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CCF 50: Grace vs. Signal! REVIEW

Event Review: CCF 50: Grace vs. Signal
Cornell Cage Fighting
2012-04-15, Los Angeles, Hyashi's Lounge - Los Angeles
Attendance:1,949, Event Rating:161
Author:K Rad

Greetings Cornellians and groupies of!  K-Rad here unleash the review of another brilliant Cornell Cage Fighting weekly main event, our half century as it was.  50 main CCF events after the dreams of a humble cage cleaner of the local zoo came a reality when Tommy Cornell created his masterpiece, his enduring testament and legacy: CCF.  After beginning with a handful of fighters competing in the panda's enclosure whenver they were sent back to China for their annual medicals, CCF has grown to be one of the largest and most active organisations in the world and is routinely seeing huge event ratings and impressive attendances for all of its (often 3 weekly!) events.  Despite the man, nay, the legend himself being absent of late due to a nasty bout of testicular elephantitis, Tommy Cornell is nevertheless greatly impressed with the calibre of all of his fighters and the passion they show in the ring.  Today we look at the 50th event, Grace vs. Signal.  Nearly 2000 outrageously good looking CCF fans, as they all are, turned out at Hyashi's Lounge to watch 20 of the best go toe to toe.  There was a plethora of knock outs on display and if you follow me down I shall give you the rundown of the top 5 fights on the card:

"Punkin" Colin Millen vs. Tragen Hyabusa
Welterweight


Two fighters from the welterweight division, both looking to turn around losses in their last appearance took to the cage to begin the overcard.  Millen was slightly outmatched in terms of sheer primary skills against the formidable Hyabusa and it looked ominous early as Hyabusa took him down off the bell and proceeded to put on the submission attempts.  "Punkin" did well to remain cool and reverse the positions, eventually progressing to the mount and landing some solid ground and pound as the round ended.  The 2nd round saw Millen seize the initiative and take Hyabusa down and controlling the action with impressive defensive ground and pound and striking.  The end of the round saw Millen stand, only to be taken back down by Hyabusa but once again Millen swept and ended up on top as the bell rang.  The final round saw the first couple of minutes take place in the clinch, the longest amount of time spent standing in the fight and Hyabusa was looking strong both up close and at a distance but "Punkin" threw him off his game driving a knee fair into poor Hyabusa's balls.  Hyabusa recovered well and took the fight down again but it was all Millen on the mat as he worked the submissions off his back until the bell called an end to the fight.  After 3 rounds it was up to the judges to make a decision and they scored unanimously in favour of Millen who showed his dominance on the mat to take the win.

Mike "The Mc" Hammer vs. "Seventy-Seven" Sven Svensen
Heavyweight


A great matchup next between undefeated boxing up-and-comer "The MC" Hammer and CCF veteran and favourite son, "Seventy-Seven" Svensen.  Svensen showed his experience early as he countered Hammer's explosive boxing with well timed kickboxing, cutting Hammer early in opening of the 1st round before taking him to the floor.  From the mat Svensen was relentless as he mixed up submission attempts with brutal ground and pound from side control which saw Hammer bleeding even more from the cut on his head.  The 2nd round didn't improve for Hammer as "Seventy-Seven" took him down again quickly and continued on the same game plan, submission, pound, pound and in the end the doctor was called in to check out Hammer's head and had no choice but to call an end to the fight as Svensen was awarded the cut TKO at 3:27 of round 2.

Ryan Hoffman vs. "The Slick Monkey" Kegon Saratuwari
Welterweight


An eagerly awaited bout for those who have been following CCF's extensive 170lbs division.  Two men who have shown his ability to throw down against the best went toe-to-toe in a battle that promised to showcase some high class grappling.  We weren't disappointed by the mat work had to wait for a solid 2.5 minutes of striking as the two men traded blows and Hoffman in particular looked very impressive with his high kicks, landing 3 to Saratuwari's head in this time.  Eventually Hoffman's aggression paid off as he got the takedown he was after and softened up Saratuwari with some ground and pound before putting his superior jitsu grading to work with 2 submission attempts, the second of which saw him secure an arm triangle submission at 3:30 of round 1.

