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Updates 2009

2009-END OF THE YEAR STATS:

Local Residents & Ex-Residents:
38 local fighters have fought in 25 different MMA organizations
WINS: 39
LOSSES: 37
*3 fights- locals completed against each other win/loses are counted.
Alex Silva, Kasey Roberts, Josh Lewis, Tyson Johnson, David Esquibel, Joe Acuna, Nicholai Boruff, Andy Jewett, Alex Reyes, Joe Condon, Tony Lopez, Lewis Jablonski, Jason Walraven, Paul Karsky, Victor Rodarte, Lucas Taber, Joe Stevenson, Bryan Baker, Brandon Hastings, Fabian Diaz, Lamar Jiles, Rick Legere, Joe Calavita, Seth Dikun, Alex Rickards, Ferrid Kheder, Buckley Acosta, Jason Williams, Josh Ramage, Aaron Vanderlinden, J.P. Baca, Jeremy Ramage, Aaron Adamson, Tim Lindsay, Daryl Smith, Brian Campbell, Ben Champoux, Teddy Williams, local high school alumni Jason Lambert(Apple Valley High School), Angie Rivera-Parr(Mojave High School) and local high school alumni Dan Henderson(Victor High School)

Non-Locals Fighting out of local Gyms:
13 different fighters have fought in 12 different MMA organizations
Wins: 13
Losses: 9
(Team Wildman): Dustin Rhodes, Leah Melnychuk, Preston Scharf, Amedio Viola, Armando Montoya, and Dominic Verdugo
(Team Joe Stevenson-Cobra Kai): Aaron Riley, Sebastien Garguier, Art Ramirez, and Eric Schambari
(Universal Grappling Academy): Bobby Trivitt and Danny Gutierrez
(Team Focas): Richard Solis

Organizations:
King of the Cage, Strikeforce, Total Combat, Fight Circuit, South Bay Promotions, Called Out MMA, M-1 Global, South Day Productions, Apocalypse, Tuff N Uff, Call to Arms, Fitenight, Ultimate Cage Wars, AMMA, PureCombat, Maximum Fighting Championship(MFC), World's Collide, Gladiator Challenge, Spar Star, Long Beach Fight Night, WEC, Bellator, C3 Fights, The Schekler Foundation presents "Down for Life-Fight for a Cause, BattleGrounds, Cage Wars, and UFC


(Jan 31): Battle Grounds Event- Team Wildman's Preston Scharf defeated Billy Terry by a side choke 1:52 into round one.

(Jan 30): Ferrid Kheder(Victorville) defeated Drew Fickett by a KO in the 3rd round at a C3fight event in Oklahoma.

(Jan 25): WEC event in San Diego- Seth Dikun(Victorville) will represent Team Wildman against Charlie Valencia. Dikun Lost by a 3 round unanimous decision.

(Jan 17): UFC 93- Victor Valley High School Allumni Dan Henderson will be taking on Rich Franklin. Henderson won by a 3 round unanimous decision.

(Jan 4): Long Beach Fight Night-Alex Rickard(Hesperia)took on Ron Turner. Rickard lost by a head and arm choke submission(arm triangle choke)45 seconds into round one.


(Feb 28): At the C3 Fights event in Oklahoma, Ferrid Kheder(Victorville) defeated Calvett Huzinger by submission(ankle lock):55 into round one. Also representing Joe Stevenson Cobra Kai, Eric Schambari and Brandon Hastings. Schambari defeated John Bryant by rear naked choke 2:52 into round one and Hastings defeated Fred Mitchell by KO, 2:29 into round one.

(Feb 26): Lucas Taber (Wrightwood) lost to David Cryer by a three round unanimous decision at the King of the Cage event held at the San Manuel Bingo and Casino in Highland.

(Feb 21): UFC 95- Victorville's Joe Stevenson lost to Diego Sanchez by a 3 round unanimous decision (30-27)(29-28)& (30-27) in England.

(Feb 20): Bryan Baker defeated Rory Singer by KO(Puches) 4:55 into round one, at the Maximun Fighting Championship in Canada.

