Jackson’s MMA Series XVII Results
Live at the Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino for Jackson’s MMA Series XVII, headlined by JacksonWink MMA’S Nick Urso squaring off with Luttrell/Yee MMA’S Jordan Espinosa.
Amateur
145: Mark McGill ( 0-0 ) vs. Tyler Star ( 0-0 )
R 1, Star forward with strikes. Mcgill with a throw. Star popped back to his feet. St ad with McGill against the fence worked knees and short punches. Mcgill late take down with ni control time. R 2, Star slips on a high kick, McGill jumps on a choke, Star escapes and is on top in guard. Heavy ground and pound from Star, McGill stands as Star tried to move to side control. McGill in on a take down, then gives up and fires several blocked punches as the round ends. R 3, McGill with looping shots get in on a double leg. McGill eat several elbows gets the take down. Star stands and is taken back down. Scramble McGill takes the back, searching for the choke. Star stands and is taken ba k down one last time.
Winner: Mark McGill via (29-28, 28-29, 29-28 ) split decision
145: Seth Abeyta ( 2-0 ) vs Kris Gonzales (2-2)
R 1, Gonzales punches his way in jack hammering uppercuts. Abeyta breaks away from the clinch. Abeyta clinches puts Gonzales on the cage lands a few lefts to the body. Gonzales scores q knockdown with a over hand right. Gonzales stayed on top working the rest of the round. R 2, Abeyta using his kicks they clinch and stall mate. Gonzales with a left hook scored his 2nd knockdown. On ground Abeyta gives his back but fi fights back to his feet, they’re scrambling as the round ends. R 3, Gonzales looking for the take down gets hit low. Action resumes Gonzales scores another take down. Gonzales side riding and striking. Gonzales 3rd take down of the round happens as the bell sounds.
Winner: Kris Gonzales via (30-27, 30-27, 30-27 ) unanimous decision
175: Hunter Tower ( 3-2) vs Steven Arteaga ( 2-2)
R 1, Arteaga rushes in for the clinch. In the scramble of the take down Tower ends up on top, Arteaga looks for a kimura. Tower escapes moves to mount, tries a head an arm choke. Arteaga escapes gives his back Tower goes for a rear naked choke but is too high on the back. Tower with a chokes forces Arteaga back to the ground. R 2, Tower with pressure high, foot slaps Arteaga in the face. Tower with punches and elbows. Arteaga pushes toward get turned on the fence, Tower strikes to the take down dumps Arteaga gets to mount punches to finish.
Winner: Hunter Tower via TKO (punches ) 2:24 R 2
155: Charles Lee ( 0-0) vs Jake Angel (0-0)
R 1, Kick back and forth. Lee with a right hook then head kick. Angel lands knockdown. Lee pops back up.Lee hard legs kicks, Angel with a right left counter. R 2, Lee the much. ore active with legs kick, both men landed hard right, but lee was the more active. R 3, Lee pressuring, working off his low kick, in the closing moment Angel found himself against the cage and with a flurry of punches and knees, Angel drops to the ground with the bout ending just short of the final bell.
Winner: Charles Lee via TKO (strikes) 2:59 R 3
140: Slade Ring ( 2-1) vs Fernado Sanchez ( 2-3-1)
R 1, both men start out kicking. Ring lands a hard right. Ring in on a single, switches completes the double leg take down. Ring end the round in mount. R 2, Ring is cut by left temple. Sanchez hard leg kicks. Ring starts working his low kicks and scores another late take down. R 3, exchanging kicks Ring with a take down, Sanchez trying to grab a single leg get caught in a darce choke.
Winner: Slade Ring via submission (darce choke) 1:09 R 3
135: Jesse Tafoya (8-2) vs Marquis Smith (1-0)
R 1, Tafoya came out the gate working his kicking game. After a hard shot from Smith, Tafoya would end the first with a take down. The 2nd saw Smith cut off Tafoya and keep Tafoya’s back on the cage. Smith with a flurry of punches, a head kick which dropped Tafoya and the follow up punches saw the ref jump in.
Winner: Marquis Smith via TKO 1:03 R 2
140: Jessona Ollis (1-0) vs Mercedes White (1-0)
Ollis fired off and landed many over hand rights eventually dropping White; and getting the stoppage.
Winner: Jessona Ollis via TKO (punches) 2:26 R 2
125: Ricky Esquibel (4-2) vs Javier Cepeda (5-0)
R1, Esquibel came out kicking, then got to the clinch kneeing and then looking for the take down. Esquibel would get the take down and stay on top the rest of the round. In the 2nd Cepeda found his groove, landing his punches and off defending a take down dot the back land big punches, before sinking in the choke.
Winner: Javier Cepeda via submission (rear naked choke ) 0:26 R 2
Pro
115: Natalie Roy (2-1) vs Audrey Perkins (0-0)
R 1, Roy slipped on a kick spent the rest of the round on her back defending. The 2nd saw Roy getting off her striking, but Roy was taken down for the final 2 minutes of the round. Roy scoring with punches keeping Perkins off balance with the leg kicks. They clinch Roy strong with the knees. Perkins regroups and gets the take down controlling the final minutes.
Winner Audrey Perkins via (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) unanimous decision