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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
 
 
 
 
The
Lovely Ring Card Girls and the Affliction T-shirt Winners
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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