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J.R. Gordon June 20, 2009 the Kick Down fight fans set their Tivo's and DVR's to record the finale of The Ultimate Fighter in favor of live action Colorado MMA bouts. The fans were treated to 9 bouts including an women's MMA title bout, an amateur men's MMA title bout and two professional fights. Bout one: Josh Cole Vs Tyrone Wright. Cole got a quick takedown off of the cage. From there he took full mount and although Wright worked hard to defend, Cole was able to sink in the Americana shoulder lock submission for the win at 1:31 of round one. Bout two: Cameron Thurgood Vs Willy Baisley. Early on the fight became a takedown battle against the cage and it was Thurgood that pulled Baisley to the mat. However, Baisley landed in full mount and worked GNP until Thurgood turned face down away from the strikes. From back control Baisley was able to sink in the RNC for the win at 1:32 of round one. Bout three: Byron Sowell Vs Phil Gonzales. Round one was mainly ground action with each fighter scoring sweeps and Sowell controlling position for more of the time. Round two had Sowell get the takedown into side control. From there he was able to secure the Crucifix position and work his GNP game until the referee stopped the match giving Sowell the TKO win at 2:59 of round two. Bout four: Randall Schuckman Vs Jose Marin. Marin got two early takedowns and on the mat each fighter scrambled well with each having positional dominance several times. After an accidental low blow sustained by Marin the action restarted and Schuckman worked for a takedown. On the mat Schuckman ended up on the bottom and nearly sunk in an inverted triangle choke. Marin however escaped, took mount and after Schuckman rolled face down Marin worked strong GNP from back control. At 2:48 the referee stopped the bout giving Marin the TKO win. Bout five: Raquel Pennington Vs Kyane Hampton for the Kick Down women's amateur MMA bantamweight title. The fighters almost immediately entered into the clinch with both working for a takedown. Hampton got the takedown and on the mat each fighter was able to sweep the other. After several positional changes Pennington took full mount, worked GNP, took back control, worked more GNP and finally set in the RNC for the title winning submission at 2:52 of round two. Bout six: Josh Kissell Vs Phil Salazar for the Kick Down men's amateur flyweight MMA title. Round one saw Kissell win the battle for a takedown and on the mat he controlled position and worked GNP. Round two had back and forth action on the ground and standing. While on the mat each fighter scored with sweeps and threatened with submissions. Round three saw most of the action again taking place on the ground with each fighter spending time on top and working strong GNP attacks. The judge's were asked for their decision(s) and the title winner by unanimous decision was Kissell. Bout seven: Brandon Goshorn Vs Wes Trissell. Goshorn started the bout with a Thai teep kick that knocked Trissell down, but when the bout hit the mat Trissell controlled position and threatened with submission attempts. Round two had Goshorn getting the single leg takedown and Trissell answering by way of working for a triangle choke. Goshorn escaped and off of a standing exchange Trissell got a scoop slam. Goshorn set in a guillotine choke on the way down and spent the rest of the round trying to get it sunk in. The third round had Trissell getting an early takedown and controlling position while working GNP to end the bout. When asked to score the bout the judges saw it in favor of Goshorn by split decision. Bout eight: Sebastian Puente Vs Daniel Douglas in a professional bout. Puente got a fast double leg takedown then used his GNP to set up an RNC attempt. Douglas defended the choke, then escaped an armbar attempt by Puente. The fighters scrambled to standing and Puente again got a big slam takedown. Puente hopped to full mount, worked GNP and set in the fight winning RNC for the submission victory at 4:17 of round one. Bout nine: In the main event Ian Stonehouse faced Jeremy Malaterre for two five minute rounds in the professional division. Round one was mostly standing striking with Stonehouse working GNP while on the mat while Malaterre worked for submissions. Round two had Stonehouse getting several takedowns but on the mat Malaterre worked a slick submission series transitioning from triangle choke to armbar to an omoplata attempt. Stonehouse escaped but Malaterre again set in a triangle choke and this time he was able to roll to top position and close out the round working GNP from there. Again the judges were asked to decide the winner and by way of majority decision the victor was Malaterre. |
