King of the Cage: Vengance Live on HDNet Live Results and Commentary
by Nick Thomas on Feb 12, 2010 9:49 PM EST
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Live Blog by Kid Nate: I got HDNet and felt like liveblogging it. Watch out long time community members, when Kid Nate live blogs, people get banned.
As with every major show we'll be here to bring you live results and commentary for King of the Cage: Vengance. Three title fights highlight a card that includes cage veteran Travis Wiuff vs. Mike Kyle and Rich Clementi squaring off with Anthony Lapsley. The live blog will start with the beginning of the HDNet broadcast so make sure to make Bloody Elbow your home for this event.
So again, join me for the show and share your thoughts as the event unfolds at tonight , Friday Feb. 12 at 10:00 PM EST.
And we're live.
Rich Clementi vs Quinn Mulhern: Mulhurn is a late substitute for Anthony Lapsley. Round 1 Clementi takes center cage quickly. Gets a take down, in Mulhurn's guard. Mulhurn attempting a very high guard. Drops it. Clementi gets to 1/2 guard, but Mulhurn reestablishes full guard. Mulhurn gets an omaplata, rolls Clementi! Clementi on his back. Mulhurn gets mount! Clementi is bucking, gets a body scissors on Mulhurn, working for an ankle lock. Great escape by Clementi. Clementi working for a toe hold. They break. Mulhurn shoots, Clementi stuffs it. Clementi drops for a guillotine. Mulhurn escapes, now they're trading leg locks. The ref restarts them (bad call!). Mulhurn shoots, gets stuffed again, but keeps pushing and takes Clementi down against the fence. Bloody Elbow scores it 10-9 for Mulhurn. Round 2 They clinch up quickly, Mulhurn gets a Thai plum. Landing knees. Clementi escapes. Clementi climbs up Mulhurn's back, but falls off. Mulhurn on top. Lands an elbow. Cuts Clementi! Gets mount. Mulhurn throwing leather from the top. Clementi uses the same body scissors escape. Mayhem names the resulting position "the reverse scorpion mount". I love it. Mulhurn gets on top, side control, mount. Elbows descend. Clementi rolls. Mulhurn beating him down. The ref stops the fight! Big upset. Quinn Mulhurn wins via TKO.
Flyweight Title Fight: Joe Coca vs Abel Cullum Intense stare down. Round 1 Cullum charges in quick and gets the take down. Cullum gets a triangle and is landing elbows to the top of the head. He adds and armbar to the triangle. Then abandons the triangle to go for a straight arm bar. Coca escapes! Cullum quickly has his back down. Lands a big knee to the head. Slaps on a kimura and it is stopped. Abel Cullum wins by submission (kimura).
Heavyweight Title Fight: Tony Lopez vs Tyler East Crowd boos Lopez. Herb Dean is reffing. Round 1 East throws a high kick. Another. He hurts Lopez with a kick. Another nice body kick by East. Another. Flying knee attempt. Lopez not finding his range. Side kick from Lopez. East feints a kick, lands a straight punch. They're trading. Lopez lands some punches. East threatens a single leg, but lets it go. Right hand by East. East with a high kick. East catches a kick and follows Lopez down. In Lopez' guard. Lopez threatening an arm bar, bu nothing doing. Now a triangle attempt. Lopez locks it on. East taps out! Tony Lopez wins by submission (triangle).
Bantamweight Title Fight: Victor "Joe Boxer" Valenzuela vs Donald Sanchez Round 1 Sanchez comes out and takes center cage. Throwing leg kicks. Lands a straight right on Joe Boxer. Sanchez takes him down. Valenzuela working a butterfly guard. Sanchez passes to 1/2 guard, but Valenzuela works back to his feet. They're clinched up, now they separate. Sanchez looking sloppy in his punching. Jab from Joe Boxer. Sanchez answers with a jab of his own. Body punch from Joe Boxer. Sanchez slipping jabs. They trade front kicks. Valenzuela is controlling cage center, but not doing much else. Sanchez controlling the range. Tough round to score. Bloody Elbow scores it 10-9 for Donald Sanchez. Round 2 They trade for a bit before Sanchez shoots in and gets a takedown. But Valenzuela threatens a kimura and briefly uses it to get back to his feet, but Sanchez gets it back to the ground quickly. Gets side control. lands an elbow or two. Now punching from the top position. Sanchez scoring with ground an pound from the top. Grinding down Joe Boxer. Valenzuela get's 1/2 guard, working for a sweep. Nothing doing. Sanchez continues to rain down damage. Bloody Elbow scores it 10-9 Sanchez. Round 3 Sanchez coming out peppering with jabs. Joe Boxer lands a right hook. Leg kick and a shot by Sanchez. Takes him down. Gets to 1/2 guard, looking to pass. Sanchez in a very dominant position. Joe Boxer is on his side, trying for a sweep, nothing doing. Sanchez considers going for a choke. Joe Boxer fights free, looking for an ankle lock. Nothing doing. Sanchez jumps into mount. It's a beat down as the round ends. Bloody Elbow scores it 10-8 Sanchez. Round 4 The championship rounds. Sanchez is firing away. Landing with punches and kicks. Joe Boxer looks hurt and weary. Sanchez shoots. Valenzuela sprawls. Sanchez switches from a single leg to a double and gets the take down. Sanchez gets mount. Joe Boxer rolls. Sanchez landing shots, looking for a choke or an arm bar. Hammerfists. Herb Dean watching closely. Sanchez having trouble putting him away. Dean is close. Punches are raining down. Dean stops the beating. Donald Sanchez by TKO.
