SCF 18

SCF 18
Brute Force
Saturday, June 28th
9:00 PM EST
Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO

Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome! To SCF 18: Brute Force where report LIVE from the Kemper Arena in Kansas City Missouri!

Steve Lawson: Hi everyone I'm Steve Lawson with my partner as always Michael Calloway, preparing for another night of non-stop action!

Mike Calloway: Just look at this card, I don't think any fighter on this card is a decision style fighter

Steve Lawson: Especially the main event as Arnold Hemingway puts the Lightweight Title on the line against Chrissy Leenig

Mike Calloway: That should be a war, but There are so many great fights on this card I'm not sure what fight will be fight of the night

Korban James vs Johnny Gold

Steve Lawson: Perhaps it'll be our first fight of the evening between two Heavyweights who seem to be somewhat struggling to reach the top 5 in Johnny Gold and Korban James

Mike Calloway: Johnny Gold is a unique young fighter who comes from a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu background, but has yet to show off the skills he has in the SCF cage. He went on a two fight winning streak before losing to Marcus Richardson, so it should be interesting to see what he does differently tonight. His opponent is SCF Veteran Korban James who is a very tough fighter, but in my opinion doesn't this fight game seriously. Rumor has it that his camp isn't training like they should be which is why all these potential champions are struggling. Hopefully these are just rumors though Steve because we're too deep in the game for guys to think they'll become champion without any training at all, maybe when the SCF first started that was the case, but there are so many great fighters here now that it's impossible

Steve Lawson: I'm sure James has no excuses for his losses and neither does Gold, as they face off tonight to try and get back in the winners circle

Heavyweight Division
Korban James vs Johnny Gold

James Washington Jr. vs Damien Rieken

Steve Lawson: Up next in the Middleweight Division we have James Washington Jr. facing new comer Damien Rieken!

Mike Calloway: Washington is a tough fighter who hasn't quite found himself in the fight game yet. What I mean by that is that he has all the tools needed to be a force in the SCF, he just needs help putting them together. Damien is a fighter that I know very little about, but judging by the fact that he's coming in with boxking as well as jiu jitsu experience I expect him to try and put on a good show.

Middleweight Division
James Washington Jr. vs Damien Rieken

Brad Dknee vs Jason Steroid

Steve Lawson: And now we move up a few weight classes from Middleweight to Heavyweight as Brad Dknee returns to face the powerful Jason Steroid!

Mike Calloway: Brad Dknee is a very is exciting fighter, loves to take the fight to the ground and ground n' pound but Jason Steroid is a big stong powerful dude, he'll be hard to take down and even harder to keep down. He likes to fight in the clinch and throw knees, something I think Brad should watch out for while trying to clinch and take him down.

Steve Lawson: Maybe he would opt to stand and trade with Jason?

Mike Calloway: Uh, not the greatest idea! I mean we saw him drop Boltz several times standing up and Boltz is a good striker in his own right, but who knows he could catch him off guard with something standing up that puts him down, but to win this fight in my opinion he's going to have to find a way to get the big man to the ground otherwise he'll get picked apart.

Heavyweight Division
Brad Dknee vs Jason Steroid

Chinh Akoi vs Felix Fisher

Steve Lawson: And now we move on the the always exciting Featherweight Division as Felix Fisher takes on Chinh Akoi!

Mike Calloway: Both guys are coming off of wins in their last bouts with Fisher knocking out his opponent while Akoi is coming off of a decision. We know how they both like to hit hard and dominate their opponents so it should be interesting to see how this fight plays out tonight.

Featherweight Division
Chinh Akoi vs Felix Fisher

Keith Kimber vs Jamesie MacDowall

Steve Lawson: Up next one of two Lightweight bouts tonight which should be exciting as Jamesie MacDowall returns to the SCF to face Keith Kimber!

