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Fight Night "Round 1" - November 7th, 2008

Bellingham Sportsplex - Bellingham, Washington

Photos and review by Mike Renouard


West Coast Fight Club and Fight Night Entertainment presented Round 1 of their inaugural "Fight Night" amateur fight series last night inside the Sportsplex in Bellingham, Washington. Well over a thousand fans filled the venue and from the first bell they saw a first-class event with great action from all the participants.

 

One of the nights many highlights was the debut bout of Randy "The Natural" Couture's son, Ryan Couture, who entered the ring at 159 lbs to face a tough local Ricky Perez. Couture ate a couple of shots early on but on the ground he quickly worked a triangle choke to garner his first victory. We spoke with Ryan post-fight...

"I thought it went pretty well. I walked into a right hand early on but then I kept my composure, landed a combination, got myself taken down, worked my way into the triangle and finished."

NW Fightscene: What's your background with getting into the sport?

"I wrestled all through high school and then sort of swore off exercise and got chubby for about five years. Started getting back into shape and obviously being around my old man, I couldn't help but fall in love with MMA. I picked up training with some friends up here, joined West Coast Fight Club and trained there for about a year and moved to Vegas nine months ago and have been there ever since. I kind of just got to point where I was ready to fight and here we are."

 

In the main event, West Coast Fight Club's Elisey Yarovoy and Marcelo Alonso BJJ's Jon Daigneualt, traded knees and punches before going to the ground. There, Yarovoy was able to gain mount, throw a couple of bombs and make a quick transition into a Rear Naked Choke that ended it just a minute and a half into the fight. The fight of the night was certainly the 3 round war between WCFC's Frank Pefferman and Gary Mangat fighting out of Surrey BC's Revolution Fight Team. This bout was all over the ring and brought the crowd to its feet on numerous occasions. In the end it was Mangat who eeked out a slim Majority Decision. 

 

Round 2 of Fight Night should take place early next year.

Visit West Coast Fight Club for more information on the show. 


Bout 1: Submission Grappling

Danny Bates (West Coast Fight Club) def

Mark Rinas (Bellingham Academy of Self Defense) in Rd 1 (3-0)

 

Bout 2: MMA

Kyler Markowitz (Debut, 140 lbs - North County Martial Arts Assoc.)

def Billy Moore (Debut, 130 lbs - SWMAC) by TKO (Corner Stoppage) @ 1:47 Rd 1

 

Bout 3: Kickboxing Exhibition

Joe Quan (Debut, 169 lbs - WCFC) vs Harrison Bevens (Debut, 170 lbs - WCFC)

 

Bout 4: MMA

Omar Cruz (0-3-0, 155 lbs - SWMAC) def

Rick Tewes (0-1-0, 155 lbs - NCMAA) by Triangle Choke @ 1:12 Rd 3

 

 Bout 5: MMA

Gary Mangat (Debut, 137 lbs - Revolution Fight Team) def

Frank Pefferman (Debut, 139 lbs - WCFC) by Majority Decision (28-28, 29-28, 29-28)

 

Bout 6: MMA

Ryan Couture (Debut, 159 lbs - Xtreme Couture) def

Ricky Perez (1-1-0, 156 lbs - DATA) by Triangle Choke @ 1:41 Rd 1

 

Bout 7: MMA

Elisey Yarovoy (0-1-0, 166 lbs - WCFC) def Jon Daigneualt (1-0-0, 168 lbs - Marcelo Alonso BJJ) by Rear Naked Choke @ 1:29 Rd 1

 

Bout 8: Tag Team Submission Match


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