1) BILL KAMERY vs. MATT WILLIAMS: Kamery I've seen fight Joe Pearson and he mowed that dude down. This is at 140. Williams is 5-1 apparently.
Kamery is like a small version of Matt Horwich but with better standup. Really. Williams is more experienced and yet he gets raped on the ground by Kamery's GNP and eventually Kamery gets the side choke. (1) I like Kamery and hope he's in the WEC soon. He's been in strong and never been past round 1.
2) TJ O'BRIEN vs. ERIC KOCH: O'Brien has a big weight advantage in a lightweight bout. That means he's probably lousy.
O'Brien uses his strength to get on top of Koch, throw some shots, and then he gets armbarred. Koch is a mere 18 years old at this point. He apparently doesn't care about the Mainstream MMA belt because his buddy has it at lightweight. (0)
3) KEONI KOCH vs. BRANDON ADAMSON: More lightweights.
Pretty fun little scrap. Both men are willing to trade when standing and they seem pretty equally matched on the ground. Adamson is a better wrestler, Koch has superior jitz and it gets the job done as Adamson gasses/panics due to a cut and takes his back while on the mat with about a 1:30 left. Lots of activity from both in this one, but it was brief and between two very nondescript men. (0)
Pat Miletich joins the booth.
4) RYAN ANTLE vs. TOM GRUBB: Kinda light heavyweight (195 vs. 188).
Fight spends much of the opening couple minutes with Grubb on top in a dominant position (side control). The lack of damage done leads the ref to stand up the fight with about two minutes left and Antle again goes to wrestle down Grubb. Long sequence of clinching against the fence follows and with little time left in the round, Antle gets him down and in mount. Just as soon as he finally achieves some measure of success, Grubb bucks him off and is in his half guard.
Second round has Antle eating leg kicks, clinching with Grubb, and then getting taken down with a leg sweep and eventually beaten down and out with punches to the dome against the cage. Grubb looks interesting. (1)
5) ERIC DAUGHETEE vs. RAZAK AL-HASSAN: I cheated and watched this match before the night prior to Fight For The Troops. Fight is taking place at 205.
Daughtree comes right at Al-Hassan and throws punches and takes him down. Daughetee is a guy who has no idea that there are three rounds and may end up going past the 30 second mark. Crowd is going bonkers for him, as apparently he's a good amateur wrestler. After 1:15 of the first round, the activity is over, and he's in Al-Hassan's (in) active guard. Al-Hassan easily defends a sloppy leglock attempt and goes on top of Daughetee and spends the rest of the round there. The problem for Al-Hassan, and why he got the call to lose in the UFC, is that he is not very good and can't convert anything from this that is tangible in terms of damage.
Daughetee is blown the hell up at the start of the second round and his shot is easily defended and position reversed by Al-Hassan. Again, same problem as above: Al-Hassan is in mount against someone who doesn't know what to do and he's not able to convert. You know how little happens? Al-Hassan has the back of Daughetee and does nothing for two minutes and gets stood up. We open the third just like the first except in hella slow motion and Al-Hassan survives. After some sad standup, Daughetee gets a takedown and mounts Al-Hassan. Al-Hassan bucks off Daughtee and gives up his arm (oh, in retrospect) and we're back to square one. Standup when Hassan is in mount and nothing much happens from here on in that makes you believe either is an elite talent. The fight ends on the mat with Hassan having been in mount for like a full minute. He wins a unanimous decision and the crowd boos, one because their favorite lost, and two because Al-Hassan is garbage. (0)
6) KEN MCCLELLAND vs. CHRIS CLARK: Fat dudes rolling around.
Fat dudes rolling around. McClelland stops Clark with elbows in side control. Waste of precious time. (0)
7) JESSE LENNOX vs. DARIN BRUDIGAN: This is your MAIN EVENT. Special rules include an overtime round if there's a draw. Lennox had been seen before waaaay back when I watched the April 4th 2008 IFL show. He wasn't that good then. He reappeared on the Adrenaline MMA II event and I don't remember him.
Lennox gets this down lickety split and pulverizes Brudigan until that guy gives up his arm and gets kimura'd. Brudigan wanted this on the ground, by the way. Bad choice. (1)
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Koch/Adamson
KO OF THE NIGHT: Antle/Grubb
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Williams/Kamery
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 3 out of 10. Not many highly ranked guys by any stretch, but some prospects, albiet not in entertaining bouts and not with really bright futures.
D&R Rating: 9% (3/35)
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