BATTLE EXTREME CHAMPIONSHIP
"THE RISE"
BY GUEST WRITER
TODD "RESULTS" SELVA
The Boss and I arrived at the Mass Mutual center in springfield, Ma around 6:30 pm. This is a great venue. From what I hear mass mutual holds over 8,000. The cage was huge with blue vinyl flooring. Sweet set up. If I had to estimate there are approximately 300 in attendence.
We are informed that all fights on this card are 5/5 minute rounds. A few of the fights did not happen due to fighters pulling out last minute. As far as the fights that did happen, I am more than happy to share my insight on the action.
They come out and clinch. They immediately go to the ground and Ramos is on top. Alex looks for an armbar from his guard, Ramos defends and Alex switches to a traingle. Ramos defends and scrambles to top position. Alex stays with it and finishes the triangle from the mount position.
Alex via triangle choke rd1
The two fighters come out and have a brief exchange standing. Kym moves in and clinches working for a takedown. He looks for a double, switches, attempts a single and moves back to work for a double. Robby finds an opening and capitalizes to finish with a standing guillotine choke. Kym is forced to tap.
Fight 1 Grappling
Ramos vs. Alex
rd1
They come out and clinch. They immediately go to the ground and Ramos is on top. Alex looks for an armbar from his guard, Ramos defends and Alex switches to a traingle. Ramos defends and scrambles to top position. Alex stays with it and finishes the triangle from the mount position.
Alex via triangle choke rd1
Fight 2
Kym Sturdivant vs. Robby Roberts
rd1The two fighters come out and have a brief exchange standing. Kym moves in and clinches working for a takedown. He looks for a double, switches, attempts a single and moves back to work for a double. Robby finds an opening and capitalizes to finish with a standing guillotine choke. Kym is forced to tap.
Robby Roberts via guillotine choke rd 1
The two exchange punches. Both fighters look very confident. Bobby lands a nice knee up the middle. Rafael lands a couple nice kicks. Rafael gets a takedown and cotrols from the top to finish the round in Bobbys guard.
Fight 3
Bobby Huron vs. Rafael Rebello
rd1
The two exchange punches. Both fighters look very confident. Bobby lands a nice knee up the middle. Rafael lands a couple nice kicks. Rafael gets a takedown and cotrols from the top to finish the round in Bobbys guard.
rd2
Bobby lands a nice leg kick. The two exchange punches. Rafael lands a nice inside leg kick. Rafael lands a few more nice kicks to the legs and body. Bobby lands a strong right hand. Rafael acts on instinct and shoots a takedown up against the cage. He is successful in his attempt and brings the fight to the ground to finish a nice arm triangle from side control.
Rafael Rebello via arm tringle rd2
Kirk lands a leg kick. Chris scores a takedown as the two fighters clinch up. Chris passes right to side control and sets up an inverted triangle attempt from the top. John scrambles to avoid the attempt and ends up in top position in Chris' guard. Chris sinks in the triangle and lands vicious elbows to the top of Johns head for the ref stoppage.
Fight 4
Chris Davis vs. John Kirk
rd1
Kirk lands a leg kick. Chris scores a takedown as the two fighters clinch up. Chris passes right to side control and sets up an inverted triangle attempt from the top. John scrambles to avoid the attempt and ends up in top position in Chris' guard. Chris sinks in the triangle and lands vicious elbows to the top of Johns head for the ref stoppage.
Chris Davis via Tko Ref Stoppage
Trevor lands a hard kick. They clinch and go to the ground. Trevor is on top in vacas guard and lands a few devastating punches. He throws a few elbows and lands one or two. They scramble and Trevor stands back up. Vaca lands a couple punches and they clinch again. They go back to the ground and Trevor is on top again. Trevor lands a few more hard punches from the top position. Vaca looks to stand up against the cage and Trevor grabs his neck for a guillotine. Trevor sinks it in tight for the submission. A strong win for Trevor Smith. Trevor stands back up and taunts Vacas coaches and corner men, bragging about his win. He flexes his muscles for the crowd, they are not impressed. I hear a lot of "Boos". Very unprofessional in my opinion. I personally was not satisfied with his behavior. Very disrespectful. Its safe to say Trevor Smith is far from "a class act" but surprisingly pulls off a fashionable submission on the black belt Alexander vaca Moreno.
Fight 5
Alexander "vaca" Moreno vs. Trevor Smith
rd1
Trevor lands a hard kick. They clinch and go to the ground. Trevor is on top in vacas guard and lands a few devastating punches. He throws a few elbows and lands one or two. They scramble and Trevor stands back up. Vaca lands a couple punches and they clinch again. They go back to the ground and Trevor is on top again. Trevor lands a few more hard punches from the top position. Vaca looks to stand up against the cage and Trevor grabs his neck for a guillotine. Trevor sinks it in tight for the submission. A strong win for Trevor Smith. Trevor stands back up and taunts Vacas coaches and corner men, bragging about his win. He flexes his muscles for the crowd, they are not impressed. I hear a lot of "Boos". Very unprofessional in my opinion. I personally was not satisfied with his behavior. Very disrespectful. Its safe to say Trevor Smith is far from "a class act" but surprisingly pulls off a fashionable submission on the black belt Alexander vaca Moreno.
Trevor Smith via guillotine choke rd1
rd1
Fight 6 grappling
Jesse Swanson vs. Sara Mcmann
rd1
Sara gets the takedown and passes to side control. She looks very strong from the top. She transitions to the mount and sinks in an americana for the victory.
Sara Mcmann by americana
rd1
The two battle in the clinch and then press against the cage as they scramble for position. Rafael
Sara Mcmann by americana
Fight 7
Rafael Dias vs. Ran Weathers
rd1
gets his back with a body lock and looks for the rear naked choke. The two hand fight for a while and Ran scrambles to the top position to finish the round in Rafaels guard.
rd2
Rafael gets a nice takedown. Ran gets back up to his feet. They clinch and battle against the cage then go right back to the ground. They scramble on the ground battling for position. Ran lands a couple elbows from the bottom. Rafael lands elbows of his own from the top and splits Ran open just over the eyebrow. A war on the ground as both fighters are bleeding to end round number two.
Rafael gets a nice takedown. Ran gets back up to his feet. They clinch and battle against the cage then go right back to the ground. They scramble on the ground battling for position. Ran lands a couple elbows from the bottom. Rafael lands elbows of his own from the top and splits Ran open just over the eyebrow. A war on the ground as both fighters are bleeding to end round number two.
rd3
They go to the ground and Rafael is on top. He passes to side control and controls from the top for the whole round. Not much action to talk about, but Rafael definately shows his superior grappling skills to control for the whole round keeping the fight where he wants it.
rd4
The two fighters come out and exchange punches. They clinch and land a few knees each against the cage. Rafael gets the takedown again and passes to side control. He attempts a d'arce choke but Ran defends well and reestablishes his position. Ran works his guard and Rafael controls from the top to finish the round.
rd5
They both come out strong and Ran lands a nice knee to the chin of Rafael. They two fighters clinch. Ran forces the seperation from the clinch and lands a nice body kick. Rafael closes the distance and brings the fight back to the ground. Rafael controls the ground game from the top for the whole round to pull out a decision victory.
Rafael Dias via unanimous decision.
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