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You read it correctly, Lee Anderson and crew have pulled off yet another successful MMA event. This time it was before a "hometown" crowd in Hailey, Idaho for UCF 18: Prepare for Battle. The card consisted of a women's amateur grappling match, a women's amateur MMA match, 8 men's amateur MMA matches and one men's pro MMA match. That's a total of 10 fights folks, and they were solid match-ups.
With several fighters making their amateur debuts, and Lonny Burton making his pro debut, there had to have been some serious nervous contenders (it didn't really show though). And with the rematch between Lowell Urwin and Drew Nelsen, there were bound to be some intense moments (and there were... especially when Lowell thought the fight had been stopped prematurely).
UFC Bantamweight Scott "Young Guns" Jorgensen was also in attendance, speaking of his hopes at another title shot, as well as how in the UFC his gym (Combat Fitness) is referred to as the "Lollipop Guild" because the majority of fighters there are 155 lbs. or less... of course he pointed out that Drew Nelsen was in fact the biggest exception.
All in all, the competitors did a great job, and the event was a great success! Congrats to everyone! Now, here are the results:
Women's Grappling
Mandi Palan def. Laurie Peterson via armbar round 2
Amateur MMA
Featherweight: Dominic Pierson def. Santiago Marino via decision
Heavyweight: John Ables def. Hugo Sanchez via TKO round 2
Welterweight: Aaron Sutton def. Anthony Stevens via TKO round 1
Welterweight: Paul Johnson def. Chad Oaks via submission round 1
Welterweight: Storm Anderson def. Justin Doyle via submission round 1
HeavyweightWill Heinrich def. Benito Lopez via TKO round 1
Lightweight: Julie Daniels def. Paris Hill via decision
Super-Heavyweight: Drew Nelsen def. Lowell Urwin via TKO round 1
Pro MMA
Wyatt Hersley def. Lonny Burton via TKO round 2
Thanks for stopping by, and I will see you at the next event!
