Another great night Ring of Combat event took place at the Tropicana Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ last night. The sellout crowd was on its feet for most of the night as the fighters wowed the fans with bell to bell action. In the co-main event, Brutal Brendan Barrett more than lived up to his nickname with a devastating one punch KO to win the heavyweight crown. And in the main event, Deividas Taurosevicus put on a grappling clinic en route to a second round rear naked choke victory, which was his fifth ROC title defense. The undercard was fantastic as well, as all the fights left everything in the cage. Lou Neglia's Ring of Combat always brings out the best in the fighters because they know that doing well at the ROC will prepare them for bigger promotions, including the UFC. Eighty ROC fighters have moved on the UFC, and there are sure to be many more in the future.
Here are the official results from Lou Neglia's Ring of Combat XLIV.
TITLE
12
145
3 rds of five minutes, plus a 4th if a draw
Ref Oliver
Judges Dave Tirelli, Cardo Urso and Jon Bilyk
Deividas Taurosevicus vs. Guillermo Serment
Taurosevicus 146. Serment 145.5
Taurosevicus wins via tap due to rear naked choke at 2:20 of round two.
11
TITLE
3 rds of five minutes, plus a 4th if a draw
240
Ref Miragliotta
Judges Dave Tirelli, Jon Bilyk and Henry Krawiec
Silvio Santos vs. Brendan Barrett
Santos 236. Barrett 239
Barrett wins via KO at 0:33 of round one.
10
185
3 four minute rds
Ref Miragliotta
Judges Dave Tirelli, Cardo Urso and Jon Bilyk
Mike Massenzio vs. Ariel Sepulveda
Massenzio 184. Sepulveda 186
Sepulveda wins via tap due to rear naked choke at 1:14 of round three.
9
185
3 four minute rds
Ref Miragliotta
Judges Dave Tirelli, Cardo Urso and Jon Bilyk
Jared Platt vs. Mitch Whitesel
Both weigh 185
Platt wins via verbal submission fighter retirement due to arm injury at
1:54 of round two.
8
145
3 four minute rds
Ref Peterson
Judges Dave Tirelli, Cardo Urso and Mike Vrlaku
Levan Makashvili vs. Anthony Facchini
Makashvili 144. Facchini 145.5
Makashvili wins via unanimous decision in three rounds, all three judges 30-27.
7
170
3 four minute rds
Ref Oliver
Judges Dave Tirelli, Cardo Urso and Jon Bilyk
Robert Plotkin vs. Joshua Key
Both weigh 170
Key wins unanimous decision in three rounds, all three judges 29-28.
6
155
3 four minute rds
Ref Oliver
Judges Mike Vrlaku, Jon Bilyk and Henry Krawiec
Jerome Isip vs. Anthony Montanaro
Isip 154.5. Montanaro 154
Montanaro wins at 3:05 of round two due to TKO physician stoppage.
5
185
3 four minute rds
Ref Miragliotta
Judges Dave Tirelli, Cardo Urso and Jon Bilyk
Ryan Contaldi vs. Noah Faunce
Contaldi 186. Faunce 183
Faunce wins via TKO referee stoppage at 2:09 of round one.
4
135
3 four minute rds
Myron Baker vs. Somner Martin
Baker 142.2 Martin 137.5
FIGHT CANCELED
3
260
2 rds 4 mins – 3rd rd if draw
Ref Miragliotta
Judges Mike Vrlaku, Jon Bilyk and Henry Krawiec.
Yordany Hernandez Figueroa vs. Joseph Ray
Figueroa 258 Ray 257
Ray wins split decision in three rounds
29-28, 29-28 and 27-30 Vrlaku
2
155
2 rds 4 mins – 3rd rd if draw
Ref Peterson
Judges Dave Tirelli, Cardo Urso, and Henry Krawiec.
Aaron Freedman vs. Willie Hosch
Freedman 154. Hosch 155
Hosch wins via TKO physician stoppage at 4:00 of round one.
135
2 rds 4 mins – 3rd rd if draw
Samad Mobley vs. Zarrukh Adashev
Mobley 135.8. Adashev 136.5
FIGHT CANCELED