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January 23, 2010 the Red Lion hotel hosted the Kick Down fight  promotion for it’s ninth year.  This show, Kick Down 74 show titled,  “Grudge” was aptly named as if referenced a main event rematch between two  female fighters who last time they met put on what many called Colorado’s fight  of the year.

Also, the show had a total of three titles on the line  as well as showcasing familiar names and newcomers to the  fight scene.

Main Event:

Leslie Smith VS Louise Johnson for the Kick Down  women’s professional bantamweight title. 

Johnson had strong punches early  that Smith answered with knees while clinched.  The fighters worked into  and out of the clinch with both landing solid strikes including three head kicks  by Smith.

There was a timeout so Johnson could recover from an accidental  groin kick and upon the restart the combatants flurried until the round  ended.

Round two had Smith landing a flurry that momentarily dropped  Johnson.  Johnson recovered and came back to her feet.  The fighters  exchanged strikes until Smith scored with a head kick that stunned  Johnson. 

Smith followed up with a barrage of strikes that dropped Johnson and Smith kept on with the flurry until the referee stopped the bout giving  the TKO title winning victory to Leslie Smith at 1:35 of round two.

Bout 10:

Andrew Aldaco VS Michael Riggs.

Riggs opened with  a double leg slam that got him into side control. 

From there Riggs went to  mount and set in the fight ending kimura for the verbal tapout victory at 1:01  of round one.

Bout nine:

Justin Hueske VS Cameron Thurgood for the Kick Down bantamweight MMA title. 

Hueske initiated the clinch and was able to set in  a guillotine choke when Thurgood dropped down to get a takedown. 

Hueske  got full guard and was able to close off the title winning submission at :40 of  round one.

Bout eight: Darren Christopher VS Jayson Clayton for the Kick  Down middleweight MMA title. 

Clayton opened with strong strikes  before each fighter landed solid knees while clinched.  Clayton tried for a  rolling kneebar that Christopher defended before working GNP from side  control.

From there he used his GNP to transition to mount, then back  control in order  to work GNP to end the round.

Round two had Clayton  getting a slam takedown to work GNP before slamming his way out an armbar.   After scrambling to their feet Clayton tried for a guillotine until the round  ended.

Round three had Christopher landing a superman punch followed by a  strong overhand right before Clayton got a takedown.  Christopher worked  for a guillotine from the bottom that Clayton escaped before setting up Kimura and armbar attempts from half mount.  To end the round Clayton  flurried with elbows and punches.

The scorecards of the  judges were read and the winner by unanimous decision was Jason  Clayton.

Bout seven:

Ali Hanjani VS Eugene Rodriguez.

Rodriguez  used punches to initiate the clinch to try to set up a takedown, but Hanjani  defended and ended in the half guard of Rodriguez. 

From the top  Hanjani transitioned to full mount and worked strong elbows then a flurry of  punches to get the TKO win at 1:38 of round one.

Bout six: Jose Caro VS Valentine Marquez.

Marquez used  strikes to get the fight to the mat.  From the bottom Caro tried for a leg  lock, but Marquez escaped and the fighters scrambled to standing. 

Each  fighter then scored a takedown and each time they worked back to standing.   Marquez landed a solid overhand right that dropped Caro and Marquez ended the  round trying for an RNC.

Round two had Marquez getting a takedown off of a  trapped kick but he had to slam his way out of a triangle, then defend the leg  lock attack of Caro.  The rest of the round had each fighter landing GNP  and looking to improve position.

Round three saw Caro trying a flying kick that  ended with him on the mat and Marquez went from side control to mount and  worked GNP until the round ended.  The judge’s scorecards decided the  winner and by of unanimous decision it was Valentine Marquez.

Bout five:

Matt Kaufman VS Jake Valdez.

Kaufman  opened with a head kick that Valdez was able to trap and set up the clinch  before scoring with a huge bodylock slam. 

From his back Kaufman set in an  armbar, but Valdez slammed out of it and worked his GNP to get the TKO win at  1:44 of round one.

Bout four: Robert Bobbett VS T.J. Nunnaley.

Bobbett was  aggressive early with a takedown attempt, but Nunnaley defended and  scrambled to back control to try an RNC.  Bobbett escaped the choke and  scored a sweep into side control before taking mount.  After a  scramble Bobbett then worked for a triangle choke but Nunnaley defended and  landed solid punches to get the GNP TKO win at 1:49 of round one.

Bout three: Tim Wagner VS Abie Gonzalez.

Gonzales  opened with a fast 1-2 punch combination before defending the shoot of  Wagner.  With Wagner on his knees Gonzalez flurried with GNP to get the TKO  win at :15 of round one.

Bout two: Tom Kirschenhueter VS Mike Siedlberg.
 
Siedlberg  used punches to enter into the clinch in order to set up a double leg  takedown.  From the top Siedlberg worked GNP all round as Kirschenhueter  was busy with solid defense.

Round two had Siedlberg getting a fast  takedown but Kirschenhueter was able to wall walk and each fighter landed strong  strikes before Siedlberg got another takedown.  Kirschenhueter scored a  sweep and took side control to work his GNP and a guillotine choke attempt to  end the round.

Round three saw Kirschenhueter with strong punches, but the  double leg takedown was again executed by Siedlberg and he worked GNP until the  referee stood the fighters.  Immediately, Siedleberg again got the takedown  and worked GNP from side control to end the round.  The judge’s decision  was called for and the winner was Mike Siedlberg by way of an unanimous  decision.

Bout one: Matt Miller VS Levi Howes. 

Howes took an early  shoot that Miller defended by way of setting in a tight guillotine choke.   Howes defended the choke and scrambled to side control. From there he set  in the fight winning armbar to get the tapout victory at 1:01 of round  one.

Kick Down Ring Card Girl Megan McLaughlin

Kick Down Ring Card Girl Joie Watkins

“Of the night” Moments:

Slam of the night goes to Jake Valdez for the big slam he got off of a trapped head kick.

KO/TKO of the night goes to Abie Gonzalez for his TKO win just  15 sconds into the fight.

Submission of the night goes to Justin Hueske who at just  19 years old got to keep the bantamweight title by way of guillotine 40 seconds  into his
fight.

Fight of the night goes to Darren Christopher and Jason  Clayton.  Each displayed strong skills no matter where the fight took place  and their
conditioning allowed them to battle at a fast pace with strong strikes  and technical grappling for all three rounds.

Announced at the show were the winner’s of the promotions 2009,  “Fighter of the Year” awards.  Leslie Smith got the award in  the women’s professional
division. Chris Dollbaum and Justin Hueske shared  honors for the men’s amateur division.

Best in Health and Training,
J.R. Gordon

Fight Fotos by Joe Cordova/Brawlin.net

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