Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 20, 2015 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) yeh Bellator was good, very good title fight. Straus has now lost his belt and lost his chance to regain it via RNC, just shows how one mistake can make all the difference. Well worth a look if you didn't get to see it... . The Kharakhanyan chokew as scary, Bubba Jenkins looked dead whilst stuck in the choke, I can see why Herb didn't break it up but it was still a late call. Zwicker/Alexander was a dud outside of around 30 seconds of great stuff in each round, it so frustrating when you see guys fail to empty the tank and just jockey for position of the majority of a fight. Zaromskis/Gonzalez was just weird, they threw a ridciculous amount of punches but i cant recall a fight where there was so many wasted strikes, Zaromskis used to be a lethal striker, i don't know what the throw 150 tip tap punches a round thing was about, weird. WSOF was as Noah said instantly forgettable, the card suffered from losing some of it's main card fighters running up but it was still a fairly stale night outside of Joe Condon's ridiculous comeback and Jake Shield's doing his thing. Like Fitch/Palhares im actually really looking forward to Palhares/Shields though. oh, and Noah on the point of the talking into the camera promo's, Bellator's did come off as very cheesy, and if you're asking someone to basically portray their feelings in a 30 second spot it's always gonna come off a little pro wrestling. The UFC actually did what you moan about them not doing on Sunday night though, when Conor McGregor talked about his past opponents he looked directly into the camera and spoke rather than looking off to the side addressing an interviewer. Edited January 20, 2015 by Ebb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Southworth Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 The UFC actually did what you moan about them not doing on Sunday night though, when Conor McGregor talked about his past opponents he looked directly into the camera and spoke rather than looking off to the side addressing an interviewer. I didn't realize putting forth a thought out viewpoint constituted 'moaning'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 21, 2015 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 21, 2015 everyone's been having a bit of a moan recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Southworth Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Ring of Combat 50 Jenna Serio (118lbs, 1-0) vs. Calie Cutler (120lbs, 1-0) opened up the prelims in a fight scheduled for three four-minute rounds. For two inexperienced fighters, this wasn’t too bad; both fighters showed poise and whilst they were obviously green, neither woman looked too sloppy. That said, Cutler was the more polished of the two, with better footwork and movement, and she showed some nice kicks as well. Given more experienced, I think Cutler should do really well, especially if she can bring he kicks along. Serio has potential, too, but I see her likely ending up in the middle of the pack. Cutler got the win at 1:43 in the third via TKO from ground and pound from the full mount. Lashawn Alcocks (155lbs) vs. Eddie Lenoci (154lbs) rounded out the prelims, again scheduled for three four-minute rounds, with Lenoci being out of the Serra-Long camp, the same camp that houses current UFC Middleweight Champion, Chris Weidman. Alcocks dropped Lenoci midway through the first round and tried to finish him off but Lenoci survived and scrambled free. As the round ended, Lenoci almost had Alocks trapped in a couple of submissions but Alcocks was able to escape. The second round was decidedly in favour of Lenoci, who again had Alcocks in trouble with submissions, and also ground control, and it was pretty clear that Lenoci was the more skilled when the fight was on the mat. In the third, Lenoci again was dominant and he was able to get Alcocks to the ground; Lenoci fired off some ground and pound from the mount but Alocks stayed in the fight by firing off some wild punches of own. Alocks tried to scramble free but ended up in a rear naked choke; Alocks used the cage to get back standing, with Lenoci still on his back; Alocks then tried to flip free but Lenoci stayed on Alcocks so Alocks ended up flipping over. Somehow, Lenoci couldn’t finish Alocks, having to transition into an armbar as the round and fight came to an end. This was a very decent fight and Lenoci, if he can shore some things up, may find himself in the UFC someday. And just to show that inept judging