Saul Soliz runs another successful show, with a sellout crowd of 2200, and a new lightweight star is born.ÿ Look below for quick results, and click on READ MORE to see more detailed descriptions of the fights and my summary of the event.
Renegades Extreme Fighting, Feb 1st 2003
Verizon Wireless Theater, Houston, TX
QUICK RESULTS:
Lightweight Tournament
Hiro Kamikozono (Lion’s Den) d. Rocky Long (Third Column) 2:35 R1 triangle/armbar
FINAL: Hiro Kamikozono d. Matt Horning (Hammer House) 1:45 R1 triangle
Middleweight Tournament
Lee King (Houston Kickboxing Gym) d. Naji (Nova Uniao / John Lewis) TKO early R2, accidental eyegouge
Carlo Prater (Third Column) d. Jeremiah O’Neal (Anthony Macias) 1:22 R1 armbar
FINAL: Carlo Prater d. Lee King 1:04 R1 guillotine
Heavyweight Tournament
Sam Adkins (Mousel’s) d. Elias Siam (Torres-Aponte Jiu-Jitsu) unanimous decision
FINAL: Sam Adkins drew Luis Garcia (Houston BJJ Club) majority draw
Superheavyweight Tournament
Corey Salter d. Edwin Allseitz (Independent) :43 R1 guillotine
Ashley Rivers (Southern Submission Fighting) d. Matt Green unanimous decision
FINAL: Corey Salter d. Ashley Rivers 2:46 R2 guillotine
Feb 1st, 2003 @ Verizon Wireless Theater, Houston, TX
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Rocky Long (Third Column) vs. Hiro Kamikozono (Lion’s Den)
Round 1
Long opens up with strikes and the two figthers fight for control in the clinch.ÿ This goes on with both fighters stalemated in the corner until theyÿ break loose, Long catches Hiro’s leg in an exchange, takes Hiro down, upon which Hiro immediately goes to guard andÿstraight into the triangle/armbar, loses the armbar, cranks the triangle, eats a hard palm from Long, but in the process regains control of the arm and turns face down with it to finally complete the triangle/armbar, and Long taps at 2:35 R1.
Round 1
They circle, skirmish with a few strikes,ÿ feeling each other out.ÿ Naji obviously looking for the opening, shoots and eats a knee, continue to skirmish. King lands a couple more times, Naji continues to try and find an opening to shoot, he comes close but king effectively keeps him away and lands an occasional clean shot, Naji is being chased around the ring, giving ground to King, King lands a good mid kick.ÿÿ Naji keeps trying to close uwith punches but Kingÿ continues to frustrate him..ÿ Round ends.
Carlo Prater (Third Column) vs.ÿ Jeremiah O’Neal (Anthony Macias)
Round 1
Praytor tries a kick wihich O’Neal catches, tries to take him down but Prator resists for a few seconds until being finally taken down with a slam.ÿ O’Neal ends up in Praytor’s guard, beginning to go to work, but Praytor quickly brings his legs up, turns his hips, and goes for the armbar, O’Neal defends and tries to keep Prator’s top leg from hooking under his chin to be able to complete the armbar, but is eventually unsuccessful and is forced to tap at 1:22 R1.
Match 1 Heavyweight
Sam Adkins (Mousel’s) vs. Elias Siam (Torres-Aponte Jiu-Jitsu)
Round 1
Exchange on the feet, Siam tries to clinch but eats HARD body shots from Sam, during the heated exchange, apparently Adkinsÿ threw a closed fist and the fight was momentarily stopped , an apparent cut on Adkins is a non-factor and the fight is restarted.ÿ The two continue to exchange in the clinch, as Siam tries to drive Adkins from corner to corner looking to take him to the ground.ÿ Sam backs off and they go back to exchanging in and out of the clinch.ÿÿ Adkins is stunned by a hard shot from Siam momentarily, Siam tries toÿ capitalize but Adkins recovers and tries to take a guillotine, falling back to guard.ÿ He is unable to complete it though, Siam pulls out and starts to go to work but the round ends.
A bfief echange ends with Siam taking Adkins to the ground, and ending upÿ in Sam’s guard.ÿÿ Siam passes to Sam’s half guard and continues to throw strikes and look for submissions.ÿ Adkins, possessing limited ground skills, is unable toÿ escape Siam’s half mount, Siam closes the round with a ground and pound series.
The round barely begins when Adkins drops Siam with a huge shot, Siam gets back up and the fight is restarted but Siam is still stunned, and in the following several exchanges he eats a few more solid shots from Adkins.ÿ Siam Stays on his feet though, and Adkins backs him into the corner, throwing body shots.ÿ The two continue to fight in and outof the clinch, Siam appears to clear the cobwebs out but is noticeably slowed.ÿ The round ends with both fighters still infighting within the clinch.ÿ Fight scored 29-27, unanimous decision for Sam Adkins.
