Vladimir Matyushenko, Tiki Ghosn Win at “Call to Arms I”
Veteran light heavyweight Vladimir Matyushenko, who has fought in the UFC, Affliction, and the IFL, topped former UFC fighter Jason Lambert via unanimous decision on Saturday in Ontario, California in the main event of Call to Arms I.
Matyushenko, who had won eight-straight bouts since leaving the UFC before suffering a second-round TKO to Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in January at Affliction: Day of Reckoning, improved to 22-4 in the victory. Lambert falls to 23-10 with the loss, having been defeated in four-straight bouts.
Also on the card, UFC and WEC veteran Tiki Ghosn (11-7) fought for the first time in over a year, scoring a unanimous decision victory over Brian Warren and former professional wrestler and Strikeforce veteran Daniel Puder (7-0) remained undefeated with a first-round TKO of Jeff Ford.
The event’s official results, via MMAjunkie, were:
- Vladimir Matyushenko def. Jason Lambert via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
- Tiki Ghosn def. Brian Warren via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Daniel Puder def. Jeff Ford via TKO (injury) – Round 1, 1:23
- Karen Darabedyan def. Jose Camacho vis TKO (cut) – Round 1, 5:00
- Toby Grear def. Mike Sandez via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Georgi Karakhanyan def. Albert Rios via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Chad George def. Alvin Cacdac via split decision (30-27, 30-27, 28-29)
- Matt Major def. Jaime Fletcher via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
- Brett Cooper def. Joe Cronin via TKO (cut) – Round 2, 1:17
- Jay Silva def. Reggie Orr via TKO (flying knee) – Round 2, 1:41
- Sevak Magakian def. Harold Lucambio via submission (heel hook) – Round 1, 1:59
- Francisco Rivera def. Johnny Gomez via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
[Pictured: Vladimir Matyushenko]
Tags: Albert Rios, Alvin Cacdac, Brett Cooper, Brian Warren, Chad George, Daniel Puder, Francisco Rivera, Georgi Karakhanyan, Harold Lucambio, Jamie Fletcher, Jason Lambert, Jay Silva, Jeff Ford, Joe Cronin, Johnny Gomez, Jose Camacho, Karen Darabedyan, Matt Major, Mike Sandez, reggie orr, Sevak Magakian, tiki ghosn, Toby Grear, Vladimir Matyushenko
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You know MMA’s getting huge when two guys who were at one time great in the UFC are headlining a card of a promotion I’ve never heard of in a city named after a Canadian province.
But from the looks of the rest of the card, good things may come the way of Call to Arms. Go Puder!!!! I knew that guy was legit when he literally put Kurt Angle in a kimora (I believe) on live TV just to show that he could actually destroy Angle in a real fight (youtube it and read the story, quite interesting if you’ve ever been a pro wrestling fan). It led to his dismissal from the company and all, but it’s nice to see his career wasn’t destroyed by the malevolent Vince MacMahon.
ive seen that and actually im pretty sure he was supposed to lose….wasnt he supposed to pretend to put kurt in a kimura but then get his shoulders pinned???…i could be wrong but if he was really doing that intentionaly then i think he would have kept cranking that kimura not let it go
Back in the days of Tough Enough (WWE’s Ultimate Fighter), what they would do is actually throw the guys in the ring with a legit tough guy/skilled athlete (Big Show, Kurt Angle) where they would get worked over (not as in “a work”, but get destroyed), then get pinned (which was “a work”).
Angle’s an Olympic gold medalist, he’s not supposed to get out-wrestled by these young punks. Not SUPPOSED to. In this case, Angle got a lesson in submissions. You’ll notice that Daniel Puder (a HUGE fan favorite)’s career went nowhere when he won Tough Enough. Watch the video and you’ll see the ref talk with Angle and Puder then one of the other refs counted to 3. The smart refs knew Angle was in legit trouble and quietly told Puder “You’re getting pinned now”, which he did.
Now this was in the middle of the Tough Enough competition, so Puder obviously knew his role and got pinned. However, the point of the exercise (you really need to see the video to get it) was to have the little Puder (smallest Tough Enough competitor) get destroyed by Kurt, which would have happened had he not known that little kimura move.
Coincidentally, or not, this is around the time that Angle got himself another finisher move on top of his Angle Slam: the ankle lock Shamrock used to do. It was all over the internet that Puder really almost beat up Angle, so Angle’s new angle was that he’s a submission expert. Way more info than I’m sure you all wanted to know, but it’s true, it’s true.
I may actually look for that video, that’s pretty interesting stuff. BTW you’re going pretty far back with the “it’s true, it’s true”, I remember (or at least think I remember) that being one of Angle’s lines that he always used, and I haven’t watched that stuff in over ten years.