Rory Kincade vs. Tiger Tye
Welterweight. Co-Main Event!


CCF new guy Tye has pulled off a successful bid to garner some hype and popularity as he challenged Kincade to a non-title fight in his 1st ever CCF appearance.  Tye had the slightly better training across the board but Kincade had experience and confidence and this showed in the first two rounds which saw Kincade wearing away at Tye with lowkicks which managed him to secure both rounds by the slimmest of margins.  Tye showed good skills on the ground, though perhaps a little too much enthusiasm as Kincade managed to work his way to safety but in the final round Kincade was unable to work his way out of a picture perfect straight right hand through the middle which landed flush, rocking the champ.  Tye showed fantastic boxing and killer instinct to quickly get close and low and swing through with a brutal right hook which left Kincade out cold and falling in slow motion to the floor.  The winner via punching KO at 0:41 of round 3, Tye!  Welcome to CCF baby and congratulations on being awarded KO OF THE NIGHT!

Tim Grace vs. Busy Signal
Welterweight. Main Event!


The finale in a succession of welterweight bouts tonight saw two of the divisions most popular and successful 170lb fighters facing off in a title contender's battle for next shot against the just KO'd Kincade.  Signal dominated the first round through aggressive wrestling backed up by a non-stop BJJ assault as he piled on the submissions and tried to soften up Grace with some ground and pound.  The 2nd round saw Signal's momentum stalled as Grace managed to keep the fight standing and counter with some crisp boxing which looked to take some of the sting out of Signal as when he finally managed to take Grace down late in the round he was unable to capitalise and make much of the opportunity before the bell rang.  The final round was all Grace as Signal looked to have used up his energy reserves too early and Grace battered him around the ring for nearly 4 minutes before rocking him right a strong right hand and then clinching up and stalling to end the fight.  Given the dominant standing efforts of Grace in the final round the judges had no choice but to award the unanimous decision win to Grace.

WRAPUP:
The only things left to discuss are the remaining OTN awards.  The first is the SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT which was awarded in the very first bout of the evening when middleweights Johny Mayweather and Chris Leben looked to improve on their records and make their mark on CCF.  Mayweather dominated the 1st round with some brutal kickboxing, kicking away at Leben's body, legs and head with fantastic accuracy but perhaps not quite enough power as he was unable to finish the fight despite this domination and cutting his opponent twice.  This would come back to haunt him as Leben made it all or nothing from the bell in the 2nd round, taking Mayweather down and despite the latter putting in a beautiful switch into fullmount he didn't capitalise and Leben switched him back and grabbed a leg, twisting hard and forcing Mayweather to tap out thanks to a fantastic kneebar submission at 2:38 of round 2.

The FIGHT OF THE NIGHT goes to a fighter who despite remaining fairly quiet in CCF's 205lbs division has been awarded 5 OTN awards from his last 6 appearances, 3 of these have been FIGHT OF THE NIGHT.  The award was given in a light heavyweight bout between Kido Moon and Manny Simmons in a bout which saw plenty of action for the entire 15 minutes.  Moon dominated the 1st round from a Simmons imposed clinch and Simmons returned the favour in the 2nd round by winning the round over a Moon initiated clinch, the sweet irony not wasted on either fighter as they came into the final round.  Unfortunately for Simmons it was he who clinched up in the final round and as per the formula of the previous rounds it was Moon who came out on top as he unleashed a barrage of knees which worked over his opponent and impressed the judges enough to award him the unanimous decision win.

That's it from CCF 50: Grace vs. Signal!  I am K-Rad and it was a pleasure to have you all along for the ride to celebrate out 50th main week event.  I look forward to another 50 and we will begin this weekend at CCF 51!  See you there!

 

 

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