KOTC Honor Recap
By Rob Gomes
KOTC Honor's main event saw light heavyweight champion Tony Lopez take on Mike "Mak" Kyle.
Yes. That Mike Kyle.
The fight was slow paced, with the two lumbering big men pawing at each other for five rounds. Kyle ultimately
took the split-decision, and with the win, he became the KOTC light heavyweight champion.
"Mak" is now 4-0 since his loss in Strikeforce to Fabricio Werdum. It will be interesting to see the outcome of the
Feijao-Britt fight on Saturday in Strikeforce. With Kyle boasting an upset win over Feijao, he could be looking at a
potential rematch at some point assuming that Cavalcante doesn't implode against Britt.
In other action on the night, Abel Cullum looked fantastic defending his flyweight title, coaxing a tapout from "The
Destroya" Montoya via rear-naked choke just over a minute and-a-half into the fight. Cullum is now 3-0 since his
loss to Hideo Tokoro in the second round of Dream's 2009 featherweight grand prix.
In the battle of the Sanchezes, it was Donald who came out on top over Angelo. Meanwhile, Quinn Mulhern
continued to look devastating on the mat in his win over Joey Gorczynski. Mulhern is now 12-1 and riding a four
fight win streak. His only loss is to current UFC welterweight Mike Guymon.
Nick Gaston, affectionately known as "Afrozilla", made like Darrill "The Boss" Schoonover's face was Japan. Gaston
got the better of the exchanges in the first and then came back from a taking a couple of big shots from
Schoonover in the second. When the action went to the ground, Gaston was able to open up The Boss and
get a TKO stoppage past the halfway point of the second round. Afrozilla is now 4-0, and while unrefined, is very
quick and athletic for a man his size.
