Winner: Jacob King (TKO)
In the main event, the two undefeated warriors slugged it out for two rounds over the light heavyweight title. And we saw early who was the better striker, as Jacob King was able to repeatedly beat Wilkins to the punch, as he countered nicely staggering Wilkins’ aggressive style perfectly. After one minute of boxing, King initiated the clinch to use his superior Muay Thai to control Wilkins while landing his excellent dirty boxing from the inside, the remaining time of the first round consisted mainly of King staying on the inside controlling the pace and hammering the body of Wilkins. In the second round King also showed his dominance from the outside as he once again repeatedly beat Wilkins to the punch, or kick, and towards the end of the round it was obvious that King’s repeated strikes to the body had taken their toll, and as Wilkins slowed down, King picked up the pace, bull rushing Wilkins with a barrage of punches, and towards the end of the second round the cranium of Wilkins had had enough as he crashed to the canvas, while the referee dragged the ferocious King off him.
Masaru Hideki vs. Deejay Vendetta
Winner: Hideki (TKO)
The well rounded Deejay Vendetta obviously didn’t want anything to do with Hideki’s standup as the well rounded fighter took the fight down as soon as the fight started, but the BJJ brown belt as unable to mount any offense as Hideki was more than able to hang on and keep out of trouble, as he showed excellent BJJ defense and was awarded with standup by the referee after about a minute on the ground. The latter half of the first round consisted of Vendetta moving forwards and Hideki getting the better of every striking exchange. The second round played out much like the first, with Vendetta using his striking to try and set up a takedown, and the boxer Hideki dominating most exchanges, and when taken down, he was able to tie up and wait for a standup as Vendetta was unable to do anything on the ground. In the third round Vendetta again came out guns blazing, but he would have no luck taking the fight down, as Hideki was more than able to counter most of what was thrown at him for most of the round, but nothing major happened until the end of the round, where he landed a big combination that sent Vendetta to the canvas, and you could see the killer instinct in Hideki’s eyes as he told Vendetta to get back to his feet, as he quickly closed the distance landing more shots dropping his opponent and finishing it with some vicious strikes.
Drago Kozlov vs. Santa Schwein
Winner: Kozlov (Decision)
In the third and final title fight, the well rounded champion Drago Kozlov, took on the boxer, Santa Schwein, and the fight started out with fireworks, as Kozlov was cut early from one of Schwein’s thunderous jabs, but Kozlov quickly regained his composure as he started to work the logs of Schwein with some good leg kicks that will surely send Schwein into a couple of weeks of physical therapy, he must have been limping out of the arena after his legs took such a beating. But there is more to Kozlov’s Muay Thai background than leg kicks, he also kept trying to close the distance to get the fight to the clinch, but was unable to for the most part, and once he was clinched up, did very little damage to his opponent. But the leg kicks paid dividends, as Schwein was unable to move as fast, this allowed Kozlov to become more accurate with his striking, which surely earned him the nod from the judges.
Sylvester Fredriksson vs. Paul Hollins
Winner: Fredriksson (Decision)
In a fight where the boxer, Paul Hollins was sadly outmatche, Sylvester Fredriksson was able to use his Muay Thai background to dictate the pace between the two stand up fighters, as he dominated going in and out of the clinch, landing punches, knees and elbows in the clinch, and kicking the living daylight out of Hollins from the outside. Hollins’ legs also sustained a hefty amount of damage, as the leg kicks made him limp to his corner at the ned of round one, it was clear he was in big trouble in the next two rounds. Fredriksson simply dominated with his ability to clinch and kick earning him a devastating 30-26 decision victory from all three judges.
Winner: Anus (Decision)
The BJJ purple belt Mike Anus was obviously not scared by Shaw’s BJJ black belt, as he early in the first round took him down from the clinch, from the top position he continuously landed punches and stayed active, knowing full well that Shaw has finished a majority of his fights by submission he couldn’t get careless on the ground. On the feet Anus got the better of the exchanges as well, but it was on the ground most of the battle would take place. In the second round Shaw scored two takedowns, he didn’t do much with the first, but when he got the fight to the ground a second time he wasted no time going for a submission as he grabbed a leg and threw himself backwards, but going for leg often leads you to getting reversed and Anus fought of the submission and jumped on top of Shaw where he ended the round. The third round was basically a beat down, where Anus spent four minutes on top throwing strikes from the mount, and just the fact that Anus didn’t get a stoppage is a testament to Shaw’s chin, heart and a never-die attitude.
Steven Maritato vs. Dave St Pierre
Winner: Maritato (Decision)
This light heavyweight bout started off with a bang, as the former title contender Steven Maritato first cut St Pierre, and then scored several knockdowns within the first round, he stayed in Pierre’s guard for a bit, but every time he decided to stand up as he was dominating in the standing position. As the fight progressed Pierre’s cut got worse, and he didn’t seem to be able to get the fight to the ground, which has always been his strong suit, allowing Steven Maritato to hit nearly every punch he threw, earning him the least controversial decision victory of the year.
Maurico Hates Decisions vs. Roberto Saki
Winner: Hates Decisions (Decision)
The only noteworthy accomplishment of Saki in the first two rounds, must have been actually landing a punch that cut Maurico early in the first round, but after that, Hates Decisions showed his striking skills as he walked through Saki for three rounds, landing many punches in the process getting nearly none in return. In the third round Saki was able to deflect damage and counter nicely, even degrading Decisions’ cut from earlier in the fight, but even if he won the last round, the two first had been so dominating that nobody had any questions before the decision was announced as to who deserved the win more.
Rainer Hagert vs. Krilich Berglomi
Winner: Berglomi (TKO)
If the fight was judged purely on striking efficiency, Hagert would have gotten the nod from the judges as he landed more punches than Berglomi throughout the fight, but the heavy handed Berglomi showed that once he connects to your jaw line, you’re in trouble. In the first round he clearly hurt Hagert, who was wobbling around dancing the chicken dance for a while, it was amazing he didn’t go out from the punches thrown at him by the heavy handed Berglomi, but the second round proved to be no different for the Finnish striker as he got caught in the second minute, he could not recover in time as Berglomi pushed the pace throwing him to the canvas and forcing Hagert to tap from the strikes thrown.
Matto Luuttu vs. Haraldr Harfagri
Winnter
Coming in to the fight on a three fight losing streak, Matto Luuttu was desperate for a win in this fight, Harfagri took the fight down, it looked like an epic battle between submission fighters would commence, as the two purple belts shared a total of fourteen submissions between them. But the fight proved to be much shorter than expected when Luuttu threw up a triangle from his guard, forcing Harfagri to tap.
Joey Cardinal vs. Jack Newport
Winner: Jack Newport (Decision)
Joey Cardinal really wanted to go to his bread and butter, the ground game, as Newport is a dangerous striker who seemed to have the upper hand, but as desire turned into desperation, Cardinal seemed unable to take his opponent down too much, as he threw himself after twenty-nine takedowns only scoring four. And every takedown was easily countered by Newport who was able to hang on to the end of the round, or to the referee stood them up. Standing Newport was all over Cardinal landing damaging blows both from the outside and in the clinch, earning him a unanimous decision victory.
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