1) RAFAEL REBELLO vs. TARO ITO: Rebello is from ATT, so I'm interested. Bout is at 135.
Ito rushes Rebello and gets taken down very early. Ito doesn't know how to use his guard offensively and so Rebello easily bypasses it. Ito tries to roll away or something and gets his back taken by a leaping Rebello. Rebello has a body lock and prevents Ito from escaping, and is in mount, though the fight is moved to the center of the ring due to it being in the ropes. Ito absorbs a bunch of punches and elbows and in an attempt to defend it, gives up an arm. Rebello takes the easy armbar. Rebello looks good but hasn't fought since 2007. (0)
2) DAN FUNES vs. JARRED CARD: Fight is at 145. Sorta. Looks more like a catchweight of 147. Card is 3-1-1.
Funes and Card dirty box to start and Card, being the bigger of the two, is able to ultimately attain dominant position on the ground. He loads up with most of the punches he throws inside the guard and Funes is dumb enough to get caught with many of them. Funes tries to get out of the position but ends up getting thrown around by Card for his trouble before being deposited on his back again. Card is dominant in round 1.
Kahn says that Funes' best shot is on the feet, where he promptly takes a punch to the face early in the round. Basically, what I get from this is that Funes is simply not good enough to be competitive. Funes finally ends up on top when he's in a guillotine. The announcers are a little late in noticing that Card wins as they talk about Funes being in trouble as Card is already celebrating. Card's big moment came as part of the Cage Force tourney when he was KOed by Takaya. (0)
3) JOE BENJAMIN vs. ARIS MONTEMAYOR: Fight is at lightweight, but Montemayor is giving up 7 lbs. Apparently Benjamin is a boxer and significant time is spent hyping this. His pro record according to Boxrec? 1-17. Clearly, this is a monumental battle in the boxing/bjj wars.
Montemayor gets a takedown and Benjamin is able to get up briefly. Montemayor with a five finger choke, Benjamin defends and throws him off. Joe Benjamin eats a leg kick and nearly drops. Benjamin throws some decent knees. Benjamin apparently doesn't know anything about kickboxing, says Kahn, though he does a great traditional thai sweep. Montemayor pulls guard, and Benjamin gets caught in a triangle. Benjamin eventually taps. (0)
4) CHRIS MANUEL vs. STEVE MCDONALD: This is at 145. Manuel I've heard of and don't remember why.
The video is horrible. It looks overexposed with a digital reflection off of McDonald. Manuel throws an accidental low blow and some time is eaten up with that. Manuel shoots a takedown, pulls guard, and then gets a leg lock. And he ruins McDonald's leg. Manuel recently competed in WEC. (1)
5) EBEN OROZ vs. SHANE WELNISCHKE: This is at 145. Oroz is on his way to Bodog, apparently.
Welnischke actually hands a nice punch early and nearly wobbles Oroz, but ends up getting taken down and tries to lock in a guillotine while the other guy is flying past his guard. Oh geez. Oroz is swept from half guard by Welnischke, but he is caught in a guillotine shortly after, dropping him to 1-4. Oroz's win to Daiki Hata that was mentioned here in commentary actually took place like 6 months after this fight. He lost 3 of his next 4. (0)
Jay Adams is in the ring now and he does some interviews with Josh Barnett, Sean Sherk, and Erik Paulson, for whom Shooto matches are shown.
6) TRAVIS MILLER vs. JOSH SAMMAN: Samman is the younger of the two by 5 years, and Miller is hardly an old man at 24. This is a 185 lb fight.
Samman goes with the flying knee immediately, and he gets taken down in the ensuing clinch. He is able to get on top by sweeping with a front headlock, and somehow doesn't get his back taken. Miller has some minimal BJJ skills and tries to go for an armbar from the bottom and doesn't really come all that close. Standups just do not come here, sadly. Painful to watch.
A second round opens and Samman just wading through shots and he drops Miller with an elbow. Miller throws his hips up like someone twice his weight (at the same height). More of Samman laying in the guard and throwing punches. Amazingly, there is a standup at around the halfway mark of the round, and so we get more of Samman just walking forward with his hands up like he's entered a really cold lake (n. Celtic Frost) instead of a fight. Miller gets a takedown and the fight then enters such a state that the announcers discuss how sad it was that Gracie lost to Hughes.
Third round opens with Samman throwing a axe kick and being taken down. He follows that with a kimura attempt from like his knees or something and its enough to put him on top in side control. The fight continues on the downward slide from there. Miller might have won the fight just off of the final minute and a half of laying on Samman. Little technique, mediocre athleticism. Samman won by unanimous decision, he loses in under a minute a year later. (0)
7) DAVID MEWBORN vs. BEN JONES: 200lb catchweight, it seems. Jones is apparently the favorite say the announcers.
Jones just comes in winging hooks and he drops Mewborn. Announcers are now like 5 seconds ahead of the action, as they call a slam by Jones well before it happens. Another slam of Mewbown as he tries to hold onto closed guard and Mewborn is out cold. Oh, wait, turns out they rule it was because Jones' dome crashed into Mewborn's face. No contest. (0)
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Montemayor/Benjamin
KO OF THE NIGHT: Wasn't one.
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Manuel/McDonald
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 1 out of 10. A lot, and I mean a lot, of these Fightzone events are KOTC level shit, and not the good ones. I basically pay $1o a month for this and taped boxing from DirecTV, and when I need to change my package at the end of the month, I may find myself needing a lot less of this.
D&R RATING: 3% (1/35)
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