Written By: Barry Laminack
The Houston amateur fight scene is a lot like the Houston weather; it changes often and suddenly. Today’s latest change comes from the guys over at Cage Combat 6. In an email release sent out, they have decided NOT to continue with the Featherweight Tournament that was going to debut on November 4th at Cage Combat 6.
According to Garcia, “We have decided to do away with the tournament due to fighters getting injured and pulling out. We understand that at the amateur level its hard to keep match-ups. For this reason keeping all the same guys in a tournament has seemed to be impossible. We started out with 12 guys, then a few fell out and we decided to drop it to an 8 man tournament, then we lost a couple due to scheduling and injuries, we are now down to 6 guys.”
Garcia went on to say that the title will still be on the line for two of the six featherweights that compete at Cage Combat 6.
“The featherweights that go out and put on the strongest performance and win next week will fight for the Featherweight title Dec. 30 at Cage Combat 7. That’s the best solution we could come up with since we have been losing competitors left and right in the tournament. How we decide and who we let decide which 2 featherweights should fight for the belt is still undecided.”
What ever they do decide, there is no doubt they will do their best to make it as fair as possible for all those involved.
And now, here is your NEW Cage Combat 6 Card:
Raul Rodriguez (Sugarland MMA) VS. John Rodriguez (Silverback) -145
Martin Walker (ATT Beaumont) VS. John Haydon (Kingwood MMA) -145
Ignacio Martinez (Silverback) VS. Luis Ibarra (1-0) (Paradigm) -145
Eric Thompson (Silverback) VS. Ralph Garcia (Relson Gracie Galveston) – 170
TBA VS. Daniel Everitt (BVMMA) – 145
Randy McCullough (Bailout MMA) VS Josh Cooper (1-1) (ATT Beaumont) – 135
Dat Nguyen (Bailout MMA) VS. Daniel Delgado (Paradigm) – 135
Kenny Issac (Kingwood MMA) VS. Joel Haesacke – 155
Rob Wood (Lovato BJJ) VS. Joel Rivera – 170
Benjamin Lenyard (Brazilian Top Team) VS. Justin Pifer (ACS) – 185
Carlos Jimenez (4oz) VS. James Deherrera (Team Unleashed) – 135
Eric Caminos (ACS) VS. Lucas Orozco (BVMMA) – 155
Paulina Granados (American Revolution) VS. Ashley Meza (Paradigm) – 110
CO MAIN EVENT
Chris Lopez (3-1)(Team Tooke) VS. Alex Melendez (2-1) (Dallas Jawbreakers) – 155
MAIN EVENT
15. Levi West (3-0) (Team Tooke) VS. Geoffrey Neal (Twin Wolves MMA) – 170
You can get tickets to CC6 HERE.
For the latest news and information on Cage Combat 6, check out the Cage Combat section of TheCageDoor.net.
during this weeks podcast collin made mention of possible voting polls on the cage door for legacy… Eric why dont u come up with something to where the people can vote who deserves a title shot!!! just an idea
oh yea 2FLY UNIVERSE!!!
I want a title shot against mayor west….
but im excited to see my boys rumble this next weekend. watch for justin and Eric. win lose or draw itll be a dog fight for sure.
I am pumped about watching this card. Tons of talent on display Saturday night. Kudos to Jace and Eric for putting together a stacked card.
Wherw are the weigh-ins being held? and what time?
Stats Sports Bar off 249.
LOL @ “what time” – My guess is around 1pm (that’s when the last one was scheduled) but keep in mind that it’s a Houston MMA fact that our weigh-in dr’s all have the same motto: “Watches? We don’t need no stinking watches!”
SIDE NOTE: If you can’t make it to weigh-ins, as always we’ll have a live video stream available for you to watch, right here on the site.
Thanks
Cage Combat 6 Weigh ins are Thursday Nov. 3, 2011 at 1pm at STATS Sportsbar and Grill, 10850 Louetta Rd. Houston, TX 77070
Looks like this will be a great event. War4
Good Luck Levi.
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