AFO Thanksgiving Massacre From: Old School
Pete DiLorenzo and the folks at AFO hosted the Thanksgiving Massacre Wednesday, November 24th 2010 at The Holiday Inn in Mansfield, MA. The MMA event featured nine amateur bouts (three rounds @ three minutes per round), four pro bouts (three five minute rounds), and one Pro Title fight (5×5).
Peter and the AFO boys showed us a good time with a good night of fights. The venue seemed to be at or near the 1100 to 1200 capacity. Our press seats, though elevated, were very far back from the cage, so we missed bits or the action from time to time as the crowd would stand up. (Note to promoters: the press really needs cage side table seats! Put the fight commission out back! Please…) Proceeds from this fight will help to feed around 1,000 people Thanksgiving dinner this year!!!!!!!
Over all, the venue was real nice and well laid out for the convenience of the fans and fighters. Peter is a very accommodating and approachable guy! The crowd was great and the production was top notch. On to the fights!!!
Fight #1
180 lbs. Ammy (3×3)
Jay Filipino (0-1) Cape Cod Fighting Alliance
Morgan Gutsell (0-2) Dexter
I don’t know much about Morgan, but I do know Crazy Jay Filipino has one tough ground game!
Round 1: The fighters tap gloves and Jay quickly nails a takedown into half guard. Jay is working some ground and pound from the top of half guard. The crowd is quiet at this point, so although we (the press) are quite a distance from the cage, I can hear Pat Schultz in Jay’s corner calling every move to his fighter! Crazy Jay responds by working to rear naked choke and locks it in tight for the tap out, slick as a cup of custard!!!
OFFICIAL DECISION: Crazy Jay Filipino wins by RNC @ 1:12 of Round 1
Jay is a very young fighter. He told me after the bout that this fight went exactly as
planned. We can all look forward to seeing this kid down the road!
Fight #2
180 lbs. Ammy (3×3)
Tom Venticinque (1-0) USA Karate
Joe Lancia (0-0) Rhode Island Combat
Round 1: Tom gets a clinch and works it to the cage. Joe spins it around, but Tom nails a big slam and lands in side control. Not a lot of ground work is happening as they neutralize one another on the ground. Tom eventually works to mount and lands some G&P. Joe is working hard from the bottom, but Tom opens up with some huge G&P as the round ends.
Old School score: Tom Venticinque 10-9
Round 2: Tom gets a double leg takedown to mount and opens up a big can of ground and pound, and the ref has seen enough!!!
OFFICIAL DECISION: Tom Venticinque wins by TKO @ :23 of Round 2
Fight #3
135 lbs. Ammy (3×3)
Ethan Conley (1-0) Waikru
Anthony “The Squirrel” Carmenatti (5-4) (Independent)
Anthony “The Squirrel” is very laid back, joking with us out back before entering the cage. Ethan is the much taller and larger of the two fighters.
Round 1: The Squirrel lands a body kick to a clinch. Ethan is landing knees in the clinch and along the cage until he takes The Squirrel down. Ethan is landing punches from side control, standing in top of guard, and back to side control. The Squirrel is moving on his back but taking a lot of damage in this round!
Old School score: Ethan Conley 10-9
Round 2: The boys are striking and kicking in the center of the cage. Ethan begins to land knees in the clinch. Ethan gets the takedown and is landing G&P from the top of side control. He moves to the mount and unloads a salvo of strikes to end the fight!
OFFICIAL DECISION: Ethan Conley wins by TKO @ 1:25 of Round 2
Fight # 4
205 lbs.
Patrick Euglow (1-0) Allaire
Joe Castriotta (0-0) Doomsday
These two guys are very thick, stocky dudes.
Round 1: Joe gets a takedown and lands some huge G&P and scores a TKO stoppage right away!
OFFICIAL DECISION: Joe Castriotta wins by Assault and Battery @ :25 of Round 1
Fight #5
170 lbs. Ammy (3×3)
Sean Nichols (0-2) Waikru
Jim Armato (2-3) Doomsday
Sean Nichols has been out of action for over a year due to injury. He is very excited to be back and feels he is ready to notch a win! Jim is an equally nice guy who is admittedly more nervous tonight than usual for some reason.
