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This update comes to us from J.R. Gordon at Fight to Win.

Saturday night January 30, 2010 the Softball Country Pavilion was filled to capacity for the Fight To Win show. 13 bouts were contested with two titles on the line and five professional bouts to end the evening.

Bout one: Jay Wymer VS Dominic Moya. Moya landed multiple leg kicks before Wymer got a double leg takedown. From there Moya used GNP to pass to side control in order to continue his GNP attack until the round ended. Round two started with Moya landing a solid punch-kick combination before Wymer got a takedown. From his back Moya tried to push Wymer away, but one of his feet landed solidly to the face of Wymer who was grounded. With Moya unable to continue Jay Wymer got the victory by way of disqualification.

Bout two: Daniel Bentz VS Loranti Nelson. Fast paced striking was displayed by both fighters with each landing all manner of strikes in and out of the clinch. Nelson landed a series of solid body punches before Bentz pulled guard. Both fighters scrambled back to standing and Nelson landed solid punches that stunned Bentz. Nelson then used head control to throw Bentz to the mat in order to take top position and work GNP until the round ended. Round two started with Nelson landing solid punches that stunned Bentz, but Bentz was able to turn Nelson, jump to standing back control, flurry with punches then set in the RNC while standing. Bentz was able to pull Nelson over backward and at 2:01 of round two Bentz closed off the choke for the submission victory.

Bout three: David Trenor VS Michael Zaragoza. Zaragoza opened with strong kicks and a flurry of knees before getting a head toss takedown. Trenor came back to his feet and slipped a spinning back kick thrown by Zaragoza. Trenor then stepped in and threw a right hook that landed solid giving him a clean knockout victory at :26 of round one.

Bout four: Diego Alvarez VS Corey Wilson. Alvarez spent all of round one pressing forward landing solid leg kicks while Wilson used evasive footwork and head movement. Round two saw Alvarez continue with the low kick attack until he was able to make Wilson drop to a knee following a kick and the follow up GNP got Alvarez the TKO win at 2:24 of round two.

Bout five: Todd Meredith VS Kene Jefferson. Jefferson landed solid strikes early that Meredith answered in kind. Jefferson was knocked down by punches but was able to scramble back to standing. Meredith got a bodylock takedown into half mount and each fighter flurried with strikes on the ground. Meredith was able to get 2-3 very solid head shots to land from the top in order to get the TKO win at 2:07 of round one.

Bout six: Josh Goldberger VS Sebastian White. White started with several jab-low kick combinations that set him up to score a double leg takedown. From half mount White used strong GNP to isolate an arm of Goldberger before transitioning to full mount in order to lock in the Kimura shoulder lock for the submission win at 1:54 of round one.

Bout seven: Vinny Palone VS Miguel Garcia. Round one was all kickboxing with each landing solid head punches. Palone had a strong flurry mid round while Garcia scored with hard low kicks. Round two had Palone shoot for a takedown, but Garcia stuffed it and landed a solid uppercut. The fighters then stood toe-to-toe in the middle of the cage and exchanged punches until Palone was able to rock Garcia enough to get the TKO win at :37 of round two.

Bout eight: Jeremy Hastings VS Travis Hollis. The first half of the round was nonstop flurrying by both fighters with each landing solid punches and kicks. Hollis was able to spin Hastings to the mat off of the clinch and once on the ground Hollis passed from half mount into full mount and flurried nonstop with punches to get the TKO win at 1:57 of round one.

The rest of the fights were professional bouts.

Bout nine: Kenneth Seegrist VS Jeremy Kimball. Kimball threw an early striking flurry while Seegrist landed strong counter punches. Kimball was able to work to standing back control in order to set up a bodylock takedown. Seegrist rolled through when it hit the mat and scrambled to back control in order to sink in the RNC for the tapout victory at 1:27 of round one.

Bout 10: Justin Salas VS Robert Simmons for the Fight To Win 155 lb. professional title. Salas initiated the clinch and the fighters momentarily went to the canvas but immediately scrambled back to standing. Each had strong punches and Simmons pulled Salas back to the ground. From the top Salas landed solid GNP while Simmons worked to set in several solid armbar attempts. After escaping the submission attempts Salas took full mount and postured up and landed the title winning GNP to get the TKO at 1:40 of round one.

