Next Level vs. NAAFS

Steubenville, Ohio
St. John's Arena

This trip was a little bit of a haul for us but it would not be GriffonRawl's first time heading down to Steubenville for a Next Level show. The last time we were down here Mike Russo defeated Chase Jolley & Jason Dent brought us home a Championship Belt by defeating Nick Spencer. Also on the card with Mike and Jason was UFC star Brandon Vera. This time around it would be GriffonRawl's own Nick Goldiezen who has been on a roll racking in 4 W's and 0 losses prior to this to give him the oportunity to face number one ranked NAAFS fighter Kellen Hughes. When all was said and done it just wasn't are night this time around and Nick ended up losing his first MMA fight to date. The old saying of you win some you lose some finally had meaning to Nick who was used to only winning. Make no mistake Nick is a warrior and I think this fight will make Nick into an even deadlier fighter and I truly feel sorry for his next opponent. Read below for full results.Written by:Jason DentMain Bouts 170 - "Mad Dog" Kellen Hughes 6-1 (Next Level) over Nick Goldizen 4-1 (Team GriffonRawl/NAAFS) by KO in Rd 1145 - Danny "Little Thunder" Balon 9-3 (Team DNA/NAAFS) over Justin Steave 4-0 (Next Level) by Armbar @ :53 of Rd 2150 - Eric Noel 6-1 (Next Level) over Bo Coleman 4-2 (Team Beatdown) by Armbar Submission @ 1:07 of Rd 1170 - Grant Hoppel 6-2 (Next Level) over Mike Peurifoy 2-1 (South Carolina) by Armbar @ 1:21 of Rd 1265 - Tony Underwood 3-2 (Next Level) over Norm Carriero 3-2 (NAAFS) by Unanimous Decision145 - Jake Zeigler 3-1 (Next Level) over Carl Dean Roff 2-4 (Roff Ryders/NAAFS) by Split Decision205 - Joe Lewis 6-0 (Wreckroom Athletics/NAAFS) over Marcus Cook 2-4 (Peak Submission) by Rear Naked Choke @ 1:15 of Rd 1185 - Nick Duell 6-2-1 (Jungle Fight team/NAAFS) over Mark Hoppel 5-1 (Next Level) by Submission from Strikes at the end of Rd 1Prelims155 - Jeremy Moore 1-0 (Wheeling Wv.) over Scott Haines 0-1 (Independent) by TKO @ 2:35 of Rd 1160 - Paul Paris 1-0 (Next Level) over Mark Hall 0-3 (Next Evolution MMA) by Guillotine Choke @ :43 of Rd 1205 - Chris Goldbaugh 4-2 (Ohio Valley Jiu-Jitsu,) over Nathan Shearer 0-1 (Team OVO) by Triangle Choke @ 1:58 of Rd 1140 - Ronnie Green 1-0 (Wheeling, Wv) over Nick Taylor 2-2 (Next Level) by Rear Naked Choke @ 2:48 of Rd 1185 - Chris Green 6-2 (Team Next Level) over Wes Van Meter 2-2 (Team Vander Hammer) by Rear Naked Choke @ :57 of Rd 1165 - Josh Carlson 1-1 (Next Evolution MMA) over Bill Kuzma 1-1 (Next Level) by TKO after Kuzma could not continue after an unintentional low-blow265 - Nate Loughran 1-1 (Independent) over James Long 0-2 (Independent) by Rear Naked Choke @ :17 of Rd 1205 - Jade Smith 3-1 (Next Level) over James Moore 3-4 (Next Evolution MMA) by Rear Naked Choke @ 1:52 of Rd 1170 - Jarrod Shaw 1-1 (Independent) over John Saxton 2-1 (Next Level) by DQ @ :32 of Rd 2165 - Jeb Banovsky 3-0 (Next Level) over Shawn Mean 0-1 (Independent) by RNC @ 1:37 of Rd 1170 - Drew Long 1-0 (Next Level) over Jason Marcellous 0-1 (Independent) by TKO @ :45 of Rd 1

IFBL "Fight Night 9"

Niles, Ohio
Eastwood Expo Center

Back to the IFBL for another night of action we went. There is one thing that would make this trip extremely special. Whats so special you ask well hold on I will tell you. Breanne Vickers of GriffonRawl was set to take part in the IFBL's first ever female MMA match. If that wasn't cool enough she was also GriffonRawl's first ever female MMA fighter to compete as well. Long story short Breanne won here fight but it was not easy as she had to spend three long hard rounds in there en route to a split decision victory.Also on this night three other guys represented GriffonRawl and there names are as follows Tony Wolf, Brennan Sanders, and Shawn O'neil. These three guys do Private lessons and occassionally make it to some group class with us. You see they live very far away and its hard for them to get up here as much as they should. Congrats go out to Brennan and Shawn for bringing home the W's. Tony suffered his first defeat but still has a pretty good record and you can expect to see him bounce back pretty quickly. Read below for full results.Written by: Jason DentPRO BOUTS:Mitch Whitesel defeated Todd Seyler (RNC) in 1:12 RD 2Ron Keslar defeated Mike Musslewhite (Front Choke) in :41 RD 1Jason Miknuk defeated Khristian Geraci (TKO) in 2:30 RD 2AMATEUR BOUTS:John Park defeated Aaron Nicklas (GUC) in 2:11 RD 2Ben Pettit defeated Tony Woolf (Front Choke) in 2:10 RD 1Tito Gary defeated Michael Cardona by Unanimous DecisionRobare Henricksen defeated Greg Moore (TKO) in 1:27 RD 1Lamar Holmes defeated Bill Bellas (GUC) in 1:47 RD 2LA Hampton defeated Dave Blakeman by Split DecisionKevin Zalac defeated John Opfar (TKO) in :23 RD 3Breanne Vickers defeated Faith Townsend by Split Decision Jay Racick defeated Pat Marsh (TKO) in 2:09 RD 1Davis Oracio defeated Ken Robison (TKO) in 1:02 RD 1Bill Hutchinson defeated Lou Schweitzer (GUC) in :40 RD 1Grahm Governer defeated Luca Carol (RNC) in 2:24 RD 1Steve Ocheltree defeated Matt Austin (Arm Bar) in 1:00 RD 1Shawn O'Neill defeated Matt Swerdan (TO Strikes) in 2:07 RD 1 Jake Racick defeated Brandon Barr (TKO) in 2:03 RD 1Brennen Sanders defeated Derek Hahn (TKO) in :40 RD 2Jared Carle defeated Daniel Sutcliffe (RNC) in 2:39 RD 1Chris Elliot defeated Brenton Wilson (RNC) 2:33 RD 1Corey Indrogo defeated Nick Lamping (TKO) in 2:39 RD 1Bryan Mackey defeated Brian Priester (RNC) in 2:23 RD 1