Thumbs down

Best fight: none. McKee vs. Thompson was off to a good start before the bullshit finish. I think Thompson got hit or kneed in the nuts and the ref missed it because his seeing eyed dog spilled his cup of pencils all over his white cane. He also managed to miss Sapp tapping out right in front of him.

Worst fight: tempted to go with the first fight, Ordo vs. Abbadabba or whatever his name was, but I think I'm going with the Atencio fight because I think it was a work.

KO: Spiritwolf

Sub: Javier Vasquez

The first fight was a snoozefest. Mediocre everything.

Harder vs. Harris was a sloppy brawl for people who like that kind of thing, but Harder did pull off a good technical sub to raise the quality of the fight.

The ring announcer btw rivals Scott Farrell for annoying, and beats him easy for incompetence. Never heard so many mistakes. And the 4th guy on the announce team looking like he just came in from the playground interviewing the sponsors in the ring after each fight? Good God. Complete, utter Amateur Night in Dixie.

Atencio and the other guy were whispering in each other's ear in the clinches all through the fight. He could have finished Atencio right in the beginning and had to work very hard not to. He took his bloody nose like a little man and quit in the corner like a good boy, and I fully expect to see him on an upcoming Affliction undercard. Atencio's promo on Dana would have been a lot more impressive if he had really won a fight.

Cooper looked like he was sleepwalking even before the KO and Spiritwolf really nailed him. Tremendous shot. But why was Cooper permitted to stumble around the ring for five minutes asking when the next round was? Where was the medical attention? Amateur Night in Dixie again.

Good, smart performance by Horodecki. Didn't strike with a striker even though he's a striker himself, and took the guy into uncomfortable areas and subbed him.

Too bad about Din Thomas but again it points to the the incompetence of the promotion and commission. He's overweight, you tell him he's not, let him start rehydrating, then tell him he has to make the weight? Amateur Night in Dixie. Vasquez vs.Thomas would be a real good fight. Vasquez is an ace and has a star vibe and the poor local yokel who stepped in to take the fight didn't have a chance in hell and fortunately Vasquez finished him quick and clean.

McKee vs. Thompson was looking like the first actual technical contest of the card before the bizarre finish. Wish they had replayed the moment when whatever happened happened. Thompson certainly wasn't tapping from those pittypat strikes. In any case, the one good fight got ruined.

Rizzo is shot and his chin is long gone in the past and he needs to retire while he can still talk, but Yvel can still crack. Was sorta holding the cage when he landed the LHK, though. Him and Buentello should be fun.

Lashley was smart talking all week about boxing and then taking Sapp down right off the bat. Easy win. Sapp still sucks. I think he's better off heavier, not that he can fight worth shit at any weight. Lashley was puffing on his postfight promo which is a cause for concern. If he doesn't have cardio rising up the ranks is going to be a real problem despite his considerable natural gifts and talent. How could the ref miss Sapp tapping right in front of him? Was Sapp's arm too small to see?

Some good performances and moments but overall the card just had too cheap, cheesy, rednecky and amateurish of a vibe and presentation. The Roy Jones card was far more professional.

Crimson Mask

Best Match: Atencio vs Hedderick
Worst Match: Lashley vs Sapp
Thumbs In The Middle

I was at the show, one of the few.. as the place seemed to be more than half empty. I knew I was in for something special when the dj started playing music in the middle of the first round of the first undercard fight. The production for this thing was worse than indy cards I've gone to with 25 people in the crowd. Really nothing eventful on the undercard, basically a few 3 minute rd amateur fights. It seemed like the crowd ending up shitting on both Lashley and Sapp after the fight. But the crowd sure did go apeshit for Randy Hedderick. Atencio getting knocked down got one of the biggest pops I've ever heard at an MMA show. More than anything because of Randy being the hometown boy as I doubt the majority of the crowd knew who Atencio was (he got a lot of 'huhs?' in my area when he mentioned Dana White).  The announcer said that there would be 3 more amateur fights after the Lashley-Sapp fight, but I was done for after nearly 5 hours of fights already. Seemed like most of what crowd was there took off too. And has there ever been more weird finishes and fighters no one have ever heard of on a ppv before? Not enough to give it a thumbs up but I definitely didn't leave after all the whackiness and two very solid fights to give thumbs down, so thumbs in the middle.

Craig Deeks

William Zdon

Hey Dave here I my quick thoughts on Ultimate Chaos,

Thumbs up for the fights
Thumbs down for the worst production I personally have ever seen.

Best Fight : John Harris vs. Brandon Harder
Worst Fight : Danny Abaddi vs. James Orso, just to dull

Lashley looked good, not really a good fight to showcase his talents but a big name victory none the less.
Ring announcer JD Lyons was the shits as was Col. Bob Sheridan, just the absolute shits.
I’ve never seen so many ads in the cage and plugs for crap know one would ever buy in my life.
The promoters should be ashamed of prodution the put out their. heads should roll if they ever plan on doing another show.


Steve Garrison
Sacramento, CA