ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series 10/10/08 Re-Cap

ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series 10/10/08

Mauro Ranallo and Stephen Quadros are the announcers. There are 5 fights tonight. The bigger names on the card are Jason Guida, Dave Herman and Kerry Schall.

Lightweight Fight- Rafaello Oliveira (5-0) vs. Lyle Beerbohm (7-0)

Beerbohm’s nickname is “fancy pants.” Beerbohm has only been training for 19 months. He’s from Spokane, Washington and he had is first fight after training for only one week. Beerbohm is wearing some seriously hideous tights that are very colorful and apparently made by his mother, hence the fancy pants nickname. These would make Shinya Aoki blush. This is Oliveira’s first fight on the mainland, he has one in Hawaii. Both of these fighters are undefeated. Oliveira has a 4” reach advantage. Oliveira is a Jiu Jitsu practitioner and Beerbohm is more versed in submission wrestling. Apparently Beerbohm has already called out Nick Diaz (who has a Lightweight title fight coming up against Eddie Alvarez to fill the vacant Elite XC Lightweight title on Nov 8th).

R1- Oliveira immediately gets a take down after a couple of leg kicks and then takes Beerbohm’s back and drills him with some punches. Oliveira dominates the first minute of action. Beerbohm gets caught in an attempted triangle after he rolled to the top. Oliveira hitting some elbows and has opened up a cut on Beerbohm and then Oliveira attempted a kimura but lost it. Beerbohm gets a brief guillotine but Oliveira gets command again and is looking very smooth. They stand in a clinch and Oliveira with a knee. The separate and Beerbohm charges and gets a clinch and then gets a freaking FIREMAN’S CARRY. Beerbohm gets caught in an arm bar but rolls out of it. They clinch against the cage and Beerbohm gets a slam and is in Oliveira’s full guard. Beerbohm hits one big elbow and Oliveira is bleeding heavily. Beerbohm hits a couple of more strikes. Very good and close round as Oliveira won the first half and Beerbohm won the last minute. Oliveira is in danger of having this fight stopped due to his cut. He walks out of the cage at one point during the intermission. It’s a large cut, Quadros says you “can put a quarter in it.” And the fight is stopped due to the cut. Really good first round and would like to see these two guys fight again as I think Oliveira is the better fighter, he just got caught with that one big elbow that cut him open.

Post-match Beerbohm thanks his mom for making his shorts and then calls out the winner of Diaz/Alvarez. Says he will beat up either of the two. I’m not sure if “fancy pants” has ever seen Alvarez fight.

Winner: Lyle Beerbohm by TKO (Doctor Stoppage/Cut) R1

Middleweight Fight- Alexander Shlemenko (29-5) vs. Bubba McDaniel (12-4)

This is Alexander’s US debut and his first fight against an American fighter. Alexander is a Muay Thai and Sambo fighter from Russia. Mauro says that Alexander is from the Siberian city of Omsk . He says that according to stats- 50% of the youth in this city are either in prison, hooked on drugs or dead by the age of 21. Alexander is only 24 years old but has 34 professional fights. Bubba McDaniel has 12 victories, 10 of them have been won via tap out. He is the reigning Icon Sport Middleweight Champion. Bubba has a 4” height and 5” reach advantage.

R1- Bubba goes for an immediate take down and Alexander grabs the cage to stop it and gets a warning. Bubba takes him down but Alexander has an arm. Bubba hitting Alexander on the side and then they stand and Bubba is holding his back and wrestles him back to the ground but then they stand back up. Bubba gets a take down against the cage but Alexander gets back to his feet. Lots of clinching and up and down without either guy getting in anything of substantial damage. Bubba moves from north/south to side control to taking Alexander’s back. Bubba hitting him with shots and then mounts and gets some Ground and Pound. Bubba is controlling this round and starting to dominate. Bubba goes for a choke but Alexander is keeping his chin down. Alexander got back up and right at the bell he nailed Bubba with a huge knee and Bubba buckled to the floor. Alexander looked to the ref for a stoppage but it looks like Bubba may have been saved by the bell. The ref says it was a groin shot and that he is not stopping the fight. Bubba is saying that his ribs are hurting and he is lying on the ground in pain. Now they are saying that it’s not his groin and that it’s his ribs and Bubba can’t answer the bell and this one is over as Bubba can’t answer the bell. What a shot by Alexander right before the bell to win the fight in a round where he got controlled. He hit the flying knee right under his heart.

