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 GAMMA#484 Cuenca v Keller Review
The ageless original GAMMA organization has once again produced an incredible event with top-notch fighters for your viewing pleasure. However you apparently could not make it so now you must read about in this review. Such are the complications of life, and hopefully I can visualize for you what those who saw it were seeing. If not, all the torso-stomping details can be found at http://www.mmatycoon.com/orgeventpublic.php?EvID=829953. This event had 10 bouts with 4 knockouts, 2 submissions and 3 decisions and a draw. This event was produced by the "King of Globalized MMA, Mentor Corleone (3503) and sponsored by GREEN!160 (3879) a Nutritional company based in Las Vegas.
265+ lbs fight between Danny Volcanic (129651) and Ayrton Pena Milani (126112)
This was a hellofa fight for the time it lasted and both men were cut, but noticable was the lack of knee accuracy from Milani who missed 9 out of 9 knees thrown from the clinch. But it wasnt Milani's knees that made a difference. It was the fists of Volcanic that erupted on Milani's head that told the tale. Volcanic knocked Milani down at the 4 minute mark with a right hand and shortly after he knocked Milani right the hell out with a combination.
Results: After 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Danny Volcanic!
265+ lbs fight between K.J. Choi (127918) and Aleksanteri "The Siberian Bear" Karelin (185978)
This was a defensive fight which probably shows the respect each fighter had for his opponents KO power. It was about even in the ground and clinch wars but in the standing it was Choi who was dominant and landed 35 strikes to outscore Karelin with only 12 strikes landed.
Results: The 3 judges see the fight slightly different at 30:27/29:28/29:28 in favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... K.J. Choi!
185 lbs fight between "The Lion Of Matema" Baraka Simengwa (192358) and "The Cannibal" Karl Denke (63718)
Simengwa coming off 3 losses in a row really needed this fight in his win column. Denke coming off 2 losses needed it as well so the smell of desperation was in the air for this fight. Simengwa stright in for the clinch followed by a takedown and soon as he can he gets busy woring for a submission...but Denke is comfortable defending and dropping in the occassional bomb or 2 and so it goes for the rest of the round. Round 2, and Denke decides he liked Round 1's ground war so much he goes for the takedown and right into Simengwaland. So Simengwa apparently in confusion from so much generosity sweeps and reverses and ends up on top. But he is a true Red Belt in BJJ and can probably submit a man on his feet so being on top is fine with him and he goes right to work and gets his well-earned submission.
Results: After 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Baraka Simengwa!
205 lbs fight between "The Boy Who Lived" Harry Potter (83976) and "The Cannibal" Karl Denke (63718)
Blaze is a ground fighter with 14 knockouts and Potter is a boxer with 19 knockouts. Blaze comes out blazing and with the 1st punch he has Potter stumbling and Blaze uses that opportunity to grab a clinch. Blaze is throwing more, but both are missing almost everything...hard to imagine they cant find the distance when they are clinched...but that seems to be the situation? Eventually the strikes start landing and Potter is cut by a knee and they spend the rest of the fight with Blaze clinching (10 out of 10) and Potter breaking clinch which kinda surprises me since he was pretty much beating hell out of Blaze in the clinch with 35 to 18 strikes landed. But perhaps he was worried about them sharp knees. Overall Potter landed 49 strikes and Blaze landed 38. So how the hell the judges see it so close must be a case of coulting clinches as same as strikes.
Results: The idiot judges see the fight 29:29/28:29/29:28. The fight is ruled a draw! Draw my ass.
145 lbs fight between Ein Stein (182566) and "The Candyman" Willy Wonka (159900)
Both men being ground fighters with Black Belts in BJJ this fight had high interest. But a bit surpiseing there wasnt a takedown right away. They actually came out swinging. Stein was looking for a counter-takedown, but the fight went to the ground when Wonka changed gears and went in for the double-leg. Wonka then proceeded to throw some GnP mixed in with an occassional submission attempt and Stein was happy to try submissions like they was on a 2 fer 1 sale. And thats exactly how the 2nd round went and most the 3rd round went. But Stein manages to buck Wonka off and take his back with 2 minutes to go, and after a couple attempts to get the choke, he finally manages it and Wonka taps !
Results: After 4:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ein Stein!
