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 Much like seafaring pirates and traders who raided and settled in many parts of northwestern Europe in the 8th–11th centuries, the fighters of the OFC gathered last night to honor Jarl Borg and fight like Vikings. Scandinavian axes were on full display as fighters made their way to the cage and our ring card girls brandished wooden shields with Round numbers painted on, a very nice touch in my humble opinion. Headlined by two very skilled Welterweights making their OFC debuts, more than pride was on line as the losing fighter's village would highly likely be pillaged. So...Without further ado, let's run it all back with a Full Review!
On paper, Kim Il Sung and Tat Moh share nearly identical primaries, with a slight edge going to Moh in the Wrestling department. And that's exactly what came in to play almost immediately. After being on the receiving on of a slapping leg kick, Moh dove from a distance and got the takedown, which could be compared to an Eagle swooping down and snatching Salmon out of water. Il Sung came prepared though, he had to know he was going to be on his back at some point as he attempted 6 consecutive submissions from the bottom. A few close calls before both men took a moment to re-evaluate things, which was more then enough time for the ref to stand them. This is where we saw a bit of a role reversal, Il Sung countered with a single leg and Moh threw up some submissions of his own. Close round but commentary seemed to give the 1st to Moh. Coming out for the 2nd, Moh figured he had a recipe for success and looked for a repeat performance from the first five minutes. He got double underhooks and brought the fight back to the ground. Il Sung had already seen that movie though and wasn't up for a sequel, using Moh's momentum to reverse positions and eventually move to full mount! Il Sung did a much better job here of offering mixed attacks, attempting less submissions while connecting with some scary GNP. One round a piece...
These guys had to be close to exhaustion going in to the final frame, I know I was just from 'watching'. Moh started it by going back to the leg attack but Il Sung retaliated with a series of strikes, topped off with a nice takedown in to halfguard. After the ref stood them again, it was Moh who looked to score with a takedown of his own and the fans were going absolutely nuts at this point, I thought Bieber had walked in to the arena or something, but no, these are just real fight fans. As soon as they hit the floor, Moh threw a sloppy strike and Il Sung hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He turned and extended fully, Moh was forced to tap! HUGE win for Il Sung, who is now looking to move up a weight class and wait for the winner of next week's Middleweight Title Fight. Before leaving the cage, Moh left us with some final words..."The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering", very well said my friend.
Our Co-Main Event featured Welterweights; Mr Universe and Tom Bowman. The super popular Universe comes to us from GFC and I must say when he became a free agent, his fans were blowing up my twitter: @Str33tJustus begging for me to sign the 34 year old. While on the other side of the cage, Bowman was looking to come back from a disappointing outing in his last go of things. It was no secret that Bowman would be looking to take advantage of Universe's weak ground game, I would compare it to a Black belt taking on a blue belt but that's exactly what it was. But after speaking with Universe's coaches all week, I seemed to be more concerned about it then they were. And it showed why in the fight...Bowman attempted 40 Takedowns, scoring 6 yet only attempting a single submission. A lot of credit for that needs to be given to Universe and his team as he completely negated Bowman's gameplan. Impressive performance by Universe who escaped bad positions beautifully, worked his standup efficiently and walked away with the unanimous decision victory moving his record to 22-9-0.
Next up we got, yup, you guessed it, more Welterweights; Arthur Halo and Childish Gambino. Both men coming off of big wins in this classic Striker vs Grappler matchup. Gambino managed to land a single jab before leaving this earth and officially arriving at a new destination; Hell. The devil's Halo greeted him at the entrance with a desperate takedown, followed by five submission attempts. Gambino saw the light momentarily as he managed to sweep but that was nothing more than a facade...Halo proceed to push a forearm under Gambino's chin to create some space. He escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar, forcing Gambino to tap for the 1st time in his now 48 fight career. Masterful performance from Halo, who continues to move up the ladder, taking on stiffer competition on his way to the title.
Lastly, I wanted to highlight a couple of our performance of the night winners. After rocking Hirusho Matasaki from the clinch, Tyler Wrexham then dropped him with a quick right, showing the world what dirty boxing looks like when done right. Wrexham was awarded with the KO of the night after Matasaki tried to stand but ended up looking like a model walking the runway with broken ankles. And finally, William Lee received the Submission of the night bonus for a stunning chain submission, switching from a triangle to a triangle armbar forcing Frank Lamphard to tap at the 1:28 mark of the first. Electronic Arts needs to get in touch with this guy to start mocapping the moves for EA UFC 3, they'd certainly look more fluent, that's for damn sure!
So there you have it, that about wraps it up for this review. Hope everyone had an awesome weekend and got some good training in. The OFC will be back next week with 3 events in the span of 4 days! Going to be a busy week but a fun one, make sure to get your bets in at OFC: Official Bets! As you can see, We're continuing to grow daily and this is only the beginning, if you have any fighters looking for a home just let me know and I'll send a contract your way. Also, we have a Smack Talk thread on the forums where I post these reviews and the OFC rankings, feel free to join in on the conversation or chirp at opponents. And if there's anything you need, my inbox is always open. Talk to you guys soon, have a great week!
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