Curly Howard
10-18-2003, 10:59 AM
from http://www.mmaweekly.com/
World Extreme Cagefighting's Halloween Fury 2 once again lived up to the hype delivering 13 action packed fights as only one fight went to decision.
In the main event it was WEC Champion Cole Escovedo retaining his WEC title by defeating a very game Anthony Hamlett by knockout in the second round.
It was Hamlett who came out in the first round, showing some very good wrestling skills, taking Escovedo down and pinning the champ up against the cage in the first round. Hamlett moved Escovedo into his corner with Cole's shoulders trapped against the cage as Hamlett used affective ground n pound in front of cornerman Dennis Hallman who was giving Anthony instructions.
In Round Two after trying for a takedown, it was Hamlett who decided to stand with Escovedo which was a very bad move because Cole landed some wicked Muay Thai kicks to the leg of Hamlett and then followed it up with a high kick that rocked Hamlett.
Seconds later it was Escovedo landing a kick, then following it with a right hand that dropped Hamlett. Escovedo then pounced on Hamlett who was basically knocked out and finished him off with a barrage of rights and lefts early in the second round to retain his WEC Championship Belt.
In the other co-main event, it was Shonie Carter winning a three round decision over up and coming fighter J.T. Taylor. Taylor came out and really took it to Carter in the first round. After some brief stand up, Taylor had Carter in his guard and J.T. almost ended Carter's night in the first round. Shonie was trapped in a very tight triangle choke and Taylor almost had Shonie out. Some how Carter would get out of the choke, only to make a mistake by getting back into the triangle moments later. Shonie was very resilient and found a way to backdoor his way out of trouble, as Carter spent the end of the first round just trying to get his wind back as Taylor dominated the first round with his great Jiu-Jitsu.
Carter was able to get his breath back and recover in between rounds and when the second round started, Carter was able to land some great stand up, including some hard muay thai kicks to open the second round. The fight then went to the clinch and Shonie was able to get his underhooks in and use a nice judo throw in the fight. Carter actually would be in the clinch a few times and utilize some good throws in the second round.
The amazing part about this fight was the tremendous hand control by Taylor in the guard. Carter looked frustrated during a few times of the fight, as he wasn't able to land clean shots in Taylor's guard. Carter though was able to get the majority of takedowns in the second and third round to secure the victory.
In one of the more strange fights of the night, Sean Liddell, the brother of Chuck Liddell took a ton of punishment in his first MMA fight. Liddell, facing Chris Sanders was in a world of trouble in the first round. After exchanging blows, Liddell traded right hands with Sanders early in the fight, but the fight changed after Sanders landed a wild right hand that caught Liddell. Sanders continued an all out assault throwing wild left and right hands that landed and basically had Liddell knocked out on his feet. For some reason, referee Josh Rosenthal kept letting Liddell take punishment, giving Sean every chance to try and recover. The only problem, he was basically out fighting on insticts, trying to take Sanders down. Sanders after a couple minutes later of landing whatever, whenever he wanted starting to get tired.
Basically for some reason instead of stopping the fight, they let it continue as Liddell was getting pummled but Sanders basically punched himself out. Liddell then got a takedown and he tried to mount a rally with a few shots, but didn't land much because the bell sounded. So as Liddell picked himself up from the mat, Sanders couldn't get up. He was so tired he had to be helped to his corner. When Liddell was ready to go for Round 2, Sanders couldn't answer the bell because he was gassed. So in a bizarre twist of events, after dominating the round and basically having Liddell out on his feet, Sanders could not continue because of exhaustion and Liddell, who found a way to survive and to his credit, would not tap out, ended up being your winner in a wild way to end the fight.
In a couple of other results, Olaf Alfonso was in a very tough battle against one of Fabiano Iha's top students, Randy Bauer. Olaf came back for an armbar victory at 3:05 of the first round.
In the fastest KO of the night, Mike Kyle of American Kickboxing Academy needed just :12 seconds to KO Scarry Jerry Vrbanovic with a wicked uppercut.
Jason Von Flue of the Pit fight team won at 2:04 of the first round with his crazy shoulder choke over Chris Irvine.
In a match that was very reminisent of Jeremy Horn vs Elvis Sinosic, it was Tom Owens using his 6'4 long frame to win by armbar over local fighter Tony Alanis of Lemoore, California. Remember these fighters were 170, so a 6'4 frame is unheard of at that weight.
Doug Marshall got a win in just :32 seconds over Anthony Fuller by referee stoppage.
Team Quest's Chris Leben won by armbar over Bryan Sleeman in a wild match. Leben caught Sleeman with an accidental kick to the groin. It took Sleeman the full five minutes to recover. It looked like he couldn't continue so he was walking off, then Sleeman starting freaking out throwing an ice pack down, the crowd chanted "fight, fight, fight" so Sleeman, after leaving the cage, came back to the cage to fight even with the low blow from the accidental kick. Leben looked a bit surprised, but wanted to fight, so the referee restarted the fight after a six minute break. Sleeman then fired himself up, ala Hulk Hogan, only to see Leben catch Sleeman in an armbar in the most bizarre fight of the evening.
