Hello everyone,

I have finally recovered from CFC 7. WOW…what a night!

CFC 7 was our biggest card to date and there was some fantastic fights. Over 20 fights in total including the professional show and the amateur undercard. That is just unheard of in Canada!

The Canadian Fighting Championship is proud to be pioneers in the Canadian fight scene. We strive to build and promote the best Canadian fighters possible, starting with the children who competed on our undercard at CFC 7 to the numerous UFC veterans that have fought for our organization throughout the years.

At CFC 7, we proved to everyone in the Canadian fight scene who has the biggest live audience, the best live production, the best crowd, the best matched fights, and who the #1 Canadian fight promotion really is – and you can take that to the bank!

My promoter’s hat is being hung up for the time being, and now it is time to get back to work at the gym. Back to what I love and what I do best – teaching martial arts and training fighters.

Giuseppe DeNatale

The biggest audience in CFC history showed the fight world that Winnipeg fans are great supporters of combat sports. The crowd which approached 3,100 people enjoyed Canadian Fighting Championship 7 at the Winnipeg Convention Centre on September 10th.

In the main event, Gregory Choplin took the IKF North American Middleweight title home to France as he stopped Winnipeg’s Dave Zuniga in the main event of the night.

Peguis First Nation’s Chris Stranger controlled the action in the semi-main event and took home a unanimous decision victory in the semi-main event over Winnipeg’s Lindsey Hawkes.

Top Canadian Bantamweight Eric Perez stayed perfect in his Canadian Fighting Championship fights. He increased his CFC record to a perfect 6-0 by submitting Alberta’s Tony Bibby by Rear Naked Choke in the second round.

There were plenty of highlight reel stoppages at the fights. Randy Rowe and Kyle Oliveira dispatched their opponents with quick first round knockouts. Not to be outdone, Dwight Sutherland tapped out his opponent in only 15 seconds.

The night also featured many exciting exhibition and amateur bouts. The athletes, including the many Canadian Fighting Center students, showing great skill, technique, and sportsmanship in their fights.

Here are the results of all the professional and amateur bouts from CFC 7:

Professional Muay Thai and MMA Results
Gregory Choplin defeats Dave Zuniga by TKO in Round 2
Chris Stranger defeats Lindsey Hawkes by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Eric Perez defeats Tony Bibby by Rear Naked Choke in Round 2, 2:46
Dwight Sutherland defeats Serge Rochon by Guillotine Choke in Round 1, 0:15
Luis Cepeda defeats Markhaile “Showtime” Wedderburn by TKO in Round 3, 2:07
Will Romero defeats Mark Durant by TKO in Round 3, 1:50 (Muay Thai)
Travis Gervais defeats Ken McLeod by TKO (GNP) in Round 1, 0:35
Sergio Pettis defeats Kyle Vivian by TKO (Kick) in Round 1, 1:46
Randy Rowe defeats David Quangvan by KO in Round 1, 1:00
Jon Henderson defeats Kirk Bovell by TKO in Round 5 (Muay Thai)
Kyle Oliveira defeats George Carlos by KO in Round 1, 4:25

Amateur Muay Thai Results
Ryan Pang defeats Jared Feuring by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28×2)
Lane Lay defeats Mac Cuevos by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28×2)
Harold Brun defeats Kurt Sorenson by Majority Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-29)
Mitch Edmonds defeats Matthew Lipsius by Unanimous Decision (30-27 x 3)
Dave Swanson defeats Cleon Rovel by Unanimous Decision (30-26,30-26,29-27)
Nick McKinnon defeats Devon Taylor by Majority Decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-29)

Anthony Pettis (WEC Lightweight Champion) and Duke Roufus (4-time World Kickboxing Champion) are in Winnipeg, MB for CFC 7 which goes down tomorrow night. Canadian Fighting Gym members were able to attend a seminar with Pettis and Roufus last night. Top MMA News had a chance to catch up with Pettis & Roufus as well as CFC owner Giuseppe DeNatale.

Like the Boy Scouts, the Canadian Fighting Championship organization is always prepared!

Last week, the CFC learned that Cyrus Washington may not be able to fight in Winnipeg due to past issues.  Instead of cancelling the main event title fight, the CFC burned up the phone lines and flew in a backup for Cyrus Washington just in case.  Good thing they did because Washington was unable to get into Canada.

What a replacement they got!  Usually, late replacements are of the lesser quality than the person they are replacing.  Not in the CFC!

Gregory Choplin will now be challenging Dave Zuniga for the IKF – North American title in the main event of CFC 7. Choplin will be a much tougher opponent for Winnipeg’s Zuniga on Saturday, September 10th.  The native of France is a two time World Muay Thai champion!

Winnipeg’s “Dangerous” Dave Zuniga will have his hands full trying to deal with his world champion opponent while trying to claim the IKF North American Middleweight title.

Fans should come out and support Zuniga in his attempt to win a North American title at CFC 7 on Saturday, September 10th. Tickets are available at http://canadianfighting.com/tickets.