2) Nicky Covin vs. Uriel Albamonte: Dudes. Covin is the crowd favorite.
FIGHT: Albamonte Submission Rnd 1. Not much to tell about this fight - Covin comes out swinging, grabs Albamonte, and slams him down. When there, Albamonte has full guard, closes it, and goes for a guillotine. Covin taps, and the fight is over in 45 seconds. (0)
3) Filip Verlinden vs. Frederic Sinistra: Kickboxing bout at heavyweight. Filip Verlinden outworks Sinistra and actually does a decent job keeping distance. Sinistra comes out with the heavy punching style that you expect from a Samoan in K-1 style competition and basically never even attempts to check kicks. Instead, he moves his head and comes forward looking to catch Verlinden moving straight back with punches. Even when Verlinden gets against the ropes, he never allows the big punch to land.
4) Omar Samb vs. Kriss Larcin: Another MMA bout. Both guys are local.
FIGHT: Larcin TKO Rnd 1. Basic KOTC special with Larcin beating the hell out of Samb in the mount until he turns over and gives up the RNC. (0)
5) David Kyrya vs. Robin Van Roosmalen: Kickboxing bout I sorta paid some attention to. Roosmalen wins a decision and basically works over Kyrya with combinations and such, though none of the blows were really devastating. Just decent surgical kickboxing. Kyrya wasn't that bad either.
6) Nicolaj Falin vs. Nathan an't Hoft: More kickboxers. Falin wins a decision and basically beat the hell out of Hoft. Not a bad fight or anything. Just not great.
7) Danny Covyn vs. Sebastian Thirion: MMA bout! Yay!
FIGHT: Thirion Submission Rnd 1. Covyn jumps for a guillotine after about 6 seconds if standup action. He doesn't get it, Thirion gets out of the full guard, and works with strikes to get separation. Once he does, he goes for a leg lock and switches from a heel hook to knee bar to get the tap. (0)
8) Errol Zimmerman vs. Zinedine Hameur Lain: Kickboxing contest. Zimmerman breaks Lain with a high kick that he tries to check with the arm, and Lain just lays across the top rope and waits for the ref to stop it. Beatdown. Not even competitive.
9) Frederic Hainni vs. Bob Van Boxmeer: More kickboxing. Hainni wins a kickboxing contest that was kinda awkward with both guys pushing a lot and that ends with a decision following a headbutt.
10) Nicky Holzen vs. Carlos Tavares: Kickboxing match. Holzen works head and body, and Tavares ends up leaving his hands low and gets KOed hard.
11) Brice Guidon vs. Mourad Bouzidi: Semi finals of the heavyweight kickboxing tournament. Bouzidi is a gatekeeper of a lower level than Guidon. Decent matchup on paper that favors the larger Guidon and he delivers with a surprising show of power from a guy known for arm punching and decisions. He lands a strong right hand to a overly aggressive Bouzidi and drops, leading to the end of the fight in the second.
12) John Alessio vs. Siyar Bahadurzada: Welterweight tournament in MMA, round 2. Bas Rutten and mystery announcer make note of a serious difference in size.
FIGHT: Bahadurzada TKO Rnd 1. Alessio never really shoots the whole fight, getting tagged by Siyar behind the ear about a minute in and being on retreat from that point forwards. He takes a lot of knees to the head and arms but never thinks to take a knee or a point down just to get out of it. Poor guy. Bahadurzada is in tears and misses his recently deceased coach. (2)
13) Tommy Depret vs. Roan Carniero: Depret and Carniero should be on different levels, but Depret is the company boy. What happens here?
FIGHT: Depret Submission Rnd 1. Carniero has no respect for Depret's guard and pays with a straight armbar. There's not a lot to it aside from that. Carniero wants the ground, gets it, and loses. Oops. Depret some how makes it to the finals in spite of being the worst fighter on paper in the entire tournament. Well, aside from the last minute replacement of Derrick Noble. (2)
14) Wendell Roche vs. Gokhan Saki: MAIN EVENT. Also a HW semifinal.
FIGHT: Saki Unanimous Decision. Basically, Saki lands a ton of stuff on Roche, who plays the part of sparring partner. Excitement comes very late when something (what precisely, is not discovered) causes Saki's right eye to swell shut in about 5 seconds. Roche responds by not doing anything, especially not throwing left hand punches that might win him the fight. Did I mention above that this event was held in Belgium because Dutch authorities don't like the ties with organized crime the promotion may have? So yeah.
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Lahoucine/Gozdizky
KO OF THE NIGHT: Bahadurzada/Alessio
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Depret/Carniero
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 3.5 out of 10. If you are really hyped about kickboxing, you may get something out of this show. Its not the most important kickboxing show ever, but....uhh...okay, its not the most important kickboxing show ever. As far as MMA is concerned, not really any can't miss fights. Bahadurzada got most of the coverage afterwards and that was deserved, but as far as MMA action goes, yeah, you can do better elsewhere.
D&R Rating (MMA bouts only): 16% (4/25)
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