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AFC XVIII, "CHAOS!!" a HUGE Success!!
Story By: Woody Woodham
AFC Promotions Mr. Donnie Davis Jr. has once again
brought a great show to their venue at SCOOTER's II in Poplar Bluff, Mo. As SCOOTER's II is a great venue with a balcony that
surounds the entire
lower section of the Night Club and has a bar and seating which over looks the CAGE below, allowing
the fans a great view of the action inside. The waitress' here are always promt and on time with the
delivery of
your drinks and orders, and such pretty young women they are too. As the fighters dress in a closed off section of the balcony
their entrance is down a flight of stairs and their walk to the CAGE is
an anticipated one, especially for the first
competitor awaiting their opponet.
This was an CSC snactioned event and once again Donnie's Match Maker Brad Wick put
toghther a great card for this event, as he had Teams PUNISHMENT out of Kennet, Mo, ABSOLUTE MARTIAL ARTS
out of
Festus, Mo, TEAM PSYCHOSIS out of Dexter, Mo, TEAM KODIAK out of New Madrid, Mo, TEAM AWARE out of St.Louis/Fenton, Mo, TEAM
PITBULL out of Sikeston, Mo, PERRYVILLE PUNISHMENT out
of Perryville, Mo and mISSOURI'S 2008 TOP TEAM, TEAM
DESTRUCTION OUT OF PHYSICAL FITNESS in Ironton, Mo. with 78 wins and only 12 loses throughout the club.. Brant Bristow 185lb
now of
Team PITBULL returned after a year off, due to surgery. (unrelated to his MMA competitions) HvyWht Nate
Taylor was to make his come back after a two year absence, but due to a personal emergency
HvyWht Ray Clayton had
to withdraw from the competition. (We wish you well bro, we hope everything is alright) Unattached Competitors were Ryan Walker
170lb from Dexter, Mo, Ralph Carnahan 155lb
from Zalma, Mo, Josh Faries SprHvy from Dexter, Mo, Bobby Lewis 155lb
from Branson, Mo. and Tracy Green 170lb from Bloomfield Mo.
All of these Teams and individual competitors are all a
great bunch of guys and as my man Perry really enjoys the competition he's received from these SEMo boys, he just can't wait
for me to allow him in
the CAGE again. (Hopefully by Aug) But as we have been coming to SEMo. to compete for the
past couple of years, other than a very few have we grown close to, but at this event I went around and tried to
speak
to all of the competitors and their trainers (we're sorryif we missed you) to find out where they are from, the fighting styles
taught and trained in their gyms and to get their views and opinions on
different things going on in our sport. Come
to find out SprHvy Hank Hill an New Madrid City Policeman, had a story concerning one of my cousins arrested the previous
week in New Madrid, Hank informs
me that my cousin is now being evaluated in Farmington State Hospital, because he
doesn't want to whoop just one police officer, Hank told me, he wants to whoop the whole force. Seems Hank knows a
couple
members of my family from SEMo.
We finally got to meet with Dr.Joe Worden of FUNCTIONAL FITNESS and home to TEAM DESTRUCTION
out of Ironton Mo, it seems Dr.Joe has some great things going on with his crew. As we also got to
speak with Eric
Irvin 2008's KICK Int.'s NATIONAL 185LB AMA MMA CHAMPION, of whom informed us that he is looking for one more ama bout prior
to turning pro this summer and apparently Eric's long
time friend and teammate Mike Zaricor is going to go pro with
him. I for one will miss the action these two bring to our ama cages, as both of these young men have been extraordinary
competitors and
their performances in the cage are always exciting. As both are looking for one last ama bout, we
hope they get the fights they're looking for, with worthy opponets and we wish you luck in your journey thru
the
next level and the ones to follow, we'll be watching you.
The fights were great, even though there wasn't one that
lasted beyond the first round, the winners were impressive with their winning techniques, as new comers to our MMA Competitions
Sport,
In bout #1: 130lb Aaron Gilkey 1-0 TEAM PSYCHOSIS def Scotty Baily 0-1 TEAM PUNISHMENT; these
two youngsters put on a good showing of themselves as they came out swinging and grappling and
attempting take downs
against each other from the ding of the bell, throwing punches the whole time and actually landing some good blows against
each other while also defending against each others
takedown manuvers, these young men were impressive to watch for
their first match in the cage, then all of a sudden Gilkey shot in for the takedown and suceeded by landing in Bailey's guard
and quickly
worked his way to half guard and posted up and started some G&P and even though Bailey was defending
so masterfully, he TO and remained laying on the mat in a ball until his trainer came in. As I
couldn't see
what happen to cause him to tap, I asked Trainer Tim Smith about it later and was informed that when they went to the mat,
Gilkey acidently kneed Bailey in the groin during his transition to half
guard, that went unseen by the Ref and Bailey
wasn't able to recover from the blow. Good fighting in there Scotty, keep up the good work.
