UFC 84 Ill Will review

Introduction

Mixed martial arts clearly became a significant form of both mass entertainment and - as Bruce Lee put it - an expression of the human body, the latter being, no doubt, the original field of operation of these ancient traditions, now living and breathing through competitive events around the world. Though many may consider men who enter the proving grounds little more than hired human pitbulls to rip each other apart for hard cash and radical amusement, I tend to utterly reject this rudimentary view, concluding that professional level mma is the combat of highly disciplined human spirits, opposing each other for the duration of the bout, probably ending up as unified in the process as we could conceive, simply through their magnificent shared experience of being in a cage where the damage one suffers is the wit one failed to exhibit. That is how, in my opinion, the mma fighter fights against herself/himself.

Japanese people compete to gain an insight of their own current abilities through the collision process of their skills with that of other's. To me, the ultimately glorious moments of mixed martial arts are not of those of KOs and submissions. They are of those of hugging the formal rival at the end of the bout, circulating the most honest, uncompromised, pure respect each fighter deserves simply by stating themselves on the proving grounds, regardless of the results. The ensuing peace between fighters after a good collision is such a palpable, legit sensation that it never got old so far - and won't ever will.

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Introductory thoughts about the more significant lineups

Ill Will features three bouts of exceptional interest: the main event for the UFC Lightweight Championship is but the tip of the iceberg, supported firmly by two lineups which certainly do seem as fascinating as the main attraction itself.

The scheduled championship bout is taking place between former UFC Lightweight Champion Sean "The Muscle Shark" Sherk and your belt defender, BJ "The Prodigy" Penn. The latter won the title in UFC 81 Rapid Fire, defeating Joe "Daddy" Stevenson in a match that turned into quite a decent bloodbath - oxymoron? - and could/had to be organized because the title ended up vacant previously.

Former lightweight champion Sean Sherk have been deprived of the belt because of the use of steroids. It is not like he got deprived of the title because steroid usage have happened on Earth before, you know. Examinations showed that Sherk himself used illegal substances, causing a half year suspension of Sean and a vacant belt, ready to be battled for. For the record, though: to the day of the Ill Will, Sherk rejects all accusations of illegal substance usage, even took and passed a lie detector test - with negative results. The positive test result he scored when examined for steroids caused a stain on his reputation though, something he plans to eradicate via delivering a performance which worths a belt. Naturally, I shall not pass judgment on the steroid matter, instead let me draw your attention on how integral the Muscle Shark comes to this match as. As Sean states, he feels that the belt still belongs to him as he never have actually lost is, though The Little Buddha BJ Penn hardly looks as someone who has intention to legitimize Sherk's assumptions and claims as far as who the belt rightfully belongs to.

Some emotional content is inherent to the lineup, and emotional content is always a pleasure to greet when exhibited by professional level mma fighters whom are about to face each other. While Sherk thinks that BJ is a warrior who could be submitted if pressed superhard - see the "former Penn"'s match against Matt Hughes - , Sean also states that he himself is a competitor who rather ends up dead than to quit. The Muscle Shark shares his assumption with us that BJ comes from an integral, supportive background, and, according to Sherk's observations, people with similar history have a tendency to consider quitting as a tool to rely on. BJ's words, on the other hand, do sound like crystal clear sobriety to me as The Little Buddha points out how one could easily be harmed permanently if to refuse to give in. Allowing this does not make much sense.

BJ Penn gives us his personal recollection of the events that formed him to be as mature of a fighter as he is by the day of the Ill Will, remembering how his body, his condition was unready before to deliver what he was capable of. Indeed, he was grinded up by Matt Hughes in UFC 63 Shootout, a match in which The Little Buddha had truly great moments, yet gased out when the bout moved to the distance. As Penn states, he disrespected fighting before and took his talents for granted, now that he is aware that fighting disrespects the fighter if the fighter disrespects fighting, - and how much shy sharks should a Sherk should shoot if a Sherk should shoot shy sharks? - he states that he is not about to make this mistake again. Indeed, the Penn we have seen in UFC 80 Rapid Fire was a new Penn, and THAT new Penn is the one we see by the day of the Ill Will as well, without a doubt. As for the mood established for the collision, BJ says that Sean is weak in the mental game, a notion which I personally found both very strange and reckless to voice when heard, as The Muscle Shark is notorious of grinding down opposition with a tenacious mental warfare characterized by relentless forwarding. Maybe BJ meant something entirely different, something he plans to show for us today. Either way, a lineup of great anticipation we have been waiting for, and a row of excessively interesting questions are about to be answered now that opposing Ill Wills are to ruthlessly, finally collide tonight.

