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 MAIN CARD
Main Event
Heavyweight Title Fight
#1 Boris Yurinov (10-4, 7-2 NGF) v C-Andrzej Gajewski (19-2-1, 7-0 NGF)
Boris Yurinov will finally get another title show after winning 5 of his last 6 fights including 3 in a row. Yurinov is a very good fighter, one of the smartest around, but man, he has the least amount of power I’ve seen. He is averaging 28 head punches, 18.1 body punches and he’s landing on average, 17.1 head punches 1.3 head kicks and 5.9 body kicks and he has exactly 1 finish in his career, WOW. Yurinov will overwhelm his opponents with kicks and punches, he’s extremely active and aggressive and his striking defense is outstanding, he is landing more head punches (17.1) than his opponents total strikes (15.7). He has not ground offense, but he’s been excellent with his defense and getting out of trouble and back to his feet. Andrzej Gajewski has been a dominating champion so far with 5 successful title defenses. Gajewski is a smart fighter and he can adapt his game plan very well, he is a well-rounded fighter and he is good in all areas. He will use leg kicks to take out his opponents legs, he’ll land 64% of his head punches, he averages 13.8 clinch punches and he is successful on 50% of his take downs. On the mat he is very strong, he can control and grind out wins as he averages 4.8 ground strikes and 1.6 submissions per fight. Gajewski is all class and he knows how to win, he has the skills to finish a fight, but he also has the skills to win rounds in the judge’s eyes, I think he will be able to do it again here. PREDICTION: Gajewski decision win
Co-Main Event:
Lightweight Fight
#13 James Jameson (12-5, 7-5 NGF) v #4 Dom DeLuise (10-5, 3-1 NGF)
The lightweight division is about to get a HUGE shake up and these two might find themselves in a title fight with a win. James Jameson is a angry fighter, he is in a angry camp and we’ll see what that does to his game. He is fighting his last fight on his contract and the rumor is he’s turned down an extension, so this could very well be his last fight with the NGF, which is too bad since this will be his 13th fight with the organization. Jameson hasn’t really beaten any top fighters, he’s been given some lower ranked guys and smoked them, but when he steps up he hasn’t put up much of a fight. He’s mainly a stand up guy, he has no ground offense at all, but his ground defense has been elite. He has the power to end a fight at any second. Dom DeLuise likes to fight in the clinch and he has sensational Muay Thai skills, he’ll use elbows and knees, but he doesn’t land a high percentage of them. His striking defense is solid, but he’s more of a counter fighter on his feet. He isn’t great on the mat, he has no ground offense, but he is decent at improving and getting back to his feet. I think DeLuise can pull this one out, he will use his Muay Thai skills to grind out the win. PREDICTION: DeLuise decision win
Welterweight Fight
#5 Xavier Styles (14-8-1, 1-1 NGF) v #9 Ramazan Temel (10-3, 4-1 NGF)
Xavier Styles lost his last fight, a #1 contender bout, so he is very angry coming into this one. He tends to use more of a counter style; trying mainly to land counter take downs. On the ground he is very strong, he can control and grind, he has excellent submission skills, and he will use his very good ground and pound to end fights, he is landing 55% of his ground strikes and he also has 5 submissions. Ramazan Temel is certainly rolling right now having won 4 straight fights and he will get a very big test in this one. Temel has excellent power as he has 7 (T)KO wins and he also fights a very smart game. He is mainly a stand up fighter, he uses a decent amount of kicks and his striking defense is a little above average. He is solid in the clinch, but not great, and on the ground he is very good on top, but off is back is weak. This is a super fight, both guys can finish and both guys show good skills in all areas. Right now, Temel looks like he can’t be stopped. PREDICTION: Temel 2nd round TKO
Light Heavyweight Fight
Siegfried Freak (11-7, 0-1 NGF) v Mathurin Kerbouchard (10-8, 0-0 NGF)
Siegfried Freak is a interesting fighter, he has some of the best power, but he also can be wild, drop his guard and get dropped himself. Freak is 1-4 in his last 5 fights and he’s been submitted, KO’ed and TKO’ed. Freak is aggressive on his feet, he is averaging 19.7 head punches per fight and he’s landing 50% of them. He shows good striking defense and very good take down defense, but when he is taken down he’s been terrible. Mathurin Kerbouchard is all ground and very little stand up and he lacks striking defense as well. He is strong on the mat, he can control well and he will soften up his opponents with some ground and pound and then move in for a submission, he is attempting 3.3 submissions per fight. This is a bad matchup for Freak, but his take down defense is excellent and he has the power to KO Kerbouchard if he can land one, Kerbouchard has a very weak chin so this could be interesting. PREDICTION: Kerbouchard 2nd round submission
Featherweight Fight
#14 Incan Bulb (9-2, 1-0 NGF) v Jordan Mutch (13-11, 2-3 NGF)
