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King of the Cage: Underground

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You get 10 hours of fights for a price that is less than 1 UFC or Pride event. That is what I call a good deal. It is not as good as UFC but is still up there. You will watch guys like Paul Buentello fight for their life in the cage and see Dan Severn in one of his toughest matches ever.

Now the 'events' themselves range from 30-120 minutes long. Here are some highlights on this 5 disc set.

Disc 1
KING OF THE CAGE 14
Shannon Ritch vs. Joseph Merit-a nice way to start it off. Absolutely brutal and lets you know what you are geting into with this boxed set.
Keith Jardine vs. Phillip Preece-good match
Paul Buentello vs. Roger Neff-Paul has to go up against a monster of a man.
MAIN EVENT-Dan Severn vs. John Jensen-Jensen is good but way too small for this match.
KOTC 15
Chick fight, fun to watch
Art Santores vs Dave Roberts-wow what a great match. Santore is great and he is in for the fight of his life. This goes all 3 rounds and is one of the best matches in this set.
ME-Joe Stephenson vs. Romie Aram-man oh man, what a great match.

Disc 2
KOTC 19
Frankie Bollinger starts this event out and he has to be seen to be believed. The guy is just a monster.
Timothy Mendoza is over 300 lbs. and he has to be the worst fighter ever but is so much fun to watch.
Joe Crilly vs. John Cole-Cole=good.
Wade Shipp annihilates Raul Delgado.
ME-Ron Junh vs. Dennis Hallman-good match but Hallman is just weird. If he would do more training he could be a much much better fighter.
KOTC 20-Steve Sayer vs. Forest Griffin-we get a glimpse of how Griffin became part of The Ultimate Fighter and his domination.
ME-Loren Estes vs. Joey Villasenor-Joey is a dominant fighter who is so much fun to watch.

Disc 3
KOTC 22
Timothy Mendoza vs. Raul Delgado-the worst greatest match I have ever seen.
ME-Fernando Vasconselos vs. Karo Parysan
KOTC 24
George Allen vs. Keith Jardine
Joey Villasenor vs. Joe Merrit
ME-Dan Severn vs. Dan Christiansen-absolutely epic

Disc 4
KOTC 25
Allen Sullivan vs. Jeff Newton-another epic match. Newton is a true karate master.
Marcos Santos vs. Randy Velarde
Thomas Denny vs. Kyle Brees-good match, Denny is a very good fighter.
Gustavo Muchado vs. Nate Quarry
Jason Lambert vs. Brian Foster-great match
ME-Brian Sleeman vs. Dean Lister
KOTC 27-Frankie Bollinger starts this one off and he is so much fun to watch.
206 lb Kevin Allera vs. 123 lb Shawn Rampage-wow.
Timothy Mendoza vs. a real Judo fighter, good laughs.
Kiko vs. Joe Stephenson
ME-Bobby Hoffman vs. Paul Buentello-3 round epic match.

Disc 5
KOTC 28
Bo Cantrell vs. Paul Collup-brutal forarms, surprising finish.
Art Santore vs. Sean Gray- 3 round epic match.
Joey Villasenor in a great match.
Drew Fickett vs. Dennis Hallman
KOTC 37
Frankie Bollinger starts this one off with one of the greatest body slams ever.
Timothy Mendoza vs. Herb Dean(UFC ref)-looks like they gave Dean the worst fighter in KOTC to make him look good.
Scary Jerry vs. Julius Askew-great match of the heavies.
ME-Manny Rodriguez vs. Larry Landless-gotta watch out for that spinning backfist.

five disc set, ten kotc events, one on each side, 125 fights, over 13 hours, definetly worth the money but, not worth spending 13 hours to watch it a second time.

this set includes:
diego nightmare sanchez, forrest griffin, nate quarry, joe stevenson,dan the beast severn, paul buentello, bobby hoffman and others

for the price of this set you get a great deal of fights and events. You're bound to find a number of decent fights and some MMA names on this set. A good introductory set to MMA that will lead you to UFC and Pride shows.

If you like to get a lot for you money you won't be sorry! 125 fights, over 13 hours need I say more? There are some great fights and fighters on this set. The Ultimate Fighter fans will recognize Diego Sanchez, Forrest Griffin and Nate Quarry. Others will remember legend Dan "The Beast" Severn. Hardcore MMA fans will be familiar with a lot of the names but the casual fans will get a good education here. That being said there are a couple of slow fights here and there, mostly Heavy Weights that are really HEAVY... With 125 fights at such a low cost how could you ask for more?

The production values for these shows is incredibly low. Poor camera angles and very poor audio. In fact, audio in the first DVD is nearly unbearable. Comparing these shows to a Pride or UFC show is like eating at a high end restaurant and then eating a meal made in an Easy Bake Oven.
HOWEVER, there are TONS of fights, with no preamble. You can see as many as 4 fights in the span of 5 minutes. No interviews, entrances, just fights. Plus, you get to watch Herb Dean fight.

This mostly feels like the undercard to a UFC event, but this is not too far off from the big leagues. 5 double sided dvd's give you 10 events with about 125 matches of various calibre. You will spot a few faces you might recognize and many more you will not. Some great fights, some terrible and a lot in between. For the money you can't go wrong. Though for some of the bigger and better names in the KOTC, they put out single event dvd's which are reasonably priced compared to the UFC/Pride counterparts.

I was pretty excited to see these events. 10 events, 125 fights on 5 DVDs for under $20 sounds like an amazing deal. It's a good deal, but not quite what I was hoping for.

King of the Cage follows the same basic rules as the UFC. The octagon/cage is quite a bit smaller, though, leaving far less room to run when a fighter is in trouble. These fights are mostly between garbage fighters who are not all that entertaining to watch. I suppose fighters are excited when they make it to the UFC for a reason...

In this set, you get to see a few fights with Paul Buentello, who has impressive striking. He wins one fight and loses the other. Keith Jardine, newly inaugurated into the UFC, has 3 impressive fights on this collection, all of which he wins. MMA legend Dan Severn also has a few interesting fights. You get to see Joe "Daddy" Stevenson in his pre-UFC days. He is really the only fighter who "plays it up" in the octagon with taunts and a bit of showboating in his 2nd fight on the set. In his first fight, he loses the championship at 170 lbs. He is an exciting fighter, though, no question.

Forrest Griffin makes a single appearance in this set, as he takes on a no name fella and ground & pounds him until the referee steps in. You've got to love Griffin. He is an exciting fighter. Diego Sanchez also makes a couple of appearances. He is an animal - and he wins both of his fights by submission, but not before pounding on each of his opponents for a few minutes. Dennis Hallman, who defeated UFC champ Matt Hughes twice, is one of the best fighters around... for the first 2 minutes of a fight. He seems to gas out early in every fight I've seen him in. Karo Parisyan is an underdog in his fight, but proves to have the skills to take out a more experienced opponent. Nate "the Rock" Quarry suffers a loss in a close fight. He is a good fighter, but he surely wasn't ready to fight Rich Franklin for the title a few months ago.

In this set, certain events are better than others. There were a few events where I recognized more refs than fighters. Now UFC referee Herb Dean even has a fight, which he wins. There are a few good fights spread out over the collection. Not too many knockouts, though. These fights tend to be stopped by the referee or end due to submission.

For the price, it's a great deal, but you will most likely find yourself fast-forwarding through a good deal of the fights, looking for some excitement.

Recommended only for die-hard MMA fans. Those who are fans of The Ultimate Fighter and live tv UFC events may not enjoy this so much, as there is no "glitz" to these events.