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HONOR FC 22 Bad Blood Event Preview

Event Preview: HONOR FC 22 Bad Blood
HONOR Fighting Championship
2014-07-05, Las Vegas, The Parisian
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 Sorry the guys haven't gotten back to you on these fights yet. It's getting real late again so I've just got to go ahead and write it. I won't have time to write in the morning cause I have to go into work early and prep for the 4th of July weekend event we have planned. Sorry but I've checked again and it's just these six.







HONOR FC is bringing yet another highly anticipated title fight to the Parisian in Las Vegas, thousands will be in attendance as Baggins will defend his recently acquired lightweight belt against the incredibly talented Rin. We also have a main event featuring two of the most popular welterweights in the city as Cliff takes on Larocque in what looks to be the predestined fight of the night.







"Manchester Black" Mikael Johansson (24-17) vs Dom Danky (22-14-1)







Two guys coming off of losses will be intering the cage in the light heavyweight division. Each one of these guys is incredibly talented and has just run in to some very tough opponents who were able to narrowly defeat them. Both guys love to strike and have chins that may as well have been chiseled from stone. I do give a slight edge to Danky here simply because Johansson is coming in still injured from his last fight. We all know how much trouble this can cause and that referees will always look to step in and stop a fight when a cut gets too bad.







Prediction: Danky (T)KO Round 1







Oberyn "Steel" Martell (15-9) vs "Chairman" Mao Zedong (15-5)







We have a couple of guys in the welterweight division who are coming off of losses, Zedong suffered a devastating KO at the hands of the dangerous Belmont and Martell has been outpointed twice in a row. This looks to be a close affair as both men are desperate for a win, they are both great strikers with historically tough chins. If Zedong plays it smart and uses his superior quickness to move in and out of the pocket he could ride out a decision victory. However I see him being incredibly aggressive and attempting to finish the insanely tough Martell, this should result in him eating big shots and falling short of victory.







Prediction: Marell (T)KO round 2







Tommy "The Terror" Cottero (26-10) vs "The King" Oliver Queen (22-15)







Interesting fight between two incredible bantamweights, Cottero is coming off of a loss that saw him lose his title and in recent fights Queen has been hitting his stride and sees himself nearing the top of the HONOR ranks. Both of these guys like to use their wide array of mixed martial arts skills to dominate and finish their opponents. Cottero brings a lot of experience into this fight and would love nothing more than to get a big win against Queen and get back into the title hunt. However Queen has proven to be incredibly difficult to finish and I am picking him to come out and shock the former champ.







Prediction: Queen (T)KO round 3







"The Fallen Angel" Benjamin St Andre (29-13) vs Riley Cooper (21-7)







Cooper is coming off of what I would consider to be a shocking loss against Vinnie Jones in hid for the HONOR FC 155lb belt. He faces off against the incredibly talented St. Andre who is coming off of a loss himself. Each fighter needs this win to propel themselves back up to the top of the division. Look for Cooper to try to control this fight with take downs and aggressive wrestling while in top control. St. Andre definitely has the ability to win and finish this fight, however I expect Cooper to learn from the mistakes he made in his last fight and take his foot off of the gas a bit to control the bout.







Prediction: Cooper UD







Bilbo "The Brazilian Butcher" Baggins (16-3) vs Kato "Tsunami" Rin (22-9)







The HONOR FC middleweight champ Baggins is taking on the very experienced BJJ blackbelt Kato Rin. Both of these fighters are incredibly dangerous on the ground and sport some pretty serious striking, though they both prefer to seek submissions. Since coming to HONOR Rin has shown an inability to finish and has been finished by KO in 2 of his last 3 fights. Baggins has been an absolute killer finishing all of his opponents by submission since joining the promotion. I expect Baggins to keep his great win streak going by taking Rin to the ground, using a high work rate and mixing it up and finishing by ground and pound.







Prediction: Baggins (T)KO Round 2







"Rasta" Ziggy Cliff (22-10) vs Bryan "Thunder" Larocque (27-12)







This is a big battle between two insanely popular welterweights who love to put on a show for the fans. Both of these fighters have great BJJ and essentially just choose to not use it as both of them have double digit TKO victories on their records. They each love to come in with a high work rate and finish their opponents. My only real fear in regards to this fight is that they are so even and so eager to finish that they somehow cancel each other out and it turns into a draw. I see Cliff being able to muster up a take down or two where his ground and pound can make the difference in the fight.







Prediction: Cliff UD

 

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