Beau Hamilton vs Adrian Adona- Adona took the first by outstriking Hamilton with punches and kicks, at one point landing a takedown and getting in some good GnP, Hamilton was throwing good counter overhand rights though. The second was much of the same , except with more knees from Adona, at one point Hamilton rocked him with a good left hand. The doctor ended the fight on a cut in after the second, giving Adona the win.
Joey Cabezas vs Anthony Tatum- Tatum took the first by taking down Joey and landing consistent GnP for most of the round, at the end though Cabezas rocked and swarmed Tatum. Cabezas got in some good strikes during the second ,but then got taken down by Tatum who threw some GnP before going for an armbar. Tatum took the third with GnP and by outstriking Cabezas. Tatum wins by decision.
C.J. Marsh vs Marcel Fortuna- Fortuna outstruck Marsh with punches and kicks, he got taken down twice ,but was able to nullify Marsh's offense completely by wrapping up his arms and took the first. In the second Fortuna landed some good strikes, took down Marsh, and subbed him with a baseball choke from side control.
Chris Quitiquit vs Dominic Clark- Clark took Chris down early and landed some good GnP ,but Chris got backed to his feet and rocked Clark, with the rest of the round being even. In the second Clark rocks Chris with a hard punch that also cuts him open under the eye and swarms him with GnP, but Clark got overexcited and grabbed Chris's shorts. While the referee stopped the fight to warn or take a point away from Clark, the doctor inspected Chris's cut and ended the fight giving the win to Clark.
Mike Hayes vs D.J. Lindermann- DJ starts the round by slamming Hayes, Hayes almost finishes DJ with a guillotine , DJ escapes takes Hayes down again, Hayes gets back to his feet and DJ spends the rest of the round kneeing Hayes' leg. Hayes took the second with better striking. Linderman started off the third by slamming Hayes again, and controlled him with grappling, but Hayes was getting the better of the striking so it was kind of an even round. Lindermann wins by unanimous decision.
Clayton McKinney vs Mike Persons- The 1st and second rounds were almost identical with Clayton outstriking and ragdolling Persons, twice in the 1st and once in the 2nd. Person's outstruck and outgrappled Clayton in t he third round, but was getting noticeably hurt by Clayton's leg kicks. McKinney wins by unanimous decision.
Caleb Mitchell vs Evan Esguerra- Mitchell gets a trip takedown in the corner early ,but Esguerra got stuck in the ropes, while also using them to sort of keep himself from getting completely taken down. Mitchell slickly mounts him while this is happening and lands GnP for the rest of the round. Esguerra came back in the second by taking down Mitchell and landing good GnP. Esguerra took the third as well by roughing up Mitchell in the clinch, mainly with standing elbows, at one point landing about eight in a row. Esguerra wins by unanimous decision.
Daniel Roberts vs Justin Baseman- Roberts gets a single leg early, swarms Baseman with GnP, then rolls for a tight anaconda choke which he didn't get, and goes for a kimura from his guard for most of what's left of the round. At the very end though Baseman got up and took down Roberts. Baseman took the second by taking down Roberts and landing GnP, Roberts got backup and got rocked by Baseman, who ended up on top as the round ended. The third round was pretty even, Roberts took down Baseman and maintained side control, while Baseman threw strikes from the bottom. Roberts wins by split decision.
Other things I noticed: The stream was great, it barely went out and was clear throughout.
The announcers were good.
The audio levels were inconsistent and not powerful enough.
Because there were no elbows allowed, I spent the whole card thinking elbows would be perfect from that position in almost every fight.
The ring ropes seemed really loose and it seemed like someone was going to fall out the whole time.
The reffing wasn't the best, at one point a fighter got kneed in the nuts three times in a row and the ref didn't do anything about it.
I liked how fighters were actually using the ropes against their opponent and the refs weren't calling them on it.
Overall I thought it was a good event, nothing special ,but it wasn't awful. Anybody else watch and if so what the hell did you think?
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