I actually watched this when it was on, because it was on at a normal time and wasn't Saudi sports washing shite. Plus the only other card I bothered watching live this year was the March London card, and this had a few fighters from that, plus an interesting main event.
I skipped the whole prelim's except for *Wand's one to watch*, Charriere vs Lima. Which was just ok, Charriere was a step behind the whole way and just got beat up tbh. Lima looked very good with nice combinations, but spent the whole fight doing that fucking annoying, Diaz brothers style, point at the other guy and laugh whenever you hurt them or slip a shot. Maybe there was some needle in the build up, but I ended up just thinking he was a knob.
Main card kicked off with Keita mauling, then knocking out Naimov in the first round with a lovely right hand. Which he then celebrated by climbing over the cage, sitting down in a cageside seat, and giving himself a much deserved round of applause. If his first fight in the UFC was a stinker, then this was a hell of a way to make a name for yourself and recover.
Kurtis Campbell made a bit off a fool off himself on the London card, coming in with daft hair, bright pink shorts and talking as if he was the second coming, then got battered. I was looking forward to watching him lose again here but he kind of won me over a bit. Peek did look really rubbish, but Kurtis took his time and outclassed him on the feet then kept working hard for the sub on the ground, which he eventually got. Post fight interview I was thinking "here we go, what shite is he going to come out with", then he just said sorry about the first fight and he hopes to do better now. Even when he reached back for the mic for a final word, he just dedicated the fight to his sister who is about to have a baby. Don't know how far he can go, because Peek looked so bad but positive stuff.
Oh boy the MVP fight. @wandshogun09 is going to have a field day here. I'm just going to leave it but it was a 'classic' MVP style fight.
Axel Sola one of the fighters I was really looking forward too after his fight in London, absolutely smoked fellow French man Ziam in the first. Ziam took absolutely ages to wake up, and Sola looked really upset and shaken by it. Felt for him but it was a great KO and win for him.
Then in the Main the crowd got what they wanted with Parnasse looking an absolute star. Hitting a beautiful liver kick to set up the finish. Fair play to Hooker for not going down from it and trying to fight on, very tough guy but he was fucked.
Really fun main card with loads of great finishes, roared on by a fantastic French crowd. One obvious stinker, and I've kind of forgotten the Donchenko fight, but I really enjoyed it.