Winner: Alexander Shlemenko by TKO (Flying Knee) R1

Two really good, fun fights to start off this show. Both have been stopped between the first and second rounds. Bubba is still down and they have to help him to his feet.

Robbie Lawler is at the fights and he is interviewed by Stephen Quadros. They talk about his re-match with Joey Villasenor (Lawler won the first fight).

Welterweight Fight- Anthony Lapsley (13-3) vs. Mike Stumpf (10-1)

Stumpf has a 4 fight winning streak and is a wrestler. Lapsley is known as “The Recipe.” Lapsley is a wrestler and a boxer. He is the King of the Cage Welterweight Champion. Stumpf weighed in at 172.5 pounds but Lapsley choose to fight anyway. Lapsley has a 3” reach advantage. Stumpf is only 22 years old. Lapsley is 13-3 with 10 Submissions.

R1- Lapsley comes out throwing punches but doesn’t hit. They clinch and exchange knees. They are in an active clinch against the cage. Stumpf got a take down and is in half guard. The fight gets back to the feet and Lapsley lands a nice kick to the upper body but Stumpf grabbed a single leg take down but Lapsley takes half guard on top of Stumpf. Lapsley lands a strike or two. Lapsley lands a couple of nice shots and then an elbow to the jaw. Lapsley with hammer fists but Stumpf grabs full guard and tries to protect with one and a half minutes left in round one. Lapsley lands some strikes and goes for an arm triangle but Stumpf slips out. Lapsley with elbows and punches until Stumpf covers up. Lapsley wins Round One 10-9 and looked like he was on the verge of finishing Stumpf at times.

R2- First minute of the round is a stalemate. Lapsley hits a flying knee and then gets a single leg take down. Not a whole lot going on in this round buy Lapsley is maintaining control of the round. Lapsley is throwing some wild punches and lands one. Stumpf pulls guard and grabs a kimura. Stumpf then moves to full mount with about a minute left in the round. Stumpf basically does nothing and then gets rolled over by Lapsley. Very ho hum round after a very good first round. I have to give this round to Lapsley as he controlled the majority of it but not as convincing a round as the first. Lapsley up 20-18 on my score card.

R3- Lapsley lands a kick and a punch to start the round and then they clinch. Pretty much the same way that the other two rounds have started. Lapsley gets a take down. Not a real exciting round. This one is much like round two with Lapsley winning the round by controlling Stumpf with wrestling. Lapsley is going to win this fight 30-27.

Judges score cards say: 29-29 (WHAT fight was this judge watching?), 30-27, and 30-27. Winner by majority decision is Lapsley.

Winner: Anthony Lapsley by Decision (Majority)

Light Heavyweight Fight- Mamed Khalidov (17-3-1) vs. Jason Guida (17-17)

Khalidov is yet another fighter making his North American debut. Guida says he’s going to knock this guy out. Jason’s brother UFC fighter Clay Guida is in his corner. The announcers reference Guida’s appearance on TUF where he failed to make weight before the qualifying fights. Clay slaps him around a little bit before he gets in the cage. Mamed is from Poland. Both guys have a wrestling background. Mamed usually competes at middleweight so he is a little undersized in this fight. Mamed is undefeated in his last 12 fights. Guida claims that he is 25-17 (instead of 17-17) but Mauro says that they were unable to confirm this statistic.

R1- Guida comes right at Mamed and hits a punch and then bulrushes him. Mamed tries a rolling knee bar and is going after Guida’s legs. Guida goes for a heel hook of his own. Very exciting first minute. Guida takes his guard but Mamed goes for an arm bar but Guida escapes. Guida went for a roundhouse upkick but missed. Guida has a cut on the top of his head. Mamed catches Guida with an up kick that knocks him off guard and then gets warned about strikes to the back of Guida’s noggin. They are in the clinch and Mamed hits a punch and knee to the gut. Guida gets a take down. Mamed has used an active guard throughout the first round. This is a tough round to judge. Guida controlled the cage much more but Mamed did more damage and had more submission attempts and was very active when in a defensive position. Mamed 10-9 on my score card after one. Good first round. Guida looked really tired at the end of the first round, must have been all that weight cutting.

