(this show falls under Hour Long MMA guidelines for the blog, as an aside)
1) Bill Fienberg vs. JP Jaranowski: Bantamweight national amateur title for NAAFS. Jaranowski is said to be 7-0 as an amateur , which might as well be a pro record given the state of MMA. 3 minute rounds.
FIGHT: Jaranowski Unanimous Decision. Not the most thrilling fight to watch by any stretch of the imagination. Jaranowski's record proves meaningless when you see him work off his back - there's nothing there. He just tries to hold on and get a standup. In round 1, that works even though Fienberg is in side control, and Jaranowski lands some solid strikes. Doesn't happen though in round 2 and 3 where he's largely laid on. Naturally, this means that Fienberg loses a UD including a 30-27 card. Uh, what? (0)
Fienberg: Does takedowns. Dominated the action. Lost? Admittedly does nothing but look for superior positions. No strikes to set them up.
Jaranowski: Lands a couple strikes in the first round that might have won that for him, goes for a guillotine in the third, throws some really shitty strikes from his back, and that's enough to win.
2) Daniel Straus vs. Joe Heiland: Pro series Lightweight division. Heiland is listed as 12-0. That is accurate: 5-0 as pro, and 7-0 as an amateur. Full 5 minutes here per round.
FIGHT: Straus Decision. This is considered a pretty major upset by the announcers, as Heiland has a pretty solid set of wrestling credentials and has such a monster record coming in. The first and third rounds were extremely close rounds I felt should have gone to Heiland given his more damaging strikes and/or two successful take downs in round 3, but I'm not a judge obviously. Straus does land some low kicks in the third and cuts Heiland in the first, and those things are probably what scores him the fight with the judges. Only the second was clearly in his favor (stuffing shots, landing blows). (2) for the two good prospects in the fight.
Straus: Counter puncher, doesn't shoot, but can defend the shot quite well. Calm in the ring. Ate a monster right hand, so he probably needs to keep his hands up and move his head. Subsequent wins over Gideon Ray and Travis Perzynski.
Heiland: Very strong wrestler, and in terms of style, picture Jon Fitch. But if you can't score takedowns, its tough to win as a wrestler. He was unable to for the first 12:30 of the fight, and that's a big problem in a 3 round fight.
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 4.5 out of 10. You know, the fights were pretty boring, and yet because they're totally new people to me and I can see the full fight and the fighters are actually pretty good...I enjoyed it. You get the sense this matters, unlike most of the Cage Wars stuff I've watched of late.
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