Mike Davis’s United Combat League put on their annual charity event, Season’s Beatings. The night of action took place at the Local 399 Union Hall in downtown Chicago. The night of action featured ten amateur mixed martial arts fights. All of the proceeds from the night went to Folds of Honor which provides scholarships to families of fallen soldiers. Davis stated that at least a full scholarship was raised.

The main event featured James Waller taking on Jimmy Moreno for the vacant light heavyweight title. The first round was a crazy back and forth boxing battle with both Waller and Moreno landing clean shots on the other. Moreno was looking to counter Waller’s punches and as such landed more in the round giving him the round. The second round Moreno switched things up and took Waller down. The entire round was spent on the canvas as Moreno transitioned from side control to mount to back mount. Waller kept trying to escape and toyed with being mounted or having Moreno take his back. Moreno was looking for a rear naked choke but when he couldn’t get it, he threw punch after punch. The third round Waller’s right eye looked nearly swollen shut and was caught with a right hand by Moreno. Moreno either didn’t realize it landed or was trying to set something else up as he didn’t follow. The two set their feet and started throwing. Moreno landed first and it seemed like Waller was going to go down, but then a perfectly placed right hook by Waller sent Moreno crashing to the canvas in a crazy knockout.

The co-main event featured David Hammonds taking on the crowd favorite Quinn Corbett. Corbett had a massive height advantage over Hammonds, but Hammonds immediately closed the distance and took him down right away. Hammonds postured up and started to throw left hand after left hand and Corbett was in trouble and tapped to the strikes.

After the break heavyweights Jeff Szakas and Eric Bucio took the cage. Szakas swarmed Bucio and pressed him against the cage. He was working for a takedown and got it, keeping all of his weight on top of Bucio. Bucio sat up and worked punches to the head of Szakas and after several went through clean Szakas tapped to the strikes.

Todd Wilson and Andrew Munoz were up before the intermission and they put on a fantastic fight. Munoz came out swinging and then shot for a takedown, but Wilson worked for a guillotine choke. It looked tight, but Munoz continued to move and worked his way out. The two stood up and Wilson dropped Munoz, but Munoz was quick to secure an armbar. Wilson stood up, curled Munoz who was on his arm, and then slammed him to the canvas to break the submission. He landed a couple of punches from on top before he stood up. Munoz then took him down and landed in side control. Wilson tried to escape but Munoz took his back and sunk in a fight ending rear naked choke.

The longest entrance award goes to Juan Tapia as his song was over halfway done playing before he came out against Bryan Titus. He also scored one of the fastest wins of the night as Titus immediately shot for a takedown and Tapia grabbed a guillotine. At first it was standing, but then he pulled guard and was able to tighten the choke and force the tapout at 31 seconds into the fight.

A quick bout between Eric Siciliano and Terry Little. Siciliano came out swinging and Little tried for a double leg takedown. Siciliano sprawled and defended then took Little’s back. He threw multiple punches earning the technical knockout.

Lawrence Sieber dropped Chris McDonough at the start of the fight. He pounced and it looked like the fight was going to be stopped, but the ref let the fight continue. McDonough and Sieber clinched and worked knees. McDonough took Sieber down and then worked punches. He took the mount and threw punch after punch. Sieber didn’t defend and the ref stopped the fight.

Andrew West came out swinging against Trevor Relyea and didn’t let up until the fight was over. West quickly charged Relyea and landed punch after punch. He threw a knee that looked clean, but Relyea said it was low and a time out was called. After the restart West continued to throw punch after punch. Relyea tried to take the fight to the ground, but West reversed. The two stood up and West again charged Relyea working punches against the cage. Relyea ducked down for a single leg, but West got his arm around the throat of Relyea and squeezed. Relyea gave a thumbs up, then his knees buckled and the ref stopped the fight.

Bit of a controversy between Augie Rodriguez and Robert Little. The first round Rodriguez took Little down and worked small punches from side control. He got too top heavy and Little was able to roll him over and worked on top. Little tried for a keylock to finish Rodriguez off, but it wasn’t there. Little was too high and Rodriguez was able to sweep him. Little gave up his back and Rodriguez finished the round with punches. The second round Little came out with a front kick and Rodriguez caught it and took him down. They got back up, but again the fight went to the ground. Rodriguez was working for a kimura or a straight arm armbar and Little started yelling while trying to muscle his way out. He did it a couple of times and the ref took it as a verbal submission and called the fight.

