1) DANIEL COSTELL vs. SEAN BARTLETT: Coming right out of a commercial break into this. No idea about weights.
Costell gets this down early off a botched head kick attempt and Bartlett is trying constantly for a triangle. Costell's defense is a Hammer House special (slam). Costell is bleeding from the nostrils and eventually gets tapped. I'm guessing this is not the ESPN writer. (0)
2) JOE WISSMAN vs. BRANDON COOLEY: Wissman was undefeated in another show I've seen him in, and this was before it.
Cooley gets a clinch and takedown even with a pathetically slow shot. Wissman goes for a triangle choke and throws some nice elbows too. Ref stops it as Cooley goes out. (0)
3) CHRIS NUCKOLLS vs. NICHOLAS TORTORA: From commercial right into it:
Fairly sloppy bout. Both are gassed after two minutes. Nuckolls then falls into controlling the fight thanks to his superior conditioning, size, and striking talent. Tortora takes a beating for over a minute and then somehow survives and gets a desperate takedown that brings him to mount. Nuckolls is stopped. Post fight, we learn this was at 205. Tortora is 2-0 with no fights in 15 months. (0)
4) JAMES WYNN vs. DIEGO LANDER: Another zero second setup for this.
Lander is the better grappler, as displayed with his takedowns and ability to pass. Well, I thought that until Wynn flipped him over. I learn its a 145lb match 2 minutes in. Standup after a couple minutes of boredom, and neither looks very good standing. Lander pulls guard and I am thinking about bedtime. Lander off his back is a guy who thinks he's better than he is. Lots of sub attempts, none of them are finished. He just takes forever to set things up.
After a commercial break, round 2. Wynn likes flashy shit but sucks at fundamentals. Somehow he gets Lander down without much, if any effort, mounts, and then punches and elbows come. Really high guard from Wynn. Lander gives up his back to defend and he's flattened out. You'd think this is not gonna last long, but Wynn goes for an armbar instead of working towards the RNC, and gives up the position. Lander gets a leg and Wynn obviously trains somewhere that thinks leg locks are "cheap", as he doesn't even really try to defend it. Lander has not fought since. (0)
5) TOM LAWLOR vs. ???? : Uhh, theres this fight and they don't tell you who it is. I think its Tom Lawlor? And some chubby dude?
Lawlor defends a takedown, is cut, and goes for a kneebar, but chubbs defends and gets up on his feet. There's some brief clinch fighting, and they separate for slow kickboxing. BRANDON SENE is apparently the Tom Lawlor lookalike, and he gets an armbar when it goes back to the mat on JASON BARLOG (the chubby guy). Sene went on TUF 7, lost to Dante Rivera, and then got stopped by punching bag Brent Beauparlant at an XMMA show. (1)
6) RYAN MURPHY vs. JEFF LA SANTA: 145, I think?
All over the place. Murphy gets a takedown and the back early. Pretty brutal RNC attempts fail, and La Santa is able to buck Murphy off him. Honestly, pretty amateurish. La Santa just sorta throws Murphy to the side and throws punches to the dome. He gets put on his back again and Murphy looks like he should have brutal jewfro GnP. It never really develops.
The announcers note with round 2 that the fighters are tired because they fought at such a crazy pace. Partially true. Of course, they fought like that because they aren't prepared to be pro fighters. Murph goes to sleep rather than tap when La Santa puts him in a rear naked.
7) TOM CZERWINSKI vs. DANNY RUIZ: A contract weight of some sort. Danny Ruiz I've seen plenty of.
Ruiz gets a takedown, is in mount within 45 seconds and there are elbows and punches. This is oddly similar to the fight between Ruiz and Antonio Grant. Czerwinski gets armbarred and its pretty awesome looking, to be honest. (0)
8) ADRON MORRISON vs. ERIC REYNOLDS: Reynolds I've seen before, and like Ruiz and Wissman before him on this show, he was undefeated going in then later in his career.
Huge right hand drops Morrison early and Reynolds follows it with plenty more punches on the ground. Pretty impressive KO. He calls out Allen Berube, because Monstah Lobstah is such a serious contender. Sadly, the fight has not come off. (1)
9) BENJAMIN JORDAN vs. DAVID VIEIRA: Black dude vs. Portuguese Last Name.
Vieira goes to pull guard and somehow ends up taking Jordan down and is in mount. Jordan sweeps for mere seconds and is returned to his back not long after. Easy transition for Vieira as Jordan gives up his back to put on an RNC. Vieira apparently doesn't like the position and basically flips Jordan on top of him to get a submission from his back. Smart move: Vieira with a triangle choke not more than 10 seconds after. (1)
Fight of the Night: Tough to say, but I go with Reynolds/Morrison. Had it all - lame cameo, very fast, cool knockout.
KO Of the Night: Morrison/Reynolds
Submission of the Night: Vieira/Jordan
Overall for the Event: 2.5 out of 10: Reynolds looks like a world beater here, but that's matchmaking for you. Vieira's win is credited to "David Silva" on Sherdog's fightfinder.
D&R Rating: 7% (3/45)
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