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<p><strong>Curt Kitson</strong> vs Faas Smit</p><p>

<strong>Colm Dee</strong> vs Dieter Kolzig</p><p>

<strong>Doug Hansen</strong> vs Xavi Castillejo</p><p>

Daniel Hornsby vs<strong> Tikhon Diev</strong></p><p>

<strong>Heath Kaladaris</strong> vs Ram Phookan</p><p> </p><p>

Alan Maxx vs <strong>Linton Renn</strong></p><p>

Eddie Whelan vs <strong>Reynolds Baer</strong></p><p>

Nigel Collett vs <strong>Irving Braun</strong></p><p>

Moore Gordy vs<strong> Robin Catskill</strong></p>

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<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="iverbure" data-cite="iverbure" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="39639" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>this is my favourite dynasty since bats sigma dynasty. any chance we can get some rankings? month or quarterly</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Thanks! Do you mean BCF or world rankings? I'll look into adding a feature at suitable intervals to show rankings, that's a great suggestion!</p>
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Fortnight Review for weeks 3 & 4 of June, 2002:

 

 

Heavyweight champ Dave Lennon (18-6) has decided to leave Bulldog Gym in favor of Rob Baines Fighting for a brief visit. The 35-year old is known for his knock out power, and might have seen grappling as a weakness to be ironed out for his big fight against Rav Kapur planned for the end of the year.

 

Seth O’Breen (19-1) has signed a standard deal with SIGMA. With Fiyero Lermontov (17-0) gone for ALPHA-1, I don’t see anyone on their lightweight roster as a threat, but I will still want to keep O’Breen booked for my events.

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Curt Kitson vs Faas Smit

Colm Dee vs Dieter Kolzig

Doug Hansen vs CastillejoXavi

Daniel Hornsby vs Tikhon Diev

Heath Kaladaris vs Ram Phookan

 

Alan Maxx vs Linton Renn

Eddie Whelan vs Reynolds Baer

Nigel Collett vs Irving Braun

Moore Gordy vs Robin Catskill

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BCF: Kitson vs Smit

 

Saturday Week 4 of June, 2002 in Midlands

Broadcast by United Kingdom Choice

 

Prelims:

 

Moore Gordy (2-1) vs Robin Catskill (3-1) at middleweight

 

Catskill doesn’t want any part of Gordy’s glove touch. The War Wolf opens well with some long range kicks and punches, but Catskill clinches and takes him down. After controlling the first round in this fashion, Catskill decides to trade with the larger man for the rest of the fight, which makes it more exciting but also close to call.

 

Result: Moore Gordy (3-1) defeats Robin Catskill (3-2) by unanimous decision (29-28 x3).

 

Wow, bad call by Catskill to stand and trade with the more accomplished striker. Gordy calls out Vincent Henderson, of course looking to avenge his only loss, but that’s off the table for quite some time.

 

 

Nigel Collett (7-3) vs Irving Braun (6-1) at lightweight

The Scot Braun takes Collett down very quicky and pounds out the victory with some heavy shots from the mount. Quick and violent.

 

Result: Irving Braun (7-1) defeats Nigel Collett (7-4) by TKO (punches) at 2:18 of round 1.

 

 

Eddie Whelan (15-6) vs Reynolds Baer (9-2) at heavyweight

 

Whelan does a good job staying at distance and landing punches and kicks on Baer in the first round. He mixes up leg kicks and punches, occasionally throwing and landing a big power punch, keeping the bigger man guessing. The first round is really exciting and the leg kicks may have an effect later on. Baer is limping a bit in the second, but puts Whelan against the cage. A sharp uppercut surprises Whelan and puts him down, but Baer is unable to finish. Whelan keeps up the good work to open the third round, but again gets trapped to the cage at the halfway point and Baer knocks him down with a big right hand. This time ”Grizzly” finishes the job with some heavy shots on top. What a fantastic fight between heavyweights.

 

Result: Reynolds Baer (10-2) defeats Eddie Whelan (15-7) by TKO (punches) at 3:09 of round 3.

 

 

Alan Maxx (3-0) vs Linton Renn (10-3) at heavyweight

 

Renn isn’t intimidated by the newcomer’s catch wrestling history, coming forward and knocking Maxx down with a big right hand. The 33-year old gets pasted on the ground as all of 240 pounds land on top of him and hammer out the stoppage. Wow, a statement from Renn, as I really thought Maxx could have the skills to take him out. The two last bouts have created a fun next fight between the winners, I think.

 

Result: Linton Renn (11-3) defeats Alan Maxx (3-1) by TKO (punches) at 0:37 of round 1.

 

 

Main card:

 

Heath Kaladaris (8-0) vs Ram Phookan (12-6) at middleweight

 

Kaladaris clinches up right off the bat and takes Phookan down despite his vaunted wrestling defense. He gets the back right away, sinks in the hooks and finishes the fight in quick fashion. Wow.

 

Result: Heath Kaladaris (9-0) defeats Ram Phookan (12-7) by submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:57 of round 1.

 

 

Daniel Hornsby (14-5) vs Tikhon Diev (10-1) at light heavyweight

 

The two wrestlers put on a show for most of one round as Hornsby looks to push the pace and wrestles Diev up against the fence. The Russian lands some dirty boxing before breaking away and getting the takedown as Hornsby closes the distance once more. From there Diev sinks in a deep arm triangle choke that forces the tap at the end of the round. I think that settles the next contender at 205 pounds.

 

Result: Tikhon Diev (11-1) defeats Daniel Hornsby (14-6) by submission (arm-triangle choke) at 4:53 of round 1.

 

 

Doug Hansen (19-6) vs Xavi Castillejo (8-1) at lightweight

 

Castillejo is quite aggressive to open the fight but is having trouble finding Hansen who seems to be moving well to avoid strikes. The Scot gets the clinch late in the first round, lands some knees to the Spanish kickboxer’s legs and takes him down with an inside trip. Lots of fun action in the first round.

 

Hansen is content to exchange some strikes in the second and does pretty well for himself, landing counters and attacking with a good left hook to the body. A fast approach allows him to get the clinch and trip Castillejo down on his back once more. Hansen almost gets an arm triangle choke sunk in but the Spaniard fights it off and manages to scramble to his feet. The Scot catches him up against the fence and hip tosses him right back down again. The round ends with Hansen in the mount, and Castillejo has some work to do.

 

Hansen once more does a decent job avoiding too many strikes and landing some counters of his own. It’s a bit of a coasting round for the Scot though, as Castillejo is way more active throughout and should be given the final round on the scorecards. Great fight despite the unimpressive ending.

