1) Fernando Gonzalez vs. Aaron Torres: I know very little about Torres. And the announcers say very little as well. In fact, they're like working out mic issues or something during the intro to the fight.
FIGHT: Gonzalez TKO Rnd 1. Gonzalez lands a ton of left hands over the top of Torres and that hurts him over and over. He ends up face down on the mat taking shots and verbally submits. A verbal submission in boxing is called a TKO. So there you have it. Torres is all sorts of wild and its no surprise that he doesn't have much of a future in the sport. (0)
2) Jeremy Jones vs. Rob McCullough: Jones is trained by Cal Worsham. Razor Rob, of course, is the only known lightweight quantity that was ever in the WEC and thus the guy who all the rankings and hype is ultimately built on. Did I mention he's now back fighting in Tachi Palace Fights? Once a BShow fighter...
FIGHT: McCullough TKO Rnd 1. Bad mismatch. Jones has a sort of karate/boxing stance going on and likes side kicks. He ends up meeting a right hand after throwing one and he drops and is done. Short, short fight. (2)
3) Shawn Bias vs. John De La O: Bias is one of those beloved scrappy guys in MMA history at the smaller weights. I think his cornerman is 14 and wearing a Maiden shirt. Bias also got fucked up by some dickhead cops and was in a coma. There's a story about the comeback he's made here. De La O was running his own BJJ school in Orange County.
FIGHT: Bias Submission Rnd 1. Bias is better on the feet, but then goes for a takedown. Seems like a bad strategy, but he makes it work by passing guard and then to the mount. De La O did regain full closed guard and got slammed into near unconsciousness. Bias does a great job in this fight and actually secures a guillotine during a scramble that forces the black belt to submit. (0)
4) Buddy Clinton vs. John Paulson: I never noticed this, but I think Clinton plucks his eyebrows. John Paulson is some dude intended to basically lose here and collect $500.
FIGHT: Clinton Submission Rnd 1. Paulson comes to fight and actually drops Clinton at the very beginning with a left hook. But once its in the mat, Clinton twists him up. There's leg lock attempts, he takes top control, eventually this works to a triangle that transitions to an armbar, and its over. (0)
5) Paulo Dantes vs. Jay Valencia: Dantes is a ATT guy who I think is mostly a trainer there these days in kickboxing. Valencia is 2-2 and from Joe Camacho's school.
FIGHT: Dantes KO Rnd 1. Flying knee from way outside goes straight up the middle and lays out Valencia and this one is over. Ref is late in stopping it too and he lands two punches to the unconscious opposition. (0)
6) Shannon Ritch vs. John Alessio: Kind of interesting. I mean, you know who is going to lose here. But still.
FIGHT: Alessio TKO Rnd 1. Alessio corners Ritch from the start and lands a bunch of shots that aren't totally clean, but Ritch drops anyways and turtles up, earning the stoppage loss. (2)
7) Ray Perales vs. Mike Guymon: This card is filled with prospects fighting dudes to get eradicated. Another example is here.
FIGHT: Guymon Submission Rnd 1. Guymon with a single gets Perales down early, and it stays there. He passes guard, lands shots in mount, gets bucked and has to work off his back. He pulls a triangle and forces the tapout. (1)
8) Cub Swanson vs. Mondo Sanchez: The silence for Mondo is amazing. No one reacts.
FIGHT: Swanson TKO Rnd 1. Swanson is the superior grappler by a lot and it shows. He gets the fight down, gets to mount, and just smashes and smashes and forces the stop. Not anything to write home about. (2)
9) Chris Peak vs. James Lee: Another "dude vs. Prospect" fight. Lee is wearing shoes. Rampage comes up and starts doing commentary. They discuss a Tim Persey fight that isn't on the DVD and I am upset.
FIGHT: Lee Submission Rnd 1. He ends up going for an inside heel hook after getting a takedown and posturing up in guard. Peak should have tapped earlier and ends up hurt. (1)
10) Joe Frainee vs. Nam Phan: Phan is suddenly relevant again in the UFC. Didn't expect that, to be entirely honest. Frainee is a dude who doesn't fight anymore.
FIGHT: Phan Submission Rnd 1. Kinda interesting fight. Fight has a long delay due to an early knee to the balls that Phan throws, and when the fight restarts, they trade and Frainee actually hurts him with some left hands and a knee. Frainee actually looks to be in charge, gets a takedown out of the clinch with a trip, and then ends up getting caught in an armbar. Fun. (2)
11) Emanuel Newton vs. Hector Ramirez: This is kinda a good fight!
