FCR 15

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Sopai vs. Lopez
Bernardo Sopai, SUB, R2
With a win, Sopai should be a prime candidate for DWCS

Sosa vs. Skov Strauss
Enrique Hecher Sosa, DEC
MMA math doesn´t work, but Hecher is the better fighter

Sopai vs. Lopez
Bernardo Sopai, TKO, R2
Sopai is really good. I expect him to go on dwcs with a win. Another well rounded beast coming out of Allstars

Babić vs. Kouamé
Ognjen Babić, SUB, R1
Good prospect from Serbia. Excited to see how he looks here

Sopai vs. Lopez
Bernardo Sopai, TKO, R1
Sopai adding to the highlight reel before taking the next step. Part of a 3 leg ML parlay with Lööf and Sosa.

Flores vs. Lööf
Alexander Lööf, TKO, R2
Lööf should have a quite big advantage in the striking here even if Flores has shown some improvement in that department in his last fights and. Flores should try to get this to the ground where he should have an advantage, get his patented double leg against the cage and lift Lööf over his shoulders and slam him in the centre of the cage and get the anaconda. Lööf by TKO though even if Flores can be quite durable. Part of a 3 leg ML parlay with Sosa and Sopai.

Sosa vs. Skov Strauss
Enrique Hecher Sosa, TKO, R2
This could be FOTN, Strauss will also get a chance to show more of his striking and dont get wrestled like last time on FCR against Tipsaev. Viva Espana. Part of a 3 leg ML parlay with Lööf and Sopai.

Stigenberg vs. Seiler
Christian Stigenberg, DEC
Stigenberg by dec, advantage in height, reach and experience.

Promanee vs. Malekpour
Amir Malekpour, DEC
Dont know how Malekpour can be the underdog here. Sure he has a tendency to get rocked a little to often but I think he should be better on all distances here, only seen a little footage of Promane though. 1u on Malekpour ML 2.00/+100.

Adeshina vs. McVeigh
Wasi Adeshina, TKO, R2
McVeigh talks alot about violence but he seems to like to grapple more. Wasi will bring the violence to this one, he might meet some trouble with the grappling of McVeigh but I think he can overcome..

Pietilä vs. Ahmadi
Moein Ahmadi, SUB, R1
Pietilä can crack but is very uneven. Ahmadi can be a little bit chinny and has been KO'd but he also knows how to choke people unconcious.

Pitts vs. Ahmemulic
Liam Pitts, DEC
Pitts had a decent ammy debut a year ago and should have evolved since then when training at Allstars. Ahmemulics training footage didnt convince me.

Babić vs. Kouamé
Ognjen Babić, SUB, R1
If Babic brown belt is legit he will take Panthera to the ground and put him to sleep.

Karlsson vs. Leinonen
Tommi Leinonen, DEC
Going Finland here. Only losing to CLD via split seems decent.

Mohammed vs. Amer
Jaafer Mohammed, SUB, R2
Mohammed follows up his win from last time out. Dont know anything about the dane.

Adams vs. Olofsson
Najib Adams, DEC
Who the hell knows, two ammys with no or extremly limited footage. Flipping the coin in favor of the Allstars fella.

Here are the results of the weigh ins as reported from the Maximum sports on their site but I then corrected some numbers watching the live stream on their social media.

Main card

Bernardo Sopai61,4 kg/135,4 lbs vsJulien Lopez61,4 kg/135,4 lbs

Fernando Flores66,3 kg/146,2 lbs vsAlexander Lööf66,1 kg/145,7 lbs

Hecher Sosa61,2 kg/134,9 lbs vsFrederik Skov Strauss61,7 kg/136,0 lbs

Christian Stigenberg77,6 kg/171,1 lbs vsSimon Seiler77,3 kg/170,4 lbs

Amir Malekpour58,0 kg/127,9 lbs vsMack Promanee59,0 kg/130,1 lbs *

Wasi Adesina66,1 kg/145,7 lbs vsGlenn McVeigh66,2 kg/145,9 lbs

Patrik Pietilä70,0 kg/154,3 lbs vsMoe Ahmadi70,6 kg/155,6 lbs

Prelims

Liam PittsvsEnes Ahmemulic- amature, weighs in tomorrow

Ognjen Babic77,6 kg/171,1 lbs vsAhouzi Kouamé77,3 kg/170,4 lbs

Daniel Karlsson83,9 kg/185,0 lbs vsTommi Leinonen84,4 kg/186,1 lbs

Jaafer MohammedvsAbdullah Ali Amer- amature, weighs in tomorrow

Najib AdamsvsErik Olofsson- amature, weighs in tomorrow

* Edited at 02.24.2023, 1:37 PM ET *

Pitts vs Ahmemulic canceled, Pitts pulling out due to "severe infection". Prelims postponed 1 hour as it seems

Sopai is just too good, these new young fighters are scary