MFC thoughts

My apologies for no post yesterday. I left Edmonton at 9 in the morning and drove till almost midnight to get to my parent's place for the long weekend.

MFC was a pretty good card and I was lucky enough to be ringside, reporting for sherdog.com. The main event was really good. Emanuel Newton redeemed himself nicely after his last performance as he and Trevor Prangley went toe to toe for the whole 25 minutes. It was a close fight that could have gone either way. I had it 47-47 and would have loved to see them do it again, but the judges saw it otherwise (48-46, 49-46, 49-46 for Prangley the judges saw it). Both guys stand and banged the whole fight. Each guy would dive in, throw a three or four strike combo, then back out. Excellent fight. This derails Newton a little. He obviously takes a step back with the loss but I still can see him in the UFC some day.

Bobby Lashley didn't prove much to me, despite winning in 24 seconds. He was fighting someone who was obviously outmatched and had no business being in the ring with a former three time NAIA wrestling champion. Lashley will be in tougher against Sapp at the end of next month, but even then I still think it will be a fairly easy victory for Lashley. He needs to fight an experienced vet, like a Ricco Rodriguez or a Travis Wiuff to see where he is.

Lastly, John Alessio looked great in picking up a victory that he needed very much. Coming off back to back losses, Alessio needed this win. He bounced back nicely from his loss in Japan last month. Buckland is a good young prospect and a decent challenge for anyone. Alessio looked great and looked a million times better on the ground. Galbraith/Heath was close. I think the hometown Galbraith got a bit of the benefit of the doubt. Marvin Eastman was expected to stand and bang with Lofton, but won the fight on the ground. I would love to see Marvin Eastman vs Emanuel Newton next show.