By Guest Author: John Poe
Image courtesy of John Poe of Combat X.
owner John Poe, along with Event Coordinator Ron “Buster” Allen and Event Staffer Derrick Althouse were guests of
StrikeForce and the ISKA on Sat, April 17th. The event, which was held at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN, was a ground breaking event for StrikeForce. This was to be the second Network Television broadcast of StrikeForce. This event would bring StrikeForce to the forefront of MMA.
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Fight Michigan was lucky enough to be seated cageside at King of the Cage on Friday night for Bad Boys II at Cobo Arena in downtown Detroit. The crowd could have been a little more plentiful and a little kinder – do you really think big names like UFC will ever come to the Motor City when they hear how the crowd booed just about everything at the King of the Cage show? Near the cage, the audience seemed to enjoy the show, but the folks in the stands were harsh.
In and around the cage, we were accompanied by some really big names in MMA like Guy Mezger, Maria Kenellis, Frank Trigg (commentating), and Michael “The Voice” Schiavello (also commentating). Our referees for the evening were Herb Dean, Cecil Peoples, and the more locally familiar faces: Brian Beauchamp and Marc Fennell.
The undercard went pretty quick. The longest of the first four fights was 1 minute 38 seconds into the first round. The main event (Jake Rosholt vs. Jeremy Horn) was canceled due to a neck injury to Jake Rosholt that occured while training on Friday, and another fight was canceled due to injury. Despite the hurdles, King of the Cage pulled off a pretty amazing show with some spectacular local talent. Fight Michigan was highly entertained, to say the least.
Now here are your official results…
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