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Event Review: ICON:SP 4
ZyD XyD
2013-07-13, St Petersburg, Ice Box
Attendance:12,300, Event Rating:167
Author:Aj Henderson

 Felix Tilthammer over Jimmy Snuka Via Ko



                         

Felix Tilthammer over Jimmy Snuka Via Ko



In the main Event of the night we had what seemed to be a pretty good bout between two heavy hitters who promise not to disappoint and they didn't. The start of this bout was pretty aggressive with Snuka taking the fight right to Tilthammer hitting him with a nice body shot then engaging with the clinch. However I think Tilthammer ,being the older more experienced fighter, adapted his game countering perfectly and having a answer for the aggressive pace that Snuka had held. Snuka just could not keep taking those counters and it showed giving Tilthammer the first round Ko.



Bobby Moore over Lasi Leuka Via Split Decision



In this Co-Main event of the evening we had what would end up being one of the two back to back split decisions we would have on the night. This bout consisted of what MMA is about the bout had clinch action,wrestling,Jiu-Jitsu and kickboxing back and forth all fight long. Leuka did seem to press the pace at the start throwing lots of strikes causing Moore to back up early and often but that did not seem to phase Moore at all. Moore was able to keep it even on the feet,but what won him this fight had to be the takedowns at the end of both the rounds which judges always love seeing and are known to bolster you on the scorecards and edged him a W in the decision .



Sigvard Aurelius over Nuriel Leonard via Split Decision



The third bout of this night would have what would seem to be another split decision on what I see as a pretty dominant performance by Sigvard.Sigvard came out and stuck to his gameplan come out get the takedown and commence operation Ground n Pound, which he solidly did for 2 out of the three rounds. Leonard did have control all through the second keeping the fight standing and being able to engage in the clinch but just was not able to show enough for the judges likings.



Rik McRae over Aleksander Ivanov via Tko



In the fourth bout of the night we had a flawless performance from Mcrae who is starting to make a name for himself now. This fight did not last long after it started with Ivanov getting rocked taken down and finished Mcrae has shaken this weight class up as far as contenders go.



Taylor Davis over Duke On Roids



Rolling on to the fifth fight of the night we had another bout that ended pretty early in the first round. Davis came into this fight with one thing on mind and that was to knock out Roids and thats just what he did met in the middle and next thing you know roids was asleep what a display of power.



Quinton Lind over Konstantin Khavin Via Decision



Lind owned this fight from start to finish with his much superior striking game. Khavin stood up and tried to go blow for blow and failed and nearly was knocked out at the end of the fight.

 

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