Incan Bulb uses quantity over quality in his fighting style as he is averaging 30.8 punches and 58.8 kicks per fight, which includes 44 leg kicks. Bulb has only finished 2 fights even though he is landing on average, 20.9 punches and 39.1 kicks per fight. He has amazing striking defense, but he’s not great in the clinch or on the ground. Jordan Mutch has fought so many times in his career and I think this has cause him to just be a so so fighter. Mutch is perfect, average fighter, he doesn’t land a high percentage of strikes, but he has decent power, he’ll attempt his take downs, but he doesn’t have a great success rate, he’ll be strong on the ground, yet, he allows his opponents to land 62% of their ground strikes. With all this average skill, the biggest problem is his defense is just not good and that has caused him to lose most of his fights if it goes to the judges. PREDICTION: Bulb decision win
PRELIM CARD
Light Heavyweight Fight
Sioux Sie (9-5, 3-3 NGF) v Soa Palelei (9-5, 1-1 NGF)
Sioux Sie will try and use his wrestling and his bjj skills to win fights as he averages 3.2 take downs and 2.6 submissions per fight. Sie has solid stand up skills, he’ll be aggressive, but he will look to finish fights on the ground, he has 5 submissions. Soa Palelei is so talented, but he seems to not fight smart at times in the cage. He has very good power, but his chin is in question as he’s been KO’ed 3 times. Palelei will fight very well, but he’ll make a dumb mistake and it usually changes the momentum of the fight. He is decent in the clinch and he has very good ground defense as well. I like Palelei’s power in this one, but Sie can win this if he gets the fight down. PREDICTION: Palelei 2nd round KO
Bantamweight Fight
#13 Jack Judo (7-4 NGF) v Andrew Summer (10-7, 9-6 NGF)
Jack Judo comes in losing his last fight and he is just 1-3 in his last 4. Judo has very little positives to say about his stand up game, he has almost zero striking defenses, he’s awful in the clinch, but he averages 8.3 take downs per fight and although he isn’t good at take downs, he’ll get one eventually. On the mat he is fantastic, he attempts 10 submissions per fight and he has 6 submission wins. Andrew Summer is a black belt in bjj so he has the skills to not only give Judo a real battle, but to win this. Summer has better stand up skills than Judo and his striking defense is better, but he isn’t good in the clinch. He has much better take down skills than Judo, but I don’t think that will matter, this fight will be on the mat even if these two have to just fall on the floor. Summer is landing 66% of his ground strikes and he is much better at improving his position. This will be one of those grappling battles that will be very interesting to see. PREDICTION: Summer 2nd round submission
Bantamweight Fight
PO Burn (9-7, 8-5 NGF) v Ron Paul (6-3, 3-3 NGF)
PO Burn is so well-rounded, he can fight anyway that he has to, but he lacks any sort of finishing skill, Burn has gone to a decision 12 times out of his 16 career fights. Burn has solid defense and he is super accurate in the clinch with his punches. Ron Paul is coming off a fight where he landed 25 elbows and 25 knees, so his clinch fighting can be awesome. He has elite striking defense and he is a solid striker stand up fighter, but he is excellent in the clinch. He is s a very active fighter on the ground, always trying to improve, but he’s allowing 77% of his opponent’s ground strikes to land. I can see Burn winning this fight if it gets to the ground, but if Paul is able to clinch up, Burn is in real trouble. PREDICTION: Paul decision win
Bantamweight Fight
Sebastian Kowalski (4-3, 0-1 NGF) v Tony Chu (4-4, 2-4 NGF)
These two are a combined 0-5 in their last 5 fights, so these two will be very desperate for a win. Sebastian Kowalski likes to fight in the clinch, he has devastating knees and he’s averaging over 11 of them per fight, but he is brutal on the mat. He has horrible take down defense and when he’s on the ground, he can improve his position, but he has been dominated there in his last 3 fights. Tony Chu will use his exceptional Muay Thai skills all fight long, he too has monster knees and he’s averaging 9.9 per fight. He has solid boxing skills as well, but his striking defense hasn’t been that good. Chu has sensational take down defense, so he hasn’t been tested on the ground yet. This fight should be standing with a lot of clinch wars, this is very even and it could go either way PREDICTION: Kowalski 2nd round TKO
Middleweight Fight
Andrej Kavelin (8-7, 6-7 NGF)v Fair Child (10-9, 0-1 NGF)
The night starts off with 2 struggling fighters meeting, both Andrej Kavelin and Fair Child are 1-3 in their last 4 fights, but Kavelin is 2-6 in his last 8. Kavelin likes to have quick fights, only 3 of his 15 career fights have made it past the 1st round. He will use decent stand up to set up his take downs and then on the ground he will look for submissions, he has 5 submission wins. Fair Child, oh what might have been with his career. Child is s a skilled fighter, he is a very solid striker who can fight in the clinch and on the ground as well. He is landing 55% of his ground strikes and his overall defense is very good. He has a big problem and that’s cutting, he gets cut in every fight and he has had 4 cut stoppages. This one will get interesting when it’s on the ground. PREDICTION: Child 1st round TKO
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