 

Result: Doug Hansen (20-6) defeats Xavi Castillejo (8-2) by unanimous decision (29-28 x3).

 

Hansen calls out Seth O’Breen, but that is unlikely to happen right now. Perhaps with one more impressive win the 34-year old might get the rematch, especially if he can go to +1 momentum in the process.

 

 

Colm Dee (17-5) vs Dieter Kolzig (7-2) at lightweight

 

Dee’s length and reach give him the edge as he is able to land and move before Kolzig can reach him with much of his punches. Dee lands good shots to the body and the head while the German mostly gets a few jabs in. Dee drops him at the end of the round to send a strong message.

 

Dee shows killer instinct in the second, going right back to work on Kolzig with heavy punches. A particularly brutal combination ends the fight at about 90 seconds into the round.

 

Result: Colm Dee (18-5) defeats Dieter Kolzig (7-3) by KO (punches) at 1:35 of round 2.

 

 

Main event:

 

Curt Kitson (16-0) vs Faas Smit (39-17) for the BCF light heavyweight championship

 

Smit’s training with Euro Team Thunder has been paying off as his kickboxing holds up fine against the champion in the first round. Neither man lands any particularly big shots yet, though Kitson seems to be gaining control as time goes by.

 

Kitson wobbles and floors Smit in the second with a jab, right hook combination. He then gets on top and lands some strikes until sinking in what has become a trademark of his, the second round arm triangle. Third in a row.

 

Result: Curt Kitson (17-0) defeats Faas Smit (39-18) by submission (arm-triangle choke) at 2:53 of round 2.

 

 

Post Show Thoughts:

 

Bonuses: $1500. Extra whenever Kitson fights.

 

FotN: Whelan & Baer

KOtN: Dee

SotN: Kitson

 

660 people came into the arena to watch the fights for a gate of $46,464. We got a commercial rating of 55% and a critical of 72%, which is one of our strongest totals. The PPV pulled in $1,528,000. A 2.9% bump in popularity in the British Isles.

 

Curt Kitson made the biggest BCF purse in history at $75,650 for his eighth title defense.

 

I figured the main event would go on longer or even the distance with Smit’s skillset and experience. I was wrong, as Kitson does his thing once more with a second round arm triangle submission. Next for him is probably Tikhon Diev, who made himself 11-1 with +2 heat and almost high level regional name value. Of course I wouldn’t mind seeing one more fight for Diev to make him high level regional and give him some more time to improve, but there’s nobody else that deserves to fight Kitson nearly as much.

 

Colm Dee and Doug Hansen both made themselves headliners with impressive wins. Dee is at +2 heat with high level regional, which makes him a potential title contender at lightweight or featherweight. Hansen has no momentum but with two decent wins under his belt, he is back at the top of the lightweight ladder with good popularity. Hansen seems to want 2 months off following this fight, which makes it unlikely I’ll match the two winners up.

 

Heath Kaladaris just made Ram Phookan look like a particularly low stepping stone. I thought Phookan would test Kaladaris’ striking more if he’d be unable to take him down, but the 23-year old wasn’t unable to do that even a little bit. Not much time left for Kaladaris to wait and beat easy opponents, as he has beat two of the top veterans in the division and has +5 heat at this point.

 

The prelims were a lot of fun. Renn and Baer got some good old heavyweight clobberings over their opponents, while Irving Braun did the same in a lightweight version over Nigel Collett. Moore Gordy got a good win over Robin Catskill, partly thanks to his opponent’s poor game planning for the fight. Baer and Renn are looking to return around the same time frame (two weeks difference or so), so I might match them up next.

 

Nobody gets cut after tonight, though Catskill and Collett will need to win their next bouts to stay. I expected more from Collett, who I regard as an exciting if limited prospect who can carve out a place for himself in the division. I’ll need to match him up right (not against a grappler) next time to see if he has that potential.

 

 

Predictions:

 

TheSnake101: 8/9

MasterSkuxly: 6/9

 

 

All time standings:

 

TheSnake101: 68/82

CageRage: 56/82

MasterSkuxly: 30/35

BigRedMachine: 23/28

Frank_Vest: 9/15

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Monthly MMA Review for June, 2002:

 

Only three companies besides BCF hold shows in June: OMEGA, GAMMA and KDM FC.

 

OMEGA’s middleweight title was awarded to Isaiah Monroe, who knocked out Dwayne Alleyne in the fifth round. The Ohio prospect is now 10-0. Mexican heavyweight promise Jaime Ortega won his professional debut, submitting Damien Jones by RNC in the co-main event.

 

GAMMA 48: Rushton vs Pickering saw Scottish super heavyweight Davey Rushton defend his championship with a 19-second KO over George Pickering. #15 ranked middleweight Thomas Smith submitted Sutton Ripley by second round RNC in the co-main event.

 

KDM FC again took to China as Li-Kong Ho submitted Masahiro Maeno to retain his position as the very best Asian featherweight outside of Tomohiro Takeuchi. Yoshiro Makamori made it two straight first round submissions with a kimura over Kei Maki.

 

 

Fortnight Review for weeks 1 & 2 of July, 2002:

 

Since July is a free month for us, it’s pretty quiet in terms of BCF announcements.

 

However, I book a BCF TV card for November. I expect this event to be headlined by the inaugural featherweight title tilt between Graeme Spark (11-1) and Freddy Lomax (9-0). The card takes place on Friday week 2 of November in London. Other bouts include Stratos Papaioannou (29-8) versus Roope Kuqi (9-0), as well as Scottish prospect Vincent Henderson (4-0) facing his biggest test to date in Ivor Orr (8-1). ”The Virus” is 29 years old and almost national popularity, which means he needs to be tested a little. In Orr he faces a more experienced, accomplished fighter with a style that should favor Henderson, as both men are grapplers.

 

 

Fortnight Review for weeks 3 & 4

 

Featherweight contenders Fernando Peragon (13-3) and Jason Dalglish (20-6) get added to the November BCF TV: Spark vs Lomax card. Both men are coming off impressive stoppage victories in their BCF debuts, and could be looking at a future title shot with a win.

 

Percy Catcher (12-5) is out of his October fight with Juozas Skerla (8-1) with a moderate pelvic injury. Stepping in his place to face the Lithuanian is Bob Dozier (17-12), who is looking to win his first BCF bout after losing two split decisions against Roope Kuqi and Stratos Papaioannou.

 

Tim Oldacres (10-0) returns from a long injury layoff and faces Caragh Green (7-2) in a catchweight fight on the November BCF TV: Spark vs Lomax card. The Irish welterweight Green will be looking for a statement following two wins by becoming the first man to stop the popular lightweight contender.

