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BFT 262 Review
Lightweight - The two time BFT Title Challenger "Stoneface" Samuel Vimes Unanimous Decisioned the 52-fight vet and BFT name stead Suchart "Fishbowl" Chaowanungkarn.
Sam Vimes was pouring it out in volume early. He was throwing it all out at the distance and Fishbowl was eating a good number of shots. Fishbowl was able to land a few shots of his own, but Vimes had it on volume. Heck, the second round had a lot of the same. The two men were content to throw at the distance, with neither one really backing down. Vimes' offence was really strong, but Fishbowl never showed signed of backing down. By the time the third round rolled around, Vimes looked like he was starting to feel winded. He was eating a lot of leg kicks from Fishbowl and it looked like Vimes was feeling the effect of them. Fishbowl, however, was not able to string together enough of an offence to put Vimes down. Both men showed their toughness, and both men made their way to a decision. Although the last round had a controversial scoring, Vimes looked good enough to take the fight.
Heavyweight - Two time BFT bonus winner currently riding a 9 fight winning streak Buster Hymen KO'ed 5 Time BFT submission of the night winner Joe "Armbar" Kimura with a huge punch at 4 seconds left in the first round.
Hymen had a great execution of his game plan here. He successfully defended the takedown while landing some demolisihing shots. As the round came to a close, Hymen landed a hook on the temple that dropped Kimura. Then an uppercut that did similarly. And a hard right jab that finished him off for the final time. Three strikes and your out for Kimura.
Lightweight - The former BFT Lightweight Champion and the only person to be in the wrong location for the Grand Prix "Kana" Kuroda Atsushi Unanimous Decisioned 57-fight vet and 2 time BFT title Challenger "Mini" Fenton Meeks.
Almost the entirety of the first round took place on the feet. Although both men were very active with their punches, it was Atsushi who looked more active. I think it was his successful (and highly accurate) integration of kicks into his arsenol. As the round closed, Atsushi was able to get the takedown to secure the round for him. Round two started and Meeks was interested in clinching it up. Although Meeks was throwing pretty well, Atsushi was able to negate most any offence that Meeks brought to him. Atsushi broke the clinch up and dove back down for a takedown successfully. But it was Meeks this time, who was able to successfully negate the offense put forth by Atsushi. The ref had no choice but to stand them up. Back at the feet, Atsushi was able to get back into the swing of things to keep the momentum on his side going into the final round. In the third round, Atsushi went for a takedown early, but couldn't convince the ref to keep them down there. They went at it at the distance for a while there, but that wasn't a problem for Atsushi. He saw another oppurtunity to bring the fight to the ground and did such, but it wasn't for long. The last minute of action was held at the feet, but all signs pointed to Atsushi. Meeks certainly put up a fight, but it was Atsushi who undoubtedly walked out the winner.
Co-Main - Light Heavyweight - The 2 time BFT Bonus winner and former BLOODSPORT Light Heavyweight Champion Dale Fernhart submit the former BFC Middleweight Champion Trinidad Suarez with a guillotine at 3 seconds remaining in the first round.
Fernhart took a few solid shots from Suarez early and decided he had enough of that. Fernhart took the fight to the mat, where things didn't bode too well for him. Suarez was able to reverse the position and land some solid ground and pound strikes. It took some time, but Fernhart found a lull in the action and was able to sink in an Alpha Male-esque guillotine. It was tight, quick, and finished it in a jiffy. A come back victory for Fernhart.
Main Event - Lightweight Title Fight! - The former BFT Lightweight Champion "Mace" Enrico Mazzarri submit the BFT Lightweight Champion Malaipet "The Diamond" Sasiprapa with an armbar at 3:41 in the fifth and final round to avenge his loss and become the eigth linear champion and regain his champion status.
In the first round, Malaipet was able to get a quick takedown (but didn't do much with it). The ref took it up for him, but Sasiprapa worked his way into the clinch soon after. He was throwing hard and fast and before you knew it, the round ended. Sasiprapa looked great in the first and was able to take it. The second round had the two men throw at the distance for a while. Mazzarri was doing a pretty good avoiding shots, but Sasiprapa was still landing some nice ones. The two men really threw it all out there. Sasiprapa worked hard on keeping the fight at the distance and blocked several takedowns throughout the round. With a few seconds left, Mazzarri pulled guard and tried to get something off, but Sasiprapa just took it in stride and made it through to the next round. The third round saw more of the clinch action take place. Both men were showing signs of exhaustion, but Mazzarri was feeling it more, with takedown attempt after attempt being stuffed. It wasn't until the end of the round that Mazzarri was able to get the takedown. It wasn't enough, however, to get anything really going and Malaipet still had some momentum going into the fourth round. This time Mazzarri was able to get the take down with plenty of time to spare. He wirked hard on landing some solid ground and pound and went for a decent submission attempt. It was a long shot, but he went for it. Momentum looked like it was turning in favor of Mazzarri. After a solid exchange between both fighters, the fifthe round had Mazzarri get another successful takedown midway through the fight. With some solid shoulder strikes, he opened Sasiprapa up for an armbar attempt. He pulled on that arm, broke the grip, and had Sasiprapa tapping on that sucker than you can say Ouchies. Mazzarri walks out with the title once more.
Undercard:
Middleweight - Josh Howell TKO'ed Tim "Rambo" Pearmine at 53 seconds in round 1.
Light Heavyweight - Olivin "Venom" St. Daintoro Unanimous Decisioned Chris Robinson.
Middleweight - Alex "The Doooom Boss" Doumbos TKO'ed Diego Delo Santos at 3:38 in round 1.
Welterweight - Charles Bronson TKO'ed Blake "The Great" Axe at 41 seconds in round 1.
Heavyweight - Frank Stevens submit Brad "Goat" Brennan at 1:40 in round 1.
Bonuses (@$12000):
FoTN: "Mace" Enrico Mazzarri vs Malaipet "The Diamond" Sasiprapa
KoTN: Buster Hymen
SoTN: "Mace" Enrico Mazzarri
Quick Recap of the Grand Prix!
For those of you who follow BFT, you know that the 3rd round of the Grand Prix happened over the holidays and with the Final round up coming fast, now is the best time to look at the latest rounds of the GP.
BFT Light Heavyweight Champion Dallas MacMillian looked to out strike and show his dominance over the BFT Middleweight Champion Chev Chelios. Although Chelios showed what made him a champion by taking every shot MacMillan landed without giving up, MacMillan showed just how dominant he is. With neither man looking to take the fight to the ground, MacMillan punched, kicked, elbowed and kneed his way to a solid decision victory.
In a bloody battle that saw both men leave it all out there, The Heavyweight Champion Hagen Germanicus fell short on the judges score cards which lead Kim Jong into the final round of the GP. It was a huge comeback for Jong who was rocked early in the first round. It looked like Germanicus might have been able to end it, but Jong stuck in there, bit down, and threw out there everything he could to get the fight to turn in his favor. And it worked. I look forward to see him fight for the Heavyweight Title against Hagen.
But first thing's first, Dallas MacMillian will fight Kim Jong to see who will be the first BFT Grand Prix Champion.
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