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GAMMA #255: Bundy vs Cox 2 marks a very special event that GAMMA executives are very proud to be a part of. Three men will make their debuts in the GAMMA cage as a part of martial artist’s dream world tour. Kid Torres, Paul Bruens, and Eaton Cox have made it a personal mission of theirs to fight at least once in each and every one of the big fighting cities in the world. Of course, Las Vegas was not a city to be overlooked, filled with multiple top-tier organizations. However, out of all of the cages to fight in within Sin City, they decided that the GAMMA cage was where they wanted to be. We at GAMMA are extremely excited to welcome these legends to our cage and wish them the best of luck against some of our best fighters.
Kid Torres (31-19-2) has fought at featherweight for the bulk of his career, but his last two fights were contested at light heavyweight and welterweight, respectively. He now meets his biggest challenge yet (literally), as he fights 270 pound heavyweight monster, Chances Taken (18-11 MMA, 3-5 GAMMA), in a bout that pits sheer size against high level skill.
Another fighter making a stop in GAMMA during his world tour is Paul Bruens (25-16-1). Bruens likes to use a smothering top game to defeat his opponents, using sensational wrestling and a brown belt in jiu-jitsu to score 11 decision victories, as well as 10 submissions. That strategy may not work so well for him against his opponent, Mikio Okita (26-14 MMA, 0-0 GAMMA), who has equivalent wrestling abilities, but trumps him with a rare BJJ red belt, making him by far the best grappler Bruens has faced.
The co-main event features a heavyweight contest between two of the division’s top contenders, as Fedor Jankovic (13-3 MMA, 9-3 GAMMA) locks horns with JT Colossus (27-16-1 MMA, 1-0 GAMMA). Jankovic has had prior experience with GAMMA gold. After winning his first 8 straight fights, including 4 underneath the GAMMA banner, he challenged then champion Trent Pope for the title, losing via first round KO. After a patch of inconsistency in which he won two and then lost two, he seems to finally have pulled things together, winning three straight. Meanwhile, Colossus comes in to this fight on the momentum of a 6-1 run, including a first round knockout in his GAMMA debut. Both men have the ability to submit their opponents, but prefer to leave them unconscious on the canvas. These fighters are fairly evenly matched, but while Colossus may take a slight edge on the feet, Jankovic may be able to exploit his opponent’s weaker wrestling game.
My prediction? Jankovic by (T)KO, round 2.
The main event takes us back to the final fighter embarking on a world tour, Eaton Cox (28-12). This man has a history with his opponent, Alan Bundy (28-11 MMA, 17-4 GAMMA), as they have met once before. Over a year ago, the two men met in a superfight at Wolfenstein: A Blitz Tribute, one of the biggest event’s in the organizations history. On that fateful night, both men took home honours for Fight of the Night, but only Cox took home a unanimous decision win, taking all three judges’ cards with a score of 48:47. Now, the two will meet again, and another extremely close nail biter is to be expected. Both men pride themselves in being well-rounded, and both can submit you, knock you out, or just outclass you enroute to a decision win. However, in a match-up this close, with neither man having any real weaknesses, it may come down to one guy being good in all areas, and the other being just a little bit better. That being said, Bundy is a slight favourite coming into this re-match, as it seems he has improved his overall game just a tad bit more than Cox has since the first fight. However, Cox is a very live underdog leading into this bout, and this one is anyone’s game.
My prediction? Alan Bundy by SD after 5 rounds.
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