Soboba! Inman and Aaron Witherspoon announcing.
Gomez isn't rushing out there and that's a good sign. I think Wendeh landed a right hand rushing in which isn't a great sign. Wendeh is getting tagged with the jab and walks into a left high kick. Ouch. Gomez throws a few punches and Herb Dean stops it. (1)
2) TIM HUMPHREY vs. ROB ROSALES: Welterweights.
Humphrey with a takedown, some punches, fight's over in a minute or so. (0)
3) SAL FARNETTI vs. ANTHONY MENDEZ: Super heavyweights. Or not. Mendez is 240 and trains with Romie Aram.
Mendez goes for takedowns early and eats punches from the fatter Farnetti. When he does get a takedown, he does nothing with it and ends up losing position. After gassing and struggling with singles, Mendez ends up getting laid out woth looping fat man punches. (0)
4) MATT BUCKLEY vs. FRANKIE GUERRERO: Bantamweights. Buckley is an "independent fighter", Guerrero trains with Omar Luv and some other dudes that aren't great.
Guerrero with a takedown early, Buckley weakly goes for subs, and get hit a bunch. Then he is laid on. Repeat this scenario. It seems like this is going to be the whole fight, and then Buckley makes a huge comeback late in the 2nd, landing the foot with a high kick and Buckley even thumps him with some punches on top. Guerrero lands a big right hand and takes down the poorly prepared opponent in front of him, mounts him, does not much, and then wins. Well, he gets a split decision, but honestly Buckley didn't come close to deserving it. (0)
5) ALEX RICKARDS vs. JESUS MORALES: Rickards is nobody and he is old. I have no idea who the other guy is and he's not much younger.
Morales lands some shots, Rickards uselessly pushes his way in with his chin up but grabs a single. Takedown eventually. Morales gets up though because he is not totally horrible. Morales looks like he boxed...15 years ago or something. Rickards ends up absorbing a bunch of shots and then just collapses. My thinking is that he's gonna have a stroke, but he eventually rises. (0)
6) ROBERT DOUCET vs. RICK LEGERE: Middleweight fight.
Legere is way bigger and scores a full tilt body slam. Mount, punches, fight over. Impressive win. Legere has lost twice though recently. (0)
7) GREG GUZMAN vs. GUNNAR HINSON: Lightweights: Guzman is 19. Hinson? 15. I previously gave a fight of his a 2, so clearly I think highly of him.
Clinch early and Hinson takes a couple knees and punches. Guzman is trying to show off with his striking. Hinson is much more orthodox and is counterpunching effectively. Hinson is cut badly about midway through the first over his left eye, and Hinson is forced to take down Guzman. The fight is paused to check on the cut, and Hinson has to work fast when its restarted on the mat. Really impressive transition by Hinson as he goes from halfguard to an armbar (I didn't know you could do that) in mid pass. He straightens it out and gets the tap. (2) Gunnar Hinson is one of the best prospects in the world today, bar none.
8) RICK JONES vs. FRANK PARK: More welters. Park is talked up in advance. Why? I have no idea. Jones trains with Shad Smith.
Park is wild and frankly awful standing. Miraculously, Jones is worse, as he lacks athleticism. Eventually, Park drops Jones with a hard right hand, and Herb Dean is late with the stop, with Jones absorbing some unnecessary shots. (0)
9) PAUL ARRAS vs. GREG LEINAN: Bout at middleweight.
Arras with some punches after Leinan shoots and gets stopped. Leinan gets stopped. Not even 20 seconds. Leinan tries to take down Herb. (0)
10) DAMIEN GOMEZ vs. JOHN LOBER: Gomez is a ninjitsu fighter with some MMA skills, supposedly. John Lober is a legend, so if you've been watching MMA, you know who this is.
Lober with a takedown into side control. Knees to head on the ground and he's an idiot. Point deduction for Lober and we move on. Sloooooow standup follows the restart. Lober with another takedown and side control and instead of wasting it, he gets a straight armbar. After he can't finish, he hammer strikes Gomez into oblivion, in part because he seems to have an injured arm. (0) because Lober is famous for the talent he never channelled.
11) ROCH WORTHY vs. DAVE CRYER: Middleweights again. Cryer I've liked in the past.
Worthy with a wild right hand and Cryer is out cold almost instantly. Cryer has rebounded. (1)
12) MELVIN COSTA vs. ANGELO MCLEROY: Oh man. Costa is rocking a SS shirt tonight.
Costa is thrown by McElroy, but Costa is able to get position anyways and is in mount, then side control. He can't hold him there for long, and the fight is back standing. Costa ends up going for the back during a clinch position, and Mcelroy is able to turn around and get inside his guard. Costa is, of course, useless there, and so McElroy has a huge opportunity in front of him and he's simply not capitalizing as he should, standing up and basically letting Costa mount him. Its a sure thing then: Neither guy is any good. If McElroy was, this would be over already, because he's had great position and done nothing well. Costa outlasts McElroy and stops him with punches. (0)
13) CHAI SIRISUTE vs. WILLIAM SRIYAPAI: Sriyapai I could watch forever. Always a blast. Sirisute has some wild braids and is also a kickboxer.
There was apparently a lot of bad blood coming in, and you'd never know watching. Sriyapai is just putting on a clinic of technical, controlled striking. Sirisute shoots in desperation and gets turned back. Just excellent shot selection from Sriyapai. Sirisute actually gets a takedown and then mounts Sriyapai, and the entire fight has swung in merely a few seconds. Sirisute with some big ground and pound, especially with elbows, but Sriyapai does regain half guard just before the end of the round. With the fight vertical in the restart, Sriyapai again dominates with combinations and counter left hooks. Just as the previous round, Sirisute desperately goes for the takedown and gets mount, landing tons of blows and even going for an armbar, which Sriyapai just gets out of. Just a two rounder. Sriyapai wins the decision. (1) for an entertaining but somewhat slow clash of styles.
14) RICKY GUNZ vs. JEREMY BENNETT: Smallerish dudes.
Bennett just drags down Gunz at the start and punches him till Cecil stops it. (0)
15) TRAVIS HAVENS vs. DANIEL NOVA: Welters. Havens is 2-0, Nova is from Brazil.
Havens shoots early after some tenative standup from both men, and Nova clinches with him. Nova drops to the mat and goes for a heel hook. Havens KOs Nova cold while sitting on his ass. Can't say either impresses me. (0)
16) EDGAR IRIZARRY vs. ANDY JEWETT: Irizarry trains with Cecil Peoples.
Jewett gets a big slam and Jewett is ruining Irizarry with stuff until he gets hit with a penalty for an illegal elbow. Doesn't matter: When the fight is restarted, he gets another take down and smashes him some more. (0)
17) GENO SALOMONE vs. FABIAN DIAZ: Final fight of the night! Phew, thank god.
Geno with a takedown, Fabian gives up the back, and while Diaz defends that, he ends up caught with an armbar not long later. (0)
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Sriyapai/Sirisute
KO OF THE NIGHT: Havens/Nova
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Hinson/Guzman
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 2 out of 10. Entertaining scrap between journeymen and a solid performance by a hot prospect. And lots of bad.
D&R RATING: 6% (5/85)
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Well Thanks for being honest. I do appreciate it, because lord knows I am not the best PBP Guy this is obvious, but you could of said even worse stuff about the commentators but you didn't I appreciate that. -Steve Inman
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