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 Hello fight fans Merlin here bringing you a Friday Night full of Fallen Champions MMA action coming from the Hardknocks arena in Hilo. We have 10 fights on tap including an Awesome match up for the Middleweight Championship that should be one of the best fights in FC history. So lets get the action underway.......
205lbs-Danny Wait(2-4)(2-3)vsAnselmi Horila(1-2)(1-1)-Wait by (t)KO in 2nd Rd
155lbs-Muay Thai(4-4)(0-1)vsMerk Roop(0-1)(0-0)-Roop by Sub in 1st Rd
205lbs-Diego Russell(5-4)(5-3)vsThomas Engine(3-6)(3-5)-Russell by UD
205lbs-Zeus Greatness(2-0)(1-0)vsDiego Guerra(5-2)(3-2)-Guerra by UD
185lbs-Jason Karlsson(5-0)(5-0)vsNikolay Capriotti(4-3)(1-1)-Capriotti by SD
170lbs-Mauricio"Pitbull"Calvancante(11-7)(1-1)vsTommy"National Hero"Riordan(5-3)(4-2)
We start our Main Card off with a Welterweight contest between two BJJ specialist. Mauricio Calvancante is a 29 year old Brown belt with 10 Submission victories under his belt, who has been working on his Wrestling game in this latter part of his career. Hopefully that work pays off becuase up to this point Mauricio has only been able to land an embarassing 10% of his attempts. The 21 year old ex Marine Tommy Riordan has been on a hot streak as of late coming into this one on a 3 fight win streak, and is on the verge of breaking into the Top 10 with a win in this one. Tommy has a good mix of Clinchwork and Wrestling, and has some surprisingly accurate striking that he using to set up his Takedowns. I think that Tommy should be able to control and dictate where this fight takes place, but with Calvancante's superior BJJ he could pose some problems for Riordan off of his back.
205lbs-Tyson Kahn(4-1)(0-0)vsThe Steel Penn Alliance(4-2)(2-0)
Tyson Kahn is set to make his Fallen Champions debut, and the 23 year old Broken Halo protege has a lot of hype around him since he is on a 4 fight win streak. He has Olympic level Wrestling mixed with some World class Boxing, its a skillset that makes him a tough match up for any opponent as he can hold his own where ever the fight takes place. The Steel Penn Alliance has been nothing short of Great in his two FC fights to date, he hasn't missed a takedown, transition, ground strike, or Submission. He some amazing Wrestling and a very high level Brown Belt, and reports out of the Gods of the Cage camp is that Steel has been working on his striking and clinch game. This match up is going to come down to Wrestling, if Tyson can keep the fight standing he will have a clear advantage, but if Steel can land a takedown you may be looking at an early Sub of the Night winner.
170lbs-#7."The Animal"James Madness(9-7)(5-3)vs#10.LC"The Grim Reaper"Audet(3-0)(0-0)
We have these two Top 10 Welterweights squaring off, and theres been no shortage of smack talk in the leading up to this fight. James Madness is a two time ADCC Champion Black belt with 8 Submission victories to his name, but has hit a rough patch since his losing effort against Champion Darcy Lilo. Since dropping that fight he has went a mediocre 1-2 including a decision loss in his last outting against ex Champion Gawain Lot. LC Audet is an aspiring rapper who has decided to concentrate of his MMA career for the time being, and at 3-0 it seems like that may have been a good decision. LC looks like a beast, and should be able to hold his own where ever the fight ends up but could have trouble if he gets on the ground with the famed grappler. There has been a lot of back and forth coming into this fight, and it will be interesting to see if it lives up to the hype!
265lbs-#1."The Future"Paul Mctanned(14-2)(2-1)vs#2.Stu"Octo"Diat(8-5)(5-2)
In our Co Main Event of the evening the two top Heavyweights will be doing battle in what is sure to be a Great fight. Paul Mctanned has been busy as of late with this being his 3rd fight in just a little over a month, and he took this fight on short notice after Diat's original opponent had to pull out of the fight due to injury. Since losing his debut back at FC 35, Paul has won his last two, proving that he is a top 265lber. He is a World Class Grappler, and makes no mystery about his gameplan and that is to take his opponent down, and use his ground n pound to set up his amazing Submission game. Stu Diat at 31 years old is making a late career push to try and earn his life long goal of being a Champion, and he is just won fight away from making that dream a reality! Stu has a great skillset with a mix of great hands, and is no slouch on the ground with a high level Brown belt. I think this fight is going to be all over the place, Paul is going to be able to land the takedown but it'll come down to what he is able to do once he gets it there, and all fights start standing so Stu will be able to work his striking game.
185lb Championship-C."Temujin"Genghis Khan(13-4)(3-0)vs(#10 P4P)#4.Johnny Freedom(11-2)(1-0)
Its finally time for our Main Event of the evening and the whole Fallen Champions fan base has been waiting for this one! This is going to be the biggest fight in the history of the promotion, and the Middleweight Championship is going to be on the line to boot. Genghis Khan has looked unstoppable in his 3 fights so far winning all 3 of them by Knockout, and all 3 of them have been in Title Fights. The 27 year old is a Olympic level Boxer with power in both hands, but has showed in his last couple of fights that he has good enough grappling to hold his own with some of the best grapplers in the division. Johnny Freedom made his debut at LL 25, and started off his FC career with a bang, stopping the hype machine Werkka Easterlund who many thought was on his way to being the next Middleweight Champion. Johnny is a Beast of a man, and is a very dangerous striker with Knockout power and a solid chin to match it. This one is going to be a stand up war, and its really hard to pick a winner with Khan's Heart and Freedom's chin. I vote this one early pick for Fight of the Night!
There you have it folks a good fight card topped off with an Amazing Title fight, I wouldn't miss out on this event. I would like to thank our sponsors The Dark Side clothing and Pirates Powder nutrition. Also a special thanks to Mr Cropper at Hellraiser Fight Gear, and Theodore Boston. Make sure to check in later when I cover FC 42.
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