WFC 6 "Battle in the Bay" 3/22/08 Re-Cap

WFC 6 “Battle in the Bay”
World Fighting Championships (Florida)
March 22, 2008
Tampa, Florida

Lightweight Fight- Matt McCook (2-0) vs. Gabe Maldonado (0-0)

R1- Maldonado tried to pull guard into a guillotine but quickly lost the move and gave up his guard. Maldonado then went for a triangle attempt and locked one in and McCook held on for a while but finally tapped out. Very impressive debut by Maldonado as he looked very comfortable on his back.

Winner: Gabe Maldonado by Submission (Triangle Choke) R1 1:56

Heavyweight Fight- Daniel Perez (1-0) vs. Marcus Jones (2-0)

Jones is a former professional football player who played with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

R1- Jones took a good right hand and then Perez caught him against the fence and then jumped on him for some Ground and Pound and defeated the favorite and home town guy in Jones in very quick fashion.

Winner: Daniel Perez by KO R1 1:26

Lightweight Fight- York Ash (11-9) vs. Eric Reynolds (7-0)

R1- They immediately clinch and both guys work to get better position. York tries to pull guard but instead eats and slam but Reynolds lets him up and hits some strikes. Both guys have blood on them, York is definitely bleeding. Reynolds takes York’s back and gets him in a Rear Naked Choke and he hangs on for a minute but then taps out. Good showing by Reynolds.

Winner: Eric Reynolds by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 3:07

17 minutes into the show and we are already through three fights.

Middleweight Fight- Patrick Mikesz (4-3) vs. Joe Wissmann (2-0)

R1- Wissmann gets an early take down but Mikesz sweeps him over. Mikesz is controlling the fight in the first round as he’s on top of Wissmann for the majority of the round. Mikesz got a submission victory right near the end of the round after really controlling the fight.

Winner: Patrick Mikesz by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 4:47

Woman’s Fight- Jessica Aguilar (4-2) vs. Angela Magana (3-1-1)

R1- Aguilar looks like the aggressor and hits a good strike early and then gets a take down. They stood up and Aguilar got another take down despite Magana grabbing the cage. Aguilar was fairly dominate in this round and took it 10-9.

R2- They both come out throwing lots of strikes but Aguilar gets another take down. Aguilar’s nose is bloody from the strikes at the beginning of the round. Magana rolled Aguilar over but Aguilar responded by doing the same and then mounted. Magana slipped out the back but Magana got her back down and landed some strikes. Aguilar up 20-18 after two rounds.

R3- According to the announcers the ref stopped the fight due to a cut but on the graphic it says verbal submission. Either way Aguilar was the clear winner in this fight.

Winner: Jessica Aguilar by Submission (Verbal) R3 1:53

Light Heavyweight Fight- Tom Lawlor (4-0-1) vs. Shane Primm (4-0)

Both of these guys are from the last TUF show.

R1- Primm caught him in a triangle but couldn’t hold onto him. Lawlor catches him in a choke-type move and then destroys him with a knee to the head when Primm still had both knees on the ground so this fight is over by DQ. It was a good fight while it lasted.

Winner: Shane Primm by DQ (Illegal knee to the head) R1 2:40

Middleweight Fight- Rich Attonito (4-2) vs. Ryan Hodge (3-1)

R1- Attonito hit a big strike early and then took down Hodge and is really pressing onto him. Hodge gets up but Attonito gets another take down. Attonito just dominated this round and is up 10-9.

R2- Attonito immediately gets a take down to start the second round and pretty much just dominates Hodge for the entire round. This is 20-18 so far, if not a larger margin.

R3- Shockingly enough Attonito got a quick take down and then the ref stopped the fight. And for his effort he gets the graphic of the women’s fight next to his picture as it says “Jessica Aguilar winner by….”

Winner: Rich Attonito by TKO (Strikes) R3 0:25

Welterweight Fight- Efrain Ruiz (9-4) vs. David Vieira (3-0)

R1- Vieira gets him in a standing anaconda choke in the first couple of minutes but Ruiz survives. Ruiz takes his guard but Vieira slides to his back and taps him via Rear Naked Choke. Vieira looked pretty good in this fight but his stand up wasn’t tested at all.

Winner: David Vieira by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 3:23

WFC Welterweight Title Fight- Danny Ruiz (6-1) vs. Waachiim Spiritwolf (5-2)

This is the Main Event

R1- Ruiz landed some good stand up at the beginning of the fight and floored Waachiim but couldn’t finish him. There was a power outage during the middle of the fight and apparently Waachiim landed a punch while the lights were out. They re-started against the cage with 2 minutes left in the round. Shortly after the re-start Waachiim got him down and landed some Ground and Pound and got the KO victory.

Winner: Waachiim Spiritwolf by KO R1