1) Robert Densley vs. Mike Joy: Lightweights. Densley is much less experienced than Joy.
FIGHT: Joy Submission Rnd 1. Man, really good fight actually. Well, a really good 1 round right. Joy looks like he was going to walk through Densley with a wild leg lock attempt that he rolled into out of the full guard, but Densley defends that and a subsequent triangle attempt. On the feet Joy is tagged with a right hand shooting in and then a left hook at distance that drops him - Densley rushes to finish and gets armbarred and taps with only two seconds left on the clock. Another highlight: Mike Joy goes for a flying guard pass/punch that he has named the "Jump For Joy". (0)
2) Jeff Terry vs. Doug Marshall: THE RHINO! Is he a racist? I keep wondering. So does a lot of the internet. Terry is debuting and shows sub wrestling and boxing as his style.
FIGHT: Marshall TKO Rnd 1. Doug rushes him, clinches, Terry goes for a guillotine and pulls guard, and it doesn't go well. He gets bombed out with punches from mount. (1)
3) JT Taylor vs. Drew Dimanlig: Middleweights, I think.
FIGHT: Taylor Submission Rnd 1. Dimanlig goes to the mat with Taylor and nearly gets submitted early, but escapes the armbar. Rather than step back and force Taylor to stand, he instead stands over him and kicks the legs before he jumps back into the guard. Less than 15 seconds after that, Dimanlig is swept over and tapped with an armbar. (0)
INTERVIEW WITH CHUCK LIDDELL~. This is prior to the second Babalu fight.
4) Jason Guida vs. Alex Stiebling: Its easy to forget that Stiebling was once fairly relevant. Hell, very relevant. Guida is one of the most famed TUF washouts. BTW: Want to see a crazy fight? Stiebling/Riggs was a great one.
FIGHT: Stiebling Unanimous Decision. Not much to break down - Guida is on the tail end of a lot of jabs and right hands that cut his face up and force him into desperation shots. He has some success in the second round with one, but aside from that, its all Stiebling. Odd aspect of the fight: Guida and Stiebling are stuck for about 1:30 of the final round to the bell in a weird reverse guard position where Stiebling is on top facing backwards and Guida has him wrapped up with both legs. Neither are doing much. Stiebling always had decent boxing - couldn't check or block kicks and left his chin out, but the combinations were at least pretty good. If you also pay attention, Jason Guida goes for a wedgie at one point. (1)
5) Wes Sims vs. Joel Suprenaut: I have seen this fight before. Shame we don't get the Wes Sims walkout. FACT: Wes Sims wanted so badly to be on this show he turned down fighting in the WFA against Bas Rutten.
FIGHT: Sims Submission Rnd 1. Wes Sims throws a dropkick, as promised in the interview before the event, and transitions into a triangle choke. Amazing. Wes Sims wanted to fight Tiny "Zeus" Lister apparently and also notes that he wants to train in the art of Dim Mak. (1)
This was called the "Main Event of the Evening". Except there are a lot more fights. And it becomes night at this point. HDNet must have split off this part for future airing.
6) Joel Thomas vs. Pat Murphy: Welterweight bout.
FIGHT: Murphy Unanimous Decision. Good meaningless scrap. (0)
Murphy: Big plus for Murphy - conditioning. If you don't have it, you can't win long fights, and Murphy comes to fight all 15 minutes. He's not the better wrestler in the fight I don't think, but he's definitely the better striker and his submission skills are better as well. He works well off his back, gets some sweeps, flattens out Thomas in the second and third, lands solid punches, etc. What he doesn't do is finish a guy waiting to be finished.
Thomas: Thinks shot more than anything. On top, he isn't necessarily an easy guy to shake, and he throws down Thomas with a big slam to start the fight. However, his submission defense is not very good, and that leads him to losing position that he shouldn't, and his defense to punches is middling at best.
7) Colley Bradford vs. Trevor Harris: Featherweight division before it mattered in the WEC. Harris is still taking amateur bouts. Bradford has disappeared.
FIGHT: Harris Submission Rnd 1. Bradford thinks wrestling and nothing but. He's cut shooting in in the first 9 seconds of the fight but continues to seek the blast double and control over and over and over. Harris bucks and sweeps him repeatedly, Bradford seems to start to run low on gas, and eventually he gets pushed down and taps to a RNC with no hooks in. (0)
8) JJ Mix vs. Mario Rivera: Welterweight attraction.
FIGHT: Mix Submission Rnd 3. Styles make fights - Mix has some OK BJJ and some OK striking and Rivera has neither of those two things but he's a strong wrestler. What happens as a result? Mix is taken down repeatedly but is able to stall out can cause standups. When that happens, Mix hurts Rivera very badly at least once a round with punches and head kicks. Those kicks become predictable then and Rivera gets takedowns. There's a huge slam by Rivera as he tries to take out Mix, but in the end, Mix has superior all around grappling skills, maneuvers to the back, and then locks in a RNC. (0)
9) Jack Morrison vs. Glover Teixeira: Teixeira is a strange story - he has some big wins like one over Sokoudjou circa 2006. And then he took two years off. Never fought in the big show, unless you count this or Bittetti Combat. Morrison is a former Toughman champ.
FIGHT: Teixeira Submission Rnd 1. KOTC Special in the other outdoor Cali Casino promotion - Teixeria finishes this with a RNC. (1)
10) Troy Miller vs. Poppies Martinez: Welterweight vs. a guy who is now a featherweight (or lighter, I think). Why is this a fight? Miller is a 1-2 TAE KWON DO FIGHTER.
FIGHT: Martinez Submission Rnd 1. Awesome suplex and an equally rad inside heel trip by Martinez, he follows that out by getting an armbar from back control. Poppies is so rad. (1)
11) Casey Olson vs. Alvan Cacdus: Lightweight bout. Olson moved down to featherweight since. Also noted on the program - Olson sold 500 tickets to this event. He's also trying to save Fresno State's wrestling program.
FIGHT: Olson TKO Rnd 1. Beatdown - Olson hurts Cacdus standing and then takes him down. No surprises here with Olson being a former collegiate wrestler. He squashes Cacdus into the cage and smashes him for about 2 minutes until forcing a stoppage. Not competitive. (0)
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Murphy/Thomas
KO OF THE NIGHT: Olson/Cacdus
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Sims/Suprenaut
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 5 out of 10. Its a pretty slickly produced event and DVD, but as far as it being a necessity? Well, its mostly being sold through resalers and discount venues (how I got mine) but you can imagine that someone at some point got a little money out to the family. The web address for Ryan Bennett's family fund is down, and while there's an address to send a check to for him, I would guess his family hasn't received a whole lot of money in the last couple of years. In that sense, its pretty bizarre to watch and think about.
There's a bonuus disk as well that features stuff like a video montage from the Fight Network did regarding Bennett (who was their news director) and the local TV spot. That spot advertises that Jason Von Flue, Urijah Faber, Nick Thompson, Thomas Schulte, Rafael Del Real, Mikko Rupponen, Mike Whitehead and Jake O'Brien would all be fighting on the show; none of them did and Wes Sims slammed a lot of guys for no-showing or cancelling.
D&R Rating: 9% (5/55)
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