1) Gilbert Yvel vs. Ibragim Magomedov: Everyone loves an Yvel fight. 11/11/2001 is the date.
FIGHT: Yvel Submission Rnd 1. (2)
Magomedov: Man, is he ever sloppy. I mean, Yvel almost gets a kneebar against him. Just overpowering Yvel in the clinch. Then, incredibly, Magomedov actually fouls Yvel by eyegouging him. Yvel recovers, fight restarts, Yvel drops him and it leads to the end.
Yvel: Yvel was once a dangerous man in MMA, and you see why here. Yvel has something resembling a submission game and is a powerful striker. However, the submissions never really got where they needed to in order to get him the Ws at the higher levels of the game.
2) Andrei Semenov vs. Alexi Vezelozorov: Vezelozorov is apparently a karate guy. I've enjoyed past fights of his. 11/11/2000.
FIGHT: Semenov Submission Rnd 1. (1)
Semenov: Really the only guy to talk about here. Takes down Vezelozorov early, easily attains mount, and then goes for the armbar. Vezelozorov taps in about a minute-thirty.
3) Sergei Bytchkov vs. Jani Lax: Bytchkov was a vet of a bunch of promotions and fought dudes like Mach Sakurai and Luiz Firmino. Lax is some Swede who actually was in Hero's for a time. From 11/11/2001.
FIGHT: Bytchkov TKO Rnd 1 (1)
Lax: Lax was actually a decent boxer standing, and had Bytchkov in real trouble in the first minute. However, there's being decent and being good: Good boxers don't drop their hands and they don't square up. Lax did and paid for it when Bytchkov threw a haymaker. Lax had no submission game, otherwise, he would have won.
Bytchkov: Tough guy, robot boxing. Had some decent takedowns.
4) Vladimir Yushko vs. Ansar Chalangov: Chalangov was the standout 185lber on M-1 last year, exemplifying how bad a season it was. 10/10/2003.
FIGHT: Chalangov Submission Rnd 1 (1)
Chalangov: It sucks seeing fights like this, because you know how the story ends. He just runs over Yushko, who isn't physically strong enough to stop the takedown or get his way out of the clinch. Wins by a strange armbar while still mounted on Yushko. Yushko threw a headkick that missed and that was pretty much all he had. Chalangov ran into American wrestlers who could take him down, and strong strikers who could shrug off his shots, and it proved that he was in way over his head outside of Eastern Europe.
5) Oleg Tsygolnik vs. Mika Ilmen: Heavyweight jobbers collide. 11/11/2001.
FIGHT: Tsygolnik Submission Rnd 1 (0)
Stupid fight. Some light bad leg kicks thrown, they clinch, Ilmen's knee gives out during a trip takedown. Fight is over as he taps.
6) Dave Strasser vs. Ansar Chalangov: What a strange fight at the time. Chalangov is a prospect. Strasser is a UFC vet. 12/5/2003
FIGHT: Chalangov Submission Rnd 1. (2) Not much to see here honestly. Chalangov dropps Strasser early, pounds on him, Strasser just sorta flops around, and is caught in a one arm guillotine and taps while mounted. Huh? Looked to me to be a thrown bout.
7) Musail Alludinov vs. Yuji Hoshino: Another bout from 12/5/2003.
FIGHT: Alludinov TKO Rnd 1. A whopping 10 seconds or so. Alludinov catches Hoshino with a right hand as Hoshino is circling, and then while he is face down on the canvas he takes another blow. (0)
8) Marcelo Vieira vs. Stanislav Nuschik: Vieira's career is a total mess.
FIGHT: Nuschik TKO Rnd 1 (0)
Vieira: Poor shot, but then he is against a guy in wrestling shoes. Submission game is not that great either. Zero standup. I guess is is really muscular.
Nuschik: Lands a billion punches standing as Vieira just sorta wobbles toward him. He is gassed about 2 minutes in as a result. Eventually he sucks it up and finishes the guy.
9) Roman Zentsov vs. Herman van Tol: Did Zentsov commit any crimes against foreigners in Russia? He seems like the kind of guy who might. 11/11/2000.
FIGHT: Zentsov TKO Rnd 1. Zentsov and van Tol trade early and to the surprise of no one, Zentsov gets the best of it. (1)
10) Amar Suloev vs. Rick Rootlieb: From 11/11/2000 as part of a tournament.
FIGHT: Suolev Submission Rnd 1. Suolev shoots under a right hand as Rootlieb comes to deliver it, gets down Rootlieb, and his opponent has no idea how to defend anything there. He has the back in like 3 seconds, throws some punches, and then gets the RNC. Under a minute. (1)
11) Andrei Semenov vs. Adnan Durmas: Also part of a tournament on 11/11/2000. Possibly the same one? Who knows. Hell, we just saw the fight with Vezelozorov from that night in this same hour show.
FIGHT: Semenov TKO Rnd 1. Semenov shoots under an attempt to close the distance by Durmas, huge takedown, and then GNP in mount until the fight is over. Ends in 50 seconds. (1)
OVERALL FOR THE SHOW: 3.5 out of 10. 11 fights in about 50 minutes, and none of them were actually good.
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