Another busy weekend for the MMA Hype crew as we witnessed our first 3-0 fighters rise to the top to become #1 contender in their divisions.
- Rory Lucas is now our top heavyweight fighter with 3 first round KO wins within the organization.
- Zechariah Osborne became our top welterweight by also going 3-0 with 3 first round KO wins.
MMA Hype 13 is our highest rated event to date. Only 1 fight went the distance, 2 submissions and 7 (T)KOs. If that’s not something impressive, I don’t know what is.
Hype 13 - Fight of the night went to Max Desmond and Savion Alvarado who went to a decision with a final score of 29-28 in Desmond’s favor. Desmond dominated the fight until the last round when he started to slow down and let Alvarado get more comfortable. Unfortunately for Alvarado, the final bell rang and he ran out of time. When Desmond realized he couldn’t hurt Alvarado with all his strikes, he was content to just cruise towards a decision win, knowing he had the first 2 rounds.
Hype 13 - KO of the night went to Eddie Odom who was simply too much for Kamatis. Odom had his way in the first round by landing almost every single strike. He rocked his opponent early in the second round when he landed a one two combo. He followed with more punches until the ref stepped in and called the fight. Impressive stuff from a newcomer at MMA Hype. Welcome aboard, Odom!
Hype 13 - Submission of the night went to Douglas Clark with an insane performance all around from the MMA Hype vet. Clark was at his third bout with the organization and was still winless. What a way to show the fans that he belongs with the best. He stood with a well decorated striker and made it look easy when he started landing head punches early on. A cut, a knowndown that rocked his opponent, and then he jumped on top of him and locked a slick Arm Triangle that put Hodges to sleep. If this is the new and improved Douglas Clark, give me some more!
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MMA Hype 14 was as impressive. 2 decisions, 1 sub and 7 (T)KOs, 6 of which were in the first round. We could easily have gone with a benchless venue, since we barely had time to sit at all.
Hype 14 - Fight of the night went to Vanderley Ferreira and Jesus Huerta and didn’t surprise anyone with a fight that may end up being fight of the year at MMA Hype. We knew that matchup was going to give us something like that. 2 highly skilled grapplers going head to head, and they gave us a striking clinic in the first round. Huerta got rocked late in the first round when he ate a clean uppercut and dropped to the ground. Ferreira followed him to the ground, but Huerta immediately started to work from submissions from the bottom. Round 1 ended and round 2 was more of the same. Ferreira landed another clean uppercut that dropped Huerta again. Huerta still managed to survive and work from the bottom, until Ferreira got his back and finished it off with a rear naked choke submission.
Hype 14 - Submission of the night went to Vanderley Ferreira with the rear naked choke win against Huerta.
Hype 14 - KO of the night went to veteran Lamar Bright who only needed 40 seconds to completely demolish his opponent. Bright landed all his strikes perfectly, which phased out Kinnaman. The final blow was a brutal uppercut that knocked Kinnaman out cold. We were told that he was out before even hitting the ground, which makes the blow landed by Bright even more devastating than we first thought. Bright has been doing great at MMA Hype and is now 2-1 within the organization.
