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 IXF XII
Organization: Island Xtreme Fighting
Date: 10 Apr 2021
City: The Island (17:00 GMT)
Arena: Hard Knocks - The Island (3,000)
Welcome Island Xtreme Fight fans to what is surely going to be the biggest event to hit the island thus far in the season! This show will be fire for sure as it will include 3 of the Islands top 10 p4p fighters and 4 of the top Middleweight warriors looking to lay claim to #1. We will also see our second Champion crowned as two of the more active Island fighters will collide looking to take home the gold.
Our Main Event of the evening is a showdown between the Islands #1 ranked Middleweight, Muay Thai specialist New Car taking on the #4 ranked Middleweight fighter Wrassling aficionado Mike Ziskie. These two warriors have stepped into the cage a combined 14 times so far this season holding a combined record of 12-2 and tonight is surely going to be a clash of styles with the winner having his hand raised in victory and the title belt place firmly around his waist.
185 lbs New Car v Mike Ziskie
New Car enters the cage tonight off a flash finish of Veteran Marcus Behnder at IXF VIII in a mere 0:09 running him over for the second time in three fights. Car had a gameplan in mind and was not going to be detoured making sure his claim as the top Middleweight fighter was firmly in his hands. Car is a very strong fighter and his 5 (T)KO finishes proves that point, he also isn’t much for hanging around very long as he has barely been in the cage for more then 2:00 total during his 3 pro fights. Staring New Car down tonight is Granite chinned Mike Ziskie, who has pulled off an amazing 7 submission victories to go with one defeat while on the amateur circuit. Ziskie pulled off a first round submission of Car’s training partner in his IXF debut at IXF VIII at the midpoint of round 1 and will be looking for a similar result today. Landing at 56% of all standing takedown attempts he is confident he will be able to dictate where this fight will take place and is going to be looking to end this one as early as he can and avoid the dangerous striking of Car. Both fighters look to be coming into this one alittle tired, hopefully that does not tarnish todays results in any way. I believe in this one, Cars wheels fall off and he tastes a submission defeat for a second time in his career as Ziskie will come out on top with a new bout and an 8th sub victory.
185 lbs New Home v Enzo Williams
In our next fight we see a very similar matchup to the nights Main Event as Muay Thai fighter New Home faces off against Wrestler Enzo Williams. New Home is managed by the same puppet master as New Car and he has the same exact fight style, he wants to shut your lights out as fast as he can so he can head home and relax in style. Unlike his training partner, he possesses true KO power in his hands which is surely going to be bad news for his dance partner tonight. During his 5 trips to the cage he relies mostly on head punches landing at 55% of his attempts with a secondary attack towards the body where he is much more successful at 75%. Home does not focus much on his defence as his opponents land at around a 70% rate on head strikes and 63% body strikes but the more glaring stat is he is yet to defend a takedown attempt. Williams on the other hand was a FA pickup by Island picador Callum McGregor and is looking to continue with his winning ways to seek a shot at gold in a top flight Fight Promotion. Word backstage is the going is too tough here in IXF and he has requested the release of all his fighters so he can find them easier fights elsewhere, but has a tendency to sack them following embarrassing L’s before management can hit the release button. However that’s not what we are here for, so lets get back to the fight at hand. Williams is determined to rely on his Big Heart and his successful takedown attempts finishing just under 60% of his attempts at range and 100% from within the clinch. Once he gets the fight to the ground where he is most comfortable, he has a tendency to just flail about throwing up whatever attempts he sees fit at that moment until something sticks, kinda like mom used to see if the spaghetti was cooked by throwing it at the ceiling to see if it would stick. His most dangerous weapon is his submission attack but the 9% success rate isn’t entirely scary so hopefully he has worked on that and we see an improvement in the future. As for today, this one will end quickly as New Home to turn the lights off and curl up on the couch inside of 3:00 of round 1.
185 lbs Ebubekir Siddik v Jeb Freeman
Once again we look towards the Middleweight division as undefeated wrestler Siddik (I refuse to try and type that first name again let alone say it dammit) faces off against BJJ specialist Jeb Freeman. Siddik is an IXF veteran having won all three of his dances including his last appearance where he pulled off a lopsided 30-26 victory over former Island #1 p4p fighter Ache Guarani. We have yet to see Siddik throw an offensive strike in any of his fights to date, relying solely on the takedown where he has been successful in 100% of his tries. Once on the ground he works his way into a dominant position and lays waste to his opponents landing his ground and pound attempts at a whopping 96%. Knowing Siddik is very quick, he will be looking to use that to his advantage to get the fight where he wants it however that could prove to be his undoing knowing his opponent is most comfortable on the mat as well. Freeman possesses a Granite chin which will likely come in very handy today as he is sure to take some punishment from Siddik. To date Freeman is 1-1 in his career and also maintains a 100% takedown success rate however differing from Siddik in what he does once he gets there, he prefers to advance just about as much as attempt submissions landing at a 33% rate when going for the tap or snap. Under normal circumstances I would say Siddik has the advantage and should pull this one out, but I cant stand that fucking name so my money’s on him coming up big with the L today as Freeman will grab hold of a limb and contort it in ways the body is not meant to bend until he is forced to tap for dear life!
170 lbs Zhang Wei v Eddie Bravo
And its rematch time here in IXF as we watch 2 warriors look to settle the score that could not be settled back at IXF IX. Wei is an odd ball who enjoys standing while reading his comics or enjoying a musical however he has still enjoyed a successful start to his season having won 5 fights in his 7 trips to the cage. Eddie Bravo on the other side of the cage has serious KO power however has never put it to good use, preferring to fight on the ground where he had successfully landed 4 sub victories compared to one defeat until he ran into Wei. Their fight was far from a barn burner, as Wei missed on most of his strike attempts and Bravo landed 40% of his takedowns, from there both fighters basically flopped around trying to improve their positioning however were only successful a combined 47%. They both worked for 15 submission attempts however neither combatant could find success. I called Bravo for the victory last time around and I am going to stick with it as I believe he will make the required adjustments to pull out the victory, lets just hope this one doesn’t drag on like the last one.
205 lbs Max Strasburg v Carlton Yonge
Kicking off our main card tonight is a Light Heavyweight showdown between Remarkable wrestler Max Strasburg and Proficient wrestler Carlton Yonge. Strasburg is an IXF original who sometimes battles which side of the confidence fence he prefers, losing in his debut by way of Guillotine submission but coming back in his follow up securing the Arm Triangle finish. His original manager saw something he didn’t like and cast him astray and has since been reclaimed by new management looking to continue on with his winning ways. Facing off against Strasburg is Determined fighter Carlton Yonge, who has enjoyed a pair of submission victories on the amateur circuit, and will be making his Professional debut today. Yonge comes at his opponents with a wide range of attacks from striking at distance, to some clinch work and a well balanced ground game. My money is on Yonge to continue his winning ways and beat up Strasburg before ending the fight in round 2.
Undercard fights
205 lbs Matthew Quigley v Phuck Yermutha
135 lbs Brett Shoenfeld v Pat Risher
145 lbs Leon Smalls v Issac
185 lbs War Path v Wanderlei Nogueira
205 lbs Larry Legend v Sergey Vinogradov
What a great night of fights we have in store for you fight fans, records will be broken, championships will be won and contenders will be clearly defined. Don’t blink or you will miss some of the action!
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