1) VINCE PU vs. ROYDEN DEMOTTA: Nobodies from the islands.
Demotta with a takedown early, some strikes, guard pass, more strikes, fight over. Worthless. (0)
2) JUSTIN MERCADO vs. HARRIS SARMIENTO: Sarmiento is a well known journeyman. Mercado isn't. Troy Mandaloniz is the ref.
Running story of this fight: Mercado takes a ton of punishment, especially knees in the clinch, and doesn't ever seem to be terribly hurt. Mercado goes for a bunch of half assed sub attempts (armbar from back in first, guillotine in second, RNC in third) and even with each coming increasingly close to actually finishing, in the end he didn't properly secure any of them and Sarmiento was able to escape and return to offense, winning all 3 rounds. (0)
3) SANTINO DEFRANCO vs. KAYNAN KAKU: Both guys were interesting prospects at this point in the lightweight division.
Kaku is all about takedowns, all the time. DeFranco is passable on his back and nullifies anything really damaging in the first round by utilizing the rubber guard, but he's not really getting any solid catches. As the fight rolls on, DeFranco finds himself unable to effectively take a dominant position and is pulling guard just to get the fight down in the hopes he can sweep his way there. Another unanimous decision, neither man getting to that next level. Kaku wins. (0)
BJ PENN INTERVIEW TIME: He is leaving for K-1 and he considers that a good career move. NEWS FLASH PEOPLE - BJ Penn fights for money first. Just keep that in mind.
4) MIKE ROGERS vs. JASON LAMBERT: Rogers was coming off his first two career losses to Vernon White and Alex Stiebling. Jason Lambert was not terribly known at this stage, having lost to Tim Sylvia in the Superbrawl heavyweight tournament as well as Cabbage later.
Lambert just shoving Rogers around and takes him down. After some pushing towards the fence, Rogers ends up on his back to escape punches, gives up the hooks, and punches are thrown till its over. (2)
5) KENDALL GROVE vs. JOE RIGGS: Good chance you've heard of both.
Grove is too green and unprepared to stop a wrestler as big and strong as Riggs. Riggs gets him down and just reels back and throws some monster bombs. Grove's head rebounds off the canvas as he is knocked unconscious. Now Riggs is a cripple and Grove is a middle of the road challenger. Still, both had their moments, including Riggs' aborted welterweight title shot. (3)
MELVIN MURRAY vs. DANNY STEELE: Kickboxing match...IN THE CAGE~
Two aging kickboxers THROW DOWN. IT SHOULD END IN A KO says the ref, and it ends as a draw on the cards. Crap. Doesn't count.
6) RYAN SCHULTZ vs. RONALD JHUN: Schultz has no idea who Machine Gun Jhun is. I knew who Jhun was and I was watching 90% boxing, 10% MMA at this point in time. I also have a good idea how this goes.
Good scrappy first round that was primarily standup and Ryan Schultz actually lands a number of looping shots. Pretty good action. Second round and Jhun actually gets a trip takedown and and kinda shocked. Isn't Schultz the wrestler from Team Quest? Jhun is in half guard and trying to stay active and prevent a takedown while Schultz is hanging on for dear life. He then passes to mount and Landless steps in to stop the fight as he is blasting punches. That is....not what I was expecting. And thus great. (3)
7) TONY FRYKLUND vs. MATT LINDLAND: Fryklund is the dumbest man alive. Lindland is soulless but younger here.
Lindland with a clinch and takedown. Well, who could have expected that? Punches and elbows are thrown and Fryklund is cut. Fryklund gets this back up and Fryklund starts landing shots, which surprises me to some extent, but of course there are clinches and when that happens, he is miserable. Fryklund is looking better here than he did against Loiseau. Lindland's striking is miserable, and it never got better; no wonder he had so many troubles in Affliction. Fryklund lands some punches in the first. This is competitive. I am shocked. Fryklund with a takedown at the end of the round. Fryklund wins the first?
Second round has Fryklund try for the guillotine early and he fails and gets slammed. Fight is stopped for cuts to Lindland's face but its restarted with Lindland on top. Fryklund is cut really bad over the right eye now. Good lord, this second round lasts for a long time. Lindland clearly won it.
Lindland shoots, Fryklund stands, actually takes down Lindland, and then passes to half guard. Fryklund almost mounts him, actually. Lindland is just terrible on his back. The "lack of action" gets this fight stood up, and Fryklund is almost suplexed and holds onto the fence to stop it. Lindland takes him down again anyhow. There's a standup with only a few seconds left and Lindland again acquires the takedown. This is not Lindland's finest moment but he definitely deserved to win. (4)
8) JOHN MARSH vs. CABBAGE CORREIRA: Cabbage was in career freefall by this point. Marsh was the worst fighter I can think of outside Manny Yarborough that was both a UFC and PRIDE vet.
All standup in the first round. Cabbage is actually sorta gunshy. Marsh lands more jabs and right hands and his face is getting marked up. This is pathetic by Cabbage. The fight doesn't get better as the BJJ specialist is moving in and out and landing on Cabbage while Cabbage does nothing but mug to the crowd and let time slip away. Marsh shoots for the takedown in the second and Cabbage tries for a guillotine, but really doesn't have it in. Marsh easily breaks away and returns to what we've seen the entire fight, throwing low kicks and running. Third round is more of the same; Marsh with clunky but effective technically sound striking and Cabbage being a punching bag. A sad, shitty fight as Marsh plays Cory Spinks, and gets a shot in the UFC his next bout out. Today, Marsh lost to a modern day Oleg Taktarov. (1)
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Fryklund/Lindland
KO OF THE NIGHT: Riggs/Grove
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 5 out of 10. Some names on this card highlighted by a Lindland appearance, but really it is Riggs/Grove that sorta steals the event historically. Schultz/Jhun is such a shocker given how each man has progressed since. Lots of boring, mediocre fights.
D&R Rating: 32.5% (13/40)
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