Maximum Fighting Championships 29 – Conquer
April 8, 2011
The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor,
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
MFC Welterweight Championship
Welterweight (170 lbs)
Douglas Lima (18 – 4 – 0) blasted UFC veteran Terry Martin (21 – 9 – 0) and won by TKO due to punches at just 1:14 into round 1. Douglas Lima moves up 15 spots from [#51] to [#36]. Lima is on a 6 fight win streak- winning 4 by stoppage, 3 by submission. Martin drops 37 spots from [#69] to [#106]. Martin is 3-2 in his last 5.
MFC Light Heavyweight Championship
Light Heavyweight (205 lbs)
Ryan Jimmo (15 – 1 – 0) won a unanimous decision over Strikeforce vet Zak Cummings (13 – 3 – 0). Jimmo, who is undefeated in 15 bouts, stays ranked at [#22]. Cummings, who has won 3 of his last 5 all via stoppage, drops 2 spots from [#81] to [#83]. Cummings was an injury replacement for [#36] Emmanuel Newton.
Lightweight (155 lbs)
UFC veteran Marcus Davis (18 – 9 – 0) defeated Curtis Demarce (10 – 9 – 0) by split decision. Davis, who stayed ranked at [#59], won his first fight after being cut from the UFC following a less than stellar 1-4 run. Davis most recent loss was a KO due to a punch at the hands of to [#23] Jeremy Stephens. Demarce jumps 33 spots up the rankings from [#266 ] to [#230]. Demarce is on a 2 fight losing streak, both by split decision. Prior to the 2 losses, Demarce was on a 7 fight win streak.
Lightweight (155 lbs)
UFC veteran Hermes Franca (21 – 11 – 0) defeated Robert Washington (9 – 3 – 0) by KO due to a punch at 0:26 into the 2nd round. Franca, who was ranked at [#202WW], moves into the lightweight “Top 500” at [#166]. Franca is on a 2 fight win streak, stopping both of his opponents. Washington, who remains unranked, has lost 3 of his last 5, 2 by KO.
Welterweight (170 lbs)
UFC veteran Pete Spratt (22 – 19 – 0) defeated Demi Deeds (15 – 9 – 0) via submission due to an armbar at 4:19 of round 2. Spratt, who has lost 3 of his last 5 all to chokes, bounds 51 spots forward from [#213] to [#162], gaining his 9th career victory via submission. Deeds, who was ranked at [#351LW] moves into the welterweight “Top 500”at [#459]. Deeds is on a 3 fight slide, losing all 3 by submission.
Middleweight (185 lbs)
Ali Mokdad (4 – 0 – 0) defeated Andreas Spang (5 – 1 – 0) by submission via rear naked choke at 1:35 of round 1. Mokdad, who was ranked at [#169HW], enters the middleweight “Top 350” at [#151]. Mokdad has won all 4 of his professional bouts by rear naked choke. Spang, who was previously ranked at [#258 ], falls off the middleweight “Top 350”.
Welterweight (170 lbs)
Undefeated Dhiego Lima (5 – 0 – 0) submitted Josh Taveirne (2 – 1 – 0) by rear naked choke at 3:35 into the 3rd round. Lima, who has stopped all 5 of his opponents (4 with submissions), takes a giant 131 leap up the ranks from [#491] to [#360]. Taveirne remains unranked.
Ring of Combat 35
April 8, 2011
Tropicana Resort and Casino,
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
ROC Welterweight Championship
Welterweight (170 lbs)
Elijah Harshbarger (6 – 2 – 0) defeated George Sullivan (8 – 3 – 0) by unanimous decision. Harshbarger flies 223 spots up the ranks from [#454] to [#231]. Harshbarger, who is 3 in his last 5, has finished all his victories except Sullivan. Sullivan, who was on a 4 fight win streak prior to this loss, plummets 168 spots from [#237] to [#405].
