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 NGF 37 Preview
MAIN CARD
Main Event
Light Heavyweight Title Fight
#4 Dmitry Boitsoff (10-4, 2-2 NGF) v #1 Jack Poldi (10-3, 5-0 NGF)
Jack Poldi, NGF�s FOTY will put his light heavyweight belt on the line against Dmitry Boitsoff.� Dmitry Boitsoff will take his bjj black belt and try and submit Jack Poldi.� These two met once before back at NGF 24 with Poldi beating him senseless and getting a stoppage due to cuts in the 2nd round.� Boitsoff, one of the most predictable, boring fighters in the NGF.� One thing you can count on is this WONT be a FOTN.� Boitsoff will throw zero to 1 strike standing up, then spend every ounce of is being trying to get takedowns.� Once there, it will be submission after submission until he locks one up, it doesn�t matter, on top or bottom, his bjj skills are the best in the NGF.� Jack Poldi will look to defend his title for the 4th time in this one.� He is a stand up fighter who can hold his own if it gets to the ground.� In fact in his last dominating win against Martyn Musgrave, he won the stand up, clinch and ground game, attempting 9 submissions in the win also.� This should be a great matchup, I don�t know if it will be exciting, but if Poldi makes a mistake on the ground Boitsoff can make him pay.�� PREDICTION:� Poldi 2nd round TKO
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Light Heavyweight Fight
#10 Gunner Malone (15-4, 0-0 NGF) v #6 Brett Riverboat (9-2, 4-2 NGF)
26 year old Gunner Malone will make his NGF debut in this one.� Winner of 9 straight, Malone was highly recruited.� When he did sign, his one demand was he wanted to fight Brett Riverboat fist, deal signed, fight accepted.� Rumor has it that Malone once killed a bear with his bare hands, scary.� He has sensational boxing and remarkable wrestling, but his big advantage is his clinch skills, they are deadly.� He often will get in the clinch, lands heavy shots there and really likes to attack the head and he�s good at it.� This is a pure clinch fighter and Riverboat really needs to avoid this.� Brett Riverboat, winner of 4 straight, is almost a mirror image of Malone.� Riverboat loves the stand up and he likes to get a fight into a clinch also.� He also lands at a high rate in the clinch, but he also has a lot of power.� He�ll look to land big hooks to end fights, and when fights end, it�s usually an ugly looking, sometimes bloody TKO.� I love this fight; it is a huge one for both fighters.� PREDICTION:� Riverboat 2nd round TKO
Light Heavyweight Fight
#5 Johnny Jackson (10-3, 1-0 NGF) v #2 Rogerio Mustacho (7-1, 6-1 NGF)
This is a fight Rogerio Mutacho wanted, he called out Jackson calling him a �golden boy�.� JJ has won 6 straight fights, and he�ll look to become a possible title contender with a win in this one.� Jackson is coming off an impressive win over Martyn Musgrave at NGF 33.� Jackson is very well rounded, he can work in all areas, but he prefers the stand up.� He is very good with kicks and clinch fighting.� He will land a very high number of strikes and will finish most fights.� I think the way you want to game plan him is to get him to the ground and look for a submission.� Rogerio Mustacho has an impressive resume of wins, his only loss in his career is Jack Poldi.� Mustacho can pound opponents standing and on the ground.� He loves to throw heavy kicks and once he softens an opponent up, he�ll get a takedown where usually the fight ends.� He has shown some good skills in the clinch as well.� This is a great fight, FOTN front runner at this point.� The fight should produce the next title contender.� PREDICTION:� Mustacho 2nd round TKO
Heavyweight Fight
#6 Elbrys Gora (12-2, 0-1 NGF) v #3 Leifur Le (6-3, 3-0 NGF)
NGF 37 will see the return of the former heavyweight champion Leifur Le.� After successfully defending his title at NGF 27 Le fell off the radar.� The story is that the NGF brass offered Le a few different fights, and neither Le nor his people even returned calls.� So it was decided that the title be stripped from Le as an inactive fighter.� Well he�s back.� We still don�t know what happened or the reason behind the hiatus, but we don�t care, he�s back and ready to get back to kicking ass!� Elbrys Gora was built up to be the next title holder, someone who could hold it for a long time.� He disappointed everyone with his 1st round loss to Sam Winchester at NGF 33.� He went back and worked on holes, one being the way he was outworked in an area he should have had the advantage, the ground.� The other concerning thing will be is the cut that stopped the title fight.� He will need to do a better job of defense in this one.� I think Le will try and keep this standing; he has a decided advantage on his feet.� Gora being the black belt will obviously look to make this a ground game, but Le is very good there also and is a brown belt.� This is a great matchup; I can�t wait to see how Gora has trained for this and if Le is still at the top of the MMA game.���� PREDICTION:� Le 2nd round submission
