The first ever M-1 Global card on Showtime produced a night of exciting
fights, dominant performances and some very impressive finishes.
American Top Team fighter Jose Figueroa made the most of his appearance in
M-1 Global on Friday night as he left Artiom Damkovsky a bloody mess, while also
taking home the lightweight title to cap off the first ever Showtime broadcast
for the promotion.
Figueroa didn’t seem to comfortable on the feet standing and trading with
Damkovsky in the early going, but once he got the fight to the ground, it was a
completely different fight. The American Top Team fighter opened up a blistering
ground attack immediately when getting Damkovsky to the mat, and he never
relented.
Figueroa couldn’t quite put the fight away in the first round, but he wasn’t
about to let it slip away in the 2nd. Immediately putting Damkovsky on his back
to start the second session, Figueroa moved to mount and started his onslaught
again.
Damkovsky appeared to be defending, but still taking a massive amount of
damage so the referee swooped in for the stoppage. Damkovsky’s corner was
arguing, but from the looks of things their fighter was going nowhere except to
take more damage from Figueroa.
Figueroa now becomes the new M-1 Global lightweight champion with his
dominant performance on Friday night.
It was a valiant effort from Team Quest prospect Tyson Jeffries at M-1 Global
on Friday night, but Magomed Sultanakhmedov wasn’t going to let a good chin stop
him from getting a TKO as he walked out with the middleweight championship when
it was over.
A blistering attack came from Sultanakhmedov throughout the fight, first
shutting down the ground attack from Jeffries, and then lighting up his opponent
with strikes.
The end brought a nasty barrage of knees from Sultanakhmedov, absolutely
destroying Jeffries, but it took a true onslaught to finally drop the game
middleweight. Finally, Jeffries succumbed to the strikes and dropped to the mat,
as the referee rushed in for the save.
Magomed Sultanakhmedov may have a difficult name to pronounce, but get used
to saying it because he proved to be a top prospect to be on the lookout for in
2011 with his win Friday night in M-1 Global.
Ending up on the mat with former “Ultimate Fighter” finalist Vinny Magalhaes
was probably the last place in the world Jake Doerr wanted to end up during
their light heavyweight bout at M-1 Global, but just seconds into the first
round that’s where the fight landed.
Magalhaes popped Doerr with a big punch as soon as the two fighters met in
the center of the ring, and immediately the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt
pounced on him like a hunter smelling his prey. Magalhaes was unrelenting in his
ground attack and after taking Doerr’s back, instead of locking up a submission,
he opened up his assault and within a few moments he got the stoppage.
Magalhaes looked extremely impressive rolling over Doerr to pick up his third
win in a row, 2nd in M-1 Global.
Jason Norwood put on a takedown clinic against Ohio fighter Mojo Horne in
their fight on Friday night, going home with a unanimous decision win.
Horne tried his best to catch Norwood with knees or anything that could stop
the wrestling from Norwood, but he simply wasn’t able to stop the fight from
hitting the canvas. Norwood slammed Horne over and over again, and during the
third round got the mount, but wasn’t able to put the fight away.
Still, Norwood dominated the majority of the match-up and picked up the win
in unanimous fashion.
Russian Alexander Sarnavskiy started things off with a one sided beat down of
American Beau Baker to start the first ever M-1 Global card on Showtime.
Sarnavskiy stymied every takedown attempt that Baker through at him, and time
and time again pummeled his opponent with strikes. Baker was tough to finish
however and it appeared that Sarnavskiy might gas himself out trying to head
hunt for the knockout.
The 2nd round looked much like the first, but after a scramble, Sarnavskiy
saw an opening to take his opponent’s back, and literally jumped up on Baker,
looking for the finish. As the fighters fell to the mat, Sarnavskiy latched his
arm under Baker’s chin, and the American had no choice but to tap out.
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