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GFC XI Review

Event Review: GFC XI
Gladiator Fighting Championship
2013-02-02, Las Vegas, Hard Knocks - Las Vegas
Attendance:2,925, Event Rating:196
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GFC XI started with a bang, with the first two fights lasting a total of ten seconds combined.  Only two of the fights on the card went the distance and it is very apparent that the fighter of GFC are hell bent on finishing their fights and entertaining the fans.  Hard Knocks Arena was rocking and the fans were on their feet throughout the night of exciting fights.  Here's a breakdown of the action.
 
The first fight was short and sweet as Dingle Berrian (20-7) picked up his 20th career win over Bruce Leroy (5-4).  At the opening bell Berrian drilled Leroy with a brutal combination that cut him and dropped him to the ground.  Berrian allowed the rocked Leroy to get back to his feet only to hammer him with a second deadly combination that knocked him out cold.  As the doctors tended to Leroy, Berrian strutted around the cage exhausting in his win.  Berrian's five second knockout will go down in the record books as the fastest knockout in GFC history.
 
It is not often that you see history made on an MMA fight card.  It is practically never that you see history made twice on the same fight card, but that's exactly what happened on Saturday night.  Right on the heels of Dingle Berrian recording the fastest knockout in GFC history, Logan Mitchell (13-9-1) matched that impressive feat in the very next fight, recording a five second knockout of his own over Rafael Oliveira (5-5).  It took just two punches for Mitchell to end Oliveira's night early.  Just as the opening bell sounded, Mitchell drilled Oliveira with a jab to stun him and then leveled him with a huge uppercut that knocked him out cold.  The brutal, record tying knockout whipped the crowd into a frenzy and had the rafters shaking.
 
The third fight was a lightweight contest between Elvin Ruez (17-9) and Bobby Tupper II (12-14-1).  Ruez came out as the aggressor throwing punches from a distance and clinching up for some dirty boxing on occasion.  Tupper II tried repeatedly to get the fight to the ground, but Ruez was having no part of that strategy and did a good job of keeping the fight standing while peppering Tupper II with jabs.  The first round went overwhelmingly in Ruez's favor.  Tupper II continued to press the action in the second round and landed a takedown just past the one minute mark in the round.  Tupper II tried to wiggle his way back into decent position but eventually succumbed to Ruez's advances and ended up in full mount.  Ruez went to work pounding away on Tupper II, inflicting more and more damage as the round progressed.  At around the 3:30 mark, Ruez split wide open a cut that he had inflicted on Ruez late in the first round.  Realizing that the round was coming to a close, Ruez stepped up his attack even further, rocking Tupper II at around the 4:30 mark and opening him up even further.  With the canvas and both fighters absolutely covered in blood, the referee paused the fight to have the doctor come in and take a look at Tupper II.  With just one second remaining in the round, the doctor called the fight despite Tupper II's please to let him continue.  The winner by bloody TKO, Elvin Ruez.
 
After two flash knockouts and a blood bath, the fans almost didn't know how to react to a hard fought, grinding battle that went the distance.  That's just what they got when Harrison Hansen (8-4) matched up with Maek Houzo (25-23) in a middleweight battle.  Houzo scored a quick takedown to start the fight but Hansen was able to slow the action down and force the referee to stand the fighters back up.  Hansen landed a splendid head kick, secured the clinch, and then executed a massive suplex that looked like something out of the WWE.  Hansen then went to work on the ground, looking to choke his opponent out.  Houzo was able to survive the choke attempts and ate some ground and pound as the round came to a close.  Hansen came back in round two with four strong takedowns and some solid ground work to move ahead in the fight two rounds to none.  The third round saw Hansen pile on three more takedowns and more impressive grappling to dominate Houzo and take the 30:27 unanimous decision win.
 
For the bloodthirsty fans who were not entertained by previous fight, Mondo Topless (24-7) and Alexander Marius (14-10) brought back the violence in the fifth fight.  Topless pulled Marius into the clinch in the very early going of the fight and that's when things got nasty.  Marius struck first with a heavy knee to the head that cause Topless to start swinging limbs wildly.  Topless managed to cut Marius open with a nasty elbow strike and the blood started to flow.  Topless continued to throw elbows, missing more than he landed, as Marius scored with some slick dirty boxing.  The grapplers continued the back and forth exchange with Topless landing another elbows the further opened Marius' cut as the two minute mark passed.  Marius did not give up despite gushing blood, and landed a few more good strikes on Topless.  As the two and a half minute mark passed, Topless drilled Marius with another elbow that left his cut gaping open with blood spewing everywhere.  Marius became disoriented and missed with a number of wild swings before eating another pair of elbows from Topless.  The referee had finally seen enough and called the doctor in to look at Marius' cut.  The doctors could not get the bleeding to stop and determined that the blood was impacting Marius' vision, forcing them to call the fight.  What a great Muay Thai war!
 
