1) Michael Reid vs. Steven Nolan: Welterweights. Amateur fight too.
FIGHT: Reid Unanimous Decision. Its listed on the screen as a submission, but clearly is not. Nothing to see here: Reid mounts Nolan, does nothing. Spends probably 10 minutes of the fight in mount, 4 in half guard or guard, then a minute in some other position. Better than Nolan in every way. Only one fight since, another decision win. (0)
2) Ali McClean vs. Ryan Roddy: Lightweights. A pro bout, thankfully. I think.
FIGHT: Roddy Submission Rnd 1. McClean tries to take off Roddy's head when Roddy wants to touch gloves, and Roddy responds by dominating him on the mat and eventually getting the triangle off his back (after a failed armbar attempt) to end the fight in 88 seconds.
3) John Smith vs. Moen Takalou: Oh man. Takalou is so bad. Smith is an ex-kickboxer, as we know from previous shows.
FIGHT: Takalou KO 1....or not. Catches Smith who is otherwise tooling him and drops him hard with a punch. He then attacks Smith voraciously and forces a ref stoppage. After the ref jumps in, Takalou tries to stop the downed Smith. Poor Takalou gets a No Contest instead. (0)
4) Peter Duncan vs. Arman Soufi: Lightweights. Duncan clearly larger.
FIGHT: Duncan Submission Rnd 1. When watching Soufi, it looks like he doesn't know how to do anything, and then he does some crazy looking escape and makes it work. But Duncan eventually rolls into an armbar and forces a tap. Duncan's first win in 4 fights. Soufi not much better. (0)
5) Chris Stringer vs. Michael Angelista: Lightweights. Based on what I've seen, easy night for Angelista.
FIGHT: Stringer Submission Rnd 1. And that is why they have the fights. Stringer comes out fast, swinging with tight punches and kicks. Angelista closes and goes for a single, but gets caught in a guillotine. He tries to slam out but needs to tap. Had the arm in, BTW. (0)
6) Brian Kerr vs. Paul Murtagh: Welterweights I don't know.
FIGHT: Kerr Submission Rnd 2. All Kerr in this fight. He lands a bunch of clean shots early in the fight and the announcers mention his ammy record in boxing. Murtagh nearly pulls off a miracle submission after being dropped with a punch as he locks in a triangle and transitions to an armbar, but Kerr escapes, and that is all that for Murtagh. He ends up getting caught in a guillotine in round 2 and gets DDTed to boot in a desperate attempt to get a takedown. (0)
Kerr: Good submission defense, solid striking. Last fight in MMA.
Murtagh: Bleeder. All submissions, nothing else.
7) Lee McKibbin vs. Bastiaan Rejen: Middleweights.
FIGHT: McKibbin Submission Rnd 1. McKibbin beats the "submission specialist" with an armbar after Rejen is in top control early in the first. Took forever to finish. (0) Nothing inspiring to mention here about either man's technique. McKibbin's wrestling isn't that great and Rejen clearly wasn't prepared to see a submission attempt come at him.
8) Daniel Abrol vs. Tim Estes: Lightweight bout. Estes is from the US and looks to be about 12.
FIGHT: Estes Submission Rnd 1. Powpowpow swinging for the fences, though with some technical panache, and then they roll on the mat a little wildly. Abrol gets the fight back up and we have some clinch fighting. Abrol looks to throw Estes and gets defended against well. Estes throws him down and starts smashing with punches, forcing Abrol to roll over and eventually this leads to a RNC. Estes' last win. (0)
Abrol: More of the same from him. You see the massive lack of solid grappling, and frankly Estes was doing a solid job of striking with him. Abrol had a tough time with the jab.
Estes: Threw basic 1-2s with single jabs, outgrappled a guy who didn't grapple, forced the submission. Really should have never lost mount in the first round, but perhaps he wasn't even totally understanding that he had such a dominant position.
9) Colin McKee vs. James Orso: Welterweights.
FIGHT: McKee TKO 2. All McKee in this bout. Orso had nothing for him on the mat, and it kept going there. McKee regularly went for submissions and dominant positions in the fight, but was a bit sloppy and lost them when he probably had good shots at finishing. McKee was gassed after 3 minutes, and in the second just ended up getting sucked down and pounded out. (1)
Orso: Tried to wrestle, but nothing when on the mat for McKee. Since went on to beat Danny Abiddi.
McKee: This fight turned around McKee's career. He's won 8 straight going to Feb. 2010. Nothing I could see about standup, but he's a solid grappler who understands the basics of positioning rather well.
10) Cliff Wheatley vs. Augusto Frota: Lightweights. Frota seems like a decent fighter. Wheatley is an American and very lanky. (0)
FIGHT: Frota Submission Rnd 1. Wild, WILD striking to start the fight that looks like a pansy slap fight. Frota then decides to take down Wheatley and from there easily pounds the American and forces him to roll over to his stomach. Wheatley says in the post fight interview "I flat out got my ass kicked!"
11) Jimmy Mills vs. Colin Davidson: Light heavyweights. Another USA/UK bout.
FIGHT: Mills Submission Rnd 1. Total domination by Mills as he takes down Davidson and cuts him badly with GNP, then eventually forces the tap with a head and arm choke. (0)
Mills: Soft around the midsection. Really soft. Lost to Kevin Casey. Generic wrestler guy.
Davidson: Short notice opponent, not any good at anything, best I can tell. Should find a different profession. No reason to get beat up like this for no money.
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Kerr/Murtagh
KO OF THE NIGHT: Takalou/Smith
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Stringer/Angelista
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 2 out of 10. Not the worst show I've seen but lots of uninspiring with some Jobbers Get In Offense fights.
D&R Rating: 1% (1/55)
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