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UNDER CARD
Featherweight Fight
Andreas Almdudler def Stefan Burczymucha
A dominating attack from Andreas Almdudler in this one, he showed his wrestling skill and brought Stefan Burczymucha to the mat and pounded him out. Almdudler took the fight to the mat right off the bell, he easily controlled the fight and ended up landing an amazing 24 of 24 ground strikes. Burczymucha had no chance as he was TKO’ed 2:28 of the 2nd round.
Featherweight Fight
#9 Lion El Johnson def #11 Riviere Hinds
A very nice fight between these two top 15 featherweights, Lion El Johnson was able to do just a little bit more than Riviere Hinds in this one. Round 1 had good action, back and forth stand up fighting with both guys staying very active, but both showing fantastic defensive skills, I thought the few significant strikes landed were from Johnson and he was fantastic on the take down defense. In the 2nd, both guys came out aggressive again, it was Hinds early and I thought he was the more active and aggressive fighter in the 2nd. He also got his first take down, though it was very late and he wasn’t able to capitalize on it. In the 3rd, it was once again Hinds coming out aggressive, he was using body shots and kicks early and he was scoring. Hinds was still trying take downs, and he was not getting them, he missed his first 3 attempts in the 3rd, but he was still landing shots. He finally did get his 2nd take down around the 3:30 mark of the round, but both guys were exhausted and the ref stood them up a few seconds later. As the round ended I had this scored very close, I thought it could go either way. The judges scored it 30-27 in favor of Johnson, giving him all 3 rounds. In the end Hinds out struck Johnson and got the only 2 take downs, I don’t know how you could have given Johnson all 3 rounds. Hinds was 18-48 in head punches while Johnson was 10-31. Johnson did manage to land 9 kicks to Hinds 1 and that could have been a deciding factor.
Lightweight Fight
#10 Yoshihiro Imanari def #6 Makoto Shibasaki
A good ground battle between two very skilled bjj fighters and one that Yoshihiro Imanari showed that he will be real force in the lightweight division. The fight started with Makoto Shibasaki landing a head kick, but Imanari just smiled and moved forward. They traded some shots, but you knew where this fight would end up and Imanari proved that around the 1 minute mark with a take down. It was a control and sub battle the rest of the round. Imanari did a very nice job controlling and not allowing Shibasaki to improve or reverse, but both guys stayed active looking for submissions. In the 2nd, Imanari shot in from a long way out for a take down, but Shibasaki doesn’t mind working off his back, so after a second of trying to defend the take down, he just dropped to the mat. Once there, Shibasaki was the more active guy, from his back, he was all over Imanair, locking up arms, throwing his legs up and almost locking up a triangle. A scary moment happened seconds later though, as Imanari threw Shibasaki’s legs off and dropped down for an ankle lock and it looked tight and painful, but Shibasaki did manage to escape. The 3rd had both guys staying standing for much of the round, but they did eventually end on the mat, both guys once again trying to out jiu jitsu each other. In the end, Imanari ended up with 11 ground strikes and was 0-6 in submissions while Shibasaki didn’t attempt a ground strike and was 0-7 in submissions. Imanari took the judge’s decision 29-28 from all 3 judges.
Light Heavyweight Fight
#3 Rogerio Mustacho def #10 Cal Paxton
Cal Paxton went for the clinch right off the bell, but Rogerio Mustacho pushed him off easily and landed a nice straight jab that landed right on the chin of Paxton. Early both guys landed some good kicks and Mustacho was able to land some nice jabs. Mustacho was able to get a trip take down around the 2 minute mark of the round. Mustacho did land a big shot from top, but most of the time it was Mustacho looking for submissions, while Paxton tried to defend. Paxton did manage to get a sweep late, but didn’t have enough time to do anything, a dominating round for Mustacho. In the 2nd, Mustacho got back to attacking the legs of Paxton, kicks were landing, but not much else as both guys struggled to really land punches. You could see Paxton was limping here and Mustacho dove in and got another take down. There wasn’t a whole lot of action in the 3rd, much the same as the first two rounds, Mustacho did most of his damage with low kicks and got the fight to the mat again. Mustacho ended up landing 12 of 17 leg kicks and was 7 of 8 in head punches, he also end up 5 for 10 in ground strikes. Paxton was hurt, he was limping and he had a huge welt on his thigh, he only landed 6 strikes the entire fight and he was dominated on the mat. Mustacho took the fight 30-27 and move to #3 in the light heavyweight division.
