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Perosh vs. Wellisch
Dec 27, 2006
Anthony
Perosh (Pictures) vs. Christian Wellisch
(Pictures)
In the Perosh-Wellisch fight we see two grapplers taking to the cage in the opener. As is often the norm in a preliminary match-up, neither fighter has a great deal of experience in the UFC or in the sport of MMA (both have less than 10 pro bouts). With comparable records and experience, this one may come down to conditioning and in the heavyweight division that’s always an adventure.
Australian Anthony
Perosh (Pictures) is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black
belt under Carlos Machado and runs Sinosic-Perosh Martial Arts with
Elvis Sinosic (Pictures). He has won the Australian BJJ
title 10 times and earned two bronze medals at the World BJJ
Championships, the most recent came in 2003 in the brown belt
division.
Anthony started training in Go-Kan-Ryu Karate at 21 and then saw Royce Gracie (Pictures) using BJJ in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He began training with Paul Zadro, where he was exposed to Kempo Karate, kickboxing and BJJ. He later moved to Dallas, Texas to train with Carlos Machado.
“The Hippo” won the Spartan Reality Fighting 8 eight-man tournament in ’03 and won the Spartan Reality Fighting Australian heavyweight championship in ’04. He has a professional MMA record of 5-2. In his lone UFC appearance, Perosh battled heavyweight Jeff Monson (Pictures). A combination of knees and elbows ended Perosh’s night early in the first round.
Christian Wellisch (Pictures) fights out of the American Kickboxing Academy under the guidance of Lynn Schutz. The law school graduate wrestled in college but a shoulder injury shelved his career. Though “The Hungarian Nightmare” holds victories in the U.S. Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship and the Gracie Open, Christian definitely prefers to strike.
He has taken out two opponents with submissions and though his camp has a strong background of submission, it promotes banging it out for the victory. Christian’s UFC debut came last August against Frenchman Cheick Kongo (Pictures). He ate a kick early before scoring a takedown and mount. But Wellisch lost control of Kongo and ended up paying for it by eating knees in the opening round.
Given the grappling experience of Wellisch and Perosh we may see a traditional chess game on the mat and this fight will likely go a bit longer. Perosh has an eight-man tournament win and has beaten both of the Foki brothers (submitted Matt Foki to earn the Spartan Reality Fighting Australian heavyweight championship) so I give the edge standing to him. Anthony may also have a slight reach advantage over Christian and that could be all the difference he needs in a stand-up exchange. Perosh by submission.
In the Perosh-Wellisch fight we see two grapplers taking to the cage in the opener. As is often the norm in a preliminary match-up, neither fighter has a great deal of experience in the UFC or in the sport of MMA (both have less than 10 pro bouts). With comparable records and experience, this one may come down to conditioning and in the heavyweight division that’s always an adventure.
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Anthony started training in Go-Kan-Ryu Karate at 21 and then saw Royce Gracie (Pictures) using BJJ in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He began training with Paul Zadro, where he was exposed to Kempo Karate, kickboxing and BJJ. He later moved to Dallas, Texas to train with Carlos Machado.
“The Hippo” won the Spartan Reality Fighting 8 eight-man tournament in ’03 and won the Spartan Reality Fighting Australian heavyweight championship in ’04. He has a professional MMA record of 5-2. In his lone UFC appearance, Perosh battled heavyweight Jeff Monson (Pictures). A combination of knees and elbows ended Perosh’s night early in the first round.
Christian Wellisch (Pictures) fights out of the American Kickboxing Academy under the guidance of Lynn Schutz. The law school graduate wrestled in college but a shoulder injury shelved his career. Though “The Hungarian Nightmare” holds victories in the U.S. Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship and the Gracie Open, Christian definitely prefers to strike.
He has taken out two opponents with submissions and though his camp has a strong background of submission, it promotes banging it out for the victory. Christian’s UFC debut came last August against Frenchman Cheick Kongo (Pictures). He ate a kick early before scoring a takedown and mount. But Wellisch lost control of Kongo and ended up paying for it by eating knees in the opening round.
Given the grappling experience of Wellisch and Perosh we may see a traditional chess game on the mat and this fight will likely go a bit longer. Perosh has an eight-man tournament win and has beaten both of the Foki brothers (submitted Matt Foki to earn the Spartan Reality Fighting Australian heavyweight championship) so I give the edge standing to him. Anthony may also have a slight reach advantage over Christian and that could be all the difference he needs in a stand-up exchange. Perosh by submission.
