Prelims:
155 - L. C. Davis (Silverbacks) v. Connor Heun (Anacondas)
Davis by split decision
155 - Jason Palacios (Sabres) v. Joe Sampieri (Pitbulls)
Palacios by rear naked choke, 3:21R1
There are a ton of Tiger Schulman students here wearing TSK t-shirts. Lyman Good (prelim fighter) is one of their guys. TSK got a shout out from the ring announcer.
185- Mike Dolce (Wolfpack) v. Lyman Good (Team Tiger Schulman, according to the ring announcer)
Lymon Good by unanimous decision
(TSK fans were very vocal in their support for Good, chanting “TSK” throughout the match. It was cool at first, but then it got a little obnoxious.)
This fight might have been at a catch weight of 180, as the fighters weighed in a 180 and 178.5, respectively.
185- Dante Rivera (Pitbulls) v. Nissim Levy (Team Tiger Schulman)
Rivera by TKO (strikes) R3
Looks like a good size crowd. Might be sold out.
Main Card:
Silverbacks v. Anacondas
205 - Mike Ciesnolevicz (Silverbacks) v. Alex Schoenauer (Anacondas)
Round 1: Alex gets takedown. Mike gets fight back to feet. Both seem reluctant to trade with each other. Mike pulls guard and attempts guillotine. Alex gets out of guillotine. Mike takes fight back to feet. Mike shoots, stuffed by Alex. Fighters stall in clinch in the corner. Bell. Not a whole lot of action in the first round.
Round 2: The two trade shots. Mike pulls guard. Alex in half guard. Alex gets fight back to feet. Mike tries single leg takedown. Stuffed by Alex. Fighters clinched up in corner. Restless fans boo. Ref restarts them in center. Alex lands a right that hurts Mike. Fight goes to ground (not sure who got takedown.) Mike on top with punches. Alex rolls and Mike takes his back. Alex gets fight back to feet and throws some hard punches. Mike may have been saved by the bell.
Round 3: Fighters clinched up in corner again. Alex looks a little tired. Mike lands a right, but no damage. Another right from Mike. Fighters still clinched. Ref restarts in the center of the ring. Mike misses with a left. Another clinch, again in the corner. Knee from Alex. Ref resets them again. Mike shoots. Alex works his way out of it. Clinch. Mike shoots again, but nothing doing. Left hight kick form Mike. Alex hurt but manages to hang in there. Alex even attempts a takedown. Bell.
Winner: Mike C. by split decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
170 - Rory Markham (Silverbacks) v. Chris Clements (Anacondas)
Round 1: Markham with a right. Left kick Clements. Swing and a miss Clements. Markham drops Clements but he survives. Back on their feet. Markham drops Clements again and jumps on him, landing some strikes. Ref stops the fight pretty quickly. The crowd boos, thinking the stoppage was premature. Clements doesn’t really look hurt and shakes his head in disbelief.
Winner: Rory Markham by TKO(strikes) 1:17R1
(Not quite a sold out crowd, but more than respectable turn out. Renzo Gracie must have sold a ton of tickets because there are a lot of people wearing red Renzo Gracie jiu-jitsu t-shirts.)
155 - Bart Palaszewski (Silverbacks) v. Harris Sarmiento (Anacondas)
Round 1: Brief exchange of punches. Harris shoots and Bart stuff it. Clinch in corner. Ref breaks ‘em up. Right by Harris. Bart returens the favor. Harris misses with a right. Left leg kick by Bart. Harris returns it but not as strong. Another punching exchange. Inside leg kick by Harris. Right by Harris. Inside kick Harris. Another right by Harris, followed up with a leg kick. Bart with a leg kick. Bart lands a right. Leg kick Bart. Half hearted body kick by Bart. Bell
(Andrei Arlovski is in attendance. Crowd cheers for him when he’s up on the big screen.)
Round 2: Harris with a flurry. Harris lands that right again. Bart takes him down and Harris works the butterfly guard. Bart in half guard now. Briefly has mount. Harris works out of it and takes a right to the chin for his efforts. Each throws punches that do not connect. Bart hurts Harris with a punch. Fighters clinch in the corner and Bart scores a leg trip takedown. Bart in half guard. Ref stands them up. Right leg kick by Bart. Bart is trying some lefts that aren’t connecting. Bart misses a kick to the body. Bell.
