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TR47: GRIM REEFER

Event Preview: TR47: Grim Reefer
Thibodeaux's Rogues
2022-04-16, The Island, Hard Knocks - The Island
Author:Maurice Simmons

MAIN EVENT: Darren Dalton vs Robbie Hall


Bantamweight Title Bout


Ladies and gentlemen, the fight we've all been waiting for. This one is scheduled for 5 rounds for the undisputed bantamweight title. Introducing first the challenger!! This man is a mixed martial artist with a professional record of three wins and one loss. He stands 170cm tall and is weighing in at 133.6 pounds. Fighting! Out of Berlin, Germany. Presenting, the number one ranked bantamweight contender in the Island, Darren "Dangerous" Dalton!! And now introducing the champion. He's a mixed martial artist with a professional record of five wins and one loss. He stands 165 cm tall, weighing in at 123.4 pounds. Fighting! Out of Arlington County, Virginia. I present to you the reigning, defending undisputed Thibodeaux's Rogues bantamweight champion of the woooooorld, Robbie Hall!! Dalton has won three straight fights and all of them by way of submission. He has mediocre wrestling and striking abilities but makes up for all that by maintaining a BJJ Brown belt.


Khabieber Numeragomedov: Maurice bratha, brown belt is not enough to win vs wrestler like Robbie Hall. To win fight with BJJ you have to get fight to ground first and get dominant position, without wrestling you can't do this bratha. This is not trash talk, I speaking truth.


I appreciate the feedback my brother. Moving on, we have the champion Robbie Hall. He has just captured the title from Frankie Venegas and also avenged his only loss in that same event so he heads into this fight with high morale. He, like his opponent, posseses a brown belt Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and he also has strong wrestling in his arsenal. In his last fight he showed crazy improvement compared to the fight he lost vs Venegas and from here on he'll continue getting bigger and better. He also has been working a little on his boxing to diversify his offensive options, this should be cause of concern for every bantamweight in the Island. Hell, EVERY fighter in the island should be concerned because we know how Arcalimon the Coach operates. Khabieber?


Khabieber Numeragomedov: Thjs guy is real deal. He is real deal bratha. He is er, improving as wrestler and I think with little bit more training he will become the best.


CO-MAIN EVENT: Obi Ojo vs Kiase Quama


Heavyweight Title Bout


Khabieber Numeragomedov: My bratha let me first say, for Obi Ojo, this is number one easy fight in heavyweight division.


Maurice: How though? Because Kiase is 3-0 in Kickboxing and held a belt at now closed TRIUMPH.


Khabieber Numeragomedov: This is not kickboxing. This is MMA. In kickboxing you don't worry about things like takedowns.


Maurice: I think for this fight though things like takedowns won't really matter because Obi Ojo is also a striker. I don't think he'll go for a takedown at all.


Khabieber Numeragomedov: It no matter bratha. He is going to lose. He not motivated for fight also. How he gonna win? Tell me bratha


Maurice: He is a good striker like Ojo. I believe with his striking he stands a chance but as you pointed out so he's not fully motivated for this time. Most likely because he's manager hasn't been paying him much attention lately. In my opinion that's what decreases his chances of winning, but stylistically he has a decent chance of dethroning the heavyweight king. His striking matches up fairly well with the champion and it's no doubt that in KT his chin was tested quite a few times but he's still undefeated. Him not being at full morale deprives us of a crazy fight, but let's see what type of performance he can give us.


Khabieber Numeragomedov: Bratha, I'm telling you, this guy will be smeshed. All this stuff about kickboxing champion is number one bullshit-


Maurice: Moving on to the champion. Obi Ojo is yet another nightmare from Nigeria. The 26 year old is undefeated in professional mixed martial arts and he has won all fights via KO. Only two of his six opponents have survived the first round. He's currently the fourth most hyped fighter in the organization, a win on this card will surely sneak him inside the top three.


Khabieber Numeragomedov: 6 fights, 6 KO's. Bratha I try to tell you he will not lose this fight. I think now he can only lose to great wrestler


Maurice: Luckily for him there aren't that many wrestlers in the HW division


MAIN CARD BOUT #3: Marko Oberlander vs Calvin Green


Marko Oberlander has probably had one of the best career turnarounds I have ever seen. Losing his first three professional fights by KO, Oberlander has managed to do what many thought he could never do and win his last 4 fights by knockout in the first round. After his third loss something definitely snapped in this guy's head because that comeback was crazy. Just almost a year ago (in Tycoon time) he was considered one of the worst fighters on the island but now he's ranked #40 on the island. Khabieber?
 

Khabieber Numeragomedov: He fight good for past, er, few months. I'm glad he fights like this now because he's a good fighter and it's not good seeing good fighters perform badly.


You can say that again man. His opponent's career has been quite the up and down journey too. Calvin Green with two wins but then was matched up against a tough challenge in Thomas Isle, a challenge he failed to overcome. From then on he hasn't been consistent. He's a guy that packs a massive punch but we learned something new about him in his last fight, he's a bleeder. I believe he should use His power to finish the fight fast before he bleeds to a loss.


MAIN CARD BOUT #2: Dawah Ohno vs James Crazyhorse


Not gonna come here and sugarcoat things, this is NOT a fight I'm looking forward to. Both guys come in with barely 50% morale, these guys either have no purpose in life or they're forced to step inside that octagon and throw hands.


Khabieber Numeragomedov: These guys don't want to fight. I don't understand why their managers book them. Why? I don't understand. As a fighter, MMA should be your life. I don't understand why these guys are not motivated.


It's just business for them I guess. Crazyhorse is managed by Chuck which is kind of disappointing because Chuck is an OG manager and he knows how detrimental a fighter's morale is to his success. Well, I'm done expressing my disappointment and it's time to highlight their strong points. Crazyhorse has a weird fighting style, one that has a good mix of boxing and BJJ. Judging by his past fights it seems that he uses his boxing for defense against standup strikes while he finds a way to get the fight to the ground where he can use his BJJ purple belt skills to finish the fight.


Khabieber Numeragomedov: It is creative way to fight but I don't think he will win a lot fighting like that. He needs wrestling, everybody needs wrestling. You can't smesh without wrestling. Even best strikers have little bit wrestling. He needs wrestling.


The 26 year old Dawah Ohno is currently riding a two fight losing streak, the last time he won was in his debut against Crazyhorse. He's a traditional striker with some decent wrestling. There's really not much to say about this guy.

 

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