Coga-MMA & the Snoqualmie Casino presented Rumble on the Ridge 20 this past October 15th with yet another sold out fight night featuring 8 amateur and 3 pro MMA matchups.  The NW's own Miesha Tate - who also happens to be the Strikeforce Women's 135 lb World Champion - was in the house doing the color commentary alongside Jeff "The Fish" Aaron for the live stream on Fightflixx.com and for the re-broadcast on Root Sports (Fri Oct 21st 10 PM). Joining them was Miesha's boyfriend, Bryan "Kid Lightning" Caraway, who is a cast member on the current season of The Ultimate Fighter airing Wednesday nights on Spike TV.

In the main event, it was Landon "The Show" Showalter - making his final MMA appearance after a 12 year career - going up against MMA veteran Shonie "Mr International" Carter. The fight started out slow, with both fighters giving each other a lot of room and a lot of respect. This brought out the boos with fans looking for action and prompting ref Anthony Hamlett to warn both fighters that points would be taken away if they didn't start engaging. They picked up the pace a bit, trading a couple punches and kicks with the round ending with a kick to the midsection by Carter and then Showalter getting a takedown. In the 2nd round, Carter snuck through a punch that got Showalter to the ground and there Carter was able to maintain top control while scoring with punches and submission attempts. The third round was similar to the second with Carter winning both the standup and the ground game. Showalter never stopped working from the bottom, looking for submissions of his own while trying to escape Carter's attack. However, The Show wasn't able to turn the tide and the night belonged to Shonie Carter who picked up his 50th official pro victory via unanimous judges decision.

In a pro heavyweight contest, "The Freight Train" Anthony Hamilton took on debuting 503 West Coast Jiu-jitsu fighter, Rath Cyrus. With Hamilton winning all three 5 minute rounds via take downs and a steady grinding attack on the ground, this was not a close fight. However, Cyrus hung in and showed tremendous heart in keeping in the fight and avoiding the finish. Hamilton, who trains out of Jackson's MMA in Albuquerque and Foster BJJ in Auburn, remains undefeated as a pro moving to 5-0. 

In a pro 170 lb contest, Josh Calvo looked extremely impressive in beating an excellent ground practitioner in Joel Pettit by Rear Naked Choke in the first round. Calvo, training under UFC fighter Jeff Hougland and BJJ Black Belt James Foster, got an early takedown then laid down a blistering ground attack before sinking in the choke. With the win, Calvo moves to 5-1 as a pro.

There were 8 amateur bouts on the fight card, including the 135 lb Championship  between Charlie Combat Club's Billy Walker and Full Circle Fight Club's Jonathon Moore. The bout started with both fighters circling and showing patience while measuring distance. It was Moore who closed the gap, landing a nice body shot and then forcing Walker against the cage with a small flurry. Walker though came off the fence firing and caught Moore on the button, sending him to the canvas and eliciting a huge gasp from the crowd. Moore instinctively went into a defensive posture but Walker came in fast and hard and connected on a couple more punches before referee Anthony Hamlett stepped in and stopped it at 2:18 of the first round. 

MMA returns to the Snoqualmie Casino with Rumble on the Ridge XXI happening December 10th. More info at Coga-MMA.com or SnoCasino.com.

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