The Sprawl And Brawl Video Review - WEF: Road To Glory
Posted by Randy Harrison on 05.07.2008
World Extreme Fighting puts on one of the biggest independent cards ever, with Jeremy Horn, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Renato "Babalu" Sobral and a main event of Pat Miletich vs. Jose "Pele" Landi-Jons. A full night of action courtesy of the WEF in this week's Sprawl and Brawl.
Howdy folks, and welcome to another edition of The Sprawl and Brawl Video Review. A big show this week as we're taking a look at World Extreme Fighting's release, Road To Glory, Volume One. This event is actually known as WEF 8: Goin' Platinum, but has been re-released as part of a two-event, two-disc set apparently. The WEF has had a who's who of fighters pass through their organization, even recently with fighters like Roy Nelson in the promotion as late as 2007. This event looks to be a showcase of future stars and established talent as we're going to see names like Matt Hughes, Pat Miletich, future PRIDE and UFC Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueria, Jeremy Horn, and Renato "Babalu" Sobral, in one of the deepest independent cards to be heard of at the time. In the interest of disclosure, the full fight card was fourteen fights and there are only seven on the DVD so some of them ended up being cut. The biggest name of those who didn't make it to the DVD is Jens Pulver, and he knocked out Phil Johns in thirty-three seconds. That settles that so if everything is cleared up, let's set our way-back machines to January 15, 2000 and Rome, Georgia, for the WEF's Goin' Platinum event, featured on Road To Glory!!
After a rather cheesily thrown together opening sequence that looks like something you'd see from any independent wrestling promotion, we're straight off to the fights with no pre-amble, no foreplay, no reach-around. Just right to the CAGE!!
Match One:
Karl Schmidt (1-0) vs. Henry Matamoros (12-4)
Stephen Quadros is the play-by-play and I'm having trouble picking out who the color guy is from the voice. Schmidt is apparently a great kickboxer and has very hard kicks. Matamoros is a good all-around fighter with a great chin and they talk about how he has great transitions, so he's going to be very well-versed on the mat. He also has a five-fight win streak and has won nine of his last ten matches. T. Jay Thompson, the face of ICON Sport is the ring announcer for tonight's bouts and he introduces the referees for the night, including "Big" John McCarthy, who gets a nice pop from the crowd. I'd like to say now that the rules are all over the place for the night, and that this first fight is set for three, four-minute rounds.
Round One
They charge each other and Matamoros comes flying with a front kick and they sloppily trade punches before they clinch against the fence. Schmidt gets a solid takedown and puts Matmoros on his back in the full guard. They're pressed up against the fence and Schmidt pins one of Matamoros' arms behind his back, striking with the free arm and landing some punches and elbows. Schmidt with a VICIOUS crossface forearm, pressing Matamoros' head into the mat and landing a couple more short punches. Matamoros grabs a nice handful of fence to try and get himself back to his feet but he can't get back up and Schmidt just backs off, BARELY missing a head kick and they end up back on their feet. More wild striking from both of them and they clinch again with Schmidt throwing him back down to the mat. Matamoros is trying for a leglock, but he ends up taking a couple of punches and a HARD stomp to the face that bloodies him up rather quickly. Matamoros turtles and Schmidt takes the back, throwing an elbow to the back and then trying for the rear naked choke but there's nothing there and Matamoros is able to roll to his back. Schmidt transitions to a head and arm triangle and actually cranks enough pressure from the half-guard to be able to submit him.
Winner: Karl Schmidt, submission (arm trigangle choke) at 3:31 of Round One
Fight Analysis: Schmidt just beat the shit out of Matamoros, on the feet and on the mat. It's wild to see a US-based MMA event have stomps and soccer kicks be within the rules, but it's also kind of fun too. Dominating and punishing win from Schmidt as Matamoros could never get himself started outside of that wild charging kick.
Match Two:
George Allen (6-3) vs. David Dodd (2-5)
Allen is a hometown boy, from Atlanta, so he should have all of the crowd support for this one. Dodd makes his way into the cage first and apparently is a submission specialist that has a ton of conditioning under his belt. Allen comes out and gets a big roar from the crowd, and is outweighing Dodd by a good fifty pounds. Allen's strengths are his boxing and his wrestling and Quadros thinks that the 250 pounds that he's listed as is a misprint because he weighed in around 193 or 195, which looks a bit more accurate. Dodd's record isn't all that impressive, but he can count men like Pat Smith, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in his losses, and he has a submission win over Jeff Monson to his credit.
