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David
Darling is a free-lance journalist from the city of Ottawa, specializing
in boxing.
Montreal, Qc, Feb. 28th 2004
TKO 15 (Mixed Martial Arts)
I
caught up with Shawn Tompkins and his team of Team Tompkins Muay Thai
in London, Ontario before the action started. (Left) Mark Hominick,
Nick Rondinelli, Alex Gasson, and the team leader Manager/Trainer Shawn
Tompkins. I enjoyed meeting you guy's! Keep up the good work. www.teamtompkins.com
or follow my links to the Team Tompkins banner...
Jonathan
Goulet was able to fend off an early and aggressive attack from Alex
Gasson of Team Tompkins. Goulet withers the early storm and takes Gasson
to the ground where he finds his back and applies the choke hold. This
took all of the first round.
Bill
Mahhod of Prince George, BC. defeats Yan Pellerin of Sherbrooke, QC.
when Yan was unable to answer the bell in the second round. Bill spent
most of his time in the guard position and on several occasions tried
to get Yan to submit from the bottom. Finally in a rare moment Bill
pulls of a reversal that proved to be the defining moment in this contest.
The second round would end and Yan would return to his corner ever so
slowly, only to collapse.
Stephane
Dube of St. Constant. QC defeats Kajan Johnson of Prince George, BC.
with an impressive KO to the mid section. This kick was so quick and
devastating that it could be heard all the way to BC. I don't even think
that Johnson knew what hit him until it was all over.
Kyle
Sandford of Halifax, NS. defeats Stephan Potvin of Montreal, QC. in
an action packed, in my view, fight of the night. This contest went
the three round distance with Sanford going for the take down for most
of the fight but was eluded by a slippery Potvin who wanted no part
of it. For most of the fight I thought I was watching a boxing match,
as these two fighters were in their stances jabbing and striking with
Potvin getting the better of these exchanges. Potvin kept Sanford on
the canvas for most of the fight. Once Sanford got Potvin in the mount
position he landed a strong knee to the face which stunned and bloodied
Potvin's face and seemed to be the turning point. This fight was so
exciting that it could have gone either way.
Steve
Duquette of Sherbrooke, QC. defeats Claude Tremblay of Montreal, QC.
via KO. Duquette gave me the impression of a brick house, as it showed
in his physique and the power he possessed. It did not take long for
Tremblay to feel the thunder behind Duquette's fists. Three minutes
into the fight and Tremblay was out cold, but give him credit for being
in there with such a tough opponent, that's more than I would do.
Mark
Bocek of Toronto, Ontario defeats Mark Colangelo of Montreal, QC. as
the result of a knee injury in the first round. Colangelo seemed to
be the better stand up fighter, landing the better and harder shots
that backed up his opponent. Bocek on the other hand was comfortable
at taking Colangelo to the canvas. Even when Bocek was in the mount
he was never really able to do much damage. When the round ended Colangelo
slowly made his way to the corner favoring his knee and was not able
to continue.
Thierry
Quenneville of Laprairie, QC. defeats Phillipe Lagace of Quebec, QC.
in the first round via armbar. Lagace showed incredible strength with
some solid takedowns and at one point lifting Quenneville of his feet
high in the air. Quenneville surprised everyone by slipping in an armbar
from the guard position for the win.
Stephane
Vigneault of IDM, QC defeats Troy Quesnelle of Barrie, Ontario in the
second round. Vigneault appeared to be a well rounded fighter both on
the ground and on his feet. Vigneault, using a combination of punching
and kicking would eventually take Troy to the ground and slide in the
armbar for the win.
Todd
Gouwenberg of Vancouver, BC. defeats Marc Cambier of Lachute, QC in
the Heavyweight division. Todd was definitely the stronger of these
two fighters, and it was evident. The moment Todd secured the mount
position he unleashed a barrage of punishing blows to the face of Cambier
that would lead to his tapping out and sending Todd to the winners circle.
Mark
(The Machine) Hominick poses for my camera after an impressive win over
David GuiGui.
Mark (The Machine) Hominick of Team Tompkins in London, Ontario started quickly by going to the legs of David Gui Gui early in the fight. Gui Gui would take Mark to the ground on several occasions only to be subjected to a nice reversal from this talented kid. Mark was never in any real trouble and seemed to be confident and relaxed even when Gui Gui was in the mount position. There were a couple of times in this fight when Mark went for the armbar. In the end, as you can see in the photo above, once The Machine was in the mount position he proved to be too much for his opponent. Mark (The Machine) Hominick defeats David Gui Gui by tap out and retains his Canadian Super Lightweight championship belt. This kid is not a Machine! He is a Terminator!
Chris Fontaine of Winnipeg, Manitoba defeats Steve Vigneault of IDM, QC. to lay claim to the Canadian Middleweight belt in what had to be the biggest upset of the night. From the sound of the bell it went to the clinch where Chris' punishing and knee strikes took it's toll on Steve Vigneault. Chris worked his knees to the body long enough to get Vigneault to make that fatal mistake of lowering his head. Once the door was opened Chris brought his knee high to the face of his opponent, breaking his nose and sending him crashing through the ropes where the referee stepped in and stopped the fight.
Jeremy Horn of Salt Lake City, UT. defeats David Loiseau of Montreal, QC. in the main event for the World Middleweight Championship. If you blinked once to often you would have missed it. When the fighters were introduced by the announcer I thought to myself this Jeremy Horn is in way over his head. The fight started with the clinch, then Horn taking Loiseau to the canvas, Loiseau scrambling back to his feet, but in the process leaving his neck exposed to Horn's choke hold. The rest is history and we now have a new World Middleweight Champion.
Stephane Patry (President and CEO) TKO Communications inc. (left) with new TKO World Middleweight Champion Jeremy Horn (Center) pose for the camera in a proud moment.
TKO 15: UNSTOPPABLE was my first Mixed Martial Arts event and hopefully will not be the last. Stephane Patry (President and CEO) TKO Communications inc. deserves a lot of credit for putting together a first class and entertaining Venue. Judging by the crowd that was on hand and lining up early to get in on some of the fight action, definitely got their money's worth. Stephane Patry (above) takes to the podium for the post fight press conference and introduces the fighters to the press. Job well done Stephane! You can find Stepane Patry at www.tkozone.tv or follow my links to the TKO banner...
