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Saturday night January 30, 2010 the Softball Country Pavilion  was filled to capacity for the Fight To Win show.  13 bouts were contested  with two titles and five professional bouts to end the evening.

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Main Event: Ian Berg VS Lumumba Sayers.

Sayers opened with  a 1-2 punch combination that dropped Berg.

Sayers closed in but Berg made it to his knees and drove forward for a takedown.

Sayers set in  a guillotine choke, fell back to guard and got the tapout for the submission win  at :30 of round one.

Co-Main Event – Ryan Martinez VS Vernon Lewis.

Martinez initiated the  clinch and worked knees while Lewis threw solid punches to the body.  Off  of the cage Martinez got a bodylock takedown and worked a strong GNP attack from  side control.

Lewis was able to work back to standing but again Martinez  got a takedown into side control for more GNP.  Lewis scored a sweep and  took full mount to get in GNP of his own.

Martinez turned face down to  escape the strikes and the round ended with Lewis in back control throwing  punches.

Round two saw Martinez land strong punches from the outside,  Lewis dropped his hands, smiled and invited Martinez in to punch his  head…

Martinez obliged him and got in several hard punches before they clinched  and Lewis scored with knees in the clinch.  Off of the cage Martinez got a  leg trip takedown to land in half mount.

From there he worked GNP before  transitioning to full mount and flurrying with GNP to get the TKO win at 3:22 of round two.

Bout 11: Cat Albert VS Barbarah Honchak for the Fight To Win 130  lb. female professional title.

Albert opened with a head kick to set up  the clinch in order to land knee strikes before getting a takedown.  On the  mat Honchak got a sweep and from off of her back Albert tried for an  armbar.  Honchak was able to defend but Albert transitioned to an attempted  kneebar.  Honchak escaped and worked GNP from half mount.  Albert was  able to regain full guard and set in another armbar that Honchak defended.   In a scramble Albert got back control and ended the round working between GNP  and attempting an RNC.

Round two opened with Albert again landing a head  kick before securing a standing guillotine choke.  Albert used the position  to turn the choke into a snap suplex takeover.  On the mat Honchak had an  armbar attempt that Albert escaped before transitioning to side control, then  north/south, then mount to work GNP before taking full mount, then back control  to try for an RNC.  Honchak was able to turn in and ended in the half guard  of Albert.  Albert worked for and got full guard and both fighters landed  solid strikes.  After a referee stand-up Albert scored with a solid  head kick then knees in the clinch.  From the clinch Albert set in a  standing guillotine to set up a transition into a rolling takedown that  landed her in full mount. Honchak escaped from being mounted and ended the  round working for an inverted Teepee choke.  The scorecards from the  judges were to decide the winner and it was Cat Albert that got an unanimous  decision victory to become the new title  holder.

Bout 10: Justin Salas VS Robert Simmons for the Fight To Win  155 lb. professional title.

Salas initiated the clinch and the  fighters momentarily went to the canvas but immediately scrambled back to  standing.

Each had strong punches and Simmons pulled Salas back to the  ground.  From the top Salas landed solid GNP while Simmons worked to set in  several solid armbar attempts.

After escaping the submission attempts  Salas took full mount and postured up and landed the title winning GNP to get  the TKO at 1:40 of round one.

Bout nine: Kenneth Seegrist VS Jeremy Kimball.

Kimball  threw an early striking flurry while Seegrist landed strong counter  punches.

Kimball was able to work to standing back control in order to set  up a bodylock takedown.

Seegrist rolled through when it hit the mat and  scrambled to back control in order to sink in the RNC for the tapout victory at  1:27 of round one.

Bout eight: Jeremy Hastings VS Travis Hollis.

The first  half of the round was nonstop flurrying by both fighters with each landing solid  punches and kicks.  Hollis was able to spin Hastings to the mat off of the  clinch and once on the ground Hollis passed from half mount into full mount and  flurried nonstop with punches to get the TKO win at 1:57 of round  one.

Bout seven: Vinny Palone VS Miguel Garcia.

