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Rise Fighting Championship "Bragging Rights" - July 28th, 2007

Lane County Fairgrounds - Eugene, Oregon

By Steve "Spaniard" Roberts


Islander Promotions presented their third show on the Mainland this weekend and their 2nd at the Lane County Fairgrounds in Eugene, Oregon. The Rise Fighting Championship "Bragging Rights" brought a pumped up Mixed Martial Arts crowd to the Hometown of the Oregon Ducks, and gave them one of the best MMA Main Event bouts a promotion could give. Enoch Wilson from Team OJJ out of Tigard, Oregon took on Hilo, Hawaii fighter Harris Sarmiento from the 808 fight factory. Beforehand, both fighters spoke of throwing strikes and standing up for the knockout so the crowd knew going into this bout that it was going to be exciting, but Wow!... These two fighters fought a war and pushed each other back and forth. Round one the fight almost ended in a foot submission as both went for heel locks. The fight went up and down with both fighters getting mount and side mount and landing strikes, but it was Harris who got the better of Enoch this night. Harris landed numerous right hands to the jaw and head of Enoch who took them and suffered through with unbelievable ability to take a punch. Enoch himself landed a great knee in the second as Harris displayed his ability to take a hit and signaled Enoch to keep it coming. Round two ended with a couple hard right hands by Harris and a nice left kick to the body by Enoch as the crowd was on their feet screaming them on. Round three was the same with Harris landing right hands and Enoch almost finishing a guillotine choke, but in the end the judges scored it 28-29, 27-30, 28-29 for the winner Harris Sarmiento.

Impact Jiu-jitsu fighter Andy Lukesh became the new 145lb champion by beating Dave Moreno in 44 seconds by Guillotine choke. Both fighters rushed each other with flying knees and as they collided we knew this was going to be a fast paced fight, right up until Dave got caught in a tight choke ending his night.

 

Jordan Sutton of Team Art of War took a pounding from Lions Den fighter Devin Conkling right up until he submitted Devin with a Rear-Naked choke at 3:52 of round two. This fight was controlled for most of the fight by a very strong Devin, but Sutton stayed in and kept going for submission working the rubber guard and looking to end the fight. Devin slipped out of a couple submissions until he got caught and choked out for a very tough loss.

 

The fights were great and the production was top notch. For more info on Islander Promotions and Rise Fighting Championship check out www.RiseFC.com.


Rise FC "Bragging Rights" - Full Results
Professional Bouts
Harris Sarmiento Def Enoch Wilson by Unanimous Decision (28-29, 27-30, 28-29)
Andy Lukesh Def Dave Moreno by TKO (Guillotine) @ 0:44 of Rd 1
Jordan Sutton Def Devin Conkling by TKO (RNC) @ 3:52 of Rd 2

Amateur Bouts
Tommy Anderson Def Darin Starks by TKO (Doc Stop) @ 0:29 of Rd 3
Josh Long Def Seth Dawson by TKO (Armbar) @ 1:04
Justin Baseman Def John Henry by KO @ 0:32 of Rd 1
Vaymond Dennis Def Darrell Fenner by TKO @ 3:05 of Rd 1


Previous Rise Fighting Championship events covered by NW Fightscene:

April 28, 2007 - Rise FC "Hawaii vs Mainland"

July 8th, 2006 - Rise FC at the Portland Expo Center


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