Title: Cage Combat 5
Location: Humble Civic Center (Humble, Tx)
Date: September 2, 2011 8pm (Doors open at 7pm)
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Colin Wright vs Tony Orozco Jr. |
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Chris Sutton and Joe Trevino |
| The Shame on You Award | TBD (Probably Miss Castillo) |
Congratulations to all the above winners. They are now eligible for our end of year awards!
LIVE COVERAGE
Leroy Shafer VS. Robert Herrera
Rd 1: Herrera kicks first but is short. Shafer catches a kick and unloads with a right. He puts him down and starts the ground and pound . He takes a bit of punishment but Herrera works to his feet. Another kick caught by Shafer and he works the body. Herrera with a flurry to back him away. Lefts and rights land for Shafer but Herrera scrambles away from the blows. Another Herrera kick comes up short just before the round ends.
Rd 2: Shafer witha flurry of kicks before unleashing his hands. He is landing solid. Herrera tries for a knee but Shafer is getting the better of him on their feet. As I type that Herrera kicks a leg out from under him and charges. Shafer throws his hands and backs Herrera to the cage. He works a takedown but it isn’t there and they reset. Shafer tries for another takedown. It isn’t there but he lets the hands go again. He is landing at will and winning every exchange. Shafer stalking him with punches as the round ends.
Rd 3: Shafer starts the 3rd with kicks. Herrera is returning but it’s slowing down. Shafer pins him to the cage and starts with the hands again. Herrera backs him off but he looks exhausted. He throws sloppy hooks and Shafer punishes him with counters. Shafer again lands heavy shots against the cage. No answer for Herrera. Shafer should walk out with a lopsided decision win.
Winner: Leroy Shafer wins via U.D. (30-27 X 3)
Jeremy Lieder VS. Chris Sutton
Rd 1: Both guys testing with hands early. Lieder throws a kick that is caught. Sutton with the takedown in Lieder’s guard. Sutton postures and is landing. They scramble up and Lieder goes for a takedown. Sutton grabs a head and arm but Lieder still pushing for it. The ref restarts them. These two are swinging wildly and landing. They back off and go right back at it. Lieder’s eye looks horrible already. Great action in the first round.
Rd 2: Lieder throws a kick to start the round and again it’s caught by Sutton. Sutton puts him down but Lieder reverses. Problem is he is locked into a deep guillotine. He fights it but has to tap. Impressive showing by Sutton.
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Winner: Chris Sutton def. Jeremy Lieder by Submission (Guillotine) RD 2
Jose Martinez VS. Yan Digalov
Rd 1: Martinez aggressive early but Digalov weathers it. Digalov is next to unload and he lands some heavy shots. Martinez grabs for a guillotine but slips off. Digalov punishes but can’t hold him down. Martinez gets a takedown against the cage and starts to work. Digalov up now and unloads again. Martinez goes down and Digalov is pounding away. Martinez is turtled up and eats a big knee to the body. Martinez kicks him off with 10 seconds left and jumps on top. Too late to steal the round but at least made it closer.
Rd 2: They start the second round swinging hands. Martinez hurts Digalov. Then Digalov hurts Martinez. He trips him down and Digalov is on his back. Martinez gets him off but lays back in the BJJ stance, waiting for something. Digalov kicks to the thighs for a while then backs away. The reset and again both guys throw leather. Martinez looks for a standing guillotine but Digalov shucks him off and is on his back again. Rear naked choke is on. The ref comes in and stops it. Joe Soliz says there was no tap but the fighter was gurgling and his eyes were rolling back.
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Winner: Yan Digalov def. Jose Martinez by submission (RNC) RD 2
Jeremy Hunter VS. Brannen Jones
Rd 1: Hunter lands first but Jones looks comfortable. Hunter tries to pull him down but Jones ends up on top. Can’t hold anything and they are back up. Good leg kick by Jones and he shoots in for a takedown. Hunter defends the takedown though and the ref restarts them. Jones lands a nice left and Hunter clinches up. Jones with another takedown but Hunter is right back up. Jones working knees against the cage to the leg and body. Big right hand by Hunter answered by a good left from Jones. Hunter gets a bulldog style headlock but can’t do anything with it. They finish against the cage. Good first round.
