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