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HONOR FC Wednesday Warfare II Event Preview

Event Preview: HONOR Wednesday Warfare II
HONOR Fighting Championship
2014-02-12, Las Vegas, The Underground - Las Vegas
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 A few big changes have been made over the last few days. Now don’t worry Meet the Future is still are merchandise partner. We still have the same poster designer and writer so what could these changes be? We now have bookmakers! Just to let everyone know I am well over 75% with my predictions for this organization so if you want to take my predictions and try to win some money please check out our bookmakers. I was poking around on their odds page and I was happy with what I was seeing from most of them, so for the gamblers out there I am sure you will like what you will see. I am going to drop 10k in bets for this card and I will let you all know my winnings and losing’s. What could be more important than that you ask, well the fights themselves and we are going to look at each one of them right now.







Preliminary Bout Number 1- Light Heavyweight Fight (205lbs)







Peter "Spiderman" Season (0-0) {0-0} versus Kurt "Swift" Zukaryian (1-2) {1-1}







I love the Light Heavyweight division here at Honor Fighting Championship. Season is making his debut while I have seen Zukaryian in action before. Season is a wrestler with a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, who has also had some training in the standup aspect of the fight game. Since his opponent is a better wrestler I would assume Season will at least try to stand up and fight in this one, but with a fighter making his debut nothing is for sure. Kurt Zukaryian has participated in three fights already two for HFC and he is looking to move up the ranks. He is a great wrestler with a good motor, but will he want to wrestle with a blue belt? I think he will wrestler with Season and Season will submit Kurt in the second round. I am dropping 1k on Season to win.







Preliminary Bout Number 2- Middleweight Fight (185lbs)







Anthony "Heavy Hands" Newsom (1-1) {0-0} versus Anderson "Shogun" Christopher (1-2) {0-1}







Heavy Hands will be making his first appearance in HFC, but this is not his first fight. He is currently one and one with both of his fights ending by decision so you know he has good cardio. He is the much better fighter in the standup aspect but he also loves to take his opponents down, which he should avoid in this one. Christopher is an eighteen year old brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu which is incredibly amazing for a person of his age. He has been so dedicated to the Jiu Jitsu game Christopher really hasn’t developed anything else just yet, but he has plenty of time to improve. I think Newsom makes the big mistake of taking Christopher down in this fight and my 1k bet is going on Christopher to win by submission in the first round.







Preliminary Bout Number 3- Middleweight Fight (185lbs)







John "Drav" Dravinski (1-1) {0-0} versus Gustavo Gracie (4-2) {1-0}







Dravinski is looking to make a big impact in HFC by taking on a top ten Middleweight in his first fight. If Dravinski can keep the fight standing he should be able to just pick apart Gracie. Clearly John has the much better skill set when it comes to striking, and he might also have a slight edge in wrestling but he will not want to go to the ground. Gracie is a brown belt with a little backing in wrestling. He got off to a slow start in his young career by dropping his first two fights, but he rebounded and is currently on a four fight winning streak. In those four fights Gustavo has won all four of them by submission in the first round. I see Dravinski making the mistake of allowing the takedown or just going for one him in this fight and I have a first round submission victory for Gracie. Obviously my money would be on Gracie in this one, but I could not find odds at In The Red Sports Book where I am placing all of my bets.







Preliminary Bout Number 4- Featherweight Fight (145lbs)







Bruce Shashia (3-2) {1-1} versus Brian "Cold Bloded" Fury (2-2) {1-1}







The most interesting thing to me in this fight is the fact both of these guys have fought the same two opponents since they arrived at HFC. Both of these guys defeated Janusz Bomba but lost to Jack Harris. These two guys I would grade equal to each other. I could not say who the better striker or better grappler is. Both of these guys have gone the distance often so I see that happening again. It is truly a coin flip on who will win this fight and I am going to make a thousand dollar guess and say Shashia wins this fight by decision.







Preliminary Bout Number 5- Featherweight Fight (145lbs)







Dallas "Haneous" Riley (26-21) {0-0} versus Jack "The Tank" Harris (4-1) {2-0}







The forty seven fight twenty four year old veterans best days may be behind him. It has been a long time since Riley has had a fight in a organization and that could be because he just doesn’t have it anymore. Riley would love to prove to the world that he does still have it and he gets the chance against Jack Harris. Harris has won all of his fights by decision with his great wrestling. I am not sure if he can go for the same tactics in this one as Riley is a purple belt and has more submission wins than Harris has fights. Harris has only one loss and of course it was by submission so he could be in a bit of trouble in this one. I think Riley wins by submission in the second round, but I am praying for a Harris win as I will be the amazing odds.