Heavyweight Fight
#15 Firco Nowack def Armand Battailen
I can’t figure out Firco Nowack, he’s fought for a title and he’s also been beaten senseless in fights, but he seems to come up with fights like this, where he looks to not have much of a chance, but pulls off the upset. Armand Battailen likes the clinch, he has fantastic Muay Thai knees, so him trying to clinch up just seconds into this one wasn’t a surprise, what was a surprise was the way Nowack destroyed Armand at his own game. The first clinch situation, both landed a few knees, but not much happened. Battailen then became the aggressive fighter, he pushed forward and Nowack was back peddling, but still throwing counter strikes and kicks. Then around the 2 minute mark, Nowack clinched up and he fired off a quick head punch that cut open Battailen above his right eye. Then for the next 3 minutes Firco Nowack completely dominated the fight in the clinch. He landed elbows, punches and knees in the clinch, doing major damage and it turned Battailen’s face into something that resembled something out of a horror move. In the 2nd, Nowack once again managed to clinch up, then he was able to land a monster knee to the ribs or Battailen and you could hear Armand let out a groan, it was a massive, perfectly placed knee and you knew Battailen was hurt bad. Battailen was covering up his hurt ribs, and that let Nowack deliver massive elbows and strikes to the head of Armand, each one opening up that cut even more. Eventually the ref stepped in and called the dr, who didn’t take long to put a stop to this one. After the fight Armand Battailen needed 24 stitches to close up the gruesome wound.
MAIN CARD
Lightweight Fight
#15 Wade Dew def #12 Ryuken Yanagi
This was a good fight, it saw a little bit of everything, and it showed that these two guys are very skilled in all areas. These two touched gloves and Wade Dew seemed to look down for some reason and Ryuken Yanagi shot in and got the easy take down. Then the entire 1st round Yanagi just dominated, with a little luck he could have finished this fight. He was all over Dew, he was landed good ground strikes, a few significant, but give Dew credit, he did do a pretty good job of defending. Between rounds, Dew’s corner said to him, “plan b”. Dew came straight out and clinched up with Yanagi in the 2nd, but it was him that broke the clinch. Now what happened here is something I have never seen before, I witnessed a fighter completely defeat himself. Ryuken Yanagi went away from fighting a smart fight and just started shooting for take down after take down, each one that Dew defended took more out of Yanagi. All this round end up being was Yanagi shooting, Dew defending and then Dew attempting some sort of combination on Yanagi as he was trying to get up off the mat. It was a terrible round and it was so crazy to think Yanagi didn’t change things up and try to fight. Same thing in round 3, Yanagi looked terrible, he was trying for take downs, he was in the clinch and tried for take downs there, all the while, Dew as trying to land strikes, not many of them landed and this fight turned ugly. Yanagi looked like he didn’t know how to fight; he just looked like some child hanging on to his parents at Disney land, just awful looking. Here is what it looked like, Yanagi didn’t attempt a single strike on his feet, he was 2 for 29 in take down attempts, but he did land 21 of 43 ground strikes. Dew on the other hand landed just 4 punches the entire fight and his combination numbers ended 2 for 22. A ugly fight, but one that Dew wins by default 29-28.
Bantamweight Fight
#6 Matti Teitsi def #10 Jon Erik Andersen
So far the card wasn’t all that good, not great fights, but had some decent scraps. Matti Teitsi and Jon Erik Andersen changed that and got this card rocking! They touched gloves and then got down to business. It was bit of a feeling out process to start, but both guys were quick and active. The fight went to the clinch where both guys did some damage, Teitsi did do more damage as he had a few shots that really snapped JEA’s head back, in fact, Teitsi was able to land a lot of head punches threw the defenses of JEA. In the 2nd, it looked as if Andersen tired out pretty quick. He did get the fight down, but Teitsi dominated the ground portion of this fight. He was able to land at will on the ground, going 10 for 10 and Andersen was helpless, he defended and then was trying to get up or improve, but Teitsi controlled him on every move. In the 3rd, you could tell JEA was in trouble, he just looked slow and was breathing very heavy. He tried to get back into this fight standing, but eventually Teitsi clinched up. From the 1 minute mark until this fight ended, Matti Teitsi completely destroyed Andersen in the clinch, he pounded JEA, landing every single punch in the clinch, he was 49 for 49 in the clinch with head punches and 24 for 24 with body punches. It was inevitable, but eventually a strike landed that snapped JEA’s head up and he was completely wobbly, more strikes landed and the ref had no choice but to stop this one at 3:42 of the 3rd. A dominating performance by Matti Teitsi.