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Monthly MMA Review for July, 2002:

 

WEFF opens the month with WEFF 27, where English-born Pamela O’Neill finally captures the bantamweight title in a Fight of the Night performance, submitting Helen Fox in the first round via RNC. O’Neill is now 16-0 and undoubtedly the best woman in the world at 135lbs. Top flyweight Karen Curtis edged Layla Holmes in the co-main event in a poor fight that ended in a split decision.

 

July’s ALPHA-1 pay per view sees lightweight champion Go Yamamoto defend his title for the third consecutive time with a unanimous decision over Takahiro Nakamura, while former light heavyweight title challenger Zvonimir Asanovic knocked out countryman Niko Soldo with a brutal second round head kick.

 

SIGMA: Toadspew vs Crumb II took place in Germany in July, with the welterweight champion Toadspew getting a majority decision over the South African challenger. Toadspew is 2-0 against Crumb, but neither win has been very convincing. Belarussian light heavyweight Nicolai Mickiewicz ground out a dominant victory over home crowd favorite Jacob Matthaus in the co-main event.

 

The final major show of the month was FLB: de Andrade vs Branco II, where Branco defeated Caca de Andrade by unanimous decision to take the lightweight strap. Former welterweight champion Charles Stiles submitted Procopio Golias in the second to last fight, taking Fight of the Night honors.

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BCF TV: Bintley vs Millican announcement

 

Friday Week 2 of August, 2002 in London

Broadcast by Euro Cable Sports 1

 

Heavyweight Bout: Ozzy Bintley (8-0) vs Vic Millican (20-7)

 

This seems like a pretty one sided match up on the surface. Bintley is younger, more athletic, and more well rounded than Millican. However, both guys like to strike and both guys have heavy hands, so this one should be a good old fashioned clobbering. It could also be the last stop on Bintley’s path to the title shot.

 

Middleweight Bout: Dennis Gallagher (14-8) vs Hans-Peter Schneider (18-8)

 

Two middleweight veterans who are looking to get near the top of their division, Schneider and Gallagher want to string two wins together here. I like Schneider’s last few fights, and could see him getting a good win here and going on to a title fight against whoever wins in October.

 

Welterweight Bout: Jens Halle (18-4) vs Filip Hristov (9-0)

 

Two European top welterweights, Halle and Hristov are both nearing a title fight and a finish would especially cement them as potential contenders. Hristov hasn’t shown himself to be the best finisher, while Halle could easily tag him and overwhelm him for a KO victory. However, I can see Hristov outjudoing Halle en route to a decision.

 

Light Heavyweight Bout: Garry McSweegan (24-10) vs Adrian Majoram (10-2)

 

A potentially entertaining striking battle between two Scots. Majoram is coming back off a close decision to title contender Faas Smit after breaking his hand in November of last year. McSweegan lost to Kitson and Hornsby in back to back fights, but is always dangerous with his hands.

 

Middleweight Bout: Neil Head (3-0) vs Paul Goodfellow (2-1)

 

Whenever I want entertainment, I can count on Paul Goodfellow. Head is a respected 24-year old kickboxer with three stoppage victories on the local scene, but in Goodfellow he faces one of the more dangerous young fighters in the division.

 

 

Prelims:

 

Welterweight Bout: Vikram Sithalayan (19-4) vs Piotr Dabrowski (20-9)

 

Sithalayan is in prelim lead in duty again, facing the Polish veteran Dabrowski. Both men are looking to establish themselves after defeats, and a possible finish for Sithalayan will open him up for big fights in the near future.

 

Lightweight Bout: Dominick Oppenheimer (7-3) vs Grigory Kabalevsky (8-2)

 

Oppenheimer and Kabalevsky are two young lightweights coming off defeats to top lightweights in Dee and Hansen. It is a classic striker versus grappler, and could be lopsided to one side or the other.

 

Welterweight Bout: Steven Griffin (16-10) vs Paul Duffell (24-15)

 

Two more welterweights looking to come back after losses. Griffin is more of a grappler, while Duffell is mostly a kickboxer with rather mediocre skills. The loser is close to being cut, while the winner should get back to neutral momentum and solid usefulness in the process.

 

 

Predictions? Suggestions? Comments?

 

Ozzy Bintley vs Vic Millican

Dennis Gallagher vs Hans-Peter Schneider

Jens Halle vs Filip Hristov

Garry McSweegan vs Adrian Majoram

Neil Head vs Paul Goodfellow

 

Vikram Sithalayan vs Piotr Dabrowski

Dominick Oppenheimer vs Grigory Kabalevsky

Steven Griffin vs Paul Duffell

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Ozzy Bintley vs Vic Millican

Dennis Gallagher vs Hans-Peter Schneider

Jens Halle vs Filip Hristov

Garry McSweegan vs Adrian Majoram

Neil Head vs Paul Goodfellow

 

Vikram Sithalayan vs Piotr Dabrowski

Dominick Oppenheimer vs Grigory Kabalevsky

Steven Griffin vs Paul Duffell

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Ozzy Bintley vs Vic Millican

Dennis Gallagher vs Hans-Peter Schneider

Jens Halle vs Filip Hristov

Garry McSweegan vs Adrian Majoram

Neil Head vs Paul Goodfellow

 

Vikram Sithalayan vs Piotr Dabrowski

Dominick Oppenheimer vs Grigory Kabalevsky

Steven Griffin vs Paul Duffell

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<p><strong>Ozzy Bintley</strong> vs Vic Millican</p><p>

Dennis Gallagher vs <strong>Hans-Peter Schneider</strong></p><p>

Jens Halle vs <strong>Filip Hristov</strong></p><p>

<strong>Garry McSweegan</strong> vs Adrian Majoram</p><p>

Neil Head vs <strong>Paul Goodfellow</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Vikram Sithalayan</strong> vs Piotr Dabrowski</p><p>

<strong>Dominick Oppenheimer</strong> vs Grigory Kabalevsky</p><p>

<strong>Steven Griffin</strong> vs Paul Duffell</p>

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<p><strong><span style="font-size:12px;">Fortnight Review for weeks 1 & 2 of August:</span></strong></p><p> </p><p>

Very quiet these two weeks. Which I think I should be happy about, since at least no major injuries have happened. I make some bookings for the year end show. The last event of the year for the BCF is going to be a big pay per view in London with two championship bouts: <strong>Seth O’Breen</strong> (19-1) faces <strong>Mal Beswick</strong> (10-1), while <strong>Dave Lennon</strong> (18-6) defends the heavyweight title against <strong>Rav Kapur</strong> (13-0) in the latter’s return to BCF after almost three years.</p>

