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[Egg Shen]

it isnt hard to find online, its as quick as pressing the sky button if you know where to look

 

...and the quality of the picture will be better than anything VIVA broadcasts.

[Noah Southworth]

VIVA picture quality was terrible. It looked like a 360p quality video all blown up.

[Egg Shen]

Bellator have bumped their main card up to 5 fights and added the Brennan Ward/Tamdan McCrory fight to the running order, great move!

 

McCrory (The Barncat) if anyone remembers was a bit of a Joe Lauzon-type guy who had some success in the UFC a few years back, he was a geeky looking unassuming dude, but in the cage he was a bit wild and had a great submission game. He's one of those guys Joe Rogan took an instant liking too, Rogan still brings him up on his podcast from time to time. He retired from the game at 24 but tonight marks his return in a higher weightclass, he hasn't fought in over 3 years.

 

 

Tough out in Brennan Ward though...if he was looking to ease his way back in he's picked the wrong opponent because Ward's all out aggression.

[bono]

Ill catch the bellator show on dailymotion i think. If the wwe ppv's get loaded on there then im sure a tv card will

[Noah Southworth]

Lavar Johnson (249.8, 18-9) vs. Cheick Kongo (238lbs, 21-9-2) was not the slobberknock most expected because after getting tagged early with some heavy punches, Kongo took Johnson down and after a uneventful minute in the mount, Kongo took advantage of an escape attempt and got a rear naked choke and he didn’t have to flatten out Johnson out to get the tap out. Neither good nor bad, this was not what people expected or really wanted from these two.

 

Josh Burns (262.8lbs, 8-7) vs. Bobby Lashley (248lbs, 10-2) was rather uninspiring. Lashley took Burns down almost right away and whilst he stayed active in his pursuit of a top wristlock, he seemed otherwise unable to do much with an opponent who really had nothing for him. The fight went to a second round and it wasn’t long before Lashley took Burns down and soon had his back and got on a rear naked choke that Burns made no real effort to fight to escape from before tapping out. Lashley won but it’s a win that he didn’t gain much from because he didn’t look impressive in the slightest.

 

Tamdan McCrory (184lbs, 11-3) vs. Brennan Ward (186lbs, 11-2) saw McCrory make his return to MMA after a two-year absence. Eighteen seconds and a right cross later McCrory had made it a winning return to action. Ward was knocked flat on his back, arms out, and whilst he tried to get up, it was clear that nobody was at home, but the referee had already called the fight off. It didn’t last long but McCrory, even without the finish, showed good hand speed and punching power. Talent aside, and we don’t know how good he is now, McCrory still has the underdog thing going for him, and should remain a popular crowd favourite.

 

So, of course, Bellator put the wrong graphic up for him post-fight, though they eventually corrected themselves

 

Dustin Jacoby (203.8lbs, 10-3) vs. Mo Lawal (202.5lbs, 12-4) was more show(boating) than go, with Lawal doing a lot of clowning around. Lawal showed good takedowns and nice hand speed, but he still has holes in his game and comes off as a complete dickhead. Lawal won via TKO in the second but didn’t look overly impressive.

 

Scott Coker is interviewed inside the cage and formally announces Tito Ortiz vs. Stephan Bonner for November 15^th in San Diego. Ortiz and Bonner are brought into the cage for the obligatory trash talking, and Bonner has man in a suit with masked hood on. Bonner says that the fans are only fans of Ortiz because they don’t know him, and he’s amazed how so many of Ortiz’s old friends, coaches, and managers are coming out of the woodwork to help him. The masked man is revealed as some dude who’s out of Ortiz’s past. Bonner then makes remarks about Jenna Jameson, Ortiz’s ex-wife. Ortiz grabs the mic and refers to Bonner and masked dude as a pair of drug addicts and then we get the also obligatory pull-apart

 

You know what Bellator were going for but it came off so badly.  Bonner delivered his lines well, though.

 

Pat Curran © (144.8lbs, 20-5) vs. Patricio Pitbull (145lbs, 21-2) is a rematch for Bellator’s Featherweight title, with the first fight ending in a Split Decision win for Curran. The first two rounds were good, with lots of movement, feints, strikes thrown, and plenty of action. From the third round, apart from spurts of action here and there, it was pretty uneventful. It wasn’t bad as such but there wasn’t anything really exciting or engaging. The first two rounds were close enough that Curran’s corner told him between the second and third rounds that he needed to pick it up because he might be two rounds down, but Curran didn’t seem willing to pick it up. It wasn’t like Pitbull wasn’t in a position to get hit or taken down; Curran just didn’t want to kick it in gear and take the match. I had Pitbull winning 49-47; I gave him rounds 1, 3 and 5, Curran round 2, and I had round 4 tied. The first two rounds were very close, though the first was a lot closer than the second, that either fighter could have been given the round, and round 4 was a tie because neither fighter did anything to stand out or otherwise take the round; they were equal in all aspects. In the end, it’s 48-47, 49-46 and 49-46 for the winner and new champion, Patricio Pitbull.