Jim’s entrance music is nothing but a string of F-bombs held together by a few swear words. Why a nice young guy chooses that horrible music is beyond me!
Round 1: The boys circle and Sean lands a sharp head kick followed by a swarm of punches! Jim clinches and gets a takedown, but a scramble on the ground finds Sean on top in guard landing punches that are finding a home. The ref has seen enough!
OFFICIAL DECISION: Sean Nichols wins by TKO @ :58 of Round 1
In the post-fight interview Sean credits his corner for the win. He felt good and he could hear his corner’s advice. Jim walked over to us, shook hands, and the two congratulated and thanked one another for the effort. Jim never saw the head kick that started the onslaught. In fact, as we discussed it here in the locker room twenty minutes after the fight, this is the moment that he realized that it was a kick. As the two fighters talked and laughed, I walked away listening to their conversation. I felt like I wanted to find a television set and watch an episode of The Waltons! (Note to Jim Armato: Gimme a call if you need help finding entrance music for your next fight!)
Fight #6
Catch weight 171 lbs. Ammy (3×3)
Joe Powers (2-2) Dexter
Ricardo Georges (4-1) Pradel-Serey
Joe’s opponent weighed in ten pounds heavy and was told to go home and eat some more turkey. Ricardo’s opponent never showed at all! He must BE a turkey! So Pete DiLorenzo matched up these two warriors last minute! He thinks this one could be fight of the night!!
Round 1: Ricardo is taller, longer, and is landing big leg kicks, jabbing and moving well. But Joe drops him with a big punch and grabs top control. The fighters work back to the stand-up. Back on the feet, Joe is landing better punches and Ricardo is scoring with kicks…Ricardo lands a head kick, and both guys are swinging punches in the center of the cage. Ricardo clips Joe with a punch that puts Joe on the floor, and Ricardo pounds away for the stoppage!
OFFICIAL DECISION: Ricardo Georges wins by TKO @ 2:23 of Round 1
This was a great matchup; Fight of the Night so far! I would love to see either one or both of these warriors fight again!!!
AWESOME fight!
Fight #7
185 lbs. Ammy (3×3)
Elias Ikiki (2-2) Redline
Joe Cloutier (1-2) Doomsday
Joe was so amped up he sprinted to the cage during his entrance!!!
Round 1: Joe is much taller, and as the fighters clinch he is landing knees to the body. Elias gets a takedown; they clinch back to the feet. Elias seems to be working a Darce choke, but Joe fights it off. The fighters clinch again and Elias gets a throw to top of side control, adding a little G&P for good measure. Joe reverses to top of side control and is working an Americana when Elias knees him in the head (illegally) from the bottom. Joe gets recovery time; Elias gets a one-point deduction.
The fight is restarted on the feet. As they strike in the cage center, Elias is arguing with Kevin the Ref and fighting Joe Cloutier at the same time! The round ends.
Old School score: Tie 9-9
Round 2: They tap gloves and clinch. Joe gets the takedown to top of guard and then to front guillotine/Darce choke. It’s tight. Joe flops Elias over once and tightens the choke up for the tap out!
OFFICIAL DECISION: Joe Cloutier wins by choke @ 0:58 of Round 2
Great work by Joe Cloutier. Kevin said he would normally return the fight to the previous position after the illegal knee, but while standing, Joe shook it off and said, “Let’s go!”
Fight #8
145 lbs. Ammy (3×3)
Tom Evans (0-0) USA Karate
Vychaslav Phinney (0-1) (North Shore)
It seems that Evans brought half the state of Rhode Island to cheer him on. There are an awful lot of Evans T-shirts floating around as the crowd screams his name!!!!
Round 1: Evans is landing kicks and Phinney clinches, scrambles, and nails a take down into top of guard. Phinney lands a lot of G&P strikes from the top. Evans works it back to the feet, but Phinney takes him back down and lands more strikes. Tom stands back up, but Phinney clinches and lands a knee strike to end the first round!
