This Saturday, July 16th, the Virginia Beach Field House hosted the Modern Gladiators: Judgment Day line-up. The fight card was headlined by six title fights, including the knockout of the night performance by Wesley Dunlap, who put Reggie "Eaz-E" Barnett Jr to the canvas in just 47 seconds of the first round.
In the first round, crowd favorite Barnett threw some good combinations as Dunlap circled throwing occasional low kicks. Then, an unceremonious high kick Dunlap added to the mix sent Barnett to the canvas as the referee declared a knockout at 47 seconds of round one.
The card featured a superheavyweight title fight between Michael "Bigfoot" Jones and Joseph Ray. Jones was gaining momentum with front kicks and good striking combinations, but the action was temporarily stopped when Ray was dazed from punches to the back of his head. After the fight started again, Ray came out as the aggressor, but Jones was still able to use his kicks and knees to control the striking game. In spite of being ahead, Jones began to show signs of fatigue at the end of the round.
Jones came out of the round two bell like a man on fire, looking to put Ray away in the opening seconds. But a misguided flying knee attempt gave Ray his leg and the takedown he needed to turn the tide. Ray quickly mounted Jones and started a vicious ground and pound offense. Jones gave up his back trying to defend and Ray finished him with a rear naked choke at 47 seconds on the clock.
The heavyweight title bout between Chris Kharazi and Donte Stith brought a lot of excitement to the crowd as the first round became a vicious standing battle. Stith dominated most of the first round, throwing heavy shots to Kharazi's iron chin. The momentum changed towards the end of the round when Kharazi clinched and landed a barrage knees to Stith's midsection. Though arguably ahead on points, the extent of the damage was too great for Stith. He was not able to answer the bell of the second round and Kharazi claimed the Heavyweight Belt.
Kevin Steele almost logged an exceptional comeback in his middleweight title tilt with Eric Lyberger, but, in the end, Lyberger was able to finish what he started and took the strap. Lyberger took control of the fight from the beginning with a quick takedown and never looked back. Jumping to full mount Lyberger began raining punches down on Steele. Just as it looked like Lyberger would be going home with a fancy new belt, Steele pulled a quick scramble and a sweep from out of nowhere. Once he gained the advantage, Steele looked to turn the tide. But Lyberger came back again for an armbar victory in the fading seconds of the first round.Demar Holloway managed to wrest Lee Rahrleins' welterweight title from him in a controversial referee stoppage. Rahrleins scored a takedown and top control early on, dominating Holloway for position but not quite able to finish his man with submission attempts. Rahrleins continued his clinic into the second round. Holloway managed to reverse his fortunes after taking some damage, finally sweeping his way to top position. Rahrleins scrambled to his feet but found himself on the receiving end of a knee by Holloway. Stunned, Rahrleins grabbed Holloway's leg and tried to work for a takedown, but the referee had already stopped the bout. Holloway was declared the winner to a very displeased crowd.
The lightest division title fight featured Jonathan Wertz, a BJJ black belt, against the undefeated Kevin Spurill. Round one started with a standing battle with neither fighter gaining a clear advantage, but Wertz appeared to take round one as he connected with occasional jabs and kicks. The action picked up in round two, but continued to be contested standing with Wertz maintaining a slight advantage.
Undaunted, Spurill began to attack relentlessly, forcing the clinch and bullying Wertz with some heavy shots. Wertz dropped from the assault and Spurill took his man's back. Wertz attempted to rolls into position for an ankle lock, but just ended up eating more damage. After some body shots that nearly went through Wertz to the canvas, the referee called a stop to the fight at 3:54 of round two, declaring Spurill the winner.
Non-title fights on the card included the 160 pound weight division with Riley "The Newport Beach Bad Boy" Pellegrino fighting Imani Smith. Pellegrino scored the submission of the night in just 21 seconds with a guillotine choke in the first round.