(Feb 14): World's Collide event at the state line Terrible's Primm Valley Casino and Resort. Dominic Verdugo(Team Wildman) won by a 3 round unanimous decision.

(Feb 6): The Grove of Anaheim Event. The Schekler Foundation presents "Down for Life-Fight for a Cause." Joe Calavita (Victorville) lost to Bobby Corpuz by TKO (broken nose) at the end of the round two.

(Feb 4): Jeremy Ramage (Lucerne Valley) lost to Chino Nicolas by rear naked choke 4:06 into round one at a Gladiator Challenge event held at the Pauma Valley Casino in San Diego.


(March 13): Ferrid kheder(Victorville) defeated Graydon Tannas by KO (punch) in the 3rd round at the Ultimate Cage Wars event in Canada. Sebastien Garguier also representing Joe Stevenson's Cobra Kai won by tapout (Guillotine) in the first round.

(March 7): Team Wildman's, Preston Scharf lost to John Reedy via guillotine choke 2:49 into round two at a PureCombat event in Tulare, Ca.
Visit www.purecombatmma.com

(March 7): Aaron Riley, representing Joe Stevenson's Cobra Kai in Victorville, lost to Shane Nelson at UFC 96 held at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio . Riley lost by Ref Stoppage 1:44 into round one.

(March 7): Team Wildman's Rick Legere lost by a triangle ckoke 2:52 into the second round against Quinn Mulhern at a King of the Cage event in New Mexico.
Visit www.kingofthecage.com


(April 23): At a Gladiator Challenge event held at the Pauma Casino 6 locals were on the fight card. Aaron Vanderlinden(Hesperia) lost to Nick Alverado by an unanimous decision
Josh Ramage(Lucerne Valley) lost to Luis Salgado- 0:34, 1st round, TKO (strikes)
Buckley Acosta(Barstow) lost to Virgil Zwiker -2:59, 1st round, TKO (strikes)
J.P. Baca(Barstow) def. Chris Kirtley, 2:39, 1st round, TKO (strikes)
Joe Calivita(Victorville) def. Josh Carpenter, 0:54, 1st round, TKO (strikes
Visit www.gladiatorchallenge.com

(April 19): Fabian "Wolverine" Diaz(Hesperia) lost to Sgt. Vince Ortiz - USMC, by a rear naked choke 2:48 mark of round one and Lamar "Monster" Jiles(Victorville) defeated Keneti "Monsta" Faagata by TKO, ref stoppage, 2:59 into round one at a Long Beach Fight Night Event.
Visit www.longbeachfightnight.com

(April 17): Team Wildman's Amedio Viola lost to Tyler East by TKO 2:40 into round one at an Bellator event.

(April 4): At a Fitenite Event held in Costa Rica, Ferrid kheder(Victorville) defeated Jeffery Lopez by a unanimous decision. Sebastien Garguier,represented Cobra Kai in Victorville, defeated Randall Jimenez by a 1st round rear naked choke.


(May 30): Jason Walraven(Victorville) won by a 3 round unanimous decision at Tuff N Uff event in Las Vages.
www.tuffnuff.net

(May 16): In a main event, Jason Lambert(Apple Valley HS Alumni) lost to Vladimir Matyushenko, by a 3 round unanimous decision(30-27,30-27, 29-28) at a Call To Arms event in Ontario, CA
www.calltoarmsfights.com

(May 16): Paul Karsky(Victorville) lost to David Cryer by TKO, ref stoppage due to strikes 4:17 into round one. Victor Rodarte(Barstow) defeated Bryan Colebrook by a 3 round unanimous decision. Team Wildman's Rick Legere defeated Erik Meaders via TKO 2:20 into round two, at a King of the Cage event held at Storm Stadium in Lake Elsinore California.
www.kingofthecage.com

(May 16): Tyson Johnson(owner of the Universal Grappling Academy)defeated Lucas Wiggins by submission armbar, 1:30 into round one at a Gladiator Challenge event.
www.gladiatorchallenge.com

(May 15): Victorville's, Bryan Baker (9-1) will face Solomon Hutcherson (11-5)at a Maximun Fighting event in Canada. Solomon is injured fight is not going to happen.
www.maximumfighting.com

