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 Good evening ladies and gentle men, this is your man Furious Styles once again at the scene of a future brutal battle site! Xtreme K1 Combat proudly brings to you Xtreme Combat 2 and this will take place at The Underground in London, where an even one thousand crazy blue bloods will bear witness to sheer brutality, knockouts, bleeding, pain and victory!
There are ten fights lined up for this event and each one will bring a different type of fight. For the last fight of the night, I’ll call that match the “Battle of Mayhem” as both fighters have the same last name. No worries, this isn’t your Cain vs. Abel setup so there will be no blasphemy. Instead, there will be two warriors locking horns to prove who has the better brand of mayhem, if you will. And there is a title fight as well for the Welterweight Championship, so you don’t want to miss that!
Starting with the Lightweights on the card, George “Cableguy” Van Dyke (1-0) and Damien “DDog The Destroyer” Oquinn (0-2) step into the ring to battle one another! I truly hope Van Dyke doesn’t try to press his nipple against any windows on the way to the fight, or hell, even in The Underground for that matter! Also, I hope Van Dyke’s management team makes him fully aware that there are no submission victories in kickboxing, so if he tries a Rear Naked Choke like he did against Mauricio Mack, there’s going to be a problem! Oquinn has had a rough start to his MMA career, but something tells me he has an excellent chance to earn his first victory in this fight. Reliable sources tell me that Van Dyke has been seriously overtraining and his energy level may not be where it should be for a fight!
I’m not sure what Van Dyke’s management team is thinking, but hey, that’s their business. Maybe Van Dyke fights better when he’s very tired because there’s a sense of desperation. I don’t know, but I think that’s a very risky move so I won’t be surprised if Oquinn wins this battle.
The Welterweight Championship is on the line between Ossilus “Razorwire” Chiarmanda (2-1) of LEGION OF DOOM and “Abadoth” Tomasz Ziemowit (6-3)! After dropping his first fight, Chiarmanda has won two fights in a row and is looking to really make it matter for this title opportunity! Ziemowit brings more experience to the ring, which may help him, but I’ve been told his management team hasn’t given him new clothes for a while, and that’s never good! If he goes into this fight with low levels of morale then in my opinion, he’s really in trouble. He won his last fight but apparently isn’t feeling all that good about himself because of the worn clothing he’s being asked to wear. That’s a damn shame!
If I were a betting man, I’d put my money on Chiarmanda to win the Welterweight Title. It’s possible that Ziemowit could pull this off, but I just don’t see that happening, short of a miracle, but that’s just my opinion.
The last Welterweight battle on the card places Ash Zahard (1-2) and Jake “Spartan” Koreshkov (1-0) in the ring to do battle! Zahard may opt to use his height advantage in this fight, but I again have been told that he’s another fighter who is overtraining and thus, his energy level won’t be where it should be for a fight! Come on management teams, let’s get this together and prepare these fighters properly! Going into a fight with little energy is just asking to have that fighter’s ass handed to him! Zahard is on a two fight losing streak and I don’t see him turning that around against Koreshkov.
Koreshkov appears to be the far fresher fighter for this battle so I would put my money on him. He’s not at an elite gym but there are quality coaches and fighters there, so he should have a solid foundation from sparring. I wonder if he’ll enter the arena on a horse and will wear a crimson robe and carry a gold shield? Just wondering!
The lone Middleweight fight pits Mikael Heikkinen (0-0) of Cold Blooded Killers and “Killer” Clay Moreton (0-1) across the ring from one another! Heikkinen will be making his debut so that’s always interesting when a fighter first hears the shouts of the crowd while trying to keep his focus on his opponent! He has the weight advantage in this fight and may try to use that weight in the clinch by leaning his weight against Moreton to make things more difficult. Moreton lost his first match by Unanimous Decision so he’ll obviously want to turn his fortunes around as quickly as possible.
It seems to me that Heikkinen has the Muay Thai skill advantage in this fight and may rely upon those skills to win his debut. He’s also wearing the far more interesting clothing with that smokin’ hot young lady on the shirt, so my money is on him just for that fact!
Four Light Heavyweight battles are the main meat of this card so let’s break those down! Jake “The Mauler” Gustafsson (3-0) and Jay Merel (1-0) of LEGION OF DOOM will start us off in that division. This will be a very good fight because both men haven’t tasted defeat and that provides extra motivation to keep things that way! Gustafsson has sound boxing skills and will more than likely use his height advantage to try and keep Merel at bay with his punching. Merel has a slight weight advantage so he’ll probably try to get in close and lean his weight on Gustafsson in the clinch and use his very good boxing skills to punish Gustafsson.
