Disclaimer: I have NEVER done any grappling/MMA/NHB work, so if i do end up rambling onto that part of the fight, ignore it - chances are I'll be talking rubbish.
Fred Ettish had a very open gaurd while kicking. He drops 1 arm completely out the way on both the front and round kicks. However, I don't believe his opponent took any advantage to it.
As Mike told us, Mr Ettish took the fight at short notice with no pre-fight prep work.
He got caught by a good right over the top as part of a left right combo, and backed off. It obviously rattled him, possibly disorientated him. Maybe he forgot he was in a MMA fight - if it wasn't a situation he was used to being in.
As his opponent comes forward, leading with another high right hander, Fred Ettish ducks his head, gets caught round the back of the head with a few punches and half falls on his own accord, half punched to the floor.
From this point Fred Ettish seems to recover his senses, and realise where he is again, but the damage has already been done. He's at a huge disadvantage and proceeds to take the pounding most karateka would take if they were put into that fight in that position.
I am loath to critisise someone who a) has huge balls for stepping into the ring in the first place b) taking so much punishment before tapping out c) is obviously a much better martial artist than myself - however, he seemed a little rusty and didn't know how to react after the first punch to the face and it all went horribly wrong from there.