In the Octagon

In the Octagon
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Fight #1.



Hello Fight fans and welcome to the NEW and IMPROVED IN THE OCTAGON!!! So lets jump into the first Title fight. Let RUMBLEEEE!!!!

The first Title fight that I will be covering looks to be a good one. The Fight is for the Lightweight Belt. Now as for the two fighters you have William Hill who is coming from Team Quest. And then you have Ryan Truitt from Washington.

Ryan Truitt is from Washington as I said earlier. He is known as one of the better ground fighters in the Northwest but what has made his name come out is the two Title fights he has fought in. In both of those fights he lost. This is his third title fight in his career. He has a nasty right hand and a good looking take down. He is a good all around fighter. His last fight was other a year ago and was a win. So we don't know what to expect from Ryan he could be rusty or he could be the new GSP who knows. Now his weakness on the ground is Arm Bar or the RNC. Now as for his weakness when he is up and standing is the kicks to the body. Now what I am expecting from Ryan is a lot of high power Punch's and and a LOT of take downs. This is the First time Ryan will be fighting for the FCFF. So the PDX MMA fans will be looking at a All star caliber fighter.

The other fighter that will be facing Ryan is none other that William Hill a well known fighter to the PDX fans. William is coming from Team Quest. Will has fought 7 times in his career and in those times this is his first time facing off for a Belt. Now Will is known for his stand-up fighting he has a good right hook and kick that will make you cry! In his last fight it only toke Will 58 seconds to end the fight with his third TKO win. Now his weakness is the ground play, mostly the Arm Bar. The two times he has lost has because of an Arm Bar. Now when his is standing that is a another story he can body shots but leg shots and head shots are his week points. This is not Wills first time playing in PDX in fact he has played in PDX 6 times. So he will be a fans favorite.

Here is who they match up....

Will Hill.
Amateur Record: 5-2-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
Team: Team Quest
Age: 33
Sex: Male
Height: 6 Feet. 1 Inch(es).
Weight: 155 lbs.
Out of: OR

Ryan Truitt.
Amateur Record: 3-2-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
Team:
Age: 29
Sex: Male
Height: 5 Feet. 9 Inch(es).
Weight: 120 lbs.
Out of: OR
Born: Portland, Or


Now these fighters are almost equally matched. My pick for this fight is... Will Hill for he has experience and the way he fights. Fans I hope you have Enjoyed this Blog. Up next to be dived into is the Welterweight Belt! Until next time fans I am signing out. Keep on rolling!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!!

On December 3rd FCFF will be taking over the Roseland for RUMBLEEE AT THE ROSELAND 60!!! Tickets on sale now come NOWWW!! Come and watch local MMA. Link is below!!


http://ev12.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3aTWS%3aROS11:PROS1203%3a&linkID=twspok




Saturday, November 12, 2011

WHAT A FINISH!!












Hey fights fans it is time to jump into ITO for the UFC!!

Earlier tonight Velasquez would be facing Dos Santos for the UFC Heavy TITLE!!!!! So fans IT TIME TO RUMBLEEEEE!!!!

So fans this is the fight of year Junior Dos Santos VS Cain Velasquez and what a fight it would be. To start off Cain would only go for the leg shoots once in while he would go for the body shot but not much. But as for Dos Santos he was every where he was going for body and the leg. This was a one sided fight. But the big factor was how fast the fight was only 64 sec in Cain would go for left hoke to the jaw on Dos Santos but Junior had other fought. Junior would come back with a right hoke that would nook down 240 pound Cain and he would stay down. Junior would pounce like a hawk and get on top of Cain and get 2 Punch's on Cain and then the REF would call the fight off. In only after hearing "Lets get it on" 64 sec in Junior Dos Santos became the new HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPION!! Thanks for reading the blog fans until the next time fans I am Jacob signing out.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!!

On December 3rd FCFF will be taking over the Roseland for RUMBLEEE AT THE ROSELAND 60!!! Tickets on sale now come NOWWW!! Come and watch local MMA. Link is below!!


http://ev12.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3aTWS%3aROS11:PROS1203%3a&linkID=twspok

Thursday, November 10, 2011

new start.






