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I would like to welcome you all to Honor Fighting Championship’s Honor FC 2 Genesis. We will have two big title fights as well as eight other big fights. Meet the Future is still our event partner so they will have all of your HFC gear. Honor will host this event from the Hayashi's Lounge in down town Las Vegas. There will only be two thousand seats available so if you want to see the first ever Honor Fighting Championship Light Heavyweight and Middleweight Champions you will need to get your tickets right away.
Preliminary Bout Number 1- Light Heavyweight Fight (205lbs)
Dave "D" Davisdon (3-5) {0-1} versus "Dangerous" Phillip Finnegan (0-1) {0-0}
Davisdon has won three fights by submission but he has lost five fights. In the five fights he has lost four of them came by way of knockout. It has been proven that his chin is a little weak so he will want to get this fight to the ground as soon as he can. Davisdon will have a major advantage on the ground so if he can get this to the ground it should be an easy victory. Finnegan is a striker and will have the advantage in the striking department. He did lose his only fight by submission in the first round so he will need to work on his takedown defense in the days leading up to this fight. Finnegan may have the age but Davisdon has the experience and I am picking him to win by submission in the first round.
Preliminary Bout Number 2- Light Heavyweight Fight (205lbs)
Tim Tupy (1-0) {1-0} versus Cullen Bohannan (0-1) {0-1}
This is a rematch from ICON-LV 3 New Moon Rising. In that first fight Tupy won the fight by split decision. I felt Tim Tupy did enough to win the fight unanimously and I feel he will win the rematch. Tupy looked more aggressive on the ground and in the clinch. While standing Tupy seemed more aggressive while Bohannan did more damage. The damage was only slightly higher so I really felt that Tupy should have won the fight unanimously. In this fight Tim Tupy will need to be a bit more aggressive and finish this fight to leave no doubt in anyone’s mind.
Preliminary Bout Number 3- Welterweight Fight (170lbs)
Alex "Almighty" Irwin (1-1) {0-1} versus Keyser "The Con Artist" Soze (0-0) {0-0}
Irwin is coming off his first loss and he is anxious about getting that first win here in Honor Fighting Championship. The boxer and wrestler struggled in his last fight on the ground after getting the takedown. He should not worry too much about taking down Soze though, since he has no ground game. He is however a Muay Thai fighter and will be looking to take the fight into the clinch. From the clinch he will want to mix up his strikes while avoiding a takedown. I think Irwin will be too much for Soze to handle and I am picking him by TKO in the first round.
Preliminary Bout Number 4- Lightweight Fight (155lbs)
Bolius "One round fighter" Kalabokas (3-2) {1-0} versus Junior "The Red Pitt" Flores (2-0) {1-0}
Bolius has a nickname that describes him perfectly. In his five fights none of them have made it past the first round. He looks for the early knock out without caring about much of anything else. He will need to get the early victory in this one because it will be a disaster for him if this fight goes to the ground. Flores is more or less a boxer but he does have a back round in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Clearly Kalabokas is a better striker so Flores should look to get the fight down to the mat, from there he will be able to get the submission victory or burn out Bolius with grappling. I don’t think Flores has the skills yet to get this fight down and I am gouing to pick Kalabokas to win by knockout in the first round.
Preliminary Bout Number 5- Middleweight Title Fight (185lbs)
Dario "The Killer" Silva (3-0) {2-0} versus Donovan "Ronin" Robertson (4-0) {1-0}
This will be are first of two title fights of the evening. Silva is a Muay Thai fighter who loves to clinch. Dario has only finished one of his three fights, but he knows how to control and point out a victory. He has a very strong clinch and he loves to mix up his strikes in the clinch. Robertson is riding a four fight win streak in which he has defeated every one of his opponents by submission in the first round. Always looking for a chance to get the fight to where he feels comfortable I expect him to try and pull guard if Silva engages a clinch. If Ronin can get the fight to the mat rather he is on top or bottom I would feel a quick tap out coming for Silva. Even if Silva decides to work away from the clinch I see Robertson getting the fight to the ground and winning by submission in the first round.
Main Card Bout Number 1- Light Heavyweight Fight (205lbs)
"Wrecked" Stew Sauced (3-1) {1-0} versus Nissan "Gtr" Fairtex (2-1) {1-1}
“Wrecked” Stew Sauced appears to be a future star in the world of MMA. He has amazing striking skills and enough wrestling to keep the fight standing. He will be a tuff matchup for anyone here in HFC due to the fact he is a real student of the game. Sauced lost his first fight, but he is currently on a three fight win streak that does not appear to be coming to an end anytime soon. Fairtex is up to the challenge all though as he happily took this fight. Nissan is a striker as well and will want to stand and bang with Sauced. Even though I feel Stew is the better of the two it only takes one shot to end a fight. I think Sauced wins this fight by knockout in the first round, but one clean one on the button could send him to his second loss.
