1) Brandon Hunt vs. Brad Burrick: This is the THIRD fight between the two, and the end of a trilogy no one noticed. Burrick is much bigger.
FIGHT: Round one is all Burrick; Hunt consistently goes for takedowns and gets stuffed and beaten up for his trouble of trying the single. In round two, Hunt comes forward and catches Burrick with his chin up moving in the wrong direction. Huge KO. Not a great fight. Impressive comeback I suppose though, because this was totally one sided up until the KO. (0)
2) Steve Berger vs. Waylon Lowe: Fought at a catchweight of 165.
FIGHT: Lowe TKO Rnd 1. Berger has been around the game a long time and looks shop worn and shot here. Lowe just comes forward whipping bombs and Berger moves straight back into them until eventually being laid out on his back, completely unconscious. Berger had a horrible time just leaving his lead hand out after jabbing. (1)
3) Jason Holmes vs. Daron Cruickshank: Uhhh, dudes at welter.
FIGHT: Cruickshank Unanimous Decision. Cruickshank is a wrestleboxer who likes to use unorthodox techniques like spinning back fists and side kicks. He's not bad, just a little small for welterweight at 5'8'' and he doesn't seem to have a lot of KO power given how often he landed on the lumpy Holmes without stopping him or really hurting him. He had some decent takedowns and a couple sub attempts, and seems capable of at least showing up in the UFC once. (1)
4) Dom O'Grady vs. David Shepherd: Lightweight contest. Both guys have good size for the division, standing at 6'. Almost equal for age and reach, the big difference is that O'Grady is much more experienced.
FIGHT: Dom O'Grady Submission Rnd 2. Shepherd gets taken down a couple times by O'Grady in the first round but doesn't really absorb any punishment and ends up going for a couple submission attempts while generally nullifying any serious offense from O'Grady. But the second round was a very different story - O'Grady tags Shepherd early and drops him. O'Grady survives and actually sweeps Shepherd, getting on top and looking to continue from round one. But unlike round one, he's expended a lot of energy and ends up dodging triangle attempts and armbars until he is finally forced to tap late in the round. (0)
5) Chad Herrick vs. Joe Doerkson: I'm kinda over watching Dirty Joe fight. Like, OK, he's old now and is a long time journeyman. Great for him. Herrick is some lug who was pulled out of another fight when Horn pulled out here.
FIGHT: Doerkson Unanimous Decision.
Is this ugly? Sad? Both? Doerkson is clearly past his prime already in his early thirties, having been in too many wars with too many good fighters. Doerkson is sloppy standing and while he wins a slow first round that more or less resembles a sparring session, he does get tagged at the end of the second and goes down off it. He wins because Herrick cannot defend a takedown to save his life and Doerkson gets deep on the double no matter where he shoots from. On the mat, Herrick is a good enough grappler to survive Doerkson's attempts and escape but gets put in the same bad positions of side control and mount and back control over and over and over again. Then, after hurting Doerkson in round 2, Herrick proves that was a fluke by being dropped himself on wide hooks in round 3. (1)
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Cruickshank/Holmes
KO OF THE NIGHT: Berger/Lowe
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: O'Grady/Shepherd
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 3 out of 10. The worst KOTC show on HDNet by far. Looks like their contract is gone too.
D&R Rating 12.5% (3/25)
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