WCCF Ring Of Pain One Results

WCCF Ring of Pain One
Live at the BankAntlantic Center

Ingram: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to WCCF's first Ring of Pain tournament. Tonight, the top four men and top four women will compete in a single elimination tournament to decide who will next face their respective champions. The winners of the tournaments will then face each other in an intergender contest for bragging rights. Now, a quick reminder of the rules here. Each match will be 2 rounds of 10 minuites, victory by knockout or submission. Kicks and knees to grounded opponents, headbutts, punches to the back of the head are all legal, and there are no standups. WCCF tournament rules apply meaning that if there is no winner the match is declared a draw, and Ring of Pain matches do not count towards official win-loss records.

Round One
"He is Indeed" Seth Williams def. Corey O'Brian R2 0:10 KO "Turn out the Lights" Punch, ****
Corey started this one pretty strong, but Seth knew he had to make a statement to finally break into the championship level. Not only that Seth showed he is capable on the ground too. O'Brian got some great submissions in but Seth survived the round and at the second bell he caught Corey clean with his trademark left cross and Corey was totally out of it.

"Death God" Seto Kazuyo def. "Hand of God" Michael Norcia R2 0:30 Sub via Kneebar *****
Early fight of the year contender here, and a contrast of styles: Kazuyo the elusive and methodical submission specialist, Norcia the striker whose style is compared to a bulldozer. Highlight of this fight was Kazuyo getting slammed HARD by Norcia, and then getting hit with elbows that made him bleed profusely. Norcia again showed reluctance to fight on the ground like he did with Harold Creed, but this time for good reason: Norcia would try to hit him with a back mount and a series of elbows like he did with O'Brian to win the Men's title but Kazuyo slipped out and forced a submission.

Gutter def. Sarah Martinez R1 6:40 KO via Headbutt ***
Martinez looked to gain some huge momentum by defeating one of WCCF's most popular fighters, but Gutter proved once again that she is not an underdog fighter. This back and forth brawl ended abruptly with a headbutt that totally floored the karate fighter.

Alicia Gordon def. Saya Kazama R1 5:00 TKO after a Spin Kick **
Alicia basically ahniliated Saya here. Saya barely got any offense at all. Alicia didn't have her hands up but it was pretty obvious she didn't even need to, and Saya's sister Sakura would throw in the towel before the younger Kazama got seriously hurt.

Round Two- Divisional #1 Contendership matches

"He Is Indeed" Seth Williams def "Death God" Seto Kazuyo R1 8:16 KO via Kicks ****
Fatigue was on obvious factor on both sides, as both men went at it but not in the same intensity as before. In the end this one came down to the man who wanted it more, and it ended up being the young boxer who suprised everyone by finishing this match with a kicking combination.

Alicia Gordon def. Gutter R1 9:06 KO via "Speed of LAWL" Kicks *****
The long-awaited rematch between these two was everything that you could expect. Interesting thing to note is Alicia was actually listening to Jang Bae and Thunderstrike, keeping her hands up. She was still a flurry until a kick knocked Gutter over the ropes causing Big Bud to give Gutter time to get back in the ring. Gordon looked like she was starting to kick herself out but JUSTICE would tell her to pace herself, and again she listened, slowing herself down but also managing to catch the counterstriker Gutter off guard. Gordon attempted several chokeouts, but Gutter refused to go down until a series of kicks knocked her out.

Final Round

"He Is Indeed" Seth Williams def. Alicia Gordon R1 3:09 via Right Hook ***
Alicia must have gotten overconfident and fell back to her old ways, as she didn't bother keeping her hands up at all, and this once again proved to be her undoing as Seth floored her with a blow that sent Gordon's mouthguard flying out the ring and into the fourth row! Gordon was still out of it when JUSTICE stepped in to take her out of the ring, and Seth remained standing tall.

Post-Fight Interview
Ingram: That was a BRUTAL shot, Seth, and now you are set to take on the most feared striker in WCCF, Harold Creed. Do you think you can knock him out as well?

Seth: Creed's all hands, man. He can't take a clean punch. If I hit what I hit on Gordon, it'll be lights out.

Ingram: But what if he manages to hit you?

Seth: Well the dude's obviously got some crazy power behind those hooks of his but the thing is, I've been watching him, I know when he's going to throw those bombs, and I can get out of the way. Blocking isn't an option, because he punches so hard, I heard that a sparring partner of his blocked a punch, and from that alone, the dude's ARM got broken. So I'm going to be stepping up my footwork for Creed, but I can do it.

Ingram: Last time you fought Alicia Gordon she knocked you out, and now you knocked Alicia out. If you two fight again, what do you think will happen?

Seth: Alicia's a great fighter, and like we just saw earlier she can be almost unstoppable if she just keeps her hands up. Defense is seriously underrated in MMA, and Gordon's record is proof of that, she gets knocked out not because she's not a better fighter but because she doesn't defend herself. In fact I'm worried about her because if she keeps up like that she's going to get brain damage one day. As far as to a third match... well, it depends on who gets that big blow first.

Ingram: Well thank you Seth for your thoughts, and good luck with facing Seth Williams.