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Barbarian Friday Night 1 Event Preview

Event Preview: Barbarian Friday Night 1
Barbarian Fight Club (ID 230K+)
2014-01-24, Rio de Janeiro, Wild Bob's Bar - Rio
Author:Tony Rossi

Welcome back to Barbarian Fight Club’s event previews. Today we will take a look at Barbarian Friday Night-1. As always our merchandise partner will be Mango Nutrition and they will have stands located in and all around the arena. Barbarian Friday Night-1 will be presented on Friday January 24th from Wild Bob’s Bar. It is a small venue so get your tickets now!

Preliminary Bout Number One- Heavyweight Fight

Junior “Massacre” Lima (0-3) {0-0} versus “The Sinister Kid” Louis Le Tueur (0-1) {0-0}

Lima is surly a striker, training in boxing and Muay Thai. In his first fight he lost by decision and in his second and third he was defeated by submission in the first round. Lima will want to get on the winning ways, losing your first three fights of your pro career can be devastating. Obviously he can only really strike so do not look for many if any take down attempts from him. Across the cage will be standing “The Sinister Kid” who is a wonderful boxer and proficient wrestler. Le Tueur looked terrible on the ground in his first fight, but did stuff fifty percent of his opponents takedown attempts. He looked a bit timed in the clinch, but he was fighting someone that was a lot older. In this bout I would exspet him to come out firing away and try to be the first to knockout Lima. If things get dicey he could look to shoot the double for some ground and pound. I am going to pick Le Tueur to win this fight by a very close decision since Lima has proven he can take a punch.

Preliminary Bout Number Two- Middleweight Fight

“Andinho” Anderson Silva (1-1) {0-0} versus Bruce Day (0-1) {0-0}

Silva is a respectable boxer, and he holds a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu so his ground game is not horrible. The nineteen year old Brazilian native will have the crowd on his side as well as the striking. In his split decision win Silva was able to stuff a lot of takedowns as well as hit a high percentage of head punches. If I was in Silva’s corner I would be telling him to throw more punch and worry less about everything else in this bout. Bruce Day is kind of a jack of all trades, but is not strong in anything. His ground game should be better than Silva’s and he should look to get the takedown nice and early. It may be hard to submit Silva considering both men are blue belts but the takedowns and ground control could get Day a decision win. Personally I don’t think that will happen, and I am going to pick Silva to win by decision.

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Preliminary Bout Number Three- Bantamweight Fight

“Pei_Pei” Matheus Peixoto (1-1) {0-0} versus “The Phenomenal One” Andrew Jennings (0-1) {0-1}

Peixoto is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu purple belt with his only win coming by way of submission. Clearly he will want this fight to go to the ground by any means necessary. Matheus does have some training in Muay Thai as well as some wrestling, and he should utilize that training to get the fight down to the ground and into a dominate position. “The Phenomenal One” did not look so phenomenal in his first and only fight getting submitted in only eighteen seconds. Jennings will want to change up his game plan for his next fight obviously. Jennings is a wonderful wrestler and will want to put Peixoto on his back, but he will need to stay active and try to improve position because you do not want to be in a purple belts guard for too long. I will not be able to make a prediction on this fight due to the fact I manage Jennings and would not want to pick against my fighter, or seem like a homer because I am always picking my own guy.

Preliminary Bout Number Four- Welterweight Fight

Georgie “Twinkletoes” Chapman (1-1) {0-0} versus Relo “Sempre” Seufoles (1-1) {0-0}

“Twinkletoes” is a wonderful wrestler with a little bit of boxing and Muay Thai training. Chapman does not seem like the kind of fighter who would want to stand and strike but he is improving his striking everyday which might mean we will see a different Chapman. Chapman is more of a ground and pounder who should be looking to take down his opponent as soon as the chance arises. Relo is a Muay Thai based striker who’s only win came as a split decision. He then lost his next fight by submission in the third round. “Sempre” has shown he has good cardio and a great chin, now he just needs to prove that he has great takedown defense and he could win this bout. I believe that Georgie Chapman will get the takedown and ground and pound his way to victory in the second round.

Preliminary Bout Number Five- Bantamweight Fight

Sergei “3be” Shunkov (1-1) {1-0} versus “Commander” Jake Malcomes (1-0) {0-0}

Shunkov was very impressive in his BFC debut, taking down a wonderful wrestler and then getting a submission in just eighteen seconds. Sergei does not have much of a striking game so clearly he will want to get this fight down to the ground, but I do not see an eighteen second submission in this fight, since his opponent is a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Even though Malcomes does have a purple belt I am not sold he will want this fight to go to the ground since he should have the clear advantage striking do to his boxing back round. In his only fight Malcomes was taken down and from the bottom full guard position he was able to finish the fight with a triangle choke at just thirty five seconds. I think Malcomes and Shunkov both have a lot of confidence in there submission games now, and I think the purple belt Jake Malcomes ends up with a first round submission victory, maybe even from the bottom again.

