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18 April 2015
The Underground - Sydney
Main Event
Eddie Kiely v Sandor Clegane - Heavyweight Championship
Eddie "The Face" Kiely - Champion
Record 3-1-0
Height 195cm
Weight 265 lbs
Age 23
Keys To Victory - Knockout Power, Heart, Well Rounded
Sandor Clegane
Record 5-1-0
Height 190cm
Weight 230 lbs
Age 21
Keys To Victory - Knockout Power, Cardio to Burn
The main event of the night is the much anticipated clash of the titans in the Vanquish arena, when the current heavyweight champion Kiely steps into the cage against Clegane. Kiely has been near unstoppable in Vanquish with his last two fights not even reaching the third minute, "The Face" will look to continue that trend on Saturday night against a man who is not afraid to stand and bang with seemingly anyone. Kiely's weight advantage could be a key factor in this fight, will it work to his advantage in the power department, or will he slow quicker then the pure athlete Clegane?
Kiely has all the tools to finish this fight on the feet, the only question is whether he can keep the pace with Clegane.
Clegane comes into this fight on a 5 fight win streak, all of them coming by knockout or TKO. In Cleganes Vanquish debut he steam rolled the promising Dwight Powell in a shocking 58 seconds. Cleganes counter striking and mix of cardio and speed on the counter strike may see him walk over the champion. The local crowd will no doubt get behind there own in Clegane on Saturday night, however the luck of the Irish in Kiely may very well spoil that party. Get ready, this one will be an absolute slug fest for the title.
Co-Main Event
Ricardo Silva v Edwin Valero
Ricardo Silva
Record 6-3-0
Height 190cm
Weight 210 lbs
Age 28
Keys To Victory - Granite Chine, Dangerous Submissions, Brown Belt BJJ
Edwin "Hands Of Stone" Valero
Record 2-0-0
Height 188cm
Weight 210 lbs
Age 25
Keys To Victory - Knockout Power, Determined, All Heart
The co-main event hosts two highly touted contenders in the Light Heavyweight division that could very well result in the winner getting a shot at the rampaging champion Danzig.Silva comes into the fight with a solid record and most impressively all his career wins have been submissions, in a division full of dangerous strikers the BJJ specialist will always be dangerous no matter who he faces, if you have a limb, he will try to pull it off.
His opponent Valero comes into this fight on the back of two KO/TKO finishes, one only took 12 seconds, whereas the other just 34 seconds. The pure punching power of Valero may stop Silva in his tracks, because if Valero connects it will hurt, no matter how tough his chin is.
Feature Fight - Welterweight rising stars.
Bruce Dundee v Boris Ivanov
Bruce "Croc" Dundee
Record 2-0-0
Height 184cm
Weight 181 lbs
Age 25
Keys To Victory - Knockout Power, Big Heart, Aggressive Striker
Boris "Handsome" Ivanov
Record 2-0-0
Height 174cm
Weight 176 lbs
Age 25
Keys To Victory - Rounded Striking, Good Submissions, Purple Belt BJJ
The featured fight of the night sees two of the rising stars in the stacked Welterweight division square off. Dundee looks like he could become a force in the division with a unique mixture of heart and pure knockout power leaving him as a very dangerous striker. Dundee's aggression and willingness to go forward in a fight leaves not only the crowd entertained but his opponents bruised and battered, when you fight Dundee you feel it for a week after. The "Handsome" Ivanov will look to get this fight down to the ground at all costs to try and utilise his superior BJJ game, his only other option is to try and slow the rampaging Dundee with leg kicks. The intensity and willingness of both fighters should set the tone for the nights main events, a fight to definitely watch.
Fight Card
Eddie Kiely v Sandor Clegane - Heavyweight Championship
Ricardo Silva v Edwin Valero
Bruce Dundee v Boris Ivanov
Dwight Powell v Sione Tokalu
Alfie Solomon v Lucas Lynch
Stan Ian v Vanilla Extract
Max Mason v Reggie Marlow
Dicky Fatton v Saul Singer
Khalid Albabba v John Shelby
Elinaurus Big v Bishop Kane
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