{"id":680,"date":"2016-07-21T16:29:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T16:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.titansofthecage.com\/main\/?p=680"},"modified":"2016-07-21T16:38:13","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T16:38:13","slug":"packed-house-at-grayson-h-s-for-titans-of-the-cage-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.titansofthecage.com\/main\/?p=680","title":{"rendered":"Packed House at Grayson H.S. for Titans of the Cage #17"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TOC Cruiserweight champ, Keith Gones (left) lands a solid leg kick to Chris Hamlett of Roanoke<\/em><\/h6>\n
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Grayson County High School played host to Titans of the Cage #17 this past weekend.\u00c2\u00a0 It was the first time ever that a live MMA event had been held in Independence and a sold out crowd packed the school\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gymnasium.\u00c2\u00a0 The fans witnessed twenty (20) action packed bouts that kept them on the edges of their seats the entire evening.\u00c2\u00a0 Four titles were up for grabs.<\/h3>\n

Of the title bouts, current champion Keith Goines of Team SWMA in Wytheville retained his cruiserweight belt by stopping Chris Hamlett of Roanoke in the 2nd<\/sup> round by guillotine choke.\u00c2\u00a0 Garrett Fosdyck of Bristol, TN became the new TOC heavyweight champ as he defeated Demetrius Dye of Halifax by TKO\/Referee stoppage due to strikes.\u00c2\u00a0 In the co-main event of the evening it was current featherweight champ, James Settle of Bristol, TN retaining his title by defeating\u00c2\u00a0 Nick Beal of Asheboro, NC by TKO, due to a well placed liver kick that dropped Beal as Settle quickly pounced on him to finish out the fight.<\/h3>\n

The main event of the evening was a highly anticipated bout that pitted current TOC Welterweight champion, Austin \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the eternal dragon\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Cooper of Team SWMA in Wytheville, against Jeremy \u00e2\u20ac\u0153backwoods\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Caviness of Team Backyard Brawlers out of Hillsville.\u00c2\u00a0 Jeremy was riding high on a 4 fight win streak as he entered the cage to face the undefeated Cooper, who is rated the #1 amateur welterweight fighter in the state.\u00c2\u00a0 Caviness fought gallantly, but in the end Cooper was too much, as he came out with a dominant first round, then put Caviness away in the 2nd<\/sup> round with a beautiful arm bar to triangle choke submission.<\/h3>\n

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Antwon Curtis (center) of team round 30 out of Roanoke, with ring girls Maggie Borchrevink (left) and Morgon Conner (right)<\/em><\/h6>\n
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There were many other great fights on the card keeping the enthusiastic capacity crowd excited all evening.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Local fighter Ray Ray \u00e2\u20ac\u0153say it twice\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Holston of Team SWMA in Wytheville, won the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153submission of the night\u00e2\u20ac\u009d award when he landed a beautiful rolling kimura lock to defeat Jeromy \u00e2\u20ac\u0153pretty boy\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mitchell\u00c2\u00a0 of advantage martial arts of Princeton, WV in the first round.\u00c2\u00a0 Holston was also presented with the TOC Persevere belt and inducted into the TOC promotions Hall of Fame.\u00c2\u00a0 Holston was inducted because he is one of only three fighters to have ever competed in ten (10) TOC events in a row.<\/h3>\n

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Wytheville attorneys Alex (left) and Stacy (right) Gomez watch the fights from the cageside VIP seating<\/em><\/h6>\n
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Other bout results included;\u00c2\u00a0 Brian Boles (Team SWMA of Wytheville) defeated\u00c2\u00a0 Philip Oda (Team Decimation of Wytheville), Darnell Guyton (Greensboro, NC) defeated Chris Mayberry (Covington),\u00c2\u00a0 Stacy Dalton (Team SWMA of Wytheville) defeated Tyler Lester (Galax),\u00c2\u00a0 Josh Billings (Sparta, NC) defeated Casey Lester (Princeton, WV), Logan Hurley (Team Decimation) defeated Brandon Perkins (Halifax),\u00c2\u00a0 Antwon Curtis (Roanoke) defeated Isaiah Thompson (Galax),\u00c2\u00a0 Tyler Kelchner (Roanoke) defeated Shawn Rivera (Princeton, WV),\u00c2\u00a0 Kathy Hatfield (Princeton, WV) defeated Samantha Testerman (Marion),\u00c2\u00a0 Michael Warner (Princeton, WV) defeated Wes Pennington (Rural Retreat),\u00c2\u00a0 Casey Conway (Marion) defeated Mason Hamer (Roanoke), Kyle Rodriquez (Greensboro NC) defeated K.C. Cockran (Roanoke), Ron Vance (Bristol, TN) defeated Josh Cook (Halifax), Tony Warnke (Sparta, NC) defeated Luke Malchano (Rural Retreat) and Ayron Davis (Team Decimation of Wytheville) defeated Sam Warren (Roanoke).<\/h3>\n

Ron Vance defeated Josh Cook in what received the FIGHT OF THE NIGHT award.<\/h3>\n

Grayson County Superintendent of Schools, Kelly Wilmore, stated “Titans of the cage was well received by the community aside from being a very good fundraising opportunity that greatly benefited our athletic department”.\u00c2\u00a0 Ring girls for the event were Morgan Conner of Wytheville and Maggie Borchrevink of Independence.\u00c2\u00a0 Grayson County Administrator, Jonathan Sweet presented all the championship belts.\u00c2\u00a0 To learn more about Titans of the Cage please visit www.titansofthecage.com<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TOC Cruiserweight champ, Keith Gones (left) lands a solid leg kick to Chris Hamlett of Roanoke   Grayson County High School played host to Titans of the Cage #17 this past weekend.\u00c2\u00a0 It was the first time ever that a live MMA event had been held in Independence and a sold out crowd packed the … <\/p>\n

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