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Worldwide Fighting Championship presents Armageddon |
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Written by J.R.Gordon
Saturday night, April 12, 2008 the Denver Coliseum opened the arena
doors for the return of the Worldwide Fighting Championship to
Colorado. There was a stacked fight card with UFC, K-1, IFL, Kick Down,
Ring of Fire and Gladiator Challenge veterans as well as debut fighters
looking to make a name in the blossoming MMA market.
Now to the fights.
Bout
one: Manuel Pachuch Vs Zac Chavez. Chavez got a quick takedown, and
several reversals followed. After working their way back to standing
Chavez got a second takedown into side control and from there he locked
in the Kimura for the win at :45 of round one.
Bout two:
Nicco Garcia Vs Martin Montoya. Garcia came out with a punch flurry
that knocked down Montoya. Garcia followed him to the mat, landed a few
more strikes and the referee stopped the bout giving Garcia the TKO win
at :25 round one.
Bout three: EJ Howe Vs Gabe Marquez. Both
fighters came out striking until Howe got a standing guillotine that
Marquez escaped by way of a slam takedown. The fighters then scrambled
to their feet and Howe got a takedown, took back control, opened up
with GNP then set in the RNC for the tapout victory at 1:53 round one.
Bout
four: Shawn Flannagan Vs Jamie Addie. Addie flurried with an early
barrage of strikes that dropped Flannagan. Flannagan however recovered
quickly and Addie worked some GNP before both fighters stood. Off of a
bodylock Addie got a takedown then he took back control and worked his
GNP attack until the referee stopped the bout giving Addie tha TKO win
at 2:38 of round one.
Bout five. Alfredo Corona Vs Anthony
Warner. Corona got a quick takedown, transitioned to back control and
set in the RNC for the win at :54 of round one.
Bout six:
Tyler Brooks Vs Dan Wilson. Wilson set in a guillotine choke off of a
takedown, but Brooks defended and worked his way free. Still on the
ground Wilson was active with submission attempts off of his back , but
Brooks worked to pass guard, take side control then back control and
from the back he worked some GNP to set in the fight winning RNC at
2:08 of round one.
Bout seven: Nick Buschman Vs George Roop.
Both fighters came out with good strikes and Roop knocked down Buschman
then worked a brief flurry of GNP until the referee stopped the bout
giving the TKO win to Roop at :24 of round one.
Bout eight:
Rocky Johnson Vs Henry Martinez. This was a three round war of
attrition. Most of the strikes throught the entirety of this fight
occured with the fighters clinched. Each was able to land good punches
and knees. Round one had Martinez controlling the ground action with
positional dominance and GNP. Round two was a very even round and round
three was mostly Martinez working GNP from the top while Johnson stayed
very active with submission attempts off of his back. When asked for
the scores the judges unanimously saw the fight in favor of Martinez.
Bout
nine: Steve Sharp Vs Mat Ver Halen for the WFC Lightheavyweight
championship. Sharp controlled the action for all of round with
positional dominance and GNP while Ver Halen was kept busy defending
strikes. Round two saw Sharp again controlling the ground action. After
several submission attempts and lots of good elbow strikes Sharp sunk
in an armbar for the submission victory at 3:07 of round two. Sharp is
still the WFC Lightweight champion.
Bout 10: Dan Severn Vs
Damon Clark. Clark came out early with strong leg kicks and good jabs,
but after rushing Clark into the cage Severn got the takedown. On the
mat Severn worked some GNP to get into side control and set up the
fight ending Kimura lock at 2:30 of round two.
Bout 11:
Shonie Carter Vs John Cronk for the WFC Middleweight title. There was
minimal standing striking throughout this bout. Against the cage the
fighters exchanged knee strikes and Cronk scored the majority of
takedowns while trying to set in either arm or shoulder submissions.
Carter however avoided all the submission attempts and he controlled
position for the majority of the time as well as landing more GNP. When
the winner was announced it was Shonie Carter that took home the WFC
Middleweight championship by unanimous decision.
Bout 12:
Jeff Ford Vs Wesley Correira for the WFC Heavyweight championship. Both
fighters came out with strong strikes and each landed hard shots that
rocked the other. Once the fight hit the ground Correira was on the
bottom and Ford worked GNP from inside his guard. Correira was unable
to escape the barrage of punches from Ford and the referee called a
stop to the bout at 4:59 of round one giving Ford the win and the
Heavyweight championship.
With knockouts, submissions and
fights going the distance this show had something to please everyone.
Please be sure to check the site calendar for upcoming events.
Best in Health and Training, J. R. Gordon
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