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 HFC 46: Max vs. Kristoffer Review
July 2nd, 2016 in the Kazan Sambo Center in St. Petersburg
Sub of the Night
Undercard Featherweight Bout: Jenky Pupoo (3-2-0) vs. Luis “Angry Ram” Gonzalez (6-3-0)
Prediction: Gonzalez – Submission
Pupoo was aggressive from the start of the match, dodging all of Gonzalez’s strikes and driving him into the cage with an early clinch. Gonzalez broke the clinch, only to be used as target practice for Pupoo.
However, Pupoo made a mistake when he decided to take the “Angry Ram” to the ground. The position was reversed twice until Gonzalez locked in a guillotine, Pupoo being left limp on the ground as the victor was applauded.
Result: Gonzalez – Submission (Guillotine)
KO of the Night
Main Card Super Heavyweight Bout: Abioye “The Last Pharaoh” Nazari (6-3-0) vs. Kristian Johansson (6-1-0)
Prediction: Johansson - TKO
This fight was over in seconds, with Nazari being unable to land even a single hit against Johansson before a sequence of devastating right hands and an uppercut forced the referee to save “The Last Pharaoh”
Result – Johansson – TKO (Strikes)
Fight of the Night
Undercard Light Heavyweight Bout: Ulf “The Screaming Rooster” Ek (3-2-0) vs. Solomon Kahn (4-2-0)
Prediction: Kahn – TKO
Round 1 started off with the two fighters exchanging punch after punch, with Kahn instigating a clinch and keeping his opponent in there so that he could throw shots. Ek tried to land a few takedowns, but it took a third attempt as a counter to a leg kick from Kahn in order to drive him to the ground. No real action happened on the ground before the end of the round.
In Round 2, Ek was able to counter a failed combination from Kahn in order to take him down to the ground once again. “The Screaming Rooster” managed to land a few more strikes before Kahn reversed the position and then stayed there in order to regain some stamina. The referee stood them back up, but it was only a few moments later that Kahn had another leg kick countered. Kahn immediately reversed the position, then once again just stayed where he was, much to the chagrin of the fans.
Round 3 began with a slugfest similar to Round 1, with a marked difference coming in the form of Kahn dominating the stand up fight. A combination from him rocked Ek and sent him tumbling to the ground. Another solid hit rocked “The Screaming Rooster,” but he was able to drive Kahn down to the ground once more. However, Kahn immediately was able to escape the position only to be driven into the cage by another one of Ek’s clinches.
As soon as the clinch was broken, Ek was knocked down once again, this time with a huge right hand straight. Though he managed to regain his feet, he was quite wobbly and was only able to exchange a few minor shots with Kahn. One more takedown occurred a few seconds before the fight was over, and even though “The Screaming Rooster” was able to land some solid ground and pound, it wasn’t enough to force a TKO.
Though the fight was close, Solomon Kahn won the fight by a unanimous decision at 28:29.
Result: Kahn (Unanimous Decision)
Main Card
Super Heavyweight Bout: Greg “The Mountain” Clegane (6-3-0) vs. Donald Trump (8-6-0)
Prediction: Clegane - TKO
Trump started off the fight by immediately trying to take Clegane to the ground, and was rewarded with a cut due to a crisp jab from Clegane. Trump forced a clinch, where he attempted to land many strikes but was only able to connect a few. Clegane continued to throw strike after strike into Trump, exhausting him as he continued to try to take down “The Mountain.”
It all ended for Trump in this rematch when a devastating straight knocked him out cold, after only 3 minutes and 41 seconds of Round 1.
Result: Clegane – KO (Punches)
Middleweight Bout: “The Golden Child” Kyrie Perry (7-2-0) vs. Aloysius Wiremu (7-4-0)
Prediction: Perry – Decision
At the start of Round 1, Perry and Wiremu exchanged a series of strikes, with Perry showing the upper hand due to his evasion. “The Golden Child” took the fight to the ground soon after, ruthlessly advancing his position and striking Wiremu despite the latter’s attempts to lock in a kimura. After a few iniial strikes, however, the action stalled to a halt and the referee stood the two fighters up. After a few more strikes from both fighters, the round ended.
Round 2 was, for the most part, the fighters striking at each other. Though Perry tried to take Wiremu down a few times, his attempts were unsuccessful until the last minute, at which point he was able to do very little. However, Wiremu was not able to inflict any significant, if any at all, damage on “The Golden Child”
In contrast to the previous round, Perry took this fight to the ground after only a minute, and then following a referee standup, did it again. Even though there was another referee standup following the second takedown, it was more than enough for Perry to have established a dominant position over his opponent.
With the scorecards reading 30:27 all around, Perry received a unanimous decision victory over Wiremu, at which point the former called for a title match.
Result: Perry – Decision (Unanimous)
Co-Main Event
Welterweight Bout: “The Farmer” Isaac Curtis (8-0-0) vs. Brian “Kaptajn Large” Jensen (9-3-0)
Prediction – Curtis (TKO)
Much like the Johansson v Nazari fight earlier in the night, this fight was entirely dominated by Curtis. “The Farmer” pulverized his opponent starting from the beginning of the round, and even when “Kaptajn Large” aimed for a takedown, he was rewarded with a counter punch, some devastating ground and pound, and finally referee stoppage.
Result – Curtis (TKO)
Main Event
Heavyweight Title Bout: Mad Max (7-0-0) vs. Lars “Slaughterhouse” Kristoffer (13-4-0)
Prediction – Max (TKO)
The much awaited title match was over in less than a round, with Max demonstrating clear striking superiority over the challenger. Though Kristoffer had a promising backhand that cut open the champion’s jaw, “Slaughterhouse” was knocked down by a counter right and then another huge hit that forced referee stoppage.
Result – Max (TKO)
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