R2- Mamed with a good counter punch to start the round. Guida answers with a good kick that countered one by Mamed. Mamed hit a spinning heel kick that was blocked but looked great. Mamed with a combo and now he’s coming on as Guida looks winded. Mamed with a spinning back fist. Guida finally clinches to slow down Mamed’s combo’s but Mamed hits some strikes and then gets a take down. Guida with very little offense so far this round through two minutes. Guida eats a couple of punches against the cage and covers up and eats two good punches from Mamed. Mamed taking it to Guida and Guida goes for a take down and Mamed sprawls. Guida is on his knees and Mamed levels him with a punch. Guida dives at the leg and is holding onto it trying to recover. Mamed with some elbows that are close to the back of the head. Guida loses his mouthpiece and the ref stops the fight to put it back in but he can’t find it and Guida is getting a ton of time to recover here as he is down on his knees sucking wind. They can’t find Guida’s mouthpiece and they tell him he has to use another one and Guida knocks it away. They find the mouthpiece after the ref says that he is going to DQ him and then Guida throws it out to get it cleaned. Guida is stalling here and it’s just painfully obvious. This is ridiculous. Mamed with a left hand and now he is opening up on Guida against the cage and Guida is standing taking a beating and the ref steps in and stops the fight and Guida pushes the ref and then leans on him.

Man, Jason Guida just with a horrible performance here. First he totally gasses. Then he plays stalling tactics with his mouthpiece and then he pushes the ref. He totally got outclassed here by Mamed. Guida needs to go back to the minors where he belongs. He is the total opposite type of fighter than his brother is. Mamed on the other hand looked really good. I would definitely like to see him fight again as he picked Guida apart once he gassed.

Winner: Mamed Khalidov by TKO (strikes) R2 4:53


Heavyweight Fight- Dave Herman (11-0) vs. Kerry Schall (22-10)

Schall’s nickname is “Meat Truck.” They briefly discuss Schall’s loss to Fedor early in Fedor’s career. Herman’s nickname is “Pee Wee” and he’s undefeated. He was impressive in his victory over Ron Waterman. He trains by himself at his house. Says he doesn’t really have a strategy, just kind of goes with the flow and sees what happens. Both guys are wrestlers. Schall has an 18 pound weight advantage, Herman with a 2” reach advantage. Schall has 17 submissions out of his 22 victories. Herman has 8 KOs in his 11 wins. He has no decision wins (the other 3 were by submission).

R1- Herman landing some front kicks early. Herman with some knees and Schall hits Herman hard when he came in for one of them but Herman grabs Schall into a Muay Thai clinch and hits knees to the body. Schall goes down and Herman destroys Schall on the ground and this one is over.

Winner: Dave Herman by TKO (strikes) R1 1:05

Good show. Check it out if you get the opportunity.

ShoXC Elite Challengers Series 9/26 Re-Cap

ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series

Mauro Ranallo and Stephen Quadros will be doing the announcing tonight.

Welterweight Fight- Erik Apple vs Matt Makowski (3-0)

Apple has not fought in the last year and a half, Makowski’s last victory was against Nick Serra. Makowski spent the last three weeks with Greg Jackson training.

R1- Apple came out quick but Matt caught him and took him down but Apple flipped him over and is in Matt’s guard. Matt has an active guard as he went for some submissions but Apple denied him. Apple went for a kimura but Matt slipped out. Apple is really dominating the positioning so far but hasn’t landed a lot of damage. Apple takes this round 10-9 and really controlled almost the entire round but didn’t land much damage.

R2- Apple got some kicks in at the beginning of the round and then Matt pulled guard with a guillotine. Definitely a questionable move since he spent almost the entire first round on his back. Apple got out and is in half guard. Matt gave up his back with 2 minutes left in the round and then tapped to a Rear Naked Choke.

This fight was pretty much all Apple as he was just too experienced and seemed to impose his will on Makowski in this fight. I think Elite XC will probably push Apple as they are in need of contenders for Jake Shields.

Winner: Erik Apple by Rear Naked Choke R2 2:04.

Middleweight Fight- Giva Santana (11-0) vs. Jaime Jara (19-5)

Jara is 39 years old, kind of out of place for a show like this that should be focusing on more young and up and coming fighters. Santana is also up there in years at 36.

R1- Santana eats a punch and Jara pulls guard with a guillotine but Santana gets out and is in side control. Santana moves to half guard and then gets a mount and then takes Jara’s back. Santana is getting some shots in but doesn’t seem to want to go for the choke. Back to their feet with 1 minute left in the round. Santana got another take down at the end of the round. Santana wins this round 10-9.

R2- Santana got knocked down at the beginning of the round, looked more like a slip, but Jara didn’t attack. Santana went for a heel hook but Jara got out pretty easily and then hit a jab. Jara hit a big left hand that floored Santana but again didn’t follow up due to Santana’s jiu jitsu. Santana got a take down but Jara got right back up. Jara got some shots in on the cage but Santana clinched to stop the onslaught. Jara takes this round and its 19-19 after 2 rounds with Jara with the momentum.

