Unleashed 31

[Jackson]

UNLEASHED 31
Alice Springs, Australia


UNDERCARD

Open Weight Fight
Allison Detorre vs Frank "Blitz" Krieger

An inside knee lands early from Krieger, setting the pace for the opening fight. Detorre returns with a hook and a leg kick. Krieger meets a punch attempt with a front kick. Krieger going hard with inside leg kicks. Detorre's face wears damage as she circles out of harm's way before charging back in, swinging for the fences with a right hook. Krieger is blocking them with ease. Krieger connects with a nice straight right that drives his opponent back, but Detorre fires back with a blocked bolo. Krieger isn't giving her much in the way of breathing room. His strategy is to take the steam out of Detorre's predictable approach. As Detorre closes, he takes jabs and inside leg kicks broken up by the occasional straight right. Krieger takes control of the stand-up game moving into a spinning hook kick, to which Detorre throws a spinning backfist. Both get air. Detorre's nose is bleeding badly. Krieger catches a punch as Detorre charges in, but she lands a knee at the circle's edge before they break apart. Detorre literally launches herself into Krieger and gets nothing as he bodily shoves her off. Krieger goes flatfooted and dares Detorre to throw another shot. Rolling her shoulders as she wipes the blood off her upper lip, Detorre obliges, and plasters Krieger with a couple of big punches that look to be shifting the tide back in her favor. Krieger gets the takedown and threatens with an armbar before catching a triangle choke submission. Krieger alerts the ref that Detorre is out after throwing a few elbows to her face. 

Krieger defeats Detorre via submission at 4:56.

Open Weight Fight
Kaitlynn "The Bitch" McIntyre vs Mark Chapman

Chapman lands a punch as McIntyre charges in, stopping her in her tracks. McIntyre kicks at the knees and nearly gets caught with a couple of hooks. Chapman catches the former Lightweight Champion's roundhouse kick. He can't take her down yet as he hooks a leg and pushes her back, but as they clash again, he lands on top. He can't do much before McIntyre scrambles to her feet. Chapman misses a high kick. McIntyre connects with a body shot and a follow-up body kick. McIntyre hits a switch off an attempted takedown and nearly gets Chapman's back, but he scrambles and takes guard. McIntyre ties the action up again with her left leg. Chapman stands overhead and waits for McIntyre to get up. Chapman pushes the action back in his favor with a few jabs. McIntyre gets fancy with a spinning kick. The two tie up, but not much lands. They tie up again, and Chapman lands a nice punch combo from in close. McIntyre tries to shoot, but is shut down. It's a completely frenzied fight. McIntyre takes a jab, then another. Perhaps the pace has caught up to both, because they're not throwing with the same energy. McIntyre chases Chapman around with a few high kicks. They end the round when McIntyre leaps in with a front kick as Chapman kicks. McIntyre lands the shot, but she falls down hard and scrambles, catching Chapman's leg and pulling it out from under him.

Chapman nails a knee to the midsection as he falls on the downed McIntyre, looking to get his hooks in and behind denied as she upkicks him in the groin. The two hit their feet again, swinging for the fences, but it's McIntyre that seems like she's coming up short on a consistent basis, outmatched by Chapman's power. McIntyre wrestles the action down and lands in Chapman's half-guard. She stands up and strikes down on Chapman before returning to half-guard and working ground and pound. Briefly taking mount, she looks to finish him off, but Chapman gets half-guard back as McIntyre fires away with punches and elbow strikes. McIntyre stands briefly and fires down a punch. Chapman uses a brief respite to get to his feet. The two trade against the circle's edge before McIntyre takes it down again. Chapman looks like he's hit the wall as she keeps wailing away to his head and face, locking his arm between her knees as she shoves him over on his back. McIntyre struggles to pass into a scissor lock, but Chapman fights her with every ounce of energy he has left in the tanks. She's doing a lot of damage on top. Her right elbow is smashing Chapman's face up. McIntyre stands and fires down more punches. Chapman tries to scramble up, but McIntyre is all over him. The fight is all McIntyre's at this point. Chapman's face is swollen badly. McIntyre stands overhead and kicks at Chapman's legs before firing down punches and returning to half-guard. This time she transitions over to a kimura, and gets the submission with ease.

