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CFC 259: Triple Header Review

Event Review: CFC 259: Triple Header
Canadian Fighting Championship
2012-08-19, Montreal, Montreal Sports Complex
Attendance:13,000, Event Rating:399
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CFC 259: Triple Header Review
 
Sunday, August 19 marked a watershed moment for the Canadian Fighting Championship as its three-title fight card set new promotional records for event rating, attendance, fighter pay and revenue. It was undeniably the most successful event in the storied history of the longest-running promotion in MMA Tycoon history.
 
Don’t forget to tune in to more CFC action this weekend with two fight cards, including championship fights in the Featherweight and Light Heavyweight divisions.
 
The night led off with the middleweight championship fight between Remy LeBeau and Big Pox. This was the second time in seven weeks the two had met with Pox winning a decision victory in their first meeting. The second contest proved to be another tightly-contested affair. LeBeau was able to mix in a few takedowns to help secure rounds and had slightly more success with his diversified attack. It was enough to give him the edge on two scorecards (49-46) while Judge Robert Douchet bizarrely awarded the fight to Pox (47-48). It’s safe to say we’ll probably see these guys meet for a third time sometime in the future.
 
The co-main event featured the return of Antonio Montana, CFC Welterweight champ, who has been travelling to find the highest quality of opponents possible. Meantime Kimble Cho has been a wrecking ball in the CFC’s 170 division, rattling off five consecutive wins after dropping his promotional debut. Montana’s power and strong jaw proved to be too much for the challenger however, as he was edged out in the first round and then knocked out in the second. Montana now will take another contest outside the CFC before returning to defend his title in early to mid September.
 
In the Heavyweight title fight, Spartacus Thracian was looking for his first title defence after upsetting former champ Mandla Bangizwe just a few weeks prior. Unfortunately it wasn’t in the cards, as Kearney McGarrity seized the opportunity to defeat Thracian for a second time, simultaneously claiming the title for a second time after a savage head kick knocked Thracian down and McGarrity finished the fight with some brutal GNP from mount. McGarrity is expected to fight in three weeks time against
 
Hull earned his shot at the title after taking advantage of Hugh Rection’s propensity to bleed, cutting him open with some nasty elbows in the clinch through the first 11 minutes of the fight, eventually forcing the official to stop the contest. It’s another frustrating defeat for Rection, who has proven time after time he’s one of the top heavyweights in the CFC when he can avoid having his paper-thing forehead getting skinned like a fish.
 
Former CFC Middleweight champ and one-time welterweight challenger Brett Isildor is marching back up the ladder towards another shot at the 170 crown with a decisive third-round stoppage of Takashi Katsumoto. The veteran used a combination of head shots and leg kicks to rattle his Japanese opponent and eventually topple him. His next match on September 8 against Shawn Kronburger will likely determine the next challenger to Montana’s belt.
 
It has been over a year since Garrick Ballantyne last appeared in the CFC cage, a victory over Hall of Famer Ervin Castillo. Coming off three straight wins in Synchronicity, Ballantyne stopped Tapdance Extravaganza in the second round after getting dominated in the first. The opening stanza saw Tapdance take down, and hold down, Ballantyne, who had nothing to offer on the mat. But every round starts on the feet and Ballantyne took advantage of that in the second frame, stuffing a number of takedowns before blasting the talented wrestler with a  hook that put him down and out.
 
Black Hammer continued his ascension up the CFC ranks with his second win in as many weeks, decisioning Kevin Peter Hall.
 
Also in the 155 division, Stanton Friedmon rebounded from his first round knockout loss to Hammer the week prior with a quick submission win over Pantero Athrox, who was eliminated from the CFC’s International Lightweight Tournament in the first round. With two consecutive first round losses in less than two minutes, it goes without saying that Athrox’s CFC job is in jeopardy.
 
Douglas Quaid fought a near perfect fight against Napolean Bonaparte in the 145 lbs division, completing four of his seven takedown attempts and peppering his opponent with strikes until he was able to secure the submission in the final seconds of the fight. The impressive performance earned him the Sub of the Night honours.
 
And finally in the opening bout of the card, Floppy McPoppins pulled off a miraculous comeback against Chip Freedom, who knocked him down in the first round and controlled the fight in the second. IN the third frame, McPoppins was able to get Freedom down and delivered some punishing ground and pound that resulted in the stoppage. A great fight to start the card.
 
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