Live: David Rickels vs Karl Amoussou

by Dr. Octagon, J.D.

No elbows to the head allowed. That’s some fucking bullshit right there.

Round 1: Karl Amoussou with a big head-kick. Karl throws  a combination and got kicked so hard his jock strap broke. Yowzers. Never seen that happen before. They’re going back to the locker room to get the man a spare jock strap. Looks like someone is going to have to share. Eww. Pretty fucking awkward bra. I guess there’s not much else you can do.

They’re fucking taping this thing on. I don’t know if I would trust my cock to some medical tape. That shit comes unstuck and the next inside legkick could turn your junk into a sack full of mush.

The action restarts and Karl is throwing huge kicks, he gets the takedown. Karl is swinging for the fences with every shot. He’s very explosive and reminds me of Melvin Guillard. David Rickels sweeps and gets a tight closed guard going, the ref stands them up. Rickels goes for a flying knee and Karl gets him on the ground, then lets him up. [[MORE]]

Karl throws two big punches and throws Rickels to the ground, then falls into the crucifix position. I bet Karl is wishing he could throw some elbows here, he’s really not doing much damage. Amoussou gets poked in the eyes and Rickels stops punching, but the ref tells them to start again. That was weird. Weird fucking fight. Rickels is boxing Karl’s ear, I guess because he’s not allowed to elbow from the bottom.

Karl won that round 10-9.

Round 2: Leg kick by Rickels. The fighters trade and Karl gets the takedown by a throw. Rickels is going for ear slaps from the bottom. This fight is pretty terrible so far. The ref stands up the fighters. Amoussou landing the better shots again this round. But Rickels lands a nice left. Amoussou comes foward with a punch-punch-knee combination and has Rickels against the cage. Rickels lands a knee as the fighters disengage.

The fighters exchange again and both land. Karl looks winded as Rickels lands a bunch of punches. Amoussou comes through and gets another takedown. Rickels is going for an omoplata, but doesn’t get anything. Amousssou gets out of it and is back in the mount, though he isn’t doing any damage. Rickels lands two nice punches from the bottom and goes for an armbar, but Karl slams him twice to try to get out of it. Rickels lets go of the armbar as the round ends.

That round was close, but I think Rickels stole it with the more effective fighting. These Taco Bell commercials are awful.

Round 3: The fighters come out and Rickels lands an immediate nutshot via push-kick. Karl landed a punch, but Rickels goes for a leglock and transitions to the top position. Rickels is working the body from inside the guard. Rickels is very active here. He’s doing a lot more damage from the top than Karl did. Nice ground and pound. Rickels is putting a beating on Karl.

Ref tells them to keep working after they stopped for a second. Rickels is working his ass off here. Karl’s face is fucked and I bet his stomach doesn’t feel very good either. David Rickels throws a double hammerfist from the top position. Karl’s face is fucked. Rickels dispensing a savage beating from the top position. Karl lands an upkick. Rickels dives in with a punch and Karl goes for a heel hook, but isn’t even close with it. Karl lands a kick to the head when Rickels is down. This could be a 10-8 round for Rickels, who landed a ton of shots.

That second round was close and I have a feeling Rickels isn’t going to win it, but we’ll see. Yup. Split decision for Karl Amoussou.