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King of the Cage Rocks the River
AVI Resort and Casino Laughlin, Nevada

Krazy Mike reporting from the AVI Casino Resort
Laughlin, Nevada Saturday March 10, 2007.

This was another great night of 15 fights and the venue was perfect for a King of the Cage event as there was no bad seat in the arena. Ring Girls were hot, the after party was fun and the River was full of hot bodies, beer, and gambling in the casino which made for a weekend of fun for entire Families.

Under Card Results:

Fight 1 145lbs
Ty Gilstrap vs. Edwin Diaz
This fight featured a Local fighter Ty Gilstarp out of Kingman Arizona. Both fighters were making their pro debut. This fight was over quickly when Gilstrap picked Diaz up and slammed Diaz hard to the floor and immediately jumped on Diaz in full mount and landed several shots until the referee was forced to stop the fight due to strikes, Look for this kid to be a World Champion someday and he normally fights at 135lb
.26 of R1 Winner – Gilstrap

Fight 2 205 lbs
Craig Turner vs. Calvin Bell
Bell takes Turner down and attempts to secure a foot lock and Turner tries to spin out however Bell secures the foot and forces Turner to Tapout. 2.22 of R1 Foot Lock Winner – Bell

Fight 3 145 lbs
Cody Bollinger vs. Nick Trejo
This was the fight of the night. Trejo came out firing bombs that landed causing a cut over the left eye of Bollinger. Trejo takes Bollinger to the ground and Bollinger reverses position and lands a couple punches to the face of Trejo. Trejo gets back to his feet and lands a good combo to the face of Bollinger. Trejo gets the takedown and get Bollinger’s back and lands several punches to Bollinger head and face. Round 1 went to Trejo.

R2 Bollinger takes Trejo to the ground and attempts a rear naked choke however does not have the choke sunk in. Trejo gets back to his feet and Bollinger gets another takedown and starts to throw elbows and punches and then sunk in the rear naked choke forcing Trejo to tapout.
3.12 R2 Winner – Bollinger

Cody Bollinger is a Tuff up and coming mixed martial arts star, he is only 18 years old and currently being pursued by several different colleges for a wrestling scholarship and his Dad is Frankie Bollinger KOTC veteran.
Look for this kid to be a World Champion someday.

Fight 4 145lbs
Ernie Calma vs. Gary Noche
Calma is another local fighter from Bullhead City Arizona. This fight was the Co-Fight of the night. This was a great fight that went back and forth with Noche winning round 1 and Calma winning round 2 for a Majority Draw. Both fighters showed great heart as both fighters rocked each other and both fighters got takedowns and escaped from take downs.
This was a hard fight to judge. Noche broke his left on Calma’s head.

Fight 5 185lbs
John Cole vs. Frank Park
This fight was stopped to early and the fans let the referee know about every time his name was announced the rest of the night.
Park comes out and lands a right hand and then tries a kick which is blocked by Cole, Cole then lands a big right hand to the nose of Park that rocked him Cole then jumped on top of Park and landed a couple more shoots before the fight was stood up for lack of action. Park then landed a solid right that rocked Cole as Cole went to the ground he was defending himself when Park tried to jump on Cole, however referee Raul Peralta stepped in and stopped the fight. The fans started booing and Cole went crazy threw his mouth piece and got into the face of the referee and ask him why he stopped the fight.
1.31 R1 TKO Winner - Park
Not sure however Park’s nose looked broken?

Fight 6 205lbs
Sean McCafferty vs. Lars Haven
McCafferty comes out swinging, Haven gets the take down and attempts an armbar and has it sunk good. McCafferty tries to pick up haven and slam him however Haven has the armbar sunk deep and you can see the pain on McCafferty’s face as he refuses to tapout and then McCafferty’s arm is snapped back and broken
(See picture) McCafferty showed some big heart in not tapping out.
.51 R1 Armbar Winner – Haven

Fight 7 125lbs Women’s Bout
Tia Castillo vs. Thricia Poovey
Poovey lands a couple jabs and then gets the takedown and attempts and armbar, however does not have it sunk in as Castillo tries to punch her way out. Poovey then attempts a triangle choke and seems to have it sunk in good. Referee Herb Dean continues to hold up Castillo’s hand to make sure she was not out as she was refusing to tap.
After 3.17 Castillo was forced to tap.