Kicking off the night of action was Jason Crose taking on Gilbert Grappling’s Justin Hughes. The two were quick close the distance and started throwing right hands at each other. Hughes ducked under and picked Crose up, slamming him to the canvas. He moved from side control to mount and threw a couple of punches. Crose tried to escape by giving up his back, but Hughes unloaded a flurry of punches forcing the ref to stop the fight.

Quick Results
Justin Hughes defeated Jason Crose by technical knockout at 0:35 of round one
Augie Rodriguez defeated Robert Little by verbal submission (Americana) at 1:47 of round two
Andrew West defeated Trevor Relyea by rear naked choke at 2:27 of round one
Chris McDonough defeated Lawrence Sieber by technical knockout at 2:20 of round one
Eric Siciliano defeated Terry Little by technical knockout at 0:41 of round one
Juan Tapia defeated Bryan Titus by guillotine choke at 0:31 of round one
Andrew Munoz defeated Todd Wilson by rear naked choke at 1:52 of round one
Eric Bucio defeated Jeff Szakas by submission due to strikes at 0:58 of round one
David Hammonds defeated Quinn Corbett by tapout due to strikes at 0:13 of round one
James Waller defeated Jimmy Moreno by knockout at 0:23 of round three

United Combat League returned to Bourbon Street on Wednesday September 19th. The night of action featured thirteen amateur fights. Read on for the full recap and results.

Brian Peters and Jason Crose set the tone for the rest of the night. Crose came out with a big leg kick that hurt Peters. The two then started just throwing punch after punch with neither flinching. Crose then clinched and worked a knee before scoring a trip takedown. Peters used the momentum from the takedown and wound up on top. He quickly passed to mount and rained down punch after punch. Crose tried to defend, was unable and tapped to the strikes. The ref was a little late to stop the fight after Crose tapped and Crose was visibly upset for eating more punches.

Mike Kosur had bad intentions with his punches against Lawrence Sieber. After landing a right, he pressed Sieber against the cage. He assaulted Sieber’s body with hook after hook. Sieber tried to defend, but Kosur used it to take him down. He landed in side control and worked small punches before finishing the fight with an Americana.

Chris Lozano and Bob Gacki had an amazing back and forth battle. The first round Gacki nearly landed a front kick to Lozano’s face. After he was taken down by an impressive single leg. The two were stood up after a stall in the action and Gacki scored a takedown of his own. The round was extremely close, but Gacki likely won for damage. The second round Gacki had a great takedown, but as he tried to pass to mount Lozano reversed. He spent nearly two minutes in Gacki’s guard landing small punches. The final round both fighters missed with jabs and then clinched. Gacki again with a takedown. He was in Lozano’s guard but Lozano tried to spin out and gave up his back. Gacki took advantage, flattened him out, and after a readjustment locked in a fight ending rear naked choke.

Tavares Greene was phenomenal with his takedowns as they seemed to come almost at will against Brendon Fergusen. And while he was able to get Fergusen to the ground, Fergusen was impossible to put away. Fergusen threatened multiple times with an inverted triangle, and when he couldn’t get a tap, it did enable him to escape the bad position. By the end of the third round, both fighters were tired. Greene scored another takedown and worked an armbar as time ran out.

Heavyweights David Hammons and George Jefferson were up next. Hammons rushed Jefferson and scored a takedown right away. He passed to side control, but Jefferson had ahold of his head. Jefferson used it to roll Hammons over top of him and then got the mount. Jefferson started throwing punch after punch, Hammons tried to escape by giving up his back, then rolling back over, but it was for naught and he tapped to the strikes.

Anthony Ferro stuffed an immediate takedown by Mike Dombrowski. He unloaded punch after punch while Dombrowski tried to score the takedown. Ferro then transitioned to a guillotine choke, but gave that up in lieu of his position. He postured up and the punches came fast and hard. The ref told Dombrowski to do something, he didn’t and the ref stopped the fight.

