(Showtime's Portion Of) 'ProElite Presents: Dynamite!!USA' Is In The Books
The lowdown from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (behind the cut - refresh your browser):
- If you're interested in these sort of things: 1.) Commentators were Mauro Ranallo, Bill Goldberg & Jay Glazer. 2.) Ring Announcer was Jimmy Lennon Jr. 3.) Fights took place in the largest ring I've ever seen. 5.) I couldn't possibly guess how many fans were present, but it definitely was nowhere near forty-thousand. 6.) Production values were quite good, but it was clear how disorganized the time cues were, as you could often hear people giving directions, and the show ended with roughly twelve-minutes remaining to promote the pay-per-view, but that didn't happen.
- Jonathan "Don't Call Me 'Forrest Griffin'" Wiezorek defeated (TKO @ 0:50 - round 2) Tim Persey. Wiezorek had back mount, and rained down punches (some of which definitely did hit the back of the head, although they didn't look like brutal blows). Persey was warned on several occasions, but didn't do anything to defend himself, and the fight was stopped by Herb Dean. It looked as if being a last-minute sub hurt Persey's conditioning and he simply gassed, but he told the doctor he was hurt by one of the punches to the back of his head. To make matters worse, someone in Persey's own corner accidentally hit him with a stool in the back of the head. Wiezorek's Mom was in attendance, the first time she'd done that, so she must've been thrilled.
- Glazer interviewed Gina Carano, Charles Bennett, and Phil Baroni. Carano said she's no longer ill, and was pissed off, because she wanted to fight. Bennett was uncharacteristically quiet, although he did say he'd defeat Joe Boxer (to avenge their earlier draw). Baroni spoke about how Frank Shamrock no-showed the press conference, and said if Shammy didn't no-show on June 22, he'd win by KO.
- Earlier in the night, JZ Calvan defeated (TKO @ 0:26 - round 1) Nam Phan. Calvan delivered heavy shots from Phan's guard, prompting the ref to stop the match.
- Jake Shields defeated (rear-naked-choke submission @ 2:06 - round 1) Ido Pariente. Not much to say. Shields, as expected, put on quite a clinic, and got something of a hometown reaction. Nothing overwhelming, but it was far more than anyone else got.
- In another of the night's (unmentioned) dark matches, Katsuhiko Nagata defeated (split decision) Isaiah Hill, after three, five-minute rounds. I didn't see the fight, so I wouldn't know, but you gotta wonder if Hill's last-minute notice had anything to do with his performance.
Back in a little while, with results of the pay-per-view broadcast.
- If you're interested in these sort of things: 1.) Commentators were Mauro Ranallo, Bill Goldberg & Jay Glazer. 2.) Ring Announcer was Jimmy Lennon Jr. 3.) Fights took place in the largest ring I've ever seen. 5.) I couldn't possibly guess how many fans were present, but it definitely was nowhere near forty-thousand. 6.) Production values were quite good, but it was clear how disorganized the time cues were, as you could often hear people giving directions, and the show ended with roughly twelve-minutes remaining to promote the pay-per-view, but that didn't happen.
- Jonathan "Don't Call Me 'Forrest Griffin'" Wiezorek defeated (TKO @ 0:50 - round 2) Tim Persey. Wiezorek had back mount, and rained down punches (some of which definitely did hit the back of the head, although they didn't look like brutal blows). Persey was warned on several occasions, but didn't do anything to defend himself, and the fight was stopped by Herb Dean. It looked as if being a last-minute sub hurt Persey's conditioning and he simply gassed, but he told the doctor he was hurt by one of the punches to the back of his head. To make matters worse, someone in Persey's own corner accidentally hit him with a stool in the back of the head. Wiezorek's Mom was in attendance, the first time she'd done that, so she must've been thrilled.
- Glazer interviewed Gina Carano, Charles Bennett, and Phil Baroni. Carano said she's no longer ill, and was pissed off, because she wanted to fight. Bennett was uncharacteristically quiet, although he did say he'd defeat Joe Boxer (to avenge their earlier draw). Baroni spoke about how Frank Shamrock no-showed the press conference, and said if Shammy didn't no-show on June 22, he'd win by KO.
- Earlier in the night, JZ Calvan defeated (TKO @ 0:26 - round 1) Nam Phan. Calvan delivered heavy shots from Phan's guard, prompting the ref to stop the match.
- Jake Shields defeated (rear-naked-choke submission @ 2:06 - round 1) Ido Pariente. Not much to say. Shields, as expected, put on quite a clinic, and got something of a hometown reaction. Nothing overwhelming, but it was far more than anyone else got.
- In another of the night's (unmentioned) dark matches, Katsuhiko Nagata defeated (split decision) Isaiah Hill, after three, five-minute rounds. I didn't see the fight, so I wouldn't know, but you gotta wonder if Hill's last-minute notice had anything to do with his performance.
Back in a little while, with results of the pay-per-view broadcast.
Labels: Canvas Chronicle, Dynamite USA, EXC, Hero's, K-1, Mixed Martial Arts, Pay Per View Coverage
posted by Ric Gillespie at 6/02/2007 08:58:00 PM
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Accellent, Accellent vork Mr. Maloney
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