Mike Calloway: Keith Kimber vs Jamesie MacDowall is actually a very close match up, both guys are at somewhat the same level here in the SCF. Kimber's only loss comes to Ping Wong, who is top 5 material at 155, MacDowall's only losses coming from the two fighters in our main event tonight in Arnold Hemingway and Chrissy Leenig, so they've both suffered losses to guys who in my opinion they had no business fighting so early in their careers, and wins over people who had no business fighting them. Jamesie vs Keith is the perfect match up to see just who is the next big thing in the Lightweight Division. They both like to finish fights and neither has a problem winning a decision, so this fight could literally end up anywhere.

Lightweight Division
Keith Kimber vs Jamesie MacDowall

Beowulf MacDougall vs Alex Payne

Steve Lawson: Our only Light Heavyweight match of the evening belongs to two men who fight for the opportunity to be number 2 in a division currently dominated by Ryan Shingleton, these two men being Beowulf MacDougall and Alex Payne!

Mike Calloway: Hopefully the winner will face Ryan Shingleton in the future but right now they should worry about each other. MacDougall is coming off of his most dominating performances yet defeating Jay Taylor rather easily, but Alex Payne is undefeated with not one of his fights reaching the distance, so I highly doubt that this will be a Beowulf MacDougall vs Jay Taylor 2

Light Heavyweight Division
Beowulf MacDougall vs Alex Payne

Fred Asahina vs Misty Magnum

Steve Lawson: The fans are on their feet as we prepare for our last Featherweight bout of the evening as Misty Magnum takes on Fred Asahina!

Mike Calloway: Wow, good luck Misty. Fred is a heavy handed fighter who has never held back when facing an opponent, so I doubt he'll hold back tonight.

Steve Lawson: Misty Magnum was actually supposed to fight at SCF 16 but had to pull out and was replaced by Ana Garcia who lost to Akoi, so tonight will be her debut.

Mike Calloway: Man, what a welcome!

Featherweight Division
Fred Asahina vs Misty Magnum

Steve Lawson: Our final Middleweight bout of the night should be a good one as Jonny Steels returns to the cage to face Rico Cortez!

Mike Calloway: This should be a good one Steve, both guys are starting to find themselves and now Rico has the opportunity of a lifetime in facing former Middleweight Champion Jonny Steels.

Steve Lawson: Steels is coming off of a very controversial loss to Gilberto Dos Santos where his corner threw in the towel for what seemed like no reason at all. Now he's looking to return in a dominant fashion against the man who recently tapped out his team mate in the first round, Rico Cortez.

Mike Calloway: Steels has been talking ultra confident ever since realizing who his opponent was for tonights bout completely disrespecting Cortez's skill and looking past him as he talks about moving back up for one fight to face Gilberto Dos Santos for the second time. He better focus on what he has infront of him tonight in Rico Cortez. He may have been stopped in the second round of his first fight, but he was stopped by the man who recently stopped the former Middleweight champion Robert Holgate in the first, and immediately after his knockout loss Cortez came back and stopped SCF veteran William Foster in the first round with strikes and that's not even his profession, he's a BJJ guy. Steels is tough, but the last thing you want to do is over look anybody in the SCF.

Welterweight Division
Jonny Steels vs Rico Cortez

Arnold Hemingway vs Chrissy Leenig

Steve Lawson: FINALLY! Our Main Event of the evening, for the SupremeCF Lightweight Championship, Arnold Hemingway vs Chrissy Leenig!

Mike Calloway: Huge huge title fight. I see it ending in the 3rd round for any body by either KO or TKO

Steve Lawson: Out of everyone in the Lightweight Division Mike, these two fighters talk the most trash to their opponents, but this week things have actually been pretty quiet and when they do talk about each other, it's more so compliments than anything else. Arnold Hemingway didn't even drop his vintage interview this time around.

Mike Calloway: That's because these two fighters respect each other. Look at their track records, after watching their fights you have to respect these guys. And they're both realist. They're both coming in tonight knowing that they both have a high chance of being knocked out. Neither fighter has been knocked out and they're both looking to be the first to knock out the other.

Steve Lawson: Which will not be an easy feat for either fighter, but then again with the power that these two warriors posses, you'd never know. Supreme Cage Fighting Lightweight title on the line, who will leave the Champion?

!Lightweight Championship!
Arnold Hemingway vs Chrissy Leenig