Halquist Productions & the Emerald Queen Casino presented CageSport XV with matchmaker Rich Guerin putting together yet another stellar fight card featuring 20 Northwest Pro fighters. The main event was to be for the CageSport Heayvweight Championship featuring challenger Kyle "The Kodiak" Keeney vs current champ Nick Braker. However, Braker was forced to pull out due to a blood infection and it was Josh "The Good Ol' Boy" Bennett stepping up so that the main event became a fight for an Interim Heavyweight Title. Keeney, weighing in at 233 lbs, came out hard and fast, bull-rushing the 263 lb Bennett into the cage and quickly upending him. Bennett was able to make his way back up but just as soon as he did so, Keeney had him on his back again. Once more Bennett inched his way up and once standing, Keeney simply picked The Good Ol Boy up, carried him to center, and slammed him to the canvas which rightfully got a huge crowd reaction. Keeney poured it on, beating Bennett to the punch on the feet while being unrelenting on the ground until finally getting Bennett to tap to a Rear Naked Choke at 2 minutes into the 2nd round.

Fight of the night belonged to Omar Avelar and Scott Brown in a 135 lb matchup that saw copious amounts of blood spill, first from a cut over Brown's eye and as the fight progressed Avelar too was bleeding. Avelar utilized his wresting skills well, getting Brown against the cage where he methodically broke Brown down with punches and elbows. Brown did well in defending and was active throughout, but Avelar's quickness proved the difference and he ended the fight with a flurry of punches that punctuated his victory. All 3 judges saw it for Avelar 30-27. 

George Stork employed a vicious ground attack that Justin Davis had no answer for in a 190 lb catchweight bout. Much of the first was spent with Davis on the defensive and Stork landing plenty of punches and elbows while working hard to maintain top control of Davis. In the 2nd, Stork turned it up and allowed Davis no respite so that ref Randy Corley has to finally step in midway through the 2nd. 

Veteran of the NW amateur scene circa 2004-06, Eddie "One Speed" Blackburn returned to the cage for his pro MMA debut and convincingly took out Justin Gardner, smothering him on the ground before working into position for a fight ending North-South Choke at 4:17 of Rd 1. Craig Jackson of Team Redline, in only his 4th pro fight, looked sharp in going up in weight and outworking 27 fight veteran Brad Nordquist and eventually getting Nordquist to succumb to a guillotine at 4:07 Rd 1.

Other submissions on the night included Ryan Mulvihill out of Spokane getting Tim "One Punch" Abell to tap to a RNC and Will Hunt of John Day OR getting Jorey Taylor to tap to an armbar, both fights at 145 lbs and both ending just under 2 minutes into the first round. 

CageSport MMA will be back at the Emerald Queen Casino on October 1st with CageSport XVI. In the interim, Halquist Productions will showcase top pro boxing talent with Battle at the Boat 83 on August 27th. And on September 17th the long-running Guns N' Hoses charity boxing event returns to the EQC with police officers and fire fighters from around the NW battling it out in amateur boxing contests that goes to raise money for the Pacific NW Amateur Boxing Association and additional children's charities. More info at halquistproductions.com.