Old School Score: Vychaslav Phinney 10-9
Round 2: Evans misses a kick and Phinney clinches and gets a take down and peppers a little G&P from the Top. Back on the feet, Phinney lands a big upper cut on his way to a clinch, and eventually a huge slam!!! (Phinney is very methodically ruining the evening for the local boy and 250 of his most intimate friends and family.) The round ends slowly, with Phinney on top
Old School Score: Vychaslav Phinney 10-9
Round 3: Tom is showing a lot of guts, as he doesn’t want to disappoint the crowd that is here supporting him. He is landing leg kicks and Phinney punches his way into a clinch. They both throw knees as Phinney works into a clinch and eventually a takedown. Phinney is in top of guard and they work for a long time in that position until the round ends!
Old School Score: Vichaslav Phinney 10-9
OFFICIAL DECISION: Phinney wins by Unanimous Decision.
(30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Fight #9
200 lbs. Ammy (3×3)
Patrick Walsh (2-0) Waikru
Matthew Andrikut (3-1) Kut Combat
Round 1: Matt is striking really well when Patrick scores a takedown. But Matt is up quickly and landing real nice punches. Patrick shakes his left arm as though it is hurt as Matthew continues to land effective punches. Walshey’s corner throws the white towel into the cage to end the fight due to the injury to Walshey’s shoulder.
Winner by flying laundry: Matt Andrikut @ 0:54 Round 1
Too Bad!! This was shaping up to be a good fight! Andrikut looks like the real deal.
Fight #10
140 lbs. Pro (3×5)
Theo Desjardin (0-2) Allaire
Doug Sonier (3-3-1) Sitan MMA
The place goes nuts for Theo as Doug’s character has been hung out over the Internet Laundromat. This is a fight, not church! Let’s do this!!!
Round 1: True to his character, Doug tries the “Fake the glove tap/sucker punch.” It kinda works as Doug continues to land kicks and punches. Doug clinches and lands knees. Theo gets a takedown to top control, but Doug tries to leg lock him. Theo pulls the leg out and gets rear control with G&P. Theo rolls once and locks in the hooks and continues to strike before he locks in the rear naked choke. It’s deep. Doug taps and the crowd cheers wildly for Theo!
Theo is the MAN!!!
Winner by tapout to RNC: Theo Desjardin at 2:59 of Round 1
Fight #11
155 lbs. Pro (3×5)
Lewis Corapi (0-0) Sityodtong
Dyrell Walker (0-1) The Pit
Round 1: Lewis is pushing forward, but Walker is scoring with leg kicks and crisp striking. Lewis lands an overhand right into a double leg takedown to top of guard. The fight goes back on the feet as the fighters circle with good striking both ways. Lewis catches a Walker leg kick and gets another takedown, landing some strikes. The fighters get back to the feet and the round ends with both guys working strikes!
Old School Score: Lewis Corapi 10-9
Round 2: Lewis pushes forward again as Dyrell works cleaner strikes and leg kicks. Lewis is kicked/slips to the mat but pops right up and gets another takedown with a big slam, landing in top of guard and striking with G&P. Lewis works to side control, but is called for an illegal knee strike to the head of a downed opponent and he is penalized a point. The fight is restarted on the feet and both fighters are striking well with Lewis Corapi pushing the action as his corner, Mark Delagratti, can be heard calling to his fighter. Lewis gets another takedown to side control and then mount, but Walker escapes back door and the round ends with both guys standing and striking.
Old School Score: Tie 9-9
Round 3: Dyrell is moving and throwing well but, again, Corapi is forcing the pace. Lewis clinches and gets a takedown with some G&P from side control. Dyrell gets back on his feet, but he is always back-pedaling. Both fighters are moving and throwing with little to no damage…they are tired but showing great heart!!! Lewis grabs one more takedown, but Walker stands it up as the round ends!
