Chris2K Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Blitzkrieg were back on Saturday 11th December for their latest show Blitz 119: Powerslave. Yet another name that would be a perfectly good title for a specialist homo-erotic DVD. 6,210 people legally paid for their tickets (and we're sticking to that story) in The Pipeline and were looking forward to some good fights, whereas I was looking forward to lots of KOs and Submissions to make my life easier. --------------------------------- Fight #1 Heavyweight Division Jeremy Staton (11-4) vs. Anatoli Valutchko (11-6) Two and a half rounds of good action here, and it started almost immediately when Valutchko secured a takedown within the first thirty seconds. Staton was on the verge of sub spamming as he continuously tried to apply submissions from the bottom, at no point did the play by play actually tell me what moves he was going for though. The referee stood them up but both fighters were insistent on fighting on the ground, Valutchko getting another takedown and Staton tried for more and more submissions until he got free and stood up. Staton then got a takedown of his own, only to get swept by Valutchko straight away. Staton went for more submissions, this time he even went for a kimura specifically, but Valutchko defended them and landed some good ground and pound. Staton managed to stand up again but there was no time left for any action. Round 2 began with another takedown, this time from Staton, but again it didn't take Valutchko long to sweep and take top position. However this just allowed Staton's constant submission attempts to finally prove useful, after attempting an arm triangle that nearly was locked in, he switched to a guillotine that Valutchko couldn't get out of. After a brief struggle it was all over and Valutchko tapped out to give Staton the victory. Winner: Jeremy Staton (12-4) via Submission (Guillotine Choke) - 2:01 of Round 2 Fight Rating: 100% --------------------------------- Fight #2 Lightweight Division Pablo Condor (9-6) vs. Patrick Malone (9-4) Both men looked for takedowns straight away but it was Malone that was successful, only to fail with some attempted ground and pound that looked like it wouldn't have hurt a diseased rabbit. The referee stood them up, but not for long as Malone scored another takedown. Malone tried for an arm triangle, it failed, Condor tried for a guillotine, it failed, Malone tried some ground and pound, it failed, Condor tried to get a guillotine again, it failed. YAY GROUND SKILLS. Condor got a sweep to take the top position but did nothing with it, causing another referee stand up. So Malone took him down again. Condor tried for a couple of submissions from the bottom but couldn't get anything secured. Malone got another takedown in Round 2 and remarkably the fight stayed there for the remainder of the round. Condor was the more aggressive on the ground, trying for a guillotine and avoiding most of Malone's attempted strikes. Malone went for a leg lock but fell victim to the MMA Tycoon Leglock Reversal System (MMATLRS), allowing Condor to take the top for a few moments before Malone swept him to reverse the positions again. Malone went for a kneebar, obviously not learning anything about the game because he fell victim to the MMATLRS again, and Condor took the top position. Condor then tried a forearm choke. YAY GROUND SKILLS. Round 3 started with them moving in and out of a clinch until Malone got another takedown. He actually landed some ground and pound this time and tried for a kimura, but Condor used the opportunity to sweep and take the top position. Condor tried for a leg lock but DIDN'T fall victim to the MMATLRS and stayed on top. After some stalling the referee stood them up, and Malone took Condor down again. Malone tried for a kimura, it failed, Condor tried for a triangle, it failed. Malone thought about going for a leglock but DECIDED AGAINST IT. He FEARS THE MMATLRS. Then the fight ended. Fun Fact: 16 attempted submissions, none of which worked. YAY GROUND SKILLS. Time for our first judge's decision. Winner: Patrick Malone (10-4) via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27) Fight Rating: 57% --------------------------------- Fight #3 Welterweight Division Rumor Chance (9-3) vs. John Doe (9-3) I predict the winner will go 10-3. This was quite the war, unfortunately it was more of a theoretical war between the American Army vs. the San Marino Army than an actual competitive one. Doe's best chance of doing damage came in the first three minutes when the fight was a stand up battle on the outside. But Doe barely landed a shot as Chance dominated every aspect of striking. Things got a whole lot worse for him from that point onwards as literally every remaining minute of the fight was spent in the clinch, that would be 12 minutes in total, and Chance was vicious from that position. Rather than go through every punch in detail and repeat myself ad nauseum, I'll give you a breakdown of the statistics: Chance attempted 123 strikes in the clinch, all punches, and landed 79 of them. That may only be 64%, but Doe attempted just 16 strikes in that time and landed 1. ONE. That would be a massive 6% strike success. In addition Chance landed 27 strikes out of 35 outside the clinch, Doe landed 3 out of 10. So during the fifteen minutes Chance landed 150 strikes, Doe landed 4. I WONDER WHO WON THIS FIGHT. Winner: Rumor Chance(!) (10-3) via Unanimous Decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-25) Fight Rating: 75% --------------------------------- Fight #4 Light Heavyweight Division Filipe Emiliano (8-3) vs. Rodney Mack (5-2) Ah the good old days of Stand Up Fighter vs. Ground Fighter. Emiliano was beyond desperate to get the fight to the mat whenever possible, but Mack held him at bay for the first half of Round 1, landing good punches throughout. Emiliano landed some decent shots too but was much more interested in the takedown which he finally got. Emiliano came close with a kimura but Mack defended well, then so little happened in the final minute that the PBP started repeating itself. Round 2 started with another Emiliano takedown but he did so little he got stood up straight away. Mack kept the fight standing for the rest of the round and was largely dominant on the feet landing hard punches throughout. A big left hand rocked Emiliano late in the round, and an uppercut nearly sent him down, but the round ended before Mack could finish him off. Five seconds into Round 3 Mack connected with a head kick that sent Emiliano flying to the mat completely out cold. Probably shouldn't have come out for that third round Filipe... Winner: Rodney Mack (6-2) via KO (Head Kick) - 0:05 of Round 3 Fight Rating: 100% --------------------------------- Fight #5 Welterweight Division Johnny Hilo (10-3) vs. Jake Young (10-5) The first round was looking quite fun with both fighters looking to land strikes, but it went to hell as soon as Hilo got a takedown with four minutes left. Those four minutes created a lot of nothing for the most part, Hilo was by far the busier fighter as Young lay there waiting for... something. Hilo got to mount and landed some decent shots, but an attempted kimura which came very close to being locked in took him back to side control. And then the first round ended. Young came out in Round 2 looking to keep the fight standing, and he was helped in his endeavour by Hilo not trying to take him down. Young landed kicks to all areas of Hilo, including a head kick that opened up a cut. Hilo landed some strikes of his own but was greatly outscored by Young who was far more aggressive. Hilo finally went for and secured a takedown late in the round but did very little until nearly securing a kimura. The referee stood them up immediately after the submission failed, then the round ended. YAY REFEREE. Hilo learned his lesson in round 3 and took Young down straight away, but he fell victim to the MMATLRS when going for a heel hook. With Young on top he opted to just stand up and go back to striking, and STRIKE HE DID. To Hilo's balls. After Hilo had finished writhing around Young went back to his kicks and punches that won him Round 2, and despite Hilo's best efforts he couldn't get a takedown again until late in the round. Hilo tried an omoplata, as you do, but it failed. Hilo then decided the best way to win the fight was to move into half guard, but ended up getting swept with Young getting to mount. Oops. Young finished the fight on top, but we go to the judges for the decision... Winner: Jake Young (11-5) via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Fight Rating: 67% --------------------------------- Fight #6 Super Heavyweight Division Joe Brean (9-5) vs. Pete Gonzalez (6-4) A load of red writing in the first round is good news for a review writer, Gonzales starting things off with a takedown, a submission attempt and then connecting with an elbow that cuts Brean. Gonzalez tries for a submission, Brean tries a triangle, Brean looks for an armbar, Brean looks for a submission, and another, Gonzalez tries an arm triangle, Brean goes for a triangle, SO MUCH IS HAPPENING BUT IT MEANS SO LITTLE. And that ends Round 1. And Round 2 is no different. Brean got a takedown and moved into the mount very quickly where he went for a guillotine from the mount. Then a forearm choke. Then an arm triangle. Gonzalez goes for a guillotine of his own, then Brean tries a guillotine, Gonzalez tries a kimura, both of them go for random submissions, SO MANY SUBMISSIONS. The referee stands them up possibly out of sympathy, but Brean takes Gonzalez back down less than a minute later and stays there until the round ends. Brean gets a takedown immediately in Round 3, but Gonzalez goes for a guillotine. Brean goes for a guillotine, Gonzalez goes for a kimura, then some random submissions. Brean tries for an Americana, then an arm triangle, then an armbar. Gonzalez shows great skills in reversing to take Brean's back, and he looks for a rear naked choke but Brean defends. Gonzalez moves to the mount and looks for a guillotine, then moves for an armbar... AND GETS IT! HOLY CHRIST ON A CORNDOG. Brean is forced to tap out! YAY SUB SPAMMING! YAY ONE SUCCESSFUL SUBMISSION IN 33 ATTEMPTS! GROUND SKILLZ~! Winner: Pete Gonzalez (7-4) via Submission (Armbar) - 3:54 of Round 3 Fight Rating: 63% --------------------------------- Fight #7 Lightweight Division Victor Reinhardt (11-3) vs. Vernon Turner (12-3) Reinhardt's looking to recover from losing his Lightweight Title so this is an important fight for him. The first round sees both men land around the same number of strikes but Reinhardt's have a lot more power behind them and do more damage. Turner looked for takedowns but Reinhardt never got close to hitting the floor, four takedowns stuffed in the first round alone. Reinhardt also went for a couple of takedowns which Turner stuffed, so it seems neither man wanted to fight from his back. After taking Round 1 due to the strikes Reinhardt comes out in Round 2 and gets taken down by Turner for the first takedown of the fight. Reinhardt is able to sweep but the referee stood them up. Reinhardt looked for a takedown of his own but was stuffed, which in theory just allowed Reinhardt to start dominating the fight on his feet, particularly with some hard leg kicks. Turner started to try and clinch up but Reinhardt just landed hard hooks whenever he moved too close. Reinhardt hit some leg kicks to open Round 3, but Turner darted in to get another takedown. Turner landed some good ground and pound from full guard whilst Reinhardt looked to sweep. Turner became more urgent to look for a finish, specifically with a big left hand. Turner goes for a leglock but that's just silly, and he falls victim to the MMATLRS. Reinhardt pins him down until the fight is over. Let's go to those judges... Winner: Victor Reinhardt (12-3) via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Fight Rating: 40% --------------------------------- Fight #8 Featherweight Division Rolando Garcia (14-3-1) vs. Hamish MacNab (10-4) MacNab makes his Blitz debut here after moving over from Fury Fight Brazil in Rio where he was their Bantamweight champion. Garcia is also a Blitz debutant, he arrives from EEC in New York where he was their final Featherweight champions. But there are no titles on the line tonight that I'm aware of. Garcia lands some good strikes to start off before MacNab gets the fight into the clinch. MacNab is by far the more aggressive fighter in the clinch and lands some good elbows, however they don't seem to be affecting Garcia too much. Garcia took MacNab down by pulling guard and went for three submissions in about ten seconds, but MacNab blocked them all. MacNab stood up to go back to striking but this seemed to favour Garcia who landed some good shots including a hard left uppercut, then moved in to get a takedown before the round ended. Round 2 began with Garcia landing some hard shots before getting a takedown into side control, however MacNab was able to kick him away and stand up. Garcia scored with some more shots before another takedown, but quickly makes the mistake of falling victim to the MMATLRS which is being seen a hell of a lot tonight. MacNab stands up again, but again Garcia looked good on his feet with some hard strikes. The third round was all on the feet which allowed Garcia to do a good job with his boxing. Not only was he able to land some good shots he also avoided shots that MacNab threw with some good strike defence. MacNab took the fight into the clinch late in the round and landed some decent punches and elbows, but it was too little too late for MacNab as Garcia was happy to let the clock run down. Time for another decision... Winner: Rolando Garcia (15-3-1) via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Fight Rating: 69% --------------------------------- CO-MAIN EVENT Welterweight Division Cormac McCarthy (15-5-1) vs. Buck Naked (15-4-1) McCarthy moves into Blitzkrieg ranks from the EUFC in Las Vegas where he was the Welterweight champion. McCarthy got off to a good start with some good shots, a stiff left and a good jab, before he landed a hard combination of rights and lefts that open up a cut over the left eye of Buck. Buck comes back with some hard body shots, both punches and kicks, then some hard leg kicks connect. McCarthy landed some good counter punches right to the jaw, but Buck counters with a flying knee to the head, then a spinning back kick. Buck landed a jab, a cross and a hook in quick succession, followed by a hard leg kick. Buck landed a hard jab that bloodied the nose of McCarthy and seemingly rocked him. Tell you what does rock him, and that's a Superman punch to the jaw. Yup, that'll do it. McCarthy topples like a tree in the rainforest and he's out cold before he hits the mat, a superb KO victory for Buck Naked. Winner: Buck Naked (16-4-1) via KO (Superman Punch) Fight Rating: 87% --------------------------------- MAIN EVENT Heavyweight Division Yoshi Sushi (15-5) vs. Alex Velnart (10-2) Well this wasn't the best main event in Blitzkrieg history, that's for sure. It starts out alright with Velnart landing some good shots but Sushi lands a lot of leg kicks, within 90 seconds he is able to hit a leg kick so hard it knocks Velnart to the floor. Velnart is back on the floor again soon after when Sushi scores a takedown, but Velnart uses the butterfly guard to sweep and take the top position. And then nothing. I mean, literally, nothing for the rest of the round, just lots of ineffective grappling without anything working or doing anything to advance their positions. Hopefully the 2nd round will be better. Nope. Both men managed to get cut in the opening moments, Velnart hits Sushi with a jab to open his, Sushi got a clinch and landed an elbow for Velnart's cut. Sushi then jumped guard to bring the fight to the ground and that was the end of the round with 4 minutes and 10 seconds remaining. Just... nothing. Both men controlling position, Sushi just looking to sweep and Velnart just looking to lie there. Thankfully it ends before any of the fans walk out, and thankfully the third round is light years better. Sushi got the fight into the clinch straight away and was able to land some good knees to the body. Sushi then landed some knees and elbows to the head as Velnart was unable to do much in the clinch compared to his more clinch-skilled opponent. Velnart finally broke the clinch but fighting from distance allowed Sushi to land some hard leg kicks and a brutal body kick that Velnart does well to keep going from. Another body kick landed to leave a mark on the ribs of Velnart and Sushi took the opportunity to get back to the clinch. Velnart blocks some knees from Sushi but Sushi gets a body lock takedown just before the fight ends. Better go to the judges. YAY DECISIONS. Winner: Yoshi Sushi (16-5) via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Fight Rating: 36% --------------------------------- Statistics Not a great show rating as it mustered just a 171.79, and I do apologise to all the org owners out there who would pay a $50,000 for a rating that big, but for Blitzkrieg standards it's a bit of a downer. As always there were bonuses handed out to fighters who deserved them. Fight of the Night went to Jeremy Staton vs. Anatoli Valutchko, and Staton also picked up the award for Submission of the Night. KO of the Night went to Buck Naked for his Superman Punch KO of Cormac McCarthy. All those fighters picked up an extra $1,000 by way of a Blitzkrieg gift shop voucher. 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ChrisPartridge Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Is there any reason events get skipped occasionally. Just curious if you pick and choose events or skip some for a particular reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Is there any reason events get skipped occasionally. Just curious if you pick and choose events or skip some for a particular reason. Yeah, Meighen's great triumph was skipped over. You should do only the Main card if you can't do every event. The writing could be overwhelming otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPartridge Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 My 3 minute title win got overlooked . There was some great action in that very lengthy fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 I just step in when Shiv guilts me, but I'd assume Chris gets bogged down with work now and then. He might be on it, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Sorry guys it's just the Christmas rush that's got me behind, thankfully this week I've managed to get some time to get both shows done. Believe me I wanted to write out Meighen's title win! Blitzkrieg were back on Sunday 12th December for their 120th show, Blitz 120: Live After Death. I'm not going to even try to begin to understand the name, either it's a typo of Life After Death or a simplified explanation of the concept of re-incarnation. Anyway, 9,659 fans packed into the Big Kahunarena to see the show, with many excited about the Main Event of Stringer Bell vs. Busta Rhymes for the Blitz Light Heavyweight Title. ------------------------------------ Fight #1 Welterweight Division Leonid Kulminator (15-3) vs. Christian Drake (10-5) No offence to either guy but... this match is so awful that I'm not going to waste too much time writing about it. You'll see why soon enough. Kulminator dominated Round 1 with striking, but that's more from Drake throwing less strikes than Kulminator, rather than Kulminator throwing more. Kulminator does land a head kick that opens a cut on Drake, but Drake responded with a takedown. They were on the ground for about ten seconds before the round ended. Drake kept trying for a takedown in Round 2, but for the first three minutes Kulminator stopped him and landed some good kicks. Drake finally did get his takedown but did barely anything on the ground despite being in the mount for over a minute.The referee stood them up as soon as Kulminator reversed the position to take the top, and that was it for the round. Round 3 was almost identical to Round 2, very little in the way of striking and Drake got a takedown at almost the exact same time. This time Drake was a bit more dominant and landed some good ground and pound, Kulminator was unable to do much in the way of defence as Drake continued to land shots until the fight's time expired. Let's have a judges' decision: Winner: Christian Drake (11-5) via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Fight Rating: 22% (yeah, 22...) ------------------------------------ Fight #2 Middleweight Division Melvin Manhoef (12-4) vs. Pierre Tran Duc (10-2) Tran Duc joins us from the wonderful city of London, Ultimate Fight Promotions to be exact, where he was a former Middleweight champion. Manhoef is of course a former Stampede Middleweight Champion making him by far the better fighter. Don't ask why. Manhoef proved my favouritism correct by landing a hard shot early in the first round that opened up a cut under the eye of Duc. The majority of the first round takes place in the clinch which is exactly where Manhoef wants it. He lands hard knees to the body as often as he can, but the referee does break the fighters up every so often. Manhoef's stand up skills are on display for the entire second round 2 as Tran Duc can do very little to stop the onslaught of kicks that come his way. Manhoef mainly targeted the ribs with some hard kicks that left a visible bruise on the mid-section of Duc. Manhoef also lands some leg kicks and some head kicks, basically Manhoef kicks Duc a lot in various places on his body and very hard. The damage starts to become more noticeable in Round 3 when a leg kick from Manhoef sends Duc tumbling to the mat. He got up quickly but just got his leg brutalised by more kicks as the fight went on. Tran Duc finally got a takedown in round 3, after several attempts failed during the rest of the fight, but Manhoef wasted little time in reversing and moved into mount. He didn't do a lot and decided to stand up, so Tran Duc took him down again. They stayed on the ground until the fight ended, giving us another judges decision... Winner: Melvin Manhoef (13-4) via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Fight Rating: 82% ------------------------------------ Fight #3 Light Heavyweight Division Charmaine Dela Cruz (11-3) vs. Yang Leiden (12-3) You know what this card needs? A first round KO. That would be just great. After a brief period of both fighters swinging and missing Leiden took the fight into the clinch. Dela Cruz looked far more interested in breaking free than doing anything aggressive, and he paid for his inability to get away from Leiden as Leiden landed several hard punches and elbows. Leiden then moved to connecting with good knees to the body to sap away the energy supply of Dela Cruz, before an elbow on the inside caught Dela Cruz on the temple and opened up a cut. The strikes continued to land as Leiden pressed Dela Cruz up against the cage and landed some punches and a knee to the head. Leiden then landed some body shots and a right hand to the jaw leaving Dela Cruz rocked. Leiden quickly followed up with an upeprcut to the chin that sends Dela Cruz flailing to the ground. Leiden moved in to land some more hard shots as Dela Cruz struggled to defend himself, eventually the referee pulled Leiden away to give him the TKO victory. Winner: Yang Leiden (13-3) via TKO (Strikes) - 2:34 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------------ Fight #4 Featherweight Division Anderson Shelter (12-1) vs.Nikola Tesla (9-2) Shelter is another recent hiring from Ultimate Fight Promotions in London, he makes his Blitz debut here. Both fighters came out looking to do damage early on, and both men connected with some hard punches to the body. Shelter seemed more interested in taking the fight to the ground but Tesla was quick to stuff them, three times Shelter failed takedowns in the opening two minutes. The effect of that may well have been Shelter wasting energy as he was breathing heavily halfway through the first round, and this allowed Tesla to become much more dominant in the striking game. Tesla began to find a home for his jab time and time again, before a left hook set up a hard right hand that sent Shelter crashing to the canvas. Tesla stayed on his feet and told Shelter to get up, but Shelter was obviously rocked. It didn't take long for another hard right hand to connect and knock Shelter down again, but once more Tesla wasn't interested in going to the ground and waited for Shelter to get back up. Shelter tried for two pretty rubbish attempts at a takedown, and soon Tesla cracked him with a left hook that knocked him down again. This time Tesla followed up and landed some hard shots on the ground until the referee pulled him away. Winner: Nikola Tesla (10-2) via TKO (Strikes) - 4:40 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 80% ------------------------------------ Fight #5 Heavyweight Division Tarzan Taborda (11-2) vs. Ara Vahaber (16-6) The first round of the fight is all standing with the first four minutes just seeing the fighters stand and trade punches with wantan destruction on their minds. Vahaber scored with a spinning back kick at one point, defying the usual limitations of a heavyweight fighter, but aside from that despite their best intentions the fighters don't connect with strikes that often. Taborda gets a clinch towards the end of the round but only landed one strike whilst he was in there, Vahaber tried a takedown but that didn't come about. The very definition of a 10-10 round. Taborda took the fight to the clinch straight away in Round 2, Vahaber kept struggling to get free and eventually tried to pull guard and failed miserably. They went back to striking at a distance and it was Taborda that probably got the better of it, his punches were more accurate and he was able to land some good combinations. Vahaber connected with some leg kicks but was kept at a distance by Taborda's jab for the majority of the round. Round 3 was very similar for the most part, except this time Vahaber was able to avoid the jab more and land decent kicks to the body and leg of Taborda. Taborda's attempts to bring the fight back to the clinch were rebuffed by Vahaber, who then got the fight where he wanted by getting a takedown. Taborda swept to take top position, but Vahaber swept him back moments later. Then Taborda swept him again. The buzzer sounded to end the fight and stop them from rolling around on the mat. We headed to the judges for a decision... Winner: Majority DRAW~! (29-29, 29-29, 29-28 Vahaber) Fight Rating: 51% ------------------------------------ Fight #6 Heavyweight Division Craig Charyak (15-3) vs. Anton Chigurh (9-2) There's BLOOD~! right from the start as Chigurh catches Charyak with a head kick that opened up a cut over his right eye. Chigurh started landing some hard leg kicks but Charyaks's attempt at his own leg kick ended up catching Chigurh in the nuts. After a brief rest period and a confirmation that he was still a man, Chigurh got back to his feet and threw another head kick that sent Charyak stumbling to the mat. Chigurh opted to let him stand back up and take the fight into the clinch, where he landed some knees to the body and some punches on the inside that worsened Charyak's cut. Chigurgh used the Thai plumb to start throwing knees to the head of Charyak, and when one connects with the face of Charyak it opens up his cut even more. Chigurh kept the fight in the clinch, no surprise considering his domination in that position, and landed some hard punches that further worsened the cut over Charyak's eye. When I keep mentioning the cut you know where this is going. Charyak tries a desperation pulling of guard but that didn't work, and Chigurh continued his clinchwork dominance with some more hard punches. The referee seperates them so that the doctor, Dr. Mark Sloan, can look at the cut. He said there was no way Charyak could continue, then busted out a pretty decent clarinet solo. Winner: Anton Chigurh (10-2) via TKO (Cut) - 3:03 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------------ Fight #7 Light Heavyweight Division Dave Bautista (11-5) vs. Kurokawa Kenji (8-2) Strike Defence is a vital part of any fighter's skillset and Kurokawa Kenji proved this definitively in this fight. In the first round Bautista was far more aggressive than Kenji, but Kenji avoided nearly all his punches and countered with strikes whenver possible. Bautista looked to take the fight into the clinch but Kenji kept him away and landed some good shots to the body. Bautista tried countering Kenji as well and probably landed more strikes that way. Bautista was much more accurate in Round 2 but so was Kenji, and whilst Bautista was landing good single shots Kenji was landing with combinations and still countering whenever Bautista didn't connect. Bautista finally got the fight into the clinch in Round 3 but it turned out to be a bit of a mistake as Kenji looked the stronger fighter in the clinch too. Kenji landed a significant amount of body punches before escaping the clinch and landing some more. As the fight continued Kenji continued to land hard shots whilst Bautista was struggling again with consistently landing strikes. Bautista started to look to step up his game and get a finish but he was too busy defending the strikes Kenji was throwing to concentrate on landing his own. A quick check at the statistics shows Bautista with a 28% strike success, and Kenji with 40%. Boy, the air inside the cage sure took a battering in that fight. We headed to the judges for another decision... Winner: Kurokawa Kenji (9-2) via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Fight Rating: 63% ------------------------------------ Fight #8 Super Heavyweight Divsion Ryan Noonan (8-3) vs. Jimmy Johnson (6-0) We started off with the guaranteed cutting tool, the HEAD KICK, enhancing it's reputation further when a Johnson head kick cut open Noonan. It didn't seem to affect him too much as Noonan's head movement was very strong and he avoided several Johnson punches whilst also landing with some hard shots of his own. Noonan moved the fight into the clinch and landed some hard body punches that start to wear down Johnson, then a short punch that opens up a cut over Johnson's left eye. Noonan keeps Johnson in the clinch for the remainder of the round and lands shot after shot with Johnson doing very little in retaliation. In fact in the last two minutes of the first round the only mention of Johnson is when his cut gets worse. Yup, you know what's coming. But WHEN~?! Noonan immediately takes the fight into the clinch at the start of Round 2 which has to be bad news for Johnson. Noonan continued to beat Johnson into a human-shaped bloody pulp. Noonan connected with another series of hard punches which made that cut even worse. The referee intervened and brought in ringside physician Dr. Julius Hibbert who, as always, decided