Madness 43 in Review

Editorial by Outlaw Bleak

Madness 43 The Pursuit - Event Review

Saturday's card was full of exciting match-ups, ranking shake ups, and fighters looking to make their bid for a shot at the crown! Welcome Madness fans to Madness 43 The Pursuit.

Standing in for the regular writers, I'm J.W. Hardman from across the street at HFC and even I'm a fan of Madness MMA! So lets jump right into last night's action, shall we?

In front of a sold out crowd at the Hard Knocks arena in Montreal, the fighters of the Madness roster were ready to go, and the crowd was amp'd up to see some action. The early cards helped hype up the crowd with some great finishes, the first four by (T)KO, and only two fights making it out of the first round all night! You have to admire the great finishes up and down this card.

Pinero Chai vs Jewel Diaz

In our main event of the evening, Jewel Diaz coming off a tough loss to Ryan Rodriguez in his last championship fight, snapping his 7 fight win streak, and 4th title fight within that span. Looking to bounce back, he had no easy opponent in Pinero Chai.
These two acted like this was a title fight and expected it to go the 5, but unforunately, we only had 3 rounds in this one. This fight was back and forth all three rounds. While Chai, as expected, was the more aggressive striker, Diaz was by far the dominant on the ground. There was no quite between these two warriors, and neither one was able to finish off the other.
The judges, like most of the crowed in attendance, were torn on who won the fight, and it showed in the results.
"Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a draw!"
Great fight, but there will have to be another in the works down the road to settle this one. Give it up for both of these fighters, and I look forward to seeing these two face each other again one day. I have a feeling there will be a finish in that one...

Dro Qanar vs Jason Solo

In a fight with everything on the line, these two warriors stood in the cage with only one thought on their mind... destroy.. my... opponent... This co-main event had two fighters both riding momentum, and each with a quick finish in his thoughts.
That was exactly what was on Solo's mind looking for a quick takedown and finish. Unfortunately for solo, with equally as quick reflexes, Qanar locks in a quick triangle forcing the hapless Solo to tap out.
Not much else to say about a fight that only lasted 28 seconds. The wave of momentum Solo was riding in on was snapped before he could even think about what his second move was going to be.
Jaycen Solo spoke after the fight, saying 'Excellent job by my opponent. I look forward to learning from this experience and coming back a better fighter.'. Congratulations to Qanar on another spectacular finish! (SotN)

Ivan Izquierdo vs Xmus Jaxon Flaxon Waxon

Our third fight of the evening takes place between two fighters jostling for position within the light heavyweight division. Almost in carbon copy fashion, this fight gave the fans an idea of what was to come between Qanar and Solo.
FJW (sorry, but i'm not typing that repeatedly.) shot in for a quick takedown, and after a few seconds, found himself at the mercy of a brilliant show of BJJ when Izquierdo was able to get an arm under FJW's chin, locking in a tight RNC. FJW was forced to tap out, or pass out, all in a matter of 43 seconds. The fans loved it, Izquierdo loved it, and FJW will remember it as he goes back to train to bounce back. Great finish by Izquierdo who now looks ahead to see where he lands in the rankings after this fantastic finish.

Fritz Hammer vs Mr Large

In a super heavyweight fight between two accomplished fighters, both with proven ability standing and on the ground, a rumble was sure to be in store. Madness fans were on their feet, the arena was thumping, and the big boys were pumped and ready to throw down!
In one of the better fights of the night, these two giant men stood toe to toe and slugged it out. Blood was everywhere, these behemoths looked like vikings of old midst a war torn battlefield, the final two standing, but only one could walk away.
Large was the more aggressive, and more accurate striker. Hammer had no answer for his strikes, especially his kicks where he landed a combined 12 of 12 strikes to a combination of head, legs and body. Excellent display, Mr Large.
Eventually, Hammer was able to take the fight into the clinch, but was equally unable to capitalize as Large again was the more aggressive, acurate, and clearly dominate fighter in the clinch.
As the fight never made it to the ground, it was simply a matter of time before Mr Large turned off the lights for Hammer, only seconds before the bell to end the first round.
Excellent all around performance by Mr Large, a clearly dominating victory over a good opponent. Look out rumblers, Mr Large us moving on up the ladder!
Other fights this event:

Bane Darwin (W) vs Raykuza Maui KO (Punch) 4:32 Round 1.
Daaniel Teteny (W) vs Kojura Nakagawa Submission (Kimura) 1:57 Round 1.
Don Piano (W) vs Kolby Khaos TKO (Strikes) 4:10 Round 1.
Ando Fumiaki (W) vs Gabriel De Souza TKO (Cut) 3:55 Round 1.
Juodasis Vaiduoklis (W) vs Saggy Dinglestomper KO (Head Kick) 1:16 Round 3.  (FotN)
Hardrefil Mikli (W) vs Alan Robinson TKO (Strikes) :27 Round 1.  (KotN)

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