Ultimate Chaos match-by-match coverage w/Lashley vs. Sapp

Ultimate Chaos match-by-match coverage w/Lashley vs. Sapp

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Danny Abaddi vs. James Orso

Orso took Abaddi down and used body and head punches, keeping Abaddi down. Abaddi held a closed guard the whole round and did absolutely nothing. Dull round. 10-9 Orso.

Both guys were tired. Orso got an early takedown. Abaddi did a little better on the stand-up and even when Orso got him down, Orso did little. I have it even, 19-19.

By the way the cage here is tiny and the production is ungodly awful. It's like they are using cameras that are permanently slightly out of focus.

Abaddi went for a guillotine, but when he lost it, Orso was on top and stayed on top the rest of the round doing ground and pound. The crowd seems small but they liked the fight as both were swinging while on the ground in the closing seconds going for the win. I have it 29-28 Orso.

Orso won by scores of 29-28, 30-27 and 29-28

John Harris vs. Brandon Harder

Harris thinks he's a skinny New Jack based on his ring entrance.

This was a hell of a round. It was two guys doing sloppy brawling. The announcers talked about how Harris is a cardio machine, and after both guys were swinging wildly, Harris looked gassed and Harder was having his way with him with hard punches. Harder pulled Harris down with a guillotine but Harris eventually popped out and scored with punches on the ground in the closing seconds. Close round 10-9 Harder.

Second round was almost all grappling on the ground. Harris got full mount for most of the round, but Harder escaped late in the round, got full mount himself and aggressively was pounding Harris until clamping on an arm triangle for the submission at 4:31 (the ring announcer said it was the third and final round, even though it was the second, and then he forgot who won. Oh my god this was Mickey Mouse. Then Col. Bob Sheridan (how is this guy announcing MMA?) asked whether it was the second or the third round.

For guys of this level, it was an entertaining fight.

The guy doing the post-fight interviews is wearing a T-shirt and looks like Cody Deaner. Now they are interviewing a local clothing company guy. I guess that's where the guy got his T-shirt from.

Tom Atencio, the 42-year-old promoter of Affliction vs. Randy Hedderick

Hedderick is 25 and making his debut. This was actually a great first round. Hedderick clocked Atencio early and threw hard shots at him and knocked him down. Atencio recovered completely tried a spinning backfirst, but Hedderick countered and knocked him down agan. They had a great slugfest late. Atencio lost the round but he has a ton of heart the way he recovered. 10-9 Hedderick.

Atencio came back dominating the stand-up and took Hedderick down twice. At the end of the round, Atencio got a second takedown and was brutalizing him on the ground. Hedderick looked like he may have broken his nose. Hedderick was on the verge of having it called off when the round ended.

Hedderick couldn't continue for the third round, so Atencio gets the TKO at 5:00 of round two. Very entertaining fight. They talked about how Atencio wants a match with Dana White.

Now Atencio is cutting a promo on White. You know, that White talks and that White should have never said bad things about Hedderick because White won't step up and fight. He tried to do a Jens Pulver style promo, not as good, though, nor did it get the crowd response Pulver woud have. But he talks better than most.

Brett Cooper vs. Waachiim Spirit Wolf

Big upset as Spirit Wolf cracked him with a right to the jaw and Cooper was knocked silly. Ref stopped it after a few punches on the ground. Cooper is walking around asking when the second round starts. Time 3:41

Spirit Wolf did a promo telling everyone where they could party. Now he thinks he's Ric Flair.

They are airing a promotional piece on Sapp and Lashley. For what it's worth, they said that Lashley was a former ECW champion, but not that Sapp was a former IWGP champion. They did acknowledge Sapp being a pro wrestler along with a kickboxer and MMA fighter. But they did say Lashley has never faced someone of Sapp's size in a real fight.

Chris Horodecki out to "Enter the Sandman" vs. William Sriyapai

It was supposed to be a kickboxing battle, but Horodecki took Sriyapai down and had his back the entire round. He kept working for a choke and Sriyapai kept defending until Horodecki loosened him up from body punches and got the choke at 4:02.

Mark Kergosian of Gulfport, MS, who took the fight on a few hours notice, is taking on Javier Vazquez. Kergosian is replacing Din Thomas, who got sick trying to cut weight today. Story is up on the site.

Kergosian tried for a takedwn and got hooked with a guillotine right away. Vazquez was really calm and went down to the ground keeping the hold on. Kergosian tried to flip over and escape but Vazquez held on and Kergosian tapped at :59.

Lance Thompson vs. Colin McKee.

McKee has his back and was punching him to the side of the head and Thompson tapped out. Usually you wouldn't see someone tap to that. Time was 4:16

Pedro Rizzo vs. Gilbert Yvel

Rizzo got on top and was pounding on Yvel, but when Yvel got to his feet, he nailed a left high kick. Rizzo did a sloppy shot, Yvel got on top and threw bombs from the top in about 2:10. The third punch hurt him bad and knocked Rizzo out and he took two more bombs on the ground that Rizzo realy shouldn't have taken. Rizzo was down for a while but he's back up.

Yvel said that he's next facing Paul Buentello (8/1 Affliction show) and said he then wants to go to UFC and win the title. These guys don't know business. If you're fighting on an Affliction show you don't say you're looking for a win on an Affliction show so you can get into UFC. But Affliction will still book him.



Bob Sapp vs. Bobby Lashley

They showed the weigh-in clips. Damn Lashley has improved his promos so much since leaving WWE.

Lashley is doing the Flair entrance and none of the three announcers had a clue of what he was doing. Lashley is 255 1/2 pounds and Sapp is 322.2 pounds. Lashley looks physically ridiculous. Sapp is a smaller version of what he once was.

Lashley took him down right away, just like you'd figure. Lashley throwing punches. Sapp is blocking most of them. Sapp has a half guard. Lashley is getting punches and elbows in. Sapp seems in survival mode. Crowd is booing but it would be ridiculous to order a stand-up with Lashley in command. Sapp threw a few punches from the back but it's mostly Lashley mauling him. Lashley is getting some big punches in. Sapp is wanting out. He may have had a contact lense knocked out. Sapp tapped out. Time was 3:17

Sapp actually tapped out once that the referee didn't see. The second time Sapp tapped the ref saw it. Sapp has a knot under his left eye and above and to the side of left eye.

Sapp said he got a good shot in the eye and he couldn't see. Fans are booing him. He said they got him in the eye. Sapp praised Lashley.

You have to be prepared for Bob. Said he executed his game plan. He said he was going to ground and pound him for a little while and then try and wear him down. Said the next match is to test his stand-up but this was to get a win. He said he wants two more fights this year.