Guest Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Can you invite my fighter Barry Mcgill to the stand up gym. Please and Thank you.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Message the gym owners! Also, a shoutout to Adolf Anderson (aka rivfader) who just became the third manager to hold two titles in Blitzkrieg simultaneously! Check out the fights at: http://mmatycoon.com/orgeventpublic.php?EvID=66874 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyBlayze Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Message the gym owners! Also, a shoutout to Adolf Anderson (aka rivfader) who just became the third manager to hold two titles in Blitzkrieg simultaneously! Check out the fights at: http://mmatycoon.com/orgeventpublic.php?EvID=66874 Great job, riv! Truly an accomplishment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 No unleashed episodes recently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Yeah sadly our writer had some IRL issues and he was just so good that we couldn't find anyone else we liked.. Should be back soon though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 #3 worldwide! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyBlayze Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 #3 worldwide! Boats and Hoes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Eirik, and this is Blitzkrieg Unleashed! Last night, in front of over 4000 screaming fans, BFC 73: Runar vs Lesnar II went live. It turned out to be a real night of action, with several high-paced fights that left the fans wanting for more! In the first fight of the evening, 7-1 boxing sensation Rick Thomas faced off against all-rounder Joe Cole. Cole, who was coming off two knockout losses in a row, had before the fight announced his retirement after this match. It would certainly be interesting how he intended to go out. Thomas came out swinging as the bell rang, missing most of his bombs. Cole seemed to focus on everything but the match, only throwing the occasional strike. After almost a minute, he went for a takedown, but got sprawled. What followed was a brutal display of power, as Cole was knocked down twice, sliced open, and then knocked into retirement by a perfect 1-2 combination. Winner: Rick Thomas by first round KO (Punches) The fans were in for another treat as sprawl-and-brawl boxer John Doe took on the boxer and BJJ player Dave Hanson. This quickly turned into a brutal standup war, with Doe stuffing several takedown attempts and getting the better of the exchanges. After a heated first round, neither fighter did disappoint as they came out swinging for the second round. After avoiding a couple of wild hooks, Doe knocked down Hanson with a right hand counter, and proceeded to knock him out cold with a brutal straight that earned him the knockout of the night-bonus. Winner: John Doe by first round KO (Punch) In our third fight of the evening, following two brutal knockouts, the BJJ brown belts Jens Hansen and Resial Nine squared off. This fight turned out to be a fairly one-sided match, with Nine taking Hansen down at will, landing several strikes both standing on the ground, advancing to mount and side control several times, and even taking Hansen's back at one point. A lot of submission attempts were thrown around by both fighters, but neither were successful. Winner: Resial Nine by unanimous decision The fourth fight of the evening had the two remarkable featherweight boxers Micheal Deacino and Roy Rage squaring off, and several people hoped a stand-up war. However, Rage showed us fairly early on why it is an advantage to be the more well-rounded fighter, as he scored several takedowns, a couple of ground shots, and even went for a few submissions. It may not come as any surprise to anyone who has followed Rage's career, as he has two armbar wins earlier in his career, and good gameplanning from Rage let him pick up a well-deserved decision win. Winner: Roy Rage by unanimous decision After two fairly uneventful decisions, the fans were starting to get restless. However, the boos quickly turned into cheers as heavyweight up-and-comer Leon Kaiser faced off against the veteran John Silver. Kaiser was known for his thrilling (and quick) fights, with four wins and four Knockout of the Night-bonuses. Silver was also known for his power, his solid chin, and his ability to outsmart his opponents and impose his gameplan on them. Many people considered this to be a true test for the young, but promising Kaiser, and an opportunity to bounce back into title contention for Silver. After getting the better of the exchanges from the get-go, even cutting Silver open in the process, Kaiser knocked him down and finished him with a big shot that made the referee stop the match after just one minute. A frightening display of both technical striking and pure power by the Muay Thai-practitioner! Winner: Leon Kaiser by first round TKO (Strikes) The fans were once again pumped up from the brutal finish in the previous fight, and light-heavyweight strikers Max Shinobi and Nickolas Bryant had no intentions of ruining the mood. After a short, but intense back-and-forth-war, where we first witnessed Shinobi knocking down Bryant with a beautiful combination, and then saw Bryant return the favor, Bryant finally got the better of Shinobi with this brutal shot, putting the rest of the division on notice: «Shinobi misses with a telegraphed body shot and Bryant counters with a right hand from hell and Shinobi is out cold! A vicious knockout!» Why this wasn't dubbed the Knockout of the Night is beyond me, but that's not up to me to decide. An amazing performance by both fighters! Winner: Nickolas Bryant by first round KO (Punch) One of the things the Blitzkrieg brass prides themselves with, is that «there's no easy fights in Blitzkrieg». The light-heavyweight fight between the aptly named Bang McGee and Dave Bautista illustrated this perfectly, as the fans got to witness an absolute war. Bang McGee came out on top of the exchanges in the first round, winning on points. Bautista apparently didn't care too much about points, though, as he had sliced up McGee pretty badly in the first round. He kept throwing bombs, and got the inevitable cut win after 3:32 minutes into the second round. Winner: Dave Bautista by second round TKO (Cut) After this particularly gory affair, a cleaning crew were issued to clean up the cage as the fans got a short break to get more beers and discuss the previous battles. After 10 minutes, the cage looked as shiny as Bender's metal ass, and it was time for another intense featherweight bout. Frank Mac had fallen a bit between a rock and a hard place recently, after a disappointing loss to featherweight champion Shane Falco, and another hard-fought loss to #1 contender Gunner State. Let Ji was also coming off a loss to the dominant champion and The Ultimate Manager-winner, and both men were heavy-handed strikers looking to once again put themselves in line for a title shot, and perhaps, vengeance. Both men showed superb gameplanning, but Frank Mac came out on top, even after being cut and badly rocked in round 2. He was able to survive the takedowns of Ji, avoid his lethal elbows, and land heavy blows both at a range and in the clinch. A true thriller! Winner: Frank Mac by unanimous decision It was finally time for the co-main event of the evening, where everyone's favorite replacement and quarterback, mr. Shane Falco, faced off against the Bon Jovi-digging submission artist Gunner State. According to his walk-in song, he was intending to go down «in a blaze of glory». Let's see if that's what happened. Over the course of a gruelling 5 rounds, Falco completely shut down Gunner's offenses, landing several hard punches and kicks at range, and also displaying some of the dirty boxing he has become known for. State almost got beaten into a coma in the middle of round 1, but miraculously recovered. After that, Shane Falco somehow poured on the pressure. Gunner somehow managed to pull guard in between getting murdered in the clinch, but were unsuccessful in getting submissions from the bottom. Shane Falco won the decision with a 50-41 score. It's hard for me to not downplay how much of a domination this fight was. This was more brutal than a monster truck driving down a road full of hedgehogs. I must admit, though, that my admiration for Gunner State has grown tremendously: most people would have crumbled from taking that much punishment, but mr. State showed incredible heart. I wish him all the best in the future, and hope he bounces back, stronger than ever! Winner: Shane Falco by unanimous decision Brock Lesnar used to climb the highly competitive Blitzkrieg heavyweight division, happily pounding out (and probably eating) everyone who dared enter his lair. He eventually won the title from Piotr Rasputin at BFC 60, and it looked like he would enjoy a long reign at the top. And then he met Reinhard Galt. In what can only be called an ass-kicking, Galt exploited Lesnar's Muay Thai weakness by throwing multiple kicks to the legs and body of the helpless behemoth. It was one of the most gruelling fights the division had ever seen, and Lesnar was, quite obviously, out for revenge. Sven Runar had previously been pounded out by Lesnar's lunchbox-sized fists. After getting destroyed, he had bounced back and racked up 3 wins in a row. The gargantuan viking warrior and striker Runar was out for blood: he wanted revenge against the second man to ever defeat him. And revenge he got. In what was later scored as the Fight of the Night, we witnessed a truly one-sided beatdown, as the furious Runar landed blow after blow against a desperate Lesnar. We do not know if the gameplan was to work his legs or not, but if it was, that one went out the window as soon as Runar faced his advesary. He landed bomb after bomb to the wrestler's head, while swatting away the takedown attempts and evading all but two punches. The sheer amount of punches Brock Lesnar got hammered into his face would be enough to kill an medium-sized African elephant bull, and only a man with a top-tier chin would be able to withstand such massive amounts of brutal blows from a knockout artist like Runar. I know that I, for one, will avoid pissing off Sven Runar in the future. What a dominant win! Winner: Sven Runar by unanimous decision After the event was over and the (still screaming) fans were leaving, Blitzkrieg kingpin and matchmaker Matty Blayze was seen cackling manically on top of his fabled chest of gold, while the Don of the Blitzkrieg family himself, Shiv Whorra, sneezed into a tissue. I sent him a quick «Gesundheit!», and left the backstage area. Moving to the entrance, I managed to get a few short lines out of a couple of attendees: Bob: This is my first time at a Blitzkrieg event, but it sure as hell won't be the last! Lisa: Wow, I am still shocked by the level of fighters we watched tonight. Plus, that Runar guy was pretty cute. Hihi! Rob: Dude, is this the cinema or something? That's all for tonight! Thank you for your time, and I hope you tune in for Blitzkrieg Unleashed on another occasion! Happy Independence Day, my American friends! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Eirik, and this is Blitzkrieg Unleashed! I'll just get this out of the way immediately by saying that I'm sorry I've been quiet for two weeks, as I know you guys love hearing from me. It involved the after-party for Blitzkrieg 77, lots of coke, Matty puking in the punch bowl, and me waking up in the middle of nowhere. But that is a story for another time. First off, I'd like to give a shoutout to one of our top heavyweights, Aloha Hoi, for his dominating performance in the co-main event of the first PPV ever to grace Russia. With only 3 seconds left in the first round, «Pineapple Head» showed the world that Blitzkrieg reigns supreme, by brutally pummeling MKFC's #1 heavyweight contender through the mat. Hoi is currently on the plane home, expecting celebrations, willing girls and his mom's special pineapple pizza. A round of applause is in order! Second off, as you all know by now, the Blitzkrieg family is happy to announce that we're officially merging with TDC! A great org with lots of great fighters, and the unification bouts might finally propel us to our well-deserved #1 spot! Now, to the core of it: BFC79: Runar vs Sushi featured some of the world's top fighters clashing in several divisions. The card attracted almost 6500 fans, and they all got more than they paid for. This card started out in the heavyweight division, with 9-4 BJJ brown belt Jens Hansen facing 7-4 BJJ purple belt Jay Roc jr. Both fighters had developed a considerable fan-base in Blitzkrieg over the last couple of fights, and this reflected the mood perfectly. Only in an org like Blitzkrieg can two grizzled veterans like these start off what turned out to be a brilliant night of action. Both men were on 2-fight losing streaks coming in, and hungry for a win. Both men exchanged blows in the clinch, before Hansen managed to get a takedown into guard with gusto. He transitioned quickly into mount, and locked in a super-fast armbar. Fights broke out between Jay and Jens' fans, and security guards had to calm down some 200 fans with sticks and tear gas. A promising start of the evening, in other words! Winner: Jens Hansen by first round armbar Following this lightning quick submission from two big guys, two even bigger guys made their entrance, as the first super-heavyweight fight of the evening kicked off. Gert Johnnys (7-4) looked like the better fighter on paper, sporting excellent Muay Thai and solid wrestling, as he faced off against BJJ purple belt Loo Cang (6-3). However, Cang was happy to add another loss to «The Giant»'s streak, as he over the course of 15 minutes dominated Johnny both standing and on the ground. «The Giant» seemed a bit gunshy, only throwing 7 strikes in 15 minutes, and his future in Blitzkrieg is looking grim. Winner: Loo Cang by unanimous decision Decisions doesn't have to be boring, though. Bigger fighters doesn't neccessarily make for the more exciting fights, either. The decorated middleweight grappler Paul Harris (7-4) faced off against the decision wizard Yamada Taiki, who primarily relies on his solid Muay Thai skills to earn him the judges' favor. In this back and forth war, Taiki eventually came out on top, though, and earned a place in the fans' hearts as he moved to 8-4. Winner: Yamada Taiki by unanimous decision Some fights just scream «finish!» from a mile off. A textbook example would be when a heavy boxer with knockout power faces a lesser boxer with a suspect chin. This is exactly what happened in the fourth fight of the evening, as Finnish light heavyweight grappler Mikko Suvanto (7-3) squared off against the Swede Jean Pierre Skogsbaer (7-2). Most of Skogsbaer's wins came by way of (T)KO, but he also sported good wrestling and a BJJ brown belt. He spent no time rolling around, though, as he knocked Suvanto down early and finished him with strikes from the mount in less than a minute. An impressive win, which earned our favorite Swede the knockout of the night-bonus! Winner: Jean Pierre Skogsbaer by first round TKO (Ground strikes) It was once again time for the super-heavyweights to throw their weight around, as Big Boy (9-3) faced up-and-comer Kung Pao Chichen (5-3). Chichen immediately shot in for a takedown and clamped in an immediate kimura, earning him the submission of the night-bonus. Winner: Kung Pao Chichen by first round kimura We once again jumped faster up and down in weight than Oprah Winfrey on a diet, as our next fight was in the middleweight division. The Blitzkrieg middleweight division seems to have loosened up a bit after Fedor Belfort finally lost and proved that he is, indeed, human. Both trevor gunter (9-5) and Dwayne Keller (10-6) were on losing streaks, and intent on climbing their way up to a title shot. In a fight cynics might call «uneventful», gunter managed to beat Keller to the punch several times, while taking him down occasionally. The takedowns didn't result in much, but at the end of the night, his hand was raised in victory. Winner: trevor gunter by unanimous decision Just like the previously mentioned Oprah, we yet again climbed up a weight class, as versatile boxer\BJJ practitioner Duane Lee Chapman (7-2) faced the aptly named Bee Jayjay (9-2). Chapman was taken down early, but successfully managed to defend assaults from the mount, his back, and the bottom of half-guard. The referee eventually stood the two fighters up, and Chapman didn't waste his chance to shine as he brutally dropped Jayjay and landed several strikes which made the grappler tap out under the pressure. A disappointing end for both Jayjay and the fans, but those shots looked like they really hurt! Winner: Duane Lee Chapman by first round Submission (Strikes) «Thunder Thighs» Anton Glasgow (7-0) had happily decisioned his way up to a quite respectable, undefeated record under the careful eyes of Norway's very own Adolf Andersen. The Scot attracted quite the attention during the weight-in, and many expected him to go on a rampage through Blitzkrieg's LHW division. The only man standing between him and carnage was the rugged Icelandic veteran Egill Skallagrimsson (11-6). In the first round, it looked like Glasgow was coming for our women and beer after all, as he landed clinch strikes, a takedown, and several ground strikes. After the bell rung for the second time, it quickly became clear that all he had done was pissing the viking off. Skallagrimsson landed several brutal strikes before he knocked Anton down with a combination. He then landed a bone-crunching hook that sent Anton on a trip to the infirmary. We all wish Anton a speedy recovery, and I'll personally hand my lunch money over to Egill before he gives me a wedgie. Winner: Egill Skallagrimsson by second round KO (Punch) I won't deny it, Nkuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga (10-0) is a personal favorite of mine. He continues to break his opponents' spirits down like they were made out of twigs. Some naysayers believed that Gabe Mustardson (7-3) would be the one to defeat him. Those naysayers were yet again proven wrong. It is not known whether or not mr. Andersen took away Nkuku's food for a week before the fight, but he sure as hell fought like it. When the bell rang, he was all over Mustardson like a hungry lion, and the only thing even remotely surprising about the beatdown we got to witness, was that he didn't tear off a nice chunk of meat with his teeth. Nkuku shredded his legs with kicks, bludgeoned his face with a flurry of hands and shins, and probably pulverized all of the «Hilo Halo»'s ribs with sickening body kicks. 3 minutes into round 4, he finally got tired of playing, and tossed his trampled opponent away like a discarded toy. This fight deservedly won the cherished «fight of the night»-award, and it was beautifully savage to behold. Winner: Nkuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga by fourth round TKO (Strikes) Blitzkrieg can happily boast about having one of the most competitive heavyweight divisions in the world. When two of the top heavyweights in Blitzkrieg clash, it's reason enough to drop everything in your hands, sell your grandma, and jump on the first plane to Hilo. You may remember how Sven Runar utilized his viking rage and fearsome striking to demolish Brock Lesnar, and you may remember how a bloodied, tired and broken Yoshi Sushi managed to snatch victory away from the jaws of Aloha Hoi with his incredibly rounded MMA game. With the two of them coming off such victories, one could expect a clash of the titans which would shake the very foundations of the world of Mixed Martial Arts. As always, Runar came out blazing, landing several blows to Sushi's face. Sushi failed to take him down, but was able to retaliate with kicks of his own. The fight inevitably moved into the clinch, which is where the scales started to tip in Sushi's favor. After a couple of knees to the head, Runar seemed happy to roll around for a bit with the BJJ brown belt, who successfully pulled guard. After getting the fight down, Sushi's incredible instincts kicked in, as he sank in an incredible Guillotine choke, which forced the viking to tap out. Sushi is closing in on his cherished title shot, and is now rightfully considered one of the top heavyweights in the world! Congratulations to his manager, Skinny Vince, and Sushi himself for another win against another dangerous opponent! Winner: Yoshi Sushi by first round Guillotine The last two fights were so incredible that riot police had to be called in to calm down the over-excited masses. My pal Rob was nowhere to be seen, so I'll have to wrap this up on my own. Expect another review shortly, and thanks again for being a part of the Blitzkrieg family. Good night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Eirik, and this is Blitzkrieg Unleashed! As you may have noticed, Blitzkrieg is hosting the Spirit KOTR tournament. The second part of that tournament just finished, and boy, was it surprising. Starting off this incredible night was the two featherweight boxers Luther Pope (8-2) and Warren Raithert (5-1-1). Both men had dynamite in their hands, and quickly set the pace for the rest of the evening. The first round was a firefight with both men trading leather in the middle of the octagon, but early in the second, Pope decided he was done trading with Raithert, and sealed the deal with two vicious hooks and a spinning backfist. Warming up the audience with a KO-of-the-night-winning backfist seems perfect, and the Blitzkrieg brass would like to thank mr. Pope for his performance. It looks like Pope's next challenge will be the seemingly undefeatable Blitzkrieg featherweight champion, Shane Falco. Winner: Luther Pope by second round KO (Spinning backfist) In our second fight of the evening, BJJ ace DJ Sanchez was scheduled to fight former champion Brock Lesnar. Apparently, though, mr. Sanchez decided against joining us, which dumped a big problem in our lap. I tried to improvise with a dance number, something that resulted in me getting a beer can thrown in my face. Winner: Random Eventgoer by first round TKO (Beer can) After the no-contest and my disastrous dance-number, it was time for a heavyweight clash between former p4p great Li Fen (15-7) and «Stinky» Turd Ferguson (10-4). Li Fen dominated the first round with his solid grappling skills, but Ferguson turned the tide in the second, something that made sure he went home with a well-deserved decision win. Winner: Turd Ferguson by unanimous decision In our fourth fight of the evening, the incredibly well-rounded Jake Tyler (9-2) squared off against the Irish boxer Brian Egan (8-3), both in our middleweight division. Egan was able to successfully neutralize Tyler's superior grappling while winning the stand-up exchanges, and won all three rounds. A great win for Egan, who moves further up the ranks. Winner: Brian Egan by unanimous decision Close decisions usually show us that the matchup is a close, solid one. Vladimir Zenin (9-2) lost to the champion, Fedor Belfort, in convincing fashion, but bounced back and submitted Dwayne Keller in the first round. steve nieve (9-2) was the former Wolfslair FC London middleweight champion, and after getting finished in the second in Blitzkrieg, he had managed to get a convincing decision-win over Thomas Sawyer. Neither fighter were able to do much or land with anything significant, and the second round was arguably a draw, with nieve winning the first round and Zenin winning the third. In the end, the judge Gordon Ramsey scored it a draw, while the two other scored it a close win for Zenin. Winner: Vladimir Zenin by majority decision It was finally time to dig into the light heavyweight tournament, and some of the more impatient fans were beginning to get a bit vocal about the decisions and my horrible dancing. It was with a sigh of relief that I was able to introduce the first tournament fight of the evening. Joe Clark (9-2), the boxer, was facing Jack Bratts (8-2), a bit more rounded striker with a solid Muay Thai-background. Several people (including yours truly) expected Bratts' versatile striking to defeat Clark's savage boxing, and it did look like we were going to be right in the first round, as Bratts knocked Clark down with a combination. Clark miraculously recovered, though, and proceeded to drop Bratts with a combination of his own. After scoring the knockdown, Clark seemed to loosen up a bit, comfortably winning the first round. The second round was a bit more lopsided, with Clark controlling the pace and landing the stronger blows. The third round went much the same way, with Clark tearing into Bratts like Lord Nelson at Trafalgar. In the end, the high-intensity