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 HFC 54 in Review
Fight of the Night:
Massive Wanker vs Demir Kocak
We knew a war was coming, and we were not disappointed. These two fighters squared off and shook the entire building. We'll dive into this fight in a bit, but both fighters put on a hell of a show, and we thank them for it!
KO of the Night:
Boris Krylov
The man is a bleeder, but he's also a finisher. He's learned that the doctors are pussies and if he gets cut he needs to finish fast, and that's exactly what he did over a top notch opponent in Bronstein.
Sub of the Night:
Roberto Soldic
Soldic got the fight where he wanted and in the final seconds of round 2, pulled off the armbar against Pisswater.
Wanker def Kocak via Submission 2:56 of round 3
We knew this was going to be a war, and a war it was. But just like every other war, this one ended the same way. With Massive Wanker holding up his arms as the gold is being strapped around his waist. And before you ask, yes, we had to have it custom enlarged for him.
The first round was a bit of a clinch fest as the fight was bouncing in and out of the clinch, but Wanker showed he came in with a gameplan and was far more aggressive than Kocak, and scored points with the judges easily taking the round on the score cards.
The second round started off the same way, but Kocak managed to find his range and started landing counter strikes. He closed the gap and made it a much closer round, but in appearances, Wanker still outscored Kocak in the second round as well, putting the pressure on Kocak to start winning rounds.
Round three comes along, knowing Kocac is behind the ball and needs to make something happen, Wanker came out and stuck to his guns. But expecting the counter, Wanker displayed some nice *gulp* agility and avoided a counter body shot allowing him to dart in and crack Kocak with a massive (yeah, I went there) upper cut putting Kocak on the ground in a state of (holy fuck wtf just happened) confusion.
Wanker being the beast he is on the ground followed him down and started using his size to control the fight while working for a submission. The third time's the charm....
Wanker is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Kocak rolls with it to try and escape but Wanker cranks on the arm and Kocak is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
And still, HFC Super Heavyweight Champion of the World!!... Massive Wanker!
Krylov def Bronstein via KO (Head Kick) 4:55 of round 1.
Lev had a gameplan.. take the fight to the ground and try to bleed out his opponent... well, that's as far as we got. Out of the gate, Lev was aggressively seeking the takedown and after three failed in a row, he managed to finally get the job done on the 4th. And yes, all before the 1 minute mark in the round.
After that, it was a brutal assault of punches and elbows and sure enough, Krylov started to bleed, and then bleed some more. So he held on for dear life, controlled Bronstein (who had expended a ton of energy to this point) and forced a referee standup.
And then, Krylov returned the favor. Bronstein was bleeding now, and Krylov was pissed the fuck off. He went full blown aggressive mode and Bronstein was backpedaling, into the cage, just trying to find a way to get this fight back to the ground before getting ... too late..
With only seconds to go in the opening round, and the cage already looking like a scene from the movie SAW, this happens...
Bronstein throws a left and a right that both miss
and as Bronstein loses concentration momentarily, Krylov counters with a picture perfect head kick! Bronstein goes down, out cold! The referee rushed in to check on his condition - I'm sure he'll be ok but that was a massive knockout!
Joe Tidd def Bryan Furry via TKO (Strikes) :44 of round 3
Round 1 ... takedown, reversal, grapple grapple, sweat trading, Furry domination, move along.
Round 2... takedown, grapple grapple, sub, reversal, reversal, Tidd dominated, move along.
Round 3... takedown.. Tidd "ok, fuck this sweaty man hugging" mount, hammer, rock, and the ref stop.
Furry did well in the first round, taking it on the judges cards, but Tidd was ever so aggressive throughout the fight, getting the fight to the ground in all three rounds and putting a quick end to it once the round 3 bell rang. Some beautiful GnP put Furry in la la land and that was all she wrote.
Tidd working over Furry with some ground and pound. Furry looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Tidd scores with a big shot! Furry's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Furry! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Pinero Chai def Miguel Sandoval via Decision (Unanimous)
For a long fight, not a whole lot to say about this one. Chai came out and did what he does, he scored points, and lots of them, with the judges. Sandoval was able to get the fight to the ground a few times, but was unable to keep the fight there and finish. This fight went to the judges and the top contender Pinero Chai keeps to his winning ways setting up a soon to come title shot for that lightweight belt.
Roberto Soldic def Nati Pisswater via Submission (Armbar) 4:43 of round 2
First round these guys danced a bit, in and out of the clinch, but standing the whole time and Pisswater was able to pick apart Soldic and dominate the round. After an ear full from his corner, the loudest voice of which being from his manager, PJ Jones, Soldic came out with a different approach for round 2.
Some back and forth exchanges for the first minute or so, and then Soldic takes the fight to the ground and starts working his submission fu. On his fourth attempt, Soldic managed to lock in an armbar to finish the fight.
Soldic is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Pisswater has his hands clasped together but Soldic extends and breaks Pisswater's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Soldic.
Aingot Nofud def Bald Martin via Decision (Unanimous)
Hungry vs Bald, who would have the most pent of anger? Sometimes being hungry is all the motivation you need, and sometimes you get to hear your fighter picked to lose in a fight preview. Whichever source of motivation Nofud drew upon it was enough to take out the favored Martin. Nofud dominated each and every round on the score cards with all three judges. You don't get a more decisive victory than that from a judges card, excellent job by Aingot, or Ingot, whichever he's going by these days.
John Smith def Harry Olsen via TKO (Strikes) 4:25 of round 2
Juju Baraka def Jim Fox via KO (Punch) 1:05 of round 1
Richard Pryor def Billy Bob via Decision (Unanimous)
Alesana Seia def Samson Komua via TKO (Punches) 3:58 of round 2
It's worth noting that Seia's def of Komua caused a divide between he and his manager and he's now a free agent looking for a new manager to work with.
What an outstanding even, some great fights, and a very HARDCORE way to break in the near year. Our first official event of the year has us off to a great start, and we look forward to a great year for the HFC this year.
On a side note, HFC staff is working on a process to nominate, vote, and award yearly awards within the HFC. We will keep you posted with updates as soon as we hammer out the details on how we want to proceed. Being as this is our first ever full year, this is the first year these awards will be awarded and we want to set the process now on how to do this going forward.
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