Round One
Allen tries a high kick and Dodd catches it and takes him down as they scramble back and forth on the mat, ending up with both men clinched against the fence. Dodd hits a HUGE right hand that nearly knocks Allen on his ass, but they end up clinched on the cage again. Allen looks to try to land some knees inside and Dodd drops to change levels, getting a single-leg takedown into side control. Allen gives up his back and Dodd gets both hooks sunk in as Allen is on his elbows and knees. They do a little hand-fighting and Dodd lands a couple of uppercuts underneath as Allen tries to power up and out from underneath. Dodd almost gets a rear naked choke out of that but Allen does well to keep defending the hands, though he's already pushing his mouthpiece forward to try to get more oxygen in, which is never a good sign. Left hands from Dodd to try soften Allen up and he continues to land some strikes before ending up sinking his forearm across the throat of Allen. Allen defends it well and keeps himself out of trouble with the choke but Dodd just transitions to the armbar and forces Allen to tapout.
Winner: David Dodd, submission (armbar) at 3:59 of Round One
Fight Analysis: Dodd was bigger and stronger and the announcers briefly mentioned that Allen had come in on a day's notice and it showed. He was winded and gassed out pretty quickly and Dodd just had his way with him, landing strikes at will and controlling position until he could get the submission applied. Great transition from the choke to the armbar as well.
Match Three:
Matt Hughes (13-1) vs. Jorge Pereira (7-1)
Pereira was one of the top fighters in Brazil at this time and this was his first foray into the United States to fight. The only loss on his record is to Jose Landi-Jons, which is nothing to be ashamed of. This is also Pereira's first fight in almost two years. He's listed with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as his favored style, though he's got tons of submissions, favoring the rear naked choke. Hughes had already made his first UFC appearance and has a nine-fight winning streak coming into this fight, over guys like Joe Doerksen, Akihiro Gono and LaVerne Clark. Of course, Hughes is going to be wrestling and ground and pounding like no tomorrow. This one is scheduled for three, six-minute rounds.
Round One
The lights have a bit of a malfunction before the fight but it's all sorted out before the bell. They circle and Hughes throws a leg kick before they move right to a clinch against the fence, with Hughes holding the advantage, grabbing for a deep double-leg. Pereira ends up getting dropped to the mat by Hughes and Pereira closes up his guard immediately. Hughes tries to posture up to break the guard but Pereira REALLY has a hold of Hughes' head so he's done his homework on the ground and pound. Hughes stands up to strike and Pereira tries to get to his feet but he gets flurried right back down to the mat by Hughes, with a GOOD right hand that lands. They're right back down to the mat with Hughes working from the full guard and pressing Pereira against the fence with forearms and punches. Pereira kicks Hughes away after eating some punishment and Hughes waves him back to his feet. Hughes throws a wild jab and Pereira is actually smiling at him before they end up with Hughes trying for another double-leg takedown. Pereira gets a guillotine attempt in but Hughes just picks him up and you know what's coming next. HUGE SLAM from Hughes gets the crowd on their feet and Hughes is in side control, popping his head free of the arms of Pereira and tries to posture up for some striking. Pereira works his hips well to get the fight back to the guard and Hughes works some punches to the body and head, landing some HARD right hands and a couple of lefts as he stands over Pereira before falling back into half-guard. Short, DIGGING elbows from Hughes in the face of Pereira and he can't take many more of those, with a ton of them landing before the bell and Pereira is a bloody mess. The doctor is in to take a look at the cuts between rounds and Hughes is already acting like he's won.
Winner: Matt Hughes, TKO (doctor's stoppage) at 6:00 of Round One
Match Analysis: Hughes was DOMINANT. He already had his style carved out and he just imposed his will on Pereira for six minutes. Pereira was no slouch, but he ended up getting dissected and torn apart by Hughes' strength on the mat and those vicious short elbows. You watch this fight and you know why Hughes went on to take down the entire UFC welterweight division like he did.