Rd 2: Leg kick from Jones and Hunter lands a counter right. Good shot from Jones and he goes for the shot. Arm-in guillotine attempt for Hunter but it isn’t there. Inside leg kick from Jones. They trade hands again and this time Hunter shoots. Jones defends and pins him to the cage. He is unloading big knees to the body. Hunter pushes him off and they are back in the middle. Hunter tries a throw. Jones slips down but is right back up. Again with knees to the body against the cage from Jones. They break and both guys are swinging hands as the round ends. Not short on action.
Rd 3: Jones takes the center. Inside leg kick and he follows up with a right. Hunter lands a right but Jones clinches and again presses him to the cage. The knees are coming fast and furiousnow and Hunter can’t seem to answer. The ref stops it and resets them for some reason…. Hunter ducks under a huge head kick and lands a strong right. Jones grabs a takedown and finishes it. He moves quickly to side control, puts knee on belly and tries to mount. Hunter rolls and reverses but the momentum takes Jones back to the top. This time he gets the mount and grabs an arm. Hunter fights it off initially but Jones adjusts and gets it deep. Knowing the round was ending, Hunter hangs on. Showed some balls there at the end, but don’t think it will win him the decision.
Winner: Brannen Jones def. Jeremy Hunter by unanimous decision (29-28 x 3)
John Haydon VS. Eric Caminos
Rd 1: Caminos with the stronger standup in the first exchange. Haydon misses with a high kick. Caminos with a kick to the body. He lands a strong jab and backs out of the pocket immediately. Caminos is a giant for 155. Push kick followed by a punch from Caminos. Haydon tries for a knee but can’t land it. He keeps touching his nose like something is wrong with it. Stiff right lands for Haydon. Leg kick for Haydon and Caminos answers with a good body kick. Haydon is going for a knee to the head as the round expires. It doesn’t land but it is a little late. The two hug after the round to show there was no intent.
Rd 2: Both guys landing early in exchanges. Good kicks coming from Haydon to start the round. Good kick to the body from Caminos. Haydon is definitely more aggressive this round. Spinning back kick lands for Haydon to the body. Another good body kick for Caminos. Haydon answers with a hard right hand. Haydon charges with punches and ends the round with Caminos against the cage covering up.
Rd 3: Caminos with a kick to the body that lands but is caught. He clears it though. Haydon misses a spinning back fist. Haydon lands on the body but Caminos responds with an uppercut. More exchanges, and Caminos is winning them. He lands a huge right hand that flattens Haydon. He pounces and unloads with ground and pound. Ref has to stop it. Brutal finish for Caminos.
Winner: Eric Caminos def. John Haydon by TKO (RD 3)
INTERMISSION
Nelson Rodriguez VS. Jaime Portillo
Rd 1: Rodriguez comes out swinging. They scramble and he ends up on top. He gets mount and is unloading on Portillo. Portillo gives his back and Rodriguez continues to punish. Back to mount and Portillo is overwhelmed. Dominant performance for Rodriguez.
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Winner: Nelson Rodriguez wins via TKO
James Deherrera VS. Ricardo Delgado
Rd 1: They touch gloves. Delgado throws a left kick that lands flush on the head. Out. OH SHIT! Delgado charged in and soccer kicked him in the head after the fact. He immediately realizes he messed up and drops to his knees. De Herrerra is receiving medical attention. They are going to DQ Delgado here. Tough break.
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Winner: James De Herrera def. Ricardo Delgado by DQ
James Gonzales VS. Chas Liberty
Rd 1: Good leg kick from Liberty and Gonzalez answers with a right hand that backs him off. Leg kick from Gonzalez. Body lock and takedown by Liberty. He grabs the head and knees the body. They are back up and now Gonzalez presses Liberty against the cage. Knees to the leg and body from Gonzalez. Liberty answers with knees.Gonzalez looks for a takedown and Liberty grabs his head. Gonzalez pops his head out and Liberty has full guard. Liberty going for an arm from bottom but Gonzalez picks him up and slams him off. He quickly transitions to mount and unloads. Liberty quickly works back to guard.
Rd 2: Leg kicks to start the second land solid for Gonzalez. Good right hand lands for Liberty. It stumbles Gonzalez. He lands another right that floors him. One good shot on the ground and Gonzalez is out. That is a big win for Liberty!
