Down to Business - Recap

Clips from the last episode are shown including the fights with Junie Browning, Dave Kaplan and Jules Bruchez.

Wesley Murch, a lightweight from England, takes on John Polakowski. Polakowski's fight interview is anything but serious as he jokes around about having ADHD. Both fighters come out with Wesley coming out losing as he immediately drops to the ground from a hit by John. Wesley fights back to his feet and gets John in a headlock.The two grapple until they fall to the ground.Wesley gets top position on John allowing him to punch him in the ribs. John tries to hit on the back of the head. John fights back trying to apply an ankle hold. John then on top of Wesley and punches in the back of the head. Later Wesley still on his back takes further shots by Polakowshi.The two later stand and fight against the cage exchanging kicks and knees. Polakowski then takes Wes to the ground and applies a front face lock. Wesley gets the strength to stand and climb on top of John to apply a choke. Polakowski shows strength of his own and manages to turn his body around to break the choke. Wesley tries to grab his arms while John tries to punch him.The two stand once again, Wesley delivers a hard kick to John's left leg but then trips off the hit.John takes advantage and starts wailing away at him until the horn sounds.

Wesley appears in pain as apparently his foot got the worse end of his kick to John. Round 2 starst and both guys start jabbing. In an attempt to win the fight, Wesley throws a high knee. He misses the target and then slouches back in pain. Again the pain in his foot from the kick he tried to deliver hurt him more than he let on. The ref starts the fight and John Polakowsi is declared the winner.

The next fight is Shane Primm, a light heavyweight vs. Sean O'Connell. Sean talks about how he likes Forest Griffin as a fighter.The two start out with Sean coming out swinging while Primm tries to grab his head to deliver a couple of knees.Sean then slams Primm hard on the mat. O'Connell tries to grab Primm's arm for a submission while Primm tries to use his legs to squeeze Sean's arm. The two fight on the mat with Sean having control but later gets position on him trying to make him tap out. The two stand and fight against the cage. They fall again with this time Primm getting positioning.Sean appears out of breath as Primm tries a rear naked choke. Sean tries to turn himself over but Primm has a firm hold on him. Sean eventually taps out to the winner Shane Primm.Sean says he fought hard but made stupid mistakes. The next fight is Ido Pariente, lightweight, fighting Edrain Escudero.Ido tries to catch Edrain with a kick right of the bat. Edrain takes him down to the mat. The two exchange punches with Edrain landing more hits. The two stand up again and Ido tries to grab Edrain's right leg. Edrain fights out of it and the two again grabble to the mat when Ido misses his right hand punches when Edrain takes him down.Edrain is in top trying to make him tap.The two stand up again but Edrain has a firm headlock on Ido bringing him down to the mat.Edrain now flips Ido over trying to apply a rear naked choke. Ido has no defense and is gasping for breath. He lands one punch on Edrain's face before tapping out.

Next fight Ryan Lopez, a light heavyweight vs. Tom Lawler Lawler fighting in the red trunks takes down Lopez to the ground getting early positioning on him. Lopez turns around with his back to Lawler allowing him to apply a choke. The fight is over in mere seconds as Lopez taps out Lawler.

The next fight is Roli Delgado vs. George Roop which is edited due to time. The two coming out swinging then two drop the mat. Roli appears in trouble as George tries a submission. Roli fights of out the corner of the cage but eventually George wins the fight in round two.

The next fight is Kyle Kinsbury vs. Ryan Bader. Kyle fighting blue trunks fight toe to toe with Ryan. This fight is also heavily edited. The two fight standing, on the mat and against the cage. In Round 2 Ryan starts to dominate and eventually applies an arm triangle. Kyle taps out to Ryan Bader.

The next fight is Charles Diaz vs Shane Nelson Once again another edited fight. Diaz fighting in the red trunks gets an early dominace on Diaz punching and kicking him all over the octagon. Nelson tries a comeback raining knees against Diaz.The turning point is a couple of giant knees in Round 29 which given Nelson the victory.

The next fight is Eliot Marshallm, light heavyweight, vs. Karu Grigoryan. Karu tries a high kick to Eliot. Eliot tries to duck and take Karu down but Karu ends up the one being on top.Eliot tries to grab his arms while Karu wails away.Eliot eventually turns out and gets position on Grigoryan. Eliot applies a scissors lock on Karu while trying a choke. Karu powers out of the submission.The horn sounds with both guys still getting positioning.

Round 2 almost landing a high right kick to Karu. Eliot lands a high right hand when Karu tries to step in with a kick.Eliot lands a couple of combos while Karu misses wildly. Marshall tries to drop Karu down but Grigoryan get the better end of it. Eliot gets on top of Karu and lands down elbows. The fight goes to a third round.The two appear daze as attempting the same grapple they both drop to the ground. Eliot grabs Karu's arm with his legs.Marshall then puts his legs on Karu's stomach while attempting a choke.Karu powers out of the submission but is exhausted.
Karu is now bleeding on Eliot's body.The referre sees the blood and tells both guys to fight standing. Karu despite having blood over him continues the fight. The horn sounds and in a narrow judge's decision Grigoryan wins the fight.Mir thinks Eliot won the fight as does Dana White. However, White points out that the decision was with the judges.Dana congratulates both winners and losers. White also points out that Antwain Britt broke his hand and is going home despite winning his fight. The alternte turns out to be the guy who just lost, Eliot Marshall.


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