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 Preview show for IFC 4: Bone$yard.
Another season of Island just started and things are already heating up. Great fights are happening left and right, but nothing like Island FC. With hotness of our weather, comes hotness of our product, so brace yourself and hang tight – because that’s gonna be wild ride.
205 lbs: Knox Harrington Vs Eugeniy Petrov
In a first fight of the main card, we jump into Light Heavyweight division, for a meeting between Knox Harrington and Eugeniy Petrov. Making his pro MMA debut at age of 25, Knox Harrington brings amazing boxing skills, looking to expose his opponent and show that experience has nothing to do with knocking people out. Veteran of 3 fights Petrov sticks with promotion from the start, but after losing his last 2 fights he isn’t in a mood to play around. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu brown belt and talented grappler hailing from Russia wants to redeem himself and show that his place is on the top of the division. In what promises to be interesting fight of styles, toughness may be deciding factor.
205 lbs: George Baker Vs Clinchimus Maximus
In another light heavyweight bout this evening bones will clash, as two muay thai experts will enter the cage with same, 1-0, record as a pro – but only one will remain unbeaten. George Baker sent Clinchimus Maximus packing with uppercut from hell, showing his precision and technique, while Koh Machino played the crowd hard, when he knocked his opponent out with a flashy Superman Punch. With proven punching power and background in one of the most hard-hitting striking martial arts, those two will never look to grind out the decision. Having knock out wins in both of those fights, having similar size, reach and fighting style this will come down to the wire. Execution and technique will hand victory to one of them, sending the other down the ladder.
265+ lbs: Khamed Al Khabbib Vs Bob Joseph
From big guys – to even bigger guys. Superheavyweight Division welcomes every fan of juggernauts. And you can’t get bigger than this. With combined 600lbs of weight between both warriors, you may not see a lot of movement, but surely you can count on a lot of brute, wild force. Khamed Al Khabbib, comes from UAE to prove himself to the world. Known jiu jitsu fighter, with 2 submission finishes under his belt is a really interesting case – since you don’t expect people with his size, to be that flexible or crafty. Being an opposite to that, Bob Joseph comes from Muay Thai school, where he uses his enormous size to further his natural reach and send people to dream land with series of vicious strikes. And since bigger they are, harder they fall – expect and earthquake when one of them falls down after this fight.
155 lbs: Android Thirteen Vs Bruce Mafaking
Before we enter ground of Middleweight title fight, we are dropping all the way down to Lightweight division, for an interesting matchup, between living skeleton of a fighter, standing over 2.2m tall with barely 135lbs of weight Android Thirteen looks to outplay his opponents with his long limbs with his brown belt jiu jitsu skills – or knock them out cold with his kicks and thai punches. Much smaller, but much stronger Bruce Mafaking comes into this bount confident that knocking over skyscraper like Thirteen won’t be hard. And being one of the best wrestler to come from Australia in recent years, he sure has a skillset to deal with it. Question is – can he hold his opponent down and secure a win without leaving an opening that could lead to one of Android’s lethal submissions?
Main Event - 185 lbs Championship Fight - Robert Hurt [c] Vs Renato Gracie
With all those 4 fights we are all set and ready for the main event of the evening. Middleweight title fight, where newly crowned champion and muay thai expert – Robert Hurt, will stand strong to defend his title against one of the best grapplers in the division – in Renato Gracie. Brazilian holds 3 impressive submission stopages, showing that matched against anyone – he can always grab the hold of his opponent and force him to surrender…or face serious damage. With many ranking him above current reigning champion, he seems to be a favor to win this fight…for everyone but champion himself. Being only one fight shy to match his challengers record, Robert doesn’t show any sign of weakness. With a devastating power, that leads many to believe he may just be one punch knockout fighter, closing the range and get into grappling fight with him will be one and tough quest to conquer for Gracie. With division and talent pool, whoever comes victorious from this fight is set to face many other challenges – but that may be one of the toughest for both of them for a long time. With championship on the line and extra time to seal the deal, we all hope that judges will be given day off this time.
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