Main Card Bout Number 1- Welterweight Fight (170lbs)







James "The Snake" Chaney (13-12) {0-0} versus Georgey "Suplex" Prendergast (3-1-1) {0-0-0}







Chaney is a submission specialist with twenty five fights under his belt. He will clearly be looking to get the fight to the ground and show off his Jiu Jitsu skills. Chaney has more than double submission victories than Prendergast has fights. Prendergast is a striker who loves to bang. If he can keep this fight standing I don’t see how Chaney will have a chance, even with the fight experience. Prendergast loves to fight in the clinch but he also likes to score points with takedowns. He will not want to look for a takedown under any circumstance in this fight though. I think this fight will go to the ground somehow some way and I will pick Chaney to win in the first round by submission.







Main Card Bout Number 2- Middleweight Fight (185lbs)







Jonathan "Beast" Vinyard (2-2) {1-1} versus "The Wasp" Wayde West (1-0) {1-0}







Classic strikers versus grappler match up in this one. Vinyard is the grappler holding a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He has two wins in his career and both of them have been won by submission. He will want to work this fight to the ground and try to get the early submission as I am not sure his chin will be able to hold up against the Muay Thai striker West. The Wasp is a very aggressive fighter who will work from the clinch or at range. His best bet in this fight will be to stay at range so he does not have to deal with guard being pulled from the clinch. He should look to mix up his strikes much like he did in his last fight to throw Vinyard off balance. I see Wayde West winning this fight by knockout in the second round.







Main Card Bout Number 3- Bantamweight Fight (135lbs)







"The Magician" Ari Birmiski (23-18) {0-0} versus "Unanimous" Rory Kincade (23-15) {0-0}







This will be a very difficult fight to predict a winner. Both of these guys are very well rounded and they will be willing to showcase all of their skills in this one. These two have been around for a long time and are starting to fade so this could be the fight that gets one of these guys back into the sun for one last ride. Even at their age both guys have good cardio and both will be able to hang in there if this fight goes the distance. Birmiski has nine wins by submission so he will more than likely have a slight advantage on the ground while Kincade has participated in Kickboxing and should have a slight advantage standing up. I am going to pick Ari Birmiski to win by submission in the third round.







Co Main Event, Main Card Bout Number 4- Bantamweight Fight (135lbs)







bj "Boogieman" Ferguson (28-15) {0-0} versus Gabriel "DaBeast" Douglas (3-1) {2-0}







This fight was not announced as a number one contenders fight, but I would think the winner would be the next one in line to get a crack at the Bantamweight Title. These two are ranked number one and two in the division for HFC and that would make me think the winners have to get something. Ferguson is well past his prime, but he feels like he has much more in the tank to give. He is a wrestler who has had fifteen wins by decision, so he knows how to point out a victory. If he can keep the fight down on the ground for the most part he should easily point out a victory. Gabriel Douglas is a boxer with some wrestling and will be looking to send Ferguson to the old folk’s home. Douglas all though is a point fighter and that could spell trouble for him, as he is facing a crafty veteran. Douglas will want to be a little more aggressive than he usully is and will want to try and knock out Ferguson versus being content to go to the score cards. I think Douglas will do a good job of keeping the fight standing and he will out point Ferguson in the stand up. I am putting my money 1k on Douglas to win by decision.







Main Event, Main Card Bout Number 5- Lightweight Title Fight (155lbs)







Julius Caesar (3-0) {1-0} versus Arshnoor "THE BRUTALIZER" Singh (5-1) {1-0}







This should be the last title to be determined in HFC, but with the draw at the last event there will still be one open division after this fight. Caesar is kind of a jack of all trades but his strength lies in his boxing. Even with that being said he might want to try and wrestle with Singh and look for a submission early. I only say this because Singh is truly THE BRUTALIZER as he is not just on a five fight win streak, but a four fight Knockout of the Night winning streak. The head kicks Singh throws are just beautiful and they can end a fight in seconds. Singh is also a great wrestler so he might be able to keep the fight standing if Caesar does go for the takedown. This is a hard fight for me to pick, but I am going to pick Singh to win by knockout in the second round. Since one of the fights was not available to pick at In The Red Sports Book and I said I was dropping 10k on this card, I will be putting 2k on this fight. 1k at In The Red Sports Book and 1k at Rainbow Bets. Make me proud Singh, and take home the gold.







This card is action packed and gambling packed so make sure to get to one of our sports books and have a ball. Also pick up any of your clothing needs from Meet the Future. I will give an updated to all of my gambling winnings and losses at the review of Wednesday Warfare II so please read that as well. As always if you have anything to comment about please do it at our Smack Talk Thread rather it is good or bad.







This has once again been Tony Rossi with your event preview. All views and opinions are strictly those of the writer and may not reflect those of Honor Fighting Championship. Honor Fighting Championship does own all the rights to this article and it may not be reused or retransmitted without written expressed consent from Honor Fighting Championship.









 

 

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