Classic grappler vs striker match here. Wenkis comes out quick looking for the takedown but is stuffed by Hakim. Double under hooks in place, Hakim wilson sends Wenkis for a ride in what looked like a throw right from the WWE. Hakim lands on top and takes Wenkis’ back. Wenkis escapes and stands. Wenkis looks bull, and swings a wild shot that sends Hakim crashing to the mat. Following him down Wenkis takes his back and sinks in a RNC for the Tap.

155- Phil Eldridge 1-0 (Newburyport) vs Sam Bruce 0-1 (Amesbury)
Eldridge via Ref Stoppage mounted strikes 1:47 rnd 3

Round 1 is back and forth and tough to call phil looked to be the aggressor but Sam seemed more composed and took shots when needed. Round 2 we see a game plan change by Bruce as he pulls guard with a locked in guilotine. Phil pops out and continues to push the pace dropping bombs from inside the guard as the round ends. Between rounds Phil looks exhausted. Round 3 Phil finds some much needed second wind and shoots in for the takedown, moves to mount and finishes Sam with Strikes from Mount.

185- Eric Engstrom 0-1 (Whitefield,Me) vs Joe Lameroux 2-0 (SSSF)
Lameroux via Ref stoppage 2:52 rnd 1

Joe rushes to a clinch with Eric, pushes him to the cage and knee’s to the body. Joe get the takedown to half guard and pounds away. Joe gets Full mount and earns the stoppage from about 10-12 unanswered strikes

150- Jose Rustrain 1-0 (Dorchester) vs Pat Chan 0-1 (Dragon Warrior)
Rustrain via KO :36 rnd 1

Quick Fight, Jose rushes Pat swing wildly and catches Pat right on the Chin with a looping left that KO’s Pat just :36 into the first rnd.

155- Justin Clough 1-0 (TUF) vs Eric Stagno 1-1 (Haverhill)
Clough via TKO 1:43 rnd 1

These two guys are huge 155lbers, both guys are monsters. Eric picks up Clough ala Matt Hughes and runs across the cage with him and drops him hard on his side. Clough bounced up quickly unfazed by the huge slam and begins to land repeated right hand bombs on Stagno. Eric can’t recover and the ref steps in to stop the fight. Clough looks to have a lot of talent and you can expect good things to come for him.

125- Anthony Giarusso 1-0 (Amesbury) vs Ermino Magno 0-1 (Independent)
Giarusso via KO by way of RNC 1:47 rnd 3

The two smallest fighters on the card may have stole the fight of the night award with a thrilling back and forth battle. These two flyweights were able to pack in about every submission, strike, and take down you could ask for in this 3 round Bout. The end result was also a big threat for Submission of the night with a RNC finish by Anthony Giarusso that resulted in Magno going unconscious unwilling to tap! My vote for Fight of the night!

145- Adam Tousaint 3-2 (Havok) vs Nick Defransisco 0-1 (Rowley)
Tousaint via Triangle :56 rnd 1

Veteran fighter Adam Tousaint took it right to Newcomer Nick Defransisco quickly in their fight. Adam shot right in and secured the takedown but was reversed by Nick right away only to find himself stuck in a triangle as the Vet, Tousaint set him up for failure allowing the sweep and securing the submission for the tap in the first frame.

155- James Grant 1-0 (Renzo NH) vs Josh Deveau 0-1 (Danville NH)
Grant via armbar 1:45 rnd 3

This fight was another bout featuring the Grappler (Grant) vs the Striker (Deveau) and promised to be another battle.
Grant secured the takedown for much of the round but while standing Deveau controlled the pace and landed some nice punches. The second round Deveau began to open up on Grant with some nice stand-up backing his opponent up for much of the round and took the round to a third frame. Grant seized his opportunity to steal the fight with a takedown and walk away with the decision but didn’t want to leave any doubt in his mind and was able to lock on a tight armbar for the tap late in the 3rd.

135- Tom Benjamin 0-2 (Chaos) vs Josh Bourque 1-0 (Cage Strikers)
Bourque via KO 1:04

Great action in this fight. Two young fighters, Bourque just 18 yrs old is relentlessly pushing the pace chasing Tom with some great strikes. Tom shoots in and get the takedown. Josh gets up quickly and again throws and sick combo at Tom and Wow, he’s out! Tom eats a hook and hits the back of the cage, slides down and is out. Fights over!
By the way, Bourque Graduates HS this year. Look out 135lbers.

175- Adam Knight 0-1 (Independent) vs Lorenzo Fitzgerald 3-0 (Terry Dow’s)
Fitzgerald via RNC 2:17 rnd 1

Lorenzo is physically imposing. Lorenzo looks very calm as they circle and feel each other out a bit. Zo connects with a 1,2 and gets the takedown. He moves to mount and goes to work with some heavy rights as he holds Adams face in place with his left hand. Ref Kevin Macdonald steps in to stop the fight at 2:17 of rnd 1

140- Yann Oliveira 1-0 (Prime FC) vs Christian Rivera 3-5 (Dragon Warrior)
Oliveira via TKO :38 rnd 1

In the most impressive performance of the Night, Yann Oliviera dismantled former #1 contender for the GFL bantam weight belt in just :38 with a quick lesson in striking. Yann dropped Rivera with a leg kick to start and on his way up received a head kick for his troubles and was finished off with a barrage of unanswered punches.

155- Bill Jones 5-3 (Chaos) vs Lee Metcalf 4-3 (SSSF)
Metcalf via TKO rnd 1 (*doctor stoppage)
*Bill Jones was in an extended armbar at the end of round 1. Visibly painful the doctor came in to check and deemed Jones unable to continue.

The main event lasted just one round with a Doctor stoppage following the end of the round. Bill Jones controlled the entire round securing a takedown and pounding away from top position. With 10 seconds left in the round Lee locks up a tight armbar and has it fully extended. Bill Jones looked injured as he walked back to his corner so the dr. Came to check. The doctor deemed Jones unable to continue with damage to his arm