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RFC 8

Event Review: Rehab 8: Redemption
DCF
2015-11-18, Amsterdam, The Underground - Amsterdam
Attendance:901, Event Rating:70
Author:Kris Hughes

 EVENT REVIEW

FIGHT 1 – JJ JARDINE (1-2-0) V SPARTACUS SALONIUS (0-3-0)

265LB

With both fighters coming in off (T)KO losses in their RFC debuts, and both on two fight skids, a loss tonight could well spell the end of their tenure in RFC. It was expected that Salonius would use his superior boxing and wrestling to dictate where the fight would take place and dominate Jardine. Jardine however, was reading from a different script.

Taking Salonius down early in the first, it was Jardine who showed more desire to get the W by overwhelming his opponent with his constant submission attempts. It was clear early on that Salonius’ heart wasn’t in the fight and Jardine looked to finish the fight early. Softening Salonius up with some ground n pound, Jardine worked his way to full mount where he duped Salonius into thinking he was going for an arm tri-angle. As Salonius looked to defend, Jardine hopped off to the side and transitioned into an anaconda. Refusing to tap, and turning a nasty shade of purple, Salonius was choked unconscious in just under three minutes.

With the referee cradling Salonius in his arms, Jardine peeled away to celebrate with his corner. You could see how much his victory meant to him and he may well have just extended his stay at RFC. For his troubles, Jardine was awarded SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT. Salonius is now on a three fight skid and still in search of his first W in his career.

RESULT – JJ JARDINE – W – SUBMISSION (ANACONDA) – 2M 40S RND1

 

 

 

FIGHT 2 – HECTOR MUNOZ (1-1-0) V SILVA ZOLDYK (3-0-0)

205LB

With big things expected of him, eighteen year old surging KO artist, Silva Zoldyk was given Hector Munoz in what was both fighters RFC debuts. Zoldyk, a veteran of Troid EP, was expected to make light work of Munoz in his bid to climb the rankings at RFC in his quest for the 205 strap. It seem somebody forgot to tell that to Munoz.

Munoz wasted no time in pulling Zoldyk into the clinch early in the first. Displaying his superior muay thai, he set about roughing Zoldyk up with his knees and elbows. With Zoldyk unable to separate, Munoz caught him flush with some nasty looking knees and elbow. Mixing it up nicely with shots to the head and body, Munoz cut Zoldyk with a knee to the head that clearly hurt him. A frustrated Zoldyk was unable to break the clinch and was worked over by Munoz, absorbing some punishing knees and elbows to his head and body. Unable to mount any type of offence, Zoldyk looked to stall in the hope the referee would split them up. He got his way with just under a minute to go, but not before taking a stinging uppercut.

Once on the outside, Zoldyk went to work, using his crisp boxing to counter Munoz’s clinch attempts. It was clear that Munoz would have to get the fight back into the clinch if he was to stand any chance of winning the fight, but Zoldyk, now all too aware he was no match for Munoz in the clinch, peppered and pounded away at Munoz’s head and body for the remainder of the round with some punishing combinations.

With a little more urgency in his actions, Zoldyk opened the second round with a beautiful left right combination. With Munoz’s one dimensional approach to the fight now seemingly in tatters, Zoldyk poured it on. Keeping Munoz at range and cutting some tidy angles, he landed almost at will and in his desperation to get into a clinch, Munoz rushed straight into an uppercut that sent him stumbling backwards onto the mat. Although he did try to recover, Zoldyk gave him little chance as he pounced on him with a barrage of unanswered strikes, forcing the referee to call a halt to the fight.

Surviving an early scare, Zoldyk showed just what all the fuss was about when he joined RFC and a step up in competition in his next fight should give him the chance to prove his worth. At only eighteen years old, this kid is already a threat to the established RFC 205ers and with his ability, and time, he’s sure to be a future contender for the 205lb belt.

