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| HCL 40 | ||
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| Name | HCL 40: Varying Degrees of Hype | |
| Date | April 19, 2015 | |
| Venue | Tupelo Events Center & Honey Warehouse | |
| City |  Tupelo, Mississippi
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| Event Chronology | ||
| HCL 39: Ruin Everything |
HCL 40: Varying Degrees of Hype |
HCL 41: Too Drunk To Fight |
HCL 40: Varying Degrees of Hype is a mixed martial arts event held by the Human Cockfighting League. The event took place on Sunday, April 19, 2015 from The Honeypot (Tupelo Events Center & Honey Warehouse) in Tupelo, Mississippi. This event featured the first ever officially sanctioned HCL Championship Contender Tournament.
This event featured seven sanctioned mixed martial arts bouts. All fights consisted of three five-minute rounds, except for the main event championship fight, which consisted of five five-minute rounds.
Heavyweight Contender Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| HCL 40 | ||||||
 Enzo Antonioni
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3 | |||||
| Alexander Thorax
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SUB | HCL 43 | ||||
| Alexander Thorax
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3 | |||||
| HCL 40 |  S. Topanopolous
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DEC | ||||
 Rupert Takamura
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1 | |||||
| S. Topanopolous
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TKO | |||||
Fight Card
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Wt. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lt Heavy | Teddy Grabowski
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def. |  Paul Bunyip
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KO (Mounted punches) | 2 | 1:41 | 1 |
| Welter |  Alejandro Sandoval
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def. |  Dwayne De Recha
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KO (Elbow) | 1 | 3:48 | |
| Heavy | Alexander Thorax
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def. | Enzo Antonioni
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Submission (Triangle choke) | 3 | 2:19 | 2 |
| Heavy | Salvador Topanopoulos
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def. | Rupert Takamura
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TKO (Punches) | 1 | 3:24 | 2 |
| Middle |  Miguel Dominguez
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def. | Burt Penass
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KO (Right uppercut) | 3 | 2:49 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Lt Heavy | Connor Cairo
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def. | Michael the Amazing
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KO (Left hook) | 3 | 2:48 | |
| Welter | Ron Mohandas
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def. | Jeff Metal Steamship
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TKO (Punches) | 2 | 2:59 | |
- Note 1: HCL Lightweight Championship Fight
- Note 2: Heavyweight Contender Tournament Semi-final
Bonus awards
- Fight of the Night:
Burt Penass vs Miguel Dominguez - Knockout of the Night: Alejandro Sandoval
- Submission of the Night: Alexander Thorax
External links