Weekend in Fights! September 15th Edition

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This Weekend in Fights! (September 15th, 2012) featured King of the Cage in Oklahoma,  KSW 20 in Poland, BAMMA 10 in England, Aggression Fighting Championship 11 in Winnipeg, and Road FC in South Korea all on Saturday night.

King of the Cage: Surgical Strike took place at the Riverwind Casino in Norman, Oklahoma. A new champion was crowned when JC Cottrell and Roy Babcock squared off for the vacant King of the Cage Lightweight title. During the fourth round Cottrell snapped on a guillotine choke to submit Babcock and capture the championship. (Full King of The Cage: Surgical Strike event results below.)

KSW 20 took place at the Ergo Arena in  Gdansk, Poland, on Saturday. The promotion introduced their first ever PPV system featuring seven bouts. The event was headlined by former five-time “World’s Strongest Man” Mariusz Pudzianowski versus Christos Piliafas. Pudzianowski rushed Piliafas to the ground where he was forced to escape a guillotine attempt. Once out of the submission attempt, Pudzianowski pounded his way to victory with 72 remaining in the opening frame. KSW Light Heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz successfully defened his championship over UFC veteran Houston Alexander with a 5 round war. Blachowicz almost ended the bout on two occasions with triangle choke attempts, but Alexander managed to hold on until end of the respective rounds. (Full KSW 20 event results below.)

BAMMA 10 took place at London’s Wembley Arena in London, England on Saturday with the bouts airing on AXS TV in the U.S. and Fight Network here in Canada. BAMMA Lightweight champion Rob Sinclair went the distance with UFC veteran Andre Winner in a very back-and-forth five round war, that saw Sinclair edge out Winner with a split decision retain his title. Former BAMMA British middleweight champion Jack Marshman failed to make weight therefore was unable to recapture the championship he was forced to vacate. However, Marshman made short work of the very tough  Andrew Punshon with a triangle choke half way through the first round. (Full BAMMA 10 event results.)

Aggression Fighting Championship 11 took place at the Winnipeg Convention Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Saturday night. Headlining the event was UFC veterans Joe Doerksen and  Kalib Starnes. The two Middleweights collided for a full three rounds with Doerksen walking away with the decision. Doerksen won both rounds one and two, yet was in a tough spot in the third as  Starnes connected with punching combinations that almost ended the bout. Starnes final efforts were all for nothing, as Doerksen was saved by the bell. (Full AFC 11 events results below.)

Road FC 9 “Beatdown” took place at the Chiak Indoor Gymnasium in Wonju, Gwandong, South Korea on Saturday night. The main event featured Melvin Manhoef picking up his firs win since 2009, with a split decision over Jae Young Kim. Japanese MMA superstar Ikuhisa Minowa picked up 38th career submission victory and third by kimura. Minowaman forced  Jin Soo Yuk to tapout with one second remaining in the round. Road FC also held the quarterfinals of their inaugural Lightweight Grand Prix. All four bouts saw a finish with three TKOs and one submission. Yui Chul Nam, Vuyisile Colossa, Yong Jae Lee, and Takasuke Kume all advanced into the semifinals. Yui Chul Nam defeated  Masahiro Toryu with punches. Vuyisile Colossa defeated Seok Mo Kim with Knees and punches. Of the three TKOs and all of the quarterfinal bouts Yong Jae Lee versus Won Gi Kim was the only bout to make it out of the first round as Lee picked up the victory with a body kick follwed by some punches. In the only submission on the grand prix Takasuke Kume submitted Chang Hyun Kim with a rear-naked choke. (Full Road FC 9 event results below.)

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Saturday Night Fights –

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King of The Cage: Surgical Strike results:

JC Cottrell def. Roy Babcock via Submission (Guillotine Choke) – 3:04 – Round 4 – Claims Vacant King of the Cage Lightweight title

Rob Wood def. Javier Rubio via TKO (Strikes) – 3:20 – Round 1

Terry Acker def. Kyle Carver via Unanimous Decision

Kenyon Jackson def. Brendan Tierney via KO (Punch) – 0:45 – Round 1

Demoreo Dennis def. Louis Lloyd via Submission (Americana) – 3:10 – Round 1

Frank Baca def. Teddy Potts via KO (Punch) – 1:01 – Round 1

Jacob Johnson def. Anthony Kellen via Unanimous Decision

Kemmyelle Haley def. Josh Strahan via Submission (Guillotine Choke) – 0:36 – Round 1

