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Super-Heavyweight Championship bout
Tito "The Warrior" Griffin (8-3-0, 7-1-0 KOTB) vs. Conrad "The Joker" Mcgillicutty (5-3-0, 1-1-0 KOTB)
The next fight of the evening will see the return of the reigning, defending King of the Beach Super-Heavyweight Champion Tito "The Warrior" Griffin as he looks to defend his belt for fourth time. After facing Hall-Of-Famer Lungu twice in a row he dispatched of Slavko Pakula in a mere 48 seconds.
Conrad on the other hand is coming into this fight just off a loss to Lungu, but he has impressed the matchmakers enough to warrent him a shot.
We know from previous fights that the champion is very comfortable at range and the clinch. With his granite chin and massive KO power he hasn't have to worry there for a long time. However, this might be the first time he has met his match there. Mcgillicutty might actually have the advantage here. On huge flaw in Mcgillicutty's game is his groundwork though. Griffin sports some solid takedowns from the clinch, and owning a purple belt against “The Joker's” white belt, he probably has a huge advantage on the ground.
Mcgillicutty might make good use of his size advantage, but this fight definatly seems to favour the champ.
Co-Main Event
Lightweight Championship bout
Dag "Dregen" Daghammar (8-0-0, 7-0-0 KOTB) vs. Verner Stolt (5-1-0, 1-0-0 KOTB)
The second championship fight of the night will see Dregen defend his title for a 5th time, however this may be his toughest challenge yet. Let's just say it, Daghammar might have the best chin in all of the org. The man has had some hard fights, like the one against Estima, but lately he has been amazing. He's coming of two first round finishes, and till this day remains undefeated.
His opponent, Verner Stolt is a relative new fighter to KOTB, but boy did he impress in his orginisational debut. It took him less than three minutes to put the first loss on Mat Diaz' record and he did it mostly boxing against the boxing prodigy.
Daghammar is very wellrounded, but he prefers to either box at range or strike at his opponent from top control. If that doesn't work he also has quite a solid clinch game. It doesn't look like the clinch or at range will work that well though. Stolt excels at these areas, and Daghammar is at risk of being chopped up by legkicks if he doesn't get his boxing working. However, Daghammar is unbeaten for a reason, and if Stolt wants to win, he better be prepared for five rounds of hell.
Main event
Lightweight bout
"The Farmer" Isaac Curtis (7-0-0, 4-0-0 KOTB) vs. Janish Jasperdek (4-1-0, 4-1-0 KOTB)
The last fight of the evening pits undefeated old man farmer Curtis against submission expert Jasperdek.
We all know what to expect when we see Curtis fight. The Brit wearing the paintsplattered shorts is the prime example of a clinch-boxer. Solid takedown defence, combined with good boxing at range and some excelent dirty boxing on top of that. The former RSF champ does not seem to care the least about his jiu jitsu, but he hasn't had to worry till now.
I saw Jasperdek walking backstage today, and I have to say, I worry about him. He looks insanely muscled, like he gained ten pounds. On top of that, I suspect that he's overtrained, he looks tense, and not in great shape. It seems like he's in for a very difficult weight cut.
As far as his gameplan goes, he'll try to take Curtis down. His striking isn't bad, but he is not on Curtis his level. On the ground however, he sports a massive advantage. He's a purple belt, with all his wins ending by submission. Let's hope he's actually in a shape to impose that gameplan.
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