Middleweight Title Fight
#3 Milan Savic def #10 Heath Marcum
Milan Savic wants another title shot, he wants it BAD, and with this performance it might be sooner than later. Milan Savic was able to land some really good shots right at the start of this fight; a big uppercut landed and staggered Heath Marcum just 45 seconds in. To defend, Marcum countered with a take down and Marcum after a moment to recover, got to business with some ground and pound. Savic was defending well, but some strikes did land from Marcum. Savic was active from the bottom, you could tell he was either working for a sweep or trying to set Marcum up for some sort of submission, but Marcum didn’t look like he was in any trouble. That was until Savic threw up his legs for a triangle, Marcum defended well by getting his head on the other side, but he left his arm dangle and Savic quickly transitioned into a arm bar and within seconds Marcum was tapping as his elbow was completely hyperextended. Ouch! A fantastic submission from Savic and one that earned him a 5 k bonus for SOTN! Wow, what’s next for this guy?
Co-Main Event:
Welterweight Fight
#5 Macros Motaro def #6 Enzo Moretti
This was a fight I couldn’t wait to see, I think these two guys are two of the best, most exciting fighters in the welterweight division. The two touched gloves and we were underway, Enzo Moretti moved in to take the fight to the clinch, but Macros Motaro pushed him away. Moretti landed the 1st significant strike, a overhand right that landed and it buckled the legs of Motaro. It was seconds later that Motaro’s knees really buckled, along with all the men in attendance too, Moretti landed a hard knee right in the groin of Motaro and he was in serious pain for the next few minutes. Moretti got his warning, Motaro used the entire 5 minutes to recover and then we were back to action. Motaro was angry and it showed, he was very aggressive and he swarmed Moretti the rest of the round. He was landing and avoiding very well and there was no doubt he won the round. A very early kick to the ribs by Motaro in the 2nd had Moretti backing up and covering up in pain, you could tell that kick did some damage that effected Moretti in this fight. The surprising thing so far was Moretti who should have the ground advantage hadn’t tried to bring this fight to the mat, especially since he was getting dominated standing. Motaro landed the next big significant strike just after the 1 minute mark, a stiff jab that rocked Moretti and had him all over the place. At this point it was almost like Motaro was trying to toy or put on the biggest beating he could, because he didn’t move in for any sort of finish, he just kept landing kicks, then a jab, then taken the fight to the clinch, where he dominated again, landing at will, but nothing with KO intention. In between rounds, Moretti’s corner told him that he had to finish this fight. They said either get this fight down or land something big. The 3rd round started and Moretti tried the latter, he attempted a monster head kick that just missed and there went his chance to get the come from behind KO. Just after the 1 minute mark, Motaro landed a huge right hand that send Moretti stumbling backwards, falling and then doing a summersault to get right back to his feet, but he was clearly in trouble. Motaro could smell blood and he moved in for the kill, Moretti tried to back away and get out of there, but a huge right hand landed and Moretti was out on his feet. A huge KO by Motaro and a very entertaining fight that earned the FOTN.
Main Event
Light Heavyweight Fight
#11 Johnny Jackson def #12 Sioux Sie
Johnny Jackson did a lot in this fight, he landed a monster punch that not only got a KO win and earned KOTN, but it also was so hard it caused his opponent to change his name and be dropped by his manager. Sioux Sie entered this fight as Noob Saibot, but whoever he is now, attempted to get this fight down in the opening seconds of the round, but Jackson stepped away easily. Jackson then went to work, he landed a big leg kick that was perfectly placed in the face of “whoever”, rocking him, knocking him down and cutting him up, nasty kick. Jackson could see “whoever” was in trouble, but he decided to have a little fun, he fainted, then landed a beautiful spinning back fist, landing and doing major damage to the already wounded Saibot, or Sie, or…ah never mind. As Jackson moved in on his confused opponent, he fired off a head kick that caught “whatever his name is” right in the temple and he fell like a tree in the wilderness to the mat. A brutal head kick KO and one that earned him the KOTN award and one that I think could be in the running for KOTS.
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