Stevie Gonzales came into the NGF 11-1, he’s found the step up in competition to be a little more difficult here as he’s gone 2-2. Gonzales has fantastic power with his punching and his kicks as he has 11 (T)KO’s with 7 straight KO’s. He is a very accurate and powerful puncher and his striking defense has been very good. He is not a great fighter on the ground, but he has good escaping skills that gets him back to his feet very well. I think this one should be an excellent fighte, Glover is more talented all-around, but Gonzales has so much power he is a danger to end this with a flash KO at any point. PREDICTION: Glover 2nd round TKO

 

PRELIM CARD

 

Bantamweight Fight

 

#8 John Keel (9-3-1, 4-1-1 NGF) v #4 Hakan Juholt (3-1 NGF)

John Keel has been getting better and better, having won his last 3 fights, but Hakan Juholt is a huge step up and maybe his biggest test in his career. Keel is a super aggressive fighter as he averages 38 stand up punches per fight, he also has good stand up defense and elite clinch defense. He lands a very high percentage of clinch strikes and he is powerful enough to rock opponents standing or in the clinch. Keel has one big weakness and that’s his ground game, he’s been terrible and he will have to keep this one standing at all costs. Hakan Juholt is a nightmare matchup for Keel, because Juholt is a fantastic ground fighter, he has beast like strength as he can flip opponents and control them with ease and he’s holding opponents to just a 19% success rate when trying to improve. Now his striking defense isn’t great, so that’s a concern, but he is so good at getting a fight to the ground that you can be sure that this fight gets there. Juholt has shown some of the best ground and pound in the organization, so Keel has got to do everything in his power to keep off his back, I don’t know if he can do that, we’ll see what his training has been like. PREDICTION: Juholt 2nd round TKO

 

Lightweight Fight

 

Gabriel Rua (10-7, 0-0 NGF) v Dean Winchester (9-2, 1-2 NGF)

Gabriel Rua will make his NGF debut in this one and he will try to think his way to a victory. Rua is said to be a student of the game, an extremely intelligent fighter who uses his brain instead of his brawn to win his fights. Rua is fantastic everywhere, he has elite striking defense and he is landing over 70% in stand up head punches, leg kicks, body kicks, clinch head punches, clinch body punches, elbows and knees. Dean Winchester to me is still trying to figure out his identity, is he a stand up fighter, will he fight in the clinch or is he a ground fighter, he spends a little bit of time in each area, but isn’t a stand out in any of them. He may try and be a Jiu Jitsu fighter because he is excellent with his grappling and he does have 3 submission wins. One thing about Rua, he goes into a defensive shell at times, he lands a very high percentage and his defense is great, but if you just play defense the entire fight, you will lose decisions, he has 6 decision losses out of the 10 fights that have gone to the judges. PREDICTION: Winchester decision win

 

Lightweight Fight

 

Jack Fry (14-8, 3-3 NGF) v Ryuken Yanagi (8-8, 3-3 NGF)

Jack Fry will try and break his current 2 fight losing streak. Fry has amazing kicking, he averages 29.6 leg kicks, 12.5 head kicks and 8.7 body kicks per fight. He has good stand up striking defense, but he has not been good in the clinch or on the ground. Ryuken Yanagi is a pure wrestler, he has almost no stand up to speak of, but he averages 8.4 take downs per fight. His striking defense is better than most pure wrestlers, which makes him difficult to out point. On the mat he is strong and aggressive, sometimes he’s too aggressive and he can easily be swept as opponents are improving at a 57% success rate. He is not good at all from the bottom and he has been submitted 3 times. Fry has got to keep this standing and he has got to land heavy shots when Yanagi misses a take down. PREDICTION: Yanagi 2nd round TKO

 

Bantamweight Fight

 

Shinji Tanaka (9-7, 1-3 NGF) v #13 Jon Erik Andersen (13-11, 7-7 NGF)

Shinji Tanaka I think will enjoy fighting his last fight in the NGF, he needs a fresh start in a place that is a step down in competition to try and get his career back on track. He is average standing, terrible striking defense, is horrendous in the clinch, but he is very strong on the ground as he’s landed 46% of his ground strikes and he has 7 submissions. Jon Erik Andersen seems to have evolved into that top 13-15 guy, someone who can put on a great fight, but someone who probably will never be a title contender. JEA just has never improved his game much since coming to the NGF, he has solid power, but he just has no defense to speak of. He’s allowing opponents to land 77% of their stand up head punches, 99% of their clinch head punches, 96% of their clinch body punches and 75% of ground strikes. Andersen can push the pace well which has helped him in decisions. PREDICTION: Andersen decision win

 

Featherweight Fight

 

Stefan Burczymucha (3-4, 2-4 NGF) v #7 Mark Reynolds (6-2 NGF)

Stefan Burcymucha has just looked outmatched in his last 3 fights and he has also shown a very suspect chin going 0-3. Burczymucha tries very hard and he does have good power, but he has no defense and he is awful on the ground as he has yet to defend a single ground strike. Mark Reynolds has a odd matchup here, he goes from fighting for a title to fighting a guy holding onto the bottom rung. Reynolds should really have no problems with this fight, he has the power to end this early and his defense, although not great, is solid and he should be able to avoid strikes from Stefan. PREDICTION: Reynolds 1st round TKO

