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Canada vs. Canada Bouts
Ari Markle (Calgary, Canada) vs. Nic Du Preez (Toronto, Canada)
Calgarian Ari Markle battled with Toronto's Nic Du Preez. The fight started off quite close. Du Preez opened with some kicks but was to immediately pounce to vicious elbow attacks. One did score and gave the Calgarian a cut above the right eye. Markle was to fight back but started to hesitate on pulling the trigger. Du Preez was almost always first off the line. By the third round, Markle seemed flat footed and was hesitating on attacking. This encouraged Du Preez to pressure forward for a KO, but he just could not find it. Nic Du Preez won by unanimous decision. Du Preez was to win the Roy Lilley Trophy of the event for the Best Visiting Athlete.
Allison Kavanagh (Calgary, Canada) vs. Yvonne Thich (Toronto, Canada)
This was a fast paced and very exciting bout. Both started off with nice kicks and exchanges. As the bout progressed through each round, it appeared that Kavanagh was initiating first and pressing with her combinations. Thich fought back gamely with some excellent kicks but Kavanagh was relentless. Allison Kavanagh's work ethic earned her the victory in this match by unanimous decision.
Mark MacKinnon (Calgary, Canada) vs. Brian Trinh (Toronto, Canada)
This bout opened with Thinh pressing forward and trying to land his right hand on the taller MacKinnon. A few landed which brought immediate respect from the Calgary athlete. In rounds two and three, MacKinnon decided he did not like getting punched and he used his roundhouse kick to the body and use very well placed teep's to keep Trinh at bay. Trinh fought back gamely but had a difficult time getting through the long kicks to score his right hand. A unanimous decision went to Mark MacKinnon.
Lucus Greer(Calgary, Canada) vs. Justin Damphouse(Toronto, Canada)
The opening bout of the evening. In the opening round Greer just did not seem to open up. Damphouse pressed and Greer retreated to a shell taking some huge punches. Greer made it out of the first round. In the second Greer started off pressing but soon resorted back to a shell position. It was at this point Damphouse threw a barrage of body kicks and finished with a knee to the body. Greer went down and the referee waived the fight off. Justin Damphouse won the bout by 2nd round TKO.