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HONOR FC Wednesday Warfare XVII Event Preview

Event Preview: HONOR Wednesday Warfare XVII
HONOR Fighting Championship
2014-05-28, Las Vegas, The Palmtree
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  Hey everyone, Calvin Hobbes here. I hope you’re all doing well. I’ll be taking over the previews and reviews temporarily as Dank Monk is searching for a new, permanent writer. I do have a fighter in this Org so my feelings may be biased, deal with it. Anyway, we have some pretty neat looking fights tonight as well as my boy West, fighting to reclaim the 185lb title. Anyway, here’s an idea of what you might be able to expect tonight, but don’t forget… ANYTHING can happen in the world of MMA. 

 

 

 

Preliminary Bout Number 1 – Welterweight Fight (170lbs)

 

“Mr. T” Oscralo De Santiuya (7-7) VS. Toby “The Duke” Fluke (6-6)

 

First up is a welterweight fight. It’s pretty interesting because De Sanitiuya’s younger brother is actually in my Org and had a very surprising loss this weekend. Anyway, both of these guys have been struggling in their recent fights. De Santiuya is on a 0-2 decline and is facing a very strong brown belt with Fluke tonight. He’s going to want to keep this one standing at all costs, he’s no match for Fluke on the ground and more than half of his losses have come from via submission. Fluke will be fighting for the first time here in Honor FC. He’s 1-4 in his last five fights and he’s looking to make up lost time in a new Org.

 

Prediction: Well, I was looking at both of these fighters’ stat sheets. I don’t think Fluke is going to be able to get this to the ground very easily. With his 5 knockout losses and De Santiuya’s KO power, I definitely think Santiuya will get the KO in this one.









Preliminary Bout Number 2 – Lightweight Fight (155lbs)





Julius Caesar (6-1) VS.  Junior “PittBull” Flores (4-3)







 

Caesar is the former Lightweight champion. He suffered his first loss last fight after being unable to keep his opponent off of him and got caught in a triangle, at the cost of his title. Flores has been here in Honor for quite some time. He had some nice KO’s early in his career, but lately his win one lose one record is less than impressive. His last three fights have gone to decision and he’ll be looking to keep this fight standing, and hopefully get the better of the standup tonight.

 

Prediction: I’m going with Caesar on this one, I don’t have much reasoning other than I believe he’s a much better fighter, sorry Flores.



 

 

Preliminary Bout Number 3 - Featherweight Fight (145lbs)

 

Jonathan “The Cheetah” Mvungi (8-7) VS. “Pretty Pete” Peter Parker (24-15)  







 

Time for some Veteran, elite fighters. These guys have got some serious skills everywhere the fight can take them. Parker has 11 years and a lot of experience on Mvungi, he seems to be better in every area aside from his hands. The key for Mvungi will probably be to utilize that one advantage that he does have and try to get away with the KO. I don’t think Parker has the same KO power as Mvungi and he’s lost his last 4 fights via TKO. His chin is getting more and more questionable every time out… he’s going to need a good gameplan to win this one.

 

Prediction: I think Mvungi has the energy, and power to get to Parker. Parker would be smart to try and get this to the ground, but looking at his past performances I’m not sure if he’s smart enough to make that a priority. I’m going with Mvungi via KO/TKO.

 

 

Preliminary Bout Number 4 – Welterweight Fight (170lbs)

 

Dario “All-in” Sakara (3-1) VS. Rickson Bravo (8-6)

 

These two fighters are Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Brown belts with some pretty good boxing skills. Very similar skill sets and a good matchup if I do say so. Bravo, despite being a few years younger will have a significant advantage in experience. I’m not really sure what either of these fighters are going to do as far as their gameplan, but it looks to be a pretty even fight.

 

Prediction: These “even on paper” fights are really hard to predict without knowing the fighter and their styles. Since I’m new here I don’t know them well and I’m going to have to go with Bravo since he has the edge in experience.

 

Preliminary Bout Number 5 – Bantamweight Fight (135lbs)

 

Eduardo Kuekuatsu” Alvarez (10-2) VS. Takeshi Watanabe (10-6)

 

For our final preliminary fight, we have what I think is going to be very one sided. Alvarez is really 5-0 in MMA. His other fights were in the HBGG league, which is basically no-gi BJJ. This man is incredibly talented and if this fight goes more than 2 minutes he’s definitely going to get this to the ground and get the easy submission. Watanabe is going to need to keep this fight standing and go for an early knockout, let’s see if he manages to muster up his muscle and put Alvarez away before he gets to utilize his superior grappling.

