NAAFS Cage Fighting 4/4/2010

Continuing with moar and moar NAAFS reviews. All sorts of strange commercials too - there's one for the I-X Indoor Amusement Park that gets put up in the metro Cinci area during winter time for instance. Fights seem to be from the 12/5/2009 event.

1) George Comer vs. Kevin Rothacker: National NAAFS Lightweight Amateur Championship. One of these days I'm going to list every title fight I've ever reviewed.

FIGHT: Comer Unanimous Decision. (1) Undefeated as an amateur, Comer is kinda interesting in so much as he's a guy who can wrestle pretty well. Rothacker actually develops some positions off his back and defending takedowns that worry be about Rothacker (nearly taking the back in the 3rd, landing some nice knees in the clinch, getting a high guard when he didn't seem entirely capable of doing anything submission wise).

2) John Hawk vs. Thad Schlichter: Heavyweight pro series SUPAHFIGHT

FIGHT: Hawk TKO Rnd 3. (0)

Hawk: As was displayed in a later fight with Hawk I've already reviewed, he seriously lacks the standup skills or high level of wrestling to truly compete and win at the top end of the heavyweight division. He takes a bunch of shots from Schlichter and gets his nose busted very early on. His chiseled opponent then gasses in the first, and Hawk takes advantage. He gets the fight to the mat and really its all over from there. He just keeps on top for the rest of the round and then retakes the top position in the second and third and rains down elbows and punches. Nothing about this makes you think he could be as successful with Ricco Rodriguez or Monson at this same sort of thing. Hell, he couldn't do this to Oleynik, I don't think. And that's a problem.

Schlichter: Has some moderately acceptable striking for MMA, and is physically strong. But his cardio isn't up to par. Hawk's shouldn't be either, but he is calm. He understands the emotions of fighting. Schlichter doesn't. When you do it for the rush, and it ends, and the man is still there in front of you? It doesn't matter if you should be better, you're going to get abused. And that's what happened. He ends up bleeding like a stuck pig in the second from the shots he takes, and eventually ends up stopped. There's a point in fact where his mouthpiece falls out and the ref stops it with them in position, and he just lays there looking totally defeated. Like why even restart?

OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 3 out of 10. Nothing to be excited about, and the fights themselves weren't that good. I feel like I say that often?