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UNDER CARD
Featherweight Fight
#11 Kamryn Black (7-5, 4-2 NGF) v Jose Aldo Jr (4-3, 1-2 NGF)
This fight did not start the card off on an exciting path, this was a slow, no striking, grinding fight that Kamryn Black showed dominance in. Black got the early take down and for the next few minutes we saw a lot of rolling around, wrist control and battling for top position. Aldo did manage to improve and get on top, but Black continued to look for submissions and he later he was able to get a triangle, at first it looked like Aldo could have escaped, but he didn’t fully get out and Black tightened it up and Aldo tapped at 4:55 of the 1st.
Light Heavyweight Fight
Jack Mcgillicutty (7-7, 2-2 NGF) v #13 Zergatron Megalopolis (9-4, 6-4 NGF)
This fight wasn’t long, but both guys came read and came out throwing with bad intent. Jack Mcgillicutty looked impressive in this one, he looked quicker than we’ve seen from him, he avoided 4 of 5 combination attempts from Zergatron and he also landed 4 of 5 attempted punches and 1 of 1 of his combination attempts landed also. Megalopolis showed his power again in this fight, the only punch that landed staggered Mcgillicutty and also cut him, but Jack did not over react and maintained his composure. Mcgillicutty rocked Megalopolis with a massive right hook that sent Megalopolis stumbling backwards. Mcgillicutty attacked, ducked under a weak hook attempt and landed a counter uppercut that put Megalopolis to his knees, and when Mcgillicutty pounced with more strikes the fight was stopped at 59 seconds of the 1st round. This win should move Mcgillicutty inside the top 15 now.
Bantamweight Fight
Shinji Tanaka (8-5, 0-1 NGF) v #14 Andrew Summer (9-5, 8-4 NGF)
Now I thought Andrew Summer would win this fight, he’s the better grappler, but to dominate like he did for 3 rounds, nope, didn’t think that. What was unfortunate is that Shinji Tanaka came out with a all take down game plan, he threw no stand up strikes and didn’t land any in the clinch and he didn’t attempt a single strike on the ground, he was 2 for 16 in take down attempts. Summer dominated from bell to bell, he landed anything he threw, going 5 for 5 in head punches, 9 of 9 in body punches and he took Tanaka down at will, going 3 for 3. Even though this is pretty typical of how Tanaka fights, let’s just hope he had an off night, because he was no match for Summer.
Heavyweight Fight
#8 Eduard Syroviy (12-5, 0-2 NGF) v #6 Frederick Frost (4-1, 3-0 NGF)
Wow, not the fight I thought we would see. I am officially worried about Eduard Syroviy after this fight, he is a monster of a fighter, but he has now looked really bad in both of his fights in the NGF. He has been TKO’ed in both fights, both under 2 minutes of round 1. Frederick Frost on the other hand looks good, really good. The bell rang and Frost came straight at Syroviy, he didn’t try and avoid the power of Syroviy, he stood right in front of him and looked to bang. Syroviy looked a bit taken aback by the game plan, and when he threw a strike, Frost was quick to block or avoid, Syroviy was 1 for 6 in landing strikes. Frost landed the 1st significant punch off a counter, Syroviy threw a ugly looking head kick, Frost avoided and lunged in with a right hand, cutting Syroviy. Moments later, Frost was able to land a heavy body kick, it clearly hurt Syroviy as he winced in pain and hunched over, trying to cover the injury, and he back peddled away from Frost, trying to survive. At the 1 minute mark, Frost rushed after the defensive Syroviy and drilled him with a right hook that spun Syroviy like a top and sent him to the mat, Frost jumped on top and end this fight at 1:07 of the 1st.
Bantamweight Fight
#9 Lutz Knitter (13-7, 4-5 NGF) v #5 Yngwie Malmsteen (8-3, 7-3 NGF)
Now on to the FOTN, this fight was simply awesome! These two guys went out and did exactly what I thought they would do, stand, bang, trade big punches and leave battered, but leave the crowd entertained. This fight had good stand up action and even some controversy. The 1st was very fast paced, a lot of strike attempts, but the round felt a little more like a feeling out process, a lot of strikes that weren’t even close to landing, but Lutz Knitter to me looked to land more strikes, but Yngwie Malmsteen did land a few more significant strikes. In the 2nd the first significant strike was from Knitter who staggered Malmsteen with strong right hand. The rest of the round was more like the 1st, a lot of strikes, but most of them were avoided or blocked. What I saw in the 2nd was Malmsteen controlled the center, Knitter was using more of a counter striking style, but he was landing more. Malmsteen landed a few strikes, and did snap Knitters head back late in the round with a stiff jab. I gave this round to Knitter and had him up 2-0. One again in the 3rd, same thing, Knitter was bouncing on his feet, quickly landing a jab and getting back out of harm, Malmsteen did more of the controlling the center of the octagon, but he wasn’t landing much, but when he did land, it was a hard shot. Just over the 2 minute mark, Knitter connected with a vicious right hand that sent Malmsteen down to a knee, but he was able to scramble away and get out of trouble. For the next few minutes the biggest strikes I saw from Malmsteen were leg kicks while Knitter was still able to land head strikes and he did mix in a few leg kicks, one knocked Malmsteen off his feet for a second. As the bell rang the stats looked like this, Knitter landed 38 of 60 head punches, 9 of 28 body punches, 3 of 9 head kicks 4 of 11 leg kicks and 5 of 12 body kicks while Yngwie Malmsteen landed 7 of 31 head punches, 15 of 38 body punches, 1 of 2 head kicks, 4 of 13 leg kicks and 1 of 5 body kicks. I scored this fight 30-27 or at the worst, 29-27 in favor of Knitter. As the judges announce their decision it was 30-28 Malmsteen by all 3! That is one terrible decision in my opinion as Lutz Knitter was robbed.
