Hackett Dominates Dober In Debut & Mamalis Crowned 145lb GP Champion!
Posted on: September 16, 2009
Posted in: Featured, Fight To Win, Video
Fight To Win Promotions came to the rescue of the local MMA community this past Saturday as WE starved for some combat action over the past few weeks.
How spoiled we have become!
One of the top nationally ranked amateur fighters in the world was in town for a showdown with a highly touted young fighter making his pro debut and eyeing the upset.
Also on tap was the fight that many fight fans have been waiting for…
The Final Round in the 145lb FTW Grand Prix Tournament, as Nick Mamalis and Ron Muir were ready for battle in the co-main event of the evening!
In the main event, Colorado native Chase Hackett stepped into the cage for his professional debut against the unbeaten amateur standout Drew Dober of Nebraska.
Dober started with a brief stint of strong stand-up before Hackett clinched up and worked towards the take-down.
The ground fight was short lived and the combatants were back to their feet in the center of the ring. The back and forth stand-up and ground fighting continued for most of the round with Hackett controlling the majority of the exchanges.
Prior to the first bell, Hackett landed a brutal overhand right dropping Dober like a sack a potatoes. Dober quickly regained his wits and pulled guard but took a few shots along the way.
The second round was like a two minute replay of the ending of the first as Hackett came out and landed another brutal overhand right plummeting Dober back to the canvas in a daze.
Hackett wasted no time in moving forward with his attack slamming strikes to the head before moving to side control and continuing to display his vicious GNP attack.
As the round was nearing a close the fight was back to the stand-up exchanges eventually hitting the ground and Hackett still maintaining control with Dober getting back to his feet landing a couple clean shots but never putting Hackett in any danger.
Round three was a mirror image of the first two and Hackett proceeded with his dominant performance in his first pro fight. Hackett could not finish off the game Dober and the fate of both fighters was in the hands of the judges.
Hackett came out with an impressive 30-27 unanimous decision over the extremely talented Drew Dober his pro debut and it appears the skies the limit for Hackett with a huge victory in front of the hometown crowd.
Constantly beating Dober to the punch, proved to be the key ingredient to victory as Hackett landed numerous strikes and did an excellent job of keeping the fight on the ground and pounding his way to victory.
In the co-main event we had the final round of the FTW Grand Prix 145lb pro tournament with Rough House MMA’s Ron Muir and the Underground Fight Clubs Nick Mamalis ready for war and bragging rights.
Mamalis started with some promising strikes and stuffing Muir’s take-down attempts with a solid sprawl. The action was back on the feet and Mamalis was back to unloading crisp straight shots in displaying his arsenal.
Muir continued to shoot on numerous occasions but Mamalis was quick to shove him to the canvas and force the fight to remain standing. Mamalis responded with a stiff right hand sending Muir to the floor.
Muir had no time to waste as he quickly grabbed a hold of Mamalis to regain his composure and shake the cob webs.
The fight was once again back on the feet and Mamalis landed another devastating straight left followed by a powerful knee putting his opponent back on the canvas.
Mamalis jumped in and delivered a some GNP then moved to side control and backed off to bring the fight back to the stand-up position where he had an obvious advantage.
Muir needing to pull off something and shot in for another take-down but came up short in his attempt as the frustration mounted.
We ended the round with Muir pulling guard as Mamalis went for a take-down of his own. Mamalis postured up and landed some good strikes before the sound of the bell.
Unfortunately Muir was unable to respond to the second round bell as his corner had felt he had enough and threw the towel into the center of the ring.
Mamalis picked up the FTW pro 145lb title as well as the winner of the Grand Prix and proved to be one of Colorado’s brightest stars as he faced top notch talent and seemingly made it look easy in each fight throughout the tournament.
Brett Roller and Joe Doeherty were set to do battle for the FTW 135lb pro title. Roller was ready to do damage early as he rushed in and started throwing strikes before he got the takedown and moved on to some GNP action.
Doeherty seemed to be comfortable on his back as he had a very active guard never allowing Roller to set up and land any heavy blows.
The fighters were back to their feet and both started working good hand combinations before the action was stopped as Roller received a few shots to the back of the head forcing the warning by referee Adam Martinez.
