Shamrocked
08-08-2004, 03:24 AM
This was the best K-1 USA show so far. I'm not sure why Eastman wasn't in the tournament, but he ended up fighting Ray Sefo, so all is good. Also the cheap bastards didn't show the last superfight with Goodridge.
Carter Williams vs Brecht Walis - Carter looked slim and trim and had the fight won easily before getting his head caved in by a Walis high kick midway through the third round. He was actually unconscious (a theme tonight) for several seconds before coming to and realizing that once again he choked on his own cock and may never win a big fight en route to becoming the most promising underachiever in K-1 history.
Ronny Sefo vs Jorgen Kruth - Sefo looked better than I've ever seen him (at times looking almost Ray like), but seemed to lack any kind of fight plan to counter Jorgen's counter-punching style. Jorgen (who's normally more aggressive) was solid if a little underwhelming tonight, but his edge in experience was enough to carry him to a unanimous victory over the younger Sefo brother.
Jan "The Giant" Nortje vs Alexander Ustinov - Two big men with decent power sounded like a promising match up, but neither man seemed to do much damage to the other. Even still Nortje appeared to have an easy decision victory, but in keeping with the Las Vegas location Ustinov was awarded a unanimous decision victory instead, before having to withdraw from the tourney with a nasty looking gash on his shin. I was left wondering how the night might have turned out had the right decision been awarded here.
Mighty Mo vs Sergei Gur - Mo's skills seemed a bit more refined than in the last tournament, but as usual he's extremely predictable relying on his big, looping overhand right and throwing about as many kicks as a quadriplegic soccer player. The much smaller Gur was game eating several hard shots while refusing to run from the mighty one. Gur had a couple of impressive flurries in the third round, but it was not enough to overcome Mo's size and strength advantage.
Ray Sefo vs Marvin Eastman - Both men came out swinging for the fence, but as expected "The Beastman" was outclassed and rocked early. Sefo stalked Marvin and taunted him with all of his patented moves before appearing to catch Eastman in the eye with a mean-spirited high kick prompting the ref to pause the action long enough to take a look at it. After calling for the fight to resume Eastman was immediately peppered with big punches that dropped him to the canvass where the ref then stepped in and waived off the fight much to the dismay of a frustrated Eastman. Sefo walked towards Eastman to show his respect when Marvin was heard telling Sefo to keep his distance in not so many words. Eastman continued to complain to anyone who would listen about the stoppage and appeared to have some choice words for Sefo which prompted Ray to ask Marvin if he'd like to continue the fight on the spot. Eastman tried to pounce on Sefo in the center of the ring, but Ray served up a KFC two-piece that dropped "The Beastman" a second time. After that all hell broke loose and the corners started fighting each other while security and police rushed into the ring to restrain the fighters. Eastman appeared to be getting smacked around by a couple of Sefo's corner men before order was restored, and whether it was from that altercation or from Ray's post-fight combo Marvin ended up with a cut under his left eye that he didn't receive in the fight.
Jorgen Kruth vs Brecht Walis - Two big men with similar styles that didn't appear to want to fight each other. Thank God for Tivo, I was actually able to fast forward this snoozer and get right to the anticlimactic decision. Walis advanced.
Mighty Mo vs forgotten alternate - It took less than a round for Mo to put this poor kid's lights out with his bread and butter overhand right. The crowd roared as this brutal KO was replayed about 30 times at varying speeds and from about 5 different angles. Forgotten alternate was blasted so hard that both feet left the ground and his head bounced about 6 inches off of the canvass. He immediately tried to get up as his eyes were rolling into the back of his head, but the ref was on top of it and called a halt to the action. Forgotten alternate will likely have to learn how to tie his shoes (or buy some velcro Traxx) all over again.
Rick "The Jet" Roufus vs Akebono - This was the requisite K-1 freak show match up of the evening pairing one of the greatest American kickboxers of all-time against a highly decorated former Sumo champion. Roufus seemed at a loss as he evaded Jabba the Hut for most of the night peppering Akebono with shots to the gut that seemed about as effective as a fully reclined airplane seat. Fat Bastard had little in the way of offense either as he circled Roufus desperately trying to cut off the ring all the while yelling "get in my belly" to the astonishment of the people at ringside. Mercifully this fight was only of the three round variety as well and Roufus was awarded the decision before giving Akebono a wedgie and admiring his topknot.
Mighty Mo vs Brecht Walis - Each fighter took the offensive with Mo avoiding Brecht's high kick and Walis avoiding Mo's sloppy right. Walis opened a small cut over Mo's eyebrow and rocked the American with a hard shot before getting caught with the exact same punch that planted our forgotten alternate. The result was eerily similar and for the second or third time tonight someone was unusually asleep at a K-1 USA show for reasons other than boredom.
Gary Goodridge vs Dewey Cooper - I wish I could give you the rundown on this one, but no American MMA PPV would be complete without at least one dark match. Just one more reason MMA will never be fully accepted by the American public.
