MFN 118: O Reily vs. Lemieux

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Author:Altair The Assassin

Hellow Hellow. I’m Assassin here from Belle Center and I will be reviewing the MFN 118.  The total atendance today was 18.836 and a total of 34,007 PPV sales.

Undercard

First match was in the 135 lbs division where Rick Dynamo (9-7) faced Diego Nunes (19-16).  Nunes came up good and took the fight to the ground right after the 30 seconds have passet. After the stand up Dynamo came better and took the fight to the ground 2 times in a row, but coudn’t held Nunes as he got a quick triangle around Dynamo’s neak. Nunes squzed the triangle and sank it good, forcing his opponent to tap. I honestly didn’t expect for Nunes to get the submission but cutos to him for winning in 2:24 in the first round.

Second match Jack Gates (9-9) took on Donald Trump (7-3). I was so wrong in my prediction as Trump proved to everybody who doubted him that he is a very good fighter. In the first round Trump easily took Gates to the ground and tryed like 7 sub attempts but with no avial. Then he came even stronger in the second round and just after the round starteg he got Gates on the matt again. Imediatly after he took him down, he went for a kimura and managed to pop Gates arm out. Gates taped out like a morse code on titanic „sos, sos”. And the fight ended in favor of Donald Trump by the way of submission with the official time being 24 seconds in round 2.

Third match of the undercard: Tyson Pearson (16-17) vs  Mahavir Ramanujam (10-4-1).  First round Ramanujam dominated it even if he got taken down from the clinch. He sweep Pearson and put a good GnP on him and wasn’t too impresed about the sub attempts of Pearson. Second round Ramanujan showed his wrestling taking down Pearson 2 times and for most of the round he was in the dominant position. Pearson came out a bit more open in the third round knowing he has to submit or KO his opponent in order to win. After a failed attempt of a takedown Pearson was rocked by a big right upercut and Ramanujam droped him with another big left hand. Ramanujam jumpet to finish with strikes and Pearson wasn’t able to do anything else. The winner by TKO, after 2:32 in third round was Ramanujam. Finally I got a prediction semicorect

Next match was in Middleweight division: Igor Gago (11-9) vs Chael Sonnen(13-8). Sonnen only saw one thing in this match (takedowns) and he paid for his attempts. From clinch Gago punished Sonnen and managet to cut him in the first 20 seconds. After 8 failed attempts for Sonnen he finally got a takedown, but Gago was very active with the submissions attempts and he finally got a triangle after 5 sub attempts. Gago came out more determinat and that was clear. Official decision: After 3:59 minutes in the first round Gago won by submission (triangle). I was wrong again! Should stop predicting because I really suck at this )

And the last match in on the undercard was between Rick Ashton (18-8) and Nickolai Ketchum (16-13).  This was a quick fight. Ashton tryed from the begining to take the fight to the ground with no avail. Ketchum managed to keep the fight on the feet stuffing 5 takedown attempts and made his opponent pay for every attempt.  With 1 minute and 30 second into the fight Ashton got rocket by a streight right and couldn’t manage to get his feet back. Ketchum went all over the cage for Ashton and he finally got a dedly right cross which instatly KO’ed Ashton sending his mouth piece flying into the crowd. The official call: after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Nickolai Ketchum!

Maincard:

From the main card we coudn’t pick a ko or sub of the night as all fights ended up in a decision.

Now we get to the first fight: Temel Dilli (12-6) against Craig Anderson (14-11).  First roudn Anderson managed to get Dilli to the ground and tryed passing, ground and pound and a lot of submission but coudn’t finish up Dilli, who showed his hart there. Second round was close but Dilli did more in the stand up department, and when Anderson got the takedown he managed to stall the fight till the referee stand them up. Third round was another close round but Dilli did a bit more damage and managed to pull a split decision win. He really showed his hart in this match.

Second match of the main card was between Frank Dux (17-8) and Yancy Malaki (16-7).  Another wrestler vs striker. The first round was all Dux who managed to get the takedown but didn’t managed to finish his oponent. The second round was a more close round but Malaki was just a bit better on the feet stuffing most of Dux takedowns. In the third round Malaki started bettor on the feet, but he was taken down by Dux and managed to get very few damage till the referee stand them up. In the last moments of the fight Malaki managed a three punch combo witch weighted a lot on the referee score cards. The official decision: winner, by unanimous decision... Yancy Malaki!

Next match was in the Lightweight division where Bam Margera (18-11-1) faced Winston McCall (17-6-1).  In the first 2 rounds McCall managed to mix it up well with strikes, takedown and ground game, managing to win them both. Margera knowing he lost the first 2 round tryed all his best to get the fight to be a slugfest but wasn’t succesfull in his attempt. They both exchanged punches and kicks but both of them remained standing at the end of the round. The official decision: winner, by unanimous decision... Winston McCall!

Now we get to our co-main event of the evening: Raekwon the Chef (17-4-1) vs Herkules Nowacki (12-3). It was an all stand up war. But don’t know why I still expected more from both fighters. The Chef with 14 KO/TKO wins played a bit more carefully this match because of Nowacki power and it costed him a lot. All three rounds were a back and forward stand up war. The three ruferees had a difficult time decided but after three rounds they declared the winner by unanimous decision Herkules Nowacki.

And now for the main event:

the champion Ryan O Reily (12-3) will face Ron Lemieux (18-4) who already won this belt 2 times. Now let’s get this fight cracked up round by round. So in the first round O Reily dominated putting down Lemieux on the ground and was a BJJ war for all the rest of the round. In the second round Lemieux was more active on the feet and even when O Reily put him down on the mat again he was still the more agresive fighter going for the submissions. Third round was exactly like the 2nd one. Even the 4th round was almost the same as the last 2 and even with the takedowns of O Reily he didn’t do enoght to win them. The last round both fighters looked a bit slopy and tired, but it was still entertaining as both fighters went for the finish. At the end of the fight the org manager and the fans were happy they saw a good fight. The official decision: winner, by unanimous decision... and new bantaweight champion: Ron Lemieux!

This is the third time that Lemieux holds the bantaweight title here at MFN.

That concludes our night and now for the awards of the night:

KO of the night: Nickolai Ketchum

Sub of the night: Diego Nunes

Fight of the night: Ron Lemieux vs Ryan O Reily

The event was sponsored by Fury Nutrition Inc as well as Vandal Fight Boutique & Laundry.

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