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12-05-2009 09:10 AM:Mark Pavelich is trying to establish a bigtime promotion in western Canada but too often it falls flat like last night's Maximum Fighting Championship 23 at River Cree Casino. Pavelich's plan of using UFC castoffs is exploding in his face.
During a prefight video blog, Pavelich claimed Dean Lister versus Thales Leites would be one the greatest grappling matches in the hstory of mixed martial arts. It was awful and exactly what we saw from Lister when he was with the UFC. Throughout the fight Lister, who once again looked light in the gas tank, shot for sloppy takedowns, pulled guard and butt scooted. He almost got booed out of the MGM back at UFC 92 for the same nonsense against Yushin Okami. Leites simply fell forward landing top control, got in a few punches and avoided submission. It may have been the worst televised main event of 2009 in front of what looked like 500 people.
All I could think of was Pavelich's babbling during that vlog touting how great the MFC is:
In the fight of the night, Bryan Baker (11-1) beat the snot out of 37-year-old Art Santore. Santore took a beating and gave some of it back. Marvin Eastman, 40, another UFC fighter from way back, was knocked out by Dwayne Lewis at the end of the first round. Meanwhile, Ryan Jimmo (12-1), a first round loser from TUF 8, won a boring decision against Emmanuel Newton. Pavelich is trying to put on a good show and it's not bad content for HDNet but cut the crap with the silly wars with the fighters and if you're going to scoop up UFC castoffs, try booking less boring ground fighters.
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During a prefight video blog, Pavelich claimed Dean Lister versus Thales Leites would be one the greatest grappling matches in the hstory of mixed martial arts. It was awful and exactly what we saw from Lister when he was with the UFC. Throughout the fight Lister, who once again looked light in the gas tank, shot for sloppy takedowns, pulled guard and butt scooted. He almost got booed out of the MGM back at UFC 92 for the same nonsense against Yushin Okami. Leites simply fell forward landing top control, got in a few punches and avoided submission. It may have been the worst televised main event of 2009 in front of what looked like 500 people.
All I could think of was Pavelich's babbling during that vlog touting how great the MFC is:
"No one ever leaves the Maximum Fighting Championship unless they're losing," said Pavelich.
More accurately stated, he should say no established fighter ever goes to the MFC unless they're losing. The rant was clearly directed at Trevor Prangley, who bolted the MFC last month because he needed more fights. Pavelich flipped out on Prangley, who is now slated to fight a real opponent, Robbie Lawler, in a much more prominent Strikeforce on Showtime.
"Most fighters don't fight here because they're either scared or they're not ready or they flunked out of the Maximum Fighting Championship."
Another former UFC fighter, Jason McDonald has been forced to fight back at home. McDonald is great guy but he suffered xx straight losses in the UFC and now Pavelich is making him fight guys like TUF 6 flunkie Solomon Hutcherson. The event looked like a complete embarrassment when McDonald, who controlled the fight on the ground 99-percent of the time, was robbed with a draw. Then came the dreaded score miscalculation and McDonald was correctly given the split decision win.
In the fight of the night, Bryan Baker (11-1) beat the snot out of 37-year-old Art Santore. Santore took a beating and gave some of it back. Marvin Eastman, 40, another UFC fighter from way back, was knocked out by Dwayne Lewis at the end of the first round. Meanwhile, Ryan Jimmo (12-1), a first round loser from TUF 8, won a boring decision against Emmanuel Newton. Pavelich is trying to put on a good show and it's not bad content for HDNet but cut the crap with the silly wars with the fighters and if you're going to scoop up UFC castoffs, try booking less boring ground fighters.
More...
Yahoo! Sports.
Cagewriter is an MMA blog edited by Steve Cofield.
