TFA pulled off another great event at the Carson Center. The standing room only crowd was packed with well known fighters; Mike Guymon, Karo Parisyan, Eddie Bravo, Joe Camacho, and Erik Apple.
The first fight was the nights quickest fight when Jeff Martin was able to get a sweep to full mount and finish Camilo Rivera with strikes. Craig Pickerill suffered the same fate as he was quickly taken out by Raja Shippen from Jokers Wild in the third fight.
MMA-Fighter.com’s knock out of the night went to Mitch Mellotti, who after losing a close first round to crowd favorite Cordero, dominated the second round with his stand up eventually taking the fight with a devastating high kick with 7 seconds left.
Although Martin Bautista was unable to defend his title he still fought 5 rounds in his match against Gilbert Salinas. Bautista showed incredibly improved cardio finishing each round strong and the 5th with a flurry from Salinas’ guard that won him a unanimous descion.
Todd Guimond put his undefeated record on the line against crowd favorite Chad “Savage” George. Guimond wasted little time taking down Savage and moving to side mount. Although Savage was able to get back up Guimonds superior grappling eventually led him to Chad’s back where he was able to quickly finish the fight with a rear naked choke. Guimond is the first TFA 135lb Champion.
Full Results
Jeff Martin over Camilo Rivera TKO (punches) at 1:31 in RD 1
Ronald Lebreton over Joe Micaletti TKO (towel thrown in by corner) at 1:37 RD 3
Raja Shippen over Craig Pickerill TKO (punches) at 2:00 in RD 1
Walter Pinto over Davis Chong Decision (unanimous) in RD 3
Armando Sanchez over Anthony McDavitt Decision (unanimous) in RD 3
Mitch Mellotti over Cordero KO (High kick) at 2:53 RD 2
Brett Cooper over Coner Heun Decision (split) RD 3
JJ Ambros over Andrew Flores Decision (unanimous) RD 3
Martin Bautista over Gilbert Salinas Decision (unanimous) RD 5
Todd Guimond over Chad George Tapout (rear naked choke) RD 1
Next Event Santa Monica Civic February 24th, 2007
