IFBL "Fight Night 13"

Niles, Ohio
Eastwood Expo Center

The IFBL made it's return as it hosted it's 13th "Fight Night" on September 20, 2008. Team GriffonRawl was represented by Kevin Faraci and Landon Khakdoust in the amateur division and AJ Pulling and Jason Dent in the pro series.Both Landon Khakdoust (185) and Kevin Faraci (155) fought hard and came prepared, but both wound up on the losing end of their bouts. Both gained experience and no doubt will be come back stronger than ever. It's often and rightfully said, you learn more from a loss than a win.AJ Pulling (170) took on the hard hitting Team Rising Dragon star, Alonzo "Hollywood" Harvey in a pro series matchup. AJ's standup looked great and midway through round one, AJ landed a big right hand that sent Alonzo to the canvass. Once the fight hit the ground, AJ proved his ground game was just as potent as he secured a triangle choke forcing Alonzo to tap out, giving AJ his second consecutive professional win.Team Captain, Jason Dent (already the IFBL Lightweight Champion) bucked the current MMA trend and jumped UP a weight class to take on Matt Shaw for the IFBL Welterweight Pro Title. After an action packed round one, Jason took the fight to the ground in round two where his Jiu-Jitsu skills were on display. Jason saw an opportunity and hit an Americana submission, forcing Matt to tap out midway through the second round. Jason is now the IFBL Professional Champion at both Lightweight and Welterweight. Congratulations to the four men that represented Team GriffoRawl at IFBL "Fight Night 13".Written by:John StrmacComplete Results:(taken from http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/)Jason Dent over Matt Shaw Submission 2nd 3:41 AJ Pulling over Elonzo Harvey Submission 1st 2:10 Billy Vaughan over York Ash KO 1st 0:14 Brandon Ezzo over Travis Burnett Submission 1st 0:53 Jon Arnette over Landon Khakdoust TKO/RSC 1st 1:33 Adam Penberthy over William Bollinger Submission 2nd 1:19 Matt Kaus over Kevin Faraci Submission 1st 0:44 Mike Wilkins over Brian McCoy Submission 1st 2:26 Brent Curcio over Daniel Sutcliffe Decision 3rd Mike Linza over Chris Barnhizer TKO/RSC 1st 2:52