Round 3: Right leg kick Harris. Bart for the takedown. Bart passes guard to side control but Harris gets them back up. Another takedown for Bart. Bart passes guard again and sinks in a guillotine as Harris tries to bring the fight back up to their feet.
Winner: Bart Palaszewski by guillotine 1:06R3
3-0 Silverbacks. The Anacondas have been eliminated from the playoffs.
185 - Gerald Harris (Silverbacks) v. Benji Radach (Anacondas)
Round 1: Harris shoots but Radach keeps his feet. Clich in the corner. Ref restarts them. Radach lands a right and Harris shoots. Scramble on the ground and Harris picks up Radach for a big slam. Radach makes it back to his feet and tries a guillotine. Harris survives the guillotine but Radach scores a takedown. Harris turtles up with Radach landing some hammer fists. Ref resets them in the middle, same position. Harris has a hold of Radachs leg and tries to get the fight back up. He gets up and has Radach’s leg. Radach lands a big right and Harris is done for.
(Coach Tompkins on the big screen looking very unhappy, understandably so.)
Winner: Benji Radach by TKO 3:03R1
265 - Ben Rothwell (Silverbacks) v. Krzysztof Soszynski (Anacondas)
Round 1: Flurry by Ben then a huge right hand by Ben. KS drops and Ben lands a hammer fist and some right hooks. Ref stops the fight.
Winner: Ben Rothwell by TKO 0:13R1
Team Score: 4-1 Silverbacks
Sabres v. Pitbulls
185 - Dave Phillips (Sabres) v. Dan Miller (Pitbulls)
Round 1: Miller with a right and then an immediate takedown. Miller with side control. Miller loses position and ends up in full guard. Phillips tries for an armbar but Miller picks him up and slams him. As they get to their feet Miller sinks in a guillotine and Phillips isn’t even able to tap. The ref steps in.
Winner: Dan Miller by guillotine 1:30R1
(The music here is awful, btw.)
265 - Wayne Cole (Sabres) v. Bryan Vetell (Pitbulls)
Round 1: Inside leg kick by Vetell. Vetell tries to muscle Cole to the ground and winds up in a clinch. Vetell with a few knees in the clinch. Still clinched with Bryan throwing knees and some right hands to the body. Bryan tries to pull guard but fails. Cole makes him pay with some good punches. The two stand and trade and the crowd comes the their feet cheering. Back in the clich Bryan throws some more knees. As the ref steps in to separate them one last knee by Vetell end in an accidental low blow. Cole recovers. Cole with a righ hand. Vetell tries to throw a left kick and Cole catches his leg so Vetell clinches up again. Bell.
Round 2: The two clinch almost immediately with Vetell throwing a knee. Vetell begins to focus his attention on Coles left leg with low kicks and knees to the thigh. Cole doesn’t do much in response. Vetell finally lands the takedown. Vetell in half guard but not much action on the ground. Vetell throws a right. Vetell to his feet throwing left hooks to Cole, whose on his knees. The fighters return to their feet but both are looking tired. Vetell lands a final knee in the clinch. Bell.
(Second round was all Vetell)
Round 3: A swing and miss by Vetell. They’re slower to engage this round. Clinch. Vetell hits Cole’s left leg again with some knees to the thigh. The pace has slowed considerably. The two are clinched in the corner with Vetell still focusing on the left leg. The ref restarts them. Cole is starting to throw a little sloppy. He’s real tired. Another clich and another restart. Vetell with a good left. Vetell with a takedown but Cole ends up on top. Vetell is in danger from Cole’s strikes. Bell (almost certainly saved Vetell).
Winner: Bryan Vetell by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26 which has gotta be for round two)
Attendance: 7,077 (total attendance, not paid)
155 - Savant Young (Sabres) v. Daividas Taurosevicius (Pitbulls)
Round 1: Right kick to body by DT. DT throws a couple of wild hands. DT goes for a kick and Young grabs his foot. DT falls to his back and Young follows DT to the ground into guard. Armbar attempt by DT. Young gets out of it. Standing over DT, Young drops down with a hard right fist. Young in full guard. Young with a couple of good lefts from inside DT’s guard. Young back to his feet and drops another hard right on DT, who is a tough son of a gun. Young chooses to stand and the ref obliges. Young advances swinging hard. DT drops Young with a right but he survives to the bell.
