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NGF 46 Rin vs Moretti

Event Preview: *NGF 46*
New Generation Fighters
2013-04-13, St Petersburg, Hard Knocks - St Petersburg
Author:Chad Didion

MAIN CARD 

Main Event

Welterweight Fight

#5 Kaito Rin (10-2, 0-0 NGF) v #2 Enzo Moretti (13-6, 1-0 NGF)

This is a monster fight between two of the badest dudes in the NGF, if not the entire MMA Tycoon world.  Kaito Rin comes into the NGF and will take on a super tuff opponent.  Rin is 6-1 in his last 7, he is a former SPNY champion and he brings real smarts to the cage.  He is a sensational wrestler, but he will stand and bang.  He likes to use a lot of counter punching, not really having KO power with only 1 (T)KO finishes and 6 decision wins.  He averages over 34 punches per fight while he’s standing, and over 10 takedown attempts, succeeding on 40% of them.  He has very good striking defense and takedown defense, but he is very vanilla.  He doesn’t do anything great, but a lot good.  He doesn’t land a high percentage of strikes, but he will out work people to get rewarded by the judges.  Enzo Moretti is a bad man, he has a little more power than Rin getting 9 (T)KO wins and 4 decision wins.  He is coming off a fight where he was a heavy favorite, but was taken to a decision.  He is very hard to finish, actually he hasn’t been finished yet, he has lost all 6 of his career loses by decision.  He has amazing conditioning and he has elite boxing skills, he’ll average over 38 punches per fight, and he’s landing over half of them at 53%.  He is also very skilled in the clinch, he likes to land a lot of inside strikes, over 73% of his head punches land.  He is a very elusive fighter also, quickly getting in and out of danger.  This one should have fireworks and I’m really excited to see this one.  PREDICTION: Moretti decision win

Co-Main Event: 

Middleweight Title Fight

#2 Milan Savic (6-2 NGF) v #1 Artur Ross (9-1, 8-1 NGF)

A title fight as the co-main event huh?  Well I can say this, this fight is bringing in a lot of fans and I can’t wait for this one.  Milan Savic has won 4 straight to get to this title fight.  He is a well-rounded fighter who offers a real threat to Artur Ross if he can get the fight to the mat.  A brown belt in bjj, he will hold the decided edge if he can get Ross down.  Savic is a winner of 3 SOTN awards in his career, and if he starts to lock up a submission, it’s usually only a matter of time.  He doesn’t do a whole lot, but he will average around 6 head punches per fight, but his game is jiu jitsu.  He does have good defensive skills, so it’s hard to hit this man, so that’s his strong point, he’s hard to hit, and he’s a monster with jiu jitsu, very dangerous.  Artur Ross has won 7 straight and he finally got his title shot at NGF 40 and he destroyed Purpura Mortis.  Ross has very good power, he can end a fight at any moment with 6 (T)KO wins.  He has just been dominating in most of his fight, landing a ton of strikes and coming out with hardly a mark on him at times, which is pretty amazing since he’s had 5 fights go 2 rounds or later.  He has some of the best kicks in the NGF and he lands 73% of his kicks, and he averages 9.9 leg kicks landed a fight.  He also will use his sensational Muay Thai skills often; he averages over 14 head punches in the clinch landing 87% of them.  He’s a beast, he can land all sorts of strikes and he just doesn’t get hit all that much.  This will be a fight that Ross will dominate if it stays standing, but he is in serious trouble if Savic can get him down.  PREDICTION:  Ross 3rd round TKO

Middleweight Fight

#4 Mikhail Rakhmanov (6-1, 3-1 NGF) v #3 Jima Jamm (11-3-1, 2-0 NGF)

This will be a #1 contender fight between two monster middleweights.  Mikhail Rakhmanov won his last fight at NGF 41 against Tommy MacKenzie with a UD win.  Rakhmanov has very scary power, he can really put a beating on someone, but he can also submit just about anyone.  He likes to punch to set up kicks; he is averaging over 12 punches per fight and 5 leg kicks.  He has good defensive skills and he has been very good on the mat.  He has good submission defense and he can lock in RNC with the best of them, using his wonderful wrestling skills to get his opponents back.  Jima Jamm is rolling; he has a nasty edge to him, looking to land hurtful strikes at every opportunity.  He is coming off a super impressive 1st round KO win of Darius Elerman that ended Elermans career.  Jamm is 6-0-1 in his last 7 and he has KO’ed, submitted and out fought opponents during that time.  He has lighting quick hands and has landed 60% of his head punches, but he will also look to take out legs and body with kicks.  He is very good in the clinch as well where he has nasty knees.  He has been slightly outworked on the mat, but it’s not a area that you can say is a real weakness.  This is just a good fight, Jamm isn’t the greatest at striking defense and Rakhmanov has been pretty good, but this fight could go either way.  Give Rakhmanov the ground edge and Jamm the standup edge.  PREDICTION:  Jamm 2nd round KO