RESULT – SILVA ZOLDYK – W – (T)KO (STRIKES) – 0M 46S RND2

 

FIGHT 3 – OSRICK DIRKSZ (1-2-0) V SAM SUNG (1-0-0)

170LB

Suffering a first round (T)KO loss in his RFC debut, Osrick Dirksz was matched against RFC debutant, and Korean wrestling sensation, Sam Sung. Dirksz, a grappler himself was confident in getting the W and with both guys having limited striking capabilities, it was obvious how this fight would play out.

The fight hit the mat right from the off where it would stay for the entire round. In the battle for control, both guys put on an exhausting display of grappling with no less than sixteen submissions attempted between the two. With Sung being the more busy of the two fighters and establishing the more dominant positions, he probably got the nod from the judges for the first round.

The second round got underway and Sung immediately took Dirksz to the mat. After softening Dirksz up with some ground n pound, he went looking for submissions, Dirksz responded by looking for submissions of his own. With both fighters sweating heavily, neither was able lock anything in but it was Sung who dominated by maintaining position, keeping Dirksz on his back for the whole round.  Both fighters were breathing heavily midway through the round and at times, were content to take a breather. By now, the fans were showing their displeasure with the way the fight was playing out and the round ended with Sung hitting Dirksz with some ground n pound.

As expected, the third round played out exactly the same as the previous two. Sung took Dirksz down at the start of the round and kept him on his back for the whole round. Half-hearted submission attempts were all the fighters, by now exhausted, could muster up. The fans were by now bored to the point many left their seats and headed to the bar. Again, it was Sung who dominated and was the more busy of the fighters but toward the end of the round, confident he was ahead on the scorecards, he was content to lay and pray to see the fight out.

Although a dominant performance, Sung, and Dirksz for that matter will have to round off their overall games if they’re to make any sort of headway in the fight game. Grappling is just one aspect of MMA and Dirksz has already shown that when faced with a decent striker, he fell way short.

RESULT – SAM SUNG – W – DECISION (UNANIMOUS) 27-30, 27-30, 27-30.

 

 

 

FIGHT 4 – NAKSUTTAVA PUIMAKONE (1-0-0) V FORREST ROBINSON (1-1-0)

185LB

Both making their RFC debuts, Naksuttava Puimakone and Forrest Robinson gave the fans exactly what they needed after the snoozefest they had just witnessed. With Naksuttava being a boxer, and Robinson a muay thai specialist, this fight was always going to be a stand up affair. Robinson predicted a fast and painful’ first round KO in the fight, and he wasn’t wrong. It just wasn’t the way he thought it would be.

A right hook in the opening seconds from Puimakone opened a gash above Robinsons  left eye and just for good measure, he followed it up with a stinging left jab that landed square on Robinsons nose. This clearly got Robinsons attention as he shot in for a double leg and landed in Puimakones half guard. After landing with a little ground n pound, Robinson was easily controlled by Puimakone and after a short period of inactivity, the referee stood the fighters back up. Once back on the feet, Puimakone showed his class as he avoided Robinsons clinch attempt and landed a thudding shot to his ribs. He followed up with an uppercut and then ducked low and belted Robinson in the ribs so hard, the ‘OOOMMPH’ Robinson made could be heard around the arena. Not letting him off the hook, Puimakone landed a jab to Robinsons stomach and then sent him crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut. Wanting to finish the fight on the feet, Puimakone motioned to Robinson to get up. As he did so, he put his hand across his body to protect his ribs from further punishment, Puimakone didn’t need any better an invitation to plant a stinging hook to Robinsons temple which put him back on the mat. The referee had seen enough and jumped I before Puimakone could do anymore damage. Sarcastically, Puimakone leaned over Robinson and asked him how his jaw was before walking away smirking.

An awesome display of striking from Puimakone sees him get his first victory in RFC and with the pinpoint accuracy he displayed tonight, his striking will cause problems for any of RFC’s middleweights.

