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 MAIN CARD
Main Event
Super Heavyweight Title Fight
#1 Dmitry Borschev (8-0, 5-0 NGF) v C-Shavo Odin (11-5, 3-0 NGF)
Holy cow, the co-main event is so awesome, but I think this one might be better, nope, yep, ahh who cares, they are both unbelievable fights. Dmitry Borschev is a flat out bad ass. 8 straight wins, 2 TKO’s, 6 KO’s, 1 by a flying knee, 1 head kick, others punches…yep, BAD ASS! If that wasn’t scary enough, how about this, he’s just 22 years old! He just comes out in his fights, straight ahead, he is first to the punch, he can rock or hurt his opponents with the very first punch and then he goes in for the kill very quickly. He is landing 75% of his head punches, 58% of his body punches, 50% of his head kicks, 85% of his leg kicks and 86% of his body kicks. He has shown elite striking defense and take down defense. His one area of weakness, if you want to call it that, is he hasn’t been great on the ground. Shavo Odin is a pretty big bad ass himself, he has outstanding power and he can cut his opponents with his quick striking. Odin has 3 FOTN and 3 KOTN awards, but he can also use his bjj brown belt skills to get a submission. Odin has good stand up skills, but he uses exceptional take down skills to take a fight to the mat. On the mat he is so strong, opponents are only improving 39% of their attempts and he will drop monster shots as he averages 8.1 ground strikes per fight. He isn’t a overly accurate striker and his stand up defense can be pretty poor at times, but he can hurt is opponent with a single strike. I can’t believe this title fight, it is so damn good! Odin is going to try and get this fight to the mat and Borschev’s take down defense will be tested. Also, Odin’s average striking defense will be tested, lets just hope the chin holds up. PREDICTION: Borschev 2nd round KO
Co-Main Event:
Heavyweight Title Fight
#1 Frederick Frost (6-1, 5-0 NGF) v C-Wei Pei (8-0, 3-0 NGF)
Oh my lord, look at this fight, if this card wasn’t good enough already, here is the first of two title fights and I can’t decide which is the better one. Frederick Frost is a monster…can I just stop there? Frost has won 6 straight fights, he’s finished every win and he has 4 KO’s in his last 5 wins. He is a pure stand up fighter who doesn’t only land huge bombs, but he is very accurate as well as he’s landing 79% of his head punches, 73% of his body punches, and 93% of his leg kicks. He is excellent at his striking defense, but in most fights, opponents have just tried to take him down to stay away from his power. He’s terrible on the ground, so that’s the place to attack I guess. Wei Pei is a monster…can I just stop…oh wait, I’ve used that. At one point Pei was 6-0 with 6 KO’s all he’s done since that is go 2-0 with 2 TKO’s. None of Wei Pei’s fights have even gotten to the 2nd minute of the 1st round; he comes out and just attacks his opponents with extreme violence. He has the best power in the entire organization hands down, he can hurt you with either hand and his kicks are pretty good as well. I have no idea how he is in the clinch or on the ground since he hasn’t spent a single second in those areas. His average head punches landed (4.3) is larger than his opponents are averaging with total strikes (4.2). We are looking at two of the biggest beasts in the heavyweight division and someone might leave on a stretcher. PREDICTION: Pei 1st round KO
Lightweight Fight
#3 Martin Louis (12-1, 1-0 NGF) v #4 Project Ghetto (12-5, 1-0 NGF)