streetfight Clark dragged the somewhat gunshy Bratts into became too much, and the referee had to stop it. After a while, Clark did almost everything, and single-handedly won the «fight of the night»-award. Winner: Joe Clark by third round TKO. After this incredible boxing clinic, it was time to watch someone take the slow, methodical approach. «The Don» Silvio Riscatelli (9-2) picked Gangles «Hardcore» McGee (8-2) apart for three rounds, beating him to the punch and taking him down at will. Winner: Silvio Riscatelli by unanimous decision Both Thor Modi (10-2) and Helio Reincarneited (10-1) were two of the very top light heavyweights in the world. On paper, Helio was equal or better than Modi in every aspect of his game. Once again, the «paper» was burned and thrown in the dumpster. In the end, the fight was a major disappointment. Modi landed more punches, which Helio more or less evened out with leg kicks. Thor stuffing 6 out of 9 takedowns must have played a significant part too, as two of the judges scored it a draw, while the other one gave it to Modi. I'll be anticipating the rematch! Winner: Majority draw In the co-main event of the evening, Blitzkrieg's own Stringer Bell (13-2) faced the top-tier wrestler and BJJ player Roland Deschain from CFC. Deschain was the favorite coming in, but it'd be unwise to count to Bell for even a second. The only competition he's ever lost to has been top competition at the time, and he's also beat some of the biggest names at light heavyweight. Stringer Bell managed to beat Deschain in the first round, even though Deschain scored two takedowns. Bell dominated the pace standing, and even went for a submission. Deschain wasn't gonna let that happen, though, as it would have been very embarassing for him. In the second round, Deschain only landed one takedown, while Bell stuffed several and landed multiple strikes. This subtraction process continued into the third, where Deschain didn't land a single takedown. The round was a well-deserved 10-8 for Bell. A big congratulation to Springer Bell and Hacksaw J.D for beating Roland Deschain and Luke Daigle, and we do of course hope he wins it all. Winner: Stringer Bell by unanimous decision In the long-anticipated main event of the evening, Convicted Fight Club light heavyweight champion Iso «BadBoy» Paha (18-4) finally got to face FFB light heavyweight champion «Paper Champ» LeRoy LeBlanc (10-0). Over the course of 22 fights, the 23 year old veteran had experience fighting some of the most threatening fighters in the game. Hours and hours had been spent in the gym and in the cage, preparing for this very moment. Personal sacrifices had been made, family had been neglected, and his body was worn out and tired from all the fighting. .. This all ended in about 30 seconds, as the «Paper Champ» jumped in Paha's throat like a wild animal, tearing into him until the referee pulled him off. LeRoy, still covered in Paha's blood, screamed manically into the camera and reduced several grown men to tears. All in all, a most impressive win for the young Louisiana native. Thanks to mr. LeBlanc's performance, we didn't have to call in riot police to quell the drunken, unwashed masses for once, as they were all scared shitless. We did, however, have to beat off human rights' activists with a stick. Despite a No Contest, this event was a huge success. As always, I asked my friend Rob for his expert opinion: Eirik: So, Rob, what did you think about LeBlanc's performance tonight? *Rob stares blankly into the distance * Eirik: Uhm, Rob? Rob: Dude, what? Did you like, see that butterfly or some shit? Thanks again for tuning into Blitzkrieg Unleashed, and until next time, ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Eirik, and this is Blitzkrieg Unleashed! Last night, BFC 81 was on everyone's tongue. Sure, it may not have included many of the big names in Blitzkrieg, but it still clocked in at a respectable 154.64 rating, and the more bloodthirsty of the fans got exactly what they paid for. Over the course of 10 fights, eight of them involved one or several cuts, with the fighters bleeding all over the place. In two of the fights, the bleeding became so bad that our ringside doctor had to stop them. In general, though, the fans were pleased and the cleaning personell were disgruntled. Our first fight of the night were a welterweight bout between the submission artists Justin Keen (8-4) and Dave Hanson (9-5). Both men were in a rut, on losing streaks, and eager to climb back up the ladder. In general, that's what makes for good fights. The fight started out with a blazing exchange, where Keen was sliced up early. After about thirty seconds, Hanson scored a takedown into half guard, eager to showcase his submission skills versus the (on paper) superior grappler. Neither men were able to do much, and the referee stood them back up. This more or less repeated itself, with both men getting cracked and taken down while attempting submissions. The fans were cheering for the two warriors as the first round came to an end. Early in the second round, Keen seemed to have newfound respect for Hanson's boxing, as he wrapped him up early looking for takedowns. Hanson eventually managed to pull guard and transition into mount, though, and started working his aggressive groundgame. Keen took the more steady approach, as he eventually got back to guard, while working for the occasional half-assed submission. In the end, this is probably where the fight turned around for Keen, as he landed several decent strikes while advancing position more or less at will. The third round was fairly uneventful. Some back-and-forth striking, Keen scoring with a takedown, eventually transitioning to the mount, working for some submissions and throwing a couple of strikes from the top. Winner: Justin Keen by unanimous decision After this grappling chessmatch, it was time for a classical grappler vs. striker-matchup as the BJJ brown belt Scott Hammerston (6-5) took on the boxer Machuchin Dillon (7-4) in our lightweight division. Hammerston scored an early takedown, but failed to do anything on the ground. After about a minute, the referee stood them up, and from then on, it was a one-way beatdown by Dillon. After slicing Hammerston up with an uppercut, he landed several strikes before he eventually dropped him with a big right hand and finished him with strikes. Winner: Machuchin Dillon by first round TKO (Strikes) We followed the trend of dropping down a weight class, and our third fight of the night occured in our highly competitive featherweight division. Jeager The Great (6-2-1) was a wrestler renowned for his sharp elbows, while Hanz Titties (5-1) was a very good boxer and wrestler who liked to finish people with his quick hands. Great seemed intent on hugging Titties, and ate several big shots for it. Titties' heavy blows eventually became too much for Great, though, and the judge had to stop the fight. A well-deserved knockout of the night! Winner: Hanz Titties by TKO (Strikes) As we don't have a proper bantamweight division yet, we decided to stay in the featherweight division, where two of our veterans squared off. Let Ji (10-4) was a incredibly well-rounded fighter, sporting a solid and flexible standup game, and respectable grappling. Roy «Diablo» Rage (7-1) was more specialized, but had a glaring Muay Thai-weakness that many expected the veteran to capitalize on. Nobody seemed to realize this more than Rage, who desperately worked for takedowns. He somehow managed to lay 'n pray for quite a while, neutralizing the standup advantage of Ji. In the third round, Ji managed to clinch up and landed several brutal elbows. Rage was able to land a takedown from the clinch in the last half of the third round, though, and went home with a hard-fought decision win. Winner: Roy Rage by unanimous decision After a night of some of our premier small guys going at it, it was time to treat the fans to a light heavyweight slugfest between boxers Bang McGee (10-5) and Max Shinobi (6-2). Both fighters came out swinging, with Shinobi getting the better of the exchanges. After cutting McGee open with an early hook, he knocked him down. McGee miraculously recovered, though, and keps wading through the unrelenting assault of the aggressive Shinobi. At the four minute mark, Shinobi wrapped McGee up, and we got to witness a true hockey-fight as both of the fighters pummelled each other with punches in the clinch. It was a bloodied and beaten McGee that walked to his corner after the first round, which had the crowd roaring with delight. Shinobi seemed to feed on the cheers of the crowd, and initiated another clinch as soon as the bell rang, showcasing some of his clinch skills as he landed loads of punches and knees to the helpless McGee. Bang desperately went for a ankle pick takedown, which let Shinobi get back to a distance. Shinobi once again dominated the pace, landing heavy blows with both hands and feet. He yet again clinched up and started wreaking havoc. Bang McGee, believing that «two's the charm», went for another ankle pick, which resulted in the exact same situation as before. Max Shinobi kept pummelling him, causing fountains of blood to cover both fighters in the red fluid. It looked like a bad horror movie starring Paris Hilton. Early in the third, our cageside doctor had seen enough, and declared Max Shinobi the winner by TKO (Cut). Cleaning teams were issued to clean the octagon. God forbid anyone slips on Bang McGee's blood! Winner: Max Shinobi by third round TKO (Cut) It was time for another back-and-forth blood bath in our prized heavyweight division, as Muay Thai-stylist John Silver (10-6) took on the boxer Frank Mason (7-3). Blitzkrieg arguably has the most competitive heavyweight division in the world, and Mason had only lost to true top competition: Brock Lesnar, Aloha Hoi, and He Man. He was eager to bounce back and climb the ranks once again. In the beginning of the first round, it looked like Mason would be going home with yet another loss, as a brutal knee from Silver left a huge gash in his face. Silver kept this unrelenting assault going for two and a half minutes, mixing up knees to the head and body. This is where the turning point of the match happened: Frank Mason broke the rock-solid clinch of Silver and gave him a parting gift in the form of a two punch combination that tore his face open. Mason was obviously angry at Silver, and clobbered him with a brutal assault of fists and shins. Blood was everywhere, Silver was screaming in pure terror with fear in his eyes, and «the Glass Cannon» seemed to relish in the blood bath. If this had been a horror movie, Mason's right hand would have been the chainsaw. In the second round, Mason's blood rage still hadn't diminished. He charged at Silver's throat like a hungry wolf, landing several brutal hooks and forcing the doctor to stop the bout. Winner: Frank Mason by second round TKO (Cut) Roby Smith (7-1) was coming off a disappointing decision beatdown to the lightweight champion Nkuku. He seemed eager to punch his way back into title contention to get his revenge over «Hot Chocolate». Mark Leary (8-3), a former champion of what now is Blitzkrieg Fighter's Edge, was coming off a disappointing decision loss in his Blitzkrieg debut, and was out to show that he was, indeed, ready for the step-up in competition. As soon as the bell rang, Leary's knowledge of boxing seemed to have evaporated, and he kept going for half-assed takedowns and clinch attempts. Smith considered this an invitation, and fed Leary punches like a demented baby bird. In the latter half of the first round, Smith rocked Leary with an uppercut, dropped him with another one, and finished him with a hail of strikes. Winner: Roby Smith by TKO (Strikes) In our co-co-main event of the evening, light-heavyweight slugger Dave Bautista (8-3) squared off against Nickolas Bryant (7-2). Both men seemed content to slug it out in the first round, where Bautista came out on top with his slow-and-steady single shots approach. In the second round, Bautista tried to power through Bryant with big shots and dirty boxing, and even worked the cut some. Bryant's unsuccessful takedown attempts were visibly slowing him down, and he was breathing like a whale stranded on a beach. A dominating second round for Bautista! In the third, it became apparent that «The Urban Murderer» finally had awaken. He bobbed, weaved, countered, and went on the offensive. He even managed to score the takedown he had looked for all match, and must have been demoralized when Bautista transitioned straight into mount. All in all, a disappointing match for Nickolas Bryant. Winner: Dave Bautista by unanimous decision In our anticipated co-main event of the evening, two top featherweights faced each other in the center of the octagon. Greg Doyle (13-4), the veteran, comically tried to stare down the freakishly tall Frank Mac, who is a whopping 225 cm! How that man fights, nay, even walks around seemingly unencumbered is beyond me. Mac clinched early, and both men traded a couple of body shots in the clinch. Surprisingly enough, the heavy blows from Doyle didn't snap Mac in half. After breaking the clinch, Frank Mac poured on the pressure like a, well, Mack truck. In the end, the reach advantage turned out to be too big, as Mac landed a live-severing uppercut and pounded out the helpless Doyle for a TKO victory. Winner: Frank Mac by first round TKO (Strikes) In our main event of the evening, we got to witness something as rare as a technically superb, fast-paced fight between two super-heavyweights, and it deservedly won the fight-of-the-night-bonus. Jon «the Beast» Ohlrich (14-4) was a former DIFO veteran, a participant of MKFC's prestigeous super-heavyweight tourney, and won his Blitzkrieg debut against Big Bubba in convincing fashion. All in all, it looked like he would make a run at the Blitzkrieg super-heavyweight title fairly soon. Brad «Barrell» Rogers (10-3) was a Blitzkrieg veteran, being 4-2 in the organization. He was coming off a first round TKO loss to the seemingly undefeatable Zeki Ata, the Blitzkrieg super-heavyweight champion, and was also looking for another shot at the Turk. Everything was set for a top-tier super-heavyweight clash, in other words! Ohlrich scored an early takedown, almost taking Rogers' leg off with a devastating kneebar straight away. Rogers somehow managed to turn that horrible position into something positive, as he rolled out of the kneebar and dived into side control. Ohlrich managed to get back into half guard, where Rogers laid 'n prayed until the referee stood them up. This was Ohlrich's only successful takedown in round one, as Rogers successfully sprawled, brawled and clinched his way through it. A very solid round for Rogers. The second round started off with Rogers blasting Ohlrich several times with punches and kicks, forcing him to clinch. Both men traded knees and punches in the clinch, until Ohlrich successfully pulled guard. He tried to work his aggressive guard-game, going for three successive triangles, which eventually let Rogers pass into side mount. He grinded on Jon Ohlrich for a while, and the referee eventually stood them up. After this standup, it was almost a mirror image of the first round, with Rogers sprawling and brawling his way to honor and glory. In the third round, Rogers straight up murdered Ohlrich. Rogers knew that the last round was a toss-up, and wanted to secure his win. He did this brilliantly, as he landed a gazillion brutal punches to the head and body of Ohlrich. Around the four-minute mark, Ohlrich managed to score a takedown fueled by sheer desperation, but he was yet again unable to do anything on the ground. This must clearly have been very frustrating for the Asagawa native, who kicked Rogers in the balls. In the end, Rogers won the match with gusto: Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 27:29 Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30 Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30 In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brad Rogers! A huge congratulations to Brad Rogers and Mark Patton for their dominating win here today! Riot control was a bit simpler than usual, given the small arena. After successfully ushering a rather intoxicated young lady (and getting her phone number for.. uhm, safety reasons) out of the building, I went backstage to join in on the after-party. Learning from my previous experiences, I stuck to orange juice this time. I was thoughtfully sipping on my orange juice and writing down notes for this review as I heard a great commotion outside. I walked outside, and saw that my friend Rob had gotten into a tangle with one of our 6'8 security guards. Rob: Don't be hating man! I just came to watch that Inception film, ya know? Like, get your grubby paws away from me dude!! The guard did not seem keen on letting him go, and I got to witness a stunning display of raw talent as Rob knocked the guard out with a spinning kick. I asked him where in the world he had learned that: Rob: Dude, I like, totally picked this shit up from watching Bruce Lee flicks with my brother! And that there Jan Cloud guy! Whataaahaha dude! Hmm, I might recruit this guy. MOVING ON Thanks for tuning in on Blitzkrieg Unleashed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Good Evening folks, Chuck Huevos here welcoming you to the event recap of BFC 85: Heavyweights! In a sold out event at The Pipeline, Blitzkrieg brought out the big guys for a night of amazing MMA Action. Stay Tuned folks, this was an event to remember. Of the 10 fights on the card, only 3 went the distance. If you blinked you may have missed KO of the Night! Reeves "King Re" Lawal (5-2) v Christian "Maniac" Steggman (13-9) This middleweight bout could have been a show in force, instead was a nothing more than a glorified sparring session. Neither fighter really showed any aggression in this bout. Lawal made the most attempts to bring the fight to Steggman, attempting clinch after clinch. To Steggmans credit, he worked the body of Lawal for a good portion of the first round but it seemed as if those shots were from a schoolgirl pillow fight. The first round ended with little to no action from either man. Maybe they were trying to feel the range for their shots, but the crowd certainly expected more. Round two began the same as the first ended, slow. Two minutes into the round Lawal finally gets a clean jab to connect flush. It opened a cut on Steggman, and that really sealed the deal for Lawal. All three judges scored this round 10-8 on the cards, and it looked as if the remaning minutes were just a grind towards the end. Neither fighter looked for a finish, submission attempt or even a decent takedown. The capacity crowd really showed their dissapproval in that third round, booing loudly as the fight really ground to a halt. While Reeves Lawal came out with a point victory and got the Unanimous Decision, look for him to step up his game and be more aggressive in his next fight. [Reeves moves to 6-2 and Steggman falls to 13-10] Bishop Carver 12-3 v Mikko Suvanto 7-4 This Light Heavyweight matchup looked good on paper, and certianly did not dissappoint in live cage action! Both fighters threw shots early, gauging their distance from one another. Suvanto took a solid shot to the nose early on, but it did not slow him down. You could tell even at the beginning of the round, Carver was looking to counter anything Suvanto threw at him. He really seemed to be stalking Suvanto and after the first minute of action Carver pounced! Suvanto threw a big shot to the body of Carver but missed terribly, leaving himself open for a superb 1-2 combination that put Suvanto on his back. He could have followed him to the ground, instead he let him stand. Either way it didn't matter, Suvanton was clearly rocked and was visibly shaken. Suvanto threw an absent body punch, obviously still suffering from the knockdown. Carver snuck in with a big right hand that sent Suvanto down again, this time he showed his opponent no quarter and finished him off on the canvas. The ref had to step in to call this one off, Suvanto was beaten soundly. Carver showed excellent counter punching in this bout and his accurate punches took the fight right out of Suvanto. TKO strikes called at 1:47 of Round 1! [Carver gets to 13-3 with the win, Suvanto drops to 7-5] Unlce Dad 7-3 v Cohen Mahoney 12-7 This heavyweight bout features two dangerous men with lethal legs, but this one was all punches folks! From the opening bell Dad came out aggressive against Mahoney. Started out with a couple leg kicks but within the first minute caught Mahoney with a solid uppercut, cutting Mahoney instantly. From there Dad smelled blood in the water just like a shark. Time after time he kept attacking that cut, opening it more with vicious shots to the head. Mahoney had no recourse but to swing for the fences, but the cut clearly took the fight from him and he really looked gassed not more than a minute and half into the fight. The crowd roared and knew they were watching a strong performance from an excellent fighter. Dad kept scoring and even got a nice takedown to boot. The judges, however, were not needed in this one as the Ref called in the docs to take a look at Mahoney, and it was clear for all to see this cut was nasty and weren't surprised when the fight was stopped. A brutal cut can take the fight away from anyone, and an experienced fighter will keep attacking an exposed weakness. Dad wins with superior striking in this one. He earned that TKO stoppage 1:47 of Round 1! [uncle Dad moves up to 8-3 v Cohen Mahoney takes a step back to 12-8] Virgil Mays 7-2 v Santara Amarillo 9-4 Hey now, how'd this Lightweight bout sneak on the card with the big boys? Obviously these guys want to show the little guys can come out and put on a thriller! There was nothing left in the cage for this one. The opening bell rang and this one turned into a WAR! Amarillo landed vicious leg kicks and connected with a rock solid head kick to Mays. Not to be outdone, Mays showed incredible heart and landed some heavy shots to the body of Amarillo. Back and forth it went for the majority of the opening round. Amarillo was cut by a nice jab midway through the second minute of the fight and Mays really turned it on from there. Body shot after body shot kept Amarillo on the defensive. Mays was relentless and knew the fight was his, he just needed to finish it off. Just after 2 minutes passed in the fight, Mays went into overdrive. Jab, body shot and a huge hook to the body. Right hook, left hook and hearkening back to the days of Shonie Carter and Matt Serra, Mays let out a spinning back fist that connected right on the button. Amarillo was KNOCKED OUT cold on the canvas. This one was spectacular folks. Highlight reel finish for Virgil Mays and showing style while doing it! KO at 2:19 of Round 1! [Mays improves to 8-2 and with the loss, Amarillo falls to 9-5 Virgil Mays gets the award for KO of the Night. Payout is $1000] Brock Lesnar 10-3 v Li Fen 15-8 This heavyweight showdown put two veterans of the cage on display and once again, Blitzkrieg fighters did not dissappoint! The bell rang and Lesnar already had Fen on his back. In side control Lesnar landed a clean elbow to Fen's head, cutting him immediately. Fen to his credit defended every shot after the elbow, avoiding further damage and even kept control long enough for the Ref to stand things up. Fen attempts several takedowns but Lesnar shows excellent sprawl and takedown defense, stuffing the attempts with little effort. Fen clearly looks frustrated and get isn't getting any points for trying in this fight. Lesnar stuffed three successive takedown attempts before throwing a heavy combination that gets through Fens defense. Lesnar scored an additional takedown and with some short punches opens the cut even further. Ground and Pound is the order of the night and after a roar from the crowd and unblock blows, the ref had to call in the doctor to check the cut on Fens head. It's all over, the doc calls the bout and Brock Lesnar takes home an impressive win by TKO in 1:55 of Round 1 [Lesnar improves to 11-3 and Fen backs up a step to 15-9] Freddy Favre (9-3) v Heimo Hulahula (7-1) This excellent Middleweight war got off to an amazing start! Favre rushed in from the gun and dropped Hulahula with a brilliant combination, clearly looking for an early finish. Favre managed to cut Hulahula with that combo. Hulahula came back with a solid jab and a punch to the head, knocking Favre back. The early storm seemed to have been weathered until Favre connected with a huge looping right hand. Hulahula was ROCKED! The crowd jumped out of their seats expecting a quick finish. Favre missed an opportunity to capitalize and Hulahula managed to