The first co-main event concerns mma legend Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva and Keith "The Dean of Mean" Jardine. If someone does not need introduction as an mma fighter then Wanderlei Silva is the man, an evident legend who though has an unfortunate losing streak these days, lengthened by Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell in UFC 79 Nemesis when the two had collided in a slugfest of the instant classic character. Wanderlei Silva now is a warrior with his back against the wall. Coming to the collision with Keith on a losing streak, The Axe Murderer is either to score a victory or to face the inevitable question about his future, mma, and the relation between these latter two.

Keith "The Dean of Mean" Jardine is actually the perfect pick to put in front of Silva. Keith scored a tremendous upset in UFC 76 Knockout, defeating The Iceman Chuck Liddell who was busy climbing back to the top after losing his belt to current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. Though many claim that the Liddell who was fighting against Jardine wasn't the Liddell you don't want to see or summon, - depending whether you are his opponent with a glove ON your hand or a spectator with popcorn bucket IN it - he had his moments nevertheless and I think it is safe to say that Keith have put up one helluva fight to go away with the W after three rounds.

Now that Jardine banged out a stoppage on Forrest Griffin, - not something you see every day - got knocked the hell out by Houston Alexander and won a decision over The Iceman, it seems safe to say that The Dean of Mean currently has the fortunate tendency to cause radical surprises, and let me tell you this: what you just read is an example of redundancy as a surprise always should possess something radical to it, otherwise it ain't worth calling a surprise.

Either way, let me draw your - hopefully - keen attention to the nice matchmaking concept underlying here, a concept neither the UFC, a cyberninja on speed, or a sedated sloth could miss out on. Solidification: now that the organization has a warrior who has a tendency of beating opponents he simply isn't supposed to, let's see if he performs JUST that when he is invited to do JUST that. Makes sense? Hell, yes! Why not put him in front of yet another legend? Either Silva claims his statement and establishes himself as Top Dog once more, or Keith Jardine goes away with the undeniable trait that he actually can destroy legendary mma asses, and this is not only something that establishes a name you must count with in the sport, it is also exactly what The Dean of Mean is looking for tonight, as well.

The third event of focal interest gives you Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida and Tito Ortiz. Not in pairs though, quite the contrary: to collide with each other, which sounds a bit more interesting. Nothing against hugging mma fighters though, in fact, those are the nicest and most glorious moments, according to the onion's scientific considerations. Ortiz is of course a trademark face of the UFC, well, now it seems more proper to say former trademark face, as it seems about 99% that this is his last match in the organization. UFC President Dana White clearly voiced his opinion about how satisfied he would end up as if Lyoto Machida would kick Tito's ass. He wishes all the best for Tito otherwise and bla, yet looks forward seeing if his suspicion of a superior fighting skill than of Tito's is indeed possessed by The Dragon.

Well, as far as Tito, the marketing line is this:

Face it gals and boys, you can not escape forming your impression! You either HATE the Tito Ortiz or you fricken LOVE the Tito Ortiz, no neutrality is offered for you at all! This stance is something Tito himself admits and probably consciously aims for, as well His personality is well suited to build up anticipation for a bout, (especially if he takes part in it) and surely, he has the top level fighting skills as well. Funnily enough, tough, he states this: first and foremost he is an entertainer, and he is a fighter, secondly. This was more than enough to kick Ken Shamrock's vet ass (mind the simple "v", seriously: MIND the simple "v"!) on three different occasions, yet now, as I see it, Tito will face the biggest mma challenge of his life yet. Why is that? Here is why.

Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida is first and foremost: a fighter. Secondly: he is a damn good one, too. Machida cares little if any if his performance amuses the crowd, - hell, by this attitude he certainly amuses me, though - instead he treats opposition with pretty much scientific attention and lethal punishment potential unleashed as toll on each false or irresponsible moves exhibited by the rival. To account this style briefly, let us put it this way: The Dragon will seek out your weakness and beat you with it. Machida's record is flawless by the day of the Ill Will, coming to face Tito after taking apart The African Assassin Sokoudjou in UFC 79 Nemesis. The funny, following saying is heavily related of course, offered by Lyoto:

"I defeated the Alaskan Assassin. I defeated the African Assassin. What other Assassin am I to defeat to get a title shot?"

