FFG 33: Renegade Review

FFG 33 Review

Event Rating: 100.36
The event was a good follow up to FFG's biggest event. Even though it was a 40 point lower rating, we only dropped 7 ranks. Hopefully FFG can continue to produce events over 100 and stay inside the top 50.

Undercard
Louis Roederer def. Blood Wizard via 1st rd. TKO(Strikes)
Meekus Thunder def. Tono Gallego via UD
Mark Chase Def. Sam Stan via 1st rd. TKO(Strikes)
Raymond Hood Def. Ichi Blunts via 2nd rd. TKO(Cut)
Jason Romziel Def. Raul Mendoza via UD

KO of the Night: Dan Smith
SFL Veteran Dan Smith made a huge splash in his FFG debut by destroying his opponent, BJ Penn in under 20 seconds with one brutal combination. Definitely an impressive show of power.

Sub of the Night: Mordecai Carver
Mordecai Carver put on an impressive display of Jiu-Jitsu in his second FFG bout. After landing one kick, his opponent quickly brought the fight to the floor where it just became a matter of time before Mordecai swept the position, took his opponents back, and finished him with the rear naked choke.

Fight of the Night: Dom Holch vs. Pikku Hiawatha
If most of you know, I don't pick fight of the night by fight rating. I pick it by how competitive the fight actually is. A one sided beat-down with a 100% rating is not a fight of the night in my opinion. I like it when fights go back and fourth, and this one did just that.

Dom Holch went into this fighting believing his superior wrestling would keep it on the feet, and that he'd be able to pick apart Hiawatha with his boxing.  To Holch's credit, from the opening bell, he controlled the pace of the standup, but what he didn't expect was for Hiawatha to be so deadly with his takedowns. Hiawatha was 44%(4 out of 9) on takedowns, which really set the tone for the whole fight. The high take down ratio, followed by a great jiu-jitsu performance really led the way to a razor close decision. I'm sure Holch was upset with the decision, but hopefully he has learned from it, and earns himself a rematch in the future.

Co-Main Event: Jyn Karinzo vs. Ludwig Manres (MW #1 Contender fight)
Taking on the biggest challenge of his career, Ludwig Manres put on a simply dominant performance. Taking out the much more experienced Jyn Karinzo in a fashion that left many speechless. Manres showed no respect for the striking game, didn't even try to throw anything resembling a punch. Yet it didn't matter, because he's that good of a grappler. The scary thing about that is, he was going up against arguably the best grappler in FFG. Ludwig Manres could be looking at gold in his future.

Main Event: Darren Frost vs. Fa Sho (LW Super-fight)
There's not much to say about this fight that hasn't been said about Darren Frost already. Even a seasoned former champion such as Fa Sho was unable to pose any threat to the reigning FFG Welterweight Champion. Darren went in there, Landed 99% of his strikes, left the cage untouched, and collected another knockout victory.