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CFS 9: Warrior Within Preview

Event Preview: CFS 9: Warrior Within
Crucible Fights: St.Petersburg [190K+ ID]
2013-04-13, St Petersburg, Hayashi's Lounge - St Petersburg
Author:Ville Coleman

Prelims

(155lb) Georgi Shatov (0-2) vs Joao Ribeiro Da Silva (1-1)
In our first bout of the evening Da Silva will use his superior MT on Shatov and score the KO

(155lb) Jonny Rotten (pro debut) vs Harland Sanders (0-4)
Sanders desperately needs a win here, but is having some morale issues (no surprise really, who wouldn't have when your record is 0-4) so Rotten will probably start his pro career victoriously.

(205lb) Alexander Joe (3-2) vs Clint Eastwood (1-0)
Joe is the favourite here if the fight goes to the ground, but Eastwood is likely going to dictate the standup with with his boxing skills. A very close fight that can go either way.

(265lb) Nikola Mracajac (1-0) vs Alexander Goranov (1-1)
Goranov is the better striker here but Mracajac's got the wrestling to take Goranov down and he is likely to do so and finish the fight via submission.

(155lb) Murat Kahaladze (2-2) vs Andrey Kurokov (0-1)
Kahaladze is a good wrestler and has got some decent gound n pound but Kurokov's brown belt ground game is probably going to be too much for him. I predict that Kurokov is gonna win this one via submission in the 1st round.

(170lb) Luca Carmine (3-2) vs Andrey Durmedov (2-1)
Durmedov has got good wrestling skills and some decent submissions and he will be looking to get this fight to the ground as soon as possible. Carmine however has got pretty decent TDD skills and I think that he can keep this one standing long enough to get to Durmedovs chin and score the KO.

Main card

(185lb) Gordon Brown (2-0) vs sam Winchester (4-0-1)
Our first fight on them main card is a battle of two undefeated middleweights. Stylistically these guys couldn't be more different. Brown is a wicked BJJ artist whereas Winchesters is a heavy handed boxer. It is interesting to see if Brown can take Winchester down early or will Winchester be able to keep the fight standing. If Brown doesn't succeed in his first few takedown attempts he will be in a world of trouble and Winchester should knock him out pretty quickly.

(185lb) Piston Hyundai (2-1) vs Risto Velttonen (2-1)
Two very talented middleweights step in the cage in our second fight of the main card. Hyundai is coming of from a fight of the night performance when he defeated talented striker Joao Ribeiro Da Silva by split decision in RFF 3. Velttonen suffered a dissapointing loss in the same night when he got knocked out by the current champ Luiz Lindland. Hyundai is the best wrestler in division and will look to take Velttonen down and unleash his ground n pound on him. Velttonen is the better striker but he is no slouch in the ground either. This is a should be great fight and it's hard to predict the winner, but I'd give Hyundai a slight edge due to his superior wrestling.

(155lb) Benny Bernardo (4-0) vs Bernard Benton (3-1) for the lightweight championship
Our co-main event of the evening is a battle for the belt between two tough guys with confusingly similar names. Benton became the first ever CFS lightweight champion when he defeated the tough challenger Randy Silva on RFF 4. Bernado comes to the CFS with perfect record after a good run in NGF. He has finished all of his fights with head kick KO's so his muay thai is something to be afraid of. The champion is the better wrestler and will be looking to take Bernardo down and punish him with ground n puond. That will be no easy task because Bernardo has never been taken down in his career. It's not that his TDD is unstoppable, most of his opponents just haven't even had a chance to try the takedown as they have found themselves lying on the ground after being KO'd by a huge head kick. This should be the toughest fight in both guys careers but I think Bernardo's power might be the difference here and he has a good chance of becoming the new lightweight king.

(265lb) Adam Sullivan (10-1-1) vs Ethan Barry (7-2) for the heavyweight championship
Oh boy, what a treat we have got in our main event of the evening! The heavyweight king Adam Sullivan returns to the CFS cage when he defends his belt against CFS new comer Ethan Barry. Sullivan has destroyed his opponents by two highlight reel KO's in his two previous CFS appearences and is the most feared striker in the HW division. On paper there should be another highlight KO in store for Sullivan in this fight. Barry has got decent striking skills but he should be no match for Sullivan on the feet. Barry has also got 2 submission victories on his record, but I don't think that he's got the wrestling to take Sullivan down. Despite all things pointing at Sullivan's victory, we know that anything can happen in the fight game. If Barry can somehow beat Sullivan this Saturday and get the belt, it will sor sure be the biggest upset in CFS history! 

 

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