 Beatings on the Bowery Friday February 24th 2012 :: A chilly, soggy night in New York City. Its dark, wet and dingy as I wait outside of the Landmark Capitale on the Bowery.
Nothing outside the venue besides the printed fight cards posted on the doors gives any indication that there will be fists flying tonight. It almost has the feel of an unsanctioned event- almost.
As I push the red velour drapes aside to enter the beautiful venue I see the usual suspects in lurking about -Tiger Schulman is in the house and the TSMMA Fight Team supporters are everywhere - this is home turf after all. I make my way upstairs to the "warm up" area and find the gangs ready to rumble- all flying their "Colors".
Brooklyn's Nardu Debrah with his Budokan teammates, East West MMA, North Jersey MMA, Philly toughs Chok Sabai Gym, Team Alpha Omega & Neglia Competition Team all Mean mugging as I walk by.
Man if looks could kill... I'd be finished but I live on.
As is typical of the Capitale series there are a mixture of Novice and Pro fights on this evenings card - with an assortment of varing rules - which I do not care for but understand as it is for the safety of the novice fighters -but for the record - Low kick rules - suck.
Give me Muay Thai or give me death. Ok I take that back Give me Muay Thai or Pro MMA - or you put me to sleep - handicapped rules stink in my book. So I flash a smile at ringside as the ring girl walks by pretending to enjoy the slow paced novice fights and wait for the good stuff to roll around. Another massive 17 fight card tonight so I guess I will be waiting a while for the goodies.
After a few novice matches that were actually pretty competitive we get to the goods - Team Neglia Rep Michael Tortora provided the Knock out of the night in his match against the Hebrew Hammer Lance Kaplan - the two Brooklyn guys pulled no punches in this brief but very exciting fight - Tortora used his jab to keep Kaplan at bay then followed with right hooks that seemed to land at will. One of these Right hands rocked Kaplan for good at the :19 second mark of the 2nd round to secure the KO victory. Great showing for Michael Tortora and the Neglia Competition team.
Lion's Martial Arts rep Alex Melt did not melt under the bright lights and intense heat put on him by TSMMA fighter Andre Clark. Clark's fast paced hard swinging style had Melt back peddling a bit early but Melt settled down and began to pick Clark apart using his reach advantage and stiff jab eventually securing the unanimous decision victory - a bit of an upset.
Brooklyn's Andrea DeAngelo was back in action tonight against tough Tara Smith out of the Warriors Martial Arts Club. Smith did not back down and gave DeAngelo all she could handle but DeAngelo managed to land the more effective blows and controlled the action for most of the match to secure the Womens' WKA N.E. 134lb. title.
I must mention the great performance from TSMMA fighter Matt Castillo who went to war with North Jersey MMA fighter Dan Authur. Just a back and forth slug fest with Castillo dishing out loads of punishment and Authur asking for more. Just the kind of fight that reminds me why I love the fight game, Keep your eye on Castillo he only has one gear and it is full speed ahead with never ending cardio.
Budokan's Joe Kid Dynamite literally threw a beating on Alpha Omega rep Manny Collado, out muscling Collado at every opportunity and throwing him to the mat durning clinches at will. Over and over again until my head began to hurt from the repeated thuds as Collado was whipped to the mat again and again. By the middle of the 2nd round Collado was visably shaken and slow to get up, tired from the need to gather himself from the mat - I think the "fight" in him fell out of the ring at the beginning of the 3rd round as it took supreme effort from Collado just to stand back up. Collado finally had it - tired of being thrown around he did not answer the ref and threw in the towel at 1:36 of R3 for the TKO win for Kid Dynamite.
In the main event of the evening TSMMA stud & Tri State WKA 140 lb. Champ Julio Arce faced WKA World Champ Tim Amorim - out of Sitan Gym Philly.
Amorim came in with a heavy rep having just fought his way up the ranks on the local circuits, Arce was not impressed and show Amorim no respect as he blasted him with whipping leg kicks as soon as the bell rang. Amorim quickly realized he was in for a FIGHT, this would be no cakewalk. Arce was simply the sharper fighter, quicker, stronger and controlled the action through out even with the short end on the reach. By the 4th round we all knew at ringside that the result was inevitable. Julio Arce won via unanimous decision and secured the WKA 140lb. World Championship.
Below are the full results
160lb
Rich Schaffer (East West MMA) Def. Mr. Gonzolez (Lion Martial Arts) via Unan. Dec.
137lb
Odalis Gonzalez (TSMMA) Def. Katie Jankowski (Arlington LA Boxing) via Unan. Dec.
125lb
Naomi Cookson (Chok Sabai) Def. Jennifer Yang (Arligton LA Boxing) via Split Dec.
150lb
Felipe Carlos (East West MMA) Def. Ronnie Basu (TSMMA) via Split Dec.
140lb
Jennie Nedell (Longo Competition) Def. Bonnie Cooper (Chok Sabai) via split Dec.
185lb
Costa Gemelas (East West MMA) V. Audly Lion (Alpha Omega) - Exhibition No Contest
185lb
Andrew Ball (Neglia Competition) Def. Jess Pew (Alpha Omega) via TKO R2.
165lb
Alex Melt (Lions Martial Arts) Def. Andre Clark (TSMMA) via Unan. Dec.
134lb
Andrea DeAngelo (Neglia Competition) Def. Tara Smith (Warriors Martial Arts) via Unan. Dec. DeAngelo New N.E. WKA 134lb. Champion.
175lb
Matt Castillo (TSMMA) Def. Dan Authur (North Jersey MMA) via Unan. Dec.
140lb
Joe Kid Dynamite (Budokan) Def. Manny Collado (Alpha Omega MMA) via TKO -Throws at 1:36 R3. Collado could not continue.
(TSMMA)Stephen Regman's bout with Keston Jamerson (Camp undefeated) was cancelled as Jamerson got cold feet and pulled a NO SHOW - suspended by the WKA indefinitely - Catch me if you can.
170lb
Clinso Brumfeld (Arlington LA Boxing) Def. Felix Andino (Lion's Roar) via Unan. Dec.
Main Event
Julio Arce (TSMMA) Tri-State Champ (140lb) Def. Tim Amorim (Sitan Gym) WKA World Champ via Unan. Dec. -------ARCE IS THE NEW CHAMPION!!!
Another great night of action from Promoter Louis Neglia.
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