Hey there fight fans long time no talk. What you are about to read will be mind blowing. This is a new and Improved ITO. In this new and improved ITO I will be going deep inside the Big fights in the FCFF and the UFC. I will brake down the fighters and there moves and the what we will be expecting from them in the fight.I will take you into a new WORLD of MMA! You will ask your self.. When does this New and improved MMA thing start? Well I will start today so fans ARE YOU READY TO RUMBLEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

Now fans I will be taking you into the world of UFC tonight. This a fight that will go down as one of the BEST fight in UFC history. It is the fight for the Heavy Weight championship. It has come down to Velasquez VS Dos Santos. You are looking at the two best fighters in the Heavy Weight division. Now when you look at these two fighters you see a different fight staged. Velasquez is the best alround fighter in the UFC. While Dos Santos has the fasted attack in the Heavy Weight divsion. This match looks like a one sided match. I have Velasquez winning and holding his belt. The fight is taking place in Anaheim, CAL at the Honda Centre.

Today fans I will be taking you to Cage at the Coast 6! Now on this beautiful night you had 2 title fights. Here is what undercard looked like.........
Undercard
157 Dustin Hurliman def. Kyle Marsh : Unanimous Decision
171 Ryan Thomas def. Gemini Moore : TKO 1:36 of Rd. 2
155 Fernando Arreola def. Aaron Tanner : Tapout due to choke, 1:23 of Rd. 1
185 Mike Gonzalez def. Justin Searcy : Tapout due to choke at 1:02 of Rd. 2
185 Grant Burger def. Daniel Agius : Unanimous Decision
155 Peter Toyas def. Blayke Elliott : :35 of Rd. 1, tapout due to choke
170 John Garcia def. Nick Huff : :47 of Rd. 1, tapout due to choke
185 Brysen French def. Brian Thompson : 1:08 of Rd. 1, tapout due to armbar
195 George Jordan def. Josh Ryan : Unanimous Decision
205 Jason Pittman def. Bobby Rudel : TKO 1:42 of Rd. 2
145 Sean Soliz def. Kevin Walker : Unanimous Decision
170 Sean Baker def. Kyle Ellsworth : Unanimous Decision
120 Female: Liz Tracy def. Emily Whitmire : Majority Decision

Now last time you heard the name Ryan Harrington he had beat Josh Mecfferson for the Super Heavy Belt. Now he has to hold it against Damoin Martindale. Now this fight would be a good fight in the first round but Only 1:49 seconds into the second round Ryan would not only end the fight but would end in style he would knock-out Damion. After that he would again hold his title. A good win for Ryan.

Now to the second Title fight of the night was for the Bantawieght Title and it was between Cory Vombuar VS Tyler Fryman. Again this fight would be good in the first but in the second round it would end in a flare. Only 1:44 sec in to the fight Corry would get on the back of Tyler and would get Tyler in a RNC (Rear Naked Chock) and would end it there. It would have a happy ending for Cory as he wins the BantaWeight Belt.

Thankyou for reading my blog fans and till next time I am singing out! GOOD NIGHT!


SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!!

On December 3rd FCFF will be taking over the Roseland for RUMBLEEE AT THE ROSELAND 60!!! Tickets on sale now come NOWWW!! Come and watch local MMA. Link is below!!


http://ev12.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3aTWS%3aROS11:PROS1203%3a&linkID=twspok

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Hey fight fans!







Hey there fight fans! Unfortunately I did not get the chance to go and interview the fighters this fight night but maybe the next fight night. So lets jump into what is truly to be a good fight night!

Good afternoon fight fans today we have a Special tale of many fights and many winners. All the winners will be listed underneath this.


171 Daniel Dieringer def. Dean Walters by KO at :34 of Rd. 1
160 Jason Lane def. James Morley by TO due to choke at :51 of Rd. 1
135 Austin Hoover def. Jerimiah Cole by TO due to choke at 2:30 of Rd.1 170 Mitchell Balfe def. Brandon Bumgarner by TO due to choke at 2:35 of Rd.1
137 Adam King def. Drew Bayless by TO due to choke at :35 of Rd. 2
185 Brysen French def. Connor Carron by TKO at 2:59 of Rd. 1
155 Nicholas Martin def. John Baker by KO at :30 of Rd. 2
137 Jeff Alden def. Chris Gillespie by TO due to choke at 1:11 of Rd. 1
135 Girls: Robin Woods def. Priscilla White by Unanimous Decision
170 Buzz Alderman def. Scott Baker by TO due to choke at 2:33 of Rd. 1
145 Travis Sue def. Craig Jordan by TO due to choke at :49i of Rd. 1
170 Zach Breeding def. Tyrell Pless by TO due to choke at 1:54 of Rd. 1
185 Luis Iniguez def. Bennie Dixon by KO at :35 of Rd. 2
170 Sean Baker def. Freddie Bailey by Tapout due to choke at :43 of Rd. 1 170 Tommy Takemoto def. Hadi Al-Awadh by Unanimous Decision
225 Girls: Hillary VanOrnum def. Danae Castle by TKO at 1:56 of Rd. 2

