Welcome friends to SFU #15 It’s going to be a big night with 2 belts on the line in the Bantam and featherweight divisions and tons of up and coming prospects looking to throw their hats in the ring for future title shots. So let’s kick this off with a bang.
Sergio "Chico Malo" Diaz vs Noam Nystrom
How many cards have you ever seen kick off with a title fight? Champion Sergio Diaz is coming off a beautiful submission win against the always dangerous Bob Brody earning him fight of the night honors. This ground fighter is one of the slickest submission artists in the SFU submitting the brown belt in a fight many felt he didn’t deserve but he did what champions do and stepped up in the biggest moment of his career. His opponent Noam Nystrom is another world class ground fighter who focuses more on his wrestling and clinch work to grind his opponents down with smothering pressure. This is a rematch of SFU 10 which saw Nystrom do just that and I think he can do it again.
Prediction: Nystrom by decision
Tyson Clarkson vs Mike Stanley
Clarkson is a well-rounded Muay Thai fighter who uses consistent pressure to wear his opponents down and is making his debut here in the SFU after going undefeated in 3 QFC fights. Unfortunately for him he is badly out of shape and will gas early. Mike Stanley is aside from being an all-around better fighter with not a single one of his fights leaving the first round makes his SFU debut as well. He was lobbed a softball here and he is going to knock Clarkson out of the park.
Prediction Stanley by KO
Bo Jones vs Luke "Sky" Walker
Bo Jones is the lineal LACA heavyweight champion who decided to jump ship and try to find a bit better competition he in the SFU. His acrobatic kicks are really something to behold and holds a purple belt for when it hits the ground. Welcoming into the SFU is fellow new comer Luke "Sky" Walker. Walker is an excellent wrestler who’s on a long string of ground and pound TKOs. He also possesses a solid chin but has been KOed twice in his career. This is a striker vs grappler match and Luke has the far superior wrestling, I expect him to look for the takedown early.
Prediction: Skywalker by TKO
Demi "Half" God vs Connor "Immortal" MacLeod
Demi God has looked like anything but in his career so far going just 1-3 despite his exceptional boxing and granite chin. He is coming in from the very prestigious Immortals org and is making his debut here against the very well rounded Connor "Immortal" MacLeod. MacLeod is making his professional debut here so not really much to say about him other than he can deal with the fight anywhere it may need to go. MacLeod is a brown belt so look for him to take the fight to the ground and try and take the striker out of his element.
Prediction: Toss up
Ivan Tarasov vs Peter Larsson
Ivan Tarasov is a former HFC champion who’s beautiful BJJ tore through that org with Kimura after arm bar before he hit a skid and got TKOed. All his wins come by way of quick submission and he’s going to need to get this fight to the ground because Peter Larsson is a bad bad man. His incredible stand up skills cannot be overstated. His nasty boxing centric attack has seen him destroy everyone not named Dmitry Boitsov. He can be tapped but he has really top class wrestling and takedown defense. He’s got better wrestling than Tarasov and he probably takes him out on the feet in our likely fight of the night.
Prediction: Larsson by KO
Nigel "Dark Destroyer" Benn Jr vs Nemanja "The Serbian Murderer" Vidienko
Nigel Benn Jr is as you boxing fans might know a world champion caliber fighter with his hands and has worked quite hard to adapt his game to MMA. He makes his SFU debut too broke to afford a gym to train in. Truly rock bottom for Mr. Benn, who desperately needs some cash to continue his career. Nemanja "The Serbian Murderer" Vidienko welcomes him to the cage coming off a lop sided decision loss in his last fight. This BJJ purple belt will look to take this to the ground as fast as possible and smother the superior striker. He got better wrestling and should be able to pull it off.
Prediction: Vidienko by decision
Remus Sala vs Troy Palmer
This fight for the bantam weight title should be an absolute barn burner featuring two of the most exciting fighters in the SFU. Remus Sala is an excellent wrestler whose hellish clinch game has been too much for his overmatched opponents. The undefeated champion also possesses great boxing and very respectable Muay Thai. Standing across from him is the challenger Troy Palmer. Troy can go tit for tat with our champion bringing his own hardware from the Immortal org. He has been on a very similar run through that org clinching and elbowing his way through every man put in front of him. This is going to be a brutal inside war in all likelihood, that said Sala is the better outside fighter if he feels like getting cute in there but the biggest factor is Palmer is traveling from Vegas and the jet lag, could affect his cardio. Sala is not the guy to come in against at less than 100%.
Prediction: Sala by TKO
Brent "Double B" Banger vs Nino Brown
Brent Banger is a severely depressed man with decent skills but is mentally weak despite his great boxing. His heart just isn’t in this despite his undefeated record. Nino Brown is going to run a grappling clinic on him anywhere this goes with his superior wrestling and heavy hands.
Prediction: Brown by TKO
Gabriel FalleN vs "The British Bulldog" Neo DiCaprio
Gabriel Fallen is a seriously slick boxer with good wrestling hoping to make a splash in the 135lb weight class. His KO power and smooth technique has seen him finish all but one opponent who beat him via Arm triangle. This is good news for DiCaprio who is one of the more talented submission specialists in the division. He has tapped all but one of his opponents. He also possesses good boxing but he can throw that in the slop bucket for this fight as Gabriel is a class above with his hands. He’s a bit better wrestler too and he had better be ready to sprawl because if DiCaprio get him down this fight will end quickly.
Prediction: Fallen BY KO
Big Tow vs Otocanin VS "Zmija I Borba" Zmija
In our main event of the evening we have two very skilled big men with impeccable wrestling credentials and excellent submission games. Big Tow comes to the SFU as a veteran of 20 fights. He likes to use his incredible wrestling and heavy hands to smash his opponents into the ground with merciless efficiency. He doesn’t really need to load up with his ground and pound to do big damage. Zmija is very similar except he prefers to put his brown belt to work in relentlessly hunting for submissions in between his strikes. He’s coming off a dominating TKO victory over the very tough Roger Machado. He slashed the big man open like BJ Penn did to Joe Stevenson all those years ago. It was a blood bath. Zmija probably has the advantage standing up and can tag Big Tow with his superior boxing but this is going to be a grinding wrestling match probably with more than a little blood.
Prediction: Zmija by TKO