Maximum Fighting Championship: Payoff
River Cree Casino
Enoch, Albert
October 2, 2009
Michael Schiavello and Guy Mezger are the announcers for this show. This is MFC 22 and we have a bunch of recognizable names on this card. This show is being broadcast live on HDNet. Jason Gregor is the backstage interviewer and he is joined backstage by Jason MacDonald and they discuss his Main Event fight tonight with Travis Lutter.
Lightweight Fight- Pete Spratt (19-13) vs. Nathan Gunn (7-0)
Spratt is a Muy Thai fighter and Gunn is a freestyle fighter.
R1- Gunn gets Spratt down immediately and controls the early part of the round. Spratt got back to his feet but then got taken right back down. Spratt got to his feet again but Gunn again took him down. Gunn is controlling but hasn’t done anything to hurt Spratt yet. Gunn took this round 10-9 and took Spratt down at will even though he didn’t inflict any damage.
R2- Spratt hit a big right hand to start off the round and followed it up with a kick and then a knee. Spratt was all over Gunn at the beginning of the round. Gunn instinctively clinched Spratt and was able to survive the onslaught. Gunn got a take down after he recovered some in the clinch and continued to recover after the take down. Spratt used the ropes to get out of a bad position and got a warning from the ref. Spratt went for a high kick but it was blocked. Out of nowhere Spratt loaded up a big right handed uppercut and knocked out Gunn. Gunn fell straight forward and Spratt knew he had the knockout and just walked away. Great finish by Spratt.
Winner: Pete Spratt by KO R2 4:19
Jason Gregor interviews MFC Lightweight Champion Antonio McKee. He will be fighting Carlo Prater tonight but the belt is not on the line as Prater did not make weight.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Marvin Eastman (16-10) vs. Ryan Jimmo (10-1)
Eastman is a wrestler and Muy Thai fighter and a former UFC fighter and holds a victory over Rampage Jackson. Eastman is coming off a loss to Ricardo Arona. Jimmo is a karate specialist from Edmonton. Jimmo has a 5” height advantage and has not been defeated since his pro debut.
R1- Not a lot of action early on as Eastman is the aggressor as he is kind of stalking Jimmo but Jimmo is picking his shots and throwing more strikes. Eastman clinched Jimmo but Jimmo gets the better of the clinch by landing knees. Jimmo takes the first round 10-9. Jimmo out struck Eastman 27 to 9 in the first round.
R2- They clinched early in the round and then Eastman finally got a take down about half way through the round. Not a very good round from a fans stand point but I have Eastman taking it and tying up the fight 19-19 going into the final round.
R3- Jimmo wins the early part of the fight by landing strikes in the clinch. Eastman got a take down with three minutes left in the round. Ref stands the fight up with 40 seconds and they clinched again. This one is a virtual toss-up. It will be interesting to see how this fight is scored. Eastman probably got the final round by getting the take down and controlling for a good majority of the round. I’m going to guess Eastman by Split Decision. Jimmo landed 65 strikes to Eastman’s 46. Jimmo has some pretty big swelling going on in the corner of his eye.
Judges score cards say: 29-28 Jimmo, 29-28 Eastman, 29-28 Jimmo
Winner: Ryan Jimmo by Decision (Split)
Jason Gregor is backstage with Travis Lutter and they talk about his Main Event fight tonight.
Light Heavyweight Fight- David Heath (12-5) vs. Mike Nickels (7-2)
Both of these guys have fought for UFC. The only fight I saw of Nickels was his 2007 loss to Stephan Bonnar. Nickels has a 2” reach and 5” height advantage.
R1- Heath lands a couple of jabs early and you can already see the redness on the cheek of Nickels. Both guys are landing some decent strikes about mid-way through the round as they had a good exchange. Heath has opened up a cut on Nickels face. Heath took this first round as he landed better shots on Nickels and did more damage.
R2- Nickels opens up the round with a good punch and then clinches Heath and lands some elbows. Nickels is really pouring it on and Heath is just throwing wild punches to try and survive. Heath is hurt but he gets a minute to recover because his mouthpiece came out. Both guys are slugging it out. Nickels seems to be running out of gas a bit as he had some wide open punches on Death but didn’t have enough to put Heath out. Heath losses his mouthpiece again and Nickels punches him in the face as Heath looked down at it. The ref warns Heath that if it comes out again he will lose a point. This was a really good round, Nickels won this due to his performance in the first half of the round. Heath came back towards the end but couldn’t steal the round. It’s a 19-19 fight going into the final round.
So far Nickels has landed 90 punches to Heath’s 69 through 2 rounds.
R3- Heath losses his mouth piece again and he loses a point. Nickels lands several good punches about half way through the round that really has Heath rocked. Nickels went for a take down but got stuffed but then Heath got thrown down in the corner and Nickels jumped on him and took his back and tried to get a Rear Naked Choke and got the tap out. Both guys lost a lot of steam in the second round but this was still a fun fight.
