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Galaxy 7: Stairway To Heaven Review!

Event Review: Galaxy 7: Stairway To Heaven
Feral Combat
2013-01-06, London, The Underground - London
Attendance:1,000, Event Rating:97
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Some guys doesn’t need a stairway to heaven, they need a stairway to the hospital! We get a 97 event ratings and sold out again! Once again we had some brutal KO that made the fans go nuts! Among the great fights we had, I’d like to point out Boulks that is pretty close to a fight for the title and Sandoval, who is now eligible to fight for the bantamweight title. But that’s not all! Galaxy 7: Stairway To Heaven Review! Has much more!

Dominickoy ‘’The Natural Born Killer’’ Crocop vs Imperial XinZhao

The last time these guys face each other, Crocop took a little more than 1 minute to finish the fight. Did he do it again? In a few seconds of few he lands a huge head kick almost knocking XinZhao out! He rushed into mount with strikes but he didn’t manage to finish the fight. Back on their feet, they had a close match until the round ends but that initial knockdown gave the round to Crocop. On the second round, XinZhao gets a takedown but quickly get back up, what was he thinking? The round continued with both guys exchanging until the end. XinZhao landed more strikes but Crocop were more aggressive? This round could go either way! In the last round Crocop started a little better but XinZhao knew he had to do something here so he began to throw more solid strikes. He came on top this round but that’s it! That second round is what will decide who will be victorious. By split decision, Crocop was ruled the winner! Great fight! Couldn’t be more close and these guys didn’t disappoint! Crocop should be very happy right now! In the other hand, XinZhao lost again to him and now has already lost 2 times in Galaxy FC!

Alvin ‘’Comer Fora’’ Alfresco vs ‘’The Mighty’’ Khan Fierce

Fierce is a striker fighting against a grappler and his first move was a takedown! Facepalm for him! Since he get it into mount he manage to survived for a minute but when Alfresco finally get full guard, he made Fierce tap out with a guillotine! Poor gameplan from Fierce today. Alfresco now has 2 victories in his career, both by sub in the first round. This kid has future!

David ‘’The Whip’’ Eng vs Ryan ‘’Ryu’’ Sands

The fight begins with Sands getting an early takedown but a few seconds later he decided to standup! He did that to try a few more takedowns and again get one but this time he gets it into full mount! A few seconds later he goes for an Arm Triangle an put his opponent to slip! Wow, awesome finish here for Sands and a very good debut in his MMA career!

Jim ‘’The Gentleman’’ Johnson vs ‘’Iron Fist’’ Gabriel Odonnell

This fight was odd. Johnson should be the better fighter on the ground while Odonnell should try to keep on the feet but what we saw was Odonnell going for takedowns, not even trying to land a single strike. Meanwhile Johnson was beating the crap of him! After a minute, Johnson throws a solid jab that rocked Odonnell! A few seconds later he dropped his opponent with a big right hand! Wow, Odonnell was really bad! A nice uppercut put Odonnell out of his misery with a great knockout! Wow, this guy is nasty! Can believe he didn’t win KO of the night! Now he has 2 victories with KOs in thr first round. Odonnell has a terrible record of 1-5 now. Ouch!

Erik ‘’Nova’’ Gustafsson vs Mike ‘’The Pickey’’ ONeil

In this welterweight bout we had extremely mixed fight. Gustafsson is the better grappler here and in order to get a takedown he opted to clinch first but all the time the fight was on the clinch nothing happen or Gustafsson failed in a takedown attempt. But he score 4 takedowns during the fight and while there, he didn’t do much either. Thankfully, on the feet, ONeil demonstrate some good boxing skills when he landed 40 of 47 punches! It wasn’t enough to get a knockout but he did get a 30-27 UD victory! A solid victory for ONeil here.

Carlos ‘’The Last Samurai’’ Miranda vs ‘’Bones’’ John Jones

Right after the bell rings, Jones put in practice his plan to clinch that allowed him to dominate the fight. Miranda also helped him a lot. When they break the clinch, Miranda rushed to clinch again! Man, this guy enjoys to be beaten up. What a masochist! Miranda eventually scored a takedown in both the first and the second round but the fight didn’t last much there. In the beginning of the third round, Jones connects a series of punches, rocking Miranda. Right after on the clinch, Jones lands a series of knees that make the referee stop the fight! What a brutal victory here! These guys won the fight of the night awards. Jones performance was above the average and I bet some guys now look at him with respect!

Chris Newton vs Konan ‘’Keylock’’ Kosta

Newton came to the fight very aggressive and sharp. In less than a minute he scored a knockdown that almost finish the fight. He keeps hitting hard his opponent but Kosta manages to get a savior takedown. Kosta was tired so Newton manages to sweep and were back on the feet. A few more good strikes from Newton but another takedown and it stay there until the end of the round. In the first half of the round Newton continues with his striking dominance until Kosta score one more takedown. But this time, after recover full guard, Newton goes for a guillotine and he gets it! Oh, man, he takes that sub out of the pocket! I didn’t see that coming! What a surprise end here. I couldn’t expect less from Newton. This guy will go far!

‘’Gladiator’’ Will Boulks vs John ‘’Dope’’ Pope

Pope moved the fight into clinch in the first moves and he beat the crap out of Boulks. Elbow after elbow while he stuffed his takedowns. At the end, he landed 30 elbows out of 31 and stuffed 11 takedowns from Boulks. Very impressive! But then, after going out of the clinch, Boulks scored a takedown. He didn’t see very effective on the top but a few seconds to the end of the round he goes for an armbar and gets it with only 2 seconds remaining on the clock! Wow, he couldn’t be more precise than that! Next step for Boulks is to fight to be the next contender of the lightweight division. This guy finished all his fight in the first round! Man, he has some huge potential!

‘’Razor’’ Robbie Robertson vs ‘’Kazaam’’ Hakim Jabbar

This could be a really nice striking match but all Jabbar did was go for takedowns, which fits horribly in his gameplan! With that, he left the path open for Robertson that used his boxing skills to win. First he landed a huge right hand that rocked Jabbar! Then he connects a few good punches until he delivers a right cross knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the nearby fans! What a brutal KO! It’s no surprise that he nailed the KO of the night! If he wanted to make a statement today, he did it! Now he is at the top of his division an might be fighting for the title soon!

‘’The Kid’’ Joseph Sandoval vs ‘’Irish’’ Nick Shamrock

The fight started and Sandoval gets a clinch. After that he dominated the entire round with punches, elbow and knees. Shamrock was lost in the clinch. By the first minute and a half, Sandoval landed a vicious knee in Shamrock’s jaw that almost finished the fight but he survived. The second round starts and bang! A huge overhand from Sandoval drops Shamrock and he need just a few more strikes to make the referee jumps and save Shamrock! Wow, this guy has some heavy hand! Sandoval is the next contender of the bantamweight division but it all depends of his manager.

I’ve got to say, we have some good fights today and some great knockout too! This was our last weekend event on The Underground, next weekend event will be at Hayashi’s Lounge that has the double of sits! Not to mention we will have 3 title fights! But that’s still to come. Here in Galaxy 7 once again everybody did great! Especially the new guys, even if they come with some crazy set of sliders! Also congratulations to Boulks, Robertson and Sandoval that are pretty close to fight for the title! That’s all, folks!

 

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