1) Ron Ritter vs. Gino Tutera: No idea who these dudes are, but they are heavyweights. Tutera is only 5'9'' and 210.
FIGHT: Tutera TKO Rnd 1. (0) KOTC Special with Tutera basically winning the fight with a single takedown. It all goes on from there as Ritter turns over and absorbs shots. (0)
2) BJ Gress vs. Carlos Gonzalez: Welterweights. Gress has a huge height advantage. Gonzalez is known as "The Rooster" and rocks a red mohawk. C'mon, for real?
FIGHT: Gonzalez TKO Rnd 1. (0)
Gress: Gress has a sloppy active guard he uses on the mat and Gonzalez just pops out of anything thrown at him. Gress should be overpowering his man based on the size advantage, but seems to fight safe more than anything. He lands solid knees in thai plumb but gives it up to go for a double...and do not much with it. In fact, he loses position and has to go for a loose heel hook. So often he tries to go for subs and none of the setups are very good and he ends up losing any solid position he gets. He goes for a kimura and Gonzalez ends up out of it and smashing him out as the round ends. Ref jumps in with 2 seconds on the clock.
Gonzalez: Some submission defense, doesn't react well to the clinch. Basically wins because he has a subpar opponent in the ring.
3) Nyantu Bolo vs. Joe Wissman: Wissman was a decent fighter on a bad card long ago during the only Bonecrunch Fighting League event. Bolo is someone I've never heard of and is already 35.
FIGHT: Wissman Submission Rnd 1. (0) Bolo is hopeless out there and gets tagged with a right hand with his guard being nonexistent. After getting dropped, Wissman jumps on him. Bolo surprises me by sweeping Wissman, but can't do anything inside of the triangle, and Bolo can only try to slam out. He fails and ends up asleep.
4) Keith McCabe vs. Kevin Abrante: Abrante is nearly 40. 185lb fighters. McCabe apparently trains at some Gracie Baha offshoot, and was noted in AOF 7 as having been matched in an attempt to make a slugfest.
FIGHT: McCabe TKO Rnd 1. Dudes slug. Little technique. McCabe is faster and more athletic, so he lands more. In this case, it just requires a 1-2. (0)
5) Mark Serkez vs. Corey Krebs: Serkez half the duo for the AOF 7 fight with McCabe mentioned earlier - and he's a Tom Sauer student! Krebs is a XFC vet, for whatever that's worth, and has like a foot height advantage.
FIGHT: Serkez TKO Rnd 1. (0) Dudes swing hard - I can see why that AOF fight was made now, though it was kinda boring. Serkez lands a couple looping shots as Krebs moves straight back and ends up out cold. Serkez throws his mouthpiece at his body after being tossed off by the ref and kicks at Krebs' corner. Classy dude.
6) Dave Yost vs. Chris Herring: Herring has a huge height advantage, but really now - no chance he wins.
FIGHT: Yost TKO Rnd 1/Sub from Punches. (0) Yost gets on top after Herring is totally gassed early on and smashes the crap out of him. Whatever.
7) Eric Reynolds vs. Greg Loughran: I missed what weight class this was in. Loughran is supposedly from Ireland? Reynolds is fresh off some losing efforts to real fighters in Bellator.
FIGHT: Reynolds TKO Rnd 1. (1) Both men trade standing and land flush. In fact, Loughran actually has some success standing. But in the end, Reynolds gets a takedown and pounds out his opposition.
8) Delson Heleno vs. Tyler Stinson: Stinson had time in the IFO and in Bellator. Heleno is a well known journeyman.
FIGHT: Heleno Submission Rnd 1. (1) Like this was gonna end any other way. Heleno takes down Stinson early and worked to get to the back, but Stinson escaped the RNC. Didn't matter; Heleno gets him back down, mounts, then gets the triangle from the top.
9) Seth Petruzelli vs. Chris Baten: Wow, this isn't the main event? OK. Baten is super ripped as always. Petruzelli has eschewed pink hair for a chinstrap.
FIGHT: Petruzelli TKO Rnd 1. (1) Kinda a lousy fight, SHOCKAH. Petruzelli catches Baten walking in with a right hand, lands a few shots on the mat as he looks a mess, and the ref jumps in. Of course, the announcers play it up like Baten was OK in spite of getting his head dribbled.
10) Tom Sauer vs. Marcio Cruz: Wooooooooow. For Cruz's hilarious heavyweight title. Sauer has a belly.
FIGHT: Cruz TKO Rnd 2. (2)
Cruz: I mean, if you told me this was the only fight that would go to the second, I'd be shocked. But it is. Still, Cruz by submission is like peanut butter and jelly or some shit like that. His striking is abysmal but its never gonna get better. His shots aren't too good either. This was something discovered in his UFC debut at UFC 55 where he was actually taken down a couple times and thrown. Anyhow, Sauer stuffs him twice and then he doesn't have the energy to do it again. The fight is then academic.
Sauer: Between the tick (only seen something like it in stroke patients), the poor conditioning, the fact that I know he's fighting for the money - this is really a sort of sad thing, to be honest. It keeps his name out there and he shows he has about 3 good minutes in the ring, but after that he's like a glorified grappling dummy taking punches while flat on his back. Worst yet, Sauer just covers up at the end of the fight and takes blows for like a solid minute. Why? Why?
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Loughran/Reynolds
KO OF THE NIGHT: Serkez/Krebs
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Stinson/Heleno
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 3 out of 10. Some upgrades in terms of the quality of guys up at the top of the card, and a legends fight of sorts main events. Still, the fights themselves aren't at all good. That is an issue.
D&R Rating: 10% (5/50)
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