Hot off the heels of announcing their next all pro-show, XFO officials have confirmed with MMA Recap that will be holding an all amateur mixed martial arts event on Saturday March 31 in East Dundee. The event, “XFO Fight Night” will take place at Premier Banquet Hall in East Dundee, Illinois.

Several fighters are already being attached to the event including the Radtke and LaGray brothers, Vince Romadine, Charlie Richardson, Vince Nicoline, Tom Hawley, David Sorensen and more.

XFO Fight Night has played home to developing some of the best amateur fighters in Illinois.  Many fighters have competed on the series have gone on to become hot prospects in their professional careers.

Tickets for the event will be on sale shortly and will be available at MMA Recap.

XFO Fight Night took place on Saturday, November 5 at Offisdes in Woodstock, Illinois. The all amateur mixed martial arts event featured fourteen fights with the main event crowning a new XFO Amateur welterweight champion. The full recap and results are below.

Miguel Luiz vs Shawn Bridgeman
Luiz opened fast with a snapping high kick and Bridgeman dove for a takedown. Luiz took his opponents back and choked him out for the tap, winning by rear-naked-choke.

Zac Babiarz vs Gram Livermoore
round 1- The fighters opened up with fireworks, Livermore with punches and Babiarz with hard kicks behind a stiff jab. Babiarz hurt Livermoore in a heated exchange and began flurrying. Livermoore clinched to survive. A take-down by Babiarz landed him in side control, but Livermoore regained guard and swept him. Livermoore finished the round on the back of Babiarz working hard for a choke. In an extremely close round, mmarecap gives the edge to Babiarz based on damage.
round 2- Babiarz hurt a retreating Livermoore with a right hand and began to open up, but was clinched against the fence again. Livermoore went for a double-leg take-down, but Babiarz latched onto his neck and fell into his closed guard, strangling his opponent with a deep guillotine. Livermoore tapped, and Babiarz won via submission.

Nate Demovsek vs Mike Schaffer!
Demovsek shocked Schaffer with a head kick early, and on his follow-up with punches Schaffer tapped. In a quick highlight, Demovsek defeated Schaffer early by tapout due to strikes.

Talin Bostic vs Jabbari Anthony
round 1- Guillotine early is the answer to a shot by Bostic, and both fighters were unsuccessful. Bostic shot another take-down, and Anthony maneuvared into top position. The round finished with Anthony out-positioning Bostic, and mmarecap awarded him the round 10-9
round 2- Swinging big shots out of the gate, Bostic attempts another guillotine that Anthony avoids. After some clinching against the fence, and with Bostic gaining momentum, Anthony quit. Bostic defeated Anthony by verbal submission.
verbal tapout

Brian Radke vs Nate Jennerman
Radke opened with a big take-down, leading him to unleash a flurry from inside his opponents guard. Jennerman attempted a kneebar and Radke escaped. Radke mounted and rained down punches, causing the ref to stop the fight. The call is protested by Jennerman but whats done is done. Radtke defeated Jennerman via TKO.

Skyler Pentrancosta vs Vince Nicoline
After a clinch Nicoline took Pentrancosta down with a body lock and jumped ontop to mount immediately. With big punches from the top, Pentancosta tapped out due to strikes. Nicole won by a quick TKO.

Geovonni Greco vs Dariusz Jastrebeski
The pair collided early brawling and Greco attempted a headlock that Jastrebeski bypassed. Jastrebeski kept the back and sunk in a rear-naked-choke for the win. Jastrebeski stopped Greco in the first due to submission.

Dion James vs Jason Huber
In one boxing glove and one MMA glove, James came out bringing the heat. The fighters exchanged briefly. The one-handed fighter was taken down by Huber, mounted, and pounded out. Huber defeated James via TKO.

Tim Stout vs Daniel Fiora
Fiora stormed out of the gate, hurt Stout with a right hand, and flurried from mount for the stoppage. Fira defeateed Stout by a fast TKO.

Justin Halloran vs Tommy LaGray
The fighters came out and tested distance to begin. An accidental kick to the groin from Halloran paused the fight momentarily. As the action resumed, Lagray got a big slam take-down. Halloran gained guard from the bottom. Halloran sweept LaGray, and after a position struggle, took mount. Raining down heavy leather, he won by TKO.