Bout 11: Cat Albert VS Barbarah Honchak for the Fight To Win 130 lb. female professional title. Albert opened with a head kick to set up the clinch in order to land knee strikes before getting a takedown. On the mat Honchak got a sweep and from off of her back Albert tried for an armbar. Honchak was able to defend but Albert transitioned to an attempted kneebar. Honchak escaped and worked GNP from half mount. Albert was able to regain full guard and set in another armbar that Honchak defended. In a scramble Albert got back control and ended the round working between GNP and attempting an RNC. Round two opened with Albert again landing a head kick before securing a standing guillotine choke. Albert used the position to turn the choke into a snap suplex takeover. On the mat Honchak had an armbar attempt that Albert escaped before transitioning to side control, then north/south, then mount to work GNP before taking full mount, then back control to try for an RNC. Honchak was able to turn in and ended in the half guard of Albert. Albert worked for and got full guard and both fighters landed solid strikes. After a referee stand-up Albert scored with a solid head kick then knees in the clinch. From the clinch Albert set in a standing guillotine to set up a transition into a rolling takedown that landed her in full mount. Honchak escaped from being mounted and ended the round working for an inverted Teepee choke. The scorecards from the judges were to decide the winner and it was Cat Albert that got an unanimous decision victory to become the new title holder.

Ryan Martinez VS Vernon Lewis. Martinez initiated the clinch and worked knees while Lewis threw solid punches to the body. Off of the cage Martinez got a bodylock takedown and worked a strong GNP attack from side control. Lewis was able to work back to standing but again Martinez got a takedown into side control for more GNP. Lewis scored a sweep and took full mount to get in GNP of his own. Martinez turned face down to escape the strikes and the round ended with Lewis in back control throwing punches. Round two saw Martinez land strong punches from the outside, Lewis dropped his hands, smiled and invited Martinez in to punch his head…Martinez obliged him and got in several hard punches before they clinched and Lewis scored with knees in the clinch. Off of the cage Martinez got a leg trip takedown to land in half mount. From there he worked GNP before transitioning to full mount and flurrying with GNP to get the TKO win at 3:22 of round two.

Main event: Ian Berg VS Lamumba Sayers. Sayers opened with a 1-2 punch combination that dropped Berg. Sayers closed in but Berg made it to his knees and drove forward for a takedown. Sayers set in a guillotine choke, fell back to guard and got the tapout for the submission win at :30 of round one.

“Of the night” moments.

GNP of the night goes to Ryan Martinez for his fight ending strikes from full mount.

KO of the night goes to David Trenor for his KO at :26 of the first round.

Takedown of the night goes to Cat Albert for using the standing guillotine choke to set up a snap suplex takeover that landed her in a dominant position.

In his bout Daniel Bentz seemed on the verge of losing several times, was rocked severely more than once and showed that tenacity and perseverance can be the deciding factors in a bout. Because of this, he is awarded Comeback of the night, chin of the night and for jumping to standing back control to set up his choke he also gets submission of the night.

Fight of the night goes to Cat Albert and Barbarah Honchak for their back and forth title battle that had each fighter in trouble, each escaping submission attempts of the other, each landing strikes that could have been fight ending in many bouts, both displaying tremendous heart, conditioning and superb technical skill that had the crowd on their feet cheering as the fight ended.

This was an event that cannot be done justice by a written article. Do yourself a favor and get a DVD of the show to see just how good it was.

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Best in Health and Training,
J.R. Gordon.

These results come to us from Sven Bean @ Ring of Fire

Magalhaes working a Submission on Nickels

Main Bouts (Professional):
-Vinny Magalhaes def. Mike Nickels by Submission (Armbar) at 1:19, R1
-Duane Ludwig def. Ryan Roberts by Submission (Strikes) at 2:05, R1
-Anthony Morrison def. Alvin Robinson by Submission (Strikes) at 1:09, R1
-Cameron Dollar def. Kit Cope by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 4:38, R1
-Eric Smith def. Cody Donovan by TKO (Strikes) 3:18, R1
-Justin Guthrie def. Ian Berg by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 2:17, R1
-Andreas Spang def. Andre Walker by Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 2:20, R1

Preliminary Bouts (Amateur):
-JJ Mondragon def. Zach Valdez by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27), R3
-Jen Berg def. Sarah Goodlaxen by TKO (Strikes) at 1:23, R1
-Vinny Lopez def. Shane Lemaster by TKO (Couldn’t Answer Bell) at 3:00, R1
-Kyane Hampton def. Rachel Perry by TKO (Strikes) at 2:52, R1
-Oscar Jimenez def. Husam Alberq by Split Decision (29-28, 29-28, 27-30), R3

Tuff N Uff USA vs. Canada Results
Canadians sweep U.S. fighters 5-0, on an exciting action packed fight night.

