Chris “The Menace” Clements delivered everything he wanted to tonight in a third round TKO victory over UFC veteran Rich Clementi.
The first round saw Clementi take Clements down and engage in a serious leg lock battle which Clements calmly defended and even attacked himself. Clementi had dominant position for the round.
“The first jiu jitsu course I took was Frank Shamrock leg locks and I trained them a lot so I wasn’t too concerned and I actually thought I might get him in one.” Clements stated confidently in his in cage post fight interview.
The second round saw more ground fighting for the first three minutes with neither fighter getting an edge. Clements did some damage from the bottom with elbows and then took control of Clementi to end the round.
The third round saw Clements come out confident and throwing and he caught Clementi with a back fist and dropped him. From there it was all “The Menace” and Clementi was left bloody when the referee stopped it in the middle of the third round.
“I know Rich is good on the ground so I actually didn’t want to come in and go for the knockout. I wanted to showcase my skills a bit, show that I am more than a power puncher. Rich only has a few TKO losses and one was due to injury so I’m pretty proud of how it finished.”
Clements is now on a four-fight winning streak, has knockouts over two UFC veterans in those fights and should be considered for another step up in his career.
Jesse “The Body Snatcher” Ronson put on one of the most brilliant and technically sound striking displays in Canadian mixed martial arts history in his second round victory over veteran Tony Hervey. There were knockout predictions flying from both men before this one and Ronson was the man to deliver on the finish.
“The Body Snatcher” picked apart Hervey with straight, precise and damaging shots pretty much from the get go in this one and he dropped Hervey violently a couple of times. In the end it was his striking dominance that hurt Hervey and opened him up for the rear naked choke finish.
“Adrenaline is the best striking gym in Canada, North America, maybe even the world. Striking…you don’t want to do that with us.” He declared in his interview, and I don’t think he is that far off.
“I want to fight in March for The Score and I want that show in my hometown of London!”
Ronson had a right to be boastful of himself and the camp that the late great coach Shawn Tompkins started, and where he spends his time day in and day out. His performance was nothing short of masterful against a very tough fighter.
Both Ronson and Clements should be looking for bigger and better fights in the very near future.
In the main event of the evening, hometown hero and veteran fighter John “The Haggis Basher” Fraser ran through his opponent Travis Reddinger in a very predictable mismatch.
Fraser came out walked through a couple punches, pinned Reddinger to the cage and slammed him down in his patented slam. He then worked a little ground and pound to open up Reddinger for the rear naked choke win midway through the first round
Full Results:
Daron Cruickshank defeats Jesse Gross via TKO 1:39 1st Round
Misha Cirkunov defeats Ali Mokdad via unanimous decision
Jesse Ronson defeats Tony Hervey via rear naked choke 2:45 2nd Round
Ryan Dickson defeats Josh Taveirne via submission 4:03 1st Round
Jason Meisel defeats Joel Paquette via rear naked choke submission 2:47 1st Round
Randy Turner defeats Clint Kingsbury TKO 3:40 2nd Round
Hudson defeats Blake Nash TKO 2:17 1st Round
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