1) RESHAD WOODS vs. RON STALLINGS : Fight is at 185. One of maybe 4 black dude vs. black dude fights in MMA history. Yeah, there might be some issues with diversity in this sport.
Woods is rocking purple thai shorts. He is also pretty good standing. He cuts Stallings with an elbow and takes him down. Stallings tries for an armbar and he gets picked up and slammed on his dome. Stallings is out cold. Ref stands there shocked. Woods lands a sickening punch to Stallings, who is already shaking and bleeding everywhere. Seriously, if I were an MMA organization, I'd have burned that footage. If I were a boxing promoter, that would be the first thing I played at a hearing with athletic commissions. I'm not one to talk about barbarism, but holy shit. (1)
2) JOSH FELDMAN vs. JOHNNY CURTIS: Two heavyweights that are old.
Brief fight with both men throwing single shots and holding. Feldman lands a decent combination and drops Curtis, and then follows up on the mat. Who cares. (0)
3) GERALD LOVATO vs. MIKE EASTON: Dudes who happen to train in muay thai and BJJ at the same time! How novel. 145. Easton is trying the Wanderlei wrist rolls and the Shonie shorts to look tough. Lovato has a bit of a beer belly.
What I learn in the opening minute? Jay Adams likes Cher. Trigg has to defend it by mentioning that they're both married. Oh, the fight. They are in a slow kickboxing bout for most of this. Easton is clearly faster with his strikes and it becomes merely a matter of time before Lovato gets tagged with a punch. One punch KO. (1)
4) THIAGO MINU vs. AARON RILEY: Riley is a perfectly acceptable fighter. Minu is some guy from Brazil who is probably hella good at teh grapplez. Faceoffs for every fight BTW. Hate when they do that.
Minu can't strike. Not shocked there. He gets a trip takedown though and he's on top for a little while but Riley has been around forever. He's way too good for that shit. He actually is able to reverse position and controls much of the round. Minu lands a shockingly good knee in the clinch but has no idea how to follow up and is taken down. Goes for a solid armbar attempt but Riley is calm and stacks up. Minu lets it go. They're trying to make this a close round on the commentary, but really, Riley controlled the round.
Minu lands his 2nd best shot of the fight right after touching gloves. Riley survives and gets a takedown, allowing him to lay on top and pound Minu for almost 4 minutes. Riley gets in a nice hiptoss when Minu decides to go to his feet and scrap the desperate sub attempts to put him on his back again when he doesn't want to be. Minu's best strikes are upkicks; not a good thing. Minu gets his unsuccessful armbar attempt in the last 30 seconds.
Aaron gets cut by an elbow at some point but the entire round is basically spent on the mat with Aaron on top. He wins a unanimous decision. Best part: He accidentally kicks Minu in the face trying to put his leg over for an armbar. (2)
Intermission with lots of dudes from various places like Rampage and Franca. Nothing really funny is said by anyone.
5) TENYAH DIXON vs. MARCUS FORAN: Foran comes out to SPIN DOCTORS. I can't make this up. 185, no one has a good record, honestly.
There's a clinch that starts at the 4:55 mark and goes for a long, long, long time. Shades of Sylvia/Vera. After half the round goes by, they break from each other only to come together again. Marcus gets a takedown finally and....listen, this is not a good fight. This is like watching Dan Severn circa 2002. Dixon gives up his back with a minute left after being taken down and easily passed, but Foran doesn't finish.
Foran is a second rate Ryan Bader. Too bad Dixon is a second rate Professor X. Not only is this a boring fight, its not a competitive one either. There's a tapout by armbar with about :35 seconds left in the second round and it couldn't be sooner. Foran is going nowhere. (0)
6) ZACH LIGHT vs. THOMAS SCHULTE: Lightweight fight between west coast fighters. No offense to the UWC guys, but if I was gonna run a promotion, people like this wouldn't be flown in. Light is 7-5.
They go at each other, kinda grab each other and do a bunch of stuff that goes nowhere, then Light ends up on the bottom. Not long after, he tries for a triangle and transitions to armbar. Schulte taps out. Oh, Light has a record of 4-8, according to Sherdog. I like it when promotions lie about records. (0)
7) JASON VON FLUE vs. PETE SPRATT: Von Flue got OLD. I always hear about Spratt not having grappled enough or something, as if what makes you a good striker makes you a great grappler. I've been hearing about Spratt working on his submissions for years. YEARS. Fact is he is a kickboxer by nature and not going to become a top wrestler literally ever.
Spratt clinches with Von Flue and throws him around a little. Von Flue absorbs some punches and doesn't react all that well. He's dropped by an uppercut that grazes, and Von Flue is looking to try and drag him to the mat and doesn't really do it too well. Von Flue gets ruined with a single uppercut as Von Flue shoots in and he freezes up in an uncomfortable position. Von Flue has been KOed in similar fashion numerous times. Joe Silva is in attendance and Pete Spratt is begging for a job again. Spratt, of course, has lost his last two. That's 3 of his last 4. Could be worse: Von Flue is 2-7 in his last 9, 1-5 in his last 6. (1)
Fight Of The Night: Woods/Stallings
KO Of The Night: Woods/Stallings
Submission of the Night: Light/Schulte
OVERALL FOR THE NIGHT: 3 out of 10. Some interesting names on the show, some minor prospects I expect will go nowhere big but at least to a UFN/WEC level, and that's about it.
D&R Rating: 14% (5/35)
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