 

Having only watched the main card so far, it was a nice enough nigh of fights, but the skit with Ortiz and Bonnar really dragged things down because it was such an incredible miss.

[Ross18]

I like Mo. Can see why people wouldn't like him though. Solid enough show last night. I thought Mo looked a bit better in there. Seemed to open up a bit more with his striking. Which lead to the victory. Seems a lot happier now that he's working for Coker and had this to say in the build up:

 

'Whenever I think about fighting for Coker it brings a smile to my face...He ain't use no dick.. as a form of transportation'

 

 

haha. 

 

Enjoyed Pitbull v Curran II. Very happy to see Pitbull finally win the belt.

 

 

Anyone else watching Invicta 8 tonight?

 

Not to most star studded card. But then losing all your best Strawweights and your Bantamweight champion will do that to you. Still a few veterans in there with Modafferi, La Rosa, Evinger and Tweet. Also been a while since Waterson defended her belt. So that should be fun. Not familiar with all here. Looking forward to seeing Rothenhausler. Trains out of Team Alpha Male. Only 1-0 in pro fights. 3-0 in amateur with all first round KO/TKO's. 

 

Should be a solid enough show.

Edited September 6, 2014 by Ross18

[Noah Southworth]

I watched the Invicta show; never miss them.

 

The show opens with a very cool video that looked very major league; this segued into clips of the fighters talking about their fights, which was a nice touch and ideal for giving any new fans at least some familiarity with who was fighting and why.

 

JJ Aldrich (115lbs, Pro Debut) vs. Delaney Owen (114lbs, 2-0) opened up the night and was a decent, solid fight. Aldrich looked very composed, had some nice punches and showed great control on the ground when she had Owen trapped in a body triangle. Obviously, Aldrich has a long way to go, but based on this showing, she looks to have all kinds of potential. Owen didn’t get to show much so it’s hard to say how good she is for her level of experience but she likely needs more work that Aldrich.

 

Jinh Yu Frey (105lbs, 2-0) vs. Jodie Esquibel (105lbs, 3-1) was uneventful until three minutes into the first round when Frey landed a nice knee to the head of Esquibel as she left her head too low while throwing a strike, Esquibel went down and she was rocked enough to where it would have been an acceptable call to stop the fight, but Frey rushed in to take her back and work for a rear naked choke, which she didn’t get, and Esquibel was able to reverse herself and get in Frey’s guard as the round came to an end. The second round was fairly uneventful although Frey did land a nice shot here and there so I guess she gets that one but it was close because nothing really happened. The third round was more of the same until Esquibel found her rhythm late on and began pouring it on, even opening a cut under Frey’s eye, but she never had her in trouble, had her rocked, so whilst she might win the round, the best she should be getting is a draw because that first round was 10-8 for Frey because she did have Esquibel finished and Esquibel didn’t come back strong enough to make a 10-9. I have this one 29-27 for Frey. Esquibel wins it on a split decision, and not one of the judges appears to have given that first round as a 10-8 for Frey, which is, simply put, bad judging because Esquibel was finished and it was only luck, or an inattentive referee, that saved her from being stopped, and nothing else Esquibel did was enough to offset that.

 

Alexa Grasso (115lbs, 4-0) vs. Ashley Cummins (115lbs, 3-2) saw the first round start slow but have a good final two minutes with Grasso going for an armbar on Cummins from the bottom and Cummins having to defend against it until the round ended. The second round was mostly stand up, which was decent, with Cummins going for a couple of takedowns, and getting one of them, and generally being more aggressive. The second was a rather scrappy brawl with Cummings going for a number of takedowns but not able to get Grasso down. The third round was close but I have Cummins edging it and getting the win. However, the judges see it differently and Grasso wins by Unanimous Decision

 

Irena Aldana (135lbs, 3-1) vs. Peggy Morgan (134lbs, 2-1) was the first fight of the night to not get out of the first round as Aldana cracked Morgan early and floored her; Morgan survived the follow up to get back up and press Aldana against the cage, but not long after they separated, Aldana flowed Morgan again and this time, Morgan couldn’t defend the follow up and was soon trapped in a rear naked choke and forced to tap out. Aldana had three big KO wins, in a combined time of a little over a minute, going into this fight, and she had another strong showing here.

 

Veronica Rothenhauser (155lbs, 1-0) vs. Charmaine Tweet (155lbs, 5-4) was another one-round fight, this one a really sloppy affair and both women need a lot of work on their stand-up. It’s understandable that Rothenhauser needs to work on her stand-up given her experience, but this is Tweet’s tenth pro fight and you would expect her to look more polished; even the debuting JJ Aldrich had better stand-up. In any event, sloppy or not, Tweet was too much for Rothenhauser, who was clearly overmatched in this one.

 

Deanna Bennet (125lbs, 4-0) vs. Michelle Ould (131lbs, 7-3) was OK; Bennet showed some nice knees in the clinch right at the end of the first round. The fight ended in the second round when Bennet landed a kick to the body of Ould that didn’t appear to be all that hard but Ould did the delayed reaction, clutching her chest and falling to her knees a few seconds later, and as Ould held up her hand, the referee stepped in and stopped the fight.

