Ohio MMA Update - June 21, 2010
NAAFS: The NAAFS put on Fight Nite in the Flats VI on June 5th in Cleveland, Ohio. The event saw Chris Lozano from the highly-popular Strong Style Fight Team defeat UFC veteran Jason Dent in the main event and the pro debut of popular women’s prospect Jessica Eye.
Bellator 23: The Bellator Fighting Championship comes to Louisville, KY on June 24th. Cincinnati will be on full display as natives Chad Hinton and Daniel Straus will do battle in the lightweight division. The local flare will also include Ron Sparks vs. Dave Hess and John Troyer vs. Brent Weedman in what should be great battles. The Middleweight and Featherweight tournament finals are the feature match-ups. In the middleweight division Bryan “The Beast” Baker will battle unorthodox Alexander Shlemenko for a title shot and $100,000. Although Shlemenko is hard to handle, Baker will be too much. With a victory Baker would face the incredibly talented Bellator Middleweight Champ Hector Lombard. The Featherweight final is a fantastic match-up between Pitbull Freire and Joe Warren. Pitbull is very good but Warren is a top of the food chain wrestler. His skills on the ground will be the difference. A victory by Warren will get him a title shot against the undefeated Joe Soto. Bellator 23 can be viewed on Fox Sports Net live on June 24th. If you cannot view the event follow my live blog at ProFighting-fans.com.
UFC 115: UFC 115 took place on June 12th featuring Cincinnati’s Rich Franklin in the main event against another MMA legend in Chuck Liddell. With Liddell diving in to try and finish Franklin after trapping him against the cage, Rich connected with a short right to the chin of Liddell for the KO victory despite having broken his left arm a minute into the fight. The complete UFC 115 results are available online.