Match Four:
Brad Kohler (11-5) vs. Renato Sobral (6-0)
Sobral is fighting essentially at heavyweight here, which looks a little odd after seeing him all the time in the UFC at light-heavyweight, but that's neither here nor there. This would be his first fight in the US after spending some time in RINGS as well as fighting in his native Brazil. Kohler has a TON of experience already, fighting in RINGS as well as making a couple of appearances in the UFC, his most notable being his first round KO of Steve Judson in a little over thirty seconds. This is actually a pretty big match-up at the time as both guys were near the tops of the heavyweight division. Not the best, but getting nearer to the top of the class. Sobral has Marco Ruas in his corner for this fight, which is a big advantage for him. This fight is scheduled for three, four-minute rounds.
Round One
Babalu bounces around on the outside and they circle for the first forty-five seconds or so before Kohler rushes and tries to get a takedown. Babalu stuffs the takedown and ends up clinching Kohler against the fence and landing a couple of hard knees to the face. Babalu lands a ton of knees to the inside of Kohler's legs and another HARD one to the head as Kohler grabs the fence to avoid being taken down. Kohler already looks a little winded and Babalu is still bouncing around and circling, throwing a high kick that just misses. Kohler fakes a shot and Babalu just steps away and throws a leg kick. They circle for a while with Kohler not wanting to engage and the crowd boos. Kohler shoots for a takedown but Babalu stuffs it and lands a HARD knee up the middle before clinching Kohler against the fence. More inside knees to the legs of Kohler and Babalu is just wearing him out in this clinch. The horn sounds to end the first round and the crowd boos again.
Round Analysis: All Babalu, all the time. Those knees to the legs really looked like they took their toll on Kohler, almost as much or maybe more than the knees to the head did since they've taken almost all the bounce out of Kohler's step. Easy round to score for Babalu.
Round Two
They touch gloves to start the second and do some circling before Babalu lands a HARD, chopping leg kick. Kohler fakes a right and eats another leg kick and shoots in for the takedown. Babalu sprawls out of it, pushes off of Kohler's back and KICKS HIS HEAD LIKE A FOOTBALL AS HARD AS HE CAN!! MOTHER OF GOD!!! KOHLER IS OUT COLD!!! Kohler is on the floor and looks like they're going to have to scrape him off the mat with a spatula. Babalu is FREAKING out in the cage.
Winner: Renato Sobral, TKO (soccer kick) at 0:30 of Round Two
Fight Analysis: That was violent and one-sided, as once Kohler got past about the two minute mark he had nothing left in the tank and Sobral just exploited that with knees to the head and body. That soccer kick was one of the cleanest landing of them that I've ever seen and it did a LOT of damage to a big man like Kohler, landing square on his temple. Vicious display from Babalu and again it's easy to see why he ended up in the UFC, based on this performance.
The replays show that it wasn't even that long of a stroke on that kick, but there was a TON of power and violence behind it.
Match Five:
Antonio Rodrgio Nogueira vs. Jeremy Horn (37-5-4)
What can you say about Horn that hasn't already been said at this point, he was a veteran of about every fighting organization imaginable and had his biggest win over Chuck Liddell, while taking Frank Shamrock nearly 17 minutes at UFC 17 before submitting to a kneebar. He's only a few months removed from an eighteen-fight winning streak and is coming off of a year in 1999 when he fought twenty-one times. TWENTY-ONE!! Nogueira was very early in his career, wth only four fights under his belt thus far. He had also spent some time in RINGS and this was the highest profile bout of his young career. Minotauro looks like a baby compared to the fight-worn face he sports these days. Another bout with HUGE implications in MMA in this timeframe. This fight is set for three, eight-minute rounds and is for the WEF Heavyweight Superfight Championship, which BTW is a knock-off of the World Heavyweight Championship belt that the WWE uses for its Smackdown show.
