BY GEORGE MARTINEZ NEW MEXICO MMA WAS IN LAS CRUCES, NM ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE DICKERSON'S EVENT CENTER TO NOT ONLY COVER, BUT JUDGE "LIVEWIRE". A SOLD OUT CROWD WAS ON HAND TO SEE SOME OUTSTANDING FIGHTS. 12 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS FIGHTS. FIRST FIGHT OF THE NIGHT HAD BILL PURSELY VS DANIAL REYES. GREAT START OFF FIGHT AS BOTH FIGHTERS GAVE US EVERYTHING THEY HAD. PURSELY DOMINATED THE FIGHT AND AFTER A MIX UP WAS AWARDED THE VICTORY. NEXT FIGHT HAD DORIAN ROJO VS EMILIO RIVAS. ROJO GOT THE WIN BY TAP OUT BY REAR NAKED CHOKE. IN THE 3RD FIGHT OF THE NIGHT WE HAD JUAN HIDALGO VS MANNY RODRIGUEZ. HIDALGO GOT THE WIN BY CHOKE OUT WHEN RODRIGUEZ REFUSED TO TAP. RODRIGUEZ WAS OK AFTER HIS NAP. NEXT FIGHT HAD J.D. CALDERON VS GIOVANY MONARREZ. MONARREZ WAS A VERY GAME AND HOMETOWN FAVORITE FIGHTER, BUT HE COULDN'T HANDLE CALDERON'S ASSAULT. CALDERON WON BY UNANIMOUS DECISION. ALBINO GANDARA VS MICHAEL MENDOZA. IN A GOOD FIGHT MENDOZA GETS THE WIN BY UNANIMOUS DECISION. ERNIE ALVAREZ VS TONY GARCES. ALVAREZ GETS THE WIN IN THE 1ST ROUND BY TKO REF STOPPAGE. IN THE 7TH FIGHT OF THE NIGHT HAD JOSH SHEPARD VS JESSIE JONES. SHEPARD GETS THE WIN BY TAP OUT STRIKES IN THE 3RD ROUND. BETO SAMAYOA VS MARTIN GUTIERREZ. SAMAYOA TAPS OUT (RNC) GUTIERREZ WITH 4 SECONDS TO GO IN THE 1ST ROUND. TOMMY WILLIAMS VS RICHARD JACQUEZ. WILLIAMS GET THE WIN BY TAP OUT (TRIANGLE CHOKE) IN THE 1ST ROUND. JON BROWN VS STEVEN ORTEGA. ORTEGA GETS KNOCK OUT OF THE NIGHT HONORS WITH A BRUTAL KO THAT LEFT BROWN SLEEPING AGAINST THE FENCE. WILLIE SCOTT VS NATE PATTERSON. THIS FIGHT GETS MY NOD FOR FIGHT OF THE NIGHT. THESE TWO GUYS JUST STOOD THERE TOE TO TOE EXCHANGING PUNCHES FOR 9 MINUTES. PATTERSON WINS THE FIGHT BY UNANIMOUS DECISION. IN THE FINAL FIGHT OF THE NIGHT MATT MADRID VS ART MESA. MESA WON BY TAP OUT (ARM BAR) IN THE 1ST ROUND. GREAT NIGHT OF FIGHTS. THEY EVEN HAD A BAND PLAY A FEW SONGS FOR ONE OF THE BREAKS. NICE TOUCH. GREAT NIGHT OF FIGHTS. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT EVENT. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DAVID MAY FOR PERSONALLY INVITING NEW MEXICO MMA TO COVER HIS EVENT. DAVID MAY IS A CLASS ACT AND A GREAT PROMOTER. HE WENT OUT OF HIS WAY TO MAKE SURE HIS EVENT WENT SMOOTH. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE SOME GOOD PROMOTERS HERE IN NEW MEXICO. THANKS DAVID FOR TAKING CARE OF ME AND MY CREW. NICE TO HAVE A CAGE SIDE SEAT AND A TABLE READY WAITING FOR ME. DAVID IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU NEED ANY THING PLEASE LET ME KNOW. IT WAS ALSO NICE TO SEE ANOTHER GREAT PROMOTER. QUE LOCO CAGE FIGHTINGS FREDDY SANDOVAL. ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU FREDDY. SEE YOU AT YOUR NEXT SHOW. SOME OTHER NM SO CALLED PROMOTERS NEED TO TAKE NOTES AND LEARN FROM THESE TWO OUTSTANDING PROMOTERS. IT IS ALSO GONNA BE NICE TO PARTNER UP WITH MYMMAFIGHTS.NET BIG THINGS COMING FROM NEW MEXICO MMA AND IT'S NEW PARTNER MY MMA FIGHTS. CHECK OUT WWW.MYMMAFIGHTS.NET FOR FIGHT VIDEOS.

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