Las Vegas, Nevada (Saturday, August 29, 2009) – Tuff N Uff Productions’ USA vs. Canada event at the Orleans Hotel and Casino delivered 15 action packed fights, highlighted by 5 USA vs. Canada bouts.

The fights were highly contested and all of the various martial arts skills were on display, with Forrest Cable from Team Canada showing great resiliency and heart in securing a fight ending triangle choke from the bottom, to Bobbi-Jo Dalziel (Canada) putting on a Muay Thai display that ended with her opponent Moa Palma (USA) suffering two broken arms.

USA vs. Canada Results
* Forrest Cable (Canada) def. James Kytosaho via TKO (triangle choke), Round 2, 1:59.
* Bobbi-Jo Dalziel (Canada) def. Moa Palma via TKO (broken arm), Round 2, 1:04.
* Bryan Fedynyszyn (Canada) def. Marcus Dalton via TKO (strikes) Round 1, 1:40.
* Derek Freeman (Canada) def. Kawika Lagasca via split decision.
* George Abdallah (Canada) def. Roman Isbell via unanimous decision

Non-Team Fight Results
* Odis Ruiz def. Kimo Yadeo via split decision.
* John Gettle def. Joel Baca via submission (arm bar), Round 1, 0:45.
* Stephen Tobias def. Pat Garrett via unanimous decision.
* Jon Gorton def. Eric Bosley via submission (rear naked choke), Round 1, 1:33..
* Shane Larsen def. Robbie Lagasca via unanimous decision.
* Junior Gomez def. Chris Mailo via TKO (punches), Round 2, 1:25.
* Oran Kahlon def. Michael Angel via submission (rear naked choke), Round 1, 1:50.
* Edmund Xhelili def. Josh Brown via TKO (punches) Round 1, 0:28.
* Gor Mnatsakanyan def. Mark Pham via unanimous decision.

One week after the successful Tuff-N-Uff Back2Back Battles card featuring Ryan Couture’s stirring victory over Jimmy Spicuzza, Tuff n Uff was able to once again fill the Mardi Gras Room ball room with an enthusiastic crowd of MMA fans.

For more information about Tuff-N-Uff or to learn about upcoming events, visit www.tuffnuff.net

This writeup comes to us from J.R Gordon at Fight to Win Promotions. We look forward to their next show Fight to Win Colorado Open on 8-29-09

Originally the fights at the Softball Country Pavilions were scheduled to be held outdoors. However, the threat of rain saw the event taking place inside and fans were out in force to pack the venue. This event was to showcase the semifinal round of the 145 lb. professional Grand Prix tournament. The finalists of the two fights this night will face off in the finals September 12, 2009.

The main event of the evening was a professional bout featuring Chaun Sims facing off against Kenneth Seegrist. Sims used a bodylock to set up an early takedown into half mount. Seegrist rolled to escape and Sims set in back control before looking to end the bout early with an RNC. Seegrist worked his way to his feet with Sims maintaining back control. Sims pulled him Seegrist over backward looking to close off the choke. Seegrist defended the submission and the fighters went back to standing. Sims then got a single leg takedown and from north/south he set in an inverted triangle while also using his GNP to set up a Kimura attempt. Seegrist withstood the striking and escaped the submissions. Sims took mount following a scramble and this time after securing back control he was able to secure the RNC for the Main Event win at 4:16 of round one.

To set the finals for the semifinals of the Grand Prix tournament it was Jesse Henley Vs. Nick Mamalis. Henley opened the bout with good strikes before Mamalis got a scoop slam off of the clinch. During a scramble for position Mamalis set in a guillotine choke and was able to close his guard to get the tapout victory and advance to the finals at 1:00 of round one.

The other semifinal bout featured Brett Roller Vs. Ron Muir. Roller opened with a strong body kick, but Muir was able to trap the kick and get a takedown. Roller scrambled to standing which allowed Muir the opportunity to score another takedown. From the top Muir worked his GNP while Roller worked to set up submissions from the bottom. Muir worked into full mount then took back control off of a scramble for position. From the back Muir set in the fight ending choke at 1:52 of round one in order to take his spot in the finals.

Andy Cohea Vs. Justen Martin for the F2W 170 lb. elimination title. The bout hit the mat early and off of a scramble Martin tried for a guillotine choke , but Cohea was able to escape and work GNP from half mount. Martin scored a sweep and the fighters scrambled to standing. Martin landed a strong knee strike before pushing Cohea to the ground and following with the fight winning GNP to earn the title winning TKO at 1:13 of round one.

