Josh Neer has always had a reputation as a brawler, but tonight was epic.
The 28-year-old unleashed a vicious elbow attack on Keith Wisniewski that left the fellow veteran fighter unable to continue after the second round. Neer scored a TKO victory when the doctors decided Wisniewski was unable to continue because of cuts on his face.
"I'm happy. I work on my elbows all the time," said Neer (32-10-1). "It was getting hard to do anything in there. I was slipping around because of the blood."
From the start, the fighters decided they wanted to brawl in close quarters. Much of the first round was spent tied up along the cage. Wisniewski (28-13-1, 0-2 UFC) would get off body shots while Neer concentrated on uppercuts and short elbows. Wisniewski was getting popped repeatedly, but wouldn't back out of the clinch.
He felt the effect of all those elbows in the second round. This time around during the clinch situations, Wisniewski was only getting off one shot for every five by Neer.
Neer landed so many short elbows that he ripped open cuts over both of Wisniewski's eyes. By the middle of the round, Wisniewski's face was covered with blood. Neer slapped on a standing guillotine choke near the end of the round. The pressure from Neer squeezing Wisniewski's head had blood squirting everywhere.
When the round ended, referee Dan Miragliotta shook his head in disgust. He told the ringside physician to take a look and they decided it was too dangerous for the wobbled Wisniewski to continue.
This was a return to the UFC for Neer, who is now 5-6 with the promotion. He was cut back in 2009, but worked his way back by going 6-1 on the minor league circuit.
Watson takes out Sandoval in quick fashion
That's a way to make an impression with your new bosses.
Walel Watson, a long, lanky fighter out of San Diego, took out Joseph Sandoval in less than 90 seconds. Behind some nasty kicks, Watson scored a TKO finish at the 1:17 mark of the first round in the first fight on the UFC on Versus 6 card.
It was clear from the start of the fight, Sandoval was playing with fire unless got inside on the 5-foot-11 bantamweight. Instead, he allowed Watson to control the space and get off some excellent head kicks. The southpaw Sandoval was susceptible to anything, punch or kick, coming over his left hand.
Just 65 seconds into the fight, Watson nailed Sandoval with a head kick that dropped him. Sandoval (6-1) scrambled to his feet, but Watson was relentless. Pushing forward, he landed another right head kick on Sandoval's arm and followed with six more punches. A stunned Sandoval hit the ground, couldn't ward off a few more shots, so referee Mario Yamasaki stepped in to save the shorter fighter.
Scoring his first UFC win, Watson (9-2) looks like a solid prospect. Sandoval had gone 6-0 to start his career on the local Texas fight scene. The Shark Fights veteran is a Lubbock, Tx. native.
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