Lightweight Fight
#6 Heraldo Magnifico (11-4, 1-0 NGF) v #9 Pasi Nurminen (12-6-2, 1-1 NGF)
Fantastic matchup between to lightweight division title hopefuls.� Herald Magnifico is a former Divinity champion at featherweight.� He came to the NGF and changed to the lightweight division, he looked in his first fight at 155 to have a noticeable speed advantage as he was able to get a TKO win over a fantastic fighter in Clean Jaude Damn Vame.� Heraldo is a good all-around fighter with exceptional boxing and wonderful wrestling.� He will spend most of the fight standing and in the clinch, he doesn�t use as much wrestling as you would thing, but he has excellent take down defense skills as opponents are only taking him down at a 8% clip.� He will use his remarkable Muay Thai skills to control a clinch situation.� Pasi Nurminen, the winner of 4 FOTN awards is a really fun and exciting fighter.� He�s the type of fighter that you will pay to see each time he�s on a card.� As good as he is, he has just 2 wins in his past 7 fights and has got to get a winning streak going.� He has sensational boxing skills and his conditioning is 2nd to none with 7 decision decided fights, 6 wins.� He�ll be very active, aggressive and he�ll push the pace of the fight.� I think this will be up for FOTN because these two love to stand and throw, that�s where I think this fight will spend most of the time, standing.� Magnifico has the better power, so I think he could end this one.��� PREDICTION:� Magnifico 3rd round KO
PRELIM CARD
Middleweight Fight
# 10 Jima Jamm (9-3-1, 0-0 NGF) v #11 Jun Xian Lee (7-4, 1-1 NGF)
Jima Jamm makes his NGF debut against Jun Xian Lee and will look to improve upon his 5 fight un beaten streak.� Jamm has just 1 loss in his last 7 fights with 1 draw.� An exceptional Muay Thai fighter, he�ll look to get the fight in the clinch and go to work.� He has a very high strike land percentage in the clinch; also he has good defensive skills.� He�ll be able to adapt his game to any fighting style, he holds 3 FOTN, 1 SOTN and 1 KOTN awards.� He is a brown belt in bjj, but he doesn�t have the best submission skills, he�s completed a submission just 8% of his attempts, and he was 0-11 in his last fight.� Jun Xian Lee is coming off a submission loss in his last fight at NGF 26 vs Facaloto Gals, but that loss broke a 6 fight winning streak.� He�ll take this fight anywhere it has to go, but he is deadly on the ground.� He�ll look to get a take down, and he loves to ground and pound and he�ll finish with a submission if it�s there.� He can get a little sloppy which has led him to a 3 submission losses.� I think you�ll see Jamm look to stay standing, box some and for sure try and close the distance and get this fight in a clinch.� Lee will fight too, but you�ll see him try more for the takedowns and make this a ground fight.�� PREDICTION:� Jamm 2nd round TKO
Lightweight Fight
#8 Ryan King (8-3, 2-2 NGF) v #3 Makoto Shibasaki (7-3, 5-2 NGF)
A grappling and wrestling matchup between Ryan King and Makoto Shibasaki.� This is the 2nd time these two will face each other, in the first fight these two fought a hard grappling match with King getting the armbar victory.� King loves to get a fight to the ground, how much so, he�s averaging more takedown attempts then strikes standing up.� He�ll wrestle anyone down, soften up and look for submissions.� He�s a hard worker, but he�ll wear himself down at times, he loves to throw strikes on the ground, but has a pretty low landing percentage at 28%.� Makoto Shibasaki is coming off a win at FN 14 vs DoDo Bird by way of a decision.� Makoto doesn�t have great power or finishing skills; 3 of his last 4 fights have gone to a decision, but he does have a strong ground game.� Shibasaki is landing strikes on the ground at a much better clip then King at 57%.� This fight will be mostly a ground game, both fighters will work hard on the ground, but Shibasaki has better ground defense and ground striking.�� PREDICTION:� Shibasaki decision