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KSW 20 results:

Mariusz Pudzianowski def. Christos Piliafas via TKO (strikes) – 3:48 – Round 1

Jan Blachowicz def. Houston Alexander via Unanimous Decision - retains KSW Light Heavyweight title

Marcin Rozalski def. Rodney Glunder by Unanimous Decision

Karol Bedorf def. Karl Knoth via Unanimous Decision

Borys Mankowski def. Rafal Moks via Split Decision

Kamil Walus def. Jacek Wisniewski via TKO (strikes) – 4:01 – Round 1

Anzor Azhiev def. Paul Reed via Unanimous Decision

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BAMMA 10 results:

Rob Sinclair def. Andre Winner via Split Decision (47-48, 49-46, 48-47) – retains BAMMA Lightweight title

Jack Marshman def. Andrew Punshon via Submission (Triangle Choke)  -  2:31 – Round 1

Denniston Sutherland def. Leeroy Barnes via Unanimous Decision (30-27)

Curt Warburton def. Lee Wieczorek via Unanimous Decision (30-27)

Tom Breese def. Jack Magee via Submission (Triangle Choke) – 3:19 – Round 1

Tommy Maguire def. Antanas Jazbutis via Unanimous Decision (30-27)

Jeremy Petley def. Dyson Roberts via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)  – 4:45 – Round 2

Sam Mensah def. Mike “Nightmare” Neun via KO – 0:08 – Round 1

Max Nunes def. Tony Moran via Submission (Triangle Choke) – 2:58 – Round 1

Marc Allen def. Lee Taylor via Split Decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)

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 AFC 11 results:

Joe Doerksen def. Kalib Starnes via Unanimous Decision (30-27×2, 29-28)

Curtis Brigham def. Matt Trudeau  via Submission (Rear Naked Choke – 4:56 – Round 1

Tyson Steele def. Jarod Milko via Unanimous Decision (29-28×3)

Agostino DeNatale def. Chucky Mady via Tapout (Due to Strikes) – 2:08 – Round 2

Dominick Blais def. Yoon Heo via Unanimous Decision (30-27 x 2, 29-28)

Louis Fisette def. Allan Munroe via Submission (Rear Naked Choke)- 2:41 – Round 1

Jon Henderson def. Dwight Sutherland via Unanimous Decision (30-27 x 3)

Mark Durant def. Joseph Keesick via Submission (Guillotine) – 4:17 – Round 1

Tristan Connelly def. Corey Houston via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) – 4:47 – Round 1

Mariusz Ksiazkiewicz def. Dejan Kajic by Unanimous Decision (29-28×3)

Sarah Moras def. Christina Barry via Submission (Arm Bar) -  1:33 – Round 1

Martin Trendota def. Chris Jones via Submission (Triangle Choke) – 0:43 – Round 2

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Road FC 9 results:

Melvin Manhoef def. Jae Young Kim via  Split Decision

Ikuhisa Minowa def. Jin Soo Yuk via Submission (Kimura) – 4:59 – Round 1

Yui Chul Nam def.  Masahiro Toryu via TKO ( Punches/Towel thrown in) – 1:32 – Round 1 -  Road FC Lightweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals match up

Takasuke Kume def. Chang Hyun Kim via  Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 3:27 – Round 1 -  Road FC Lightweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals match up

Vuyisile Colossa def. Seok Mo Kim via TKO (Knees & Punches)  – 4:38 – Round 1 -  Road FC Lightweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals match up

Yong Jae Lee def. Won Gi Kim via TKO (Body Kick/Punches) – 2:33 – Round 3 -  Road FC Lightweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals match up

Il Chul Park def. Young Woo Yu via Decision

Myung Sik Kwak def. Gwang Su Park via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Round 1

Young Sam Jung def. Tae Ho Jin via  Decision

Hui Kyu Kim def. Jong Hwan Lee via Decision

Young Bok Gil def. Jung Won Lee via Decision

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***Times, Methods, Scores may not be available for certain bouts***

Weekend in Fights! March 24th Edition

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This Weekend in Fights! (March 24th) was jam packed with awesome fights from Bellator & Xplode Fight Series in the U.S., BAMMA in the U.K., Strength & Honor Championship in  Switzerland, and Victory MMA here in Montreal.