to call the fight off. Hehehe. Winner: Ryan Noonan (9-3) via TKO (Cut) - 2:29 of Round 2 Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------------ SEMI MAIN EVENT Light Heavyweight Division Silvio Riscatelli (13-3) vs. Phil Hellmuth (11-3) This fight ended up being a lesson in how clinchwork is such an important part of the game. The fight started with Riscatelli doing everything within his power to get the fight to the mat, but Hellmuth stuffed all his takedown attempts quite easily. Despite his desperation to get Hellmuth to the floor, Riscatelli was actually doing a pretty decent job in the stand-up game landing some good shots when he was striking from a distance. Unfortunately for Riscatelli it wasn't long before Hellmuth clinched him up, and that was where the fight stayed for the rest of Round 1. I counted 24 strikes in the final minute of the round, using my MATH SKILLZ~! I can tell you that would be 1,440 strikes an hour. Maybe we should have 1 hour rounds. Round 2 wasn't much better for Riscatelli, he had another takedown stuffed early in the round and Hellmuth got the clinch again very quickly. For almost the entire remaining time in the round Hellmuth continuously landed strikes from the clinch, Riscatelli probably felt a bit like the bag of meat in Rocky IV by the time Round 2 ended. Round 3 was even worse for Riscatelli, if such a thing is even possible, as Hellmuth got the clinch straight as the round started and went on to continue destroying Riscatelli's body systematically. At one point Riscatelli got rocked by a hard left hand but Hellmuth opted to attack the body instead of the head which probably saved Riscatelli from a KO. On the flip side, a KO would have prevented another four minutes of punches. The fight came to an end much to Riscatelli's relief. Let's have a look at the FIGHT STATS~! which tell us that Riscatelli failed with 21 takedown attempts, and Hellmuth landed 185 strikes in the clinch with an accuracy of 93.9%. Let's go to the judges for what should be an obvious decision... Winner: Phil Hellmuth (12-3) via Unanimous Decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-25) Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------------ MAIN EVENT Blitzkrieg Light Heavyweight Title Stringer Bell (17-3) vs. Busta Rhymes (15-3) This is the 1200th fight in Blitzkrieg history! Rhymes started the fight trying to get a takedown, he tried three in the first minute, but Bell was able to stuff each one and keep the fight standing. Bell was the better striker on the feet and landed some good shots, whilst Rhymes was more interested in the occasional counter punch and getting the fight to the ground. Rhymes eventually got his wish but only when Bell initiated a clinch and pulled guard, and Bell quickly got a sweep to take top position in full mount, thankfully for Rhymes the round soon came to an end. Round 2 continued in a similar vein but Rhymes tried a bit harder with his stand up to keep the pressure on Bell. Bell on the other hand seemed completely focused on his gameplan of keeping the fight standing and dominating with his striking. Bell was by far the more accurate boxer and landed more shots throughout the round, Rhymes eventually gave in and went for a couple of takedowns at the end of the round that Bell was able to sprawl on and counter with hard shots. Round 3 was more of the same, again Bell was the dominant fighter on the feet whilst Rhymes put all his effort into trying to finally secure a takedown. He didn't. Rhymes became more aggressive in his striking but that just allowed Bell to start countering more, and he did so with some decent success. By the end of Round 3 Rhymes had attempted eight takedowns in the fight with Bell not seemingly troubled by any of them. Rhymes attempted his ninth takedown at the start of Round 4 but Bell was still in no mood to go down. Rhymes then moved in to try a combination but Bell avoided it and landed a hard series of strikes right to the temple of Rhymes. Suddenly the referee moved in to stop the fight, much to the bemusement of the fans but after it was shown on the BlitzScreen that Rhymes was glassy-eyed and looked completely out of it the decision was understood. Bell makes another successful defence of his Blitzkrieg Light Heavyweight title, and it's his eleventh victory in Blitzkrieg. He's tied for second place, but who has the most Blitz victories? Find out at the end of this report! Winner: Stringer Bell (18-3) via TKO (Strikes) - 0:37 of Round 4 Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------------ Statistics Blitz 120: Live After Death scored a pretty high rating of , putting it into the top 10 all-time Blitz rated shows. Admittedly, it's 10th. As always there were bonuses handed out to those who were deemed to have achieved success in the field of excellence. Fight of the Night was given to the Main Event contest between Stringer Bell and Busta Rhymes, whilst KO of the Night was given to Yang Leiden. All three fighters gained an extra $1,000 for their hard work. A: MAGNUM PI~! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 Blitzkrieg were back on Saturday 18th December for their show Blitz 121: Killing the Dragon. Or if you read the poster, Blitz 121: Slaying the Dragon. Either way I don't see what Ricky Steamboat has done to warrant such drastic action. There were 6,208 fans in the Pipeline in Hilo to witness the event, headlined by high-level Welterweight Waldorf Astoria make his Blitzkrieg debut against another debutant, former Konflikt Welterweight Champion Mickey Noonan. ------------------------------- Fight #1 Featherweight Division Rusty Trombone (15-9) vs. Jake LaMotta (13-5) ------------------ Round 1 Both men were very aggressive from the start but it was LaMotta who was the far more accurate fighter and was constantly landing strikes. Unfortunately for Trombone one of LaMotta's leg kicks landed right in his groin. Trombone started to find his range as the round went on, at one point landing a head kick but LaMotta continued his barrage of accurate strikes, before taking the fight into the clinch where he lands a few more shots. Trombone tries to pull guard but it fails miserably, and he finishes the round on his back. Round 2 LaMotta continues to land strikes in Round 2, kicks and punches constantly connecting with the head and body of Trombone, but Trombone was able to get a trip takedown into side control. LaMotta wasted little time getting back to full guard, then getting a sweep to take the top position. The remainder of the round took place on the ground, LaMotta posturing up when possible to land ground and pound, with Trombone doing very little to get into a more productive position. Round 3 More domination from LaMotta this round, and from looking at the fight stats he landed 69 strikes standing up compared to just 13 by Trombone. Trombone tried to take the fight to the ground at least three times during the final round, most likely as a way to stop being punched in the face, but LaMotta kept the fight standing and continued on his merry striking way. After one attempted takedown Trombone got caught by a kick to the side of the head, and LaMotta kept on landing strikes until the end of the fight. Easy judges decision here, 30-27 from each judge for LaMotta. Winner: Jake LaMotta (14-5) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 77% ------------------------------- Fight #2 Middleweight Division Gregory Bramer (11-5) vs. Dave Stackhouse (9-4) ------------------ Round 1 Things don't start off very well for Stackhouse when a jab from Bramer opens up a cut under his left eye. Apart from that though Stackhouse does a good job with his striking, countering when Bramer moves in to try and clinch and also scoring with some hard punches to the ribs of Bramer. Bramer is determined to try and clinch but Stackhouse keeps him at bay well, before shooting in from a long way out and getting a takedown, landing in side control. Stackhouse landed some good ground and pound after advancing to mount, rocking Bramer, however Stackhouse couldn't get the finish before the round ended. Round 2 Bramer landed some decent strikes to start the round but was soon on his back again courtesy a Stackhouse takedown. Stackhouse tried for an armbar but Bramer was able to roll through superbly and ended up taking top position in the mount. Bramer's ground strikes are not as strong as Stackhouse's were though, which allowed Stackhouse to get back to half guard. Stackhouse went for a kimura that Bramer blocked, then a guillotine choke just before the round ended. Round 3 The fight moved into the clinch for the significant majority of the final round, and it was Stackhouse who was again dominant in this position. A tired Bramer only mustered 17 attempted strikes in the round, only 2 of which connected, whilst Stackhouse landed 30 out of his 50 attempts. The fight went to the judges again, and they all scored it 29-28 for Stackhouse, all three giving him Rounds 1 and 3. Winner: Dave Stackhouse (10-4) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------- Fight #3 Welterweight Division Jake Tyler (11-4) vs. Sunny Supernova (10-1) ------------------ Round 1 Tyler came out looking for a takedown early on but Supernova was quick to get him out of the way and remain standing. Supernova was the superior striker in the round, but Tyler managed to land his own good shots in between failed takedown attempts. Tyler finally got the fight to the ground with over a minute left, but Supernova did a very good job of neutralising Tyler from any attempted movement into a better position, staying in full guard until the round ended. Round 2 Tyler got a takedown early in the second round and that allowed him to dominate proceedings until Supernova executed a sweep to take the top position. He attempted an arm triangle that didn't quite work, then a second attempt which was even less likely to be secured. Supernova opted to stand up but got taken down again almost immediately, Tyler then laid and prayed for the remainder of the round. Round 3 Tyler tried three takedowns in the first minute of the final round, each one nicely avoided by Supernova. Another takedown attempt gets stuffed and allows Supernova to land a crisp jab and a head kick that does enough to leave Tyler rocked. Supernova lands a leg kick, Tyler failed another takedown, but eventually at his fifth attempt he is successful and gets Supernova to the ground. Supernova immediately kicked him away and stood up. Supernova landed another leg kick as Tyler moved in for another takedown, and there was one more failed takedown attempt before the fight ended. Overall Tyler was successful with 4 out of 15 takedown attempts. All the judges gave Supernova rounds 1 and 3, making him the Unanimous Decision winner. Winner: Sunny Supernova (11-1) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 49% ------------------------------- Fight #4 Light Heavyweight Division Egill Skallagrimsson (13-8) vs. Ares Constantinides (11-6-1) ------------------ I'm pretty sure this is some kind of cruel joke against me. But I shall overcome it by calling them Egill and Ares. Round 1 Egill came out the far more aggressive striker but he was missing accuracy, he threw seven strikes in about 20 seconds, all of which Ares avoided. Ares then got a good takedown to land in side control, and started to land strikes when possible. Ares then moved into the mount and Egill was in all sorts of trouble. Ares continued to land small strikes to soften Egill up, before a big right hand connected and knocked Egill out cold. Ares jumped up to celebrate before the referee could even intervene, he takes a good TKO victory. Winner: Ares Constantinides (12-6-1) via TKO (Strikes) - 2:25 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 62% ------------------------------- Fight #5 Middleweight Division Bumba Motumbo (13-3) vs. Nickolas Bryant (9-4) ------------------ Round 1 After Motumbo dominates the first minute with a series of hard leg kicks the fight moves into the clinch. For the next four minutes both fighters land a ridiculous amount of strikes, with Motumbo at one point landing a solid elbow shot that opens up a cut under the right eye of Bryant. Bryant puts an end to the constant striking with an attempt at a takedown, and after a brief struggle and despite Motumbo's best attempts at defending, he gets it. Motumbo quickly scrambles to take the top position, but the round soon ends. Round 2 Motumbo again dominates the stand up from a distance with some vicious kicks, Bryant tries his best to check them or avoid them but a lot of them get through and punish his leg and body. Bryant does manage to get Motumbo in a Thai Clinch and unleashed a hard knee to the face that cut Motumbo under his left eye. Despite his laceration it was Motumbo who did more damage from the clinch in this round, outscoring Bryant with strikes consistently whilst also defending against Bryant's attempted takedowns from the clinch. Round 3 A tired Bryant resorts to a lazy takedown attempt early in the final round, Motumbo avoids it easily and goes back to landing his hard leg and body kicks. Motumbo's punching is not his strong point but the lack of energy Bryant has means he is unable to avoid them. Another takedown from Bryant got stuffed, and Motumbo moved into the clinch where he again started to dominate. After 2 minutes of hard punches, knees and elbows to the head and body, Bryant finally changes things up and gets a takedown. However Motumbo controls him easily from the bottom, meaning the last minute of the round is uneventful. Motumbo took the fight from all three judges, 30-27 from one and 29-28 from the others. Winner: Bubba Motumbo (14-3) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 77% ------------------------------- Fight #6 Heavyweight Division John Farson (5-0) vs. Mike Underhill (9-3) ------------------ Round 1 There's not a lot to say about the first round, it was just two big guys standing and throwing punches at each other. Farson was by far the more accurate striker, landing hard single shots as well as combinations, and also a good leg kick to keep things varied. Underhill tried for one takedown in the round but seemed to give up on future attempts after seeing how easily Farson stopped it. Underhill looked pretty tired at the end of the round, probably not what you want to be against a fighter like Farson. Round 2 More dominant striking from Farson as Underhill was starting to be lethargic, Farson landed with good shots consistently throughout the round, but Underhill did get a couple of good shots in when he wasn't busy trying to protect himself. Towards the end of the round Underhill tried for a takedown again but it was a bit of a hopeless effort that Farson was never in much danger from. Round 3 The inevitable became reality early in the third round as Underhill became more and more erratic with his punches, allowing Farson to move in and connect with punches at will. It all came to a conclusion when Farson caught Underhill with a hard straight left, Underhill's legs buckled and he hit the canvas. Farson was quick to dive on top and begin unleashing hard punches, and the referee stepped in and pulled Farson away to get him a TKO victory, Winner: John Farson (6-0) via TKO (Strikes) - 1:58 of Round 3 Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------- Fight #7 Middleweight Division Jake Franklin (15-5) vs. Steve Nieve (12-4) ------------------ Nieve is not a good name for me right now, seeing as I'm stuck at work whilst 4-6 inches of snow falls outside... Round 1 Nieve's gameplan was evident from the start as he looked to clinch quite a lot, Franklin kept away from it though for the first few minutes but struggled to connect with the strikes he was throwing. Nieve finally got his clinch and spent two minutes landing hard knees to the body and head of Franklin. Franklin managed to break the clinch but was caught by a series of hard leg kicks before the round ended. Round 2 Nieve's kicks were back in the second round, again connecting with hard leg kicks but also the occasional body kick to the ribs and a kick to the head. They spent a brief period of time in the clinch where again Nieve is the more successful fighter with his variety of knee strikes. The clinch is broken and again Nieve comes back with some vicious kicks, he connected with about seven or eight before Franklin attempted a takedown that Nieve was able to block. Round 3 The fighters were in and out of the clinch quite often during Round 3, however surprisingly it was Nieve who chose to break on both occasions despite having the upper hand. Franklin was still trying to get the fight to the ground but Nieve wasn't going to let him, instead Nieve connects with two successive head kicks. The judges scored the fight 30-26 across the board for Nieve, not surprising considering the statistics - Nieve connected with 46 strikes out of an attempted 85, Franklin just 6 out of 38. Winner: Steve Nieve (13-4) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 58% ------------------------------- Fight #8 Lightweight Division Tyrone Eastman (8-1) vs. Ratrick Obeh (12-1-2) ------------------ Round 1 It's certainly Obeh's first round as he is fairly dominant in the stand-up, he tried to clinch often and land as many strikes as he could, however Eastman was quick to break as often as possible. It ends up not being the best idea to be out of the clinch though as Obeh proved himself to be the more accurate striker, at one point landing a hard head kick which opened up a cut under the right eye of Eastman. Damn those razor sharp shins. It seemed to hinder Eastman's strike defence as Obeh landed a couple of good combinations before the round ended. Round 2 More good work from Obeh in Round 2, early on he landed a nice punch and a body kick, whilst also repelling Eastman from an attempted takedown. Eastman tried and failed three takedown attempts during the first couple of minutes, before Obeh moved into the clinch and landed a decent number of strikes before Eastman could get away. Outside the clinch Obeh connected with a good left hook that worsened Eastman's cut, and Eastman failed on another takedown attempt soon after. The fighters tried their best but in the last 90 seconds barely any of the strikes they threw connected with their opponent. Round 3 Eastman did a lot better this round, getting a takedown early on after landing a hard uppercut. Eastman controlled Obeh for a long time before the referee decided there wasn't enough action and stood them up, only for Eastman to get a second takedown straight away. Eastman did well to get into full mount but did absolutely nothing with his good position, only half-heartedly going for submissions and not landing any strikes. Considering he needed a finish it was a pretty dumb strategy, and he paid for it when all three judges gave the fight 29-28 to Ratrick Obeh. Winner: Ratrick Obeh (13-1-2) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 70% ------------------------------- CO-MAIN EVENT Heavyweight Division Vinnie Barbarino (9-1) vs. He Man (12-3) ------------------ Round 1 It was all Barbarino in the opening couple of minutes as he started off very aggressively, landing hard punches in bunches, and Man tried some punches of his own but missed each time. Man tried to clinch but was kept away by Barbarino, he then tried to shoot in for a takedown but Barbarino was able to keep it standing. Barbarino landed some more hard shots before going for a takedown of his own, and he got it. Barbarino was content to just sit in guard and land strikes, one of which opened up a cut over Man's left eye. Barbarino continued to land hard strikes as the round progresses, every so often one lands right on the cut of Man and makes it even worse. Barbarino gets through into mount and continues to drop hard shots, making that cut spew blood like a burst pipe all over the canvas. Barbarino continues to land punch after punch until the referee stops him, but it's only to check the cut on He Man's face. It's too bad, and Dr. John Zoidberg decides that he cannot continue. Never mind that there was only 1 second left in the round... Winner: Vinnie Barbarino (10-1) via TKO (Cut) - 4:59 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 44% ------------------------------- MAIN EVENT Welterweight Division Waldorf Astoria (16-4) vs. Mickey Noonan (11-1) ------------------ Round 1 It's a bit of a STAND-UP WAR~! in Round 1 as kicks take on punches in the Battle of the Strikes. It's Astoria throwing most of the kicks and Noonan throwing most of the punches, and both men connect frequently. I'm actually lying here because Astoria is not just landing kicks but punches as well, including several hard body shots that do a number on Noonan's energy levels. Noonan tried for a takedown but Astoria was easily able to keep it standing, and continues to hit Noonan with hard kicks and punches. Noonan tried another takedown at the end of the round but Astoria stuffed it and thumped him with a head kick for having the nerve to try. Round 2 Astoria continues on his merry way landing so many strikes I can barely keep up with them, Noonan tries his best but his lack of energy seems to be affecting his accuracy, whilst Astoria just keeps swinging away like the Energizer Bunny. The damage being done to Noonan's body is plain for everyone to see, he has a visible welt on his leg from where the low kicks have buried into the flesh, visible swelling on his face, as well as a bruise on his ribs from the punches and body kicks. Round 3 More of the same from Astoria as the relentless pace continues, more punches and kicks landing and Noonan is barely able to stay in the fight. The statistics are incredible reading, Astoria landed 213 strikes out of a possible 217, a success rate of 98%. Noonan landed 7 out of 90 and missed two takedowns. I think it's one of most one-sided fights that has been all-stand up I've seen so far. Noonan was rocked late in the final round but Astoria didn't get the opportunity to finish him off, so Noonan can at least say he survived the fight. All the judges scored it 30-25, only the first round a 10-9, all to a very impressive Waldorf Astoria. Winner: Waldorf Astoria (17-4) by Unanimous Annihilation Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------- Statistics The show scored a rating of 190.48, a very respectable score considering there was no title up for grabs on the show. Some awards were handed out for those who deserved them, KO Of The Night went to John Farson, whilst Dave Stackhouse vs. Gregory Bramer took home the Fight of the Night honours. Each of those men picked up an extra $1,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Blitzkrieg were back on Sunday 19th December for Blitz 122: Holy Diver, home of the biggest Heavyweight fight of all time. A full house of 10,000 people were on hand in the Big Kahunarena to witness the biggest Heavyweight fight of all time, as Travis Reed (Blitzkrieg Heavyweight Champion) took on Starship Pain (CFC Heavyweight Champion) in a SUPERFIGHT~! to determine the best Heavyweight in the world today. There were some other matches but nobody really paid to see them. They paid to see the biggest Heavyweight fight of all time. ------------------------------- Fight #1 Lightweight Division Franz Ritter (9-2) vs. Cody Willis (7-3) ------------------ Round 1 Positioning was the main cause of concern for both fighters during the first round, Ritter wanted the fight in the clinch or on the ground, Willis wanted to keep it standing. Ritter got a clinch on several occasions but Willis was always quick to break away before he could land any strikes, and he landed some decent shots when possible. Ritter finally got a meaningful clinch that allowed him to get the fight to the ground, but after a minute of pressure Willis was able to get a switch to get into full mount, however time ran out before he could do anything. Round 2 Willis immediately caught Ritter with a jab early in the round that opened up a cut under Ritter's right eye, but the remainder of the round went Ritter's way. Despite failing with every takedown he attempted he was able to keep Willis against the cage for over half the round, not doing a whole lot of striking action but keeping control of the fight and stopping Willis from responding. When the clinch was finally broken it was Ritter than landed a hard series of shot that Willis was barely able to survive. Round 3 Ritter failed three takedowns in the early part of the round, he failed FIFTEEN in the fight in total, but his ability to get the fight into the clinch was proving to be decisive. They went in and out of the clinch on six separate occasions during the final round, each time Willis was able to get out of it but Ritter did some damage during the time they were there. The fight itself wasn't a striking clinic, Ritter landed 20 strikes, Willis landed 17. Maybe that's why all the judges scored it 30-27 to Franz Ritter. Winner: Franz Ritter (10-2) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 65% ------------------------------- Fight #2 Heavyweight Division Kristofy Napps (12-5) vs. Cohen Maloney (17-8) ------------------ Round 1 This was not the biggest Heavyweight fight of all time. The first strike of the fight was an uppercut from Napps that opens up a cut over the right eye of Maloney. Maloney spent most of the first two minutes trying to clinch but Napps kept him away and landed some more punches, Maloney did manage to land a head kick though. Maloney seemed a bit tired after just the first minute, allowing Napps the time to pick his shots and worsen that cut over his eye. Another hard cross landed and made the cut worse, before a left/right hand combination dropped Maloney to the canvas. Napps waved him back to his feet but the referee intervened to have a look at the cut, and as usual the ringside doctor, Dr. Isaac Yankem, decided to call a halt to the contest due to the cut. Winner: Kristofy Napps (13-5) via TKO (Cut) - 1:37 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------- Fight #3 Super Heavyweight Division Heffo Klumpo (8-2) vs. John Franklin (9-4) ------------------ Round 1 Early in the fight Franklin landed a hard jab that opened up a cut under Klumpo's left eye, and that set the tone for the remainder of the round. Franklin was pretty dominant for the first five minutes, not landing a whole lot of shots but certainly controlling the pace and position of the fight. Klumpo attempted 9 takedowns during the first round, each one failing miserably and using up a lot of energy. Round 2 Klumpo was much more successful in Round 2 as early on he landed that vicious knife-edge head kick that keeps cutting people open, and with Franklin possibly affected by the new cut under his eye Klumpo was able to move forward and finally get a takedown. There wasn't much action on the ground so the referee stood them up, but after both men had connected with some hard shots Klumpo got his second takedown and stayed there until the end of the round. Round 3 Despite Klumpo's efforts early in the round it was Franklin that scored the first takedown of the final round, but Klumpo soon used his ground skills to get a sweep and take the top. Both men went for submissions but neither were close to being locked in, and soon the referee had stood them up. For the final 90 seconds it was Klumpo who upped his game and started to land hard shots Franklin was far less aggressive and probably paid for it on the scorecards. All the judges scored it 29-28 for Klumpo. Winner: Heffo Klumpo (9-2) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 83% ------------------------------- Fight #4 Featherweight Division Passthe Bong (9-1) vs. Eli Gull (10-3-1) ------------------ Round 1 The first round was on the feet for the first 4 and a half minutes despite Gull trying to get the fight to the ground on several occasions. When it came to actual striking the two fighters were very closely matched, both in terms of accuracy and aggression. The PBP says that Bong "dominated" the first round but from my perspective it was pretty much even, especially seeing as Gull scored a takedown and kept Bong on his back for the last thirty seconds of the round. Round 2 This one wasn't an even round. Gull connected with a straight right hand and then a hard uppercut to the chin that left Bong rocked. One more straight left and Bong was down on the canvas looking to try and survive, Gull dived in and started raining down some bombs, and the referee stepped in to pull him away. Winner: Eli Gull (11-3-1) via TKO (Strikes) - 0:20 of Round 2 Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------- Fight #5 Middleweight Division Shachlo Popyachtsa (16-8) vs. Damian Roshan (15-7) ------------------ Round 1 Roshan came out the more aggressive fighter with a good mix of strikes and takedown attempts. Whilst his first try at getting a takedown failed he soon landed a hard counter right hand that cut Popyachtsa, then shot in to get a takedown and land in full mount. Roshan spent three minutes in the mount but couldn't put Popyachtsa away, to his credit Popyachtsa did a good job of struggling to avoid being controlled, and he is able to survive the round without being hit with too many shots. Round 2 Roshan is desperate for the takedown again and he gets one at his third attempt, but before he does is lands a series of good shots. Popyachtsa worked hard from the bottom and looked for submissions whenever possible, he nearly managed to secure an arm triangle but Roshan's defence is good. Roshan got through to side control which allowed him to land some hard elbows, but the action tapers off towards the end of the round. Round 3 It's all standing in the final round but things don't get any better for Popyachtsa, Roshan's striking game appears to be well ahead of his and Roshan landed a number of good shots throughout the round, even when Popyachtsa becomes more aggressive looking for a finish. The basic stats show that Popyachtsa landed 13 strikes in the fight, Roshan landed 41, 15 of them on the ground. Despite the close stats the judges all scored it 30-26 for Rosham, with round 1 as a 10-8. Winner: Damian Roshan (16-7) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 61% ------------------------------- Fight #6 Middleweight Division Richard Bennett (9-1) vs. Akio Takada (12-4) ------------------ Round 1 It was a very close first round with both men not afraid to stand and trade punches, however Takada started to look for takedowns and got one halfway through the round. The fighters jostled for position for a while but soon the lack of action had the referee standing them up. For the last two minutes of the round it was Bennett who landed the most shots, including a spinning back kick at one point, whilst Takada tried and failed at another takedown. Round 2 Takada tried for three takedowns in the first two minutes of the round but Bennett was able to keep the fight standing with a certain amount of ease. Bennett managed to