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NGF 84 | Shaunessey vs Henrik Preview(780372)

MAIN CARD

 

Main Event

 

Featherweight Fight

 

#7 Henrik Torhammer (10-4, 0-0 NGF) v #4 Vaughn Shaunessey (18-7, 6-2 NGF)

We will finally get a chance to see the powerful Henrik Torhammer. Torhammer comes to the NGF on a 2 fight winning streak and he has 10 (T)KO wins. He is very powerful, he can do it standing and on the ground. He has solid kicking, but it’s his hands that have all the power. He doesn’t have much in way of take down defense, but his sweeps and reversals have been outstanding. When he’s on top he is a monster, he lands 63% of his ground strikes and he has very good ground defense. Vaughn Shaunessey is getting very close to getting back to a title fight and getting a chance to regain his belt. Shaunessey has excellent power, he has very good power and he can be dominating in the clinch. Shaunessey likes to use powerful knees in the clinch and he’s landing 54% of them to the body. He isn’t much on the ground and from the bottom, he is terrible. This fight is going to see some of the best power in the division, both guy can end this fight in a heartbeat. Torhammer is a monster, but Shaunessey is very hungry, I love this fight and I can’t wait to see it! PREDICTION: Shaunessey decision win

 

Co-Main Event:

 

Featherweight Fight

 

#3 Koji Murosaki (11-3, 9-3 NGF) v #2 Clean Jaude Damn Vame (7-4 NGF)

The former champion, Koji Murosaki finds himself just 1 win away from getting another chance. Murosaki is a grappler who has ok stand up skills with good striking defense who will look to get the fight to the mat as soon as he can. On the ground he is a submission artist, he averages 5.4 submissions per fight and he will spend all his time on the ground trying to transition into better positions to lock up a submission. Clean Jaude Damn Vame is also a win away from getting back to a title fight, his first at featherweight. Vame has excellent defense which sets up is very good counter attacks which include his take downs. He doesn’t land a real high percentage of stand up strikes, but he does have good power. On the ground he does a very good job on top, but from the bottom he will struggle. If he’s not landing his counter strikes and take downs, he will lose rounds. It’s all about the ground with Murosaki, if he can get Vame down I think he submits him. PREDICTION: Murosaki 2nd round submission

 

Heavyweight Fight

 

#8 Petr Jakovlev (9-5 NGF) v #11 Vadim Kalashnikov (15-8, 4-4 NGF)

Petr Jakovlev has some of the best wrestling skills in the org, but some of the worst stand up skills too. Jakovelv has no striking defense, he is terrible in the clinch, but he is very difficult on the ground, he averages 18.4 ground strikes per fight and that is obviously where he does his damage. Vadim Kalashnikov might be closing in on the end to his career. He recently hinted at that he didn’t have the desire to do this anymore. Kalashnikov is a very powerful guy, he can KO someone in a flash and he has done a excellent job in the clinch as his strength is usually too much for his opponents. The problem with Kalashnikov is he just doesn’t have much of a chin and he can get clipped and go down at any moment. He is not a ground fighter, so this matchup isn’t the greatest, but if he stuffs Jakovlev, he will be able to land his punches, and with his power, that’s all he’ll need. PREDICTION: Kalashnikov 2nd round KO

 

Bantamweight Fight

 

#10 Bill Nevin (12-6-1, 4-2-1 NGF) v #6 Harald Andersson (9-3, 8-3 NGF)

Bill Nevin has all the skill in the world, but his lack of power is pretty confusing. Nevin has just 4 (T)KO’s in his career and 8 decision wins. He is very smart and quick and on average he lands 16.1 head punches while his opponents have landed a total of 13.6 stand up strikes per fight. He can be beaten up in the clinch, but his overall defense has been solid. He fights off a lot of take downs per fight so he has very good take down defense, but even when on the ground, he has done a very good job. Harald Andersson is very quick and very difficult to hit as he bounces around all fight long, moving in and out. Andersson has solid power in both hands, he is very good with his dirty boxing and he is more than solid with both his escapes and ground defense. This is a good one here on paper; I think we’ll see a very entertaining fight. Andersson has the power advantage, but Nevin is just so damn aggressive I think he can pull out the win in this one. PREDICTION: Nevin decision win

 

Middleweight Fight

 

#11 Randall Cunningham (12-5-1, 2-3 NGF) v #8 Michael Fybra (18-9, 2-1 NGF)

