1) Quinn Mulhern vs. Koffi Adzitso: Mulhern is the rising star here.
FIGHT: Mulhern Submission Rnd 2. Generally, Mulhern runs the fight. Even when he's not in the best position, he's controlling the action from the bottom. Where his weakness is clearly still is the standup world. Adzitso cuts Mulhern with a punch in the first minute of the fight and forces Mulhern to shoot and pull guard to get the fight down. From there though, he works the active guard and nearly pulls the submission in round 1 at the end with an omaplata. Adzitso is done in round 2 and eventually gets taken down, loses the back, and is choked out in fairly short order. (2)
2) Mike Guidry vs. Nick Gaston: The magic of Afrozilla cannot be denied.
FIGHT: Gaston Submission Rnd 1. Gaston just bodies up Guidry after Guidry blows his load with a series of wild punches en route to closing the distance. He puts Guidry on his back after landing a number of uppercuts and elbows, goes to half guard, and works for a kimura. He really cranks the hammerlock and forces the tap. Gaston did dominate a guy with a gut that hung down like it was made of nothing but excess skin, but hey, a win is a win. (2)
3) Jamie Jara vs. Tim Means: This blog loves Jamie Jara and doesn't apologize. Yeah, he's old, yeah he's not great, but he has HATE tattooed on his throat. And he scraps. Always.
FIGHT: Jara Submission Rnd 1. Great win for Jara. He takes down Means early in the bout to establish control. When we get back up to the standup, he's easily way better than means, lands some strong combinations at perfect distance, and as Means stumbles around, he locks in a guillotine. (1)
4) Tony Johnson Jr. vs. Tony Lopez: Lopez is still 205lb and heavyweight champ at the same time for KOTC here. Johnson is a decorated wrestler and a former football player who is making the transition to MMA.
FIGHT: Tony Johnson Jr. Unanimous Decision. The fight in a nutshell: Tony Lopez gets taken down over and over. Tony Lopez tries for submissions from the bottom and gets none of them. Johnson lands a billion strikes and spends lots of time in half guard. When you are on top for like 24 of 25 minutes and you are responsible for every takedown? You win. Lopez makes the fight interesting with an armbar attempt with 20 seconds left but Johnson basically just does a bicep curl so forceful he breaks it. (2)
5) Jon Murphy vs. Mike Kyle: Your MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING.
FIGHT: Kyle TKO Rnd 2. Murphy is the grappler and yet he is comprehensively outwrestled. What makes this fight mildly interesting is that Kyle sucks at defending strikes. This in spite of having a kickboxing record and that being considered his primary style. Kyle gets takedowns with trips, doubles, everything. He outlands Murphy 10-1 with strikes and end up winning this by dropping 'bows and punches in the crucifix at the end of the second. (2)
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Kyle/Murphy
KO OF THE NIGHT: Kyle/Murphy
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Gaston/Guidry
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 4 out of 10. Some OK action mixed with a not that meaningful and frankly somewhat dull title fight.
D&R Rating: 36% (9/25)
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