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 Dobber Snodgrass(Champion) (10-3, 3-1 HFC) vs. Turbo Epicity(4th) (7-1, 2-0 HFC)
Snodgrass is champion with 1 title defence. He mainly relies on his striking, Turbo is more well-rounded. Main statistics show big advantage for a challenger who is much better everywhere except boxing which is on the same level of 13. Both come to this fight on 3 fight winning streak. Interesting tactical matchup. Snodgrass likes to clinch, but will he try with much better rated wrestler in Epicity? Or challenger is going to exploit his wrestling advantage to finish a fight on the ground? Snodgrass strength may be his weight advantage as Turbo is nearly 20lbs lighter what can help a champion in effective clinch fighting.
265+lbs
Bragi Ragnarsson(3rd) (11-2, 0-1 HFC) vs. Abioye Nazari(8th) (7-5, 4-5 HFC)
Egyptian is real superheavyweight and Iceland's Ragnarsson is only a little bit lighter. Following his dissapointing debut "Drago" would be thirsty for revenge. He looks like a strong favourite looking at ratings and previous achievements, but Nazari can surprise him and most important it's superheavyweight class where everyone can finish a fight with one move, whether standing or on the ground. One thing is sure there - it would be very surprising if they pass 1st round, decision won't happen as in total of 25 previous fights they competed in.
185 lbs
Caliman Matos(11th) (9-5, 1-1 HFC) vs. Aloysius Wiremu(14th) (8-6, 2-3 HFC)
Classic confrontation grappler vs. striker. Matos is bigger guy of these 2 and he posses significant advantage on the ground. Wiremu is all about striking and he is capable of finishing that fight standing. He needs to avoid getting controlled and eventually submitted by the Brazilian who will pursue more of a takedown game as he needs to avoid that KO power Wiremu threaten him with.
185lbs
Suriname Bambele(2nd) (8-1) vs. Jonny Bones Junior(7th) (9-6, 0-1 HFC)
Bambele makes his debut and he is already 2nd in middleweight ranks. Top level muay thai artist is going to hurt Bones Junior in the clinch. American must keep the fight in the distance, try to KO his opponent. Bambele is all the favourite here with an advantage also when it comes to the grappling phase which is unlikely to happen there.
135lbs
Fenton Hilton(7th) (8-2, 2-1 HFC) vs. Mike Lowe(11th) (7-1, 4-1 HFC)
Hilton is higher ranked, but it isn't friendly matchup for him. He has way better grappling than striking ratings, but his last fights he was winning the stand-up phase or working effictively in clinch, but gave up takedowns and wasn't efficient on the ground. Lowe returns after his 1st career defeat to former title challenger in HFC Marcel Capuchin. But 19 year-old has much better striking ratings than his opponent what must cause troubles for clinch fighting of Hilton and British fighter won't go to the ground easily as well. Very interesting matchup to see.
170lbs
Leonid Dyachkov(13th) (3-2, 2-1 HFC) vs. Conor McGregor (4-4)
Dyachkov looks like the better of the 2, but he is less experienced fighting. Primarily a striker, he can be competitive on the ground as well. McGregor mixes his game more, but he is getting finished in the 1st round to often to be sure he can resist here while trading strikes. He needs something special in that fight.
205lbs
Thomas Peterson(14th) (4-1, 2-1 HFC) vs. Stefan Michalak (2-2, 0-1 HFC)
Peterson is more well-rounded, Michalak about his KO power. Both guys are still in a development, so that fight is very much open and hard to predict. That makes it very interesting as warmup for the fans watining for Hardcore Fighting Championship stars.
185lbs
Piet Kriel(15th) (10-8, 7-7 HFC) vs. Radosław Tomaszewski (3-1, 1-0 HFC)
Kriel is one of the most experienced fighters on the roster. He is going to fight for 15th time in the promotion. Tomaszewski does it for 2nd time only. Polish fighter won his debut by crushing KO. He is way better striker of the 2 with Kriel slightly better grappler. Tomaszewski should avoid that counter takedowns and brutalize his opponent who is way off shape and would have hard weight cutting to do at current level of energy.
265lbs
Randy Curran(14th) (4-2, 2-1 HFC) vs. Frank Shewmacker (5-5, 5-5 HFC)
While Shewmacker is more experienced inside promotion, he just won 2 out of last 6 keeping him out of top 15 inside heavyweight ranks. Curran is superior striker of the 2 and remains a prospect despite surrending close decision to Holley last time. He should take it by KO in order to improve his rankings. Shewmacker must win to keep his position any serious as he is down to the very bottom of promotional ranks.
265+lbs
Ken Tanaka (1-2, 1-2 HFC) vs. Ray Stuckey (1-0)
Tanaka is pretty well-rounded guy with highly rated skills for his age, but beginning of his career was dissapointing one. Stuckey makes his debut for promotion. Tanaka much bigger, Stuckey is actually a heavyweight, but has even more impressive ratings for his age. Great fight for an opener to warm fans up with some slugfest by the heaviest of competitors!
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