1) RUSS HALSEY vs. CHUCK ELLISON: Middleweight fight (175?), amateurs I guess.
Halsey shoots early off a low kick (why do that with wrestlers?) and Chuck looks helpless. He does get his hips in position for an armbar eventually, but Halsey pulls right out of it. Ellison gets to his feet but just gets taken down again. Easy first round (3 minute rounds, btw).
Sloppy boxing in round 2. Halsey goes for a guillotine late in the round and Ellison easily gets out of it when Halsey tries to pull guard. Again, all Halsey with single strikes. More standup in round 3. Both look pretty gassed. Ellison lands a nice right hand but gets taken down afterwards by Ellison. Some punches beat the fight out of Ellison and Halsey sinks in a RNC as he gives up his back. (0)
2) NICK TURCO vs. STIPE MIOCIC: Heavyweight fight. Apparently these are really good amateur heavyweights. There's some amazing cut scenes by the way to hype each fight. Miocic loves the Cro-Cop shorts. Turco has a record of 16-4 (!). Even as an amateur, that's impressive.
Stipe stops Turco early with strikes. Decent boxer, though I think he may have unintentionally headbutted Turco and hurt him with that rather than legitimate strikes. He's a name worth watching. (1)
3) MIKE NESTO vs PAUL COMPTON: Lightweight fight between two NAAFS Amateur champions. Each is well under 155.
Nesto gets a takedown after some feeling-out standup, and absorbs some elbows as he tries dragging his opponent down. He goes for a leglock and Compton defends well and blasts him with more punches. Compton has gashed up Nesto badly with his shots and after falling into Nesto's guard he just makes it worse. Fight is restarted. Nesto gets desperate and tries to get out and grab a single/double but Compton defends. The ref starts because there's just way too much blood. (0) Compton's pro record doesn't scream "great future".
OVERALL: 4 out of 10. Short event, nothing spectacular, interesting heavyweight prospect.
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