Ben Carlson smiled as he touched gloves with Adam Langinski. Langinski just missed with a high kick and Carlson shot for a takedown. He was in Langinski’s guard and postured up and started to throw punch after punch. Langinski escaped the bad position, only to have Carlson grab a guillotine and pull guard. It looked tight, but Langinski fought his way out and on top of Carlson. The two stood and Langinski scored a takedown. Carlson tried for a gogoplata, but Langinski was able to escape. Carlson then transitioned to a triangle but it wasn’t that deep. He then rolled over to have a mounted triangle where he threw punches forcing Langinski to tap to the strikes.

Josh Weddington had the largest fan base of the night when he took on Glenn Evans. Evans ducked his head and immediately went for the takedown, but Weddington defended it well. Evans continued to try for the takedown and Weddington sprawled and was able to take his back. Weddington threw punch after punch until the ref was forced to stop the fight.

Justin Hughes came out swinging with bad intentions against Dan Bravo. Hughes landed first and Bravo seemed a little woozy. Hughes followed up, but Bravo was able to recover. The two didn’t mind trading punches, even while inside a clinch. Big front kick by Bravo sends Hughes to the ground. Bravo follows up with a couple of punches and the ref stopped the fight.

Riot Waller and Nick Garcia put on an at times exciting fight, at others not so much. Waller was able to land his punches almost at will, but Garcia had a rock hard chin. In each of the three rounds, Waller dropped Garcia, but was unable to finish him. By the end of the fight Garcia was bloodied up and Waller looked like he was able to go another three rounds.

Brian Titus looked out matched from the start against Billy Jessie. Titus attempted a jumping crane kick that was completely off the mark. Jessie just looked him like “really?” Jessie then landed a straight left and Titus went to the canvas. Jessie threw punches to the body of Titus then transitioned to knees. After three knees Titus tapped to the attack.

The first of two main events featured Andrew West taking on Ryan Kerwin for the middleweight title. Both fighters came out ready to throw and they did just that. The punches came fast and furious and it was nearly impossible to tell who was landing more. The two clinched and West landed a big uppercut that crumbled Kerwin. Kerwin recovered quickly and got a takedown. West threatened with a guillotine, but Kerwin fought out of it. Once free he passed to mount and had an armbar that looked deep. West fought out of it and escaped. He tried to pass to mount, but Kerwin was ready and caught him half guard. The two stood and Kerwin landed a huge punch as the round ended. The second round the two came out swinging. West stumbled Kerwin, but the two clinched and Kerwin had the takedown. West threatened again with a guillotine and used it to scoot out from under Kerwin. Kerwin rolled and grabbed a kneebar and forced West to tap.

The main event featured Matt Brown taking on Miguel Garza for the bantamweight title. The first round Brown showed that he had a reach advantage and picked Garza apart with his jabs. Garza wasn’t taking it lightly and started to land punches of his own. By the halfway point of the round though, Garza was visibly bleeding from his nose. Garza attempted a takedown, but Brown was ready and stuffed it. The second round Brown opened up with a high kick and a right hook that opened up a cut over Garza’s eye. Blood was coming fast from his face and he wanted to get the fight to the ground. The two clinched and Brown grabbed a power standing guillotine. Garza tried to fight his way out, but once he was pressed against the cage with no place else to go, he tapped.

Quick Results
Brian Peters defeated Jason Crose by tapout due to strikes at 0:54 of round 1
MIke Kosur defeated Lawrence Sieber by tapout by Americana at 0:45 of round 1
Bob Gacki defeated Chris Lozano by rear naked choke at 2:18 of round 3
Tavares Greene defeated Brendon Fergusen by unanimous decision
George Jefferson defeated David Hammons by tapout due to strikes at 1:29 of round 1
Anthony Ferro defeated Mike Dombrowski by technical knockout at 1:02 of round 1
Ben Carlson defeated Adam Langinski by tapout due to strikes at 2:25 of round 1
Josh Weddington defeated Glenn Evans by technical knockout at 1:09 of round 1
Dan Bravo defeated Justin Hughes by technical knockout at 2:48 of round 1
James Riot Waller defeated Nick Garcia by unanimous decision
Billy Jessie defeated Brian Titus by tapout due to strikes at 0:52 of round 1
Ryan Kerwin defeated Andrew West by kneebar at 0:42 of round 2
Matt Brown defeated Miguel Garza by standing guillotine at 0:48 of round 2

Last summer Summer Brawl took over the Odeum with an impressive all amateur card. This summer, it looks like it will be more of the same. On Saturday, June 30th at the Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park, Illinois, several of the top amateurs in Illinois will be competing.