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<p><strong><span style="font-size:12px;">BCF TV: Bintley vs Millican</span></strong></p><p> </p><p>

Friday Week 2 of August, 2002 in London</p><p>

Broadcast by Euro Cable Sports 1</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Prelims:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Steven Griffin (16-10) vs Paul Duffell (24-15) at welterweight</strong></p><p> </p><p>

It’s an entertaining scrap between two veterans as Duffell and Griffin strike in an evenly matched battle. A couple of times Duffell lands a big head kick but gets taken down immediately when trying to follow up. After a second round take down from Griffin he gets a deep heel hook applied and forces Duffell to tap.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Result:</strong> Steven Griffin (17-10) defeats Paul Duffell (24-16) by submission (heel hook) at 4:04 of round 2.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Dominick Oppenheimer (7-3) vs Grigory Kabalevsky (8-2) at lightweight</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Oppenheimer picks the grappler apart, landing lots of jabs and body shots, both with kicks and punches. He drops Kabalevsky in the first round with a jab and an uppercut, but cannot finish. All three rounds go very similarly, with the Russian unable to get in through the strikes to attempt a takedown.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Result:</strong> Dominick Oppenheimer (8-3) defeats Grigory Kabalevsky (8-3) by unanimous decision (30-27 x3).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Vikram Sithalayan (19-4) vs Piotr Dabrowski (20-9) at welterweight</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Dabrowski takes Sithalayan down right away, defending a guillotine and a pair of triangle choke attempts. He wears away at the Pakistani with shoulder strikes and short punches. Suddenly Sithalayan looks to reach for a leg and seems to be working for a reversal.. but he’s locked in a kneebar from the bottom! Dabrowski has to tap, that’s a surprising variation - I’ve never seen it before. Brilliant job by the leg lock specialist.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Result:</strong> Vikram Sithalayan (20-4) defeats Piotr Dabrowski (20-10) by submission (kneerbar) at 4:37 of round 1.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Main card:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Neil Head (3-0) vs Paul Goodfellow (2-1) at middleweight</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Both guys are proving to be surprisingly elusive and defensively sound in the first round. A crunching body kick from Goodfellow seems to slow Head down, and the 20-year old lands a few more punches at the end of the round. Entertaining, though not the all out brawl I figured it might’ve been.</p><p> </p><p>

Goodfellow makes Head limp with a thumping low kick to open the second round. Head counters well with jabs and leg kicks of his own, but Goodfellow lands a powerful right hook at the end of the round that puts him down. The referee is forced to stop the fight with just 16 seconds on the clock as Goodfellow swarms on the knockdown. Great entertainment as expected.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Result:</strong> Paul Goodfellow (3-1) defeats Neil Head (3-1) by TKO (punches) at 4:44 of round 2.</p><p> </p><p>

Goodfellow calls out Dennis Gallagher, which may be a bit soon for the 20-year old. Also, Gallagher has a fight to complete tonight. If he lost the match up could be something to look at style-wise, but I don’t feel like stepping Goodfellow up so deep in quite some time yet.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Garry McSweegan (24-10) vs Adrian Majoram (10-2) at light heavyweight</strong></p><p> </p><p>

McSweegan opens aggressively and lands a great left hook but seems to hurt his hand in the process. From there it is Majoram who takes control of the striking exchanges, landing counter punches off McSweegan’s tentative offerings.</p><p> </p><p>

Majoram lands some low kicks and pushes McSweegan up against the fence, going to work with knees to the thighs and dirty boxing. A couple of elbows land for Majoram, cutting up McSweegan above the eye. A good round comes to an end and clearly favors Majoram.</p><p> </p><p>

The third round is something of a combination of the first two, as Majoram counters effectively in the first half and pushes the tired McSweegan to the fence in the second half. Majoram should get a comfortable victory by outworking the 33-year old veteran.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Result:</strong> Adrian Majoram (11-2) defeats Garry McSweegan (24-11) by unanimous decision (30-27 x3).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Jens Halle (18-4) vs Filip Hristov (9-0) at welterweight</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Halle swarms forward and hurts Hristov when just over one minute is gone in the fight. A big right hand drops the Bulgarian but he holds on and manages to pull guard on the Norwegian brawler. Hristov goes for the armbar from his back and manages to get it, tapping Halle out with about 30 seconds left in the first. Impressive win by Hristov despite getting tagged, this should help his case for a title shot in the future.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Result: </strong>Filip Hristov (10-0) defeats Jens Halle (18-5) by submission (armbar) at 4:24 of round 1.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Dennis Gallagher (14-8) vs Hans-Peter Schneider (18-8) at middleweight</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Schneider comes forward in the first round and shows his kickboxing skills once more, landing good right hands on the Irish brawler. It is Gallagher that goes for the clinch and the takedown, but Schneider gets a trip of his own to put him on his back. The German controls the first round everywhere, as Gallagher manages to escape but is put against the cage for the rest of the round.</p><p> </p><p>

Schneider goes right back to work with his striking, seemingly landing at will on Gallagher. The German goes for big head kicks to finish his combinations but fails to land them cleanly. However, big right hands do land and force Gallagher to clinch again and go for takedowns. He gets one in the last minute of the round, but Schneider scrambles on top.</p><p> </p><p>

Gallagher goes for a takedown right away in the second but gets put on his back by Schneider. The German stays in half guard and ground and pounds his way to what should be a decision victory.</p><p> </p><p>

Osford T. Drakeford scores the contest 29-28 for Gallagher</p><p>

Steven Renshaw sees it 30-27 to Schneider</p><p>

Bobby Serocke scores it 30-27 for the winner by split decision: Hans-Peter Schneider!</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Result:</strong> Hans-Peter Schneider (19-8) defeats Dennis Gallagher (14-9) by split decision (30-27 x2, 28-29).</p><p> </p><p>

Wow, Drakeford really went to town with his score card. I wonder if he’s from County Cork.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>Main event:</strong></span></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Ozzy Bintley (8-0) vs Vic Millican (20-7) at heavyweight</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Bintley comes forward and is looking to light Millican up with his hands. He lands a few hard shots until Millican shows his veteran savvy and clinches up. He spends the rest of the round going for takedowns without success, and it is Bintley that trips him down with half a minute left.</p><p> </p><p>

A couple of hard right hands land again for Bintley before Millican goes to grapple. Nobody gets a takedown in this round despite countless attempts, these guys are much better at wrestling defense than offense.</p><p> </p><p>