The action continued and Roller went in for the takedown landing in the guard of Doeherty. Once again the fighters showed good grappling skills with sweeps and mounts as well as reversals and some strikes along the way.
Round two started much like the first with great action from both warriors punishing one another with a variety of attacks including a heel hook attempt by Doeherty.
Approaching the middle of the second stanza, Doeherty began to take control as fatigue became a huge factor for Roller as he was noticeably spent and fighting to get his second wind.
Doeherty seemingly took notice to the delayed response of Roller and clinched up and started delivering knees to the body of Roller then immediately followed up with strikes to the head.
Roller worked out of danger momentarily to fall in the guard but got swept and ended up on bottom taking strikes and elbows to end out the round.
In the third round, Doeherty came out with a good head kick and Roller went in for the takedown. Doeherty pulled in the guillotine on the way down as the fighters hit the mat he closed up the guard and finished the choke.
Doeherty became the new champ at 11 seconds of the third round in what was a very entertaining fight.
Matt Simms put his 155lb amateur title on the line against the more experienced Mike Suksi.
Simms wanted this fight on the ground as he quickly clinched up and went for the big slam.
Simms kept control and moved right to side control then got the mount. Suksi showed off his ground game as he swiftly pulled off a great sweep.
Smooth like a snake, Simms slithered his way to guard and grabbed his shin in preparation of the triangle.
Continuing to finish his submission, Simms latched on the other leg and began to pull down on the head to solidify the choke forcing his game opponent to tap at 51 seconds of the first round.
Zac Chavez and Mirsad Bectik entered the ring for the FTW 145lb amateur title.
Round one was fast paced non-stop action as Bectik had a variety of positions to strike from as he quickly transitioned from side control to north-south then back to side control working in various strikes during the transitions.
Bectik continued the GNP from numerous positions while Chavez performed a sweep to regain the top position. With little time left in the round Chavez threw a few strikes of his own but they did not impact the round as Bectik controlled the action throughout.
Round two Chavez came out with a BIG overhand right, narrowly missing the target. With his head towards the ground, Bectik slid around and took back control, then got the mount and returned to back control before moving to the RNC.
Chavez did a great job of defending the submissions as Bectik started in with some more GNP in an effort to free up another submission attempt.
In the back position Bectik turned up the heat and let ‘em fly as referee Adam Martinez called a halt to the action at 2:03 of round two declaring Bectik the new 145lb champion by way of TKO.
Diego Alvarez and Rob Celani gave the fight fans everything they had in their respective tanks in a non-stop action packed three round battle with Celani coming out with the unanimous decision.
Jason Lee picked up a unanimous decision victory over the very game Geremy Gaskill. Lee had shown polished skills inside the ring throughout the fight but could not seem to find an answer for the reach advantage of Gaskill. Gaskill’s reach kept Lee at bay keeping him from landing the KO blow.
Jeremy Hastings ended his match up against Carlos Garcia with a triangle at 2:48 of round one. This fight started as a slug fest before hitting the ground. Hastings locked in his submission from the mount to end the fight.
Sebastian White took home a 29-28 unanimous decision over Brian Marnec over three good rounds of action.
Kyle Nelson defeated Hector Sanchez in a three round war by way of unanimous decision.
Louie Hesse defeated Kyle Lemaire at 2:38 of the first round by RNC. Hesse showed a great ground game with good transitions and a strong base alomg with excellent control.
Trey Jackson defeated Michel Martinez with a vicious GNP attack at 1:31 of the first round.
John Kindvall defeated Dan Lovato with a strong KO in round one. Kindvall landed a clean shot early and never let up. At 59 seconds the ref called a stop to the action.
Sean Law defeated Sonny Sparling with a punishing knee to the mid section. Law followed up with strong strikes for the TKO at 2:06 of the second round.
Fight To Win Ring Card Girls…
Written by Rick Teran/Brawlin.net
Fotos by Joe Cordova/Brawlin.net
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September 29th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
do you have any more pics of my fight on final round, Jeremy Hastings vs. Carlos Garcia, the guy that was taking pictures for me didn’t do a really good job, and if you have any I’m willing to buy.
September 29th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Captions are wrong