Overall this was a very entertaining show featuring the best tournament lineup of a K-1 USA show so far. That's not to say that the calibur of fighters rivaled a Japanese K-1 show, but it was much better than the "Toughman" level of competitors we are usually subjected to here in the states.
Carter Williams vs Brecht Walis - Carter looked slim and trim and had the fight won easily before getting his head caved in by a Walis high kick midway through the third round. He was actually unconscious (a theme tonight) for several seconds before coming to and realizing that once again he choked on his own cock and may never win a big fight en route to becoming the most promising underachiever in K-1 history.
Ronny Sefo vs Jorgen Kruth - Sefo looked better than I've ever seen him (at times looking almost Ray like), but seemed to lack any kind of fight plan to counter Jorgen's counter-punching style. Jorgen (who's normally more aggressive) was solid if a little underwhelming tonight, but his edge in experience was enough to carry him to a unanimous victory over the younger Sefo brother.
Jan "The Giant" Nortje vs Alexander Ustinov - Two big men with decent power sounded like a promising match up, but neither man seemed to do much damage to the other. Even still Nortje appeared to have an easy decision victory, but in keeping with the Las Vegas location Ustinov was awarded a unanimous decision victory instead, before having to withdraw from the tourney with a nasty looking gash on his shin. I was left wondering how the night might have turned out had the right decision been awarded here.
Mighty Mo vs Sergei Gur - Mo's skills seemed a bit more refined than in the last tournament, but as usual he's extremely predictable relying on his big, looping overhand right and throwing about as many kicks as a quadriplegic soccer player. The much smaller Gur was game eating several hard shots while refusing to run from the mighty one. Gur had a couple of impressive flurries in the third round, but it was not enough to overcome Mo's size and strength advantage.
Ray Sefo vs Marvin Eastman - Both men came out swinging for the fence, but as expected "The Beastman" was outclassed and rocked early. Sefo stalked Marvin and taunted him with all of his patented moves before appearing to catch Eastman in the eye with a mean-spirited high kick prompting the ref to pause the action long enough to take a look at it. After calling for the fight to resume Eastman was immediately peppered with big punches that dropped him to the canvass where the ref then stepped in and waived off the fight much to the dismay of a frustrated Eastman. Sefo walked towards Eastman to show his respect when Marvin was heard telling Sefo to keep his distance in not so many words. Eastman continued to complain to anyone who would listen about the stoppage and appeared to have some choice words for Sefo which prompted Ray to ask Marvin if he'd like to continue the fight on the spot. Eastman tried to pounce on Sefo in the center of the ring, but Ray served up a KFC two-piece that dropped "The Beastman" a second time. After that all hell broke loose and the corners started fighting each other while security and police rushed into the ring to restrain the fighters. Eastman appeared to be getting smacked around by a couple of Sefo's corner men before order was restored, and whether it was from that altercation or from Ray's post-fight combo Marvin ended up with a cut under his left eye that he didn't receive in the fight.
Jorgen Kruth vs Brecht Walis - Two big men with similar styles that didn't appear to want to fight each other. Thank God for Tivo, I was actually able to fast forward this snoozer and get right to the anticlimactic decision. Walis advanced.
Mighty Mo vs forgotten alternate - It took less than a round for Mo to put this poor kid's lights out with his bread and butter overhand right. The crowd roared as this brutal KO was replayed about 30 times at varying speeds and from about 5 different angles. Forgotten alternate was blasted so hard that both feet left the ground and his head bounced about 6 inches off of the canvass. He immediately tried to get up as his eyes were rolling into the back of his head, but the ref was on top of it and called a halt to the action. Forgotten alternate will likely have to learn how to tie his shoes (or buy some velcro Traxx) all over again.
Rick "The Jet" Roufus vs Akebono - This was the requisite K-1 freak show match up of the evening pairing one of the greatest American kickboxers of all-time against a highly decorated former Sumo champion. Roufus seemed at a loss as he evaded Jabba the Hut for most of the night peppering Akebono with shots to the gut that seemed about as effective as a fully reclined airplane seat. Fat Bastard had little in the way of offense either as he circled Roufus desperately trying to cut off the ring all the while yelling "get in my belly" to the astonishment of the people at ringside. Mercifully this fight was only of the three round variety as well and Roufus was awarded the decision before giving Akebono a wedgie and admiring his topknot.
Mighty Mo vs Brecht Walis - Each fighter took the offensive with Mo avoiding Brecht's high kick and Walis avoiding Mo's sloppy right. Walis opened a small cut over Mo's eyebrow and rocked the American with a hard shot before getting caught with the exact same punch that planted our forgotten alternate. The result was eerily similar and for the second or third time tonight someone was unusually asleep at a K-1 USA show for reasons other than boredom.
Gary Goodridge vs Dewey Cooper - I wish I could give you the rundown on this one, but no American MMA PPV would be complete without at least one dark match. Just one more reason MMA will never be fully accepted by the American public.
Overall this was a very entertaining show featuring the best tournament lineup of a K-1 USA show so far. That's not to say that the calibur of fighters rivaled a Japanese K-1 show, but it was much better than the "Toughman" level of competitors we are usually subjected to here in the states.