Fighters set to compete include Angel Cobral, Wes Anderson, Nick FLemm, Dan Alamario, Chris Conway, Jose Chepe Mariscal, Jose Torres, Jeffery Stuckle and making her promotional debut Breea Gilbert from G2.

Matchups that have been announced include Justin Hughes vs Jake Powers, Matt Brax vs Dustin Stusse, and Oliver Vasquez vs Darrel Edmonson.

Tickets are available at Gilbert Grappling, MTC, Patrio Training Systems, The Odeum Box Office and Nova Lounge.

For more information call 630-373-CAGE.

Another full card of local amateur MMA fighters packed the concert hall at Bourbon Street in Midilothian, IL. Several bouts were schedule and here are the quick Results:

Justin Hughes defeated Ted Green via a Unanimous Decision

Matt Hemry defeated Jason Cruse via Tapout due to a arm triangle at .40 of round one

Miguel Garza defeated Ryan DiPompeo via a Unanimous Decision

Joe Hrueben defeated Andrew Edborg via Tapout due to a RNC at .39 of round one

Randy Kwasgroch defeated Sam Basler via Tapout due to a RNC at 2.56 of round one

Mike Miller defeated Jim Shramm via Tapout due to strikes at 2.30 of round one

Justin Rouats defeated Andrew West via Tapout due to a RNC at 2.59 of round one

Jason Martin defeated Brandon Copollo via ref stoppage due to strikes at 1.10 of round one

Santana Adame defeated Matt Brown via Unanimous Decision

Ben Carlson defeated Cole Tomassetti via TKO due to strikes at 1.53 of round one

Juan Muller defeated Eric Blake via ref stoppage due to strikes at .37 of round one

Kallee Howell defeated Nana Profit via ref stoppage at .43 of round one

Robert Little defeated Ryan Lobue via shoulder injury at 3:00 of round 1

Shane Camp defeated Brandon Bisping via guillotine at 2:20 of round 1

Jason Ignacek defeated Lloyd Thornton via guillotine at 2:18 of round 1

Bodylock Presents Winter Brawl took place on Saturday February 18 at the Melrose Park Civic Center in Melrose Park Illinois. A total of eight amateur mixed martial arts fights went down in front of a massive crowd that was into all of the action.
1. Vince Nicoline vs Dan Alamario – heavyweight
Nicoline stalked him down against the cage until he landed jabs and upper cuts. Alamario dived for a takedown and easily stuffed by Nicoline and took the back mount. Landed hammer fists and rolled him over. Tried for different submissions, but Alamario fighting back and out of back mount. More hammer fists fallowed from the Nicoline corner. Nicoline had complete control of Alamarios back until round one ended.

Nicoline with an unusual stance with his ands low and bent at the waits. Alamario opens up with jabs and low leg kicks that landed. Nicoline rushed in for a body lock and takedown into half guard. Light punches came from Nicoline and Alamario defended well and retained full guard. Ref called for stand up. Nicoline rushed in for another body lock against the cage making Alamario carry his weight. Alamario exploded off the cage and landed heavy punches to end round two.