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Winner: Chas Liberty def. James Gonzalez by KO (RD 2)
Jared Perez VS. G. Moreira – 170lb TITLE
Rd 1: Inside leg kick slaps for Perez. Moreira lands a right hand and a leg kick of his own. Perez eats a hard right hand and is in trouble. He recovers and scores a takedown into Moreira’s guard. He is landing a little from the top and Moreira is looking for a sub from the bottom. He gets really close with an armbar but Perez gets to safety. Ref starts them over and Moreira lands a solid right hand. Leg kick from Perez ends the first round.
Rd 2: Hard leg kick lands for Perez. Moreira finding the range with his hands. Perez is having to reach with punches. Moreira lands a right hand that floors Perez. He storms with punches but Perez was done before he hit the mat. Ref jumps in. WOW. Moreira is a f**king BEAST.
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Winner: G Moreira wins by KO (RD 2)
Tony Orozco JR. VS. Colin Wright – 135lb TITLE
Rd 1: The two fighters circle, head kick from Wright. Orozco backs him away with his hands. Good leg kick from Wright.Orozco throws a leg kick and Wright checks. Wright lands to the body. Orozco lands and backs Wright up against the fence. Wright throws a head kick that is blocked. Orozco has Wright pressed against the cage landing knees to the body. Wright lands a knee that separates them. Wright is landing clean but Orozco is absorbing everything. Wright shoots and gets a takedown as the round ends.
Rd 2: Wright lands a hard right hand that backs Orozco up. They scramble and Orozco hip tosses Wright down. Can’t hold him down though and they clinch. Both guys landing. Orozco throws a nice leg kick. Head kick blocked by Orozco. Both these guys are eating heavy shots. Tony shoots but Wright stuffs him back. Tony rolls over and they reset. Wright puts his back to the cage and lands heavy knees. They exchange HEAVY right hands. Wright drives in again and lands a knee to the body. EXTREMELY CLOSE ROUND.
Rd 3: Wright throws a kick and slips. Tony pounces but Wright recovers quickly. Inside leg kick from Orozco. Then to the outside. Wright drives for a takedown and gets it. Orozco eats a couple of punches from bottom before recovering to guard. Orozco with a nice sweep and he is trying to fight through Wright’s half guard. Wright grabs a kimura but can’t stretch it out. Instead he uses it to get his own sweep. Time is up but that was another great round.
Rd 4: Orozco lands a good left hand then a good right. Wright lands a knee that hits low. Orozco drops and we are gonna have a break. They are back and Orozco comes out firing. Orozco catches a kick and pushes Wright down. He lands a couple of shots but Wright is back up. He grabs a clinch and fires a knee. It hits Tony in the jaw and he drops. Ref stops them and the doctors come in to check on Tony. Fight is over. They are saying that Colin wins by TKO. Unfortunate that this will be very controversial.
Rd 5
Winner: Colin Wright via TKO
WE ARE AT INTERMISSION
Jacob Silva VS. Joe Trevino – 125lb TITLE
Rd 1: Silva with a side kick. He kicks the leg and Trevino lands a right hand. Big right misses from Trevino. They clinch and Trevino spins him down. He takes the back and looks for a choke. Silva drops down and lands him on his head. It breaks the choke but doesn’t change the position. Trevino with a shot to the head then he grabs the choke again. This time it’s deep. Silva fighting but stops moving. Quick and impressive win for Joe Trevino.
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Winner: Joe Trevino wins via TKO (ref stoppage) at 1:30 in the first.
Being a new fan to TheCageDoor and to all of Houston MMA, I can tell you that this Silverback gym has a horrible rap. When I was at the fight, everybody in my area told me how they always do this, how they are the most ghetto gym in Houston and how all of their fighters a thugs.
This gym is bringing the MMA community down.
This IS THE REASON WHY I DID NOT BRING MY FAMILY to this event. I have heard in the past that people get crazy in the stands.