 

Prediction: I’m going with Alvarez 100% on this one.

 

 

Main Card Bout Number 1 – Lightweight Fight (155lbs)

 

Mac Hansen (29-20) VS. “Flash” Gordon Lefleaur (32-11)

 

First up on the main card, we have some seasoned fighters. They’re both 7-3 in their last 10 fights and prefer to stand and bang. We all know this makes for exciting fights and I think this one will deliver. Even though he prefers to standup, I think Hansens best bet here will be to get this fight to the ground where it seems to be more even. No idea what he’s going to do though, these higher level guys require more knowledge of their skills to have any idea what’s going to happen.

 

Prediction: Hm, I think Lefleaur is the better fighter here and will score the KO/TKO tonight.

 

 

Main Card Bout Number 2 – Middleweight Fight (185lbs)







K The “THE GREAT” Rad (12-4) VS. Kshitij Singh Negi (13-5) 

 

Next up is K The Rad, or The Bear Killer as I like to call him some indian dude whose name I won’t even bother trying to pronounce. These two guys are both well known for their Muay Thai and KO/TKO finishes. Rad is more of an outside striker and Negi likes to pull on people’s heads and basically rape them to death. I think the goal here for Rad will be to keep this fight out of the clinch as much as possible so he doesn’t take too much damage.



 

 Prediction: Not really sure who’s going to take this one, it basically depends on who is able to keep the fight where they want it. Given Rad’s awesomeness I’ll go with him via KO/TKO.

 

 

Main Card Bout Number 3 – Middleweight Title Fight (185lbs)







Arshnoor “THE BRUTALIZER” Singh (10-2) VS. “The Wasp” Wayde West (7-2)

 

This is the fight I’m most excited for as my boy West will be fighting Singh for the 185lb. title. This is another fight with two strong Muay Thai guys. Signh has a Ridiculous amount of OTN awards. Most were given by his own manager, which is why I strongly dislike this assclown. Anyway I don’t wanna say too much and step on too many toes, but whatever happens in this fight you can guarantee there will be plenty of legs flying around. May the best man win.

 

Prediction: Hmm.. as much as I want to say West is going to win this Singh is going to be a tough opponent and he has a few years of training on him, so I’ll go with Singh via TKO.

 

Co Main Event – Light Heavyweight Fight (205bs) 

                                                   

Jules Winnfield (20-13) VS.  “THE ANNIHILATOR” Jack Turnbull (18-8-1)

               

For our Co-Main Event, we have two fighters with a combined total of 21 OTN awards and I think it’s safe for us to expect a FotN here as well. Winnfield seems to be on a downward spiral as he’s lost his last 3 fights and he’s looking to change Org’s and mix things up to help him with this losing streak. Turnbull on the other hand is on a three fight winning streak and is going to look to keep it going. This is going to be a standup war for sure, the only question is who will survive?

 

Prediction: I’m going to have to jump on Turnbulls winning streak here. I think he’s riding high morale and will be very impressive in this fight.



 

 

Main Event - Welterweight Fight (170lbs)

 

“Rasta” Ziggy Cliff (21-9) VS. “El Martillo” Unai Arana (11-5)

 

Next up is our main event. Both fighters are in their prime and are riding a nice win streak. Cliff is probably sweating out the THC as we speak this dude probably smokes more weed than I do, what a champ! He’s a standup dude who has zero interest in taking fights to the ground, even though he does have a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. This man fights for the fans for sure. Arana is no pushover either, he's on a three fight win streak and I don't think he has any intention of cutting it short. In his last fight, he won the KO of the Night Award with a huge one-punch knock out against Jorge Dennis. I think the key for him tonight is going to be bringing this fight in the clinch, Cliff hasn't been there much in his career and when he seems to have some trouble landing strikes.

 

Prediction: I have no idea what's going to happen here, but this looks to be a great fight and a good decision for a main event. I think i'll go with Cliff since he has the edge in experience and he's still in his prime.

 

 

 

Again, this is my first time writing for Honor and I haven't followed too much on all of the events but this looks to be a really good Wednesday night and I’m really excited to watch it. I hope you guys have enjoyed this as Tony Rossi was a great writer and I hope I can live up to it. Let me know what you guys think and make sure to tune in tomorrow night for the review. Peace out!

 

 





 

-Calvin

 

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