Fight Night in the Flats 9 got off to a rocky start for GriffonRawl. Jason Dent's opponent missed the weigh-in, and never did turn up. Sammy Callari got tagged early and ended up on the wrong side of a TKO. It fell to 'Bonesaw' George Comer to put the evening back in positive territory, and he delivered a dominating performance and another Unanimous Decision victory.
Taking the events in the order they occurred:
Andrew Osborne (9-5 overall) is a veteran fighter with a grinding standup game. All but two of his wins are decisions in standup wars, the other two are KO's. He is not afraid of a long fight. Which makes it all the more puzzling that he did not show up for the weigh-in. Jason was very disappointed (read angry) that the fight camp might be wasted. Never taking things lying down, when Jason learned that there was a possibility that Osborne would no show he was on the phone to other promotions looking to book himself a fight as soon as possible.
Izzy William (5-1) is currently ranked 3rd among NAAFS Amateur Lightweights. All of his wins are by KO or TKO, and 4 of those are in the first round. William came out fast and swinging wide, and Sammy countered well backing him up with straight counter rights. But one of the wild swings got through. Sammy is a warrior, but he was tagged hard and couldn't recover before the referee stopped the bout. It's possible that Sammy could have recovered, but amateur rules dictate if there is to be an error, it will be on the side of an early stoppage. Sammy's will come back from this and put another W on his resume soon.
On paper George Comer was in the most danger of the three GriffonRawl fighters. His opponent was Brian Camozzi (younger brother of UFC Middleweight Chris Camozzi). Camozzi fights out of Factory X in Denver, which boasts 3 alternates for the US Olympic Wrestling team on the training rotation. Camozzi brought a 5-0 record to the fight, also, a half dozen kickboxing trophies, a Blue Belt in BJJ and at 6'2” and 76”, a significant height and reach advantage. But fights aren't won on paper, and George stuck to Jason's plan: nullify Camozzi's reach and striking by taking him to the ground as fast as possible and keep him there. Use elbows to open him up, stay busy and look to finish with a submission. Camozzi did display excellent takedown defense, but crumbled against Comer's dogged persistence and insane conditioning.
A unofficial breakdown of the fight has it 2 minutes of standup, 11 minutes with Comer in control, and 2 minutes of Camozzi in control. The judges saw it the same way with a Unanimous Decision for Comer (30-27, 29-28, 30-27). Way to go Bonesaw.
Images courtesy of Mike Wrobel at ShootItMMA.com
Written by: Bob Donaghy
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