If you’re looking for a full recap, check out Inside Fights for Trent Pusey’s thoughts on the show.
In this episode, we saw what could only be called a burial of Charles McCarthy’s career, as not only was he made to look like a guy with no self esteem, but we saw the clip of David “The Crow” Loiseau’s spinning back kick/flying knee combo about ten times.
What, you don’t remember it? Take one more look at it:
First round was clearly Sell’s round. He dominated on the ground, and McCarthy even turtled for a good 30 seconds at one point. Charles claimed that his ACL popped or something, but I mean c’mon – Jorge fricking Gurgel fought with a torn ACL or a Bobby Orr-type knee (can’t remember which), don’t lean on that as an excuse.
Second round started with Sell sinking a guillotine for about a minute on McCarthy, and had Charles’ face bright red as well. But McCarthy escaped, and good on him for that. Then we saw Charles literally LIE on top of Sell for another minute. And referee Steve Mazzagatti didn’t bother standing them up for inactivity. Steve must’ve reffed one too many heavyweight boxing matches prior to this, because that’s the only thing I can think of to explain his letting the plodding pace continue. But as compensation, we get shots of Sell and McCarthy that look like they were in an old Peter North movie than in the Octagon.
Hey, look it up. That’s what google is for.
Somehow, the fight goes to a third round, most likely because NSAC-sanctioned judges STILL don’t know how to judge MMA when it goes to the ground. Or maybe they don’t get monitors with which to see the action? The cage would certainly obscure a lot of the little things Sell was doing from the bottom, and a lot of the things McCarthy wasn’t doing.
The outcome, however, was never in doubt, as Sell wins a unanimous decision in extra time, and next week we get Matt Serra taking on “lucky loser” Pete Spratt in the final Welterweight match. Will the grey team sweep? And will Serra tell himself to “hammahfist elbow” Spratt? These are burning questions that I need to know.
