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 IXF IX
Organization: Island Xtreme Fighting
Date: 3 Apr 2021
City: The Island (17:00 GMT)
Arena: Hayashi’s Lounge - The Island (2,000)
Greetings everyone, we come to you Live from Hayashi’s Lounge with another epic fight card brought to you by Island Xtreme Fighting, the Islands #1 Fight Promotion. If you are here for some exciting action, here is what we have in store for you!
Our Main Event of the evening is a battle between Heavyweight powerhouses as the #1 ranked HW squares off against the #9
265 lbs Phuc Dat Bich v Zuki Nicodeme
Both fighters come into this one undefeated as we see a classic matchup between a striker and grappler. Bich has made quick work of all three of his opponents to date, making them tap for their life inside of the very first minute of round 1 however he has yet to taste the power of a Heavy-Handed opponent. Dich does not appear to possess any form of striking ability as from our research he has yet to throw a strike of any kind but how long can he continue that success? The man standing opposite from him also does not throw a high volume of punches however that is because he doesn’t miss, and he puts the lights out! Of note here Nicodeme has stuffed the only takedown attempt thrown his way, will he be able to continue that success here, you will have to tune in to find out. Coming off his KO of the night performance at IXF IV where he put a vicious end to his opponents evening just 0:12 into the first round he will surely be looking to do the very same tonight. These contrasting styles make this matchup very hard to call but I am putting my money on Nicodeme continuing his magic with a flash KO.
170 lbs Zhang Wei v Eddie Bravo
Up next we feature a matchup between a pair of the more experienced fighters in IXF combining for a total of 11 fights with only 2 of those (1 each) being defeats. Wei is making his promotional and profession debut following a very successful amateur career. Prior to his start in MMA Wei leaned heavily on his creative side while working in the garden and enjoys evenings out at the local theatre. One thing I know for sure, pizza is not high on his list of preferred pre fight meals!! He is now more inclined to roll around on the mat with fighters and show off his successful ground and pound abilities, landing 90% of his attempts on average. He will mix in some submissions as well however his focus is grinding his opponent into the mat. In Bravo we have a grappler who like Wei enjoyed a very successful and undefeated amateur career until he ran into Marcus Behnder at IXF V in his pro debut where both fighters exchanged submission attempts until Behnder sunk in the triangle ending Bravo’s debut in defeat and tonight, Bravo will be looking to turn that ship around as we know he wont be wanting that same outcome in consecutive fights. He possesses some wikid KO power however we are yet to see him display that skill in any of his career fights. We are pretty confident we know where this one is going to take place, but what will be the outcome? Well my money is on a quick submission victory for Bravo putting him back into the title discussion.
265 lbs Andrey Karaev v DeeJay Dawkins
In our next battle we move back up to the Heavyweight division as Andrey Karaev faces off against DeeJay Dawkins in a rematch to confirm 100% who the true winner was at IXF II following a controversial judges decision. Karaev is undefeated thus far and seems to be quite the active puncher throwing just over 60 strike attempts per fight which is likely what led to seeing the judges lean in his favour in the first dance between these two. Karaev possesses a good chin but in their first encounter Dawkins found his way through to put Karaev on his back with a beautiful combination however he was not able to mount any kind of offence as Dawkins was not able to prevent the position advancements of Karaev. In his follow up performance Dawkins put his superior intelligence to work as he was able to both knock his opponent down and then follow that up with a takedown where he was able to maintain his position and grind some serious ground and pound on his opponent which ultimately saw a referee stoppage a mere 2 seconds prior to the end of the round. No doubt Dawkins will be looking for a follow up performance in this one and to erase the memory of allowing the judges make the call on the fight rather then taking care of business himself! They say if you don’t like the result, fight harder and we echo that saying, don’t complain to me about the result, go out and control the result. My call here is Dawkins will do just that today folks as he learns from his previous mistakes and ends this one early!
135 lbs Squeaky Sneakers v Brett Shoenfeld
Its now time for the midgets to play as Squeaky Sneakers looks to get back on track following a solid performance in his professional debut that ultimately ended in defeat. He takes on undefeated wrestler Brett Shoenfeld who is making his IXF debut following a pair of quick submission victories on the amateur circuit. In his debut the company Sneakers was seemingly winning the battle against the islands top ranked bantamweight fighter after 10 minutes of action however in the final frame Yuudai scored another early takedown and this time he would accept nothing but victory after taking his back an sinking in the rear naked choke. Luckilly this did not take all the wind from Sneakers sails as he is here to bounce back and correct his mistakes, as he surely does not want to step in it again now does he? Shoenfeld comes in sporting a solid chin that really has yet to be tested as he has only ever witness one failed head kick attempt go sailing past his untested head, however what he does possess is a slick submission game as he has enjoyed success with both attempts he has thrown out in his 2 career fights. He will surely be looking to get this one to the ground as soon as possible however with a keen eye on t he fight tapes of Sneakers debut to show him where to focus to ensure victory. Based on his recent success most would fully expect to see Shoenfeld continue on his path to glory however I am going to call an audible here as Sneakers will look to test that chin and finish what he wasn’t able to in his debut with a flash KO in round 2.
170 lbs Son of Dan v Obebobwe Osas
The final fight of our main card pits a pair of strikers representing the welterweight division in a matchup stylistically I have not written about to date, unless my aging and failing memory is playing games with me at least. Son of Dan is a Muay Thai specialist coming off a KOTN performance in our inaugural IXF event taking on Boxer Obebobwe Osas who enjoyed an exciting amateur run of power only to get stopped in his tracks in his IXF debut early in the second round. As an outsider looking in, he does not appear to have recovered from that performance or he needs to hit a laundromat to clean those clothes in an effort to regain some morale. Dan certainly has the chin to stand up to Osas’s heavy handed offence and appears to have some lightning in his hands and we expect nothing different in his performance today as he looks to continue his ascent up the rankings. Osas, on the other hand is looking to get his career back on track but I fear this is not the favorably matchup he would need to accomplish that feat. This one ends quickly with Dan seeing his hand raised in victory while Osas lays sprawled out on the mat rethinking his career choice.
Undercard fights
265+ lbs Francis Nigganou (-111) v Mfer Phol
155 lbs Gosuke Del Valle (-111) v Issac Field
170 lbs Yeves The Soul Rapist (-111) v Haole Boy
170 lbs Durans Helmsfrid (-111) v Polish Powaaah
135 lbs Leon Smalls (-111) v Viserys Targaryen
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