Old School Score: Lewis Corapi 10-9 OFFICIAL DECISION: Winner by Unanimous Decision, Lewis Corapi
This was a real good effort by both fighters!
Fight #12
145 lbs. Pro (3×5)
Franklin Isabel (2-4) Waikru
Fernando Perez (2-4) CCFA
Each fighter sports a 2-4 record, but the consensus is that these guys don’t take easy fights and, therefore, are better than their records indicate.
Round 1: The boys trade leg kicks. Fernando eventually grabs a double leg takedown, landing in top of guard. Franklin ties him up from the bottom real tight so that Perez can’t really strike or escape guard. Perez pushes from top of guard so the fight is near his corner, but Franklin pulls a triangle choke. It’s not too tight, so Perez lifts and slams Isabel; but now Isabel tightens the triangle and forces Perez to tap out!
Winner by tapout due to triangle choke: Franklin Isabel at 3:24 Round 1
Nice win for Mr. Isabel!
Fight #13
Brian “BJ” Marino Pro (4-1) Allaire/Hitsquad
Dan Bonnell Pro (11-7) Renzo NH
Local favorite BJ Marino sports a 5-0 ammy record and is 4-1 as a pro. Half the town of North Attleboro is home cooking turkey dinner for the other half, who showed up here to support BJ in his final MMA fight before entering the US Army. Future New England MMA legend Dan Bonnell came down from NH to test the skills of this young up-and-comer and ruin the night for BJ’s homeys.
Round 1: Bonnell is chasing, moving forward, and scoring early with strikes. The crowd begins to chant, “BJ, BJ”. So Dan Bonnell cracks him with a nice combination. The fighters smile at each other and Bonnell continues to control the stand-up striking game. BJ gets a takedown to guard, works to rear control, and then he lifts Bonnell for a MONSTER slam!!! The crowd is digging this! BJ works some G&P, but the ref saw an illegal strike, so Bonnell is given recovery time.
The boys tap gloves and circle cautiously. BJ clinches and finds himself in top of guard, standing. He works to mount, but Bonnell sweeps to top of guard. BJ sweeps back to top and drops some huge G&P to end the round!!!
Old School Score: BJ Marino 10-9
Dan Bonnell can’t answer the bell for the second round.
OFFICIAL DECISION: Winner by TKO Brian Marino
BJ looked sharp against a tough opponent. After the fight, he was wearing a real nice mouse on his left eye. He said that Dan hit him hard a few times, but he never felt he was in trouble! Good luck, BJ, with your upcoming US Army service! Can’t wait to see you back in town!!!
I didn’t get the chance to find out exactly what went wrong with Bonnell, as I didn’t find him after the fight, but he told my associate that it was his knee. Hope all is well, Dan.
Fight #14
155 lbs. TITLE FIGHT
Joey “The Fight Doctor” Proctor (4-0) Lauzon MMA
Luis “Rockstar” Feliz (5-6) Rockstar
Defending champ and local stud Joey Proctor is dressed in a 4-0 record, trimmed nicely with hundreds of screaming fans, and accentuated with Joe Lauzon as his corner man. And fighting out of the red corner is Luis “Rockstar” Felix; He’s wearing a 5-6 record and covered in an endless plethora of Boos!
Round 1: Joey Proctor goes for a double leg and Felix locks in a standing guillotine against the cage. After some time Felix finally wins a takedown to top of side control, landing a few knees. Joey stands, but Felix has another guillotine. Luis releases the hold, backs up, and throws punches. Joey covers up as Felix throws some punches, and then they both open up swinging. Joey covers up against the cage and Felix lands big punches. (The Rockstar was supposed to show up and knocked out by the local stud!!! Somehow, he never got the memo!) The fighters trade leg kicks, the crowd chants “Joey, Joey”, and the round runs out of time. Joey found a little rhythm toward the end of round one.