Mike Mercado defeated Chris Washington via unanimous decision in the 135 pound weight division. Mercado dominated the fight with takedowns during all three rounds making his ground game work to his advantage. In round three, Washington made an unsuccessful armbar attempt and Mercado wins a unanimous decision.
http://uscombatsports.com/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=items&cid=236&id=9359&Itemid=326
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Modern Gladiators 16 Bantam Weight Title Fight
Modern Gladiators16 Bantamweight Title Bout -- Wesley Dunlap def Reggie "Eaz-E" Barnett Jr via KO 47 secs 1st Round
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzSxcqJslJQ
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Barbarian Fight Club Summerfest Results
Barbarian Fight Club Crowns New 170 Pound Champion at “Summerfest”
This Saturday, June 25th, the Fredericksburg Fairgrounds hosted The Barbarian Fight Club's Summerfest card, headlined by a 170 pound title fight between Kevin "The Fire Starter" Mendoza and Grayson Rowny. The night was one of quick finishes, as the title bout was the only fight that went to the judges for a decision.
The first round was very close striking contest, with both fighters landing some good combinations and neither distancing himself on the card. In the second round, a low blow put Mendoza on his back. The break after the illegal hit seemed to light a fire under Mendoza, who began running away with the bout.
Mendoza began to work a combination of takedown attempts and clinch work to keep Rowny's back on the cage and grind him against the wall with foot stomps and knees. Rowny kept his feet for most of the bout, and even answered back with a few strikes, but could not match Mendoza's constant aggression and grinding tactics.
In the end, The Fire Started took home the unanimous decision and the 170 pound title for his methodical aggression.
In an evening characterized entirely by quick finishes, debuting fighter Zachary Finn took home one of the quickest over Travis Tisdale. Tisdale shot for a quick takedown prompting Finn to nonchalantly pull guard and execute a textbook triangle choke, submitting Tisdale just 33 seconds into the first round.
Not to be outdone, debuting heavyweight Buck McLamb put also away Gary Dixon in under a minute from the first bell. After a brief exchange, McLamb charged in for a big takedown and went to work on his opponent. After a barrage of punches and knees, the referee was forced to stop the fight at 55 seconds in.
Undefeated welterweights Quentin Stephens and Jahtee Harper clashed in another of the evening's lightening fast finishes. As they engaged, Harper pulled guard in what was immediately recognizable as a tactical error. Harper tried to stand as Stephens thundered down blows that looked like they were driving Harper through the canvas. Seeing that Harper had quickly become a punching bag, the referee stopped the bout in 24 seconds of the first round, declaring Quentin Stephens the winner via TKO.
The Barbarian card proved unkind to the Tisdale name, as Anthony "Tatsu" Tisdale also suffered a decisive defeat against debuting fighter David Tran. The first round was competitive, with Tisdale using leg kicks to get the edge on the outside striking, but giving up a takedown that likely cost him on the cards. But, in the second round, those kicks became Tisdale's undoing. An opening high kick caused Tisdale to slip and Tran to swarm in on the attack. Tran jumped into side mount and began laying down elbows on his opponent until Tisdale verbally submitted at 1:12 of the second round.
Local favorite Mike Smith was handed his first career loss by Travis Creamer in a 165 pound catchweight affair. At first, Smith seemed to take control of the bout the way he has in fights past, quickly scoring a clean takedown. Creamer popped up to his feet, only to be put down on his back again. The second began with a series of standing exchanges, with Smith not really getting the worst of it. The two men got tied up in the striking and, much against the script, it was Creamer who scored a takedown in the scramble. Smith tried to sweep up and ran directly into a Creamer triangle choke. Creamer constricted and Smith tapped at 1:07 of the second round.
This Saturday, June 25th, the Fredericksburg Fairgrounds hosted The Barbarian Fight Club's Summerfest card, headlined by a 170 pound title fight between Kevin "The Fire Starter" Mendoza and Grayson Rowny. The night was one of quick finishes, as the title bout was the only fight that went to the judges for a decision.
The first round was very close striking contest, with both fighters landing some good combinations and neither distancing himself on the card. In the second round, a low blow put Mendoza on his back. The break after the illegal hit seemed to light a fire under Mendoza, who began running away with the bout.
Mendoza began to work a combination of takedown attempts and clinch work to keep Rowny's back on the cage and grind him against the wall with foot stomps and knees. Rowny kept his feet for most of the bout, and even answered back with a few strikes, but could not match Mendoza's constant aggression and grinding tactics.
In the end, The Fire Started took home the unanimous decision and the 170 pound title for his methodical aggression.
In an evening characterized entirely by quick finishes, debuting fighter Zachary Finn took home one of the quickest over Travis Tisdale. Tisdale shot for a quick takedown prompting Finn to nonchalantly pull guard and execute a textbook triangle choke, submitting Tisdale just 33 seconds into the first round.
