UFC Fight Night Live April 5th Review

by: DarthMolen 1 year, 5 months, 2 days, 10 hours, 4 minutes ago

Release Date:

4/6/2007

Company:

Zuffa Entertainment

Series:

UFC Spike TV

 

The first fight of the night was Mishima vs. Kenny Florian. Kenny Florian looked the cleanest of all the fighters that evening. His Muy Thai was sharp and he dismantled Mishima’s front right leg with laser precision kicks.

Mishima was his usual self and threw all sorts of trash at Kenny. His most interesting move was a cartwheel kick that actually landed. He looked very sloppy though and his spinning backfists were way off the mark. Looks can be deceiving and Mishima was effective at times in spite of the sloppiness.

Finally in the third round Kenny got a little sloppy while standing above his opponent and Mishima landed a deep ankle lock and that then turned into an knee bar. The only thing that saved KenFlo was Mishima gave up on it and went to reposition. Eventually Kenny scrambled out of the hold and onto Mishima’s back and sunk in a rear naked choke to end Mishima’s evening. Kenny Florian wins by rear naked choke.

Hardonk vs. McCully was a snooze fest and not really worth recounting. It essentially had McCully continually rushing in and pushing Hardonk against the fence, taking him down and then sitting in the guard throwing body, body, head shots. Repeat that 3 rounds and you pretty much know the fight.McCully wins by unanimous decision

Kurt Pellegrino vs. Nate Moore was like night and day from the Hardonk / McCully fight. Nate took the fight on very short notice because Vander Braga had to drop out due to injury.

The fight opened and Nate Moore came out with some quick hands. Kurt took it in stride and went for the clinch that then resulted in a single leg takedown without the help of the cage. He landed in side mount and never really gave it up. He controlled the rest of the fight, moving at will outside the guard. He smoothly and quickly transitioned to the full mount which didn’t result in much.  Eventually Kurt stood up and Nate lazily left a leg exposed which Kurt quickly took and landed an ankle lock that turned into a knee bar. Nate fought valiantly but was forced to tap out or blow a knee.Kurt Pellegrino wins by tap out.

Now we come to the main event. Komikazee had interviewed Melvin Guillard and man he looked imposing at the gym. You could tell looking at Melvin that he was very antsy for the fight. Joe came into the cage very calmly and the fight started with a little bit of drama before the bell.

Melvin lasted 25 seconds. Yes, a whole 25 seconds. Joe came out of the gate and actually threw with Melvin and suprisingly landed a shot that rocked Melvin a little and allowed Joe into range. Right when it looked like he was going to get on top of his opponent, Melvin used his strength to throw off Joe. Stevenson in the ensuing scramble locked on a guillotine and landed guard and that was all she wrote.Joe Stevenson wins by Guillotine in 25 seconds of the first round.