The fight stayed standing in round one.  Newton came out throwing a hard left kick followed by a right knee, while Hollett waited patiently for a opening for a low left kick.  Newton stayed busy the entire round, attempting two takedowns and regularly tagging Hollett with jabs, low kicks and an overhand right, but Hollett landed the more powerful strikes.

“His punches are hard!” Newton said between rounds.

Hollett continued walking around in the second round, Newton continued to keep busy throwing various strikes and combinations.  They traded high right kicks.  Newton shot and got the takedown and spent the rest of the round on top of Hollett, who occasionally attempted an armbar.

Round three was all standup with nothing much happening, to the disgust of the booing fans.  But in round four Hollett slipped after a right kick, and Newton pounced.  Hollett kept Newton from doing any real damage by keeping his feet on Newton’s hips, until the referee stood them up.  Another takedown attempt by Newton was stuffed by Hollett’s sprawl, but Newton picked him up and slammed him hard to the mat.  Hollett attempted a quick armbar, but Newton slipped out easily.  The referee again stood them up.

Even after being chastised by his corner to knock Newton out, to do something, Hollett still felt no sense of urgency, and continued as before, waiting for opportunities.  Newton, between throwing combinations of his own, countered Hollett’s strikes and did not allow him to follow up with more.  The fight ended uneventfully.

The judges scored the bout 50-45, 50-45, 49-46, all in favour of Newton, the new MFC Light Heavyweight Champion.

Heath never had a chance versus an aggressive Newton who held on to back control for most of the first round.

In the second, Newton shrugged off a Heath footlock, scrambled into side control, then took Heath’s back to secure the submission.

Fighters.com’s original Fighter of the Month “Real Deal” Ryan Ford (7-1) rebounded from his first professional loss to slap a guillotine choke on Miletich welterweight LaVerne Clark (25-17-1) at 2:30 of round two.

Both Newton and Ford inched closer to title shots in Maximum Fighting Championships, Newton earning the right to challenge 205 titlist “Hulk” Roger Hollett (8-1) in Calgary 5 December and Ford will rematch “Bam Bam” Pat Healy (19-13) on the same card for the welterweight belt and to avenge his only professional loss.

Light heavyweight Jay Whitford (3-0) tapped Aron lofton (3-1) in a side choke at 3:11 of round two.

Lightweight Simon Marini (6-1) won a UD over Gerald Lovato (6-5).

Welterweight Ryan Machan (6-2) tapped fellow Canadian Gavin Neil (4-1) in a rear naked choke at 2:47 of round one.

Middleweight Chis Camozzi (7-2) won a UD over Elliot Duff (2-1).

Lightweight Evan Sanguin (2-2) knocked out Troy Sorensen (3-1) at 2:04 of round three.

Welterweight Josh Russell (1-0) won a UD over Mike Gates (11-6-1).

Welterweight Jesse Clarke (1-1) TKO’d Jason Zorthian (3-3) at 2:44 of round one.

Sheldon Westcott (1-1) tapped Jeff Kilisolsky (0-1) at 3:33 of the first round.

The MFC also announced that “The Real Deal” Ryan Ford (6-1) will face LaVerne Clark (25-16-1) in the featured welterweight bout.

Heath, who lost his last three UFC fights, TKO’d Shepard Owens (1-1) in 1:19 at the Freestyle Cage Fighting in June.

Newton won his seventh-straight fight this month when he submitted B.J. Lacy (10-9-1) by rear naked choke at Pure Combat.

Ford suffered his first career defeat in July when “Bam Bam” Pat Healy (19-13) submitted him with an armbar in round three for the vacant welterweight title.

Clark (25-16-1) TKO’d Matt Kelly (0-1) in round one at Courage Fighting Championships in June.