On October 3, 2009 TAMMA once again presented MMA at Cowboys Dance Hall, and again have outdone themselves. It was an event filled with thrills, chills, and a few surprises. The first fight was a strong bout between Arturo Flores and Michael Alexander, and what a way to start off the night, fantastic action by both competitors ending with a Flores submission win by arm bar over Alexander. In the heavyweight division we saw two up-and-comers in Jared Haile and Jeff Fross. Solid action, but in the end Jared Haile could not make it out of his corner between the second and third round. Thus reminding everyone what an important role conditioning plays in fighting; just as much as striking and grappling. Next we saw a wierd ending, with Steven Flores submitting Michael Goss with an arm bar, only to slip off Goss’s arm while he was tapping out. Both Flick brothers were on the card, but unfortunately only one of them would have a successful night. Jimmy Flick impressed the audience with a triangle choke on Amador Estrada in just :35 seconds of round number 1. There was also some controversy with an early stoppage of the fight in which Aaron Lanfranco TKO’d Andrew Sancho. Many in the audience thought that referee Mark Calo-oy called it too early, as the fighter was still moving position. What had many people talking, though, was the annihilation of Brandon Powers by “CJ” Vergara. In his amateur debut Vergara knocked out Powers in :33 seconds of the first round and impressed the audience and TAMMA’s very special guests, who stated Vergara is someone to keep an eye on. The second intermission was cut into by TAMMA’s guests of honor: the President of WEC Reed Harrison, WEC’s PR Director David Sholler, WEC fighter Will Campuzano, and UFC’s very own Paul “The Headhunter” Buentello.They all thanked the audience for the support of MMA in San Antonio and passed out free items including tickets to the October 10 show at the AT&T Center. In another fight that some fans thought was called early Lester Clark TKO’d Austin O’Riley in the first round. In what may have been fight of the night, Daniel Jolly vs. Michael Mitchell fought to a unanimous decision for Jolly. Early in the first round Mitchell looked completely dominating and in charge of the fight, but the headstrong Jolly collected himself and came back to win all three rounds. Improving his record to 3-0 now, Jolly had moved up to light heavyweight for this fight. Nick Helak of team No Pain scored a huge victory with a rear naked choke, :35 second in the first, on his opponent Matt Mazurek. Unfortunately, the referee could not see Mazurek tapping out. Mazurek lost consciousness, but was on his feet momentarily. The main event of the night featured Danny Flick vs. Andy Chiu for the Fly Weight Championship. This was the only fight to be called due to injury, as Flick may have pulled his shoulder in the first round. It was a shame to see a fight end this way as it looked to be an entertaining bout. Maybe we could see his brother Jimmy vs. Andy as both are now 5-0, for the title. It was a great night for fights. This card had everything from decision victories to KO’s. Look for another great set of fights on November 14th at Heroes’ Championship and on December 5th at Fight Fest 16. Until then, see you at WEC on Saturday October 10th. Raul Rangel
October 8th, 2009 at 3:37 pm well i know it prob looked bad, but i didnt slip off the armbar, i let go cus goss was tapping. either way i should of waited for the ref to stop it, even though it was an obvious tap.
October 12th, 2009 at 6:03 pm Thanks for letting go when i tapped.. because Cal-loy said he didnt think I was in danger, since he has reffed me before and knows I can pretty much endure armbar pain.. but you had it tight and he was behind us.. so Once again.. thanks for letting go…