VICTORIAVILLE, Quebec, Nov. 5 — In the main event of TKO Major League MMA, local favorite Jonathan Goulet (Pictures) returned to the Canadian promotion after a victory in his UFC debut at Ultimate Fight Night 2 over Jay Hieron (Pictures). Standing across the ring from him on this night, the eccentric Shonie Carter (Pictures), looking to end “The Road Warrior’s” current streak.
Seizing the opportunity, Goulet pounced on his downed foe and locked in a choke reminiscent of Newton-Miletich, forcing Carter to tap and sending the home crowd in hysterics.
In the co-main event, the fans in attendance at Les Colisee des Bois-Frans were treated to a rematch between Team Tompkins member and current TKO lightweight champion Sam Stout (Pictures) and the man he took the belt from a matter of months ago, Donald Ouimet (Pictures).
Round one began and looked to be all Ouimet in the early going, as the former champ opened the fight with a textbook takedown, putting Stout on his back. Ouimet looked to work for position and control his opponent, however a lack of action caused the referee to stand the fighters back up.
The former champ continued to take the fight to Stout, counter-punching and finding his range early and often. However with approximately 30 seconds remaining in the round, a Stout right hand found its home on the chin of Ouimet, dazing the former champion.
With the smell of blood in the air, Stout jumped on his rocked opponent and at that point referee Steve Mazzagatti jumped in to save Ouimet from further damage. If there were any questions regarding the result of their first bout, they’ve been undoubtedly put to rest on this night.
“The Polish Hammer” Chris Horodecki (Pictures) has a lot of eyes on him, and tonight that number would increase tenfold. David Goulet on this night had the arduous task of squaring off against the young phenom. Horodecki’s energy throughout this fight was astonishing as was Goulet’s dogged determination.
Throughout the fight, it was the corner of Horodecki, specifically the words of head trainer Shawn Tompkins, and the young fighter’s willingness to listen that gave Chris the upper hand in this fight. As the fight drew to a close, it was clear Goulet was running out of gas and he dropped his hands enough for “The Polish Hammer” to land a textbook high kick right to the chin that sent Goulet to the mat.
Martin Desilets (Pictures) stopped Krysztof Soszynski (Pictures) 1:30 of round two after Sosznyski would not answer the referee’s call to fight.
Thierry Quenneville armbarred Max Marin (Pictures) 1:20 of the opening round.
Stephane Vigneault (Pictures) defeated Greg Compton (Pictures) by TKO in the third round.
Dave Parizeau submitted Billy Kidd (Pictures) with a triangle choke 40 seconds into the fight.
James Haourt defeated Sylvain Cloutier (Pictures) by unanimous decision.