get some time back to recover, he got a clinch and his legs returned underneath him. Hulahula controlled the clinch, working Favre against the cage and attempted to land some close range knees. Favre turned the tables and managed to pull Hulahula to the ground and used some decent ground skill to reverse position and get into Hulahulas guard. After a few seconds of some futile ground and pound that did no damage either from the top or bottom position, the Ref had to stand things up. The fight went back and forth for another two minutes. The clinch game turned into a chess match, with each fighter trying to control and sneak in elbows and punches. A few shots connect here and there, but no significant damage is done to either fighter. The crowd loves the action this back and forth battle is providing. The intensity from both fighers is palpable, but someone has to win and 3 minutes into the fight it's still anyones game. Favre took Hulahula down and dominated for over a full minute, hammerfists and elbows come from both guard and bottom position. It's a struggle to maintain position here and, working from the bottom Favre slapped on a loose triangle, perhaps experience in these situations left Hulahula thinking he could ignore and press on, but once Favre tucked his foot under his leg the Triangle Choke was locked in, Hulahula had no choice but to tap! Winner by Trianlge Choke Submission at 4:19 of the very first round, Freddy Favre! Excellent show from both fighters, it could have gone either way until the choke was put on. Well done by both men! [Freddy Favre moves to 10-3 with the victory and drops Heimo Hulahula down to 7-2, still impressive professional records! Freddy Favre locks up Submission of the Night! Pay out is $1,000] Busta Rhymes 11-3 v Abdul Abdulsson 7-2 Busta Rhymes came into this fight with a bit of an edge in the ground game, and put it to good use. Three solid rounds of action saw Rhymes keep the fight on the canvas forcing Abdulsson to work his way out of submission attempt after submission attempt. While never in any real danger of being submitted, Abdulsson wasn't scoring any points from his back, and the more active fighter was Rhymes. Condidtioning clearly played a role as Abdulsson took the challenge all night and didn't allow any submission to sink through. It was quite the display of reversals and position changes, but Rhymes was superior on the night round after round. Rhymes came in with a gameplan of keeping things on the ground, and that's exactly what happened. Abdulsson really had no answer for Rhymes on the ground. He fought bravely, but without scoring any major damage or takedowns of his own, the judges scored this one a Unanimous Decision in favor of Busta Rhymes! [Rhymes improves to 12-3 and Abdulsson drops to 7-3] Kaleki Oliweli 9-1 v Sigmund Freud 8-3 This light heavyweight battle got off to a quick start with Oliweli taking a shot to the chin, cutting him open. A bit of a back and forth range finding between each man lead to Freud shooting in for a takedown. Freud worked into half guard, looked for a submission but couldn't find one. A solid shot aimed at Oliweli's head missed and Freud struck the canvas instead, that's gotta hurt. A lot of action from the ground, but nothing substantial landed. Just enough work to keep either fighter from progressing into a dominant posistion. A furious assault at the end of the round, while appearing dangerous, really tood more out of Oliweil than anything as Freud showed excellent head movement and control to stay out of range. More of the same action in round two. Oliweili looked to clinch, but Freud was having none of it, eventually scoring a takedown of his own. He had a good opportunity for a submission attempt here, a Kimura that was deep, but Oliweli showed poise and took advantage of his half guard position to explode out of it and put Freud on his back and reversed to side control. Amazing display of wrestling here! The crowd really enjoyed this one folks. The fight then went to another level as Oliweli really turned on the striking skills. A powerful hook to the body hurt Freud, then a jab to the nose. Freud took it in stride, smiling the entire time, he turned things around to his skills set. Straight punches came in with a flurry and boy did they come fast. Each fighter lands wicked punch after wicked punch. They look to be doing damage, but these warriors just keep plowing through. A solid 60 seconds of striking, each fighter looking to end this one. What a fight! Both of these guys left it all in the cage and the crowd showed their appreciation for every last second. This was a close fight from the opening bell. Each man wanted to finish this one, but wars are never over early. The scores came back and it could have been anyone's fight. Sigmund Freud takes the Decision! Still though, this one gets fight of the night honors. Nothing was left in the cage and both fighters should be proud. Maybe these two will meet again. The fight sells itself with a display like this. Excellent Blitzkrieg action here! [Freud goes to 9-3 while Oliweli drops to 9-2 Fight of the Night paid out $1000 to each fighter] Mark Hughes 9-1 v Yoshi Sushi 13-3 And here it is ladies and gentlemen, the Main Event of the Evening! A heavyweight showdown between Mark Hughes and Yoshi Sushi! Hughes threw a nice jab right off the bat, while Sushi seemed not to care a cut did open up. Adding insult to injury Hughes landed a nice shot, did Hughes just slap him? He slapped him! He followed that up with a nice overhand right. Hughes clearly coming out as the aggressor here. Sushi uses some footwork to get out of range, he really doesn't want to get slapped again. What would his mother think? Hughes moves in on Sushi and lands a crisp three punch combination, that last uppercut snapped Sushi's headback and looked like it made that cut open up even further. Sushi is not doing much to avoid those punches. Another body shot, ooh this one on the liver, Bas Rutten would be pleased. Another body shot, Hughes is pouring it on here. Sushi looks tired. Bang, bang, bang, bang, four punches land in succession, Hughes is really showing improved striking here. Hughes opens up the cut even more, Sushi is looking for a way out but cannot find one. There is blood everywhere. Hughes moves in and lands another combination on the jaw of Sushi. He's backing up but has no where to go, BAM there it is! A final shot to the jaw ends it! Mark Hughes knocks out Yoshi Sushi at 1:22 of the very first round! Hughes was much more aggressive than Sushi was prepared for and paid for it with his consciousness! Excellent fight! The card really showed off the Heavyweights tonight! [Mark Hughes improves to 10-1 while Yoshi Sushi falls to 13-4] What an amazing card folks! A packed house for another wonderful BFC event! Only 2 fights went the distance, one of which being the Fight of the Night between Sigmund Freud and Kaleki Oliweli! Otherwise all of the fights ended in the first round! Absolutely awesome show of Mixed Martial Arts! Good Night! *Review Note. Randy Griffin was scheduled to fight Loo Cang on the card. Due to unforseen travel issues, this fight was cancelled. Look for both of these fighters on BFC cards later in the year. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Review brought to you by Chuck 'The' Huevos Copyright Blitzkrieg FC, Hilo HI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 It was yet another BIG weekend for Hilo's biggest and baddest promotion. This weekend started off with BFC 93: King Of The Ring Final. This pitted the two finalists of the KOTR tournament against each-other in the MAIN EVENT! The event was held in the Pipeline Arena, where 6500 crazy fight fans got there money worth. The event did a rating of 196.12. Our night started off with Bee Jayjay taking on Bishop Carver. The fight was a total war from beginning to end, with Carver cutting Jayjay mid-way through the first. At the end of the first round, Carver dropped Jayjay with a HUGE combination, but luckily for Jayjay, he was saved by the bell. In the second round, Jayjay listened to his corner and took Carver down, only to get his back taken, and dominated again. Third round was almost exactly like the second, and Carver again dominated. This fight went all 3 round and ended up going to the judges, and no surprise here, 30-26 Carver. Carver improves to 14-3, and moves up the ladder. Fight Rating 50% Our next fight was Tobias Linderoth V.S. Dag Luther. This fight started with both men exchanging punches and takedown attempts. Linderoth was able to cut Luther on the bridge of the nose early. He soon after secured a takedown, only to get stood up a minute later. Luther then put a clinic and returned the favor, cutting Linderoth with a nasty elbow in the clinch. The fight remained in the clinch for the rest of the round. Second round saw both men doing much of the same. Luther clinching with Linderoth and Linderoth taking Luther down only ot get stood up and clinched again. The third round was a scary moment for Luther, as Linderoth had a Kimura in deep, but Luther a bigger man than myself, didn't tap out, and was able to work his way out of it. After a battle on the ground, the referee stood it up again, and the fight ended. Dag Luther was the man who had his hand raised with a unanimous 30-27 decision. Fight Rating 51% Our third fight of the night saw Tyler McDrunken taking on Warren Raithert, after a quick nipple tweak the fight was under way. The first round was very very competitive with both men scoring points, Raithert even cutting McDrunken with a nice hook. Raithert then took the fight to the clinch, but couldn't score much offense. McDrunken broke the clinch, and Raithert swung wildly to end the round. After a super close first round, McDrunken took over. He used his wrestling, and dominated Raithert through rounds 2 and 3, and when the final bell sounded took home a unanimous decision win. To the surprise of Raithert the scores were 30-27. Fight Rating 35% Our fourth fight was between Clay Rawls and Jorge Ayala. This fight was, well, it was a snore fest. The first two rounds saw Ayala on top of Rawls not doing much but one half assed submission attempt. The third round saw Rawls finally come alive with some much needed offense, but mid way through the third round, he got taken down yet again. Two more sleepy minutes later and it was all over. 29-28,29-28,29-28 all in favor of Jorge Ayala. Fight Rating 16% Ares Constantinides and Rodney Mack went to war in our fifth fight. Constantinides was able to score an early takedown tried for an arm bar and got swept, after a roar from the crowd, Mack was on top. Constantinides didn't give up as he then, was able to sweep Mack and land in full mount. He wasted no time, as he landed some nice GnP rocking Mack to the point the ref was almost ready to call it off, but Mack was able to recover and ride it out until the end of the round. The second round saw Constantinides cut open up Mack's cut even more, and do exactly what he did in round one, secure the takedown. Mack looked tired, as Constantinides was trying for submissions and very active. Mack was no slouch, as he was able to sweep again and end up on top this time, he was the won on top when the round ended. The third round saw Constantinides show us why he was the better fighter, as he opened the cut above Mack's eye even more, and then took him down again. Constantinides was trying for the finish and he almost had it. He sunk in a deep looking ankle lock, but Mack showed a big heart and was able to get out of it and end up on top. After a couple minutes of back and forth, the bell sounded and both men popped up arms raised. But it was Ares Constantinides that walked away with the win. 30-27 across the board. Fight Rating 68% Our Main Card started off with Noah CD and Kaleki Oilweli going at it. This fight was a clinic put on by Kaleki Oilweli, the fans seen Oilweli dominate CD even rocking him with a quick uppercut. The third round is where it gets interesting. As Oilweli has already won 2 rounds easily, he could've just put it on cruise control, but....he didn't. CD's leg kicks started taking a toll on Oilweli's legs, as a huge welt was visible, but Oilweli didn't let that slow him down. As he threw one of the slickest combinations I've seen in a while. CD fell flat on his face eyes wide open, out cold. Kaleki Oilweli hopped on the cage, flexed his muscles and took home a brutal KO win. Fight Rating 100% Wiley Abu and Matt Hughes did battle next. Both men are incredible wrestlers, and as the case when two wrestlers fight, it usually ends up a stand-up fight. As the two men exchanged, clinched, and then.....every fighters worse nightmare. Hughes threw a low kick, and it landed right in the twig and berry patch. Abu reacted as most men would (on his knees in pain), he was allowed 5 minutes to recover. A touch of gloves, some exchnaging of punches and the round was over. The second round went almost exactly like the first, minus the penis shot, and clinching. The third round, Abu finally went to his bread and butter and took the fight to the ground. He went for a leg lock, and Hughes capitalized on it and jumped right into Abu's guard. Abu was active off his back, and even managed to cause a scramble and ended up back on top. But Hughes, was ultra cautious, and controlled the fight as the bell sounded. After 3 hard fought rounds, Matt Hughes took home the W, with a 30-28 UD. Fight Rating 25% Bobby Flay and Brock Lesnar took us into our next fight. Lesnar was able to score an early takedown, and land some nice shots from the top. But Flay is no scrub on the ground, and was able to sweep Lesnar and in return, land some nice shots himself. But then, Lesnar sweeps Flay, at this point the crowd was going crazy (seriously people were fighting). This time though Lesnar was going to get swept as he rained down elbows until Flays faced looked like something out of elephant man, and he curled up into the fetal position, forcing the referee to come in and save him. Lesnar wins the fight at 3:45 in the 1st by TKO. Fight Rating 87% Now it's time for our Co-Main Event!!! A super-heavyweight fight between Brad Rogers (11-3) and Heffo Klumpo (7-0). Klump wanted to take the fight to the ground and Rogers wanted to stand and clinch. The first round started with Rogers clinching, and Klumpo breaking it. They stood and traded, with Klumpo surprisingly holding his own against Rogers, but then eventually Klumpo got the takedown, got stood up, got the takedown, got stood, up and the round was over. The second round started with, well.....another blow to the family jewels. Klumpo missed with a low kick, and Rogers suffered. After a few minutes we were ready to go again. Klumpo shot for the takedown and got it, but again got stood up a few minutes after. This time he didn't shoot for another, the two men stood and traded to end the round in exciting fashion. Third round went like the first, Klumpo went for the takedown and got stood up, but went for the takedown again shortly after. This time he went for a Kimura and lumped up Rogers until he heard the final ding. After 3 dominating rounds Klumpo improved his record to 8-0 with a 30-27 unanimous decision win. Fight Rating 80% Now on to out MAAAAAAAIN EVENT!!! The finals of the King of The Ring tournament. (11-0) Leroy LeBlanc took on (12-1-1) Helio Reincarneited!! The fight started off with LeBlanc scoring a nice body shot, and a shot to the chin. But Helio was able to score a takedown and try for some submissions. LeBlanc on the other hand, was able to control the position enough to get a referee stand-up. Helio wouldn't give up on the takedown, as he was stuffed 3 times by LeBlanc, and got pretty bruised as well. LeBlanc easily took round one. The second round saw a vast majority of leg kicks thrown and couple of takedowns stuffed. The crowd fell into a bit of a dull period, but it turned around about 4 minutes in, as both men stood and traded. After a loud cheer from the now drunk crowd, the second round bell sounded and both men went to their corners, LeBlanc up 2 rounds to none. Reincarneited came out for the third round fired up, avoid any damage and score a much needed takedown. Although he scored the takedown, he didn't do much, and the referee was forced to stand it up. Then LeBlanc just continued to pick apart Helio in the stand-up game. And before we knew it, the third and final round was over. After the judges rendered their decision, it was Leroy LeBlanc who held up the King Of The Ring trophy, and celebrated with his corner and family members. Fight Rating 48% Next we had BFC 94:Renegade On sunday September 12h, nearly 10,000 screaming fans piled into the The Big Kahunarena for BFC 94. Fans left the building feeling on top of the world, the event got a 230.93 rating. As the night started we saw Andy Woodstock and Thor Wood do battle. As soon as the bell rang, Thor Wood came out like a man possessed, he was aggressive in the stand-up exchanges, and then moved into the clinch. While in the clinch Thor did his best Anderson Silva impression, dropping Woodstock with a series of knees, ending the fight by a TKO. Fight Rating 63% Our next fight was Trevor Gunter taking on Xander Arapeta. This fight was all Arapeta, as he was able to avoid almost all Gunter's attacks. Arapeta cut Gunter in the first round, won the stand-up exchange in the second round, and finally in the third round got the TKO. As Gunter was rocked by a head kick, he then got hit by a brutal overhand right that you could hear in the concession stand lines. As Gunter bounced off the cage got hit with 5 more punches before the ref had to jump in and save him. Winner by TKO Xander Arapeta!! Fight Rating 100% Virgil Mays V.S. Pablo Condor were up next. Condor's gameplan was to take him down and win the fight by laying and praying or submission, that didn't happen. Mays was ready for that, and stuffed all 4 of Condor's takedown attempts. Condor was gassed out by the 2 minutes mark, and took a quick right to the jaw. He then scored another right that dropped him to the canvas, as myself and everyone in attendance were hoping for his health he just stay down....he popped right back up. He then went for a sloppy takedown, but got stuffed and hit with a straight right that knocked him out cold. Winner by KO, Virgil Mays!! Fight Rating 62% Bubba McFly and Anatoli Valutchko took us into the next bout. The first round these two warriors were on the ground, as Valutchko was able to take McFly down twice, and McFly was able to return the favor once. The second round seen them stand and trade for a while, but McFly wasn't liking it and took Valutchko down, but Valutchko was able to land the sweep and get right into mount. He then unleashed a flurry on punches and rode it right into the 3rd round. 3rd round started with McFly landing a nice takedown, only to get quickly swept. The the GnP began. 4 straight minutes of GnP were starting to take a toll on McFly as his face was looking like E.T. Then McFly took a risk trying to escape the position, only to have Valutchko posture up and land a nasty right and knock McFly out cold. Winner Anatoli Valutcko!! Fight Rating 96% Lance Titan and Rumor Chance took the stage next. The first round saw Chance take it into the clinch, but Titan was able to jump guard, and get the fight to the ground. He then was relentless with submission attempts trying 5 of them, but was unsuccessful. The bell rang, a very close round. 2nd round saw a clinch battle, with both men landing some good strikes, another close round. But the 3rd round started with both men taking a round each. Titan came out throwing with purpose as he scored some nice punches, and then quickly went in for the takedown. Just as soon as he got the takedown, he grabbed an arm and cranked back forcing Chance to tap out. Some slick BJJ displayed by Titan. Fight Rating 79% Phil Hellmuth and Yang Leiden were up next. These two men went to war. Hellmuth looked very impressive he won every stand-up exchange, Leiden took it to the clinch, but was unable to do anything. Hellmuth cut Leiden with a hook, and then the blood started flowing. Hellmuth connected with numerous body shots, and quickly gassed Leiden. As Hellmuth broke the clinch, the crowd went wild. The round ended with both men throwing bombs, and the crowd going crazy. Round 2 started like the 1st left off with Hellmuth picking Leiden apart, Hellmuth continued his assault and opened up Leiden's cut even more. As Leiden's face was covered with blood, Hellmuth continued his body shots and took the round easily. Round 3 we saw Hellmuth take the fight to the clinch, and then break it, as his corner didn't like it. Leiden was then caught with a head kick, and that was enough to open that cut up, and make it look like a butt crack above his eye. I personally thought they should've called it, but they didn't and Hellmuth landed a nice one-two combo. He rocked Leiden, only to land an awesome looking head kick that knocked Leiden out on his feet, but Hellmuth showed no mercy and kept punching away until the ref stepped in. Winner by UD (Ultimate Destruction), but seriously TKO, Phil Hellmuth. Fight Rating 100% Sigmund Freud and Busta Rhymes took us into our next battle. Rhymes told me in the pre-fight interview that he wanted to take him down and punish him, and that he did. Rhymes was able to take Freud down almost at will and was hitting him with some nice GnP. He easily took the first round. The second round Rhymes took him down again, but this time he had to work, as Freud stuffed 3 takedowns, but Rhymes never gave up. This time he mixxed in a submission attempt in with his GnP, and easily took round 2. Round 3 was a crazy one, as Freud could tell he needed to finish to win, he was aggressive in the stand-up and was scoring a lot of points. But Rhymes took him down again, and this time he slapped on a nice looking knee bar. Freud and Rhymes then engaged in a rolling around session that ended in Freud getting free and landing in side control. Freud landed some good GnP, but couldn't finish. He then knew he was defeated. 