1) Jessica Aguilar vs. Valerie Coolbaugh: 120lb catchweight. Aguilar is a highly ranked women's MMA fighter at this weight, but that doesn't mean much. Her opponent is 4-4 and 35.
FIGHT: Aguilar Submission Rnd 2. Much more competitive than expected. Coolbaugh is game and has solid submission defense. She fends off more than one RNC and a head and arm choke to land solid punches standing. In the end, she taps to a triangle choke. (2)
Aguilar: Really short, though maybe not for this weight specifically. Excellent grappling on the mat. Oh, she's wearing Aoki pants.
Coolbaugh: Throws straight punches, defends submissions fairly well, but more than anything is just tough.
2) Joe Ray vs. Yoandi Inchaustegui: Middleweight bout. Inchaustegui is listed as being Cuban.
FIGHT: Ray TKO/Submission from Strikes Rnd 2. One sided contest. Inchaustegui didn't do anything of value and was banged out from mount when he tapped. (0)
Ray: Not terrible at grappling I suppose. Against a guy with such limited talent, its tough to tell.
Inchaustegui: Brought Ray to the mat into mount more than once in the fight. Apart from bucking out of being mounted, he did nothing offensively or defensively that was effective.
3) Dahfir Harris vs. Cedric James: Heavyweights. Big boys too. Billed as "street fighter vs. street fighter".
FIGHT: Harris KO Rnd 1. Horrible showing. Just dudes swinging with some hugging action. Cedric James actually gets a takedown seemingly by accident. Standup by ref out of mount? Huh? Back to swinging and Jacobs is knocked out after having mounted Harris. Oh, let me mention that the ref for this is Frank Gentile. (0)
4) Alilton Barbosa vs. Keith Johnson: At a 170/175lb weight limit of some sort. Barbosa is claimed as a BJJ world champ and is 33.
FIGHT: Barbosa Submission Rnd 1. Barbosa is transitioning through tons of stuff at rapid fire pace from his back and taps Johnson with a triangle choke. (1)
5) Michael Bernhard vs. Ariel Gandulla: Gandulla has dropped to 185 for this but is still so old. No idea who Bernhard is. Apparently there is bad blood because Gandulla asked for money at ATT and didn't pay anyone back. OOOH.
FIGHT: Bernhard DQ. What a joke of a fight. Bernhard is poked in the eye repeatedly and hit with a knee to the groin, forcing a stoppage. He actually threw around the amateur star Gandulla in the fight and was on top, but nothing else could really be picked up with all the breaks. (0)
6) Oscar Encizo vs. Brian Fuery: Main event. Heavyweights. Fuery is huge and looks like a failed football player. Oh, he was! Former player for the U.
FIGHT: Fuery Submission Rnd 1. Fuery wins with a side headlock after holding it for about 90 seconds. Nothing to note here - Encizo landed a nice low kick, then got taken down, and that was the end of the fight. Fuery I'd seen getting beaten by David Yost, so its not like I think much about him anyhow. (0)
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Aguilar/Coolbaugh
KO OF THE NIGHT: James/Harris
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Fuery/Encizo (how often do you see a side headlock finish in MMA?)
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 3 out of 10. I can't say this show is a total waste of time because the women's fight wasn't shabby and neither was Barbosa. Everything else should be skipped though.
D&R Rating: 10% (3/30)
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The fight between Cedric James and Dahfir Harris was one of the strangest refereeing jobs in the history of MMA. James gets Harris in full mount and decides to take a little break. After 15 seconds he begins to lay some punches on Harris and ref Gentile decides to stand the fight up for inactivity. After 15 seconds! Harris then knocks James out. A very odd decision by Gentile cost James a possibility at his first victory.
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