Old School Score: Luis “Rockstar” Felix 10-9
Round 2: The boys are cautiously circling…Joey moves forward with strikes. Felix the cat pulls a head kick out of his bag of tricks and it lands nicely, backing the Lauzon MMA Fighter up to the cage. Felix is now unloading huge bombs and Proctor is dropped to the floor. Felix is relentless; he is swinging like a windmill in a tornado and Joey is getting nailed. Joey tries to stand, but the tornado continues…
OFFICIAL DECISION: Winner by TKO Luis “Rockstar” Felix @ 2:29 Rd. 2
Pete DiLorenzo and the AFO are a very accommodating group. They put on a real nice show at a quality venue. But if they keep putting together shows like this one, they’re gonna need a bigger boat! Nice job, Fellas!
And now for the awards:
Fight of the night: Lewis Corapi and Dyrell Walker
Knock out of the night: Luis “Rockstar” Felix
Submission of the Night: Theo Desjardin
Slam of the Night: B.J. Marino
I better never catch You looking at my daughter Award: Doug Sonier
Most Handsome Corner: CCFA
Congratulations to all the fighters, especially our award winners, who can pick up your bonus checks from Pete DiLorenzo at the January 8, 2011 show!!!
That’s all for now, Folks, so remember: Keep it Legal
Keep it in the cage
Fighting solves everything
Old School
THAT KID DOUG IS A SCUM BAG!!!! N SO IS NE1 WHO THROWS A SUCKERPUNCH AT GLOVE TOUCH I’M GLAD THEO WHIPPED HIS PUSSY ASS!!
Thank you for a great review, I enjoyed meeting you and both your sons. I hope to see you guys out to another show soon…
Youre the man!! I just wanna thank:
Andre from Allaire Fitness for supporting and believing in me….Andre from Team United for helping me with my stand up and for doing the best hand wraps ever and cornering me…Suchy for helping me with my jits and also cornering me…BJ Marino kids like my big bro in the fight world, thanks for introducing this to me, idk where I’d be if this hadnt come into my life so thank you,. Best of luck in the Army bro come home safe! Pete Dilorenzo and Mark Vaz for busting their asses to put these shows together and all that you do for the growth of the sport…And last but not least my family, friends, and fans for stickin by me and supporting me, you guys are the best none of this would mean shit if it werent for you guys so thank you for being apart of it!!!
Bonus checks really??? Rippin!!!!
Thanks to AFO for having me, and to Brian Marino for a good fight. I apologise i couldnt finish. At the end of the round i dove in BJ’s gaurd with an elbow an tore up my knee pretty good. It was pretty close leading up to that and had the potential for fotn. I’ve got a torn ACL and meniscus.
Its been a few great years of fighting. Made a ton of friends, and involved in some great wars. Special thanks to my big brother Tim Barchard, He turned me into a fighter, a gentleman, and has inspired me in everything i do. My roll as a fighter is up but i still have many hats left to wear in this business. Both Tim and my wife support my decision as much as it pains me, its been a long time coming…. Thanks to everyone!
Great review Old School!!! Sounds like another great AFO show!! Way to go Theo!!, Congrats to the new Champ Rockstar!!! I’ll be at the January show for sure!!
Dyrell Walker is listed as 0-1……but he’s more like 2-8ish I thought??
TEAM ROCKSTAR brings home the belt!!! First of many more i might add…. I’m proud of my boy Luis for steppin up his game and showing everyone else what i already knew…this kids a CHAMP!!! Also props to my boy BJ for goin hard and getting the win and good luck to you in the ARMY (for those that don’t know, he enlisted as soon as he found out he had to fight me next…haha). I LOVE THIS SPORT!!! shoutouts to my boys at Allaire and Team United for gettin their asses in the cage and puttin in work, win or lose. Pete and Mark, as always, Great show and even better cause…its nice to know EVERY promotion isnt just all about the dime. Well i’ll see you all in the gym or by the cage, and for the unfortunate ones, i’ll see you in the cage..WOOF <—(scary dog bark)
Doug Sonier is listed as 3-3-1? Isn’t he like 0-11 now?