Round 2: Young advances swinging. DT clinches up. The two separate. DT shoots and ends up in guillotine but it’s not tight enough. DT in half guard. DT takes Young’s back, attempting a rear naked choke. Isn’t getting his arm under Young’s chin but still controlling Young from his back. Young gets on his knees with DT on his back. DT rolls onto his back, still controlling Young. DT goes for an armbar. Bell.
Round 3: Slow to engage. Good leg kick by DT. DT misses with a roundhouse kick. Clich with a takedown by DT. Young using butterfly guard. DT in full guard. Back to standing. Big right by Young. DT drops Young with a left but Young survives. He’s back on his feet and the two clich up. The ref restarts them and they tap gloves as a show of respect. Leg kick by DT. Bell.
(I’m calling ‘Fight of the Night’ candidate.)
Winner: Daividas Taurosevicius by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-28, 29-28)
3-0 Pitbulls, The Pitbulls will face the Silverbacks in the IFL finals.
170 - Antonio McKee (Sabres) v. Delson Heleno (Pitbulls)
Round 1: Leg kick by Heleno. Not much happening, with the two athletes circling each other. Heleno shoots but McKee stays standing and the two clinch. Mckee gets accidententally pushed through the ropes. Restart. Again, little action with a spattering of boos from the crowd. McKee gets the takedown and is in full guard. Not much happening on the ground. Bell.
(A weak first round.)
Round 2: McKee shoots in and with some effort gains the takedown. McKee in Heleno’s closed guard. Not much happening because Heleno is keeping McKee from striking and McKee isn’t trying any submissions. McKee trying to pass guard but Heleno stops him. Ref stands them up. Solid kick to the midsection by McKee. McKee attempting another takedown. Heleno ends up throwing a knee in the clich but accidentally drops McKee with a low blow. Egad, the doctors are coming in to check on him. McKee is still struggling. McKee is taking his full five minutes to recover. Finally we begin again. The two clich up and Heleno throws those dangerous knees. Bell.
Round 3: McKee picks up Heleno and slams him to the mat. (A litte revenge?) McKee in Heleno’s guard. The ref stands them up. Another slam by McKee but Heleno ends up with the mount. Heleno takes McKee’s back and throws some hooks. McKee is on his knees, covering his head. Heleno is raining punches but doing little to no damage. McKee out the back door. Heleno tries an armbar but… Bell.
Winner: Antonio McKee by split decision (30-27 H, 29-28 M, 29-28 M)
(Either it’s my imagination or there are a lot more empty seats in here now. Are people leaving?)
205: Vladimir Matyushenko (Sabres) v. Tim Boetsch (Pitbulls)
Round 1: Leg kick VM. The fighters go the ground but I somehow missed how they got there. (Sorry) VM has Tim’s back but Tim gets back to his feet. Clich in corner and ref restarts them. Tim gets the takedown into side control. VM gets them back to standing. VM with a couple of punches, then a knee, then a takedown. VM in half guard. VM passes guard to side control. Tim gets it back up. Good left by VM. VM kicks and Tim catches his leg and VM goes down. Tim does not follow to the ground and VM is back on his feet. Bell.
(Crowd cheers the first round)
Round 2: Tim catches two kicks in a row by VM. A left by VM is answered with a right from Tim. VM shoots and get takedown into full guard. Quickly passes to half guard and then to side control. A bit of a stall with Tim keeping VM locked up an unable to strike. Tim kind of rolls out from under VM and gets back to his feet. VM shoots but Tim is about to take the top position. Instead Tim pulls guard. VM is in half guard. Bell.
Round 3: A bried exchange and then a clich. VM with the takedown and side control. Ref stands them up. They clich up and the ref separates them. Another exchange and they clinch. VM takes Tim down into side control but Tim tries to stand up. Tim still on the ground in the corner. VM is standing over him striking ineffectively. The ref stands them up. VM gets another takedown and is in half guard. VM to side control with a couple of half hearted knees to the body. Bell.
Winner: Vladimir Matyushenko by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)