MAIN CARD
Heavyweight Fight
#5 Petr Jakovlev (7-3 NGF) v #2 Sam Winchester (9-3, 4-1 NGF)
This would be the first fight for Sam Winchester after he lost his title to Polish Engineer at NGF 48. Petr Jakovlev was trying to make it 4 in a row and move into a title fight. As thought, Jakovlev went for take downs right from the start, Winchester did a very nice job of defending them, and he was able to get some nice counter strikes in that did damage, after 30 seconds of the fight, Jakovlev had already attempted and failed on 3 take downs. Jakovlev did manage to get inside around the 1 minute mark, he got a trip take down and he was in his office at this point, but surprisingly he wasn’t able to maintain the position and Winchester got a beautiful sweep. The fight came to a halt here, and the ref had to stand them up. In the next minute or 2, it was a nice stand up fight, both guys were trying to land that one big punch, Winchester did most of the damage, as he was still able to land solid jabs while still defending take downs. Jakovlev did land a big over hand right that landed on the temple of Winchester, but Sam looked un fazed. It was just after the 3 minute mark when Jakovlev attempted his 11th take down attempt and his 10 failed, he looked totally gassed and Winchester connected with a nice hook that hurt Petr and had him stumbling. Jakovlev was hit with a head kick at the same time and he feel against the cage, he looked back at Winchester, pushed himself off and charged at Sam with a series of strikes, Winchester back peddled, avoiding the damage, then planted and fired off a straight right hand that drilled the rushing Jakovlev right in the nose and put him out cold! An awesome KO win by Sam Winchester.
Bantamweight Fight
#3 Harald Andersson (7-1, 6-1 NGF) v #1 Jack Judo (6-2 NGF)
A huge bantamweight fight here, between Harald Andersson and Jack Judo with the winner getting a #1 contender fight. It started with Judo coming out and looking to do some sort of clinch or take down, I’m not sure what it was, but it was weird. Andersson pushed away easily enough, but Judo dove in and clinched up. Andersson was able to land the first strike, a left hand that snapped Judo’s head back. Judo then landed a perfectly timed trip and took this fight where he wanted, the crazy thing was right after the two hit the mat, the ref charged in and told the two to work, huh, ref, get out of there, they just landed on the mat dummy. Seconds later, Judo made a nice move and got into mount and he looked to take this fight over. Andersson did work his way to the cage and as he started to get back to his feet, Judo tried to swing around and get Anderssons back. Judo gave up on the back and he grabbed on to Andersson’s arm, but he slipped off and landed on his back, Andersson dove on top of Judo and was in guard. The two tried some bjj for a few seconds, but after both tried a submission, the ref stood them up. Judo was able to clinch up again with Andersson as the crowd started to rain down boos, it was a very slow fight at this point. Andersson did manage to break free from the clinch. At this point, Judo went into a take down drone, he shot in and failed, he did it again, and again, Andersson, outside of being pressed up against the cage at one point, was never in danger of getting taken down. Andersson was able to land some leg kicks, but the fight turned into a take down fight. The fight did go to the clinch where Andersson did some damage, he ended the fight landing 6 of 6 head punches in the clinch. Around the 4:30 mark of the round, Judo once again, after failing on a few take downs, tried to clinch up, this time Harald pushed Judo away, and as Judo stumbled back, Andersson threw a head kick, landing perfectly and Judo went limp and fell like a tree to the mat. Unbelievable quickness and skill on that kick not only earned him the win, but a little bonus cash in his pocked for KOTN too. Andersson looked good, but it’s just too bad that Judo came out and fought like that, he attempted no stand up strikes, was 0-2 in the clinch and was just 1 for 13 in take down attempts.