Bonnell, sorry to hear the news. You’re a great fighter, and I’ve been lucky enough to have watched you fight several times.Hope your knee heals well for you. Keep doing what you do outside of the cage,
get better dan…good fight…i feel ur pain on the ACL n miniscus…mine is still torn after 4 months and i got a clot so hopefully u will have a good successful surgery!
thanks Reep!
thankyou theo and ruben for the shoutouts…congrats to louis and his new crowning…dan bonnell i hope that your knee gets better asap ….great night AFO!
thankyou theo and ruben for the shoutouts…congrats to louis and his new crowning…dan bonnell i hope that your knee gets better asap ….great night AFO!
It was is a great for us… We loved being able to give back and donate for the holidays which we did hit the 1000 mark. After reading Dan’s post above I want to thank him again, I’m glad you got one more in with us before you made your decision. Over the last two years and now entering our 3rd we have made many friends (and a few foe along the way, lol) and many of them came up to me during the show reminding me how they were at or on our 1st show (16 or 17 shows ago). Guys like Theo, BJ, Paddy, Franklin, and teams like sssf and doomsday helped along with many others build us slow and steady.. Thank you!
Bonnell, sad news to hear we’re losing a great fighter like you. 2010 saw the Northeast losing 2 of its best fighters to retirement, you and Loco Lobo. All the best in your new challenges!
Anybody else hear that? “Gresh, Gresh, Gresh, Gresh” ……the crowd wants more Loco Lobo.
dan bonnell sorry to hear of your injury…you are in my eyes a warrior
Hey Dan sorry to hear about your knee,that was astarting off to be a good fight, you need to do what is right for your family, you have fought some tough guys and i respect that, good luck in the future. A.F.O boys thanks for a good night, congrats to Franklin Isabel , Perez will be back , congrats to Jay the Horse for training so hard. Also was impressed with Rockstar Felix win over avery tough Proctor, good job. Nader you shit stirrer what can i say you crazy bastid !!!! Cannot wait till JAN.
Thanks man!! Jan8th.. Mark should be getting in touch with you today!
Just wanna say thank you to every one who has helped me and supported me over the past 2 years. esp. Pete and the rest of the AFO crew and of course every one at Allaire, my boy Andre and all of Team United, the boys at Tim Burrills and Jorge for the last minute cornering he did. and oh yeah james “the doc” Suchy haha and to Bonnell thanks for a good fight up until the injury hope it heals up fast for ya. Ruben who told you Im runnin from you damn it the secrets out haha. Cant wait to see how BIG the AFO is when i get back in 3 yrs and 4 months. hope theres still room for me haha because I promise you all this is not the last time you will see me in that cage! Theo keep training hard and keep winning bro! again Thanks for all the support from everyone to the fans,fighters, coaches, managers, sponsors and even photographers (Rich)
daym bj ima miss u man….thankyou for letting me apart of your team…its an honor man for u to trust me in your corner….goodluck to you in the us army man….thankyou and god bless you my brother
Great review.
This truly was an amazing night. All the fighters left it in the cage and the promotion did all they could to raise money for a great cause!
Proud to be apart of it all!
Bonnell – you are a warrior man.
B.J. – you seem to get better each time.
Franklin – great to see you on the winning side. You deserve it!
To our fighter Pat… dude, injuries happen. Keep your head up and focus on recovery. You’ll be back in the beat people up in no time.
Congrats to all the warriors who put their hearts, bodies and souls on the line!
- PAC management
Had Surgery today (ACL/Meniscus). It went well, and im high as shit right now. GFL has vlogged it. as soon as we’re finished we’ll post it somewhere. Thank you everyone for the wishes!
Kick ass in the Army Bj, good luck stay safe man!
video blogged knee surgery, excellent. good luck w/ recovery.
Andre when I come back i expect you to be in my corner still well unless your fighting for the UFC then lol
couldnt agree more IllWill I was pretty pissed when he pulled that shit, but its gotta suck to cheat and still get your ass beat haha…..Andre your the man bro you’ll be in my corner for all my fights from now on.
Oh and BJ….GBYA!!!!! Good Luck bro you suck for leaving 3 days before my next fight but its all good, do work and come home safe bro!