Nicoline opened with rush in and uppercuts, but Alamario found a single leg. Nicoline landed more hammer fists with his back to the cage while Alamario switched legs. Nicoline stuffed the single leg takedown and ended up in side control. More punches from the top from Nicoline then fought Alamarios hands to secure the mount. More punches from the top followed until Alamario turned over and gave up the back. Nicoline flatted him out and delivered more punches to the side of the head.
Official Result: Vince Nicoline via unanimous decision
2. Charles Rodriques vs Adam Gleason – lightweight
Strong open from Gleason with a stiff jab and takedown into the back mount. Worked for the choke against the cage early. Rodriques quickly fount out, but was hipped tossed and was mounted then switched to back mount again. Gleason working for the choke again and gets the tap.
Official Result: Adam Gleason via tapout due to a rear naked choke at 1.40 of round one
3. Shane Kamp vs Bobby Kpa – middleweight
Low kicks to start from Kamp. Force against the cage, but Kpa secured the neck for a choke, but didn’t secure the bock to finish. Hammer fist from Kamp and fought the hands at the same time. Kamp freed himself and pushed Kpa against the cage for a double leg takedown slam into half guard. Kamp tried to soften his opponent and advance position. Kamp took the back and delivered knees to the body against the cage. Kamp secured the neck and pulled Kpa back then flattened him out for the tap.
Official Result: Shane Kamp via tapout due to a rear naked choke at 2.38 of round one.
4. Scott Bratner vs Justin Hughes – featherweight
Hughes walked in with an intense face with focus. Hughes opened with a kick and Bratner takes the single leg takedown into mount, but Hughes reversed into guard. Punches from the top from Hughes, but Bratner countered with triangle and arm bar attempts. Hughes backs off to reengage on the feet. Huge right hand landed from Hughes and started to swarm, but Bratner recovered and got back the feet. The crowd fully enjoyed this fight. Bratner dove for a takedown, but stuffed by Hughes. Hughes controlled the head and reached for a choke from the front. Hughes ended the round with punches to the face.

Hughes opened with a great punch combo that connected, but Bratner weathered the short storm and secured the takedown. Fighters scrambled to their feet and Hughes caught Bratner with a strong looping left that dropped him. Hughes jumped on him to finish the fight. Crowd loved the action and let both fighters know it witch thunderous clapping and cheers.
Official Result: Justin Hughes via TKO at .58 of round two

5. Ronnie Stewart vs David Lelis – heavyweight
heavy support for the Lelis corner. Mad scramble to start the fight with swarming punches from both fighters. Stewart secured the takedown, but leaves his neck in the side of Lelis. Lelis secures the choke and gets the tapout.
Official Result: David Lelis via tapout due to a guillotine choke at .45 of round one.
6. Michael Romars vs Dustin Stusse – lightweight
Huge fan support for Stusse corner. Romars opened up with leg kicks and tried for the takedown. Stusse reversed the position and secured the mount. Moved his opponent against the cage but Romars reversed and ended up in guard. A few submission attempts fro the bottom from Stusse. To avoid the submission Romars backs away and the fight moves back against the cage. Stusse secured a takedown and started raining hammer fists to the head. Moved to side control, but Romars secured half guard. Stusse started to land more clean punches from the top position and the ref called the fight.
Official Result: Dustin Stusse via TKO at 2.49 of round one.
7. Pat Yates vs Sam Horowitz – welterweight
very loud support for Horowitz corner. Horowitz opened up with leg kicks, but Yates pushed him against the cage and secured the takedown in half guard. Yates soften him up with punches and secured his neck. Horowitz regroups and wall walks his way up the cage. Then Horowitz takes the neck, clasped his hands together and extends his body for the tapout.
Official Result: Sam Horowitz via tapout due to a guillotine choke 1.15 of round one. “I came here tow in and whoop some ass. He left his neck out there and I confiscated it.”
8. Dennis Sherman vs Damian Norris – lightweight 
Sherman kicked then ran Norris against the cage attempted a single leg takedown. Norris showed good balance for a while, but eventually was takendown into his guard. From the bottom, Norris gathered hand control on Sherman and secured the triangle position.
Official Result: Damian Norris via tapout due to a triangle choke at 1.06 of round one.

Cut Throat MMA returned to Atlantis Gentlemen’s Club in Ford Heights, Illinois for Babes and Brawls X. The event featured seven amateur mixed martial arts fights highlighted by the beautiful girls of the club.

Kicking off the night of fights was a lightweight contest between Mike Manning and Adam Meneou. The fight looked like it was going to be all over quickly as Manning quickly took the fight to the ground and got the mount. He bloodied up his opponent and worked for a guillotine choke. Meneou was able to escape but took a big beating during the round. The second round was a close round with Manning working for a guillotine most of the round but Meneou was on top and in side control. Once Meneou was able to get his head free he worked punches to the body and head. Manning tried to escape and was able to reverse the position and rained down punches in bunches. The third round Meneou opened the round with good kicks and was able to get the mount himself. Manning was nearly finished but he found his escape and then worked to finish Meneou. As time was running out in the round Meneou nearly had a triangle choke, but Manning punched his way out.