Bantamweight Fight
#6 Augusto Cruz (5-4, 4-4 NGF) v #16 Jack Judo (3-0 NGF)
Here�s a fight with a rising star in Jack Judo who says, you know what, I�ll take on the better fighter, I�ll take a chance.� We have so many fighters starting to only look to fight other fights that they seem to be the clear cut favorite, well sometimes you don�t get perfect matchups.� Judo says, fine, I�ll take this challenge.� Augusto Cruz has now won 3 straight and has him inside the top 10.� He will try and get inside the top 5 with a win over Judo.� Cruz is coming off a split decision win that Ron Sieler was all upset about, saying Cruz ran from him.� One thing for sure is that Curz will need to be ready for a top ground opponent in Judo.� Cruz likes to keep it standing, doesn�t mind getting into the clinch and will chop away at the legs of any fighter.� His last KO was at FN 7 when he knocked out Sieler with a beautiful head kick.� Jack Judo is a pure bjj specialist.� He is so good he�ll get to the mat anyway possible, once there, he�s averaging almost 10 submission attempts a fight.� Here�s what stinks, he has thrown exactly 0 strikes standing up and he is averaging around 2 strikes attempted on the ground.� He is takedown�submission�that�s it.� Cruz has to keep this standing, he�s pretty decent on the mat, but Judo is a better grappler.� The problem is, the longer this goes, the more worn out Cruz will get, and he doesn�t finish fights, so this could end up being Judo.�� PREDICTION:� Judo 3rd round submission
Bantamweight Fight
#14 Yun Fat Chow (2-0, 0-0 NGF) v #9 Bill Nevin (8-4, 0-0 NGF)
�Now here�s a fight I�ve been waiting to see, I am so excited to see what these two NGF rookies can do.� Yun Fat Chow doesn�t look like a fighter, 6�1� 145 lbs�um, yeah, change Fat to Pencil.� Supper skinny guy, but his reach is a huge advantage.� He�ll land jabs, but his reach is best when he can just reach out and grab an opponent and pull him into the clinch.� In the clinch Chow has been special, he has shown sensational Muay Thai skills, and he landed 14 elbows in his last fight.� He has out classed the two quick fight opponents, but he has his first real test in Bill Nevin.� Nevin is a former SPFT champion at both 135 and 145 lbs.� He is so well rounded, great footwork and is super exciting to watch.� He�ll spend most of the fight boxing, he is averaging almost 28 head punches, 20 body punches and 18 kicks a fight.� He is also good on the ground, often being able to get out of bad positions, reversing and if not just getting right back to his feet, he�ll land significant strikes.� Another area that makes Nevin so good is his strike defense, he is very slippery and hard to hit.� This will look weird, as Nevin will come up to the middle of Chow�s chest, but I think Nevin, if he can stay out of the clinch can work over Chow.�� PREDICTION:� Nevin 2nd round TKO
Featherweight Fight
#6 Diego Brandao (0-0 NGF) v #3 Andreas Almdudler (5-1 NGF)
Andreas Almdudler will go back to the drawing board and try to start another title run starting with MMA rookie Diego Brandao.� Brandao will get his first career fight in this one vs a very strong opponent.� He�s a Rodrigo Oliveira managed fighter, training in Montreal at Warriors of Torment Gym.� Oliveira is the manager of other NGF fighters such as Vinicius Oliveira, Milan Savic and Armand Battailen.� All reports about Brandao are that he likes to stay on his feet.� He�ll stand and bang, but he also holds a brown belt in bjj.� We hear that he is still developing his wrestling game, but he does have finishing power.� Andreas Almdudler looked to be on top of the featherweight division, but he lost against Vito Ferrari in their title fight at NGF 33.� In that fight Almdudler was exposed as a 1 trick pony, going for 3 takedowns, failing, then getting put to sleep with a head spinner of a head kick.� I for one am hopping Andreas went back and really worked on his stand up game and defensive skills.� He averages 6 takedowns a fight, he gets almost half, and when he�s down, he is simply a beast, but most of his damage has come against weak competition.� If he expects to one day be a champion in this weight class he needs to get a better game plan, he cannot just shot for takedowns every chance he can.� He is facing better competition now; he has got to round out his game.� I still like Almdudler and his experience in this one.� PREDICTION:� Almdudler 2nd round TKO
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