land a good jab on a few occasions but eventually Takada's persistance paid off and he got a double leg takedown into half guard. Again there was little action on the ground so they were stood up, and both men landed good punches and kicks before the round ended. Round 3 Bennett landed a body kick and a shot to the liver before Takada caught a body kick and scored a takedown into side control. Bennett got back to half guard but Takada maintained his control, he tried to land ground and pound but Bennett did a good job of avoiding the heavier strikes. Takada tried a guillotine but it was never going to work, and the referee soon decided to stand them up. However Bennett is unable to connect with anything before Takada takes him down again, once again into side control where he lands some good strikes to the head and body of Bennett before the fight ends. The judges score it 30-27, 30-28 and 29-28, all three giving it to Akio Takada. Winner: Akio Takada (13-4) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 65% ------------------------------- Fight #7 Featherweight Division Shane Falco (11-1) vs. Johnny Quid (10-2) ------------------ Round 1 Both men are aggressive in their stand-up and looking to connect as often as possible, and in the first couple of minutes it's nearly impossible to separate them. Falco moved the fight into the clinch which brought the action to a juddering halt, both fighters looked to stall and weren't going for many strikes, but it was Falco who controlled the position for the most part. Falco landed a good couple of strikes before the round ended, whilst Quid started to focus on leg kicks. Round 2 Although the round was all on the feet again there was a surprising lack of action, and what action there was involved the fighters missing a lot of their attempted strikes. Falco landed a good shot to the jaw but Quid started to look for a clinch. Falco was able to keep separation for a while and land good strikes when Quid moved in, but Quid eventually got the clinch and he kept control for the remainder of the round landing some good shots. Round 3 Quid got the clinch and began to land some more decent shots, Falco landed some of his own but it was Quid in control. The clinch was broken and they went back to striking from a distance where Quid was outscoring and out striking Falco quite often. Quid connected with a good combination that opened up a cut on Falco, then a second combination that left Falco rocked. Quid went in for the kill with some wild hooks but Falco was able to avoid them and regain his senses. Quid was able to land a couple more shots before the fight ended, and the judges scored it 30-28, 30-27 and 29-29 to give Quid a majority decision victory. Winner: Johnny Quid (11-2) via Majority Decision Fight Rating: 88% ------------------------------- Fight #8 Middleweight Division Scott Spade (16-4) vs. Hiro Protagonist (12-3) ------------------ Round 1 The first round spends 4 and a half minutes inside the clinch which suits Spade perfectly. For the whole rounded he landed far more strikes and kept Protagonist backed up against the cage for the majority of it. The domination of Spade is not helped by Protagonist not looking to strike very often, he seemed more interested in trying to break free of the clinch than be aggressive. Round 2 Protagonist kept the fight out of the clinch for most of this round and the difference was obvious. Spade did try to keep getting the clinch but Protagonist kept him away, allowing him to be a much better striker on the outside. Protagonist landed several decent shots in the final minute of the round, one of which sent Spade stumbling backwards into the cage but he was able to see out the round in one piece. Round 3 The whole of the final round was outside of the clinch, so Protagonist again had the advantage for most of it. Looking at the stats you can see why the fight ended up as it did, Spade connected with 10 punches outside the clinch and 74 inside the clinch, most of them in the first round, whilst Protagonist landed 54 outside the clinch and 4 inside the clinch. The fight was ruled a majority draw, one judge giving it 29-27 to Protagonist, the other two scoring it 28-28. Result: Majority Draw Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------- Semi Main Event Middleweight Division Harjan Varsi (17-6) vs. Dirk Richter (9-2) ------------------ Round 1 There were leg kicks all over the place in the opening minute of the round, both fighters connect with a few but probably miss more than they hit. As the fight moved on Varsi started to throw more punches and they were landing a lot, particularly with shots to the body. Richter started to connect with some good leg kicks, but his attempt at a takedown was easily stuffed by Varsi. Varsi started to land shots even more frequently including some combinations, before he connected with a hard overhand left that caught Richter right on the chin. Richter was rocked and Varsi was quick to follow up with a left hook that dropped Richter to the canvas. Varsi followed him down and started landing some hard ground and pound before the referee could intercept him. Varsi was pulled away and picked up an impressive KO victory. Winner: Harjan Varsi (18-6) via KO (Punch) - 3:43 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 97% ------------------------------- MAIN EVENT Heavyweight Division Travis Reed (11-0) vs. Starship Pain (14-2) ------------------ Round 1 In case I haven't mentioned it, this is the biggest Heavyweight fight of all time. Reed connected with the first major strike, a hard leg kick to the thigh of Pain, but Pain responded with a jab. Reed landed another leg kick, and all of a sudden the PBP is telling me that Starship Pain is gassed after about twenty seconds in the fight. Wow, that's strange considering this is the biggest Heavyweight fight of all time. Pain landed a punch but he shot in for an obvious takedown that Reed easily avoided. Reed landed a decent jab and a good leg kick, followed by a nice straight right hand. Reed then connected with a hook, then quickly followed up with a big right hand that sent Pain crashing to the mat! Reed signalled for him to get up, and although he did so Pain was looking like a beaten man in the biggest Heavyweight fight of all time. A few moments later he was a beaten man, Reed faked a leg kick and threw a Superman punch that connected right on the jaw! Pain went down again, and this time he was down and out. Travis Reed circled away to celebrate his victory in this, the biggest Heavyweight fight of all time, whilst medical personnel attended to Starship Pain. Winner: Travis Reed (12-0) via KO (Superman Punch) - 1:29 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------- Statistics The biggest Heavyweight fight of all time helped Blitzkrieg rack up a massive 255.23 rating, the third highest Blitz event rating of all time and the highest non-PPV. Travis Reed not only moved up to #3 in the P4P rankings (and #1 Heavyweight), but he took home an extra $1,000 for KO of the Night. Fight of the Night was given to Hiro Protagonist and Scott Spade for their epic draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted December 29, 2010 Report Share Posted December 29, 2010 Blitzkrieg were back on Christmas Day for their latest show Blitz 123: End of Amnesia, or if you read the poster Blitz 125: End of Amnesia. I'm pretty sure it's 123. 9,958 fans packed into the Big Kahunarena for the show, many of whom may have received free tickets as a "present" from the Blitzkrieg owners. Main eventing the show was a Heavyweight clash between Aloha Hoi and Mana Oregan, with the winner possibly being the man who left more out for Santa the night before. ------------------------------- The first fight of the night was in the Welterweight division, with Leonid Kulminator (15-4) taking on Eliza Marie (9-5). It was a dominant performance from Kulminator with him scoring takedowns early in both the first and second rounds. From there he would attempt submission after submission after submission, to the extent that in the near 10 minutes they were on the ground he only landed 2 strikes. There were 10 submission attempts in total, all of which Marie defended capably. The third round was on the feet but Kulminator was dominant there too, landing 48 strikes compared to Marie's 1, and eventually taking the win via KO with a hard right hook with only 2 seconds left in the fight. Winner: Leonid Kulminator (16-4) via KO (Punch) - 4:58 of Round 3 Fight Rating: 47% ------------------------------- Odda Nabonaga (10-2) took on Frank Mason (9-6) in the Heavyweight division in one of the few fights during the show that didn't make the third round. It wasn't a good start for Mason as a quick right hand opened up a cut, but his strike defence was usually pretty good and Nabonaga landed less than half of his attempted strikes during the fight. Mason wasn't much more accurate to be honest but his punches seemed to have more power behind them as evidenced when a big combination connected and dropped Nabonaga. Mason was quick to pounce and unleash some hard punches on the ground until the referee pulled him away to give him a TKO victory. Winner: Frank Mason (10-6) via TKO (Strikes) - 2:50 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------- Next up was a Lightweight division bout between Roby Smith (9-4) and Alexander Dunn (10-5). The fight was three rounds of exciting punch and kick trading between the two fighters, with both men connecting with a significant number of strikes. They spent some time in the clinch in Round 1 which seemed to suit Smith quite well,he was the more aggressive fighter certainly, but Dunn did his best to land some shots in retaliation. Round 2 featured the only moment of the fight where a finish looked possible, Smith rocked Dunn with a crisp jab but a kick to the body wasn't enough to put Dunn away and he regained his senses shortly afterwards. Round 3 saw Dunn be much more aggressive but he missed most of the punches he threw, in total during the fight Smith had a strike percentage of 56%, Dunn struggled with just 28%. In the end the judges all scored it 30-27 for Roby Smith. Winner: Roby Smith (10-4) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 92% ------------------------------- In the Featherweight division we got to see Joao Pequeno (9-3) take on Luther Pope (11-4) in what turned out to be another stand up war. The whole fight took place mainly in the clinch which seemed to suit both fighters quite well, but there were also soem exciting periods of action when the fighters were striking from a distance. Pope took the first round by being more aggressive than anything else, it would have been hard to seperate them but Pope was relentless in his striking attempts even if they weren't all that accurate. As the fight moved on Pope's energy levels stopped him from continuing that pace, and Pequeno was able to get the fight to the clinch and land a lot of shots during Round 2. At one point a short right hand rocked Pope, but Pequeno was unable to finish him off. Round 3 was very similar to the previous rounds with it just being whoever landd the most strikes winning the round, and again Pequeno was able to dominate from the clinch, not allowing Pope many opportunities to connect with good strikes. Overall in the fight from the clinch Pequeno landed 47 strikes at 79%, Pope only landed 16 with a poor accuracy rating of 16%. The judges all scored it 29-28 for Pequeno. Winner: Joao Pequeno (10-3) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 87% ------------------------------- The next fight was from the Middleweight division with Xander Arapeta (8-4) taking on Jacre de Booza (11-4). It was another fight that went the full 15 minutes but was nowhere near the level of the previous two fights. The first round went to the ground very early on when De Booza got a takedown, and from there he attempted a few submissions but got caught by the MMA Tycoon Leglock Reversal System. and Arapeta ended up llaying on top for the next three minutes doing absolutely nothing. The next two rounds were all on the feet which made for a bit more excitement, Arapeta was persistant in his sttempts at landing leg kicks whilst De Booza was insistent on getting the fight to the floor, in Rounds 2 and 3 De Booza tried and failed with 10 takedown attempts. Yet somehow he was still the more dominant fighter in the striking game, landing 18 out of 58 strikes (31%) to Arapeta's 15 out of 36 (41%). You can see how rubbish this fight was from those stats alone. All three judges scored it 30-27 for Jacre, but few in the crowd cared. Winner: Jacre de Booza (12-4) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 42% ------------------------------- Next up was a fight in the always hopefully entertaining Lightweight division as Harry Bach (10-2) took on Gaia Ky (10-4) in a battle of short names that make me a happy writer. Again the fighters used up all 15 minutes of their allotted time, but this was again an action-packed fight. Round 1 went to the ground early and stayed there for the rest of it. It was Bach who was in the dominant position when he got to the mount, and landed some decent if not powerful ground and pound. An attempt at an arm triangle came very close to being locked in, but Ky was just able to escape. Round 2 saw Bach get a takedown early on as well, but Ky swept him and took the top soon after. After over two minutes of stalling and nothing else tehey were stood up where Ky was able to land far more strikes and keep the fight standing during the last minute of the round. Bach's attempts to get a takedown in Round 3 proved to be worthless as Ky was able to keep the fight standing and obliterate Bach with some impressive striking. After a series of combinations a cut opened up under Bach's left eye, and things almost got a whole lot worse when a right hand from Ky rocked him. Bach managed to just about make it to the end of the fight, but the last round got a 10-8 from the judges. Bach only landed two strikes standing up all fight, whilst Ky landed 59. The judges all scored it 29-27 to Ky, giving him both Rounds 2 and 3. Winner: Gaia Ky (11-4) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 90% ------------------------------- Our next fight was between Jamie Brigo (10-1) and Musashimaru Koyo (13-1-1) in the Super Heavyweight division. Once again we went through a full three rounds to get a winner, in the first round Brigo dominated the stand up early on whilst Koyo looked to try and get a takedown. It took him over three minutes to do so, more than enough time for Brigo to do a number on his face with hard punches and kicks. Even when the fight did go to the ground Koyo did nothing of any note. Koyo got a takedown early in Round 2 but again did nothing but sit in half guard until the referee stood them up. Brigo then went back to dominating on his feet, despite getting kicked in the nuts for the second time in the fight. Koyo attempted a few more takedowns during the round but Brigo kept it standing and kept on landing shots. Round 3 was all on the feet and as a result Brigo was able to continue is dominance of the fight. He was also able to get a measure of revenge by kicking Koyo in the nuts. The striking stats told the story of the fight, Brigo landed 52 out of 70 (74%), Koyo landed 7 out of 53 (13%). All the judges scored it 30-27 to Brigo. Winner: Jamie Brigo (11-1) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 61% ------------------------------- In another Super Heavyweight division match-up we saw Harry Hill (13-5) take on Santiago Da Silva (13-5) for the right to have a 14-5 record. Once again we made our way into the third round, but in Round 1 it was Hill that dominated, opening up a cut on Da Silva and stuffing his takedown attempts. Da Silva finally got a takedown at the fourth attempt, but did nothing on the ground. Hill was dominating the stand up with good aggression even if they had little accuracy, but Da Silva got another takedown to see out the round. Round 2 saw Hill land some good strikes to worsen Da Silva's cut, but the fight went into the clinch where both men landed a lot of strikes, at the expense of Da Silva's cut getting even worse. That cut ended up costing Da Silva the fight in Round 3, despite getting the fight to the ground he made the mistake of getting caught by the MMA Tycoon Leglock Reversal System, and Hill was able to stand up. Hill landed a couple more punches to the cut and the referee called the medical staff in, Dr. Leo Spaceman decided it was too much and stopped the fight. Winner: Harry Hill (14-5) via TKO (Cut) - 3:22 of Round 3 Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------- In the co-Main Event of the evening we saw a Lightweight contest between Nkuku Ngbend wa Za Banga (13-1) and Good Day (12-3-1). Za Banga started the fight with some nice leg kicks, but Day soon shot in and got a takedown into side control. Day controlled the position for a while before attempting an armbar that Za Banga defended well. Day also tried a kimura and a guillotine choke whilst on the ground but Za Banga's submission defence was good enough. Day certainly dominated the round though, keeping Za Banga on the mat until the end of the round. Za Banga came out looking to land kicks in Round 2, but they were getting a bit predicatable and Day was able to counter them effectively. Day got the fight to the ground again soon after with a pretty easy takedown, and after moving to side control he was able to get a kimura locked in tightly! Za Banga was left with no option but to tap out, giving Day the victory! Winner: Good Day (13-3-1) via Submission (Kimura) - 2:02 of Round 2 Fight Rating: 29% ------------------------------- It was time for the Main Event and we would see an epic clash between Aloha Hoi (11-2) and Mana Oregan (13-3) who was making his Blitzkrieg debut after moving over from Konflikt as their last Heavyweight champion. Once again we went to a decision, because apparently my list to Santa for lots of 1st round stoppages in Blitzkrieg was ignored. Hoi absolutely dominated the first round with some very impressive striking, using a reach and height advantage to land all sorts of good punches and kicks and eventually opening up a cut under Oregan's right eye. Hoi's kicks in particular were causing Oregan all sorts of problems, visibile bruising could be seen on his ribs and legs. Things didn't get much better for Oregan in Round 2, he did manage to land a few more strikes but Hoi was still completely in control of the fight. Oregan did get a bit of time to recover, but it was after a kick to the nuts so he did have something else to worry about during the break in action. Oregan stepped it up in Round 3 and started to prove he was a bit more than a punching bag, Oregan started landing some hard kicks of his own, but whenever Hoi landed a kick the damage that had been racked up from previous rounds was becoming even worse. The fight stats show the difference between the fighters, Hoi landed 63 out of 137 strikes (46%), whilst Oregan landed 36 out of 82 (43%), with most of those coming in the final round. The judges all scored the fight 29-27 to Hoi, with Hoi taking the first round 10-8. Winner: Aloha Hoi (12-2) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------- Statistics The show scored a very respectable 207.58, again showing that Blitzkrieg does not have to rely on title fights to get ratings over 200+, a testament to the strong drawing power of so many of the Blitzkrieg fighters. As always there were bonuses aplenty for the usual award categories. Frank Mason took KO of the Night for his first round stoppage of Odda Nabonaga, Submission of the Night went to Good Day because it was the only submission, and Fight of the Night went to the main event battle between Aloha Hoi and Mana Oregan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Blitzkrieg were back on Boxing Day, or as I don't call it, MMA Day, to provide one last show for their many fans in 2010. 6,033 fans packed into the Pipeline for the show, highlighted by an EPIC RE-MATCH~! for the Blitzkrieg Middleweight Title, with Manny Baddabing defending his belt for the fourth time against Fedor Belfort, the man who Baddabing originally defeated for the title. --------------------------------------- First up on the show was Super Heavyweight division contest between Brad Rogers (12-5) and Samuel Daniels (7-3). Rogers landed a good cross to start with, but Daniels came back with some wild shots, he ended up missing a jab, a body shot and a head kick. Daniels then threw and missed an uppercut, allowing Rogers to duck under and get a forceful takedown into side control. A quick adjustment of the hips and Rogers was looking for a kimura, and it was quickly secured! Daniels tried to fight out but it was too tight and he had to tap out to give Rogers a quick submission victory. Winner: Brad Rogers (13-5) via Submission (Kimura) - 0:41 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 79% --------------------------------------- The next fight was between Carlos Alberto (9-2-1) and Max Shinobi (10-3) in the Light Heavyweight division. We were on a roll here, at least I was, as Shinobi came out with intentional violence in mind, connecting with a hard leg kick, a hard body punch and a hard body kick. Alberto tried to throw some strikes back but Shinobi easily avoided them, before landing a jab and a RAZOR BLADE HEAD KICK~! that opened up a cut on Carlos Alberto. Shinobi then landed a big right hand that dropped Alberto to the mat, Alberto was quickly up but his legs were obviously wobbling. Shinobi then landed a kick to the thigh and a brutal head kick to send him crashing down again! Shinobi followed up with some punches but Alberto was probably out before he hit the ground, a dominant TKO victory for Max Shinobi! Winner: Max Shinobi (11-3) via TKO (Kick and Punches) - 0:50 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 100% --------------------------------------- Next up was a fight from the always adequate Lightweight division between BJ Penn (13-6) and Jethro Rayner (11-2). The first round was all on the feet and both fighters were swinging hard looking to connect, and shockingly both fighters actually did on many occasions. It was Penn who was probably the more successful, landing good punches throughout the round and countering well whenever Rayner missed. Rayner attempted three takedowns during the first round, each one stuffed by Penn. Round 2 was very similar, Penn was landing a lot more shots than Rayner, who tried for a few more takedowns that Penn was able to defend easily. Penn was not only landing single shots but also some nice combinations, as well as the counter strikes as before, and all these shots took its toll on Rayner who had a mouse under his right eye. Round 3 changed things up as Rayner shot in and got a takedown right at the start of the round. After controlling for a bit he foolishly went for a heel hook and fell victim to the MMA Tycoon Leglock Reversal System. With Penn now on top the action lulled for a few minutes until Penn stood up, but on his feet Penn was less aggressive and he ended up getting taken down for a second time, but he controlled Rayner until the end of the fight. The judges scored it 29-27, 29-27 and 29-28, all of them for BJ Penn with the two 10-8s coming in Round 2. Winner: BJ Penn (14-6) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 45% --------------------------------------- The next fight on the card was a battle in the Heavyweight division, with Franz Kafka (8-2) taking on Jacks Sole (7-2). Sole had the advantage early on by landing some good shots, but his attempts to get the fight to the ground were stopped by Kafka until he managed to trip him, but his joy was short-lived as Kafka scrambled to take the top position. After a few minutes of boredom the referee stood them up, and Kafka landed some decent shots before the round ended. Kafka took the fight to a tired Sole in Round 2, landing all sorts of hard shots to the body and head, before getting the fight into the clinch and landing a hard punch on the inside that left Sole rocked. Kafka wasn't able to finish him there but held on to the clinch for a while, maintaining control. With a lack of energy Sole's striking was nowhere near as accurate, and Kafka dominated the round. Round 3 started with Sole managing to get a takedown, but again Kafka got a sweep and took the top, only to do nothing with it. Kafka continued his dominance of the feet and eventually connected with a hard left hook that dropped Sole to the mat. Kafka followed him down to unleash some bombs until the referee pulled him away, giving Kafka the TKO victory. Winner: Franz Kafka (9-2) via TKO (Strikes) - 4:27 of Round 3 Fight Rating: 100% --------------------------------------- In the Welterweight division we saw a contest between Seth Vandrel (10-3) and Quentin Cane (12-2). Vandrel went for a takedown early on but Cane stopped him easily, then stopped a second attempt shortly afterwards. Cane landed a nice hook which opened up a cut on Vandrel, then Vandrel was rocked by a hard Cane jab. Cane didn't finish him off though as Vandrel managed to avoid his punches. Cane tried a takedown which Vandrel stuffed, and Vandrel failed with one of his own again. Finally a takedown worked as Vandrel shot in and got Cane to the mat, landing in full mount. Vandrel stayed in the mount until the end of the round pressuring Cane with decent punches but not anything particularly destructive. Cane landed some decent strikes early in Round 2 but Vandrel soon had him on the ground again, this time landing in side control. Vandrel looked for a few submissions but nothing came close to being secure, and eventually the referee stood them up. Vandrel then started to dominate on the feet as well, landing hard punches and kicks including another jab that left Cane rocked again. Vandrel went for another takedown instead of finishing him off, and they ended up on the ground when the round ended. Vandrel started Round 3 with more good striking before moving the fight into the clinch. Why he didn't do this sooner I don't know as he was even more dominant working his Muay Thai, landing hard punches on the inside and good knees to the body and head. Eventually he connected with a devastating knee to the head that dropped Cane, and he was out before he hit the floor. Vandrel chose not to follow up as he knew he was done, and walked away with a KO victory under his belt. Winner: Seth Vandrel (11-3) via KO (Knee) - 2:45 of Round 3 Fight Rating: 100% --------------------------------------- Our next contest was a battle between Kel Varnson (7-1) and Beno Gruffo (9-3) in the Heavyweight division. This didn't last long. Varnson landed a cross followed by a left/right combination that not only dropped Gruffo, but left him rocked and with a cut over his eye. Varnson told Gruffo to get back up to his feet, and unleashed a vicious uppercut that knocked Gruffo into next year. Gruffo was out cold, Varnson celebrated, Blitzkrieg officials looked for ways to fill up the time left over due to these first round stoppages... Winner: Kel Varnson (8-1) via KO (Punch) - 0:14 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 100% --------------------------------------- Next up was a fight in the Light Heavyweight division between Laurent Loughlin (14-2) and Anton Glasgow (11-1). In an all stand-up first round it was Loughlin that took the upper hand, especially when he landed an uppercut that opened a cut over Glasgow's right eye. As the round went on Loughlin continued to land strikes that made that cut worse, as well as some decent leg kicks. Glasgow lands some shots of his own but it was certainly Loughlin's round. Early in Round 2 Loughlin dropped Glasgow with a beautiful combination, Glasgow was rocked but Loughlin let him get back to his feet and didn't connect with anything for a while, allowing Glasgow to regain his senses. Loughlin landed another punch to worsen the cut, but Glasgow shot in shortly afterwards and got a single leg takedown. Nothing happened on the ground so the referee stood them up, allowing Loughlin to worsen that cut some more with another hard shot. Glasgow tried to get the fight into the clinch early in Round 3, but after doing so he quickly decided against it. That turned out to be a mistake as Loughlin connected with another right hand on the cut, and the doctor stepped in to have a look. Dr. Leonard Hofstadter took a look and said that was it for Glasgow, giving Loughlin the victory. Winner: Laurent Loughlin (15-2) via TKO (Cut) - 1:33 of Round 3 Fight Rating: 100% --------------------------------------- We were back in the Heavyweight division for the next match as we saw Reinhard Galt (11-2) square off against Leroy Jenkins (11-3). Jenkins tried for a takedown early on but after that it was all Galt's round. He landed some vicious kicks at the start but then got the fight into the clinch and began to impose domination. All Jenkins could do was try and block the strikes that were coming his way, but Galt was relentless with Jenkins pushed against the cage, landing hard punches and knees to the head and body of Jenkins. Jenkins only escaped for a slight amount of time during the round but was soon engulfed in a clinch again until the end of the round. It was a similar story in Round 2, Galt started off landing evilly vicious leg kicks that look very painful, before getting back to the clinch. He kept it there for four minutes of the round, doing nothing but constantly landing strikes and keeping Jenkins controlled against the cage. You want to know about Round 3? Read Rounds 1 and 2 again, except this time there were no time for leg kicks as Galt moved into the clinch right at the beginning of the round. Lets have a look at the stats for this massacre: Galt landed 22 out of 26 strikes outside the clinch and 33 out of 88 inside the clinch. Jenkins landed 0 strikes outside and 1 head punch inside. That 1 punch was the only one he threw in the clinch. Not smart fighting really. The judges all gave it to Galt 30-25, only Round 3 was given as a 10-9. Winner: Reinhard Galt (12-2) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 60% --------------------------------------- Semi Main Event The "second biggest fight on the card" status was given to a Welterweight bought between Julius Steel (11-0) and Kasper Kessler (14-2). The undefeated Steel moves to Blitzkrieg from the now defunct SFL in Amsterdam, and 9 of his wins have come via KO or TKO. Despite his boxing skills Steel was out struck by Kessler early in the first round with Kessler scoring with some good punches and a kick to the body. Kessler then got the fight to the ground and took full mount pretty easily, and that was the end of the round. Except we were one minute in. It's just that despite being in mount he didn't go for any strikes, he just tried for an armbar after 2 minutes of contemplation, and then lost the position so Steel was on top. Steel did nothing on the ground either. What a boring round. In Round 2 Kessler tried to get a takedown at the start but Steel sprawled and kept it standing, however it was still Kessler doing a better job in the stand-up game with good punches and kicks. Kessler took the fight into the clinch and pulled guard, meaning we got more fun and laughter on the ground. They were stalled in the guard for three minutes before the referee stood them up, but there was only time in the round for Kessler to try and fail another takedown. Round 3 did start with a Kessler takedown and they spent two minutes on the ground with a half-hearted attempt at a triangle the only thing of interest. Steel started to show some of his boxing skills when they were back on their feet, landing some good combinations and body shots, but Kessler got one more takedown in before the end of the fight. The judges all scored it 30-27 to Kessler to give Steel his first loss. I scored it 0-0. Winner: Kasper Kessler (15-2) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 31% --------------------------------------- MAIN EVENT It's the re-match that the world was fairly interested in, Manny Baddabing (18-2) versus Fedor Belfort (16-3) for the Blitzkrieg Middleweight Title. Baddabing won the first contest and the title via Unanimous Decision in July, and has won 4 straight title defences since then. Belfort is on the back of a three fight winning streak and wants his title back around his waist. Baddabing got the fight into the clinch almost straight away, and pushed Belfort back against the cage to land some hard body shots that took their toll. Belfort broke free of the clinch and defended a takedown from Baddabing, only to get caught by a jab and a hook to the head. Baddabing stuffed a takedown attempt from Belfort, but Baddabing's third attempt at a takedown in the round was also stuffed by Belfort. Finally someone got the fight to the ground, and it was Baddabing who took side control after getting Belfort to the mat. Belfort tried to sweep but Baddabing was having none of that, and he tried unsuccessfully to lock in a kimura. He then got the opportunity to lock in an Americana, and he did it expertly! Baddabing cranked on the arm with all his might until Belfort had no choice but to tap out! Baddabing defends his title and goes 2-0 against Belfort, as well as moving back in to the top 10 pound for pound fighters. Winner: Manny Baddabing (19-2) via Submission (Americana) - 2:49 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 61% --------------------------------------- Statistics The show scored a 224.51 rating which catapulted Blitzkrieg back to the #1 fight org in the world, a title they still hold with just a couple of days left in the year. As mentioned Manny Baddabing returned to the top 10 fighters in the world with his dominant victory here, capping off a terrific year for the Middleweight champion. As always bonuses were handed out to the fighters who had deserved them, there were plenty of candidates for Fight of the Night but Laurent Loughlin vs. Anton Glasgow was chosen for the honour, Submission of the Night went to Kel Varnson and KO of the Night went to Brad Rogers. All those fighters received an extra $1,000 to help pay off their Christmas debts. Blitzkrieg will be back in the New Year for more action-packed events as they look to stay top of the MMA Tycoon fight org pile. From everyone at Blitzkrieg we wish you a happy and healthy 2011! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Blitzkrieg were back for their first show of 2011, looking to expand upon their tremendous successes of 2010. The title of the show was Blitz 125: Rift. Nothing says "big fight" like the word RIFT~!. 6,326 fans were at the Pipeline for the show, and the Blitzkrieg owners treated their fans to two title matches, Buff Bagwell defended the Featherweight title against Rolando Garcia, whilst the Super Heavyweight title was on the line when champion Herman Holmes took on challenger Ryan Noonan. The first fight of the night was a battle in the Super Heavyweight division as Big Boy (11-6) took on Thiago de Santos (7-4). De Santos took the fight into the clinch immediately but it was Boy who did the most damage, landing good body punches as well as some head shots that opened up a cut on De Santos. De Santos was eventually able to get the fight to the ground from the clinch, but the referee was quick to stand them up after neither fighter did anything. They went back to the clinch and Boy again dominated the position, landing more strikes, opening up de Santos' cut more, and stuffing any attempted takedowns. Round 2 saw the fight go to the clinch straight away again, and once again Boy controlled the action landing a large number of strikes and keeping de Santos pushed against the cage. De Santos continually looked to try and get the fight to the mat but Boy was having none of that, and Boy kept the fight standing for over four minutes in the round. De Santos finally got his takedown with 30 seconds left in the round, but it was pretty worthless considering the beating he'd taken. Boy went for a clinch in Round 3 again and kept De Santos in place to land more hard punches to the head and body. Boy stuffed some more takedowns and landed some powerful elbow strikes to worsen that cut on De Santos some more. Eventually Boy connected with one too many strikes to the cut, and the ringside physician Dr. Perry Cox came in and waved the fight off. Fun facts wise, De Santos didn't land a single strike in the entire fight, and didn't attempt any in the clinch. He also failed with 24 out of his 26 takedown attempts. Winner: Big Boy (12-6) via TKO (Cut) - 3:13 of Round 3 Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------------- We went from big men to small men as the next fight was in the Featherweight division between John Berry (10-3) and Doc Morbid (9-3-1). The first round was spent entirely on their feet, with the first two minutes being fought at a distance. Berry was by far the more dominant fight from that position, landing a series of hard punches to the head of Morbid, whose main response was to attempt leg and body kicks. Morbid took the fight into the clinch and landed some good knees to the head from that position, but Berry got separation and continued to land more good punches before the round ended. Berry kept the fight standing for most of Round 2 as well, and continued to dominate the stand-up game landing several good shots and stopping Morbid from getting a takedown. Morbid's leg kicks were still landing though, and had some significant power behind them. The damage the kicks caused to Berry's legs probably assisted Morbid in finally getting the fight to the ground, but there wasn't enough time for him to do anything significant despite being in full mount. Morbid got the fight to the ground a bit sooner in Round 3, despite Berry landing some more good shots in the opening portion of the round. Morbid needed a finish for a win but you wouldn't have guessed that from the lack of effort he put in on the ground. He held Berry down in the mount for three minutes plus, but only attempted nine ground strikes, only connecting with 3. It was a waste of a dominant position that cost him, all three judges scored it 29-28 to John Berry. Winner: John Berry (11-3) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 50% ------------------------------------- We went back to the big men as the next fight was again in the Super Heavyweight division, with Pete Gonzalez (7-4) taking on Aaron McSlugg (8-2). McSlugg landed some good punches to start the fight, including trying for a spinning back kick at one point, but Gonzalez eventually shot in and got a takedown. Gonzalez tried an arm triangle but McSlugg defended it. Then Gonzalez stood up. Then Gonzalez took McSlugg down again. Makes sense. Gonzalez advanced into full mount and after landing a few strikes he went for an armbar, but McSlugg stacked him up and got out of the hold, taking top position in the process. Unfortunately for him he was still on the ground with Gonzalez, and Gonzalez sinched in a nice triangle, which he eventually transitioned into a guillotine. Gonzalez choked away until McSlugg had no alternative but to tap out, and Gonzalez took home the victory. Winner: Pete Gonzalez (8-4) via Submission (Guillotine) - 4:02 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 53% ------------------------------------- In the Light Heavyweight division we saw Sigmund Freud (10-6) take on Rodney Mack (6-2). Freud started off well with some good boxing including a counter punch that opened a cut on Mack's eyebrow. Freud took the fight into the clinch and quickly pulled guard. From the ground Freud tried five different submissions in the space of two minutes, each one failing badly. Mack finally got to mount to stop the submission stampede, but did nothing with the position before the round ended. Round 2 was on the feet for the entire five minutes despite Freud's many attempts to shoot in and get a takedown. With Freud wanting takedowns it allowed Mack to effectively strike at will, and he landed several hard shots throughout the round. Freud landed some good shots of his own, but Mack's extra aggression probably gave him the round. Mack dominated the stand up in round 2, but that's not saying much. He landed two strikes compared to Freud's 0. Freud then took him down and literally held him in half guard doing nothing for three and a half minutes until mercifully the round ended. It wasn't fun. The judges all gave the fight 29-28 for Rodney Mack. Winner: Rodney Mack (7-2) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 46% ------------------------------------- Next up was a Featherweight contest between Corey Johnson (16-4) and Robert Mongo (7-3). Johnson was bleeding pretty badly less than a minute into the fight, and it didn't get any better by the end of the round. Mongo took the fight into the clinch on many occasions, and from there he landed several punishing shots with his knees and elbows, showing very impressive clinchwork skills. Johnson was trying to get the fight to the ground as often as possible, but Mondo kept the fight standing. Mongo landed shot after shot from the clinch until Johnson got the fight to the ground for the last 20 seconds, but the damage had been done. Mongo took the fight into the clinch again in Round 2 and continued to connect with damaging Muay Thai shots. The only times the clinch got broken was when Johnson failed a takedown attempt, and Mongo quickly instigated a clinch after that. Unlike De Santos in the earlier fight Johnson actually tried to land strikes in the clinch, but Mongo was still outscoring him regularly. Johnson shot in and got a takedown in Round 3, but he was swept by Mongo almost straight away, and despite having the mount Mongo stood up. They fought at a distance for a while with Mongo landing some nice kicks, but Mongo soon got the clinch and controlled Johnson until the end of the fight. All three judges scored the fight 30-27, all of them giving it to Robert Mongo. Winner: Robert Mongo (8-3) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 27% ------------------------------------- Our next contest saw Khalil Zidane (5-0) taking on Kichiro Takaki (5-0) in a Middleweight Division contest. Somebody's gonna lose their 0 here. The first round was a slugfest of Griffin/Bonnar proportions, just with more kicks replacing some of the punches. It was Takaki who threw the most punches, connecting several times with the head of Zidane, whereas Zidane mainly opted to look for low kicks and body kicks, but still connected with a lot of punches too. To put it simply, they both kicked and punched the crap out of each other for five minutes, and Zidane probably did enough to shade the round. Round 2 was more of the same wild striking from both men, but Zidane started to take an obvious hold of the fight, connecting with several hard shots to the body and head of Takaki that went unanswered. Zidane began timing his movement better causing Takaki to miss on several occasions and allowing Zidane to counter with some hard punches. Eventually one right hand caught Takaki right on the jaw and left him rocked, Zidane followed that up with a hard hook to the ribs and a powerful right hand to knock Takaki down! Zidane kept the heat on and unleashed a series of hard shots to the grounded Takaki, and the referee eventually jumped in to drag Zidane away, giving him the TKO victory and keeping his unbeaten record intact. Winner: Khalil Zidane (6-0) via TKO (Strikes) - 2:39 of Round 2 Fight Rating: 83% ------------------------------------- In the Welterweight division two strong fighters went head-to-head as Rumor Chance (10-3) took on Kai Watanabe (10-2). These are two more fighters that came out looking for a KO, and both men connected with decent strikes in the early moments of the fight. Chance landed couple of good kicks, one to the leg, one to the body, whilst Watanabe seemingly is more interested in landing shots to the ribs of Chance. Watanabe then proves me wrong by landing two hard straight right hands and a nice jab to the head of Chance, whilst Chance struggled to get his strikes through Watanabe's solid defences. Chance landed another quick leg kick and another kick to the ribs, but Watanabe moves in and lands a hard right hand and an uppercut that leaves Chance looking rocked. Watanabe wastes no time in going in for the kill and his very next punch is an overhand right that sends Chance crashing to the canvas, knocked out before he hit the ground. Watanabe wheels away to celebrate his spectacular finish, Chance is left on the mat a beaten man. Winner: Kai Watanabe (11-2) via KO (Punch) - 3:03 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 93% ------------------------------------- Next up was another Welterweight division showdown, this time between Hulohot Yokohama (16-6) and Mariuz Taurosevcius (6-0). Why can't there be some more people called Smith or Garcia? It was an action-packed start to the fight as Yokohama got the clinch early and landed a hard uppercut that cut open Mariuz. Yokohama then got Mariuz to the ground with a spectacular takedown/slam, but spent too much time in half guard doing nothing, so the referee stood them up. Yokohama initiated a clinch again shortly afterwards, and after being caught with a knee to the head Mariuz was quick to get out of it. Yokohama landed three consecutive hard body kicks to the ribs of Mariuz who looked to be feeling their effects. Yokohama's stand-up skills continued to dominate the round as his kicks found a home time and time again, before he moved in to clinch and pulled guard. Almost in one motion he synched up a guillotine choke and started to choke away at Mariuz, and despite time running out he had no option but to tap out! Only 2 seconds were the difference between him making Round 2... Winner: Hulohot Yokohama (17-6) via Submission (Guillotine) - 4:58 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 69% ------------------------------------- CO-MAIN EVENT This was the first of two title matches on the card for the evening, and it was the Featherweight title up for grabs as champion Buff Bagwell (16-8) defended his title against Rolando Garcia (15-3-1). Garcia was looking to take his third career championship having been champion previously at EEC and Cult of Violence. After some tentative striking from both fighters in the early moments it was Bagwell who went for the first takedown, but Garcia sprawled and kept it standing. Not for long though, as Garcia soon tried a takedown of his own which was successful, planting Bagwell on his back. Bagwell was actively looking to sweep from the bottom and at once point tried to isolate an arm for a kimura, but Garcia kept him at bay. Garcia moved into the mount and looked to apply an armbar, but Bagwell got his arm free and rolled to take the top position. Unfortunately for him Garcia was still in a good submission position and applied a triangle from the bottom. His legs were locked and he quickly managed to pull Bagwell's head down until Bagwell was left with no choice but to tap out and hand over his title! Rolando Garcia is the new Blitzkrieg Featherweight champion with that impressive submission. Winner: Rolando Garcia (16-3-1) via Submission (Triangle) - 3:54 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 33% ------------------------------------- MAIN EVENT Closing out the show was another title battle as the behemoths of the fighting world scrapped it out for the Blitzkrieg Super Heavyweight title, champion Herman Holmes (13-2) looked to continue his run as champion against Ryan Noonan (9-3). Holmes came out and immediately began imposing his good boxing skills on Noonan, landing some hard punches to the ribs and face, before a straight left opened up a cut over Noonan's right eye. And from there it became rather nasty. Holmes landed three hard shots right to the cut within the space of 20 seconds, each one making the cut worse until blood was pouring out of Noonan's head like a fountain. Holmes landed one more jab and there was blood visible all over his glove shortly afterwards, with Noonan beginning to look a little woozy from the blood loss. The referee had no option but to step in and get the doctor in to have a look, and Dr. Pepper decided that there was no way Noonan would be able to continue. You know you're a scary fighter when you can get a medical stoppage victory in 126 seconds... Winner: Herman Holmes (14-2) via TKO (Cut) - 2:06 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------------- Statistics Despite the double main-event with two titles on the line the show only scored a 203.00 rating which to me seems a bit low considering the talent on display. Roland Garcia became the 3rd Blitzkrieg Featherweight champion in history, here's a brief summary of the former champions: Shane Falco - 11th April 2010 to 9th October 2010 - 6 defences Buff Bagwell - 9th October 2010 to 1st January 2011 - 2 defences Rolando Garcia - 1st January 2011 - ? - 0 defences As always there were bonuses handed out, KO of the Night was given to Kai Watanabe, Submission of the Night to Rolando Garcia, and Fight of the Night was deemed to be John Berry vs. Doc Morbid. All those four fighters received an extra $1000 for their hard work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Blitzkrieg were back on Sunday 2nd January for a jam-packed show, entitled Blitz 126: Number of the Beast. I have been known to make fun of the show titles in the past, but in this instance there are so many things to say that I'm just not going to say anything. 6,268 were on hand in the Pipeline, and headlining the show were not one but two title fights, Arthur Meighen defended his Welterweight title against Barich Fendsor, whilst there was a dream Lightweight fight between champion Shock n Awe and challenger Elmer Montgomery, the two fighters together having a combined 35-0 record. --------------------------------------- Fight #1 Lightweight Division Eddie Bravado (11-4) vs. Jukka Purjo (14-7-2) The first round was dominated by Purjo on the feet early on, and although Bravado scored two takedowns during the round he did very little on the ground to warrant winning it on the judges' scorecards. He tried a couple of submissions at the end but Purjo easily defended them. Bravado got another takedown early in Round 2 but Purjo was quick to sweep him. For the remainder of the round Purjo was on top, stopping Bravado from sweeping and landing some decent ground and pound after moving to side control. Bravado was active from the ground but never came close to locking in a submission. Round 3 saw Bravado get another quick takedown, but Purjo quickly pushed him away to stand up, and they spent the remainder of the fight exchanging on the feet. Purjo was again dominant, landing far more strikes and not letting Bravado get a takedown. Purjo took the fight 30-27 from all the judges, with a strike accuracy of 70% compared to Bravado's 28%. Winner: Jukka Purjo (15-7-2) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 73% --------------------------------------- Fight #2 Featherweight Division Frankie Pep (13-3) vs. Kato Munechika (6-2) After some good striking early in the fight from Pep it was Munechika who got the first takedown, but he struggled to impose himself on an always moving Pep, and they were soon stood up by the referee. Pep went on to dominate the remainder of the round with good crisp striking, whilst Munechika tried and failed to get another takedown. Round 2 was slightly better for Munechika as he was able to get the fight into the clinch on a few occasions, but whenever Pep was able to break free he was still controlling the striking game from a distance, and still kept the fight standing whenever Munechika tried a takedown. Round 3 was all striking from distance, no clinching and no takedowns, so Pep was in charge for the entire 5 minutes with Munechika rarely getting any decent strikes to land. During the fight Pep landed 60 strikes in total (49.5% accuracy) whereas Munechika landed only 16 strikes (33%). Pep took the fight from all the judges, each scoring it 30-27. Winner: Frankie Pep (14-3) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 56% --------------------------------------- Fight #3 Light Heavyweight Division Kaleki Oliweli (11-4) vs. Jason Moon (15-4) Moon showed some good striking in Round 1, opening up a cut on Oliweli, but what was really impressive was his strike defence. Oliweli was just as aggressive as Moon but Moon's punch avoidance was superb, and Oliweli was barely able to land a glove on him during the first five minutes. The first half of Round 2 was also on the feet with Moon again doing a good job of landing shots and avoiding strikes from Oliweli, the strikes eventually setting up a takedown from Moon that saw him land in full mount. Moon proved to be just as difficult to handle on the ground, but in going for an armbar from the mount he ended up losing the dominant position. Oliweli came out with a purpose in Round 3 and took advantage of a tiring Moon to be much more accurate with his punches, landing several good shots to both the head and body. Moon began to fight for the decision instead of looking for a finish, so he was in no rush to engage in a striking battle. And he ended up getting the decision despite losing the third round, all the judges scoring it 29-28. Winner: Jason Moon (16-4) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 50% --------------------------------------- Fight #4 Lightweight Division Flavius Aetius (11-2-1) vs. Virgil Mays (11-3) It was a good first round for Aetius in every dimension of the fight, in the stand-up game he out struck Mays with good kicks, including one of the MMA Tycoon Razor Head Kicks that opened up a cut over the eye of Mays. All these strikes set up a takedown which Aetius secured nicely, but a lack of action on the ground caused a stand-up. So Aetius took Mays down again and worked some ground and pound for the rest of the round. Aetius was stopped from getting a takedown four times in Round 2, but the ironic thing is that Mays was missing most of his strikes and Aetius was connecting, he may have been better off standing. Aetius finally got a takedown at the fifth attempt, but after 90 seconds of stalling and controlling in guard the referee stood them up even though there was only five seconds left in the round. Things were a bit slower in Round 3 as fatigue set in, Aetius was still looking for a takedown whenever possible but found the time to score some low kicks to the already brutalised legs of Mays. Aetius finally found success with his fifth takedown attempt of the round, and managed to take the back of Mays fairly quickly. Try as he could he couldn't get the RNC locked in before the fight ended, and we went to the judges again. All three judges scored the fight 30-27 for Flavius Aetius. Winner: Flavius Aetius (12-2-1) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 33% --------------------------------------- Fight #5 Light Heavyweight Division James Tony (13-3) vs. Dan Wade (12-2) Tony started off well landing a good number of shots and avoiding strikes from Wade, however his attempts at takedowns were blocked by Wade. Tony finally got a takedown but ended in full guard, where he foolishly attempted a kneebar and fell victim to the MMA Tycoon Leglock Reversal System. With Wade now on top he opted to stand up, but it was still Tony winning the stand-up game. Tony got another takedown at the end of the round but had no time for anything interesting. Tony got another takedown early in round 2 and started work on a kimura, but the referee decided that wasn't enough action and they were stood up, only for Tony to get another takedown immediately. Another submission attempt went wrong for Tony as Wade turned over an armbar to take the top position, but Tony got a switch to get back to full mount. Tony tried some ground and pound but his accuracy was lacking, and Wade never looked in much trouble. Round 3 started with Wade landing some good kicks, but Tony soon got another takedown and we were back to the ground. Wade quickly managed a sweep but that was his only good move, he spent the rest of the fight on top doing very little, but enough to keep the fight there. Tony was happy to let time expire after winning the first two rounds, and all three judges ended up scoring it 29-28 in his favour. Winner: James Tony (14-3) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 83% --------------------------------------- Fight #6 Welterweight Division Osama Robins (17-8) vs. Money Montell (13-4) Montell lands some good strikes at the start of the fight, Robins connects with some decent kicks but Montell does well to avoid some too. Robins eventually scored a takedown and spent the next three minutes pinning Montell down, doing very little and not being very exciting. The referee finally stood them up allowing Montell to land a couple more kicks before the round ended. Montell lands some good strikes early in Round 2, Robins lands a few leg kicks but he was definitely being outscored by Montell. Robins secured another takedown but the referee was more strict with his lack of action this time and stood them up quite quickly. The only other real incident in Round 2 was a low kick from Robins that caught Montell in the balls. That's always entertaining to watch. Round 3 was another close one, although it was more because neither fighter seemed able to land more than one punch in succession, either due to good defence or a lack of energy from the two fighters. Robins landed a few leg kicks but it was probably Montell that was the more aggressive, and towards the end of the round Montell was able to block a Robins takedown, only for a second attempt from Robins to work. However Montell quickly scrambled and took the top position, and saw out the fight with a few light punches from full guard. A very close fight for the judges to rule on, but they were unanimous in giving the fight to Money Montell, all 29-28 scores. Winner: Money Montell (14-4) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 43% --------------------------------------- Fight #7 Light Heavyweight Division Ian Noonan (9-3) vs. Salvatore Assante (14-4) Assante started things off with an MMA Tycoon Razor Head Kick that cut Noonan open, and for the remainder of the round he landed kicks almost at will, never giving Noonan much of an opportunity to strike, and avoiding them when he did. It's weird, the PBP says that the fight is very exciting, but there's very little action taking place. Round 2 is almost identical with kicks being thrown by Assante and eaten by Noonan at the same rate, but the PBP says it's a boring round. Anyway, Assante dominated the round again with those kicks, Noonan tries to land some combinations but I don't think he had connected with any strikes at all yet up to this point. Round 3 was slightly different in the sense that Assante landed more punches than kicks in this round, except one kick to the balls of Noonan that may have done more damage than anything else. Noonan continued to miss a lot, he landed 1 strike in the entire fight, Assante landed 32. Maybe it was boring after all. All the judges gave the fight to Assante, two of them a 30-26 with one going as far as a 30-25. Thankfully that also ends the seven consecutive decisions on this show... Winner: Salvatore Assante (15-4) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 30% --------------------------------------- Fight #8 Blitzkrieg Welterweight Division Match Arthur Meighen (13-1) © vs. Barich Fendsor (12-0) It should be noted that Meighen is a former Stampede champion, and I missed the show where he won the Blitzkrieg title. It's probably a good thing as I would have said that my company was the sole reason Meighen was able to win the belt. Kinda strange to have such a big fight third from the top of the card, but then again Blitzkrieg are a pretty big company. The first round took place exclusively on the feet, Meighen is a good kick boxer and he came out aggressively, not all of his strikes landed but those that did caused Fendsor some trouble. Meighen's standard strike seemed to be a kick to the body, and a bruise was visible on Fendsor where the kicks were connecting. Fendsor was a lot more accurate than Meighen but his punches were less frequent and far less dangerous. Round 2 started with Fendsor getting a takedown and they then spent the remaining 4 and a half minutes on the ground. Unfortunately the amount of action on the ground was minimal at best, the battle for positioning taking priority over landing strikes or going for submissions. Fendsor eventually went for a kimura but Meighen defended it well. Apparently this lack of action was still not enough for the referee to stand them up, so the crowd got a bit bored. Thankfully Round 3 was a lot better as Meighen came out as aggressively as before landing some good punches to the jaw of Fendsor, but also taking some shots in the process. Some hard leg kicks landed from Meighen causing Fendsor to stumble, and Meighen landed a few solid punches in succession before Fendsor could land a combination of his own. Meighen then connected with a straight right hand and a jab, and Fendsor was rocked! Fendsor avoided a big right hand and another overhand right, but Meighen caught him with a straight left that dropped him to the mat! Meighen was quick to pounce and began unleashing hard punches to the fallen Fendsor, before the referee moved in and pulled him away! Meighen is still the Welterweight champion, VIVA STAMPEDE~!. Winner: Arthur Meighen (14-1) via TKO (Strikes) - 3:02 of Round 3 Fight Rating: 84% --------------------------------------- Semi Main Event Heavyweight Division Leon Kaiser (9-1) vs. Yoshi Sushi (16-5) Kaiser looked to use his boxing skills early on, but Sushi put a stop to that by getting the fight into the clinch. However it was Kaiser who got the advantage when he landed a good hook