is not confined to the major leagues, Lenoci won via split decision; the only round Alcocks could conceivably have won is the first, as the second and third rounds were clearly won by Alocks. Leonard Simpson (157lbs, 3-2) vs. Max Bohanan (154.5lbs, 2-0) opened up the main card with another bout scheduled for three four-minute rounds. This fight quickly hit the mat with Bohanan dragging Simpson down to the ground; a tangle of legs ensued and in the process, Bohanan snared the left leg of Simpson and trapped him in a calf crusher and Simpson tapped out in just 1:02. Bohnanan is a Ricardo Almeida student and looked impressive on the ground so keep an eye out for this kid in the future. Justin Stewart (154.5lbs, 0-0) vs. Gregor Gillespie (154lbs, 3-0) was next with Stewart taking on a former NCAA Div I Champion in Gillespie; again, three four-minute rounds. Gillespie got Stewart down very quickly, got Stewart face down, and Gillespie bombarded Stewart with punches and the referee stopped the fight at 2:51. Gillespie obviously has good wrestling but it was hard to get a read on his overall level of skill due to the one-sided nature of the fight. Mike Santiago (147lbs, 12-9) vs. Kenny Foster (146lbs, 11-8) was for the vacant RoC East Coast Featherweight title, over three five-minute rounds. About a minute into the fight, they were scrambling up off the mat and Santiago grabbed Foster in a guillotine and as he forced Foster against the cage, Foster tapped out of nowhere and Santiago earned himself championship gold in just 1:33. Like with the previous fight, this one was too short to get a good read on either fighter. Matt Rizzo © (126lbs, 7-2) vs. Corey Simmons (126lbs, 5-6) was for the RoC National Championship in the Flyweight Division. The fight went all three rounds and consisted almost entirely of Rizzo keeping Simmons grounded and controlling him against the cage. The only exception was the last minute when Simmons had Rizzo against the cage, but he could do nothing with it. This fight was boring and uneventful with absolutely nothing of note happening. Devon Morris (185lbs, 1-3) vs. Oluwale Bamgbose (185lbs, 3-0) was for the vacant RoC National Middleweight Championship. This was short and explosive, with Bamgbose swarming Morris early and just beating him up, ending the fight with a head kick in 3:18. With some seasoning and the right training, Bamgbose could be a very explosive middleweight and he’s another name to keep an eye on. Randy Brown (170lbs, 2-0) vs. Mike Winters (170lbs, 7-4) was for the vacant RoC National Welterweight title. The first round saw Brown very dominant, having Winters in a triangle early on and keeping control, even though Winters eventually managed to escape, with Brown having several submissions on. Winters stayed in there and somewhat came back late on, but the first round was clearly for Brown. Winters was doing much better in the second but as he rushed in, Brown caught him with a right, and Winters was dropped and Brown quickly followed up with hammerfists and the referee stopped the fight at 1:11 of round two. You can add Randy Brown to the list of fighters tonight who show some very good potential. Phillipe Nover (152lbs, 9-5) vs. Dan Cion (153lbs, 4-1) was for the vacant RoC East Coast Championship with a 152lbs weight limit. After taking Cion down early on, Nover spent the majority of the round just wailing away on him and the only reason it wasn’t stopped, it looked like, was because Cion was making just enough movement; not that it should have counted, though, because Cion was just taking punch after punch for two or three minutes, and not properly defending himself at all. A definite 10-8 round for Nover. Almost right away in the second, Cion wiffed on a kick and fell down, and Nover pounced, took his back and grabbed a rear naked choke and Cion tapped out in 1:10 of the second round. Nover looked good but anyone would against a guy who was out of action for three years and offered absolutely nothing. Julio Arce © (136lbs, 6-0) vs. Thomas Vasquez (134lbs, 6-2) was the co-main event of the evening for the RoC National Bantamweight Championship. This was two-and-a-half rounds of Arce walking Vasquez down and peppering him with methodical strikes, the finish coming at 3:46 of round three with strikes on the ground. Again, this was a fight where you can’t properly judge the winner because the loser offered nothing at all. Jeff Lentz (155lbs, 9-4) vs. George Sheppard (155lbs, 15-9) was the main event of the evening and was for the vacant RoC Lightweight Championship. This was another methodical