Saturday, May 7th was a big night for Warrior Xtreme Cagefighting when they brought their action to downtown Detroit, Michigan. At one of the cities most recognized venues, Cobo Hall. From the very first fight down to the co-main events of the evening the action never stopped and never laid to rest the force behind this brand of Amatuer Mixed Martial Arts. Here is a recap of the fights that took place in the hallowed halls of Cobo.
While there were so many magnificient match-ups throughout the event there are a handful of fights that made the event as spectacular as it was. One of these fights was a marvelous 5 round bout for the WXC Welterweight Championship between Champion 'The Teranchula" Dequan Townsend and Challenger Tom Grisham. These two fighters showed the fans heart and determination and how bad they both wanted the title of Welterweight Champion. Going the distance Tom Grisham managed to convince the judges that he was worthy to hold that title and won the bout by split decision (47-48,48-47,48-47) to become just that.The people that were sitting inside Cobo were also able to witness Mikey Flores defend his WXC Featherweight Championship against contender Jerome Otler. another fight that went the 5 round distance in order to determine who would walk away from the cage with the honor of being the title holder... in the end it was a very successful title defense as Flores won by unanimous decision. As the night went on more pure talent and ruthlessness of the fighters inside the cage, James Jones became interim Bantamweight Champion by defeating Jesse Bazzi by Arm Triangle Submission 1:48 into the 4th round of the bout securing a future title match between himself and Derrick Mandell.
Warrior Xtreme Cagefighting also Crowned a new Heavyweight Champion when "The War Machine" Ray Rocheleau defeated Rob Taylor in what looked like and ended in a one sided unanimous judges decision (48-46,48-46,49-45). As well as WXC World Champion Kyle Lingg defeated Brad Brown by Rear Naked Choke submission at 1:53 in the first round.
Throughout the night Team Tubbs managed to win 5 out of 5 fights going undefeated in downtown Detroit. The fight awards of the night were well deserved by those who received them. First award there is to tell you about would be the Submission of the Night award that was given to Christina Daniels as she caught Tori music in a Triangle choke to win at 1:56 in round one of their fight, which secured Daniels a shot at current Flyweight Champion Amber Ignatowski. Fight of the Night was a tough choice but in the end the Tom Grisham/Dequan Townsend match stole the show enough to take the award.
Finally the award that was earned very early in the night inside the cage when Justin Price landed a left hook right on the button of his opponent Josh Palmer. This knockout had the whole place on their feet in astonishment. Why you ask? Because the crowd saw Josh Palmer sleeping standing as he fell to the mat and stayed there.
In closing there is only one thing that I can say about this event. It wasn't the winners of these fights, the newly crowned champions, or even the king of this promotion Jeff Pitock but it was the people who filled the seats of this event who were really VICTORIOUS. Make sure you don't miss your chance to see the fighters of WXC when they come to a city near you, be there, because if you aren't you will really miss the best action inside the cage in the great state of Michigan. Don't miss any of the action look up when they are near you and be sure to get your tickets... the fights are MUST SEE.
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