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By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Contributor Review Score: (5.5)
This show is hard to rate. It was free, which is good. But it was also pretty boring, which is bad. Maybe I just wasn't in a good mood when I watched but nothing stood out to me as being all that great. The 4 fights shown were ok at best.
Houston Alexander tapping out with just 9 seconds to go or so has to really suck for him. I thought he was going to win it with some of his early flurries but Eric Schafer really held on and turned it all around on the ground. It's a nice win for him, with another setback for Alexander.
About the only good thing I can say about the next fight was that Alan Belcher has some freakishly thick legs. Those things made Ed Herman's legs look like Snitsky's from WWE or Matt Morgan's from TNA. The fight itself was incredibly boring in my eyes. I wasn't feeling it.
The motor of Clay Guida is unbelievable. The guy just never stops, as Mac Danzig found out. I again have to say that I wasn't into this fight. There was too much cover and smother for my tastes. It was extremely frustrating for Danzig to deal with it doesn't make for exciting television. Guida takes another step closer to getting a title shot. That's assuming, of course, that BJ Penn will ever freaking defend the lightweight belt instead of getting a title shot he doesn't deserve.
Nate Diaz and Josh Neer put on a somewhat watchable fight. Both guys did good and showed that they deserve big fights. They're both tough opponents and probably a good win away from getting into title contention.
I went 4-6 in picking the winners and 1-9 in picking the method of victory. Ouch. That brings my overall record to 20-14 in picking the winners and 3-31 in picking the method of victory. At least I'm not the Kansas City Chiefs.
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