Joe Mickells Vs Anthony Werner for the F2W 135 lb. elimination title. Mickells closed the distance with a kick and Werner clinched to set up a takedown. On the ground Mickells displayed an active guard . Mickells was able to escape a guillotine choke attempt from Werner before taking half mount. Werner scored a sweep to set up a rolling guillotine attempt. Mickells again defended the choke and took side control before standing to end the round. Round two saw Mickells get a takedown early in the round. On the mat Mickells set in the fight ending triangle choke to earn the title at :42 of round two.

Jeremy Kimball Vs. Nick Meyer for the F2W 185 lb. elimination title. Kimball trapped a kick early and went for the takedown while Meyer tried to set in a guillotine. Kimball escaped the choke and in the following scramble he set in a guillotine of his own. Meyer defended the choke and stood. From his back Kimball landed a strong up kick and Meyer was knocked to the mat. Kimball scrambled and again looked for a guillotine while pulling guard. Meyer escaped the choke and tried to improve position to end the round. To start round two both fighters were striking with aggression early. Meyer was pushed to the mat following a punch flurry from Kimball and Kimball worked GNP from North/South and side control. Kimball then stood to strike and at the end of a good striking exchange Kimball dropped Meyer and followed with GNP to end the round. The doctor was called in to check an eye injury sustained by Meyer and on the doctor’s advice the referee stopped the bout giving Kimball the TKO win and the title at 3:00 of round two.

Mark Mickells Vs. John Graycraft for the F2W 125 lb. elimination title. Each fighter started off with strong striking before Graycraft got the takedown off of the clinch. From his back Mickells set in a triangle choke, rolled to topside position and worked strikes before closing off the choke for the title winning tapout at 1:02 of round one.

Ben Deanda Vs. Valentine Marquez. Marquez trapped a kick early to set up a big scoop slam. On the ground Marquez worked to set up an armbar attempt but Deanda escaped and worked some GNP. Before the round ended the fighters worked to standing and Marquez scored with another scoop slam. Round two saw Marquez scoring with several more takedowns while Deanda was busy on the ground and was able to work back to his feet several times. Round three had Marquez getting yet another takedown, but after Deanda got back to standing he worked for a standing guillotine choke. Marquez used the position to set up yet another slam and work some GNP. The round ended with Deanda working back to standing. When asked to score the fight the judges gave the victory to Marquez by way of unanimous decision.

Jeremy Hastings Vs. Kyle Lemaire. Lemaire was dropped early in round one by a punch from Hastings, but was able to work strikes from inside the guard of Hastings. Round two had several positional reversals and GNP from each fighter before Hastings set in the fight winning triangle choke at 2:33 of round two.

JJ Mondragon Vs Nick Macias for the F2W 145 lb. elimination title. Mondragon was very aggressive with his striking early and he landed an body kick that dropped Macias. Mondragon went to the mat for some GNP before letting Macias back to his feet. Macias then initiated a takedown and once it hit the mat Mondragon secured head control to set up a scramble back to standing. On their feet Macias landed an uppercut that saw the tide of the fight turn as Mondragon was knocked to the canvas. Macias followed up with GNP to end round one. Round two had both fighters striking hard early with Macias Staggering Mondragon with a head kick. The fight went to the mat and Macias worked some more GNP. Mondragon recovered and secured a sweep to escape off of the bottom. In the ensuing scramble Macias ended up in the guard of Mondragon before taking full mount. Mondragon escaped the positon and worked back to standing as round two ended. Round three saw Mondragon pressing the action early with striking before taking side control after stuffing a Macias shot. Macias gained full guard and the referee stood the fighters when the action slowed. Mondragon landed a flurry of strikes that dropped Macias and he followed up with GNP as Macias looked for a Kimura as the round ended. When called upon to give their scores the judges saw it as an unanimous decision and title winning victory for JJ Mondragon.

Troy Mumme Vs. Nick Laney. Off of an early clinch Mumme got a takedown and Laney was active with his guard. The fighters scrambled to standing and Laney got a slam takedown to set up back and forth positional exchanges and submission attempts and escapes from each fighter. Round two saw Laney drop Mumme with a right hook and he followed it with strong GNP. Mumme worked for submissions and there were several more scrambles and submission attempts from each. The round ended with Laney transitioning from a Darce choke into a Peruvian necktie that Mumme was able to defend. Round three began with Mumme getting a bodylock takedown. However, Laney set in a triangle choke off of his back, rolled to topside control and got a tapout victory due to strikes at 1:55 of round three.