1) Dave Rivas vs. Lazar Stojadinovic: Two journeymen in a featherweight bout.
FIGHT: Stojadinovic Split Decision. (0)
Stojadinovic: When you come straight forward with punches and just march and march till you get to the cage, it tells me you don't know how to keep distance to maximize your power. Not just because you end up smothering your own shots, but because you can't generate the same sort of power with feet up in the air as you do when they are planted. This is a big issue for Lazar.
Rivas: Rivas is clearly larger and a better grappler. He counter punches about as well as an 11-9-1 guy on the regional level is going to, touching up the face of Stojadinovic with some slapping hooks and stuff like that. He also scores a big takedown in the 2nd that earns him the round. But he lets Lazar's aggression sorta control the pace of the fight, and that probably costs him the decision.
2) Adam Lynn vs. Ricky Legere Jr.: Legere had just been beaten up by Bobby Green a couple months prior. Lynn had a few fights with the IFL.
FIGHT: Lynn Unanimous Decision. (0)
Lynn: Lynn brings straight punches. That sounds like such a middling thing, but man, is it ever valuable. He hurts Legere Jr. and gets the takedown at one point and pretty much all the really effective shots are landed here by the journeyman.
Legere Jr.: When your first plan is to keep distance and strike, and that fails, you need a backup plan. When the backup plan is to close the distance and get takedowns off the clinch and that fails you lose fights. Stands too straight, hands too vertical. Chin rises up when he strikes and moves forward. Even when active he mostly lands on the arms, then in the third gets caught moving straight back and square on the chin.
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 4 out of 10. Passable fights, but meaningless. Works as background noise.
D&R Rating: 0%
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