265+ lbs fight between Tio Malone (182171) Ashley Harrington (187234)
Harrington is an elite standup fighter and well-round ground fighter and Malone has ALL his 12 wins coming by knockout. But this is a re-match and Harrington knocked Malone out in their last fight, so this should be a barn burner full of action. Cats and dogs baby...they get right to business and Harrington is quickly cut and then a minute later is knocked down by a headkick. Malone lets him get up and is working the cut and its getting worse so Harrington grabs a clinch to try to smother the attack and Malone just steps it up, and with a minute and 1/2 left in the round he sets Harrington up with a left hand and then drops him down to a knee with an uppercut. Malone gets to his feet still in the clinch and against the fence and is trying to hold Malone's wrists to keep him from punching so he can get his head together, but Malone breaks a hand free and drops Harrington with another nasty uppercut and its OVER ! Seems to me Malone just made a statement regarding the loss from the last fight. I'm interested to see if Harrington will want to step into the ring a 3rd time with Malone.
Results: After 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tio Malone!
205 lbs fight between "The Purple Stripe" Pierre Trudeau (113658) and "I want to Vomit" Scotty Bennet (167187)
Bennet is a well-rounded fighter with a slight weakness in BJJ, and Trudeau is an elite wrestler. Bothe men interested in clinch war and they were about even in the standup, but Trudeau was the master in the clinch and outstruck Bennet 2 to 1 there. It was in the clinch where Trudeau drops Bennet onto one knee with a big uppercut and shortly after he worked his way back up to his feet, Trudeau snaps Bennet's head back with 2 right hand punches and then unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Bennet's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Bennet drops to his knees and Trudeau pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout! And THAT ladies and gentlemen is whats known as a nasty beatdown.
Results: After 3:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pierre Trudeau! Scotty Bennet spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm shop worn and injury riddled. Time to call it a career. And after being punked out like that...I can see why he would feel that way. But at only 32 years of age...its not the last we will hear of him I predict.
170 lbs fight between Fernando "The Bull" Alves (142991) and Alexander "Russian Vityaz" Povetkin (50112)
Povetkin is an eliete boxer and Alves is an elite ground fighter, but despite getting 3 takedowns to work from, Alves was a disappointment on the ground where he landed 1 strike and everything else was stuffed. However, Povetkin was a disappointment on his feet with Alves pretty much showing him how to fight by landing 21 strikes to Povetkin's 15. I was seriously UNimpressed by both fighters tonight.
Results: The 3 judges see the fight slightly different at 30:27/29:28/30:27 in favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fernando Alves!
170 lbs fight between Ray "The Raven" Lewis (199055) and Yeshua "I AM" Immanuel (123742)
Lewis is an elite boxer with well-rounded ground skills including a Black Belt in BJJ, but has no submissions on record. Immanuel is a well rounded fighter with a weakness in BJJ. Might be interesting to see if Lewis will take this opportunity to throw a few submission attempts...Ding Ding ! Immanuel lands first and cuts Lewis who fires right back and is swinging and mostly missing when Immanuel kicks him back into the cage. Its starting to look bad for Lewis, but he is swinging away and working the counter shots but after a missed combination, Immanuel counters with a head kick that drops Lewis to the mat! He gets to his feet, but oh man this is turning into a nasty beatdown... Immanuel changes tactics and clinches but its soon apparent that was a mistake as Lewis starts scoring strike after strike, so he wisely breaks loose. They exchange some kicks but Lewis is landing some great punches and when Immanuel scores a nice body kick, Lewis counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Immanuel! He's just covering up as Lewis starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Results: After 3:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Lewis!
185 lbs TITLE fight between Ricard "Basque Threat" Cuenca (163776) and "Vodoo Child" Virgil Keller (178804)
Keller is a well-rounded standup fighter with a Black Belt in BJJ. Cuenca is and elite standup fighter and wrestler with a weakness in BJJ. Ding Ding ! Action...can u say action? Well some of the other fights on this card lacked it...but this one sure as hell made up for it ! There was no ground war...which some find boring...it was all standup and clinch and they were constantly throwing SOMETHING. Cuenca is an animal in the clinch and he knows it since he had 19 clinch attempts and despite Keller defending against it...Cuenca grabbed clinch 7 times and he made good use of it too. Cuenca outscored Keller in the clinch 28 to 9 and he used all the weapons but showed best with the elbows landing 8 of them. Cuenca was unimpressive with the knees, but he was probably busy landing 19 punches to worry about it. Keller on the other hand had only punches and landed 9 as well as 34 punches in the standing. Keller also landed 8 kicks in the standing but was totally blown out by Cuenca landing 34 kicks in the standing and was out-punched as well. So it was a decent performance by Keller, but the judges got this one right...
Results: The 3 judges see the fight slightly different at 49:46/49:46/45:50 in favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricard Cuenca! Ricard Cuenca retains his middleweight title!
A thanks to all who watched and a double thanks for all who took the time to read my drunken dribbles on paper...GOODBYE !
Review by Rabid Alien (102643)
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