With 14 high action fights packed onto one card, AX Fighting delivered high quality fights for the 16th time. Edmonds Community College was packed with fans ready to get their fill of knockouts, RNCs and Zipfizz. Some UFC celebrities were also in the crowd, Ed Herman and Chris Leben. World renowned coach Matt Hume also brought a few of his fighters, who in turn brought their A-game.

A few highlights of the night: Vern Beach made his debut against James Dujardin (debuting also) who did not answer the bell at the beginning of round 2 due to Vern's solid leg kicks. 15 year old Jonah Sitchaisai put up a fantastic show of heart against Christian Ortiz but got caught in a rough guillotine a minute into round 2. Drew Brokenshire put up a great fight against Eddie Dahlen but Eddie capitalized with his superior ground game and finished it near the end of the final round by sinking in a RNC.

In the one submission wrestling bout of the night, Scott Sitchaisai fought valiantly against Matt Coble. Scott didn't tap to a vicious looking guillotine. Even I had to look away for a second, because it looked like it was really sunk in. But alas, he fought out of that, but got caught in a kimura. He did a good job defending the kimura, but Matt did a better job holding on to it. The ref had to stop it for fear that Scott wasn't going to tap until his arm broke. Remember, safety comes first at AX, and although the call wasn't appreciated by the fans, it was in the best interest of Scott's arm.

James Semere, an independently trained fighter from Everett walked away with an unexpected victory over Clint Heines with a RNC in round 2. Garret Bargabos and Brandon Lohmeire went the distance in back and forth action that landed Brandon the unanimous victory. Mario Miranda making his Muay Thai debut, also picked up a unanimous victory over Will Sitchaisai Mario threw at least 3-5 head kicks per round, and Will showed great heart by continuing to press on throughout the remainder of the match.

Earl Thompson made what seemed to me to be a comeback victory in the 3rd round by knocking out Ryan Alveraz early in the 3rd round, after Ryan had been quite aggressive in the previous 2 rounds. Jeff Sweeny kept getting back up every time Caros Fodor knocked him down, but it just wasn't enough. Caros took the victory after Jeff hit the mat for the 3rd time, almost 2 minutes into Round 2 of their Muay Thai match.

In the Battle of the Undefeated, Robert Malphrus remained the undefeated after he knocked out Levi Alford 30 seconds into Round 2. However, it was not easy for Robert, as they both traded some high head kicks at the start of round 1. The end of that same round ended with a leg lock fight.

165 MMA Ben Fodor (2-0, C3) def John Kubot (2-1) by choke @ 2:01 R1

125 MMA Demetrius Johnson (1-0) def Brandon Fields (0-0) by KO @ 0:17 R1
HVY MMA Vern Beach (0-0) def James Dujardin (0-0), didn't answer bell for R2
195 Kickboxing Deke Hansen def Miles Coble via Unanimous Decision
135 MMA Christian Ortiz (0-1) def Jonah Sitchaisai (1-0) via Guillotine @ 1:00 R2
145 MMA Eddie Dahlen (AMC) def Drew Brokenshire (Braveheart) via RNC @ 2:23 R3
Submission Wrestling Matt Coble (AKA) def Scott Sitchaisai due to ref stoppage
170 MMA James Semere def Clint Heines, RNC @ 1:44 R2
155 MMA Brandon Lohmeier (Braveheart) def Garret Bargabos (C3) via Unanimous Decision
Muay Thai Mario Miranda (C3) def Will Sitchaisai via Unanimous Decision
165 MMA Earl Thompson (0-4, C3) def Ryan Alveraz (2-1, AKA) by KO @ 0:48 R3
Muay Thai Caros Fodor (1-0, AMC) def Jeff Sweeny (0-1) by TKO @ 1:55 R2
185 MMA Robert Malphrus (2-0, C3) def Levi Alford (4-0) via KO @ 0:29 R2
Unlimited MMA, HVY Title Match Ernest Henderson def Malembe Gonzales

by neck crank @ 0:45 R1

Don't miss the next AX Fighting Championships #17 - "Summer Scrap" on June 30th at Edmonds Community College. Visit www.axfighting.com for more info.