Brock Pauwless vs Charlie Richardson
round 1- An immediate take-down by Richardson earned him side control. After gaining guard, Pauwless locked up a tight armbar on Richardson, and somehow he lasted it out and escaped. Another armbar attempt at the end of the round failed. Due to the near finish, mmarecap awards the round to Pauwless 10-9.
round 2- Another take-down finished by Richardson and he worked in half-guard. A triangle attpempt from Pauwley was negated after a slam attempt. He ended the round in mount raining down punches. Richardson won round 2 by top control and a strong finish, 10-9.
round 3- After some big hooks were exchanged by both fighters, Richardson jumped a guillotine and was slammed by Pauwley. He locked up a triangle, and after a long struggle Pauwley escaped. Round three went to Richardson 10-9.
Richardson defeated Pauwless by Unanimous Decision

James Seminara vs Tommy LaGray
round 1- LaGray slammed Seminara, but activity on the bottom threateded LaGray with submissions. A point was taken away from Seminara for issues on the fence. On the re-start, LaGray scored another take-down, but finished the round in a triangle. Although a comptitive round, the point deduction made it 10-8 for LaGray.
round 2- Lagray went in again with a take-down and landed big shots from inside guard. The fighters stood and they get into a brawling stand-up exchange, favoring Seminara who seemed to hurt LaGray. More takedowns and intense brawling, and LaGray wins the round slightly due to wrestling dominance.
round 3- Seminara opened with wild punches and LaGray took him down again. Largay worked on top enough so that the referee wont stand the fighters up, and both warriors appeared exhausted. Eventually, the referee stood them up, and one more LaGray take-down to a brawling Seminara who seems to not even attempt to stop the shots will end it. mmarecap sees the shut-out capped and scores it 10-9 for LaGray. The exhausted fighters recieve great cheers from the crowd for their battle of Will’s. LaGray defeated Seminara via Unanimous Decision.

Nate Beach vs Cory Galloway
round 1- A knee to the groin of Galloway paused the action early. Beach threw hard kicks, then clinched and broke with non-stop action. Beach shot in but was stuffed. Continuous kicks from Beach and he finally earned a take-down. Beach wins round one 10-9.
round 2- The fighters were clinch-battleing early, and this time Galloway took Beach down. Galloway landed from the top for the reminder of the round despite muiltiple attacks from Beach, and won it 10-9.
round 3- Big exchanges were thrown early and Galloway initiated a clinch, followed with a take-down. Galloway was more active this time, swinging haymakers in on the grounded beach. He won the round 10-9, and the fight 29-28 on the mmarecap scorecard. Galloway bested Beach via Unanimous Decision.

Craig Fruth vs Charles Radtke
round 1- The XFO Welterweight title fight opened with a mistake-free display of striking as the fighters worried about takedowns early. Fruth took Radtke down, and as Radke attempted to escape, Fruth took his back. Radtke escaped the position and got ontop. He then went for a confident, risky armbar, and Fruth ripped free. The fighters grappled back and forth and Fruth ended on-top. He passed the guard of Team Currans Radke. Big hammerfists from inside guard scored for Fruth and an armbar attempt from Radtke ended the round. mmarecap scored it 10-9 for Fruth.
round 2- Fruth took Radtke down with a double-leg early. Radtke attacked with an armbar, but Fruth passed to side control. Fruth remained on top landing small shots, and after taking Radkes back, he sunk in a rear-naked-choke for the win. Fruth won the XFO welterweight title by second-round submission.

Quick Results
Miguel Luis defeats Shawn Bridgeman :32 Rd. 1 via RNC
Zach Babiarz defeats Gram Livermore 1:27 Rd. 2 via Guillotine Choke
Nate Demovsek defeats Mike Schaffer :21 Rd. 1 via Tapout due to strikes
Talin Bostic defeats Jabbari Anthony 1:40 Rd. 2 via Tapout due to strikes
Brian Radtke defeats Nate Jennerman 2:58 Rd. 1 via TKO
Vince Nicoline defeats Skyler Petrancosta :47 Rd. 1 via Tapout due to strikes
Dariusz Jastrebeski defeats Geovonni Greco :46 Rd. 1 via RNC
Jason Huber defeats Dion James 1:07 Rd. 1 via TKO
Daniel Fiora defeats Tim Stout :10 Rd. 1 via TKO
Justin Halloran defeats Tim Lagray 2:11 Rd. 1 via TKO
Charlie Richardson defeats Brock Pauwles 3:00 Rd. 3 via unanimous decision
Tommy Lagray defeats James Seminara 3:00 Rd. 3 via unanimous decision
Cory Galloway defeats Nate Beach 3:00 Rd. 3 via unanimous decision
Craig Fruth defeats Charles Radtke 2:42 Rd. 2 via RNC

Xtreme Fighting Organization invaded Offsides Bar in Woodstock, Illinois on Saturday November 5th. The all amateur event featured fourteen mixed martial arts fights and crowned a new XFO amateur welterweight champ.