Justin Hughes came out swinging for the fences against Sean Cooley and never let up. He landed a big combo that hurt Cooley, but Cooley was able to recover quickly. Hughes just picked Cooley up and threw him to the ground and as Cooley stood up he ate several more punches. Hughes got the back of Cooley and threw him to the ground again. Just like the previous time he let Cooley stand up and made him pay with several punches. Hughes continued his assault but was briefly stalled as he left his neck partially open and Cooley tried to capitalize on it with a guillotine. Once free Hughes landed a big right that dropped Cooley. Hughes followed it up with one more punch before the ref called the fight.

Josh Bulak entered the cage to talk about the fund that is now set up for Jeff Dunbar. He gave a small update on Dunbar’s status in that Dunbar has some minor use of his hands.

Returning to action Mike Perry took on Nikola Colovic. The two touched gloves and then immediately went after each other. Perry landed a straight right and Colovic returned the favor with a right of his own. Colovic started to land the better of the two, but Perry was throwing hoping to land. Unfortunately for him, Colovic landed a punch that sent Perry to the canvas and the fight was ended there.

Heavyweights were up next as Cody Murray battled Robert Little in an exciting back and forth battle. The two came out and looked to clinch and work a dirty boxing game. Little seemed to be landing more of his punches and then opted to shoot for a takedown. He couldn’t get it and Murray decided to work some knees. Murray tried for a takedown, but Little countered with a guillotine attempt. As Murray escaped, Little shot for a takedown and was successful. Unfortunately he got reversed and Murray worked punches from the top. Murray started to transition to a different position and Little yelled out in pain and the ref stopped the fight.

From the start it looked like Alfonso Bray would be too much for Shane Camp. Camp wanted to land little leg kicks, but Bray countered with a right hand forcing Camp to shoot for a takedown. Bray sprawled and looked to keep his top position with punches to the body of Camp. Camp stayed busy from the bottom trying to escape and throwing multiple hammerfists to Bray’s ears. He did escape and when both fighters stood, Camp landed an accidental knee to the groin of Bray. After the restart the two fighters clinched and exchanged knees. Camp jumped and grabbed a guillotine. Bray tried to summersault out, but Camp held on, adjusted and squeezed. Bray had not choice but to tap to the submission.

In the co-main event Anthony Corder took on Gregg Tigner. If you blinked you might have missed what happened. Tigner landed a punch and Corder immediately went for a takedown. The two were battling for position on the ground when Corder was able to get on top. Unfortunately Tigner used it to his advantage as he secured an armbar. Corder tried to roll out, but Tigner held on tight and forced the tap.

Andrew West and Mike Reid headlined the great night of fights with an exciting Muay Thai fight. West came out with a big front kick, but Reid countered with a right hand. Reid continued with a leg kick and the two fighters clinched. Both fighters exchanged knees before separating. Reid then connected with a spinning backfist that dropped West. West was able to get up within the eight count and was ready to continue on. Reid immediately pressed the action and landed another spinning backfist that knocked West out.

Quick Results
Mike Manning defeated Adam Meneou by unanimous decision
Justin Hughes defeated Sean Cooley by TKO at 1:49 of round 1
Nikola Colovic defeated Mike Perry by TKO at 0:49 of round 1
Cody Murray defeated Robert Little by verbal tapout at 2:41 of round 1
Shane Camp defeated Alfonso Bray by guillotine at 1:49 of round 1
Gregg Tigner defeated Anthony Corder by armbar at 0:33 of round 1
Mike Reid defeated Andrew West by knockout in round 1

CutThroat MMA returned to Bourbon Street for another one of their exciting Wednesday night cards with Brawl @ Bourbon Street.  The night of action saw eight amateur mixed martial arts contests highlighted by impressive submissions, devastating knock outs and exciting fights.  Read on for the full recap and results of the night.

 

Tim Armstrong vs. Andrew Edborg
Both fighters are swinging at each other like wild men. Andrew tries for the takedown, but Armstrong reverses into the mount. Several punches follow and the ref rescues Edborg.

James Yarbrough vs. Justin Hughes
Good knees from Yarbrough in the clinch to begin the fight. Solid takedown from the clinch shown by Hughes and ends up in the half guard. Punches followed from Hughes while Yarbrough looked for an escape. Hughes secured the mount and quickly took the back of his opponent. Yarbrough turned it around and ended the round in Hughes’ guard throwing punches.

