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Well here we are folks, now only a couple nights out from our inaugural event. From the shadows of the grand Bushido Ace Arena, named after one of the city of Tokyo's finest promotions in history (I'm not biased by the way), Shinjitsu True Combat will take their first step into the public eye. STC 1| Silveiro x Graves will take place on December 24th, on the eve of that Holy Day - with STC 2 following one week later, on New Year's Eve.
STC1| Silveiro x Graves Event Preview
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Main Card
 
Main Event
Openweight Division
Kevin “King of the Beach” Silveiro (8-0-0, STC Debut) vs. “Doctor Neon” Deon Graves (4-2-0, STC Debut)
The Main event of the evening will see the first bout in our special openweight division as the former CFL Welterweight Champion Kevin Silveiro takes on SSD veteran Deon Graves. Carrying an undefeated record of 8 victories and 0 defeats, Brazil’s Silveiro looks to continue his streak this evening while the New Yorker in the other corner hopes to bounce back from a setback in his previous fight.
A grappler at heart, “King of the Beach” always seeks to finish his opponents and has managed to do so in all but one of his fights - one in which he faced a brown belt bjj practitioner. Despite reports that he has begun to sharpen his striking skills, it’d be no surprise to anyone if Silveiro seeks to make it another grappling bout. Graves, otherwise known as “Doctor Neon” is skilled in more areas than one as he is a sharp boxer but also holds a purple belt in BJJ to remain dangerous on the ground. In his last victory, Graves knocked his opponent out in the very first round and has also submitted three of his other adversaries. One must imagine that he will look to keep the fight standing where he has the advantage over his opponent Silveiro.
 
Co-Main Event
Lightweight Division
Don Gable (1-0-0, STC Debut) vs. Esteban Cinco (1-0-0, STC Debut)
Much like the event’s headliner, the co-main event of the evening will also see America and Brazil go head to head as Iowa’s Don Gable meets Rio’s own Esteban Cinco. Having made his MMA debut not too long ago, Gable carries a record of 1 victory and zero defeats as he looks to extend that sole victory into a streak. Similarly experienced is Cinco, who also recently made his first ring appearance where he snatched a victory.
Gable is reportedly a very skilled wrestler, with adequate boxing to support his grappling. As his first fight lasted less than a minute however (closer to the 30 second mark, even) the extent of his skills is mostly unknown. What we do know is that isnt shy to come out hard and heavy, swinging for the fences from the first bell. Cinco has a varied but unspecialised skill-set – being somewhat competent at all areas of the game without any particular thing standing out from the rest. In his debut, Cinco engaged both on the feet and in the clinch until he took his opponent down, where he proceeded to submit them in an awfully tight leglock. Gable will wanna keep this one standing while Cinco will likely seek out submissions.
 
Main Card
Light-Heavyweight Division
Colt “Maverick” Lynch (1-0-0, STC Debut) vs. “Jumpin” Jacob MacDonald (1-0-0, STC Debut)
In the third fight of the main card, everything’s bigger in Texas as the tall Colt Lynch faces off against Canada’s Jacob MacDonald. Both men are fresh off of victories on their regional scenes, with Lynch racking up fifteen minutes of cage time on his debut and MacDonald’s bout ending shortly before the end of the second round. No doubt both will be looking to capture their second W and keep their momentum going.
The man in the red corner this evening, nicknamed “Maverick” is a boxer at heart, with some respectable wrestling defences to back up his hands. Lynch spent all fifteen minutes of his debut pouring a beating onto his much younger opponent who could not seem to successfully respond with any kind of offence. 30-24 was the score across all judges cards as the Texan picked up his first victory. In the other corner stands a wrestler in MacDonald, whose grappling skills outshine that of his opponent this evening. On his first outing, “Jumpin” leapt at the chance for victory as he dominated his opponent with grappling exchanges, drowning him under the assault of ground and pound until he could take no more. One must imagine that Lynch will look to keep the fight standing while MacDonald will try to take it to the mat.
 
Main Card Bout
Heavyweight Division
David “The Admiral” Robinson |
