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 CEC 244 Preview
205 lbs : Mingan Napayshni v Marcus Evans
Napayshni and Evans both arrived at CEC with plenty of potential that had yet to be lived up to and in their debut outings neither of them could show it with the end results a draw and a loss respectively. Now the opportunity is there for one of the to grab that vital first win and start to climb the rankings. Napayshni looks the stronger on the feet while Evans should take any advantage should it go to the ground, both know how to throw knockout punches so it should be a fun opener.
155 lbs : Shiva Red Gym v Toni Touhu
Shiva comes to fight, there is no doubt about it, he is roughly 50:50 in his career which is down to the fact that he will fight anyone put in front of him. On paper he may look the underdog but in the past that hasn't mattered and he walks away with wins he maybe shouldn't! Touhu lost his CEC debut but has put that behind him with two submission wins on the bounce which made it ten wins in his career by tapout. Similar to his opponent though is his habit of losing as often as he wins so this fight could prove to be make or break for both these guys.
205 lbs : Corporate Slave v Stephen Quadros
These guys have something in common, that is a loss to the same guy. For Slave it is the only loss of his career so far, in his other fights he has shown he can put you away if you give him half a chance. For Quadros the loss was his only fight at CEC thus far so our fans don't really know too much about him but some claim he won the fight so he definitely has fans! Fact is he can fight and he can finish a fight so even though this one features early on the card there will be a lot of interest in how it plays out.
170 lbs : Korto Grepplund v Kalle Kala
Grepplund continues his second stint at CEC in this one but will hope for it to end slightly different than his comeback fight did. Despite being a fantastic fight for all to watch, Grepplund dropped the decision. He now faces Kala to try and get back to winning ways but it certainly wont be easy. Kala is 4-4 at CEC, he has lost his last two though and nobody wants to lose three in a row so he is going to come out fighting and will be desperate to get back to winning ways. He seems more at home standing than Grepplund in this battle of black belt bjj practitioners.
185 lbs : Marcelo Veterano v Dan Jordon
Another fight where CEC fans are a bit blind going into. Veterano lost his debut against Varian Wyrnn and will have regrets over that fight as it looked like he could have finished him in the first after rocking him badly, he then lost the next two rounds. His second fight here will be the first for Jordon. Both look well rounded but Jordon has more variety in the way he wins fights, Veterano looks more of a knockout specialist. Hard to call but maybe Jordon will take advantage of his experience on the ground before Veterano gets the chance to land a big one.
170 lbs : Felix Flashlighter v Ara Virta
Two incredibly highly rated signings of late for CEC, Flashlighter will make his second appearance after a closely fought debut against Kalle Kala in which he earned the nod. He can knock you out but it seems he is more than happy to just pick you off and earn the decision, it is a tactic that works for him. Virta fights for the first time in our cage, he has 20 wins half by decision and the other half by knockout. I think it is safe to say we are going to see stand up action all the way in this fight, unless someone goes for the surprise element.
265 lbs : Lex Luther v Aaron Gutierrez
Two rather popular fighters step up next in a hope to boost their stock a little more. Their popularity stems from the fact their fights normally don't go all the way, between them they have only went to a decision in 8 of 49 fights. Gutierrez has had a hard start to his CEC career going 1-3 but he has fought some top guys. Luther will look to make it an even tougher stint here when he walks out to meet the CEC audience for the very first time. Another stand up war if you ask me, don't expect the judges to be needed for this result.
185 lbs : Jack Ass v Fjalar Ollongren
Now it seems to be getting a little more serious on the higher end of the card. These two faced off back at CEC 228 where they tried to outwork each other on the ground for nearly the whole fight. It was Ass that earned the decision that day, all three judges gave him all three rounds and a 30:27 win was his. He has only three losses at CEC, two of which were to champion Leo Sarsola, the latest for that very title. Ollongren is 2-2 with us, losing his first two and winning his last two, a win against Ass not only gets revenge for his debut defeat but surely puts him as the next contender for the strap at 185lbs. Last time he looked for a lot of submissions, this time he may just get one.
170 lbs : Juhani Vihervuori v David Lemieux
The Co-Main Event is a mouthwatering prospect to say the least. Vihervouri needs to put together a run of wins if he truly wants to state his intentions in the division. He comes from a camp of champions, a team of winners but so far he has struggled at CEC with a lose-win-lose-win run going. Either he continues the form and becomes a gatekeeper at 170lbs or he breaks it and proves he deserves to be considered among the contenders for Deforz and his belt. Lemieux is a tremendous fighter and proved it when he seemed to walk through opponents to put himself in an awkward position of being number one contender for a friends title. He and Deforz were professional about it, after all fighting is what they do, he lost a decision in a thrilling clinch battle and unfortunately found himself tapping to a triangle in his next fight. So now he has the joy of another tough fight and he needs to bounce back before it spirals out of control. As I said before, nobody wants to lose three on the bounce.
205 lbs Title : Harri Mulqvist v Leo Sarsola
Ahh, the Main Event, a spot where only the best fighters belong and this is no different. Two champions will battle it out for the 205lbs title that Harri Mulqvist owns right now. We all know the story of Harri, it brings him a lot of love from the fans, the media and the fighters. He got to the title fight so many times and just couldn't finish the job. It was heartbreaking to see it happen and when he faced off against Pao Ling at CEC 207 you couldn't help but feel it would be fifth time unlucky for him, but no, a second round ko and we had a new champion. Two successful defences before Tomi Juntunen took it away with a knockout in a fight Harri was ahead on the cards in, so a rematch? Yes, Harri wins it back and has since defended once. Leo Sarsola is the king of 185lbs but today will try to win a second title at CEC. Can you bet against this man? At one point he was 11-9 and just seemed to be a mid-level fighter here, then something changed, something that has witnessed the rise of a true great, something that has saw him go 11-1 in an awesome run. He won the title at CEC 219 when he knocked out Gunnar Nelson but after one defence he lost it to the same fighter, then he won it back, this time from Jack Ass at CEC 230 and has held it since. So this is a huge fight, everyone will have their favourite but regardless of who walks away with the win, we know we have two of the greatest champions in the world right here at Claymore Elite Combat.
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