Valimaki (left, in the white trunks) ended up taking this match. (Photo: Jason Bouwmeester)
The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club.
But after discussing things further since Friday, we’ve decided to share some details with you.
TFC (The Fight Club) 8: Salvation filled the Shaw Conference Centre with sweat, blood and choke-holds Friday night. A lot of the fighters are from Edmonton, too.
Including Edmontonian Victor “The Matrix” Valimaki, who defeated Lew Polley in a decision, to take the Light-Heavyweight championship. (Both pictured to the left, slugging it out.)
The main event was Edmonton’s Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford taking on Markhaile “Showtying” Wedderburn for the Welterweight title. Ford must have been fueled by the hometown crowd since this one didn’t even go one round. Ford took the match with a “rear-naked choke” not even 90 seconds in. That’s usually how Ford wins a match, when he’s not punching his way to victory.
There was good old trash-talk before that headline fight, and after the big win the Shaw applauded their hometown hero, and some tempers flared. Things were cooled down by the time Ford got his belt.
Ford shows off his new championship belt. (Photo: Jason Bouwmeester)
The rest of the matches from the night:
1-Darcy Boizard over Jason Bowden with a TKO on punches, 4:04 of the 2nd round.
2-Tyson Russell beat Brent Haley with a punching TKO in the 2nd.
3-Tarek Gabali TKO punched Rob Ryan.
4-Curtis Demarce beat Chris “The Crippler” Ade on a decision.
5-Ryan “The Kid” McGillivray made Adam “Intense” Thomas submit.
