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 HFC Friday the 13th: Review
Welcome to HFC, home of the HARDCORE! Tonight was another great event, and our first 2k sellout crowd on hand for this new Friday the 13th tradition!
Let's jump right into the action and look at tonight's fights.
Camron Jones vs Hakim Rubson (Middleweight)
Talk about a way to kick off an event, these two fighters were at a point in their career where things had not been going so well, and each knew they needed a win to try getting their feet under them again. Jones, batting .500 with a 2-2 record took on Rubson with a 2-5 record, and facing an uncertain future in MMA.
These two fighters left it all on the table, each fighting their asses off keep their career alive, and even in defeat, they would put on a show to make any org think twice about cutting them out of their roster.
Rubson, by far the more aggressive fighter, was dominating the score cards for most of the fight. He cut Jones in the first round, and continued working him over in the clinch where Jones had no answer. Round after round, more of the same, a one sided fight that Rubson just couldn't seem to finish.
Unfortunately for Rubson, in the 3rd and final round, Jones got the fight to the ground where suddenly he had the advantage, and he went for the kill. With literally only 2 seconds remaining in the fight, he was able to secure an armbar and then with all his will and strength, pulled apart Rubsons defense and forced the tap out before snapping his arm. I'm telling you people, this was like an NFL football playoff game won on a last second FG in overtime. Excellent fight, and best come from behind victory I've seen in a very long time, perhaps in HFC history.
Great job to both of these fighters, and maybe this fight will launch each of their careers in the right direction moving forward.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Camron Jones!
(Fight of the Night) (First blood 1:00 rd 1)
Zackmarius Tacktheritrix vs Nelson Nicky (Featherweight)
I hope you didn't go to subway before this fight, because this one was a subfest! Tacktheritrix had a game plan, and he wasn't about to turn away from it. He got the fight on the ground where he had the advantage, and Nicky was frantically trying to fend off submission after submission.
Very aggressive in his BJJ style on the ground, Tacktheritrix didn't let the fight get out of the first round before tapping out his opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Zackmarius Tacktheritrix!
Justin Case vs Red Pablono (Featherweight)
As we expected, it was a case of striker vs grounder, and this round, the KO artist won in a very quick and decisive KO victory. Case came out and dominated this fight. He landed his strikes with 100% accuracy and stuffed all four of Pablono's takedown attempts. Both fighters walked into this fight undefeated, but Pablono got a taste of defeat, and a quick lights out one at that.
(KO of the Night)
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Justin Case!
Badiss Kassib vs Khalabeeb Ferguson (Featherweight)
In our third strait featherweight match, we saw Feruson take on Kassib in a middle of the pack fight between two fighters looking to get back to winning.
Ferguson displayed some impressive striking defense not letting Kassib gain any traction and was able to take the fight to the ground a couple of times, and for the most part, was right there in the fight due to his excellent defense. He scored with a clinch and a couple of takedowns, but hardly did any damage once the fight hit the mat.
Kassib, only landing minimal strikes while standing, was able to work into better position on the ground and get the fight standing again, which likely saved him from defeat. Though very aggressive in the fight, often taking it to the clinch, it was breaking out of the clinch that he landed a brutal strike that ended the night for Ferguson.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Badiss Kassib!
Burt Smokebandit vs Leon Hooker (Lightweight)
In my preview, I predicted this fight would end by TKO, and that Smokebandit would be standing with his hands raised in victory. Well, I was completely wrong. I expected the clinch, I expected the takedown, but as soon as this fight hit the ground, Hooker hooked up a brilliant submission attempt and forced a very quick tap out by Smokebandit! Impressive victory for Hooker, and a Sub of the Night contender.
(Submission of the Night)
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Leon Hooker!
Erich Ludendorff vs Ivar Lothbrook (Welterweight)
The matchup of the vikings! Each fighter looking for his 5th win, these two warriors went at it to see who would take the honors.
I don't think I've ever seen such a great display of takedown defense in the HFC before, and Ludendorff showed himself to be a tree stump each time Lothbrook tried taking this fight to the ground. With 22 failed takedown attempts, Lothbrook found himself constantly winded throughout the fight giving Ludendorff an edge.
Taking the fight to the clinch, Ludendorff completely dominated the fight with amazing striking accuracy and completely overwhelmed Lothbrook. Displaying brutal elbows and knees, he was able to KO Lothbrook with a nasty knee from the clinch. (KO of the night finalist)
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Erich Ludendorff!
(First Blood @ 1:20 seconds rd 1)
Purple Aki vs Rolf Elvis Alvik (Lightweight)
In another lightweight match up, two respected fighter going at it as Aki took on Alvik. An 8-1 record between them, we all expected a war, and a war we got. Another fight nearly going the distance, a bloodied Aki looked like a demon on the ground as the blood dripped down his face, he just was relentless in his assault throughout this fight.
Alvik was unable to get anything going while the fight was standing, mostly in part to Aki's striking defense, but when the fight got on the ground, it was all Aki.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Purple Aki!
(First Blood :02 rd 2)
Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile vs Martin Alexander (Light Heavyweight)
In our only light heavyweight bout of the evening, and our co-main event of this first ever HFC Friday the 13th event, a very highly hyped and anticipated match up between Bizi and Alexander. These two fighters are in the top tier of the division and each within striking distance of the gold.
There really isn't much to recap about this fight, the beast was released and Bizi wasted no time in securing a brutal finish and drawing first blood in his very first landed strike. This strike almost finished the fight as a nasty head kick put Alexander on the ground hard. Bizi stood the fight back up, then dropped him again on a nice counter and then hovered over Alexander reining down hell on his face until the ref jumped in to stop the fight.
Great ref stoppage before any real damage was done, it was like Bizi was rabid or something.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile!
(First Blood :20 rd 1 winner) (KO of the Night finalist)
Arnao Vanegas vs Shay O'Donnelly (Lightweight)
And our main event, former champion Shay O'Donnelly looking to secure the #1 contender spot against challenger Vanegas! Another great fight that was an absolute war, and went well into the 3rd round to determine the victor. These two fighters knew the lights were brightest, and they performed with everything they had. An absolute slugfest that I'm shocked didn't draw blood.
Landing over 200 strikes combined, I can only imagine the headache each of these guys have as they travel home for the night. Back and forth these fighters went standing toe to toe, and though each fighter was extremely aggressive, Vanegas came out on top landing twice as many strikes as his opponent.
Ultimately, with over a minute gone in the 3rd and final round, Vanegas landed a right hand from hell that put O'Donnelly in la la land. Arnao, smelling blood, dove in and landed some ground and pound to force the ref to stop the fight.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arnao Vanegas!
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