RESULT – NAKSUTTAVA PUIMAKONE – W – (T)KO (STRIKES) – 3M 58S RND1

 

FIGHT 5 – BRYCE WILSON (2-0-0) V MADARA UCHIHA (2-2-0)

155LB

After being KO’d by 155LB title prospect in his RFC debut, Madara Uchiha was in need of a W against Laamb Lutte veteran, Bryce Wilson. In a  classic striker v grappler contest, Uchiha hoped to use his wrestling to stifle Wilson and get his career back on track.

Stuffing Uchihas early takedown attempts, Wilson looked to take away Uchihas ability to shoot for takedowns by chopping away at his legs with some nice kicks, mixing it up with jabs to Uchihas head. Undeterred, Uchiha drove in and got the fight to the mat where he immediately went for a leglock but unable to secure it, he ended up being reversed with Wilson now in his guard. After a battle for control and position, Uchiha eventually managed to reverse the position and get himself into Wilsons guard. It didn’t take long for Wilson to escape and get back to his feet but Uchiha immediately shot in and got the fight back to the mat. With the rounds end closing in, there wasn’t enough time to do much and the round ended with Wilson controlling position.

After a sloppy takedown attempt at the start of round two, Uchiha pulled Wilson into the clinch. Clearly the stronger of the two fighters, Wilson was able to stuff three attempts by Uchiha in trying to drag him to the mat. When Uchiha did manage to get the fight to the mat, Wilson immediately escaped and got back to his feet. Wilson countered Uchihas further takedown attempts with some lovely punches and just on the two minute mark, landed a stunning head kick that caught Uchihas attention.

Uchiha did manage to get the fight to the mat on a couple more occasions but Wilson simply jumped back to his feet and in-between Uchihas attempts, he scored with punches and legkicks. His inability to keep Wilson on the floor was beginning to dishearten Uchiha now and at the end of the round, he walked back to his corner shaking his head.

Wilson opened the third by clobbering Uchiha with a solid left right combination before having a leg kick countered with a takedown by Uchiha.  Wilson seemed unbothered by Uchihas ground game and easily controlled the position until the referee stood them back up. With no plan B, Uchiha doggedly persisted in trying to get Wilson to the mat but in what would be his final attempt, Wilson countered with a stinging uppercut which he followed up with a headkick that sent Uchiha tumbling to the mat. After waving Uchiha back to his feet, Wilson landed a thudding body kick and with Uchiha still on wobbly legs, he walked forward and planted an overhand right that dropped Uchiha like a sack of potatoes. This time Wilson swarmed on Uchiha and unleashed a barrage of strikes that bounced his head of the canvas, leaving him unconscious. The referee dived in and Wilson jumped up beating his chest.

 

 

A brutal (T)KO sees Wilson move onto 2-0-0, catching the attention of RFCs 155lbers in the process. A meeting with Uchihas last opponent, RFC 155lb contender Dan Down To Party would be an excellent match-up to make for Wilsons next fight in RFC.

RESULT – BRYCE WILSON – W – (T)KO (STRIKES) – 2M 20S RND2

 

FIGHT 6 – DENNIS MALTEPE (3-0-0) V MARCUS MACASPAC (1-1-0)

205LB

On a high after earning submission of the night in his RFC debut, Denis Maltepe had to dig deep after taking a beating from RFC debutant, Marcus Macaspac. Macaspac opened the first round by stunning Maltepe with a one one two combination followed by a left hook, right hook that sent him crashing to the mat. Confident in finishing the fight, Macaspac waved Maltepe to his feet only for Maltepe to shoot in and take him down. After taking a moment to recover, Maltepe got back to his feet with Macaspac following him. On the feet, Macaspac closed the distance and clinched with Maltepe where he began his assault using his excellent muay thai skills.

