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EPL Season 3 Playoffs PreviewEvent Preview: EPL Season 3: Play-offsAnd it’s time. James Bomb and Rollen Spliffs are in the EPL Season 3 Semifinals. Who will join them? Randy Ortiz or Bulk Bogan? Charlie McGregor or Vinny Russo? But that’s not everything for tonight – who will be crown Vicious World Featherweight Grand Prix Champion and will take Featherweight Title home with him? That, and much more - here, tonight – It’s time for EPL Season 3 Playoffs!
But first, we will start with another fight. Ross Koscheck fought 3 times for VF. And twice he took home Fight Of The Night Award. This dude is tougher than a steel, he refuse to die and you have to throw everything but the kitchen sink on him to finally put him away…wait, you may have to use kitchen sink as well…Harrison Reeler probably won’t looking for Kos’ chin, because his game plan is simple – take you down, and take your arm home with him. Can it be THAT simple? Yes, it can. And even more – it is. So, with that fight as a opening bout we will set a serious tone for that night.
Jakob Kellerman had a chance to join GP, but he lost to Jackson Curtis – and he is out of GP. But not from VF. He will step to the cage once again, to fight his teammate – Luiz Silva. Both 145er are highly skilled, know each other and that’s why this fight is so interesting. They said – Friendship before the fight, war in the fight and friendship after it. This fight is important for both of them – Jakob needs to win, after his loss against Curtis, and Luiz needs to win, as his spot in VF may be in jeopardy. This fight will have one more rule only. Kill. Or be killed.
Grigoriev Maxim came to VF with 3-0 record, and all three wins came by way of nasty TKO. Jay Warner came to VF as 1-0 fighter, with an amazing Arm Triangle choke victory in his debut. And both lost to the same man. The man that will fight for title once again – Hiro Matsuka. Both want revenge, and they would love to smash Matsuka. But first they have to smash each other, to determine winner and see which one of them may have a chance to that. Revenge makes fights even more aggressive, even more exciting and even more spectacular, and that’s why this fight is just must-see-TV.
Andrei Makarov, White Widow, Dingo Penn. That was a way for John Barris to advance to GPs Final Fight. Mirzai Navozov. Jack Lance. Jakob Kellerman. That was Jackson Curtis’ way to the Final. And now – Guess what. Yup. They will battle each other to determine who is the best at 145lbs! Former All American wrestler from Fermont, CA, will fight one of the best 145 grappler from UK. Outcome? Probably fight of the night. They want it so bad, they made their way up to this moment and they will not fail for sure. But there is a catch. Someone has to fail. There can be only ONE winner…and…who will it be?
Johan Fredrikson is going through guys at 170 one-by-one. And he ain’t stoppin. Next on the victim list? Jeor Mormont, who earned his shot by defeating Shirtless Rob by TKO. Now the Bear Island native will have a chance of a life time to fight for the belt, but current title holder will not go down easily. It’s not an amateur bout anymore, it’s not 3 round fight against inexperienced kid – it’s a whole new level for Jeor. Johan is a top competition in VF, and if you want to become “next big thing” you have to go through guys like him. Can Jeor stop him, and take the belt? Or will it be Johan, with another stoppage victory? Let’s find out.
Yabu Kersikov said he will retire after EPL’s first round. But he didn’t. He step up once again, this time to fight Sonny “Flash” Giovanni. With combined 41 victories inside the cage, they share 31 KO victories. What does it means? Heavy Hands. F****n Heavy Hands. You don’t wanna be caught with one of their hands, guarantee. If they won’t knock each other out in first minute, it may be one of the greatest stand up wars we ever saw. And we hope it will goes that way. This fight will touch ground only if one of them will not feel confident about his chances in stand up, but with their skill sets, their abilities and confidence it shouldn’t happen. So get ready world – because someone will get knocked out!
With victories over Paul Harvey and Victor Coleman, Bulk Bogan make sure he will get a chance to advance to semis. Randy Ortiz did that few weeks ago. Now they will fight in co-main event because only one of them will get a chance to advance. Ortiz is well known from his style – he will rush on you, drag you down and start beat you up from that top position till you gave up. But Bogan is amazing wrestler himself, so it may not work out. But they fought before. And Ortiz found a way to win. He kept fight standing and knock out Bulk with a brutal Head Kick. Maybe he will try to do this once again? It may be fun to watch, but it won’t be fun for one of them.
Main Event will be a scene for Charlie McGregor and Vinny Russo in their Playoffs fight. Smallest competitor and submission specialist was going through everyone in VF. He was undefeated, with one draw, until he faced Charlie at Event 8. McGregor was first man to defeat Vinny, as he stopped him within 2 minutes of first round. Now, Russo has a perfect opportunity to return the favor, even in a bigger fashion. First fight didn’t change anything. But this one? Well, loser leaves tournament so stakes are higher than ever before between these two. It’s gonna be REAL Main Event! |
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