Lyoto is easy to mistook for, in my opinion. You could take him immensely falsely as an "eminent" fighter who never risks anything, but, seeing interviews with him, my impression of him changed blatantly and fundamentally, absolutely for the better. His voice and his voiced thoughts are very serious, very mature. This is a complete fighter and a complete man. A complete fighter and complete man who comes to kick ass professionally, and this is both the least and the most we are to anticipate from the sport.

Tito arrives to the weigh ins in one of his trademark T Shirts, the statement on it reads: "Dana Is My Bitch" Epic, yes? Tito even invented his victory-ritual prior to the bout which he performs for us on TV, let us see if he will have the chance to perform it for
UFC President Dana "I say f*ck a lot on the Ultimate Fighter Reality TV Show which I do feature myself on and I do say f*ck a lot even when interviewed, mainly because I think it makes me look 5+ years younger (hair included) and NO, I have NO idea that they gonna BEEP! my f*cks the f*ck out. F*CK!" White, or will the ritual go down as tender remembrance, unable to claim just values for itself surrounded by such Ill Wills.

Thiago Silva vs Antonio Mendes

The night delivers two seeeerious, serious Brazilian dudes to start out the event, Thiago Silva is a fighter with a flawless mma record and also is inventor of one of the most radical and amusing winning gesture I have ever seen to date, - see for yourself, just make sure not when in the octagon without a mic - last time we seen him he hastily destroyed rising UFC promise Houston Alexander in UFC 78 Validation. A quick full mount, a torrent of bombs, a station in Houston's career that will hopefully make him even more better of a fighter.

Fellow Brazilian and former prison guard Mendes thinks that Thiago's flawless record lacks a scalp whose proprietor's skills would live up to the highest expectations, the level characterized by pure intensity, the level Mendes is about to unleash on Thiago.

Indeed, he unleashes intensity in form of a quite surprising and quite powerful high kick, an attack coming out of nowhere, leaving Thiago exposed for a brief period, yet not long enough to form further punishment of stopping power on. Thiago actually does the quite sane thing in a bitter situation, effectively hugging Mendes to himself to stay in a clinch with him, stopping the former prison guard from long range assaults of the finishing character. This brief, yet essential period gives a rest sequence for Silva, then a takedown from Mendes goes sour. Sour for Mendes, that is. We had chance before the witness Thiago Silva's precise, relentless ground and pound game, and this is exactly what he does now, as well: he forces a tap out of Mendes, who, I think, - I am not sure if I should dare say this, but will I do, anyway - taps out quite hastily. I am absolutely ready to admit though that there are times when a pro level mma fighter knows that the situation is hopeless, why not tap out then? My impression remains this, though: I would say I have seen fighters coming back from sourer situations than the one Mendes got defeated in, but I have no intention of course to verdict the "proper judgment" of his performance. I think he looked quite good and dangerous, actually. And for Thiago Silva? The dude constantly proves that he is absolutely ready to be, and, in fact, should be thrown in front of top level competition. Not much if anything left to prove for him in the upstream. His winning gesture was delivered, and looked as good as used to. Got the feeling that we will hear about this warrior soon, whom we are yet to see in a truly desperate situation.

Wilson Gouveia vs Goran Reljic

An up-and comer with the potential to turn the tide of a very bitter situation, - or at least had that potential for at least once before - Wilson Gouveia is looking for a statement as harsh as he made against Jason "The Punisher" Lambert in UFC 80 Rapid Fire. Countering with a one punch KO at the fence, this power and relentlessness are the exact tools you want to rely on if to put in front of an apprentice whom master is none other than fellow Croatian Mirko "CroCop" Filipovic. Though the UFC matches for CroCop did not turn out the way we have hoped them to turn out as, the masterful kickmonster's legacy is certainly summoned in the octagon: Reljic throws full power high kicks around like you shoot pictures with your camera in Japan on a particularly shiny day, and let me tell you this: the fact that Gouveia's head remains roughly on the neck all the time is an mma accomplishment already.

Reljic shows relevant power on the proving ground with a keen readyness to rely on - as Joe Rogan precisely notes - almost casual full scale assaults. He comes out of nowhere, but when he comes, he comes big time. This is truly nice to watch, yet might become predictable, an aspect Reljic has to work on before revealing as a force the organization must reckon with.

