1) ANDY BALMORE vs. CHRIS CULLY: 145lb weight class. Cully I saw before and he was good.
Balmore gets this down and fast, and even gets the back early. Cully is able to get out of that bad position and tries to stand up again, but Balmore is just dragging him down. This scene repeats itself a couple times in round one. Balmore wins the first easily.
Second is more of the same. Balmore's single minded efforts wear him down late in the round and Cully gets a couple knees that are okay along with some illegal 12-6 elbows he is warned about, but its pretty much the same as the previous round. Balmore wins with ease. (1)
2) JOSHUA GROVES vs. MATT HARVEY: Groves has a "Viking Power" shirt. Harvey looks like trailer trash.
Groves gets a takedown, passes, mount, fight over. (0)
3) TOMMY NELSON vs. PETER SABALA: More featherweights.
Sabala takes down Nelson hard and then basically beats him senseless before getting a rear naked choke. (0)
4) JEFF ESTON vs. ANTHONY GUERRA: Bantams.
Guerra with a big takedown into the cage. Oh hey, its a replay of the last fight. Eston is way overmatched. He has a couple seconds of offense about midway through the round but he ends up getting KOed with a huge right hand. (0)
5) JAE DOUGLAS vs. JOE CONDON: Lightweights.
Joe gets a takedown, mounts, lots of punches, fight is over. (0)
6) LEVI LALONDE vs. LARS HAVEN: Last I saw Lars, he got beat by Leroy Fornoff and looked like crap.
Lalonde and Haven roll competitively for a couple minutes and then Haven is knocked unconscious by an illegal upkick that lands to the back of the head. Ergo, wins by DQ. (1) Outstandingly bizarre.
7) KACEY ROBERTS vs. ERNIE CALMA: Calma is a local guy, Roberts trains with Buckley Acosta.
Ernie does a shitty german to Roberts and just pounds the hell out of him in general on his way to a win. (0)
8) FRANK APPAH vs. JOSEPH SQUIRES: Heavyweights. Appah is a monster, Squires is a stick.
Squires is hit by a couple jabs and is shook. He shoots in, Appah applies a front headlock/one arm guillotine, and taps the skinny white guy. (0)
9) RICHARD WADE vs. DAVE CRYER: Even the announcers have no idea who these guys are. Cryer I have seen and like his style.
Good lord. Cryer really works distance well with the jab before unloading with a head kick. Wade tries running and is caught with another one dead in the face. (1)
10) TONY LOPEZ vs. KYLE KINGSBURY: Kingsbury has the purple jacket, Lopez is really lanky.
Kingsbury shoots in and Lopez is trying to throw some knees. Kingsbury is trying to make the difference in physical ability with tenacity. Kingsbury wants this fight down and Lopez is not about that. Lopez's knees and punches are battering Kingsbury relentlessly and the fight is stopped. (1) I really liked what I saw from Lopez there, even if he lost to Tony Bonello soon after.
11) REGGIE ORR vs. RICKY GUNZ: Middleweights. Reggie Orr was on TUF 7 and lost in the prelim round to Paul Bradley.
Orr with the takedown, takes back, choke. Just like that. (0)
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Balmore/Cully
KO OF THE NIGHT: Wade/Cryer
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Appah/Squires
Overall for the event: 3 out of 10. Somewhat watchable, but still sleep inducing for large stretches due to the mismatches. Lopez and Cryer did fantastic jobs though.
D&R Rating: 7% (4/55)
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