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Shamrock FC: Force – Preview

By Brett Auten | Knuckle Junkies

One of the Midwest’s busiest promotions gets 2015 started in St. Louis on the last day of January.

Shamrock Fighting Championships: Force sees the return of Lucas Lopes to town. Lopes, of the 47 pro fights, hasn’t fought in STL since March of 2013. He will welcome Indiana’s Keith Smetana to the Lumiere Casino in a middleweight title contention fight.

Talented lightweight Garrett Gross makes his return under the SFC banner when he faces Colton Creason in the co-main event. Gross last fought in April against Sal Woods in a fight that was nominated for Pro Fight of the Year in the St. Louis MMA awards. Creason has three submission victories already in his young career.

Bantamweights Fazlo Mulabitinovic and Shane Shomidie meet on the main card. Shomidie is coming off a summer win over Lance DeClue for SFC last June.

Two more 185-pound bouts close out the main card as Clay Mitchell face Bo Smith and Tom Baker takes on Eric Crittendon. Baker has an incredible ground game that has rarely gets showcased, while Crittendon last saw action with a victory against Marc Godeker (a common opponent for the two.)

The headline bout of the undercard is definitely main card worthy.

In a bout that was originally to take place at the November Fight Hard before an illness forced a last minute cancellation, Jordan Dowdy will face Brandon Karcher. The two welterweights will tangle with the winner getting a SFC pro contract. Both fighters are considered near the top of the heap in the region.

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Here is the full card:

Lucas Lopes vs Keith Smetana
Garrett Gross vs Colton Creason
Fazlo Mulabitinovic vs Shane Shomidie
Clay Mitchell vs Bo Smith
Tom Baker vs Eric Crittendon

Jordan Dowdy vs Brandon Karcher
Kris Craig vs Aaron Harvey
Demterius Cannon vs Jamese Taylor
Mark Chappell vs Kevin Schmidt
Shapen Jordan vs Montrel James(rematch)
Edrick Dillard vs Derek Clardy
Isaac Purnell vs Reggie evans
Delante Blanks vs Justin Baker
Jason Christeson vs Jerome Young
Brandon Runyon vs Cort Romerous

Shamrock FC: Force
Saturday, January 31st
Lumiere Casino, St. Louis, MO