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Greetings. I am once again trying to free myself of the burden of humanity known as hangover. Don’t worry, I’m a tough bastard and it won’t stop me to give you a couple of lines for the next HERO FC event – HERO Fight Night 8. We have incredible match ups and a culmination including a scrap for the middleweight belt. The champion Olson takes on the hall of famer Eddie Torrez in a fight that will finally settle the score between those two and will determine who will leave a champion. Besides that we have 9 more fights that will surely entertain:
Prelims
Dave Iverson (3-9-0) v “Dimebag” Taisto Rahapussi (4-4-0)
Middleweight
We kick off the night with a middleweight bout between Dave Iverson and Taisto Rahapussi who will try to get their first win from a while.
“The Beast” Ieuan Williams (5-8-0) v Warmonger Sion (4-6-0)
Heavyweight
Williams is probably more well rounded, but Sion has a clear path to victory and if he is able to follow it, Ieuan Is in for sime trouble.
Grover “Joe Millionare” Dowiyogo (7-4-0) v Jaarko Hahlund (7-8-0)
Light heavyweight
Grover is a master of the clinch game and he will try to show that against the veteran of 14 fights inside the HERO cage Jaarko Hahlund who is a confident striker as well.
“God of Death” Ah Puch Nacon (2-0-0) v Randy West (5-5-0)
Lightweight
Talanted grappler Nacon takes on the solid striker and more experienced fighter that is Randy West. Nacon is real trouble on the ground but we are yet to see a successful takedown from him and if he won’t do it tonight, West will give him a hard time, cuz I doubt he’ll be willing to initate the grappling.
Desmond “Dandy Des” Harrington (6-1-0) v Tarmo Uusivirta (2-0-0)
Featherweight
Harrington is a grinder and knows how to break his opponents’ will, but he has to watch out cuz Tarmo knows how to break his jaw for sure with his crisp boxing technique. People say wrestling is the best base for MMA, let’s see what the boxer thinks about that.
Main Card
Hazuka “Katana” Oyama (8-6-0) v Dougie “Anderson” Silva (3-0-0)
Middleweight
The main card will start with an entertaining fight featuring two great strikers. Dougie Silva looks like the next big thing and his head kicks are worth mentioning for sure, but he will face off against the more experienced Hazuka Oyama, who is without a doubt the toughest challenge in his young career.
Hakuma “Samurai” Hariyuoki (5-3-0) v Gustav “The Machine” Tedvik
Light heavyweight
Tedvik gave two very tough fights to the champion Aleksi Vihtala, but it wasn’t enough. After those two defeats, it looks like he won’t be getting a title shot again soon, but he is on of the best light heavyweight out there. His next opponent is the hard hitting “Samurai” Hariyuoki. To be frank, I don’t think he can stop Tedvik from taking him down but in case he does, he has a serious chance to get the KO.
“The Raging Cockstorm” Johnny Fantastic (3-1-0) v “The Triangler” Thunder Jackson (11-3-0)
Welterweight
Fantastic has all he needs in order to be successful – good takedown defence and knockout power and his opponent tonight – Thunder Jackson will put the first one to the test because he possesses slick grappling skills and to be honest I don’t think he wants to be victimized by the second characteristic “The Raging Cockstorm” has.
Kirk Gracie (10-4-0) v Ollilan Jorma (7-3-0)
Welterweight. Co-main event.
Kirk Gracie relies only on his grappling to win fights and that sure does the trick. His game plan must be to get the fight to the ground by any means in any position because if Jorma is able to stuff those takedowns and puts his Muay Thai to use, the only ground game Kirk Gracie will see is going to be his motionless body hitting the deck. In any case, a potential victory for any of those two will get them really close to the top of the division and with one or two more solid performances they might make it to a title shot.
Christian “Osmosis” Olson (11-1-0) v Eddie “Rhino” Torrez (11-3-0)
Middleweight. Title Fight! Main event.
This will be it! The moment all scores are going to be settled is pretty damn close. Olson and Torrez are going all out for the third time. The result is equal – 1 for “Osmosis”, 1 for “Rhino”. Those two know each other perfectly so it will be interesting who has made those necessary changes in his game in order to get the victory. I’m sure they both want to win convincingly and will throw all caution out the window so will be in for some fireworks. That rubber match was meant to happen – Olson and Torrez are the best guys in the division and surely are the most worthy to compete for the belt. There is no secret in what those two would want to do – Christian would want to get the top position and punish his opponent, while Eddie will be looking for the KO standing. Who will be able to force the other play a game he doesn’t want to, remains to be seen.
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