Quick Results
Miguel Luis defeated Shawn Bridgeman by rear naked choke at 0:32 of round 1
Zach Babiarz defeated Gram Livemore by guillotine choke at 1:27 of round 2
Nate Demovsek defeated Mike Schaffer by tapout due to strikes at 0:21 of round 1
Talin Bostic defeated Jabbari Anthony by tapout due to strikes at 1:40 of round 2
Brian Radtke defeated Nate Jennerman by TKO at 2:58 of round 1
Vince Nicoline defeated Skyler Petrancosta by tapout due to strikes at 0:47 of round 1
Dariusz Jastebeski defeated Geovaonni Greco by rear naked choke at 0:46 of round 1
Jason Huber defeated Dion James by TKO at 1:07 of round 1
Justin Halloran defeated Tim Lagray by TKO at 2:11 of round 1
Charlie Richardson defeated Brock Pauwles by unanimous decision
Tommy Lagray defeated James Seminara by unanimous decision
Cory Galloway defeated Nate Beach by unanimous decision
Craig Fruth defeated CHarles Radtke by rear naked choke at 2:42 of round 2

XFO 38 was held on Saturday January 22 at Woodstock Harley Davidson in Woodstock, Illinois.  The night of action saw four professional fights and nineteen amateur bouts.  Jens Pulver took on Mike Lindquist in the night’s main event.  Read on for the full recap of the professional card and quick results of all fights.

The first professional fight of the night saw Midwest Training Center’s Will Brooks making his pro debut against JR Hines.  Hines was trying to work feints to set up his jab, but Brooks quickly shot in for the takedown and dumped Hines on his back.  Brooks worked relentlessly from half guard to pass to the mount.  Once he was able to get the mount, Brooks rained down punches and elbows.  Hines tried to spin out to give up his back, but Brooks continued the punches and forced the ref to stop the action.

Team Curran’s Joey Diehl made his pro debut against Dexter Wright.  Wright started the fight landing his jab first, but Diehl was countering his strikes.  Diehl landed a leg kick and Wright went for a counter, but Diehl took Wright down.  Diehl transitioned from side control to mount.  He then postured up, landed a big right hand and Wright gave up his back.  Diehl quickly looked for the rear naked choke and after an adjustment was able to force Wright to tap.

The co-main event featured Tom Ahrens taking on Mike Corey.  The three round fight was all Corey all the way.  The first round Corey used his strikes to set up a takedown.  Once on the ground Corey worked knees to the body from within half guard.  Ahrens scrambled to escape, but Corey was able to get his back.  Corey couldn’t secure a choke and both fighters stood.  Corey worked for a standing kimura and couldn’t get it.  As time was running out, Corey took Ahrens down again and finished the round with strikes.  The second round Ahrens tried to take Corey down and was successful.  Corey quickly reversed the position and stood up.  Corey landed a high kick forcing Ahrens to attempt a takedown.  Corey looked for a guillotine, but settled for landing within Ahrens’s guard.  Corey worked small strikes and elbows as time ran out.  The third round Corey was able to land strikes almost at will.  Corey landed three head kicks that should have sent Ahrens to the canvas.  Big credit to Ahrens’s chin.  Corey took the fight to the ground and was relentless with his strikes as Ahrens really had no answer.  In the end, the judges all scored the bout for Corey.

The main event saw Jens Pulver make his return to the cage as he took on Mike Lindquist.  Lindquist was able to catch Pulver with a big punch to start the fight.  Pulver quickly covered up but was able to recover.  The two fighters scrambled for position and Pulver was able to end up on Lindquist’s back.  Pulver worked for a rear naked choke and synched it in forcing Lindquist to tap.

Professional Quick Results
Will Brooks defeated JR Hines by TKO at 2:09 of round 1
Joey Diehl defeated Dexter Wright by rear naked choke at 2:53 of round 1
Mike Corey defeated Tom Ahrens by unanimous decision 30-27, 30-26, 30-26
Jens Pulver defeated Mike Lindquist by rear naked choke at 0:49 of round 1

Amateur recap article will be up on Monday January 24.

