1) HUNTER TUCKER vs. MARCOS LIRIANO: Weights are a mystery.
Tucker goes for the takedown immediately and there is no doubt what his plan is. There's a really nasty slam shortly after in the round where Liriano almost lands wrong and destroys his knee. Liriano's talent level makes it look like he trains James Thompson style. He loses by strikes to the face while mounted. (0)
2) MIGUEL GUERRA vs. BENJI MORRIS: Heavyweights.
When was the last good heavyweight fight in this promotion? Buentello/Hoffman I in '03? This is ugly. Guerra looks like a juggalo with a mustache and a rash guard. He controls the more physically imposing opponent, taking him down and getting superior position. The last 30 seconds feature plenty of mean elbows from the half guard. Second round is pretty surprising: Guerra shoots in and gets caught in a guillotine that Morris actually flips him over onto his back with. Pretty slick. (0)
3) RED CLOUD vs. AARON YORK: What a name.
Cloud is pretty soft. He shoots in after some leg kicks, and York gets the guillotine. Short.(0)
4) LJ MIER vs. ALDIN HERBERT: Triton fighter! Mier is one and he looks pretty imposing.
Not the worst standup ever. Herbert looks better technically, to be honest, throwing better punches and landing some solid knees in the clinch. Herbert even gets a nice trip takedown. Mier decides not to continue? Bizarre. Another Triton Tragedy. (0)
5) CIPRION HANGAN vs. FILBERTO CLEMENTE: Another rashguard wearing fighter. 205?
Hangan gets a double early and spends a couple minutes bashing in Clemente's head with punches and hammerfists.
6) CHANCE HUDSPETH vs. JOSH BARNES: More heavyweights.
Barnes with a takedown, immediate mount, back, RNC. Awful. (0)
7) JASON JOHNSON vs. JAY B. WELLS: More heavyweights, I think.
Johnson and Wells do some sloppy grappling Tommy Hackett would love, then Johnson gets an arm while standing and Wells is on all fours and just turns him over into an armbar. (0)
8) BRANDON FARRAN vs. MELVIN JORDAN: Two black dudes, and I am happy to see someone of color finally on this event. 8 fights, not even 30 minutes into this show. Sadly they will not beat up some generic white man, but must be positioned against one another. Only in a slave state.
Farran is in a karate stance throwing sidekicks. Really. He doesn't know how to check low kicks or throw punches though. He's also wearing wrestling shoes. There's a clinch midway through and Farran is just pushing him all over the ring, but can't get him down. Farran gets hit with a knee in the groin but is able to recover after some time. I take this back, this is a kung fu stance. Farran throws a leaping side kick at the end of the round. This is delicious.
Farran is chambering punches. It is 2007. Both guys are really uncomfortable with each other's style. Jordan has some nice low kicks but is afraid to move forward. Really cool leaping kick from Farran lands and hits Jordan in the face. Jordan returns fire soon after with a high kick that lands with the foot. Farran throws a push kick at one point! Jordan is throwing some really mean kicks late in round two and they're all landing to the legs. Farran has a noticable limp.
Round three! This is worth it. The low kicks just keep landing square. Farran shoots from way outside and Jordan defends and lands a lot of punches to the body. Jordan wins 2 of the 3 rounds going away and the judges give it to him. (1) for the unique nature of this one.
9) PRESTON CAMPBELL vs. GENO RODERICK: Preston is a fat man name. Campbell lives up to it.
Geno Roderick just smashes Campbell on the ground with elbows in short order. The bell rings before the ref jumps in to stop it. Roderick is the guy Ryan McGivern beat up at Adrenaline MMA II. (0)
10) ALEX MCINTOSH vs. JASON HOBBS: 145lbs.
HUGE knee from Hobbs early as McIntosh tries to get away from the clinch. Punches on the ground make it official. Another late stop by the ref. (0)
11) BRANDON BRYANT vs. KASSIDY OWENS: Look like welters?
Bryant has wrestling shoes and Owens is the one who gets the takedown early. Not a good sign. Or not. Owens is in a guillotine early and has to tap. Maybe 20 seconds?
12) DARRELL RITTMAN vs. WILLIAM GREEN: Heavyweights. Green is a fat man with thai shorts.
Low blow 3 seconds in and Rittman is screaming obscenities. After he recovers, some sloppy striking and Green goes for some takedowns. He's almost KOed by a wild right hand and survives by putting Rittman on his back with an ankle pick. After a minute, Rittman is gassed. Rittman is hit in the back of the head during the lazy GnP and Rittman is claiming to be hurt. He is all wobbly and looks ridiculous with that fakery. When he decides to fight again, Green keeps shooting for this singles and Rittman just circles away and throws hammerfists to his head. This cycle repeats a few times until Rittman stops Green with backfists to the face. (0)
13) CASEY ULRICH vs. MATT JAGGERS: Jaggers! A respectable name!
Ulrich has a rat-tail? Jaggers with a big ol' slam and he's in side control. Jaggers is in full mount, lands punches, Ulrich sticks an arm out, and Jaggers takes itfor an attempted armbar. Ulrich does defend decently and gets out of it, now being on top for a few seconds until he's swept. Jaggers is passing the guard at will. Round ends? Or Ulrich tapped out due to strikes. Inman is "announcing" from a studio and is like "yeah, uh the angle of our booth, can't really see?" Jaggers is a journeyman supreme. (0)
14) NATE MURDOCH vs. JOHNNY FLORES: 155.
Murdoch can push Flores around, and Flores can land blows like knees and punches and stuff. Murdoch's size is valuable in that alone. Flores drops him with a pretty nice leg kick and starts landing punches effectively on the mat. The fight goes back to vertical at the end of the first for a few moments and Flores gets a double leg takedown.
Murdoch is still all about the Tim Sylvia "Push Till You Can't Push Anymore" strategy. In the clinch itself, the fight is about even, with really nothing other than knees to the body being thrown by either. Flores is clearly far superior on the mat. I mean, its not even close. All the sub attempts and sweeps are Flores. He gets a really tight triangle in towards the end of the second round and Murdoch is forced to tap. Flores had a losing record here. (0)
15) LEVI AVERA vs. MATT WARNER: No idea what this weight is.
Lots of wasted action early. Both guys have crazy nerves. Levi gets a pretty excellent takedown early and slams down Warner. Awesome head and arm choke from the front. Can't say I've seen that in MMA. Avera has lost to Ron Faircloth since. (0)
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Farran/Jordan. An odd classic.
KO OF THE NIGHT: McIntosh/Hobbs
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Avera/Warner.
OVERALL FOR EVENT: 1.5 out of 10. Brevity helped here; 15 fights, one hour and six minutes. Not a single top 50 fighter. Among the more meaningless events I've ever watched.
D&R Rating: 1% (1/75)
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