R3- Both guys are throwing shots to start the round. Jara’s eye is bleeding but he remains the aggressor. Santana shoots but can’t get the take down. Santana landed a good right and then followed with a leg kick. Santana with another body kick and then they clinch with one minute left. Jara gets in a couple of strikes as they clinch again with 20 seconds left. Santana hits a knee with about 5 seconds left. Close round, I think Santana is going to take it as he messed up Jara’s face pretty good with some strikes in the third round. Neither guy really distanced themselves in this fight as the better fighter.

Judges scores are: 29-28 Jara, 29-28 Santana and 29-28 Jara.

Interesting decision, can’t say that I agree or disagree with it but I thought Santana would get the win due to damage. I see a re-match at the next Challengers show.

Winner: Jaime Jara by Decision (Split)

Featherweight Fight- Malaipet (3-2) vs. David Douglas (5-1)

Malaipet came in 4.5 lbs overweight. Douglas agreed to fight so will be giving up 10% of his purse to Douglas and 10% to the California State Athletic Commission. Douglas is a Cesar Gracie trainee. Malaipet is a Muy Thai fighter.

R1- Douglas storms to the center of the ring and it’s on! Douglas with a take down 5 seconds into the fight. Douglas gets free and hits several punches and is taking it to Malaipet. Lots of Ground and Pound by Douglas. Malaipet finally rolls him over but gets caught in a triangle that looks more like a head scissors move as he doesn’t have a choke in. Back to their feet and Douglas backs him down against the cage and delivers a big shot. Douglas looks hurt as Malaipet caught him. Malaipet then hit a kick and Douglas fell down awkwardly backwards. Douglas is laying on his back resting. Ref stands up Douglas. Douglas goes for a take down and gets it. Back to their feet and Malaipet ends the round with a flurry. Great first round. I think Malaipet took it as Douglas won the first half but just gassed and looked beaten at several times in the second half of the first round.

R2- Douglas went for a take down but was denied and then ate a knee. Malaipet hitting strikes. Douglas trying to come back by throwing wild strikes. Malaipet throws another knee. Douglas once again just laying down and resting. Back on their feet and Malaipet with leg kicks. Douglas gets a take down. They are stood up but Douglas gets another take down. Douglas mounts Malaipet and is getting some strikes in. Douglas got in a bunch of strikes but didn’t have much power behind them. Douglas finished really strong in this round. Fight could be going either way so far. Malaipet definitely is the fresher fighter.

R3- Malaipet jumped at Douglas and Douglas caught him and took him down. Douglas in half guard getting some Ground and Pound and then takes side control. Douglas in the mounted Ground and Pound position know and Malaipet is busted open. Douglas doesn’t have much on his punches right now. Douglas just continuing to pepper Malaipet with light strikes and the ref finally stops the fight.

This was a fun fight. If Douglas gets some cardio he could be a good fighter. Malaipet is real raw but has talent if he can learn the ground.

Winner: David Douglas by TKO (strikes) R3 2:51

Heavyweight Fight- Shane Del Rosario (4-0) vs. Carl Seumanutafa (4-0)

This is the “Semi” Main Event. Both fighters are undefeated so far and have finished all of their fighters- Carl with 4 KOs and Shane with 3 KOs and 1 Submission.

R1- Carl gets a throw early to get a take down and he’s in full guard. Shane gets a triangle attempt from the bottom. Carl tries a slam to get out of it but can’t. Shane seems to have the move locked in pretty well but Carl slips out and passes guard. Carl goes for an arm bar but Shane escapes. Carl is now in half guard. Carl moves to north/south position and now to side control. Carl ends the round in the dominate position. Close round as Carl was in a dominate position for about 3-4 minutes of the round but Shane was closer to victory with the submission triangle attempt. Carl probably takes this round 10-9.

R2- Carl went for a take down early and got stuffed. Carl got stuffed again and Shane hit some knees and strikes and finished the fight.

Winner: Shane Del Rosario by TKO (strikes) R2 1:07

Elite XC Bantamweight Title Fight- Wilson Reis (5-0) vs. Abel Cullum (11-1)

This is for the vacant Elite XC Bantamweight Title. Reis was on the 7/26 Showtime card and won by unanimous decision. Reis was strong on the ground but showed a lot of opportunity in the stand up game. Cullum is the King of the Cage 130lb champion and has a 10 fight win streak and is stepping up in weight to take this fight. Cullum has a 4” reach advantage.