Winner: Mike Nickels by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R3 4:02
Welterweight Fight- Luigi Fioravanti (15-5) vs. John Alessio (25-13)
Both of these guys have fought in the UFC. Luigi is a Kickboxer/BBJ fighter who trains with ATT. Alessio is a kickboxer/jiu jitsu specialist who trains at Xtreme Couture. The last I saw Luigi he lost to Anthony Johnson by TKO back in February in the UFC. John Alessio was in the DREAM Welterweight Grand Prix this year but lost in the first round to Andre Galvao by submission in the first round.
R1- Pretty even fight through the first round. Almost looked straight up even, it was very close. Luigi landed 12 strikes in round one and Alessio landed 11. That’s a 10-10 round if it’s allowed to be scored that way.
R2- Luigi seems to be pushing the action a little more at the beginning of this round. This was another really close round. Luigi pressed the action but Alessio also hit a couple of nice punches towards the end of the round. This is about an even of a fight as you could have after two rounds. After two rounds Luigi has landed 36 strikes and Alessio has landed 27 so that means that Luigi out struck Alessio by 8 punches in the second round.
R3- Alessio shoots in for a quick take down but Luigi clinches and doesn’t go down. Alessio hit a SHOCKING knockout punch out of nowhere at the 3:30 mark of the round and this one is over. That one came out of nowhere. What a finish!
Winner: John Alessio by KO R3 1:34
Catch weight Fight (158 lbs) Antonio McKee (25-3-2) vs. Carlo Prater (24-6)
Prater says he’s extremely focused and trained hard for the fight but he didn’t make weight so I’m confused. McKee is a wrestling specialist. This was going to be a title fight for McKee’s title but Prater did not make weight. McKee has gone 11-0-1 since a decision loss to Karo Parisyan in 2003. McKee has a 4” reach advantage.
R1- McKee got a quick take down within the first 30 seconds of the fight. McKee has landed some good strikes and has busted Prater open. At the mid-way point of the round HDNet puts up a graphic that shows McKee has landed 17 strikes to 0 for Prater. This was pretty much a 10-8 round because I don’t think Prater even landed a strike.
R2- McKee shot in at the one minute mark and got another take down. McKee is landing some punches but nothing that is putting the fight in jeopardy. The ref stops the fight to have Prater’s eye checked out. The ref tries to start the fight back on their feet but McKee reminds him he had Prater on the ground so the ref puts McKee back in Prater’s guard. The ref stands the fight back up with one minute left in the round. McKee gets another take down about 15 seconds after the stand up but Prater grabs a choke on the way down but could not lock it in. McKee takes this round 10-9 and is up 20-17 going into the third and final round.
R3- Prater keeps from getting taken down in this round and is able to land some punches to McKee’s side and back but McKee fought through and got a brief take down and then got a slam to get Prater down in the last thirty seconds of the fight. Not a very exciting third round but McKee definitely wins this fight.
Judges score cards say: 29-28, 29-28 and 29-28 in favor of McKee
Winner: Antonio McKee by Decision (Unanimous)
Middleweight Fight- Travis Lutter (9-5) vs. Jason MacDonald (21-12)
Both guys are BJJ fighters and are former UFC fighters. MacDonald is from Calgary and gets a good ovation from the crowd on his entrance. MacDonald is only 3-5 in his last 8 fighters. His best wins have come against Chris Leben and Ed Herman. Out of his 21 wins he has won 17 of them by submission. MacDonald has a large 3” height and 6” reach advantage.
R1- Lutter got a take down with a minute and a half gone from the round. Lutter worked and got the mount at the mid-way point of the round. MacDonald tried to slip out but Lutter took MacDonald’s back. Lutter almost got a Rear Naked Choke but MacDonald was able to maneuver out of the submission and survive the round. Lutter up 10-9 after one round.
R2- Lutter got a take down within the first minute of the round and quickly took side control. Lutter is strictly trying to pass guard and is not looking to strike. Lutter is finally able to get the mount with about 1:45 left in the second round. McDonald gave up his back to get out of the mount and Lutter took his back but was not able to do anything with it as the round ended. Lutter has really controlled this fight and is up 20-18. While Lutter has dominated he hasn’t inflicted any damage on MacDonald so far in the fight.
R3- MacDonald is able to turn the tables on Lutter and get a takedown within the first minute of the round. MacDonald is able to hit some short elbows. MacDonald clearly won this round but didn’t win it decisively enough to make it 10-8. Lutter will win this fight 29-28.
Judges score the fight: 29-28, 29-28 and 29-28 in favor of Lutter
Winner: Travis Lutter by Decision (Unanimous)
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