Amateur Quick Results
Timmy LaGray defeated Richard Martin by TKO at 1:43 of round 3
Vince Romadine defeated Jake Gilski by rear naked choke at 1:38 of round
Tyler Reece defeated Mike Blake by TKO at 0:14 of round 1
Andre Felicano defeated Zach Tuneberg by guillotine choke at 0:48 of round 1
Scott Goldberg defeated Mike Upson by armbar at 0:09 of round 1
Zak Ottow defeated Kyle Schlise by knee choke at 1:26 of round 2
Johnny Otzleberger defeated Mikey Philllips by TKO at 0:21 of round 1
Phil Williams defeated Kevin Switalla by unanimous decision
David Williams defeated Brett Hedrington by TKO at 0:48 of round 1
Bobby defeated Brian Giles by TKO at 0:46 of round 1
Talin Bostic defeated Brian Tomac by TKO at 1:32 of round 1
John Fuller defeated Jason Bottenhagen by rear naked choke at 1:36 of round 2
Tommy LaGray defeated Nick Santiago by keylock at 1:45 of round 2
Cory Price defeated Don Singleton by unanimous decision
Antonio Luna defeated Nick Horne by rear naked choke at 0:39 of round 1
Cory Galloway defeated Jerad Karlen by triangle choke at 2:22 of round 1
Kenny Booker defeated Asmar Pace by KO at 2:24 of round 1
Daniel Szwab defeated Tony Campen at 0:14 of round 1
Robert Couillard defeated Darius Yancy at 0:23 of round 1

The Xtreme Fighting Organization held their 37th event “Road to Glory” on Saturday December 4.  The night of action saw four professional fights and ten* amateur contests.  The professional bouts were headlined by David Love taking on Jeff Curran.  Read on for the full recap and the quick results.

In a change of pace, Dan Lardy decided to put the professional bouts in between the amateur fights.  This was done so the professionals could fight at a time when they typically train, and to prevent a professional from fighting so late in the evening.  Our results will be written in the order that they happen but separated by professionals first followed by amateurs.

The first professional bout saw Vince Ramos take on late replacement Chris Bennett in a lightweight matchup.  Bennett lead with a low kick followed by a high kick that forced Ramos to shoot for the takedown.  Bennett then grabbed a standing guillotine choke and put Ramos to sleep.  Bennett stated in his post-fight interview “I knew he was a D1 wrestler and most wrestler’s leave their neck open.  The gameplan was for me to grab that neck when he went for the takedown and I did.”

The second fight saw MTC fighter Mike Pitz take on Frank “The Strength” Pizzirulli.  Pizzirulli landed with some short jabs and Pitz quickly took the fight to the ground.  Pitz worked elbows and knees from side control until he was able to get the mount.  From there Pitz postured up and threw multiple right hands, many finding their mark.  Pizziruilli gave up his back to avoid the strikes, but Pitz was relentless with his punches.  Pitz was able to trap one of Pizzirulli’s arms, making him unable to intelligently defend himself and the ref stopped the fight.

The women were up next as Felice Herrig took on Amanda LaVoy.  LaVoy slipped on her first kick and Herrig quickly pounced to LaVoy’s half guard.  Herrig worked multiple strikes including punches and elbows before she was able to get the mount.  From the mount, Herrig worked strikes and transitioned to an armbar.  LaVoy was not without her tricks as she was able to work a reverse triangle to escape the submission.  LaVoy would end up on top, but Herrig locked in a triangle choke.  LaVoy tried to stand out of the choke, but Herrig worked for an armbar as well.  LaVoy continued to look for an escape until Herrig transitioned to a full armbar forcing LaVoy to tap.

The fight of the night was easily Jeff Curran versus David Love.  The three round battle was a non-stop back and forth fight.  The first round was super close and MMA Recap actually scored it for Love.  Love was able to land heavy leg kicks that would spin Curran.  With the time running out in the round, Love started throwing wildly but Curran was able to land his counters, blooding up Love.  Love opened the second round with a flurry of punches, but Curran weathered the storm and was able to pick Love apart.  Curran continuously was able to land a one-two combo and started to follow up the two punch combo with other strikes.  In the third round Curran landed a low kick and time out was called.  After the restart, Curran landed a big overhand right and winced in pain and many thought his right hand was broken.  Curran toughed it out and threw any other strike he could.  As the time was nearing the end, Curran re-added his right hand and was picking Love apart at ease.  With the fate of the fight in the judges’ hands, MMA Recap scored it 29-28 for Curran, but all three judges were unanimous giving it to Curran 30-27.
The first amateur fight of the evening saw Darren Finely take on Charlie Richardson.  In the first round Finely came out with a big takedown slam, but Richardson threatened with a guillotine choke.  Richardson let go of the choke and switched to a triangle choke.  Finely stepped over to break the choke and was successful, but Richardson would end up on top for the rest of the round.  The second round opened and Richardson countered Finely’s takedown attempt with his own.  Finely attempted a knee bar, but Richardson punched his way out and transitioned to an arm triangle.  After a quick adjustment Finely tapped.