Now seemingly recovered, Maltepe gamely engaged with Macaspac in the clinch but before long, Macaspacs established his dominance and began connecting with knees andelbows to Maltepes body and head. The next four minutes were painful to watch as Maltepe was pounded on by Macaspac. Unable to free himself, and breathing heavy, it vseemed only a matter of time before Macaspac lande with something that would spell the end for Maltepe. Surprisingly, Maltepe absorbed the punishment being dished out by Macaspac. Mixing it up beautifully with knees, elbow, punches and the odd shoulder strike, kept Maltepe in the clinch and picked him apart. With the referee concerned by Maltepes inactivity, or inability to respond, he motioned several times for Maltepe to fight back or he would stop the fight. Maltepe, surprisingly, responded every time with a thumbs up. How he made it out of the round is anyones guess but nobody could question the heart of Dennis Maltepe.

Round two started with Macaspac landing instantly with a solid body shot followed by a right cross that had Maltepe in trouble again. Maltepe moved out of range to compose himself before Macaspac countered a takedown attempt by dragging Maltepe into another clinch. Many though the writing was on the wall now as Macaspac grazed Maltepes head with an elbow. Maltepe briefly broke the clinch only for Macaspac to instigate another. The surprising thing now was that Macaspac seemed to be gassing and Maltepe was well aware of this. Maltepe, well aware he was no match for Macaspac anywhere on the feet, grabbed a hold of Macaspacs head, and pulled guard. By now, Macaspac could not hide the fact he was exhausted and Maltepe had little trouble controlling him on the mat, Maltepe also seemed content to allow Macaspac to throw shots from his guard which he defended easily. With Macaspac trying in vain to advance his position, Maltepe swiftly got the butterflies in and reversed Macaspac. With Macaspac now clearly in a panic, Maltepe let go with some solid ground n pound, landing with shots to the head and body of Macaspac and with Macaspac struggling beneath him, Maltepe slipped into full mount. Beautiful work from Maltepe. Realizing he was in a bad situation, Macaspac wrapped his arms around Maltepe to lock him up but Maltepe pushed his head back to the mat and clobbered him with bombs from mount. Unable to defend himself, Macaspac covered up while Maltepe rained down on him. The referee having seen enough, pulled Maltepe away and stopped the fight.

Unbelievable!!! Maltepe peeled away and let out a roar, the crowd responded by chanting his name and Maltepe leapt onto the cage with his arms in the air. An exhausted Macaspac could barely get up off the floor and had to be helped to his stool by his cornermen. An unbelievable comeback and a great display of heart from Maltepe. Asked in his post-fight interview how he managed to survive Macaspacs onslaughts, Maltepe replied, smirking, “Three words, rope-a-dope”.

Maltepe now undefeated at 3-0-0 sets himself up nicely for the RFC 205LB tourney and whoever he faces, better come in shape. Macaspac shouldn’t be too disheartened by his defeat, many a lesser fighter would have wilted under his pressure, he just came up against someone determined not to lose tonight, no matter what he got hit with.

RESULT – DENNIS MALTEPE – W – (T)KO (STRIKES) – 4M 27S RND 2

 

FIGHT 7 – AXYL HAWKE (2-1-0) V AMERICAN SLASHER (4-0-0)

265LB

In a fight worthy of the main event slot on tonights card, two of RFCs undefeated KO artists would clash in the RFC Octagon. With both fighters winning all of their fights by way of (T)KO, someones 0 was gonna go, and in violet fashion. Both fighters were pretty evenly matched and both prefer to stand and bang so this fight could have gone either way.

Things got underway with both fighters tentatively circling each other before Hawke threw ban overhand left that landed square on Slashers chin. Shaking it off, Slasher rushed in to clinch and pushed Hawke up against the cage. Unable to free himself, Hawke let go with a couple of short rights to Slashers head, Slasher responded by   throwing a few shots of his own which Hawke managed to block. Notv having much success in the clinch, Slasher pushed off only for Hawke to catch him on his way out with a left hook that cut Slasher above his right eye. With blood running down his face, Slasher moved back into the clinch to regain his composure, and once he did, he pummelled Hawke with some heavy body shots and short hooks to the head.