The third round goes exactly like the other two, but Millican seems to be getting tired. That could be bad for him in the fourth and fifth rounds as Bintley seems to be fresh still.</p><p> </p><p>

Bintley lands good shots again in the fourth while Millican hangs on for dear life in the clinch. The British Beef is really working hard to make this not a fight.</p><p> </p><p>

The last round is all wrestling with neither fighter getting any success. Pffft, what a ’fight’ this was. I’ll take responsibility for making the match, but I didn’t expect Millican to be smart enough to be scared. On the other hand, his game plan didn’t translate to any success whatsoever. I guess he never had a chance either way.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Result:</strong> Ozzy Bintley (9-0) defeats Vic Millican (20-8) by unanimous decision (50-45 x2, 49-46).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong><span style="font-size:12px;">Post Show Thoughts:</span></strong></p><p> </p><p>

Bonuses: $500</p><p> </p><p>

FotN: Goodfellow & Head</p><p>

KOtN: Goodfellow</p><p>

SotN: Sithalayan</p><p> </p><p>

183 people came in to watch in London for a gate of $16,104. The commercial rating was a solid 37%, and the critical 68% despite the crappy main event. However, we lost 0.1% in the British Isles, but gained 0.7% in both Europe and Russia. The subscriptions were up, at $390,720.</p><p> </p><p>

The main event bombed quite a bit, but I guess a smarter man would’ve expected that out of Millican who was in a tough spot. Bintley got the win and though it wasn’t great to watch, it showed his elite conditioning in a dominant five rounder over a man with more than three times his experience. And, though it was slightly worrying how easily Millican was able to get in and wrestle Bintley, the rest of the top of the division probably won’t employ that style as much. </p><p> </p><p>

HPS put together his first win streak in a while, but it wasn’t without some scoring hassle by Osford T. Drakeford. There’s no doubt in my mind that Schneider won all three rounds pretty clearly. No finish is a bit disappointing, as I would’ve liked to put Schneider in for a title shot soon. Since he’s not hurt, maybe he will take another fight before that happens, at least if I have other options after Baines and Fontana go at it in October.</p><p> </p><p>

Filip Hristov put himself at +3 heat and mid level regional, which makes him a contender in the division. I don’t like him much, but a fight with Will Kane would have the rematch intrigue should that happen. I’d be hoping for pretty much anybody to beat him though, as Hristov is a pretty boring fighter generally speaking, and has a lopsided elite skill set that makes him a pain to book. Halle hurt him and I was hoping he’d finish the job, but instead Hristov got the finish. It’s not the worst thing that could’ve happened.</p><p> </p><p>

Adriam Majoram did some voodoo and broke McSweegan’s hand with his face in the first exchange. It could’ve been a better fight had that not happened, but Majoram takes a solid win to put himself back into relevant fights at light heavyweight. He’s not a title contender just yet, but a win or two might get him in the talks.</p><p> </p><p>

Paul Goodfellow delivered with another finish and took home two of the bonuses. Neil Head was a strong striker and put in a decent effort, but I think to beat Goodfellow you either need to be an Edgar Van Den Hoogenband-type of striker or a grappler. Those are the kinds I’ll avoid putting against Goodfellow for now. Luckily I just might have the right guy to fight Goodfellow next, one that will test him more but has a nice style to complement him: ”War Wolf” Moore Gordy, who beat Robin Catskill last.</p><p> </p><p>

The prelims were good, especially Sithalayan’s unusual submission over a Dabrowski who was overperforming a little for his stature, I thought. He was on his way to taking the first round and having the game plan to beat Sithalayan, but got caught in the Pakistani’s game. Steven Griffin also got a leg submission with his second round heel hook of Paul Duffell, and Dominick Oppenheimer beat the brakes off Grigory Kabalevsky.</p><p> </p><p>

Duffell gets cut and Kabalevsky is on the block for his next fight.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong><span style="font-size:12px;">Predictions:</span></strong></p><p> </p><p>

CageRage: 7/8</p><p>

TheSnake101: 6/8</p><p>

MasterSkuxly: 7/8</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>All time standings:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

TheSnake101: 74/90</p><p>

CageRage: 63/90</p><p>

MasterSkuxly: 37/43</p><p>

BigRedMachine: 23/28</p><p>

Frank_Vest: 9/15</p>

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<p><strong><span style="font-size:12px;">Fortnight Review for weeks 3 & 4 of August, 2002:</span></strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Daniil Skala</strong> (22-10) is out of his October bout with <strong>Michael Klaughnschue </strong>(9-3). Stepping in his place is promotional newcomber <strong>Eoghan Behan</strong> (10-4).</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Gregory O’Hara</strong> (10-1) is out of his scheduled bout with <strong>Ron Chuckle</strong> (8-3) in September. There are no replacements to be had, so I drop the bout completely and move it to the year end show in December.</p>

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<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>BCF: Kane vs Webb 2 announcement</strong></span></p><p> </p><p>

Saturday, week 2 of September 2002 in London</p><p>

Broadcast by United Kingdom Choice</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Welterweight Championship Bout:</strong> Will Kane (20-4) vs David Webb (20-5)</p><p> </p><p>

The rematch is on as David Webb attempts to avenge five year old defeat and reclaim the title he once held. Will Kane will be looking to put together some wins since losing in SIGMA - this is his second fight since that fight. The bad thing here is that Kane is not a great finisher, so getting momentum as champion will be extremely tough. Webb doesn’t really excel at finishing fights at the highest level, but he brings in +1 momentum to this fight. I don’t have a preference for who wins, but I hope it’s decisive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Middleweight Bout:</strong> Davis Spyrou (20-7) vs Ollie Castle (10-0)</p><p> </p><p>

Davis Spyrou has struggled with grappling in his last two fights, which he lost, so now he will face a fighter who won’t do any of that. Castle is 24 years old, undefeated and at +1 momentum, so a win over Spyrou would put him on the fast track to become one of the top middleweights. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Heavyweight Bout:</strong> Souleymane Ya Konan (13-3) vs Stjepan Andric (16-7)</p><p> </p><p>

A pair of heavyweight debutants with reputations in Europe, Ya Konan and Andric will want to make a statement to enter the top echelon of BCF’s heavyweight division. I don’t have too many exciting names in the weight class so I’m hoping Ya Konan can help me rectify that in time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Light Heavyweight Bout:</strong> Alekos Karabatsos (15-7) vs Matthew Michael Kirby (8-0)</p><p> </p><p>