It only seems like SilverBack fans and fighters are causing the problem. I can tell you that I will probably never goto another Houston MMA event and I will never bring my kids around this.
yep. me neither. i cannot take my pregnant wife to these events anymore if i have to worry about her getting run over by a pack of crazed 16 year old silverbacks.are they going to get online and apologize to me then when they smash her and hurt our unborn child? maybe then they will realize that they are putting other people in DANGER because of their actions. its not a joke when there are pregnant people, handicapped and small children there. if the 16 year olds cannot control themselves, ignore the comments or tell the off duty cops to escort the comment makers out maybe SHE shouldnt be allowed at the fights. as for my family and friends the event coordinators can kiss our $1500 ($50 x 30 people) goodbye. Or we will at least not be attending ANY event that has silverback featured on the card.
Guys i understand the concern over safety. Especially with family etc but i would encourage you not to write off our scene or silverback fightclub. I assure you that silverback are not all ghetto. And i can personally assure u that guys like larry crowe and other were working to stop the fights. Derrick lewis threw no punches and didnt antagonize anyone. These arw good people. We shoulnt throw everyone under the bus. Also i can see a few easy ways to improve security at some of these events and i encourage you guys to give the promotions a second chance. If the promoters want i will talk to them about a couple of options. Remember guys peoples emotions run high at any sporting event and things can and will happen anywhere without proper security. Baseball, football anywhere. Hope yall reconsider. Good day.
First things first I want to say this the reason my wife did not go to jail is because the cops could not find any marks on the girl that got tazed!!!!!! Being as that came from the DA!! I was not there but everyone I have talked to that was there tells me that Tony sr and another GROWN man Came running out of the cage to where my wife and her friends were standing and leaped over the fence to get in these chicks face asking is they wanted something then 2 other chicks run up on my wife also!! WTF is that about?? Like I said I wasn’t there so I don’t know!! However I am very sorry that my wife was running her mouth during the night but I can almost guarantee the she wasn’t alone!! Yes she is wrong for that but we all know that when people get drunk they talk shit and that goes for many different camps not just silverbacks!! I know at the beginning of the night b4 she was drunk she called me offshore and was telling me how the fighters at silverbacks were running their mouths to her about my last fight with Eric Thompson!! So who really started the shit is the question I would like to know any imput from outside sources would be appreciated!! And another thing would shit have popped off if toney hadn’t jumped the fence?????? Again I am sorry for the way my wife acted and if I was there I PROMISE you it would not have been like that!! I’m not taking any sides on this because if my wife was the one who started the whole thing it will be delt with!!
@itsokaytotapsometimes I completely agree it would be nice if we go have a peaceful evening but unfortunately when you have people who don’t know how to handle their alcohol and don’t know how to behave like adults stuff like this happens. My dad Tony does get very upset and very hurt by the things that occur and it is embarrasing to see people act childish. Your right the ruckkus should have ended but it didn’t and as mentioned by someone before, when they get that liquid courage in them everyone thinks they are a fighter. What I know my dad and I won’t stand for is for Silverback being called out for every incident. Fans are fans and because they are there to support and can get out of hand but that does not reflect an entire team. We cannot control who will be a supporter, or who will be there or not, what we can do like we always have done is control the people who are directly affiliated and even when they arent we still try to control the crowds actions. It’s unfortunate these incidents that occur but do not always put our name to it. As for me and my family we would like to congratulate all of the Fighters last night for a job well done.
I don’t want to dwell on this but would rather focus on how all the fighters did….that being said I will mention a couple of things because I believe that people should know accurately what’s going on. Tony and his family are people that I like and I like his fighters too. Last night some friends of mine who are Mexican and who are professionals and who weren’t wearing any silverbacks t shirts attended the fights to support Eric, our fighter. They were verbally assaulted multiple times by a couple different groups. A man threatended Selina and cussed her and told her she was silverbacks. They were repeatedly told they were silverbacks and cussed at random till 2 of them left the fights! The other so called men were thrown out by police! It was ridiculous.
My point is that to say it’s all silverbacks is NOT true. Others who have problems with silverbacks literally ruined the night for my friends tonthe point that they left. Others were thrown out. This happened on multiple occasions. And these other people did represent another gym by the the way. Shame on them for stereotyping, for being so immature and for ruining the night for my friends and others.
I’m not saying that it was all these people’s fault 100% but the fact that goes on needs to realized. If y’all think silverbacks starts everything it couldn’t be further from the truth. We ended up having a few of our fighters wait with the women to keep people from continuing to harass them because they were Hispanic and these people wanted to start crap with them. Pitiful.
I always appreciate your posts because you always punctuate correctly and pay attention to grammar.