Welterweight (170 lbs)
Mikhail Malyutin (18 – 10 – 0) won a contentious split decision over UFC vet Chris Ligouri (12 – 9 – 0). Malyutin, who has won 3 of his last 5, bounds 141 spots forward from [#311] to [#170]. Ligouri, whom many feel won this bout, dropped 47 spots from [#127] to [#174]. Prior to this loss, Ligouri was on a 3 fight win streak.
Lightweight (155 lbs)
WEC veteran Justin Haskins (7 – 5 – 0) defeated Liam Kerrigan (3 – 2 – 1) by TKO due to punches at 3:52 of round1. Haskins, who has won 3 of his last 5, jumps 33 spots up from [#248] to [#215]. Kerrigan, who has won 3 of his last 5 (all by submission), remains unranked.
Middleweight (185 lbs)
Uriah Hall (5 – 2 – 0) defeated Aung La Nsang (7 – 5 – 0) by KO due to a punch at 1:37 of round 3. Hall, who snapped a two fight losing streak with this victory, jumps 79 spots from [#194] to [#115]. All of Hall’s victories come by way of stoppage. Nsang, who is 3-2 in his last 5 bouts, drops 102 spots from [#240] t0 [#342].
Light Heavyweight (205 lbs)
Tom DeBlass (4 – 0 – 0) defeated UFC veteran Sean Salmon (18 – 14 – 0) by submission due to Achilles lock at just 0:57 of round 1 . DeBlass jumps 64 spots up the ranks from [#212] to [#148]. Salmon, who was ranked at [#274MW], moves into the light heavyweight “Top 250” at [#231]. Salmon has lost 5 in a row; all to stoppage, 3 to submission.
Classic Entertainment and Sports MMA 5 – Cage of Pain
April 8, 2011
Twin River Event Center,
Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA
Lightweight (155 lbs)
Tony Hervey (11 – 11 – 0) defeated WEC veteran Mike Campbell (13 – 3 – 0) by KO due to a punch at 3:31 of round 1. Hervey, who was ranked at [#102FW], enters the lightweight “Top 500” at [#98LW] Hervey, who has won all his victories with finishes, broke a 4 fight losing streak with this win. Campbell, who is 2-2 in his last 4, drops 51 spots from [#85] to [#136].
Middleweight (185 lbs)
Todd Chattelle (8 – 6 – 0) defeated Jeff Nader (4 – 4 – 0) by split decision. Chattelle, previously unranked, enters the middleweight “Top 350” at [#316]. Chattelle has won 3 of his last 5. Nader, who is on a 2 fight losing streak, remains unranked.
Texas Cage Fighting
April 8, 2011
El Paso County Coliseum,
El Paso, Texas, USA
Heavyweight (265 lbs)
Esteves Jones (7 – 1 – 0) defeated UFC vet Darrill Schoonover (10 – 4 – 0) by unanimous decision. Jones moves up 11 spots from [#114] to [#103]. Jones is on a 2 fight win streak, both in 2011. Schoonover drops 2 spots from [#229] to [#231]. Schoonover is on a 4 fight losing streak, 3 by stoppage.
Middleweight (185 lbs)
Willie Parks (5 – 0 – 0) defeated Justin Gonzales (0 – 1 – 0) by TKO due to punches at 0:23 into the 2nd round. Parks, who has fought twice in 2 weeks, moves up 1 spot from [#259] to [#258]. Undefeated Willie Parks has finished 3 of his 5 opponents. Justin Gonzales remains unranked.
XCage – Predators
April 8, 2011
Fausto Gutierrez Moreno Municipal Auditorium,
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Welterweight (170 lbs)
TUF 8 winner and UFC vet Efrain Escudero (16 – 2 – 0) defeated Ashe Bowman (9 – 9 – 0) by unanimous decision. Escudero drops 3 spots from [#144] to [#147]. Escudero has won 3 in a row, 2 by submission. He is tentatively scheduled to face [#71LW] Fabricio Camoes at Tachi Palace Fights 9 on May 9th in Lemoore, CA. Bowman, who remains unranked, is on a 4 fight losing streak.