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Questions, questions, questions, it seemed there were nothing but question marks coming into the TKO 15 event that took place today in Montreal. Would the main event see the re-emergence of the Crow into the top contender that we saw before the Rivera fight? Would Jeremy Horn claim his first high profile victory at his new found 185 pound weight class? Would the much anticipated MMA debut of Nova Uniao Black belt Mark Bocek prove to be the next step in the evolution of the talented Jiu Jitsu man?. Will Bill Mahood be able to take his impressive record, and his status as the best Light Heavyweight in Canada, to the TKO arena and set up a match with the TKO Light heavyweight champion Patric Cote? Will Steve “The Lionheart” Vigneault be able to overcome the mental anguish of losing by knockout for the first time in his career, on top of losing one of his championship belts? With so many questions to be answered, it was no surprise that the answers came fast and furious at TKO 15 as only three fights out of twelve went past the first round, and only one fight went went past the second. The "Sushiboy" was there to take it all in, and he brings us this full report..

David Loiseau 184.8 Vs Jeremy Horn 184.6

The main event proved to be the quickest fight of the night as Horn Impressed by choking out the talented Loiseau early in the first stanza to take their highly anticipated contest convincingly. The fight went to the clinch early and Horn acted quickly tripping “The Crow” to the mat and securing side control. Loiseau scrambled to his feet but left his neck exposed in the process and the crafty Horn took advantage sinking in a guillotine choke and forcing the tap out. Horn has been very active of late and proved that he is more then ready to ply his trade in the 185 middleweight pound division, this high profile win should be enough to secure his shot in the UFC Middleweight division that currently does not have a champion.

Bill Mahood 202.6lbs Vs Yan Pellerin 204.4lbs

In the words of Bill Mahood, this was a battle of attrition and he was able to do what he has done many a time before, and grinded his way to victory over the surprisingly fit Yan Pellerin. Pellerin looked to be in much better shape then his last two outings against Patric Cote and Cameron Brown and controlled the fight from the outset, taking Bill Mahood down at will and using a methodical ground and pound assault. Mahood looked like he was more interested in the submissions then his trademark knockouts and worked kimura’s and guillotine’s from the bottom on several occasions, but narrowly missed the mark every time. The fight followed the same pattern for the first round and most of the second, but with about a minute left in the round, Mahood manoeuvred into a slick reversal and put himself right into the mount position. Mahood did what he is best known for and used his golden opportunity to send lefts and rights into the face of Pellerin until he finally gave his back. A few more punches, and a thudding elbow later, the bell rang and saved Pellerin from further punishment. In between rounds Yan Pellerin was slow to get to his corner and after sitting for a minute he collapsed from his stool. The doctors all came to his assistance and it was apparent that he would be unable to answer the bell. The official word from the President of TKO was that he collapsed from “dehydration” but no doubt it was a combination of his “dehydration” coupled with the powerful shots that hurt him to close the second round. Mahood moves on and puts himself into Canadian title contention against Patric Cote on May 1st in Granby Quebec.

Kajan Johnson 157.8 Vs Stephane Dube 154.6lbs

Karate Champion Stephane Dube impressed by getting the most impressive knockout in recent TKO history with the best leg kick KO this side of Mirko Cro Cop. Dube controlled the fight from beginning to end showing off stand up skills that we did not see in his bout with David Goulet. Johnson never found his rhythm and the duration of the fight was spent on the feet with Dube landing consistently with over hand shots while the stand up fighter Johnson was forced to look for other ways to counter including taking Dube down at one point. “Ragin” Kajan Johnson’s night came to a screeching halt at !!!!!!!!!! of the 1st round when Dube sent a spinning back kick into the abdomen of Johnson almost folding him with a loud Crack” that could be heard throughout the arena. Johnson Collapsed immediately and found his self on his back clutching his solar plexus. In just his second MMA bout Dube wins impressively and the 38 year old finds himself in position to get back onto the Canadian Lightweight track. Dube wins at 4:06 of the first round via Knockout.

Steve Vigneault 184.6lbs Vs Chris Fontaine

In what was the biggest upset of the night, Joe Doerkson and Rudrigo Munderuca product Chris Fontaine devastated his opponent Steve Vigneault en route to claiming the Canadian middleweight belt. On paper it looked like the young Fontaine was in over his head against a man that has defeated the likes of Sean Pierson and Jermaine Andre, but Fontaine was surprisingly calm and proved his worth in the ring, stunning crowd with his devastating knee strikes. Both Vigneault and Fontaine were known for their good work in the clinch, and it was no surprise that it went to the clinch off the bat, but when it got their it was all Fontaine. He punished Vigneault with knee’s to the body until they broke the clinch but when the clinch was secured for the second time it was the beginning of the end. The second time around, Fontaine was too much for Vigneault and after going back to the body with devastating knee’s, Vigneault broke his posture and lowered his head. Fontaine saw his opportunity and that would be the only opportunity he needed as he brought the knee high to the face and crushed Vigneault’s nose. The knee broke his nose and sent him crashing in through the ropes. Fontaine swung a couple times with his fists before the referee stepped in and stopped the fight. Fontaine wins the Canadian Middleweight Championship at 1:14 of the first round via Knockout and takes the belt back to Winnipeg.

