This weekend is a vital one on the Canadian sports activities calendar. On Sunday evening, the CFL’s season will come to an finish in Vancouver when BC Place Stadium performs host to this yr’s Gray Cup Recreation between the East Division Champion Toronto Argonauts and the West Division Champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Not everybody is considering the sport arising this weekend, nevertheless.
Battle of The North Occurs Friday on Combat Go From Montreal
Whereas the Argos and Blue Bombers prep for Canadian soccer’s final prize, one other championship shall be handed out on Friday evening from Montreal. It’ll be an evening for crossovers when Samourai MMA heads to On line casino Montreal for Samourai MMA Chapter 12: Battle of the North (additionally titled Samourai vs. BFL 1.)
Because the title of the present implies, this occasion pits the best opponents from Samourai in opposition to these from British Columbia-based Battlefield Combat League for a full evening of MMA motion. Friday’s present shall be seen on UFC Combat Go starting at 7 pm ET/ 4 pm PT.
All informed, barring any late changes between now and the weekend, the ultimate model of Samourai MMA Chapter 12 will function 10 fights. Highlighting the evening is a five-round affair for the Vacant Samourai MMA Tremendous-Welterweight Championship between present BFL Tremendous-Light-weight Champion Rodrigo Sezinando (7-1 MMA, Samourai promotional debut) and former Samourai Tremendous-Welterweight Champion Jonathan Ramsay (5-1 MMA, 5-1 Samourai.)
Dissecting Rodrigo Sezinando
Rodrigo Sezinando enters the Samourai MMA Chapter 12 principal occasion having posted a mark of 4-1 over his final 5 fights. At the moment, he’s on a three-fight profitable streak, prolonged final day out with a first-round knockout by means of floor and pound strikes in opposition to Dario Sinagoga (7-2 MMA, 7-2 BFL) in BFL 80 on Could 9 to take the 165-lb. belt.
Sezinando improved to (7-1) on Thursday and is now the two time BFL tremendous light-weight championhttps://t.co/fTBMkPFVw4 pic.twitter.com/Kjqkm50pxr
— Battlefield Combat League (@BattlefieldFL) Could 13, 2024
Numerically talking, the present super-lightweight champion has gained six of his fights inside the gap. Thus, it goes with out saying that he’s an explosive fighter when the cage door closes on battle evening.
Simply take a look at the video tape of his battle in opposition to Sinagoga this previous spring. In the course of the opening spherical of the competition, he shot for a takedown, just for Sinagoga to pop again up. Undaunted, Sezinando drove Sinagoga right down to the mat and took mount.
From there, the battle became one other case of one-way site visitors. Rodrigo Sezinando pounded away with photographs to the top, forcing the referee to step in and put a halt to the proceedings. How will he deal with the shift in weight to 175 lbs. and might he preserve the aggression going within the Samourai MMA Chapter 12 principal occasion?
Trying At Jonathan Ramsay
Within the different nook, Jonathan Ramsay, nicknamed “End Him,” has posted a file of 4-1 in his final 5 fights courting again to November of 2022. Most just lately, he noticed the five-fight profitable streak courting again to his skilled debut snapped by the hands of Danny Mallette (6-1 MMA, 4-1 Samourai) by means of fourth-round knockout again in June.
Mallette has since turned his consideration again to the squared circle of boxing with a TKO victory over Petar Gavrilovic to go 2-0 in The Candy Science. Even supposing Jonathan Ramsay sustained his first profession defeat contained in the cage, he is aware of how one can dish out the ache on any given battle evening.
Trying on the footage of Ramsay’s contest versus Irving Molina two years in the past, he executed an excellent takedown of his opponent, going into aspect management instantly and touchdown some nasty elbow photographs. It was solely a matter of time earlier than Ramsay took Molina’s again after one other burst of floor and pound strikes, with the rear-naked choke lastly ending the affair in a single minute and 29 seconds’ time.
Jonathan Ramsay is a younger man who was forged for the newest season of The Final Fighter on ESPN+ however didn’t make the ultimate roster for the tv collection. With a fantastic monitor file thus far in his MMA profession, ought to he win the Samourai MMA Chapter 12 principal occasion on Friday evening, Ramsay may very nicely discover himself on the brief checklist for a UFC deal within the close to future.
Closing Ideas
Whereas there are different MMA promotions holding reveals all through the day and evening on Friday, in the event you don’t have any plans for the night hours, do your self a favor: Carve out a while for Samourai MMA Chapter 12 and the Samourai MMA Chapter 12 principal occasion.
Get that pizza ordered early on Friday evening. You gained’t need to miss a second of this thrilling