I cannot believe how excited I am for this fight. These two are two of the top lightweights in the division and possibly, for their age, in the game. Martin Louis is a former Undisputed Online Championship champion and he has just 1 loss in his career. Louis has fantastic power and he has fought very smart, adapting his game plan well. There aren’t really any holes in Louis’s game, he is overwhelming with his aggression at times, he has fantastic striking defense and he’s been a beast in the clinch, he is averaging 36.7 clinch punches while his opponents are only averaging 9.9. He has elite take down defense, but on the off chance he is taken down, he has shown excellent striking defense. Project Ghetto is a former Eternal Rivals champion and though he doesn’t have the power of Louis, he might be even smarter. Ghetto is a very exciting fighter, he has 6 FOTN awards and he will fight anywhere in the cage. He will adapt his game plan to any style and he has shown a fantastic ability to switch up styles from counter to aggressive in the middle of fights. He is averaging 18.3 stand up head punches, 15.8 leg kicks, 16.5 clinch punches and 8.6 ground strikes per fight. He has gone to a decision 12 times so he is one of the best conditioned fighters in the sport. I have no idea who is going to win this one and frankly I don’t care, I just can’t wait to see this and the winner will probably be the #1 contender. If you pined me down and asked for who I think will win, I’m going with the more power. PREDICTION: Louis 3rd round TKO
Lightweight Fight
#8 Edmund Dantes (11-5, 4-2 NGF) v #13 Heraldo Magnifico (13-7, 3-3 NGF)
This is a super fight, so good and I can’t wait to see these two guys go. Edmund Dantes will look to move up the ranks a bit with a win and he’ll try to make it 5 straight NGF wins. Dantes might have the worst power in the division and possibly the most boring style too. Dantes is pretty aggressive, he averages 10 head punches per fight, but they are usually just jabs. What he likes to do is go for a lot of take downs, around 6 a fight and when he gets an opponent down, it’s all control with him. He is only averaging 2.2 ground strikes per fight, but he is averaging 6.4 submissions, but his submission skills just haven’t been that good. He is a point eater when he’s on the mat because when he gets on top usually that’s how the round ends. Heraldo Magnifico is a lot more exciting, he has 8 FOTN awards in his career, but he will have to try and not get frustrated with Dantes style. Magnifico is a very good stand up fighter, he has good power in his hands and feet, he has powerful kicking although he doesn’t land them at a high percentage at 19%. Magnifico has been very tough in the clinch, he has good dirty boxing and solid Muay Thai and he is averaging 15.9 clinch punches per fight. He has shown exceptional take down defense and ground defense which is something he will need in this fight. Dantes is a very hard fighter to deal with, very frustrating and that will be the biggest question here, can Magnifico stay focused and keep off the mat. PREDICTION: Magnifico 2nd round TKO
Welterweight Fight
Archie Stewart (5-2, 3-2 NGF) v #14 Adam Yauch (9-5 NGF)
Archie Stewart is a highly skilled guy who likes to use some counter punching and take downs to usually fight on the mat. Stewart has wonderful wrestling skills and he is solid at getting take downs from standing or from the clinch. His striking defense is severely lacking as he’s being out struck on his feet 13.1 to 9.1 on average, but the percentage of strikes landed is pretty high. Stewart is averaging 10 ground strikes per fight and he’s landing 81% of them and that’s usually where he does his damage. Adam Yauch keeps improving and he keeps getting better in all areas. He’s a guy who will face fighters with a lot more experience and he has looked solid in losses to top opponents. Yauch has a lot of power in his punches and he’s getting to be very creative, trying spinning back fist, knees and switch kicks. Yauch has improved in all areas, but still to this point, he has shown very little defense with anything and he’s relied on his punching power to be down and then get the KO with one punch. This is a good matchup, Stewart is strong in the areas that Yauch is not, but if Yauch can land that one punch, he’ll win. PREDICTION: Yauch 2nd round TKO
PRELIM CARD
Welterweight Fight
#5 Alastair Gridlock 6-4, 3-1 NGF) v #9 Macros Motaro (5-2-1, 3-2 NGF)
