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As your fine servants at Aggressive Damage put the final touches on the most critical Event in our org’s relatively illustrious history, the anticipation’s building like a kid with the latest Lego set. As the name alludes, this will be the lil’ guys first shot at the big show, at least here in Montreal, as the rabid Nation takes over the Belle Center with it’s 20k plus seating capacity. Befitting a card of such magnitude, we’ve called forth many of our most popular gladiators to pit their significant skills against one another, determining Titles, Title-shots and in the case of the undercard, who keeps climbing the ladder towards one.
The word from the official bookie, A Good Cause is that this was the most difficult Event to handicap since they started repping the org steadily back at AD40 or so. Not one combatant was seen as a clear enough favourite to bump his odds as high as 2-1 and there’s currently a total of three pick ‘ems plus a couple others that m
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 Henkka Reem Defends the UPF-title, moves to 10-0-0 with all submission wins.
Q: Henkka you succesfully defended the title again against a fellow grappler and you dominated.
Give us your thoughts on the victory.
Henkka: I knew that he had only his grappling game and no standup-skills, so I decided to punch his
face for a while, before I took him down and submitted him. Perhaps it was the few punches he ate and the cut, but
I was suprised how easily I got the kimura. I only tried a three submission, before he had to tap.
Q: This fight was done pretty fast after your last title-fight against Tony Brown. Did you have enough time
to train properly for this fight or how did you approach this fight ?
Henkka: Well, I didn't have much time to train for this fight, I just did a few sparring sessions and worked on physique.
Q: What's next for you ? I see your success has brought a few sponsors and hype.
Henkka: It has
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Question #1: It took you a while to get your career started. Just 14 fights so far. Why did you wait so long before you got into the cage?
-I never was very athletically gifted when I was younger. I had wrestled in High School, but never thought I could make a career out of that sort of thing. After getting out of school, I took a few odd jobs here and there, but never considered mma as a career until I ran into an old friend, Van Kelly, and he got me into Jui-Jitsu and Boxing. A few months into training and everyone was telling me I could have a future in fighting, but I'm not really a very violent guy... (He laughs) Believe it or not, but I've never actually been in a fight outside of a cage before.
Anyways, by luck I met Mr. Wolfwood in Hilo and he began to sponsor my training. I took a fight here or there to make a living, and continued to train hard full time for years. It was only because of Mr. Wolfwoods urging that I started taking fighting m
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 Welcome all you MMA fans out there, I'm Phil Conners and this is the MMA Show. This is where we bring you some of the best fighters in Los Angeles and explore what they are all about. This week we will be spending some time with Francis Stark. Francis fights in UPF-LA's middleweight division, and is rising through the ranks looking to earn his shot at the championship belt. Ladies and gentlemen, Let's hear it for the heavy handed Francis Stark.
[Francis enters the set in his bathing suit, tank top, and ray-bans.]
Phil: Welcome to the show Francis, or do you go by Frank?
Francis: Nah, Frank reminds me of hot dogs man. I don't like hot dogs.
Phil: [chuckles] I know exactly what you mean, you never know what is really inside a h
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Middleweight Fight
John Clayton (5-3 NGF) v Jon Targaryen (1-1 NGF)
John Clayton and Jon Targaryen tried to make this a clinch war, but both of them wanted to get the fight to the mat, as Clayton was 2-2 in take downs from the clinch, and Targaryen was 2-6. On the ground Targaryen showed his bjj advantage as he dominated the ground game attempting 17 ground strikes and also 12 submissions. In the end, Targaryen was the more active fighter and he won over the judges for a unanimous decision.
Heavyweight Fight
John Torrio (2-1 NGF) v Dwayne Johnson (5-4, 3-4 NGF)
John Torrio moved to 2-1 in the NGF by dominating Dwayne Johnson from the opening bell in this one. He was able to land a ton of strikes and he battered Johnson by landing 11-15 leg kicks and 6-9 body kicks. Johnson had one moment where he was able to get Torrio down, but he wasn’t able to do anything and the fight was stood up. Torrio looked awesome in this
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 Hello fight fans, Merlin here bringing you a preview of Friday Nights Fallen Champions event! We have a little mix of everything on tap for this event so lets get started.
265lbs-Chris Edwards(3-1)(1-0)vsSergio Tyson(3-2)(3-2)-Tyson by (t)KO in 1st Rd
155lbs-Alvaro Dimas(1-1)(0-1)vsSeya Hyoga(2-4)(0-0)-Dimas by UD
205lbs-Diego Guerra(2-1)(0-1)vsMichael Kubiak(3-5)(2-2)-Guerra by Sub in 1st Rd
155lbs-#7.Damien Lok(4-2)(2-2)vsLord Steel Penn(2-1)(1-0)-Steel Penn by (t)KO in 1st Rd
185lbs-#3.Quinton Jackson(5-1)(3-1)vs#9.Bob Koff(2-0)(1-0)-Jackson by UD
170lbs-#6.Glin"B-Man"Burman(5-9)(0-0)vs#8.Sam"Mayday"Malone(5-1)(2-0)
After starting his career 0-6 Glin Burman, had a nice little run at UPF-H going 3-2. He is making his Fallen Champions debut on a 3 fight win streak, and can make an early statement with a win against a top 10 welterweight! He has some really good stand up, and some descent power in both hands. He has finished al
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