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The Main Event

Malaipet vs. Thomas Denny: “You’re going to like watching me; you’re going to become a fan of mine,” said Denny before the fight.

Right off the bat, Denny took Malaipet down and snaked around to his back. From there, he tried to sink in the rear naked choke—something that Denny is known for—but the fact that he didn’t have the greatest angle coupled with a rather surprising amount of resilience on the ground by his Muay Thai opponent got Malaipet out of the situation.

And into Thomas Denny’s mount, that is.

From there, some pretty ferocious ground and pound was enacted on Malaipet’s face. However, again showing resilience, Malaipet got up. And then as Denny tried to put him on his back again, Malaipet nailed Denny with several consecutive elbows to the back of his head.

In case you didn’t know, that’s against the rules.

With Denny unable to continue because of the illegal strikes, he won via disqualification.

Knockout of the night

Mark Oshiro vs. Chris Cariaso : Mark Oshiro took on unbeaten Chris Cariaso (6-0) in the opening televised bout of the night. “I like to stand up and bang,” said Cariaso before the fight.

Despite that, Cariaso took Oshiro down after both fighters threw some leather to start things off and immediately mounted his opponent. From there, Oshiro gave up his back and took a little bit of a pounding before finally getting back to his feet.

Then there was a momentary separation from the clinch. And that’s when Mark Oshiro nailed Cariaso with a devastating right that dropped him to the canvas. Several unanswered punches later, the referee was forced to step in.

Mark Oshiro wins via KO at 2:38 of round one.

Low kick of the night

Shane Del Rosario vs. Analu Brash: Coming into this fight, Rosario was undefeated That said, Analu Brash was definitely the more intimidating looking guy—Can anyone say brick (bleep)house? Still, Brash didn’t think so. “I don’t think I’m that intimidating. I’m a nice guy,” he said before the bout.

Apparently, Del Rosario took those words to heart, as he sure didn’t look intimidated.

Del Rosario started off the night with some nice low kicks. In fact, one of his early low kicks actually took Brash’s legs out from under him. From there, Del Rosario pummeled his opponent with a ground and pound assault that ended with the referee stepping in.

Afterwards, Del Rosario said that the low kick is like a “jab for me.”

Shane Del Rosario wins via TKO at 3:18 of round one.

Emergence of the night

Aaron Rosa vs. Jaime Fletcher: Aaron Rosa, a former Tito Ortiz protégé, lost for the first time in his last contest. Thus, he was hungry. However, Jamie Fletcher proved to be the overall better striker in this one, and sealed the deal by dropping Rosa with an overhand right in the third round.

And with that, Jaime Fletcher has emerged in the sport of MMA as someone to watch.

Jaime Fletcher wins via unanimous decision.

Fight of the Night

Conor Heun vs. Marlon Mathias: Heun proved to be the better grappler in this one, finding himself on top raining down punches and looking for submissions quite often. Mathias was a buzz saw of activity as well, coming out immediately looking for a knockout and continually throwing hard straight lefts on his feet.

Both of these guys didn’t stop until the final bell tolled. An outstanding lightweight battle that rightfully went to the guy that dominated the ground action.

Conor Heun wins via unanimous decision.

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