Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
The Most Amazing Thing About the UCC on Friday
Know what the most amazing thing about the Urban Conflict Championship event in Morristown, NJ on Friday is? It's not the badass main event featuring TUF vet Andy Main vs. mean Brazilian Felipe Arantes. Nor is it the fact that Rolles Gracie Jr., Sean Santella, Jamal Patterson, Mike Medrano and Kevin Roddy are all making the trek to North Jersey to fight. No, the most amazing thing about this upcoming UCC show is that Scott Fairlamb - who was recently diagnosed with leukemia - is scheduled to fight. Said Nick Lembo, "He has been medically cleared at this time for this fight by his own physician and the NJSACB doc." Wow. Win or lose, Fairlamb is one tough cat. Competing with cancer... that right there is the very definition of "heart".
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Liveblog: CFFC Part 5
It's co-main event time, and Pellegrino MMA child prodigy Lester Caslow and Spa City BJJ sensei Eddie Fyvie enter to cage. Both men have been doing this a long time and are capable fighters everywhere, so this should be a good one. Round 1 has Fyvie scoring with a high-amplitude takedown and the two struggling to find either a sub or escape. Fyvie finds his groove in the second round, imposing his will a bit more with his jiu-jitsu and threating with a pair of guillotines and an arm-triangle. Fyvie takes Round 3 by virtue of a single takedown, and when time runs out there's no question he's earned the unanimous decision. Last bout and it's Andre Gusmao vs. Tim Williams. Gusmao was an unstoppable force with his striking in the IFL, but things didn't pan out in the UFC. Williams is an undefeated grappling machine. Who will win? Man, I ain't psychic. How should I know? Round 1 is all about Williams chasing his foe and boxing him into oblivion, while Gusmao backpedals waiting for an opening. Things even up in the second frame, as Gusmao starts landing more and snags two takedowns. Unfortunately, spilled ice on the canvas leads to Gusmao slipping face-first to the mat and Williams pounding him out. The official time of the regrettable TKO is :16 of Round 3. And I'm out.
Liveblog: CFFC Part 4
Crowd-favorite Anthony Dagostino of SPMMA enters to face Bill Bontcue of Balance. Yikes, this one is a bloody mess from the opening seconds. First, Bontcue pegs Dagostino with a knee that opens a cut on his scalp. They wrestle for a bit, and then Dagostino slams a knee into Bontcue's nose. There is, literally, blood spilled everywhere. Round 2 sees Dagostino dish out more punishment than he takes, and Bontcue - complaining that he can't see - doesn't answer the bell for Round 3. Dave Church of Pellegrino MMA and Neil Johnson of MASE Training square off, with Church another big fan favorite. Round 1 has these two slugging, then Johnson gets Church down and batters him like a fish fillet. Round 2 is all brawl, and though Church manages to ding Johnson and send him to a knee, he gets the worst of it by far and winds up with a swelling eye that has the doctor calling it before Round 3 can begin.
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