bout #2: Renner has some
impressive moves and his G&P was awsome, 170lb Donny Renner ABSOLUTE MARTIAL ARTS def Joey Mullins 0-1 TEAM
PUNISHMENT @1:45min in the f1st RD via TO due
to strikes, .
bout #3 Drextton came out with a flurry of strikes,
left and rights, Green wasn't able to defend properly, 170lb Drexton Dannenmueller 1-0 PERRYVILLE PUNISHMENT def. Tracy Green
?-1 BLOOMFIELD,
Mo. @ :19 in the 1st. Rd via TKO. (Tracy Green Placed on 30 day Suspension via Cageside
Doctor, Green able to return after June 2nd).
Bout 4: Bobby is another of whom just came in striking and didn't stop
until the ref stopped him, Bobby Lewis 2-1 BRANSON,Mo. def. David Ward 0-3 TEAM PUNISHMENT @ :32 in the 1st Rd via Referee
Stoppage due to Strikes .
Bout 5: Justin Bush ?1-? TEAM AWARE def. Matt Estes 0-1 TEAM PUNISHMENT @
1:19 in the 1st Rd. via Tapout due to choke.
Bout 6: Now this was a match I'd been waiting for. Brant just back
after a year off due to a surgery, (unrelated to MMA) and had received info that he had really been working his ground game.
As he was
competing against Kelly Burch, I knew he'd need it, Kelly trains out of Functional Fitness, Dr. Joe Worden
and for TEAM DESTRUCTION 2008's Top Team. And these boys put on a good show, as they
started out standing up they
were both getting in some great shots, they danced around a bit like that and then Kelly went for the shoot and took Brant
down landing in a converted side guard and issuing
some great G&P; Brant being the 'Tough Guy' that he is was
doing a great job blocking and defending against the onslaught, when kelly noticed that this wasn't working he swung around
and went for an
armbar and sank it in; Kelly Burch 9-3 TEAM DESTRUCTION def. Brant Bristow 5-2 TEAM PITBULL
@ 2:19 in the 1st Rd. via Tapout due to Armbar.
Bout 7: Now this match started out great but it wasn't long before
Hughes took control and litterly beat Josh into submission; Lee Hughes 1-0 TEAM KODIAK def. Josh Greer 1-2 TEAM
PUNISHMENT @ 1:
02 in the 1st. Rd. via Tapout due to Strikes.
Bout 8: Bradley Bailey 1-0 TEAM PUNISHMENT
def. David Miller @ :50 in the 1st Rd. via Tapout due to Rear Naked Choke.
Bout 9: Now this was a match that
we had been waiting for also, as Ralph has been there for us since the beginning and this young man is of a Non-Dying Heart,
as he's yet to win his first match, this
young man shows up to perform and to test his most resent training methods
in the cage against all comers, we wish you luck bro; Bo Smith 2-0 TEAM PUNISHMENT Def. Ralph Carnahan 0-6 ZALMA,
Mo. @ :35 in the 1st. Rd. via Tapout due to Guilotine Choke (Ralph Carnahan placed on 30 day Suspension via
Cageside Doctor, Carnahan able to return after June 2nd).
Bout 10: Ryan is always and enjoyment to watch as he may
KO his opponet usually in the first round and to my surprise he's not to bad with his grappling game; Ryan Walker 8-6
DEXTER, Mo. def.
Montoya Swilling ?-? REAPERS MMA @ :19 in the 1st. Rd. via Tapout due to Standing Front Guillotine
Choke.
Bout 11: These two had a great start and continued striking as they danced around choosing theuir shots, Henery
seen and oppertunity and really poured it on hard and heavy from which Mitchell could not
recover and defend
against; Henry Hill 3-0 TEAM KODIAK def. Darnell Mitchell 1-1 TEAM PUNISHMENT @ 2:02 in the 1st Rd. via Tapout due
to Strikes.
Bout 12: Jeremy Freeman of Sikeston, Mo. never fails to impress me, and he didn't here; Jeremy Freeman
?-? TEAM PITBULL def. Joey Moore ?-? TEAM PSYCHOSIS @ :22 in the 1st. Rd. via Tapout due
to Guilotine Choke
(Joey Moore placed on 30 Day Suspension via Cageside Doctor, Moore able to return after June 2nd).
Bout 13: As a big
fan of Hanks, I really felt disappointment for him in this match, as upon his entering of the cage and Josh finally realizing
Hank's true size, he froze and wasn't able to compete against
Hank; Hank Hill 6-0 TEAM PITBULL def. Josh Faries 4-2
@ 2:57 in the 1st Rd. via Tapout due to Strikes, Hill retains his AFC Super Heavyweight Title.
