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MAIN CARD
Main Event
Middleweight Title Fight
#1 Purpura Mortis (10-3, 4-1 NGF) v #3 Bill Clinton (16-3, 0-0 NGF)
Oh my, as if the rest of this card didn’t have me breathless as it is, now it ends with this middleweight monster! WOW! #1 contender Purpura Mortis will take on #3 Bill Clinton to see who will get the next title shot. Mortis is on a 3 fight winning streak where he’s won 2 of them by verbal submission wins, where he’s beaten someone so bad that they just give up, he has finished all 10 of his wins. He is super aggressive, maybe the most aggressive fighter in the NGF, certainly in the division, he’s only had 1 fight get past the 1st round. He will push the pace, he attacks and gives his opponents little room to breathe, let alone fire off a strike, he is averaging 7.2 strikes standing to his opponents 3.9. He also will use his wonderful Muay Thai skills to use, he will out work and out strike his opponent and will complete control the fight in the clinch. I don’t any real weak points in his game other than he’s been submitted twice. Bill Clinton comes to the NGF with 16 career wins, 4 by (T)KO, 4 by submission and 8 decision wins. He doesn’t have as much power as Mortis, but he has a better wrestling make up and elite ground and pound skills. Clinton will use very good stand up, kick boxing skills to set up is take downs, he’s averaging 12.9 head punches a fight and 3.6 take down attempts. He is successful on 49% of his take down attempts and once he brings a fight to the mat it usually will stay there unless Bill wants to get up. Opponents are only improving their position 28% of the time successfully and Clinton lands 49% of his averaged per fight 6.8 ground strikes. This is such a good fight, I think Mortis is the more powerful striker who will look to end this quickly like usual, but Clinton is the better ground fighter, he’ll look to stay away from the power and get this fight down. PREDICTION: Mortis 2nd round TKO
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Bantamweight Fight
#4 Arthur Pirozhkov (11-4, 9-4 NGF) v #2 Gim Ruut (18-5, 0-0 NGF)
This one looks to be the end of an era and the beginning of a new one. Arthur Pirozhkov is fighting his last fight on his current contract and after a contract extension was turned down, it looks like this may be his last fight with the NGF. Pirozhkov probably goes right into the NGF hall of fame after this fight, a great champion, one that will be greatly missed. Pirozhkov first though will try and leave on a winning note; he has lost back to back fights vs Andrzej Gajewski at NGF Sunday Night Fights 1 and NGF 48. A boring, take down, submission only fighter, does nothing standing, does nothing in the clinch, hardly anything on the mat besides submissions. He averages less than a strike a fight standing, but 8.5 take downs per fight, he is only getting 19% of his take downs. When the fight goes to the mat, and oh it will, he just looks for submission after submission, attempting 7.9 a fight. Gim Ruut is 25 years old and already has 23 fights under his belt. Ruut likes to bounce around from org to org, gobbling up belts like they were candy. He signed with the NGF and instantly put a goal of conquering all the fighters in the NGF bantamweight division. He is very similar to Pirozhkov in the fact that he prefers a fight to be on the mat. Different than Pirozhkov, is the fact that he can trade punches and does have some stand up skill; he just is a finisher on the mat. He is light on his feet and avoids strikes standing, he is averaging 3.4 take downs per fight standing and he will get this fight to the mat, well in this one, he might just stand there and let Pirozhkov get the take down. Ruut is fine on top or from his back; he is averaging 12.8 submissions a fight. This one is for sure the front runner for SOTN. PREDICTION: Ruut 2nd round submission
Heavyweight Title Fight
#1 Rinky Spider (8-1, 6-1 NGF) v C - Polish Engineer (10-4, 5-1 NGF)
Oh man, a fight I have been looking forward to for so long, these two are two of the most exciting fighters in the entire organization. Rinky Spider has 3 KOTN awards in his career, he can is creative and super exciting, he’ll look at landing all sorts of strikes and he can do damage at any moment. Spider has now won 2 straight after dropping his title opportunity to Sam Winchester back at NGF 38. He’s a stand up fighter who will trade punches if needed, but he has excellent power, so many opponents will not get into a striking fight with him. He has tremendous kicking also, he is averaging 10.7 leg kicks per fight and he’s landing 60% of them. He will look for KO’s with head kicks, he is only landing 21% of his leg kicks, but as hard as he kicks, if he landed any more than that, people might be dead. He can hold his own in the clinch and on the mat, but he doesn’t spend much time in either area. Polish Engineer won the belt in his last fight by KO’ing Sam Winchester in the 