McIntyre defeats Chapman via submission at 11:11.

MAIN EVENT

Open Weight Fight
Shane "Dixie Dynamite" Sanders vs Theodore Janes

Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, the two fighters in the circle tonight will fight until only one remains standing!!! All bets for this fight are now final. Introducing first... she stands at 167 centimeters and weighs 63 kilograms, with a record of eleven wins and seven losses. Ladies and gentlemen... SHANE "DIXIE DYNAMITE" SANDERRRRRRRRRS!!!

Shane makes her way into the circle, looking more subdued than usual.

Announcer: And now... her opponent... a mixed martial artist with a record of two wins, and one loss, standing at 185 centimeters and weighing in at 102 kilograms. Ladies and gentlemen... THEODORE JANNNNNNNNNES!!!

The fighters circle, and surprisingly, it's Sanders charging forward with punches. She tags Janes several times, but when Janes slips away and then charges back with a big bolo, he gets a quick takedown. Sanders scrambles for side mount, but Janes is quick to reverse and get up. He pulls Sanders with him and tosses her overhand, sending her skidding across the barely padded concrete floor. Janes flies through the air and lands two knees in 1-2 succession on the midsection of Sanders, who tries in vain to turtle and scuttle away. Janes gets knee-on-belly position briefly, and fires down a few short right elbows. Sanders works for a crucifix and Janes scrambles up to his feet, backing off and regrouping. Sanders fires in with a fake shot, and catches Janes by the leg, sweeping and taking him down. She mounts him against the edge of the circle and flattens him out with elbows. Just like his fight with McIntyre the week before, Janes remains in stoic control despite mounting offense, and threatens Sanders with a possible foot lock. Sanders scrambles out and quickly locks in a crucifix position. Janes again scrambles out and get to his feet where he tags Sanders with a left handed strike. Sanders wobbles but fires back a few sloppy shots, but it's the best moment of the fight thus far for Janes. Janes backs off a clinch with a high kick. Sanders lands a knee in close but Janes throws her off again. They can't keep this pace up.

Sanders throws a sloppy leg kick before Janes charges in and dumps her to the floor. A few more well-timed strikes connect with the body of Sanders before she attempts to scramble, but she gets only a moderate respite in re-gaining half-guard. She tries to reverse again and is mounted. Sanders eats a series of right elbows from mount before giving up position, letting Janes get back on his feet. The two are leaning on each other, more for rest than position. Sanders grabs her opponent's legs once again and dumps him. Janes reverses and lands some bigs punches from overhead. Sanders is badly rocked, but she's not giving up. As Janes postures for a big punch, Sanders gets up and drives for a takedown. She meets no resistance. Sanders lands in half-guard and works to scissor his right arm. She mounts Janes easily and delivers another couple of left elbows as the round ends.

The two quickly spill over as Janes twists and reverses, attempting to lock up Dixie Dynamite's head with his legs, but she stays in side mount. Sanders works for a crucifix, then gets mount. She can't keep it long, though, and the audience boos as she attempts to wrestle tiredly at the edge of the circle, trying to keep Janes at bay. Sanders leaps over his guard and works for an Americana. She gives the arm up and postures to throw punches, and Janes eats them and then fires in with a few of his own, driving her down with knees to the midsection and rolling her on her back. Janes traps her arms and locks in a crucifix. His right elbow hammers Sanders in the face. Still Sanders tries to rally back, putting on a lax grappling display at best. Janes is completely dominating, and Sanders can't do anything to put him away. Janes knows enough to stymie the action as he fires in a knee under the chin that puts the lights out as Sanders tries to lock in a submission out of desperation. Sanders flings her right arm down at Janes, trying to hook anything as he follows up with a palm strike to end the final seconds of the brutal fight.

Janes defeats Sanders via knockout at 13:11.