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 CFC Christmas Event Preview
Ladies and Gentlemen, coming to you live where the Canadian Fighting Championship steps up with the big boys with another action packed event. CFC Christmas is a high end event coming to you live from the Ninety Three thousand plus LA Memorial Colossuseum in sunny Los Angeles. Its quite funny that a Fight Promotion from the Great White North is holding an Xmas Eve event where there are far more Palm Trees than Christmas Trees!! Tonight we are expecting upwards of 93,607 rabid fight fans to witness another showcase of new young talent capped off by some grizzled veterans. Tonight's event showcases a handful of up and coming stars, some young wunderkinds looking to start their Professional careers on the right foot and a main card of fighters looking to springboard from one off appearances into big money contracts elsewhere. As always make sure you run down to PWNAGE™ located on the Los Angeles stop of the High Street for all your Fighters clothing needs and to fulfill their supplement needs there is no better place than White Gorilla located right here in Montreal! For those who enjoy putting their money where their mouths are, pop on over to 2 Headed Betting to place your wagers on your favorite CFC fighters as all are set for this event while you still can, many already have, many more will join them and for sure I know I will!!
Main Event - 145 lbs Brett Shoenfeld vs Aiko San
Our Main Event of CFC Christmas pits a pair midgets in the tree topper as veteran grappler Shoenfeld makes a quick stop here in CFC to take on less experienced but higher ranked San. Both fighters come into this one having won four of their last 5 fights and sees submission machine Shoenfeld brings with him a solid chin and based on his results, he will need that when facing off with San who has stopped 12 of his 20 opponents by way of TKO. Shoenfeld does not boast a great deal of offense while on his feet, focussing mainly on his takedowns where he lands roughly 2 out of every 6 attempts. With San being taken down almost 50 percent of the time his opponents attempt one, Shoenfeld will be hoping to get it onto the mat ASAP! If he fails in that he is looking at an offense from San that will focus on the boxing side of the equation where San is successful just better than 50% of the time. Shoenfeld tends to focus most of his attention on advancing into a dominant position on the ground to allow him to overwhelm his opponents with submission attempts, however his 9 percent success rate is nothing to write home about. Shoenfeld comes into this one the smaller man in both height and weight however that lower center of gravity might work in his favor, or it could lead to San having an easier time picking away at him with his knock out power. There is only one way to find out for sure, tune in on Christmas Eve to watch the action and see how this one plays out! The bookies have Aiko as the favorite in this one however I am going to put my money on Shoenfeld to pull off the upset
Co-Main Event - 205 lbs Joseph Stalinovich vs Joe Dinapoli
Our Co Main Event sees a pair of Light Heavyweight fighters stepping into the cage with a combined 72 fights in their careers. Stalinovich is looking to rebound from his TKO loss at the end of November facing off against Dinapoli who enjoyed a UD victory less than 2 weeks ago. Stalonovich brings a world class MT & Boxing skillset with him which is a clear indication of his power given his 22 career (T)KO’s. On the other side Dinapoli brings a very similar gameplan to the cage which has seen him enjoy 18 of his own (T)KO victories. Stalinovich prefers to focus his striking attack with head punches where he has enjoyed 50% success in those strike attempts, relying very little on kicks however he has been known to mix a few in just to change things up. Dinapoli throws a very similar attack at his opponents however he has a tendency to mix in a lot more kicks than Stalinovich. Dinapoli has not enjoyed quite as much success as far as landing his strike attempts, however he still holds dynomite in his hands. These two are so evenly matched it wont be easy to pick a possible winner, Stalinovich has shown to have the weaker chin of the two and that may possibly play a factor here, if I were him I would use the BJJ advantage he holds and try and sneak in his second submission victory of his career. Only one way to find out folks, tune in as this has FOTN written all over it!
