2023-05-12 01:22:48
The Angolan fighter, Ares bantamweight champion, struggled but gained with experience. Earlier, Jordan Zebo and Michael Marie Sardi fought a war that ended with a spectacular high-kick.
At the Dome of Paris – Sports center
The belt fight
Demarte Pena against Mehdi Saadi. Saadi played this belt fight in a very offensive way, relying on very regular jab work. Opposite, Pena initially tried to capitalize on his struggling superiority to take control, but to no avail. So much so that the second round was almost entirely played standing up. Pena lost the center and found himself back to the cage in the second recovery, then returned to the third round to ground game. No solution found, return to classic kicks. For his part, Saadi regularly hit with a simple and clean line boxing, on classic and effective one-two. At the start of the fifth and final round, the score was about even. Two right kicks to the leg damaged Saadi’s leg who accused the blow. Pena smartly followed and held Saadi under him, elbowing in a few times, this time with the intention of doing damage, more than scoring points. Pena winner, to experience.
The main card
Moustapha Aida against Abdelmoumen Msaate. An excellent opposition in English boxing. Both fighters were technical and put on a lot of pace. Unfortunately for Msaate, his powerful but predictable crosses didn’t hit, and Aida broke the distance admirably to come in with elbows and knees. It was after the clinch that Aida managed to hit her opponent’s chin with the uppercut. A very pleasant balanced and technical opposition. Moustapha Aida will once again be a contender for the bantamweight belt if he progresses on his wrestling defense.
Vincent del Guerra against Nikola Joksovic. Despite the very solid experience of Marseillais del Guerra (thirty fights), he only held the shock standing up. After a mostly boxing-settled first round, Joksovic took his back, and after attempting a well-defended rear choke, he forced del Guerra into an impeccably executed Juji Gatame. Joksovic is coming of age.
Jordan Zebo vs. Michael Marie Sardinians. To make a good fight it takes two, goes the expression. In this case, despite the show of force of Jordan Zebo who gradually took control of the fight thanks to a remarkable undermining work with his kicks, Mickaël Marie Sardi showed exceptional resistance and solidity. . He unflinchingly withstood at least four high-kicks that would have bent many pro fighters, as well as a liver blow followed by a combo that doubled him over in pain without him getting out of the fight to as much. He will bow with a final kick to the jaw after showing rare courage. For his part, the young Zebo can be satisfied with the fact that his strategy was perfectly adjusted to his opponent. Let’s also mention the coolness of the referee who made the right decisions, leaving Marie Sardi to fight until the end without compromising her integrity.
Christopher Jacquelin versus Felix Klinkhammer. In this battle of veterans, it was Klinkhammer who imposed himself without great difficulty on a Jaquelin who was nevertheless extremely sharp physically, who it is true had not fought since 2016. Jacquelin, a gendarme stationed in the South of France, tapped into a choke effectively landed by Klinkhammer.
Ibrahime Mané against Juan Manuel Marquez. A more offensive Mané dominated the first round without much concern, without finding a fault to end the fight either. Long sequences of confused ground. Mané did not shake much, but did not show off much against this out of form Spaniard. No finish, logical and somewhat disappointing victory for Mané.
Amin Ayoub opposed Alaa Mansour. A fight mounted in two weeks, following cancellations. A much sharper Ayoub put a lot of pressure from the start, and made his opponent give up on TKO in a handful of tens of seconds, after a knee strike which injured Mansour’s. The winner had some elegant words for the loser.
The preliminary map
Azamat Aboukhanov contre Islem Expense. Effective victory for Masraf, who demonstrated an excellent defense of takedowns, before taking advantage of the passivity of his adversary, despite being a specialist in wrestling, to finish him by strangulation in the guillotine at the start of the second round. Aboukhanov, mma factory fighter, showed very weak cardio. Amazing at this level. No doubt he was not in full possession of his faculties.
Assia Miri vs. Joana Chevreuil. This fight was boring. There were long sequences of several tens of seconds without a hit. Maybe Assia Miri’s game plan was wrong? She spent the fight waiting for her opponent’s attacks to be able to counter them, calling with her hands for her opponent to come into contact throughout the fight. In fact, she countered well on occasion, but was excessively passive offensively. Her attitude and her gaze seemed to show that she didn’t really want to be there. Over the last thirty seconds, Chevreuil accelerated and touched. Miri won by unanimous decision. Relatively debatable. Good for Assia Miri. His endearing personality is an asset, but he will have to show more hunger for it. This fight looked like a late session light sparring. Embarrassing for her team, the MMA Factory, which has communicated very (too much?) widely on this young fighter, who will need time.
David Tonatiuh Crol against Asilder Badouiev. Victory on rear strangulation of the Franco-Mexican. Badouiev started his fight very strong, with his usual concentration and seriousness, using his reach with application. He will even succeed in knocking down his opponent. But carried away by his standing domination, he lets himself go to fight with Crol, yet a black belt. Must tap on a submission while leading. It’s mma.
Alexander Soldatkin vs. Benjamin Sehic. Sehic, takedown specialist, was too approximate. He thought he was saved by the level of his floor, which was cleaner than that of his opponent. For Benjamin Sehic, it sounded minute after minute like “impossible victory, unlikely defeat“. But Soldatkin inflicted an impressive knockdown on Sehic in the second round, and dived to finish it. On the ground sequence that followed, Sehic came to his senses and temporized. In front of the inactivity of the two fighters blocked against the cage, the referee separated them. But to everyone’s surprise, getting up, Sehic could barely stand on his feet and the referee decided for the physical integrity of the fighter to stop. Victory of Alexander Soldatkin on TKO.
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