Raw Combat

[steverowbotham]

Hey everyone. I'm in Calgary right now for my brother's fight. He fights tonight at the Stampede Corral. Wish him luck!

 

Here's last nights weigh-in results and photos.

 

Mike Rowbotham (185.5 lbs) vs. Keto Allen (185.5 lbs)

 

 

Matt Bagshaw Vs. Wes Jaya - Both fighters failed to make weight and contract was renegotiated

 

 

Nathan Gunn (170 lbs) vs. Jarett Evans (171 lbs)

 

 

Bernie Antle (132 lbs) vs. Hardeep Singh (135.5 lbs)

 

 

Myles Merola (156 lbs) vs. Brad Cardinal (155.5 lbs)

 

 

Andrew Buckland (171 lbs) vs. Garett Davis (171 lbs)

 

 

Trevor Stewardson (183 lbs) vs. Brandon Seguin (185 lbs)

 

 

Ryan Ford (170 lbs) vs. Nabil Khatib (171 lbs)

 

 

Miodrag Petkovic (242 lbs) vs Tim Hague (264.5 lbs)

 

 

Len Tam (144.5 lbs) vs. Bibiano Fernandes (144 lbs) - Featherweight Title Fight

 

 

Denis Kang (186 lbs) vs. Marvin Eastman (186 lbs)

 

[Governator]

The guy your brother is fighting looks massive... gl

[steverowbotham]

Yeah he's a big guy, its upper body mass. Itty bitty legs on him haha. Mike has a good gameplan going into the fight and is very confident.

 

Not that you can use previous fights to determine a fight. But both of their last fights were against the same opponent.

 

Mike Rowbotham defeats Mike Zvonick by Submission (armbar) at 2:14 of Round 1

 

Keto Allen defeats Mike Zvonick by TKO at 2:40 of Round 3.

 

It's a confidence thing knowing you finished the same guy 10 minutes sooner.

[Beats]

I always think it's funny that there is only one pose those guys do in every single shot of them. They must get tired of holding their arms like that every time someone points a camera at them

[misfish]

It's a confidence thing knowing you finished the same guy 10 minutes sooner.

Steve I agree,but HEART,has alot to do with it also. Your getting pounded,can you suck it up and get back into the game. Only to the girls , SIZE matter.

[danc]

Good luck to your brother Mike tonight Steve. My buddy Nathan Gunn is also on the card. Are these events ever televised?

[misfish]

Dan

I catch them the odd time on Spike. But way later after the event.

[kentooley]

I'm a Christian ...and I will pray for your brother to slap the other guy like the carp that he is.

[sharper]

So how did he do?

[Terry]

RAW COMBAT RESULTS

Keto Allen def. Mike Rowbotham by submission due to strikes (liver kick) in Round 2

Matt Bagshaw def. Wes Jaya by submission (choke) in Round 1

Brad Cardinal def. Myles Merola by submission (triangle choke) in Round 1

Nathan Gunn def Jaret Evans by Unanimous Decision

HArdeep Singh def. Bernie Antle by TKO in Round 1

Andrew Buckland def Garett Davis in Round 1 by KO

Ryan Ford def. Nabil Khatib by Unanimous Decision

Tim Hague def. Miodrag Petkovic by Unanimous Decision

Jeremy Stewardson def. Brandon Seguin by TKO in Round 3

Bibiano Fernandes def. Len Tam by submission (triangle choke) in Round 1

Denis Kang def Marvin Eastman by KO in Round 1

Edited October 26, 2008 by Terry

[danc]

Thanks for the results Terry. Too bad that Mike lost, but I'm sure that he'll bounce back. Surely a "liver kick" is enough to take anyone down.

 

I see that my buddy Nathan "The Machiiiinnnnnnne" Gunn (that's what I call him ) won yet again. I think that he's 6-0 now. I think that this is his first fight that went the distance as well. He just keeps on flying to Calgary and kicking the crap out of whoever they put up against him. If you ever had the chance to look Nathan in the eye, you'd know right then and there that you wouldn't want to fight him. The guy is tough as nails. I had a talk with Nathan earlier this summer about his future plans in the sport. He told me that he got into the sport too late, and that his age is not on his side. He's in his early 30's now. So his plans are to just keep going until he wears out. It has to be tough to stay competitive in that sport while maintaining a full time job outside of the sport. Watch for his name in upcoming events. The kid is mean.

[steverowbotham]

Mike trained with Nate in Thunder Bay for a while, hes a phenominal fighter.

 

Mike did really well in his fight, he had the guy mounted and was punishing him from the top, then went for an armbar and missed it, went for submissions from his back for the last 2 minutes of round 1. About 1:30 into round 2, he ate a kick to the liver that visually hurt him. He tried to continue but was forced to tap out due to strikes. When I talked to him after he said he tapped because he was too worried about covering his liver than covering his face. I'll add pics later, on my way to Banff now!!