Randall Cunningham is struggling right now with 3 straight losses, but he is in almost every fight. Cunningham has monster head kicks and kicks in general, but his head kicks are a major weapon and he averages 6.8 of them per fight. Cunningham is very good in the clinch and his striking defense has been outstanding, but he isn’t good on the ground and can lose rounds there. Michael Fybra was close to a title fight, but he lost his #1 contender fight. Fybra also is a kicker; he averages an astounding 53 of them per fight. He has deadly head kicks and he will destroy his opponent’s legs by landing on average, 23.3 of them per fight. He wants nothing to do with clinching and although he has no ground offense, his ground defense and his escaping skills are excellent. I think either guy could take this one, neither likes to fight on the ground, both have KO worthy head kicks and both like to use more kicking than punching. I think this one comes down to who can catch the other one with that perfectly placed head kick. PREDICTION: Cunningham 2nd round KO

 

PRELIM CARD

 

Lightweight Fight

 

#8 Martin Louis (12-3, 1-2 NGF) v #12 Kyun-Chul Kim (6-2 NGF)

Martin Louis hasn’t fared too well in his last 2 fights, going 0-2, but his 1st round TKO in his NGF debut shows he has excellent skills. Louis has excellent finishing power in his hands and feet, he has powerful kicks and his dirty boxing is some of the best in the division. Louis has very good striking defense and his take down defense is elite. Kyun-Chul Kim is rolling right now with 3 straight wins. Kim has not developed any power; he has 1 stoppage in his 6 wins. He uses aggressive striking and very good wrestling to grind out wins, he is averaging 7.7 take downs per fight and 19.9 ground strikes per fight. His clinch defense isn’t very good and that is an area that opponents can score on him. I think this is an excellent matchup, but Louis will have the clear power advantage, but Kim is a frustrating fighter. Louis is elite at his take down defense and I think he’ll let Kim wear himself out and be able to take advantage of that. PREDICTION: Louis 2nd round TKO

 

Featherweight Fight

 

#12 Lion El Johnson (8-3, 2-1 NGF) v #14 Benjamin Belleville (14-3, 1-0 NGF)

Lion El Johnson uses a style of control to win rounds, he has solid stand up skills, excellent striking defense and very good take down skills to score points. Johnson is aggressive on his feet, he averages 16.3 head punches and 6.4 leg kicks, but he is has been very good at getting his take downs. On the ground Johnson controls very well and he can be overwhelming, averaging 14.5 ground strikes per fight. Benjamin Belleville won his NGF debut fight; he looked very good on his feet and did enough on the ground to win a decision. Belleville has shown good power in past fights, he is a solid stand up fighter, he has decent striking defense and he will mix in some solid ground fighting as well. He hasn’t been great on the ground, and he has had some fights where he’s been taken down and has lost rounds by being on the bottom. I like Bellevilles overall game better in this matchup, but Johnson can be a serious problem when he’s on top, it will come down to ground control for sure. PREDICTION: Belleville decision win

 

Welterweight Fight

 

#8 Zeddicus Starburst (11-4, 7-4 NGF) v #9 Daemon Mustacho (9-4, 7-4 NGF)

What a great fight this should be, two excellent fighters who are very similar in a lot of things. Zeddicus Starburst is 2-3 over his last 5 fights and he’s coming of a excellent 5 round title fight. Starburst is a creative guy that has very good stand up skills. He has good power and his defense is good, but he lacks take down defense and he just isn’t very good on the mat. Daemon Mustacho is 2-4 over his last 6 and one of his wins came by split decision. Mustacho is a ultra aggressive fighter, he is averaging 34.7 punches, 14.8 kicks and 8 combinations per fight. He has good striking defense, solid power and he does a ok job of getting out of trouble on the ground and back to his feet. Both guys love to stand and bang so I’m expecting one exciting fight. I don’t think the ground game will play a part in this one, but there could be some clinch work. PREDICTION: Starburst decision win

 

Bantamweight Fight

 

Mickey McGillicutty (16-9-1, 0-1 NGF) v #13 Matti Teitsi (5-6, 2-3 NGF)

Mickey McGillicutty will try and rebound after his debut loss in his last fight. McGillicutty has big knees that he averages 29.3 per fight, but he doesn’t land a high percentage of them, and like his last fight, when he doesn’t, he can lose decisions. He is average in other areas, but his striking defense is very good. Matti Teitsi has lost 3 straight fights, so he really needs to figure things out. He has excellent dirty boxing skills and he’s averaging 35 clinch punches per fight. He struggles on the mat as he’s been submitted 3 times. I think this fight will be a big time clinch battle, if McGillicutty can land his knees he’ll have a chance to hurt Teitsi. PREDICTION: Teitsi decision win

 

Welterweight Fight

 

Archie Stewart (6-3, 4-3 NGF) v Rodrigo Oliveira (8-4-1, 0-0 NGF)

Archie Stewart had his 3 fight winning streak snapped in his last fight, but is 3-1 over his last 4 fights. Stewart is a solid stand up fighter with solid striking defense, but he has been a monster on the ground landing 77% of his ground strikes. Rodrigo Oliveira makes his NGF debut in this and he is coming in after winning his last fight. He looks to be a well-rounded fighter, solid in all areas. He does a excellent job in the clinch and he has 3 submissions. Oliveira has shown excellent take down defense so far and I think he’ll need to keep this fight standing, Stewart is a beast on the ground and he can grind out rounds. PREDICTION: Stewart decision win

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