Leblanc With Hollett about MFC's Heat XC 4
It has been over two years now since Roger Hollett has won a fight in Alberta for the Maximum Fighting Championship (MFC). After snapping a two fight losing streak at Extreme Cage Combat 10 (ECC) to Chris Peak in September, The Hulk looks to leave Edmonton with a win on Friday when he faces Aron Lofton at MFC's Heat XC four. Hollett is determined to do whatever it takes for the W.
"We have trained really hard for this camp,"said Hollett. "Things went really well. I hope it is just a good fight. I will take on whatever I will get. I won't pass up a good submission or a good knockout."
After Hollett beat UFC veteran Victor Valimaki to win the MFC light heavyweight title in 2007, things have not worked out in Hollett's way on the west coast. He lost his title to Emanuel Newton at MFC 19 in December 2008 then he suffered a broken nose in his loss to David Heath at MFC 20 in February of this year. He has since rebounded with his win over Peak. Hollett is looking to get his name back on the top of Canada's MMA fighters. He was there two years ago until a torn ACL sidetracked the Halifax native. A win against Lofton is a sure way to get him back in the spotlight but Hollett is also just looking forward to being back in the wild wild west.
"I am just excited to be back in Edmonton," says Hollett.
"I am looking forward to a good show there and Aron (Lofton) is training really hard for this fight. We are both looking to get back on the saddle. I an sure he has corrected the mistakes from his last fight and we will just see what happens."
While Hollett will be hungry going into this matchup, he knows Lofton will be as well. Lofton lost his last fight at MFC to Marvin Eastman at MFC 21 in May. He has since rebounded with a win over Brain Imes at Freestyle Cage Fighting in August.
The fight could put both guys back in the MFC light heavyweight title hunt with a win. While Hollett plans to make a run at middleweight in the future, he knows when the opportunity comes along to grab the bull by the horns.
"I will still probably take fights at both (weight) classes," says Hollett.
"You know I won't turn down a good opportunity at 205 and I still want to get my feet wet at 185.
It is hard to say what will happen on Friday between Hollett and Lofton. All you can do is train for the fight and hope that the cards play in your favour. In ways MMA is like a card game for the trainer and you see who has the better hand. With Hollett, his trainer feels they will have no problems coming out on top.
"We have been working on his ground some more and basically we will try and catch Lofton on his feet," says Rob Walker, Hollett's trainer/manager.
"We basically want to slow him down a little bit and knock him out. We fine tuned his striking a little more, it is better then what it was and his ground is better then what it was.. We will just slow him (Lofton) down and take him down."
"We have trained really hard for this camp,"said Hollett. "Things went really well. I hope it is just a good fight. I will take on whatever I will get. I won't pass up a good submission or a good knockout."
After Hollett beat UFC veteran Victor Valimaki to win the MFC light heavyweight title in 2007, things have not worked out in Hollett's way on the west coast. He lost his title to Emanuel Newton at MFC 19 in December 2008 then he suffered a broken nose in his loss to David Heath at MFC 20 in February of this year. He has since rebounded with his win over Peak. Hollett is looking to get his name back on the top of Canada's MMA fighters. He was there two years ago until a torn ACL sidetracked the Halifax native. A win against Lofton is a sure way to get him back in the spotlight but Hollett is also just looking forward to being back in the wild wild west.
"I am just excited to be back in Edmonton," says Hollett.
"I am looking forward to a good show there and Aron (Lofton) is training really hard for this fight. We are both looking to get back on the saddle. I an sure he has corrected the mistakes from his last fight and we will just see what happens."
While Hollett will be hungry going into this matchup, he knows Lofton will be as well. Lofton lost his last fight at MFC to Marvin Eastman at MFC 21 in May. He has since rebounded with a win over Brain Imes at Freestyle Cage Fighting in August.
The fight could put both guys back in the MFC light heavyweight title hunt with a win. While Hollett plans to make a run at middleweight in the future, he knows when the opportunity comes along to grab the bull by the horns.
"I will still probably take fights at both (weight) classes," says Hollett.
"You know I won't turn down a good opportunity at 205 and I still want to get my feet wet at 185.
It is hard to say what will happen on Friday between Hollett and Lofton. All you can do is train for the fight and hope that the cards play in your favour. In ways MMA is like a card game for the trainer and you see who has the better hand. With Hollett, his trainer feels they will have no problems coming out on top.
"We have been working on his ground some more and basically we will try and catch Lofton on his feet," says Rob Walker, Hollett's trainer/manager.
"We basically want to slow him down a little bit and knock him out. We fine tuned his striking a little more, it is better then what it was and his ground is better then what it was.. We will just slow him (Lofton) down and take him down."
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