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NGF 79 | Allen vs Brown

Event Review: NGF 79 | Allen vs Brown
New Generation Fighters
2013-09-13, St Petersburg, The Docks
Attendance:4,172, Event Rating:245
Author:Chad Didion

UNDER CARD

Super Heavyweight Fight

Third Dag (6-8, 3-8 NGF) v #13 Buck Compton (9-4, 6-1 NGF)
Well you can say one thing, Buck Compton looked better in this fight than his first fight back from his long lay off, but I have to say, he still looks miles away from the one time champion he was.  Third Dag looked as bad as he’s always looked, he has no footwork, he can’t get away from damage, he has no defense and now it looks like his chin is completely gone.  Compton knocked Dag down with a very good uppercut and moments later he put Dag out with another one and ended the fight at 53 seconds of the 1st round.  Dag has been released from the NGF after his manager made a statement that he was releasing him also.

Super Heavyweight Fight

Mikhail Van Kirkland (12-10, 3-2 NGF) v Leopold Stotch (8-6, 3-5 NGF)
Mikhail Van Kirkland just dominated this fight, he came out, he won the stand up, he clinched up, and he took Stotch down at will as he went 8 of 9 in take down attempts.  Leopold Stotch looked completely overmatched in this fight and looked very confused on what he should do.  Kirkland missed just 1 strike the entire fight as he went 16-17 in his striking.  Stotch showed no offense, he went for take downs and when he did get to the ground in a good position, he really struggled with controlling and ended up giving up his position.  Kirkland won the fight 30-27 by all three judges.  Also, at the presser, Thanga Paihte, Leopold’s manager, announced that the two of them have split ways.  The NGF responded by releasing Stotch as well.

Lightweight Fight

Ivan Verchanko (10-5, 0-3 NGF) v #13 Edmund Dantes (12-6, 5-3 NGF)
Just a complete waste of a fight here, Ivan Verchanko is no match for anyone he is facing in the NGF.  Edmund Dantes barely worked up a sweat in this fight as he landed just about everything he threw and easily avoided the slow and sloppy striking from Verchanko.  Dantes rocked Verchanko with a very weak looking left hand, seconds later he dropped Verchanko to his knees with a right hand and then Verchanko very quickly tapped under strikes at 1:34 of the 1st.  The submission by Verchanko shows that he just doesn’t want to be fighting these caliber of fighters.

Super Heavyweight Fight

#15 Zeus Zorrander (7-1, 0-1 NGF) v Nick Game (6-2, 1-1 NGF)
Zeus Zorrander came into this fight undefeated and he showed signs of what has made him so dominating up until this point, but I said this in the preview, we didn’t know what he was going to be like on the ground and what we saw was his weakness.  Nick Game came out with a fantastic game plan, he was able to defend against the vicious head kicks of Zorrander, he was able to move in and out, land good strikes and frustrate Zorrander by getting away from his striking.  Game was also able to take advantage of the bad take down defense Zorrander has and he got 6 of 8 of his take downs.  On the ground, Game was able to control and chew up points and win rounds.  It was a very entertaining fight and Zorrander showed on his feet flashes of his skill, but Game just fought a better fight and won it 30-27 by all three judges.

Bantamweight Fight

#10 Daiju Kikuchi (5-2, 2-2 NGF) v #7 Grant Vanguard (10-5, 2-2 NGF)
This one was a pretty big surprise to me, these two guys are monsters and I was expecting a back and forth, 3 round battle, didn’t get that.  Grant Vanguard came out and overwhelmed Daiju Kikuchi quickly, he avoided a few Kikuchi strikes then he just landed at will and sent Kikuchi down with a quick, deadly head kick to the temple.  Kikuchi got back to his feet, but he was really wobbly and clearly out of it.  Kikuchi stumbled forward and Vanguard drilled him with a straight right hand, Kikuchi went limp and fell face first to the floor.  It took about 10 minutes for the dr. to check Kikuchi out and get him to a stool.  Vanguard had his hand raised as Kikuchi stat on his stool, unable to make the hand raising.  What a KO, for sure the KOTN and maybe in the running for KOTY.