MMK faces a different kind of test - this mostly to see if he can fend off some wrestling based attacks at this juncture of his career and whether he can finish someone that’s prone to getting finished if his wrestling fails.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Heavyweight Bout:</strong> Matas Fialkowski (5-0) vs Scotty Arnsson (5-0)</p><p> </p><p>

These two young heavyweights also look to put their names in the hat as some of the division’s best up and comers. Fialkowski was supposed to debut against Arnsson earlier in the year but was injured and has been out since November of 2001, while Arnsson won his debut in an entertaining battle with Reinhardt Rhett. Both guys have +1 momentum and I’m hoping it’ll build from this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Prelims:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Featherweight Bout:</strong> Roman Danielyan (8-2) vs Krzystztof Bujnicki (7-0)</p><p> </p><p>

Another fight that was supposed to happen earlier. Danielyan and Bujnicki are two European featherweights looking to make an opening statement in their BCF debuts. In the new division you’re never too far from a title shot so this will be an important win for either guy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Welterweight Bout:</strong> Vjekoslav Sarich (7-2) vs Mikey Wallace (9-3)</p><p> </p><p>

A battle of two welterweight strikers who really need to win, this fight should be a pretty heated scrap. Whoever loses is in real danger of being cut, while the winner moves on with their BCF career.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Light Heavyweight Bout:</strong> Murray O’Hare (7-4) vs Mick Curran (15-11)</p><p> </p><p>

Another pairing with two fighters that absolutely need to win. O’Hare has more of a leash as he’s younger and has probably had the tougher opposition, while Curran is at the tail end of his career and this is probably his last chance to get on a winning streak.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong><span style="font-size:12px;">Predictions? Suggestions? Comments?</span></strong></p><p> </p><p>

Will Kane vs David Webb</p><p>

Davis Spyrou vs Ollie Castle</p><p>

Souleymane Ya Konan vs Stjepan Andric</p><p>

Alekos Karabatsos vs Matthew Michael Kirby</p><p>

Matas Fialkowski vs Scotty Arnsson</p><p> </p><p>

Roman Danielyan vs Krzysztof Bujnicki</p><p>

Vjekoslav Sarich vs Mikey Wallace</p><p>

Murray O’Hare vs Mick Curran</p>

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Will Kane vs David Webb


Davis Spyrou vs Ollie Castle


Souleymane Ya Konan vs Stjepan Andric


Alekos Karabatsos vs Matthew Michael Kirby


Matas Fialkowski vs Scotty Arnsson

 


Roman Danielyan vs Krzysztof Bujnicki


Vjekoslav Sarich vs Mikey Wallace


Murray O’Hare vs Mick Curran

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Will Kane vs David Webb

Davis Spyrou vs Ollie Castle

Souleymane Ya Konan vs Stjepan Andric

Alekos Karabatsos vs Matthew Michael Kirby

Matas Fialkowski vs Scotty Arnsson

 

Roman Danielyan vs Krzysztof Bujnicki

Vjekoslav Sarich vs Mikey Wallace

Murray O’Hare vs Mick Curran

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Will Kane vs David Webb

Davis Spyrou vs Ollie Castle

Souleymane Ya Konan vs Stjepan Andric

Alekos Karabatsos vs Matthew Michael Kirby

Matas Fialkowski vs Scotty Arnsson

 

Roman Danielyan vs Krzysztof Bujnicki

Vjekoslav Sarich vs Mikey Wallace

Murray O’Hare vs Mick Curran

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Monthly MMA Review for August, 2002:

 

Four major events besides BCF took place in the month of August.

 

ALPHA-1 started the month off with Warriors of the Ring 5, where Ichisake Miyagi took the welterweight title back to Japan from Noach Van Der Capellen by unanimous decision. In the co-main event the undefeated Korekiyo Anzai upset the legendary Sukarno also by unanimous decision.

 

GAMMA 49: LeToussier vs Van Den Hauwe took place in Nevada in front of 5200 people, with Anthony LeToussier KO’ing Bryan Van Den Hauwe via head kick in the second round. Former lightweight champion Brandon Sugar submitted Bud Brockett in the second to last bout.

 

OMEGA’s event saw the welterweight title contested between two Mexicans as Louis De La Torre submitted Mando Romero to take home the strap. In the co-main event undefeated light heavyweight prospect ’Barracuda’ Enrique Campos submitted Justin Brannagh by armbar in under two minutes.

 

KDM FC took their women’s title as well as the male bantamweight championship to China in front of a thousand people, with Taiko Uchiyama submitting Hanako Shimizu by arm triangle to capture and Kanji Togo submitting Ryozo Ozawa by north south choke to retain. Atep of Indonesia got back to his winning ways after his rematch loss to Ahmed Mohamed Farag with an impressive TKO over Chinese muay thai champion Shen Long.

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BCF: Kane vs Webb 2

 

Saturday Week 2 of September, 2002 in London

Broadcast by United Kingdom Choice

 

 

Prelims:

 

Murray O’Hare (7-4) vs Mick Curran (15-11) at light heavyweight

 

Curran does a good job using his length and reach to outland O’Hare, though the Northern Irishman starts to land more towards the second round. Overall Curran lands significantly more though, and hurts O’Hare a couple of times inside the duration of the bout. Great striking battle to open the night.

 

Result: Mick Curran (16-11) defeats Murray O’Hare (7-5) by unanimous decision (29-28 x2, 30-27).

 

Curran calls out Markku Mikkola for his next fight, but he’ll probably have to take enough time off to not make that viable. We’ll see.

 

 

Vjekoslav Sarich (7-2) vs Mikey Wallace (9-3) at welterweight

 

It’s a fun striking battle where both guys are surprisingly elusive. Both men land jabs and body kicks and leg kicks early, and it is Sarich that seems to be getting the better of it. The Croatian starts to land more in the second round, getting Wallace with a couple of big right hands and a head kick, dropping the Englishman right at the second buzzer. Sarich keeps up the pressure in the final round and drops Wallace with another head kick early, finishing the fight shortly after.

 

Result: Vjekoslav Sarich (8-2) defeats Mikey Wallace (9-4) by TKO (head kick & punches) at 1:23 of round 3.

 

 

Roman Danielyan (8-2) vs Krzysztof Bujnicki (7-0) at featherweight

 

The two first rounds resemble each other as the Polish Bujnicki lands good strikes with his quick punches and kicks, while Danielyan gets him down with a trip in the second half of both rounds, keeping him there and landing ground and pound. In the third round Danielyan isn’t able to get Bujnicki down, which should make the scoring tough and interesting.

 

Result: Roman Danielyan (9-2) defeats Krzysztof Bujnicki (7-1) by split decision (29-28 x2, 28-29).

