1) Hugh Brady vs. Michael Reid: This is a welterweight contest. Reid is much taller.
FIGHT: Brady Submission Rnd 3. (0)
Reid: Bigger fighter, appears more athletic looking at him, drops Brady very early, rides his back for a couple of minutes, goes for a number of submissions from his back when he loses the position. Honestly was surprised that Brady made it to the second after nearly getting choked and armbarred. Then in round two, Brady leans he can take him down and push him into the fence, and that's the fight. He was totally worthless in that position, just taking occasional punches and otherwise laying there gassing until giving his back and being submitted.
Brady: Game, some skills on the mat, but nothing obscene. No crazy "jungle jiujitsu" as Rogan once called Matt Serra's style. More like "adequate for survival past the second minute BJJ". As the fight wears on, he gets Reid down with simple takedowns, pushes him into the fence, and puts weight on him. That's enough to gas Reid and he eventually is able to start passing the guard and takes the back for a submission win.
2) Colin McKee vs. Arunus Silcius: Silcius is some Lithuanian plumber with a HORRIBLE stomach scar brought in to probably lose. McKee is on a win streak and seems to be a solid grappler.
FIGHT: McKee TKO 1. Exactly as I anticipated. McKee with a quick takedown to start and he pounds out Silcius from the half guard against the fence. No real resistance. (0)
3) Jordy Peute vs. Gary Morris: "Lightweights". Puete is 138, Morris 144. Puete is said to be dutch, so I expect either Judo or kickboxing.
FIGHT: Jordy submission Rnd 1. Morris tries the "punch when the other guy tries to bang gloves at the start" move. For that, Jordy shoots, pulls guard, gets the armbar, and then injures the arm, leaving Morris screaming in pain. (0)
4) Lee McKibbin vs. Karolis Liukaitis: McKibbin is a regular for the promotion, and Liukaitis could be anything skillwise. Middleweight bout. McKibbin is much bigger.
FIGHT: McKibbin Submission Rnd 1 (0)
Liukaitis: Undersized kickboxing guy who uses his strength to escape an armbar early and leaps backwards in an attempt to shake McKibbin, on but eventually gets trapped in a choke due to the skill of McKibbin overcoming the unorthodox desperation.
McKibbin: Had all the advantages and still went out to try and win. Still nothing notable to be said about his wrestling, as it was Liukaitis who got him down to the mat, even when it was a terrible idea.
5) Daniel Abrol vs. JC Pennington: Pennington has been seen before losing to Javier Vazquez on this blog, and Abrol's last fight with an American ended in an embarassing loss to some dude who looked like a preteen.
FIGHT: Pennington Submission Rnd 2. (0)
Pennington: Pennington is better on the mat, and this being MMA, that's what matters. Abrol is a decent striker and lands some hard right hands, but Pennington is an experienced gatekeeper type and isn't so quickly shook. When the time comes, he takes over and wins.
Abrol: Flatfooted and throwing looping leads, he's caught with Pennington's not so great strikes as he rushes in, eventually being forced to do jumping front kicks and stuff. On the mat he's still not good enough to beat a decently trained grappler. The announcers are basically rooting on Abrol, demanding the ref stop the bout and that Abrol is "good enough to get out of this" as Pennington takes him down and starts rolling for submissions. Daniel is "dominating position wise" as Pennington starts abusing him, taking him down, switching to his back, and choking him out.
6) Peter Duncan vs. Bryan Goldsby: Goldsby is from the US and looks to be in better shape than Duncan. Duncan though is the local guy and the crowd's favorite.
FIGHT: Duncan Submission Rnd 2. (0)
Duncan: Was taken down a few times, but proved to be the better man on the mat, reversing positions and taking dominant stances. Eventually, he ended up in side control and locked up the kimura to win. Duncan looked passable off his back.
Goldsby: Some solid wrestling takedowns, but his follow through with keeping positional control left tons to be desired. Didn't want to strike with Duncan much at all.
7) Jeff Monson vs. Sergej Maslobojev: Another random Lithuanian against a man who never actually lived under communism, but would like to. Main event.
FIGHT: Monson Submission Rnd 2. I'm not gonna break this down much, in that Monson takes down the Lithuanian repeatedly, lays on him, and punches him some while occasionally looking to pass guard. He goes to north/south and gets the anaconda choke. (3)
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Duncan/Goldsby
KO OF THE NIGHT: Silcius/McKee
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Monson/Maslobojev
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 3.5 out of 10. Another piddling fight card. At least we have Monson with an awesome choke against some dude who probably makes 9 USD an hour doing some manual labor for the trouble of watching. Peter Duncan also continues to entertain. He might not be very good, but he could be one of the most interesting to watch journeymen in the fight game.
D&R Rating: 8.5% (3/35)
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