King Of The Cage Montreal Results!

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Momente de Verite
June 20th 2008 in Montreal QC

Weigh ins allowed ample time to discuss the outcome possibilities but at 7:30 on Friday night many fighters were faced with their momente de verite and had to put up or pack up.

The first bout of the evening was in the developing Jr Bantamweight division. Chucky "The Energizer Bunny" Mady came out with a pace that definately validated the alternate alias. Fast hands and crisp feet helped Tim Chessell make the decision to tie up Mady and take the fight to mat. Once grounded Mady displayed superior positioning and application when he grinded his arm down Tims face to sink the rear naked choke at 1:13 of round 1.

James Saunders is a pretty vibrant kid, having spent the better part of the previous day lost in Laval, he had plenty of time to plan his attack. A one sided bout for the most part with James landing many solid shots and performing some great positional transitions. Around the middle of the first round, Saunders threw a knee that glanced the side of Daryles head when Pinter lunged forward on the ground. Needless to say this made me cringe and the ref give a warning. The end of the round had Saunders spring back for an ankle lock but for nearly ten seconds we watched Daryle show great heart weathering the
discomfort to earn a second round.  Much like the first, the second began with Saunders rushing Daryle to the ground and proceeding to kicks the legs of the lower altitude Pinter, when Daryle changed his orientation to stand, Saunders kicked what many say was the collar bone, however with head in hand Pinter was rocked by what the ref ruled an illegal strike and penalized James with a DQ loss at 34 seconds in the middle round.

Christopher Hulme took little time in his matchup with Carlos Masferrer, displaying quite a clean ground game his first takedown into a sprawled Masferrer quickly turned into a textbook anaconda choke. Fortunately Carlos managed to escape that attempt at the last second only to present the neck and guard position to allow Hulme to finish the first round at 1:01 via Guillotine.

The fourth fight shed some light on the multi talented silver medalist olympic wrestler Ainsley Robinson. When Thibodeau threw a flying knee, Robinson caught him mid air and proceeded to drop the first of three powerful shoulder slams. Thibodeau managed to scramble from the bottom and stand again only to tie up with Ainsley and get slammed again. Once on the ground Mike tryed to use a more technical submission attempt and lure Ainsley into his guard, however once inside Robinson positioned himself for yet another slam, sensing he was going to lift off in T minus Now, Mike gave up the guard and position which gave
Robinson the opp to land several huge elbows to get the W via TKO.

The fifth bout of our night was one of the more discussed bouts, mostly by yours truly. Both fighters entered carrying impressive striking backgrounds so one would presume it to be an exciting match. While on the feet it was just that, great leg strikes from Justin "The Ninja" Primmer put Mokdad in some obvious discomfort so Ali decided to eat a couple shots when going for the takedown which proved to be a wise move when he discovered Justin was not as skilled on the ground. Slow methodical ground and pound for the remainder of the first round shed light on what was to come the second round. A wide cut above the right eye of Primmer from a glancing elbow directed Ali to his next move, take the fight down. The thought is always easier than the application, this proved true as Mokdad looked to get back into position on the mat but Primmer had other ideas, rocking Ali a few times with solid shots seemed promising for the debut fighter however, experience and over skill overwhelmed the kickboxer from London. Mid way through the second round the fight was stopped due to tko in favour of Ali "The Monster" Mokdad.

In a fight that almost didnt happen due to tardiness at weighins. Dana Dickeson faced local prodcut Harry Prevot. Both fighters gave a great performance exchanging blows and takedown attempts, with the first shot in being beautifully defended by Prevot. Persistence paid off when Dana committed to a long double leg that caught Prevot off balance. Once at ground level Dana
utilized excellent movement to secure mount position and rain down shots to conclude the fight with 20 seconds left in the round.

As with a few of the fights, this match up was slightly out of place. When the two heavyweights in the card had opponents drop out less than a week prior to the event. So faced with the challenge Jeff "The Viking" Lundberg stepped up to face 6-1 Tim "The Thrashing Machine" Hague. As we know Tim is a fierce competitor and presses every opponent with great force. However in this match Hague looked almost like he was playing possum, allowing Lundberg to rush in and tie up. The action against the cage was limited and eventually restarted in the middle. Hague had a chance to feel the strength of The Viking, and decided to exchange a few and link up in a clinch. For one brief moment the world stopped, at least for the challenger as a pinpoint round of knee joint from a machine gun leg found its mark on his chin and sent him to the yellow nap room. Cool calm and composed was the Champ as he watched the body fall, and walked away, no pouncing as he knew his job was done for another night.

A few questions arose on the night of weighins, why exactly did Chester Post come in so underweight? The answer came directly from the horses mouth, appx two weeks prior to the fight Post weighed 230 lbs, diet, nutrition and conditioning did a little too well for the gent, who tipped the scales at appx 15 lbs less than his opponent. The fight began as most do when watching
experienced warriors enter the cage, no wild swings or double leg attempts from one corner to the next, instead, a few lighter jabs were thrown to gauge the pace. Which by the way progressed well as Post was able to score a solid right on Valimaki. In what looked like a wake up call to Victor that he was in a fight he switched gears and physically convinced Chester it was time to go to the ground. There wasnt much for striking on the ground as it seemed every attempt to strike abouve the chest was ruled back of the head so with that knowledge Victor attempted several submissions, transitioning through a far reaching ankle lock, to a very deep Kimura. Both would have put many fighters away however Chester proved to be a determined man and refused to tap. The game on the ground came to an end when Valimaki moved from the side and swept Post backwards in a very clean rear naked choke. With no other option Chester tapped. Though he didnt get his arm raised Chester seemed in good spirits when
thanking his opponent and the fans of Montreal.

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