R1- Reis got a quick take down. Reis passes guard and tries to mount but Cullum is actively defending and ends up on top but then Reis goes for an arm bar and Cullum flips out and gets back to his feet. Some nifty ground work so far. Reis catches a leg kick and gets a take down again. Cullum gets to his feet but gets taken down again. Cullum is doing a good job defending so far. Cullum stands up again, and again gets taken back down. Lots of action early with most of it being on the ground. Reis dominated in terms of positioning and won the round. Reis 10-9. Good first round.

R2- Cullum threw a couple of shots and then Reis took him down again. Cullum with some elbows from the bottom. Reis went for the back but Cullum slipped out and Reis again on top. Cullum doing a good job being slippery and switches positions and is in Reis’ guard. Cullum is getting some Ground and Pound from the guard position. Reis goes for the arm bar from the bottom but Cullum slips out again and is once again in full guard. Cullum getting more shots in. Reis goes for the arm bar again from the bottom but can’t get it so goes for the leg and then goes to full mount and an arm triangle attempt but can’t finish with anything and ends up in the guard. Really good round and could have gone either way as Cullum got in a lot of strikes and Reis got in a few submission attempts near the end of the round.

R3- Reis landed a good shot about 20 seconds into the round and then got a take down. Back to their feet and they clinch as Cullum hits some knees. Reis shots in and gets another take down. Reis is denied from taking the back and Cullum reverses position and is now in full guard. Reis goes for an arm bar but Cullum rolls out and then Reis reverses position so he’s in full guard now. Reis gets Cullum’s back but Cullum squeezes out of it and reverses so he’s in Reis’s guard to end the round. Another solid round. This one goes to Reis due to his positioning and control of the round.

R4- They go back and forth a little of their feet. Reis gets a take down. Reis again controlled the ground and too this round but couldn’t finish.

R5- Reis got a take down and is in Cullum’s guard. Reis controlled for the first 3 minutes, Cullum briefly rolled over but Reis quickly reversed. Reis went the rest of the way in Cullum’s guard and it looks like he will take this fight by a pretty wide score.

Judges score cards are: 49-46, 48-47 and 49-46 for Reis.

Winner and new champion: Wilson Reis by Decision (Unanimous)

ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series 8/15/08 Re-Cap

ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series 8/15/08

Mauro Ranallo and Stephen Quadros are the announcers.

They show highlights of the Suganuma/Hamman fight from 4 months ago when they fought and Suganuma quickly finished Hamman with a big knee and then the ref quickly stopped the fight. They will have a re-match tonight as Hamman is disputing the stoppage.

Catchweight Fight (190 lbs)- Keith Berry (7-2) vs. Ray Lizama (5-5)

Berry is the reigning King of the Cage Middleweight Champion. Berry is training at Extreme Couture. Lizama took this fight on short notice. Lizama has a win over Fabio Nagao (who recently lost to Matt Lindland by Decision at the Affliction Banned show).

R1- Lizama lands a nice punch that staggered Berry about a minute into the fight. About 3 and a half minutes in Berry lands a shot and Lizama goes down and Berry wastes no time and takes Lizama’s back and goes for a choke. He then releases the choke and hits some Ground and Pound. Lizama knocks Berry’s mouthpiece out and both guys are really swinging at each other. Really good first round with both guys really throwing some wild shots. I’ve got Berry winning the round based on the knock down and submission attempt. Berry 10-9.

R2- Lots of action early with Berry pushing the pace and hitting a nice shot that buckled Lizama against the cage. Lizama recovers and comes back and lands some really nice punches and Berry looks like he’s in trouble. Lizama just unloading on Berry, but Berry is staying on his feet. Berry is bloody but starts fighting back. Very Chris Leben type performance in that Berry really seems to bring it after he’s been rocked. Lizama again comes back with a body punch and again is unloading on Berry and Berry is finally beginning to sink and drops down to the canvas and the ref calls the fight.

Great opening fight.

Winner: Ray Lizama by TKO (strikes) R2 2:15

Women’s Fight (130 lbs)- Debi Purcell (4-1) vs. Rosi Sexton (8-1)

Purcell has a 4.5” reach advantage. Purcell is the first woman to compete and win in King of the Cage. Sexton has 5 submission victories out of her 8 wins. Rosi looks tiny.

R1- The first round was pretty much spent in a clinch with Rosi trying to take down Debi. Really close round but would have to give it to Rosi since she was the one that was causing the clinches and trying to get the take downs where as Debi was mostly on defense.