This is a difficult fight to call in my opinion because both men are very good boxers and they both train at excellent gyms with excellent sparring partners. Whoever wins the battle of wills win with this fight. Gustafsson may have a slight advantage because of his slightly better fighting experience but that may not even be a factor when all is said and done.
Allen “The Lock” Key (1-0) and Sesto Vjadenek (0-1) continue the Light Heavyweight momentum, but ladies and gentlemen, I’ll keep this review short. Reliable sources tell me that both fighters have been overtraining for this fight and neither one of them has the energy to make it out of the first round! Seriously!? Managers, let’s get this together with your management team! When your fighter has a fight, make sure he’s rested and ready! For this fight, I’ll go with Key because he’s older and probably more physically capable of fighting on low energy than the young upstart Vjadenek. Either way, I don’t think this fight lasts long because both men will be too tired to defend themselves well. What a damn shame!
The third Light Heavyweight battle brings us Kazimeras “Ice Cold” Klasson (1-3) of THE STEEL PENN ALLIANCE – the Alliance in the house! – and Heraclio “The Titan” Olmos (1-0) of LEGION OF DOOM to fight it out! Klasson finally got off the snide with a knockout victory by way of a head kick, which is very impressive because he’s known to be a sound boxer who doesn’t like to kick at all. Olmos is said to have very sound Muay Thai skills and his knockout victory by way of a knee backs that reputation up. Olmos also wins the battle of the hair for this fight, just in case you were wondering.
Now I never go against an Alliance mate so I’d like to see Klasson win this fight, but I think that’ll be a tough order to follow because Olmos looks like he feels better about his victory than Klasson does. However, I never count out a boxer because they always have a “boxer’s chance” with the potential knockout punch, so this fight boils down to better fight planning in my opinion. We’ll see which management team has the better approach to this fight.
The final Light Heavyweight fight of the evening takes place between Je “Tornado” Tunaki (2-0) of THE STEEL PENN ALLIANCE – can I get a what what!? – and Paul “9mm” Ming (0-0) of the Swedish Fighters Alliance! Tunaki has the obvious experience factor in this fight as Ming makes his debut, but Ming is older and that may translate to a physical advantage over Tunaki. Ming appears to have the better boxing ability and he also has the height and weight advantage. He’ll look to keep this fight on the outside while Tunaki will want to get in close and try his hand at that. There’s a possibility that Tunaki may opt to counter fight for this match because Ming may come out throwing punches aggressively and potentially leave some openings, but that’s also difficult to say. This is another fight that I think boils down to strategy and the ability to outmaneuver the opponent to achieve victory.
The sole Heavyweight confrontation scheduled for the night goes down between Reynir Arn (1-0) of the Swedish Fighters Alliance and Fred “The Freak” Thompson (0-1) of Tycoon Alliance! Fred Thompson, finally a simple American name I can pronounce with ease, haha! Arn looked very solid in his professional debut and I see that momentum carrying over for this fight as well. I believe he has the ability to impose his very good Muay Thai skills against Thompson and possibly score a knockout. To avoid this, Thompson is going to have to rely on his assumed physical advantage from being four years older but from what I have seen, his kickboxing skills will not be enough to keep Arn at bay. Arn has better training and better sparring experience with very good fighters. All of that equals a big advantage over Thompson as I see it, so look for Arn to score a knockout.
Wrapping up the night’s events are the big sides of beef, the tow trucks, the Super Heavyweights! The “Battle of Mayhem” places Curtis (0-1) of ACME – St. Petersburg and “Murderous” Mick (1-1) of Cold Blooded Killers in the ring and this is for bragging rights on the last name as well as a shot to improve an MMA record! Curtis has the height advantage, Mick the weight advantage, and are somewhat close in terms of skill. Curtis will look to overcome a first round knockout loss while Mick will look to push his win streak to two. Mick may try to get in close and land some of those vicious elbows he displayed against Plower not too long ago. Curtis may have to be much more aggressive than was against Benvenuti if he is to keep Mick at bay.
Physically I think these fighters match up pretty well but Mick seems to be the more brutal, especially in the clinch, and if he’s able to get in close and use those elbows against Curtis, blood may flow and Curtis may find himself in a world of hurt!
Well good people, that’s my time and I have to get a couple of fighters that I manage ready for Xtreme K1 Combat 3, but that’s a different story for a different time. Be sure to catch the action of Xtreme K1 Combat 2 and be sure to look out for my summary of what transpired. Take care, be well, and remember that Steel Penn Alliance, and Xtreme K1 Combat, strive to bring you the very best at all times. Good night…and I’ll see you at the fights!
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