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Ultimate XC Inaugural Event
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Hosted at the Islands Micro Arena
Partnered with Island Xtreme Fight-Gear
September 12th 2014
Main card breakdown
Yaazi Qyzan (0-0) vs. "to" Tall Trees (0-0)
135 pound weight class
Same as many bouts on the card, this will be each of these fighters first professional MMA match. Qyzan sports what appears to be your standard boxers build, with the ability to possibly keep the fight standing. Trees is an unusually built fighter with an incredible reach. Fighters taller than seven feet are rare enough, but this one is fighting in the 135 division. His skill set is a good balance of standup and ground game. We will see if his MT background leads to making space with his length and mixing in some kicks, or for the clinch game. Really looking forward to this interesting matchup.
Polisk Irvin (1-0) vs. Lock Down (0-0)
205 pound weight class
Irvin is a former police officer coming off a TKO victory on his first fight on Sept. 3rd. It has been said that he has a granite chin but this was hardly tested from some light ground and pound. He has proven to have adequate ground defense but will not likely have to utilize it in this match. Down is a MT guy with proficient wrestling ability that I am guessing is primarily defensive. Unless I am way off base, don’t expect this fight to be decided on the ground.
Scotty "Bad Gas" Fartsmells (0-0) vs. Brian Max (0-0)
135 pound weight class
Fartsmells is a MT specialist with respectable wrestling skills that likely are tooled to keep the fight standing. Max is a boxing specialist that appears to have the same defensive wrestling skills as Fartsmells. This should be an explosive standup battle that I do not expect to reach the judges.
The Co-Main Event
Ottone Fiorentini (0-0) vs. Harold "takedown" JCrockett (0-0)
205 pound weight class
Fiorentini has a balanced skill set of boxing, MT, and wrestling. He may be able to mix things up and keep the fight standing. If he is not able to stay on his feet, he will be in trouble here. JCrockett is a ground specialist with wonderful wrestling and sports a blue belt in BJJ. JCrockett will be in a hurry to take his opponent down because he has absolutely no standup game and could be knocked out in a hurry.
The Main Event
Ryan "The Tiger" Williams (1-0) vs. Hirooki Goto (0-0)
135 pound weight class
Williams finished his first professional fight quickly with a crisp takedown and effective ground strikes. He used his balanced skill set to capitalize on his opponent’s weaknesses and kept him from working his game plan. On paper it does not look like he will be able to control this fight nearly as easy. These two fighters have equally balanced skill sets. Williams does have an advantage in his hands, with slightly better boxing, but that can be counteracted with a good game plan. We will see if Goto tries to keep the fight in the clinch or bring the fight to the mat and test Williams’s defensive ground game. This fight has the potential to go the distance.
Undercard
Amine Nesquick (1-0) vs. Yukazi Hirouni (0-0) in the 265 pound division.
Dong "Hard" yu (0-0) vs. Bunaidi Pakpahan (0-0) in the 205 pound division.
Lev "Zveruga" Zverev (0-0) vs. ej Penn (0-0) in the 205 pound division.
Patrick "Mean" Dean (0-0) vs. bo Vito (0-0) in the 205 pound division.
Joe "Jake" Jack (0-0) vs. Jimmy Bronz (0-1) in the 135 pound division.
Written by Wayde Bowser
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