and somewhat pedestrian fight, with Lentz walking Sheppard down, landing enough strikes to dominate but not really impressing or standing out. Part way through the third, Lentz, perhaps looking to play safe, tried to take Sheppard down, but Sheppard kept things standing and the fight stayed upright until the time expired and Lentz took the unanimous decision. Production was amateurish all through the night; the graphics looked third-rate, the tale-of-the-tape frequently had the wrong weight displayed, the wrong fighter’s name was put up at one point, etc. I know the RoC budget isn’t UFC-level, but the production was embarrassingly bad; how do you keep screwing up the weights on the tale-of-the-tape? The fights themselves ran the gamut from boring to decent and a number of the fighters showed some real potential. Overall, it was a fine enough night of action, and I think we’ll be seeing a couple of fighters in the big leagues at some point, but if production values are your thing, or you like minor league production values to look at least somewhat professional, you might get a headache before the night is over. Fighters to watch out for: Calie Cutler, Eddie Lenoci, Max Bohanan, Oluwale Bamgbose and Randy Brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Noah, for a guy who belittles "hardcore" MMA fans, you don't half seem like one with these obscure reports. You'd surely get brownie points for posting that over on Sherdog? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 30, 2015 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 30, 2015 Phillipe Nover is still fighting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Southworth Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 (edited) Noah, for a guy who belittles "hardcore" MMA fans, you don't half seem like one with these obscure reports. You'd surely get brownie points for posting that over on Sherdog? I just point out their lack of understanding the business side of MMA. If you consider that ‘belittling’ and feel the need to jump to their support, then I suggest that says more about you than anything else. Edited January 30, 2015 by Noah Southworth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Noah, for a guy who belittles "hardcore" MMA fans, you don't half seem like one with these obscure reports. You'd surely get brownie points for posting that over on Sherdog? I just point out their lack of understanding the business side of MMA. If you consider that ‘belittling’ and feel the need to jump to their support, then I suggest that says more about you than anything else. Just you keep those reports coming mate. I look forward to them almost as much as the old post-fight scrums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted February 4, 2015 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 4, 2015 Little MMA and Boxing this weekend, so get on Glory 19 you muthafucks... Rico Verhoeven vs. Errol Zimmerman (heavyweight title fight) Joe Schilling vs. Robert Thomas Nieky Holzken vs. Alexander Stetsurenko (welterweight contender tournament semi-final) Raymond Daniels vs. Jonatan Oliveira (welterweight contender tournament semi-final) and of course you get the final of the tourament. Joe Schilling fights on here after KO'ing Melvin Manheof in Bellator. Spike TV are putting a promotional push behind Schilling, they are looking at him to be a 2-sport crossover star between Kickboxing and MMA, he's not the first to do it but he's one of the first American's they believe can be a star in both sports. If you can't place the name, he was the guy cornering Nick Diaz last weekend, he's also on this week's Joe Rogan podcast. ...and if you haven't heard of Raymond Daniels: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bono Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Is glory not on bt anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted February 5, 2015 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 5, 2015 I looked at listings and it doesn't look this show is on, which sucks. It'll be online in other places if you know where to look, im planning on watching it Saturday night after the Merseyside Derby. Glory also upload all their fights to youtube but im guessing that happens a few weeks after the show airs on Spike! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted February 5, 2015 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 5, 2015 oh, one other thing. Mike Tyson is doing punditry for this event, think he's signed a long term deal with Glory. Be interesting to see how that goes. Here's the official countdown video, featuring Tyson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted February 8, 2015 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 8, 2015 (edited) Well Glory 19 was another great show. It was a wild night night of fights, lots of scrappy stuff but some great highlights. I think when you're younger and you see kung fu movies you have a vision in your head that real fighting will look something a little similar to what you see in the movies (and clueless older people still think that shit would work in a real fighting environment), and Raymond Daniels seems to be the guy most intent on trying to make that shit become a reality. Crazy kicks, the guy throws some ridiculous things in the ring, it worked in one fight with spectacular results and in the tournament final he got well and truly shut down by Nicky Holzken, devastating body puncher. https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/CAF7C881B21175669392135065600_3216f866af7.1.5.7831277343111737622.mp4?versionId=cSrDyOAT1a_vSIAMme87P6kSEBiLaPsl (Daniels finishing Oliveira) All 4 tournament fights were quality. Joe Schilling probably made his fight harder than it needed to be by rushing his work and having someone in front of him who wasn't going to be put away easily, how Robert Thomas got up from that 3rd round knockdown i'll never know though, you may not see a harder punch landed all year. https://mtc.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/77BECF23F91175685442625265664_36fa338ffe7.1.5.6141724727045434753.mp4?versionId=60cr1QX6xTrWq585rRw3GZ8Mpu4CrHnx (that angle doesn't really do justice to how hard Thomas' head snapped back) You had you're money's worth before the main event and that was shaping up possibly before the FOTN before Zimmerman blew his knee out in round 2 leading to some confusion in the ring, i think they actually tried to put Zimmerman's kneecap back in place so he could fight on insane first round, both guys rocked and throwing everything at each other...Verhoeven rubbishing Zimmerman's claims that he has no power. Glory is money...i say it everytime but the casual MMA fans that moan about the lack of standup/action sometimes need to watch Glory. Edited February 8, 2015 by Ebb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted February 12, 2015 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 12, 2015 Lots of shows this weekend, i mentioned in the Thatch/Henderson thread that after all the shitty news of the last week it's easy to forget that the schedule rolls on, and im really hoping to see some great fights this weekend, needing to see some positives from MMA: WSOF 18 is on tonight, Bellator is Friday, the UFC is Saturday... MAIN CARD (NBCSN, 9 p.m. ET) Champ Marlon Moraes (135) vs. Josh Hill (134.8) – for bantamweight title Shane Campbell (168) vs. Derek Boyle (169.9) Andrew McInnes (169.8) vs. Cody McKenzie (169.6) Hakeem Dawodu (145.3) vs. Tristan Johnson (145.5) PRELIMINARY CARD (MMAjunkie, 7:45 p.m. ET) Matt Baker (185.6) vs. Ali Mokdad (184.4) Mukai Maromo (155.3) vs. Jose Rodriguez (160.5)* Mark Drummond (170.9) vs. Spencer Jebb (170.6) – streams after main card Dan Lariviere (153.9) vs. Garret Nybakken (155.3) – streams after main card Marcus Hicks (189.5)* vs. Graham Park (185.4) bit of a headscratcher of a show, WSOF seems to load them up for one show then go low-key the next. Still main card wise these things last like 90mins so it's worth a watch, and its always good to see Marlon Moraes fight. Oh, and that smelly fuck Cody McKenzie is back after his 'retirement' of around 3 weeks. Bellator is looking great: Main Card (on Spike TV)Alexander Shlemenko (51-9) vs. Melvin Manhoef (29-12-1, 1 NC)Pat Curran (20-6) vs. Daniel Weichel (34-8)Julia Budd (6-2) vs. Talita Nogueira (6-0)Chris Honeycutt (5-0) vs. Clayton MacFarlane (4-0) Prelim Card (Spike.com)Art “King Arthur” Arciniega(14-4) vs. Charley Huston (6-2)Blake Watkins (4-0) vs. George Zuniga (3-0)Paul Ruiz (5-2) vs. Nicolas Sperling (3-2)“Terrible” Tom Cook (1-1) vs. Mason “The Mangler” Fowler (1-0) That main event is probably the must-see fight of the weekend for me, both guys are coming off bad losses but neither man will fight cautiously, do not fucking blink! Keep an on Honeycutt too, another of the NCAA Div 1. wrestling guys, he threw his opponent around like a child in his last Bellator fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Julia Budd (6-2) vs. Talita Nogueira (6-0) That fight is now Julia Budd vs. Gabrielle Holloway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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