Not to be outdone, debuting heavyweight Buck McLamb put also away Gary Dixon in under a minute from the first bell. After a brief exchange, McLamb charged in for a big takedown and went to work on his opponent. After a barrage of punches and knees, the referee was forced to stop the fight at 55 seconds in.
Undefeated welterweights Quentin Stephens and Jahtee Harper clashed in another of the evening's lightening fast finishes. As they engaged, Harper pulled guard in what was immediately recognizable as a tactical error. Harper tried to stand as Stephens thundered down blows that looked like they were driving Harper through the canvas. Seeing that Harper had quickly become a punching bag, the referee stopped the bout in 24 seconds of the first round, declaring Quentin Stephens the winner via TKO.
The Barbarian card proved unkind to the Tisdale name, as Anthony "Tatsu" Tisdale also suffered a decisive defeat against debuting fighter David Tran. The first round was competitive, with Tisdale using leg kicks to get the edge on the outside striking, but giving up a takedown that likely cost him on the cards. But, in the second round, those kicks became Tisdale's undoing. An opening high kick caused Tisdale to slip and Tran to swarm in on the attack. Tran jumped into side mount and began laying down elbows on his opponent until Tisdale verbally submitted at 1:12 of the second round.
Local favorite Mike Smith was handed his first career loss by Travis Creamer in a 165 pound catchweight affair. At first, Smith seemed to take control of the bout the way he has in fights past, quickly scoring a clean takedown. Creamer popped up to his feet, only to be put down on his back again. The second began with a series of standing exchanges, with Smith not really getting the worst of it. The two men got tied up in the striking and, much against the script, it was Creamer who scored a takedown in the scramble. Smith tried to sweep up and ran directly into a Creamer triangle choke. Creamer constricted and Smith tapped at 1:07 of the second round.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
UFC 132 PREDICTIONS-MAIN FIGHT CARD
Dennis Siver VS Matt "Handsome" Wiman - both of these guys are on a 3-win fight streak, but I have to go with the German, Dennis Siver
Tito "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Ortiz VS Ryan "Darth" Bader - I haven't been impressed with Bader's standup skills at all, especially in his last two fights. But, Ortiz hasn't won a fight since 2006. I have to go with Bader via TKO/KO because of his wrestling skills.
Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva VS Chris "The Crippler" Leben - This should be the best fight of the night. Both of these guys stand in there and fight. Wanderlei's last outing was a unanimous decision over Michael Bisping. Leben suffered a first round knockout loss to Brian Stann. I would be surprised if this fight went 3 rounds to a judge's decision. I'm going with Wanderlei via KO, probably in the 1st or 2nd round.
Carlos "The Natural Born Killer" Condit VS Dong Hyun Kim - This is another great matchup. Most of Kim's recent fights have gone to a judge's decision, and Condit's recent victories have come via knockout. I think Kim will play conservative and get the judge's decision in this one.
THE MAIN EVENT: The Champ-Dominick "The Dominator" Cruz VS Urijah "The Califorinia Kid" Faber. The last time these two fighters met was in 2007 with Faber winning the fight in the 1st round via submission. Cruz is a much different fighter now, and is one of the "quickest" fighters I've ever seen. His movement is very unpredictable, but Faber matches up to his style well. The fighters that have given Faber trouble have been big punchers. Cruz is not a big finisher, and Faber should get the decision in this one.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
STRIKEFORCE GRAND PRIX HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT
Tonight's Strikeforce match-ups should bring some very exciting fights.
Here are my picks for tonights main card:
Alistair Overeem vs Fabricio Werdum
* Overeem via TKO or KO
Josh Barnett vs Brett Rogers
* Barnett via submission
K.J. Noons vs Jorge Masvidal
* Noons via decission
Daniel Cormier vs Jeff Monson
* Cormier via decission
Valentijn Overeem vs Chad Griggs
* I'm going with the upset on this one, Overeem via KO/TKO
Friday, June 17, 2011
Kettlebells
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Proper Body Mechanics Are A Must!
It may take around 300 to 500 repetitions to create a new movement pattern, and 3,000 to 5,000 repetitions to break a bad habit or faulty pattern! If a person learns poor technique and repeats it continually, they will only be good at bad technique. Using proper form at the beginning stages of your exercise program is essential to developing proper motor skills which will lead to mechanical efficiency, and success!
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