Alastair Gridlock was probably going to be in a title fight if he won his last fight, but he lost a majority decision to Enzo Moretti. Gridlock is super skilled, he can fight anywhere, but he’s elite with his boxing skills. He uses a nice mix of kicking and punching to eat up points and he also has enough power that he can rock his opponents with either hand. Gridlock has also shown excellent striking defense and sensational footwork to be able to fight off take downs. Macros Motaro is a sensational kick boxer, he can tie up his opponents well and he has excellent dirty boxing. He also has brilliant striking defense and he can counter very well. He isn’t a ground fighter at all, but he has done an excellent job at improving and getting back to his feet. These two guys throw bombs, they each can end a fight very quickly, but I think Gridlock has slightly better all-around skills and he’ll pull this out. PREDICTION: Gridlock 2nd round TKO
Super Heavyweight Fight
#12 Mikhail Van Kirkland (11-9, 2-1 NGF) v #13 Buddy Threadgood (7-5, 6-5 NGF)
Russia vs the USA in this one, brings back memories of Rocky IV. Russia’s Mikhail Van Kirkland has monster power and an ability to cut open his opponents, the problem, Kirkland might get cut more than he cuts. He lacks striking defense as he tries to load up with big KO punches and he will get out struck standing. He is solid at getting take downs and when he’s on top he can control and dish out major punishment with his ground and pound. USA’s Buddy Threadgood will try and do his best to dodge those hay makers because his chin is as close to glass as you can get, he’s been KO’ed 4 times and TKO’ed the other. On the other hand, Threadgood has major power too and he’s very creative for a big man, he has 2 superman KO’s in his career. Threadgood is skilled, but he still lacks the defense to avoid being KO’ed. This should be fun and should end violently. PREDICTION: Threadgood 2nd round KO
Welterweight Fight
Stringer Bell (5-2, 1-2 NGF) v Andry Andrianampoinimerina (7-4, 5-2 NGF)
Stringer Bell has shown very good striking defense and he’s coming in very angry after losing his last fight by decision. He has been a monster on the mat, landing 76% of his ground strikes and he has a submission win. He has shown elite ground striking defense as well holding his opponents to just 9% on their ground strikes. Andry Andrianampoinimerina has gone in the tank a bit after winning 5 straight; he is now riding a 2 fight losing streak. He has little stand up skill, but he is a beast on the mat. He is averaging 4.2 take downs per fight and on the mat he is averaging 20.6 ground strikes while landing 61% of them. He is not good on his back however and he can be submitted rather easily. This is going to be a ground battle and I think Bell has the submission skills to win it. PREDICTION: Bell 2nd round submission
Bantamweight Fight
Sebastian Kowalski (4-2, 0-0 NGF) v Andrew Summer (9-7, 8-6 NGF)
Polish fighter Sebastian Kowalski is making his NGF debut and is currently on a 2 fight losing streak. He has been fantastic in the clinch, he has very dangerous knees and his kicking is very efficient. He is good at getting back to his feet if he’s taken down, but he has taken damage on the mat. Andrew Summer is 1-3 in his last 4 fights and he seems to have lost focus a bit in what he wants from this sport. He has excellent take down skills and he can certainly be a monster when he’s on top, landing 66% of his ground strikes and 11% of his submission attempts. Summer has a pretty bad weakness if he’s on his back and his chin is a bit in question as he’s been finished by T(KO) 5 times. PREDICTION: Kowalski decision win
Super Heavyweight Fight
Sawyer Hume (3-0, 1-0 NGF) v Kieron Radebe (5-2, 1-0 NGF)
A fantastic fight kicks this card off between to very heavy strikers in Thailand’s Sawyer Hume and England’s Kieron Radebe. Hume so far has been pretty much all Muay Thai, he has sensational clinch skills, he has landed 100% of his clinch punches and his elbows will tear up his opponents. Kieron Radebe has finished all his wins, 2 TKO’s and 3 KO’s. He wants to avoid the ground, but his take down defense hasn’t been good. He has a monster head kick that you have got to be ready for. These guys are very evenly matched, but if Hume gets his hands on Radebe, this could be a very short fight. PREDICTION: Hume 2nd round TKO
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