The fight boils down to Gouveia's considerable ability to offer excessive resistance if harassed superhard, this is exactly what happens here, as well: Wilson exhibits TKO treat towards Reljic on numerous occasions, a back and forth battle of aggressor Goran and demonstrator of an effective counter game Gouveia we witness in the first round. The second period solidifies Gouveia as a precision striker, he connects about three times with very impressive attacks, convincing Goran to take a temporal nap in the octagon. A brief ground and pound sequence follows this up, a sequence though which Gouveia is unable to turn into a conclusion. The Croatian escapes, and connects with a huge counter strike shortly: the resultant Gouveia deserves all credit for a nice recovery rate, yet the attack swarm Goran unleashes on him proves way too much to take this time around. A stoppage puts an end to an impressive display, let us see who the Croatian is to face up against next time, as you could hardly ask for a more convincing UFC debut.

Rameau Sokoudjou vs Kazuhiro Nakamura

Previous victims of Lyoto Machida are to face off against each other, and let me tell you this: they deliver one intense, sober mma round with an aggressor Sokoudjou dictating the pace, yet this Nakamura dude is someone you want to take very seriously as he surely can take two decent strikes and a third and smash you to the ground quite convincingly. In this here match the bulky Nakamura exhibits more of a defensive game, also a very good of it is what he maturely demonstrates. Though the Japanese contestant delivers a convincing readyness to face a real life Predator, this latter mentioned fierce entity finds a hole in the last moments of the first round, and lands a blatant shot on the chin of Nakamura. Kazuhiro goes down, but it is actually the leg he falls on which leaves him unable to continue. Both fighters looked very good, Sokoudjou showed his trademark character, while Nakamura remains a dedicated, sober and fervent fighter whom I can't wait to see triumphant in the octagon soon. It is very hard to dislike the guy, why not start liking him instead?

Wanderlei Silva vs Keith Jardine

Girls and boys, it was some serious sight to behold. Let us account the event like this:

Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva is Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva in Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva's Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva Murders Keith Jardine with an Axe.

You have the chance to execute two blinks of the eyes before Keith falls to the ground from numerous hits on the head, Wanderlei is all over him in the next moment, takes the throat (!) to lock precision for the kill, and: kills. The 36th second of the first round gives you The Axe Murderer the whole sport is afraid of, gives you The Axe Murderer the whole sport is more intense with. Credit goes for Keith of course: he is still a very good fighter, recently he has a tendency to move on radical scales, that is all there is to it, really: now he gets knocked the hell out in a similar fashion as he got knocked by Houston Alexander, yet I would not be surprised if Jardine would destroy some serious ass by the time he appears again on the proving ground. In fact, I would be surprised if he would fail to do so. An intense showdown with Wanderlei doing what he does best, while doing it 110%. Also notice this: Keith Jardine was a DEMON in the staredown, I loved it! If I loved anything more than that, it was Wanderlei's reaction to the Jardine Demon, as he had: 0, cite that I, herein: ZERO reaction to it.

Ivan Salaverry vs Rousimar Palhares

You can't ignore a dude who comes to a top level mma bout with the name Rousimar Palhares, especially not if he squeezes the hoile fighting spirit out his rival by MAD level Jiu-Jitsu skills and a physical buildup of a raging bull. These are the traits, tools and related accomplishment Palhares brings to the table tonight, submitting his opponent in an armbar which he transitions to from a very dangerous rear naked choke attempt. Palhares certainly looked as The Thing tonight, would be a sight to behold how he manages against the top dogs of the division. Just for the record: I am still pretty convinced that Rousimar wore a cap during the match, that was not the hair, not the hair. Could not be it. Don't inform HIM about my suspicion though.

Christian Wellisch vs Shane Carwin

This is a swift one. Shane Carwin goes away with the W after delivering a blatant strike of instant stopping power in the 44th second of the first round. What else can we say - Thank you, come again!


Lyoto Machida vs Tito Ortiz

This match have turned out as it - well, sort of: - "supposed" to turn out, also with a nice touch by Tito it concluded with. Not many, if anyone found the remedy against Lyoto yet, but it is damn sure that no one ever shown the remedy to this day. Tito is no exception. Let me draw your attention to this here simple, but, in my opinion, quite important notion: in this here match Tito never has a chance to reach Machida. He can't hit him, he can't kick him, he can't take him down. The Dragon, on the other hand, gives considerable hard time to the Huntington Beach Bad Boy, selling him a vicious kick-trick on multiple occasions, or simply by connecting with a casual high kick that lefts you wonder how come Tito just meta-communicates "that's not 'nuff, baby" to Lyoto. This little vibe is clearly visible by the replays, pay close attention. This is nice, no?

