It was “Judgment Day” on the Eve of Easter in Broomfield, Colorado as the Ring Of Fire made its return with their 34th event overall and second of 2009.rof_34_010__mike_nickels_james_funny2586afb12c12wm_main

 

This event drew thousands of spectators from around the metro area in anticipation of a great night of fights from one of Colorado’s premier MMA organizations.

 

In the main event “Big” Mike Nickels faced off against the talented James Funny. Funny came out quick and made a brief statement as he slammed Nickels to the canvas to start the first round.

 

Nickels responded by immediately pulling half guard and working towards the straight arm lock. Nickels used his high level jiu-jitsu to keep the hyperextension move locked in and Funny was forced to tap with 1:13 down in the first round.

 

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The co-main event was a battle for the Young Guns 145 lbs. Championship as Tyler Toner and David Fuentes locked horns. Toner began the first stanza by catching a right leg kick and driving Fuentes to the canvas.rof_34_009__tyler_toner_david_fuentes__2326afc12cropwm_main

 

 

Fuentes spent little time on his back as he up kicked his way back to his feet and proceeded with his stand up attack. Toner also carried on with his attack leaving the fighters in the center of the cage exchanging blows and letting it all hang out for the local fans.

 

The stand up battle continued and Toner began to capitalize with his back to the cage landing a couple of significant knees. Toner was persistent landing another big knee and followed up with some brutal strikes sending Fuentes to the canvas.

 

The ref had seen enough and stepped in for the protection of the fighter at 3:35 of round one.  Toner took home another title for T’s KO Fight Club.

 

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Brendan Schaub was matched up against Russian competitor Bojan Spalevic and at stake was the Young Guns Heavyweight Championship.rof_34_008_brendan_schaub_bojan_spalevic__2181afb12c12cy10cropwm_main

 

Schaub wasted no time, landing a series of knee strikes followed up by a combination of strikes which left his weary opponent reeling to the fence covering up to avoid the onslaught.

 

Spalevic found the opportunity to clinch and performed an excellent hip toss leaving Schaub with his back to the canvas. Schaub did not remain on his back for long as he returned to his feet and proceeded with a punishing display of combinations forcing the referee to call a halt to the damage being inflicted at 52 seconds of round one.

 

Schaub tacked on another 1st round victory and became the new Young Guns Heavyweight Champion in the process.

 

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Fabian Acuna faced off against James Martinez in a 155 lbs match up. Acuna got the take down early in the first leaving Martinez vulnerable to a few strikes once the fight was on the ground.

 

The action returned to the feet but the referee had to separate the fighters due to an illegal strike from Martinez.

Acuna retuned from the break meaning business as he released a barrage of combinations dazing his opponent as Martinez found himself on the canvas.  Acuna pounced on his opponent before pulling in the match ending key lock submission at the 1:55 mark of the first round.

 

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Luke “Lil Hulk” Caudillo was set to due battle with Josh Arocho as one of the feature bouts of the evening.

Both fighters were trying to work their best attack and counter strike as they spent quite a bit of time working from the clinch.  Arocho took Caudillo down near the end of the first and landed a couple solid elbows one of which opened a cut on the top of Caudillo’s head as blood ran down his face to end the first.

 

The second round started with a few great stand up exchanges as Caudillo pressed the action almost looking as though he felt he needed to put an end to this fight, but Arocho slowed the party down by taking Caudillo to the cage floor and immediately taking his back.

 

Caudillo continued his defense of the RNC but Arocho was persistent as he locked in the RNC to end the fight at 3:67 of the second round.

 

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Kenneth Seegrist defeated Ed Banks with vicious body strikes.  Seegrist did a great job in defending the early back control of Banks before working his way to guard then mount as he started to pound on Banks from every angle.

 

At the 1:19 mark of round one Banks succumbed to the punishing blows being delivered by Seegrist and opted to tap out.

 

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Cody Frederickson handled his opponent Chandler Holderness at 1:51of round 2 by TKO after a few nice exchanges in the first round.

 

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Chris Williamson defeated Bryan Linzmeyer by TKO at the 1:27 mark of round 2 as he brought the punishment for his second fight.  Very impressive ground control and he showed he can deliver some blows from the mount.

 

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Josiah Callis struck his way to another impressive victory over Denis Acuna at 2:20 of the second round.

 

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Charles Johnson took home the unanimous decision over Zach Valdez.

 

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John Powers won over 2 of the 3 the judges decisions, and claimed the win over Joe Guiterrez.

 

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Round Card Girl Liza Kampstra

 

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Round Card Girl Skyler Kreysar

 

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Written by Rick Teran/Brawlin.net
Fotos by Joe Cordova/Brawlin.net

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9 Responses to “Nickels In One, Toner In One, Schaub In One!!!”

  1. alex rozman Says:
    April 12th, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    brendan schaub is another guy picking his opponents. i fought that guy on a weeks notice. he beat me quick and i have a shitty record but at least i never got to hand pick my opponents and will fight anyone anytime…

  2. alex rozman Says:
    April 12th, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    brendan let me get some notice, ill drop some weight and woop ur ass! the mockery wasnt cool…

  3. geno Says:
    April 14th, 2009 at 4:07 am

    Yeah alex you got the old beat down, maybe you should hang up the old glove’s..why do fighters with shit for records spend all there time online talking shit..do you guy’s think if they spent that time in the gym they might win some fights ?

  4. roffan Says:
    April 14th, 2009 at 4:31 am

    Rozman, what in the world makes you think you would do any better if you fought Schaub a second time around? Maybe if it was a close fight I could see you wanting a rematch, but you had, and have, absolutely nothing for Schaub. Go back, train your standup for 4-5 years, and maybe you can last more than a minute.

  5. zagnarof Says:
    April 14th, 2009 at 8:05 am

    Rozman your a joke. You got your ass beat and now you make excuses? You got knocked out in a minute!! You don’t like the mockery do something about it. Oh wait you’ll just get your ass beat again.

  6. Cody Says:
    April 14th, 2009 at 10:26 am

    Alex you got your ass handed to you… and Brendan didnt pick you. The ROF did. Dont take bad fights… Hes gonna smash you 10 times out of ten. And what makes you think you should get another shot? Stick to lifting weights meathead. Brendan is a showmen… Im sure he ment you no disrepect. You are the one who is talking about him behind his back.

  7. ur23 Says:
    April 17th, 2009 at 9:47 pm

    nice coverage Rick and Joe.

  8. ur23 Says:
    April 17th, 2009 at 9:48 pm

    nice coverage way to go

  9. BGCrooner Says:
    May 9th, 2009 at 9:37 pm

    Is there a video of these fights anywhere?

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