Mark Hominick 144lbs Vs David Gui Gui 145 lbs

Mark Hominick proved that even Machine’s can learn new tricks, and showed marked improvement and confidence in his ground game. Hominick was never in any imminent danger in this bout as he methodically picked apart the tough Gui Gui punishing him with leg kicks and punches from the mount to finish him in the second stanza. On two separate occasions the stand up kickboxer went for armbar’s against the jiu Jitsu man, once from the mount near the end of the first round and once in the second. He was able to pull off some nice reversals in the bout as well, and capped it off with the fight ending punishment from the mount that offered Gui Gui no choice but to tap out. Hominick is impressive again and it looks like Thierry Quenneville, could possibly be the next up to bat for the talented Shawn Thomkins product.

Kyle Sandford 185lbs Vs Stephan Potvin 184.4

This three round contest was described as the fight of the night by many of the fans and media that took in the event. Much of the back and forth three round battle, took place from the over under clinch with both fighters exchanging knee’s, Sandford was looking for the takedown for most of the fight but found his takedowns hard to come by as Potvin was able to keep himself on his feet, or in the top position for most of the fight. Potvin proved to be the superior striker, stunning Sandford on a couple of occasions scattered throughout the contest, but was never able to land the telling blow. The first round was close, very close and could have gone either way but the second round was a different story. The second stanza was all Sandford, as he was able to secure the takedown and work from the top for much of the round along with landing the hardest shot of the fight when he kneed Potvin in the face, bloodying and stunning him for a moment. The third saw more from the clinch with scattered action as both fighters seemed to fade slightly in the final stanza, the most action of the round came with Potvin landing some strikes from the guard that were never close to fight ending, but were scoring shots none the less. Sandford was awarded the three round split decision to the obvious disappointment of Potvin. MMARR had the fight 29-28 for Sandford but it was a very close bout that could have been ruled a draw. After the fight was over Sandford revealed to MMARR that in the first round he popped one of his knee’s and had trouble pivoting and manoeuvring for the remainder of the bout. Sandford wins a split decision after three rounds.

Mark Bocek 153.8lbs Vs Mark Colangelo 154.6lbs

An active first round saw the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu phenom Mark Bocek take his first MMA battle via injury TKO. The action began, and from the outset, it looked like Colangelo wanted to stand with the young black belt. He was successful early landing some well timed and ill intentioned shots to stun Bocek on several occasions, but Bocek found the takedowns when he needed them most, and worked from the top position. Bocek was able to pass the guard and claim strong position on a couple of occasions but he was never able to do any major damage to Colangelo. When the round ended Colangelo got up gingerly and motioned to his knee, and from the way he hobbled to his corner it was obvious he could not continue. A chat with Colangelo after the event revealed that he had sprained his knee a week and a half before the event, and re-injured himself in the first round. Bocek wins via abandonment at 5:00 of round one.

Philippe Lagace 144.4lbs Vs Thierry Quenneville 147lbs

Lagace showed off some solid takedowns at one point lifting the George St Pierre product high in the air, but was unable to capitalize on his takedowns. Quenneville was eventually able to get an increasingly rare armbar from the guard, and finish Lagace late in the first round. Quenneville wins via armbar at 4:45 of the first round.

Alex Gasson 168.6lbs Vs Jonathan Goulet 169.2

Goulet was able to weather an early onslaught from the Shawn Thomkins product taking an early burst of stand up aggression from Gasson and took him down, and eventually finding Gasson’s back for the rear naked choke. Goulet defeats Gasson via rear naked choke at 1:43 of the first round.

Todd Gouwenberg 229.2 Vs Marc Cambier 234.2

In the first Heavyweight bout in recent TKO memory Gouwenberg used his superior strength to muscle his way to the workmanlike victory over Cambier in impressive ground and pound fashion. Gouwenberg worked his way to the mount position and dropped punishing shots down onto the face of Cambier and Cambier could not take the punishment eventually tapping out and sening Gouwenberg into title contention.

Stephane Vigneault 144.4 Vs Troy Quesnelle 140lbs

The younger brother of Steve Vigneault was very impressive standing up and on the ground biding his time in the stand up with his superior defence and eventually sening some sharp leg kicks and punching combonation quesnelle’s way. When the fight went to the ground after Vingeault got the takedown he found the mount and the eventual Armbar. It looks like Vigneualt is only one or two fights away from title contention in either the Canadian or World scene. Vigneault wins at 2:46 of the second round via Armbar.

Steve Duquette159.4lbs Vs Claude Tremblay

Claude Tremblay found himself in the ring against one of the most impressive physiques of MMA and ate canvass shaking shots to the face from the guard that hurt him early and eventually knocked him out completely. Duquette showed off his superior strength and now has two impressive wins in a row with two knockouts, and could find himself fighting for the Canadian title at some point in the near future. Duquette wins at 3:02 of the first round via knockout.

Final Thoughts

The event was entertaining from bell to bell, and only 3 fights went past the first round. The fights were shorter then normal but we saw everything from a knee to the face that sent Vigneault out of the ring, to Stephane Dube pulling off one of the most devastating kicks ever seen in an MMA bout, to scary moments like Yan Pellerin collapsing on his stool after the second round.. The event had just about everything, including bitter disappointment for David Losieau and Steve Vigneault. On the whole, this event had good refereeing, a marked improvement compared to some past TKO events. Athough the refereeing is not controlled by TKO, it appears the Quebec athletic commission has improved the referee’s considerably. Everything seems to be on track for some great fights the next time around, the influx of new blood, some of which came from Western Canada capped the evening, and TKO 16 should prove to be one to look forward to. -MMARR-

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