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 DMMA 159 Event Preview
Dynasty MMA is set to close out 2022 with some UNFINISHED BUISNESS! The gang heads down to Rio de Janeiro this New Year's Eve with a highly anticipated Heavyweight Rubber match as two former champs look to get back their belt in 2023. Elsewhere we have a potential #1 contender fight at 205 in the CO-Main event between former champ Vitali Kersikov and the surging Yar Bol. This card is a nice way to lead up to 2023 and DMMA 160 in Sydney on New Year's Day in Sydney. F$$K me from Rio to Sydney in less than 24 hours, I did not sign up for this!
Prelims
265+ Guido Carosella vs Ahjo Kuomanen
265 Luke Bowy vs Malcom Farquharson
145 Ilari Rahamies vs Kristof Pardi
155 Sauske Uchiha vs Corey McGraugh
265+ Frank Blank vs Make Makkonen (Shoutout to the DC SHW champ for stepping in for this card)
Main Card
Light Heavyweight bout
Casimiro Nicoletta vs Brock Hardman
"The Don of Dons" Casmiro Nicoletta returns for his 16th DMMA appearance and is looking to bounce back after a disappointment last month. Now 17-9-0 in his career, this one-time DMMA title challenger is eager to get himself back in the picture at 205 pounds. Meanwhile Brock Hardman steps into the DMMA cage for the 19th time. Hardman has had an up and down career compiling a 10-11-0 record, but he is currently moving upward after his recent Submission victory (First of his career).
Both of these fighters have the ability to finish their opponent. Probably more so Casmiro whom has collected 15 (T)KOs in his career. Will we see more submission skills emerge for Brock, stay tuned and find out!
Middleweight Bout
Keanu Reeves vs Apollo Rocky
Next up Jon Wick actor Keanu Reeves takes time off from his busy acting career to make his 9th DMMA appearance. Keanu has a versatile background in MMA but has shown his BJJ is his bread and butter winning 5 of his 6 victories by way of Submission. Reeves will meet Apollo Rocky who is now 1-1 in his DMMA career. Apollo is a striker through and through and an exciting one at that as seen in his DMMA debut that earned him a "KOTN" bonus. Rocky was riding a 7-fight win streak until Benji Torres snapped that streak early this month.
It's really simple here, Reeves needs to set up the shot and get this one to the mat. Apollo has never been submitted by any submissions anyway. If he fails to do so it will be a long painful night for Mr. Wick as Rocky will pick him apart.
Light Heavyweight Bout
Moritz Zimmerman vs Anthony Lalime
Are next contest will be a battle between two Mr. Clean lookalikes, So fresh and so clean, clean! Not to mention two former Cali MMA fighters who have been doing their thing here at DMMA since the org closed.
Moritz Zimmerman has shown how annoying inconsistency can be in his last since signing with DMMA back in April. This BJJ Black belt from Germany has been a Submission machine throughout his Pro career closing out each and every win with some sort of Submission. His polar opposite in skills anyway is the Quebec banger Anthony Lalime who has 13 out of 15 wins by way of TKO or KO. Hard to believe these two have never fought one another given they both fought in the same orgs most of their careers.
Again, another striker vs Grappler showdown. Zimmerman has been Knocked Out many times so his best option is to avoid any standup exchanges with Lalime. Lalime on the other hand has only been subbed a couple times in his career but he hasn't fought many Black belts for that matter.
Co-Main Event
Light Heavyweight bout
Yar Bol vs Vitali Kersikov I I
As the Light Heavyweight champ waits for his next challenge are next fight will ultimately decide who it will be. For one man it will be just his 2nd shot at the belt and for the other it will be a shot to get the belt back around his waist.
Yar Bol has not been in the title picture since August of last year when he failed to do so against Hall of Famer Charles Tucker. Currently though Mr. Bol of Sudan has looked stellar winning 5 of his last 6 fights including a win over Tucker. With wins over Swole Ricky Martin, Lucas McCain , and most recently Dick Dennison 2022 has been very good for Yar.
Vitali Kersikov was in route to have an incredible year after he took out than Light Heavyweight champ Constantin Niculescu at DMMA 145 with an insane Head Kick KO in Round 5. It has been a little shaky as of late though dropping two straight fights all be it against the likes of Rectal Thermometer and Camaras Account. Its time now though to see if Vitali has the grit to get himself back to the top and join has Brother Marko as DMMA champion.
This fight should be fireworks with 23 (T)KO's between the two fighters so get high and/or drunk and grab your damn popcorn.
Main Event
Heavyweight bout
Jason Hightower vs Hjallis Kalske
The DMMA Heavyweight division like so many other promotions have been what puts the fans in the seats, real talk. Saturday Night in Rio is just another example of that as a crucial rubber match plays out in the DMMA 159 Main Event. One unfortunate similarity between these two is both of them are coming off losses to current HW champ Adan Puno.
Jason Hightower took the Dynasty HW division by storm and tied Kevin Faulk's successful title defenses with 4 in the process. Just look at the guy's top three wins Current Light Heavyweight champ Camaras Account, Former HW champ Bento Barboza and former HW champ Andrei Kersikov. He has had some struggles as of late, now under new management but a win this New Year's Eve and Jason is back in business.
Hjallis Kalske is another great Heavyweight to snag the DMMA HW title and his 2022 campaign started off with a 6-fight win streak that led him to his first Title fight with the promotion. One of the smaller Heavyweights in the Division it has not held him back one bit with wins over Hightower, Jules Durand and Pete Tyler. Kalske started out as primarily a Grappler but has blossomed into an Elite fighter.
The History between these two men started at DMMA 123 Hightower vs Kalske back in July were Hightower got the nod in a very close Decision. Hjallis than got his revenge at DMMA 147 Hightower vs Kalske 2 with a third round KO to even the score. Now with it all tied up 1-1 and a potential rematch with Adan Puno for the strap on the line, I fully expect the best of each of these beasts.
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