Round one was  all kickboxing with each landing solid head punches.  Palone had a strong  flurry mid round while Garcia scored with hard low kicks.  Round two had  Palone shoot for a takedown, but Garcia stuffed it and landed a solid  uppercut.  The fighters then stood toe-to-toe in the middle of the cage and  exchanged punches until Palone was able to rock Garcia enough to get the TKO win  at :37 of round two.

Bout six: Josh Goldberger VS Sebastian White.

Goldberger started with several jab-low kick combinations that  set him up to score a double leg takedown.  From half mount Goldberger  used strong GNP to isolate an arm of White before transitioning to full  mount in order to lock in the Kimura shoulder lock for the submission win at  1:54 of round one.

Bout five: Todd Meredith VS Kene Jefferson.

Jefferson  landed solid strikes early that Meredith answered in kind.  Jefferson was  knocked down by punches but was able to scramble back to standing. Meredith got a bodylock takedown into half mount and each fighter flurried with  strikes on the ground. Meredith was able to get 2-3 very solid head shots  to land from the top in order to get the TKO win at 2:07 of round one.

Bout four: Diego Alvarez VS Corey Wilson.

Alvarez spent  all of round one pressing forward landing solid leg kicks while Wilson used  evasive footwork and head movement.

Round two saw Alvarez continue with  the low kick attack until he was able to make Wilson drop to a knee following a  kick and the follow up GNP got Alvarez the TKO win at 2:24 of round two.

Bout three: David Trenor VS Michael Zaragoza.

Trenor  opened with strong kicks and a flurry of knees before getting a head toss  takedown.  Zaragoza came back to his feet and slipped a spinning back  kick thrown by Trenor.
Zaragoza then stepped in and threw a right  hook that landed solid giving him a clean knockout victory at :26 of round  one.

Bout two: Daniel Bentz VS Loranti Nelson.

Fast paced  striking was displayed by both fighters with each landing all manner of strikes  in and out of the clinch.  Nelson landed a series of solid body punches  before Bentz pulled guard.  Both fighters scrambled back to standing and  Nelson landed solid punches that stunned Bentz.  Nelson then used head  control to throw Bentz to the mat in order to take top position and work GNP  until the round ended.

Round two started with Nelson landing solid punches  that stunned Bentz, but Bentz was able to turn Nelson,  jump to standing  back control, flurry
with punches then set in the RNC while standing.   Bentz was able to pull Nelson over backward and at 2:01 of round two Bentz  closed off the choke for
the submission victory.

Bout one: Jay Wymer VS Dominic Moya.

Moya landed multiple  leg kicks before Wymer got a double leg takedown.  From there Moya  used GNP to pass to side control in order to continue his GNP attack until the  round ended.

Round two started with Moya landing a solid punch-kick combination  before Wymer got a takedown.  From his back Moya tried to push Wymer away,  but one of his feet landed solidly to the face of Wymer who was grounded.   With Moya unable to continue Jay Wymer got the victory by way of  disqualification.

Fight To Win Ring Card Girls…

“Of the night” moments.

GNP of the night goes to Ryan Martinez for his fight ending  strikes from full mount.

KO of the night goes to Michael Zaragoza for his KO at  :26 of the first round.

Takedown of the night goes to Cat Albert for using the standing  guillotine choke to set up a snap suplex takeover that landed her in a dominant
position.

In his bout Daniel Bentz seemed on the verge of losing several  times, was rocked severely more than once and showed that tenacity and  perseverance
can be the deciding factors in a bout.  Because of this, he is  awarded comeback of the night, chin of the night and for jumping to standing  back control to set up his choke he also gets submission of the night.

Fight of the night goes to Cat Albert and Barbarah Honchak for  their back and forth title battle that had each fighter in trouble, each  escaping submission attempts of the other, each landing strikes that could have  been fight ending in many bouts, both displaying tremendous heart, conditioning  and superb technical skill that had the crowd on their feet cheering as the fight ended.

This was an event that cannot be done justice by a written  article.  Do yourself a favor and get a DVD of the show to see just how  good it was.

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Best in Health and Training,
J.R. Gordon

Fight Fotos by Joe Cordova/Brawlin.net

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