Lets give a round of applause for these fighters. Now for the big show the title fights. It was a long but one sided battle for the Flyweight Championship. Alex Corrales is one of my favorite fighters but even though he is one of the fastest fighters in the FCFF he was taken down by David Converse. In the end David would end up beating Alex and keeping the belt. Now to the main fight where Ben Egli would face Billy Denny to hold his belt. I would come down to the last second when Ben Elgi would make Billy tap out. Still your FCFF Welterweight Champion BEN ELGI! The next fight night will be on December 3. Till then fight fans good night!



Main Event
Welterweight Championship
Ben Egli def. Billy Denney via tapout at 2:16 of Rd. 3
Ben Egli remains the FCFF Welterweight Champion

Flyweight Championship
David Converse def. Alex Corrales by Unanimous Decision
David Converse remains the FCFF Flyweight Champion


Special thanks to the FCFF for the stats and the fights.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Hello.

Hey there fight fans. Oh what a wonderful summer this is but what makes even better FCFF FIGHT NIGHT!!

Welcome fans to the the 58 fight night at the Roseland. What a night it was there was only 2 title fights. But there were a lot of undercard fights. the winners of all of those fights were.

Cordy Barns.
Cody Isaacon.
Chris Gillespie.
Nicholas Martin.
Scott Baker.
Corey Wyatt.
Joardan Hinchman.
Nick Biron.
(Girls)Emily Corso.
Alec Corrales.
Kyle Ellsworth.
Kevin DeWeese.
Damon Jordan.
Jesse Apodca.
Jose Rodriguez.
Goerge Jordan.
Tyrell Pless.

These fighters fought hard that night and got to go home with a big smile after winning their fight. Now to the two big fights of the night! To start the night off it was holder of the Flyweight belt Shaun Nance VS David Converse. It only toke 1:28 minuets till we had a winner. With a win due to a Arm Bar David Converse is your new FLYWEIGHT BELT HOLDER!!!!!!

Now to the main fight of the night it was for the Lightweight Belt. The current holder of the belt is Josh Spencer and he faced off against Austin Springfield. And well it was why shorter then the last fight it only toke Austin 59 seconds to get Josh to tap out. SO that means your new LIGHTWEIGHT belt holder is AUSTIN SPRINGFIELD!!

Thanks for reading fans I hope you have enjoyed this blog. The next fight night is September 24. Congratulations to all of the winners of Fight Night 58. Till next time fans I am Jacob singing out See you later!!






Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Oh what a night!






Hello fight fans sorry for the wait on the blog I have been very very busy. Also I am sorry to say I was only able to get through a few of the interviews of the fighters so I would like to Welcome you to In The Octagon. Tonight you will hear from some of the fighters that toke place in Rumble at the Roseland 58. So fight fans. IT IS TIME TO RUMBLE!

To start the eventful we go to the 125 weight. We have Alex Corrales VS Marc Harris. It would only take 58 Seconds for Alex Corrales to get in the guillotine and make Marc Harris tap. After his fight I had the chance to talk to him.

"Great win tonight to start off you got in head lock, explain how that happened?"

"Well he shot on me, and I was able to get under his neck. I have been working on the five finger choke it is a little different then a guillotine. You just stick your hand in there and charnk on it, and I got lucky and was able to land it."

"How does it feel to be 2-1?"


"Feels great"


That would end it for me and Alex. He ends the night 2-1 so Congrats to Alex! The next fight would be in the 145 weight fight between Kevin Walker VS Dlyan Atinson. This fight would only go till the second round when Dlyan would get on the back of Kevin and get him in a Rear Naked Choke. That would make Dlyan victorious and I got to catch up with him after the fight.

"You came in this fight short handed you only just found out that you were fighting just yesterday. What came to your mind when you were told your were fighting?"


"Oh shit am I going to lose? ya he was 3-0 and I was 3-0. I could not say he was better then me at that time was a little nerves but I fight to beat the number 1's every day."

"Came in the first round and you guys were close. But in the second round you got in that Rear Naked Choke explain what happened at that moment?"