Edwin Allseitz (Independent) vs.ÿ Corey Salter
Round 1
Allseitz goes right for a low single out of the gate, Salter sprawls and stops the takedown.ÿ Edwin is still unable to convert the takedown after the sprawl, meanwhile Salter has worked in a guillotine while sprawled and taps Allseitz at :43 R1.
Ashley Rivers (Southern Submission Fighting) vs. Matt Green
Round 1
Green goes for a takedown, Rivers sprawls andÿ takes Green down, ending up in Green’s guard.ÿ Rivers begins to land some ground and pound shots. Green defends butÿ Rivers is persistent and the shots that he does get through begin to take their toll.ÿ Rivers takes mount and Green is still totally defensive as the round ends.
Rivers lands a good shot to Green’s head, stuns Green, Rivers rushes in and takes him down, again ends up in Green’s guard, throwing GNP.ÿ Rivers passes to side mount and continues to work GNP.ÿ Rivers continues to work from side mount and Green is not able to do anything except defend, and the round ends.
Rivers again is able to get the takedown and ends up in half mount, throwing heavy shots but only a few are getting through.ÿ Green is able to eventually get full guard butÿ is still unable toÿ stop Rivers from passing to side mount and landing clubbing shots again.ÿ The two are stood up and Green tries a fatigue-slowed takedown that Rivers is able to sprawl on andÿ again transition to side mount from. The round ends and Rivers wins by unanimous decision.
Matt Horning (Hammer House) vs. Hiro Kamikozono (Lion’s Den)
Round 1
Hiro shows fast striking right at the start, both skirmish, Horning is definitely outgunned on the feet, Hiro goes for a leaping knee and Horning catches a leg, drives forward, and gets the takedown.ÿ Horning begins to work GNP as Hiro goes for the triangle.ÿ The ref stands them back up after Horning attempts to go through the ropes to break the hold.ÿ Hiro goes for a spinning kick and Horning shoots under and gets the takedown, again Hiro works from guard immediately going for a triangle and then another.ÿ Horning is unable to defend against Hiro’s tenacity in locking in the hold progressively tighter, and finally taps to the triangle. 1:45 R1.
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Middleweight Final
Carlo Prater vs.ÿ Lee King
Round 1
Prater immediatelyÿ clinches and takes King down.ÿ As the kickboxing-centric King attempts to escape the ground and stand back up, Prater takes the guillotine and falls back with it for maximum leverage, and taps King out at 1:04 R1.
Sam Adkins vs. Luis Garcia (Houston Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Club)
Round 1
They feel each other out, Garcia looks for an opening as he skirmishes but avoids exchanging inside with Adkins.ÿÿ Waving his hands to distract/bait Adkins, he sets up an excellent and fast shoot for the takedown, going fromÿ Adkins’ half guard to sidemount toÿ north/south trying to get a submission.ÿ He catches Adkins in a guillotine from top but Adkins is able to get out and back to half guard.ÿ Ref Blalock stands them back up after a stalemate as the round ends.
The two skirmish with Adkins again landing heavy blows to the body, but again it is Garcia with a quick takedown who gains control quickly.ÿ Garcia quickly gains mount and begins to work for the submission but is unable to do anything before they are stood up by the ref.ÿ Upon restart Garcia again executes a solid takedown, slamming Adkins loudly to the mat.ÿ Garcia is able to control and work for the top position, but unable to secure anything before the end of the round.
The tide turns somewhatÿas as Adkins takes the advantage on the ground for a while, and later with his trademark heavy handsÿis able to knock Garcia down during a standing exchange. After the standing 8 count, Garcia quickly shoots in with the double leg takedown and elevates Adkins for a huge slam.ÿ Adkins goes for a guillotine on the way down but is unable to get it locked in before Garcia gains control on the ground.ÿ The round ends with Garcia in control.ÿ Much to the crowd’s displeasure this match is ruled a majority draw by the judges.
Ashley Rivers vs. Corey Salter
Round 1
The two feel each other out, with Salter throwing heavy blows that stun Rivers on the way in but Rivers closes immediately and takes Salter down. Rivers begins his trademark heavy ground and pound attack, scoring several hard shots.ÿ Salter tries to defend but Rivers is still able to accumulate occasional shots from within Salter’s guard. End of round.
Salter lands a low kick, skirmishes with Rivers and is better able to keep Rivers away, then Rivers answers with a low kick and combo of his own to set up the takedown, but is unable to complete the takedown as Salter is able to get his hips out of danger.ÿ Salter is saved from being taken down somewhat by the fact his back was supported by the bottom two ropes, and meanwhile goes for a guillotine.ÿ Though not a clean choke, it wears on Rivers, who is still attempting to salvage the takedown.ÿ The two manage to get more to a standing position in the corner, but Salter continues to work the guillotine from standing, and eventually gets the tap from Rivers. 2:46 R2