Abdul Mohamed ground out a decision win over three hard rounds against rising star Ross Pearson.

Early on, Abdul slammed Ross to the canvas in the Wolfslair’ corner. Mohamed controlled his opponent, but did not manage to inflict serious damage. Towards the end of the round, with the pair on their feet, Pearson dropped Abdul with a short left. Abdul went down, but never looked in real danger and qucikly regained his composure.

In the second, it looked like the tide was turning. Once again, Ross was on his back- but he bloodied Abdul’s nose with an upkick. Shortly after- he dropped Abdul with another sharp left hand. Ross then tried to finish with a good looking arm bar, but Abdul used his phenomenal strength to shrug it off. On the bell, Pearson launched a flying knee.

Keen to avoid another left hand, Abdul started the final round on the back foot. When the fighters engaged, it was in Abdul territory. In the quietest of the three rounds- the fight played out against the fence and on the deck with Abdul on top.

For me; Ross clearly won the second, Abdul won the first and edged the third. Abdul’s strength and balance make him very difficult to beat. Ross Pearson comes out of the fight with a loss, but with an enhanced reputation. He gave Abdul plenty to think about and showed flashes of the exciting style which suggest he will be moving on to big things in the future.


Rob Broughton put on a good show against former UFC Heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez, before the inevitable happened.

Rob’s career highlights have all come courtesy of his heavy hands- Rodriguez is a Abu Dhabi gold medallist. The Bear dropped Ricco with a left hand. The crowd cheered as he followed him down and tried to finish the fight- but there was a nagging feeling that he would be better off taking a step back and staying in his comfort zone. These doubts began to ebb away as Broughton performed confidently on the ground- even looking for his own subs against the ace grappler.

The fight came to a swift end in the second. Spotting the half chance he’d been waiting for, Ricco caught Broughton in a knee bar. The tap came instantly. Ricco by sub. It was the result most people had been expecting- but Rob Broughton caused him a few problems along the way.

No- he can’t do it again. Oh yes he has. Shaking heads and laughter all around. Paul Sass beats Andrew Fisher by triangle. To demonstrate his range- Sass did try an arm bar first- but you could tell his heart wasn’t in it. That makes it eight triangle subs in a row. Even Fisher couldn't stop himself from laughing. Unbelievable.

Rob Sinclair put in a solid shift to defeat Tim Radcliffe. Radcliffe showed some neat striking in bursts, but Sinclair dictated the shape of the fight. For long periods, he stood over Radcliffe, taking his time to the select the right shot to launch. A mature, controlled performance that earned him a unanimous decision.

Ashleigh Grimshaw and Mick Sinclair oozed confidence before their clash. Both danced to the cage and looked bang up for it. The early stand up exchanges promised a lot- with Grimshaw landing cracking leg kicks. After a brief ground skirmish- they got back to striking. Mick Sinclair then produced a moment that got every single crowd member out of their seats. One – two – head kick – game over. Beautiful.


Andy Wadsworth and Carl Noon left it all in the cage as the pushed each other to the limit. Wadsworth ended the gruelling struggle with a rear naked choke in the third.

Peter Jones had a tough night against Mick Bowman. Bowman relentlessly dropped elbows into his face. In the third- the ref had seen enough and waved it off in favour of the Wolfslair fighter.

Danny Withington and Jay Gladden both scored second round rear naked choke wins over Russell Burns and Mark Mills respectively.

Next Generation’s Jay McGuinnes scaled the fence and milked the applause after his first round arm bar victory over James Williams.

In the opener, Aaron Wilkinson was escorted to the cage by his Wolfslair team mates Paul Kelly and Rampage. He kept his cool and beat his fellow debutante, the game Neil Fraser, with a guillotining in the second.

Ky Howes and Jack McGann both showed guts and skill in an entertaining junior fight.

 

Ring Walk Tune of the Night

James Williams – Welcome to Jamrock, Damian Marley

Runner up

Ricco Rodriguez- Mother, Danzig

 

Coming Next to the Olympia

LadyBoys Of Bangkok
 

Star Factor

The Wolfslair’s policy of signing Galacticos means you can’t move without bumping into a Rampage, a Kongo or a Kelly.

 

Man of the Night

Mick Sinclair

On a night of full top quality action- he provided the show stopping moment.