1) Damion Douglas vs. Wayne Phillips: David "Tarzan" Douglas' brother against some guy who is apparently a stablemate of Wilcox.
FIGHT: Douglas Split Decision. I'm not doing a serious breakdown here because this was low level stuff. Douglas was blown up 3 minutes in and still got a W on the cards. I can't say it was entirely undeserved. He won the first 4 minutes of round 1- where the problem was there was that he lost the 5th minute by nearly getting choked out in an RNC as the bell rings. He lost the second in my book (Phillips controlled standing and on the mat) and won the third by outlanding a seemingly catatonic Phillips. But so what? Hands were at his waste and he was flat on with Phillips early. Phillips has no takedowns and Douglas' singles and doubles were barely present. Neither guy could effectively control position on the mat. This was Douglas' first fight in 30 months and it looked it. (0)
2) James Terry vs. Josh Thornburg: 165lb catchweight.
FIGHT: Terry TKO Rnd 1. Whole round is about Terry setting up the right hand. He keeps throwing it and throwing it and Thornburg really isn't doing a good job at all in mitigating it or neutralizing the striking attack. Thornburg eventually eats a low kick and he drops the hand. That happens, Terry throws the right hand, and its all over instantly. (1)
3) Lorenz Larkin vs. Scott Lighty: Once upon a time, Lighty was in K1. He was actually a lot better than the midget heavyweight the UFC has, but hell if you'll get anyone to admit that. Larkin is an undefeated prospect who replaced Satoshi Ishii. Ishii apparently lost his visa or forgot to apply or something. He's a moron. Larkin is not so dumb.
FIGHT: Larkin TKO Rnd 2. Good performance from Larkin who comes in late against a guy brought in to be a can. What can you take from that? Good question I suppose. Larkin demolished Lighty standing, where he should have had the clear advantage. That's a positive. Larkin often followed around Lighty in the ring and threw hooks and kicks, even a flying side kick. Speed wise, it wasn't competitive. Larkin was a much better athlete and fought very well. I'd like to see him fight a bunch more, of course. One thing that I thought was funny was that Larkin would start to dance and move around on the balls of his feet, and do nothing then. And eventually he'd stop and go back to being flatfooted and stalk his man. (1)
4) David Douglas vs. Caros Fodor: Tarzan is one of the best bad fighters ever. Who is Fodor? Uhhhh, no idea.
FIGHT: Fodor TKO Rnd 3. Douglas and Fodor re-enact the opening round of Damion Douglas' fight earlier in the night as Douglas forces it down, takes Fodor's back, Fodor gets out, and ends up controlling the fight standing and then on the mat over the last 2 minutes. From that point though, unlike Damion Douglas, David never starts to stick and move. Never lands the harder shots. Fodor is at least decent standing and pretty OK on the mat, and so he ends up getting takedowns and landing hard shots in the clinch and on the occasions that they are at range. Douglas is blown up early (like his brother) and ends up against the cage getting hit with knees and punches as the ref calls it off in the early part of the third. (1)
5) Rodrigo Damm vs. Justin Wilcox: This is a good fight. Wilcox was a teammate of Koscheck in college I'm told by the announcers. Damm is a solid grappler, but not in the same league as Wilcox's last win (Vitor Riberio). Wilcox is still a small lightweight...kinda like a second tier Sean Sherk.
FIGHT: Wilcox TKO Rnd 1. Wilcox basically follows around Damm, who is running for him, eventually catching him with a leaping right hand that drops Damm and cuts him badly. The rest of the round is GNP and Damm can't get off his stool in th first. Wilcox is a strong guy, no doubt about it, but he's not a big guy like I said. I still think he's too small to make big noise in MMA at lightweight. Featherweight might be a different deal, but he may not want to cut. Besides, there's nothing in Strikeforce to do at 145. (2)
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Lighty/Larkin
KO OF THE NIGHT: Thornburg/Terry
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 6 out of 10. Not the worst show, not the best. Some prospects that are sorta interesting but who are super embryonic and may end up being nothing.
D&R Rating: 20% (5/25)
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