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26/06/2010 This novice show was held in a small venue catering for 400 tickets and was sold out an hour after opening the doors, there were 8 fights set on the program.
Fight 1 -Ryan Conyers V Steven Christianson: Steven Christianson was getting caught with some big punches until he took Ryan down attempting to ground and pound him, Steven reversed the mount and began to hammer fist Ryan who under pressure attempted to leg lock Steven. Ryan threw some elbows from bottom, Ryan had managed to scrambled back on top throwing some messy punches. Round 2, Ryan opens with leg kicks, but Steven managed big take down throwing more hammer fists. The boys became neutral where the ref stepped in and stood them back up, Steven then gets a second take down, Ryan’s head hit the canvas hard, Steven threw some body punches from the dominant position until the ref stops fight.
Damon initiated the start of the fight with strikes until Owen takes him down, he pounds on Damon then gets in an awkward position where neither fighter could offer any technique so the ref stands them up. Damon lands some good knees to head until Owen takes Damon down for a second time and attempts a submission. Damon somehow evades this attempt and puts an arm bar on Owen who taps out.
James opens up with a big left hook which narrowly misses the mark, then lands some effective knees to head, Brad strikes back and lands big leg kick, James takes Brad down and immediately starts his ground and pound, ref stops fight.
Fight 4 - MAIN EVENT - Andrew Bennett V Joshua Elvin: Both fighters came out striking, Bennett the more elusive on his feet, but Joshua was looking sharp. Andrew landed some early knees and kicks, where as Joshua threw some big punches, connecting with one or two. Off the back of one of Joshua’s punches Andrew dives in for a huge take down but almost gets caught in a choke as they land on the canvas, Andrew showed patience and poise to escape the hold by rotating himself into position where he then took the neck of Joshua and put on a tight choke, Joshua would not tap despite the blood quickly rushing to his head and the focus was clearly leaving his eyes which the ref saw and ended the fight before Joshua was seriously hurt.
Fight 5 - Tory Burdett V Ben Domain: Tory came out strong, evading strikes, took Ben down ground and pound, but doing this gets one of his arms caught, he manages to pull it out, he then decides to let Ben stand up. Tory strikes again then takes Ben down and gets a solid arm bar on. Fight 6 - Jarrod Coughtrie V Joshua Tebby: Jarrod attacked from the start and appeared way too strong for his opponent from the opening bell, Jarrod applied a standing choke and the fight was over.
Fight 7 - John Koolo V Alexander Simon: Heavyweight bout. John (who was the bigger of the two) starts the round landing a massive right hook and Alex responds by taking John down and lands a couple of decent shots from the dominant position on the ground, they scramble back to their feet. Alex attempts another take down which John tries to evade with no luck. While Alex attempts a head lock John grabs his leg but now the boys were on the ropes. They stand again and exchange shots, Alex takes John down for a third time, John gives all he has back, listening to his corner he tries to rotate out of the hold, end round one. Round 2 Alex manages to take a massive punch on the jaw before John trips him down, gets on top and tries to ground and pound, Alex gets on top but does nothing, ref stands them up, Alex obviously had slightly better fitness coming into the fight as he starts striking again John just takes too many shots, ref stops fight. Fight 8 - Jake Bush V Carlos Janson: Big weight difference in this lightweight bout, Carlos only taking the fight the day before. Carlos was relaxed and manages two take downs early in the first round, despite the weight difference he gets on top and puts a choke on, Jake rolls and scrambles before putting his own choke on. Carlos, being the smaller fighter, continually moves and gets back on top. Carlos uses clever tactics with his shoulder and puts his elbow in Jakes face. Jake is clearly frustrated and pulls Carlos’s head down from the bottom, Carlos is too slippery and quickly gets back on top where he ground and pounds until the ref stops fight. |