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It was another action packed night that had fans jumping out of their seats when Lou Neglia’s Ring of Combat came back to the Tropicana Showroom in Atlantic City, New Jersey with its 59th installment. Lou Neglia and the ROC assembled a top-notch 11 bout fight card including five title fights.

By now you may have heard the news Dana White was in attendance for ROC 59 along with Matt Serra and Gian Villante with their web series, “Looking For A Fight,” where White and company travel the country visiting different fight promotions in search of new talent for the UFC. If it’s talent they’re looking for, they came to the right place. Ring of Combat has distinguished itself as one of the UFC’s top feeder organizations on both a national and international level with over 120 fighters going on to compete inside The Octagon.

For second time, Dana saw first hand the talent that comes out of ROC as he recruited Merab Dvalishvili and Sidney Outlaw to the Octagon with a third high on the radar, Julio Arce.

Full results of ROC 59 below:

265 lbs. TITLE

Brendan Barrett vs. Shelton Graves

Graves wins via tap due to kimura at 2:34 of round two

145 lbs. TITLE

Tim Dooling (130-837) vs. Julio Arce (101-875)

Arce wins via unanimous decision in three rounds, all three judges 30-27

135 lbs. TITLE

Raufeon Stots (138-231) vs. Merab Dvalishvili (128-855)

Dvalishvili wins via KO spinning backfist at 0;15 of round one

155 lbs. TITLE

James Rumley vs. Sidney Outlaw

Outlaw wins via tap due to rear naked choke at 4:18 of round one

135 lbs. TITLE

William Elliott vs. Brandon Urquijo

Elliott wins unanimous decision in three rounds, all three judges 29-28

145 lbs.

Eddie Lenoci vs. Mike Trizano

Trizano wins via TKO referee stoppage due to punch at 0;34 of round two

170 lbs.

Wendell Sneed vs. Tajuddin Abdul-Hakim

Abdul-Hakim wins via unanimous decision in three rounds 29-28

140 lbs.

Andrew Salas vs. Dom Biondo  

Salas wins via tap due to rear naked choke at 3:57 of round two

145 lbs.

Michael Lawrence (142-751) vs. James Gonzalez (147-350)  

Gonzalez wins via unanimous decision in three rounds 30-26, 30-26 and 30-27 Holland

142 lbs.

Tevin Cooke vs. Paul Grant

Cooke wins unanimous decision in three rounds, all three judges 29-28

265

Chris Stanton vs. Edwin Smart

Smart wins at 2:06 of round one via verbal tap due to americana