They roll for three rounds in the stand up in which Machida clearly maintains control and an upper hand. Tito exhibits some frustration, but nothing serious. But nothing too mature, either. Understandable though, as Ortiz came here to dominate, and gets - in my opinion - clearly surpassed by Machida's versatility. Interesting thing is this: in the conluding moments of the first round it is actually Lyoto who takes Tito down and scores some heavy bombs on the veteran UFC blob, probably the bell is the sweetest friend reality could greet Tito with.

To my satisfaction, though: Tito gives you the brilliance an mma legend - which he is, in my opinion - should and could give in such a tremendous battle. He gets Lyoto in two different submission attempts in the last rounds, The Dragon escapes only because he possesses tremendous ground skills himself, but those are very very close and very very nicely executed by Ortiz. Thus the match ends up with a mildly frustrated Tito who, fortunately calms down and shows maturity at the end, no hard feelings towards Machida, way more of those towards Dana White. Some mic time is devoted to Tito where he can promote his clothing company at www.punishmentathletics.com and he even states that there are 3 or 4 years of pro level competition in his body yet, but it is not likely that he will participate in the UFC anymore. But not impossible, either. Well, I certainly do hope that we WON'T have to see Tito destructing clearly inferior opponents in smaller organization to collect further reputation. He has plans of being an actor soon. I think he has what it takes. But you need a serious role, Tito, believe you me. Don't take the first offer if it stinks and gives you no lines to speak. Just take the second one of such offers. Ahhahah! Now, seriously: I look forward to see how stuff will turn out for the Bad Boy, as his match against Machida turned out in a fashion that left his dignity and reputation intact, and paths thus widely opened. The mere fact that he choose to do battle with a fighter of flawless record deserves credit, in my opinion. Though I surely do realize that Tito would have lost all his authenticity if to chickening out from Machida's way. And chickening out is not something you ever saw Tito doing.

As for The Dragon, he performed masterfully in his most important fight to date yet, now he is a warrior who seems as circumstantial to stop as to do that with a train armed with sinister looks and a lost stop sign. And sad thing is: it is the attempter who is armed with a sinister look and a lost stop sign in this relation, not the train. As of today it is safe to say that you have to seek superhard if you plan to find a fighter as intelligent and versatile as Lyoto Machida is. Truly can't wait to see who he will be put up against next.

Rich Clementi vs Terry Etim

This was an OK match with an average excitement factor, resulting in an OK decision with not even averagely surprising outcome, though Terry Etim had his moments. Notable UFC veteran Rich Clementi ends up victorious, though does so in a match which he will not likely show amongst the first five of his bouts when to account his mma career to his descendants.

Jon Koppenhaver vs Yoshiyuki Yoshida

Hmmmm. And then again: hmmmmmm. Let us take a good look on Jon Koppenhaver and state the Obvious again: hmmmmmmmmmmm. Now let us elaborate. Koppenhaver is a relative newcomer to the UFC, coming to the octagon through the Ultimate Fighter. The guy exhibited a personality which was very easy to exhibit support for: Koppenhaver comes from a massively troubled past, truly, mma was a shelter he ran to, - Praised Be Thy Wisdom, Jon - hoping he will be able to build an existence on his own God given assets like fists and stuff related. This is all OK, this all very OK when the guy nn the opposing corner has the roughly similar story to tell, and both have agreed to kick each other's ass for cash and recognition. Koppenhaver's latest appearance in The Ultimate Fighter Season 6 Finale was a blast: he made a hilariously intense and passionate fight with Jared Rollins and four gallons of blood involved, one of the most memorable matches of all times, in my opinion. This is all supercool, even better, let me ask you this: does not Koppenhaver remind you of Lady Kier from Deee Lite, only a masculine variant? Hehe, maybe I have the Philip K. Dick here, please inform me if I do. But there is a notion to be made apart from the question: by the time we have seen Koppenhaver performing this amazing match with Jared Rollins, he (Koppenhaver) already had a stain in his reputation. In 2007, September he participated in a real life assault, beating the shite out of a civil man and even choking him out. This is not cool, it is not even needed to add "I think" to this, as this is simply: not cool. The man on the street simply can not say anything to make you destroy him. Yes, you can give the Darth Vader to him with black stuff on head, voicing

