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High Desert MMA ???
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Fighters living in the High Desert, ex residents, and non-local fighters training at local gyms.
Check out "Newspaper Print..." for some of the articles printed in the local VV Daily Press Newspaper.
Up Next For High Desert MMA:
March 13: King of the Cage-www.kingofthecage.com
March 27: Club Karma Fight Nights-"See Banner/Flyer Below" in March Update
Check out Tyson Johnson's(Fighter and Owner of Universal Grappling Academy) Cageradio interview. www.cageradio.com
2010-YEAR TO DATE UPDATE: Victor Valley- Residents & Ex-Residents:
12 local fighters have fought in 4 different MMA organization
WINS: 4
LOSSES: 8
Sylvia Ruiz, Daryl Smith, Lucas Taber, Brian Cambell, Tony Dalton, Ben Champoux, Aaron Adamson, Nelson Alvarado, Joe Stevenson, Alex Rickards, Chad Walter, Frank Avias(representing Cobra Kai).
Antelope Valley-Residents & Ex-Residents:
4 fighters have fought in 2 different MMA organization
WINS: 3
LOSSES: 1
Daniel McWilliams, JJ Williams, Geovanni Sarran, and Devin Field.
Organizations:
Chaos in the Cage, Gladiator Challenge, Long Beach Fight Night and UFC
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APRIL UPDATE 2010
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(April 29): Granite Hills High School graduate, Bryan Baker will be competing in the Bellator Fighting Championships Tournament. Bakers first opponent will be Sean Loeffler. This event will be held in Kansas City, MO and can be seen on FSN. www.bellator.com
(April 25): Several Locals will be fighting at a Gladiator Challenge event held at the Soboba Casino. Tyson Johnson(Victorville), Chole' Johnson(Victorville), Chris Givens(Adelanto), Keno Sanders(Newberry Springs)and Bobby Trivitt will represent Universal Grappling Academy in Victorville. Lucerne Valley's Shawn Ramage is also on the fight card. Check back for more local fighters added on the card.www.gladiatorchallenge.com
(April 17): Victor Valley High School Graduate Dan Henderson will be facing Jake Shields at a Strikeforce event held in Nashville, TN. www.strikeforce.com
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March update 2010FIGHT COMING TO THE HIGH DESERT-- MARCH 27th
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(March 27): Karma Fight Nights Presents- Thunder in the Ring. The Fight will be at Karma in Victorville. Boxing/MMA combo featuring 5 Boxing and 4 MMA matches. Local MMA fighters on the card include: Alex Reyes(Hesperia), Jesus Reyes(Barstow), Art Ramirez(Victorville) and Joe Condon(Hesperia). A. Reyes, Ramirez and Condon will represent Cobra Kai in Victorville.
(March 19): Sal Farnetti(Lancaster) is fighting "Mighty Mo" at a Collision in the Cage event in Irvine.
www.collegecageseries.com
(March 13): Alex Silva(Barstow) will be fighting at a King of the Cage event in Laughlin, NV at the Avi Casino on the river. Check back for more locals on the card.
www.kingofthecage.com
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February update 2010
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Tony Dalton(Victorville) vs Eric King-King won via 3 round unanimous decision.
Bout 4: JJ Williams(Lancaster) vs Vince Martinez-Williams won via Rear Naked Choke :36 into round one.
Bout 5: Larkin Lorenz vs Geovanni Sarran(Lancaster)-Lorenz won by a 3 round unanimous decision.
Bout 7: Daniel McWilliams(Palmdale) vs Daniel Mancha-Williams won via rear naked choke 1:55 into round two.
www.socalfightfactory.com
(Feb 21): 8 locals competed at a Gladiator Challenge event at Soboba Casino.
Daryl Smith(Victorville) lost to Kenny McCorkel by verbal tapout due to strikes 2:01 into round one.
Nelson Alvardo(Adelanto) lost to Johnny Cisneros by TKO ref stoppage due to strikes 1:46 into round two.
