LIGHTWEIGHTS:
1. RENATO MIGLIACCIO (2-0, 2 Submissions) - A BJJ practitioner from the USA East squad, he competed twice as a lightweight on the squad. Both guys who weren't him weren't so successful. Interesting note: You can easily argue that he beat better fighters than either Jansen or Ivlev.
VS. YANKO YANEV (3/28/09) - A very dominant fight for Migliaccio: He takes down Yanev seemingly at will and prevents getting hit with anything big in the standup game. When on the mat, he generally controls Yanev and is able to work for position and submissions. He finishes him late in the first round with a armbar out of the mount.
VS. NIKO PUHAKKA (6/5/09) - Puhakka, a veteran, also happens to be significantly larger than Migliaccio. In spite of this, he is taken down by the smaller American and gives up his back early. Migliaccio doesn't really get in the hooks, and Puhakka snakes out. Standing, Migliaccio coems forward right to the clinch and a throw, then as Puhakka escapes that, a double leg takedown. Migliaccio runs a clinic on Puhakka, working both arms before picking one to extend into a armbar. Bell is rung, but Puhakka claims he didn't tap. Watching again, he was just yelling in pain - that'll generally be a technical submission anywhere on a fully executed armbar.
2. YURA IVLEV (4-0, 2 KOs, 1 Sub)
This was a competitive battle for the #2 position. What sealed it was an event that occurred after the end of the season: Jansen's loss in a recent WEC show proved that this was about his ceiling for talent. Rather than the theoretical, you go with the practical. With the same sort of opposition, Ivlev had more impressive results.
Vs. ROMANO DE LAS REYES, World Team (3/28/09) - Second round was shown in full. First round clips show Ivlev with some nice throws and De Las Reyes trying to mix it up on the feet. Announcers gave it to Ivlev. Second round: RDLR throws down Ivlev out of the thai plumb, but was nullified on the mat. Ivlev sweeps him and is in half guard, stands out, and tries to jump-pass with punches. He gets to side control and goes for an armbar, but Las Reyes defends and is on top in half guard. The ref stands them up late in the round, but Ivlev is the winner.
VS. FRANCO DE LEONARDIS, Spain (5/9/09) - Both rounds shown. De Leonardis has some skills from his back but never really capitalizes on his submission attempts, such as a pair of triangles in the first round. Ivlev is almost always in top control; De Leonardis has to pull guard to force it down. In the second, De Leonardis changes nothing about his MO, and Ivlev is able to expect it. He hurts De Leonardis while in the north/south position after defending a takedown, and the resulting desperate scramble ends with De Leonardis on his stomach taking blows until tapping out.
VS. SCOTT HEWITT, Great Britain (9/26/09) - Ivlev throws Hewitt with a judo hiptoss, and then KOs him as Hewitt tries to scramble up.
VS. IVAN JORGE, USA East (12/3/09) - Jorge is the more comfortable one standing by appearances; well, until a robot right hand lands from Ivlev. Ivlev throws Jorge after than and lands blows for almost a full minute. Jorge actually survives this and shoots. Ivlev gets taken down and actually gives up the back to Jorge. He barely gets out of the first.
Jorge shoots in and Ivlev ends up getting his back taken again. After a long period of back control. Ivlev spins out. He's almost armtriangled in the escape, but breaks free and stands. He drops Jorge with punches standing and forces the referee stoppage. Good come from behind win.
3. DAVID JANSEN (3-0, 1 sub): A strong wrestler, Jansen won three fights against middling competition with M-1 before graduating to the WEC. He won his first there, but lost his second fight in 2010 for that promotion. Still, he's a strong enough prospect to keep an eye on as he develops.
VS. FLAVIO ALVARO, Brazil (2/21/09) - First wasn't shown, but its mentioned that Jansen seemed to win with his wrestling. Second round sees Jansen having to escape a few submission attempts by Alvaro, but he cuts Alvaro and puts a solid beating on him while inside the guard. Unanimous decision for Jansen.
VS. YUI CHUL NAM, South Korea (4/29/09) - First not shown; What we know? Looks like Jansen was on top and punching. Second round is no different. Jansen shoots from too far away to work with most, but the fourth level guys like this will get taken down. That's how the fight ends: Jansen on top to the decision, controlling and throwing shots.
VS. AMIRKHAN MAZIKHOV (7/4/2009) - Mazikhov shoots after getting hit with a right hand and is caught in a peruvian necktie. Easy W.
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