The sixth fight turned out to be pretty one sided as GFC newcomer Krzysztof Krzak (10-3) dominated Brutal Delux (16-14).  Delux was hell bent on getting Krzak to the ground and repeatedly tried to take him down.  Unfortunately for Delux, he had no success at all with his takedowns and took a beating.  Krzak used very effective counter punches against Delux and finally nailed him with one around the three minute make that sent him to the canvas.  Krzak wasted no time pouncing Delux and finishing him off with a flurry of strikes that forced the referee to jump in for the save.  The winner by TKO at the 3:25 make of round one, Krzysztof Krzak.
 
The seventh fight was a matchup of lightweight contenders Jesse Wolfe (17-10) and Paul Bruens (28-20-1).  Bruens hit an immediate takedown into side control at the outset of the fight and things went downhill for Wolfe from there.  Breuns was able to work himself into mount early in the round and spent the entire round controlling and dropping bombs on Wolfe.  Remarkably Wolfe showed incredible toughness and continued to defend himself and survived the round though he took a beating.  Wolfe somehow regained his bearings in between the first and second round and came out like a house of fire for round two.  He threw everything he had at Bruens and landed some nasty strikes, leaving Bruens stunned and his confidence shaken as the second round came to a close.  The third round saw Bruens get the fight back on the ground early and it spelled doom for Wolfe.  Wolfe managed to pull off a stunning reversal and gain full mount, but was unable to maintain his position and capitalize.  Bruens worked his way back into top position and managed to wear down Wolfe for the remainder of the round to secure the 29:28 unanimous decision win.
 
The eight fight was the first title defense in the history of Gladiator Fighting Championship, with Ronaldo Garcia (29-14-2) defending the GFC lightweight title against Pvt. Palmer (11-6).  The fighters exchanged punches early and then Palmer clinched up with Garcia but that was short lived as the fighters separated on a failed takedown attempt by Garcia.  Garcia was able to take advantage of a lazy kick attempt by Palmer and score a takedown at around the 1:30 mark of the first round.  Garcia tried to score a submission but Palmer defended well and then landed a nice sweep putting him in top position.  Garcia stayed busy working for a submission from the bottom but Palmer was able to hold him at bay.  Both fighters did some good things in the round but Garcia likely had a slight advantage.  After a brief standup exchange to start round two, Garcia was able to take Palmer down.  Garcia smoothly transitioned into side control and went to work looking for an arm triangle before suddenly transitioning into an armbar that Palmer could not escape and was forced to tap out to at the 1:41 mark of the second round.  A very impressive title defense for the veteran Garcia.
 
Tomasz Szczerek (13-5-1) bounced back from a disappointing loss in his debut fight with GFC to turn in a dominant performance against Royce Silva (24-13).  Silva started off the fight initiating the clinch but Szczerek quickly stalled out the action and managed to break the clinch.  Szczerek countered a low kick just 30 seconds into the fight and deposited Silva on his back.  Szczerek did a fantastic job of working his ground and pound while fighting off Silva's submission attempts as the round wore on.  He eventually managed to work his way into full mount and was really unloading on Silva by the time the round ended.  Silva landed a heavy punch to start round two, but Szczerek was able to regroup, land a few quick strikes, and then score another takedown.  Szczerek was once again able to get into full mount and spent the entire round dropping bombs on Silva.  To his credit Silva hung in there and survived but was absolutely pummeled.  Szczerek scored a couple of nasty kicks early in round three before Silva decided to go for a takedown of his own and succeeded.  It was not long before Szczerek pulled off a slick switch and landed in full mount.  Just as he did in the first two rounds, Szczerek unleashed a furious ground and pound attack of punches and elbows.  Silva eventually stopped defending himself and after a pair of huge shots to the head, the referee jumped in for the save.  Szczerek picked up the win by TKO 1:51 into the third round in an extremely strong performance.
 
The main event was short and sweet.  Heavyweights Jimmy Jones (7-3) and Rick Ruent (15-5) collided with two very different goals.  Jones was intent on getting Ruent on the ground so that he could pound him out while Ruent simply wanted to stand and bang.  Jones tried repeatedly to score a takedown early and often, each time being turned back by Ruent.  Finally, after the sixth takedown attempt by Jones, Ruent unleashed a wicked counter head kick that laid Jones out cold just 39 seconds into the fight.

 

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