that opened a cut over Sushi's right eye. Sushi got his revenge later in the round with a right uppercut that cut open Kaiser. Sushi became dominant in the clinch and kept Kaiser backed up against the cage, but Kaiser was able to get free of Sushi's grip, but missed a right hand. Kaiser went for a head kick just before the round ended but Sushi avoided it and countered with a takedown into side control, a move which probably won him the round. Round 2 was fought all from a distance which gave Kaiser a perfect opportunity to show his stand-up skills. After several kicks had found their way into the ribs and thigh of Sushi, Kaiser then landed a couple of good uppercuts that opened up Sushi's cut some more. Kaiser quickly landed another combination to open the cut up even worse, and after a few more kicks Kaiser hit a counter right hand to make it even worse. Sushi came back with a few hard kicks of his own but he was definitely being out-performed by Kaiser on the feet, a fact made all the more clearer when another hard right hand landed and caused the cut to start flowing blood. Blah blah blah referee, blah blah blah doctor, blah blah blah, fictional doctor name, blah blah blah calls the fight off. You know the drill, we have one of these stoppages on every show. Kaiser takes home the TKO victory with this impressive performance. Winner: Leon Kaiser (10-1) via TKO (Cut) - 4:41 of Round 2 Fight Rating: 37% --------------------------------------- MAIN EVENT Blitzkrieg Lightweight Title Shock n Awe (20-0) © vs. Elmer Montgomery (15-0) SOMEONE'S 0 HAS GOT TO GO~! The dream Lightweight match up got under way with Awe landing a good uppercut after dodging a hook, Montgomery then landed a good leg kick but Awe landed one of his own straight after. Another leg kick from Awe was followed by a hard body kick and a good right hand, Montgomery then missed a combination. Awe was definitely in control of the stand-up and continued that with another hard body kick that left Montgomery winded. Awe landed a nice cross and a decent hook, followed by a punch to the ribs and an uppercut, incredibly crisp and accurate striking but also doing a lot of damage. Awe landed two more body shots and on overhand right, before connecting with a BIG left hook that sent Montgomery flying to the mat! He may have been out before he hit the ground but Awe followed him down and unleashed brutal shot after brutal shot, and the referee scrambled over to pull him away! Shock n Awe blitzes through Elmer Montgomery in just over a minute to defend his title and establish himself as by far the best Lightweight on the planet. Winner: Shock n Awe (21-0) via TKO (Strikes) - 1:05 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 100% --------------------------------------- Statistics With three massive fights on the card it's no surprise that the show scored a big rating of 247.91, but you have to wonder if all those decisions and poor fight ratings caused the rating to be lower than it could have been. By winning at the show both Arthur Meighen and Shock n Awe took places in the Top 10 Pound For Pound fighters, Meighen at 6 and Awe at 8. Blitzkrieg now have 5 of the top 10, with Travis Reed at 3, Alpha Male at 7 and Manny Baddabing at 9. As is tradition for Blitzkrieg they gave lots of money out to fighters who performed especially well, and it was the champions who raked in some extra money this time. Shock n Awe won the KO of the Night award, whilst Arthur Meighen vs. Barich Fendsor was voted Fight of the Night. Each of those three fighters received an extra $1,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazylegzSwam Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 i cordially invite all Blitzkrieg managers and fans to take my money. Cause's Wager House will be offering reasonable odds on all their upcoming cards so don't delay, stop by today! http://www.mmatycoon.com/bookmakerpublic.php?bid=1923 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyBlayze Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 i cordially invite all Blitzkrieg managers and fans to take my money. Cause's Wager House will be offering reasonable odds on all their upcoming cards so don't delay, stop by today! http://www.mmatycoon.com/bookmakersmanager.php You gave us the manager link, not the public. This one is the one: http://www.mmatycoon.com/bookmakerpublic.php?bid=1923 Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jls.monster Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 135 here I come, Quid has been missing as he had to deal with some F-Man trash, but ill dominate that 135 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazylegzSwam Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 You gave us the manager link, not the public. good eye, brutha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Blitzkrieg were back on the 14th January for their show Blitz 128: Inner Secrets. Highlighting the show was the debut of promising Heavyweight Bael Adonael, another addition to the already blossoming Blitzkrieg Heavyweight division and another man looking to hunt down the Blitzkrieg Heavyweight Title. New rules as far as write-ups go; I'll write more detail for quick finishes and give summaries for decisions mainly based on the fight statistics... It may sound a backwards way of doing it but I'm running out of time each week if I read through every moment of a 3/5 round fight. ------------------------------------ Fight #1 Middleweight Division Robbie Balboa (10-4) vs. Pierre Tran Duc (10-3) Balboa got off to a good start by avoiding a combination and landing a hard right hand that opened up a cut under the right eye of Duc. Balboa landed a nice head/body combination and followed that with a left hook and an uppercut, Duc was probably the more aggressive fighter but Balboa was by far the more accurate. Duc landed a nice kick to the body but Balboa scored with a right hook, Duc then shot in for a takedown but Balboa easily avoided it to remain standing. Balboa landed another right to the jaw and a hook, then countered a missed body kick with a punch to the ribs. Balboa followed up with a body kick and a hard punch to worsen the cut, then connected with a high kick that stumbled Duc. One more kick to the head and that was all Duc could take, he crumpled to the ground unconscious after a spectacular KO from Balboa! Winner: Robbie Balboa (11-4) via KO (Head Kick) - 1:46 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------------ Fight #2 Lightweight Division Kid Quick (13-9) vs. Cody Willis (7-4) It was a dominant performance from Quick in this fight, he controlled the pace of the fight throughout and completely outscored Willis on the feet, with the action not going to the ground at any point. In fact, there were no clinches or kicks either, the whole fight was basically one long boxing match. Willis did try to get the fight to the ground on four occasions but Quick kept the fight standing each time. As far as striking goes it was Quick's accuracy that won him the fight, had he had more power behind the punches he could have finished the fight. Quick scored with 98 single punches and 6 combinations, with a strike accuracy of 67.9%, whereas in response Willis only managed to land 17 single punches and 2 combinations with an accuracy of just 25%. Had Willis been able to get the fight to the ground it may have been a different story, but instead Quick ran away with a Unanimous Decision victory, two judges scoring it 30-27 and one 30-26. Winner: Kid Quick (14-9) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 77% ------------------------------------ Fight #3 Heavyweight Division Cohen Maloney (17-9) vs. Mike Underhill (9-4) Round 1 showed that the ground game is still an important factor in MMA Tycoon as Underhill took Maloney down straight away and began punishing him in vicious fashion. Maloney was on the verge of sub spamming early on with four submission attempts that all failed, but when Underhill got to mount it became a very one-sided destruction. Maloney landed shot after shot from the mount, and although only 9 connected each one did a massive amount of damage, opening up and further worsening a cut over the right eye of Maloney. Maloney was able to survive the round but after one shot to the head in Round 2 from Underhill made the cut even worse, the referee and ringside physician stepped in and called the fight off. A good performance from Underhill, Maloney will be disappointed when he's had his face put back into the correct order. Winner: Mike Underhill (10-4) via TKO (Cut) - 0:10 of Round 2 Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------------ Fight #4 Welterweight Division Sunny Supernova (11-1) vs. Jake Young (11-5) We had another one-sided ass-kicking here, with the only difference being this one went on for fifteen minutes instead of five. Again the whole fight took place on the feet, this time with neither fighter making an attempt at a takedown at any point. There were over 200 strikes thrown during the fight, with the clinch being the main area of focus for Supernova, and he was completely dominant in that position. He landed 105 out of 106 strikes to the head and body of Young using some impressive dirty boxing and clinchwork skills, and when they were fighting at a distance he was also in control, landing 36 out of an attempted 53 strikes. Young struggled to match his opponent’s accuracy, only landing 28 strikes out of 53 outside of the clinch, and inside the clinch he landed just three strikes in total, attempting 29. With such an unequal level of strikes, particularly inside the clinch, its little surprise that Supernova walked away as the clear winner with the judges, they scored it 30-27 twice and 30-26 once in his favour. Winner: Sunny Supernova (12-1) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------------ Fight #5 Featherweight Division Passthe Bong (9-2) vs. Jake LaMotta (14-5) LaMotta made his intentions clear right from the opening bell by connecting with a hook to the body and an inside leg kick, followed by an overhand right and a hook to the head that left Bong rocked very early on in the fight. LaMotta didn't finish him off immediately, more due to Bong doing a good job of avoiding LaMotta's strikes for a few minutes considering that any of the strikes that LaMotta threw could have knocked him out. Bong got his legs back and landed with a right hand of his own, but LaMotta moved in and connected with a hard uppercut that sent Bong down to the mat. LaMotta was quick to pounce and landed some hard unanswered shots to Bong before the referee pulled him away, giving LaMotta a quick and impressive TKO victory. Winner: Jake LaMotta (15-5) via TKO (Strikes) - 1:09 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 94% ------------------------------------ Fight #6 Featherweight Division Hamish MacNab (10-5) vs. Anderson Shelter (12-2) Shelter got a takedown early in the first round, but MacNab easily got back on his feet almost immediately and landed some solid shots before moving into the clinch. By this point Shelter was already gassed, not a strong advertisement for his cardio, and MacNab had his way with him in the clinch for the remainder of the round. Shelter tried to get the fight to the ground on 14 occasions during the fight in total, but only that first one actually worked, meaning he was expending energy all the time and not getting any rewards. Shelter didn't land one single strike in the entire fight either, and didn't even attempt one in the clinch even though 90% of the fight took place in there. MacNab was a combination of destructive and brutal in the clinch, landing 107 strikes in under two rounds. What caused the majority of the problems were the elbow strikes which cut away at Shelter, each one making a gash over his left eye worse and worse until the referee stepped in and the doctor called it off late in Round 2. If anything this fight is a perfect example of how not to set clinch sliders, even if you don't want to be in the clinch you can't just do takedowns, because if you don't throw any strikes at all you're going to get your face carved up like a pumpkin on Halloween... Winner: Hamish MacNab (11-5) via TKO (Cut) - 3:57 of Round 2 Fight Rating: 78% ------------------------------------ Fight #7 Middleweight Division Richard Bennett (9-2) vs. Kalib Koscheck (7-1) It was another dominant decision victory here as Bennett made light work of Koscheck, mainly due to an abysmal gameplan from Koscheck that he at no point tried to change. During the fight Koscheck attempted THIRTY-FIVE takedowns, that's an average of 11.66 a round or OVER TWO TAKEDOWNS EVERY MINUTE. Can you guess how many of these takedown attempts actually resulted in a takedown? ONE. It was beyond embarrassing by the end, Koscheck only attempted 16 strikes in the fight and landed a whole four of them. Whilst Bennett was hardly throwing bombs, he only landed 33 strikes during the fight, the constant sight of Koscheck shooting in, desperately grabbing for a leg and hoping to get a takedown didn't sit too well with the judges. It didn't help that Bennett opened up a cut on Koscheck early in the first round, so maybe all those takedowns failed because he couldn't see where Bennett actually was. Well it's a better excuse than anyone else is going to come up with. The judges ended up scoring the fight 30-26 across the board, perhaps more than Koscheck actually deserved after that performance. Winner: Richard Bennett (10-2) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 70% (Car crash entertainment value I expect) ------------------------------------ Fight #8 Super Heavyweight Division Heffo Klumpo (9-2) vs. Jimmy Johnson (6-1) By far the closest decision fight thus far as both men went all out to try and take home the victory. The main battle was to try and get the fight to where each man felt comfortable, Klumpo managed to secure 6 of his 7 takedown attempts during the fight to get control on the ground, but when the two fighters were on the ground Klumpo seemed reluctant to do anything but control Johnson, and the referee was frequently standing the fighters back up. When they were striking on the feet it was Johnson who had a distinct advantage, landing some good shots throughout the fight, but he did lack a lot of focus with his strikes, his strike accuracy was only 30%. Klumpo was bit more accurate, landing 20 out of his 27 strike attempts, but Johnson's punches had much more venom on them, and as is the theme of the show Klumpo ended up with blood pouring out of a cut. It was 1-1 going into the final round and although Klumpo scored with two more takedowns he did nothing with them, whilst Johnson continually landed shots standing and then possibly won the fight by sweeping Klumpo in the final minute and ending the fight on top. The judges all scored the fight 29-28 to Johnson, Klumpo's lack of impact on the ground probably costing him the fight. Winner: Jimmy Johnson (7-1) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 88% ------------------------------------ Co-Main Event Featherweight Division Eli Gull (11-3-1) vs. Johnny Quid (11-2) Quid was incredibly aggressive in the first round, constantly pressuring Gull with strikes when they were at a distance, but also seemingly determined to keep the fight in the clinch at all times. Gull did his best to keep Quid away, but for some reason it was Quid himself who kept breaking the clinches he initiated, normally after only landing a couple of shots then moving away again. If it was a deliberate tactic to confuse Gull it may have worked, as Gull's accuracy throughout the first round was very poor, whilst Quid landed a lot of his strikes and did quite a bit of damage in the opening five minutes. Quid continued to dominate the fight in Round 2 as he moved his stand-up into a different gear, Gull was out struck from the opening bell in the round and offered very little in retaliation whilst being caught by Quid on many occasions. To put it into perspective, Quid landed 39 strikes during the fight, Gull landed just 1 and only attempted 15. Quid finally put the last nail in the coffin when he caught Gull with a three punch combination that left Gull rocked, then moved in to connect with a hook to the body and a straight left that dropped Gull to the mat. Quid dived in and started landing some hard ground and pound, and it didn't take long before the referee stepped in between them and called the fight off. A one-sided victory for Quid, and I have no idea why Gull was so reluctant to stand and exchange punches considering his boxing skills are so good. Winner: Johnny Quid (12-2) via TKO (Strikes) - 2:48 of Round 2 Fight Rating: 74% ------------------------------------ MAIN EVENT Heavyweight Division Bael Adonael (12-1) vs. Aleksi Borga (16-3) It was a stand-up war between these two fighters that went the full three rounds, but the dominance of one fighter came as a real surprise to those expecting this to be a close fight. Adonael was making his debut after moving to Blitzkrieg from ACME Montreal, but he made a hell of an entrance into the company by controlling Borga from start to finish. How he do it? He landed an ungodly amount of kicks to the head, body and legs of Borga, including an MMA Tycoon Razor Head Kick that opened up a cut on Borga, making him I believe the fifth bleeder of the night. Adonael landed 73 kicks during the fight, 18 to the head, 18 to the body and 37 to the legs, with an accuracy of just under 60%. Borga seemed completely lost out there, and for such a good fighter to be left in such a state shows just how good Adonael is. Borga only landed 11 strikes in the fight, with an accuracy of only 26%, and at no point did he try to change things up by taking the fight to the ground and very rarely tried to clinch. Borga finished the fight with bruised ribs, bruised legs and blood still coming out of his cut, so it was not much of a surprise that the judges scored the fight 30-26 to Adonael, with Round 2 being scored a 10-8. A sensational debut for Adonael who has already made a strong case for a title shot with this performance. Winner: Bael Adonael (13-1) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------------ Statistics Show Rating: 205.73 Attendance: 6,262 KO of the Night: Robbie Balboa Fight of the Night: Jimmy Johnson vs. Heffo Klumpo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Blitzkrieg were back on January 15th for their latest biggest show of all time, this one entitled Blitz 129: Beyond Appearances. The main drawing prospect for this show was unquestionably a massive Blitz Heavyweight Title contest between undefeated champion and King of the Heavyweight World Travis Reed and his next challenger Aloha Hoi. ------------------------------------ Fight #1 Bantamweight Division Artemis Bray (8-1) vs. Whelan Mahoney (10-3) Bray shot in for two takedowns straight away but Mahoney was able to keep the fight standing both times, making Bray look a bit foolish. Mahoney was coming out swinging certainly looking for a KO, but he also tried to clinch on a few occasions, Bray was having none of that. Mahoney connected with a good right hand and stayed out of Bray's range whenever he looked to connect, but things took a nasty turn when Mahoney accidentally gave Bray a knee to the groin. After a couple of minutes to recover Bray got back into action, but paid for it when Mahoney cracked him in the jaw with a powerful right hand. Bray fell to the mat and Mahoney was quick to pounce, landing some hard shots from the top that Bray could not defend successfully. After a few more shots connected the referee stepped in and called the fight off, giving Mahoney an impressive TKO victory. Winner: Whelan Mahoney (11-3) via TKO (Strikes) - 1:30 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 57% ------------------------------------ Fight #2 Lightweight Division Tyrone Eastman (8-2) vs. Vernon Turner (12-4) The first decision of the evening was a fairly dull affair, with a lot of the fight taking place in the clinch. When they were fighting from a distance it seemed both fighters were reluctant to push the pace and initiate the first strike, and when the fighters did go for it their punches lacked accuracy. Eastman only landed 7 shots outside the clinch, Turner landed 8. Both fighters went for four takedowns during the fight, Eastman succeeded with one whilst Turner succeeded with two, and in Round 2 he dominated from the top for almost the full five minutes, landing some decent ground and pound but not advancing into a strong position, so Eastman was never in much danger of being finished The clinch became the most important factor in the fight as Turner was able to dominate the final round with good clinch work and dirty boxing. He landed 51 strikes out of 68 attempts in the clinch, doing quite a bit of damage to the head of Eastman whilst Eastman's only really attempt to get things back in his favour was a half-hearted takedown attempt. All the judges gave Eastman the first round but Turner was way ahead in Rounds 2 and 3, so he received three 29-28 scores from the judges and took home the victory. Winner: Vernon Turner (13-4) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 60% ------------------------------------ Fight #3 Featherweight Division Shane Falco (11-2) vs. Nikola Tesla (10-2) This kind of fight is one of the reasons I stopped doing in depth analysis of decision fights. I'll start off by saying the Fight Rating was 21%, and that both fighters weren't exactly coming out to entertain the fans but rather grind out a victory in the most boring manner possible. It was one of those bizarre fights where neither fighter wanted to fight on the feet, nor did they want to fight in the clinch or on the ground. For most of it they just stood there circling each other like they were on a merry-go-round for fifteen minutes. Falco landed the most shots during the fight, which is about as prestigious as winning a foot race against Emmanuel Yarborough, Falco landed 20 strikes with an accuracy of 32%, Tesla landed 14 strikes with an accuracy of 36%. Neither man attempted a takedown, they were in a clinch for about a minute where only one strike landed, and the only highlight of the fight was when Tesla landed a decent counter punch and opened up a cut under Falco's left eye. Falco got the decision from the judges, all 29-28, now let us never speak of this again. Winner: Shane Falco (12-2) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 21% ------------------------------------ Fight #4 Middleweight Division Melvin Manhoef (13-4) vs. Shachlo Popyachtsa (16-9) I do hate writing Popyachtsa's name, I never spell it right the first time. This was another decision finish but thankfully the fight itself was about a million times better than the previous one. Manhoef tried to clinch a lot during the fight but Popyachtsa seemed well aware that this was going to happen and showed good skill in staying out of Manhoef's reach. This allowed Popyachtsa to land significantly more strikes than Manhoef, especially in Round 2 where he was dominant from start to finish, Manhoef being left almost defenceless as Popyachtsa landed shots consistently for the whole five minutes. Manhoef took back a round with Round 3 as Popyachtsa took his foot off the gas, Manhoef's kicks started to work a bit more but he kept his strikes mixed with some good punches landing as well. Overall Manhoef landed 27 strikes with an accuracy of 60%, but Popyachtsa was well ahead with 78 strikes and an accuracy of 67%. With numbers like that it was no surprise that Popyachtsa was given the fight 29-27 from all three judges after a superb striking display. Winner: Shachlo Popyachtsa (17-9) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------------ Fight #5 Heavyweight Division Yiuta Misura (13-2) vs. John Farson (6-0) Farson has been really making a name for himself as a future prospect for Blitzkrieg, and he started out this fight by proving to be people just why that is. Farson spent the whole of the first round just peppering Misura with strikes, particularly some vicious leg kicks that had already left some visible bruising on the leg of Misura within the opening minutes of the fight, and by the end of the round it seemed that Misura was barely able to put any pressure on his left leg. Farson followed up his leg kicks with hard shots to the head, and eventually they did enough damage to open a cut over Misura's right eye. The shots kept on landing and it was a definite 10-8 round for Farson, Misura limped back to his corner with blood all over his face, a lesser man may not have answered the call for Round 2. But Misura came out, and proceeded to get his face and legs battered again by the merciless and relentless Farson. Misura's cut continued to get worse as the fight went on, until two minutes into the round Farson landed a hard left hook and that was enough for the referee to get the doctor in. As always the doctor said the fight couldn't continue, and Farson took home another victory via TKO, every one of his 7 wins has been a TKO stoppage. Winner: John Farson (7-0) via TKO (Cut) - 2:10 of Round 2 Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------------ Fight #6 Lightweight Division Ratrick Obeh (13-1-2) vs. Victor Reinhardt (12-3) Obeh came out looking to clinch but Reinhardt was able to keep him at distance with some hard low kicks. Obeh fought back with some good punching and a couple of leg kicks of his own, both fighters certainly were looking to stand and trade which makes my job easier. Obeh started to go for the body and landed a nice hook and a hard body kick, causing Reinhardt to look a bit gassed very early in the fight. Reinhardt was countering well with some good punches and kicks, but Obeh was starting to wind up his punches and look for a big one to connect. All of a sudden Obeh connected with a hard head kick that sent Reinhardt to the mat, nobody saw that coming, least of all Reinhardt! Obeh motioned for Reinhardt to get back up but he was still on wobbly legs. Obeh went for another head kick but Reinhardt ducked it this time and countered with a right hand, then with another leg kick. However Obeh was not to be denied and landed a hard straight right hand that dropped Reinhardt again, this time Obeh dropped down and landed some hard hammer fists to his barely conscious opponent until the referee intervened and pulled him away. Obeh gets the TKO victory, and Reinhardt's hopes of a title re-match have suffered a massive setback. Winner: Ratrick Obeh (14-1-2) via TKO (Strikes) - 3:05 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 68% ------------------------------------ Fight #7 Middleweight Division Honest Griffin (10-1) vs. Dirk Richter (9-3) This may sound like an over-reaction, but this fight could have been the most one-sided complete and utter destruction job I have ever seen in this game. Griffin got the fight into the clinch for literally 99% of the time they were fighting, and absolutely destroyed Richter with some incredible dirty boxing. In the 10 minutes and 35 seconds of the fight Griffin landed 105 punches to the head and 87 punches to the body, 101 of the head punches and 85 of the body punches were in the clinch. His striking accuracy in the clinch was 99.4%, with just one knee to the body being blocked by Richter. In retaliation to this onslaught all Richter managed to do was land 7 strikes in the clinch and a leg kick outside of it, his desperate attempts to get takedowns were easily thwarted by Griffin who kept it standing without any trouble. After two rounds that could quite easily have been scored 10-7, Griffin finally put Richter out of his misery when he connected with an uppercut that sent Richter his knees. Griffin kept hammering away until the referee stepped in and politely asked him to stop killing the young man. Complete and utter devastation from Griffin, he's put out a strong warning to the Middleweight division that they may want to stay out of his clinch if they know what's good for them... Winner: Honest Griffin (11-1) via TKO (Strikes) - 0:35 of Round 3 Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------------ Fight #8 Middleweight Division Damian Roshan (16-7) vs. Scott Spade (16-4) Roshan started the fight by landing a good body shot, but Spade came back with a three punch combination and a body punch of his own. Spade scored with a nice straight left, Roshan connected with a right hook but then tried a terrible takedown that was never going to work. Spade took the fight into the clinch but the grappling contest was won by Roshan when he got the under hooks and slammed Spade to the mat. But maybe that was what Spade wanted, as he quickly started looking for submissions from the ground. There wasn't a whole lot of action as Roshan was more interested in controlling the position, but he eventually allowed Spade to get a loose triangle, which he then got it locked in securely and Roshan was in all sorts of trouble! He struggled as best he could but eventually had no option but to tap out! Spade wins the fight with the only submission of the last two shows... Winner: Scott Spade (17-4) via Submission (Triangle) - 2:26 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 49% ------------------------------------ Semi Main Event Middleweight Division Harjan Varsi (18-6) vs. Steve Nieve (13-4) Time for another decision fight, and unfortunately this one was just as bad as the Falco/Tesla fight from earlier on. It was a similar scenario to why that fight sucked so much, both fighters had no interest in trying to come out and knock the other one out, but at least in this fight Varsi tried to land some punches even if they weren't that hard. Unfortunately for him his accuracy was beyond horrible, he connected with 18 strikes in the fight but threw 86, a wonderful 20% accuracy rating. In contrast Nieve only bothered to throw 31 strikes in the fight and landed just 13. So we have 31 strikes landing in the entire fight, which is less than Honest Griffin scored with in each round of his fight. Nobody tried any takedowns during the fight, but they were in a clinch for about thirty seconds that produced nothing of interest. In fact "nothing of interest" is by far the best way of describing the fight in general. Varsi took the fight 29-28 on all the judges' scorecards, most likely due to being the more aggressive of the two and actually looking to fight his opponent rather than stand there and avoid punches for fifteen minutes. It's a strange show when you have a two horrible contests and two three round wars, but you can never say that Blitzkrieg are predictable! Winner: Harjan Varsi (19-6) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 21% ------------------------------------ MAIN EVENT Blitzkrieg Heavyweight Championship Travis Reed (12-0) © vs. Aloha Hoi (12-2) Is this the newest biggest Heavyweight fight of all time? I can only assume so. Hoi came out swinging and looking to put a hurting on Reed straight away, Reed managed to avoid a had and a