Khan's fighters are on the left, Thomas' on the right.
1) GILBERTO BURGOS vs. PAT SEIDEL: This is at 135. Burgos is 1-0, Seidel is 1-1.
Burgos shoots in for a takedown, sweeps the leg and is in guard. Seidel gets a high guard and goes for an armbar. Burgos slams him twice and gets out, but gets locked into a triangle. He tries to punch his way out against the cage. Seidel transitions to an armbar then back to a triangle. Burgos starts going for a slam but Seidel releases and Burgos continues with punches. Really nice punches against the cage by Burgos. He finally breaks through and is in the full guard dropping 'bows. Seidel tries to sweep with butterfly guard and Burgos takes him down with a slam again. Seidel regains guard and goes for another triangle, then transitions between it and an armbar attempting to get a submission. Burgos is still single minded in looking for a stoppage by strikes. Another armbar attempt fails and Burgos probably wins the round.
Second round opens with Seidel dropping for a shot and just pulling guard when that fails. Both men have abrasions, but Seidel is far worse off with a pretty decent on his nose, over by his left eye. The submission attempts have slowed to barely happening; Seidel looks burned out. He does go for a gogoplata and is easily defended against and Burgos moves to side control. There's some rolling that goes on and Seidel ends up on his back holding Burgos in guard. Seidel has some pretty solid BJJ and goes after lots of submissions, but he's awful at finishing them. He's had so many good opportunities that if he loses, he has no one to blame but himself. Burgos probably outstruck Seidel 50 to 1.
A third round and Burgos goes for a takedown off a very lazy Seidel punch. After some time inside the guard, he passes momentarily, but Seidel is good enough to regain it. Problem with both: Burgos is a decent wrestler who would be submitted by a better grappler, and Seidel is a decent grappler with no standup with too much willingness to pull guard and take shots. Seidel goes for a triangle and Burgos easily breaks through it. Not much more to the fight. Burgos wins by unanimous decision. (0) Decent fight, neither man means much in the scheme of things.
2) JOHN TURNER vs. RALPH ACOSTA: This is at 145. Bass is 1-0, Turner is making his debut. Acosta goes for a body lock and take down early. Acosta goes for an armbar and is successful with it. (0)
3) JOE "BAMBOO" WISSMAN vs. MIKE HYMAN: What an unfortunate last name. Welterweight fight, with Wissman being the more experienced of the two with a 1-0 record.
Bamboo has apparently quit his job to fight full time. He has a horrible haircut and an even worse tattoo of a spinal cord on his back. Hyman stuns and drops Wissman with a punch, and then drubs him a bunch on the ground as Wissman sorta flops around. Wissman survives and Hyman stands up out of his loose guard before diving back in. Sloppy fight on ground and standing. Hyman is nearly caught in a bad triangle but pulls loose and forces the ref to stand up Wissman. "Awesome action" says the announcers. I suppose. Seeing some M level talent in a slug fest is not the greatest thing ever. Dana would give these guys bonuses on TUF. Wissman lands some pretty stout looking knees but Hyman doesn't buckle too badly and he ends up on top inside of Wissman's guard. Wissman uses a omaplata to sweep and crucifix the arm as the round ends and just blasts some punches into Hyman's face, and the ref stops the fight with about 5 seconds left in the round. Somewhat questionable stop from Jorge Alonso. Wissman has gone onto lose his next fight. (0)
4) MIGUEL SHOFFNER vs. MITCH HARRIS: This is the fourth fight for this team bout and its not listed on the card for this post weighins. Its at 185.
Miguel has some karate style kicks and apparently is a pro wrestler of some sort in Mexico. Harris is bothered by something, complains to the ref, and gets bombed by Schoffner. Harris just falls down and the fight is over. Schoffner does the post fight interview with a lucha mask on.
5) ALONZO ROANE vs. JOE STUTZMAN: Heavyweights! Who doesn't love fat men pummeling each other? Oh, me.
Stutzman is hella active standing in place, which means he will gas if this goes more than 4 minutes. Roane is looking for takedowns and gets a big slam, starting in side control, eventually going to north south. It ends up back in side control and Roane locks up a kimura but can't finish. Roane is a poor man's Wayne Cole, which gives you some idea how exciting watching him lay on top of a guy is. 4:40 of Roane laying in side guard in this round.
Round 2 opens and both are gassed. Alonso takes lots of time cleaning the ring up. Roane goes for a single and eventually gets a takedown and is in half guard. Nothing happens and Alonso finally stands this up. Both have awful standup. Stutzman throws a big right hand lead and gets bodylocked, pushed into the cage, and then takes him down, right back into side control. Roane locked up the arm and throws some punches, and Stutzman just sorta moves and gets out of it and gives up his back. Roane doesn't put the hooks in and Stutzman stands up, only to get slammed Rock Bottom-style to the mat. Stutzman survives and gets up to throw lazy punches which land and seem to affect a gassed Roane. Roane is able to grab a leg and get a single and return to side control. Stutzman's most effective strikes are knees to the head on the ground from his back that he is warned for. Another strong round for Roane.
A third round? Oh man. Why did I pick this? Roane gets a single leg takedown after Stutzman throws a shitty right hand. I fast forward because this fight is shitty. Roane wins with a sort of reverse STF. (0)
Now its onto Tim Riddle's Cinci team to face Ross Kellin's Lakeland Blaze! I know, I can't believe this promotion is out of business either. Kellin's guys are on the right.
6) RYAN MCINTOSH vs. STEVEN WEEKS: Pro debut vs. guy with 0-2 record.
McIntosh throws Weeks with a front headlock, lands 'bows, knees when they stand again, another takedown, slams his way out of an armbar, and just outclasses him in every aspect for the first 90 seconds. Weeks reverses position and gets lasts in dominant position for roughly 20 seconds before McIntosh bucks and gets on top. Weeks gets an arm and acquires an armbar that McIntosh cannot slam his way out of. Tapout win for Weeks. (0)
7) MATT TERLAU vs. JOHN SCHALL: Heavyweights. Terlau is listed as 4-0 and has some meaty man tits.
Schall with a takedown early. Is he related to Meat Truck? Perhaps. Terlau reverses position and gets armbarred. He tries to stack up and defend it, but fails. Schall with a w. (0)
8) ANTONIO GRANT vs. DANNY RUIZ: Final fight for the night. No idea what weight this is.
Ruiz with a shot early and he can't get a takedown thanks to Grant's holding of the cage. He pulls him away and gets him down with a double and then punches him a bit. Grant doesn't know what to do other than to keep a closed guard and hope the other guy gets tired. Ruiz doesn't. Ref stoppage and Ruiz is your winner. He reappears shortly after to fight Spirit Wolf in the WFC show I've already reviewed. (0)
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Burgos/Seidel
KO OF THE NIGHT: Ruiz/Grant
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Roane/Stutzman
Overall for the Night: 1 out of 10. Really, this is a pointless show. No one looks like a prospect here, the promotion is dead, the production is mediocre, etc. There were some awful fights to boot.
D&R RATING: 0%.
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