At some point soon I will come up with a way to make the rating system look more sane. Its just too tough to have anything above a 50% for an entire card, so I'll fudge with it a little. For right now? I am lazy.
1) BJJ SUPERFIGHT! ANDY ROBERTS vs. YANJA ABYANEH: There was some grappling between two guys I have ever heard of in a cage and no one won after 7 minutes. (0)
2) AARON BARROW vs. DAN HARDY: Hardy is now in the UFC after almost winning the Cage Force tourney. Barrow? I dunno.
Hardy comes out and head kicks Barrow. Fight over. Seriously. It went :13. (2)
3) TOM NIINIMAKI vs. ANDRE SOARES: Soares recently got a chance to lose on a fight no one saw on the EliteXC under card. Niinimaki has fought a bunch of places and isn't that successful in any of them.
Round 1 has Niinimaki with the takedown against the vaunted BJJ guy in Soares. They stand up after some time with no action. Soares then shoots in, and Niinimaki defends it and ends up on top. Soares has his best moment of the fight with a triangle attempt Niinimaki defends, and he again stands up out of Soares' open guard. From this point forward throughout round 2, a pattern develops: Soares goes for a takedown, fails, pulls guard, Niinimaki goes down on top of him, doesn't do anything, fight stands, repeat over and over and over. As time goes on through the end of round 2 and into round 3, Soares just falls on his ass in butt scoot and Niinimaki is more effective landing shots from inside his guard. Pretty lousy fight, Niinimaki wins a decision. (0)
4) MICHAEL HOBBS vs. IAN JONES: I know nothing about either. Judging by Fightfinder, there is good reason.
Clinch at the start, Hobbs, gets a takedown, and postures up to strike inside the guard. He goes for a leglock, Jones prevents it and stands and ends up back on the ground, this time on top in half guard. Hobbs regains the full guard, goes for a triangle, Jones throws it off and passes, and Hobbs goes for a single in the scramble. As he does so, Jones locks in a tight guillotine, winning the fight. This was Hobbs' last fight, and Jones didn't have the best streak of luck afterwards. (0)
5) CENGIZ DANA vs. JZ CALVAN: JZ! Now here is a surprise I can get behind.
Right hand from Calvan drops Dana, he passes immediately to side control, and I'm excited because it appears this is just about over already. He ends up in the mount but in reverse and tries for a kneebar. Dana escapes, sadly, and we are treated to more. He tries to take JZ's back and gets taken down again. Calvan goes for a guillotine from the mount at the end but fails.
Round 2 opens with both men weakly striking and, surprise surprise, JZ Calvan with a takedown off a leg kick from Dana. Some ground and pound for most of the round, eventually the fight is stood up. Same thing happens as before, Calvan grinds out the round in the 1/2 guard of Dana.
Third round is Dana's best, as he is somewhat effective with leg kicks in the early going. JZ jumps in and clinches up, getting a big slam as he takes down Dana. Dana really just defends against JZ here and tries to force a standup, but gets the guard passed and eventually he's mounted. Calvan again goes for the guillotine in mount and gets it the second time to finish this inside the distance. (3)
6) PAUL "SEMTEX" DALEY vs. ABDUL MOHAMED: Jess Liaudin and Jean Silva have both lost to Mohamed. Daley has wins over guys like Professor X and Duane Ludwig. Looks interesting! Abdul Mohamed has a fucking bandage all around his head though. Huh?
Clinch early as Mohamed wants the takedown. He does get it, but very little happens there and Daley is able to get back on his feet. A staring contest ensues, which ends with Daley throwing punches wildly and landing a few on the head of Mohamed. Abdul is hurt and is on spaghetti legs for a little while, going for takedowns trying to hold on. At the very end of the round he is successful, but its a clear Daley round in my book.
Round 2 opens with Daley throwing punches and kicks, very little landing, and the strikes are few and far between. Abdul with a shot and takedown, and he's on top for most of the round. Daley uses the cage wall to climb his way up to his feet, but really isn't able to do anything standing. Abdul gets another takedown and this is a 19-19 fight.
Round 3 is a boring ass round. No action early on as they are both too afraid of the other to try anything. Daley breaks the monotony with a flurry of punches, none of which solidly connect. Abdul is going for the takedown and nothing else. Daley is able to fend them all off and land some punches, winning him round 3.
Daley starts throwing leg kicks in round 4, sensing that Mohamed is tiring. Abdul does nothing the entire round but grab a takedown with less than 20 seconds left. Otherwise, it is all Daley with strikes. Its 3-1 with Daley pulling ahead into the final round of a not enthralling fight.
Abdul is able to get a takedown fairly early in the final round and tries to ride it out without doing anything in the less than impressive guard of Daley. Daley gets the fight back on his feet and throws some leg kicks. Theoretically, Mohamed's round. And so we go to the scorecards: one card for each and one card a draw. I have no idea how Mohamed won 3 rounds, or hell, drew in two and won two others. (3)
7) TENGIZ TEDORADZE vs. JEFF MONSON: Who isn't happy to see TENGIZ? His opponent is everyone's favorite socio-anarchist, Jeff Monson.
Clinch is immediate, and Tengiz gets an awesome belly to belly suplex on Monson. Monson absorbs punches but spins around and gets a double. Tengiz almost immediately gives up his back, and, yeah. Bad idea with Monson. Tedoradze defends for awhile but is eventually choked out. (3)
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT(S): Calvan/Dana. I suppose. All the fights kinda sucked.
KO OF THE NIGHT(S):Hardy/Barrow
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT(S): Calvan/Dana
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 2 out of 10. Even with Tengiz, Calvan, Hardy, and Daley, this was a shitty show to watch. Daley/Mohamad was just embarassingly bad, and Calvan/Dana not much better. Watching two minutes of Monson with his hooks in wasn't much better.
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