Friday, Sep 09, 2005
National Fighting Challenge 4: Battle For The Border
National Fighting Challenge 4: Battle for the Border Held September 9th, 2005 At the Squamish Nations Rec Centre Vancouver, British Columbia By Mike Neva Coming off back to back defeats and a ten-month lay off from the ring, Ulisses Castro looked to get back into the swing of things against Team Quest’s Devin Cole. The 28 year old Castro, a faller, who works in the logging industry, was a finalist in the casting of "TUF" season 2, but was pulled from the show at last minute due to an eye injury. Known as the "Latin Thug", Castro was initially scheduled to fight Brian Stromberg, but in what Cole refered to as his "initiation" onto team Quest, he recently fought and defeated Stromberg earning his way into the main event of NFC 4. As the opening bell sounded, these two big men tied up and worked from the clinch until Cole was able to take Castro to the mat and attain side control. Cole’s dominant position didn’t last long as Castro quickly worked his way back to standing. From their feet, both fighters exchanged punches with neither man landing a solid strike until Cole dropped Castro with a devastating knee. Castro was stunned and looked to instinctively crawl out of the ring to catch a breather, but Cole followed up with a series of punches outside the ropes until referee Jason Darrah mercifully called a halt to the action 2:42 into the first round.
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From the event’s promoter: RITC 74 – Results Montana named Fighter of the Night It was a sizzling hot September evening in Casa Grande for RITC 74. Andy Montana displayed his versatility winning by key lock submission to earn Fighter of the Night (FOTN) honors. Other candidates for FOTN honors were Brandon Oliver, Eddie Castro, Dominik Cruz, Gabriel Flores, David Marquez, Mike Ashford and Carlos Ortega. Results:
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