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Universal Fight Game League(UFG) took place in December 2nd, 2011 at the Dr. Pepper Arena in the Dallas, Texas. The card was stacked with eight exciting fights. The Fight Game brand is the brainchild of Hall of Fame MMA promoter and Pioneer Frederico Lapenda, who has introduced fighters, such as Marco Ruas, Vitor Belfort, Mark Kerr, Pedro Rizzo, Igor Vovchanchyn, and others. In May 2011, Fight Game broadcasted in his Fight Game YouTube Channel the first YouTube international mixed martial arts (MMA) pay-per-view event. And in June 2011, Fight Game partnered up with Microsoft/Xbox and produced the video game “Fight Game Rivals” featuring some of their fighters, including Semmy Schilt.

The first fight of the night saw strong action early on before Jabari Shakur quickly gassed however he showed a lot of will as the skill of Neal Ewing overmatched and overwhelmed most of the fight after the early back and forth action. Neal Ewing won the opening fight of the night via Submission (rear naked choke) at the end of the second round.

In the next bout both fighters showed a lot of heart, as Wes Linsley battled back from an early onslaught to stay competitive losing a Unanimous Decision to a workhorse and highly skilled Sean Holden. Looking to stop the fight Holden closed the bout with an impressive series of knees to the head of Linsley.

The third fight was the only lull of the evening. After missing weight Michael Lytle showed some solid Tae Kwon Do skills in a competitive first round but in the next two rounds did little to show he wanted to be in a fight at all against George Pacurariu who did all he could to keep the fight engaged. Pacurariu showed a lot of different skills and interested in seeing him in another fight soon against a more aggressive opponent.

Charles Byrd and Robert Agee took to the center of the 32” circular cage next and both men came out swinging wildly. Byrd started to control the fight in the second round and continued to further dominate with an obvious strength advantage. Constantly pressuring his opponent and pushing Agee up against the cage. Agee showed a slick ground game in the third but just missed on an armbar and he lost control from bottom position, Byrd then took control closing out the round. Byrd won via Unanimous Decision.

The next fight was slow to start but once Douglas Frey closed the distance against Tim Snyder he got two quick take downs, the second coming up against the cage and before Snyder reacted, Frey calmly locked in a standing Guillotine, arched his back perfectly and then dropped to a knee pressing Snyder against the cage to drive more force and forcing the tapout.

Bubba McDaniel had a terrific back and forth battle with Eric Schambari. Schambari had UFC vet Joe Daddy Stevenson in his corner and McDaniel had a well-tailored Clay “The Carpenter” Guida in his corner. The first round saw Bubba secure several takedowns and switch between submission attempts. The second round saw Schambari come out swinging in a very closely contested round. The final frame McDaniel came out with a strong round house and followed with a knee. Schambari returned quickly with a vicious slam that echoed through the arena. Once on his back McDaniel’s impressive ground game showed a step above in grappling skills and took home a close Decision victory.

The Co-Main Event between Jason Sampson and Joshua Montoya was a controversial split decision but an incredible show of determination. Both guys went back and forth, showing a lot of emotion, those emotions had both fighters starting to lose technique but always keeping the crowd cheering with wild and powerful swinging strikes and slick submission attempts. In the second round Sampson seemed to constantly push forward and control the circled cage. The third frame seemed to be more of the same, even though Montoya delivered some more effective strikes, Sampson secured five takedowns and had back control for more than a minute. I gave it 29-28 Sampson, but both guys showed up to fight and wowed the crowd.

In the Main Event, an early accidental head butt opens a faucet flow of blood from the nose of Derrick Krantz. He pushed forward the rest of the round against a highly skilled and evasive Sean Spencer. The round ended with some clean knees to Spencer’s body. The second and third round you could see the difficulty Krantz was having breathing and Spencer continued to pick him apart on the feet. Krantz never gave in or stopped coming forward. He was impressive, as was the remarkably talented Sean Spencer. Don’t be surprised to see the UFC come calling and swoop him away into their organization.

The night was opened up with Commentator Gary Cruz exciting the crowd and saw Clay Guida and Tank Abbott sit in as Co-Commentators. The show was a huge success, non stop action in the ring, exciting the eager team which plans on promoting a series of events in 2012, starting with a card featuring one of tonight’s commentators and combat Icon Tank Abbott.

• 170 lbs. – Sean Spencer over Derrick Krantz by unanimous decision. • 135 lbs. – Joshua Montoya over Jason Sampson by split decision. • 185 lbs. – Bubba McDaniel over Eric Schambari by unanimous decision. • 145 lbs. – Douglas Frey over Tim Snyder by submission in RD2 (guillotine choke) • 170 lbs. – Charles Byrd over Robert Agee by unanimous decision. • 145 lbs. –George Pacurariu over Michael Lytle by unanimous decision. • 185 lbs. – Sean Holden over Wes Linsey by unanimous decision. • 205 lbs. – Neal Ewing over Jabari Shakur by submission in RD2 (rear-naked choke)