3rd round of NGF 48. Engineer has finished his last 6 wins by (T)KO’s, 2 of them by straight KO’s. He has very good power and has some of the best punches in the division. He is averaging 10.1 head punches per fight while landing 62% of them, but he is only averaging 1.1 kicks per fight, so he knows he’s a puncher and that’s pretty much all he tries to do. He will also use his sensational wrestling skills to get a fight to the mat, once there he likes to ground out a victory, he is averaging 5.9 ground strikes per fight. Engineer has shown very good striking defense skills and those will be tested in this one, he may have to counter a bit more than he likes because Spider usually pushes the pace. I love this fight, I can tell you this, both fighters look ready, both have said they have had the best camp ever, so let’s get this one on! PREDICTION: Spider 3rd round K)
Bantamweight Fight
#3 Harald Andersson (6-1, 5-1 NGF) v #1 Jack Judo (6-1 NGF)
The number 3 contender and the number 1 contender square off in this STACKED card. The winner of this fight would have to be the next title contender you would think. Harald Andersson has lost just once in his career and he’s coming off a win over Lutz Knitter at NGF Sunday Night Fights 3. Andersson is a well-rounded fighter who can do things everywhere, he’s offensive standing and in the clinch and he’s got great defensive skills on the mat. Andersson will keep a fight standing, trading strikes at kick boxing range, then work in the clinch as well. He is landing 59% of his head punches standing and 75% of his head punches in the clinch. He also has dangerous kicks that he’ll use on average over 16 times per fight, mainly taking out during the fight. A game plan against him is to try and take him down, but he has shown excellent take down defense and he is very hard to keep down if you do get him down. Jack Judo is the complete opposite of Andersson, he is a bjj black belt and he’ll look to end fights by submission, he has 5 of them so far. He wants NOTHING to do with a stand up fight, he will only look for take downs from standing of from in the clinch. He’s one of those guys that you would think would have to have some sort of standup ability, but he doesn’t, he hasn’t event attempted a single head or body punch in 7 fights. What he does is average 3 take downs per fight from standing and 4.3 from clinch, he’s slightly better getting them from clinch at 20%. On the mat, he just goes for submissions, over and over again, averaging 11 per fight. The style is not to my liking, but he’s 6-1, why would you change. Couple of things, this will NOT be up for FOTN, Judo just won’t do that, but you can count on this, Judo will get this fight to the mat, then we’ll see if Andersson can get back up, if he does, he’ll land a ton of strikes. PREDICTION: Andersson 3rd round TKO
Heavyweight Fight
#5 Petr Jakovlev (7-2 NGF) v #2 Sam Winchester (8-3, 3-1 NGF)
This will be the first fight for Sam Winchester since losing his heavyweight title at NGF 48. Petr Jakovlev will try to win his 3rd straight and start to put a title shot into reach. This fight will have a lot of wrestling and will probably be decided on the ground. Jakovlev has elite wrestling skills and he’ll look for take downs as soon as the bell rings to start this one. He is averaging 2.2 take downs per fight and he’s successful on 45% of them. He is also attempting 4.2 take downs from the clinch, he is often beaten up in the clinch because he only looks for take downs when the fight goes to the clinch, but he’s only getting 11% of his take downs there. Once on the mat he is a beast, he can control anyone, hardly letting them improve (25%) while he does nothing but drop bombs, he attempts on average 21.7 ground strikes and he lands half of them. Winchester is a excellent stand up fighter, he averages 14.5 head punches standing per fight, but I don’t think he’ll reach that in this fight. I have a feeling he’ll be reduced to a wrestler, where he is no slouch in skill. He’ll have to use his take down defense in this one, which has been excellent; he’s stopping 71% of take downs. He’ll want to keep this one standing; he is a beast and has monster power. I think he’ll look to strike quickly, maybe looking to land counter strikes on a shooting Jakovlev. Very interesting fight, this one could go either way. PREDICTION: Winchester 2nd round KO
PRELIM CARD
Bantamweight Fight
#9 Lutz Knitter (13-6, 4-4 NGF) v #5 Yngwie Malmsteen (7-3, 6-3 NGF)
This prelim card…wow, first a monster heavy weight battle and to round out the prelims, a fight between #9 and #5 bantamweight fighters, nice! Lutz Knitter is just 2 and 3 in his last five fights, but he’s lost to Harald Andersson twice in those 5 fights. Knitter might be the most or one of the most aggressive bantamweight fighters, he averages 26.2 stand up head punches and 15 body punches, he is also very aggressive in the clinch, averaging 16.3 head punches. He’s not much of a wrestler and he has been outworked on the mat. Yngwie Malmsteen has very good power for a 135 lb’er, but he hasn’t had a KO finish December 8th, 2012. He’s a thin man, one of the lightest fighters at 118 lb fight weight, but he uses speed to out strike his opponents. How about this for a match up, Malmsteen is averaging 23.5 stand up head punches and 18.9 body punches, you think this one will be a slugfest? Can we say slugfest of the season? Great fight should be super exciting. PREDICTION: Knitter decision win