jab, then a combination from Hoi misses as Reed uses good head movement to keep out of his way. Hoi scored with a good kick to the body, Reed tried one of his own but Hoi moved back out of harm's way. Hoi missed a head kick but turned around quickly and CRACKED Reed in the jaw with a right hand which DROPPED REED! Hoi had no interest in going to the ground with Reed and beckoned him to stand up, Reed swung wildly with a right hand that missed by a mile, but he did manage to connect with a jab to the nose. However Hoi wasn't finished, he connected with another HUGE hook and Reed was DOWN AGAIN! Once again Hoi told Reed to get up, seemingly showing no respect for Reed's previously feared stand-up game. Reed got back to his feet but he was barely able to stand, and it took one more jab and a massive uppercut from Hoi to put Reed on his back once again, this time knocked out cold. And with that we had a new Blitzkrieg Heavyweight champion, a new best Heavyweight in the world, and the end of Reed's undefeated record. All in 46 seconds. Winner: Aloha Hoi (13-2) via KO (Punch) - 0:46 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------------ Statistics Show Rating: 251.72 Attendance: 6,401 Fight of the Night: Shachlo Popyachtsa vs. Melvin Manhoef KO Of the Night: Aloha Hoi Submission of the Night: Scott Spade ------------------------------------ Weekly Blitzkrieg Pound 4 Pound Rankings (World Rankings in Brackets) 1. Aloha Hoi - Heavyweight Champion (#3) 2. Waldorf Astoria (#4) 3. Arthur Meighen - Welterweight Champion (#7) 4. Manny Baddabing - Middleweight Champion (#8) 5. Shock N Awe - Lightweight Champion (#9) 6. Stringer Bell - Light Heavyweight Champion (#16) 7. Rolando Garcia - Featherweight Champion (#20) 8. Bael Adonael (#25) 9. Travis Reed (#28) 10. Leon Kaiser (#44) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Blitzkrieg were back on Friday 21st January for their show Blitz 130: Love Over Gold. Despite the show's title I'm sure that Manny Baddabing and Akio Takada would happily sacrifice love in order to get hold of or keep their hands on the Blitzkrieg Middleweight title, as Baddabing put the belt up for grabs in the main event of the show. ---------------------------------- Fight #1 Super Heavyweight Division John Franklin (9-5) vs. Samuel Daniels (7-4) It was the first decision of the night, but it sure as hell wasn't going to be the last. Daniels won the first round by keeping the fight on the feet for the majority of it, during his time striking he was able to open a cut on Franklin's eyebrow with an MMA Tycoon Razor Head Kick. They fought in the clinch for a bit too, allowing Daniels to utilise his strength and clinchwork skills to make the cut worse and easily take the round. After scoring a takedown Franklin did better in Round 2, but after they were stood back up it was still Franklin in control as he greatly improved his striking to outscore Daniels throughout the round. Round 3 was all on the ground and it was a five minute beating, Franklin got his takedown and just crushed Daniels with ground and pound for the rest of the round. Punches, elbows and knees to the ribs kept landing as Daniels did nothing but try to improve his position and never gave Franklin anything to worry about, it was so bad that all the judges gave the round a 10-8. Overall Franklin landed 24 strikes on his feet with accuracy of 55%, and 15 strikes on the ground. Daniels landed 21 strikes on the feet with an accuracy of just 41%. The judges all scored the fight 29-27 to Franklin, then everybody moved on with their lives. Winner: John Franklin (10-5) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 100% ---------------------------------- Fight #2 Light Heavyweight Division Felipe Emiliano (8-4) vs. Egill Skallagrimsson (13-9) After a cautious start of missed punches, checked leg kicks and stuffed takedowns, Emiliano is the first to land with a decent shot with an uppercut to the jaw. This seems to wake Skallagrimsson up, he moves forward swinging with wild punches and finally connects with a high kick, before following that up with a nice jab. Skallagrimsson lands a hard uppercut and leaves Emiliano rocked! Skallagrimsson then moves in and connect with a hard straight right hand that catches Emiliano on the jaw and knocks him out cold! YAY FIRST ROUND KO~! Winner: Egill Skallagrimsson (14-9) via KO (Punch) - 1:16 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 64% ---------------------------------- Fight #3 Featherweight Division Corey Johnson (16-5) vs. Luther Pope (11-5) TAKEDOWNS~! Johnson certainly likes them, he's someone who likes to get the fight to the ground at any opportunity, and eight times during the fight he was able to do so. Unfortunately for him he fails with five of those, and Pope's stand-up is good enough to dominate the first two rounds with crisp and accurate striking that cuts open Corey Johnson and easily gets him the opening two rounds on the judges' scorecards. Johnson was able to get a takedown in each round but Pope was able to withstand any offense Johnson threw his way which was mainly submissions, and last until the end of the round. Round 3 saw Johnson get a takedown much earlier than he had done in the previous rounds, giving him more time to work away at Pope. After some half-decent ground and pound Johnson was able to get into half guard, and from there he went to apply a kimura. He got it locked in and Pope had no option but to tap out! A good come-from-behind victory for Johnson, he wasn't winning anything if he hadn't got a finish in the final round. Winner: Corey Johnson (17-5) via Submission (Kimura) - 3:05 of Round 3 Fight Rating: 52% ---------------------------------- Fight #4 Lightweight Division Jethro Rayner (11-3) vs. Alexander Dunn (10-6) Round 1 saw some superb fighting from Dunn who dominated all areas of the stand-up, when striking from a distance he found his range early and connected with a lot of good punches, and when the fight moved into the clinch he was equally as deadly, landing lots of good elbows on the inside. Rayner was able to get a takedown just over halfway through the round, but there was so little action on the mat that the referee stood them back up after less than a minute. This allowed Dunn to land some more good strikes before the first round came to an end. Round 2 was very similar for the most part as Dunn continues to land a lot of strikes, Rayner tries to connect with some of his own but his lack of accuracy combined with Dunn's strike defence meant that very few of his punches connected. Dunn however was on the warpath, getting Rayner trapped against the cage and unloading strikes, somehow Rayner was able to survive the onslaught and keep going. Soon an uppercut from Dunn left Rayner rocked, and after a leg kick landed Dunn moved forward and connected with four hard punches, each one landing right on the jaw of Rayner and eventually dropping him to the mat. Dunn swarmed and began hitting hard strikes until the referee intervened and called off the fight. A superb performance from Dunn, he landed 61 strikes in just under 10 minutes. Winner: Alexander Dunn (11-6) via TKO (Strikes) - 4:42 of Round 2 Fight Rating: 58% ---------------------------------- Fight #5 Welterweight Division Quentin Cane (12-3) vs. Leonid Kulminator (16-4) Our next decision victory was a fairly clear cut one, the whole fight took place on the feet and it was Kulminator who got much the better of it. He was frighteningly accurate for the whole fight, and chose to go for kicks more than punches, but landed strikes consistently and persistently for the full fifteen minutes. Cane on the other hand was far more ragged with his striking, and whilst when he did land the punches did more damage, his overall accuracy was abysmal. Overall Kulminator landed 79 strikes with an accuracy of 79%, whilst Cane landed just 10 strikes with an accuracy of 11%. Yes, 11%. By the end of the fight Cane's legs and body looked like they had been kicked repeatedly by an opposing MMA fighter for three rounds, which is in fact what had happened, and he looked a broken man as he limped to the middle to hear the judges’ scores. All three judges scored the fight 30-27 for Kulminator, an easy victory for him and a telling story of the difference between going for accuracy and going for power. Winner: Leonid Kulminator (17-4) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 56% ---------------------------------- Fight #6 Lightweight Division Gaia Ky (11-4-1) vs. Roby Smith (10-4) We've got another decision, and yet again the fight produced a clear-cut winner and the judges did their job in giving it to the correct person. Life is so much easier that way. Ky was clinical wherever the fight took place, fighting on the outside he landed 44 strikes, many of them to the body of Smith, but it was in the clinch where he really excelled, landing 103 strikes out of 104 attempts, and controlling the position for as long as he wanted to. Smith on the other hand looked pretty foolish, he only connected with 12 strikes in the entire fight, and only threw 49, considering he didn't go for any takedowns I'm not entirely sure what his gameplan was. He was dominated in every department by a ruthless Ky, he took the fight 30-27 on all the judges' scorecards, and you could have easily given it 30-26 or 30-25. Winner: Gaia Ky (12-4-1) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 82% ---------------------------------- Fight #7 Light Heavyweight Division Max Shinobi (11-3) vs. Anton Glasgow (11-2) Hey look, we've got another decision where one fighter is by far the dominant one and takes an easy victory. In actuality the fight was a lot closer than the scorecards would suggest, but Shinobi put in a better performance in each round to out-strike and out-position Glasgow throughout. Glasgow seemed very eager to get the fight to the ground ant attempted 8 takedowns in total during the fight, only three of them actually worked and when the fight did go to the ground there was a significant lack of action and the referee ended up standing them up every time. Shinobi on the other hand was a lot more aggressive on the feet, he had no interest in going to the ground and as a result was able to focus more on throwing and landing strikes. He cut Glasgow early in the fight which could have helped him with regards to Glasgow losing some vision. During the fight Shinobi landed 40 strikes with an accuracy of 47%, Glasgow landed 18 strikes at 39%, so you can see how the fight was hardly the most exciting. The judges gave every round to Shinobi 10-9, so it was an across the board 30-27 for him. Winner: Max Shinobi (12-3) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 73% ---------------------------------- Fight #8 Heavyweight Division Franz Kafka (9-2) vs. He Man (12-4) He Man is normally good for a quick finish, but even he let me down here so we had another decision. However it was still a dominating fight from Man, not in a particularly crowd-pleasing or recapper-pleasing way though as he proceeded to get a takedown every round and work away with basic ground and pound until that round is over. When I say basic ground and pound, what I really mean is that despite the fight being on the ground for 10 minutes Man only landed 7 strikes, and whilst Kafka did a pretty decent job of improving his position a lot, Man was just as good at getting those positions back pretty quickly. You'd have to call it a "ground chess battle", it certainly wasn't a slugfest as Kafka only landed five strikes standing during the fight, and Man only landed four. As far as finishing the fight both men only attempted one submission each, and neither one of those looked remotely close to actually working. Overall I found it pretty dull, but then I'm very hard to please. All three judges scored the fight 30-27 for He Man, and after a brief cheer the crowd put it behind them and waited for the bigger fights. Winner: He Man (13-4) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 47% ---------------------------------- Semi Main Event Welterweight Division Magnum P I (18-2) vs. Kasper Kessler (15-2) The former Blitzkrieg Welterweight champion Magnum got caught by a Kessler leg kick early on, but came back with a leg kick of his own before moving in and scoring a takedown into half guard. Magnum immediately went for a guillotine but couldn't get the hold in properly, whilst Kessler looked for submissions from the bottom but none were forthcoming. Magnum got into side control but the referee decided that wasn't sufficient and stood them up. Alright then. Magnum landed another low kick but Kessler landed some night straight right hands, but missed with a jab and got caught by another leg kick. After a lot of missed strikes in the final minute of the round Magnum landed another low kick, but had a takedown attempt stuffed at the end of the round. Kessler avoids another takedown at the start of Round 2, but gets caught by a Magnum body kick and a leg kick, allowing Magnum to shoot in and get another takedown into half guard. Magnum tries for a guillotine again but Kessler defends it, and stops Magnum from advancing into a better position. However Magnum is a submission expert, and even in half guard he is able to get hold of a kimura. He bends Kessler's arm back as far as it can go and Kessler holds on as long as he can before he is forced to tap out. Another good win for Magnum, maintaining his record as Blitzkrieg's most winningest fighter. ---------------------------------- MAIN EVENT Blitzkrieg Middleweight Title Manny Baddabing (19-2) vs. Akio Takada (13-4) OK, when Manny Baddabing isn't getting a finish either I have to assume it's some kind of conspiracy against me. Baddabing got two takedowns in the first round and controlled the action for the whole five minutes, he attempted a few submission holds but none of them came close to being secure, and two of them were just a waste of time anyway (a FOREARM CHOKE?!). When they were standing Takada did a decent job of landing strikes including a head kick and some good left hands, but with 90% off the round on the mat he didn't get much of a chance to use his striking. Round 2 started with a takedown from Baddabing but he didn't do much on the ground and they were stood up quickly. Takada tried to connect with strikes but Baddabing evaded them well, and for the final two minutes of the round they were in the clinch. Baddabing did the better job on the inside landing numerous punches even if not all of them did much damage. After dominating in the clinch Baddabing for some reason opted for a body lock takedown, but the round ended moments later. The first two minutes of Round 3 were in the clinch again, and once again it was Baddabing throwing and landing the most shots. When the clinch was broken Baddabing shot in and got a takedown, but the fight stalled on the mat until Baddabing tried for a kimura that was very close to being secure, but Takada managed to get out of trouble in the end. Baddabing just lay on top of Takada until the round ended, much to the fans' displeasure. Round 4 saw Baddabing get another takedown, but the referee was much stricter with his lack of action and stood them up quickly. After an exchange of strikes for a couple of minutes that saw both men land hard shots Baddabing got another takedown and kept Takada on the ground until the round ended, apparently doing enough in the referee's eyes to keep it there despite the protests of the fans. Round 5 was the only one to take place entirely on the feet, and Takada came out looking to finish the fight as that was the only way he was winning. After fighting at a distance for the first three minutes, Takada landing a lot of kicks and defending Baddabing's takedown attempts, they clinch for the final two minutes which gave Baddabing the opportunity to avoid any possible knockout blows. Takada took the final round but it wasn't enough, Baddabing successfully defending his title again, getting scores of 49-46 from all the judges. Winner: Manny Baddabing (20-2) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 73% ---------------------------------- Statistics Show Rating: 198.40 Attendance: 6,220 KO of the Night: Egill Skallagrimsson Submission of the Night: Magnum P I Fight of the Night: Corey Johnson vs. Luther Pope (say whaaaat?!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Blitzkrieg were back on Saturday 22nd January for their latest show Blitz 131: Brothers in Arms. For once I actually think this is a GOOD title for a show, but looking at some of the future event names I can't see me enjoying many others for a while. WHITE PONY?! Anyway, headlining the show was the second Blitzkrieg title match in two days as Stringer Bell defended his Light Heavyweight title against number one contender Laurent Loughlin. ------------------------------- Fight #1 Super Heavyweight Division Musashimaru Koyo (13-2-1) vs. Dana Whyte (12-5) Koyo got a very early takedown, and it was a spectacular-looking slam too, but he couldn't get anything going on the ground from full guard and the referee was quick to stand them up when there was no action. Almost immediately Koyo shot in and got another takedown, this time he was able to land some shots and avoid an attempted guillotine from Whyte, but Whyte was soon able to sweep and take the top position. Whyte struggled to do anything of note on top and missed whenever he looked to strike, eventually Koyo was able to get a sweep to regain his top position. Koyo showed some good skills to move from half guard to mount very quickly, and began raining down punches to the prone body of Whyte. Koyo landed some big elbows and the referee stepped in and pulled him away, giving Koyo the TKO victory! Winner: Musashimaru Koyo (14-2-1) via TKO (Strikes) - 4:30 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 46% ------------------------------- Fight #2 Heavyweight Division Leroy Jenkins (11-4) vs. Jacks Sole (7-3) Jenkins came out looking good with a nice combination, whilst Sole struggled to find his range early on and missed with most of his punches, at one point Jenkins countered with a nice straight right hand. Sole connected with a hook to the head and got the fight into the clinch, only to land one punch and seperate again. Jenkins landed a jab and a nice three punch combination, then followed that with a straight left. Sole shot in for a takedown but Jenkins stuffed it and landed a nice jab, Sole connected with a couple of hooks but got thumped in the ribs by a Jenkins body shot. Jenkins then landed a nice right hand and a good uppercut that sent Sole to the floor! Jenkins was only able to get to half guard but he postured up and rained down elbows and punches, Sole struggled to defend them and most of the strikes got through and landed hard. After a few more connected the referee decided that was enough and called the fight off, giving Jenkins an impressive TKO win. Winner: Leroy Jenkins (12-4) via TKO (Strikes) - 3:05 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------- Fight #3.... ... was scheduled to be Jacre de Booza vs. Hiro Protagonist, but de Booza didn't make it to Hilo so the fight was scrapped. Good job I don't get paid by the fight. ------------------------------- Fight #4 Featherweight Division Grimlock Jones (16-5) vs. Joao Pequeno (10-3) And here's the first of what will likely be a lot more decisions on this card. Yay. It's a very close fight though, even though by the end of the second round you would have thought it would be a walkover. Jones dominated the opening two stanzas, in Round 1 he successfully got the fight to the ground and controlled the action well until the referee stood them up, and despite Pequeno taking the fight to the clinch it was Jones who got the better of the situation, throwing and landing more strikes in the 90 seconds they were there. After an even stand-up battle for the first half of Round 2 Jones got it to the ground and immediately came close to securing a kimura. They stayed on the ground for the remainder of the round with nothing of any interest happening for over 90 seconds. Round 3 was all on the feet allowing Pequeno the opportunity to showcase his striking abilities, and he dominated the round as Jones tried and failed to get another takedown. Pequeno kept the fight in the clinch for the last two minutes, however Pequeno was unable to turn his dominance into the finish that he really needed to win the fight, and the judges all gave it 29-28 to Grimlock Jones. Winner: Grimlock Jones (17-5) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 51% ------------------------------- Fight #5 Super Heavyweight Division Santiago Da Silva (13-6) vs. Brad Rogers (13-5) An entertaining start of the fight saw both fighters come out looking to swing, Da Silva made the first attempt at a takedown but Rogers kept it standing well. Da Silva landed a nice body punch and tried for a second takedown, again Rogers stuffed it. Da Silva landed a nice cross and a leg kick, he tried for a takedown, Rogers stuffed it. Da Silva accidentally caught Rogers with a knee to the groin, and once Rogers was able to compete again Da Silva tried and failed with another takedown. Da Silva took the fight into the clinch and pressed Rogers against the cage, before successfully pulling guard. And here come the submission attempts. He went for an armbar first which Rogers blocked, but he soon got hold of a body triangle, before isolating the arm and transitioning into an armbar. He cranked away on the arm and Rogers had no choice but to tap out. Santiago Da Silva proving that going for 5 takedowns in two minutes and 2 submissions in fifteen seconds is a successful route for any fighter. Winner: Santiago Da Silva (14-6) via Submission (Armbar) - 2:43 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 53% ------------------------------- Fight #6 Lightweight Division Nkuku Ngbendu wa za Banga (13-2) vs. BJ Penn (14-6) It's another decision, with this fight being a lot more one-sided than the previous one. Penn got a takedown early in Round 1 but did nothing with it, the referee standing them up quite quickly. From then onwards it was all za Banga's fight, as the action was on the feet all the time from then onwards. It wasn't through a lack of trying by Penn, after his first one succeeded he went for another eight takedown attempts, with za Banga able to stuff every single one and keep it standing. So with it being an all-stand up battle the stats easily show how dominant za Banga was, he landed 48 strikes in total, 25 of them leg kicks, whilst Penn could only land 15 strikes as those failed takedown attempts started to cause problems with his energy levels. The final round was especially dominant for za Banga as he continuously peppered Penn's legs and body with kicks for the whole five minutes, to the extent that one of the juges scored it 10-8 to him. We had a rare occurence of three different judges scores, a 30-28, a 30-27 and a 30-26, but they all scored it to za Banga who took home his 14th victory. Winner: Nkuku Ngbendu wa za Banga (14-2) Fight Rating: 47% ------------------------------- Fight #7 Super Heavyweight Division Jamie Brigo (11-1) vs. Harry Hill (14-5) Well this was quite the massacre, Brigo decided he was going to come out and destroy Hill with unrepetent fury. Maybe he's not a fan of TV Burp. Nobody's going to get that outside of the UK. Brigo cut Hill open early with a series of hard punches, and the cut was to play quite an important role in the finish, as so often is the case in Tycoon. The scary thing is that Brigo was able to do all this damage despite only landing 17 punches and 3 kicks to the head, landing 51 strikes in total outside the clinch and 18 strikes inside the clinch. His accuracy though was what took him ahead of Hill in the end, Brigo's accuracy was 75% in total, whereas Hill only landed 6 strikes, an accuracy of 12.5%. Ouch. Maybe the blood was blinding him, his face was certainly a mess by the end of the second round. But despite his best efforts in the final round it just took one more hard uppercut from Brigo to connect before the referee stepped in and presented Hill to the doctor, who opted to call it off. Yet another cut stoppage, they sure are common in Hilo. Brigo wins, whilst Hill will be going to a nearby plastic surgeon. Winner: Jamie Brigo (12-1) via TKO (Cut) - 2:15 of Round 3 Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------- Fight #8 Welterweight Division Seth Vandrel (11-3) vs. Mick Noonan (11-2) This was by far one of the best fights of the year thus far, and it was destined to be that way considering both fighters were bleeding inside the opening minute. Noonan came out throwing a ridiculous amount of strikes, not all of them landed but it was nice to see the intent was there. He threw 120 strikes from distance and another 94 in the clinch as well as 2 on the ground, making 216 in total, and he managed to land 94 of them. Noonan's strikes left Vandrel rocked late in the first round as the fighters were clinched, but he wasn't quite able to finish him off before the round came to an end. Vandrel was always unlikely to keep up with that pace, he only threw 42 during the fight and landed 18, but his game plan was always to go for a takedown and get the fight to the floor, something he was able to do on two occasions. Unfortunately it was his second takedown that proved to be his downfall, as late in the third round with the two fighters on the floor Noonan was able to execute a very nice sweep and take the top position in mount. From there Noonan unleashed a series of hard punches, before a big elbow left Vandrel in all sorts of trouble. A few more unanswered punches later and the referee was getting Noonan out of the way and giving him the victory, Noonan finishing a fight he would almost certainly have won via decision anyway. Winner: Mick Noonan (12-2) via TKO (Strikes) - 4:36 of Round 3 Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------- Semi Main Event Heavyweight Division Vinnie Barbarino (10-1-1) vs. Reinhard Galt (12-2) Ooh, a split decision, those are always fun. Unfortunately the theme for this fight was one of failure, a failure to connect with strikes, a failure to secure takedowns, a failure to go for finishes, a failure to score a good fight rating. Lots and lots of failures. Galt took the first round by landing quite a few kicks, even if one did accidentally catch Barbarino in the balls, and Galt used a good jab to cut Barbarino open. Perhaps the most important part of the round is that Barbarino tried three takedowns, but Galt was able to stuff them all. Round 2 showed just how important that was as Barbarino scored two takedowns during the round and subsequently dominated it. There wasn't a whole lot of action on the ground, Barbarino only connected with four ground strikes in the fight, but after being stood up once he did enough after the second takedown to keep the fight on the floor. So in Round 3 how could you make it as even as possible? Well Barbarino scored one takedown to keep the fight on the ground for the first half of the round, then for the second half of the round Galt landed a decent amount of shots. The judges could have gone either way with it, but two scored it 29-28 to Galt, the other 29-28 to Barbarino. The difference could well have been the lack of damage that Barbarino caused after getting his three takedowns. Winner: Reinahrd Galt (13-2) via Split Decision Fight Rating: 48% ------------------------------- MAIN EVENT Blitzkrieg Light Heavyweight Title Stringer Bell (18-3) © vs. Laurent Loughlin (15-2) Oh come on, TWO five round decisions in the same week? I hate this game. The first round is very even as both fighters show good striking skills, however they both seem more interested in accuracy than in looking to knock their opponent out, there are very few wild punches but lots of technical striking. The action is non-stop though, and both men don't even look that tired when they head back to their corners. Loughlin probably took the second round, he came out looking far more aggressive than Bell and probably landed the harder strikes during the five minutes. Bell tried to take the fight into the clinch on one occasion, but after landing only a couple of strikes Loughlin broke free and they went back to fighting from a distance. Round 3 swung back to Bell's favour as he was able to keep the fight in the clinch for a lot longer, and in doing so landed some decent strikes as Loughlin's main goal was to get out of the clinch. It was another close round though, pretty much as even a round as the first one. Into the championship rounds and Bell continued to just about do enough to take the round, but it was another close one. Loughlin was coming forward from different angles with a multitude of different strikes, however most of them didn't connect, the accuracy of the previous rounds falling by the wayside as fatigue set in to both men. Bell started to counter quite well with some decent left hands, something Loughlin was struggling to do now. They entered the final round and Bell started to show that he had the stronger cardio, some may call it the "champion's advantage" of training for five round fights more often. Bell continued to counter well whenever Loughlin missed and landed significantly more strikes than Loughlin in the final two rounds. Overall Bell landed 44 strikes with an accuracy of 39%, whilst Loughlin landed 31 strikes with an accuracy of only 27%. With stats like that you can see how it was a close fight, but Bell's ability to sneak rounds by landing 4-5 more strikes than his opponent meant that he was given the decision victory, 49-46 from two judges and 49-47 from the other. Bell retains his Blitzkrieg Light Heavyweight title. Winner: Stringer Bell (19-3) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 100% ------------------------------- Statistics Show Rating: 193.03 Attendance: 6,146 KO of the Night: Leroy Jenkins Sub of the Night: Santiago da Silva Fight of the Night: Not Yet Awarded (my choice is Noonan vs. Vandrel) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 http://mmatycoon.com/images/company/logo/1289034036blitzkrieg.jpg Blitzkrieg were back on the 28th January for their show Blitz 132: White Pony. I have absolutely no idea what that means. I don't know if it's some kind of culture thing, being a middle class Englishman living in the countryside I'm not exactly up to date with slang terminology. Regardless of the bizarre name the show is to the best of my knowledge the first Blitzkrieg show headlined by a Bantamweight fight, as former Blitzkrieg Featherweight champion Buff Bagwell moved down in weight to take on undefeated Red Fox. --------------------------- Fight #1 Featherweight Division Rusty Trombone (15-10) vs. Doc Morbid (9-4-1) Here's our first decision of the night, and I can assure you it's nowhere near the last. Trombone was a man with one goal in mind, which was to get the fight to the ground at all costs. To put this in perspective during the fight he