From Ohio to Canada to the UK to Japan to Colorado to Illinois to New Jersey, there were MMA events going on around the globe this past weekend. Here’s a recap of some of the more prominent events including Pancrase, Smackgirl and King of the Cage. In action were former TUF fighters Mike Nickels and Kerry “Meat Truck” Schall, Josh Rafferty (UFC), Ruben “Warpath” Villareal and Shane Ott (IFL).
Updated MMA win-loss records are included for all of the fighters. Pictured fighters are in bold.
Friday Night Fights
PANCRASE: RISING 4 was held Friday April 27, 2007 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
MAIN EVENT - Yoshiro Maeda (21-4) won by Unanimous Decision over Danny Batten (11-5).
2 - Bryan Rafiq (5-1) won by TKO over Hikaru Sato (17-16) in Round 2.
3 - Izuru Takeuchi (21-8) won by Unanimous Decision over Daisuke Watanabe (17-26).
4 - Hyung Suk Choi (1-0) won by KO over Yukio Sakaguchi (0-1) in Round 1.
5 - Miki Shida (12-4) won by Unanimous Decision over Manabu Inoue (5-3).
6 - Takuya Wada (14-7) won by Unanimous Decision over Sotaro Yamada (4-3).
7 - Shoji Shoji (4-1) won by TKO over Kenji Takeshige (3-6) in Round 1.
ROC 14: TOURNAMENT FINALS (RING OF COMBAT) was held Friday April 27 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
MAIN EVENT - James “Binky” Jones (3-1) won by Submission over Ian “the Barn Owl” Loveland (7-6) in Round 1.
2 - Todd Moore (9-0) won by TKO over Jay Coleman (6-4) in Round 1. [0:52]
3 - Marc Stevens (5-1) won by Unanimous Decision over Jason House (7-3).
4 - Shennan Maceo (2-0) won by Majority Decision over Steve DeAngelis (1-3).
5 - Khristian Geraci (1-6) won by Submission over Joseph Spataro (0-3) in Round 1.
6 - Ido Pariente (4-2) won by TKO over Nardu Debrah (4-4) in Round 2.
7 - Brian McLaughlin (3-0) won by Submission over Carmine Zocchi (1-1) in Round 1.
8 - Lyman Good (4-0) won by TKO over Eric Charles (1-4) in Round 1.
9 - Mike Massenzio (7-1) won by Submission over Eric Tavares (5-8) in Round 1.
10 - Brendan Barrett (2-1) won by KO over Dan Karnbauer (0-1) in Round 1.
Saturday Night Fights
CWFC: ENTER THE ROUGH HOUSE 2 (Cage Warriors Fighting Championships) was held Saturday April 28 at the Harvey Hadden Centre in Nottingham, England.
MAIN EVENT - Wayne Buck (2-0) won by TKO over David Cieplinski (0-1) in Round 1. [0:18]
2- Dan “the Outlaw” Hardy (14-5) won by Submission over Willy Ni (14-4) in Round 2.
3 - Karl “Psycho” Amoussou (5-0) won by Submission over Mark O’Toole (1-2) in Round 1.
4 - Jim Wallhead (9-4) won by Submission over Lewis Barrow (4-4) in Round 2.
5 - Lee Livingstone (1-0) won by Unanimous Decision over Eduardo Mahal (0-1).
6 - Greg Loughran (9-9) won by Submission over Andre Winner (5-1) in Round 2.
7 - Christian Smith (4-3) won by TKO over Jay Keiron (1-1) in Round 3.
8 - Steve Tetley (2-0) won by TKO over Cristian Binda (3-1) in Round 2.
9 - Chris Cooper (1-1) won by TKO over Dylan Tanner (0-1) in Round 2.
10 - Edwin Junior (1-1) won by TKO over Rob Askew (1-1) in Round 1.
11 - Eddie Podolski (1-0) won by Majority Decision over Rocci Williams (0-2).
EC 77: EXTREME CHALLENGE was held Saturday April 28 in Mason, Ohio.
MAIN EVENT - Shane Ott (4-0) won by TKO over Kerry "Meat Truck" Schall (21-8) in Round 1.
2 - Josh Rafferty (7-4) won by Submission over Eli Ayars (1-4) in Round 1.
3 - Adam Sepulveda (1-0) won by Submission over Rod Housley (0-1) in Round 1.
4 - Justin Wilcox (3-2) won by Unanimous Decision over Alan Lee (1-1).
5 - Dom O'Grady (1-0) won by TKO over Nate Jolly (1-1) in Round 1.
6 - Tim Ruberg (1-0) won by Submission over Jared Combs (0-1) in Round 2.
