1) Tom Sauer vs. Liron Wilson: Unimaginably bizarre fight. Trauma is old as hell and actually, so is Wilson, who has about 500 fewer fights. Sauer has a gut.
FIGHT: Sauer TKO Rnd 2 (1)
Sauer: Had issues keeping the fight standing against a guy with no real wrestling background. Strikes were lazy. Gassed after one round. A sad return, even in winning.
Wilson: Wilson actually spent most of the first round landing hard blows on top of Sauer, who was working bizarre pseudosubmissions. He gets swept and then takes blows. After that, it goes downhill fast. Totally blown up at the start of the second after nearly getting choked out by Sauer at the end of the first, Wilson has a slow kick caught, is taken down, and pounded out.
2) Ron Jacobs vs. Jim Alers: Undefeated feathers.
FIGHT: Jacobs TKO Rnd 1. (0)
Not much of a story, as Alers gets hurt really early and then gets demolished with punches. Not an important fight as Jacobs gets beaten less than a month later.
3) Greg Laughran vs. Edson Berto: Lightweight fight with Berto, the former prospect and Laughran, a journeyman.
FIGHT: Berto Submission Rnd 1. So fast you could have missed it. Berto shoots and takes down Laughran twice in just the first two minutes, then as Laughran stands up, Berto switches to his back and drops for an ankle lock. Really cool submission. Laughran showed next to nothing except that he is capable of getting injured by a 15-8-1 fighter. (1)
4) Daniel Lovett vs. Raul Amaya: Amaya is undefeated at 170, but hella short. Clearly too small for 170.
FIGHT: Amaya Submission Rnd 3. (0)
Amaya: You can tell what his problems will be very quickly - at welterweight he looked almost a division smaller than Lovett. Lovett threw a lot of really good submission attempts, almost winning on an armbar in the first. Amaya was strong and constantly kept looking for the single leg takedown, eventually grinding Lovett down, getting him to the mat, and taking his back.
Lovett: Probably a blue belt level BJJ competitor, Lovett is slow on his feet, a nonpuncher, and not a very good wrestler. He doesn't hold dominant positions well either. He has some decent submission skills and can move his hips around well from the bottom, but aside from that, no particularly strong skills that would indicate that he can rebound from his 2-3 pro start to something more significant.
5) Keith McCabe vs. Mark Serkez: Middleweights. Bangers intended to give the world a FOTN.
FIGHT: Serkez Unanimous Decision (0)
Two guys throw bombs. That's the fight. But its a fight like Lytle/Davis where people want it to be this incredible thing and it doesn't become that because each guy is too respectful of the other. So instead, its one shot at a time landing, the occasional hug/takedown, and that's about it. McCabe isn't as well prepared as his opponent, getting taken down and huffing big time at the end of the fight.
6) David Yost vs. Marcio "Pe De Pano" Cruz: Cruz was signed by the UFC to make his debut there in modern times. David Yost is a gassed up meathead, by all appearances. This is for the WORLD FIGHTING ORGANIZATION HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE. What?
FIGHT: Cruz Submission Rnd 1. (2)
Yost: A brawler against one of the greatest big men in submission grappling history. What could possibly go wrong? Aside from everything?
Cruz: Clinches with Yost as soon as he tries to slug. Throws him. RNC soon after.
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Amaya/Lovett
KO OF THE NIGHT: Jacobs/Ayers
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Laughran/Berto
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 3.5 out of 10. There's some meaningless fun here with recognizable names. The fights themselves aren't very good, to be honest, and no one here is likely to become a household name ever. The best chance for one is Marcio Cruz, with Amaya being a distant second.
D&R Rating 13% (4/30)
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