MAIN CARD

Featherweight Fight

#9 Davis Davies (12-5, 3-1 NGF) v #8 Diego Brandao (5-3 NGF)
The 1st round was one of the more painful rounds I’ve ever seen.  Davis Davies got a very early take down and he did next to nothing on top.  Diego Brandao was extremely active and he attempted 7 submissions.  Davies was on top and he didn’t let Brandao improve or get back to his feet, but Brandao was clearly the more active fighter.  In the 2nd, Davies again pushed the action and he took the fight into the clinch, but Brandao was the more active fighter, he attempted a number of strikes and Davies was forced to defend, Brandao clearly won the 2nd round.  In the 3rd, Davies took the fight to the clinch, but soon broke free and took down a off balance Brandao, this time Davies was much more active and the patient Davies waited for his opportunity, took Brandao’s back and got the RNC at 3:59 of the 3rd round.

Super Heavyweight Fight

#11 David Miller (11-6, 8-4 NGF) v #9 Paulo Cesar Silva (7-4 NGF)
I’ve never seen a fighter like Paulo Cesar Silva before and I’ve never seen this type of fight before either.  Silva is so one dimensional it’s almost disgusting.  All he does is go for take downs, he has no, NO stand up ability what so ever.  Miller just battered him in the 1st, fought off the take downs and beat the hell out of him, a 10-8 round.  In the 2nd, Silva did get his take down, and there, he showed what he is good at, there is no denying he is very strong on the ground, but man, this is MMA, you got to learn the other parts of the game.  In the 2nd, again, Miller just destroyed Silva, he was no match as Miller was able to defend the take downs and land punch after punch for another 10-8 round.  Miller one this one 29-26 by all three judges.

Super Heavyweight Fight

#1 Chilemba Murithi (5-2 NGF) v #2 Samson Miodek (12-4, 7-2 NGF)
This fight showed what will happen if you just come out with the same game plan each fight, if you don’t do things to give your opponent something different to look at, then anyone can be beaten.  Chilemba Murithi is excellent at what he does, he has vicious kicks that he uses all fight long, to the point where he doesn’t even throw punches, well he did it again, problem is Samson Miodek is very smart and he can adapt his game to exploit weaknesses.  Miodek made it a point to get inside on Murithi, Miodek was aggressive and moved in quickly before Murithi was able to really get set to land his kicks.  Miodek was able to work in take downs to frustrate Murithi and he was only able to attempt 3 of those deadly head kicks and didn’t land any.  Miodek pretty much dominated the fight; he landed 22 total strikes to Murithi’s 9.  Miodek was 2-2 in take downs and he really controlled the fight on the mat.  This was one of those fights where Miodek got inside, he landed a lot of quick, short shots and Murithi just wasn’t in good kicking range, I feel Murithi has GOT to develop some sort of punching so he could use them in this type of close courters fighting.  Miodek won the fight by 30-27 from all three judges.

Co-Main Event: 

Heavyweight Fight

#6 Petr Jakovlev (9-5 NGF) v #9 Polish Engineer (13-6, 8-3 NGF)
Petr Jakovlev looked quick in this, but Polish Engineer looked better prepared for the type of fight that this one turned into.  Right off the bell you could tell Jakovlev was in no mood to be standing with Engineer’s power, he came right out and quickly attempted a few take downs while Engineer was able to land a couple of very nice punches.  Jakovlev did get the take down, but he struggled with trying to control Engineer and maintain a good position as Engineer quickly improved into full guard.  Engineer was also able to take advantage of Jakovlev’s ankle lock attempt and got on top.  Engineer did a great job of controlling Jakovlev, defending submissions and landing a few hard ground strikes.  In the 2nd, Jakovlev again got a take down, but again, he couldn’t do anything he finished the fight landing just 1 ground strike out of his 11 attempts and he was 0-9 in submissions.  The scariest moment for Engineer happened around the 1:30 mark, Jakovlev looked to lock in a triangle, but Engineer stood up, and slammed Jakovlev to the mat which loosened up the submission enough for Engineer to escape into side control.  From there, Engineer began to unload ground strikes until he was able to slip 2 monster elbows through which rocked Jakovlev and the fight was stopped at 2:24 of the 2nd round.

