World Freestyle Fighting Championships 9: Wild West
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World Freestyle Fighting Championships 9: Wild West Held September 17th, 2005 At the Croatian Cultural Centre Vancouver, British Columbia By Mike Neva It took UFC veteran, Bill Mahood, only 21 seconds to guillotine choke his opponent, Todd Seyler, completely unconscious. At thirty eight years of age, and coming off a trio of losses to Patrick Cote, Forrest Griffin, and Tim Mckenzie, Mahood desperately needed to get back on the winning track, and that he did against his over matched opponent. At the sound of the bell, Seyler charged across the ring immediately looking to take the heavy handed Mahood down. However, the wily veteran showed a great sprawl and impulsively locked in a guillotine choke. The choke was in deep and as Mahood cranked with all his might the chances of Seyler freeing himself from the precarious position quickly faded. Not long after, Seyler slumped to the mat and was rendered unconscious from the choke.
In the only other A-Class shooto fight on the card the undefeated Kalib Starnes took on Edmonton native, Mike Yackulik. Known for his devastating submissions, Starnes surprisingly opened up showing some decent boxing skills landing a few left jabs, and ducking away from any of Yackulik’s big punches. Nevertheless, as the bout passed the one minute mark, Starnes went back to his bread and butter diving into the clinch and taking the fight to the ground. It didn’t take long for Starnes to pass the guard and work from the full mount. Yackulik appeared to be in deep trouble as Starnes began to bomb away with punches as almost every strike found the mark. As the barrage continued, Yackulik wisely tapped, adding yet another W to Starnes perfect record. Look for a full report in an upcoming issue of FCF, including the disappointment of Chuck Liddel trained fighter, Antonio Banuelos, not being able to compete against Max Marin in what had been scheduled as the main event! B-Class Shooto Results
A-Class Shooto Results
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ROTR Qualifiers 5 Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii September 17th, 2005 By Chris Onzuka The feeder show for Rumble On The Rock has changed its name from Proving Grounds to the ROTR Qualifiers to better describe why the fighters are participating in Rumble’s smaller event. This event is a perfect example of why the name was changed. This event featured an 8-man 175lbs tournament of primarily local Hawaii fighters, the two finalist of the tournament will return to face each other in the next Rumble On The Rock to be held on November 19th. After a few wars and injuries as is the norm with tournament formats, Ross "Da Boss" Ebanez and Sidney Silva were the last two men standing and will face each other in a couple of months. In a rematch, Mike Aina revenged his previous loss to Kaleo Kwan by utilizing his existing tools and perfectly executing his game plan. And finally, the main event featured Nova Uniao’s hottest new commodity, Thales Leite taking on the veteran Ron Jhun. Leite put on a submission clinic, but the game Jhun gutted and eventually slipped out of everything that Leite put on him. The impressive Leite ended the first and second round with Jhun in a submission attempt. In the third round, it looked like Leite was tiring and Jhun could smell that some payback was on the grill, except that a well time and executed flying knee put an end to Jhun’s comeback in the fight. MMA: 2 Rounds – 3 Minutes MMA: 2 Rounds – 5 Minutes MMA: 175lbs 8-Man Tournament MMA: 175lbs 8-Man Tournament MMA: 175lbs 8-Man Tournament MMA: 175lbs 8-Man Tournament Super Fight: 2 Rounds – 5 Minutes MMA: 175lbs 8-Man Tournament MMA: 175lbs 8-Man Tournament MMA: 175lbs 8-Man Tournament Main Event |