Hawke was now breathing heavy and sensing an opportunity, Slasher broke the clinch and returned to the middle of the mat. Hawke, heavy on his feet walked straight into an uppercut from Slasher that momentarily removed him from his senses and dropped him to the floor. The referee looked as though he was going to call the fight but Hawke regained his senses. Slasher motioned the referee to stand Hawke back up and upon doing so, Slasher planted two stiff left jabs to Hawkes mouth and wound up an uppercut that connected hard enough to send Hawkes gumshield flying into the crowd, with a couple of Hawkes teeth still in it.  The referee called the fight before Hawke had hit the canvas and Slasher, hands on his hips, looked down on Hawke in satisfaction for his nights work.

Picking up his second KO OF THE NIGHT, Slasher expressed his love for his post fight interviewer before thanking his sponsor, MAX OCTANE FIGHTWEAR. Slasher now has to be one of the favourites for the RFC 265LB belt.

RESULT – AMERICAN SLASHER – W – KO (PUNCH) – 2M 05S RND1

 

FIGHT 8 – SEBASTIAN RYNKOWSKI (1-1-0) V ROLLO GRACIE (2-0-0)

145LB

Fourth generation of the ‘First Family of Fighting’, and brother to RFC fighter Ramon, Rollo Gracie looked to impress after winning the TWGC 8 145LB grappling tournament. He was matched against BJJ purple belt Sebastian Rynkowski in what would be a Gracie masterclass in the ‘Gentle Art’.

Taking Rynkowski down at the start of round one, Gracie advanced to side control and attempted an arm tri-angle that almost forced Rynkowski to tap. Barely escaping, Rynkowski spent the rest of the fight under Gracies control and just under three minutes in, Gracie separated Rynkowskis left arm and looked for an armbar. With both fighters tussling over control of the limb, Rynkowski managed to pull his arm back to his side to avoid the danger, for the moment. Struggling to advance position, Rynkowski gave up his back and Gracie slipped the hooks in. Maintaining his dominant position, Gracie was just waiting for the opportunity to sink the choke in. slipping his left arm under Rynkowskis neck, Rynkowski made the mistake of committing two hands to fend Gracies ‘fake’ attempt and in doing so, left himself defenceless when Gracies loosened his left arm and quickly slipped his right arm under Rynkowskis neck and sinched in the rear naked choke.

With brothers Ramon and Rollo, the Gracie name and legacy looks secure for the next few years at least and we could well have our first Gracie champ since Royce way back in the early nineties.

RESULT – ROLLO GRACIE – W – SUBMISSION (RNC) – 4M 33S RND 1

 

FIGHT – 9 CO-MAIN EVENT

 SEB DE BROEKJE (1-1-0) V WHITFORD ROCKAMOLY (5-1-0)

265LB

Expert grappler, Whitford Rockamoly showed great restraint in not responding to Seb de Broekjes taunts in the run up to the fight, preferring to let his fighting do the talking. An impressive 4-1-0 coming into the fight, Whitfords only loss came at the QFC 558 tournament back in early October. Since then, he’s reeled off three (T)KO victorys. Relative newcomer, Seb de Broekje, no slouch on the mat himself planned to use his outstanding boxing to make the difference in tonights fight.

The fight started with the fighters both trying to get the other to the mat and establish a dominant position to work from. It was Rockamoly who was the more pro-active, constantly probing for the takedown, while de Broekje was kept busy fending him off. Rockamolys constant pressure eventually paid off as he changed levels and drove in for a takedown, landing in side control. You could tell by de Broekjes reaction that this is not where he wanted to be. With de Broekje working from the bottom, Rockamoly went looking for a kimura which de Broekje did well to defend. Not giving de Broekje a chance to think, Rockamoly landed with some elbows to his head and one in particular, landing on the bridge of his nose, had de Broekje wincing in pain.