First to Justin son I promise I was not going for your wife, I was going after the guy friend that was with here. No one knew that was your wife until the night was done. Eric is the one who told us that was your wife. Second the guy that was with your wife took the taxed from her and ran with. Bro no one knew she was your widest all until the end of the nite, just like lance said all nite your wife’s crowd and your wife keep throwing names at our crowd and fighters. The N name wetback name, I know that’s Your wife but if she can’t handle her liquor she needs not to drink. She going get someone or her hurt with her attitude son. We need to talk in person like to grown men and sqaush all this shit.
I am in the gulf of Mexico right now working and when I get back I will contact you and we can get together and talk about all this!! Once again to all of Houston mma I am very sorry for what took place last night and I really wish that I could have been present to stop it from happening!! I can promise you one thing is that my wife will NEVER act this way again!! What happened last night could have and should have been avoided but wasn’t and no matter what I say or do this has tarnished my name!! I wish everyone luck for future fights and know that we as in my friends and family will not go to the events to insure that this doesn’t happen again!! I truly am sorry from the bottom of my heart!!!
I am never one to get on here and say shit but last night no matter what happend was out of hand. When it all boils down to it the only one person that suffers from this is Eric Garcia. Eric is good to everyone. He puts everyone he knows on his cards and has never treated anyone different than others. He has one of the best shows around and he hasn’t even been at it long…last night put him in bad spots not only with the Venue but with sponsors that cover his shows.In my opinion Tony Sr. has always been a cool dude and is highly respected around here. He has a bunch of good fighters that come to throw down every time and they wear there emotions on there sleeve. I understand He can’t control all his people. The only thing is that even though there might of been someone starting the drama at the beginning …there was no need to have all those peeps in the crowd making the situation worse. Even after the 1st incident happened and everyone left Eric still let Silverback fans back in to watch the main event cause Jacob was fighting. Then Leroy Shafer’s brother threw a beer in the ring when Joe won fair and square. I’m not throwing names…I’m throwing facts. All that bullshit right there needs to be out the game. If fans can’t handle losing then they need to stay away from venues instead of making there gym look bad.There is no reason why Cops had to walk my boy Joe out of the building yesterday for his protection. This already went down at legacy when they fought so it’s not just a coincidence…unfortunately it’s starting to be a pattern. Thats goes for ANY GYM…whether its Silverback ,Team Tooke,4oz,gracie barra…it don’t matter. If n bombs were being dropped and the wetback words were being thrown then whoever was apart of that should of been kicked out too. At the end of the day…the fighters are gonna be the ones hurting in the long run. Promoters are not gonna want to bring fighters in that have crowds and people that always act crazy. I would rather have a smooth show then have people sell tons of tickets and then the crowd starts trouble. The blame isn’t solely on one person or team here cause emotions were running hi. In my opinion WE just need to get better control of our fans no matter who they are. None of us want to be known as the ghetto or rowdy crowd and none of us want what happend last night to happen again!! Everyone needs to get past this and work on helping make Eric’s show better next time . Last night isn’t gonna be remembered for good fights and knockouts. It will be remembered for someone getting tazed, someone throwing a beer into the cage ,and cops throwing peeps out by there necks.
Mexicans…taco,load wife, beer and a fight……sound like a real mexican party..sorry I missed it…….
