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Alright folks I am not going to lie to you, I liked the event. I didn’t love it and I certainly didn’t hate it. I love finishes as much as the next guy, and when someone tells me yeah man there was eight finish on the card I get excited to see it. The thing that is bringing the card down for me is number one a draw because you have to hate a draw. Number two the title fight I was not a big fan of. We will get to it later on in the review and it did win fight of the night honors but….. well we will talk about that later.
Preliminary Bout Number 1- Welterweight Fight (170lbs)
Oscralo "Granalo" De Santiuya defeats Bj "The Prodigy" Penn
Well I was certainly wrong on this one. I though Penn would have used his striking to over whelm De Santiuya. When in fact De Santiuya took the advantage with early takedowns. Oscralo put Penn on his back twice and let him get up both times. He then pulled guard to get the fight to the ground for a third time. De Santiuya submitted Penn at 3:20 of the first round via Guillotine. All the takedowns limited Penn to landing only a body kick and a punch to the body as everything else was all Oscralo De Santiuya.
Preliminary Bout Number 2- Featherweight Fight (145lbs)
Quagmire "Ohh" Yeah defeats Graeme "Stank" Campbell
Well this ended earlier than I thought but it happened the way I thought it would. Yeah got a big takedown early but Campbell attempted the first submission. Campbell was very active on the ground landing some strikes and constantly shifting positions. That didn’t stop Yeah from going for the throat attempting a lot of submissions. The fifth one was a charm as Yeah gets the submission win at 2:55 of round number one.
Preliminary Bout Number 3- Middleweight Fight (185lbs)
Gustavo Gracie defeats Corner "Alley Cat" Bum
I said Bum did not want to go to the ground with Gracie. I said he should think about keeping it standing. Bum dominated this fight when it was standing. He landed five out of six kicks, four where aimed at the head and he landed three of those. He also stuffed a takedown so why did he not win this fight? Well he was two for two on takedown attempts. On the ground Bum was unsuccessful with three submission attempts but he did get in some ground and pound. That was all before Gracie attempted his first and only submission as Bum tapped out at 2:55 of the first round via Guillotine.
Preliminary Bout Number 4- Light Heavyweight Fight (205lbs)
Investitor "Cujo" Gradnje defeats Reginald Leslie
I did not get the round correct since I thought Leslie could survive until the second round. Gradnje did not want to even give him the chance. Investitor took Leslie down from inside the clinch by pulling guard. From there it was submission attempt after submission attempt from the bottom. On the tenth try Gradnje was able to pull out a nice armbar from a defended triangle choke and forced Leslie to tap out. Gradnje gets the win at 3:32 of the first round.
Preliminary Bout Number 5- Welterweight Fight (170lbs)
Vedran Milosevic defeats Alex "Almighty" Irwin
Wow this didn’t last very long. Irwin countered a takedown attempt from Vedran with a takedown of his own. Milosevic working from the bottom locked on an armbar. At :24 seconds of the first round Milosevic submits Alex Irwin via armbar. Honestly I don’t know what Irwin was thinking going for the take down especially with that much time left in the round.
Main Card Bout Number 1- Bantamweight Fight (135lbs)
Steve "Cobra" Cox and Gabriel "DaBeast" Douglas draw
Alright I had picked Cox to win this fight and I think he did win this fight. In the first round there was not a ton of action but Cox did score two big takedowns. Douglas defended well from the bottom and I think he did a great job, but Cox still gets the round. I have it 10-9 Cox but the judges have it scored 9-10, 10-10, 10-9 and two of these guys should be fired.
In the second round Douglas came out like a beast. He knocked Cox down but couldn’t finish, and then he took Cox down. Steve was able to draw a referee stand up and shortly after that it was the end of the round. Cox did just enough to not get an eight from me. I scored 10-9 Douglas and for the fight 19-19 going into the third and final round. The judges scored the round for Douglas as well all three of them had it 10-9. The score cards now read 20-18 Douglas, 20-19 Douglas, and 19-19.
Round three starts and both fighters are just missing every strike. Near the two minute mark Cox scored a takedown and went right into finish mode. In the last three minutes of the fight Cox attempted four submissions. Douglas was able to fend them off but this was a clear case of Cox scoring points. I have Cox winning the third round 10-9 so I have Cox winning the fight 29-28. All three judges scored the third round 10-9 for Cox and that’s a big problem. The judges final score cards show 29-28 Douglas 29-29, and 29-28 for Cox making this a draw. One of these judges should be fired and another should go back to the amateurs and practice a while.
Main Card Bout Number 2- Featherweight Fight (145lbs)
Jonathan "The Cheetah" Mvungi defeats Alexi "Angry divorce child" Kint
This was a pretty one sided affair. Kint landed one punch out of one attempt and missed one kick in one attempt. Mvungi stuffed five of Kint’s takedown attempts. After that it was all Mvungi with punches and combos fist where flying all over the place. A huge uppercut from Mvungi knocked Kint down and then Jonathan jumped on top and got the referee stoppage at 1:47 of the first round. Your winner Jonathan Mvungi via TKO strikes.
Main Card Bout Number 3- Welterweight Fight (170lbs)
"Mangeur de bine" Alard Desormeaux defeats Nathan "Elbow" Summers
I would have put good money on the fact this was going to decision. Desormeaux was attempting head kicks among other things while he blocked or avoided most of what Summers threw. Mangeur finally landed one of those head kicks and Summers was out, but the referee didn’t think so. Desormeaux hit a big punch and then we got the stoppage about twenty seconds to late. Desormeaux wins the fight by TKO at 2:26 of the first round.
Co Main Event Main Card Bout Number 4- Bantamweight Fight (135lbs)
"Scandinavian Nightmare" Rolad Kjeldsson defeats Aj Smith
The only thing I got correct in this fight was the winner. I thought Kjeldsson would dominate the fight but it would end by decision. First thing I got wrong was the round of the ending. This fight ended early and it was finished by a TKO. Second thing wrong I was the domince of Kjeldsson, he may have won the fight but Smith looked a lot better than I thought he would. Smith got the take down and then he started looking for a finish. In the end Rolad Kjeldsson ended up getting the stoppage at 3:31 of the first round.
Main Event Main Card Bout Number 5- Light Heavyweight Title Fight (205lbs)
Diego Russell defeats "The Viking" Agnar Gorm
The 1st, 2nd, and 4th rounds where all clear cut rounds won for Russell. The 3rd really could have went either way with Grom landing more takedowns but Russell drew two referee stand ups. The 5th round was all Gorm but he could not get the finish when he really needed it. This fight was good, but it was terrible for me. You can make the argument that it was the fight of the night and it did win the award but in twenty five minutes these guys attempted a combined two strikes while standing up. The ground work was better but you would expect more in twenty five minutes. Russell was more active as he was zero for fourteen in submissions and fifth teen for twenty seven on striking. Gorm was zero for one on submission attempts and in the ground striking he was seven of eighteen. Russell ended up with the decision win as all three judges scored the fight 49-46 but I had the fight scored 48-47.
A solid line up of action. I wish I had enough cash to get back to betting. I had eight wins and one loss in my predictions with the one fight being a draw. Maybe I will have enough to put some money down on the next HFC event. I will see you for the HFC 7.
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