The night featured the likes of Doug Ballinger, Shaun Asher, Tom Hayden and of course our favorite female fighter Ms. Jessamyn Duke. Other than a few hiccups prior to the event the show went very smooth. Rob "Turtle" Whitson as always was working the post fight interviews and was on top of his game. The VIP tables and seats were rocking all night as fans were excited about the fight card. Bluegrass MMA was invited onto the GoFightLive.com broadcast by Dr. Patel and we graciously accepted. We chatted briefly about Kentucky MMA and went over some of the fights that were upcoming.
It was so hard to pick the highlights because there are so many. We thank all the fighters for getting in the cage and doing a great job. However we feel we need to do the Fight Night Honors so here are our picks.
Fight of the Night - Shaun Asher vs. Shane McClain. This ended up not being a fight for the 185 belt but it had the makings of an instant classic. Asher dominated this fight but much credit needs to go to McClain. He has the heart of a champ and showed it. McClain was slammed repeatedly and was dominated on the ground. The pounding took its toll and at the 2:01 mark in the 3rd round McClain tapped due to strikes. Both men showed good sportsmanship. Asher hinted that he may be going pro but I would pay good money to see a rematch with the title on the line.
Submission of the Night - There were alot of taps to strikes, some rear naked chokes but by far the most impressive submission for me was the arm bar that Doug Ballinger applied to Jeremy Philpot early in the first round. Doug avenged his loss to Philpot and at the same time vacated his belts as he is turning pro. The fight was over at the 00:53 mark in the first round.
Knockout of the Night- This didn't go in the books as a knockout but by far Dom Steel was on his way to knocking out George Oiler in a featured pro bout. It was called due to the tapout to strikes but just a second more and this fight would have been a TKO victory for Dom. Dom gets on the winning track after suffering a loss to Jason Butcher. He looked powerful and poised so lookout for Steel in the future.
Here are the results of the fight card brought to you by Absolute Action MMA (Title fights in bold) -
- Jarrett Jetter defeats Rob Consorti, referee stoppage in Round 1
- Brandon Windisch defeats Josh Foster, RNC Round 1
- Thomas Deinlein defeats Matthew Tallon. referee stoppage Round 1
- Bill Underwood defeats Nick Starns, standing guillotine Round 1
- Adam Prince defeats Michael Gay, tap due to strikes Round 1
- Brittany Skelton defeats Rayshaun Allen - Unanimous Decision (3 rounds)
- Robby Malof defeats Chris Meyers - Unanimous Decision (3 rounds)
- Michael Dabe defeats Deric Reese, submission Round 2
- James Morton defeats Luke Hoffman- Unanimous Decision (3 rounds)
- Shaun Asher defeats Shane McClain , taps due to strikes Round 2
- Jessamyn Duke defeats Crystal Bentley to retain AAMMA Women's Championship, RNC Round 2
- Aaron Webb defeats Josh Franklin via tapout Round 1
- Doug Ballinger defeats Jeremy Philpot, submission to armbar Round 1 to retain the 145 AAMMA Title
- PRO Fight - Dom Steel defeats George Oiler, tapout to strikes Round 1
- Pro Fight- Chris Bennett defeats Anthony Jones, tapout to rear naked choke, Round 3
- Pro Fight - Marcus Finch defeats Jamey Scruggs-Unanimous Decision (3 rounds)
- Main Event - Tom Hayden defeats Harry Johnson, submission Round 1
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