 

On Friday night, Bellator 62 took place at the Lerado Energy Center in Lerado, Texas. Season 6 Lightweight tourney kicked off its opening round with Thiago Michel, Rick Hawn, Lloyd Woodard and Brent Weedman all advancing to the semi finals.Michel edged out Rene Nazare with a split decision in the only bout going the distance. Woodard and Weedman both picked up submission victories. Woodard submitted Patricky “Pitbull” Freire with a cringing kimura trapping Freire’s head between his legs in a crucifix position causing a small fracture. While Weedman pulled off an extraordinary Von Flue choke over J.J. Ambrose in the second round. Rick Hawn was the sole tournament competitor to score a TKO victory, as he did it over Ricardo Tirloni in the first round. (Full Bellator 62 event results below.)

BAMMA 9 took place at National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England. Tristar/Jackson’s MMA fighter and BAMMA Middleweight champion Tom Watson successfully retained his championship, with a second round TKO victory over Jack Marshman. Watson is now riding a three fight and three title defense streak.  Another member of Jackson’s MMA Jake Murphy, who submitted David Round with a rear-naked choke in under two minutes of the second round. Instinct MMA veteran Patrick Vallee picked up a arm bar submission win over Andrew Punshon in the second round. (Full BAMMA 9 event results below.)

Former TKO & WEC Featherweight veteran Danny Martinez, who now competes at Flyweight was successful on Saturday for California based promotion Xplode Fight Series. Martinez made short work of debuting Rich Bonafidini with a first round TKO victory. The match making for this bout was questionable, as Martinez is a veteran of 19 bouts, while his opponent Bonafidini never fought before on the professional level. Why would the California State Athletic Commission approve of this match making considering the large discrepancy of experience between each fighter? After looking at the results of this card, with many fights ending in under 20 seconds and 8 of 15 bouts not making out of the first minute, the Martinez bout doesn’t seem like it was the only bad job. (Full Xplode Fight Series – Disarm event results below.)

Former UFC Light Heavyweight Goran Reljic picked up an impressive first round TKO over Rogent Llorent in a Heavyweight bout, at Strength & Honor Championship in Geneva, Switzerland on Saturday. With this win Reljic is now riding a two fight win streak since being released from the UFC after three consecutive losses in the promotion in 2010. (Full Strength & Honor Championship event results below.)

Victory MMA returned on Saturday night with Victory MMA 5: Strikers Collide at Academie Sportive in Montreal. Three new champions were crowned, as former Bantamweight champion Xavier Aloui took on his last Bantamweight challenger Mathieu Boisvert for the Featherweight crown. Reminiscent of their last bout, this fight was action packed with great grappling and heavy strikes. During the third round, Aloui pulled off a beautiful inverted triangle choke, forcing Boisvert to tap. Aloui is still undefeated in amateur action, and claims his second Victory MMA title in two weight classes. Kevin Chauvette and Alex Baez went toe-to-toe in a five round war, that saw Chauvette squeak by with a split decision to claim the Victory MMA Bantamweight title. In the main event Team Bergeron’s Remy Bussieres took home the Victory MMA Middleweight title against Domenic Ruccolo with a rear-naked choke submission in the third round. Also on the card, Christophe Alfonzo continued his undefeated streak with a controversial split decision victory over previously undefeated Merouane Ghalmi. (Full Victory MMA 5: Strikers Collide event results below.)

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Friday Night Fights -

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Bellator 62 Results:

MTV2  Card: 

Lloyd Woodard def. Patricky “Pitbull” Freire via submission (kimura) – Round 2, 1:46 – lightweight-tourney opening round

Rick Hawn def. Ricardo Tirloni via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:36 – lightweight-tourney opening round

Brent Weedman def. J.J. Ambrose via submission (Von Flue choke) – Round 2, 3:26 – lightweight-tourney opening round

Thiago Michel def. Rene Nazare via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) – lightweight-tourney opening round

Spike.com prelims:

Luis Vega def. Sonny Luque via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 1, 3:43

Chris Jones def. Steven Peterson via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)

Dave Jansen def. Jacob Kirwan via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Rad Martinez def. Douglas Frey via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:08

Sean Spencer def. Joseph Daily via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 1:24

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BAMMA 9 Results:

Tom Watson def. Jack Marshman via TKO – 4:50 – Round 2 (retain Middleweight title)

