Interesting note about this: Inoki doesn't appear at the show and there are no NJPW guys on the card. He had announced in advance that Jungle Fight 5 would take place in Las Vegas and thus the winners here would be on that show. So much for Jungle Fight 4: Road to Las Vegas in the end.
1) Marcus Sursa vs. William Mattos: Oh, I remember this now. P.I.M.P plays between every video intro piece. Sursa is from Vegas, Mattos from Brazil. Heavyweight fight.
FIGHT: Sursa Submission Rnd 1. He takes down Mattos and lays into him with knees to the body and punches and finishes him in less than two minutes. A lot of that is with back control. Good win for Sursa, who's career features losses to a who's who of the sport. (0)
2) Helio Dipp vs. Brent Beauparlant: Dipp looked for a second to be a potential superstar in the making. I'm serious! This was one of his best performances before he ran into the wall named Draggo. Beauparlant was a bleeder and all purpose tough guy for the IFL.
FIGHT: Dipp/Beauparlant Dipp stands so tall and straight, that you wonder how it is that no one touched his chin. Well, Draggo did. Good leg kicks that he gets all of. Beauparlant can't get a handle on the size of Dipp and gets laid out cold with a knee. The ref drags his prone body back into the ring like this is a deathmatch or something. One of the all time knee KOs. (1)
3) Jorge "Macaco" Patino vs. Carlos Baruch: Baruch is some guy and Patino is an old boring fighter. 85KG weight limit.
FIGHT: Patino TKO Rnd 2. Patino gets a yellow card in this fight because he is still totally boring to watch, as he has been much of his career. Baruch isn't any better, as he gets Patino down twice and does nothing with him. Doesn't pass, doesn't punch, nothing. Just ridiculous. Patino at least pushed the pace a little in the first round, and ultimately when he was on top he passed to mount and bashed his man out. Patino though didn't even pretend like he was gonna stand and trade. He would stand up in the ring like 10 feet away from his opponent and not move. It was like his legs were concrete and he was planted there. (1)
4) Kassim Annan vs. Marcos Valle: Annan was like 9-1 here with wins over Harry Duvien and Mostapha Al-Turk. Valle was debuting but got a huge reception. Basically a light heavyweight contest.
FIGHT: Annan Submission Rnd 2. You know, Valle goes for a leg lock in the first, and that's all he does on offense. Annan pulled straight out of it, BTW. Annan meanwhile punched the shit out of the guy on the mat. He almost got a kneebar in round one. He landed like 3 knees to the head of a shooting Valle on 3 different occasions all in round 2. Valle was flopping around and trying to go right to buttscoot by the middle of the 2nd round, making this an embarassing fight to have to watch. Annan finally gets to mount and forces Valle to give up the back for an RNC. (0)
5) Fredson Paixao vs. Jean Robert Monier: And another Paixao fight.
FIGHT: Paixao Submission Rnd 3. (2)
Paixao: Again, excellent grappling. Had a really solid looking triangle attempt in the first round that didn't finish, but had no problem controlling Monier the rest of the round (and the period prior) from both the top or bottom. Second round as all Monier as he passed guard with complete ease and Monier was left doing nothing but trying to survive. Third round sees Monier come forward, get taken down, punched, turn over, and get choked.
Monier: Poor punching + third tier grappling = something roughly equivalent to hard sparring for Paixao.
6) Shinzo Machida vs. Cristiano Rosa: Lyoto Machida's lookalike brother against some dude.
FIGHT: Machida TKO Rnd 1. Machida's stance is even more pronounced in its karateness than his brother. He drops Rosa as he comes in with a punch and then unloads on him with a soccer kick to the body and a lot of punches to the head. Also got penalized for a soccer kick to the head very early on. (1) for some MMA historical value.
7) Jose "Pele" Landi-Jons vs. Fabricio Monteiro: Pele is the name here obviously. Monterio is also fairly well known among hardcore circles having competed in Japan and Brazil at fairly high levels in both.
FIGHT: Pele TKO Rnd 2. (3)
Pele: Dominates the standup exchanges and the distance for much of the first. The second is a train wreck of terrible refereeing that breaks up a submission attempt by Pele for a leg lock near the ropes and forces a ton of time to be wasted, virtually all the way to the bell, trying to get a restart. Pele ends up on top in the second until a ref standup brings them to their feet. Pele then lands a looping left hand shot and Monteiro has a delayed reaction KO. Monteiro doesn't show a lot here except survival skils and submission defense.
8) Leopoldo Montenegro vs. Rodrigo Souza: Souza looks like a gameshow host with HGH gut or something.
FIGHT: Montenegro Submission Rnd 1. (1) for gnarly submission.
Montenegro: See Leopoldo punch. See him loop his shots. See him shoot for takedowns. See him have no problems. See him posture up then grab the foot. See him crank a toe hold. See Souza scream in pain while tapping.
9) Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Carlos Barreto: Wow! What an awesome main event! Can V-Mat get Barreto down and avoid the submissions? Can Carlos keep this standing? I already know the answer because this is the most memorable thing that happened in Jungle Fight 1-5.
FIGHT: Matyushenko TKO Rnd 1. Matyushenko and Barreto meet seconds in and Barreto throws a couple punches and two low kicks. One of those shots busts up V-Mat's nose. Barreto throws a high kick while V-Mat retreats. As they reset and look at each other, Barreto fires off a low kick, and his knee (already in a sports brace) basically erupts and his career ends. Horrible. Sad. (1) for career ending injury and nothing else.
After the right, Wallid Ismael says angry Portuguese things into the microphone, V-Mat apologizes to the fans because it ended so quickly and is willing to fight a rematch. Barreto's knee gets stabilized and he's stretchered out.
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Pele/Monteiro
KO OF THE NIGHT: Dipp/Beauparlant
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Montenegro/Souza
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 3 out of 10. There's some serious brutality here in some of the KO shots, but no exciting fights and the main event is among the biggest cock teases ever in terms of how awesome something should be versus how awesome it ultimately is.
D&R Rating: 22% (10/45)
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