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 Well Outlaws, round one is in the books of the 170 Showdown and it did not disappoint! I wasn't planning on doing a write up for both the preview and review, but since we have a few flying the Outlaw banner who seem to like to cry, I figured we'd go the extra distance and try to keep as many happy as possible. Wearing leather is not supposed to be chaps with naked asses, but I guess a few out there don't like the way real men do things or just don't have a clue how things are done in an org. They'll learn, or they'll move one.
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And now to jump into the action!
Cole Orion DEF Dean Winchester via Submission (Guillotine) in round 1. (Sub of the Night)
Ok Outlaws, Cole came out talking shit about what he was going to do to Dean, and he backed it up. The crazy part is, after the fight, we learned that Cole is a bleeder! I guess we could have seen it coming if we had considered his lost eye.. That had to be a bloody "sight."
Dean is all about the supernatural, but he has to face his own ghosts after this loss. Standing, he would have had a good chance at taking this fight by opening up a cut and putting on a show. But within seconds of the bell ringing, Dean shoots in and scores a takedown which played right into Coles hand. Cole then worked the ground game and was able to eventually lock in a Guillotine and choke out Winchester. But, let's give Winchester the credit here.. he's an Outlaw, and he didn't tap out.
Toke Axelsen DEF King Cooper via KO (Punch) in round 2. (KO of the Night)
I tell you what.. in the future when I say someone knocked the shit out of someone else, you can refer back to this fight to know exactly what I'm talking about. Because Axelsen came out the aggressor here before Cooper even knew what was going on, Axelsen dropped him to the canvas like a sack of potatoes. I mean, we're talking about 15 seconds into the fight. But Axelson wasn't finished and waved Cooper back to his feet.
It didn't take Cooper long to realize that standing with Axelson was not going to be in his best interest and got himself a takedown just before the first minute. A few minutes on the ground with a few submission attempts, and a trading off of reversals, but in the judges eyes that knockdown was worth the points and the first round was locked up by Axelson.
After a short pep talk from his cornerman and manager, Axelsen came out in the 2nd round looking to counter Coopers takedown attempts and did so beautifully with an uppercut followed by a cross. Cooper clung to Axelson's leg in a desperation attempt to get the fight to the ground and avoid more damage, but Axelsen sent Cooper to the ground with a nasty ass right hook, but did not follow. This time, when Cooper made his way back to his feet, another nasty ass hook from Axelson put Cooper out cold before Cooper even hit the mat for the third time. Axelson was fired up after the brutal KO and gave all the credit to his coaches and manager for that between round pep talk.
Raining Blood DEF Moe Telsiks via TKO (Strikes) in round 1.
Holy shit.. did Raining Blood make it rain or what? I mean, within seconds, his opponent, Telsiks, was bleeding. In about 30 seconds later, Blood had focused on that cut and opened it up even more and had Telsiks looking like a used tampon dangling on a string before landing a brutal hook that put Telsiks down in a pool of his own blood. Then, not to let Telsiks bleed out before having his way, Blood jumped on top of him and started raining down a barrage of strikes that would make Tito Ortiz cringe.. Outstanding job by Raining Blood! Talk about Show No Mercy!!!
Mohammed Abul DEF Beanin Jiet via Decision (Unanimous). (Fight of the Night)
This fight took fight of the night as it went the distance and overall was a better (two way) fight than the others on this card. The first round was a hippie hug fest as these two bounced into and out of the clinch all round, and I mean literally all round. Abul got the better of the exchanges, and scored an easy win with the judges.
The second round started the same way, both guys super active and beating the shit out of each other but ended up bouncing in and out of the clinch a few times before Abul got cut. Jiet had Abul rocked and on the defensive but Abul was able to break the clinch and regain his composure before Jiet could do any more damage. Towards the end of the round, Jiet took the fight into the clinch again and put his knees to work landing a huge knockdown of Abul. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough time left in the round to take advantage and Abul survived the round. As far as pure damage done, Jiet dominated the round, but in the overall points on the judges scorecards, Abul outclassed Jiet. Sometimes, these fights are just fucking crazy!
Third and final round gets under way and it's another clinch fest. Jiet obviously looking to use his deadly knees to finish off his opponent, and Abul having learned his lesson in the second round wanted no part of them. When not in the clinch, Abul absolutely picked apart Jiet landing 31 head strikes. Jiet never threw a punch outside of the clinch, hell, he never threw a punch at all. He was 100% about the knees and was either going to KO his opponent or lose due to lack of variety. Landing 11 out of 47 knees from clinch just wasn't enough to score the points and he loses this one to decision 30:27.
Results of the other fights on this card:
Main Event:
Cedric Pollard DEF Bogdan Kireyev via TKO (Strikes) in round 2.
Pollard came out in this fight throwing haymakers and looking to finish his opponent. Truly taking the "Show No Mercy" slogan to heart. And that's what we love about him! After the first round, Kireyev took the round as the more efficient striker, but Pollard was out for blood, and out for a finish. He's not to keen in leaving fights in the hands of the judges. Those guys can be bought off with a bottle of scotch and 2-bit hooker, after all!
The second round gets under way and looks almost identical to the first, but just before the 3 minute mark in the round Pollard lands a head kick that even though Kireyev partially blocked, still managed to knock him silly and rock him. Pollard kept applying the pressure and even though he wasn't landing clean shots, he was doing enough damage to drop his opponent and finish Kireyev in just a few seconds over 3 minutes into the third round.
Co-Main Event:
Apollinaire Aury DEF Thomas Smith via KO (Punch) in round 1.
Speaking of knocking the shit out of someone, Aury did not want to be outclassed by the brutal KO put on display earlier in the night. He came out swinging for the fences and from the start had Smith on the ropes. Smith looking for the takedown, but was not able to get the fight to the ground until he was laying on his back trying to regain consciousness. Here we are, two days later, and I'm still not sure that Smith knows what hit him in that fight. If Aury keeps putting on displays like that, he's going to be a feared man for years to come.
Playboi Guerrero DEF Enrique Castillo via Submission (Kimura) in round 3.
Manny Shooter DEF Angus Morrison via TKO (Strikes) in round 1.
Remco Evenpoel DEF Jesse James via TKO (Strikes) in round 1.
Caio Carvalho DEF Marty Corninger via Decision (Unanimous).
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