This week’s installment of HDNet Fights Video Vault, our weekly
fight-of-the-week feature, features PRIDE, UFC and WEC veteran John
Alessio and Canadian welterweight Andrew Buckland.
Alessio and Buckland met on the main card of Maximum Fighting
Championship’s May 2009 event, “MFC 21: Hard Knocks.”
The HDNet-televised event saw Alessio (24-14 at the time) come to the
bout in desperate need of a win after dropping back-to-back fights to
Andre Galvao and Paul Daley. Meanwhile, Buckland (9-3), entered the
fight having won three of his past four contests and looking for the
highest-profile win of his career.