Ring of Combat: Crunching the Numbers

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Lou Neglia's Ring of Combat is one of the longest-running regional promotions in the industry, and the longevity of the New Jersey-based organization can be attributed to a number of factors, not the least of which is its consistency in putting on competitive fights. How competitive are these fights? So much so that winning a ROC championship belt often bodes extremely well for the future of any fighter.

Like any good nerd, I've compiled some hard data on this subject, but before that, here are some facts for you:
  • The first ROC was on October 12, 2002, and took place at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut. 
  • All subsequent ROCs have been held at various locations in New Jersey, and in Atlantic City exclusively since ROC 10 on April 14, 2006.
  • There have been 66 ROC champs since the promotion's inception.
  • Of those 66, 23 have gone on to fight in the UFC, 14 have gone on to become TUF competitors, and 21 have made appearances in the Bellator cage.
Below is a breakdown of all of ROC's champs. Listed are the specific ROC event where they won their belt, the date of that event, and if that champ went on to the UFC, TUF or Bellator. 

What's not on this list are the number of times they defended their belt, or if they lost the belt and regained it at a later date (for instance, Pete "Drago" Sell won a ROC championship at ROC 6, graduated to the UFC and TUF, and then returned to win a ROC belt at ROC 36 seven years later). 

Also not included are the ROC vets who never won a belt but went on to the UFC anyway - why wouldn't I include those? Because I'm a nerd, but not THAT big of a nerd.

ROC CHAMPIONS BREAKDOWN
FIGHTER NAME
ROC#
DATE
UFC?
TUF?
Bellator?
Nardu Debra
1
10.12.02
no
no
no
Steve Anshelewitz
1
10.12.02
no
no
no
James Gabert
3
6.7.03
no
no
no
Tom Muller
3
6.7.03
no
no
no
Elvis Garcia
3
6.7.03
no
no
no
Pete Sell
6
4.24.04
yes
yes
no
Laura D'Aguste
7
11.20.04
no
no
no
Kurt Pellegrino
7
11.20.04
yes
no
yes
Dante Rivera
7
11.20.04
yes
yes
yes
Marlon Sims
9
10.29.05
no
yes
no
Billy Craparo
10
4.14.06
no
no
no
Jesse Moreng
10
4.14.06
no
no
no
Todd Moore
14
4.27.07
no
no
no
Binky Jones
14
4.27.07
no
no
yes
Marc Stevens
14
4.27.07
no
yes
yes
Nick Catone
19
5.9.08
yes
no
no
Tom Gallicchio
20
6.27.08
no
no
no
Glen Sandull
21
9.12.08
no
no
no
John Howard
21
9.12.08
yes
no
no
Dave Sachs
22
11.21.08
no
no
no
Paul Bradley
22
11.21.08
yes
no
yes
Chris Liguori
22
11.21.08
yes
no
yes
Bret Kohan
23
2.20.09
no
no
no
Rafael Natal
23
2.20.09
yes
no
no
Charles Oliveira
24
4.17.09
yes
no
no
Ricardo Romero
25
6.12.09
yes
no
no
Victor O'Donnell
25
6.12.09
no
yes
yes
Costa Philippou
26
9.11.09
yes
yes
no
Anthony Morrison
27
11.20.09
no
no
yes
Gian Villante
28
2.19.10
yes
no
no
Ryan LaFlare
28
2.19.10
yes
no
no
Demetrius Richards
29
4.16.10
no
no
yes
Edson Barboza
30
6.11.10
yes
no
no
Nick Pace
30
6.11.10
yes
no
yes
Uriah Hall
30
6.11.10
yes
yes
yes
Chris Weidman
31
9.24.10
yes
no
no
Louis Gaudinot
31
9.24.10
yes
yes
no
Mikhail Malyutin
31
9.24.10
no
no
yes
John Cholish
32
10.23.10
yes
no
no
Joseph Aviles
33
12.3.10
no
no
no
Sean Santella
33
12.3.10
no
no
no
Marcos Pereira
33
12.3.10
no
no
yes
Marques Daniels
34
2.4.11
no
no
no
Dustin Pague
34
2.4.11
yes
yes
no
Jacob Kirwan
34
2.4.11
no
no
yes
Jessica Eye
34
2.4.11
yes
no
yes
Elijah Harshbarger
35
4.18.11
no
no
no
Justin Haskins
35
4.18.11
no
no
no
Aljamain Sterling
36
6.17.11
no
no
no
Al Iaquinta
37
9.9.11
yes
yes
no
Deividas Taurosevicius
37
9.9.11
no
no
yes
Tom DeBlass
37
9.9.11
yes
no
yes
Pat Audinwood
38
11.18.11
no
no
no
Nordine Taleb
38
11.18.11
no
yes
yes
Jeff Lentz
39
2.10.12
no
yes
yes
Guillermo Serment
41
6.15.12
no
no
no
Ed Gordon
41
6.15.12
no
yes
no
Jimmie Rivera
41
6.15.12
no
yes
yes
Ron Stallings Jr.
42
9.14.12
no
no
no
Anton Talamantes
42
9.14.12
no
no
yes
Brendan Barrett
44
4.5.13
no
no
no
Andre Harrison
45
6.14.13
no
no
no
Chris Wade
47
1.24.14
no
no
no
Julio Arce
47
1.24.14
no
no
no
Keith Berish
47
1.24.14
no
no
no
James Jenkins
47
1.24.14
no
no
no

1 comment:

John Salgado said...

Allways good stuff sir , however from what I can see, You Missed at least 3 Guys that I See went On to UFC Pat Audinwood , Aljamain sterling n Chris wade