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 UPF-M 2: Opening Act is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by Ultimate Pit Fighting – Montreal on May 25, 2013 at Wild Bob's Bar in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Background
Ultimate Pit Fighting makes its much anticipated return to Montreal in this stacked card. Kieran McLee makes his UPF debut against undefeated submission extraordinaire Joshua Estrada. Both fighters have competed five times in the regional QFC show before being picked up by UPF for this exciting second event.
In the co-main event, Muay Thai specialist Fenix Espada takes on the wrestling powerhouse Euron Greyjoy. Both guys are inexperienced and heavily focused on their main style which will clash in this excellent fight.
Official Fight Card
-[Heavyweight bout]: Shawn Bhaltair (0-1) versus Bobo Yaya (2-4)
-[Preview]: Two boxers meet in the first fight of the night. In his lone fight, Shawn Bhaltair found himself taken down and dominated by a high level Jujitsu brown belt. Bobo Yaya is the more experienced of the two with six fights under his belt. Unfortunately, all but two of those fights ended in utter disaster for Yaya. In his first two fights, Yaya kept the fight standing and knocked his opponents senseless with powerful punches.
-[Heavyweight bout]: Leyton Lowitz (1-1-1) versus Alucard Tepes (0-0)
-[Preview]: Leyton Lowitz may be listed as a boxer but his forte is his submission game. If he can get the fight to the ground (or, consequently, if he gets taken down) he hunts for the submission tirelessly. Alucard Tepes is listed as a wrestler that dabbles in Jujitsu and will be making his professional debut here.
-[Middleweight bout]: James Abs (0-0) versus Nicholas Van Der Sluijs (0-0)
-[Preview]: Two first timers meet to see who the better man is. These two Muay Thai stylists are evenly matched in nearly every facet of the game with a slight edge going towards Nicholas.
-[Light-heavyweight bout]: Paulo Machida (1-0) versus Luis Hernadez (0-0)
-[Preview]: Paulo Machida looked amazing in his lone QFC fight. He brought it to his opponent from the start of the fight to the inevitable finish. Machida displayed brutal knockout power dropping his overmatched opponent early, taking him down later, and finally finishing him with a head kick from hell. Luis Hernadez is making his professional debut but appears to be a boxing/Jujitsu mix.
-[Luis Hernadez]: The Ghost needs to watch out for the GhostBuster 'cause I am coming for the finish no matter how the fight will be done. TKO or KO. Submission or Stoppage. What ever it is I got this.
-[Welterweight bout]: Nando De Leeuw (0-0) versus Tj Machida (2-9)
-[Preview]: Tj Machida has a ton of experience with eleven total fights on his resume. Like Bobo Yaya earlier, however, he has won only two of those fights. In both of his victorious fights he showed a lot of dominance in the clinch and with his kicking techniques. Nando De Leeuw is a Muay Thai stylist that is expected to be comfortable in and out of the clinch with Machida.
-[Nando De Leeuw]: I honestly don't know why this guy is still fighting, with a record like that. I need to put a beating on this guy, as a favor to him. I plan on convincing him to retire and I think we can all agree the sooner he does so, the better.
-[Welterweight bout]: Danny Manny (1-3) versus Wesley Cardoso (2-2)
-[Preview]: These two Jujitsu practitioners will square off to see who the stronger grappler is. If you go by belt colors, the edge goes towards Danny Manny. However, inside sources indicate to me that Manny is sapped from overtraining and his management is AWOL. If this is the case, this could be Manny's last fight in the promotion.
-[Middleweight bout]: Brian Townsend (1-0) versus Jerald Jenson (1-5)
-[Preview]: Catch wrestler and ground n pound stylist Brian Townsend competes for the second time as he takes on fellow Jujitsu and ground n pound enthusiast Jerald Jenson. Both fighters seem to employ a similar game which is dependent on maintaining the top position.
-[Light-heavyweight bout]: Kris Naga (1-0) versus Percy Peterson (0-2)
-[Preview]: Muay Thai meets boxing as Kris Naga takes on Percy Peterson. Both men have competed in the regional QFC shows and they have a solid fifteen minutes of action between their three unanimous decisions.
-[Middleweight bout]: Fenix Espada (1-0) versus Euron Greyjoy (0-0)
-[Preview]: In his lone fight, Fenix Espada absolutely dominated his opponent. While he was taken down quickly in the first round, he nullified the offensive game of his Jujitsu-centric opponent. From there it was a walk in the park for Espada to lay a beating on his hapless foe.
-[Fenix Espada]: I will demolish Euron, he will be left bloody in the cage, then I will wreak havoc on the rest of the middleweight division.
Euron Greyjoy is making his professional fighting debut but is a wrestling stylist that holds a blue belt in Brazilian Jujitsu. Both men are absolutely dominant in their single style of fighting but are less than skilled in their opponent's field. It will be interesting to see if Espada can negate Greyjoy's top game should this fight hit the ground.
-[A closer look]
(Fenix Espada)
-[Record]: 1-0
-[Height]:6'0
-[Weight]: 190 lbs
-[Style]: Muay Thai
(Euron Greyjoy)
-[Record]: 0-0
-[Height]: 6'2
-[Weight]: 188 lbs
-[Style]: Wrestling
-[Welterweight bout]: Kieran McLee (3-2) versus Joshua Estrada (5-0)
-[Preview]: Both fighters have had five consecutive QFC matches with mixed results. McLee has a history with fellow UPF welterweight Ronald Rousey- in their first fight, McLee nearly knocked Rousey out cold before giving him the fight by taking him down. In the rematch, McLee got the takedown early and got submitted once again. Estrada has a lot of power in his strikes but with an idle manager and likely the same game plan as always, it's hard to imagine him getting past Joshua Estrada.
Estrada is an accomplished Brazilian Jujitsu practitioner that submitted his first two opponents with ease before dominating his next three.
-[A closer look]
(Kieran McLee)
-[Record]: 3-2
-[Height]: 5'10
-[Weight]: 170 lbs
-[Style]: Boxing, Brazilian Jujitsu
(Joshua Estrada)
-[Record]: 5-0
-[Height]: 5'5
-[Weight]: 170 lbs
-[Style]: Brazilian Jujitsu
[A Special Thanks]
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