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 Hopkins Athletics Fight Clubs has put together an exciting event set for this Saturday at HFC – 22 to follow up Dominance last week. Check the smack talk threads as Juju said he’s the guy everyone needs to watch out for.
Johnny Rocket and Bonanza Cartwright we square off in the battle of winless wonders and Paris Alexandros and Ricky Figuera will have a Muay Thai contest. Both Manong Emong brothers will get an opportunity to improve their record in the cage, 1 will take on Gray Vick and 2 will take on Gary Vines and also The hound Baskerville will look to outmuscle Rory Dino.
The 3-0 Nightmare Farmery is looking to extend his unbeaten streak again but it wont come easy for him as Ovlla Joikhaaja stands in his way, literally. Ovlla is I no form an excellent standup fighter, but he however has a strong advantage in the standup over Farmery. He is a fairly average striker who generally looks to take his opponents down and control the action but he most likely will avoid attempting many shooting takedowns to preserve energy. In his last fight he was in a similar situation as Mike pans scored all 9 of his takedowns against him and landed an insane amount of ground and pound strikes in the fight taking away the primary skills Ovlla possesses. Farmery will look to copy Pans success and get this fight to the ground immediately.
The incredibly balanced Oscar Lola has given himself a quick start to his career at 5-1 he has won 4 Quick Fight Championship fights and will look to use his extreme versatility to his advantage against Jobert Kulot. Kulot is lethal in the clinch. In his last fight, he pulled Eric Gregg into the clinch and Gregg was stuck like Kulot was using gorilla glue. Once he obtained great position in the clinch, he went APE, landing 40 of 56 knees 4 more punches while Gregg missed every strike attempted. Versatile or not, if Kulot can get a hold of anyone look for blood and possible concussions to ensue. For Lola, since he’s so versatile, if he can score a few takedowns and work hard on the ground he may neutralize the clinch skills of Kulot, but likewise, failure to get there will result in a failure of consciousness.
Julian Lahm and Will Powers will collide after coming off of recent victories. Powers attempted a takedown on Henry Baskerville immediately at the start, which was countered by a takedown. Powers got very slick with his ground game leading to an armbar submission in less than 2 minutes. Lahm scored a knockout with a crushing strike to the temple of Manong Emong I turning him as limp as noodle. He went for a few punch combinations which proved to be golden in setting up his KO. Both fighters will look to do what they did last fight to won, Lahm has a deafening boxing and striking advantage over Powers and if he keeps the fight standing he will certainly leave with a KO or points for a decision victory. Likewise, If Powers gets the fight to the ground he will surely search for extremities to crank, twist and turn for a submission.
The Co-Main event of the night will put two of HFC’s finest fighters to the test, Andy Barclay is coming off of his HFC Fight Night 4 Mini head kick KO of Sky Walker to take on another undefeated fighter by the name of Miles Fonta. Barclay improved his record to 6-0 with 6KO victories all with head kicks IN THE FIRST ROUND! If you get my point, im trying to relay a message. THIS GUY’S FEET ARE LETHAL! Fonta on the other hand is a great boxer and a decent ground fighter. Fonta won his latest fight against Darren Russell in convincing fashion blocking all but one of his 30 takedowns and landing a whopping 90% of 147 strikes. We literally watched Fonta turn Russell into a punching bag for 15 minutes. Fonta certainly will look to out-strike Barclay but he will need a lot more power to win this fight. If he can get it to the ground he will not have much resistance in scoring points, but if he is as aggressive as he was against Russell he may end up with a cauliflower ear endorsed by Barclay’s big toe.
And finally our 185lb title bout will bless us with HFC’s #5 ranked Mike Pans looking to stay unbeaten with a successful title defense and dispose of Marcus Tischer while displaying his brown belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu. Tischer loves to get in the clinch and strike away, especially throwing excessive elbows. The concern here is that Pans will turn a clinch into a takedown within seconds and pound away at his opponent until they quit. He doesn’t attempt submissions too heavily but inflicts maximum damage from the mount. I missed Tischer’s last fight because I went to warm up my Cinnamon Bun in the microwave, I warmed it for 20 seconds and in that time I found Gary Vines out cold in the cage. Tischer knocked him out so fast he didn’t break a sweat and almost got another fight on the same card. Despite that victory, I don’t think his stand up game is solid enough to beat Pans with his strikes. Pans has shown us he is an EXCELLENT takedown fighter and against Ovlla Joikhaaja he omce again exposed his Ground and Pound brilliance. Look for this title bout to be the epitome of the classic Stand-up vs Takedown battle.
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