1) Andreas Stahl vs. Johan Vanttinen: Swede vs. Finn. Both 3-0. I know nothing about them.
FIGHT: Stahl TKO Rnd 2. Man, this was a matter of time. Stahl stalks Vanttinen with punches and lands them seemingly at will when throwing because Vanttinen just moves straight back and doesn't tuck his chin. Stahl seems to be an OK grappler but nothing about his performance here jumps out at me. (0)
2) Lina Eklund vs. Kristina Talvosaite: Both are debuting as a pro and I think I'll go do the litter instead of paying sole attention to this. 60KG weight limit.
FIGHT: Eklund Submission Rnd 2. Terrible fight. Lots of clinching against the cage, lousy striking, ends when Eklund pulls the switch on Talvosaite after a failed shot by the Lithuanian fighter, takes the back and a choke. Whatever. (0)
3) James Doolan vs. Sirwan Kakai: Swede against Scottish fighter. Doolan has a record of 11-4-2, Kakai is 5-1. Not terrible.
FIGHT: Kakai Submission Rnd 2. Another second round stoppage - Kakai is super small for the bantamweight division but gets some decent takedowns and swings for the fences. Technically nothing spectacular that I saw, but he seems to be a decent athlete. He pulls a guillotine while Doolan was looking to scramble to his feet and forces the tapout. (0)
4) Mohsen Bahari vs. Farshad Farsiani: Lots of muslim immigrants to Scandic nations fighting for YOUR ENTERTAINMENT. Records are not spectacular.
FIGHT: Bahari TKO Rnd 2. Another fight that ends in the second, though this time it was due to Farsiani not making the bell for the start of the round. Bahari looks to land strikes and does so a lot. Farsiani looks to get the clinch and takedowns. He's not all that successful, instead at best stopping or slowing the assault of Bahari's wide punches and otherwise absorbing them while providing not much in terms of resistance. Not much I can take away from Bahari here other than he seems to be too square to be really mobile and stay away from having the clinch slow his attack. (0)
HELLBOY INTERVIEW~. Don't care at this point. 8 years to late to do so.
5) Bruno Carvalho vs. Kyacey Uscola: Holy shit, for real? MW contest.
FIGHT: Carvalho Submission Rnd 2. Uscola is the poor man's Sonnen and like the real thing, he's awful at defending subs. Here against a BJJ black belt, Uscola tries to keep distance and strike but doesn't do a whole lot of damage that way. When he gets near enough to Carvalho to grab, bad things happen. He's almost tapped in a matter of seconds at the end of the first and manages to stupidly shoot at Carvalho and get put on his back with that. While trying to scramble, he ends up giving his back and Carvalho transitions to an armbar and wrenches the shoulder out of the socket. Yikes. Lots of screaming in pain ensues. (1)
URIJAH FABER INTERVIEW~. Also don't give a shit here.
6) Robert Jocz vs. Tor Troeng: European biggish guys.
FIGHT: Troeng Unanimous Decision. Another fairly dull fight. Regional contenders in a "battle of positioning" where few meaningful strikes are thrown or landed, and there are some takedowns done by Troeng. Jocz goes for some halfassed submission attempts here and there and that's about it. The most forgettable MMA fight I can think of. (1)
7) Assan Njie vs. Beslan Isaev: Njie is supposed to be a prospect or something.
FIGHT: Njie Submission Rnd 1. We see Njie immediately shoot and get a monster double and then he works over Isaev some. I'm not really sold on his ability to escape the guard of his opponent, but he's got some healthy skill level on the mat, is never threatened with submissions, and eventually locks up a guillotine on Isaev that ends the fight as Isaev goes out. Njie needs to show that he can do this to legit wrestlers. (1)
8) Daniel Acacio vs. Diego Gonzalez: SC title belt on the line here in the welterweight division. Acacio is now named "The Viking Hunter". Oh, great.
FIGHT: Acacio Unanimous Decision. Thank god, this was only a three round fight, not five. Gonzalez is a chubby slugger guy and Acacio lands a billion leg kicks and punches on him, and also takes him down in every round of the fight and controls him on top after doing so. Acacio looks good here against limited competition, but then I think back as to how he hasn't won a meaningful fight in years. (1)
9) Reza Madadi vs. Rich Clementi: A Rich Clementi fight! Certainly, this will be a thing.
FIGHT: Madadi Unanimous Decision. The guy who isn't No Love wins a belt. Decent fight actually with Madadi winning by getting takedowns and being on top most of the fight, but Clementi made it a good show by pursuing a lot of submission attempts like knee bars and RNCs and the like, which Madadi skillfully avoided. Really cool rolling at points, like Madadi going for a double and Clementi trying to counter with an inverted triangle. (1)
10) Thales Leites vs. Jeremy Horn: Main event for the middleweight strap.
FIGHT: Leites Unanimous Decision. Basically, two guys jab at each other for 13 minutes, and Leites lands a few more jabs. Then he gets a takedown in the 3rd round and wins it by laying on Horn. Overall - do we learn anything new about either? No. Was it entertaining? No. Do either look like they have new wrinkles that change their career path away from "downward arc"? No. (2)
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Madadi/Clementi
KO OF THE NIGHT: Stahl/Vanttinen
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Carvalho/Uscola
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 3.5 out of ten. Some aging names alongside some no name = lousy, lousy show. Watch only the Uscola and Clementi fights if interested in anything here.
D&R Rating: 14% (7/50)
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