1) HANS STRINGER vs. NILS VAN NOORT: At 205. Stringer is the more well known of the two, having been in the European circuit for awhile.
Van Noort goes for a takedown, ends up on the bottom, but does sweep. And then he is in a triangle. (0)
2) Krista Fleming/Titiana Van Polanen Petel: Women's kickboxing. Doesn't count. Went full 5 under MT rules and Petel clearly won. Fleming was more attractive going in; does that count?
3) JASON JONES vs. HRACHO DARPINYAN: Another light heavyweight bout. This features a guy I've seen an inordinate amount of in Jason Jones from his M-1 bouts.
Jones rushes in and Darpinyan wants a takedown in the clinch. Then there's a low blow to Jones, and we start over. Jones lands a left in that exchange and Darpinyan is DOWN~ and takes a lot of hammerfists, but no, this is not mercifully over. Instead, Darpinyan, while mounted, gets out of that bad spot momentarily, surviving only to be mounted again. He again escapes, and in doing so tries to kick Jones on the ground, hitting him in the head. More importantly, there's a toe in the eye, and chaos for awhile as Jones recovers. The inevitable restart of the longest first ever has Jones with the takedown.
Second round! Darpinyan goes for an Armenian Hiptoss (that is to say, a hiptoss performed by an Armenian) but ends up on the bottom, like Van Noort did in the prior MMA contest. Jones is on top pretty much the entire round, either in full or half guard, until we finally get Darpinyan to do something (a sweep) which leads to him getting beaned with some punches at the bell. Third is no better: Jones with the takedown, Jones with the mount, Jones there virtually the entire round. Darpinyan does nothing but survive. Jones with the UD. (1)
4) Halim Issaoui vs. Ali Gunyar: K-1 rules, 165lbs. Doesn't count. Good fight though. Lots of action. I and the judges gave it to Gunyar for superior kicking.
5) TOMMY DEPRET vs. VINCENT LATOEL: Nothing fight between nothing fighters at 155.
Trading shots early, though mostly single punches. Latouel is hurt, tries for a take down, ends up getting beat up a little. He scrambles up to his feet, and gets thrown down to the mat again for more beatings. Latoel gets back up and lands a couple punches at the end of the round, only to get taken down and almost KOed with a punch as the bell rings. Seconds seals it: Depret sprawls out on a takedown attempt and secures a guillotine. (0)
6) Anderson Silva (the OTHER one) vs. Stefan Leko: K-1 rules. Leko was good a long time ago, now his stomach hangs over his shorts with the saddest muffin top. Silva abuses him, eventually stopping him in the second. Anderson Braddock Silva looks interesting for sure.
7) NIKOLAI ONIKIENKO vs. VALENTIJN OVEREEM: Onikienko's first fight of the year, and its not incidental. How many Valentijn Overeem comebacks must the world endure?
Overeem comes in strong and takes down Onikienko. Too bad Onikienko lands a left hand as Valentijn comes in. That breaks his nose and forces an end to the fight as he quits for the billionth time. (1)
8) Errol Zimmerman vs. Wendell Roche: K-1 rules. Roche gave a good account of himself in this slugout that Zimmerman needed an overtime round to win.
9) RODNEY GLUNDER vs. DION STARING: Both ancient names in Euro MMA. One better than the other.
Staring with a takedown, pass to side control, Kimura. Sounds fast, actually took like 3 minutes. (0)
10) Hesdy Gerges vs. Ruslan Karaev: K-1 rules, infamous mismatch. Karaev is going to the K-1 World Grand Prix and ends up enduring incredible battery at the hands of Gerges, another guy who's lost to Anderson Braddock Silva. Leg kicks demolish Karaev, who somehow stays vertical even as his head bounces around the ring like a pinball off the flippers of Gerges' left and right hands.
11) ROBERT JOCZ vs. SIYAR BAHADURZADA: Jocz is a grappler and Bahadurzada is a kickboxer, really, with more experience too.
Jocz gets takedowns in the first and then its Bahadurzada getting them in the second and third. Little damage is done by anyone in any of these scenarios, and apart from a kimura in the first round by Jocz, no one even comes close to finishing. Bahadurzada wins a dull fight. (1)
12) ALISTAR OVEREEM vs. TONY SYLVESTER: A bizarre matchup. Sylvester is a vet of YAMMA. Overeem is, well.
Overeem just bombs the chunky white guy out with strikes and finishes with the guillotine. Was that the predetermined finish? (3)
13) Semmy Schilt vs. Alexey Ignashov: A K-1 rules bout that would have mattered more 3 years ago. Schilt in a shutout; classic control of distance from Semmy en route to what seems like his billionth win the last 4 years.
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Issaoui/Gunyar
KO OF THE NIGHT: Silva/Leko
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Staring/Glunder
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 6 out of 10. Waste of Overeem, but expected with the event. Kickboxing was better than the MMA by miles. As an MMA event, it does poorly.
D&R Rating: 17%
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