Still trying to work de broekjes left arm, Rockamoly tried to set up an Americana but de Broekjes defence was up to the challenge. Realizing he would have to soften his opponent up first, Rockamoly laid on some vicious elbows to de Broekjes head which had the desired effect but rather than work for a submission, Rockamoly must have sensed de Broekje was hurt as he continued to rain down with short elbows. De broekje was unable to answer nor adequately defend himself and Roackamoly pounded away until de Broekje went limp and into unconsciousness.

Putting de Broekje in his place, Rockamoly put on an excellent display of control and groundwork, giving us another addition to the RFC 265lb list of contenders.

RESULT – WHITFORD ROCKAMOLY – W – (T)KO (STRIKES) – 4M 55S RND 1

 

FIGHT 10 – MAIN EVENT

BRANDON BAUMGARTNER (2-1-0) V MARCUS DAVIS (5-1-0)

155LB

Undefeated in his first two fights, and picking up submission of the night last time out at RFC 6, Brandon Baumgartner would have his work cut out against RFC newcomer, Marcus Davis. Davis, himself on a three fight win streak has managed to finish all of his wins by way of (T)KO and was confident of adding another going into tonights fight.

It was Davis who went looking to control the fight early on, walking Baumgartner down and landing with some nice punches to the head. A bit too eager, Davis threw a sloppy right which Baumgartner countered with a well-timed takedown but Davis wasted no time in getting back to his feet. Davis continued to pressure, scoring with some tasty shots to the body and head of Baumgartner and realizing he had no chance on the feet, Baumgartner forced the takedown and immediately looked for submissions. Attempting an arm tri-angle and a kimura, Baumgartner applied pressure on the mat but Davis was up to the challenge and fended him off before escaping and getting back to his feet. The round ended with another Baumgartner takedown but with little time left to work, the round ended with Davis seeming to be the busier fighter.

Not wanting to get involved with Davis on the feet, Baumgartner immediately took the fight to the floor at the start of the second. Davis craftily waited for Baumgartner to make a move before sweeping and ending up in guard. Baumgartner quickly threw his legs up looking for a tri-angle but both fighters were sweating heavily by now making it easy enough for Davis to slip out.

Active off his back, Baumgartner was constantly probing for submissions, hoping for Davis to slip up but a couple of minutes in, strangely, Baumgartner got to his feet. Back in his world, Davis immediately went to work behind his jab andbelted Baumgartner with a couple of thudding body shots. Stuffing another takedown, Davis landed with some more body shots before Baumgartner got the fight back to the mat. Frustratingly for Baumgartner, Davis was able to use the cage to get back to his feet. Baumgartner attempted to pull guard a couple of time but displaying superior strength, Davis just stood there with Baumgartners legs wrapped around his waist. The round ended with the fighters clinched up against the cage.

With Davis probably two rounds to the good, Baumgartner had to pull out something special in the third to get the W. he willingly took a couple of shots from Davis to get inside and take him to the mat. Not wanting the fight back on the feet, Baumgartner carefully controlled the round and kept Davis on the floor, occasionally looking for submissions. For a period Davis seemed content to keep Baumgartner busy by adjusting his position and not allowing Baumgartner to mount any serious offence but with the crowd becoming restless and booing at the lack of action, with just under thirty seconds of the round left the referee stood the fighters back up. With no time left to really make an impact, Davis jabbed away at Baumgartner to keep him at distance but Baumgartner again forced a takedown just as the bell sounded to end the fight.

Despite dominating the final round, Baumgartner fell short on the scorecards and dropped his first fight to go 2-1-0. Davis is now an impressive 5-1-0 and is only going to face stiffer competition from here on out.

RESULT – MARCUS DAVIS – W – DECISION (UNANIMOUS)

28-29, 28-29, 28-29.  

 

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