Middleweight Fight

#11 Heath Marcum (6-1, 3-0 NGF) v #5 Facaloto Gals (12-4, 4-1 NGF)

Just another huge fight in the middleweight division, two guys that are knocking on the championship door.  Heath Marcum has not lost yet in the NGF and he comes in on a 3 fight winning streak having won by decision, submission and KO.  Marcum, a wrestler, will use very little stand up and no Muay Thai at all.  He will set up takedowns with a few strikes, but it’s all about the ground with him.  Once he gets his takedown, which he will since he will attempt over 7 per fight, he’ll control the fight and just smother his opponent.  Marcum is landing 50% of his 18.7 averaged ground strikes per fight and he improves his position 40% of the time, while holding his opponents to only 20% success improving their position.  He is a fantastic grappler also, and if he sees a chance, he’ll try and lock in submission.  His weakness is, like most wrestlers, he doesn’t have great striking defense and he can be a punching bag at times.  Facaloto Gals will have a big test in this one, he usually holds an advantage on the mat, but he won’t have it here.  This one’s going to come down to who is the better grappler or who makes the first mistake.  Gals is 6-1 in his last 7, and he like Marcum, will use very little stand up and look for takedowns.  He does have some good kicks, and he’ll use them to set up his takedowns.  The one area he holds a decided advantage, and maybe a area he tries to exploit is in the clinch.  Gals is a much better clinch fighter, much better since Marcum hasn’t spent one second in the clinch, Gals is landing almost 100% in all his strikes there, and he has massive knees from the clinch.  He also is very good at getting trip takedowns from the clinch.  Gals can dominate on the mat, but in a different way, he will allow strikes to land, but he just looks for submissions, he is averaging 9.4 ground strikes per fight, but they are meant to soften up his opponent so he can get the submission.  I really like this fight, it should be a fantastic ground battle.    PREDICTION:  Marcum 2nd round TKO

Bantamweight Fight

#17 Ron Sieler (6-6 NGF) v #8 Lutz Knitter (12-5, 3-3 NGF)

Just when you thought Ron Sieler was making a run, he faces another top fighter and loses.  He’ll face another top fighter in Lutz Knitter in this one.  Sieler looks good, he’s fast, he’s got quick hands and punches, he mixes up his strikes and he is starting to become more skilled at striking.  Sieler has had moments where he’s just thrown wild strikes and not hit anything, which has led to his low strike landing percentage with 46% on head strikes and 25% on his combos.  He does have nasty elbows that he uses in the clinch and he’s landing 60% of them.  He has looked the best in the clinch, but he will average over 14 head punches while standing per fight.  He hasn’t done much on the ground, but he has gotten better there too.  Lutz Knitter is 1-2 in his last 3 but he’ll look to get right back into title contention with a win.  Knitter is a very aggressive fighter; he comes out and will push the action from the opening bell.  He prefers to stay at kick boxing range, but he will go to the clinch if needed.  He is averaging over 39 punches standing and 22 punches in the clinch.  As most stand up fighters, wrestlers give him his most trouble, he hasn’t been great on the mat, but his takedown defense is good.  Knitter tends to be rather predictable as he doesn’t have a kicking game at all.  This fight is very interesting, these two are a lot alike, but Sieler will hold the edge if the fight goes to the mat.   PREDICTION:  Knitter decision win

 PRELIM CARD

Super Heavyweight Fight

#16 Frank Greenleaf (9-2, 0-0 NGF) v #6 Vladan Perunovic (7-1, 4-1 NGF)

Frank Greenleaf will make his NGF debut and this might be the only fight he makes.  Greenleaf is a wrestler and only a wrestler, I don’t think he’s really cut out for MMA.  He is getting 44% of his takedowns and once he’s there he is super dangerous, landing 63% of his ground strikes and improving 71% of the time.  He lacks all stand up offense and defense.  Vladan Perunovic will try and rebound after he lost in his title bid at NGF 41.  He has massive power, maybe the best in the organization and he is also a marksman with the punches.  He is very efficient as he lands almost 90% of all his strikes.  He hasn’t been very good on the mat, which is the strength of Greenleaf.  As bad as Greenleaf’s striking defense is and as good as Perunovic’s power and accuracy are, this one should be quick.  PREDICTION:  Perunovic 1st round KO