Round One
Nogueira rushes forward and takes a HARD righthand from Horn and they clinch up against the fence with Nogueira trying for a takedown, finally tripping Horn to the mat in the middle of the cage. Horn closes off his guard and Nogueira postures up to throw some hard punches before nearly eating an up-kick. Horn throws another up-kick that nearly lands and Nogueira decides that it's enough of that and he drops down into the half-guard again, landing some short shots and trying to pass Horn's guard. He can't get past and stands up out of the guard, backing off and trying a double-flying stomp but he can't get past and ends up doing a little ground and pound from the full guard. Nogueira stands up and lands a couple more punches but he backs away and stays away from Horn's up-kicks until the referee steps in and gets the fight back to its feet. Low kick lands from Horn and Nogueira pushes forward, clinching him against the fence again and taking him down. Someone's bleeding but they can't tell who right now and the fight is right back to Horn on his back and Nogueira standing above him. He dives back into the guard and actually gets past it into side control on Horn and the announcers speculate that there's a small cut on Nogueira's head from Horn's elbow strikes. Horn gets a GREAT sweep on Nogueira but it gets reversed and Nogueira backs out of the guard, getting right back to the same position we've been in for a lot of this fight. Nogueira dives back into guard for some more ground and pound and they trade short punches as well before Nogueira backs out again. Nogueira ducks away from the up-kicks again and just as quickly backs out to stand over Horn until the referee stands them back up. Horn misses a combination and Nogueira comes forward with a HARD right hand that just misses and they clinch against the fence, trading knees as Nogueira throws a vicious combination. Standing elbow from Horn lands and another and this fight is really starting to pick up at the end of the round. Horn with a NICE three-punch combination that lands and he shoots in but ends up giving up his back to Nogueira right at the horn to end the first round.
Round Analysis: Nogueira controlled the position and controlled the round, even though Horn managed to score more damage with those elbows. Nogueira gets the nod in my eyes, but I could easily see it going either way for that first round.
Round Two
Horn throws a high kick right off the bell and Nogueira shoots, getting a takedown quickly, though Horn gave up on it to try get the fight down to the mat. Nogueira again stands up and this time the referee restarts them REALLY quickly. Horn throws a good combination followed up by a leg kick and then a front kick that grazes off of Nogueira. Great low kick from Horn and Nogueira gets a takedown into the half-guard and starts to work away with some punches. Horn keeps working the up-kicks and the referee steps in to restart them again. Another combination from Horn and a kick to the body that lands and Nogueira shoots in and gets the hard takedown against the fence, trying to grapple past the guard. Horn tries a sweep out of butterfly guard but Nogueira goes dead-weight and keeps that from happening. Horn tries to side-door his way out and Nogueira holds him back down again, moving past the guard to side control. Horn tries a sweep but Nogueira avoids it and they end up back in guard with Nogueira standing up and the referee restarts them. Nogueira with a big left hook and Horn fires back with a high kick, shooting for a takedown that gets stuffed and Horn ends up turtled with Nogueira on his back. One hook in for Nogueira and Horn does well to spin away from it and they end up getting restarted again after Horn is on his back. Front kick from Horn misses and Nogueira fires back with a BIG flurry of punches that push Horn back against the fence and Nogueira just MUSCLES Horn to the mat with a single-leg throw. The referee stands Horn back up and they trade jabs and kicks, with Horn just missing another big high kick and Nogueira sprawling to avoid the takedown attempt that followed. Nogueira grabs a guillotine with one of Horn's arms in but there's nothing there and he's on top in the half-guard, standing out of it until Horn is brought back up to his feet. Horn hits another good high kick and Nogueira gets another takedown, passing to half-guard and Horn tries to reverse and take Nogueira's back. Horn instead ends up on top throwing a couple of punches before the round comes to an end.
Round Analysis: This was Nogueira's round as outside of the high kicks that landed, Nogueira controlled the entire round with the stand-up and the takedowns. It's a bit of a plodding fight because of the stand-up, restart nature of the fight, but it's a fight that Nogueira seems to be winning.
Round Three
Nogueira throws a combination and lands a HARD right hand that prompts Horn to grab a clinch and they end up back on the mat with Nogueira on top and in Horn's full guard, pounding away with some short punches. Nogueira postures up for a moment but as soon as Horn threatens the up-kicks he goes back down. They end up stalemated again and stood up as Horn and Nogueira trade low kicks and Horn fakes a combination moving forward. Spinning back kick lands for Horn but that just pisses Nogueira off into another flurry of punches, with a couple of them getting through. Horn with an overhand right that lands and Nogueira answers back with a hard left hook and another flurry that pushes Horn back against the fence. Thai clinch and a SOLID knee up the middle to Horn's head and they stand there, slugging it out against the fence. Nogueira gets the takedown and moves to side control, flattening out to lay all of his weight on top of Horn. Nogueira looks to pass to mount but ends up pushed back into guard and Nogueira postures up to land some shots before falling back into the guard. Nogueira postures up for another flurry and then stands out of the guard before trying to dive back into it. He steps back and the referee stands them back up for a restart with three minutes left. Low kick from Horn and a combination from Nogueira and Horn shoots in for a takedown, getting stuffed and shoved onto his back where more of the stalemating that has plauged the fight ensues. Horn gets a takedown and moves to top position but Nogueira moves and sweeps him almost instantly and ends up back in Horn's guard. Rights and lefts from Nogueira but Horn covers up and avoids most of the damage on those shots and they lay there and hold each other against the fence with a minute left. Nogueira postures up for some punches and Horn tries to set up and armbar but Nogueira sees it coming and avoids it before it gets too far. They do a lot of nothing from the guard and the referee stands them back up with Horn landing a low kick and a good Thai knee to the body and they clinch against the fence with Nogueira getting a last takedown right at the horn.