 

 

Main card:

 

Matas Fialkowski (5-0) vs Scotty Arnsson (5-0) at heavyweight

 

Two of our younger heavyweights engage in a tough fight where Arnsson tries to keep things close while Fialkowski tries to throw big punches. Both men have their success with the Pole landing all the significant strikes, but he doesn’t have much space at any point to hurt Arnsson.

 

Result: Matas Fialkowski (6-0) defeats Scotty Arnsson (5-1) by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28).

 

 

Alekos Karabatsos (15-7) vs Matthew Michael Kirby (8-0) at light heavyweight

 

Kirby drops Karabatsos right away and pounds on him on the ground, but can’t finish in the first round. In the second round he rocks Karabatsos again and pours on the pressure for the finish, putting the Greek out with some heavy ground strikes just into the second half of the fight. Completely one-sided in favor of the Scot.

 

Result: Matthew Michael Kirby (9-0) defeats Alekos Karabatsos (15-8) by KO (punches) at 3:18 of round 2.

 

 

Souleymane Ya Konan (13-3) vs Stjepan Andric (16-7) at heavyweight

 

An exciting one-rounder in the heavyweight division as Ya Konan lands big shots early but gets taken down by Andric. The Ivory Coast fighter however scrambles on top and lands heavy ground and pound to stop the fight near the end of the round.

 

Result: Souleymane Ya Konan (14-3) defeats Stjepan Andric (16-8) by TKO (punches) at 4:49 of round 1.

 

Andric announced his retirement post fight.

 

 

Davis Spyrou (20-7) vs Ollie Castle (10-0) at middleweight

 

It’s not a good one for Spyrou as Castle seemingly lands at will, walking through the few body kicks that the former champion is able to throw. A particularly vicious couple of right hands put Spyrou out with only two minutes gone in the clock. Welcome to BCF, Ollie ”Dynamite” Castle!

 

Result: Ollie Castle (11-0) defeats Davis Spyrou (20-8) by KO (punches) at 2:01 of round 1.

 

 

Main event:

 

Will Kane (20-4) vs David Webb (20-5) for the BCF welterweight championship

 

The challenger uses the clinch to control Kane in the first round, though the champion does land a few sharp strikes on the outside. In the second Webb gets Kane down and takes his back, landing good powerful ground strikes while looking for the submission. In the third round Kane lands a few of his patented vicious kicks before Webb closes the distance once again and controls the rest of the round in the clinch. Kane has more success in the fourth as Webb seems to be resting, landing a lovely head kick as well as some crisp punches and kicks to the legs and the body. A pair of head kicks land for Kane to start round five but Webb eats them and walks in to get the clinch. He keeps Kane stuck for most of the round, landing dirty boxing and some foot stomps. The referee separates the fighters with less than a minute to go, which is when Kane lands a jab and a perfect straight right that knocks Webb out cold! Wow, what a comeback!

 

Result: Will Kane (21-4) defeats David Webb (20-6) by KO (punches) at 4:25 of round 5 to retain the BCF welterweight title.

 

 

Post Show Thoughts:

 

Bonuses: $1000

 

FotN: Kane & Webb

KOtN: Kane

SotN: N/A

 

544 people in attendance, $47,872 gate. We did $920,000 on PPV, which is less than half of what Kitson vs McFadden did, but still a passable number. The card delivered a number of finishes and entertaining fights, scoring 76% critical rating, while the commercial rating was also strong at 47%. We got a popularity boost of 2.4%.

 

Though the card wasn’t filled with big names it did a great job. There were some new big players emerging as Ollie Castle made short work of Davis Spyrou and much-needed, exciting heavyweight debutants Ya Konan and Fialkowski got victories on the main card. In the main event Will Kane defied my expectations and got an exciting KO victory to go to +1 momentum and very close to national name value, and set up an exciting title fight no matter who it is against. It will probably be Filip Hristov. Kane will take over 4 months off after taking some big shots on the ground in the second round, though. We’ll see what has happened in the division once that’s done with.

 

Another big main card winner is Matthew Michael Kirby, who at 22 years old and 9-0 has proven that he can take care of most journeyman-caliber opponents with relative ease. Next for him should be more of a challenge, if I can figure out who matches up nicely with him. He called out countryman Adrian Majoram, which would definitely be a good one, and one I’d favor Kirby in. Majoram is currently ranked #4 in the division and takes a couple more weeks to recover, so that fight could be something I’ll look at in five to six weeks.

 

The prelims were solid if not spectacular, with Vjekoslav Sarich putting himself back on track with an exciting stoppage over Mikey Wallace. Roman Danielyan’s narrow win over Krzysztof Bujnicki doesn’t make him a contender necessarily, but it gets him the debut win and some popularity in the Isles. Mick Curran also got a career-salvaging win, although one that didn’t get rid of his negative momentum, and it put him on the sidelines for four more months, costing him the most valuable and limited resource - time.

 

Mikey Wallace gets his release after three consecutive losses. Some local show wins can get him back though.

 

 

Predictions:

 

CageRage: 6/8

TheSnake101: 6/8

MasterSkuxly: 4/8

 

 

All time standings:

 

TheSnake101: 80/98

CageRage: 69/98

MasterSkuxly: 41/51

BigRedMachine: 23/28

Frank_Vest: 9/15

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Fortnight Review for weeks 3 & 4 of September:

 

SIGMA hold their show in the third weekend of September, which forces me to book my next show to avoid unfortunate bookings of my fighters by the German company.

 

BCF: Kitson vs Diev will take place in Scotland on Saturday, week 3 of January. The light heavyweight championship will be contested, but the card is also planned to feature former heavyweight champion Carter Potter (20-5) and top prospect Ozzy Bintley (9-0), though their respective opponents are yet to be determined. In addition, #6 ranked welterweight Martin Cupples (12-1) faces #9 ranked Timothy Latchkey (10-2) as both men look to get back in the win column. Top ranked lightweights Colm Dee (17-5) and Doug Hansen (20-6) have also agreed to face off in one of the featured bouts of the evening.

 

 

Monthly MMA Review for September, 2002:

 

It is five shows a month yet again as BCF and four others hold events around the world.

 

FLB opens September with a jiu-jitsu showcase as Leonardo da Costa split decisions Mario de Souza for the middleweight title. Thais Antonio Taffarel makes it two in a row with his KO over Ramon da Silva Ramos in the night’s co-main event.

 

WEFF 28 sees bantamweight prospect Julita Beaulieu lose for the first time as Australian Samantha Sachs armbars her in the third round after a back and forth battle. Leslie Myers staid undefeated in her co-headliner bout against fellow submission expert Steph Smith.