World Extreme Cagefighting's Halloween Fury 2 once again lived up to the hype delivering 13 action packed fights as only one fight went to decision.
In the main event it was WEC Champion Cole Escovedo retaining his WEC title by defeating a very game Anthony Hamlett by knockout in the second round.
It was Hamlett who came out in the first round, showing some very good wrestling skills, taking Escovedo down and pinning the champ up against the cage in the first round. Hamlett moved Escovedo into his corner with Cole's shoulders trapped against the cage as Hamlett used affective ground n pound in front of cornerman Dennis Hallman who was giving Anthony instructions.
In Round Two after trying for a takedown, it was Hamlett who decided to stand with Escovedo which was a very bad move because Cole landed some wicked Muay Thai kicks to the leg of Hamlett and then followed it up with a high kick that rocked Hamlett.
Seconds later it was Escovedo landing a kick, then following it with a right hand that dropped Hamlett. Escovedo then pounced on Hamlett who was basically knocked out and finished him off with a barrage of rights and lefts early in the second round to retain his WEC Championship Belt.
In the other co-main event, it was Shonie Carter winning a three round decision over up and coming fighter J.T. Taylor. Taylor came out and really took it to Carter in the first round. After some brief stand up, Taylor had Carter in his guard and J.T. almost ended Carter's night in the first round. Shonie was trapped in a very tight triangle choke and Taylor almost had Shonie out. Some how Carter would get out of the choke, only to make a mistake by getting back into the triangle moments later. Shonie was very resilient and found a way to backdoor his way out of trouble, as Carter spent the end of the first round just trying to get his wind back as Taylor dominated the first round with his great Jiu-Jitsu.
Carter was able to get his breath back and recover in between rounds and when the second round started, Carter was able to land some great stand up, including some hard muay thai kicks to open the second round. The fight then went to the clinch and Shonie was able to get his underhooks in and use a nice judo throw in the fight. Carter actually would be in the clinch a few times and utilize some good throws in the second round.
The amazing part about this fight was the tremendous hand control by Taylor in the guard. Carter looked frustrated during a few times of the fight, as he wasn't able to land clean shots in Taylor's guard. Carter though was able to get the majority of takedowns in the second and third round to secure the victory.
In one of the more strange fights of the night, Sean Liddell, the brother of Chuck Liddell took a ton of punishment in his first MMA fight. Liddell, facing Chris Sanders was in a world of trouble in the first round. After exchanging blows, Liddell traded right hands with Sanders early in the fight, but the fight changed after Sanders landed a wild right hand that caught Liddell. Sanders continued an all out assault throwing wild left and right hands that landed and basically had Liddell knocked out on his feet. For some reason, referee Josh Rosenthal kept letting Liddell take punishment, giving Sean every chance to try and recover. The only problem, he was basically out fighting on insticts, trying to take Sanders down. Sanders after a couple minutes later of landing whatever, whenever he wanted starting to get tired.
Basically for some reason instead of stopping the fight, they let it continue as Liddell was getting pummled but Sanders basically punched himself out. Liddell then got a takedown and he tried to mount a rally with a few shots, but didn't land much because the bell sounded. So as Liddell picked himself up from the mat, Sanders couldn't get up. He was so tired he had to be helped to his corner. When Liddell was ready to go for Round 2, Sanders couldn't answer the bell because he was gassed. So in a bizarre twist of events, after dominating the round and basically having Liddell out on his feet, Sanders could not continue because of exhaustion and Liddell, who found a way to survive and to his credit, would not tap out, ended up being your winner in a wild way to end the fight.
In a couple of other results, Olaf Alfonso was in a very tough battle against one of Fabiano Iha's top students, Randy Bauer. Olaf came back for an armbar victory at 3:05 of the first round.
In the fastest KO of the night, Mike Kyle of American Kickboxing Academy needed just :12 seconds to KO Scarry Jerry Vrbanovic with a wicked uppercut.
Jason Von Flue of the Pit fight team won at 2:04 of the first round with his crazy shoulder choke over Chris Irvine.
In a match that was very reminisent of Jeremy Horn vs Elvis Sinosic, it was Tom Owens using his 6'4 long frame to win by armbar over local fighter Tony Alanis of Lemoore, California. Remember these fighters were 170, so a 6'4 frame is unheard of at that weight.
Doug Marshall got a win in just :32 seconds over Anthony Fuller by referee stoppage.
Team Quest's Chris Leben won by armbar over Bryan Sleeman in a wild match. Leben caught Sleeman with an accidental kick to the groin. It took Sleeman the full five minutes to recover. It looked like he couldn't continue so he was walking off, then Sleeman starting freaking out throwing an ice pack down, the crowd chanted "fight, fight, fight" so Sleeman, after leaving the cage, came back to the cage to fight even with the low blow from the accidental kick. Leben looked a bit surprised, but wanted to fight, so the referee restarted the fight after a six minute break. Sleeman then fired himself up, ala Hulk Hogan, only to see Leben catch Sleeman in an armbar in the most bizarre fight of the evening.