Tony
03-02-2009, 10:50
Originally scheduled for the undercard of Affliction's Day of Reckoning show last Saturday (http://www.cagepotato.com/affliction-day-reckoning-night-liveblogging), the welterweight bout between IFL/UFC vet Jay Hieron (http://wiki.cagepotato.com/index.php/Jay_Hieron) and 6-0 prospect Jason High (http://sherdog.com/fighter/Jason-High-14185) had to be postponed to the very end of the lineup due to time constraints — as in, directly after Fedor vs. Andrei, when 80% of the audience was out the door, the pay-per-view broadcast had cut out, and nearly everybody with a videocamera had already moved over to the post-event press conference. Fortunately, Inside MMA (http://www.hd.net/insidemma.html) was able to show the fight on their Friday episode. And it looks like Emelianenko's mid-air knockout of Arlovski wasn't the only KO from Day of Reckoning that you'll eventually be seeing on "Best of 2009" lists. After about a minute of settling in, Hieron dashed in with a crushing right hook which floored High, then landed three or four uppercuts while High was already dead asleep. The Thoroughbred lets out a battle cry after being pulled off his opponent, which we'd imagine is partly joy over the highlight-reel victory, and partly relief that he finally gets to go home.
YouTube - Jason High vs. Jay Hieron (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdA1Nq_RDu0&eurl=http://www.cagepotato.com/)
YouTube - Jason High vs. Jay Hieron (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdA1Nq_RDu0&eurl=http://www.cagepotato.com/)