Sylvia Ruiz defeated Tina Willis by Rear naked choke :42 into round one.
Lucas Taber(Wrightwood) defeated Calvin Bell by rear naked choke 1:03 into round one.
Brian Campbell(Lucerne Valley) lost to Kieth Berry tapout due to strikes :14 into round one.
Ben Champoux(Lucerne Valley) lost to Robbie Peralta by ref stoppage TKO 1:21 into round one.
Aaron Adamson(Lucerne Valley) lost to John Robles TKO, ref stoppage due to stikes, :48 into round one.
Frank Avias(representing Cobra Kai) defeated Mike Willis tapout leg triangle 1:39
www.gladiatorchallenge.com
 (Feb 20): Joe Stevenson(Victorville) lost to George Sotiropoulos by a three round unanimous decision(30-27, 30-27, 30-27) at UFC 110 held in Sydney, Australia.
www.ufc.com
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January update 2010
| (Jan 3): Alex Rickards(Hesperia) lost to John De La O by tapout(unable to continue due to injury) 1:17 into round one and Chad Walter(Hesperia) defeated Jim Ramsey by triangle choke submission 1:04 into round one at a Long Beach Fight Night Event.
Rickards and Walter both train at the American JuJitsu Academy in Hesperia.
www.longbeachfightnight.com
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December update 2009
| (Dec 17): Rick Legere(Oak Hills) defeated Eric Moon by armbar 3:04 into round one at a King of the Cage event held in the San Manuel Casino.
www.kingofthecage.com
(Dec 4): Apple Valleys, Bryan Baker (11-1) defeated Art Santore (18-7) by a 3 round unanimous decision at an Maximum Fighting Championship event in Canada.
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November Update 2009
| (Nov 20): Armando Montoya(Team Wildman) won his fight by a Rear Naked Choke 2:38 into round one at the Respect in the Cage event held at the Fox Theatre in Pomona. Daniel McWilliams(Lancaster) defeated Dave Roberts by triangle choke in the first round.
www.respectinthecage.com
(Nov 20): David Esquibel(Hesperia) defeated Joey Bodella by a 3 round unanimous decision(29-28)(30-27)(30-27) at a Spar Star Promotions event in Montebello, CA.
(Nov 18): Team Wildmans, Seth Dikun(7-4) lost to Frank Gomez(8-1) in a 135 pound match up at a WEC event held in The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV. Dikun lost by a 3 round unanimous decision.
www.wec.tv.
(Nov 8): 11 locals competed at a Gladiator Challenge event held at the Soboba Casino.
Tyson Johnson(Victorville)defeated Aaron Adamson(Lucerne Valley) by TKO ref stoppage due to strikes, :47 into round one.
Teddy Williams(Apple Valley) defeated Josh Ramage(Lucerne Valley) by top wrist lock 1:15 into round two.
Joe Acuna(Barstow) defeated Paul Webb by a three round unanimous decision.
Tim Lindsey(Heserpia) lost to Dan Fair by a three round split decision.
Daryl Smith(Victorville) defeated Erik Hipshman by TKO ref stoppage 1:15 into round two.
Bobby Trivitt(Universal Grappling Academy)defeated Rich Nueall verbal tap out 1:01 into round one.
Danny Gutierrez(Universal Grappleing Academy) lost to Archie Thompson by TKO ref stoppage 1:42 into round one.
Brian Campbell(Lucerne Valley) lost to Travis Browne by KO :09 into round one.
Ben Champoux(Lucerne Valley) lost to Xavier Stokes by rear naked choke tapout 1:05 into round one.
Good to see former High Desert fighters Frankie Bollinger and Umar Love in the crowd.
www.gladiatorchallenge.com
(Nov 6): Barstow's Chris Culley(4-5) lost to Casey 'The Underdog" Olson (10-3) by TKO (Punches) 2:36 into round one at a Strikeforce event in Fresno, CA
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