The second amateur bout saw Zac Babiarz take on Randy McMahel.  McMahel was the aggressor as he was landing multiple combos.  But Babiarz held steady and found his range landing three straight jabs that rocked McMahel.  A straight right dropped McMahel and Babiarz quickly grabbed McMahel’s back and locked in a fight ending rear naked choke.

Jason Bottenhagen did not get a chance to fight after going through  full training camp as his opponent Josh Key did not come out.  In a first for MMA Recap a fight was called off due to the opponent getting injured during warm up.

Anthony Angel came out with a big push takedown on Rob Couillard.  Couillard held his composure and worked for a knee bar and up kicks but Angel dropped down with a big right.  Couillard had a high guard and was able to get his legs up and over for an armbar.  Angel tried to stand out of the armbar and Couillard was able to torque the submission forcing Angel to tap.

The first amateur fight back after the professionals saw Mike Finch take on Timmy Lagray. The first round Lagray used his strength to over power Finch’s takedown attempt.  Lagray landed some big shots before Finch was able to tie up Lagray with rubber guard.  In the second round Finch attempted high kicks, but Lagray was just pushed him down each time.  Lagray worked for a guillotine after the third failed high kick.  Finch was able to escape and quickly passed to mount.  Finch postured up and threw bombs forcing Lagray to give up his back.  Finch needed a readjustment on his rear naked choke but was able to get the tap.

Evain Rodriguez needed less than a minute to submit Russ Tabaka.  Tabaka looked for a takedown and was able to get it, but Rodriguez was able to get his legs and hips up for an armbar and forced the quick tapout.

Trying to outdo the previous fight, Tommy Lagray came out with bad intentions against James Garber.  Lagray dropped Garber with a right hook but Garber quickly recovered.  After a scramble, both fighters were on their feet and lagray quickly grabbed a big double leg takedown slam.  Lagray landed two punches and Garber tapped.  Garber laid in the cage pointing to his ribs, probably damaged from the takedown.

If you thought the last two fights ended fast, then this was even faster.  Jake Klipp needed just 49 seconds to finish Ryan Moore.  Kilpp came out with a takedown and landed in mount.  From there he threw punches non-stop.  Moore briefly gave up his back, but ate even more punches and went back to being mounted.  Several strikes later the ref was forced to halt the action.

The main event of the amateur fights saw Cory Galloway defeat Casey Bybee.  Galloway started the fight landing good jabs.  Bybee had his hands up high so Galloway looked for a takedown.  He pushed through and was able to complete the takedown, but Bybee reversed and wound up in Galloway’s guard.  Galloway ate a couple of punches but waited patiently for the right opportunity to sneak his legs up for an armbar.  Once able to secure the submission, it was just a couple of seconds before Bybee was tapping.

Three amateur bouts that were scheduled did not happen.  Robbie Bock, Phil Williams, and Josh Eckmann were all scheduled to fight on the amateur portion of the card.  Unfortunately their opponents either left after showing up or no-showed the event.

Amateur Quick Results
Charlie Richardson defeated Darren Finely by arm triangle at 1:15 of round 2
Zac Babiarz defeated Randy McMahel by rear naked choke at 1:41 of round 1
Jason Bottenhagen defeated Josh Key by default as Key got injured during warmup.
Rob Couillard defeated Anthony Angel by armbar at :52 of round 1
Jared Karlen defeated Mikey Phillips by D’arce choke at :46 of round 1
Mike Finch defeated Timmy Lagray by rear naked choke at  1:45 of round 2
Evian Rodriguez defeated Russ Tabaka by armbar at :58 of round 1
Tommy Lagray defeated James Garber by tapout at :58 of round 1
Jake Klipp defeated Ryan Moore by TKO at :49 of round 1
Cory Galloway defeated Casey Bybee by armbar at 2:51 of round 1

Professional Quick Results
Chris Bennet defeated Vince Ramos by guillotine at :17 of round 1
Mike Pitz defeated Frank Pizzirulli by TKO at 2:00 of round 1
Felice Herrig defeated Amanada LaVoy by armbar at 3:35 of round 1
Jeff Curran defeated David Love by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)