Element Fighting Championship (EFC) staged their second professional MMA promotion Saturday night at the Palladium in Dallas. In what has quickly become norm with EFC, a fight card filled with action was on hand as North Texas fight fans were treated to a night of high-octane cage fights.
In the night’s main event Abilene’s Brandon “For Real” Farran looked spectacular in submitting talented local favorite Cleburn Walker seconds into the opening round. Farran, who has some of the fastest hands in fighting, didn’t get a chance to show of his striking as Walker quickly took the fight to the ground. However, Farran would use his strength to get the reversal and as both fighters where in the clinch Farran sunk in a standing guillotine that forced the Walker tap.
The official time of the submission was 0:51 in the opening round. With the win Farran improves to 7-4; Walker falls to 9-9 in defeat.
In the night’s co-featured fight Louisiana-based Bellator vet Kalvin Hackney survived a late rally surge from Booker Arthur to escape with a victory. Early on it appeared that Hackney would be able to cruise to an essay victory. Using his superior wrestling acumen Hackney was able to take Arthur down and control him throughout the firs two rounds. However, Arthur would not give up and when the two fighters found themselves standing on their feet it was Arthur who was doing significant damage to Hackney with his hands. In fact, Arthur nearly scored the upset in the third round as he put Hackney on shaky legs behind some impressively accurate punches that had Hackney stumbling around the cage and the crowd going wild. Unfortunately for Arthur, Hackney was able to secure some key takedowns in the final round that no doubt allowed him to weather the storm to see the final bell.
In the end Hackney walked away with the unanimous decision victory with scores of 29-28 from all three judges. With the win Hackney improves to 12-3; Arthur falls to 2-3 in defeat.
UNDERCARD RESULTS
Fitness Fight Factory’s Evan Cutts keeps his undefeated record intact with a first round triangle submission over Aaron Culpepper. Cutts improves his record to 5-0 with the victory while Culpepper falls to 2-2 with the loss.
Fort Worth’s Brandon Caldwell battled the flu and a 101 fever to score a unanimous decision over hard-hitting Ciprian Hangan. Despite being extremely affected by his illness Caldwell was able to land the more damaging punches in route to a 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 decision. With the win Caldwell improves to 2-0; Hangan falls to 2-2 in defeat.
Javier Obregon showed tremendous growth in his striking game to turn back the hard-charging aggression of Ali Ileiwi. Obregon gets the nod with scores of 30-27 on all three judges’ scorecards. With the win Obregon improves to 4-3; Ileiwi falls to 2-6 with the loss.
Heavyweight James Hall scored an impressive three round unanimous decision over Andrew Garza. Hall’s harder shots were the key to victory despite Garza’s best efforts and some inadvertent low blows that saw Garza loose a point. By the end of the fight Garza’s nose was a bloody mess from eating Hall’s punches. Hall, who announced his retirement following the fight, won easily with scores of 30-26, 30-26, and 30-26. With the win Hall retires with a record of 5-7; Garza falls to 3-3 in defeat.
In a battle of tremendous Muay Thai strikers Antuan Williams bested Chase Green with a third round rear naked choke submission. Despite Green’s hard kicks and aggression it was Williams who displayed a more varied attack mixing in leg kicks with some nasty elbows when the fight went to the ground. The official time of the submission was 2:49 in the third round. With the victory Williams improves his record to 2-2; Green falls to 1-5 in defeat.
In the night’s opening fight Tristan Grimsley scored in impressive first round rear naked choke submission of Aaron Robinson. The official time of the submission was 0:28 in the opening round. With the win Grimsley improves his record to 2-1 while Robinson falls to 0-1 in defeat.
Add The Sports Daily to your Google News Feed!
