Results from the Inaugural Arise Fighting Championships Card
This past Saturday Silicon Valley based hybrid Muay Thai and MMA promotion Arise Fighting Championships held their inaugural event inside the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. Arise FC 1 featured nine Muay Thai and three MMA bouts, headlined by veteran Strikeforce lightweight James Terry taking on Mike De La Torre.
Arise Fighting Championship tabbed several of the region’s top talent for their first event, which all took place inside a five rope ring.
Arise Fighting Championships Results:
Muay Thai Bouts
Eric Luna (AKA) defeated Travis Clay (Sitan Gym) by Unanimous Decision
Thai Ngam Le (Pacific Ring Sports) defeated Theora Cinnino (Gym 445) by Unanimous Decision
Brian Bernardino (True Fight Club) defeated Mike Sanchez (Pacific Ring Sports) by Split Decision
Sekona Taai (Team Black) defeated Lamont Green (Combat Sports Academy) by Split Decision
Lawrence Ward (El Nino MMA) defeated Sonny Singh (Unlimited MMA) by Split Decision
Jonathan Tan (El Nino MMA) defeated Igor Golovin (Combat Fitness) by Unanimous Decision
Jarrade Pierce (Combat Fitness) defeated James Appleberry (El Nino MMA) by 2nd round TKO (1:52)
Mohammed Khan (Evolve) defeated Billy Xayaranh (TKM Gym) by Unanimous Decision
Rafael Mongfort (Team CCK) defeated Alex Quenneville (Cung Le) by Unanimous Decision
MMA Bouts
Josh Burkovic (El Nino MMA) defeated Sam Garret (Sacramento) by 1st round Rear-Naked Choke Submission
Jeremiah Labiano (Crispim BJJ) defeated Keith Carson (Adrenaline) by 2nd round Guillotine Submission (0:19)
Mike De La Torre (The LAB) defeated James Terry (Cung Le) by 1st round Rear-Naked Choke Submission (0:57)
For more information on Arise Fighting Championships and when they plan to host their second event, check out www.AriseFC.com.