1) Mike Putnam vs. Clint Musser: Musser is from Penn State, Putnam might be but they aren't sure, so he almost certainly isn't. Its also Putnam's first fight in a nonsmoker in over 2 years. Putnam is from a hellasmall town called Bellefonte in Pennsylvania that has a bitchin' German restaurant. Pro tip in case you are near Altoona.
FIGHT: Musser Submission Rnd 1. Musser looks to set up the takedown, gets it, and Putnam tries to scramble right into a guillotine. Its with the arm in but Putnam still forces the tap as he rolls into full guard. (0)
2) Tamikka Brents vs. Jessica Zomcik: Women's MMA bout. Zomchik has won some women's BJJ tournaments....no idea what belt level, don't know if it was for novices or U-19s or anything like that, just only the weight for this fight is known (155). Further investigation tells me she won a NAGA title of some sort in 2009 in a no-gi division. What belt level? Pfff. No clue, yo.
FIGHT: Zomcik Split Decision. Close fight in which Zomcik proved more than capable opposition to Zomcik. She gassed out a little in the third but was a match standing and in the clinch. Honestly, the fight was completely forgettable stuff and I was reading about the American Le Mans Series race at Road America instead of completely paying attention. Tamikka threw a lot of single shots and Zomcik threw a lot of arm punch combinations. (0)
3) Zac Gobel vs. Milan Wesley: Gobel admits to only having trained for 3-4 weeks, which means he's really only trained about 2. Maybe. Wesley celebrated his last win, I am told, with the "Chocolate Thunder Dance", which upset a rural crowd. What is that supposed to mean? A bunch of drunk crackers screaming the N-word? Middleweight contest with both men well under the limit.
FIGHT: Gobel Submission Rnd 1. Pretty big upset they say. Gobel gets cut shooting for the takedown: actually, looks like he must have been cut as he took him down and his head hit the canvas. He promptly locks in a RNC from a sort of side position, a la Militech/Newton, but then gets in some hooks and pulls him back for the win. Fast stuff. (0)
4) Jason Jones vs. Brian Rogers: Jones is from Team Bloody Buddy, and no, its not the black dude from Holland. Rogers has some awesome dreds. Still reminds me of Jermaine Andre with that hair.
FIGHT: Rogers TKO Rnd 1. He gets kneed in the balls early on, needs to recover, then comes back hard and angry. Eventually he lands a really nice body kick and Jones is just like "I'm done". He ends up turtling up and Rogers lets him up, then levels him as he rises with an uppercut. Nice win, even if its not anything to major. (0)
FIGHT OF THE SHOW: Brents/Zomcik
OVERALL FOR THE PROGRAM: 4 out of 10. I don't think I've actively enjoyed a NAAFS program. Like, been yelling at the scream stoked. Ever. This just kinda follows along with that. Maybe Rogers becomes something beyond being a 4-2 fighter with a couple fun KOs, but he needs like several more wins at this level to show consistency, and then some wins against bigger names, and THEN maybe he can go up and fight a real name. I'd like to come back to him when he's something like 12-2. That's a year and a half or two years away.
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