29-28 in favor of Busta Rhymes. Fight Rating 39%. Jason Moon and Laurent Loughlin went to war next. The first round was all Moon, as he dominated the stand-up and landed some nice strikes, Loughlin looked out of snyc. Moon was able to take round one easily. Second round started much like the first, but then Moon lands a takedown, only to end up on the bottom. Moon was very active though, looking for an arm bar, only to get denied. The round ended, and Moon easily took it again. Round 3 started with Loughlin knowing he needed to do something, but he couldn't get a finish, he did better in the stand-up, and took the round, but just couldn't put Moon away. Moon walked away with a lack luster win 29-28 decision. Fight Rating 55% Our Co-Main Event brought us Yoshi Sushi and Kristofy Napps. This was a wild one, as the fight started off with Napps slapping Sushi, and cutting him with his finger nail. Sushi then took it to the clinch and re-payed the favor cutting Napps with a a glancing elbow. Sushi dominated Napps in the clinch, and was having his way with him. Sushi finally broke the clinch, and shortly after landed a monster head kick that rocked Napps. It was so nice, he did it twice, and landed another monster head kick, this time Napps's eyes rolled in the back of his head. He didn't fall down, he walked a little, looking sort of like a zombie, until he finally fell face first onto the canvas, as Sushi had a little laugh about it. Winner by KO Yoshi Sushi!! Fight Rating 100% OUR MAAAAAAIN EVENT WAS NEXT!!!! FOR THE BFC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!! Travis Reed V.S. Tarzan (yes that's his real name) Taborda. Both men were undefeated, someone's 0 was gonna go (unless we had a draw). But it quickly became apparent, that a draw wasn't likely. Travis Reed was doing his best American Physco impression, as he was going for broke. Reed unleashed a furry on Taborda that could be heard on Maui. He then scored with a big right hand that sent Taborda against the cage and on to his knees. Reed then threw another series of punches that sealed Taborda's fate and put him to sleep, showing why he is the champ. Winner and still champion Travis Reed. Fight Rating 100% Thats all for me folks, until next time! ---- Brought to you by Sean Schimling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Hi, my name is Jack Walian with Blitzkrieg Unleashed reviewing one of the biggest weekends in Blitzkrieg history as sixty-four bantamweights represented their managers in The Ultimate Manager II tournament, the biggest tournament in MMATycoon history. Being the number one seed, many considers Khalil Zidane to be one of the favorites to win TUM II, and he definitely showed why in his first fight against #64 seed Landry Saracen proving he has excellent boxing and brutal KO power winning by a two minute knockout. After testing the waters Zidane unloaded with a barrage of bombs rocking Saracen early, and even if he was able to hold on for the next two minutes, he never recovered as Zidane just kept going forward landing most of his shots to Saracen’s face, it eventually added up as Saracan was put down twice before the referee had seen enough. Khalil Zidane advances to face the well rounded Muay Thai specialist Joe Bell. Erwin Rommel could never really utilize his superior wrestling pedigree as the well rounded Joe Bell managed to stuff no less than eighteen out of twenty-three takedowns, and of those he landed Rommel didn’t really make much from them. Even when he got a takedown into mount Bell was able to tie him down and avoid taking damage. Every round seemed very similar as Bell punished the legs and body of Rommel both in the clinch and when on the outside, while stuffing the occasional takedown. In the third he became a little more aggressive in the clinch and it was made clear those body shots earlier in the fight had done their damage, a decisive victory for Joe Bell who moves on to face the number one seed Khalil Zidane. Coming in on a two fight win streak, Taisto Rakunna had already showed he could punch, and being seeded as one of the top sixteen in the tournament, the powerful striker was looking to use his chin and patented KO power to end Nosmo King quickly. He didn’t get his wish however as King proved to be able to take a beating, while not having much of a response to the barrage of punches sent his way, the Muay Thai competitor King tried to take Rakunna out of his world and get the fight into the clinch, where he has razor sharp elbows, and while he had limited success in the first and second round, in the third he was clearly tagged by a skull cracking right hand, and after that it was all one way traffic heading towards another KO victory for Rakunna. Rakunna advances to the next round where he will meet The Kicking Pokemon Hitmonlee. Coming in clearly the underdog, The Kicking Pokemon Hitmonlee was matched up against the seventeenth seed Popo Brawa, both being kick boxers we saw Hitmonlee outmaneuver Brawa landing excellent counter kicks, and with a great landing percentage he showed how his well roundedness and superior gameplan really gave him an edge and eventually won him the fight. And since Bawa was more aggressive, Hitmonlee was able to hit leg kick after leg kick while staying away from the dangerous right foot of Bawa, who looked like he might be limping on that foot for a long time. Hitmonlee is going to face Taisto Rakunna in the next round. In a display of what has to be called mediocre muay thai at best, what Franz Titties did was not pretty, but effective, seeing as the fight could go either way if they traded blows, Titties looked to wrap the fifty-seventh seeded Jun Fan up and dirty box until his arms fell off. The first and third round consisted mainly of Titties hugging Fan while throwing a few punches and elbows to avoid being broken up by the referee, in the second round he showed superior striking skills, and basically nullified Fan’s standup proving he was the better man that night. The domination in the standup and in the clinch must have really taken a toll on Jun Fan as he was exhausted after the second round and was helpless when Titties instigated the clinch in the third round. This was a well deserved W for Franz Titties who will go on to face Paha Faaro in the second round. In what can only be described as a buzz kill, Paha Faaro comfortably stayed away from the ground being Ransom Davis’ strong suit, but in the process of avoiding the takedowns as best as he could, he threw very little leather for a three round fight landing only twenty-four blows. He should be given credit though as his ground skills and ability to sweep and avoid the ground and pound, showed that while Davis is the better wrestler, Faaro is the better fighter earning him the unanimous decision victory. Faaro will face Titties in the second round. In two minutes of utter destruction, the Muay Thai fighter Bruce Bellec completely obliterated John Kronus in the first round, he landed massive kicks while avoiding Kronus’ takedown attempts it was a short, but convincing display of dominance which ended in a devastating TKO from some brutal ground and pound following a knockdown from a high kick. Bellec goes on to face Sheldon cooper in the second round. It clearly wasn’t the night for the wrestlers as many of them were unable to get the fight down to their area of dominance; this fight was no different as Sheldon Cooper was allowed to showcase his devastating hands against wrestler Xavi Porter. Cooper came in with a clearly defensive attitude landing counter punch after counter punch and having slightly more success standing for the first two minutes, then out of nowhere Cooper set up a gigantic overhand right that hit directly Porter right on the button knocking him out col. Cooper advances to face off against fellow striker Bruce Bellec in the next round. There were no surprises as the top five seed Jens Rizer took on bottom seed Eddie Lynch, the wrestler Rizer quickly clinched up and started to hammer his fists towards Lynch cutting him after a few strikes and knocking him out cold shortly after. Lynch for some reason tried to shoot for a couple of takedowns, but being the high level wrestler that he is it didn’t trouble Rizer who moves on to face Mike McDermott in the second round. In a fight where Eino Leino desperately wanted to get to the ground, the superior wrestler McDermott stuffed no less than nine takedowns in three minutes. On paper they were somewhat equal on the ground, McDermott was more well rounded and showed this displaying his slicing elbows from the clinch. And once he drew blood he just kept pounding the wound forcing the referee to save Leino’s eyes from further punishment after only three and a half minutes. McDermott will face Jens Rizer in round two. Damir Mrsic really got to show his diverse striking against Honovi Blackfoot as the wrestler Blackfoot shot in not once, not twice, but thirty-three times scoring only one takedown, and doing little with it. Except from the takedown and a few submission attempts from both fighters in round one, Blackfoot was nothing more than a punching bag, absorbing punishment wherever Mrsic wanted to go. Blackfoot seriously needs to work on his gameplan as his predictability enabled Mrsic’s sprawl and brawl to win him the fight. Damir Mrsic goes on to face Spike Spiegel in the next round. For fifteen minutes it looked like a professional hugger had accidentally wondered into the cage as Spike Spiegel used his Muay Thai background to avoid taking damage and to avoid dealing damage to Jay Clark, it might have been Spiegel being a really nice guy not wanting to mess up Clark’s haircut, but the fans paid to see a fight, not more hugs than knees thrown from the so called Muay Thai expert Spiegel. In the end Spiegel won by the way of love and understanding and moves on to the next round facing Damir Mrsic in his upcoming tournament bout. After seeing such a horrid display of Muay Thai it looked like Ikik Ufac wanted to restore its image as he came out throwing kicks with incredible accuracy and power, the wrestler Brad Rickett never got his gameplan going and as a result he got kicked seventy-five times in the leg. He will definitely be happy he isn’t fighting any time soon as he might have sustained some serious damage from the punishment his lead leg had to absorb. Ufac dominated every round and all the judges scored each one ten to eight, as Ufac moved comfortably to the next round where he will be facing Victo Rostou. In another display of leg kicks 101, the boxer Kobe Megallan was effectively countered by a Muay Thai fighter Victo Rostou. Having his feet kicedk out from under his feet early, Megallan tried to hang on for dear life, but was unable to mount any effective offence against the counter kicker Rostou. One could ask what laser scope Rostou uses since he landed nearly one hundred percent of his kicks, wherever they were directed winning him two ten eight rounds in the process. Another devastating Muay Thai fighter moves one step closer to the big prize as he is set to face off against Kikic Ufac in what seems to be a potential fight of the year with two excellent kickers displaying their skill against one another. Coming off a one minute KO in his professional debut, King Leonidas was looking to exert his dominance in the first tournament round against Alexander Popov, while equal on paper it looks like Popov had the answer for Leonidas’ aggressive style as he kept the distance and landed beautiful counterpunches left and right, and completely nullified the standup of Leonidas who hit only two strikes with over a hundred thrown. With a nearly perfect stat of ninety-eight strikes thrown and ninety-five landed, Popov was rewarded by all three judges with a unanimous thirty to twenty-five decision victory. Popov faces Ahmed Durrani in his next tournament bout. In a dominating display of well honed skills, Ahmed Durrani showed he had better boxing in the first round completely decimating Galezzo Marchegiano in the standup, in the second and third round Durrani worked his world class Greco-roman wrestling to force Marchegiano into a clinch where he was able to wreck havoc with his dirty boxing in both the latter rounds winning him a well earned unanimous decision. Durrani will face Alexander Popov in the second round. After winning his first fight in a devastating fashion it looked like Onni Jokinen had his hands full against wrestler Brock Mitchell, but when the fight started it was clear the world class striker had nothing to worry about as he completely wrecked Mitchell landing every shot for three rounds. Brock Mitchell is definitely regrets going out as aggressive as he did as Jokinen being the clearly better striker was given an easy task to dodge whatever was thrown at him and land many counter shots in the process. One thing is certain, Mitchell has a head of steel, as he took nearly a hundred and fifty shots to the head and only seemed to be in danger once in the third round, so while getting crushed he deserves praise for hanging in for the decision. Onni Jokinen is scheduled to fight Hoshi Hotaru in the next round. It will most likely be a topic of debate what Man Yamamoto was on when he went into the cage with BJJ brown belt Hoshi Hotaru, Yamamoto being a white belt and primarily regarded as a contender based on his ability to sprawl and brawl with his excellent boxing, he still took the fight down where he was quickly beaten in a scramble for position. When outmatched in the BJJ department you would think he was blessed with getting a standup, but he never seemed willing to throw his fists to Hotaru’s face something that might have cost him the match. After thirteen minutes and thirty seven seconds of what was primarily a ground battle Hotaru locked in an armbar from the mount finally finishing Yamamoto. Many were surprised he was unable to submit the white belt sooner as so much of the action took place on the ground, but regardless Hoshi Hotaru went home with the W and will be fighting Onni Jokinen in the second round. While the term lay and pray was coined in 2003, one could discuss if Calle Pajander has given the term a new meaning as he desperately tried to hold the boxer August Strindberg down and away from a standup war. It worked for the most part, and when they were standing Pajander covered up deflecting most shots and getting the takedowns when needed, and while the decision victory might have been deserved based on control, calling this a fight would be an insult to the rest of the competitors who, for the most part actually tried to finish their fights, unlike Pajander who seemed content to just control the pace. After a boring display of wrestling dominance Calle Pajander moves on to face Masakatsu Sato. In a standup fight between two counter kickers, the Muay Thai specialists Masakatsu Sato and Johnny Hagler fought a war over positional dominance as few strikes were thrown. Hagler tried to be a bit more diverse as he tried several takedowns, but as they are both novices on the ground neither could do much once the fight got there. Massakatsu’s superior accuracy and counter striking earned him the decision win, and he will fight Calle Pajander in the next tournament round. In a classic grappler vs striker scenario, neither Muay Thai specialist Stelio Kantos or wrestler Ulrich Von Lichtenstein were able to mount any significant offense giving the judges a hard time figuring out which fighter deserved the W the least, instead resulting in a majority draw, the pair has a rematch scheduled on September the twenty-ninth to determine who moves on to the next round. In a boring “fight”, what was hyped to be a standup war consisted mainly of Robert Paulson and Frank Skinner circling each other. There isn’t much to say as the two fighters seemed to be too scared to open up and try to establish any offense and would rather stand back and try to counter the other something Skinner did slightly better earning him the decision victory. Skinner will face the winner of the rematch between Stelio Kantos and Ulrich Von Lichtenstein. A desperate Alphons Draclau tried extremely hard to stay away from Day Man’s world class boxing using his wrestling to maintain top control for most of the fight trying for some submissions and ground and pound, but they didn’t seem to be thrown with very much determination behind them and seemed more like a tool to keep the referee from standing them up. A boring victory for Draclau who wins via decision and moves on to face Cristiano Halo. Coming in with a brown belt in BJJ Cristiano Halo probably scared the wrestler Oyvind Fahlstrom away from his bread and butter as this fight developed into a standup war, and it was obvious who had the advantage as the Muay Thai striker Halo landed most of the kicks he threw and just steered away from the dirty boxing and Greco-roman clinch of Oyvind Fahlstrom. With extremely effective kicks and the ability to nullify Fahlstrom’s clinch Halo scored a deserved unanimous decision victory, he will be Alphons Draclau in the second round. Paul Martin did well to, for the most partstay away from a ground battle with the BJJ brown belt Ultimate Warrior, as he kept working his hands in most of the match rocking him in both round one and two, he was successful in being the aggressor and at the end of the second round he scored his second knockdown, and this time he was relentless throwing Warrior to the canvas as he tried to clinch and went for some vicious ground and pound, forcing Warrior to tap. This was a decisive victory for Martin who will be facing Mitch Heisenberg in the second round. After the first round, it looked like Ultimate Fighter was going to take home a decisive decision victory as he got an early takedown and threw his fists in an unmistakably downwards direction, connecting more than once to Mitch Heisenberg’s face. But Heisenberg must have an excellent corner, because in the subsequent two rounds he looked outstanding, working the kicks, tiring out Warrior, the third round started much as the second with Heisenberg throwing his devastating Muay Thai kicks, when he all of a sudden threw a devastating high kick to the face of Fighter, earning him the knockout. Heisenberg moves on to face Paul Martin in his next tournament bout. Many may think that the fighting game is a very luxurious business, but for up and comers it’s not always easy making the money required to cover all your expenses, especially when attempting to pay child support and cover a drug habit. As a result Martin Bormann stayed in Las Vegas when he was scheduled to fight in Hilo, a physical impossibility that was quickly resolved in a default victory for Ronny Bruvik who will make his debut wgainst Kid Buu in the second round of the tournament. Being an incredible boxer is one thing, but when you try to transition into mixed martial arts there are many skills to be learned, and unfortunately for Dannis Wise he wasn’t able to learn enough in time for his fight against the dangerous Muay Thai fighter Kid Buu. Buu was able to pretty much have his way, tangling Wise up in the clinch where he threw his soon to be trademarked knees, working primarily the body, Buu was able to tire Wise quickly and the commentators speculated that his energy was quickly dwindling from the battering his body was receiving. Buu was able to control the fight and scored three ten eight rounds with all of the judges and moves on to face Ronny Bruvik in his next fight. In the biggest upset of the tournament, Burnt Faceman tooled heavy favorite and number six seed Jimmy Jones around with his ability to throw his leg kicks, gradually slowing down Jones. Even if wasn’t pretty or seemed very effective, Faceman earned the decision from his aggression and number of strikes thrown, and will be facing off against Mark McGonagle in the next round. There is sloppy boxing, and then there is sloppy boxing, throwing nearly fifty punch combinations one would think that Kekoa Kawai would hit more than one, the world class wrestler seemed to be content to strike with Mark McGonagle, and this is what caused his downfall, through his sloppy striking Kawai opened himself up to being taken down, and McGonagle being no fool, took advantage landing five of six takedown attempts. McGonagle was a dominant force as Kawai seemed unable to modify his gameplan when his striking failed him. In what must have seemed like a walkover Mark McGonagle wins by decision and will fight underdog Burnt Faceman in the next round. Drastic times require what? Drastic measures, yes, it was clear that Grimly Flendish had his hands fool as he was facing off against Jesus Christ himself, not wanting to stand and trade with Jesus, he would much rather stay on top of him and pound him in the face- But as his desperation to finish the fight on the ground grew, he threw twenty-three unsuccessful takedown attempts, his failure to take Jesus down at will was somewhat mitigated by his success in the third round, where he got the takedown into full mount, this seemed like a blessing from some higher deity, and Flendish did not let it go to waste as he started to throw leather at Christ’s face eventually forcing the referee to stop the fight. Grimly Flendish moves on to fight Kichiro Takaki. The wrestler Angus Troyer was never allowed to work his specialty ground and pound as Kichiro Takaki was able to stuff every takedown attempt forcing Troyer to keep the fight standing, where Takaki threw Muay Thai kicks from hell, landing sixty-five crippling leg kicks with such force that they would force most men into months of physical therapy. But Troyer stuck it out, while never doing anything that could amount to any offense to speak of, he still stuck in it to a decision which he deserves credit for. Kichiro Takaki will battle Grimly Flendish in the second round of the tournament. All in all, many great fights, some greater than others, but a great event nonetheless, and I’m sure you all are as excited as me for the second round of fights in three weeks time as TUM II returns to Hilo. This is the one event you cannot miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyBlayze Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 On Saturday 25th September Blitzkreig ran the show BFC 97: Distortion, emanating from the Pipeline in Hilo, Hawaii. The crowd of 6,393 people turned up to witness a jam-packed card of fights, with a main event promising a great battle for the Middleweight title between Manny Baddabing and undefeated Bumba Motumbo. The first fight of the night was a Welterweight division contest between Roco de Cruz (9-5) and Jose Trujillo (6-1). Trujillo showed his game plan right from the start as he took de Cruz down straight away, and would go on to do so eight times during the fight. However the theme of the contest was Trujillo not being able to do anything after the takedown, and the referee being forced to intervene to stand the fighters back up. De Cruz tried to do whatever possible when they were on their feet, but the constant takedowns left little opportunity for boxing skills to be displayed. The fight ended up going to a judge’s decision, and Trujillo was given each round 10-9, giving him a 30-27 on each of the scorecards. Trujillo improves to 7-1, whilst de Cruz falls to 9-6 and is yet to taste victory in Blitzkreig. The second and perhaps most incredible fight of the night took place next when Carlos Alberto (7-2) took on Jean Pierre Skogsbaer (8-3). With both men coming off losses in their previous fights, it was obvious from the start that both men were gunning for a victory. Unfortunately, neither man was able to do so. Skogsbaer was more interested in getting the fight to the ground, and was able to get himself into positions of dominance but was not able to finish the fight off. It came back to haunt him as Alberto was the stronger fighter when the two were on their feet, and the judges seemed to give this more credit than Skogsbaer's groundwork. When the judge’s decisions came in there were audible gasps as scores of 28-29, 29-29 and 29-29 were read out, making the match a majority draw. The two fights got $1000 bonuses for Fight of the Night, clocking up a 100% match rating. The third match of the night didn't require any judging involvement, as Vinnie Barbarino (6-1-1) took on I Am Thor! (7-3) in the Heavyweight division. Both men are exceptional boxers, but Barbarino took just 57 seconds to show that he is by far the better overall fighter. Barbarino took Thor down almost immediately, and after some brief strikes he was able to use his BJJ skills to lock in a kimura. Thor wasted little time tapping out, and Barbarino took his second career submission victory. Thor was made to look a very one-dimensional fighter in this loss, and I’m sure it was not the way he intended his debut fight in Blitzkreig to go. The fourth fight was in the Middleweight division, and saw Jacre de Booza (9-3) take on Heimo Hulahula (7-2). The first round was dominated by Wrestling, as both men were able to get a takedown and work away at their opponent from the top position. However de Booza was probably the more active off his back, and looked to be more threatening when he was in control on top. The second was dominated by some brilliant examples of ground work, as Hulahula was able to take the early advantage with a takedown. From there de Booza swept him and ended up on top, but a minute later it was Hulahula doing the sweeping, and ending up in de Booza's full mount! Hulahula started pounding away at de Booza, and after a couple of minutes of relentless strikes, the referee jumped in to give Hulahula the win by TKO. The fifth fight of the evening was another Heavyweight contest, with Sven Runar (10-4) taking on Mike Underhill (7-2). The most obvious difference between the fighters could be seen at the weigh-ins, with Runar likely coming into the cage 40lbs heavier than Underhill. But this didn't matter to Underhill who put in a magnificent performance. It was a stand up battle for the whole fight, with both men seeming intent on going home with a KO victory added to their record. However it seemed Runar was tiring quickly, after even just the first minute he was breathing heavily, and this allowed Underhill the opportunity to strike with furious anger and deliver several combinations to Runar, backing him against the cage. After a few more shots Runar crumpled to the mat, and Underhill was led away by the referee, giving him the TKO victory. Underhill also picked up a cheque for an extra $1,000 for KO of the Night, congratulations to him. The sixth battle of the night saw Harry Bach (8-1) take on Patrick Malone (9-2) in the Lightweight division. Bach was looking to avenge his first career defeat to Victor Reinhardt at BFC 88, whilst Malone was coming off a victory over Kid Quick at BFC 92. Unfortunately for Malone, he came up against an angry and determined Bach, and almost straight away Malone was cut by a punch combination from Bach. With blood streaming into his eyes for most of the fight from that point onwards, Malone was dominated by Bach. The fight went the distance but the judges were unanimous in giving Bach a 30-26 victory, and the stats show what an impressive performance it was. He landed 43 out of 54 attempted strikes, took Malone down 7 times, and tried to submit him six times. Malone landed 2 punches in the entire fight. Ouch. Match number seven was another Lightweight