Cage Rage 11: Silva Stops Rivera; Cyborg, Rea Win
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Pedro Wrobel Apr 30, 2005
In an extremely close battle, Hassan Muridi was announced as
the victor after Henrique "Lagartixa" Santana had to withdraw
through exhaustion. This fight was full of surprises, as many had
expected Muridi to dominate his visibly smaller opponent. This was
not to be.
Although Muridi's wrestling meant that he was in positional control for the majority of the first round, he didn't actually do anything with it. In the closing minutes of the round, "Lagartixa" took the mount and was spinning into an armbar when the bell rang.
The second round started slowly, but picked up after Santana
slipped and Muridi pounced. The latter had the Brazilian's back,
but "Lagartixa" did a great job not only getting out of danger, but
reversing it, mounting his opponent for the second time in the
fight. The Brazilian was unable to finish however, and as the round
wound to a close both men looked extremely tired.
As it happens, the Brazilian was in worse shape and as the bell announced the beginning of the final round, Lagartixa remained slumped in his corner, exhausted. The towel was thrown and Muridi took the victory.
The first round was extremely even, with the edge probably going to Blackwell, who used his longer reach and wicked knees to pose a difficult riddle for the boy from Bow. Pickett responded in magnificent fashion in the second round, shrugging off Blackwell's resistance and starting to impose himself much more on the match.
"One Punch" even seemed to recall that just because his nickname refers to punches doesn't mean that he isn't allowed to kick. It's lucky that he remembered that because it was a low kick that finished the bout. As the round wound to a close, Blackwell was visibly limping and whatever leg injury he picked up from a Pickett low kick was enough to make him forfeit the match. With Blackwell's camp throwing in the towel at the end of the second round, Pickett back flipped with joy.
The match-up between Andy Costello and Robert "Buzz" Berry should be enough to make me stop picking Costello in my predictions. Last time out Costello showed that he wasn't too comfortable against a good submission fighter. This time he showed that he also isn't comfortable against a heavy-handed striker.
Berry may not be the most skillful heavyweight out there, but he played to his strengths in this one. A wild stand-up exchange opened the proceedings with Costello getting the worst of it from the start. Berry looked like some sort of windmill or giant robot as he pressed his attack but, clumsy as he was, Costello had no answer for him. A huge right hand put Costello down hard and the paramedics took quite some time to rouse him. Berry took the victory by knockout 1:22 of the first round.
In the third bout of the night Abdul Mohamed took a hard fought victory over Jess Liaudin after the doctor pronounced Liaudin unable to continue in between the first and second rounds.
Liaudin had dominated the brief stand-up exchanges but Mohamed succeeded in putting Liaudin on the floor and some good ground-and-pound work managed to open a cut on Liaudin's troublesome nose. I say troublesome because a broken nose is what caused Liaudin to lose in previous fights against Daley and Ewin under very similar circumstances.
A pity this, because Liaudin was extremely competitive up until that point, coming close to submitting his opponent with a kneebar. As it was, Mohamed took the victory by doctor's stoppage.
In the second prelim bout of the night, newcomer Tom Blackledge took out Cage Rage veteran Kuljit Degum with a very quick neck crank. Degum was never in this, with Blackledge getting the better of a short stand up exchange before slamming his opponent to the mat and applying the submission for a first round debut victory.
In the opening bout of the night, Richard Bowkett beat a moron who I refuse to name on grounds of idiocy by disqualification. Said moron should have been disqualified when he punched his opponent as he entered the ring.
He should have been disqualified again when he punched his opponent in the face as the referee was explaining the rules before the match began. He finally was disqualified when, the referee having stopped the fight, Mr. Idiot refused to stop.
Waterman had to physically apply a rear-naked choke to Moron and pull the idiot from his opponent, whereupon Mr. Moron attempted to attack the referee. I refuse to comment any further on this indignity. Congratulations to Richard Bowkett on his win by DQ 1:01 of the first round.
(Thanks to Louis Lamour for his help on this report.)
Although Muridi's wrestling meant that he was in positional control for the majority of the first round, he didn't actually do anything with it. In the closing minutes of the round, "Lagartixa" took the mount and was spinning into an armbar when the bell rang.
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As it happens, the Brazilian was in worse shape and as the bell announced the beginning of the final round, Lagartixa remained slumped in his corner, exhausted. The towel was thrown and Muridi took the victory.
Bradley "One Punch" Pickett redeemed his loss at the last Cage Rage
with a good performance tonight against a game Aaron Blackwell.
This fight almost looked like an experiment with the objective
being to find out who would win in a match between a fighter who
only struck with his hands against a fighter who only struck with
his legs.
The first round was extremely even, with the edge probably going to Blackwell, who used his longer reach and wicked knees to pose a difficult riddle for the boy from Bow. Pickett responded in magnificent fashion in the second round, shrugging off Blackwell's resistance and starting to impose himself much more on the match.
"One Punch" even seemed to recall that just because his nickname refers to punches doesn't mean that he isn't allowed to kick. It's lucky that he remembered that because it was a low kick that finished the bout. As the round wound to a close, Blackwell was visibly limping and whatever leg injury he picked up from a Pickett low kick was enough to make him forfeit the match. With Blackwell's camp throwing in the towel at the end of the second round, Pickett back flipped with joy.
The match-up between Andy Costello and Robert "Buzz" Berry should be enough to make me stop picking Costello in my predictions. Last time out Costello showed that he wasn't too comfortable against a good submission fighter. This time he showed that he also isn't comfortable against a heavy-handed striker.
Berry may not be the most skillful heavyweight out there, but he played to his strengths in this one. A wild stand-up exchange opened the proceedings with Costello getting the worst of it from the start. Berry looked like some sort of windmill or giant robot as he pressed his attack but, clumsy as he was, Costello had no answer for him. A huge right hand put Costello down hard and the paramedics took quite some time to rouse him. Berry took the victory by knockout 1:22 of the first round.
In the third bout of the night Abdul Mohamed took a hard fought victory over Jess Liaudin after the doctor pronounced Liaudin unable to continue in between the first and second rounds.
Liaudin had dominated the brief stand-up exchanges but Mohamed succeeded in putting Liaudin on the floor and some good ground-and-pound work managed to open a cut on Liaudin's troublesome nose. I say troublesome because a broken nose is what caused Liaudin to lose in previous fights against Daley and Ewin under very similar circumstances.
A pity this, because Liaudin was extremely competitive up until that point, coming close to submitting his opponent with a kneebar. As it was, Mohamed took the victory by doctor's stoppage.
In the second prelim bout of the night, newcomer Tom Blackledge took out Cage Rage veteran Kuljit Degum with a very quick neck crank. Degum was never in this, with Blackledge getting the better of a short stand up exchange before slamming his opponent to the mat and applying the submission for a first round debut victory.
In the opening bout of the night, Richard Bowkett beat a moron who I refuse to name on grounds of idiocy by disqualification. Said moron should have been disqualified when he punched his opponent as he entered the ring.
He should have been disqualified again when he punched his opponent in the face as the referee was explaining the rules before the match began. He finally was disqualified when, the referee having stopped the fight, Mr. Idiot refused to stop.
Waterman had to physically apply a rear-naked choke to Moron and pull the idiot from his opponent, whereupon Mr. Moron attempted to attack the referee. I refuse to comment any further on this indignity. Congratulations to Richard Bowkett on his win by DQ 1:01 of the first round.
(Thanks to Louis Lamour for his help on this report.)