R2- Purcell starts with some kicks trying to keep Sexton off of her so she can strike but Rosi gets a take down and takes Debi’s guard. Rosi hitting some Ground and Pound. Purcell kicks her off and gets back to her feet. Purcell gets a take down with about 30 seconds left. Another close round, gotta give this one to Rosi as well as she did more damage on her take down. I’ve got it Rosi 20-18 right now.

R3- Purcell hit a spinning back fist. Lots of clinching. Sexton reverses a Purcell take down for one of her own then basically does a handspring trying to get better position. Purcell spends the last minute or so on her back..

I’ve got Sexton 30-27 in three very close rounds. Entertaining Fight.

The judges score the fight a split decision. 30-27 for Sexton, 29-28 Purcell and 30-27 for Sexton. Kind of crazy how two judges can have it 30-27 for one fight and the other judge 29-28 for the other fighter.

Winner: Rosi Sexton by Decision (Unanimous)

Light Heavyweight Fight- Cyrille Diabate (14-6-1) vs. Jaime Fletcher (9-3)

This is Cyrille’s first fight in the US. Cyrille has a huge height advantage of 7” and a huge reach advantage of 9”.

R1- Fletcher starting with leg kicks. Lots of clinching against the cage. Diabate hits a flying knee after they separated. Diabate hits a nice right hand and Fletcher bails out Diabate starting to hit some kicks. Fletcher goes for a take down and gets one with 25 seconds left in the round but basically just uses it to rest. He tried to lock in an ankle lock right at the buzzer. I’ve got Diabate with a 10-9 round as he landed more effective and damaging strikes.

R2- Diabate hits some nice body kicks early in the round after a brief stoppage for a low blow. Fletcher gets another take down. This time he’s got 4 minutes in order to work with. Diabate goes for a kimura from the bottom but let’s go of it. Jamie goes for a guillotine but Diabate passes it and comes out with side control on Fletcher. Diabate with some short elbows. Fletcher rolls out of side control and acts like Heath Herring by turtling up. Diabate hitting some elbows. Fletcher escapes but Diabate takes him back down in side control. Diabate with elbows and now punches to the face. Fletcher gives up his back again and is turtling up. Diabate with elbows to the side. Fletcher stands up and his face is covered in blood. Diabate 20-18 so far.

R3- Diabate hitting some strikes in the early part of the round. Fletcher grabs a guillotine attempt and pulls guard but Fletcher cannot hold the move. Diabate with some elbows from the guard position. Fletcher turtles up and is dripping blood on to the canvas. Diabate won this round as well and takes this fight 30-27.

All three judges score the fight 30-27 in favor of Diabate.

Winner: Cyrille Diabate by Decision (Unanimous)

Lightweight Fight- Fabricio Camoes (10-4) vs. Sammy Morgan (19-10)

Morgan has fought for Strikeforce, King of the Cage, and was on Season 2 of the Ultimate Fighter UFC show. Camoes once fought Anderson Silva in Brazil and went 27 minutes before losing. Morgan has a 3” height advantage. 14 of Morgan’s 19 wins have come by submission. Camoes has won 5 straight fights. Diego Sanchez is in Camoes corner for the fight.

R1- Morgan hits some leg kicks and then some punches and Camoes shoots in the take down and gets it via slam and moves into full mount. Morgan gives up his back and Camoes goes for a choke and this one is over. Short and to the point for Camoes.

Camoes basically calls out KJ Noons in his post-fight interview.

Winner: Fabricio Camoes by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 0:47

Light Heavyweight Fight- Po’ai Suganuma (9-1) vs. Jared Hamman (10-1)

Their last fight lasted 15 seconds and they are fighting again due to a “controversial decision.” Po’ai trains with BJ Penn.

R1- Po’ai gets a quick take down via punch and takes side control. Hamman gets to his feet and then gets a take down of his own but then they stand up and he gets taken down again. Po’ai in Hamman’s guard. Hamman goes for an arm bar but is denied. Hamman gets back to his feet and gets in a couple of good punches and Po’ai goes to his knees and Hamman hits him with punches and Po’ai is out. Hamman gets the surprise victory.

Good fight.

Winner: Jared Hamman by TKO (punches) R1 2:34


Upcoming Elite XC shows:

September 26th: ShoXC Elite Challenger Series on Showtime
October 4th: CBS Saturday Night Fights
October 10th: ShoXC Elite Challenger Series on Showtime