By TXMMA Staff
Several top Texas amateur prospects look to impress at Belts of Honorius 4
The main event of the evening features 23 year old Joe Maupin out of Rodrigo Pinheiro BJJ / Pete Spratt Muay Thai in title action as he takes on fellow challenger Gabriel “El Gallo” Rodriguez. The San Marcos based Maupin carries a two-fight win streak into this fight with both of his last bouts coming impressively by way of TKO in under 30 seconds. We don’t know nearly as much about his opponent, who has no recorded fights in the MMA.tv database heading into this bout. With that being said, Joe may know as much as we do at this point so it should be an interesting scenario as he goes in to battle the unknown.
Another interesting bout set for Belts of Honorius 4 showcases two up-and-coming female fighters out of Texas in Fatima Mallett and Sarah Boyd. Mallett made her debut at BOH 3 winning an impressive decision over Kourtnie Goodman. Boyd lost against Julia Ottolino at BOH 2 but frankly, Julia is a much more physically imposing specimen and a fast-riser in her own rite so this bout against Fatima should prove to be a much better indicator of Boyd’s MMA potential when all is said and done.
Moving on, the card features several other fighters we’ve got our eye on as well when it comes to Texas prospects. Two of them come by way of the DFW area in Levi Mowles and Mark Delarosa.
A finalist for our 2013 TXMMA Amateur Rookie of the Year award, Levi Mowles went 3-0 with 3 finishes in 2013 and is looking to do even more this year. He’ll be facing another reasonably experienced amateur in Angel Delgado (3-1) so this fight will be an interesting one. Will Levi’s experience last year coupled with his grappling chops provide him with another dominant victory or will Delgado upset the apple cart?
As for Mark Delarosa, he’s walking into a fight with a 1-0 record following his win over Avishai Malke at BOH 3. Despite his rookie status Mark trains regularly with top pros at Genesis and with Marc Laimon and crew at Team Takedown so he’s more well seasoned than he appears and just needs to get the reps. He’ll get that at Belts of Honorius 4 when he faces 1-2 Shawn Castillo, a fighter who’s lost two out of three bouts by submission. Take that with a grain of salt but he’ll certainly walk in as the heavy favorite.
Below is the complete card for Belts of Honorius 4. Make sure to tune back to TXMMA.com for results and photos following the event.
Belts of Honorius 4 – Fight Card (Order and Card Subject to Change)
- 265 lbs.: Jeff Fross (1-1) vs. Matt Alonso (0-0)
- 125 lbs.: Corey Lewellyn (1-0) vs. Trevor Wells (0-2)
- 170 lbs.: Michael Scotty (1-0) vs. Shavaire Griggs (0-3)
- 155 lbs.: Peyton Burns (2-0) vs. Peter Stanonik (2-0)
- 170 lbs.: Cristobal Hernandez (0-0) vs. Sean Clements (1-0)
- 135 lbs.: Levi Mowles (3-0) vs. Angel Delgado (3-1) * TITLE
- 125 lbs.: Leroy Montoya (1-0) vs. Nicholas Van Dinh (1-0)
- 145 lbs.: Mark Delarosa (1-0) vs. Shawn Castillo (1-2)
- 125 lbs.: Fatima Mallett (1-0) vs. Sarah Boyd (0-1)
- 185 lbs.: Joe Maupin (2-1) vs. Gabriel Rodriguez (0-0) * TITLE