Two big stars: Alessio & friend

San Jacinto, CA — The evening of November 14th turned into a long one at King Of The Cage’s debut at sixty million households for their pay-per-view broadcasts. For almost six hours most of the biggest names in the current KOTC stable fought for a range of career goals, most notably the five titles on the line. For some of the fighters it was enough to be on pay-per-view in what is said to be literally every household in the United States while for others it was a significant turning point, such as for KOTC hype machine Krazy Horse, AKA Charles Bennett. Benett was the largest of the non-title fights and he showed improved work on the ground if a more cautious approach but after slamming has way out of two submission attempts the third time Dave Hisquierdo got the triangle from the top position to finish the fight and possibly Krazy Horse’s dreams of international stardom for now.

The title fights had some changes along the way with defending champion Eric Pele dropping off the card leaving opponent "Scary" Jerry Vrbanovic to fight Kadillac Marshbanks for a superfight belt as opposed to the original Unlimited belt. Vrbanovic also looked improved on the ground and much of his spare tire from last year seems to have been sculpted into upper-body muscle since his losses to Mike Kyle and Ron Waterman. Marshbanks won the majority decision largely due to impressive takedowns and damage from strikes on the ground.

Marshbanks takes "Scary" Jerry airborne

Uriah Faber, the Gladiator Challenge Bantamweight Champion, took the vacated KOTC belt in an exciting defeat over Eban Kaneshiro. Uriah is known as a headhunter on the ground that critical fans say isn’t known for controlling the positions before unleashing barrages of strikes while fans that praise Uriah view it as Uriah strikes before an opponent is used to strikes coming in and from unorthodox angles, resulting in an accumulation of blows that so far have always won him fights.

Takumi/Kohler was one of the most evenly matched fights of the night, with Takumi walking away with the belt in a fight where he for most of the fight controlled the top position on the ground.

The crowd did not like the judges’ decision that gave James Fanshier the Welterweight belt over Thomas Denny. Denny controlled the takedowns and James did more damage with strikes in a very close fight but it was probably the dominant first round by Fanshier that won him the fight. As the bell rang Denny was stunned or even knocked out, leading many to jump to the wrong conclusion the fight was over. Denny recovered between rounds and got his gameplan going in the second but that dominant round was probably the edge that won Fanshier the title.

Denny recovering at the end of R1

Nakayama	Faber

• Ray Lazama def. Carlos Jimenez 4:31 R1 by choke
• Mike Guymon def. Joe Frainee 2:22 R1 by TKO
• Russ Muira def. Abe Hiroyuki 2:29 R1 by disqualification (knees to head)
• Randy Velarde def. Robert Emerson by majority decision (2 rounds)
• Shonie Carter def. John Cronk 5:00 by TKO (doctor stoppage between rounds)
• Anthony Ruiz def. Brian Sesma 5:00 R1 (doctor stoppage between rounds)
• Cal Worsham def. Will Scott 0:52 R1 by TKO
• Dave Hisquierdo def. Charles "Krazy Horse" Bennett 1:56 R2 by triangle choke
• Kadillac Marshbanks def. "Scary" Jerry Vrbanovic by majority decision (3 rounds)
  Marshbanks is new KOTC Unlimited Superfight Champion

• Uriah Faber def. Eban Kaneshiro 4:33 R3 by TKO
  Faber is new KOTC Bantamweight Champion

• Takumi Nakayama def. Charlie Kohler 2:36 R2 by TKO
  Takumi is new KOTC Lightweight Champion

• James Fanshier def. Thomas Denny by split decision
  
  Fanshie is new KOTC Welterweight Champion

• Paul Buentello def. Bo Cantrell 0:45 R1 by TKO
  Buentello retains KOTC Heavyweight belt

• Frankie Bollinger def. Billy Thompson 1:47 R1 by submission to strikes
• Fernando Gonzalez def. Reggie Orr 2:38 R1 by verbal submission (toe dislocation)
• Robert Breslin def. Frank Guerrero 4:17 R1 by rear choke
• Sost Infante def. Jose Ramirez 0:28 R2 by TKO (doctor stoppage)
• Jeff Clark def. Tony Llamas 0:45 R1 by submission
• Alex Rickards def. Paul Karsky 3:42 R1 by submission

Fanshier	Buentello

"I am in the best shape of my life," said the 29-year-old Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu second degree black belt who will take on Penn during the main event of "Rumble on the Rock 6," a star-studded mixed martial arts fight card that will be presented by the newly-formed K-1 Fighting Network. "I take this fight seriously because BJ is a top competitor with great skills; the kind of fighter that you cannot afford to make mistakes against. I am going into the fight 100 percent ready physically and mentally."

The grandson of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu founder, Carlos Gracie, Rodrigo has helped extend the dynasty of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu’s most heralded family by securing victories in all five of his professional mixed martial arts appearances. Four of his career starts have taken place in Japan. "This is as important as any fight is, but up until now, all of my opponents have been Japanese," commented Gracie. "Fighting B.J. in the United States will give me larger exposure to the American fans."

At the tender age of four, Gracie began studying the fighting art pioneered by his grandfather. After relocating to California from his native Brazil, he once again hit the road before settling down on Long Island, New York.

Recently, Gracie opened his own Jiu-Jitsu school on Long Island where he has been preparing for the November 20th bout. Strength and conditioning Coach Martin Rooney as well as cousin Crosley Gracie and UFC veteran Matt Serra have all played major roles in the fighter’s training camp.

In other Rumble on The Rock 6 action, 2003 K-1 USA champion, Carter Williams (36-9), will make his fourth career start under mixed martial arts rules when he takes on Tom "Green Beret" Howard (0-2) while another member of the famed Gracie clan, Royler (3-2-1), will face Kazuyuki Miyata (7-1-4). The event will also see a return to action by UFC heavyweight veterans Wesley "Cabbage" Correira (13-6) and 6 foot 9 inch Wes "The Project" Sims (5-5).

• Erin Lickerdelia over Eric Thomson Majority Decision
• Kenny Cavalier over Jason Floyd Ref Stop 4:30 R1
• Carson Williams over Sam Ortiz guillotine 3:25 R1
• James Drolet over Sonny Gooding tap from strikes 3:41
• John Bowden over Cody Allemand unanimous decision
• Mark Ramano over Josh Bethea unanimous decision
• Dustin Rhodes over Dustin Johnson-Johnson can’t answer bell for R2 due to strikes from mount
• Frank Slaughter over Brad Smith tap from strikes 2:50
• T.J. Cook over Lance Hood ref stop 2:47

Pro Fights

• Aaron Williams over Ray Tortorico armbar 2:52
• J.C. Pennington over Taro Ito towel thrown 3:41
• Jarrett Becks over Flea Smith guillotine 0:39
• Ricky Folse over Anthony Barbier TKO 0:19
• Mike Hurring over Chris Herring keylock 4:18