Mike Pyle vs Travis Wiuff Mayhem and Schiavello are talking up how brutal Kyle is -- "he's been suspended for two years for being too vicious." Round 1 Wiuff wings an overhand, misses. Wiuff in a defensive stance. Kyle lands a 1-2. Wiuff fires again, misses badly. Kyle slips. Wiuff misses with a jab. Wiuff trying to cut off the ring. Wiuff gets the double leg. In Kyle's closed guard. Wiuff posts up to throw down but Kyle defending alright. Elbows from the top. Kyle pressed into the cage. Wiuff passes to 1/2 guard. Dropping elbows. Kyle sweeps him off! But Wiuff grabs a guillotine. Nothing doing. Kyle stands up. Now he's on top, doing some ground and pound. Bloody Elbow scores it 10-9 for Kyle. Round 2 Kyle comes out sharp and aggressive. Immediately stuns Wiuff. Goes for a barrage of strikes. Travis survives but looks gassed. Wiuff's hands are low. Wiuff shoots, gets take down off a kick. In Kyle's guard. Wiuff landing some ground and pound. Kyle breathing heavy as he tries to cage crawl up to his feet. Herb Dean stands them back up. Kyle stalks him down. Stuns Wiuff! Wiuff desperately going for the takedown. Kyle stuffs it. Kyle lands some shots from the top. They're back up. Kyle is tagging him with uppercuts. OMG Kyle drops Wiuff with a potentially late shot and then taunts him. Was that after the bell? It's over. Mike Kyle by TKO.
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Comcast really needs to carry HDNet
First MMA event I ever went to was a KOTC event a guy I used to hang out with was fighting in back in 2000. On the same card was Rampage vs Eastman, and Bang Ludwig.
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Rampage/Eastman was a classic...
it didn’t age all that well (looks sloppy and I always get caught up staring at Rampage’s socks) but in it’s day it was solid.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Feb 12, 2010 9:49 PM EST up reply actions
I dont see why they wouldn't have him back
They let Guillard back.
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screw u midcontinet communications!!!
i had hdnet for the last 3years and all of a sudden 2 weeks ago i go to see whats on, and bam its freaking gone! replaced by VShd…..only problem i have with that is i have VS in digital allready so no i have a duplicate channel and no hdnet…..nice upgrade!
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Petition to get Tony Lopez and Tyler East thumbnailed
Lopez is probably entering his career downswing (unfortunately considering he’s rather well rounded, if not exactly dominant) and East will be a force if he ever learns the value of energy conservation. Hey, that “green” comment worked on two levels…
Would be interesting to see if Bellator swoops up Cullum after this fight. WIlson Reis rematch, anyone?
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In the name of all that is holy, PLEASE let Travis Wiuff kick Mike Kyle’s ass.
I recently got done watching all of the old WEC events via torrent and got to relive every cheapshot and unsportsmanlike dick move that guy made in his time with the promotion. Strikeforce and KOTC should be ashamed of themselves for giving him a job.
Something needs to be done
about calling the champ of any organization the World Champion. KOTC Heavyweight World Title Fight? LOL.
No, not WAMMA. Just everyone accept that no one organization has “World Champions.”
Use all ten points.
It’s not like they’re saying the MMA World Champion, as far as KOTC is concerned the winner is THEIR world champion.