(May 9): Brandon Hastings(Heserpia) and Eric Schambari(Cobra Kai) fought at a C3 Fights event in Oklahoma. Schambari defeated Nate James by majority decision 3 rounds 29-28, 29-28, 28-29 and Hastings defeated Douglas Edwards, by TKO, Ref Stoppage due to Strikes, 2:07 into Round 3.
www.c3fights.com


(June 20): Joe Stevenson (Victorville) defeated Nate Diaz by a 3 round unanimous decision(29-28 all 3 judges) at The Ultimate Fighter-Season 9 finale held at the Palms Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both fighters are former TUF winners, Diaz season 5 and Stevenson season 2. The event will be shown on Spike T.V.
www.ufc.com

(June 13): Jason Walraven(Victorville)won by a first round TKO at Apocalypse Event held at the Spotlight 29 casino in Palm Desert.

(June 11): Team Wildman's Armondo Montoya defeated Estephan Jiminez by Tapout (Guillotine Choke) 1:23 into round 2 and Team Wildman's Rick Legere Defeated Mike Robles by TKO (Strikes) 2:12 into round 3 at a King of the Cage event held at the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in Highland, CA.
www.kingofthecage.com

(June 7): Lewis Jablonski(Hesperia) lost Josh Green by rear naked choke 2:59 into round 1.
Alex Reyes(Hesperia) defeated Alejandro Bautista by KO (punches) 0:28 into Round 1.
Tony Lopez(Adelanto) lost to Brandon Bender by rear naked choke 1:36 into Round 1.
Fabian Diaz(Hesperia) lost to James Guyton by unanimous decision after three rounds.
Joe Condon(Hesperia) defeated Marlin Gustafson by rear naked choke 2:00 into Round 2.
Alex Rickards(Hesperia) lost to Daniel McWilliams by rear naked choke 1:44 into Round 1.
Fight Circuit MMA event was held at Mavericks Stadium in Adelanto, CA.
www.fightcircuitmma.com

(June 7): Seth Dikun(Victorville) defeated Rolando Perez via triangle choke submission, 2:3O into round one at a WEC event in Sacramento. Seth won the Submission of the Night bonus.
www.wec.tv

(June 5): Bryan Baker(Apple Valley) and Lamar Jiles(Victorville)fought at a Bellator Fighting Championship Event held at the Citizens Business Bank Arean in Ontario. Baker won by a unanimous decision and Lamar lost by a DQ.(knee to the head).
www.bellator.com


(July 25): Andy Jewett(Apple Valley) lost to Mark Striegl by Rear Naked Choke 1:17 into round two, Leah Melnychuk(Team Wildman) lost to Michelle Vera by unanimous decision, and Preston Scharf(Team Wildman)defeated Steve Gable by a unanimous decision at a Total Combat event held in San Deigo.
www.totalcombat.tv

(July 23): Joe Calavitta(Victorville) defeated Carlos Sanchez by armbar 1:06 into round two, Nicholai Boruff(Hesperia) defeated Jess Moreno by KO :14 into round one, Joe Acuna(Barstow) lost to Hugo Sandoval by a split decision, and Josh Ramage(Lucerne Valley) lost to Andy Wang by TKO, 1:16 into round one at a Gladiator Challenge event at the Pauma Casino Near San Deigo.
www.gladiatorchallenge.com

(July 19): Lewis Jablonski(Hesperia) lost to Illiams Goglia by submission(armbar) :34 into round one and Chris Culley(Barstow) lost to Vince Ortiz by a 3 round split decision at a Long Beach Fight Night event.
www.longbeachfightnight.com

(July 17): Armando Montoya(Team Wildman) lost to Chris Cope by a 2 round TKO, ref stoppage, at a South Bay Promotions event held in Redondo Beach California
www.showmefights.com

(July 11): Victor Valley High School alumni Dan Henderson defeated Michael Bisping by KO, at the UFC 100 event in Las Vegas.
www.ufc.com


(Aug 29): Bobby Trivitt(Universal Grappling Academy) lost to Dave Komarov via armbar tapout, 3:51 into round one at a Gladiator Challenge event.
www.gladiatorchallenge.com

(Aug 28): Team Cobra Kai, Ferrid Kheder lost to Nakamura Daisuke by a 3 round unanimous decision(29-28) in a Lightweight (156 lbs) match up at the M-1 Global Presents- Breakthrough event held in Kansas City.

