2014-11-03
Price: Free
Edition: #
Previous Issues
Submit Article
Tycoon Times - MMA Magazine
Tycoon Times - The World's Premier Weekly Mixed Martial Arts Newspaper
Corner

Highland Games 7 Preview

Event Preview: Highland Games 7
Highland Games
2014-10-29, The Island, Wild Bob's Bar - The Island
Author:Callum McGregor

 Rock Sampson (0-4) Vs Barol Kedorf (0-2) – Heavyweight


Sampson doesn’t seem to have much offence so I reckon Kedorf might stop him in this one.


 


Antonio The Sparta (0-2) Vs Sky Boy (0-1) – Heavyweight

Shy Boy’s only loss is to a top Super Heavyweight, San Terra. Sparta has been stopped twice, so I think Shy Boy gets the KO here.


 


JJ Junior (0-1) Vs Scott Mcginty (0-1) – Light Heavyweight

I think Mcginty will be able to land more accurately and take this one.


 


Jake Ibarra (0-1) Vs James Figg (0-1) – Middleweight

Ibarra’s superior ground game should win him this one.


 


Murillo Calvacante (0-0) Vs Jasonn Barrett (0-0) – Heavyweight

A guaranteed knockout ahead in this one.


 


Mateusz Puszke (0-1) Vs Mark Pelosio (0-1) – Heavyweight

I probably gave Pelosio winning this fight, but it’s difficult to say.

Pelosio tries absolutely everything. He’ll mix up his striking, go for clinches, but above all he wants to take the fight to the ground. This is surprising however as his background is in boxing, and with little to no wrestling training, it’s a strange strategy. Maybe Pelosio just isn’t confident in his chin.

We essentially know nothing about Mateusz Puszke. In his debut, he was quickly taken down and submitted. From what I’m told, he’s an all round MMA fighter, which usually means he doesn’t have any standout qualities.


 


Trunk Slamchest (1-1) Vs Pedro Lazaro (1-1) – Heavyweight

Slamchest’s grappling leaves a lot to be desired. In his debut he was controlled by Chi Parry Lewis before scoring a comeback stoppage. In his HG debut, he was easily controlled by Chikere Morce against the cage, and essentially did nothing to stop his opponent’s offence. This is an important fight for Slamchest, and he will have to let his hands fly to gain any respect from his future opponents.

Lazaro likes the clinch, and after Slamchest’s lacklustre fight with Morce, this is definitely an area he was utilize to the fullest in this fight.

Lazaro’s last fight was against top heavyweight contender Mib Louie, where he was stopped by a head kick. There is no shame in losing to a striker like Louie, and this is his Lazaro’s proving ground that he belongs at the top of the division.


 


Raul Targaryen (2-0) Vs Irchie Kast (1-1) – Middleweight

Targaryen is a boxer through in through. Raul will throw punches in bunches to overwhelm opponents and get them on the back foot. In his two successful professional fights however, Raul has shown some fairly evident weaknesses. His accuracy leaves a lot to be desired, and he throws way too many combinations which could easily tire him out in the later rounds. Opponents don’t have to be too worried about his knockout power either.

Irchie Kast is another boxer who has demonstrated laser precision in his fights so far. His ground game is a little weak, but if you want to stand and trade with Kast you could see yourself getting peppered with shots bell to bell. Like Targaryen, Irchie doesn’t seem to be the biggest puncher in the world, so I don’t think he is quite the imposing figure for opponents that he’d like to be.


 


Eddie Kilpatrick (2-3) Vs Alexey Juralev (1-1) – Heavyweight

Everyone’s favourite drunken Irishman is back. Kilpatrick is coming off of a disappointing main event defeat to the current champion Barney Gumble. Eddie has one eye on a rematch with Gumble, but standing in his way is Alexey Juralev. When asked about this fight, Eddie said “It could go either way mate. I've gotta watch out for his devastating punches though, but I'm confident and I wish him goodluck and hopefully after the fight me and him can go for a drink haha”. Eddie will want to get the takedown swiftly and quickly advance past the guard. From there, he’ll be dropping down some vicious shots, all the while imagining himself in the pub with a pint of the black stuff in his hand.

Alexey Juralev is said to be a heavy handed puncher, but we really haven’t got the opportunity to see his full arsenal yet. In his debut, he sparked out Grey Blanchard, who hasn’t been the most impressive in his career and recently got KOed easily by Mitchell Thomson. In his next fight, he took on recent title challenger Christian Long, and became the third man to succumb to his killer headkicks. This fight is there for Juralev to win though. His counter wrestling is very good and he should be able to keep the fight standing. Kilpatrick can throw hands but definitely wouldn’t be too comfortable exchanging with Juralev in this one.


 


Mib Louie (3-0) Vs Chiyono Fuji (2-0) – Heavyweight

Mib Louie is an extremely dangerous kicker. Two of his three wins have come from headkicks, and in his last contest he earned Knockout of the Night by landing the technique.

Louie is the epitome of dangerous muay thai striker, and everyone’s mouth waters at the prospect of a future clash with fellow head kick specialist Christian Long. We’re getting ahead of ourselves here, Louie has a very tough ask ahead of him and will need a win to continue his dream of challenging for the Highland Games Heavyweight Title.

Chiyono Fuji has been extremely impressive with his hands in his career thus far. In his debut, “Wolf” scored an incredible knockout in an unbelievable 5 seconds. After walking away with the 1000 dollar bonus, he next took on Zeco Fulero in another award winning fight. Both men exchanged shots but Fuji is clearly the better puncher. After 4 minutes, Fuji landed a series of devastating shots which put the Brazilian away.

I’m very interested in this fight, and I’m sure both Barney Gumble and Thor Heyerdahl are too as the winner of this will likely be the next challenger for the Heavyweight Title. This is essentially Louie’s muay thai Vs Fuji’s boxing, and your guess is as good as mine as to who comes out with their arm raised.

 

Article views: 129
» Donate to this author

Editorial Staff
Tycoon Times Discussion
Tycoon Times - MMA Magazine MMA Tycoon
MMA Chat Room
MMA Forum