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Tachi Palace Fights 5: Stars and Stripes took place last night on internet pay-per-view, and former WEC Lightweight Champion "Razor" Rob McCullough was victorious in the night's main event.
McCullough defeated Isaac de Jesus by TKO in with 29 seconds left in the first round.
In other action, three Title fights were decided on the card as David Mitchell, Michael McDonald and Gabe Reudiger all took home gold.
Also on the card, the infamous War Machine, formerly known as Jon Koppenhaver, was choked unconscious by John Alessio in his final fight before reporting to jail to serve a one year sentence. Full event results are below:
• Rob McCullough (18-6) def. Isaac de Jesus (9-2) via TKO (punches) R1 4:31
• Welterweight Title Bout - David Mitchell (11-0) def. Poppies Martinez (18-7) via technical submission (triangle choke) R1 1:32
• John Alessio (29-13) def. War Machine (11-4) via technical submission (rear-naked choke) R3 2:24
• Bantamweight Title Bout - Michael McDonald (10-1) def. Cole Escovedo (16-5) via KO (punches) R2 1:12
• Lightweight Title Bout - Gabe Ruediger (17-5) def. Lenny Lovato (8-1) via TKO (punches) R1 3:25
• Dominique Robinson (5-4) def. Dave Kaplan (2-4) via TKO (elbows) R3 0:57
• Stephen Abas (2-0) def. Joey Delacruz (1-1) via unanimous decision R3 3:00
• David Bollea (3-0) def. Cody Gibson (3-1) via submission (armlock) R2 0:31
• Drew Bittner (4-0) def. Francisco Loredo (4-6) via unanimous decision R3 5:00
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