TKO 26: Easy Night for Desilets
Freddie DeFreitas Jul 1, 2006
VICTORIAVILLE, Canada, June 30 — TKO rolled into this small Quebec
outpost for its 26th installment. While the arena was scattered
with empty seats filling only 60 percent of the venue, the ruckus
crowd more than made up for it with many hometown fighters
decorating the card.
In the main event of the evening, the man they call “Stress,” Martin Desilets (Pictures), made relatively quick work of a very undersized David Medd.
At the opening bell, Medd looked to take the bigger Desilet down to
the mat, but a successful sprawl by Desilet was the beginning of
the end of Medd’s night. From here, Desilet punished his opponent
with strikes from every angle.
After an attempt to get back to his feet, Medd found himself back on the ground with Desilets working for an armbar. But Desilets would give up on it to resume the sound beating this time, adding in some vicious knees to the body before following up with a couple of devastating punches that could be heard echoing throughout the arena.
The last time we saw Chris Clements in a TKO ring he was setting a new MMA record for fastest knockout. On this night, he was embroiled in a bloody war that at times looked like the scene of an axe murder with a former amateur kickboxing champion in Martin Grandmont (Pictures).
Within mere seconds of the opening bell, both fighters began swinging for the fences looking to end the others night abruptly. After a hellacious exchange, both fighters were cut. With Grandmont getting the worst of it, Clements secures the takedown. Landing in side-control, Clements pounded away on Grandmont while continually improving his position, eventually attaining the full mount.
Clements is swept for his efforts, but the fighters are separated to check the cut on Grandmont. After getting clearance from ringside physicians, the two stepped right back at it and went headhunting.
Another successful takedown by Clements spelled the end to Grandmont’s night, as the Team Tompkins fighter pounded away with a vast array of hammer fists and punches until the fight was stopped. Clements, now sporting a two-fight TKO wins in a row, gets the win by TKO at 4:00 of round one.
Keeping with the underlying theme of the event, last minute replacement James Haourt stepped up to take on hometown favorite Steve Claveau (Pictures). Haourt, who is normally accustomed to fighting at flyweight, moved up in weight on this night and it was apparent from the get go that the weight and the amount of preparation was too much to overcome.
With the crowd solidly behind “The Snake,” Claveau was able to tie up Haourt, but was dumped to the mat landing safely in the guard. After limited work on the ground, the two fighters were back on their feet with Claveau attacking the legs. An attempted takedown by Haourt was stuffed, and Haourt ended up the man on the bottom. He gave up the mount “The Snake” was relentless in his attack firing away with punches that forced Haourt to turn and give up his back. Claveau sunk in the rear-naked choke at 2:10 seconds of round one.
International Fight League veteran Krysztof Soszynski (Pictures) was looking to get back on track after dropping his first two fights in the TKO ring. The dangerous Yan Pellerin (Pictures) was his opponent on this night and “The Experiment” was up for the task.
At the start of the round Soszynski landed a crisp right straight that sent Pellerin reeling towards the ropes, but Pellerin was quick to recover and the two heavyweights found themselves clinched against the ropes.
A few clever knees find their mark on the right side of Soszynski’s head but no significant damage came from it. A nice trip takedown found Pellerin on top, but “The Experiment” latched onto an arm and, like a rabid animal, wouldn’t let go. Soszynski continued to crank the arm of Pellerin, forcing a tap from the French fighter at 1:30 of round one.
In other action, Samuel Guillet (Pictures) pounded his way to an impressive TKO victory over newcomer Jimmy Tat at 3:06 of round one.
Jacob MacDonald spoiled the debut of young Victoriaville native and Team Legion fighter Michel Boissenneault with a hard fought and bloody three-round decision.
Sylvain Cloutier (Pictures) stopped Andre Gears after being deducted a point for hair pulling, taking the bout at 1:50 of round three.
Andrew Burns was successful in his MMA debut, needing only 31 seconds to dispatch Simon Belanger by armbar in round one.
