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UNDER CARD
Bantamweight Fight
Tom Bielawski (9-8, 0-4 NGF) v Vincent Mangano (1-1 NGF)
Tom Bielawski rushed in and took the fight to the clinch, he spent over a minute and a half attempting to land knees, over and over again he tried but nothing was landing and he eventually just wore himself out. Vincent Mangano brook the clinch, defended a take down and then landed a beautiful 2 punch combo that cut, and knocked Bielawski to the mat. Mangano dove on top, landed a few hard ground strikes and this fight was over at 3:21 of the 1st. Mangano wasn’t super impressive in this one, but he’ll take it. Bielawski is on borrowed time, he is now 0-4 in the NGF and is not competitive, it’s only a matter of time before he’s cut from the roster.
Welterweight Fight
#12 James James (3-2, 1-2 NGF) v #2 Alastair Gridlock (6-3, 3-0 NGF)
There was a time when the world didn’t know who Alastair Gridlock was, well that day has come and gone. Gridlock dominated this fight from the opening bell until the end. He demolished James James in every way possible. James gave a fine effort, but he could not catch the much quicker and better prepared Gridlock. James finished 7-64 in head punches, 0-5 in body punches, 1-7 in kicking and he failed on all 7 of his take down attempts. Gridlock was just awesome in this fight; he showed his class with quick and accurate striking. He looked as if he toyed with James in the 2nd and 3rd rounds; landing strikes at will. Gridlock finished 22 of 22 in head punches, 7-11 in body punches, 3-5 in head kicks and was an amazing 36-54 in leg kicks. James could hardly hold up his own weight when this fight was over, he had a huge welt on his thigh. Gridlock clearly won each round and he now waits for his inevitable title shot.
Middleweight Fight
Paul McCracken (5-2, 3-1 NGF) v Facaloto Gals (12-8, 4-5 NGF)
Facaloto Gals was emotional after this fight; he walked out of the octagon and just fell to his knees a few feet outside of the cage. How can you blame him, he has completely lost his way and is tumbling downward in a way that looks irreversible. Gals took this fight to the clinch early on and looked to wear out Paul McCracken with clinch knees and punches. Gals wasn’t able to land anything in the clinch and he was actually working much harder than McCracken. McCracken was able to break the clinch a couple of times, after breaking away the 2nd time, Gals came in low and McCracken was able to land a head kick that sent Gals falling backwards and down to the mat. McCracken didn’t follow and Gals did manage to get back to his feet. Just seconds later, Gals fainted, but stopped, and McCracken unloaded a head kick that drilled Gals in the side of the head and he fell to the ground, out cold, wow what a win for McCracken and another crushing loss for the former champion Facaloto Gals.
Bantamweight Fight
#12 Daiju Kikuchi (3-1, 0-1 NGF) v #14 Lutz Knitter (14-7, 5-5 NGF)
This fight was a very good one and Daiju Kikuchi showed he can handle himself pretty well with the big boys. The fight started with Lutz Knitter doing very good kick boxing, he looked very good and he was landing and defending well in the 1st. There wasn’t a ton of strikes landed in the 1st, but Knitter did land a head kick that Kikuchi absorb without a problem. Kikuchi was also able to land a late counter uppercut that snapped Knitters head and looked to daze him for a second. In the 2nd Kikuchi just avoided possible trouble as he was clipped with a spinning back fist from Knitter, but he was lucky as he just stepped forward and was hit with more of a forearm than the actual hand. Kikuchi just couldn’t get much going in the 2nd, he played defense pretty well as Knitter didn’t land a very high percentage of strikes, but Knitter was the aggressor and completely controlled the round. In the 3rd, it started with both guys staying in kick boxing range, they both stayed aggressive, but they both played very good defense. Finally, Kikuchi was able to clinch up with Knitter and for the next 2 minutes, Kikuchi really controlled the fight. Kikuchi landed many strikes and Knitter was clearly exhausted and in a bit of trouble. As the round ended and it went to the judges, I had the fight 29-28 in favor of Knitter and as the scores were read, the judges agreed. Knitter end up landing 24-57 head punches and he was able to land 9-21 leg kicks, while Kikuchi was 8-16 in head punches, 11-25 with head punches in the clinch and 3-12 with body punches in the clinch. Knitter out struck Kikuchi 49 to 32.