" I was cutting the angle a Little more because his hips were coming forward every time I went for a leg kick. So I curled toward him. When I tied wasted him he went for a knee bar it looked like. But kinda baled out of it. And left his back wide open. And I jumped on and got the hoke."


That would end it for me and Dlyan. I hope to see him soon at the Roseland. The next fight would be in the 205 weight class. Were I saw Peter New VS Joshua Ryan. It would only take 52 seconds to the fight. And what a finish it was! Peter New would get on the ground with Joshua an got him in to arm bar. Peter New would be your winner!








The Next fight would take place in the 175 weight division. We would see Freddie Bailey VS Rod Jaques. It would come down to a decsion and it was a tie between Freddy and Rod.








The next fight would take us to the 135 weight division were Journy Newson would fight again Jeff Alder. And this one would come down to the wire. With only 1:29 seconds left Journey would force Jeff Alden to tap after a rear naked choke by Journey.








The next fight would be in the 155 weight. It would be Peter Ramsden VS Nate Sarate. It would end in a Unamisuos Desion and the winner was Nate Sarate!

So to start the eventful title fights off it would be for the Middle weight Title bought. It would be John Bartlett VS Josh Hitsman. This fight would would go in to the second round when the umpire had to stop the fight and give ,due to strikes, John Bartlett is your new MIDDLE WEIGHT CHAMPION!!!!








The next fight would be in the Welterwieght Championship with the holder of the Belt Jason Novelli faced off against Ben Elgi. This fight would take three rounds to finish the fight but it would come down to a Rear Naked Choke by Ben Egli that would end it. Your New WelterWeight Champion, By a Rear Naked Choke, BEN EGLI!








Your next title fight of the night would be for the Heavy Weight Championship belt. The current holder of the belt is Damion Martindale and he will be fighting Chris DeLaRocha. Once more this fight went into the second round. Due to strikes to the body the umpire had stop the fight and the winner by Strikes to the boody CHRIS DELAROCHA!!








Our main and final fight of the night is for the Bantamwieght Championship it is Tyler Fryman VS Auston Warner. This fight would go down to the wire. They would go to the Judges Cards. And by Unanimous Decision your Winner and new BANTAMWIEGHT CHAMPION IS......... AUSTON WARNER!! That would end the night for me. The next fight night will be in July 16. Thanks for reading till next time fights I am Jacob signing out.


And special thanks to Kevin Keeney and the FCFF!

Next Fight Night is on July 16!



Thursday, April 28, 2011

A night to remember.

On April 23, the FCFF had there monthly fight night at the Roseland. And I had the chance to interview some of the fighters. So it is time to RUMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!

To start the night off it was Stephone Taylor VS Patrich Ryen. Patrick Ryen would win after Stephon did not meet the bell because of a foot injury. The Next fight would be Shawn Smith and Dean Walters. Dean Walters would win with a rear naked choke in the third round. I had the chance to talk to Dean and here's what went down.

"Great win tonight, Are hoping to go for the Belt?"

"It will be down the road I will like to go for a title it would be a little while for I just got back to getting in fit."

"How long has been since you have fought?"

"It has been five years."


I hope to see him again at the Roseland. The next fight toke place in the 145 weight and it was Coby Barns VS Kevin Walker. Kevin Walker would win in a 25 SEC tapout in the first round. The next fight would be Sean Soliz VS Zane Behrend. By split decision Sean Soliz would win I had the chance to talk to him after words.

"Great fight tonight. In the second round you started throwing some punches explain what happen."


"Well when I got on bottom he was tying up my wrist I could not do much I thought I would come out and try a little stand up type in the second and see if I could have any luck on my feet."

That would end it for me and Sean and I know he will be back. I will make this short the other winners of tonight were Billy Denney, Nathan Sarate, Kyle Ellsworth, Jesse Apodaca, Bryne Torres, and last Zac Miller.

But what was the fight of the night was a super heavey weight battle between Josh"Big Country"McPherson and Ryan Harrington. There is a weight difference between these two fighters. Big Country is coming up from the heavy weight to the super weight. And I knew from the beginning that Ryan had this won. Ryan weighs at a weight that Josh could not bring down. But Josh to my surprise held in till the final bell. At the end it came down to a unanimous decsion Ryan Harrington is your new FCFF Super Heavey Weight CHAMPION!

Next fight night for the FCFF is on May 21 I will have more for that night later. I am Jacob singing out. Until next time fight fans this is IN THE OCTAGON!