contest, with the undefeated Franz Ritter (8-0) taking on the annoyingly named Nkuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga (11-1). People don't have recap writers in mind when they choose their fighter names. Two minutes into the fight Ritter was cut by a kick to the side of the head from za Banga. I'm no physiological expert, but that's either very impressive or very unlikely. Both fighters were content to keep the fight standing, and the crowd were happy to watch them battle it out. Ritter seemed to heavily favour boxing, whilst Za Banga opted for a more varied striking arsenal, peppering Ritter with low kicks to limit Ritter's speed and movement. It was a close contest that went the distance, but the judges ending up giving Za Banga every round 10-9, for an eventual 30-27 decision victory The eighth contest on the card saw two very heavy Heavyweights collide, with the 272lb Harry Busch (10-3) taking on the 282lb Jarmo Palvivaara (9-2). A cautious start to the fight was disturbed when Busch attempted, and succeeded to take Palvivaara off his feet. But Palvivaara was quick to reverse positions after Busch missed an elbow, and took the top position for the remainder of the round. Both men were able to score a takedown in the second round, but it was Palvivaara who took the initiative to get into a full mount position. He was unable to capitalise though, allowing Busch to get him back to half guard quite easily. The third round saw much of the same, with Palvivaara taking Busch down on two separate occasions, but he was unable to turn his control into anything meaningful, and the fight went to the judges. The scores were 29-28 across the board, but the fight was unanimously given to Harry Busch. Palvivaara might feel slightly aggrieved by that decision. The semi-Main Event of the evening saw a Lightweight contest between experienced fighter BJ Penn (12-4) and Roby Smith (9-1). Both men are well-renowned boxers, and as a result both men seemed concerned about trading punches with their opponent. Penn was desperately going for takedowns, he attempted eight in the first two minutes, but Smith stuffed each one with ease. Penn then opted for a different approach, as Smith initiated a clinch Penn was quick to drop down and pull Smith into his guard. Smith's lack of ground fighting became apparent as he was cautious in his strikes, but not cautious enough as Penn was able to grab an arm and lock in a triangle less than a minute after they hit the ground. Smith was left with no option but to tap out, making him 2-0 in BFC with both victories coming via triangle submissions. Penn seems to be becoming a strong force in the Lightweight division. The main event of the evening was a Middleweight title match, with champion Manny Baddabing (15-2) defending against undefeated challenger Bumba Motumbo (13-0). Baddabing proved why he is considered such a dominant force in the Middleweight ranks, not just in Blitzkreig but around the world, as it took him just 43 seconds to end Motumbo's undefeated streak. The two had a leg kick battle to start, before Baddabing started going for a takedown. Motumbo was able to sprawl on the first one, but the second time Baddabing really drove through with his hips and got Motumbo down, and ended in side control. With such an advantageous position it didn't take long for Baddabing to start showing the reason he has a black belt in BJJ, applying a kimura that Motumbo was able to defend at first, but Baddabing forced it through and left Motumbo with no option but to tap out. A sensational performance from Manny Baddabing, not only did he receive $1,000 for Submission of the night, but the win puts him inside the Top 20 Pound 4 Pound fighters in the world. The show generated a rating of 183.32, not one of the highest by a long way, but a gate taking of $396,508 will go a long way to make up for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 The second Blitzkreig show of the weekend was BFC 98: Kaos, and 6,246 people were on hand in The Pipeline to witness the show. With a title match for the Light Heavyweight belt and a Main Event between two highly ranked Heavyweights, the crowd were pumped up and looking forward to the show. The first match of the night was in the Middleweight division, and saw Gregory Bramer (10-3) take on Kristofa NappyNaps (10-2-1). Both fighters were after their 11th victory, and NappyNaps' tactics were easy for the world to see, as he tried to clinch more times than the most psychotic of ex-girlfriends. When they were in the clinch, which was the majority of the first round, NappyNaps was trying but failing to land strikes, whilst Bramer did well to evade them, and connected with his own strikes when he needed to. Round 2 was almost identical, more clinch attempts, more clinch attempts failing from NappyNaps, more strikes landing by Bramer. Round 3 was more in NappyNaps' favour, but by the end of the fight he had only landed 7 strikes, Bramer had landed 26. Not a great fight, but Bramer emerged the winner with the judges - all 29-28. The second fight was another Middleweight contest, pitting Brian Egan (9-4) against Dave Stackhouse (8-2). We were back to more clinching again in this fight; Egan attempting to clinch straight away and both men were able to get some shots in. Stackhouse eventually gave up and dragged Egan into his guard, but nothing happened there either so they were stood up. Egan scored with the more powerful strikes in the stand-up, and took the first round. Round 2 saw some decent strikes being traded, before Stackhouse managed to take Egan down to the mat. Again there was nothing of interest happening on the ground, so they were stood up. Again Egan became dominant in the striking towards the end of Round 2 and start of Round 3, and Stackhouse failed to counter the strikes with anything. Egan was given all three rounds by the judges, taking it 30-27 on all the cards. Third on the show was a Welterweight contest between the undefeated Barich Fendsor (9-0) and Christian Drake (9-4). Fendsor is making his Blitzkreig debut; he was the final Welterweight champion at Ultimate Extreme Cagefighting in Montreal. Perhaps the biggest story of the first round was the razor sharp elbows of Barich Fendsor, they cut a gash in the face of Drake almost straight away, and then a second elbow deepened the cut later in the round. In the second round the cut was worsened even further by an uppercut from Fendsor. Fendsor was dominating the fight with his strikes, incredibly accurate to the point of near perfection. After the third round the judges scored the fight 30-24 across the board, an utter destruction for fifteen minutes. The stats show that Fendsor landed 165 out of 180 of his strikes, an astonishing 91.6%. Barich Fendsor could be a name to watch in the future. The next match on the card was a Featherweight contest between Elvis Bika (9-1) against Luther Pope (10-2). Both fighters are coming off a win, and they're desperate to make an impression in the best Featherweight division in the world. The first round was a car wreck. Pope took charge of the stand up quite easily, so Bika got a takedown... and then just lay there. A lot. For two whole minutes. The crowd were not at all pleased, and the referee eventually mercifully stood them up. Round 2 started the same way; Bika got a takedown and did absolutely nothing. Until he missed an elbow and Pope switched to take the top position. Then Pope did nothing. Finally they stood up, and Pope again began doing much better in the stand up. The final round saw Bika get two takedowns, but the referee was much quicker to stand them up this time. Pope and Bika exchanged from shots, but time soon expired. Pope got the win from the judges, 30-28, 30-27 and 30-27. Match rating was 32%, and it didn't deserve that much. The fifth match of the show was in the Heavyweight division, Agila Galupad (7-3) taking on Jeremy Staton (9-3). After four consecutive decisions, and particularly after that last fight, the crowd were baying for blood, and Agila Galupad was on hand to deliver some. Staton tried to take the fight to the floor, but a lack of action on the ground meant the fight went back to standing. Galupad then unleashed seven flavours of hell upon Staton, a hook to the head was the start, then caught him with a combination that knocked Staton to the mat and opened up a cut above the eye. Galupad let Staton back up, then knocked him straight back down again with a right hand. A few more shots on the ground and the referee called it off, giving Galupad a win by TKO. Match number six was a Middleweight fight between Hiro Protagonist (10-2) and Akio Takada (9-4). After some poor fights early on this was certainly a hell of a battle. In the first two rounds the two men stood toe to toe, exchanging punches and kicks like there was no tomorrow. Protagonist probably got the better of the fight in the first round, whilst Takada looked the better man in the second round. With all to play for in the final round it was Takada who changed things up by taking Protagonist down. Takada then worked for submissions, but the referee ended up bringing them back to their feet. Takada got a second takedown as he looked to make sure the judges went for him, and it worked as the judges scored the fight 29-27 unanimously. The seventh fight was in the Light Heavyweight division, and it saw Ares Constantinides (10-4-1) taking on James Tony (11-2). Both men were coming off fights in their previous matches, and were looking to move up the rankings towards a title match. Constantinides started immediately with a takedown, and used some impressive ground and pound to keep Tony down. Constantinides kept Tony from getting up for the rest of the round, and landed some impressive shots in the process. The second round was more on the feet and Tony was more proficient with the stand up than Constantinides. Constantinides got a takedown but did little with it, and after a referee stand up Tony got a takedown of his own. Tony was more active on the ground by attempting submissions, so took the second round. The first four minutes of the final round were on the feet again, and both men were able to land some decent shots. However towards the end of the round, Tony took Constantinides down and nearly caught him with an ankle lock. That gave Tony the round and the fight, 29-28 on all the judge's scorecards. The eighth contest on the card was also in the Middleweight division, and it saw Fedor Belfort (13-3) taking on Jackson Miller (10-2). The first round was a lesson in ground fighting from Belfort, whilst Miller was desperate to show his boxing skills. Miller was probably doing better in the stand-up, but Belfort took him down. It took very little time for Belfort to advance from the full guard to the full mount in what was superb to watch. Belfort starting going for submissions but Miller was able to defend them, and he was able to keep Belfort at bay until the end of the round. The second round started in the exact same way, but with Belfort now dominating the stand up as well. Belfort landed a series of punches and low kicks, before eventually dropping down for a takedown and succeeding. On the ground Belfort was going for more submissions, and Miller was still defending them with all his might. But it came to pass that near the end of Round 2 Belfort went for an Anaconda Choke, and Miller had no answer to defend it. Miller refuses to tap though, choosing instead to go unconscious. I hate when people do that. Belfort gets the win via submission. The semi-main event opened up with two good songs, Lose Yourself by Eminem and Don't Fear The Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult. That made this match great immediately. The match itself was for the Light Heavyweight title, champion Salvatore Assante (13-3) looked to make the first defence of his title against Johnny Jonners (12-1), who entered this fight on the back of a 10 fight win streak, including 5 in Blitzkrieg. Jonners immediately went on the attack, cutting Assante with a right hand. Jonners was swinging for the fences, and that dragged Assante into a slugfest as well. This was not a good plan, particularly when Assante walked right into a straight right hand and was knocked to the ground! Jonners followed up and unleashed a swarm of vicious punches; Assante was knocked out within moments! Johnny Jonners wins the fight and becomes the new Blitzkreig Light Heavyweight champion, getting the win in just 41 seconds. Our congratulations go out to him. This took us to the Main Event of the show, a Heavyweight battle between Aleksi Borga (13-2) and the undefeated Leon Kaiser (7-0). Borga, a former Synchronicity Heavyweight champion, was making his Blitzkreig debut, whilst Kaiser had spent his entire career in Blitzkreig and won every fight. The first round was an all standing affair; Kaiser peppered Borga's leg with kicks, whilst also connecting with solid punches. Right at the end of the round Kaiser knocked Borga down with a left/right combination, but instead of going in for the kill he let him stand back up. The second round saw even more good punching from Kaiser, Borga seemed to have no answer as Kaiser lands shot after shot, and I'd say it was a miracle Borga was able to walk back to his corner by the time the bell sounded. The third round saw Kaiser mix it up even more, now throwing in some head kicks. One connected flush on the side of Borga's head and sent him crashing to the mat, but again Kaiser let him back up. Later in the round it happened again, a brutal head kick knocked Borga down, but Kaiser refused to go down and finish it. This was becoming uncomfortable to watch as Borga stumbled back to his feet, only to get kicked right in the head again and knocked out with just fifteen seconds remaining in the fight. A destructive showing from Leon Kaiser who is really making a name for himself at the moment. As ever Blitzkreig paid out $1,000 for the bonus awards. The Fight of the Night went to Akio Takada vs. Hiro Protagonist, Submission of the Night went to the only submission winner Fedor Belfort, but his outstanding grappling display warranted the award. KO of the Night was presented to the new Light Heavyweight champion Johnny Jonners to cap off a memorable evening for him. The event rating was 194.95, higher than BFC 97, and a testament to the attention Leon Kaiser is getting for his dominant displays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted September 30, 2010 Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 http://www.mmatycoon.com/images/posters/1285805479BFC100.jpg Sunday 3rd October will be a momentous day for one of the world's biggest fighting promotions. Blitzkrieg, considered by many to be one of the most successful fight organisations of all time, celebrate their 100th show with BFC 100: The Turn. For any promotion reaching 100 shows is an impressive landmark; however Blitzkrieg has possibly achieved more than any promotion that has reached 100 shows before them, and has done so in a revolutionary style. This preview will look into the fights taking place at this historic event, as well as the thoughts of the fighters and management about the significance of BFC 100. The Importance Of The 100th Show Television shows consider their 100th show to be a true indication of the show's success, so why shouldn't a MMA promotion feel the same way? We asked important Blitzkrieg personnel, as well as the fighters taking part in the event, to tell us what they felt the 100th Blitz show meant to them. Matty Blayze: When we first started Blitz we dreamed of our 100th show...we dreamed of our one year anniversary...we dreamed of being the #1 org in the world. In the end, we couldn't have done it without each other (speaking of the entire Blitz Board) and, more importantly, we couldn't have done it without the best group of fighters and managers in the world. Zeki Ata (translated from Turkish) : I am very thankful to the management at BFC for allowing me the opportunity to compete in this event. Blitzkrieg is truly the best fight organization in the world, and I am honoured to bring in the one-year anniversary as the co-main event of this momentous milestone. Johnny Quest: It's great. My first fight in Blitz is on such a significant evening for this org. Not only the 100th event, but a PPV.....damnnn. I'm grateful for the opportunity. Freddy Farve: It's an honor. It truly is. I'm never one to turn down a fight, so maybe the BFC management needed a fight to fill, but I like to think they asked me to be a part of this monumental show because I put on exciting fights and I'm always ready to go. Harjan Varsi: Blitzkrieg is a great org, and I'm honoured to have place in this event. I hope that every fight is as exciting as possible and will boost the hype of the org to new levels. Jake Franklin: It means a lot, when I got the call from the big boss man, I said HELL YEAH, fax me the contracts and let's get this thing done. I mean BFC is the best org in Hilo and easily top 5 in the world. It'd be crazy for anyone to turn down this event. Brock Lesnar: It means a lot to be fighting at BFC 100, I actually asked to be on this card I think a win on BFC's 100th event will push me back to the top now that I have new management. I have a much better look on my career I was in a hard spot when I signed with him coming off two losses but since I've been with my new management I'm coming off two devastating first round stoppages over tough opposition if I win this fight in the same way on BFC 100 with the whole world watching everyone will know my name. Matty Blayze: Very few orgs have lasted 100 shows and very few orgs have lasted a year, and we cherish the luck we've had and the great group of fighters and managers who have been willing to test themselves against the best competition in the world. ------------- The Main Event Every historic show needs a main event that will be able to match the hype that the event will naturally get. In the case of BFC 100 the Blitzkrieg owners have chosen to headline the show with a Welterweight contest between James Tobin (16-1) and Kai Watanabe (9-0). The two fighters have not been in Blitzkrieg for very long at all, Tobin enters his second fight with the company after tasting defeat to Magnum PI at BFC 92. However before running into this stumbling block Tobin is considered one of the top Welterweights on the planet, after amassing 16 successive victories before joining Blitzkrieg. He became one of the top stars of the Total Destruction Combat organisation, not only for winning all 11 fights he had in the company, but also in the manner of which he won. In all 16 of his career victories he has not gone into the third round, winning 14 by TKO and 2 by submission due to strikes. Watanabe is making his Blitzkrieg debut but comes into the organisation with a strong reputation. He comes to Blitzkrieg from Kings of Fighting in Tokyo where he won the Welterweight Title on his, and the organisation's final show. Whilst Tobin's record may have more victories on it, Watanabe's 9 wins have possibly been even more impressive. Only once has Watanabe gone into the 2nd round, and that was a decision victory in only his second fight. Looking at the skills of the two fighters it would seem Watanabe holds the edge in most areas. Tobin holds a slight advantage in Wrestling, but Watanabe is probably the better Boxer and BJJ practitioner. Whatever the outcome of this fight it certainly is one not to be missed, whenever these two have entered a fight there have been fireworks and this can only live up to the hype. Two Titans Fight For The Title It would be crazy for such a big show not to have a title match, and the Blitzkrieg owners have scheduled the co-Main Event of BFC 100 to be a battle for the Blitzkrieg Super Heavyweight title. Defending champion Zeki Ata (14-1) takes on undefeated challenger Heffo Klumpo (8-0). After a minor slip earlier in his career, Zeki Ata has looked nothing short of phenomenal since debuting for Blitzkrieg in February 2010. At BFC 100, Ata takes on a so far unbeaten Heffo Klumpo, the latest in a line of challengers for his title. Zeki Ata (Translated from Turkish): Heffo Klumpo is an up-and-coming fighter in Blitzkrieg, who is clearly going into this fight hungry to distinguish himself as one of the best in the Super Heavyweight division. (Zeki Ata pauses for a moment, appearing to get lost deep in thought, before calmly continuing) The only problem is that he is going to go up against myself – the actual best in the Super Heavyweight division. Ata is unbeaten in Blitzkrieg, winning his last 8 fights. 4 of those fights have been for the Blitzkrieg Super Heavyweight title, including his victory over John Franklin to win the title back at BFC 57. Since then he has defended his title against worthy challengers such as Brad Rogers, Santiago Da Silva and Jack Campbell. Despite his successes, Ata still makes time to create a strict game plan before each fight. Zeki Ata: This fight presents a lot of unique circumstances for me. Typically I am use to competing against fighters who have a height and weight advantage over me, almost all of whom have been stand-up fighters. This time I come up against a fighter more similar to myself that is, on the shorter and lighter side of the Super Heavyweight division. On top of that, Heffo Klump is a fighter who prefers to take things to the ground, something I’ve rarely experienced with my time at Blitzkrieg. (Ata taps his right hand on his chest and proceeds) However, fighting on the ground is something I know all about. Heffo Klumpo may not be as recognised as Zeki Ata, but don't let his comparative inexperience fool you. Klumpo has eight wins and no losses on his record, and started out his career in a small company called Haka FC, where he successfully defeated Andre The Giant in June 2010, a task made easier by Andre's death in 1993. But from humble beginnings Klumpo has grown to show he is a talented fighter, defeating Kung Pao Chicken and Brad Rogers to earn himself a title shot at BFC 100. As Ata mentioned, Klumpo is a ground fighter with a superb pedigree in Wrestling, but whilst untested in recent fights, Ata's ground game could be even stronger. It may well come down to the mental game, and if so, Ata may have the advantage through the words he lives by: Zeki Ata: “Her gönülde bir aslan yatar.” (Ata then proceeds, albeit not with ease, to translate this himself) “There lies a lion in every heart.” ------------ Every 100th Show Needs A 100th Undercard... Whilst the Main Event and the co-Main Event will be making the headlines the day after the show, the undercard fighters will be heading into the event with just as much enthusiasm and desire to make a name for themselves. The undercard of BFC 100 will showcase 8 fights in various Blitzkrieg divisions. However the incredibly deep talent roster of Blitzkrieg means that any of these undercard fights would have easily been qualified as a Main Event in most other fight organisations. -------- In a Middleweight contest Freddy Favre (10-4) takes on Jake Franklin (13-5). Both had quite a lot to say in the build-up to the fight... Jake Franklin: Freddy is a great fighter, he is well rounded and brings it every fight. I gotta prepare for everything, but I believe that Freddy and I will be handed that fight of the night bonus for sure. Unless he takes the pussy route and just clinches with me and hugs me for 3 rounds. Freddy Favre: Franklin is a wonderful boxer with heavy hands, so I know I'm going to have my hands full when the fight is on our feet. I have seen some flaws in his stand up that I plan on countering to give me the advantage I'll need, and wherever the fight goes from there it should be in my hands. A Blitzkrieg veteran, Freddy Favre is coming off a loss to Robbie Balboa at BFC 92. This will be Favre's 9th trip to the Blitz Cage, and is currently 4-4. Favre is a former Fighters Club League Middleweight champion, and he is a very well-rounded fighter. Freddy Favre: I feel wherever the fight is, be it our feet or on the ground, I have the advantage. My wrestling is improving constantly and I feel that I've got a perfect blend of Muay Thai and Boxing skills to keep him on his guard. Most will assume I'll want to take it to the ground, but I'm getting more and more confident with my stand up that I don't think there is anything Franklin can do to beat me. Jake Franklin is making his second appearance in Blitzkrieg; however he has a vast number of fights elsewhere on the planet. Franklin has been a champion in two previous organizations, Canadian Extreme Fighting Championship, and one of the biggest orgs in the world, Canadian Fighting Championship. Franklin was on a four fight unbeaten streak before his loss to Frank Castle at BFC 