WW: Pat Miletich (29-7-2) def. Thomas Denny (26-18) via KO (Punches) at 0:50 of Round 2
HW: Ben Rothwell (30-6) def. Chris Guillen (13-12) via Submission (Strikes) at 3:40 of Round 1
HW: Michael Russow (11-1, 1 NC) def. Braden Bice (7-7) via Submission (North-South Choke) at 1:13 of Round 1
[UPDATE] Full results and notes by Chris Nelson:
LHW: Mike Ciesnolevicz (16-3) def. Derrick Mehmen (4-1) via Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 1:46 of Round 2
LW: Dan Loman (11-4) def. Gabe Lemley (13-8) via TKO (Strikes) at 1:54 of Round 2
MW: Ryan McGivern (13-6) def. Geno Roderick (7-7) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 1:27 of Round 1
LW: Pat Curran (5-1) def. Ramiro Hernandez, Jr. (1-1) via Decision (Unanimous; 30-27 x2, 29-28)
WW: Jesse Lennox (11-1) def. Ryan Williams (7-4) via Submission (Triangle Choke) at 3:41 of Round 1
NOTES
- MFS fighters went 5-2 on the night.
- Nothing much of note to report from Rothwell's return to the cage following his Affliction loss to Andrei Arlovski. He did exactly what he should have and dispatched of Guillen (who entered on a four-fight losing streak) quick and ugly. Guillen tapped from the turtle position following some elbows to the head. What the immediate future holds for Rothwell, I'm not sure. He won't be on Affliction's January show, though he says he's been promised a spot on their third card. Thankfully he's still young and has plenty of time to work back up to top competition.
- Please, HDNet production team, PLEASE do away with the video game style fighter attribute charts. They're ugly, arbitrary, and they're definitely not helping anyone understand anything.
- How do people feel about the ref asking fighters during instructions if they want to touch gloves when the bout starts? The fighters seemed put off every time Todd Fredrickson did it tonight.
- Jeff Curran's cousin is definitely a fighter to watch. Still a little wild in his striking and reckless on the ground, but he is relentless even when tired and throws with heavy power for a 155'er. He caught Hernandez in two near fight-ending armbars as both the first and second rounds expired.
- Something strange happened before the McGivern/Roderick match when the ref called both fighters to the center of the cage before the announcer had made the official introductions. Awkward. McGivern, incidentally, showed no rust in his first post-IFL bout.
- The usual comedy gold from Kenny Rice: jokes about putting his IFL gear on eBay... during a card filled with ex-Silverbacks, in a quarter-full arena. And which website/blog was he disparaging - something about posting phony medical info about Miletich before the fight?
- Braden Bice, in the holiday spirit, walked out to Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
- What was with the one sloppy, dangerous looking "Adrenaline MMA II" decal on the mat? And no one thought to turn off the flashing colored spotlight pointing down into the cage during the fight?
- P.J. Stoppleworth - congratulations, you win the award for best MMA ring announcer name of all time. Everyone else - please consider this man next time your voiceover needs call for a Southern accent, be it "mid/upper class," "redneck" or "hillbilly."