3.17 R1 Winner – Poovey
Fight 8 160lbs
Joe Boxer vs. Albert Hill
Boxer gets the takedown and goes for an armbar, Hill tries to roll out of the armbar however is unable to get out of the armbar and is forced to tap after 1.01 of round 1. Hill did not tap early enough and appeared to dislocate his arm.
1.01 R1 Winner – Boxer

Results Main Card

Fight 9 190lbs
Dan Axe vs. Sean Loeffler
Dan Axe a local fighter out of Kingman Arizona was making his pro debut against the up and coming Loeffler who was 15-0 coming into this fight. Loeffler out weighed Axe by over 10 lbs and Axe agreed to accept the fight. Loeffler came right out threw a flying punch and then got a takedown and took the back of Axe and Axe refused to tap and was completely choked out. Axe had to be waken up with smelling salts.
.20 R1 Winner Loeffler

Fight 10 Heavyweight
Angelo McLeroy vs. Kyle Kingsbury
Kingsbury gets the take down and tries to get the rear naked choke in and McLeroy is doing everything he can to try not to get caught in the choke, however after 1.39 of round one McLeroy was forced to tap due to rear naked choke.
1.39 R1 Winner – Kingsbury

Fight 11 170lbs
Randy Velarde vs. Toby Imada
This was a good fight going back on forth. Velarde lands a couple punches and jumps on Imada, Imada tries an armbar and Velarde picks up Imada and gets out of the armbar. After exchanging takedowns and punches the round ends.

R2 Imada gets takedown and goes for the armbar, Velarde tries to escape, however Imada has the armbar sunk in good forcing Velarde to tap.
2.23 R2 Winner – Imada

Fight 12 155lbs
Krazy Horse vs. Robert Martz
Well Krazy Horse was up to his usual Krazy self. Krazy Horse comes out of the curtains talking on a cell phone and out of the curtains comes two police officers that handcuff Krazy Horse and lead him to the ring. The fight starts and Krazy Horse is playing with Martz daring him to hit Krazy Horse. Martz misses a punch and Krazy Horse connects with a right hand then a knee that rocked Martz, Krazy Horse then jumped on Martz and landed one more bomb to Martz face forcing the referee to stop the fight. Martz had to be helped out of the cage.
.29 R1 Winner Krazy Horse

Fight 13 135lb World Title Fight
Ed Newalu vs. Ryan Diaz
This fight was suppose to be Manny Tapia Ryan Diaz, however apparently Manny Tapia has given up his World Title which opened the door for Ed Newalu.

Diaz comes out with two legs kicks to the lower leg of Newalu. Diaz then goes for the armbar as Newalau tries to slam Diaz off his arm; however Diaz has the armbar sunk in deep forcing Newalu to tap.
3.11 R1 Winner – Diaz KOTC World Champion

Fight 14 Heavyweight World Title Fight
Jerry Davis vs. Manny Rodriguez
Davis comes right out and lands several punches to the face of Rodriguez followed by several knees that landed square, however did not seem to do any damage to Rodriguez. Rodriguez landed a couple punches to the face of Davis followed by a takedown and then Davis gave Rodriguez his back and Rodriguez started to ran down punches forcing referee to stop the fight. Davis seemed to be winded after his initial flurry of knees and punches.
3.41 R1 Winner Rodriguez KOTC World Champion

Fight 15 170lb World Title Fight
Bryson Kamaka vs. Aaron Weatherspoon
Aaron Wetherspoon KOTC Welterweight Title holder came out with a flurry and knocked out Kamaka in .11 of round 1. Wetherspoon is one of the strongest fighters I have ever seen at 170lbs. Wetherspoon looked to be two times the size of Kamaka.
.11 R1 Winner Wetherspoon KOTC World Champion

Off to the after party and then back to the hotel room to do this write up. Had a great time and King of the Cage will be back to the AVI Casino and Resort. Krazy Mike - Out