Heavyweight Fight
Eduard Syroviy (13-5, 1-2 NGF) v #13 Andrew Golota (11-6, 6-4 NGF)
This was such a good fight and a huge; much needed win for Eduard Syroviy. From the touch of the gloves these guys came out fighting, both were very active and aggressive. It was Syroviy who had a weird game plan as he would clinch and then break the clinch, he didn’t do much offense or stall to rest, he would just clinch up, take a few shots from Andrew Golota and then break the clinch. Golota was playing good defense, but Syroviy was landing big leg kicks that seemed to slow Golota down as this fight went on. Most of this fight Golota’s corner was screaming out “uppercut” Golota did manage to land a few of them, but nothing damaging. A big, damaging strike was landed by Eduard in the 1st, he nailed Golota with a perfect head kick that cut him open and had him crashing to the mat. Both guys started the 2nd fighting very hard, back and forth they went, neither guy separating themselves until Syroviy landed a straight left right on the jaw of Golota which knocked him to the mat, Syroviy jumped on top and landed 4 more big strikes before the ref could jump in and end this one at 1:33 of the 2nd. Great win from Syroviy and heartbreaking loss by Golota, but these two fought very hard and were rewarded with the FOTN award.
MAIN CARD
Heavyweight Fight
#12 Vladislav Munchkin (8-3, 1-0 NGF) v #9 Petr Jakovlev (7-4 NGF)
Vladislav Munchkin was the one who got the early take down and that started a nice ground battle. After almost of minute of great jiu jitsu fighting, Petr Jakovlev took advantage of a mistake from Munchkin and managed to sweep and got on top. Jakovlev did some damage with a few elbows on top, but Munchkin is very good on the mat, and he was able to improve his position and managed to get back on top. Jakovlev went into submission mode and he tried to lock up a triangle, guillotine and a Kimura, but Munchkin defended well and also landed a few ground strikes. In the 2nd, Petr Jakovlev lost his mind, he attempted 4 take downs, 1 after another to start the round but Munchkin defended all of them and Jakovlev looked totally exhausted just seconds into the round. Munchkin clinched up with Jakovlev and he landed a quick inside punch that jolted Jakovlev and cut him open. Then from that moment on it was all Munchkin, he landed some uppercuts, rights, lefts, hooks, shoulder strikes, you name it, he began to pick apart Jakovlev. A hook rocked Jakovlev and another hook knocked him to the mat, Munchkin mounted Jakovlev and pounded him out at 1:51 of the 2nd. Munchkin ended up landing 14 of 14 in clinch punches while Jakovlev didn’t land a single clinch strike. Monster win for Vladislav Munchkin and he’ll move inside the top 10 now.
Heavyweight Fight
#3 Frederick Frost (5-1, 4-0 NGF) v #4 Polish Engineer (10-6, 5-3 NGF)
I was so excited to see this fight; these two are killers and two of the most exciting fighters in the division. The bell rang, they touched gloves and it was Frost who landed the very first strike, a leg kick that landed and looked to hurt Polish Engineer. For the next minute and a half, that was just about the only strike that landed. Frost landed a few solid punches and so did Engineer, but both guys stayed on the outside and really didn’t engage each other. Around the 2 minute mark, as the sold out crowd of 5,000 started to get a little restless, Frost landed a hook that cut Engineer on the forehead and blood was running down over his nose and making him a mess. Engineer must have sensed he could only win this fight by getting it to the mat and he shot in for a double leg, but Frost defended well and he hopped back to the cage. Engineer was still trying to get the take down, but Frost had under hooks. Frost was able to spin and get free and as he did he came up with a uppercut that landed right under Engineers chin and Engineer went crashing to the mat. Frost waived him back up and as the groggy Engineer stood up, Frost moved in for the kill. He landed a few solid straight punches, a leg kick and then a violent right hand that KO’ed Engineer at 3:12 of the 1st round. Frederick Frost is the real deal, he dismantled Polish Engineer and he’ll be thought of when handing out title or #1 contender fights for sure.
