| Spartacus 1 Achieves it's Goal |
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| Written by Maxwell Destree | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunday, 15 November 2009 09:59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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For her first show on her own, Frankie Bowe (owner of Spartacus) had to deal with the usual hurdles a new promotion has to deal with. The crowd at Tanners was moderate at best, but the promoters at Spartacus seemed to take it all in stride understanding that this was their first show, and that they are still relatively unknown.
Also, the promotion featured some setbacks involving their fight card. Several fighters pulled out last minute due to injuries among other reasons. But, the fights that did take place were still fun and exciting.
Even with the setbacks that Spartacus had to overcome there were many things that went well for the new promotion. The Hooters girls (who are the promotions ring girls) were a huge success, as three of them were in full body paint. The promotion also had pictures of the Hooters girls posing in different MMA holds on their fight card, in order to help educate the crowd as to what is happening.
However, the biggest success for the Spartacus show was their accomplishment of their biggest goal; which was to build closer relationships with the community. Bowe told WCS in an interview a couple weeks ago that, "We're about building relationships in the community...we really want to get people back into helping other people." If you take Bowe at her word then the debut was a success.
Spartacus held a benefit for Gina Hoyt who suffers from AVM, which is a very serious condition involving the brain. Throughout the event we saw members of the business and public community make donations to help out the young single mother. It was obvious by the end of the night that the promotion had had a very positive impact on the young lady.
The Main Event of the evening was a professional bout in the light-heavyweight division that pitted Vince Udo against Adam "Cowboy" Kmieciak. Udo came out and connected with a straight right, and sunk in a guillotine within the first half-minute of the fight, to take home the win by submission. Udo moves to 3-3 with the win (according to Sherdog.com).
WCS' Fight of the Night The most exciting fight of the night was a heavyweight battle that had Eggi Zambromo taking on Nick Paff. The first round of the fight was all Paff, as The Garrison fighter came out and connected with a looping right, and a takedown. Paff moved from guard to side-control, but was warned for elbowing to the head of his opponent (this was an amateur match) and the fighters were stood up. Zambromo managed to get a couple of good kicks in once the fighters were back on their feet, yet round one ended back on the mat with Paff punching the Team Amos fighter in the face. Zambromo took a lot of punishment in the round and definitely looked worse for the wear.
Round two was a different story though, as the Team Amos fighter came out with a straight left and a kick that connected. Paff went for a takedown, but lunged in off balance, and Zambromo was able to toss The Garrison fighter and take the mount. Paff tried escaping and in the process gave up his back. After about a minute and a half, the Team Amos fighter sunk in a rear naked choke and achieved the victory.
Zambromo showed a ton of heart, as he took a real good beating in round one, yet came back unfazed and even more motivated in the second round. The heavyweight fighter definitely demonstrated the heart of a true MMA fighter.
WCS' Knockout of the Night Surprisingly the Knockout of the Night was greeted with boos after the fight was over. Will Gilmet came out to touch gloves with Kyle Theiss, the controversy was that Gilmet threw a heavy right almost at the same time as touching gloves. The quick strike caught Theiss off guard, and he was never able to recover. Gilmet swarmed his opponent and connected with a straight right that sent Theiss to the mat where he was quickly finished at the nineteen second mark of the first round. (Note: Despite the crowds reaction to the perceived "cheap shot" it was a legal strike.)
WCS' Submission of the Night Trevor Konetzke took on Nick Alverez in a welterweight fight that gave us our Submission of the Night. The two fighters started the fight by clinching on the fence, Konetzke managed to get a takedown, but Alverez quickly reversed and was in Konetzke's guard. Alverez had to fight off two triangle attempts by his opponent, but in the process took a nasty upkick from Konetzke. Alverez fell backward covering his right eye, and was clearly in pain. Konetzke jumped up from the mat, took the back of Alverez and immediately sunk in a rear naked choke for the win.