 

ALPHA-1 brought Warriors of the Ring 6 to Kanto in September, with Kunimichi Kikuchi taking the heavyweight main event against Armen Sarkisian by decision. Ikku Funaki KO’d Keita Oshima in two minutes in the co-headliner.

 

SIGMA’s Gunnarsson vs Marazzina II took place in the third week of September and Icelancic featherweight champion Snorri Gunnarsson made it even faster after a third round submission in May of last year against the Italian Marazzina, submitting the judoka with a north south choke in the first round. Light heavyweight phenom Valentin Taneyev kept his undefeated record, submitting Aleksei Chekhov by armbar in the rematch of a split decision bout earlier this year.

 

 

Fortnight Review for weeks 1 & 2 of October, 2002:

 

Paul Goodfellow (3-1) and Moore Gordy (3-1) have agreed to face each other on January’s BCF: Kitson vs Diev 2 card in Scotland. The middleweight scrap should provide some fireworks, perhaps as the opening bout of the main card.

 

BCF light heavyweights Faas Smit (39-18) and Markku Mikkola (8-0) are booked for SIGMA’s November show. They face favorable match ups as Smit takes on 23-year old Armenian striker Makhak Kirakosyan (7-0) and Mikkola faces Dutch muay thai fighter Frankie Burgess (3-1-1). This doesn’t concern me, as neither fighter is in key position in the BCF light heavyweight division right now, even though Mikkola managed to defeat Danny Akabaro in his debut. I expect both guys to win their fights with SIGMA, so this will only help their cases with BCF.

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BCF TV: Baines vs Fontana announcement

 

Friday Week 2 of October, 2002 in North of England

Broadcast by Euro Cable Sports 1

 

Middleweight Championship Bout: Rob Baines (34-11) vs Snuffy Fontana (10-0)

 

This is a big fight for the middleweight division not only because of the title on the line but also perhaps the future of the division. Fontana is definitely one of those fighters that I can see being champion one day, but here we’ll see if that day is nigh or a little later down the line. Baines is an experienced, dangerous fighter for someone with as little experience as Fontana, but skill-wise it is a pretty interesting match up.

 

 

Welterweight Bout: Mills Mullally (19-6) vs Jayden Karp (8-0)

 

One of my favorite types of fights in a classic prospect versus veteran bout, Karp faces his biggest test to date in tough Irish title challenger Mullally. The winner of this one will probably move into the top 5 territory of the weight class.

 

 

Featherweight Bout: Louie Sullivan (9-0) vs Manish Khan (12-3)

 

Two highly technical strikers at featherweight will clash with a potential title shot on the line. Sullivan got a KO win in his BCF debut although he is not really known as a power puncher, while Khan is that, and proved it again with his KO win over Ivano Ancic in March.

 

 

Welterweight Bout: Iain Fussell (9-3) vs Duncan Thistlewood (9-3)

 

Another welterweight bout on the main card, this time between two lower ranked fighters looking to move into the top 15 or top 10 range. They have identical records and +1 heat, and another win will solidify their spot as a higher middle tier welterweight for now.

 

 

Middleweight Bout: Edgar Van Den Hoogenband (6-1) vs Andrew Rush (19-10)

 

Both middleweights are coming off losses to top competitors in their weight class and will look for an impressive win to get back in style. Stylistically this is a nightmare match up for Rush, who has no clear advantages in this fight apart from his experience edge.

 

 

Prelims:

 

Middleweight Bout: Rhys Buck (7-2) vs Jon Chase (3-1)

 

This should be an entertaining striking battle to lead in to the main card. Buck is probably the better fighter out of the two, and I’m hoping for a finish to get him back on track. Chase has only a few fights and his only loss is to a wrestler in Vincent Henderson, so I don’t really know if he has the ability to beat a striker like Buck.

 

 

Heavyweight Bout: Juozas Skerla (8-1) vs Bob Dozier (17-12)

 

Two heavyweights who have had it rough in BCF, Dozier and Skerla have faced some tough opposition: Skerla was KO’d by Ozzy Bintley, while Dozier dropped split decisions to Roope Kuqi and Stratos Papaioannou. Here both men face someone they have a better chance to shine against, and we’ll see who pulls through. I’d prefer it to be Skerla, who is younger and a more exciting fighter.

 

 

Light Heavyweight Bout: Michael Klaughnschue (9-3) vs Eoghan Behan (10-4)

 

Two of my lower level light heavyweights face off to see who can possibly earn main card bout in the future. Klaughnschue had a rough debut against Tikhon Diev, while this is Behan’s first BCF fight. The German has superior grappling skills and the toughness to make this a rough debut for the Northern Irishman.

 

 

Heavyweight Bout: Jesse Singh (17-7) vs Reinhardt Rhett (7-5)

 

These are two heavyweights who absolutely need to win to stay on the roster - both have -2 momentum and have yet to win in BCF. Both are strikers with limited ability and suspect chins, so at least this could end dynamically.

 

 

Featherweight Bout: Jan Ilic (8-1) vs Dallin Friedland (9-1)

 

The night opens with a pair of featherweights who are coming off tough fights in their BCF debuts: Ilic against Jason Dalglish and Friedland against Graeme Spark. This should be a striking battle, where the Pole Ilic has a significant power advantage.

 

 

Predictions? Suggestions? Comments?

 

Rob Baines vs Snuffy Fontana

Mills Mullally vs Jayden Karp

Louie Sullivan vs Manish Khan

Iain Fussell vs Duncan Thistlewood

Edgar Van Den Hoogenband vs Andrew Rush

 

Rhys Buck vs Jon Chase

Juozas Skerla vs Bob Dozier

Michael Klaughnschue vs Eoghan Behan

Jesse Singh vs Reinhardt Rhett

Jan Ilic vs Dallin Friedland

 

 

PS: I can’t implement BCF rankings just yet as I’m quite a bit ahead in the game and I don’t know of a way to see rankings in the past. Instead I’ll look to add something from now on, which you’ll see the results of in a while - it’ll be sometime in 2003 that the first rankings will become available.

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Rob Baines vs Snuffy Fontana

Mills Mullally vs Jayden Karp

Louie Sullivan vs Manish Khan

Iain Fussell vs Duncan Thistlewood

Edgar Van Den Hoogenband vs Andrew Rush

 

Rhys Buck vs Jon Chase

Juozas Skerla vs Bob Dozier

Michael Klaughnschue vs Eoghan Behan

Jesse Singh vs Reinhardt Rhett

Jan Ilic vs Dallin Friedland

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