“Twinkle Toes” Trigg is wearing blue shorts with Randy Couture in his corner. Edwin “Bam Bam” Dewees is wearing black camo shorts with Ken Shamrock in his corner. Both veterans touch gloves as a sign of respect and then begin trading hands. Trigg throws a hard left kick, which Dewees catches and uses it to land the takedown. Trigg then locks on a tight Kimura from the bottom of half-guard and begins cranking it on the jiu-jitsu specialist Dewees. Trigg sticks the Dewees’ hand all the way to the middle of his back and the crowd is moaning in discomfort from seeing Dewees’ arm getting cranked. Dewees gives the ref a thumbs up, but Trigg uses the Kimura to sweep Dewees. Now from the top position, Trigg finished the Kimura and Dewees taps out giving Trigg a surprising submission win over the submission specialist Dewees! After the win, Trigg showed a lot of class by thanking his cornerman and coach Randy Couture, who he thanked as the reason why he was there fighting tonight. He also thanked HDNet Fights for putting together a great show and said he was eager to come back and fight for them in February.



Official Result: Frank Trigg via Submission – Kimura (Round 1)





Tim Kennedy vs. Jason “MayheM” Miller (Middleweight Bout)



Jason “MayheM” Miller shows his hilarious sense of humor in the pre fight video by dancing and giving props to Kennedy (a decorated Army Ranger) for being a true American hero. Then he starts dancing some more and declares that the warlords in the jungles of Africa sent him on a mission to be the King of HDNet Fights. MayheM’s entrance, which is always eagerly anticipated by his fans, was equally as funny as his pre fight video. He was wearing a Mexican pro wrestling mask and cape with skintight silver shorts that were stuffed with a sock in the front. He threw off the cape and shimmied down the steps to cheers. As he reached the entry to the ramp, one of his corner men held up a piñata, which he roundhouse kicked into the crowd. Then his other corner men jumped out with an even bigger piñata, which he karate chopped in half. Soon candy was being thrown everywhere as MayheM took off his mask and raced to the ring. Once at the cage, he quickly changed shorts and was all business and ready for war.



Round 1:

Jason “MayheM” Miller thaws a high kick that lands, but Kennedy recovers and secures a takedown off Miller’s other legs. Working from the top, Kennedy throws a knee to MayheM as both are on the ground, prompting the referee to stop the fight and warn Kennedy. MayheM looks confused from the illegal attack and both men stand up. They start trading strikes and MayheM looks to get a Sakuraba’esque standing Kimura. Thy break away and Kennedy gets the takedown, as MayheM begins working his butterfly guard. Kennedy gets to MayheM’s back and begins raining punishment and locks on an RNC that MayheM fights off valiantly. The round ends with Kennedy dropping more punches. OTM scores the round 10-9 for Kennedy.



Round 2:

Kennedy gets the takedown and again gets MayheM’s back, dishing out more punishment and looking for the RNC. MayheM spins into Kennedy’s guard where he starts working to pass the guard while throwing some blows. Kennedy is backed up against the fence, but uses it to stand back up, where he starts looking for another takedown. MayheM changes levels and lands inside Kennedy’s guard off the takedown. MayheM’s bony elbows break open a nasty cut on the bridge of Kennedy’s nose, which causes a break in action as the doctor checks it. The crowd cheers, as Kennedy is able to continue and both men collide and trade blows in the middle of the ring. MayheM is working for a takedown from behind as the round ends. OTM scores the round 10-9 for MayheM.



Round 3:

Both men throw punches as MayheM scores a pretty Judo throw, which is a credit to his time training with Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou and Ryo Chonan (both Judo black-belt) at Team Quest. MayheM starts working to the top of Kennedy’s half-guard against the cage and then rubs his chin, as if pondering his next move. This causes the crowd to laugh, as Kennedy looks to escape. MayheM lands more punches and Kennedy’s face is bleeding pretty bad, which causes another break in action. The doctor cleans him up and the fight continues. Kennedy gets the takedown and MayheM reverses. Kennedy looks for a triangle and then an omoplata, which MayheM almost taunts him about as he easily escapes. From side control MayheM starts raining huge knees from the side, which he appears to be over-emphasizing by pushing up on his hands to land aerial knees from side control. The bloody fight comes to an end with the sound of the bell with monstrous cheers from the crows. OTM scores it 10-9 for MayheM. The official scores are 29-28 from all three judges for Jason “MayheM” Miller, giving him the hard fought Unanimous Decision. MayheM’s coach Dan Henderson and the rest of Team Quest swarmed MayheM in the cage to celebrate his win.



Official Result: Jason “MayheM” Miller via Unanimous Decision.



After the win, Jason showed a lot of class by announcing to the crowd that he only plays a hero on TV and that Tim Kennedy is the real deal as an Army Ranger fighting for our freedom over seas. When asked about a possible rematch against Frank Trigg, who was also victorious in the co-main event, MayheM gave a resounding “Hell Yeah!” and followed up by saying that he wouldn’t mind fighting HDNet Fights owner Mark Cuban as well with whatever’s in their wallets on the line. The ring interviewer questioned him by asking, “I’m not sure you wanna do that”, to which MayheM insisted, “Sure I do.” Before leaving the cage, MayheM gave a shout out to all his monkeys worldwide with his trademark monkey noise into the microphone before he left the cage. This was easily the fight of the night and sets up a possible rubber match, which both men appear eager to serve up somewhere later in 2008.





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