Tournament Advancers Heavyweight Division: Aaron Wolf, Will Gilmet, and Eggi Zambromo advance. Welterweight Division: Patrick Shuman, Justin Echoles, and Trevor Konetzke advance. Lightweight Division: Davarius Scaife advances. (The next round of the tournament will be at the Radisson in Green Bay, WI on December 19th.)
Full Results:
Professional MMA: 205: Vince Udo def. Adam Kmieciak R1 0:22 - Guillotine
Amateur MMA: HWT: Eggi Zambromo def. Nick Paff R2 2:22 - Rear Naked Choke 155: Davarius Scaife def. Curtis Pleshek R1 1:44 - Rear Naked Choke HWT: Will Gilmet def. Kyle Theiss R1 0:19 - KO 170: Trevor Konetzke def. Nick Alverez R1 2:22 - Rear Naked Choke 170: Justin Echoles def. Tim Williams R1 2:52 - TKO HWT: Aaron Wolf def. Adam Monk R2 2:40 - TKO 170: Patrick Shuman def. Cortez Griffith R1 1:55 - Verbal Submission
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Mike Hansen
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Spartacus had their debut show this weekend at Tanners Grill and Bar in Kimberly, WI. Seven fighters advance to the next round of the tournament, and Vince Udo returned to the ring with an impressive submission win over Adam "Cowboy" Kmieciak. The Spartacus debut had it's setbacks, but overall the event was a success.
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BOOO!!! Legal or not, that still is not cool. I realize that you are supposed to "protect yourself at ALL TIMES" but to have to worry about touching gloves is wrong. Have some class and fight like a man. That simple. If you didn't come to fight (which means that you might get punched) then why get in the cage? I really hope that dudes coach/gym does not condone this behavior. Further more I am dissapointed in WCS for trying to justify this. Honor and class among warriors. I thought.. |
Joe Ochs
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Cheap shot, BOO! is right. You dont want to touch gloves then dont. But dont cheap shot the guy. Shame on you Will Gilmet. |
Maxwell Destree
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... Actually, I'm glad that this has stirred up some emotion. Personally, I am always disappointed when I don't see a clean touch of gloves before the fighters fight. But the fact is that Gilmet isn't the first guy to do this, and he won't be the last as long as it's legal (and it is legal). It seems that there is always one guy at an event that starts throwing as they touch gloves. I personally would like to see the ref have the fighters meet in the middle of the ring, touch gloves and go back to their corner and come out fighting. As I already said,I too get tired of seeing guys all jacked up and throwing punches while touching gloves, but it is something that fighters have to deal with until the rules are changed. |
Mike Hansen
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... I really hoped that this would get more attention. Only three people think this is BS!! Sad really. |
Maxwell Destree
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... I agree, I was hoping to have a good discussion about the current glove touching policy. After the fights, my brother and I couldn't help but talk about how to make it better. But, I guess it didn't really work. |
Mike Hansen
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... I love to fight. I understand that there is a great chance that I will get hit, the trade off is that I get to hit back. There are so many things that the brain has to keep track of that getting blasted while touching gloves just shouldn't be one of them... |
Maxwell Destree
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... Fair enough. Since the article, WCS has decided that we will not support that type of conduct. So hopefully we have some of your respect back, but I was truly hoping that the topic would take hold. As I've mentioned, I've seen more fighters than just Gilmet do this, and it's going to keep happening until the rules are changed. It would be nice if all fighters fought with respect, but I guess everyone will just have to deal with it. |
Mike Hansen
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... Maybe you could start a poll or a thread dedicated to how a honorable fighter should conduct themselves in and out of the cage, with the recent article about the Kuester antics this could be a good way to call out the clowns who act in ways that are not very becoming of a fighter. Kind of a what are the thoughts of the public on this matter thing. |
Kyle Theiss
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... Thanks guys, i appreciate the support. unfortunatly it isnt against the rules yet. its allright if he wants to take that as a win, it was partially my fault too. ill take that as a learning experience and keep my gaurd up next time. im not upset about it because when we meet in the cage again i wont give it to him soo easily. Yeah Gilmet...im calling out a re-match |
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