Don't. Make. Me. Destroy. You.

but: beating him up crapless with your fellow people beaters as a professional mma fighter? God, this is such a nonsense. I am actually surprised that they let Koppenhaver fight after this. Cool stuff for mma. (It was irony, at least an attempt at that.) Koppenhaver could have been amongst the mma warriors whom have my absolute sympathy, now he fell out of my favor - I can imagine how crushed Jon would end up as knowing this. To account the match itself: Jon Koppenhaver's ass gets choked unconscious here by Yoshiyuki Yoshida in the first round. Talking about irony, baby.

BJ Penn vs Sean Sherk

The main event of the evening turned into a rather stable boxing match in which Sean felt himself to be quite competitive - I could not share his view though, yet one must realize how different it must be when IN the octagon, not around it. BJ pretty much takes Sean apart in a standup battle which is massively characterized by The Little Buddha's ability to driftle away from the way of punishment while his own attacks have a vicious tendency to connect and claim a literal toll of blood on The Muscle Shark in a short while. Surely, Sean connects, but connects rarely and not via convincing impact power. He has but one punch which seems to pose danger against the Belt Defender, but this is match basically turns out as one that easily and safely could be regarded as: complete ownage of the Challenger. Penn tonight is the better fighter, a notion which is about to grow evident by the end of the third round. BJ chooses to explode and to destruct by the period in question. Some softening punched do connect to lead Sean to the fence, then a flying knee comes out of parts you don't necessarily want to know, and connects on head. Consecutive, intense ground and pound is rigorously administered by The Little Buddha to wrap up the round. He says: "He is done." when he walks away to the corner. Though both the Referee and Sean Sherk think otherwise, BJ points his hands at his opponent, accounting the badly battered shape the former Champion is in.

Decision is swiftly formed though that Sherk should not continue indeed. BJ exhibits a quite radical gesture yet, licking blood off his glove, which is somewhat OK I guess - especially that he promised to do so -, but what I found a bit vicious was that he walked up the recovering Sean and borrowed some extra blood to lick. Uhm. This is some bizarre shit, in my opinion. Fortunately though, the two competitors do hug each other and show mutual respect in the end, BJ invites Sean to his place anytime if and when The Muscle Shark is ever to spend some quality time in Hawaii, the place BJ is native and resident of.

The final conclusion of the match is this: The Little Buddha emerges triumphant and know holds the UFC Lightweight Champion belt by beating the former title holder, yet he voices his opinion that he does not necessarily have intentions of remaining a lightweight competitor. He asks if we want to see him colliding against George St. Pierre. Let us conclude the review of the match by saying this: as of today, you could not make up a dream match more interesting and more anticipated than one to take place between BJ and GSP would immediately be. Period. So, let us hope that the moment we are now waiting for will soon become a - reality.

Jason Tan vs Dong Hyun Kim

Jason Tan from Liverpool comes to this match as masterful practitioner of a very unorthodox fighting style: this is the highly secretive Exhausting Your Rival By Letting Him Smash Your Face In With His Elbow For Three Consecutive Rounds form of fighting. Now, seriously: I am completely baffled by Tan's ability to tolerate punishment, let alone how he seems virtually immaculate after the beatings he gets administered. It is pretty much safe to say that he has no moments in this match, his punishment resistance is the highest I have seen so far, This dude needs some serious work on his offensive skills and we will got to see a fighter who will be extremely hard to stop, but will be extremely entertaining to watch. Credit goes for Dong Hyun Kim for never stopping: he bangs out the victory on Tan with his elbows (!!), when the stoppage occurs, you can see how disappointed Tan ends up as, he has pretty much 0 concerns that he just ate in 10 consecutive elbows. Truly, I have no words for this. Puzzling stuff. Someone get a hold of this Jason Tan dude and make a fighter out of him hastily, please, as the kid has something that only one in a million has. (Now I tried to give you the experienced mma armchair molester who have seen it all. Inform me if you thought I was OK at it, if you thought I sucked tremendously, inform me even more.)

Ill WIll was a tremendous night, deserver the five onions as if the night of the Ill WIll would not score five onions then no mma event could ever do that. So: that it does. Hope you had a fine evening and found the review useful - thank you for reading it, and see you next time.

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