Northwest FightScene - Sportfight 27 Results and Photos

Sport Fight XXVII "Wild Card" - March 12th, 2010

Spirit Mountain Casino - Grand Ronde, Oregon

Photos by Mike Renouard

Matt Lindland's Sportfight held their 27th show, and their 3rd at the Spirit Mountain Casino in front of a nearly full-house, on Fri March 12th with 5 amateur and 5 pro MMA fights from the ring.

Matt "The Law" Lindland

In the main event for the Sportfight World Welterweight Championship, Nathan Coy out of Team Quest and the current Welterweight Champ, took on Sportfight Lightweight Champ Travis Bush training out of Sikjitsu. This much anticipated battle was over as soon as it began as Coy came out and caught Bush with a knee to the face and finished him on the ground with Bush tapping to strikes at just 16 seconds into the contest.

SF 170 lb Champ Nathan "Soul Force" Coy def Travis Bush

NW Fightscene caught up with Coy after the fight...

NW Fightscene: You're just coming off a real quick victory over Travis Bush. Tell us your thoughts coming out of there.
Nathan Coy: Well, you know, I train hard. I train to go twenty-five minutes with top-level competition. And I also train to knock people out or submit them. And that's my plan.
NWFS: Did you come out looking to do what you did, coming out hard like that?
Coy: Yeah. I wanted to put on a pace that he would have eventually broke to. Had it not been quick it would have been soon enough.
NWFS: You fought Mike Pierce and beat him, and now he's in the UFC. What about you? What's on your horizon?
Coy: To be the best. If its the UFC, great. But my plan is to continue to win and to establish myself as an all around great fighter.
NWFS: Anyone to thank?
Coy: I want to thank my family, and the working class people out there working hard to keep our country on top.

In the other pro bouts, Tyson Nam of Team Quest had little trouble with Nick Honstein in a bout at 135 lbs, overwhelming him through a round and a half before the ref mercifully stopped the bout.

At Heavyweight, Nick Braker's pro experience showed as he weathered what debuting pro fighter Will Walden threw at him in a good back and forth battle, before quickly submitting Walden via Arm Triangle when the opportunity presented itself in the 2nd round.

Tyson Nam Nick Braker

Independent Middleweight Casey Manrique continues to fight and submit opponents on the Sportfight stage, this time taking out the talented Tyson Jeffries. Manrique was initially dropped by a Jeffries bomb but defended well and reversed into position to secure an Arm Triangle submission at 2 minutes into the first.

Sikjitsu's Roy Bradshaw beat Twisted Genetiks Kevin Rhoades via Guillotine Choke with just 2 seconds left in the first round in a catchweight bout at 150 lbs.

Casey Manrique submits Jeffries Roy Bradshaw submits Rhoades

5 more amateur bouts were held on the undercard with 3 of them going to decision, plus 1 KO and 1 Submission.

Amateurs Thomas Dunham (L photo) and Denny Linton (R Photo) en route to decision wins

More info at Sportfight.tv, while the casino's website is spiritmountain.com.

Amateur Bouts

Bout 1 - 160 lbs

Chris DeBord (Debut, Team Quest, Redding, CA) def
Ryan Portue (6-4, Team Crow, Boise, ID) by KO @ 0:27 Rd 2

Bout 2 - 135 lbs

Thomas Dunham (4-1, Team Quest, Redding, CA) def

Jerad Enger (2-0, Team Crow, Boise, ID) by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)

Bout 3 - Heavyweight
Patrick Wittington (1-0, Team Quest, The Dalles, OR) def Damien Martindale (2-1, Midnite Fight Club, Portland) by Triangle Choke @ 0:57 Rd 1

Bout 4 - 135 lbs

Denny "D-Bot" Linton (6-1, Dog Pound, Willamina, OR) def Damon Wood (8-3, Team Quest, Portland) by Unanimous Decision (All judges 30-27)

Bout 5 - 135 lbs

Robby Schepps (3-0, Team Quest, Redding, CA) def Vince Barner (2-1, Team Chaos, Salem, OR) by Unanimous Decision (All judges 30-27)

Professional Bouts

Bout 6 - 150 lbs

Roy Bradshaw (2-4, Sikjitsu, Spokane, WA) def Kevin Rhoades (1-2, Twisted Genetiks, Boise, Idaho) by Guillotine Choke @ 4:58 Rd 1

Bout 7 - 185 lbs

Casey Manrique (1-1, Independent, Corvallis, OR) def Tyson Jeffries (4-2, Team Quest, Troutdale, OR) by Arm Triangle @ 1:56 Rd 1

Bout 8 - Heavyweight
Nick Braker (5-4, 503 West Coast Jiu-jitsu, Portland) def Will Walden (Debut, Team Quest, Vancouver, WA) by Arm Triangle @ 2:36 Rd 2