89. Jake Franklin: I intend on just grinding it out, whatever he tries to do I'm going to counter it. I don't wanna go too deep into my game plan, but just know, Freddy, you’re not the only one with some new skills to show off. I'll be bringing my aviator's with me, because I don't plan on walking out without some bruises on me. ------- Another Middleweight division sees Robbie Balboa (10-2) take on newcomer Harjan Varsi (16-5). Varsi is making his Blitzkrieg debut at BFC 100, and comes in as a former Courage FC champion. He has won his last five fights, and his last four have come via 1st Round Knockout. We were able to catch up with both Balboa and Varsi shortly before their training camps ended to get their thoughts on the fight. Robbie Balboa: I think he’s a very good opponent with a great record. I respect him a lot and it will be an honor to knock him out. Harjan Varsi: My opponent seems to be very good standup fighter. I'm sure the fight will be nice standup battle for the fans, without any boring leg humping. Varsi may be hoping for a stand up battle as this is his strongest suit, however it may not be a wise tactical move. Balboa is an exceptional boxer, and has won 7 of his fights via his striking skills. Balboa seems certain that Varsi will be another man falling to his boxing prowess. Robbie Balboa: I see me knocking him out in the first round. Left hook, right straight combo. Harjan Varsi: As I already mentioned, we both are standup guys and the skill sets are pretty identical. Of course he's faster learner and is more skilled, but he has one problem: one cannot train KO power. Varsi's confidence is admirable, and this match should be one of the highlights of BFC 100. ------- In a Light Heavyweight division contest Duane Lee Chapman (8-3) vs. Johnny Quest (8-3), in a battle of 8-3 fighters. Chapman does not seem to be taking the fight that seriously, as at time of writing his energy level is incredibly low and he doesn't seem as if he will be making weight for the fight. Anyway, let's concentrate on Johnny Quest, who gave us some of his time to speak about the fight, and spoke candidly about his opponent... Johnny Quest: I think he has a fucked up mullet...anyways.... He may have fought the "who's who" of the division, but what's that mean to me? nothing. I don't give a shit who you fought...the fact is that when we step in the cage, he can expect me to bring the ruckus. If he thinks he can just come in on Sunday night and expect to knock me out, he's has something else coming to him. Quest is making his Blitzkrieg debut in this fight, and comes off a successful run in both Ground Zero and MFC Fight Club. A submission specialist, Quest has won all of 8 fights by making his opponent tap out. Chapman has spent his entire career with Blitzkrieg, but is coming off a defeat to Charmaine Dela Cruz at BFC 88. Quest is confident that he can add Chapman to his list of victims. Johnny Quest: Stick with my moneymaker. I'm going to take his girly ass down, and make him tap. The force of the lord and the rage of hell can't prevent what's about to happen to him. After I make this noodle tap, I plan on enjoying the nightlife in Hilo, and hope to meet some feisty Samoan women, who will smack me around a little, and maybe give me some bruises....cause Chapman sure as shit ain't. ------- In the Heavyweight division Frank Mason (9-3) takes on Brock Lesnar (12-3) in what promises to be a great fight between two big men. This is a re-match from BFC 32 when Lesnar defeated Mason by TKO in the first round. However since then, Mason has won 5 of his last 6 fights without ever troubling Round 3. Lesnar has had mixed fortunes since then, and has gone 2-2 in his last four fights. We spoke with Lesnar about his upcoming match. Brock Lesnar: I think Mason is a very dangerous opponent he has won 5 of his last 6 fights and he won them all by stoppages bottom line he's a very tough dude but as you know I have fought him before I was actually the first guy to ever beat him and I did it in a pretty decisive manner as well with that being said I'm sure he's hungry to revenge that loss so it should be a good fight. Lesnar would be wise to look out for Mason's strong punching ability, but the Minneapolis native seems to have a game plan in hand for the fight. Brock Lesnar: To be honest I think it's pretty obvious his strength is his standup and my biggest strength is my wrestling so I'm gonna be looking to take this fight to the ground and smash his face until the ref pulls me off but that's not to say I’m a slouch in the standup department I think I could go toe to toe with him standing but I'm not gonna let my pride cost me this win I'm not gonna play to his advantage I will be taking him down. With both fighters currently on winning streaks it would seem the winner of this fight would take a large step towards an eventual title shot against the world-renowned and greatly-feared Heavyweight champion Travis Reed. ------- The remaining undercard matches highlight the vast array of talent available in Blitzkrieg. In the Heavyweight division we will see DeAngelo Kenner (12-2) take on He Man (10-2). Both fighters have 8 KO victories on their record, but this could be an opportunity for He Man to make use of his Exceptional Wrestling skills to get the fight to the mat and control it there. In other Super Heavyweight matches we will see Santiago Da Silva (11-4) take on Big Bubba (13-7). Bubba recently picked up his first Blitzkrieg victory over Loo Cang at BFC 91, and will be hoping to leave his first three Blitz fights that ended in defeat in the past. Da Silva's strange statistic is that 5 of his last 6 fights have ended by TKO due to a cut. Da Silva has won 3 of these and lost 2, including a title shot against Zeki Ata. A third Super Heavyweight match on the card will be between Pete Gonzalez (6-3) and John Ohlrich (14-6). Gonzalez is making his Blitzkrieg debut after moving over from Total Destruction, and is currently on the back of a 2 fight win streak. Ohlrich is currently 1-2 in Blitzkrieg and has lost his previous two fights. His best success came in DIFO, where he was a 2 time Super Heavyweight champion. Our final match will be in the Welterweight division, and will be Hulohot Yokohama (14-5) vs. Osama Robins (15-7). Yokohama is currently on a 2 fight win streak, and has fought 8 times inside the Blitz Cage. His only losses have come in title fights, against Thor Wood and Magnum PI. Robins has won four of his last five fights and makes his Blitzkrieg debut after moving over from Kings of Rio. A former Welterweight champion in that organization, Robins will be looking to make a big impact after moving to Hilo. You can catch the results of BFC 100 on Sunday 3rd October, as well as a recap of all the night's happenings later on in the week. We hope you've enjoyed this preview for Blitzkrieg’s 100th show, and best of luck to all fighters and managers competing at the event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Blitzkrieg were back at the Pipeline on Saturday 2nd October for their latest show BFC 99: Becoming Insane. With all the hype and interest behind BFC 100, which you can catch live on PPV tonight, a lot of fans may have forgotten about BFC 99. This was evident in just 6,059 people turning up to watch the show. The first fight of the night was in the Lightweight division, with Kid Quick (11-8) taking on Batteryus Teho (11-7). Teho's game plan was evident from the first minute when he took Quick down with relative ease. However Teho was unable to do anything productive on the ground, so the referee stood them back up. This went on to happen twice more in the round, with Teho eventually attempting submissions but not doing a great job. The second round saw Quick use some decent striking, but his lack of accuracy cost him and allowed Teho to get another takedown. Teho was a lot busier on the ground this time, attempting several submissions but not able to finish the job, Quick showing good defences to avoid tapping out, and eventually rolled Teho to take the top position. Quick was unable to do anything though, and the crowd became restless as the round came to an end. The third round saw the first three minutes on their feet, and Quick again was by far the superior stand-up fighter. Teho got a takedown late in the round, but again could do nothing to move towards finishing the fight. At the end of the fight the judges scored it 29-28 Quick, 29-28 Teho, and 29-28 for Quick, giving him the Split Decision victory on a close but boring fight. The second fight was a Featherweight contest between Greg Doyle (13-6) and Eli Gull (7-3-1). Gull, fundamentally a boxer but with good wrestling skills, took the fight to the ground early which may have surprised Doyle. Gull was pretty active on the ground with strikes, but the referee opted to stand them up. Gull then started dominating the stand-up as well, before getting another takedown. Gull tried for some submissions, but couldn't get any locked in, and the first round came to an end. Round 2 started in a similar fashion, Doyle was a bit more impressive with his boxing, but Gull was able to eventually take him down. However there was very little action on the ground, Gull content keeping the fight there with basic strikes, and at no point trying to finish the fight with any productive ground and pound. The first two minutes of Round 3 showed that Gull was getting a bit tired, his takedown attempts were lazy and Doyle was easily avoiding them. However Gull eventually obtained the takedown he was looking for, only for the referee to stand them up after about a minute of nothing happening. The tired Gull was faced with Greg Doyle swinging for the fences, desperately looking for a way to win the fight. Although Doyle connected with some solid shots it wasn't enough, and the judges all scored the fight 29-28 to Eli Gull. In the Heavyweight division we saw Beno Gruffo (7-2) take on Kurt Meyer (7-3). The fight took a dramatic turn straight away as Gruffo connected with a good punch combination that left Meyer with a cut over his left eye. Punches were being thrown with reckless abandon, but Meyer was actively looking to clinch up with Gruffo. The strikes continued to fly, and Gruffo started countering whenever Meyer moved into get the clinch, the punches causing Meyer's cut to get even worse. Meyer finally was able to get Gruffo into a clinch, but he was unable to land any strikes. Meyer started changing things up with some more varied strikes, but got a clinch again, only to get caught by a knee to the head from Gruffo. Meyer's cut was now gruesomely pumping blood out of it, and I'm surprised the doctor wasn't called to examine it. They remained in the clinch for a good two minutes with strikes being landed by both fighters whilst they attempted to get control of the situation. Towards the end of the round Meyer landed a short punch which rocked Gruffo, before Meyer connected with another shot to break the clinch. Meyer then unloaded with a huge uppercut to send Gruffo tumbling to the mat, before unloading strikes as Gruffo balled up on the mat. The referee stopped it, giving Meyer an impressive TKO victory. Our fourth fight of the night was a Middleweight contest between Tobias Linderoth (12-5) and Phillip Merki (6-2). Merki wastes little time in securing a takedown to get Merki on to the mat, but Merki did nothing on the ground and the referee stood them up almost straight away. Next it was Linderoth's turn to get a takedown, and Linderoth was far more active, landing as many shots as he could as well as going for submission attempts. Round 2 saw Linderoth come out looking to be more aggressive, landing a combination that cut Merki's eyebrow. Linderoth then executed a perfect takedown, and began landing shots on the ground. It was a knee to the body that opened the door for him though, as it winded Merki and allowed Linderoth to start with some good ground and pound. The elbows then started landing and it was starting to get messy. More elbows from the top and eventually the referee came in to call a halt to the contest, giving Linderoth the win via TKO. The evening's fifth fight was another Featherweight division match, this time between Doc Morbid (7-2-1) and Michael Perkins (9-5). A tentative opening from the two fighters saw a lot of leg kicks being thrown and connecting, before Morbid got a clinch and landed a stiff knee to the head of Perkins that cut him open. They remained in the clinch for another minute or so, Morbid doing most of the damage and controlling the action. When they finally separated the leg kicks started flying again, before Morbid again got him in the clinch and started using his Muay Thai skills to his advantage with some more hard knees, as Round 1 came to a close. Round 2 was pretty much all took place in the clinch, with Morbid dominant in his knees and short punches. Perkins did well to survive the round, after several knees from Morbid connected with his face. Round 3 was more of the same, and as much as I'd love to comment on it, it's just knee to head, knee to head, knee to head misses, knee to body, knee to head. Morbid showed his Muay Thai skills to get a dominant if unspectacular victory, 30-27 with all three judges. The sixth match-up of the evening was always likely to be a slobberknocker, with two excellent boxers going up against each other in the Heavyweight division, Max Shinobi (8-2) taking on Dave Mack (8-3). The first round was a round of punches swinging and kicks thudding into flesh, Shinobi got the best of the majority of the round, including one period of time spent in a clinch where Shinobi used dirty boxing to control the action. Outside of the clinch the punches and kicks continued until the timekeeper unfortunately had to call the action to a close. Round 2 were very similar, but a bit more clinching from Shinobi but Mack was able to break the clinch easier this time. Mack's boxing was also stronger in this round, connecting much more often than Round 1; however Shinobi continued to look strong as well. This round could have gone either way. Round 3 started out with more punching, but this time Mack was able to connect with a hard left hook that rocked Shinobi! Shinobi was somehow able to keep hanging in there, but the rest of the round he was trying to hold on and avoid strikes. Mack pressed the issue but was unable to land any more telling blows. We reached the end of round 3 after fifteen minutes of brutal combat, and the judges sent in their scores; 29-28 for all three, each of them giving the win to Max Shinobi. A superb contest that got a 100% rating. The seventh fight of the card was a third in the Featherweight division, Rusty Trombone (15-6) taking on Hanz Titties (7-1). Titties brought the fight into the clinch early in the first round, and showed some good dirty boxing skills until Trombone it able to break the clinch. Titties then landed a good combination of punches that opens up a cut on Trombone. Trombone spends some time trying to take Titties down, but good sprawling means that threat is quickly nullified. The punches fly both in and out of the clinch for the remainder of the round, but its Titties that is dominant. The 2nd round started with Titties stopping a takedown again, and landing a series of good hooks to the head and body of Trombone. The fast-paced action took its toll on the fighters, leaving them gasping for air just six minutes in. That may have contributed to the finish, Titties landed a nice shot to the head which rocked Trombone, then followed up with a straight left that dropped him. Titties dived in and started dropping bombs using whatever energy he had left, and the referee calls it off. Titties takes the win via TKO. Match number eight of the night was yet another Featherweight contest between two of the division's top ranked fighters, Frank Mac (12-2) and Tyler McDrunken (13-4). After the excitement of the previous two fights this one had a lot to live up to, and unfortunately both fighters struggled to get into a rhythm. In the first round their strikes was accurate but never particularly threatening. Mac out strikes McDrunken both on the outside, but also in the clinch when the fight heads there. Right at the end of the round McDrunken is able to get a takedown which might swing the round in his favour. Round 2 started with McDrunken getting a takedown again, but aside from an attempted Kimura it's nearly three minutes of laying and praying. The referee stands them up, and with the fight on their feet Mac is able to outbox McDrunken in superb fashion. He bobs and weaves to avoid shots, then scores with punches to the head and body of McDrunken. McDrunken was able to connect with some punches too, but Mac was still controlling the fight. The final round was similar to 1 and 2, with Mac looking to dominate the stand-up and doing a good job of it. But halfway through the round McDrunken picked Mac up and brought him down with a superb slam. McDrunken immediately went for a rear naked choke, but Mac was able to defend. The minutes kept drifting by and McDrunken couldn't get into a finishing position, attempting a triangle as the round came to an end, however Mac seemed to have it covered. Another fight went to the judges, and they gave the fight to Frank Mac, 29-28 on all cards. The semi Main Event of the evening was a Featherweight division clash between two Blitzkrieg debutants, Frankie Pep (12-1) and Corey Johnson (15-2). Both fighters arrive from Stampede Fighting Championship, an excellent fight org which is sorely missed, and both fighters were champions of their respective divisions when the org closed. Both fighters were undefeated in their time in SFC, and had cleared out their division. This was a match that would have been suggested had the org stayed going, but instead it takes place on a much bigger stage. Enough of my reminiscing, Round 1 started out with Johnson taking Pep down, a favourite tactic of his, but he did not do enough to keep him there and the referee stood him up. In the stand up Pep looked the stronger, connecting with a series of punches and avoiding anything Johnson threw at him. Johnson was able to get another takedown at the end of the round, but nothing became of it before the end. Round 2 was again a display of Pep's boxing skills, keeping Johnson's takedown attempts at bay with a good jab and low kick. However Johnson gets him to the ground in the end, and attempts an arm triangle that doesn't come off. The next two minutes are spent on the ground with nothing happening, and we're into Round 3 again. The final round saw Pep try show off his boxing ability to its fullest, but both fighters seemed hesitant to come forward. When they did it was Pep's striking that did the most damage, whilst Johnson became more desperate to get a knockdown with some wild, swinging punches. The last action of the round was Johnson getting a takedown after setting it up with a straight right, but time ran out before anything could come of it. The fight went to the judges, who all scored it 30-27 for Frankie Pep. So the Stampede Featherweight champion defeats the Stampede Lightweight champion! Finally we arrive at our main event of the evening, a Super Heavyweight contest between Jack Campbell (16-2) and Herman Holmes (10-2). In a stark contrast to the previous fight, both men weighed in at over 300lbs, which is more than Pep and Johnson's combined weight! The fight round saw Campbell get into a clinch early on, and landing an elbow to the side of Holmes' head that opened up a cut. Holmes seemed to be out of energy very early, and as probably glad to get into a clinch, but not so happy at the elbows and knees being delivered to him at regular intervals. Another elbow late in the round made the cut worse, and at the end of the round Holmes headed back to his corner looking like a car wreck victim. Round 2 looked to be going in a similar fashion, Campbell got the clinch and started using his Muay Thai to land strikes, but Holmes was far more determined to get things going his way. He showed some really good strike defence and landed a significant amount of shots himself. When the clinch was broken Holmes started using his boxing skills to land some more shots, and looked far better than Campbell in this round. As the final round came about both Campbell and Holmes looked like the first 2 rounds had sucked the energy from them, but Campbell was able to get a clinch and land a hard knee to the chin of Holmes. However Holmes became the far more active fighter, going for and landing significantly more shots than Campbell. By the end of the round both fighters looked as though they had been in a war, and the corners were almost holding them up when the judges' scorecards were read out. The scores were 29-28 across the board, all for Herman Holmes who gets what might be considered an upset victory. The show rating was 188.32, still not up there with the big Blitzkrieg shows but a good effort nevertheless. Bonuses have been awarded to Kurt Meyer for KO of the Night, and Fight of the Night to Herman Holmes and Jack Campbell for their epic 3 round war in the main event. Don't forget to check back tomorrow for a review of BFC 100! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 After all the waiting, after all the advertising, after all the forum-based festivities to build interest it is finally here. The show that is 1 year in the making, Blitzkrieg's 100th show - BFC 100: The Turn. Available on PPV as well as the good folks of Hilo, Hawaii that turned up to the Big Kahunarena, of them to be specific, Blitzkrieg went all out to make their 100th show as memorable as possible, producing a fight card designed to give people value for their money. Kicking off the evening was a Light Heavyweight contest between Duane Lee Chapman (8-3) and Johnny Quest (8-3). Those of you who read the preview will know that Chapman was struggling to make weight for the fight. He managed to make it, just, but his energy levels are beyond depleted going into the cage. This became apparent immediately when Quest took Chapman down and ended up in the mount straight away. An attempted armbar was defended and allowed Chapman to secure full guard. The referee soon stood them back up, and on their feet the two men exchange occasional punches, but there seems to be some hesitancy about committing too much. Quest got his second takedown of the round, and went for a few half-hearted submission attempts from half guard but Chapman was never in any trouble as the first round came to a close. Round 2 saw the fighters on their feet for the whole 5 minutes, despite Quest's constant attempts to get a takedown. However Quest changed strategy when he saw the takedown wasn't working, and showed that he could be just as dominant in the stand-up game, landing far more shots than Chapman and easily taking the 2nd round. Round 3 began with another striking battle, Quest was again by far the more aggressive, and Chapman was struggling with his lack of energy. Quest was eventually able to get Chapman into a clinch, and after a few more shots he took Chapman down to the mat once more. Quest seemed content to just keep him down, and as a result he took the final round too. The judges all scored the fight 30-27 for Johnny Quest. The second bout of the night was in the Super Heavyweight division, and was between Pete Gonzalez (6-3) and Jon Ohlrich (14-6). Within the first 30 seconds of the fight Gonzalez had attempted six takedowns. He finally took Ohlrich down, but only after a clinch, and within moments of hitting the ground Ohlrich had swept Gonzalez so Ohlrich was on top. Gonzalez then started going for as many submissions as he could, he attempted four in just under a minute, but eventually a lack of action caused the referee to stand the fighters up. With the fighters back on their feet it didn't take long for Gonzalez to attempt another takedown, which failed, whilst Ohlrich simply landed shots when he could without trying to force anything. Gonzalez failed another takedown, that was his 8th failed attempt in 3 minutes, but this time he paid for it. Ohlrich landed a solid uppercut, then a blistering hook that sent Gonzalez stumbling backwards. A left straight and another hook sent Gonzalez down to the canvas, and the ground and pound started to rain down. Gonzalez could take no more, and tapped out to the strikes that Ohlrich kept on throwing. Not a good showing from Gonzalez whose tactics seemed flawed from the beginning. Our third fight of the evening was a contest in the Middleweight division between Freddy Favre (10-4) and Jake Franklin (13-5). Franklin started off showing good timing with his boxing, connecting with Favre on a number of occasions in the opening moments of the fight, and opening up a cut above Favre's left eye. Perhaps out of respect for Franklin's boxing game Favre took the fight to the ground with a nicely executed takedown. Favre tries to keep things active on the ground with some submissions, but Franklin keeps him tied up in full guard and the referee is forced to stand them up. Favre comes out a bit more aggressively after the stand up, but Franklin is content with countering Favre's aggression and landing shots when he can. Both men attempt takedowns, but both men are unable to follow them through, so the stand up battle continues. However it only continues until Franklin lands a solid jab on the jaw of Favre which rocks him, Franklin then lands a HUGE overhand right which knocks Favre out cold! A superb punch and a highlight reel KO for Jake Franklin. The fourth fight of the night was in the Super Heavyweight division, and saw Santiago Da Silva (11-4) take on Big Bubba (13-7). The fight started with both fighters looking to initiate their game plan, Da Silva was happy on his feet landing punches and low kicks, whilst Bubba was intent on getting hold of Da Silva and taking him down. Da Silva was able to stuff three takedown attempts from Bubba though, before getting the fight into the clinch and working Bubba over with knees and punches. The fight stayed in the clinch for some time, and Bubba seemed to have no answer for the clinchwork of Da Silva. As the round went on Da Silva continued landing punches and knees to the head and body of Bubba, eventually opening up a cut on Bubba's right eyebrow. The second round started a bit differently, Bubba was finally able to get the takedown he had been so desperately seeking in the first round, but Bubba seemingly did not take Da Silva's jiu-jitsu skills into account. Da Silva is very active off his back, looking to secure an arm or a choke at any given opportunity. The referee stands the fighters back up, but Bubba seemingly doesn't learn his lesson, taking Da Silva back down, albeit with a very nice double leg takedown. Da Silva nearly gets a triangle choke, but very soon afterwards Bubba leaves his arm in too long and Da Silva gets a hold of it, before pivoting his hips and turning it into an armbar. Bubba has no choice but to tap out, as Da Silva looks incredibly impressive in his victory. Match number five of the night was in the Heavyweight division between Frank Mason (9-3) and Brock Lesnar (12-3). The fight got underway with a bang, Lesnar connected with a vicious right cross that cut open Mason's eyebrow. Blood starting pumping out of the gash like a faucet, and members of the crowd could be seen looking horrified. Lesnar had no sympathy though, getting Mason on the ground with an impressive takedown, landing in full mount. Lesnar started raining down rights and lefts as Mason does all he can to cover up and avoid the beating. Lesnar lands a couple of hard shots and Mason looks like he's out of it with the blood still pouring out his wound. The referee calls a halt to the fight, and Lesnar jumps up and starts celebrating. However the referee tells him to stop, he isn't stopping the fight, he's asking the doctor to check Mason's cut. The crowd boo loudly as Lesnar is barely able to contain his anger at the situation. After all that, the doctor almost immediately says that Mason cannot continue, so Lesnar takes the win anyway. Very strange refereeing that probably brought a bit of a downer on Lesnar's dominant victory. The sixth fight of the night was a Welterweight contest between Hulohot Yokohama (14-5) and Osama Robins (15-7). Both men came out fighting as if this was a K-1 contest, high kicks, body kicks and low kicks were being thrown at every opportunity, however very few of them actually connected. Robins eventually brought an end to the kick-fest with a trip takedown, ending up in side control. Unfortunately he cannot really do much with the position, Yokohama soon gets him back into half guard, and the referee eventually stands them up. Yokohama lands a few more hard leg kicks, but Robins eventually catches one and takes Yokohama down. They stay on the ground for a bit, until right at the end of the round Yokohama executes a perfect scissor sweep, ending up in the mount just as the buzzer sounds. Yokohama probably stole the round with that move. Round 2 started off with more kicks flying, however this time Yokohama was able to prevent Robins from taking him down. Yokohama initiated a clinch, and connected with several hard knees to the head and body of Robins. Outside of the clinch Yokohama still continues to kick away, but Robins starts countering with some kicks of his own when Yokohama misses speculative high kicks. Yokohama soon goes back to the clinch, and begins working over Robins with more knees to the ribs and occasionally to the head. Robins continues to try to get a takedown, but Yokohama stuffs it again as time runs out. Round 3 started with the usual display of kicks, however Yokohama was a lot more accurate and connected with some hard leg kicks. Robins continues to try and stand with Yokohama, but it seems like his efforts are in vain. Robins is able to finally get Yokohama down to the mat, but the two fighters have different approaches to their work-rate on the ground, Robins actively seeks out to finish the fight, Yokohama is content to just hold on. The referee eventually stands them up, and they start trading low kicks again. For the remainder of the round they connect with a number of kicks, but nothing that comes close to ending the fight. Time runs out and we go to the judges. All three scored the fight 29-28 for the winner Hulohot Yokohama. Fight number seven was in the Blitzkrieg Heavyweight division, and it saw De Angelo Kenner (12-2) take on He Man (10-2). Right from the opening bell there was action; Kenner missed a big right hand, allowing He Man to get a powerful takedown. However He Man is unable to do much on the ground, Kenner has good defensive grappling skills and doesn't let him get any more of an advantage. Eventually Kenner is able to make some room and get back to his feet. He Man is desperate to get the fight back to the ground, but Kenner uses good defence to keep standing, and manages to land a jab that cuts He Man, more likely from the glove than by power. Both fighters do a good job of evading the punches and kicks of their opponent, but it is He Man who provides the best counter by ducking a punch and getting a double leg takedown. Nothing much happens in the round, and it's a round that could be scored either way. He Man comes out for the second round with a purpose, landing a series of shots in the first two minutes that do quite a bit of damage to Kenner. He Man eventually goes in for a takedown, and he gets it. He Man does quite a bit of damage from the top position, but after a brief stalemate the referee stands them up for the last 30 seconds of the round. Despite his best efforts He Man does not get another takedown which would have secures the round, but surely did enough to win it. He Man starts the third round with another takedown, and this time he ends in his most favourable position yet. He is able to posture up and deliver some heavy strikes, before going for an armbar that ends with Kenner able to switch and land in the top position. A short time later He Man is able to sweep Kenner, and He Man ends up in the full mount. Man begins unloading more punches; Kenner is able to defend most of them however a few get through, one of which leaves a cut under his right eye. He Man keeps Kenner trapped and unloading the heavy artillery, he doesn't seem to be getting tired either. Eventually the referee has no option but to stop the fight, he gave Kenner every possibility to do something but there was nothing forthcoming. He Man gets the victory by TKO. The eighth fight on the card was in the Middleweight division, pitting Robbie Balboa (10-2) against the experienced Harjan Varsi (16-5). Balboa came out with one intention in mind, knocking Varsi out, and whilst Balboa was throwing more than enough strikes, Varsi was able to avoid most of them and keep Balboa frustrated. Balboa's hand speed slowed down a bit, which allowed Varsi to start countering some of the missed shots, particularly focusing on hard punches to the ribs of Balboa. This causes Balboa to start becoming slightly more desperate, and he starts throwing head kicks in which miss by quite a margin. Balboa's balance seemed to be letting him down, every time he would throw a combination he was stumbling and Varsi was able to counter with ease. Varsi finally nailed a really solid shot, an uppercut that collected flush on the chin of Balboa, and Balboa was rocked. This didn't deter Balboa from throwing punches though, another combination missed and he got tagged with a straight right from Varsi. Another vicious uppercut from Varsi knocks Balboa down, and Varsi swarms all over him with punches. The referee quickly jumps in to stop Varsi, giving him the victory by TKO. Balboa however is not happy, feeling it was an early stoppage. The co-Main Event of BFC 100 was up next, and it was a 5 round championship battle between the Blitzkrieg Super Heavyweight champion Zeki Ata (14-1) and undefeated challenger to his crown Heffo Klumpo (8-0). The crowd seemed very interested in this fight, giving Ata a big ovation as he entered the cage. It's a nervous start from both fighters, but its Klumpo who takes the early advantage, looking to connect with more shots and get Ata down to the mat. Eventually Klumpo gets the takedown and lands in side control, hitting Ata with strikes to soften him up. A forearm to the face opens up a small cut on Ata's temple, as Klumpo keeps landing strikes. However he gets complacent and allows Ata to use his rarely seen jiu-jitsu skills to sweep Klumpo and end up on top. Ata looks to get a referee stand-up, and he does. Back on their feet and Klumpo is swinging wildly again, Ata manages to avoid most of the punches and the round comes to an end, most likely falling in Klumpo's favour. Round 2 started with Ata looking a lot more confident in the stand up, but Klumpo was doing a good job of avoiding his punches. Ata then bullies Klumpo back into the cage and gets him to the ground, more through persistence than technique. Ata controls the fight for a bit on top, but Klumpo shows some fantastic ground skills to get a body lock and reverse the positions so he's on top. Klumpo starts the ground and pound, but Ata does well to avoid the bigger shots whilst keeping control of the situation. Klumpo stood up to deliver a big shot to the grounded Ata, but it misses... and Ata got his arm! Ata went for a triangle, and then transitioned into an armbar when Klumpo got his head free. Klumpo fought for as long as he could, but was left with no option but to tap out. A sensational finish from Ata, who retains the Blitzkrieg Super Heavyweight title. The main event of BFC 100 was up next, and it was a massive Welterweight contest between James Tobin (16-1) and undefeated prospect Kai Watanabe (9-0). The fight started out with both men looking to connect with hard strikes, whilst also mixing up their strikes to keep their opponent guessing. It's Watanabe that seemed to be doing the most damage in the round, connecting more often than Tobin who seemed off his usual accuracy. Watanabe's combinations seemed to be the difference though, he was able to land three or four punch combos without any trouble, and Tobin didn't seem able to counter them. As they entered the second round it was another combination from Watanabe that caused problems, however this time the punches caused a cut to appear under Tobin's left eye. However it wasn't just Tobin's face getting messed up, Watanabe started to suffer from constant jabs connecting under his right eye, the proximity of the punches does justice to the accuracy of Tobin. Tobin's game plan became less aggressive and much more of a counter-striker, and whilst Watanabe was mainly connecting with thin air, Tobin was able to hammer strikes to the face and ribs of Watanabe. The third round came about with both men's faces looking like they'd been in a war, but both men were still conscious enough to avoid the wilder punches that were coming their way. Tobin however was able to connect more often, his left jab again being the difference between the two fighters. As the round goes on Tobin's striking becomes even crisper, Watanabe doesn't seem to have an answer for the barrage of punches that keep coming his way. Tobin backed Watanabe up on the cage, and how Watanabe was able to keep going after taking three or four hard shots to the chin is a credit to his resilience. The punches start missing in the final minute though, but the wild swings and never-say-die attitude of both fighters kept the crowd on their feet loving every second of the action. The fight went to the judges, and some interesting scores handed out. Two judges scored the fight 29-28, whilst one scored it 29-29, giving a 10-10 score for Round 2. The two 29-28s went to James Tobin, who gets back into winning ways, whilst Kai Watanabe suffers his first loss. It was fifteen minutes of non-stop action, and got a 100% match rating for the main event of Blitzkrieg's 100th show. Post-show we were able to obtain the figures for BFC 100. It did a 265.40 rating, the second highest in Blitzkrieg history, and sold 10,246 PPV orders. The show was also the third highest gate in Blitzkrieg history at $454,431, and the $231,000 paid out to the night's fighters was the highest ever paid out. Congratulations to all those involved in Blitzkrieg on their 1 year anniversary and the massive event that BFC 100 was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chris2K Posted October 11, 2010 Report Share Posted October 11, 2010 On Saturday 9th October Blitzkrieg headed back to their favourite arena, the Big Kahunarena, for their 101s show entitled Blitz 101. 9,248 fans packed the stadium to witness a night of exciting fights, with two titles being decided on the main card. The first fight of the night was in the Featherweight division between Luca Fleischer (5-2) and Roy Rage (8-2). The fight started with Rage desperate to take the fight to the ground, however his takedown attempts were repeatedly turned away by the very well-balanced Fleischer. There were six attempted takedowns by Rage in the opening minute, and Fleischer not only stuffed them all but landed a variety of several accurate shots, leg kicks, uppercuts and even head kicks all connecting. Fleischer keeps the kicks coming, each one thudding into the leg of Rage, but also hitting Rage with a succession of punches to the body. Fleischer initiates a clinch and continues to hold the advantage in striking with some knees to the body. As if the first round hadn't been bad enough, Rage got a knee right in the nuts and needed some time to rest. The second round started off in the clinch, and Fleischer again took control with some elbows and knees. When the clinch broke the leg kicks started up again, with the power and accuracy of the kicks now causing Rage to limp slightly. When kicks weren't thudding into his legs they were thudding into his ribs, and a visible bruise started to become apparent on his side. Fleischer continued his dominance with more kicks and the occasional flying knee, and he was far ahead on the scorecards at the end of Round 2. Rage seems to think his only hope of victory is to get the fight to the ground, but his takedown attempts are still thwarted by Fleischer. With the fight on the feet Fleischer was dominant once again, landing kick after kick and turning Rage into a walking bruise. The referee possibly came close to stopping the fight on a few occasions, but Rage valiantly fought through to the end. The one-sidedness of the fight was apparent when all 3 judges scored the fight 30-24, every round a 10-9, for the winner Luca Fleischer. Fleischer's accuracy was incredible, landing 169 of the 184 strikes he threw, and 100% of his kicks. The second bout of the evening was another Featherweight contest, this time between Ludwig von Mises (10-5) and Jeager The Great (6-4-1). The fight went to the clinch straight away, and it was Jeager who started brightest by using an elbow to open a cut on the forehead of von Mises. Jeager continued to have the advantage in the clinch, but when it was broken Von Mises was able to land a good combination of punches which opened up a cut on Jeager. Jeager brought the fight back into the clinch and continued to have the advantage, and when they fought on the outside von Mises was able to use some very good boxing to land several hard shots. Round 2 also spent a significant time in the clinch, however this time von Mises was able to be much more aggressive and land as many shots as Jaeger did. Von Mises was trying to break the clinch but was still landing punches whilst Jaeger seemed content with just keeping von Mises in the clinch and not on the outside where he could do more damage. The final round saw Jaeger doing everything he could to get the fight into the clinch, but von Mises was able to keep him at bay and land with good jabs and low kicks, before connecting with a strong uppercut to the chin. The minutes went by in the round and Jaeger wasn't even trying to land any punches, just fully intent on initiating a clinch. Von Mises connects with as many strikes as he wants to, and towards the end of the round he landed two strong kicks to the ribs of Jaeger. A dominant performance from von Mises, and he got the victory from the judges, each of them scoring the fight 30-26 with the final round a 10-8. In the show's third fight we saw a Lightweight division match between Pablo Condor (9-4) and Cody Willis (6-2). This certainly wasn't the longest fight of the evening as Willis put on a destructive show. He landed some body shots early on in the fight, whilst Condor was looking to take the fight to the ground. Condor was on the ground soon enough though after being caught with a vicious right/left combination that knocked him to the canvas. Willis let Condor get back to his feet but it was obvious that Condor's head was scrambled. Willis landed a big right hand, then an uppercut to the jaw, before following that up with another big punch, a knee to the head and one final punch that dropped Condor again. The referee stepped in, maybe a bit too late however, and Willis went home with a TKO victory in under a minute. The fourth fight of the evening was a contest in the Welterweight division between Jagdish Bhagwati (7-3) and Wiley Abu (6-3). The fight began with Abu avoiding a series of punches from Bhagwati and securing a nice takedown, before moving into side control with ease. He attempted a kimura but Bhagwati was more than able to stay out of the hold. Abu then tried an Americana, but Bhagwati again was able to stay out of trouble. Bhagwati was doing whatever he could to get back to his feet, however his efforts backfired and a lack of concentration in defence allowed Abu to get into the mount. From there Abu was able to secure one of Bhagwati's arms and get him in an armbar. Superb submission skills on display from Abu there, and it didn't take long for Bhagwati to tap out. A dominant display of ground fighting by Wiley Abu to pick up his seventh career victory. The fifth fight of the night was in the Blitzkrieg Heavyweight division between Bobby Flay (13-6) and Bubba McFly (12-6). In a bizarre spectacle, Flay outweighed McFly by 37lbs, but McFly had a height advantage of 23cm. Flay is one strange looking dude. After a brief stand-up battle where both men seemed cautious it was McFly who made the first decisive move, getting Flay off balance and taking him down to the canvas. Both men get the opportunity to sweep, however a lack of action caused the referee to stand them up again. McFly uses his reach advantage to good effect, controlling Flay with jabs and causing Flay to lunge in to strike, allowing McFly the time to move out of the way. The second round started with a takedown again, however this time it was Flay who was able to get hold of one of McFly's kicks and turn it into a takedown. Again they are stood up quite quickly, and it goes back to McFly dominating the stand up. An errant kick from McFly finds the groin of Flay, causing a pause for Flay to get reconstruct his genitalia. When the fight resumes it goes straight back to McFly showing his class in the stand-up game, punches and kicks landing at will with Flay unable to do much to stop the strikes from connecting. The final round continued along the same course as the previous two, however this time Flay was not able to get McFly to the ground so McFly was able to control even more of the round. Leg kicks, body punches, body kicks and punches all connected from McFly, with the leg kicks in particular causing enough damage that standing up became difficult. Flay got the fight into a clinch late in the round, but McFly was still able to land shots and did not seem too affected by the change of distance. McFly looked comfortable throughout the fight and went away as the deserved winner of every round, with two judges giving a 10-8 for the final round. In the sixth bout on the card we saw a clash of Super Heavyweights as Joe Brean (8-4) took on Jussi Viinamaki (6-4). Viinamaki came out swinging for the fences, but all of his punches were easily avoided by Brean. However Brean was unable to land either, coming forward cautiously to try and avoid the wildly swinging Viinamaki. Brean was able to secure a takedown and landed in full guard, however nothing of note happened and the referee stood them back up. The takedown probably gave Brean the round as very little happened aside from it. Round 2 began with a takedown from Brean after Viinamaki missed another wild punch, but this time Viinamaki got himself off the ground with some good ground work. Viinamaki started landing some of his punches, including a right hook that cut Brean below the eye. Perhaps due to concern about the cut Brean took Viinamaki down again, and this time began looking to try and apply submission holds. Two attempts failed though and they reached a stalemate, so the referee stood them back up. At the end of the round Brean got another takedown, but his attempt at a kneebar resulted in Viinamaki sweeping him. Time ran out though before anything could come of it. In Round 3 Brean got a takedown almost straight away, and this time moved into side control. This allowed Brean to attempt more submissions, but he was unable to get anything locked in and Viinamaki took the opportunity to get back to his feet. It lasted a whole ten seconds before Bream took him back down again, and again in side control he looked for submissions, again he failed. Back to their feet and Viinamaki landed an uppercut that somehow worsened Brean's cut, so Brean got another takedown. Brean went for more submissions, looking for a kimura in particular, but nothing was locked in. The fight ended with another takedown by Brean for what surely had to be a clear victory. But apparently this wasn't the case, as the judges scored the fight very strangely. We had a 30-28, a 30-27 and a 29-29, giving Brean the victory by majority decision. In the seventh fight of the evening we saw a Lightweight division contest between Eddie Bravado (10-2) and Virgil Mays (9-2). The two men went straight into action looking to connect with hard punches, and it was Bravado who got the upper hand when he landed a two punch combination that caused a cut on Mays. Bravado seemed to take this as a sign to go after Mays, and began swinging wildly trying to connect and make the cut worse. This backfired though as Mays began counter-striking and ended up causing a cut on Bravado's face. Mays then became the dominant figure in the stand-up as Bravado calmed down, and Mays started controlling the fight by landing a number of shots. Bravado attempted a takedown but it never came close to happening. Round 2 started with more stand-up fighting, and again Mays was content to let Bravado expend energy on pressing the action whilst Mays picked his shots. 