Super Heavyweight Fight
#3 Dmitry Borschev (7-0, 4-0 NGF) v #2 Castiel Angel (9-2 NGF)
A fight between two of the biggest men in the organization, super skilled Dmitry Borschev came in looking fantastic. He was all business when this fight started as he didn’t even touch the extended glove of Castiel Angel. As Angel put down his glove, Borschev performed a beautiful spinning back kick that landed to the body of Angel and hurt him, just seconds in! Angel tried to take the fight to the mat, but Borschev sprawled to keep the fight standing. Borschev then landed a overhand right that cut Angel on the bridge of his nose. Angel shot in for another take down, but this time Borschev not only defended it, he pushed Angel up against the cage and started landing big shots. After Angel missed with a head kick, Borschev landed a big overhand right and Angel went crashing to the mat. Then moments later, Borschev made a beautiful faint to the body, Angel dropped his hands to protect his body, than Borschev landed a left hook to the temple, Angel went limp, completely out, and fell face first to the mat. Dmitry Borschev is a BEAST! Borschev will be put into one more fight vs Sami Hyypia to determine the #1 contender.
Co-Main Event:
Featherweight Fight
#4 Barry Allen (11-2, 3-1 NGF) v #2 Marcos Silva (11-6, 3-2 NGF)
The bell rang and Barry Allen landed a perfect jab to the nose of Marcos Silva and blood was all over the face of Silva just seconds into this one. Allen than proceeded to than take Silva apart, he picked him apart, he landed just about anything he threw. Allen was 7-7 in head punches and 1-1 in body punches. He attacked Silvas legs going 6-11 and he even landed a very nice front kick that sent Silva back about 6 feet, crashing into the cage. Silva did land a combination that stunned Allen and cut him around the nose. Allen responded by landing a hard jab of his own and it was Silva that looked cut in the corner of his left eye. Silva tried to change things and take the fight in the clinch, but he couldn’t do any striking damage, and he also failed on 3 take down attempts. Just after the 3 minute mark, Allen nailed Silva with a hook, Silva went jelly legged and he barely could stay on his feet. Allen moved in for the kill, he started by landing a hard body shot that had Silva groan, he then almost knocked him off his feet with a leg kick. As Silva wobbled around, Allen chased and hit him with a big hook that I thought would knock him down, but it didn’t. Then at the 3:28 mark, Barry Allen was once again able to land his signature head kick, perfect, and Silva went backwards, crashing to the mat, out cold! Allen earned his 4th (T)KO victory by head kick and got the KOTN too.
Main Event
Middleweight Title Fight
#1 Bill Clinton (17-4, 1-1 NGF) v C-Jima Jamm (14-3-1, 5-0 NGF)
I was so looking forward to this one, two middleweight monsters who had the crowd in a frenzy during their walk in’s, but the fight it’s self just didn’t live up to the hype. I thought Bill Clinton would push Jima Jamm more, I thought Jamm would have a hard time and I thought this fight was going to make championship rounds, boy was I wrong. I thought Jamm would win, so I wasn’t wrong about that, but I just didn’t know how easy this fight was going to be for Jamm. It was Clinton who landed a couple of nice body kicks early and it was Jamm landing some nice counter shots. Clinton was able to get the double leg take down just about 1 minute in. Clinton was not doing much, but he was trying to advance and get into mount, but Jamm was doing a very nice job locking up Clinton’s legs and keeping him tight against his body. As Clinton rested his head on Jamm’s chest, he left his arms out towards Jamm’s head. Jamm put his feet on Clintons thighs and pushed away, at the same time, he grabbed onto Clinton’s arm and he spun with it and started cranking down. Clinton, surprised, tried to spin out in desperation, but it was too late, he was tapping and screaming in pain at 1:46 of the 1st round. Jamm jumped to his feet and he jumped on the top of the cage and screamed out in celebration to his fans and the place went nuts for the champion. Jamm finishes off the win and retains his belt with a SOTN performance.
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