Main Card Bout Number One- Heavyweight Fight

Antonio Ignascio Erazo (1-0) {0-0} versus Chin HoKelly (1-1) {1-1}

Erazo will not get an easy debut to Barbarian as he will be taking on HoKelly who has already put two notches on his headboard in BFC. These two fighters have very similar styles as they are both wonderful boxers and respectable wrestlers. To continue the similarities both fighters like the clinch range dirty boxing style of fighting and this should promise to have a knockout winner. HoKelly is the taller fighter, which in a striking bout you would expect that to work to his advantage but I am not so sure in this one. Since most of this bout should take place on the inside the lengthiness of HoKelly could be his downfall. Chin although is the more aggressive fighter and that could come into play in this one. I am going to pick a first round knockout and I will flip a coin and say HoKelly wins it.

Main Card Bout Number Two- Welterweight Fight

Rajesh “Raj” Koothrappali (2-0) {2-0} versus Christopher “The Wolf” Newton (1-0) {1-0}

Both of these fighters are wrestling back round Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighters. Also both fighters are currently holding purple belts in the art of BJJ. Koothrappali is the better wrestler but in exchange of that Newton is better in striking. Basically I see this fight going down to the ground quickly. Newton has one hundred percent takedown percentage as he is one for one. Koothrappali is an abysmal five of twenty one in that department. The stats do not get better for the incredibly aggressive Raj as he has two submissions on fifty three attempts, while Newton is much better at one for eight. I think the over aggressive nature of Koothrappali will be his demise as I am picking Newton to win by submission in the first round.

Main Card Bout Number Three- Light Heavyweight Fight

Scott “Crusher” Bigelow (1-0) {0-0} versus Sheldon “The Doctor” Cooper (2-0) {2-0}

Bigelow is a Muay Thai fighter and wrestler so he can keep the distance and strike or clinch it up. In both of those spots in his debut to Barbarian Fight Club he will have an advantage over his opponent. Bigelow should look for another early head kick knockout but if it is not there he will want to go to the clinch to avoid Cooper’s takedowns. Sheldon Cooper is two and zero with both wins coming by submission in the BFC. Both of those submissions came in the first round and against the same opponent so now it is time to really see what he is made of. Will the brown belt be able to get the take down and another first round submission? My guess is yes, I see Bigelow getting taken down and submitted near the end of the first round.

Co-Main Event, Main Card Bout Number Four- Heavyweight Fight

Diego Nunes (3-0) {0-0} versus Jermain “Big Nasty” Johnson (2-0) {0-0}

Nunes is currently three and zero and he has finished all of his fights in the first round, two by way of doctor stoppage. He is a ground and pounder and will be looking to put Johnson on his back. It may be difficult to put Johnson on his back though seeing he is a division one wrestling champion who is also a ground and pounder. Johnson has stopped both of his opponents but in his last fight he had to go deep into the second round to get the TKO. This will be a very difficult fight to pick since both fighters are wrestlers who want to get on top and throw bombs. Johnson is a perfect nine for nine in takedown attempts while Nunes is three of eight. That is the deciding stat for me as I am picking “Big Nasty” to win this fight by TKO in the first round.

Main Event, Main Card Bout Number Five- Lightweight Fight

Zachary “Zap Zap” White (3-0) {1-0} versus Genki Sudo (2-0) {1-0}

Zach White is a remarkable boxer and respectable wrestler who has finished all of his opponents. White may have gotten lucky in his last bout as he was taken down by a submission artist and then was allowed back up to his feet. He took full advantage of it and knocked out Mendes shortly after being called back to his feet. Sudo is a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as well as a proficient boxer. Even though he does have some striking ability he will not want to stand and strike with White. All though I am not sure how the purple belt will get the fight to the ground as White is a much better wrestler. As long as White can stuff the Sudo takedowns he will have this fight in the bag. My prediction will be a Zachary White first round knockout.

This is the first of two big events over the weekend, so please look for the event preview for Barbarian FC 5: The Burst in the next day or two. As always Mango Nutrition will be the event partner so make sure you check them out for your nutritional needs. If you agree or disagree with any of these previews and predictions please let me know on the Smack Talk Forum Thread. Once again I am Tony Rossi and thank you for reading my preview of Barbarian Friday Night 1. All writings are owned by Barbarian Fight Club and this article may not be reused or reprinted without written expressed consent from BFC.

 

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