1) JOE CHRISTOPHER vs. JESSE JUAREZ: Some dudes who are welterweights.
Christopher pulls guard early in this fight and instantly, one must wonder what he even thinks his chances are. Juarez is in a great deal of trouble during a toehold attempt that some terrible refereeing allows him to escape from by basically going through the ropes. Ah, Pancrase style breaks. Except that's not actually legal. From then on, Christopher has issues. He continues to push for leglocks and takes strikes to the face, then is pushed into the corner and is hit with more. Juarez ends the round riding Christopher's back, having cut him with an elbow. Round two is more of the Christopher-trying-to-fight-on-the-ground show, and it ends about as well. Matter of fact, so is round 3. Juarez dominates this fight by defending Christopher's attempts to take dominant positions, riding the guy most of the fight, and hitting him a lot. Unanimous decision for the journeyman Juarez. (0)
2) DWAYNE LEWIS vs. MARVIN EASTMAN: Eastman is starting to get real old now. Lewis is some doofy white guy.
Eastman takes down Lewis early and is in the full guard. Ref moves this to center, and Eastman just lays there throwing some shots. Ref eventually stands these guys up, and to no one's surprise, they clinch. What is surprising is what happens next; they push each other around a little bit, and then Lewis lands a few uppercuts in the clinch. Eastman goes down and Lewis keeps trying to hit him while the referee tries to stop him. Eastman's chin is all shot to pieces. Lewis wants to fight Rob Macdonald, by the way. (1)
3) ART SANTORE vs. BRYAN BAKER: Baker is a WEC vet. Santore is a vet of everything. I mean everything.
I'm not gonna bother doing play by play because, frankly, no one is going to read it for this. Lots of wild standup throughout the fight; Baker is dropped in the first round with a left hook, later throws down Santore after catching a kick and cuts him badly with strikes on the ground. Santore goes for submissions and catches shots to the head. The second nearly doesn't happen due to the cut, but Santore continues to soldier forward and there's tons of back and forth standing. Santore seems to land more early on in the second but is only able to throw arm punches; as the round continues, he ends up getting plastered with punches and drops his mouthpiece. The third starts wild with swinging but eventually falls into a routine of Baker landing more effective blows (even sidekicks) as Santore is gassed but full of heart. Baker wins a wide decision in an entertaining fight. (2)
4) EMANUEL NEWTON vs. RYAN JIMMO: Jimmo lost on TUF a long time ago, Newton never got that far. Here they fight.
Tenative standup to start the fight; Newton jumps in with a combo and clinches, eventually getting a takedown. Jimmo gets back up. Newton again with a trip, and Jimmo is up again. They clinch till the bell. Next round; Clinch all round long. Third round: Clinch, clinch, Jimmo lands a high kick (sorta), Newton clinches again. They do trade a little more, and then they clinch again. Ugly, slow, boring fight that Jimmo wins on account of him throwing some dinky slaps in the clinch. (2)
Before the next fight, highlights are shown of the evening's earlier attractions, including one fight cancelled after someone hurt themselves getting in the ring. Hilarious.
5) JASON MACDONALD vs. SOLOMON HUTCHERSON: Middleweight bout that will, supposedly, give some clarity to MFC's less than thrilling scene at 185.
Macdonald gets a takedown and moves to full mount. This looks ugly. He works a triangle from top control and Hutcherson rolls and then slams his way out. When back on the feet its a clinch that MacDonald singles his way out of, straight to top control. Hutcherson sweeps to half guard, but himself ends up reversed, gives up his back, then is nearly armbarred as the round ends. Hutcherson lands a hard shot that drops Macdonald early in the second and lands some GnP as he tries to sweep to side control. Macdonald gets and elevator sweep, takes Hutcherson's back, and hangs in with a body triangle for awhile before transitioning to the mount/side control and a arm and head triangle choke that doesn't close the show when the bell rings.
After two rounds of escapes from Hutcherson, Hutcherson again drops Macdonald in the third and follows him down...straight into giving his back. Hutcherson turns into full mount instead, bucks out, and is on top. No action occurs, a ref standup happens, and Hutcherson's big chance standing is present again. Macdonald hurts him with a punch, shoots, Hutcherson defends, ends up on top, and Macdonald works rubber guard as the round ends. Clearly, this is Macdonald's fight. Except it ends as a draw. What? (2)
6) DEAN LISTER vs. THALES LEITES: Two former UFC stalwarts against one another after being cut from the promotion. Excitement? A BJJ war? No. Of course not.
Lister shoots the single, pulls guard, and Leites passes to side control, then stands up. Leites then decides to make this a standup fight, with Lister being totally useless standing and getting hit with low kicks. WAIT, DOOT DOOT DOOT NEWSFLASH: They added up the cards wrong and MacDonald won. Oh, isn't that nice. This fight? Oh, well, Lister pulls guard a lot and does nothing when he's on his back. When its standing, Leites lands low kicks. Lister gets cut by an elbow in the third. Terrible fight. Leites wins a UD. (4)
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Santore/Baker
KO OF THE NIGHT: Eastman/Lewis
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: N/A
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 3.5 out of 10. So sick of MFC shows; Never live up to whatever low hope you have for them.
D&R Rating: 36%
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