7 - Jim Bova (1-0) won by Submission over James Hill-Harris (0-1) in Round 2.
8 - Dan Mundy (1-0) won by Submission over Nate Holler (0-1) in Round 1.
KOTC: MEGIDDO (KING OF THE CAGE) was held Saturday April 28 at the Multiplex in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada.
MAIN EVENT - Gary Wright (6-0) won by Decision over TJ Grant (6-1). {Welterweight Title}
2 - Kajan "Ragin" Johnson (10-8) won by Submission over Jason "Sumo Samurai" St. Louis (11-11) in Round 1.
3 - Tim Hague (4-0) won by Decision over Ruben "Warpath" Villareal (11-12).
4 - Tim Thurston (6-2) won by Split Decision over Sean Huffman (12-11).
5 - Nick Hinchliffe (4-0) won by KO over Aaron Basso (2-2) in Round 1. [0:24]
6 - Aaron Bruce (3-1) won by Submission over Jerry Elliot (0-3) in Round 1.
7 - JC Cousins (1-0) won by TKO over Ryan Chiapie (1-2) in Round 2.
8 - Marcus Hicks (3-7) won by Submission over Dave Belanger (2-1) in Round 1.
9 - Brandon Carlick (3-0) won by TKO over Daniel Ferguson (1-1) in Round 2.
10 - Chad Cox (3-1) won by TKO over Brian Gunn (0-2) in Round 1.
11 - Sam Flood (1-0) won by TKO over Leslie Dickens (0-1) in Round 1.
ROF 29: AFTERSHOCK (RING OF FIRE) was held Saturday April 28 at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado.
MAIN EVENT - Eliot Marshall (5-0) won by Submission over Marcus Sursa (2-3) in Round 1. {Light Heavyweight Title}
2 - Mike Nickels (5-1) won by KO over Carpaccio Owens (2-2) in Round 1. [0:07]
3 - Christian Allen (5-2) won by KO over Ryan Haas (3-1) in Round 1. {Featherweight Title}
4 - Donald Cerrone (6-0) won by Submission over Anthony Njokuani (7-1) in Round 1.
5 - Luke Caudillo (12-6) won by Split Decision over Dennis "Piranha" Davis (9-6).
6 - Scott Jorgenson (3-1) won by Unanimous Decision over Tyler Toner (3-1). {Young Guns Title}
7 - Isaac Diamondes (1-0) won by KO over Cody Donovan (0-1) in Round 1. [0:08]
8 - Jesse Henley (1-0) won by Submission over PJ Sierra (0-1) in Round 2.
9 - Brandon Thatch (1-0) won by Submission over Josh Kirby (0-1).
10 - Sean Logsden (1-1) won by Submission over Adam Johnson (1-8) in Round 1. [0:24]
11 - Sean Doherty (1-1) won by Submission over Leonard Snow (0-1) in Round 2.
SMACKGIRL: THE DANCE OF THE TAISHO ROMANCE was held Saturday April 28 2007 at the Azalea Taisho Hall in Osaka, Japan.
MAIN EVENT - Yuka Tsuji (17-1) won by TKO over Thricia "Little Evil" Poovey (3-3) in Round 1.
2 - Megumi Yabushita (12-9) won by Unanimous Decision over Benkei Benkei (1-3).
3 - Ayumi "Edge" Saito (7-3) won by Submission over Kanitta Choosuk (0-1) in Round 1.
4 - Saori Ishioka (1-1) won by Unanimous Decision over Yoko Oyama (0-5).
5 - Miyuki Ariga (2-4) won by Unanimous Decision over Hiromi Obata (1-1).
6 - Fukoko Hamada (4-0) won by Submission over Akemi Morihara (0-1) in Round 2.
TFC 8: TOTAL FIGHT CHALLENGE was held Saturday April 28 at the Hammond Civic Center in Hammond, Illinois.
MAIN EVENT - Dan Hornbuckle (12-1) won by Submission over Matt Shaw (2-3) in Round 2. {Welterweight Title}
2 - Jesse Chilton (9-3) won by Submission over Dan Lamping (2-3) in Round 1.
3 - Jared McMahon (2-0) won by Submission over Ulises Rocha (1-2) in Round 1.
4 - York Ash (5-5) won by Submission over Robert D’leon (1-1) in Round 3.
5 - Aaron Kreke (3-0) won by TKO over Jim Peterson (0-1) in Round 1. [0:31]
6 - Brandon Munson (3-0) won by Submission over Jeremy Morrison (4-9) in Round 2.
7 - John Hosman (3-2) won by Submission over Chino Duran (0-2) in Round 2.
