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A near capacity crowd filed in to the Parisian here in Vegas to watch the epic battles in the HONOR CAGE, the fans saw a dominant performance by the 185lb champ Baggins, as well as another big win for fan favorite Ziggy Cliff.
"Muharebe Tankı" Murat Orgun (22-17) vs Sau "I SUCK ,YEAH LITERALLY " Minneo (14-14)
Minneo came out very aggressive and threw a high volume of punches, the very experienced and dangerous Orgun was able to counter this aggression with a huge left hook to drop his opponent in round one.
Prediction: N/A Result: Orgun TKO round 1
Al "KO" Hallick (7-2) vs Derec "The Dirty" Waller (5-2)
Hallick certainly lived up to his nickname in this one, he was able to clinch his opponent early and decimate him from that position as he cruised toward a violent TKO finish.
Prediction: N/A Result: Hallick TKO round 1
"Manchester Black" Mikael Johansson (24-18) vs Dom Danky (23-14-1)
Johansson certainly earned a lot of respect here as he stepped into the cage on short notice with an unhealed cut from his last fight. "Manchester Black" came out very aggressive in this fight, as usual, and saw a lot of early success. It seems as if the injury got the better of him as it was opened up early on, he was eventually caught by the talented Danky and finished by strikes.
Prediction: Danky (T)KO round 1 Result: Danky TKO round 1
Oberyn "Steel" Martell (16-9) vs "Chairman" Mao Zedong (15-6)
As always Zedong came out to put on a show, undoubtedly why the fans love him so much. He implemented a good game plan by keeping his dangerous opponent in the clinch and using high volume striking to dominate the fight. However with a guy like Martell it only takes one significant slip up, which came in the third round as Zedong ramped up the aggression and began to miss with some big strike attempts. Martell countered hard while in the clinch rocked his opponent and forced the referee to step in.
Prediction: Martell (T)KO round 2 Result: Martell TKO round 3
Tommy "The Terror" Cottero (26-11) vs "The King" Oliver Queen (23-15)
Cottero really needed this one to get back into a position to reclaim his title, sadly for him he ran into the human freight train that has been Oliver Queen who certainly in the finest form of his career. Cottero actually put in a really great night of work and was switching levels and mixing strikes well. Queen was able to keep Cottero guessing as well with a great takedown in round one, and some serious power punching throughout the second. The final moment came when "The King" used the classic fake low, kick high combo and sent Cottero crashing to the mat with the KO of the night.
Prediction: Queen (T)KO round 3 Result: Queen KO round 2
"The Fallen Angel" Benjamin St Andre (29-13) vs Riley Cooper (21-7)
This was an incredibly tight fight between two men who were desperate for a win, and really needed a victory to get back in the running for a title bid. Cooper was able to win the first round because of a vital takedown. After that it was pretty much all St Andre on the feet as he was able to use superior footwork and crisp striking to take it on the score cards.
Prediction: Cooper UD Result: St Andre UD
Bilbo "The Brazilian Butcher" Baggins (17-3) vs Kato "Tsunami" Rin (22-10)
Baggins; HONOR middle weight champ; was able to retain his belt against the dangerous striker Kato Rin. The prospects of Rin winning a ground battle were never good, and we all knew he would struggle to keep the fight standing. Rin actually did a better job than expected by stuffing several take down attempts and landing some good shots on the feet, however the work rate, technical skill, and pure power of the champion was too much in this one. Rin did a good job of avoiding the strikes of the champ but still ate a large volume of ground strikes and spent too much time on his back to win in the eyes of the judges.
Prediction: Baggins (T)KO round 2 Result: Baggins UD
"Rasta" Ziggy Cliff (23-10) vs Bryan "Thunder" Larocque (27-13)
Despite going to to the cards this was an incredibly one sided fight, as Cliff completely threw Larocque off of his game by clinching early and often and absolutely battering his opponent. Given the dominant nature of this fight and the fact that his opponent is very skilled I would have to imagine that this victory pushes the insanely popular Cliff close to a title shot, as for Larocque I look for him to bounce back and come back really strong in his next fight.
Prediction: Cliff UD Result: Cliff UD
This was another highly rated fight for HONOR FC and it's great stable of fighters. Every time the guys come out under the HONOR banner they look to finish their opponents, and entertain the fans, in return we all get closer to becoming the best organization, and fighters in the tycoon world. For this we here at HONOR would like to thank our amazing managers for their commitment to the organization and the positive gameplan they instill in their fighters.
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