Main Event

Featherweight Title Fight

#1 Jack Brown (10-3-1, 7-1 NGF) v C-Barry Allen (12-3, 4-2 NGF)
Now on to the best fight on the card, and possibly the best fight we’ve seen in the last 3 seasons.  Jack Brown came into the NGF and he has been vocal, he’s said he was going to be a champion here one day and he is extremely confident in his skills.  Barry Allen, he’s been much more quite, he’s just come in and taken care of business, but done it a little more humble.  In the 1st round, Allen came out and moved the fight into the clinch, Allen then showed his strength as he was able to get the fight to the cage and he controlled very well.  Allen landed some really good elbows in the clinch, but Brown did a very good job of defending as the round went on.  Allen scored big in the round and clearly took round 1.  The 2nd looked different; both guys stayed at kick boxing range in the round, Allen again, looked to be the one pushing the pace.  Allen landed some very good strikes, but Brown did as well as he landed some very hard body kicks in the round.  Allen did land a monster uppercut later in the round that send Brown flying back against the cage from about a foot away, it looked devastating, but Brown looked un phased.  The 3rd looked a little like rounds 1 and 2, Allen again came out and really pushed forward, he landed some very big shots, but Brown showed an amazing chin.  Midway through the round, Brown was very swollen around his right eye and he looked like his lip was busted up too.  Brown did land a big overhand right that looked to wobble Allen, but only for a few seconds.  Brown to me looked like he was all power strikes in the round, he didn’t land a lot of them and I thought he was making a mistake and wearing himself out.  This looked apparent as Brown did get a late take down, but he couldn’t control the position and he let Allen get a sweep and end the round on top.  At this point, Brown looked a bit worried and tired, Allen also looked tired, but Browns corner told him to “F—king let it all go!”.  Heading into the 4th round, I had Allen up 30-27.  The 4th started and Allen rushed out, Brown landed a beautiful counter strike that shook Allen, but he kept coming.  Brown again got the take down, but Allen easily moved into guard and then pretty easily moved to top position.  It was pretty shocking to see Jack not be able to be dominating on the ground.  Allen showed his exhaustion at this point because he did nothing in top position and Brown was able to get back on top, but only for a few seconds, as Brown moved to mount, Allen quickly switched and got on top of Brown again.  The round ended standing and both guys were just exhausted, but I had Allen up 40-36 at this point and Brown needed a finish to pull this one out.  In the 5th and final round, Allen came out and moved the fight to the clinch, which seemed like a safe thing to do to grind out the round, but Brown really came to life here, he was able to land a very good uppercut, then he got his knees going and he started to hurt Allen.  In fact, Allen looked to me in big trouble after a nasty knee landed right to the jaw, Allen was just holding on here.  Just about the 4 minute mark, Brown managed to drag the fight to the ground, but again, Allen was able to improve his position as Brown was missing his ground strikes.  Now Allen was going for it from top, he was trying to land elbows and big ground strikes, but Brown defended well and you could see him starting to move his legs up, looking for an opening to lock in some sort of submission.  Brown did get his legs up, but Allen defended, but left his arm exposed and Brown quickly realized and straightened out the arm, it looked tight and at 4:57 of the 5th round, Allen was tapping as Brown looked to do some real damage to the arm and YOUR NEW FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION, JACK BROWN!!!  WHAT A FIGHT!!
 

 

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