 

Roxanne Modaferi (125lbs, 15-11) vs. Tara LaRosa (125lbs, 21-4) was up next and is the third fight between these two. It was a decent fight; nothing stood out as that great but nothing was obviously bad. Modaferi kept ahead of LaRosa from beginning to end, moving better, moving her head better, and generally fighting better and smarter, and Modaferi won by unanimous decision.

 

Tonya Evinger (137lbs, 14-5) vs. Ediane Gomes (135lbs, 10-2) was another one round fight and was easily the best and most exciting fight of the night so far. Evinger took Gomes down early with a trip and in the ensuing scramble, we had a battle of the ankle locks and toe holds, each women going for a hold on the other but not quite table to get it. Evinger not another trip takedown and Gomes almost pulled out an armbar off her back. Evinger got another takedown, and Gomes couldn’t stop Evinger from taking the mount; Gomes survived some ground and pound but in trying to scramble free, Gomes left her arm exposed and Evinger got the arm and was able to get an armbar and force the tap out. A very exciting fight whilst it lasted.

 

Stephanie Eggink (115lbs, 4-1) vs. Katja Kankaanpaa (115lb, 9-1-1) is the co-main event of the evening for the Invicta Strawweight title. This was a very good technical battle, but I’m not sure it would appeal to most fans because it didn’t have a lot of fireworks. Eggink used her reach to outstrike Kankaanpaa and with long legs, Eggink was able hard to take down, even stuffing one takedown and pushing forwards to end up on top. At least twice, Eggink had a triangle choke on, and Kankaanpaa survived one at the end of the third round that had her in trouble. Kankaanpaa was likely behind on the scorecards heading into the fifth and final round when a scramble on the ground allowed her to snag Eggink with a D’arce choke and whilst it was hard to tell how tight it was on, it was on tight enough for Eggink to tap out at the two-minute mark of the fifth round and Kankaanpaa comes from behind and earns the Invicta Strawweight title.

 

Michelle Waterson © (105lbs, 11-3) vs. Yasuko Tamada (103lbs, 15-8-3) was the main event of the evening for Invicta Atomweight title. Simply put, this was a one-sided pounding, and Michelle Waterson was swinging the hammer. She kicked the crap out of Tamada is the best and most accurate way of describing how this fight went. Sure, there were some punches thrown, but it was really Waterson teeing off on Yamada and kicking her at will and throwing almost every type of kick she could; about the only kick we didn’t see was the crane kick. Yamada showed too much guts because she was taking incredible punishment and that isn’t going to feel good later in life. Yamada had never been finished heading into this fight and whilst the spirit was willing, the body was not able to match, and Yamada was stopped for the first time with just seconds to go in the third round after a barrage of knees whilst up against the cage. Waterson looked good but it was obvious from very early on that she had too much speed and movement and Yamada was never in the fight at all; I’m not even sure she got any serious offense off at all

 

All in all, whilst not quite at the level of some earlier Invicta events, it was still a good night of action, though the technical issue at the end somewhat killed the momentum of the main event.

[Egg Shen]

im yet to see an Invicta event, i will one day.

 

liking your write ups though Noah.

 

however, i didnt chime in about Bellator but i thought you were a little off base with regards to Bobby Lashley, i thought he looked good against Josh Burns. He took on a self proclaimed Hammer Housr grinder and just dominated him, he took him down easilty, passed guard and attempted several submissions. I don't think Burns laid a glove on Lashley over the course of the two rounds, im not quite what else yoy expect from Lashley? a couple of snap suplexed a drop kick? it was pure domination.

 

Tamdan Mccrory's return was just outstanding though, what a combination! that dude just served notice to thr Bellator 185lbers.

[Noah Southworth]

Josh Burns was a tomato can who had a look and some minor notoriety because he was a sparring partner for one of the klitschko's. Lashley did not impress me because he did as well as he was expected to against the aforementioned can. Put Lashley in against someone who has at least a decent chance of beating him,and, if he dominates them like he did Burns, then I'll be impressed.

[Egg Shen]

i see what your trying to say but if Lashley did exactly what he was expected to do how could you not be impressed in the slightest? Guy did his job and got out without a scratch.

[Noah Southworth]

I'd have been impressed if Lashley had taken Burns down and done something other than smother him or go for the top wristlock. I wasn't impressed because Lashley didn't appear to have either the willingness or ability to try something else when he couldn't get the wristlock; it was like he had no clue what else to do and he had the time and the opening to go for just about anything he wanted.

[Egg Shen]

ok, i hear you. I still disagree though

[Egg Shen]

i touched on it in the Boxing thread, but this weekend is one of the most stupidly packed weekends of the year...and im off work so im gonna digest what i can.

 

I aint gonna list the fights cards, but here's the posters of some of the shit going down, there's stuff to be seen on every show:

 

 

 

 

 

 

pick the bones out of that lot

[Noah Southworth]

Crazy fact about Invicta 8. Nobody was sure how old Yasuko Tamada was; turns out she's 47. I'm not sure whether to be impressed or mortified given the fact she got slaughtered for fifteen minutes.

[Your Fight Site]

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