NAAFS "Columbus Night of Pain III"

Columbus, Ohio
The Hoops Sports Complex

On Friday June 27, 2008, the NAAFS invaded Columbus, Ohio for the third time. Team GriffonRawl sent two MMA veterans into action. What follows is a recap of AJ Carl and Landon Khakdoust.AJ Carl took on Chip Hook of Higher Power MMA at 145lbs. Coming off three solid wins in a row, AJ took the fight immediately to the ground with a solid takedown and secured position in side mount. AJ then began a solid ground attack raining knee's into the side of Hook. The ferocity and accuracy of the strikes were enough in the referee's mind, causing him to stop the contest at 49 seconds of the very first round, giving AJ his fourth win in a row. Additionally, this victory vaulted AJ to the #4 ranked fighter in the NAAFS National Amatuer Featherweight rankings.Landon Khakdoust was pitted against a very tough JJ Rey of Team Bullrider at 185lbs. The pace these two set was ridiculously fast for men of this weight class and was talked about as a candidate for "fight of the night." In between rounds one and two, UFC veteran referee Mark Matheny brought the two fighters to the center of the cage and pronounced to the two men "This is what the fans came to see." Landon secured the mount in round one and fought from his back in round two looking for submissions. Round three found the two fighters both in triangle position but from non-tradition angles. Both were looking to end the fight with the choke but in the end JJ's inverted triangle was too much, forcing Landon to tap at 1:25 of the third round. As a side note, Danny Balon of Team DNA defeated Andrew McCoy by triangle choke at 4:36 of round one in a pro-bantam weight contest. Danny is a long-time friend of Team GriffonRawl.Written by:John M. StrmacComplete Results:Tony Nowalk overJason Rine Guillotine Choke 1 :41 Nick Boden over Mike Adkins Guillotine Choke 1 :56 Tom Wilson over Clinton Hughes KO 3 :49 Wes Van Meter over Charles Carr Rear Naked Choke 1 2:17 AJ Carl over Chip Hook TKO 1 :49 Adam Farrell over Aaron Caw TKO 1 1:49 Dane Bonnigson over Kyle Goss Rear Naked Choke 1 :41 Will Leu over Michael Krick Rear Naked Choke 3 2:41 Lyle Sansoucie over Anthony Hayes KO 1 :26 JJ Rey over Landon Khakdoust Inverted Triangle 3 1:25 Jeff McKee over Chris Green Split Decision 3 3:00 Jimmy Rommel over Tommy Ridenbaugh Heel Hook 1 1:50 Thad Schlichter over Ron Hedges TKO 1 2:47 Danny Balon over Andrew McCoy Triangle Choke 1 4:36 John Myers over Tony Jayme Unanimous Decision 3 5:00 Rob Wince over Willie Smalls Rear Naked Choke 1 1:35