At the post-fight press conference, TKO President Stephane Patry announced that Mark Hominick (Pictures) would fight Hatsu Hioki (Pictures) for the TKO flyweight title he lost back on May. The bout is scheduled for the main event of TKO’s upcoming July 29 card in Montreal.
In the main event of the evening, the man they call “Stress,” Martin Desilets (Pictures), made relatively quick work of a very undersized David Medd.
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After an attempt to get back to his feet, Medd found himself back on the ground with Desilets working for an armbar. But Desilets would give up on it to resume the sound beating this time, adding in some vicious knees to the body before following up with a couple of devastating punches that could be heard echoing throughout the arena.
Referee Yves Lavigne stopped the fight, giving the TKO victory to
Desilet, who ran his record to a perfect 5-0.
The last time we saw Chris Clements in a TKO ring he was setting a new MMA record for fastest knockout. On this night, he was embroiled in a bloody war that at times looked like the scene of an axe murder with a former amateur kickboxing champion in Martin Grandmont (Pictures).
Within mere seconds of the opening bell, both fighters began swinging for the fences looking to end the others night abruptly. After a hellacious exchange, both fighters were cut. With Grandmont getting the worst of it, Clements secures the takedown. Landing in side-control, Clements pounded away on Grandmont while continually improving his position, eventually attaining the full mount.
Clements is swept for his efforts, but the fighters are separated to check the cut on Grandmont. After getting clearance from ringside physicians, the two stepped right back at it and went headhunting.
Another successful takedown by Clements spelled the end to Grandmont’s night, as the Team Tompkins fighter pounded away with a vast array of hammer fists and punches until the fight was stopped. Clements, now sporting a two-fight TKO wins in a row, gets the win by TKO at 4:00 of round one.
Keeping with the underlying theme of the event, last minute replacement James Haourt stepped up to take on hometown favorite Steve Claveau (Pictures). Haourt, who is normally accustomed to fighting at flyweight, moved up in weight on this night and it was apparent from the get go that the weight and the amount of preparation was too much to overcome.
With the crowd solidly behind “The Snake,” Claveau was able to tie up Haourt, but was dumped to the mat landing safely in the guard. After limited work on the ground, the two fighters were back on their feet with Claveau attacking the legs. An attempted takedown by Haourt was stuffed, and Haourt ended up the man on the bottom. He gave up the mount “The Snake” was relentless in his attack firing away with punches that forced Haourt to turn and give up his back. Claveau sunk in the rear-naked choke at 2:10 seconds of round one.
International Fight League veteran Krysztof Soszynski (Pictures) was looking to get back on track after dropping his first two fights in the TKO ring. The dangerous Yan Pellerin (Pictures) was his opponent on this night and “The Experiment” was up for the task.
At the start of the round Soszynski landed a crisp right straight that sent Pellerin reeling towards the ropes, but Pellerin was quick to recover and the two heavyweights found themselves clinched against the ropes.
A few clever knees find their mark on the right side of Soszynski’s head but no significant damage came from it. A nice trip takedown found Pellerin on top, but “The Experiment” latched onto an arm and, like a rabid animal, wouldn’t let go. Soszynski continued to crank the arm of Pellerin, forcing a tap from the French fighter at 1:30 of round one.
In other action, Samuel Guillet (Pictures) pounded his way to an impressive TKO victory over newcomer Jimmy Tat at 3:06 of round one.
Jacob MacDonald spoiled the debut of young Victoriaville native and Team Legion fighter Michel Boissenneault with a hard fought and bloody three-round decision.
Sylvain Cloutier (Pictures) stopped Andre Gears after being deducted a point for hair pulling, taking the bout at 1:50 of round three.
Andrew Burns was successful in his MMA debut, needing only 31 seconds to dispatch Simon Belanger by armbar in round one.
At the post-fight press conference, TKO President Stephane Patry announced that Mark Hominick (Pictures) would fight Hatsu Hioki (Pictures) for the TKO flyweight title he lost back on May. The bout is scheduled for the main event of TKO’s upcoming July 29 card in Montreal.
