A real quick wrap-up of tonight’s Locked in the Cage 5. The main event between Bo Coleman and Brian Jackson ended with Jackson winning via technical decision after two rounds. The third round was delayed – and eventually cancelled – when it was announced that the show’s EMS crew had left the building. The crew was from an event medical company, so they were not called out on a 911 run. I don’t know the specifics, but the logical explanation is that someone at the venue required medical attention. Shows have been delayed in the past when fighters are transported via ambulance to the hospital. A really unfortunate end, as this fight was developing into a really fun ground match. Jackson looked much better on the ground in round 1, but Coleman was staging a comeback and showed that he was just as good. After the fight, Brian Jackson gave Coleman a lot of respect, and told the crowd that Bo had been involved in a car accident earlier this week, and still knuckled up for the fight. Continue Reading
The NAGA team of Joe Cuff and Kipp Kollar set up shot for their annual amateur MMA show Reality Fighting: Battle at the Beach at the Wildwood Convention Center on Friday. The show piggy-backs their South Jersey grappling tournament of the same name. With the venue paid for and the concentration on the heavily attended tournament on Saturday, the MMA show on Friday was a little overlooked. The show opened up on a sour note with a long delay waiting for the EMS crew to show up (which, obviously, was out of Kipp & Joe’s control), but the first two fights were lopsided mismatches that went a combined :44 seconds. Got impressed by Dain Dixon, who looked like a high school freshman compared to Jason Ward. He did try a cheap shot coming in with a punch immediately out of the glove touch to start round 1. But nobody was expecting him to take Ward into minute 2, much less round 3. The kid got out into deep water, and kept fighting. Disappointed Jimbo Hoffman couldn’t get an opponent. At this point though, the only fight left for him in the amateur ranks is Jordan Stiner, which I heard was offered, but rejected because of camp affiliations. Hoffman vs Stiner would be an absolute barn burner, and one of the first fights I want to see these guys get when they go pro. But at this point, Jimbo may have to consider taking the kick pads off and going pro, get a rematch with Pat Sabatini to avenge his only loss, or moving up to the 155 region. He’s all but blown out the region’s featherweights. A feat his Team Vendetta teammate Robert Fabrizi is well on his way to doing at lightweight. All that being said, lets hit the official results for Reality Fighting‘s Battle at the Beach from August 6, 2010. Continue Reading
Look for more coverage of the UWC as resources permit. But right now, here are the results from Saturday’s UWC 8: Judgement Day from the Patriot Center in Fairfax VA. Continue Reading
Mark Jovich’s Warrior Challenge has released the fight card for next month’s return to the Lancaster Convention Center. The show will feature four professional bouts, anchored by Justin Skiz Scott versus Denis Hernandez. The pro card is backed up with 14 amateur fights, including 14 amateur debuts. Warrior Challenge 6 is scheduled for June 4th at 7:00PM from the Marriot on Penn Square in downtown Lancaster PA. The next day, Warrior Challenge will run one of their very popular grappling tournaments, featuring a two hour long seminar conducted by Dan The Beast Severn. On top of all that, Warrior Challenge will broadcast live on Go Fight Live. MAMMA will be in the building along with our buddies Brandt DeLorenzo and Ted Theodore Czechoslovakia Czech, with a possible appearance by the Godfather of Joyce Jitsu, Tom Joyce.
LITC 2: Brad Pole vs Khristian Geraci, photo by: Paul Miles
Locked in the Cage returns to Northeast Philly for their third show (and second under partnership with Bentley Promotions). The show features one title tilt with Tim Williams taking on region journeyman Joey Kirwan. LITC will run ten amateur and six professional fights. Continue Reading