Heavyweight Title Fight
#1 Rinky Spider (9-1, 7-1 NGF) v C - Polish Engineer (10-5, 5-2 NGF)
A fight that I just could not wait to have happen, two of the best and most exciting fighters in the heavyweight division, Rinky Spider and Polish Engineer meet for the 2nd time, this time it was a belt on the line. The bell rang and as usual, Spider came out and pushed the pace, he was first to the punch, but Engineer was countering nicely. It was a bit of a feeling out process in the early part of the round, the most damaging strikes were leg kicks early. Both fighters looked quick on their feet, they are big men, but their foot work is amazing. Around the 1:30 mark was when we saw our first significant strike, Spider landed a body shot that really seemed to take something out of Engineer, he covered for a second, then as Spider attacked, Engineer shot in for the take down, clearly having enough of this striking stuff. Spider defended easily though and when Engineer went to get up off the mat, you could see he was hurt as he got up very gingerly. Spider had to notice, because he turned on the attack, he began to launch leg and body kicks that were landing and doing damage. Engineer was getting pushed back and he backed up all the way to the cage, Spider pounced and started firing away as the ref looked on and told the covering Engineer to fight back. Engineer did try to circle out, but as he did, Spider nailed him with a head kick that knocked him to the mat and opened up a cut. Spider did not follow however and Engineer, the champion he is, got back and tried to fight back. Engineer fired off a weak jab attempt and Spider, smelling blood, ducked and landed a massive uppercut that landed under the chin and turned Engineers legs into jello, this time, Spider followed and the ref jumped in to save Engineer at 2:20 of the 1st round and YOUR NEW HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION IS RINKY SPIDER!
Co-Main Event:
Bantamweight Fight
#4 Arthur Pirozhkov (11-5, 9-5 NGF) v #2 Gim Ruut (19-5, 1-0 NGF)
Arthur Pirozhkov was a great champion, he had a style that nobody liked, but he has been successful in his career with it, but it looks like the top of the division is on to his style and where can Pirozhkov go but out of the org. Gim Ruut is a monster bantamweight fighter, a hungry guy who is ready and has said, he’s here to conquer the NGF, no matter if it’s bantamweight or featherweight. From the walk in until the end of the fight it looked like Pirozhkov was clearly just trying to get his last fight in, he was slow, he looked un happy, he did not look close to himself and it showed. Ruut dominated this fight, he almost didn’t break a sweat, he took the fight to the clinch, he controlled every second and he ended the fight at 1:57 with a Kimura. Pirozhkov never showed up, he didn’t want to fight, in his mind he was already gone. NGF lost an important fighter, but nobody benefits when Pirozhkov fights like that. After the fight, Arthur Pirozhkov was inducted into the NGF Hall of Fame, becoming the first fighter to be placed in the HOF. Gim Ruut will move on to a title fight now, he will get a much better test from Andrzej Gajewski.
Main Event
Middleweight Title Fight
#1 Purpura Mortis (10-4, 4-2 NGF) v #3 Bill Clinton (17-3, 1-0 NGF)
I picked Purpura Mortis in this fight, I thought he was going to be able to stay on his feet and land his big shot that could KO or really hurt Bill Clinton, but it went the other way. The fight started with Mortis fighting off a take down attempt, but he loaded up and missed badly on a wild hook allowing Clinton to counter with a take down, slamming Mortis to the mat and he quickly transitioned into full mount. Soon after Clinton got mount, Mortis did a nice job to get back into half guard, but the next 4 minutes of the round was just wrestling and no action or striking, Clinton totally controlled Mortis, Clinton would attempt ground strikes, but Mortis did a nice job of defending, Clinton ended the fight going 2 for 16 in ground strikes. The round ended, fans were not happy, but the round had to be given to Clinton since he was on top the entire fight. Mortis was an exhausted mess at the end of the round, he worked extremely hard to defend strikes and not get submitted. In the 2nd the fighters looked to make this a stand up fight, both guys landed and missed, Mortis was able to stuff a couple of take downs, but he really looked slow and tired. Around the 2 minute mark Clinton had found his range and he was able to use the reach advantage to land a couple of stinging jabs that set up a big hook that rocked Mortis. Mortis was stumbling and Clinton could see the finish, he swarmed Mortis and looked for his opening, Mortis was bleeding which covered his whole left side of his face at this point. Clinton loaded up and then launched a straight right hand that brutally landed straight on the nose of Mortis and put him out cold. Mortis fell hard to the canvas, but still no ref, Clinton dove on top, but stopped and looked at the ref, Mortis was unconscious, so no need to land anything else, finally, the ref waved his hands to stop the fight. Great sportsmanship from Clinton and a dominating win. Clinton will now take on Jima Jamm for the middleweight title.
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