Colin Fletcher def. Jason Ball via Unanimous Decision (30-7 x 3)

Jason Jones def. Przemyslaw Mysiala via TKO – 3:51 – Round 1

Jake Murphy def. David Round via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) -1:46 – Round 2

Patrick Vallee def. Andrew Punshon (ArmBar) via Submission at 2:16 of Round 2

Tom Breese def. Mark Tucker via Submission -1:40 – Round 2

Dale Hardiman def. Antanas Jazbutis via Unanimous Decision (29-28 x 3)

Leeroy Barnes def. Matt Ewin via Submission (Guillotine Choke)- 4:57 – Round 1

Rab Truesdale def. Sam Mensah via TKO – 4:32 – Round 1

Marc Godbeer def. Catalin Zmarandescu via TKO – 5:00 of Round 1

Luke Barnett def. Lee Johnson via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) -2:36 – Round 1

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Xplode Fight Series – Disarm results:

Jason Miknuk def. David Salas via KO (Knee) – 0:16 -Round 1

Merwyn Rivera def. Anthony Moore via Submission (Armbar) – 0:15 – Round 1

Marcus Aven def. Squire Redfern via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 2:24 Round 2

Shane Kruchten def. Jordan Gammel via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 0:09 – Round 1

Chris Brown def. Doug Trotter via TKO (Punches) – 0:15 – Round 1

Danny Martinez def. Rich Bonafidini via TKO (Punches)  – 2:33 – Round 1

Jesse Lopez def. Joey Apodeca via TKO (Punches) – 0:45 – Round 1

Carlos Baruch def. Keith Welpner via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 1:42 – Round 1

Derek Anderson def. Gino Valdez via Submission (Guillotine Choke) – 0:26 – Round 1

Giovanni Davis def. Casey Ryan via Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) – 0:44 – Round 1

Bubba Pugh def. Joe Neri via Submission (Triangle Choke) – 0:57 – Round 1

Brandon Morris def. Cardell Williams via Unanimous Decision

Kevin Michel def. Jeremy Hernandez via Unanimous Decision

Joshua Aveles def. Matt Madrid via Submission (Arm Bar) – 2:29 – Round 3

Ivan Herrera def. Matt Bulter via Unanimous Decision

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Strength & Honor Championship Results:

Goran Reljic def. Rogent Lloret via TKO (Punches) -3:02 – Round 1

Hristomir Hristoy def. Olivier Pastor via Majority Decision

Raphael Davis def. Berin Baliiagic via TKO (Punches) – 1:26 – Round 2

Baga Agaey def. Matteo Minonzio via TKO (Punches) -1:56 – Round 1

Reinaldo da Silva def. Tomislav Spahovic via Submission (Omoplata) – 2:30 – Round 2

Mats Nilsson def. Alavutdin Gadjiev via Submission (Armbar) -0:24 – Round 1

Marco Santi def. Sebastien Grandin via TKO (Punches) -4:26 – Round 1

Nicolas Joannes def. Claudemir Souza via KO (Punches) – 1:09 – Round 1

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Victory MMA 5: Strikers Collide Results:

Remy Bussieres def. Domenic Ruccolo via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) -1:13 -Round 3 (capture Middleweight title)

Kevin Chauvette def. Alex Baez via Split Decision (capture Bantamweight title)

Xavier Aloui def. Mathieu Boisvert (8-4) (St. Jean Fight Club)  via Submission (Inverted Triangle) – 2:28 – Round 2 (capture Featherweight title)

Joe Elliot def. Francis Paquette via Submission (Guillotine) – 0:31 – Round 3

Chris Cleveland def.  Daniel Draghicivia Submission (Arm Triangle) -1:27 Round 1

Christophe Alfonzo def. Merouane Ghalmi via Split Decision (Kickboxing)

Stephen Oppong def. Josh Williamson via Unanimous Decision

Tony Doolittle def. Kyle Petryla via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) -0:58 -Round 3

Darnell Jones def. Joshua Vincze Unanimous Decision

Sophie Leroux def. Jennifer Spies via Unanimous Decision (Kickboxing)

Kevin Walker def. Justin Fishervia Unanimous Decision

Alex Codeau def. Marc-Lucien Delice via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)

Nicholas Sauvageau def.  Simon Doyon via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) -1:27 -Round 1

Kevin Paquette def. Giovanni Corado via Submission (Guillotine) -1:01 Round 1

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