FIGHT: Majority Draw. (3)
I won't bother to break them down individually, especially with Ramirez being effectively retired. Newton and Ramirez put on a show though, with both men swinging for the fences when punching and doing a solid job of grappling. The only takedown of the fight that was really effective came from the smaller Newton, who got a nice trip on Ramirez. Ramirez won the first round, in my mind, by pushing the action and forcing Newton into the cage and to defend his swarming bombs. By the end of the round, Newton looked like a fresher fighter. In the second, reverse happened with Newton basically pushing around Ramirez and landing better shots and being more likely to throw something resembling a combination. Only being two rounds though was a shame, because it caused what was possibly a unanimous draw. Newton reeled off 9 straight wins after this fight until losing to Trevor Prangley in a pretty horrible fight at MFC 21.
12) Frank Kirmse vs. Thomas Denny: The prefight video package features Denny wearing a mask in a graveyard and beating up a grappling dummy next to a dumpster that says "Victorville Garbage" while wearing facepaint that looks like he stole the design of from pro wrestler Raven.
FIGHT: Denny Submission Rnd 1. Easy fight for the Wildman, who stuffs Kirmse's shot early, lands knees and punches, and goes for a GNP finish. Kirmse shows some gusto and hangs in there, even trying for a poorly executed guillotine at one point, but eventually he ends up being put on his stomach by Denny and choked out with a RNC. Denny wins the 170lb superfight championship. (1)
13) Wes Combs vs. Brian Sesma: Combs got a reputation for having one of the most blown up records ever prior to being in the UFC. Tapout sends a dude with a snare drum to follow him, as he looks like some character from Apocalypse Now with his USMC uniform and tats. Brian Sesma is ridiculously ripped and probably on steroids. He is also known for having no chin whatsoever.
FIGHT: Combs TKO Rnd 1. Sloppy kickboxing fight and Combs hurts Sesma with a right hand and then chases him straight back with more arm punches until one drops him that he never sees coming while running backwards with his face down. Combs really likes leg kicks to the point where it makes no sense for someone that slow to be tossing them. Meanwhile, Sesma fights the complete wrong way for his attributes and pays for it. (1)
14) Gregory Vivian vs. Manny Tapia: 130lb title up for grabs in this fight. Vivian was making his pro debut.
FIGHT: Tapia Submission Rnd 1. (2) Complete beatdown. Tapia gets the takedown early and pounds and pounds and pounds and then passes the guard and gets a side choke. Vivian didn't belong in this fight at any point.
15) Joey Villasenor vs. Jorge Santiago: Oddly important fight. Jorge is with ATT even here, but they haven't really become as vital a camp as they are now. Villasenor is at Jackson, and yeah. Same situation.
FIGHT: Villasenor Unanimous Decision. (4)
Santiago: Jorge is the guy who is more highly ranked in 2011 and for good reason. You see in this fight his achilles heel - that lousy chin of his. He gets his bell rung in every single round. You also see that Jorge's striking was crapola then. The addition of Thomas Davis Jr. to ATT along with their excellent muay thai coaches have turned Santiago into a guy who can throw combinations, unlike here. In this bout, Santiago was very often reliant on single overhand rights and lots of wild kicks. He goes for the shot in the first two rounds and gets stuffed and hurt while being stuffed. He almost knocks himself out in the second. On the mat, Jorge's submission skills looked pretty unimpressive.
Villasenor: Villasenor was better at putting shots together, he stuffed the takedowns, and dominated the clinch game in this fight. One thing that was surprising - every time he had Jorge hurt, he closed in and clinched. Was he afraid of Jorge's power? It sure seemed that way, and that was rather odd given that Joey was clearly taking it better than Jorge. The striking was pretty rudimentary but it got the job done here.
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Ramirez/Newton
KO OF THE NIGHT: Dantes/Valencia
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Bias/De La O
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 5 out of 10. Lots of interesting and actually relevant or skilled fighters against one another in decently matched bouts, along with a ton of prospects beating the living hell out of random tomato cans. Makes for a lot of carnage and a couple really interesting fights. Overall, not the worst show in the world to watch, and one that probably belongs on the shelf.
D&R Rating: 28% (21/75)
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