December 16, 2001
 Honolulu Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii December 15, 2001 By Chris Onzuka – Chris@onzuka.com  The inaugural Shogun event was a production extravaganza featuring laser light shows, two video screens on the sides of the cage, and one giant screen by the fighter’s entrance. The fighters came to the ring with their own individualized intro videos which included the fighters’ statistics. In between rounds, the video screens replayed the high points of each round of every fight. It seemed to get off to a rocky start, but basically that was because the promoters were taping the event for Pay-Per-View. The crowd did not understand that was the reason behind the periodic delays. The underdogs had their day at this event as many of the fighters that were not favored to win, surprised their opponents by finding a way to pull out a win. Some of the highlights were the Fryklund-Armendarez war — these guys took and unloaded a ton of bombs; an unknown gave Yves Edwards the fight of his life; Cabbage destroyed Brink (everyone I spoke with before the fight thought the exact opposite); Baret Yoshida, after nearly being submitted with a guillotine choke, turned around and choked out Mitchell with the same technique; And finally, another war of attrition between Hallman and Bitetti. It was a very close fight, with Bitetti squeezing it out on the judges’ cards. Fight descriptions and pictures will be in the next issue of Full Contact Fighter. Don’t forget to subscribe now! Welterweight Fight (155-169.9lbs)
Welterweight Contender Fight (155-169.9lbs) Featherweight Fight (135-144.9lbs) Middleweight Fight (170-184.9lbs) Featherweight Contender Fight (135-144.9lbs) Welterweight Fight (155-169.9lbs) Lightweight Fight (145-154.9lbs) Heavyweight Fight (205-264.9lbs)
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From RITC Writer/Statistician John Petrilli: RITC 32 – Results Ambriz defeats "A-Dawg" Foland wins with 20-second KO First things first. The Homer Moore versus Joseph Riggs fight did not take place. Both fighters were at Celebrity Theatre for the 4PM weigh-in ready to go. An administrative "glitch" prevented this fight from happening. The Arizona Commission would not accept transferability of Homer’s Nevada fighter’s license necessitating cancellation of this match. Hopefully this matchup will be scheduled for a future RITC show. An enthusiastic and boisterous crowd of 1,500 enjoyed Rage in the Cage 32. In the Main Event, a trimmed down Jimmy Ambriz (at 295 lbs) defeated Allan "A-Dawg" Sullivan by injury stoppage in round 3. Mike Foland, an absolutely "ripped " wrestler/weightlifter traveled all the way from Palm Beach, Florida just to compete in RITC. He won his match with a devastating 20-second knockout that had the entire crowd on their feet. This impressive victory earned Fighter of the Night honors for Mike. Other candidates for Fighter of the Night honors were Jimmy Ambriz and Steve Sayegh. Results: Fight #1 Fight #2 Fight #3 Fight #4 Fight #5 Fight #6 Fight #7 Fight #8 Fight #9 (Super Fight) Fight #10 (Super Fight) Fight #11 (Main Event) The new and improved Rage in the Cage will return in CY2002 with even bigger and better shows. Please visit www.rageinthecage.com regularly for information on future events. |