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by midwestbred on Feb 12, 2010 10:32 PM EST up reply actions
so
call it KOTC Heavyweight champion. No big deal, but it cracks me up that they keep saying “world.”
If I win a poker tournament in my living room, I’m not World Poker Champion of My Living Room. I’m, at best, Champion of My Living Room.
Etc.
Use all ten points.
but if you win a $10,000 tournament at the Rio you are the world champion, same as if you win a $25,000 tournament at the bellagio.
Everyone has their own world champion, it’s how the world works.
3 things (I swear I’m not actually passionate about this topic, but anyway)
-I could see some legitimacy to a $25,000 poker tournament because that would probably be the biggest tournament in the world. KOTC is not on that level.
- I think it makes them look worse to say it’s a World title when it’s clearly not than to just admit what it actually is: the title of their (in this case relatively small) promotion.
-you’re right that it’s the way of the world. I just find it funny.
Use all ten points.
KOTC has done over 175 events in at least 5 different countries. Why are they not qualified to have World Champions?
by George Lucas on Feb 13, 2010 5:08 AM EST up reply actions
They can.
They can do whatever they want. As Phildo said, World Champion doesn’t have much meaning in sports. I just find it funny because, and maybe this is only me, I think World Champion should mean that the competition involves most of, if not all, of the best in the world. KOTC has, as far as I can tell zero top ten fighters (perhaps they do in lighter weight classes? Still not a majority of top talent in any division). So I think that by saying World Champion, it highlights the fact that their competition level is not World class.
I think it’s a little disputable for any organization to use the term (though the UFC has a couple weight classes almost completely dominated), but more absurd when relatively small promotions use it. That’s all.
I wish there was more to say about the fights.
Use all ten points.
Clementi got absolutely manhandled...
What the fuck happened to his guard pass defense? I mean, it was flat out non-existent. He must have let himself go.
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Mulhern was definitely impressive
But Rich letting him pass like that.. thought he was a bit better than that. Maybe I’ve been ignorant in how decent I thought Rich’s jiu-jitsu was. Solid win, we’ll see more of Mulhern in a bigger org.
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by Leland Roling on Feb 12, 2010 10:44 PM EST up reply actions
Hi all. is this the second or third fight?
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Not much going on here, huh?
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i think the olympics
and a friday night are getting most of the action
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But there are fights on. Priorities.
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by Phildo on Feb 12, 2010 11:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Tyler East
was popping him on the feet, horrible sub defense though.
Use all ten points.
wow what a ending
to Kyle -Wiuff, nice uppercut from Kyle right right at the bell
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Might want to change the main post to "Mike Kyle vs. Travis Wiuff"
Definitely isn’t a welterweight putting the whooping on Wiuff.
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Nate, I gotta disagree,
It don’t think Kyle was taunting Travis at all….
When the fight started, I remembered Kyle as that douchebag that ended Brian Olsen’s career and was hoping for him to get demolished. Over the course of the fight, he displayed a very composed fight game, and he showed a lot of sportsmanship at the end of the fight. When Travis thought it was over at the 10 second warning and tried to shake Kyle’s hand and he didn’t attack him even though he could have easily gotten in a solid punch that would have put him to sleep.
As for the ending, i watched it over and over, and Kyle’s last punch lands before the last echos of the bell. I definitely think it was legal (although super close) and he deserved the win. And I think what you saw as Kyle taunting Wiuff was actually directed at Herb Dean, trying to plead his case that the shot was legal, or at the very least unintentionally thrown and not with a cheap shot in mind. His actions after the fight was over are what stood out most to me though. bunch of kisses, multiple hugs and sincere bowing were actions I didn’t think I would see from him, and it was really cool to see. He showed true respect to Travis and seemed genuinely humbled and that’s what we want to see when watching professional athletes compete.
While his actions against Olsen should never be forgotten, he seems to be on the right track. Of all people, I never thought I would be writing this about Mike Pyle.
Congratulations universe. You win.
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by RearNakedChoker on Feb 13, 2010 4:54 AM EST reply actions
To my eye
it looked like Wiuff’s punch landed at the bell and Kyle’s was thrown after it.
I’m 90% sure it was accidental. So what was the official decision based on? It seemed like they would have let it continue into a third round if Wiuff was able to go. If that’s the case, they must have ruled that the punch was after the bell and accidental. Otherwise, he would have been knocked out (not doctor’s stoppage) or Kyle would have been DQ’d.
I agree that Kyle was not taunting Wiuff, but I thought he was signaling to an official (perhaps the bell-ringer) outside the cage.
Use all ten points.
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