(Ed. note: the following report is courtesy of veteran writer Mark Jacobs. Check out his blog here.)
While Jim Genia was down at UFC 169 on Saturday night
sitting in a hot tub drinking pink ladies with Dana White, some of us were out
in the trenches doing the real work.
The AKBF event in Yorktown Heights, NY featured a
numbing 17 bouts of amateur MMA, Muay Thai, boxing, kickboxing and grappling.
Highlights included Anderson Silva, who showed no
ill-effects of his broken leg in defeating Vinny Brightmaqn... wait, it was a
different Anderson Silva?
I thought there was something suspicious when he looked
much paler in person. He still impressed winning by quick first round
guillotine choke (and he insists Anderson Silva is his real name).
American Top Team’s Dean Hancock unleashed a devastating
body slam followed by some quick ground and pound mop up to finish Tim Knapp in
round one.
And local beast Gregy Styles was his usually cocky and
spectacular self, instantly taking opponent Santiago Milanese down with a
bodylock and then dropping right hands on him till Milanese liquefied into the
canvas. Styles must turn pro before any more amateurs are damaged beyond
repair!
Full Results:
1. Grappling: Ethan Gomez draw Sam McCormick
2. Grappling: Robert Fischer W. armbar vs. George
Petronella
3. MMA: Marcus Macrillo W. choke Rd. 1 vs. Mike Lopez
4. Muay Thai: Renzo Medoza W TKO Rd. 2 vs. Robert
Shoomaker
5. MMA: Anderson Silva W. guillotine choke Rd. 1 vs.
Vinny Brightmaqn
6. Grappling: Scott Hlubik draw Juan Santana
7. MMA: Eric Ott W ground and pound Rd. 1 vs. Joe Lowe
8. Kickboxing: Ben Tryree W decision vs. Therno Barry
9. MMA: Guy Croce W TKO Rd. 1 vs. Mike Douglass
10. Boxing: Christain Dellard W decision vs. Alex Delic
11. Muay Thai: Ray Angle W decision vs. Brian Cohen
12. MMA: Illya Kotau W TKO 3 vs. Melton Dane
13. MMA: John Marino W guillotine choke Rd. 1 vs. Alex
Gonzalez
14. MMA: Dean Hancock W TKO Rd. 1 vs. Tim Knapp
15. Muay Thai: John Ladisa W decision vs. Turpel
Khamayez
16. Muay Thai: Dante Goldsmith W decision vs. Gino Smith
17.
MMA: Gregy Styles W ground and pound Rd. 1 vs. Santiago Milanese