Heavyweight Fight
#8 Eduard Syroviy (12-4, 0-1 NGF) v #6 Frederick Frost (3-1, 2-0 NGF)
I can’t believe how great of a match up this looks like, I am SUPER pumped for this one. Eduard Syroviy is one of the most powerful, KO artists in the heavyweight division, with 9 KO wins out of his 11 (T)KO wins. He can knock someone silly in a number of ways, head kick, superman punch, left hook, right hook, you name it you have to watch out for it. He ends fights quickly, he is a pure stand up fighter and can defend a take down, but also can get back to his feet if he does get taken down. Frederick Frost has entered the NGF and simply dominated. He is 2-0 with 2 KO wins in his NGF career, including a 52 second KO of Patricius Satanae in his last fight at NGF 47. He is also a pure stand up fighter, and he has shown outstanding take down defense as his opponents clearly think this is a way to beat him as he, on average, is facing 10 take down attempts per fight. He is a very good striker and he has outstanding striking defense. Oh my lord this should be a great one and my pick for KOTN. PREDICTION: Syroviy 1st round KO
Bantamweight Fight
Shinji Tanaka (8-4, 0-0 NGF) v #14 Andrew Summer (8-5, 7-4 NGF)
We will finally get to see Shinji Tanaka make his NGF debut in this one. He gets a big test with #14 ranked Andrew Summer. Tanaka uses a frustrating style to win fights, he doesn’t have much of a stand up game, but he’s averaging over 11 take down attempts per fight. He is a pure bjj fighter, his take down skills aren’t great, but he is persistent and he will eventually get a take down. Once he’s on the ground he will soften up opponents with some ground and pound, but then look for submissions, he averages 4.1 submission attempts per fight. Summer is 4-2 in his last 6 and like Tanaka; he wants to fight on the mat. He has a little more striking skill, but he will take the fight to the mat as soon as he can. This one will be a pure ground battle. Summer has better skills than Tanaka, he improves his position at a 60% success rate and he is landing 73% of his averaged 4.2 ground strikes and he has shown fantastic ground defense. I think Summer is the better ground fighter in this one, it’s going to be exciting to watch, but my pick is Summer. PREDICTION: Summer 2nd round submission
Light Heavyweight Fight
Jack Mcgillicutty (6-7, 1-2 NGF) v #13 Zergatron Megalopolis (9-3, 6-3 NGF)
This is a big fight for Jack Mcgillicutty, he will be facing a fighter inside the top 15, looking to move into the top 15 himself. As you may know, the NGF has changed the ranking system, there are title contenders that are the top 10 then the next 5 will need to beat a top 10 fighter to be considered a title challenger, so when you are un ranked, the first step is to beat a top 15 fighter. Mcgillicutty is a solid fighter, but he just can’t seem to get consistent. Jack is a stand up fighter who has shown good skills in all areas, but he is still learning how to put it all together. He doesn’t land enough strikes and he hasn’t shown great defense. Zergatron Megalopolis has a few strengths, but his biggest is his power. He can end a fight with one punch; he has 5 KO’s in his career. He doesn’t throw a lot of strikes; he will just stalk and look for that one punch. He has shown average striking defense, so this one will be interesting. PREDICTION: Mcgillicutty 2nd round TKO
Featherweight Fight
#11 Kamryn Black (6-5, 3-2 NGF) v Jose Aldo Jr (4-2, 1-1 NGF)
A fight between two guys who have each in their last 2 fights won and lost to the same two fighters. Kamryn Black is a combination style fighter who will use good foot work to fire off combinations to throw his opponent off balance then shoot in for a take down. He has good ground skills landing 66% of his ground strikes. He has a bad problem though, he is super aggressive on the ground and he often is sloppy, he has been submitted 4 times. Jose Aldo Jr. is in a bad place, his morale is very low and this will affect how he fights. Aldo is also a combination puncher; he averages 13.5 combinations per fight, landing 28% of them. He lands a high percentage of his strikes, 87% of his head punches, 83% of his body punches and 85% of his leg kicks. He too has shown a weakness on the ground being submitted 2 times. I think this will be a fight where Aldo will try and keep it standing, while Black will try and use his wrestling skills to get the fight to the mat. PREDICTION: Black 2nd round TKO
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