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 Preview : UFC - 001 Jay vs Butler
Going down on 17th May in Tokyo is UFC - 001 Jay vs Butler at Hayashi’s Lounge. Lets take a little look at what we can expect from this card.
Bobby “Beats” Brown (1-2) vs. “Gentle” Jack Byrne (3-0) 265lbs
Its hard to find an area where Brown excels, he has all round skills, but they aren’t exactly brilliant. He faces a similar opponent in Byrne, but Byrne has the all round skills to compete everywhere. Byrne excels at wrestling and will likely force Brown to carry his weight for 3 rounds and grabbing a UD.
Adlan Amagov (2-1) vs. Aiden “Angry” August (1-2) 170lbs
This will probably be a standing fight but Amagov will want to clinch up with August who is a superior boxer. Amagov has better Muay Thai and wrestling and has shown he knows how to use it in his 2 career wins. Im taking Amagov via decision.
"The Transman" Ellen Littlejohn Wilson Greenbaum Hagler (5-0) vs. "Croc Boy" Shintaro Nomo (4-0) 170lbs
One of these guys will lose their undefeated records. Hagler is a ground specialist with 3 career wins via submission its no secret what he would like to do. However Nomo is no joke as he has KOed two opponents and submitted the other two so he is no rollover. He is a superior wrestler and striker and will likely sprawl and brawl his way to a victory.
Matt Keelock (2-0) vs. Lord “The King” Susanoo (1-2) 185lbs
Keelock is a striker, he has 2 KO’s on his record and he showed truly devastating power. His weakness may be to get him to the floor where he has poor wrestling and he is unranked in BJJ. Susanoo has shown in his lone win he can pull of a submission but he is prone to the KO. I have a feeling Susanoo may be able to drag this to the floor and get a sub.
Shun “Rolling Thunder” Masaru (2-1) vs. King Typhaze (1-2) 185lbs
Masaru had competent stand up skills and a blue belt but nothing that really stands out. Typahze has amazing Muay Thai but very little else. If he can secure a clinch on Masaru he may be able to pummel his way to a win but I have a feeling Masaru guts it out and pulls of a decision or a submission.
Heishoro “Katana” Mitsuguri (3-0) vs. Matti Veijamo (2-1) 185lbs
Mitsuguri is a Muay Thai specialist with decent enough wrestling to keep himself upright. He has good head kicks and likely holds a psychological edge over Veijamo due to alreadt having a victory via decision over him. Veijamo is a boxing machine, and he is no slouch at Muay Thai. He lacks a ground game but Mitsuguri has shown to be better already and I expect him to pick up another win against Veijamo.
"台风" Roy Li-Taylor (4-1) vs. Chao "Chao Chao" Ming (3-0) 265lbs
Taylor is an all-round monster, holding very good skills in every facet of MMA. His only weakness may be his chin. It may very well be tested against Ming who himself is a knockout specialist who uses his boxing to win. He does not have the well roundedness of his opponent and I think that will be his downfall in this fight. Taylor by submission.
Dark Vengeance (3-1) vs. Buan Chaka(8-2) 205lbs
Vengeance’s strength is his Muay Thai where he can likely give a lot of people trouble with it including Chaka. Chaka is a very experienced submission artist with the wrestling chops to get him in the positions to do so. It comes down to clinch vs. ground and seeing as though Chaka has faced a wide variety of opponents and come out on top im taking him here for his 8th career submission.
John Mahoney (8-1) vs Trevor Reznick (5-1) 205lbs
Mahoney is an accomplished grappler with a brown belt and good wrestling as he has used those tools to rack up an impressive record. Against Reznick though, who likely has better wrestling and far superior striking skills Mahoney will have trouble getting this fight to the floor and Reznick will punish him standing up to pick up a TKO victory and move closer to a title shot that inevitably awaits him in his future.
Juicy Jay (10-0) vs. Nigel “Checkmate” Butler (3-0-1) 265lbs
The reigning 265lbs champ Jay is taking a non title fight here, he has used his impressive counter wrestling game along with wicked muay thai to go undefeated in his first 10 fights, with all 10 wins coming by (T)KO. Butler has the all round skills to trouble most people but against such a specialist such as Jay he will find trouble standing against him. I expect Butler to look to take this to the ground but Jay will do what he does best and score another win via KO.
Until next time,
Michael Brakeley
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