(Aug 22): Team Cobra Kai, Jason Walraven(Apple Valley) lost to Josh Peasley from Xtreme Couture by a three round split decision at a Tuff N Uff event in Las Vegas.
www.tuffnuff.net

(Aug 22): Dominic Verdugo(Team Wildman) lost to Nick Reale from Jokers Wild Fighting Academy by tapout round two, at a World's Collide event held at the Primm Casino and Resorts in Nevada.

(Aug 21): Lamar Jiles(Victorville) defeated Adam Allison by TKO ref stoppage due to strikes, at an "MMA at the Beach" event held in Redondo Beach.
www.showmefights.com

(Aug 15): Team Wildman, Thomas Denny(Hesperia) defeated Rage in the Cage Welterweight Champion, Joe Cronin by a guillotine choke in round 2 and Dustin Rhodes(Team Wildman) lost to Andy Dermenjyan by TKO(ref stoppage, strikes) in the second round at a Call to Arms II event held in Ontario, CA.
www.calltoarmsfights.com

(Aug 13): Chris Culley(Barstow) lost to Brian Abram by rear naked choke in the 2nd round at a King of the Cage event held at the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in Highland, CA.
www.kingofthecage.com


(Sept 18): Eric Schambari(Joe Stevenson Cobra Kai) 9-1 will be taking on Dominic Brown, 12-12, from Topeka, Kansas and Art Ramirez(Joe Stevenson Cobra Kai) 2-2 will be facing Jamie Steichen, 3-1, from Oklahoma City at a C3 Fights event held at the First Council Casino in Newkirk, Oklahoma. Schambari and Ramirez both won by rear naked chokes.

(Sept 18): Apple Valley's, Jason Walraven represented Cobra Kai at a Tuff N Uff Event in Las Vegas. Walraven defeated Patrick Begin from Xtreme Couture in a 205lb matchup by unanimous decision.
www.tuffnuff.tv

(Sept 12): In the main evnet, Angie Rivera-Parr(Ex-Hesperia) lost to Claire Haigh by Rear Naked Choke in round two at a Cage Wars event held in Brisbane, Australia. Parr is a 8 time Muay Thai women's champion.


(Oct 24): Joe Stevenson defeated Spencer Fisher by TKO, ref stoppage due to strikes(elbows) 4:03 into round 2 at UFC 104 event held the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
www.UFC.com

(Oct 24): Jason Lambert(Apple Valley High School Grad) lost to Matt Horwich by 3 round split decision at a AMMA event in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

(Oct 3): King of the Cage event at the Avi Casino in Laughlin, NV. Local fighters went 4-2 on the night.
Joe Acuna from Barstow dominated George Write from the beginning with some ground and pound action. Acuna body slammed Write to the ground and finished it with some strong punched to win by TKO, ref stoppage 1:55 into round one.
Victor Rodarte also from Barstow took on John Duran. In this back and forth stand up battle of punches and knees Rodarte came out on top with a three round unanimous decision. Rodarte improves to 5-0
Barstow's Alex Silva defeated Garrett Ludwig in one of the quickest fights of the night by guillotine choke :30 into round one.
Kasey Roberts(Barstow) lost to Ernie Calma by ref stoppage due to strikes 2:13 into round one.
Josh Lewis(Helendale) lost to Jason Lane by TKO, due to strikes, 1:10 into round one. Lane came in weighing 30 pounds heavier then Lewis.
Richard Solis(Team Focus) defeated Josh Kistner by TKO, ref stoppage due to strikes 1:08 into the second round.

(Oct 1): Rick Legere(Team Wildman) battled Wacchiim Spiritwolf for the King of the Cage Welterweight Title Belt held at the San Manuel Bingo and Casino. Legere won by TKO, ref stoppage due to strikes, 2:25 into round two.
www.kingofthecage.com


(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
www.strikeforce.com


(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.
www.maximumfighting.com

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