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HONOR FC 23 Glory By Honor Event Review

Event Review: HONOR FC 23 Glory by Honor
HONOR Fighting Championship
2014-07-12, Las Vegas, The Parisian
Attendance:5,250, Event Rating:212
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HONOR FC yet again returned to the Parisian in Las Vegas; this time for HONOR FC 23 "Glory by Honor" in front of a capacity stadium as fans from all over the world rushed the gates to see these incredibly talented fighters put on a show.







Ayrton Da Silva (0-1) vs Dario "All-in" Sakara (5-2)







I expected Sakara to use his great ground game to put away the energetic newcomer. Instead he was able to keep it on the feet and use huge bombs to stop this in the first.







Prediction: Sakara Sub Round 2 Result: Sakara TKO Round 1







Tommy "The Terror" Cottero (27-11) vs Boris JorJovsky (14-10)







A KO in favor of the dangerous Cottero was always on the cards here. JorJovsky is a high level grappler with limited stand up, and "The Terror" has never been submitted. Boris tried time and time again to bring this fight to the ground and was largely unsuccessful. Cottero was able to counter strike as he stuffed takedowns until he landed a big shot in the second to land a big KO victory.







Prediction: Cottero (T)KO Round 3 Result: Cottero KO Round 2







"Veliki" Ljuti Hrcak (17-4) vs Rickson Bravo (10-7)







I'm actually pretty surprised by this result. Not the fact that Hrcak won but that Bravo did not utilize his superior stand up once; literally; he did not attempt to throw one punch. Instead he laid on his back looking for submissions while Hrcak controlled the top and cruised to an easy victory.







Prediction: Bravo (T)KO Round 1 Result: Hrcak UD







Sub Norris (24-16) vs "Muharebe Tanki" Murat Orgun (23-17)







Unfortunate loss for Norris in this one; he was actually en route to a dominant decision with superb takedown ability and ground control. He was giving Orgun all he could handle until late in the third when Orgun was able to sweep the dominating Norris and land in the mount position where he used savage ground and pound to stop the fight.







Prediction: Orgun UD Result: Orgun TKO Round 3







Dack Fayden (14-6) vs "The Impaler" Vladimir Ignatov (10-3-1)







Ignatov used a healthy dose of takedown defense and leg kicks to land a dominant decision victory over the dangerous Dack Fayden. Ignatov was never really in danger of losing this one as he was easily able to stop the takedown attempts of Fayden, control the distance, and defeat his over matched opponent.







Prediction: Ignatov (T)KO Round 3 Result: Ignatov UD







Troy Lancaster (12-2) vs "El Martillo" Unai Arana (13-6)







What was projected as a wrestling match turned into a great all around battle filled with high level striking and expert cage control. Arana came out looking to control the fight with takedowns but quickly changed his gameplan due to the takedown defense of Lancaster. Both men spent the next few rounds striking and looking for the finish. The big moment came in the third when Lancaster was able to push the challenger against the fence and use his power to put down Arana.







Prediction: Arana UD Result: Lancaster (T)KO Round 3

 

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