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 CFC 516 Event Preview
Ladies and Gentlemen, CFC is back following a successful 2 week span of hosting Christmas and New Years events under the bright lights of LA’s 93K arena. Stars of today and yesterday took the stage during those shows but we are all done with that and now return to focus on the stars of tomorrow here with CFC! This week's first show takes place in Montreal’s Hard Knocks where 3000 of the most hyped and excited fight fans will surely be in attendance. 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 to ensure their morale is recovered quickly and maintained, don't let your fake little guys wallow in dirty or pretend magical threads as that only brings them down and stunts their ability to learn in the gym and perform in the cage! Also a key point is to fulfill their supplement needs to slow down their energy loss during those grueling training sessions, or to boost their cardio and strength workouts there is no better place than White Gorilla located right here on Montreal's stop on the High Street!! Lastly, one more shameful plug for another of drunk Louie’s many businesses, for those who enjoy putting their money where their mouths are, pop on over to 2 Headed Betting by clicking the link within today’s CFC 516 event page 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 Saggy Dinglestomper vs Gemechu McKraken
Well would you look at that, drunk Louie is at it again, we have promised the show boating and relying on the coat tails of non 390K ID fighters was over and yet here in our Main Event of CFC 516 we are showcasing a pair of Non 390K ID fighters. Why you ask, well in his infinite wisdom Louie went and signed a fighter for his NYE event who was injured, and after begging and pleading for this guy to just take one for the team and take a dive it was finally agreed this fight would just get pushed back a week. At Least this is a real matchup though and not a clown show that DePalma likes to utilize. Anyways back to business we go… This one looks like a real juicy matchup indeed as Dinglestomper enters the cage looking to right the ship following a pair of hard fought Decision losses including what some might say was a robbery by the judges in his last appearance. McCracken on the other hand saw his hand raised in victory last time out as he took down Sega’s #1 video game persona Crash Bandicoot via a Kimura Submission. Neither of these fighters possess great power in their hands or feet having a combined total of 4 wins by way of TKO throughout their careers however McKracken is one dangerous mofo on the ground for sure, amassing 18 submission victories as he continues to follow in the footstep of fellow Kelly McGrady ground assassin Smokudju Womba, a true legend in Tycoon lore. Dinglestomper on the other hand is more of a point fighter and someone who prefers to please the judges sitting at ringside based on 88% of all victories coming in the decision variety. Dinglestomper relies on a very spread out plan of attack as he utilizes all forms of combat when on the feet aside from takedowns and is successful nearly 50% in most attempts however the concerning statistic when looking at his opponent is the high degree of times he is taken down to the mat, paired with the low amount of activity when ending up there most likely will not bode well if that's where this one ends up. McCraken however relies mostly on his takedowns and merely mixes in a small amount of punches just to keep his opponent off center, and distract just enough to power through with a takedown and given his higher success rate when compared to the ability of Dinglestomper to prevent one, I think this could be a tough night at the office for poor Saggy. Once on the ground McCracken is a pure monster as he works the ground strikes and advances to get his opponents into weak positions and then it's tap tap time!! Saggy is by far my more favorite name but I have a feeling it's only a premonition of what's to come tonight as I can foresee one of his limbs being a little “saggy” after McCracken snaps it with one of his vicious submission moves.
Co-Main Event - 155 lbs Anatoly Zvezda vs Ivan Kowalski
Our Co Main Event is a clash of Lightweights fighters that until a short time before the event window closed we didn't think was going to move forward as favorite Anatoly had yet to accept the fight offer. This finally took place at the 11th hour and secured himself a spot in the Co Main Event rather than a ticket straight to Robidais Island for ignoring the fight offer. Rumors have it there may be other fighters from his training camp that failed to accept however at press time we don't have all the details. Back to the fight at hand as Zvezda comes in on a clear roll winning all 5 of his amateur fights in clearly dominating fashion and all before the midpoint of the first round which is why Anatoly was a coveted prospect to join the CFC roster. Standing on the opposite side of the cage is Ivan Kowalski who is also undefeated in 2 fights on the amateur circuit however in much different fashion as both went the distance as he relied mainly on his clinch game grinding down his opponents and winning the eye of the judges. Zvezda is a pure wrassler and that's all he knows, having never once thrown any form of offensive strike while on feet or within the clinch in any of his 5 fights, and that 83% success rate when attempting takedowns has not worked out well at all for his past opponents. Once on the ground he simply grinds his opponents into the mat with his ground strikes until they squeal uncle!! Kowalski is up against it here for sure as he himself has a very high rate of success when attempting both takedowns and ground strikes however his 0% success rate at stopping the takedown could be his undoing. This one could be a scenario of who gets the first attempt and top position even though Kowalski has survived on the ground himself in the past whereas Zvezda has never seen that position in any fights other than perhaps training camp so maybe tonight he will get exposed. Another game plan that could be looked upon by Kowalski is to take this one into the clinch and just grind away on Anatoli while staying upright. We will all know soon enough if the Russian train will steamroll another opponent or will it get derailed.
Well folks I am sorry for the shorter Preview this week but that's all the time we have, hopefully next week we can return to looking over the entire main card of both scheduled events. Here is a quick listing of all other fights on the main and undercard of today's event…
Main Card
170 lbs Convicted Kelly v Amida Tsukiyama
265 lbs Henry Miller v Rulon Gardner
265 lbs Jackson Johnson v Jamie Wilkins
Undercard
170 lbs Herio Lupsaka v Lincoln Wright
185 lbs Shane Gillis v Niles Standish
170 lbs Jack Ovstraski v Byron Neal
185 lbs Sideways Pete v Viktor Hughes
170 lbs Alexander Rusev v Rex Tremendous Jr
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