1) Manuel Villanueva vs. Bhrandon Poindexter: Amateur lightweight bout. Matt Brown is joining on commentary. Poindexter is related to boxing trainer Lorenzo Scott, I hear.
FIGHT: Poindexter Submission Rnd 3. Man, not much of a fight from Villanueva. He's not very good standing, he shoots from way outside and never is successful, and Poindexter stuffs him and hits him a lot. Poindexter pulls a switch in round 3 and chokes out Villanueva with an RNC.
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2) Brandon Inskeep vs. Doug Kulbis: Pro featherweight fight. We get Dan Hornbuckle as the guest here.
FIGHT: Kulbis Submission Rnd 2. Kind of a sad fight to watch with Inskeep being game but totally overmatched by Kulbis, who takes him down, smashes him, nearly triangles him at the bell, then takes him down again and smashes then chokes him out with an RNC. Inskeep was active off his back but put himself in worse positions - side control not bad enough? OK. North-south, here we come! (0)
3) Jeremy Holm vs. Stipe Miocic: Miocic is being hyped by the crew as training by Ray Austin now in boxing. Who would say his name if it wasn't true? Holm is 1-0 as a pro, but 9-0 including ammy bouts. Who doesn't at this level of MMA?
FIGHT: Miocic Round 1. I've been sitting back watching the guy, waiting to be impressed with something he's done instead of just hearing about him getting love from his promoter. Miocic here comes out collected, calm, throws a clean uppercut that misses but looked great, and just blows Holm away with a beautiful straight right. Miocic has beaten everyone good in his region. I would agree with anyone who thinks he's about 3-4 fights away from the big time. I mean, what is the rush? At 28, he can wait another year before he gets to the top. (2)
OVERALL FOR THE SHOW: 3 out of 10. Another show with some beatings handed out, and then a really big beating handed out. None of the fights were competitive, but there's some points there for Stipe Miocic's big win.
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