I am never one to get on here and say shit but last night no matter what happend was out of hand. When it all boils down to it the only one person that suffers from this is Eric Garcia. Eric is good to everyone. He puts everyone he knows on his cards and has never treated anyone different than others. He has one of the best shows around and he hasn’t even been at it long…last night put him in bad spots not only with the Venue but with sponsors that cover his shows.In my opinion Tony Sr. has always been a cool dude and is highly respected around here. He has a bunch of good fighters that come to throw down every time and they wear there emotions on there sleeve. I understand He can’t control all his people. The only thing is that even though there might of been someone starting the drama at the beginning …there was no need to have all those peeps in the crowd making the situation worse. Even after the 1st incident happened and everyone left Eric still let Silverback fans back in to watch the main event cause Jacob was fighting. Then Leroy Shafer’s brother threw a beer in the ring when Joe won fair and square. I’m not throwing names…I’m throwing facts. All that bullshit right there needs to be out the game. If fans can’t handle losing then they need to stay away from venues instead of making there gym look bad.There is no reason why Cops had to walk my boy Joe out of the building yesterday for his protection. This already went down at legacy when they fought so it’s not just a coincidence…unfortunately it’s starting to be a pattern. Thats goes for ANY GYM…whether its Silverback ,Team Tooke,4oz,gracie barra…it don’t matter. If n bombs were being dropped and the wetback words were being thrown then whoever was apart of that should of been kicked out too. At the end of the day…the fighters are gonna be the ones hurting in the long run. Promoters are not gonna want to bring fighters in that have crowds and people that always act crazy. I would rather have a smooth show then have people sell tons of tickets and then the crowd starts trouble. The blame isn’t solely on one person or team here cause emotions were running high. In my opinion WE just need to get better control of our fans no matter who they are. None of us want to be known as the ghetto or rowdy crowd and none of us want what happend last night to happen again!! Everyone needs to get past this and work on helping make Eric’s show better next time . Last night isn’t gonna be remembered for good fights and knockouts. It will be remembered for someone getting tazed, someone throwing a beer into the cage ,and cops throwing peeps out by there necks.
i agree lopez but when the N and wetback word is said it’s wrong and when i saw the beer thrown i myself asked the police to take him out am sorry this happen and again eric garcia does a good job for our mma community. i don’t like when this happens with our fans but when one person always starts it and we end up ending it the wrong way shit. that said, again eric is doing a good job with this events he has always treaded us with respect and give us all the fights that we want. we don’t shy away from anyone. we only fight the best, last nite it was joe’s nite he did what needed to be done. lots of respect and love to him and his gym. this i promise jacob will get this belt back, we are going to train harder than ever now. 4oz nothing but love, don’t believe joe had to be excorted out of the building but if that’s the way ya’ll feel sorry. G son you have a bright future in this mma world, you showed again why you are the champion in this weight class you are going to be tuff to get off the podium.
I know he might not of needed to be escorted out but his fam wanted it that way when it was over. I don’t feel any way about it…u know me and we see each other all the time and never have a problem . Ain’t nothing changed…I aint mad at anyone . I just think that we need to take better care of the people throwing the shows and their venues. What if something happened and Eric didn’t throw a show…It would be hard for ALLl of us up and comers to get fights. Mick can’t throw 30 fights onto every show….We got to take care of the people taking care of us. That’s all…no drama intended for all the peeps waiting for it. I got NOTHING BUT RESPECT for Tony Sr . I just wanted to get it out there that we as a mma community need to make sure that type of thing don’t happen again. It could of been alot worse than it was…especially when alcohol was involved!
Burn Lopez you said the C word 5 times that’s 100 push ups, it was only 3 times but you posted one comment twice… Justin you are clean I checked your comments LOL
Anyways what happened last night was sorry, lame, inmature. I was working staff and couldn’t believe it, it reminded me of high school, I just hope eric continues to do shows so guys out there can have an opportunity to show their talents. Great Fights by the way! Congrats to my boy G and to everyone else who fought, win or lose because you guys trained hard to go out there to put on a show for the fans… Never mind the fans trained hard to put on a show for the fighters.
Bottom line is fighter and coaches should never get mad at people in the crowd. Yeah there;s going to be ppl that pisses you off but hey that what happens at fights. Theres alot of people i would like to hit sometimes but thats not what this sport is about, You cant blow up at people like that, bottomline. im out
wtf was up w/ the ref joe solis stopping the fight when i was defending the choke and i wasnt even flattened out! he never once got down to my level to check the choke or asked if i was okay,this incident makes me not want to fight again because im afraid i will encounter this problem again. yall need to look into the credentials into some of these refs,soliz maaybe a great bjj blackbelt but mma reffing not too good! i dont understand how one guy can get put to sleep in a choke in one fight but when the guy i fought had no hooks in and i was defending 2 on one and for him to say i was gurgling and i my eyes were rolled back is RIDICULOUS! i was in turtle position defending while he was standing the whooooole time and never got down to double check that i was reallly in danger and called the fight and i never tapped,joe soliz please dont ref any other fights i may have in the future! its not fair i train my ass off only to get robbed this is not a kids bjj tourney this is grown ass men putting everything out there and put on a good show,if someone has a choke let them tap,i am a purple belt and i rolled him the first time in that position he had me when u stopped it and when i was gonna time it and do it again u stopped it cuz my eyes were tolling bk but i was in turtle postion facing down….WTF! i know its a ammy fight but it still pisses me the eff off,thanks for nothing “ref”!
you fought that fight like you didn’t give a shit about fighting.
when i get footage of the fight i will show u what im talking about and joe can see how he really messed up and maybe he can let a fight finish next time instead of calling bull. i had no idea why the fight was stopped to begin with till he said i was in danger of the choke when i was defending!