Winner: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Unanimous Decision
Fight Analysis: Quadros gave Horn an edge, which I would partially agree with, but Nogueira had about a million takedowns and had Horn on the defensive for the whole fight, minus small moments on the feet. You can't discount fifty takedowns because someone landed three or four high kicks and a bunch of low kicks. I don't like the way that Nogueira won because it was a very passive offense, but he did enough to win the fight.
Match Six:
John Lewis (3-2-3) vs. LaVerne Clark (8-3)
Clark is already a veteran of the UFC by this point in his career, with wins over guys like Shonie Carter and Fabiano Iha, but he's coming off of two straight losses in the same night to Dave Menne and Matt Hughes in the Extreme Challenge 29 one-night tournament. Lewis has experience dating back to 1995, but has only fought sporadically, with his biggest fights being draws against the likes of Johil de Oliveira and Carlson Gracie Jr. Lewis is probably best known as the MMA trainer that joined up with nightclub owner John Huntington for the ill-fated first version of the WFA. This fight is set for three, five-minute rounds and is for the WEF Lightweight Superfight Championship.
Round One
Clark looks ANGRY waiting for the fight to start and Lewis actually looks just as angry, only not as animated about it. Big John gets us underway as the announcers talk about how McCarthy has trademarked his "let's get it on" to share it with boxing referee Mills Lane. Lewis and Clark circle around for a good minute or so with no real jabs or anything being thrown one way or the other. Low kick lands from Lewis and they continue to circle around the cage, with Clark going from orthodox to southpaw a couple of times. Lewis fakes a shot and they continue to circle before Lewis shoots in for a single-leg. Clark sprawls away from it and they end up back on their feet with Clark throwing a ton of punches at Lewis, who is covering up against the fence. Clark grabs the fence and gets a good knee to the body as Lewis tries for the takedown. They end up fairly well stalemated against the fence with nothing really happening until Lewis tries to sling Clark to the mat and ends up getting reversed to the bottom. Clark does a little work to the body and head with short punches and Lewis holds on to avoid any serious damage as Clark presses him against the fence. Lewis tries to use his feet to walk himself away from the cage but the round ends with Clark on top and in the full guard, laying and smothering.
Round Analysis: Clark gets the round because of the striking flurries and his reversal on the takedown, but there wasn't a lot of anything that happened in that round, so it's pretty much just picking the guy that had the one good minute.
Round Two
More circling to start the second round as Clark take the center of the cage and Lewis shoots in for the takedown, getting stuffed and Clark tries for a half-guillotine. Lewis pulls guard and Clark tries to dig away with a couple of elbows but can't get any separation to throw them. Clark throws a couple of punches but there's not a lot on them and Lewis holds onto a TIGHT full guard. Clark tries a forearm choke to get Lewis to move and adjust and Lewis continues to hold on as McCarthy threatens to stand them up. Clark tries to pass the guard and ends up landing a couple of shots before Lewis stands up, getting peppered by more punches on the way to his feet. A couple of elbows to the back from Clark and he's got Lewis stacked up against the fence. Absolutely nothing happens for almost a full minute before Lewis tries to get forward with a takedown attempt, but Clark shuts it down, throws a couple shots and then forces Lewis onto his back again. Lewis clings like saran warp to Clark and ALLLLLMOST has a triangle choke hooked with ten seconds left, but the round ends with Clark throwing more punches from the top.
Round Analysis: Clark takes another round with striking and top position. Lewis hasn't done much of anything at this point, and will pretty much need a miracle to pull out a win.
