Garcia Promotions put on Cage Combat 6 Friday night, and as usual, it did not disappoint. There was a ton of great action, little to no violence in the crowd, and plenty of fodder for discussion after the fights.
Awards
As far as awards go, our Made to Win “of the Night” awards where all pretty much unanimous as voted on by our team. Fight of the night honors went to James DeHerrera and Carlos Jiminez. There where plenty of candidates but these two guys stood in the middle of the cage for much of this fight and just threw down!
Our Made to Win Knockout of the night was pretty easy to decide because, despite all the great action, there was only 1 knock out on the night, but it was a LEGIT knock out. Kenny Issac dropped a bomb on Joel Haesacke midway through the first round that sent Haesacke tumbling to the mat. Issac didn’t waist any time in following the punch with a couple more shots. This persuit was rewarded with the referee stepping in and stopping the fight.
Our last award, the Made to Win Submission of the night, goes to Oklahoma native Rob Wood. Rob made the trip down from the OK state and turned in a fantastic performance. Wood showed slick BJJ and wrestling and eventually would catch Joel Rivera in an arm triangle and in the night early for the over matched Rivera.
Levi West Wins Controversial Decision
Levi West took on Geoff Neal from Twin Wolves MMA, and got by far the biggest challenge to date in his young career. Neal was strong and aggressive, walking through West’s standup to land big blows throughout the fight. While West fought well and displayed great poise throughout the fight, all three members of TheCageDoor.net’s broadcast team saw the fight going 30-27 for Neal. The judges saw it differently. Two of the three judges saw the fight 29-28 for West, sending Neal home empty handed. The decision was rowdily booed, and a poll of members of the MMA community were all but unanimously in disbelief at the decision. The win puts Levi at 4-0. To his credit, a lot of guys would have turtled up and quit under some of the pressure that was on Levi. He kept up the fight til the end, which could very well be what swayed the judges.
Chris Lopez Dominates In Stoppage Victory
It would be hard to find a much more dominant performance than what Chris Lopez put on Friday night. Of course, after the fight, Lopez was already picking apart his performance. “My standup sucked,” Lopez said. “I don’t know what was wrong with me.” Lopez’s “sucky” standup was enough to overwhelm Alex Melendez. Lopez landed some heavy shots in the standup before finishing with vicious ground and pound. The win moved Lopez to 4-1.
We’ll have a complete photo gallery up vey soon
Quick Results
- John Rodriguez def. Raul Rodriguez by submission (RNC) in Rd 1
- Daniel Everitt def. Ignacio Martinez by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Ralph Garcia def. Eric Thompson by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Daniel Delgado def. Dat Nguyen by submission (RNC) in Rd 3
- Kenny Issac def. Joel Haesacke by KO (RD 1)
- Rob Wood def. Joel Rivera by submission (Arm Triangle) in Rd 1
- Jeremy Lieder def. Justin Pifer via submission (Armbar) in Rd 2
- James Deherrera def. Carlos Jimenez via submission (Triangle) in Rd 3
- Lucas Orozco def. Eric Caminos via unanimous decision (29-28,29-28,30-27)
- Paulina Granados vs Ashley Meza via split decision (29-28,28-29,29-28)
- Chris Lopez def. Alex Melendez via TKO (Ref. Stoppage) in Rd 1.
- Levi West def. Geoffrey Neal via Split Decision
Like I said I’m down for a rematch.
And like I said…everyone was VERY fortunate enough to see the ability of Mr. Chris Lopez. This dude is a BEAST!!! He’s only getting better too…
barry, did u delete all the trolling??
No, the trolling is on the other post. lol
Levi, if I offended any members of your family the other night, I apologize. I really got caught up in moment and Geoff just fed off of that. Good luck in your future fights!!
Ref, look here son! Im one of the biggest Levi supporters in Houston! Levi himself can tell you that is a fact! The way you are popping off at the mouth trying to show support is not the right way to show support for your team mate or whatever your relation is. You are costing him fans and could even be influencing future sponsors. Being a former sponsor of fighters in Houston, I can promise you I would not sign any of them if they had people supporting them the way you are Levi. Levi has handled himself very well over this contraversial win. To come in talking trash to TCD about how bad they suck because of the way they scored it and its not with you agreed with is pretty childish dude. The fact of the matter is Levi needed this! Like Barry and AJ was saying on the broadcast last night, every fighter needs to go through a battle like this. And allthough Levi got the win, he knows and realized it could have went the other way. And knowing that, Levi will make corrections to improve his game. Piece and Chicken Greece……..Boss Out!!!!
I’m pretty sure Geoff is 21… and “ref” there is a difference between being a supporter and a dick rider and you crossed that line a long time ago…