A hard slam and then directly into the mount position from Hughes that started the second round. Yarbrough drove forward to reverse the position. Yarbrough looked for the rear naked choke early in the round, but came up short. He quickly gave that up and found the mount position. Hughes worked for an escape and the fighters are back to clinch work against the cage. Round two ends with both men against the cage battled for position to favor the judges.

Round three started with Hughes landing outside leg kicks. Fewer punch combos and more single strikes were now being thrown. Kicks and punches were exchanged between both fighters. Hughes scores a takedown and rained down punches. Yarbrough tried for a leg lock, but was stuffed by Hughes and he continued to land punches, from side control. Hughes let his opponent up late in the fight to score another takedown soon after. Fight ends with Hughes raining punches and Yarbrough looking for a single leg takedown.

Jason Crose vs. Matt Brown
Both fighters mixed it up well early with punches and kicks. Brown started to swarm on this opponent after a huge left hand to the Crose’s jaw. Crose hasn’t fully recovered and but kept looking for a single leg takedown. Brown found a home for another punch and Crose was forced to tap in the turtle position.

Dan Bravo vs. Andre Ford
A good hook to the temple landed on Bravo from Ford early in the fight. Bravo countered that strike with huge slam takedown. From the clinch against the cage, Bravo scored a leg trip takedown into half guard, and then he found his way to the full mount position. Bravo punched away at Ford’s head until the ref stopped the fight. Ford was not fighting back and held his hands in front of his face.

Darrell “The Mud Villain” Edmonson vs. Travis Simpson
Edmonson landed a solid right hand on his opponent’s face to start the beginning of the end of the fight. Simpson covers, bends forward and starts to peddle backwards until Edmonson caught him with a kick to the collarbone. Simpson rolls towards the cage. Edmonson backs away because Simpson did not show any sign that he wanted to get back up and fight. Ref called the fight.

Jeff Szakas vs. Jerry Elsner
Both fighters show respect and touched gloves to begin the fight. Szakas moved the fight into the clinch position early in the fight and pushed his opponent against the cage. Szakas secures the double leg lift and slammed the 65 year-old ex-police officer to the mat. Elsner quickly capitalizes on Szakas only mistake of leaving his head in Elsner’s armpit. Elsner closed his guard and secured his hands together for the choke. Szakas was forced to tap the canvas.

Brandon Conner vs. Bill Jessie
A wild and far-away takedown attempt came from Conner to start the fight. He looked for a leg lock when he was unsuccessful. Jessie defended well and landed a few punches against the cage from the top position. Fighters broke the ground position and began again on the feet. Another diving takedown attempt came from Conner, this time Jessie countered and ended up in the mount position. He quickly finished the fight with a rear naked choke.

Main Event: Tyler Isley vs. Jason Ignacek
Great clinch work displayed by both fighters that started the fight. No one was getting the better of his opponent until Ignacek countered a takedown with the mount position. Isley began to drip blood from his nose. Several punches follow and Isley turns and gives up his back. A pool of blood is now collecting on the mat when more punches came in from Ignacek. The ref stopped the fight due to lack of activity from Isley.

Submission of the Night goes to Jerry Elsner for a 21 second Guillotine Choke.

Knockout of the Night goes to Darrel Edmonson for a 10 second punch and kick combo.

Fight of the Night goes to James Yarbrough vs. Justin Hughes for great back and forth action during all 12 minutes. (NO PHOTO)

View the photo gallery here: Brawl @ Bourbon St. – Fightography

Quick Results

• Tim Armstrong defeated Andrew Edborg by TKO at 1:33 of round 1
• Justin Hughes defeated James Yarbrough by unanimous decision
• Matt Brown defeated Jason Crose by tapout due to strikes at 1:28 of round 1
• Dan Bravo defeated Andre Ford by tapout due to strikes at 1:54 of round 1
• Darrell Edmonson defeated Travis Simpson by TKO at 0:10 of round 1
• Jerry Elsner defeated Jeff Szakas by guillotine choke at 0:21 of round 1
• Bill Jessie defeated Brandon Conner by rear naked choke at 1:32 of round 1
• Jason Ignacek defeated Tyler Isley by tapout due to strikes at 1:26 of round 1