2 minutes into the round Mays connected with a heavy right hand that rocked Bravado and made his cut slightly worse. Bravado was able to get through this period of uncertainty but Mays continued to dominate the round with counter strikes and much better accuracy. Round 3 was more of the same with Mays countering Bravado, but Bravado was able to get a takedown that surprised Mays. However it didn't take long for Mays to scramble and get into the top position, rendering the whole takedown pointless. Bravado attempted a guillotine but Mays was easily able to squirm out of it. Mays was in no hurry to do anything, more than happy to ride out the clock and get the victory. And that's exactly what happened, with Mays getting judges' scores of 30-26, 30-28 and 30-26. The eighth fight of the evening saw our first title fight of the evening with the Featherweight title up for grabs. The defending champion was undefeated Shane Falco (10-0), one of the most dominant champions in Blitzkrieg history, and challenging for the belt was Buff Bagwell (13-8). It was Falco that started more aggressively, landing with several shots and defending Bagwell's takedown attempt. However Bagwell eventually managed to drive through with one of his takedowns and got Falco to the mat. Bagwell couldn't do much with the position though, and the referee stood them up. Falco was happy to keep the fight standing, but Bagwell showed a lot of determination and got Falco down again, but once more there was no action and the referee stood them up. As the round came to a close Bagwell scored a third takedown which most likely gave him the round. The second round began with Falco doing a good job of evading punches and kicks from Bagwell, whilst landing solid if unspectacular shots when possible. However he was again unable to avoid the takedown of Bagwell, and just under 4 minutes into the round Bagwell had Falco on the mat again. Bagwell kept as busy as necessary to prevent the fight going back to the feet, attempting some half-hearted submission attempts that never looked close to completion, but it was probably enough again to win the round. Round 3 saw both fighters get quite sloppy with their strikes, neither man connected very often and if they did it was merely a glancing blow. Once again the round came down to whether Falco could cope with Bagwell's takedowns, and once again the answer was no. Bagwell took Falco down on two separate occasions, and whilst he did little damage once Falco was on the mat the fact that he got the takedown and controlled things on the ground was probably enough for him to take another round. Falco looked visibly frustrated going back to his corner after Round 3, annoyed that Bagwell was controlling the fight despite Falco's best efforts. As soon as they met in the middle after the bell sounded for Round 4 Bagwell had a takedown and had Falco down once again. However this time Bagwell was able to get into a mounted position, and soon the punches were raining down on Falco's face. Falco looked rocked, so Bagwell immediately jumped to the side for an arm triangle, but somehow Falco mustered the strength to fight him off. Bagwell went back to the mount and began dropping down punches again, and eventually Falco could defend them no more. Bagwell lands even more strikes and the referee calls a halt to the contest! The winner, and NEW Blitzkrieg Featherweight champion is Buff Bagwell! The co-main event of Blitz 101 was up next, as Jason Moon (14-2) took on Phil Hellmuth (10-2) in a Light Heavyweight division contest. The start saw both men try and go for a quick win, unleashing heavy punches and wild head kicks. Unfortunately none of these strikes connected. Moon eventually countered a body shot from Hellmuth with a takedown, landing in full guard. The two fighters spent the next three and a half minutes on the ground, and aside from a forearm choke from Moon that wouldn't have made a rabbit submit, nothing happened. Finally Hellmuth swept Moon and took top position, possibly through boredom rather than any advantageous reason as he continued Moon's tactic of lying on top doing nothing. Not a great first round by any means. The second round took a different tone completely as Hellmuth initiated a clinch, and began taking control of the fight. Hellmuth landed an astonishing amount of punches as Moon seemed too tired to do anything about them. After numerous uppercuts and body punches Hellmuth backed Moon up against the cage and connected with two hard right hands that rocked Moon. With Moon's legs beginning to buckle Hellmuth continued the pressure, landing a punch to the body and then a massive uppercut. Moon dropped down and Hellmuth was quickly in position to start pouring down punches. Moon could do nothing to defend himself and the referee jumped in to stop the beating, giving Phil Hellmuth an impressive TKO victory. Lastly was the Main Event of Blitz 101, a Welterweight title match between one of the world's elite fighters and a challenger on a great run of form. Defending champion Magnum P.I. (16-1) took on his latest challenger Buck Naked (14-3-1). Magnum quickly looks to initiate a clinch early in the contest, but Buck is quick to get out of it and away from Magnum's Muay Thai abilities. Magnum then takes an alternative route and gets Buck down to the canvas with a strong takedown. Magnum keeps Buck down and tries for an arm triangle, but it never came close to being locked in. 2 minutes of nothing passed, before Magnum went for a kneebar, and ended up losing out as Buck reversed the hold and got into side control on top. Buck kept Magnum down for a bit, before allowing him to stand. This ends up being a mistake as Magnum shoots in after a few leg kicks, and takes Buck back down again to end the round. The 2nd round began with Buck grazing Magnum with a high kick, but it was still enough to open up a slight cut. Buck needs to cut his toenails apparently. Magnum wastes little time in getting the fight back to the mat, but again Naked does a great job of sweeping and taking the top position. Naked had no intention of staying down for long, and eventually the referee stood them up. Then Magnum took him down again. After the second round it was probably 2-0 Magnum for all the successful takedowns. Round 3 started with Magnum getting hold of Buck in the clinch, and Magnum showed his strong dirty boxing skills by landing a series of punches to the head and ribs. Magnum tries on several occasions to pull guard, but his third attempt sees him fall to the ground looking like a bit of an idiot. Not for long though as Magnum shoots in to get a takedown, succeeds, and then advances to full mount with ease. Magnum isn't looking to finish with any urgency though, and when he does an attempted kimura he ends up rolling through and Buck ends up on top once again. Buck stands up, but Magnum is quick to get into position to take him down again as the third round comes to an end. Heading into the fourth round and we see a similar pattern emerging, Magnum gets a takedown, Buck is able to sweep him, Buck stands up. Magnum initiates another clinch, but again his attempts to pull guard fail. In fact, Magnum is now struggling to get any takedowns to work, and Buck starts to take advantage with leg and body kicks ripping into the flesh of Magnum. Buck then connects with a kick to the head, but in a testament to Magnum's chin he barely flinches. A much better round for Buck as both men seemed tired. They hit the fifth and final round with all the enthusiasm of a death row inmate walking to the chair, but it didn't stop Magnum from shooting in and getting another takedown to add to his vast collection. Magnum doesn't really have much energy to try anything too complicated, and an arm triangle attempt is far from perfect. After stalling for a while the referee stands the fighters up, and they go straight to a clinch. Magnum finally manages to get Buck to the mat from the clinch, and immediately goes for a triangle but it is easily blocked. Buck tells him to stand up, so he does, only for Magnum to get hold of him and pull guard again. Magnum goes for any kind of submission he can think of, but Buck easily defends it. All of a sudden Buck goes for a kneebar, and Magnum looks to be in trouble! Magnum just about manages to kick Buck away otherwise it would have been a shocking end to the fight. As it is the fight goes to the judges, and as is the theme for this show the scores are a bit weird. The scores are 49-46, 49-46 and a 47-47. The winner, by majority decision is Magnum P.I. who retains his Welterweight title. Blitzkrieg are always good at handing out bonuses, and Blitz 101 was no exception. KO of the Night was given to Cody Willis, Submission of the Night to Wiley Abu, and Fight of the Night to the 5 round epic between Magnum P.I. and Buck Naked. Each fighter received an extra $1,000 for their hard work. The next Blitzkrieg show, Blitz 102, will be reviewed tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Blitzkrieg's second event of the weekend took place on Sunday 10th October (10/10/10!) in front of another packed crowd at The Big Kahunarena. 212.26 fans were glued to their seats for one of the best Blitzkrieg shows of recent times. The first fight of the evening was in the Lightweight division between Eugene Fama (10-5) and Jukka Purjo (13-7). Purjo went straight in for his gameplan with a low kick, a body punch and a takedown to bring the fight to the mat. The remainder of the first round was spent on the ground as Purjo managed to advance his position to get into a mount, but Fama was able to hang in there and did not suffer much damage, before being able to get Purjo back into his guard. Unfortunately this took 4 minutes and made the first round rather dull. The second round spent the first minute on the feet, and it was Purjo again doing most of the damage. Purjo then got a takedown and soon a replay of the first round was taking place. Purjo was very busy on the ground, landing strikes and trying to advance his position whilst Fama fought to stop him getting into the mount. The crowd weren't too happy with the lack of action and there were audible boos as the second round ended. The two fighters came out for round 3 and unsurprisingly Purjo went for the takedown straight away. Purjo got into side control, and in trying to get back to half guard Fama allowed Purjo into the mount. From there Purjo began to land much harder strikes than he had done previously in the fight, and finally one got through Fama's defences and rocked him. Fama turtled up but the strikes kept coming, and the referee intervened and pulled Purjo away. Despite the lack of action it has to be considered a dominant victory for Purjo. Next up was a fight in the Welterweight division which saw Jorge Ayala (8-3) take on Samson Ojeni (8-2). Ayala comes out swinging wildly for a KO, but it seems to be a bit of a plan as with Ojeni looking to avoid the punches, he falls victim to a double leg takedown. There wasn't much action on the ground, just a bit of wriggling and the occasional rabbit punch, so the referee stood them up. And about five seconds later Ayala got another takedown and they were back on the canvas. There was a lot more action this time though, Ayala half-heartedly attempting an arm triangle but mainly landing strikes. Ayala eventually stands up, but dives down again to connect with a punch to the head of Ojeni. Round 2 started with Ojeni controlling the fight on the feet, scoring with some good shots whilst also keeping out of reach of both Ayala's punches and takedown attempts. However Ayala is persistent and was able to get Ojeni down eventually. Ayala did a good job of getting into full mount, but doesn't seem too concerned about finishing the fight, barely throwing any punches and not looking to attempt any submissions. Ojeni is eventually able to get Ayala back into half guard, and the referee stands the two fighters up after more stalling. The first 90 seconds of Round 3 again took place on the feet, and again Ojeni does a good job of using his strikes to keep Ayala away. But Ayala is difficult to deny and he gets Ojeni on the mat once more. Ayala works his way into full mount again, pinning Ojeni up against the cage but still not doing much damage, certainly not enough for the referee to consider stopping the fight. Ayala finally attempts an armbar, but the attempt is poor and ends up with Ojeni getting Ayala back into his guard. That's where the fight ends, so the judges make their decision. The scores were 29-28 across the board, all for Jorge Ayala. The third fight of the night was a contest in the Welterweight division between John Doe (9-1) and Kristo Napz (9-3). Napz came out looking to connect with as many different varieties of kicks as he could, but was still able to avoid an attempted takedown by Doe. Doe took the fight into the clinch and landed quite a few decent body shots under the ribs of Napz, whilst Napz himself desperately tried to separate so he could go back to his preferred striking game. Eventually the clinch was broken and Napz went back to his kicks, several low kicks buckle the knee of Doe, and a head kick is very close to connecting. Round 2 started with Napz able to avoid the punches being thrown his way by Doe, and connected with several counter kicks. The reach advantage for Napz was paying dividends as he continued to strike Doe with kicks, and eventually a head kick partially connects but does enough to leave Doe rocked. Napz smells blood and comes closing in for the knockout, and finally he caught Doe with another high kick that drops Doe to the mat. Napz follows up with several hard shots and the referee jumps in to prevent Doe taking any more damage. Napz gets the TKO victory. In the evening's fourth fight we saw Laurent Loughlin (11-2) take on Kyle Mortis (10-3) in a Light Heavyweight division match. The first round was an all striking affair with Loughlin being by far the aggressor. He connected with a series of low kicks, body kicks and punches, and would have landed more if Mortis had not been quick enough to duck under several. The constant leg kicks started forming a nasty looking bruise on Mortis' leg, and the shots to the body left a few visible marks as well. Round 2 continued with the same kind of thing, Loughlin landing leg kicks at will whilst Mortis did all he could to avoid them. In fact this went on for the entire of Round 2, and most of Round 3, and there seemed little that Mortis could do to stop the onslaught of strikes Loughlin was connecting with. However the tides were turned halfway through the third round when Mortis caught a kick and took Loughlin down, landing in a mount! Before Mortis could do anything though Loughlin was working to help get himself out of trouble, and he quickly bucked Mortis off, reversed the positions and ended in Mortis' guard. Loughlin quickly stood up so he could go back to forcefully removing Mortis' flesh with his kicks. The final round came to an end, and it was little surprise that the scores came in 30-25 from all three judges, all for Laurent Loughlin. The fifth fight of the card was in the Middleweight division between Xander Arapeta (7-2) and former Stampede Fighting Championship Middleweight champion Melvin Manhoef (11-3). Manhoef, a very strong striker as per his real-world namesake, started things off aggressively with some solid jabs, before an uppercut opened up a cut on Arapeta. Manhoef's gameplan seemed to be to wear down the body of Arapeta, as he connected with several kicks and punches to the rib area. Towards the end of the round Manhoef looked to be going in for the kill, landing several hard punches and backing Arapeta up against the cage. Arapeta was able to hang on until the end of the round though. Round 2 started in a similar way with Manhoef coming out all guns blazing, connecting as often and as hard as he could. Arapeta tried his best to land some shots of his own, but Manhoef's relentless pace thwarted all of his efforts. The second round ended with more punches and kicks from Manhoef, and Arapeta needed to change his gameplan for the final round. However, he did not. The final round was a bit less frantic than the previous rounds as Manhoef's gas tank seemed to be emptying. This allowed Arapeta to start connecting with some strikes of his own, but the previous two rounds had sucked away a lot of his energy as well. The fight started to drop off as Manhoef began fighting for a decision, and there was nothing Arapeta could do to take it away from him. Manhoef won the fight by a unanimous decision, 30-27, 30-27 and 30-25 on the scorecards. Next up on Blitz 102 was a Heavyweight contest between Anatoli Valutchko (11-4) and Aloha Hoi (8-2). The fight began with Valutchko coming out far more aggressively, landing several punches to the head and body of Hoi whilst also staying far enough away to avoid being hit. Valutchko attempted a takedown and got Hoi to the ground, but Hoi showed good composure to escape from Valutchko's grasp and quickly got back to a vertical base. Valutchko's early flurry of punches seemed to sap his energy supply, and whilst Valutchko was breathing heavily, Hoi was fresh and able to connect with Valutchko at will. Perhaps sensing Valtuchko is struggling, Hoi moves in for the kill. He connects with a big left hand, then a vicious uppercut to knock Valutchko down to the mat. Hoi is quick to follow Valutchko down, and begins raining down right and left hands to his head. Valutchko tries in vain to block as many punches as he can, but the barrage is too persistent and the referee is left with no option but to pull Hoi away, giving him the victory by TKO. The seventh match of the night was a battle in the Welterweight division between Lance Titan (7-1) and Arthur Meighen (10-1). Meighen is making his Blitzkrieg debut after joining from Stampede Fighting Championship where he was the final Welterweight champion. I like this Stampede place, it sounds like it was a well-run company. Meighen starts out the more aggressive fighter using a variety of different kicks to soften up the flesh of Titan. Titan seems to have no answer to the low and body kicks, and he certainly has no clue about the kick sailing towards his head. Meighen connects with a kick flush on the jaw and Titan falls limp to the mat, almost certainly knocked out before he hit the ground. Meighen wheels away knowing he has no reason to follow up, and takes the victory with a highlight reel knockout. Match number eight of the show was another bout in the Light Heavyweight division, this time between undefeated Jimmy Russo (9-0) and Kaleki Oliweli (10-2). Oliweli started the fight with some impressive boxing skills, including a left hook, right uppercut combination that really tested the chin of Russo. Russo's gameplan appeared to be to get the fight to the ground, and he had three takedown attempts stuffed in the first minute of the fight. Russo got his takedown eventually though, but despite moving in to side control the referee deemed that he was not being active enough and brought the fighters back to their feet. Towards the end of the first round Oliweli connected with a good punch that left a cut forming on the face of Russo, but Russo responded with another takedown; however the round ended before he could do anything after that. The first two minutes of the second round saw Oliweli's boxing being displayed once again, whilst Russo was able to avoid many of the shots the ones that did connect were causing him problems. Russo was able to get another takedown in, and got to full mount relatively easily. However Russo made absolutely no attempt to do anything from such an advantageous position, only attempting two strikes during the 2 and a half minutes he had Oliweli in full mount, neither of which connected with Oliweli. Oliweli must have been thanking his lucky stars as he walked back to his corner at the end of the round. Russo got a takedown to start the final round, but again he did nothing with the position and the referee stood them up after 30 seconds of nothing. Oliweli was still doing a great job of finding Russo's face with his punches, but he could do nothing to prevent another takedown from Russo, who again does nothing despite getting into a mount again. He held Oliweli down and did nothing more, before attempting a side arm triangle but not getting close to getting it. The fight comes to an end, and the judge’s decision was quite interesting. All three judges scored it 29-28 to Kaleki Oliweli, obviously deciding that the lack of aggression from Russo negated the constant takedowns. The co-main event of Blitz 102 was up next, and it was another fight from the Blitzkrieg Light Heavyweight division between Kurokawa Kenji (8-1) and Busta Rhymes (13-3). In the first round Rhymes spends a lot of the early part trying to get Kenji to the ground, but still found time to land a nice combination that cuts Kenji below his left eye. Perhaps because of the cut Kenji starts trying to take Rhymes down, but Rhymes is able to stop him quite easily. Later on in the round Rhymes finally gets the takedown he's been after, and does a good job landing strikes on the ground. However, Kenji does just as a good a job at defending the strikes, and they reach a stalemate that sees them stood up by the referee. In the dying seconds of the round Rhymes connects with a right hand that might steal the round for him. Round 2 starts with Kenji desperately trying to take Rhymes down and failing; imagine his annoyance when Rhymes counters a body punch with a single leg takedown to get Kenji on the mat. Rhymes lands some good shots to the body of Kenji, then goes to try a kneebar which doesn't work, and ends up losing top position to Kenji in the process. Rhymes doesn't spend long on the bottom though, sweeping Kenji and reclaiming the top position. Rhymes continues to land shots as the round comes to an end. Round three starts with another takedown from Rhymes, and Rhymes starts going to work. Rhymes moves forward into a mount position, and begins dropping punches and elbows. Not all of them connect though, and Kenji is able to defend a lot of them. But Rhymes keeps working away without remorse, and finally gets a big punch through Kenji's defences, worsening the cut that was opened in the first round. Another hard punch comes down, and Kenji's face is now almost covered in blood, and there's more blood coming out of that cut. The referee called the doctor in, and unsurprisingly the doctor calls it off. The crowd aren't happy, there were only 12 seconds left in the fight, but Busta Rhymes gets the win nevertheless. It was time for the Main Event of Blitz 102, in the Heavyweight division we saw Yoshi Sushi (14-4) against Tarzan Taborda (10-1). Despite the large cross-section of fighters in the Heavyweight division, both fighters came in at a similar weight and are of a similar height. Taborda starts the fight on the attack, coming out with punches aplenty and quickly opening a cut under the right eye of Sushi. Sushi quickly goes in for a takedown to alleviate the pressure Taborda is putting on. Sushi is very busy on the ground and lands punches and elbows, before maybe becoming overconfident and trying an ankle lock which just results in him losing top position to Taborda. Taborda is less confident on the ground and doesn't try too many punches, and ends up being swept by Sushi. The referee gets involved in the end and stands them up, where Sushi shows a lot more stand-up skill than before, avoiding strikes well. The second round starts with Taborda going back to his striking plan, but whenever he misses a punch Sushi is able to counter. However Taborda gets more and more accurate and Sushi gets another takedown to gain control. Sushi keeps the control and tries for an arm triangle, but Taborda gets out of it. The referee orders a stand-up as we enter the final minute of the round, and Taborda connects with a few good punches before the bell rings. Round 3 starts with Sushi immediately getting a takedown. He wastes little time in going for a heel hook, but Taborda gets out of it and takes the opportunity to sweep and get on top. The referee separates them and they're back on their feet, allowing Taborda to go back to his punching. He certainly puts all his effort in, and whilst Sushi blocks or avoids a lot of shots, he is left defending so much he can barely get a punch in himself. Taborda lands a lot of shots, and when the round ends Sushi looks a bit of a mess due to his cut. The judges’ scorecards come in for what is a very close fight. However they all score it the same, 29-28 for the winner Tarzan Taborda. As ever there were bonuses handed out by the Blitzkrieg owners for the top performers of the evening, however there was no Submission of the Night due to there not being any submissions on the card! Knockout of the Night went to debutant Arthur Meighen for his devastating head kick KO, and Fight of the Night went to the Main Event of Tarzan Taborda and Yoshi Sushi. The show scored a very impressive 212.26, a score made even better by the fact there were no title matches on the card. Next week's Blitzkrieg shows will have a Lightweight title match at Blitz 103 when BJ Penn (13-4) takes on champion Victor Reinhardt (10-2), and at Blitz 104 we will see a Light Heavyweight title match when champion Johnny Jonners (13-1) defends his belt against challenger Stringer Bell (15-3). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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