NAAFS "Caged Fury 5"

Cleveland, Ohio
Gray's Armory

The NAAFS held it's fifth installment of "Caged Fury" on Saturday night. Team GriffonRawl sent three men into action in a national "semi-final" with the winners getting an amateur title shot at "Night of Champions." Chuck Schilling (145), Dan Jones (155) and Bryon McCroskey (170) went to war. What follows is a recap of each fight.#2 ranked Chuck Schilling was taking on #4 ranked Lyle Sancouice of Team DNA. Chuck scored a quick takedown to start round one and fought off a deep arm bar and a triangle. Chuck controlled the action from the top, while Lyle was busy from the bottom, showing a very active guard. A difficult round to score. Round two was at first controlled by Lyle, with Chuck reversing positions and ground and pounding his way through most of round two. Lyle also reversed positions landing some solid shots from top position. As round three, began Lyle appeared to be severly hurt, and looked very unbalanced. Chuck shot in scoring a solid takedown, but Lyle dug deep to sink in an armbar from the bottom that was simply too tight to fight. Both of these men showed tremendous class before, during and after the contest and Team GriffonRawl wishes Lyle best of luck as he takes on #1 Ranked Eric Noel in December.#2 ranked Dan Jones was thrown a curve ball earlier in the week as his opponent was changed. Dan had been training for a solid kickboxer, when he received the news the opponent was switched to Josh Johnson, an accomplished wrestler by trade. All three rounds followed the same outline: Dan was able to show dominate striking from the feet, a takedown attempt by Josh, where Dan attempted a guillotine choke. Josh was able to retain top control as Dan attempted to recover guard. Josh was extremely fast and able to move well and keep Dan pinned on his back. The judges saw each round in favor of Josh, giving him a unanimous decision.#3 ranked Bryon McCroskey was pitted against the very well rounded "Thee SPV" Sean-Paul Veilleux in a welterweight showdown. Bryon got the better of rounds one and two showing an excellent clich game as he worked his way through the devestating leg kicks of SPV. Up against the cage, Bryon was able to get the better of the clich, sending the fight to the ground, where Bryon kept a relentless ground and pound going. Knowing he was down two rounds to zero, SPV dug as deep as he could go coming out early throwing solid combinations. Bryon was game utilizing a wicked slip & jab of his own. SPV closed the distance late in the third round, spun to right and landed a solid right that sent Bryon to the canvass where SPV would not allow Bryon to recover. The referee was forced to stop the action late in the third round. Bryon was horribly disappointed but knows this experience can only make him better in the long run.It was a disappointing night for the team, going 0-3 overall but all men fought top notch opponents, fought hard for all three rounds and represented GriffonRawl with class. Personally, I was proud to be wearing the colors even coming up short in all three fights.Written by:John StrmacComplete Results:Bill Elek over Ryan Victory TKO 3 :53 Sean Paul Veilleux over Bryon McKrosky TKO 3 2:20 Dane Bonnigson over Josh Moore Rear Naked Choke 1 2:01 Marc Strickland over Josh Miller Unanimous Decision 3 3:30 Lyle Sancoucie over Chuck Schilling Armbar 3 1:00 Josh Johnson over Dan Jones Unanimous Decision 3 3:00 LA Hampton over Jeremy Joles Unanimous Decision 1 3:00 Adam Farell over Pete Hunter Triangle Choke 1 1:16 John Hawk over Felix Catheline “ Tap Out By Strikes 1 1:34 Mike Williams over Bobby Favors Split Decision 3 3:00 Paul Bradley over Pat Horner Unanimous Decision 3 3:00 Ryan Madigan over Brandon Pierce Triangle Choke 1 3:33