Underground Combat League: Beatdowns and Bloodshed

*originally published in Dec '05 on fullcontactfighter.com*

(December 11^th, New York City) It was a night of beatdowns and bloodshed here at the Underground Combat League’s latest MMA installment, where the usual mix of skilled martial artists and streetfighters stepped into the ring to fight it out. Going back to its roots with style against style action - judo versus karate, wrestling versus submission fighting, Thaiboxing versus wrestling – the show was a welcomed throwback to the UFCs of yore. Highlights of the night included:

· veteran Richie Torres’ spirited performance against tough newcomer Gil Collazo, which saw Torres weather a torrent of knees to get the choke in the second round.

· the bloody rematch between Peter Storm and Abraham Garcia, which had both men punishing each other en route to a crowd-pleasing finish.

Results:

Richie Torres (Kaizen Karate-155lbs) vs. Gil Collazo (freestyle-155lbs)

Torres via guillotine at :24 of Round Two.

Christian Grullon (wrestling-160lbs) vs. Andrew Montanez (Team Shamrock-160lbs)

Montanez via rear choke at 2:58 of Round One.

Ibrahim ‘Silk’ Muhammed (Thaiboxing-170lbs) vs. Christian Grullon (wrestling-160lbs)

Grullon via rear choke at 1:08 of Round One.

Ibrahim ‘Silk’ Muhammed (Thaiboxing-170lbs) vs. Felix Rodriguez (freestyle)

Rodriguez via tapout due to forearm across the throat at 2:26 of the second round.

Peter Storm (judo-175lbs) vs. Abraham Garcia (Kaizen Karate-190lbs)

Storm via rear choke at 2:40 of Round Two – a bloody battle!