1) Hacran Dias vs. Rodrigo Ruiz: 70KG for both guys. Dias lost to a random Korean in a bad decision in M-1 for his lone loss in 18 fights.
FIGHT: Dias Unanimous Decision. This fight ends up one place; the mat. (2)
Dias: Dias is a legitimate talent but style wise, he doesn't remind me of any of the really great artsy BJJ guys. More like a Ricardo Arona sorta of top control grappler. And like Arona, Filho, and others in that style, his standup is bad. Chunky, hands all over the place when defending, chin up high, moves straight back because he's resorting to wrestling instincts. But his grappling is very good. He takes down Ruiz at will and holds him down probably 13 of the 15 minutes.
Ruiz: Ruiz showed me precious little. He swept Dias but that's about it.
2) Erick Silva vs. Igor Fernandes: A welterweight contest with a prospect and some other guy.
FIGHT: Silva Unanimous Decision (2)
Silva: Like the last fight, Silva is a guy with a lot of wins (12), only one loss, and a style that fans in the US don't care for. Again, its takedowns off the shot and then guard passing for 15 minutes. Fernandes doesn't provide much resistance but is clearly the more aggressive striker, and Silva's striking doesn't show at all in this performance. Nor does any finishing technique. Was he looking to prove he could go 15?
3) Johil De Oliveira vs. Danilo Noronha: Oliveira has the classic story of being set on fire by PRIDE in an accident. Still, he comes out to the PRIDE music. Noronha never was, of course, and is not terrible notable.
FIGHT: De Oliveira Unanimous Decision. (1)
De Oliveira: For having been in the sport so long, the guy still strikes the same way. Hands down, robot punching, no setups to kicks, and his takedown defense honestly isn't that good. He spends the majority of rounds 1 and 3 on his back, and best I can tell, he wins because Noronha is given a yellow card for holding the fence. I would have had him losing.
Noronha: Top control grappler with better standup technique but no willingness to use it because he feared being taken down, as he was in the second and again briefly in the third.
4) Ana Maria vs. Ediane Gomes: Female MMA. Do I care? Not really, TBH.
FIGHT: Gomes Submission Rnd 1. Pretty much a submission grappling match with both women rolling actively for submissionsn and position for the period that the fight goes until Gomes lock in the armbar and forces a submission. (0)
5) Alexandre Visconte vs. Rafael "Capoeira" Freitas: Oh lord, let there be cool sweeps. Visconte comes from the CONSTRICTOR TEAM, which is pretty hardcore.
FIGHT: Freitas Unanimous Decision. The announcers love it, the crowd hates the decision, the fight was terrible. Wild swinging and ineffective takedowns from two guys who both gassed out so early in the fight it was hilarious. Seriously had all the charm of a Chance Williams fight. Freitas in my mind deserved the win because he landed way harder stuff, but who cares. No one here is going anywhere. (0)
6) Luis "Besouro" Dutra Jr. vs. Paulo Thiago: Hey, a real prospect!
FIGHT: Thiago TKO Rnd 1. This isn't much of a fight. Dutra goes for a jump kick and it looks like the leg he kicked with blew out from extending it in the air. Bizarre stuff. (1) for crazy ending and the name involved.
7) Alan Frois (I think same dude as Allan Froes) vs. Anthony Rea: Rea comes from Australia, Froes is a local talent who went 4-0 coming in. I think.
FIGHT: Rea Split Decision. Rea won 30-27 on my card - he out landed Froes with punches and kicks (landed two Mezgerlike high kicks in fact) and took him down a couple times too. Froes was highly defensive and again proved, as he did in fighting Pinto at JF 10 that he just doesn't have the gumption for this sort of sport. (0)
8) Eliene Pit vs. Ronnys Torres: Torres' UFC time was "Now you see me, now you don't."
FIGHT: Torres Submission Rnd 1. Torres with a wild right hand gets him close and deep for the double, then he passes to side control and then gets a straight armbar. Rudimentary basic BJJ for MMA. (1)
9) Assuerio Silva vs. Todd Duffee: YOUR MAIN EVENT. Enormous roid head UFC reject against smaller, not that great UFC/PRIDE reject. Rejoice!
FIGHT: Duffee TKO Rnd 2. Watching this its hard to believe that people were so convinced that this man was going to be a super star just a scant 12 months ago. The tactics employed here are Tim Sylvia like with the difference being that Duffee has enough in the gas tank to not only push, but to occasionally throw punches before pushing. He's taken down on a trip from the clinch and has his back taken, and he does nothing but power out of it. He finally hurts Silva with his single power shots and drops him, and pounds him out against the cage. Its not terrible., but man - the technique was nothing to write home about. No combinations at all. Just wind up right hands. (2)
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Maria/Gomes
KO OF THE NIGHT: Dutra Jr/Thiago
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Maria/Gomes
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 3 out of 10. Man, these shows suck. Maybe Lee Casebolt would enjoy the top control grappling, but I imagine even he would be like "DO SOMETHING!"
D&R Rating: 20% (9/45)
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