MFC 20: Destined for Greatness Recap and Results
Maximum Fighting Championships put on their twentieth event on Friday in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The event included a lackluster MFC Lightweight Championship bout that saw Antonio McKee defeat Derrick Noble via unanimous decision, earning the position as the first-ever MFC Lightweight Champion.
The first of the co-main events was a welterweight superfight that saw Nick “The Goat” Thompson take a unanimous decision victory over Paul “Semtex” Daley. Thompson kept Daley at bay with his reach and jab during the first and second rounds on the feet, as well as dominating the fight from top position in those two rounds, despite taking some heavy leg kicks from Daley in the first minute of the fight. Besides the leg kicks in the first minute, Daley only really looked strong after a looping punch caught Thompson behind the ear in the second, leading to some ground and pound before the bell sounded to end of the round. The third round, howeverm was nothing but domination by the eventual winner Thompson.
The other co-main event was a barn burner on the ground between Pat Healy and Ryan Ford for the MFC Welterweight Championship. Healy was the more dominant fighter much of the fight, but Ford showed a lot of resiliency and great submission defense throughout the fight. Each round saw both fighters scoring takedowns and reversals in what was a great, evenly matched fight. However in the end Healy retained his belt via split decision (48-47 three times).
The event’s full results were:
- Pat Healy def. Ryan Ford via split decision
- Nick Thompson def. Paul Daley via unanimous decision
- Antonio McKee def. Derrick Noble via unanimous decision
- Bryan Baker def. Rory Singer via KO (punches) — Round 1, 4:55
- David Heath def. Roger Hollet via submission (guillotine choke) — Round 1, 2:30
- Solomon Hutcherson def. Dave Mewborn via unanimous decision
- Ryan Machan def. Simon Marini via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 1, 1:48
- Evan Sanguin def. Alain Hernandez via TKO (slam) — Round 1, 2:50
- Josh Russell def. Donovan Foley – Submission (triangle choke) — Round 1, 1:00
- Brad Zazulak def. Richard Symons via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 3:54
Tags: Alain Hernandez, Antonio McKee, Bryan Baker, Dave Mewborn, David Heath, Derrick Noble, Donovan Foley, Evan Sanguin, Josh Russell, Nick Thompson, Pat Healy, Paul Daley, Roger Hollet, Rory Singer, ryan ford, Ryan Machan, simon Marini, Solomon Hutcherson
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Mckee v Noble was absolutely a pain in the asss to watch, though it went to another decision for Mckee, Noble did nothing since the first round
The “superfight” wasnt all that super, mind you it was pretty good, but Semtex really needs to get some BJJ training he is a hell of good Muay Thai fighter but has very little ground game
Mewborn can take a shot but still isn’t a top teir fighter
Heath won but still hasn’t gotten past the fact he can’t be more than a gatekeeper, tho may find success in this org
Baker v Singer was actually a fight of wills to say the least.. Singer sunk that armbar in crazy tight, I thought it was over or Baker was going to get his shhhh broke bad yet somehow he got out, then Singer transfered straight into a triangle how he didnt finish then I don’t know, then at the bell Baker ko’d Singer it was crazy (Machida v Silva at the bell type stuff)
The main event was two wrestlers that brought their great takedowns and decent BJJ (not great) they really arent ready to be top players in the division but it was a very even bout.. The decision could have went either way, I would have really liked it to be a draw but hey, the guy I was going for didnt win and thats ok.. Ford could be really good but cleary needs more top level training.. He reminds me of a really green Rampage like super green
This one particular ref was perhaps one of the worse I’ve ever seen, asking for action when a sub was being attempted, not taking points when he should have, 10seconds of ground work then he would stand up the fighters for no particular reason, just awful but whatever it was a pretty good night of fights with mid level fighters imo
Did you watch it on HDNet? I don’t get HDNet and tried looking everywhere for a stream but couldn’t find one.I figured justin.tv might have it on but I see they don’t have mmatv anymore.That’s a burn.Would have liked to see THE REAL DEAL fight.He’s usually entertaining,although like you said he needs to elevate his training.
No I don’t have HDNet, I did however watch it on justin.tv, it was under narly time (the one with rock em sock em robot looking shhh)… I too thought I would get it through mmatv but randomly clicked on the new “channel” and poof there it be
I know Ryan Ford Personally. He may still be somewhat new to mma. But you need to give him his props.. He did very well against Healy Who has a ton of experience.. But I think he needs better trainers and people who are looking out for whats best for ryan.. The MFC and mark Pavalich Seem to have there own agenda when it comes to making fights, They seem to be alittle more into the fighting game for themselves as a way to make money . I think ryan needs to reconsider his deal with the MFC and maybe look at other organizations in the canadian MMA world.
Ryder, I agree, He just needs to step up with training partners and I also think from what I saw last night that he will be really good if he keeps his focus and goes to a great camp, he is really young and has alot of raw pure talent.. I think he can string some good wins together and move up in the world he just needs to train train train