Main Card Bout Number 2- Featherweight Fight (145lbs)
Adam McGrath (4-0) {2-0} versus Dewayne Bryant (5-4) {1-0}
So far McGrath has yet to meet an opponent that can come anywhere near competing with his ground game. He is a wrestler and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighter that has had four fights, and he won all of them by submission. Since taking the step up in completion by signing with Honor Fighting Championship Adam has allowed both opponents to escape to the second round, but that is as far as any of his fights have gone. Bryant maybe the first opponent that can keep up with McGrath on the ground as he is a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and I think he might be a better wrestler. Out of Bryant’s five wins four of them have been by submission, but he has also lost four fights three by way of knockout. McGrath may want to consider trying to strike with Bryant, but I feel this fight will go to the mat where Dewayne Bryant will win by submission in the second round.
Main Card Bout Number 3- Welterweight Fight
Kevin "GroundnPound" Coonaments (3-4) {0-2} versus "Veliki" Ljuti Hrcak (11-0) {0-0}
GroundnPound started off with a three and zero record and look to be well on his way to becoming a superstar. He won two of those fights by submission and one with the ground and pound style noted in his nickname. Since that third win things have gotten away from him dropping four strait. He has been struggling to get the takedown and Coonaments does not have much of a stand up game so it is easy to see why things have been going bad. Hrcak is eleven and zero coming into his first fight in Honor Fighting Championship. Hrcak was ten and zero and then he had a long layoff before coming back to win his last fight. He is also a ground and pound style fighter and he is a former champion. He has the age and experience so I see him winning this fight easily so I will say it will be a TKO in the second round.
Co Main Event and Main Card Bout Number 4- Welterweight Fight (170lbs)
Bobby "The Next Big Thing" Shamrock (4-1) {0-0} versus "Cold Storm" Markus Vinicius (11-12) {0-0}
Shamrock seems to have a big advantage in this fight even though he is the younger of the two fighters. When you look at the skill set and training regiment you will say well Cold Storm has the advantage, but when you look harder at the fighters it should be easy to see. Vinicius may be slightly better at boxing that Shamrock but Markus has been knocked out nine times. Sure Vinicius has eighteen more fights and is nine years older but coming off four straight knockout losses which the last three where in less than a minute makes me believe there is something more important than fighting going on with Cold Storm. For that reason I have to pick The Next Big Thing to win this fight by way of knockout in the first round.
Main Event, Main Card Bout Number 5- Light Heavyweight Title Fight (205lbs)
Diego Russell (8-4) {1-0} versus Khru "OngBak" Maokhamphiou (4-0) {0-0}
It is now time for our Light Heavyweight Championship Bout! Diego Russell comes into this fight as the favorite with already having twelve fights under his belt. Shortly after turning twenty eight Russell was took his fourth loss of his career. He decided to pack up and move to Las Vegas and change up his routine as at the time he was five and four. Something sparked in Vegas as Russell won two fights that year and it seemed his career was rejuvenated. He turned twenty nine and then had his first fight here in HFC which was a big win, and then he was granted his first title opportunity of his career. Khru got into MMA at the late age of twenty five. Since turning pro OngBak has been on a tear winning all four of his fights. Russell is a ground and pound style fighter and he is deadly accurate with the ground attack, which scores a lot of points if he cannot finish the fight. His opponent OngBak is a striker thru and thru. Trained in Muay Thai he will be looking to avoid a clinch so he does not get taken down. At the same time he should look to throw a lot of head kicks mixed with some body kicks and punch combinations. This should be a great title fight and I am looking forward to it. I think Russell’s determination over that last two years of his life has been the key to his success and I think that continues, as I have him winning the fight by TKO due to strikes in the third round.
Two huge title fights plus you get to see Shamrock fight as well as Hrcak mix it up. These two are on a collision course with each other and it will be monstrous when they finally meet. If they both win here it should be each of their next fights. As always Meet the Future is the event partner so please pick up any shirts or shorts from there and be sure to thank the sponsors, they help pay the bills like your checks! This has been Tony Rossi with your event preview. The opinions in this article are strictly those of the author and may not reflect those of Honor Fighting Championship. Honor Fighting Championship owns all the writings and they may not be reused or retransmitted without written expressed consent from Honor Fighting Championship.
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