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Northwest Invitational "Carnage at the Creek 2" - April 5th, 2008

Little Creek Casino - Shelton, Washington

Photos by Mike Renouard


The 1st Carnage at the Creek held last September at the Little Creek Casino saw some fantastic amateur MMA action (check out the fight videos here), plus an appearance by MMA star Tito Ortiz w/ his equally famous girlfriend Jenna Jameson. This past Saturday at Carnage at the Creek 2, promoters Tad Bremer and Christopher Cope stepped it up a notch with Carnage at the Creek 2. As the sold-out crowd of 1900+ strong filled the casino's Skookum Creek Events Center, local band FUZE rocked the house. Then, before the fights started, Christopher Cope introduced former UFC Heavyweight Champ Frank Mir, former UFC Middleweight Champ Rich Franklin, current WEC Lightweight Champ Jamie Varner, and the NW's own MMA legend Matt Hume to the crowd. Before the fights and during the intermissions, both Mir and Franklin signed autographs and posed for pictures with appreciative fans.

Frank Mir

 

Rich Franklin 

 

Jamie Varner

 

Matt Hume

Reese Andy

Tad Bremer-Christopher Cope

 

The fights themselves were great as matchmaker (and IFL Fighter) Reese Andy, put together a card that did not disappoint. There were 9 amateur bouts on the undercard with fighters representing such tough schools as West Coast Fight Team (Kennydale, WA), Twin Dragons (Aberdeen, WA), AMC (Kirkland, WA), Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Spokane, Twisted Genetiks (Boise, ID), Team Psycho (Tacoma, WA), Clan Jacobs, and Arizona Combat Sports (Tempe, AZ).

 

2 professional fights made up the dual main event. The first bout which certainly was the fight of the night saw ex-IFL Tigershark Bristol Marunde (West Coast Fight Team) going up against the Ultimate Fighter Season 3 dropout Noah Inhofer (Miletich Fighting Systems). Marunde came out throwing hard leather, catching Inhofer with a volley of shots that dropped him twice, but Inhofer would not be finished and he was amazingly able to come back and counter with some hard combos of his own. The 2nd round went much like the first with both fighters pressing the action on the feet in a true slugfest that went back and forth, and which had every fan on their feet. Unfortunately, Inhofer was unable to continue in the third as he was unable to see clearly and the victory went to Marunde in a fight he dedicated to his brother Jesse who recently passed away.

Marunde had this to say after the fight. "The game plan was to keep it on the feet and beat him to the punch and I did that right off the bat. I saw it plain as day, we were in the clinch and I came with a right hook to his temple and I saw him drop. I think that's what kind of started it off because he just got dazed. I thought the ref was going to stop so... the first round was a sprint for me, throwing bombs as hard as I could because I thought the ref was going to stop it. So, I pretty much gambled on him [referee Joe DeRobbio] stopping it. I wasn't pacing myself and in the 2nd round you could see that I didn't have a whole lot left because I gave it all in the first round. After that it was like I just needed to keep moving and just kept telling myself to keep punching, keep punching and eventually he'll go down."

 

In the last bout of the night, Mario Miranda, who was cornered by AMC's Matt Hume, took on Joe Vedepo, an undefeated independent from Iowa. This was also a great high-energy fight with the action mostly taking place on the mat as both combatants showed off their ground-fighting and submission skills. Miranda had Vedepo in what looked to be a fight-ending armbar in the 2nd round but Vedepo showed great fortitude and was eventually able to get himself out of it. Vedepo was truly spent after the 2nd and nearly threw in the towel but he gutted it out (literally) and continued. Miranda however had more fuel left in his tank and after gaining mount, he rained down strikes, forcing Ref DeRobbio to stop it midway through the 3rd.

 

Carnage at the Creek 2 was a high production event with big screens showing all the action and replaying the highlights. A number of cool vendors were on hand including Vicious Fightgear, Hooligan, Blood Oak, and Jacknut Clothing.

Carnage at the Creek 3 will be at the Little Creek Casino in late summer and the main event will feature ex-IFL fighter Travis Doerge going up against Alaska Fighting Championship veteran Julio Paulino.


Amateur Bouts (3 min x 3 rds)

Fight #1 - 145 lb
Jeff Hatton (Debut - Twin Dragons) def Lincoln Taitano (Debut - West Coast Fight Team) by Rear Naked Choke @ 1:28 Rd 2

 

Fight #2 -160lb 
Tim Triplett (0-1 - West Coast FT) def Kerry Koenig (1-0 - Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Spokane) by Forearm Choke @ 1:07 Rd 1

 

Fight #3 - 160 lb
Jade Porter (1-1 - Arizona Combat Sports) def Steve Skidds (3-2 - AMC Kirkland)

by TKO (Ref Stoppage - Strikes) @ 1:56 Rd 1

 

Fight #4 -185 lb 
Daniel Falkowski (0-1 - Twisted Genetiks) def Waldron Ngotel (0-1 - West Coast Fight Team) by (Ref Stoppage - Strikes) @ 2:56 Rd 1

 

 Fight #5 - 185 lb
Jesse Barrett (2-0 - Arizona Combat Sports) def Chris Cruz (Team Psycho)

by Submission (Strikes) @ 2:58 Rd 1


 

Fight #6 - 135 lb
Arjay Murphy (0-3 - Team Psycho) def Ryan Pilgrim (3-6 - BJJ Spokane)

by Triangle Choke @ 0:36 Rd 1

 

Fight #7 - 135 lb
Pat Runez (1-0 - Arizona Combat Sports) def Bogdan Bozhinov (3-3 - BJJ Spokane) by Submission (Strikes) @ 1:26 Rd 1

 

Fight #8 - 140 lb
Jason Alefteras (1-0 - Clan Jacobs) def Jon Maryanksi (1-1 - West Coast FT)

by Armbar @ 1:07 Rd 2

 

Fight #9 - 170 lb
Justin Larsson (5-5-1 - Twin Dragons) def Brad Anderson (1-0 - Arizona Combat Sports) by Rear Naked Choke @ 0:36 Rd 3


Professional Bouts (5 min x 3 rds)

Fight #10 - 205 lb
Bristol Marunde (3-5 - West Coast Fight Team) def Noah Inhofer (2-2 - Miletich Fighting Systems) by TKO (Fighter Unable to Answer Bell) before Rd 3

 

Fight #11 - 185 lb
Mario Miranda (2-0 - AMC Kirkland) def Joe Vedepo (5-0 - Independent, Iowa)

by TKO (Ref Stoppage - Strikes) @ 2:38 Rd 3



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