1) Radek Rychlack vs. Ryan Boyd: Heavyweights. Boyd is wearing a rashguard and pudgy.
FIGHT: Rychlach Submission Rnd 2. Sloppy striking everywhere, Boyd gasses in the first, and then its a slow crawl till we get a finish. Boyd finally ends up on the mat on his back and is subject to a couple keylock attempts then a RNC. Lousy to watch. (0)
2) Colin Neeson vs. Jonny McGillion: More Irish fighters at 145.
FIGHT: Neeson Split Decision. I didn't pay that much attention to this, to be honest. A lot of the fight had Neeson on the mat on top banging on McGillion. Standing it was pretty even with lots of robot arm punching. Its tough to care when neither guy is going anywhere ever. McGillion had a small gastank as well.(0)
3) Ali Maclean vs. Julien Dennis: Maclean is a CFC regular. Dennis is from France, and so I would guess he does judo and sucks. Not an indictment on judo though, for reals. Just french judoka in MMA.
FIGHT: Maclean Submission Rnd 1. Easy fight as MacLean drops Dennis early with wild strikes, and ends up locking up a d'arce after beating on Dennis awhile. He was setting up the choke for like 20 seconds. (0)
4) Ben Boekee vs. Hugh Brady: Holland vs. Ireland. Boekee is supposedly 6-0.
FIGHT: Boekee Split Decision. This can be summed up as being the most basic kind of ground battle: One guy (Brady) is a big bruiser who likes top control and prefers to ground and pound. Doesn't even care to pass or anything. The other (Boekee) has long legs and will throw submissions till the cows come home. The end result is a 3 round exciting fight between two guys not really going anywhere ever but that entertains. Boekee eats huge punches at times while Brady powers out of armbars and triangles and heel hooks all sorts of submission attempts time and time again, no matter how "done" the fight seems. (1)
5) Jorde Peute vs. Neil Seery: Holland vs. Ireland, take two. Featherweights. Peute is THE SUBMISSION WIZARD.
FIGHT: Peute Submission Rnd 2. Same exact style of fight as the preceding one. EXACTLY. Peute is a submission guy and Seery is the top control grappler trying to land shots and not get caught. Seery actually rolls Peute late in round 1 and seems to be instituting his game plan and rolling towards a win, but when the round ends, his chances are gone with them. Peute drops for a leg lock at the very start of round 2 and gets a kneebar. (0)
6) Daniel Thomas vs. Duane Van Helvoirt: Lightweights, never heard of either.
FIGHT: Thomas Submission Rnd 2.(0)
Thomas: You can't hate the guillotine he wins with too much. And yet, when he first pulls guard with it in round 1, he ends up having it escaped out of and he is immediately mounted. And then nearly triangled. Nonexistent standup. Top control grappler with not much skill.
Van Helvoirt: Gassed 2 minutes in because he had so much nervous energy. Falls into a guillotine early in the second round after nearly being tapped with one in the first round. As a submission guy, he should recognize this. Does he? Well, no. He adjusts a little by trying to pull guard rather than shoot and get caught in another one, but inevitably he goes to the clinch, and another guillotine beats him.
7) Colin McKee vs. Neydson Santos Ferriera: McKee I've liked. His opponent is an old BJJ guy. Apparently McKee was supposed to fight Che Mills, and this is a late replacement.
FIGHT: McKee TKO Rnd 1. (1) Ferriera comes out swinging and tries to surprise McKee, but its to no use. After some sustained hugging on the cage, Ferriera is arm weary and tired. More clinching and dirty boxing, then its knees and Ferriera is in trouble. A flurry of shots end the fight. Easy fight, honestly.
8) Lee McKibbin vs. John Lober: Irish dude fights old journeyman 13 years past his best. Amazing.
FIGHT: McKibbin Submission Rnd 1. Lober's leg is swept out by a low kick and he rushes to clinch. McKibbin sets up a guillotine for about 20 seconds and Lober just keeps trying to stick his head under the armpit. Easy win. (1)
9) Chris Stringer vs. Rich Clementi: Enormous gap between who Stringer has faced and who Clementi is. Stringer has poor submission defense, an admitted flaw say the announcers. Uhhhh.....
FIGHT: Clementi Submission Rnd 2. (1) This is one of the most brutal embarassments in a ring that I can remember. Up there with Roy Jones/Jeff Lacy. I mean, Clementi gets taken down off a kick and then almost immediately sweeps Stringer and goes to mount, then starts mugging and throwing elbows. He trashes Stringer with hard elbows as he applies the triangle from mount. Incredibly easy stuff.
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Boekee/Brady
KO OF THE NIGHT: McKee/Ferreria
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Peute/Serry
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 4 out of 10. Impossibly long, tons of commercials, lots of lousy fights with a couple surreal moments mixed in.
D&R Rating: 9% (4/45)
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