threw 14 strikes and went for 11 takedowns. That's not a very balanced strategy. He only succeeded with two of his takedown attempts, and when he was on the ground he spent most of his time trying and failing to advance to a better position, only succeeding with four of his 27 advancing attempts. Morbid himself didn't do much on the feet either, he only threw 21 strikes, connecting with 10, and shot in for three takedowns with 1 successful. He did manage to open a cut on Trombone with a MMA Tycoon Razor Head Kick, which probably helped his cause in the eyes of the judges. As it stood the judges scored it 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 in Morbid's favour, with Round 2 being the one round given to Trombone by that one judge, which was him getting a takedown and trying a submission, only to fall victim to the MMA Tycoon Leglock Reversal System. Not a good fight to start the show. Winner: Doc Morbid (10-4-1) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 47% --------------------------- Fight #2 Super Heavyweight Division Big Boy (12-6) vs. Aaron McSlugg (8-3) They say that if you're going to fight you may as well fight all guns blazing. At least I do. Aaron McSlugg personified this dubious Chinese proverb by coming out here and throwing punches like his life depended on it, and boy did it work. He threw 51 strikes in the three minutes this fight lasted, more than the combined total of Morbid and Trombone's entire fight, and landed 41 of them to really cause Boy some trouble. Boy struggled to do anything to stop the onslaught of strikes that came his way, only throwing 16 strikes and 12 of those were leg kicks, he only landed two strikes. As you'd expect it wasn't long before a jab from McSlugg left Boy rocked, and it took a few more big right hands to leave Boy in a heap on the floor with McSlugg standing over him landing hard strikes. The referee intervened and pulled McSlugg away to give him the TKO victory after a superb striking display. Winner: Aaron McSlugg (9-3) via TKO (Strikes) - 3:10 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 100% --------------------------- Fight #3 Featherweight Division John Berry (11-3) vs. Mauri Pekkarinen (11-6) Our second decision of the night was another one-sided fight, although the fight did take place in several different locations. Not geographically speaking of course, Round 2 wasn't held in Rio and Round 3 wasn't in Sydney, but they fought from a distance, in the clinch and on the ground throughout the fifteen minutes. Unfortunately for Berry and my spell-checker it was Pekkarinen who was in control regardless of where the action was taking place, although Berry was far more interested in the stand-up striking game than clinching or going to the ground. Berry threw 103 strikes but his accuracy deserted him, only landing 31 of them (30%), and whilst Pekkarinen wasn't quite as frantic in his striking he was a bit more accurate, throwing 84 strikes and landing 45 (53%). It was the two takedowns that really swung the fight in Pekkarinen's favour, one in the second round and the other late in the third. That solidified his victory in the eyes of the judges, and all three of them scored the fight 30-27 in Pekkarinen's favour. Winner: Mauri Pekkarinen (12-6) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 55% --------------------------- Fight #4 Welterweight Division Rumor Chance (10-4) vs. Mariuz Taurosevicius (6-1) It was always looking to be Taurosevicius' fight when he dominated Round 1, first on the feet when he connected with a head kick that knocked Chance to the ground, then following that up on the ground with submission attempts and controlling Chance until he decided to stand up. Chance never really seemed to recover from the head kick that put him down, and it wasn't a surprise that halfway through Round 2 Taurosevicius was able to get the finish he had wanted in the first round. A right jab caused Chance to be rocked, before a big left hand connected and knocked Chance out cold. A very impressive performance from Taurosevicius, not so much from Chance who only threw five punches, only connected with one, and did absolutely nothing else except move around and get punched and kicked. Winner: Mariuz Taurosevicius (7-1) via KO (Punch) - 2:16 of Round 2 Fight Rating: 61% --------------------------- Fight #5 Light Heavyweight Division Dave Bautista (11-6) vs. Kaleki Oliweli (11-5) Another decision, it's one of those annoying ones for me that gets 100% for a fight rating but the PBP is so long and repetitive that I struggle to write about what actually happened. To put it simply it was pretty much a domination by Oliweli, he convincingly won two rounds and only Round 2 was particularly close, Bautista keeping the fight out of the clinch for the majority of the round and landing some strikes from a distance. However when the fight was in the clinch the fight was in Oliweli's hands, he landed 84 strikes in the clinch with an accuracy of 94%, Bautista seemed to have no idea what to do in the clinch situation as he only landed 3 strikes. From a distance Bautista did better but it was still an equal contest, Oliweli showing throughout the fight that he is a good striker and a tough test on his feet. In the end two judges scored the fight 29-27 to Oliweli, and the other scord it 30-26. All three gave the last round a 10-8 to Oliweli, further rewarding his dominance in the clinch. Winner: Kaleki Oliweli (12-5) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 100% --------------------------- Fight #6 Light Heavyweight Division Ares Constantinides (12-6-1) vs. Dan Wade (12-3) Another 100% decision, I applaud the determination and the excitement generated by the fighters, which of course helps the show rating, but God knows I'm not going to be recapping a fifteen minute epic unless it's an important one. This also just so happened to be a one-sided ass-kicking as Wade dominated Ares from start to finish, battering him in the clinch for three straight rounds. Stats wise Wade wasn't all that accurate, but if you land 162 punches inside the clinch I don't think you care if your accuracy is only 68%. Ares could get nothing going in the clinch, not a great thing when over two thirds of the fight takes place there, he only landed 26 punches in the clinch and failed with his only takedown attempt. In Ares' defence he did manage to improve as the fight went on; Round 1 was a 10-8, and he followed that with two 10-9s. Of course he still heavily lost the fight, but there was IMPROVEMENT~! For anyone who couldn't add that up it meant that Wade won the fight, getting 30-26 from all the judges. Winner: Dan Wade (13-3) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 100% --------------------------- Fight #7 Welterweight Division Julius Steel (11-1) vs. Osama Robins (17-9) Oh boy, another one-sided decision to report on, and yet again it's a stand-up war that chalks up another 100% rating and gives me nothing to talk about. At least fight didn't take place predominantly in the clinch, instead Robins just went nuts with leg kicks. He threw 78 of them during the fight, landing 42 of them, combining those with 22 body kicks and 13 head kicks. I think he likes to kick. In response Steel just landed 23 punches, but did manage to stop Robins from taking him down on 7 separate occasions. Whilst his takedown defence was impressive the rest of Steel's game seemed to lack any fluidity, he was being outstruck on the feet but didn't go for a takedown or try to initiate a clinch, nor step up his game that much in the final round to get the victory. Instead Robins was just able to impose his will on the fight from the opening bell, and it should come as no surprise that the judges scored it 30-27, 30-27 and even a 30-26 in his favour. Winner: Osama Robins (18-9) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 100% --------------------------- Fight #8 Bantamweight Division Shave Face (8-2) vs. Kichiro Takaki (5-1) The thought of another decision at this stage no longer frustrates me, it's just more of an inevitability than anything. This was by far the closest decision so far, but also suffered from a lack of action that dragged the fight rating down. The intent was certainly there from both fighters, but their accuracy was a big letdown, most likely due to both fighters having high levels of strike defence and wanting to counter. Face threw 141 strikes and landed 44 of them (31%), Takaki threw 137 strikes and landed 49 of them (35%), so there was really very little difference between the two. There were no takedowns attempted during the fight, and only a few moments when the fight was in a clinch, so the striking game was the only deciding factor in the fight. With statistics that close you really could make a case for either fighter to win, however Face did enough in at least two rounds to scrape a victory, although one round was deemed as being so close it was given a 10-10 by one judge. In the end the three judges all ended up giving it to Face, two with scores of 29-28 and the third a 30-28. Winner: Shave Face (9-2) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 55% --------------------------- Co-Main Event Lightweight Division Flavius Aetius (12-2-1) vs. Elmer Montgomery (15-1) Yay, another decision, for those without counting skills that makes it five in a row! You know it's a long night when Elmer Montgomery can't get a finish, but to be fair Flavius Aetius is a tough dude. It was still pretty one-sided for most of the fight, but unlike the one-sided 100% rated fights we saw previously in the card, this was a below-50% one-sided fight. The first round was all Montgomery as he blocked takedown attempts and landed far more strikes, eventually connecting with enough jabs and hooks to open up a cut under Aetius' left eye. Aetius really wanted to get the fight to the ground, but when he managed to do so in Round 2 he failed in his submission attempts and ended up giving up the top position to Montgomery. When they were stood up it allowed Montgomery to continue his dominance in the striking game, so Aetius ended up losing another round. Montgomery kept the fight standing for most of Round 3, but the action was lacking and it came almost as a relief when Aetius got a takedown. Aetius tried to get hold of a submission in the dying moments but Montgomery was too good and defended them easily. The judges all scored it 30-27 for Montgomery, Aetius put up a good fight though against one of the world's top Lightweight fighters. Winner: Elmer Montgomery (16-1) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 48% --------------------------- MAIN EVENT Bantamweight Division Buff Bagwell (16-9) vs. Red Fox (11-0) Bagwell wanted to take the fight to the ground. I know that because he tried three takedowns in the first minute, all of them blocked by Fox. Bagwell did eventually get that takedown but Fox had landed some decent shots before that. Bagwell got to side control and controlled the action fairly easily, not the most exciting way to win a round but it certainly worked for him. It didn't take very long for Bagwell to get a takedown in Round 2, about twelve seconds to be exact, and he looked for an arm triangle straight away that Fox defended. A minute later Bagwell went for a guillotine, but Fox defended the choke and then got a sweep to take the top position! Unfortunately we were then treated to three minutes of Fox laying and praying and not even trying to land a strike or secure a submission. The referee stood them up, and Fox immediately connected with a hook that left Bagwell rocked! Fox then connected with a massive hook that connected right on Bagwell's jaw and knocked him out cold! Fox celebrated the biggest win of his career thus far, and despite him being 11-0 before the fight I would still consider this an upset! Winner: Red Fox (12-0) via KO (Punch) - 4:39 of Round 2 Fight Rating: 31% --------------------------- Statistics Show Rating: 179.19 Attendance: 5,934 KO of the Night: Aaron McSlugg Fight of the Night: Kaleki Oliweli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Blitzkrieg were back for their latest show on Saturday 29th January entitled Blitz 132: Eros. I actually did some research on the name for this show, which is more than I do for any of the actual fights, and Wikipedia told me that Eros, in Greek mythology, was the primordial god of sexual love and beauty. It is also a town in Louisiana and Arkansas, as well as the name of an airport in Namibia. I reckon the show was named after the airport. Headlining the now airport-themed show was a "terminally" great fight for the Welterweight title between champion Arthur Meighen and challenger Waldorf Astoria, one of the few shows in the world to feature two Top 10 P4P fighters facing each other. That's just "plane" fantastic. Um... "duty free". --------------------------------- Fight #1 Lightweight Division Jukka Purjo (15-7-2) vs. Virgil Mays (11-4) Well it would only be appropriate after the last show for us to start off with a one-sided decision. The first round was all on the feet and Purjo used that to his advantage, throwing a bucket-load of kicks and making sure that any takedown attempts from Mays were dealt with. Despite seemingly having the advantage in the stand up it was Purjo who went for more takedowns during the fight, seven in total compared to Mays' two. The first one that worked for Purjo was in Round 2 after he landed quite a few decent shots in the first half of the round. With the fight on the ground the action came to a grinding halt, thankfully the referee stood them up soon enough, allowing Purjo to land some more strikes. Round 3 was almost the same, Purjo got a takedown halfway through the round after having the advantage in the stand up, although this time he was faced with Mays desperately trying to hook a submission from the bottom, but Purjo kept him at bay. The judges handed in their verdict and all three gave it to the much more aggressive Purjo, all with scores of 30-27. Winner: Jukka Purjo (16-7-2) Fight Rating: 38% --------------------------------- Fight #2 Featherweight Division Frankie Pep (14-3) vs. Robert Mongo (8-3) OK, 22% rated matches don't deserve much attention. I mean I'm a big fan of Pep, but 22% is just terrible. Pep really didn't bring his A game to the fight, he only connected with 11 strikes during the fifteen minutes, and only threw 37. Mongo on the other hand kept the fight in the clinch for a significant majority of the time and as a result dominated the first two rounds. In the clinch he threw 120 strikes but only landed 29, however the time he spent controlling the action and stopping Pep from getting any separation. It was only in Round 3 that Pep was able to start fighting from a distance more, and consequently it was the only round that could justifiably be given in his favour. Surprisingly Pep didn't go for any takedowns when he was in the clinch, instead he just kinda stayed there dodging strikes and not doing anything to advance his position or land strikes of his own. The judges probably weren't impressed with the fight either, but they woke up in time to give their scores: 30-27, 29-28 and 29-28, all to Robert Mongo. Winner: Robert Mongo (9-3) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 22% --------------------------------- Fight #3 Light Heavyweight Division Ian Noonan (9-4) vs. Jason Moon (16-4) Oh dear God another decision. This is the 8th decision out of the last 9 fights I've reviewed. I deserve a raise. It's another one of those "super-exciting" one-sided ass-kickings, and is Jason Moon doing to the kicking in this instance. In the first round they moved in and out of the clinch a bit at the start before a prolonged striking session saw both men land some good shots. Moon then got a takedown but was quickly swept by Noonan, however Moon was by far the more active fighter on the ground even on the bottom. Moon then dominated Round 2 on the feet, before getting a takedown late in the round. From there he landed some good ground and pound, effective enough to open a cut under the right eye of Noonan with some of his punches. Round 3 was more of the same on the feet with Moon doing some good countering and landing a lot of strikes, whilst Noonan was woefully inaccurate. He threw 85 strikes during the fight and landed just 15, whilst Moon threw 88 and landed 48 of them. I would hesitantly say that perhaps 30-26 from all the judges was a bit excessive, but either way Jason Moon took home the victory. --------------------------------- Fight #4 Welterweight Division Barich Fendsor (12-1) vs. Buck Naked (16-4-1) Fendsor got a takedown early in the fight but did absolutely nothing on the ground, Buck was active enough to cause problems and the referee ended up standing the fighters up. Buck lands some decent strikes but so does Fendsor, however Buck lands the most telling shot with a kick to the testicles of Fendsor. When Fendsor had recovered enough to continue Buck kept on landing strikes, and scored with a good hook that left Fendsor rocked! Fendsor managed to land a jab but Buck came back with a massive head kick that landed flushed and knocked Fendsor out! Fendsor only had to survive five more seconds to see out the round but Buck took advantage of the situation and wasn't going to let his advantage slip. Buck takes the KO victory in what was a close fight up until that head kick landed. Winner: Buck Naked (17-4-1) via KO (Head Kick) - 4:55 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 67% --------------------------------- Fight #5 Super Heavyweight Division Ryan Noonan (9-4) vs. El Taquito Pantalones (14-7) Surprisingly enough we haven't had one of these for a while, but it's always just a matter of time... Both fighters came out looking to be aggressive and land as many strikes as they could, but Pantalones was definitely the more successful of the two, landing 20 of his 28 strikes whilst Noonan landed just 6 of 19. What really made the difference though was the power behind Pantalones' jab, each time it landed it did damage, mostly to a cut over the left eye of Noonan. The jab kept landing and kept making that cut worse and worse until blood was everywhere. To be honest after the hundredth fight ending by medical stoppage it's quite difficult to think of different things to say. Next time I get one of these I'm just going to copy and paste one from another report. In this instance Pantalones just kept landing punches until the referee stepped in and called the doctor in, the doctor called it off, everyone booed, Pantalones won and that's the end of that chapter. Winner: El Taquito Pantalones (15-7) via TKO (Cut) - 3:06 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 100% --------------------------------- Fight #6 Welterweight Division Uncomfortable Positions (14-6) vs. Money Montell (14-4) We're back to the decisions, and this one is one of those crappy ones. It seems to me that decisions are either rated 90-100% or 20-50%, there isn't anything in between. In this instance the rating was probably killed by the one-dimensional tactics of Positions, he went for 16 takedowns during the fight, that's over one per minute, and was only successful with three of them. When he wasn't stuffing takedown attempts Montell was able to land more strikes whilst on his feet, he landed 18 during the fight whilst Positions only landed 12. Positions rationed out his successful takedowns into one each round, and who won that round was the man who reacted best to that takedown. In Round 1 Montell avoided damage and eventually swept Positions before standing up, where he landed some good shots. In Round 2 Positions got the takedown very early on and spent three minutes in control before Montell got back to his feet, and the stand-up was pretty even. Montell kept the fight standing for the first four minutes of Round 3 and was outscoring Positions whilst also avoiding the takedown, when Positions did finally get it late in the round he didn't have time to do anything with it. As a result all three judges scored the fight 29-28 to Montell, but I'm sure he hoped for a more dominating (and exciting) performance. Winner: Money Montell (15-4) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 40% --------------------------------- Fight #7 Welterweight Division Thor Wood (14-3) vs. Aubrey Graham (11-6) If you like decisions then you'll love this, as we get yet another one! What a fun weekend of shows this has been. This would be another one of those sub-50% decision fights I talked of earlier, although this one seemed a bit undeserving of a low rating. The first round was a walkover for Graham, he got a takedown within the first minute and after trying and failing with a kimura he decided to just keep Wood pinned down and land hard shot after shot, during the fight he landed 21 strikes on the ground out of his 43 attempts. Wood could do nothing to get out of the position but was just able to survive the round intact. Round 2 was much better for Wood as he kept the fight standing for the whole round, he landed a lot of good strikes, enough to open up a cut on Graham, whilst also avoiding Graham's strikes and stuffing his takedown attempts. Wood continued his good run into Round 3 by landing more good shots, Graham also connected with some good strikes and eventually managed to get a takedown. Graham controlled the fight on the ground for the next two and a half minutes, preventing Wood from escaping and landing a lot of good ground and pound. Wood managed to get a sweep right at the end but it probably wasn't enough. With all three judges giving the first round a 10-8 to Graham it was always going to be difficult for Wood, and he ended up losing 29-27 on all three scorecards to give Graham the unanimous decision win. Aubrey Graham (12-6) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 48% --------------------------------- Fight #8 Heavyweight Division Kel Varnson (8-1) vs. Yoshi Sushi (16-6) Well, I promised it earlier, so here we go. Both fighters came out looking to be aggressive and land as many strikes as they could, but Varnson was definitely the more successful of the two, landing 13 of his 30 punches whilst Sushi landed just 3 strikes. What really made the difference though was the power behind Varnson's jab, each time it landed it did damage, mostly to a cut over the left eye of Sushi. The jab kept landing and kept making that cut worse and worse until blood was everywhere. To be honest after the hundredth fight ending by medical stoppage it's quite difficult to think of different things to say. Next time I get one of these I'm just going to copy and paste one from another report. In this instance Varnson just kept landing punches until the referee stepped in and called the doctor in, the doctor called it off, everyone booed, Varnson won and that's the end of that chapter. I didn't actually know there was a second TKO via cut on the card when I made my copy and paste threat earlier, but oh well. I really do think there are far too many Medical Stoppages in Tycoon, whether or not cuts are set too low or punch power is set too high I'm not sure, I'd guess it's just a result of hidden attributes creating a perfect storm that cause them. This fight was a lot more one-sided though, Varnson looked very impressive even if the victory manner wasn't as spectacular as it could have been. Winner: Kel Varnson (9-1) via TKO (Cut) - 3:38 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 83% --------------------------------- Semi Main Event Light Heavyweight Division Phil Hellmuth (13-3) vs. Salvatore Assante (15-4) Hellmuth landed a leg kick right away followed by a jab, whilst moving out of the way of Assante's attempts to clinch and land kicks. Hellmuth then took the fight into the clinch, and the battle began. Both fighters threw a lot of strikes in the clinch, some connected, lots missed, but it was a seemingly innocuous punch from Hellmuth that started a chain reaction of bad events for Assante. The punch cut him open, before Hellmuth landed another shot to the jaw that left Assante rocked. Hellmuth kept him on the inside as he struggled to regain his senses landing some body shots, before a big right hand dropped Assante to the canvas. Hellmuth followed him down and began hammering down punches from the mount, giving the referee little option but to intervene and stop the fight. Hellmuth walked away victorious again, leaving Assante to wonder what might have been... Winner: Phil Hellmuth (14-3) via TKO (Strikes) - 1:14 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 100% --------------------------------- MAIN EVENT Blitzkrieg Welterweight Title Arthur Meighen (14-1) © vs. Waldorf Astoria (18-4) This fight is just HOLY SHIT. Shiv - Blitzkrieg co-owner Well if one of my bosses is saying that I can't really half-ass this fight. Round 1 was a forbearer of things to come as Astoria showed what a good striker he is, landing punches and kicks accurately and frequently, often countering when Meighen misses. He was able to withstand the leg kicks from Meighen that have destroyed the lower limbs of many of his previous opponents. Meighen managed to get the fight into the clinch at one point and landed some hard knees to the head that resulted in a cut opening up under Astoria's right eye. It didn't seem to affect Astoria too much though as he came out in Round 2 and began destroying Meighen with punches. Within the first sixty seconds of the second round he landed 13 punches and Meighen was rocked. It surprised me that Astoria didn't finish him then and there, Meighen somehow managed to recover his senses despite being caught by a few more punches. For the next four minutes Astoria was scarily dominant, landing a ridiculous number of punches and the occasional head kick, perhaps the blood coming from his cut was acting more like a red rag to a bull than a hindrance. Round 3 was even more of a domination from Astoria, and it earned him the first 10-8 of the fight thus far. He started to add more leg kicks into his game and Meighen's front leg was taking such a battering it was amazing he could stand. A rough count of the third round would show Astoria landing 73 strikes, including one to the groin which gave Meighen a bit of a break, and Meighen landing a whole one leg kick. Round 4 brought forward more of the same from Astoria, the leg kicks kept landing to the extent that Meighen was being chopped to the floor on occasions, the head kicks, the jabs, the hooks, the uppercuts, they all kept connecting and Meighen was looking an absolute mess. If you predicted that Round 5 would be more of the same you'd be right, in fact you could say that this was Astoria's best round of the fight. The seemingly unflappable Astoria showed no signs of being tired as he continued his barrage of strikes, the battered, beaten and broken Meighen tried his best to land some shots in retaliation but Astoria was too quick and got out of the way easily. Time for some stats, and this should be fun. Meighen landed 27 strikes during the fight, throwing 131 for an accuracy of just 20%. Astoria... did slightly better. He landed 264(!) strikes, throwing 307 of them for an accuracy of 85%. Holy shit. How the hell Meighen managed to survive all five rounds I don't know, but it's a testament to his toughness that he did. The judges handed in their scores and it was unanimously given 50-43 to Astoria, who is the NEW Blitzkrieg Welterweight champion. I hope his next challenger has good health insurance. Winner: Waldorf Astoria (19-4) Fight Rating: 100% --------------------------------- Statistics (KO of the Night, Submission of the Night and Fight of the Night bonuses are yet to be announced, so the below are my picks.) Attendance: 6,180 Show Rating: 219.80 KO of the Night: Buck Naked Fight of the Night: Waldorf Astoria vs. Arthur Meighen --------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 Blitzkrieg were back on Saturday 5th February for their only show of this week, Blitz 134: Infinite. It may be the only show this week but it sure was a big event, with not one, not two, but THREE title matches! The Bantamweight title was on the line when Mark Berry defended against Johnny Quid, the Featherweight title was up for grabs when Rolando Garcia defended against... Johnny Quid. That's a different one to the other Johnny Quid. In the Main Event one of the top stars in the world Shock N Awe put his Lightweight title on the line against top contender Good Day. --------------------------------- Fight #1 Welterweight Division Lance Titan (8-4) vs. Jake Young (11-6) Round 1 saw Titan desperate for a takedown early on, failing in his first attempt but succeeding at the second time of asking. Titan showed some impressive ground skills to move from half guard to mount, but Young managed to get him back to half guard quickly. Unfortunately for the fans in attendance and the people reading the PBP the fight remained on the ground with nothing happening for the next three minutes. When the referee did finally stand them up there wasn't any time left for any action. Somehow the system seems to think that Jake Young, who spent four minutes trapped underneath Titan, WON THE ROUND. Young landed some decent kicks to start Round 2, before Titan moved in and got another takedown. We had another two minutes of stalling and general boredom before the referee stood them up again, the sooner the better I guess, however Titan was determined to get the fight back to the ground and after two more attempts had failed he was successful on the third. Titan at least went for a kimura from the top this time, but Young defended it well and they stayed in half guard until the end of the round. Titan's attempts to get a takedown in Round 3 failed miserably, Young apparently now able to spot when he was shooting in, and with the fight on the feet it allowed Young to begin dominating things. Some hard leg kicks landed, as well as some kicks to the body and the occasional kick to the head, with Titan barely doing anything to actually land strikes of his own. Young landed a front kick, a jab, a body punch and another head kick, before a superb jab/cross/kick combination landed and left Titan rocked. It was only a matter of time before Young landed a vicious hook that knocked Titan down, before pummelling him into next week with some ground strikes before the referee called it off, giving Young the TKO victory. Winner: Jake Young (12-6) via TKO (Strikes) - 2:22 of Round 3 Fight Rating: 66% --------------------------------- Fight #2 Heavyweight Division Ryan Evans (9-2) vs. Alvin Campos (7-2) Nothing makes me feel more annoyed than looking through the PBP of a fight and seeing the word "Cut" in big red letters on numerous occasions. Just from that I know how the fight is going to end, and boy does it happen a lot more than it should do. To be honest this fight was such a one-sided ass kicking that the doctor that stopped it was certainly doing Campos a favour, Evans showed some superb striking skills throughout the fight, landing 56 