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Lutter tops MacDonald at MFC 23 Nickels, Spratt, Alessio among big Payoff winners By MFC Staff Travis “The Serial Killer” Lutter stole the thunder from the return homegrown star Jason “The Athlete” MacDonald as he scored a unanimous decision victory in the main event of the Maximum Fighting Championship’s MFC 22: Payoff. Lutter (10-5) used a dominating display of jiu-jitsu over the first two rounds to pull ahead before surviving a desperate ground-and-pound attack from MacDonald (21-13) in Round 3. All three judges scored the fight 29-28 for Lutter. The fight went down before an amped-up, sold-out crowd at the River Cree Resort and Casino just outside Edmonton, Alberta, and aired live on HDNet Fights. “It was all about following the game plan,” said Lutter, who twice had MacDonald in difficulty with rear-naked choke attempts. MacDonald, fighting in front of a home-town audience for the first time in three years, poured on the pressure in the third round but couldn’t inflict enough damage to put Lutter away. “I’m disappointed but I’ve been down before and I’ll get back up again,” said MacDonald. In the co-main event, reigning MFC world lightweight champion Antonio McKee (26-3-2) put on a wrestling clinic en route to a clear-cut unanimous decision over Carlo Prater. The matchup had originally been scheduled for a five-round title fight but when Prater missed the 155-pound target (hitting the scales at 158) the bout was changed to a three-round non-title affair. The result was never in doubt as McKee took down Prater (24-7) at will and the Brazilian was unable to fire off any offence. “The MFC can put anybody they want in front of me – the title isn’t going anywhere,” offered McKee, who hoped a true title fight would happen in the near future. Unquestionably the fight of the night was a light heavyweight clash between Mike Nickels and David Heath. Their encounter could very likely go down as the best fight in the MFC’s 10-year history in what turned out to be a wildly entertaining stand-up battle. Nickels (8-2) surprised everyone including his own corner as the standout jiu-jitsu practitioner was willing to go toe-to-toe with Heath. Both fighters were in serious trouble |
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