185 lbs Sergey Shipilov vs Juanito Escobar
Up next we have what could be another classic matchup between Elite striker Shipilov and BJJ Black Belt Escobar. Shipilov comes into this having won his previous 2 matches while Escobar is trying to put the brakes on a 2 fight losing streak. Shipilov is clearly the larger man here holding a 5cm height advantage and tipping the scale at nearly 9 pounds more than his opponent, will that give Escobar a slight speed advantage, it just might. Once again the matchmaker here is a bit dim and did not realize these two combatants had already faced off previously in what was in fact a fairly quick tussle seeing Escobar slip in a Kimura submission before the midpoint of the first round. Shipilov will clearly be looking to avenge that fate and try and touch up Escobars chin in this one, something he was not as successful in accomplishing before. Escobar was able to land a quick takedown before the 1 minute mark and the two rolled around for a bit trading submission attempts until Shipilov was unable to escape and was forced to tap out. With Escobar landing 35% of his takedown attempts and Shipilov only preventing 61% against this one is more than likely going to end up on the ground once again, the question being can Shipilov defend enough to get it back to standing and throw more of his bombs or will we see it end quickly once again. My money is on a new fate taking place and Shipilov shocking Escobar and the fanbase with a KOTN victory early in round 2.
205 lbs Tobig Tofail vs Fidel Legions
In our next matchup we make a stop in the Light Heavyweight division, but oddly enough this looks like a LHW taking on a MW, that matchmaker is a total clown who hired this guy??? Tofail is the much larger man in this one holding a 16.8 pound advantage. Will that be to his advantage or to his opponents? When reviewing his career thus far it looks as though someone close to him got in his ear and explained that living life as an obese MMA fighter was perhaps a less than healthy choice as he has dropped nearly 100 lbs since his debut. However with that in mind he had only suffered 3 defeats in just less than 20 fights and since he began his weightloss journey he has lost almost as many as he has won, maybe he needs to reconsider and get back on the junkfood diet again. On the other side of the cage Legions comes in having won 2 of his last 3 while under new management and took home SOTN in both those victories and the assumption is he will be looking to continue that streak tonight. Legions brings with him a very good mix of skills and success as he is more than happy to go wherever the fight may take place, whether that's standing where he enjoys nearly 50% success with both head punches and leg kicks or in the clinch where he really can dial it up with head and body punches to soften his opponent up or lastly on the ground where he will mix in advances and ground strikes before finally tapping you out. Tofail has not enjoyed quite as much success on the ground or in the clinch however he does enjoy a very good takedown defense game where he has stuffed 83% of all attempts so my money is on him keeping this one standing and picking away at Legions until the lights go out. Having won 22 of his 23 victories by way of (T)KO you can’t go wrong there right? The Betting community has Tofail as the big favorite here and even though his manager is a big talker and enjoys throwing out fight stats and gloating about his career win/loss record against this guy (Beech lost that damn fight it wasnt a draw you paid off those judges!!!) I am going to put that behind me for one day as I think Tofail takes this one in devastating fashion
205 lbs Silent Bob vs Ispa Murhaa
In our final Main Card matchup we continue with the Light Heavyweights as silent talker Bob comes in to face off against Murhaa. Both fighters are coming off defeats in their last matches, most notably Bob’s shocking KO defeat back in August that sent him into a spiral of depression and denial. Coming into that fight he had never been touched up before in 30 career fights and on that night he had his trench coat knocked the fuck right off. Meanwhile Murhaa is also coming off a brutal knockout loss back at the end of October against Sergey Shipilov who seemed able to send Murhaa to the mat at will in their matchup. Murhaa like many of the other main card combatants has some dynomite in his hands having ended the night for his opponents on 20 occasions throughout his career however recently his chin has let him down in three of his last 4 throwdowns. I don't think he will need to worry about that in this as the Silent one has always preferred to lean towards the pitter patter style of punching, almost like he is afraid to land a strike, with it being almost a full year and a half since his last TKO victory. Yes folks he is a boring point fighter however a very successful one at that. He however has been back on guard at the local NJ Quick Stop, loading up on powdered sugar which is the key ingredient that has seen him jump in weight from 185 to 199, I feel its a front that he has been telling people it was for the fight, I myself think he has just let himself go! Wait who am I kidding, he doesn't speak, he hasn't told anyone a thing! Anyways these two have enjoyed a combined 32 decision victories over their careers and I am putting my money on this going that route, with Bob being the favorite of the bookies failing to pull it out and ending back outside the Quick Stop as early as tomorrow morning with his mouthy sidekick Jay.
Well folks that's all the time we have but here is a quick listing of our other fights on the undercard of today's event…
265 lbs John Akamu v Robert Douran
265 lbs Anthony Prilla v Akamaru Jackson
155 lbs Green Bastard v Harry C Distacio
205 lbs Frank Stein Jr v Davide Farina
145 lbs Mark Norman v Zack Allan Jr
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