Scheduled matches that
wasn't performed; Gary Becker TEAM AWARE vs Brandon Sisco TEAM DESTRUCTION; Becker injured knee prior to match and Nate
Taylor TEAM PITBULL vs Ray Clayton St.
ROBERT, Mo; Clayton had to cancel due to personal emergency............INTERVIEW
WITH DONNY DAVIS Jr. OWNER/OPERATOR ABSOLUTE FIGHTING CHALLENGE
I Just back from covering an AFC Event, Promoted by
Don Davis Jr., in South East Mo. As usual AFC's Match Maker, Brad Wick put together a great Fight Card with the young AMMA
fighters that are from
SEMO. And they truly have some great AMMA fighters in that area, but it saddens me to see
that the other amateur MMA competitors from Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee aren't coming
to
challenge these young men. At present these young fighters and teams have only themselves to compete against as it seems the
other fighters are afraid to challenge them.
These young competitors have been competing against each other so long
that they have all become friends over the past few years and we all know that you aren't going to go full force with a friend,
as
one will always be afraid of injuring the other. Thus most of their bouts end in the first round. AFC is a great
organization to fight under as AFC/Donnie Davis Jr. is a promotions company with Combat
Sports Commission, the newest
sanctioning body for our Amateur MMA Sports here in Missouri and of whom in cooperation with Missouri's Sports Sanctioning
Authorities, have and are bringing about
great changes to our sport and creating a better and more protective competing
atmosphere for our young amateur fighters to allow their continued growth and maturity in our sport Through their training
and competitions. And as such, AFC carries all required insurances and liabilities for any fight related injuries
and provides great hospitality to their traveling fighters, reimbursing their gas funds and
providing great sleeping
accommodations at a local hotel, I see no excuse for our traveling fighters not to want to come and compete against these
young fighters and teams, (unless they're scared) as
Southeast Mo. is home to some of Missouri's best Amateur MMA
Fighters.
They've got Jason 'The Cageman' Aldridge, TEAM EVOLUTION out of the Poplar Bluff, Mo. at 185lb, and presently
holding 6 Championship Title Belts for both 185lb and 205lb, ranked as one of Missouri's
top AMMA fighters, (due
to training, Jason is out of competitions for the next couple of months) Eric Irvin, TEAM DESTRUCTION out of Ironton Mo. at
185lb, 8-1, Eric is 2008's KICK INTERNATIONAL's
National Champion and it seems there is none willing to challenge
him, as he is looking for one more AMMA competition prior his turning pro this summer, Spr Hvy Wght. Hank Hill, TEAM PITBULL
out of
Sikeston, Mo. at 296lb, 6-0, this man is "BIG" and apparently just too intimidating for anyone to want to
step into the cage with him, Hvy Wght Nate Taylor, of TEAM PITBULL also, leaving a record of 8-0, Nate
has just returned
from a 2 year absence from our sport and is ready to compete against any takers, Brant Bristow (VIDEO ABOVE) of PITBULL also,
at 5-3 (out-of state stats un shown) 185-205lb (just back
from a years absence due to elbow surgery) this man is
always a number one contender and one you have to defeat to fight the champions and he is tough as nails, so you better be
if you're wanting this
challenge, Kelly Burch also of TEAM DESTRUCTION at 185lb, this is a young man to be reckoned
with, as Kelly presently holds 2 Championship Titles and already he's looking to come and take yours,
Jerry Hall
TEAM DESTRUCTION also, AFC's 135lb Champion and also named as #6 in the Tri-state area by the Ground and Pound Show of the
Riverfront Radio, this young man is awesome in the cage
and he has just been scheduled to re-match Jeremy 'Spider-Monkey'
Freeman also of TEAM PITBULL, another very impressive fighter of whom has just been ranked #7 in the Tri-state area. (this
bout is to
take place on June 27,2009 in Kennett, Mo. for AFC) And this is no mention of TEAM PSYCHOSIS out of Dexter.
Mo., TEAM PUNISHMENT out of Kennett, Mo. and a long list of individual fighters from the
Bootheel of Missouri.
So
how about you, got the skills and abilities to compete against any of these young amateur MMA fighters? AFC is just beginning
to put their Fight Card together for their June 27, 2009 event in Kennett,
Mo. If you are interested in competing,
please pre-register with COMBAT SPORTS COMMISSION.com and contact AFC MATCH MAKER Brad Wick at BOOTHEEL BOMBERS on our top
friends list. MORE TO
FOLLOW, PICs, VIDEO's and OF OUR COVERAGE OF AFC's XVIII "CHAOS" (presently awaiting info and
conformations, and videos to be processed)
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 Woody Interviewing CSC Director, Brad Wick, at the Recent AFC Show.
(left)Brad
Wick, CSC Director, doing
the Fighter Rules Meeting before the
start of the AFC XVIII, "CHAOS!!"
Show.
(right)CSC
Referees Rodney Grither
and "Big" Don Davis Sr..
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