of the 88 strikes (64%) he threw, most of them seemingly landing on a cut that was opened up over Campos' left eye. It would be fair to say that Campos was less successful than Evans in the stand-up game, and considering the fight took place on the feet for the whole time that's not usually a good sign. He landed a whole three punches and only threw 21, seemingly spending the majority of his time getting punched in the face or kicked in the legs. Overall it was complete dominance from Evans, and after opening the cut in Round 1 and making it progressively worse as the fight went on it came as no surprise when the doctor called it off. Winner: Ryan Evans (10-2) via TKO (Cut) - 1:58 of Round 3 Fight Rating: 100% --------------------------------- Fight #3 Blitzkrieg Bantamweight Title Mark Berry (11-2) © vs. Johnny Quid (12-3) As a rule of thumb you can tell when a division is still in its infancy when the title match is only the third fight on the card. Unfortunately this fight is also what is known in the MMA community as a "massacre". The fact that Mark Berry is still able to continue his fighting career after the beating that Quid gave him in this fight is a testament to the wonderful work being done in the Hilo medical facilities. However whilst they were able to save his facial features, his legs and his ribs, all of which took one hell of a beating during this fight, I'm not entirely sure they were able to save his dignity. Quid landed 266 strikes during the 25 minute fight, I work that out as 10.64 strikes a minute, and had an accuracy of 83%. That's quite the impressive set of statistics there, but seeing as all those strikes landed and Berry wasn't lying flat on his back at any point I can only assume Quid went for accuracy ahead of damage. Berry on the other hand did not any impressive statistics, he landed just 21 strikes in the fight (0.84 per minute) and had an accuracy of 25%. Quid did a lot of his damage in the clinch with some excellent dirty boxing, Rounds 1 and 4 in particular were where Quid's clinchwork gave him a massive advantage. In Round 3 they fought at a distance for the full five minutes but Quid was so accurate and so dominant that all three judges scored it 10-8, as they also did for Round 4 where Berry was left rocked during Quid's clinchwork onslaught. I don't know if I've conveyed this enough yet, but this was a legalised slaughtering of a human being inside a steel cage. Quid took the victory on all three judges' scorecards, all of them scoring it 50-43, and we have a NEW Blitzkrieg Bantamweight champion as a result. Winner: Johnny Quid (13-3) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 100% --------------------------------- Fight #4 Light Heavyweight Division James Tony (14-3) vs. Yang Leiden (14-3) I'm going to give the benefit of the doubt to this fight, as at least it was pretty interesting before it was condemned with the finish from hell. Tony dominated Round 1 on the feet before opting to take Leiden down halfway through the round. They were on the ground for only a minute before the referee stood them back up, before Tony scored a second takedown late in the round. Leiden immediately swept him this time to take the mount, but there wasn't enough time left to do anything with it. Tony got a takedown early in Round 2 and it stayed there for the entire round. Tony was in control to start with, landing some ground and pound that opened a CUT on Leiden, but his attempt at an armbar lost him the top position. Tony tried for a kimura from the bottom, but that didn't work either. Leiden just ran down the clock from then onwards, not doing anything despite getting into the mount and wasting everybody's time until the round ended. Tony got another takedown in Round 3 after kicking the crap out of Leiden's leg for a minute, and after getting into mount Tony's ground and pound was unleashed, landing a lot of good shots to the head of Leiden. Leiden was rocked by one particularly hard right hand, but the CUT stopped anything from happening as the referee/doctor intervened and called it off. I'm sure that happens in real fights all the time. "I know he's pretty much unconscious Mr. Silva, but before you punch him again we need to make sure that cut isn't too dangerous". Tony got the win, seemed pretty dominant to me but the game gave Leiden Round 1. Whatever. Winner: James Tony (15-3) via TKO (Cut) - 3:24 of Round 3 Fight Rating: 100% --------------------------------- Fight #5 Featherweight Division Frank Mac (14-4) vs. Jake LaMotta (15-5) Mac did a good job in the stand-up early on, he landed the most strikes and also stopped LaMotta's attempts to get the fight to the ground. However it was LaMotta who landed the most telling punch of the first round, connecting with a hard counter punch that left Mac rocked, and barely missed a left hand that would have finished the fight. Mac came back by landing some good shots to the ribs of LaMotta, and despite the occasional counter punch from LaMotta landing it was definitely Mac who won the round just by consistently out striking him for the five minutes. Mac continued to be the more aggressive in Round 2, using a jab effectively to keep LaMotta at a distance but also connecting with a couple of good combinations. A leg kick from LaMotta accidentally caught Mac in the testicles, giving Mac some time to recover after such a heinous act. It seemed to change the fight as LaMotta started to move in and look for power punches more often, Mac continued to land smaller strikes to the head and ribs but whenever LaMotta connected with a punch there was definitely more force behind it. LaMotta started to land more strikes towards the end of the round, with an uppercut and a right hook setting up a big left hand that dropped Mac! LaMotta was quick to follow up with some unanswered ground punches, and the referee stepped in to call a halt to the contest. Winner: Jake LaMotta (16-5) via TKO (Strikes) - 4:43 of Round 2 Fight Rating: 68% --------------------------------- Fight #6 Welterweight Division Hulohot Yokohama (17-6) vs. Cormac McCarthy (16-6-1) McCarthy came right out and made it clear he was intending to keep the fight standing and dominate proceedings, and he threw a significantly higher number of strikes than Yokohama in the first round. McCarthy was active throughout, landing quite a lot of those strikes but Yokohama also did a good job of keeping his distance, however McCarthy's leg kicks and uppercuts were especially prominent and certainly did more damage than anything else. Whilst Yokohama was not as aggressive as McCarthy when he did go for a strike it was either a safe jab that landed, or a spectacular kick that didn't even come close. Round 2 was a different story, after two minutes of McCarthy swinging wildly and not landing with a whole lot of his punches, Yokohama scored a takedown and quickly got into mount. For the next two minutes we were witness to NINE SUBMISSION ATTEMPTS. NINE. None of them worked, but it certainly won him the round if nothing else. So it came down to the third round and Yokohama started the better of the two by landing some decent punches and kicks, before McCarthy came back with a good left, a good right and a good low kick. Yokohama landed some solid leg kicks and a nice right hand, but had a takedown blocked. Yokohama connected with a couple of nice body kicks that took the wind out of McCarthy, before moving forward and connecting with a hard combinations of rights and lefts that knocked McCarthy down! Yokohama followed him to the ground and trapped McCarthy there, before unleashing some hard ground and pound. The referee gave McCarthy every opportunity but eventually he had to call the fight off, giving Yokohama the victory. Winner: Hulohot Yokohama (18-6) via TKO (Strikes) - 2:34 of Round 3 Fight Rating: 100% --------------------------------- Fight #7 Light Heavyweight Division Kurnkawa Kenji (10-2) vs. Ryan Larkin (12-4) Oh COME ON. Another one?! The most ridiculous thing about this fight is that Kenji got cut just over a minute in, and 70 seconds later the fight was over. According to the PBP the cut was worsened by three punches from Larkin, before a fourth brought the doctor in to stop the fight. To be honest I don't expect for a second that Kenji would have had a chance had the doctor not intervened, Larkin had already connected with a big punch that knocked him down, if it hasn't been a medical stoppage I'm sure it would have certainly been a KO or a TKO at some point. Anyway, Larkin wins, and Blitzkrieg now unofficially holds the record for most Cut stoppages on a single show. I hope the trophy comes with a nice cash prize. Winner: Ryan Larkin (13-4) via TKO (Cut) - 2:28 of Round 1 Fight Rating: 100% --------------------------------- Fight #8 Heavyweight Division Leon Kaiser (10-1) vs. Mana Oregan (13-3) Another legalised slaughter here as Kaiser executed a perfect gameplan to walk through Oregan, even if he wasn't quite able to get the finish he would have wanted. The whole fight took place on the feet, neither fighter even attempted to take it to the ground, but Kaiser was by far the better striker and completely outclassed Oregan with punches and kicks for the full fifteen minutes. As always with decisions that I can't be bothered to write about I'm just going to look at the stats for my main source of information. Kaiser landed 77 strikes during the fight with an accuracy of 68%, whilst Oregan was way behind, landing only 6 strikes with an accuracy of 21%. Considering he didn't attempt any takedowns he was left to try and clinch as often as he could, that meant that he was very rarely the aggressor and as a result Kaiser could land shots almost at will. Oregan was left with visible bruising on his leg and ribs, as well as a horrible looking mouse under his right eye from where Kaiser's jab landed on countless occasions. Such was Kaiser's dominance during the fight that two of the rounds were scored 10-8 in his favour, those being Rounds 2 and 3. Considering he was fighting for a decision from halfway through Round 3 onwards that 10-8 is even more incredible. It was quite the beating and although he didn't get the finish I'm sure Kaiser will go home happy with his performance. All three judges scored it 30-25 to give him the win. Winner: Leon Kaiser (11-1) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 97% --------------------------------- Co-Main Event Blitzkrieg Featherweight Title Rolando Garcia (16-3-1) © vs. Johnny Quid (12-2) OK, let me get this straight. There are two fighters called Johnny Quid, named after some guy I've never heard of, and they're both challenging for title belts on the same show in different divisions. STOP CONFUSING ME. Anyway, Garcia took Quid down straight away, but could do nothing before Quid kicked him away and stood back up. So Garcia shot in for another takedown, which Quid avoided this time. Quid looked to land some shots but Garcia did well to stay out of range, and eventually scored another takedown into guard, however Quid swept him and took the top position. LET THE SUBMISSIONS BEGIN. TRIANGLE! Blocked by Quid. ANOTHER TRIANGLE! Blocked by Quid. ANOTHER TRIANGLE! Blocked by Quid. GUILLOTINE! Blocked by Quid. OMAPLATA! Blocked by Quid. A FOURTH TRIANGLE! Blocked by Quid. Then Quid goes for a leg but falls victim to the MMA Tycoon leglock Reversal System and Garcia took the top position again, and stayed there until the end of the round. Garcia immediately got the takedown in Round 2 and began looking for submissions after his ground and pound failed. Initially he was blocked by Quid but eventually he got through and locked in an Armbar, and it WORKED! Quid was left with no option but to tap out, Blitzkrieg were spared having two champions called the same name, and Rolando Garcia proved that it's not the hundreds of submissions that fail, it's the one that works that matters. What an uplifting lesson that is for us all. Winner: Rolando Garcia (17-3-1) via Submission (Armbar) - 1:44 of Round 2 Fight Rating: 61% --------------------------------- MAIN EVENT Blitzkrieg Lightweight Title Shock N Awe (21-0) © vs. Good Day (13-3-1) Ah, there's nothing like some nice realistic names for me to work with. The first 90 seconds of Round 1 was on the feet, allowing Awe to use his good striking skills to land pretty much any kind of strike he wanted to, however eventually Day shot in and got Awe to the ground. Awe quickly utilised a sweep and took the top position, Day tried his best for a triangle but Awe quickly got out of trouble. Awe stood up of his own accord to get the fight back to the feet, and he spent the remainder of the round using his supreme fighting skills to land several hard shots, his leg kicks in particular looking venomous as they slammed into the thighs of Day. Day was able to take the fight into the clinch for the last 20 seconds and landed some decent knees to the body of Awe before time expired. Day took the fight into the clinch right away in Round 2, and with Awe more interested in trying to break the clinch than trying to strike, it allowed Day to land some hard elbows and knees, with one of those elbows doing enough to open a cut under the left eye of Awe. Day used the Thai clinch to score some knees to the head but Awe was finally able to break free, and began going back after the legs of Day with those vicious leg kicks. Day tried a takedown but had to settle for a clinch, Awe was much quicker to break this time and went back to landing hard punches and kicks, Day seemingly unable to get out of the way of the quick strikes. Day failed with two more takedown attempts and got caught with a hard left/right combination from Awe. Shortly before the round ended Day then tried to land some leg kicks of his own, and whilst a couple landed the rest missed and allowed Awe to fire back with dangerous counter punches that landed right on the jaw. Round 3 began with some more failed takedown attempts by Day, and Awe went back to destroying the legs and body of Day with his kicks, and also landing some hard punches, causing a mouse to develop under Day's right eye. Day landed a decent hook to the body but his strikes were nowhere near as quick or powerful as Awe's, but he was able to secure a takedown halfway through the round. Unfortunately there was a horrible lull in action on the ground, Day tried and failed to secure a kimura but landed a decent elbow strike, but other than that there was very little worth reporting on, just a lot of moving around in half guard. We're into the championship rounds and Awe landed a nice hook to the body, but missed a combination. Day fails his first takedown attempt but gets lucky on the second one, getting a takedown into side control. Day landed some good punches and elbows from side control but spent the majority of the time laying and praying. He did go for a kimura once again but Awe held him at bay, and after Awe got back to half guard there was even less chance of some action. Day tries to land some ground and pound or some elbows, but Awe has his defences covered and very little connects. We head into the fifth and finally round, and they stay standing for the opening minute, Day throws a lot of strikes but Awe avoids a significant amount of them and then blocks Day's takedown attempt. Awe landed some more leg kicks and some more punches, but Day manages to shoot in and get another takedown. Considering he needed to get a finish to win the fight you'd be expecting him to do anything within his power to try and land strikes or go for a submission. Instead Day just lays and prays, he didn't even try to advance his position or anything. Finally he tried for a kimura from half guard but Awe was never likely to fall for that one, even at this late stage of the fight. The fight came to an end and we head to the judges for a decision. All three judges score the fight 49-46, to the winner, and the still undefeated Blitzkrieg Lightweight Champion - Shock N Awe. Winner: Shock N Awe (22-0) via Unanimous Decision Fight Rating: 98% --------------------------------- Statistics Attendance: 10,000 Show Rating: 248.80 KO of the Night: Hulohot Yokohama Submission of the Night: Rolando Garcia Fight of the Night: Shock N Awe vs. Good Day --------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 Great expectations. That about sums it up when analyzing Adron Wright's Blitzkrieg signing. a lot can be said for Wright's decision to sign with Blitz. Good and Bad. The naysayers will tell you that he is over his head, and that he will be flushed out real quick in the Lions Den known as Blitzkrieg. That he simply isn't talented enough. That he is a one trick pony that will get exposed. That his last win was a fluke. With all that being said....one thing can't be disputed. Adron Wright isn't scared. He isn't willing to let doubt become a part of him. He isn't intimidated by what challenges of fighting in Blitz lie ahead of him. He simply doesn't feel the pressure of the bar that has been set after his last win over Scotty Nguyen...in which he was told he was going to lose and that he simply wasn't good enough. Does Wright have a chip on his shoulder now...feeling he has to prove the naysayers wrong again? Nope. What if his time in Blitzkrieg is a failure? Will he throw in the towel and hang his head? Nope. Why? As Wright says "It would be a bigger shame if I didn't take this opportunity, and decided to fight at a low level organization...I got a lot of shit for signing here...but this is *MY* journey.. You don't get many opportunities to fight in the best organization in the world...so when you get that opportunity....you going to take it? Or are you going to hide in the clutter of mid to low level organizations...where only a handful of people will know about you?"...."This isn't about money....this is about fighting the best....and with one punch beating the best....whatever happens happens...regardless of what the outcome is after my fights..good or bad.....I'll come back after each one harder...and hungrier” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Sorry for last week, managed to get really sick and the thought of looking at a screen for five hours didn't make me feel better. Blitzkrieg were back on Friday 18th February for their latest show, a day which also marked the end of an illness that kept me out of action for a week. I'm much better now, thanks for asking. The show was Blitz 137: Let It Bleed, an appropriate name considering the amount of cuts we've seen in recent months, and Main Eventing the show was a Blitz Welterweight Title contest between the new champion and hopeful #1 Pound for Pound fighter Waldorf Astoria, and former Welterweight champion Magnum PI, looking to reclaim the title he held for much of 2010. Opening the show was a fight in the Lightweight division between Jethro Rayner (11-4) and Oscar de la Hoya (8-1). It was certainly a close fight with a result that was very much dependant on where the fight took place. Round 1 was on the feet for over half the round and as a result it allowed de la Hoya to put his boxing advantage to good effect, landing far more strikes including some decent combinations. Rayner got a takedown with two minutes left but immediately fell victim to the MMA Tycoon Leglock Reversal System and ended the round with de la Hoya on top of him. Rayner got a takedown much earlier in Round 2 and controlled the position until time expired. Not the prettiest method of winning but effective nevertheless. It all came down to Round 3 and again Rayner was able to get the takedown he wanted, before laying and praying until the final minute, when he eventually went for a few submissions that didn't work. The judges all scored the fight 29-28 to Rayner. The second fight of the night was in the Heavyweight division between Jacks Sole (7-4) and Cohen Maloney (17-10). This was a dominating performance from Mahoney who scored a takedown inside the first minute and immediately started going for various submission holds from the top. He eventually ended up losing the top position, but this turned out to be a blessing in disguise, he was able to grab hold of an armbar when Sole left his arm for the taking. It didn't take long for Maloney to get the hold locked in securely and Sole was left with no option but to tap out. In the evening's third fight we saw Anderson Shelter (12-3) take on Passthe Bong (9-3). This was by far the closest fight of the night, with it eventually ending up going to a split decision. Shelter scored a takedown in the first round but ended up losing his top position to Bong after a failed armbar attempt. We were left with half a round of nothing but attempted transitioning between various ground positions and absolutely no attempted strikes. Bong was dominant in Round 2, he used his good stand-up skills to keep the fight standing for nearly four minutes, in that time he was able to land far more punches and kicks than Shelter, eventually landing enough to open up a cut.under Shelter's right eye. Shelter was able to get a takedown late in the round but did nowhere near enough when he got the fight to the ground to come close to winning the round. Round 3 was the exact opposite in that the fight was taken to the ground by Shelter literally straight away. Shelter got to full mount quickly but his attempt an an armbar ended up with Bong on top again. Shelter was far more active than Bong despite Bong being on top, Shelter looked for several submissions but wasn't able to lock any in. Shelter took the fight 29-28, 29-28, 28-29, with the first round being the one that a judge gave to Bong. Next up was a fight in the Middleweight division between Dirk Richter (9-4) and Jacre de Booza (12-4). For the third time in the evening we were treated to a close decision victory, with again the location of the fight being the key factor in the judges' eyes. The fight was standing for the whole of the first round and it allowed Richter to land a lot of good strikes, with the damage being enough to open up a cut under the right eye of Booza. Booza only tried for a couple of takedowns during the first round, this turned out to be a good idea as he was fresh enough in Round 2 to get the fight to the ground early on, and controlled the fight on top for most of the round. Richter did sweep him eventually but de Booza was still the more aggressive fighter on the bottom, looking for submissions even if they weren't ever all that likely to be successful. Round 3 was the deciding round, and Richter landed some good strikes to start with, however de Booza managed to secure another takedown. Both fighters attempted to lock in submissions on the ground, however neither was successful and they spent more time just lying there watching time tick away. The fight certainly could have gone either way, even if the PBP said there was a sure-fire winner, the judges all scored it 29-28 to Dirk Richter, all of them giving him that decisive third round. Our fifth match was a contest in the Lightweight division between BJ Penn (14-7) and Alexander Dunn (11-6). Penn was going for takedowns from the word go, and Dunn was happy for him to keep trying and failing for the first two minutes of the round as it allowed him to land some decent punches. It also allowed him to inadvertantly kick Penn in the balls, and we had a brief time-out whilst Penn recovered. Penn was eventually successful on his fifth takedown attempt in two and a half minutes, but we were soon able to see why he had been so eager to get the fight to the ground. Penn immediately got hold of Dunn's arm and locked in a kimura, and quickly got it secured and forced Dunn to tap out! A quick victory for Penn with some impressive ground skills, even if getting the fight to the ground seemed to be a bit of a struggle. In the sixth fight of the evening we saw two Super Heavyweights collide as Heffo Klumpo (9-3) took on Dana Whyte (12-6). This was another quick fight as Klumpo apparently had no interest in letting it go on any longer than it had to. After a fairly even battle on the feet for the first minute Klumpo scored a takedown and within moments he had advanced to the mount. From there he began to unleash ground and pound with vengeance and furious anger, each shot had a high degree of accuracy and power and Whyte was taking quite the beating before one huge punch connected and knocked him out. Some really brutal ground striking from Klumpo gives him the KO victory, and it's not often you see a fight finish that way in Tycoon, so it was a nice change for me at least. Next up was a fight in the Welterweight division between Seth Vandrel (11-4) and Leonid Kulminator (17-4). It was all on the feet in Round 1 as Kulminator took control of the fight to begin with, he outstuck Vandrel with some good counter-strikes, particularly when Vandrel moved in to try and get a takedown. Vandrel tried with four takedowns during the first round, however each one was stuffed by Kulminator leaving Vandrel open to punishment afterwards. Vandrel tried to take the fight to the ground a lot in Round 2 as well, but this time he also landed some good strikes, enough to open up a cut on Kulminator. Vandrel finally got his first takedown of the fight at the eighth attempt, but it was so close to the end of the round that he only managed to land one good punch from the mount. Into the deciding round and Vandrel again tried, and failed, to get a takedown on three occasions, but once again his striking was good enough that getting the fight to the ground wasn't really necessary. He outstruck Kulminator significantly in the final five minutes, particular with counter shots but also with some decent kicks. It ended up going to the judges once more, and this time they again all scored it 29-28... to Vandrel. Another close decision and another fight that could have gone either way, Kulminator did land quite a lot of punches in Rounds 2 and 3 and may feel slightly hard done by in defeat. Our eighth contest was in the Featherweight division as Grimlock Jones (17-5) took on Robert Mongo (9-3). After so many decisions you should start feeling sorry for me at this point. The first half of the first round was an even stand-up contest between the two of them, until Jones moved in and scored a takedown. Jones then stayed in guard for the remainder of the round, only one time looking for a submission. In his defence he did at least try to advance his position but Mongo kept him in guard quite easily. Round 2 was even worse as we had the exact same thing except this time for even longer. Jones scored a takedown almost immediately and spent over four minutes in Mongo's guard. He did at least try for a few submissions, a couple of Americanas and a kimura to be exact, but being in the guard meant he had very little chance of getting enough force behind the attempts to cause any damage. Round 3? Oh good another takedown. This time the referee wasn't taking any stalling and stood them back up, but Jones got another takedown almost straight away, only to get stood up again. Jones continued looking for takedowns for the remainder of the fight but Mongo kept him at bay, however with Mogo mainly trying to clinch he wasn't landing many strikes. Jones did land some good punches and kicks, mainly countering Mongo's attempts to clinch, before the fight came to an end. All three judges scored it 30-27 to Jones, and I'm just glad its over. The semi Main Event of the evening was a decision in the MiddleDecision division, between Akio "Decision" Takada (13-5) and Sunny "Decision" Disposition (16-5). Worse for me is that it's one of those decisions that's all stand-up, so just line after line of PBP discussing a punch or a kick and how it connected or missed. So instead I'm going to look at the stats, from which we can see that Disposition outstruck Takada for the majority of the fight, landing 68 strikes out of the 125 he threw (54%), whilst Takada only landed 39 strikes out of 115 (33%). Disposition took every round by simply landing more punches and kicks, Takada didn't really turn up the jets in the final round when he needed a finish, mainly because Disposition took the fight into the clinch and didn't allow Takada much room to break free and land bigger strikes. I wish I could say more but I have a five round title match to write about so I'm saving my words for that. Disposition took the victory, getting 30-27 from all the judges. And so we came to the Main Event with the Blitz Welterweight Title up for grabs, champion Waldorf Astoria (19-4) making his first defence against former champion Magnum PI (19-2). They fought from a distance for a while, both fighters landing some decent strikes with Astoria beginning to throw his usual array of vicious kicks. Magnum decided to move in and clinch with Astoria, however it was Astoria who landed by far the more strikes, opening up a cut on Magnum and continuing to pummel him until Magnum pulled guard. After nothing happened on the ground the referee stood them up, and they went back to clinching until the round ended. Round 2 was in the clinch almost from start to finish, and Astoria made Magnum pay for moving into clinch by landing a ridiculous amount of punches. Astoria may well have some of the best dirty boxing skills in the world, and he demonstrated it on the head and body of Magnum for four minutes here. Round 3 took place entirely outside the clinch, perhaps Magnum learned that clinching with Astoria wasn't a good idea, but even on the outside Astoria still outclassed him by landing a good number of shots and doing a great job of avoiding Magnum's strikes. Late in the round Magnum avoided a leg kick and shot in to get a takedown, but it was too little too late as far as winning the round was concerned. Into the championship rounds and after some more good stand-up from Astoria, mainly those hard kicks I spoke of earlier, Magnum got another takedown. Astoria showed just how tough he can be to deal with when he used a rubber guard to get back to his feet almost immediately. So that's one more way that you'll struggle to beat Astoria. Round 5 came about and it seemed to me that Magnum needed a miracle if he was going to win his title back. This miracle did not happen. Astoria continued to land kicks time and time again, Magnum did manage to get another takedown but once again Astoria used his skills to get back to his feet quickly. Poor Magnum walked away from the fight with a cut, brusied ribs and barely able to walk, whilst Astoria could have probably gone another five rounds without a problem. The judges all scored that fight to Astoria 50-44, with all three of them giving a 10-8 to the clinchwork annihilation that was Round 2. Astoria remains the #1 P4P fighter in the world, and I defy you to find a Welterweight can beat him right now... Statistics Attendance: 6,291 Event Rating: 202.53 KO of the Night: Heffo Klumpo Submission of the Night: BJ Penn Fight of the Night: Dirk Richter vs. Jacre de Booza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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