Round Three
The third round starts the same as the first two, with Lewis circling on the outside and Clark trying to cut him off and find his range. Clark with a NICE foot stomp that works and Clark cuts him off, stuffing the takedown and pressing Lewis up against the fence again. Short rights and lefts from Clark and he stands above the prone Lewis to kick him in the ass before McCarthy gets them to stand back up. Clark is starting to do a little showboating and Lewis shoots in for another takedown, getting a deep single-leg that Clark stuffs with some punches and elbows. Clark with a couple of elbows to the back and there's a punch that almost looks like a cup check on Lewis. Clark continues to sprawl and looks like he's trying for a guillotine but just uses it to get top position in Lewis' full guard. Clark postures up on occasion for a flurry, but for the most part this is just Clark on top and riding Lewis until the horn sounds to end the fight.
Winner: LaVerne Clark, Unanimous Decision
Fight Analysis: A really boring fight, with Lewis doing little to nothing to engage and Clark doing just enough to win. That's two slower fights in a row that have pretty much killed the crowd. Clark is funny after being announced as the winner though, dropping to a knee like it was the toughest match of his career. That was more action than there was in the fight itself.
Match Seven: Main Event
Pat Miletich (25-2-2) vs. Jose Landi-Jons (15-3)
Both men are veterans here and Miletich is just ending his peak, beginning to slowly slide into a .500 fighter until retiring a couple of years after this fight. Landi-Jons has experience all over the world, against guys like Chuck Liddell and Evangelista Santos and this is his first, and to my knowledge only fight in the United States. The action is set for three, eight-minute rounds and is for the World Extreme Fighting Superfight Championship.
Round One
They start out tentatively and then exchange jabs before Miletich moves to a clinch against the fence. Landi-Jons moves them away from the fence and throws a couple of knees before getting a trip takedown to put Miletich on his back against the cage. Landi-Jons stands up to throw some strikes and then falls back for a leglock that he can't close off, and they both end up back on their feet. A combination and a flying knee both miss from Landi-Jons and he throws an overhand right that just misses as Miletich gets the fight back to the clinch against the cage. Miletich is working some good uppercuts to the body and Landi-Jons throws knees to the legs and body of Miletich. They continue to trade strikes up against the fence and Miletich gets a HARD knee to the body, followed by one that just misses the head. They trade knees on the inside and this is actually a really good clinch fight, which is rare. Another knee to the body from Landi-Jons and another and another and ANOTHER and he is just wearing Miletich out with those knees. He swings Miletich around and gets a takedown into side control, trying to work through but having to get back to his feet. He tries a FLYING STOMP on Miletich and Pat avoids it and now they're both back to their feet. They circle a little into a clinch and Landi-Jons actually gets the Thai clinch and lands a HAR knee up the middle, with Miletich bleeding a little from above his eye. Standing elbow from Miletich lands to the face of Landi-Jons and they continue to clinch against the cage with Miletich landing a HARD foot stomp before they clinch to the horn.
Between the rounds Miletich goes down to one knee and it looks like his back has gone out or there's something wrong with his leg. He limps around the cage a little but it looks like he's going to have to shut it down and the match is over.
Winner: Jose Landi-Jons, TKO (doctor's stoppage) at 8:00 of Round One
Fight Analysis: Landi-Jons gets the win in a fight that was very close and FAR from being decided. Bad luck for Miletich to end up having to go down to injury that way, but it is what it is. An exciting round though from both men as they both did solid work from their respective clinches.
The DVD actually just stops right after the fight. No belt presentation to Landi-Jons, no post-fight wrap-up of the card from the announcers, nothing. It's just "Miletich has to stop the fight due to a back injury" and the DVD is back to the main menu. Odd to say the least.
Anyhow, that does it for another edition of the Sprawl and Brawl folks, be sure to be back here in seven days for another look at one of MMA's underappreciated gems from the smaller level of shows. Good night, good fight!
The 411: A fairly good cross-section of the card, and the only problems I had were the two fights that went to decisions. Not that I have anything against decision fights, I just have something against slow, boring decision fights, and both of them were indeed slow AND boring. A shame that Miletich had to get hurt and that the main event didn't get a decisive winner, and that pretty much spoiled the chances of this thing getting a higher grade. Decent undercard but the last three fights really underwhelmed.