Lightweight Fight

#12 Kyun-Chul Kim (2-0 NGF) v #3 Makoto Shibasaki (8-4, 6-3 NGF)

Kyun-Chul Kim will try and make it 3-0 to start his mma career in this one.  He has been a guy who looks for a lot of takedowns, an average of 19 per fight, and will be very dangerous on the ground 44% landed on a average of35 ground strikes per fight.  He hasn’t been great in the clinch and he will use a lot of energy trying takedowns and only completing 23% of them.  Makoto Shibasaki lost his last fight at NGF 41 and he’s now 2-3 in his last 5.  He looked like he’d be a finisher early on, but his last 3 wins have come by decision.  He is okay standing up, but his bread and butter is on the mat.  He is completing takedowns 32% of the time, once on the mat, he averages 8.8 ground strikes and 1.9 submissions per fight.  He has controlled his opponents pretty well there too.  This is a pure ground game, it will go there and it will be a battle there.   PREDICTION:  Kim 3rd round TKO

Bantamweight Fight

#14 Augusto Cruz (5-5, 4-5 NGF) v #3 Boris Yurinov (6-3, 4-3 NGF)

Augusto Cruz comes into this one with a huge chip on his shoulder, he lost at NGF 37 then was scheduled to fight Yun Fat Chow at Fight Night 19, but Chow missed his plane and didn’t make the fight.  So it’s been a long wait for a chance to win again for Cruz.  He is a very good stand up fighter, he has excellent kicks and can check kicks well too.  He is averaging 8.5 head punches standing per fight and lands 85% of them.  He hasn’t been great on the ground, this is probably his biggest weakness.  Boris Yurinov will try and move back into title contention with a win here.  Yurinov is a well put together fighter, but the lack of power is flabbergasting, he has just 1 finish win in his 6.  He is all kick boxing, he averages over 40 punches per fight and 49 kicks.  He has solid striking defense, but he often gets rocked with the first punch that lands.  He hasn’t been good in the clinch or on the ground, but I don’t think this fight goes there.  PREDICTION:  Cruz 2nd round KO

Lightweight Fight

#20 Ryan King (8-5, 2-4 NGF) v #17 Ryuken Yanagi (5-5, 0-0 NGF)

Ryan King will try and correct his issues and get back in the win column.  He is on a 3 fight losing streak and he hasn’t been competitive in any of them.  He hasn’t been good in any area, but he does have good submission skills.  He has been beaten up on the mat also, so it’s hard to say he has any advantage on the mat.  Ryuken Yanagi is making his NGF debut and he’ll look to move to 6-1 in his last 7 fights with a win.  He’ll use is superb wrestling skills and brown belt in bjj to ground and pound and submit his opponents.  He averages almost 7 takedown attempts per fight and amazing enough, he hasn’t landed a single punch in his 10 career fights, even though he’s averaging 6.2 punches per fight…wow that’s terrible.  He is however, averaging 28.1 ground strikes and he lands 45% of those.  He can get a TKO at any moment with his ground and pound.  Another ground battle here.  PREDICTION:  Yanagi 2nd round TKO

Featherweight Fight

#20 Jose Aldo Jr (4-1, 1-0 NGF) v #3 Diego Brandao (1-1 NGF)

Jose Aldo Jr. will look to make it 2-0 in the NGF by beating Diego Brandao.  Aldo jr. is riding a 4 fight winning streak where he has 2 decision wins and 2 KO wins.  Aldo jr. has amazing kicks, he will use them, sometimes almost exclusively, averaging over 21 kicks per fight and landing 53% of them.  He is a quick fighter who loves to dart in, fire off a 2 or 3 punch combo and dart back out, he averages 16.2 combos per fight, but he only lands 4% of them.  Diego Brandao has good kick boxing skills, but he will try all fight long to get to the mat, even if it means he clinches up and pulls guard or just allows his opponent to take him down, he is comfortable on his back.  Once he’s down, he has sacrificed all ground defenses to try and pull off a submission, opponents have landed 85% of their ground strikes, but Brandao has pulled off 25% of his submissions.  This is a classic kick boxer vs grappler; I think Aldo can hurt Brandao with his kicks.  PREDICTION:  Aldo Jr. 2nd round KO
 

 

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