2 Fly Levi hit the nail on the head. Fighters and especially coaches shouldn’t get mad at the crowd. I am sick and tired of Silverback not knowing how to act. I don’t give shit who tased who, who yelled at who. It always involoves one core group. This ain’t grade school. If there is a problem then get the cops, don’t go take care of it yourself. That is a prison mentality, and it is just dumb. The fact Silverback doensn’t understand this is just dumbfounding. Tony, you are a great coach and I admire what you do. That said, you need to change your ways and hold your cool bro. No excuses, no justification, no nothing. I don’t care what was said. Ron Artest once went in the crowd and was suspended for the rest of the year. Next time a card is full of Silverback fighters, one may need to think twice until things change from the top down.
Htownfan you sound like a school girl. Tired of your bullshit about my team silverback its people like you that causes problems your a instigater never lnow when to shut up
@hunter,I’m not sure I understand what your saying
Can anyone tell me how to put that Popcorn eating emoticon on here!….I like reading this.
let me see ::popcorn:: or :popcorn:
hmmm. maybe I delete them because it was slowing the site down haha… I think that’s what happened!
I think that the events that happend that night should be looked at as a problem that neds to be fixed . From the cmments I’ve read here , silverback needs to learn the first lesson that was taught to all of us , patience is a great thing . Set the example for your fighters ‘tony’ and be the one they look to and follow in a positive way not lik that night . People are to blame for the mistake’s in there lives not enyone else . Control the anger and let the good come out . We as students of mma are learning the way of all arts and if we can’t control are emotions better then the ignorent people we have around us then what good is the art we’ve come to love . I’m not bashing enyone I’m simple telling you that you are better then that . Go back to your meditation and don’t forget that a big part of your training and teaching . Selfrespected everyone , once you have that fo your self then you can pass that t everyone around you .
I for one enjoyed the fights. I have much respect for anyone who steps into the ring. Win lose or draw, MMA is a tough gig and I respect and admire the guys and gals who do it.
I am in incredibly proud of Eric Caminos. He did ACS proud in his debut fight and I couldn’t be happier with his performance.
As for the unfortunate junk outside of the ring. I have no say about the actual happenings, I was too far away to see it and preferred to stay too far away. However I did see a few things that I think the promoter and in some cases gym owners and coaches could address to help avoid conflict in the future.
1. Check bags/purses of the fans coming in. I could have walked in there with a .45 cal and no one would have known unless I shot the place up. (I didn’t carry, just making a point) This simple security check could have made a huge different in how the events of the night played out.
2. I saw cops and security passing up people who were being incredibly belligerent and racist without batting an eye. I think a security meeting with the promoter, venue staff and security staff before the event to discuss what actions should be taken for crowd control would be smart. I understand tensions run high. Heck, it’s an MMA fight, it’s all about tension and competition and adrenaline. So even though folks weren’t slugging anyone at first, the racist comments and threats should have been enough to toss these people out to avoid further confrontation. And please note, I am not pointing fingers at ANY gym. I saw and heard crap coming out of the mouths of people from a few different gyms as well as some who seemed not affiliated with any gym. I’m just saying, there should be a general line that should not be crossed by anyone without consequences and for a fighting event, should be a rather tight line at that.
3. As MMA school owners and coaches, we should all have a talk with our students, friends, fans, etc… on what our expectations are of them when we all attend events together. Yes, I know, we cannot control them all and unexpected things happen. But we can at least do our best to keep the peace outside of the ring. Let’s encourage our teams to be positive and practice good sportsmanship in and outside of the cage.
I do hope as a community, we will all work to take this negative and make it a positive at future events. The promoters work hard to give our guys fights and give us a good show. Let’s reciprocate. And remember GOOSFRABA!!