Titan Fighting Championships 17
March 25th, 2011
Heavyweight (265 lbs)
Former WWE Heavyweight champion Bobby Lashley (6 – 1 – 0) defeated John Ott (8 – 8 – 0) by unanimous decision. Lashley jumps 35 points from #161 to #126. Lashley faded late and his performance was underwhelming. John Ott falls 38 spots from #269MW to #307 MW.
Heavyweight (265 lbs)
Aaron Rosa (17 – 3 – 0) stopped Abe Wagner (8 – 4 – 0) by rear naked choke :35 into the 2nd round. Rosa jumps 24 points from #51 to #27. Rosa is on a 4 fight win streak, and has effectively usurped the momentum Wagner had coming out of his Sylvia win. Abe Wagner falls 20 spots from #29 to #49.
Middleweight (185 lbs)
Phil Baroni (14 – 13 – 0) won a unanimous decision over Nick Nolte (3 – 3 – 0). Baroni jumps 68 points from just off the rankings at #402 to #334. Baroni stopped a 3 fight losing streak. He will probably stay on the regional circuit if he still decides to fight. Nick Nolte remains unranked.
Catchweight (150 lbs)
Eric Marriot (20 – 5 – 0) won a unanimous decision over Willian de Souza (1 – 1 – 0). Marriot moves up weight classes and goes from #35FW to #90LW. Eric Marriot has won 3 of his last 4. Perhaps he will fight in Bellator again soon. Willian de Souza remains unranked.
Lightweight (155 lbs)
Alonzo Martinez (29 – 14 – 1) won a majority decision over Aaron Derrow (10 – 3 – 0). Martinez moves down weight classes and goes from #128WW to #77LW. Martinez has won 7 of his last 8 fights. Derrow moves down weight classes as well, going from #125WW to #127LW. Derrow was very close to finishing the fight in the last round. This loss stops a 5 fight win streak for Derrow.
Lightweight (155 lbs)
James Krause (12 – 3 – 0) defeated Nathan Schut (11 – 6 – 0) by TKO due to a head kick and punches just 41 seconds into the 1st round. Krause leaps 77 spots forward from #257 to #180. Nathan Schut, who was ranked at #308, falls off the Top 500.
Welterweight (170 lbs)
Isidro Gonzalez (17 – 14 – 0) defeated Travis Sveum (5 – 4 – 0) by TKO due to punches just 51 seconds into the 1st round. Gonzales, previously unranked, moves up to #348. Sveum remains unranked.
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Bantamweight (135 lbs)
[*]Anthony “Shark Bait” Gutierrez (2 – 0 – 0) defeated [*]Jon Hollis (1 – 2 – 0)