(Rodriguez with the belt -- and Melissa and Kim)
World champion kickboxer and the man behind Jackhammer Promotions Bobby Campbell smiled as I left Big Al's last night and said, "It was a wild night."
If by "wild," he meant volatile boxing, kickboxing, and grappling action inside and out of the ring, then, yes, wild indeed.
Nonetheless, the Jackhammer Promotions' "Season's Beatings" event provided plenty of highlight reel strikes and slick submissions from some of Long Island's toughest young amateur fighters.
Check out the results of the entire night, including the Jackhammer Promotions NY State Super Heavyweight Championship boxing match between Malik Kara and Doug Tatore, and video footage of the NY State Muay Thai Championship fight between George Turner and Jo Jo Rodriguez.
Kickboxing: Bryan Campbell def. Steve Paul (TKO, Rd 3)
Paul scored early with fast aggressive flurries early, but Campbell surged ahead with more frequent, efficient punch-kick combinations. The left hook was thereall night for Campbell, he threw nothing in isolation (except maybe for a front kick here and there), and he either dropped or forced referee Tom Campbell's eight count at least once in every round. The TKO came after hooks to the body at the very end of astrong third round for Campbell.
Kickboxing: Elvis Camejo def. Elvis Paulino (TKO, Rd 3)
Ridiculously fast action early. A Camejo kick sailed below the belt accidentally, and then a Paulino, perhaps not so accidentally, also landed low. Ouch. More fireworks ensued as each man scored with kicks and punches. Camejo dropped Paulino with a straight right hand (after another low kick) in the second. In the third, both men kept throwing bombs, but it was Camejo who landed heavier leather, knocking Paulino's headgear off at one point. No joke. Their punch exchanged were full speed, and each fighter surged at separate moments, as they'd done all fight. Ultimately, though, Camejo prevailed, stunning a cornered Paulino with body punches, a leg kick, right hands, and non-stop 1-2's. Great fight.
Kickboxing: Tommy Allan vs. Joe Cuddla (Kids Exhibition)
The bigger Tommy controlled the pace and landed the more significant punches in this one, but Cuddla made him pay at times. As Tommy waded in, Cuddla would switch to Southpaw, land a surprising overhand, or explode with a spinning back kick. These two kept up the energy for the crowd.
Grappling: Rob Diggle def. Stephen Tinco (Armbar)
The story in this one was Diggle's guard, which was like quicksand. Tinco was athletic and escaped a few triangle and armbar attempts, but only to wind back up in the suffocating guard of Diggle, who controlled Tinco's head and hips and never stopped working for the tap. The most offensive thing Tinco could do was to desperately crank a neck; he tapped just seconds later.
Kickboxing: Dan Leo vs. Xavier Clark (Exhibition)
Leo kicked off things with a leg kick, a Superman punch, and a right hand; Clark countered with a 1-2. For the remainder of the fight - in which I would have liked to see a winner declared - these heavyweights took turns throwing punches and kicks and backing each other up. As I saw it, Leo landed the harder punches and more kicks.
Kickboxing: Will Joya def. Yoel Miller (Unanimous decision)
Miller's right hand was fast and accurate, especially after the two men routinely touched gloves before exchanging punches. But Joya's right hand to the body and kick to the body slowed Miller's early assault. This would prove to be a trend: Miller launches the attack, but Joya would come retaliate and back Miller up with a variety of strikes. Joya pressed the action more in Rd. 2 than he did in the first, and both men produced plenty of punches. Joya scored with hooks to the body and head and even knocked Miller's mouthpiece out during one onslaught. Still, Miller's blistering right hand kept him in the fight and perhaps saved him from some heavy damage at times. Each fighter had one round won (on my unofficial judge's card) heading into the third, but Joya again managed to corner Miller and land right hooks and uppercuts, forcing the previously aggressive Miller to cover up, unable to mount any further offense.
Kickboxing: Thomas Kern def. Matt Wernert (Split decision)
Wernert was the bull to Kern's matador; that's the story of the fight. Wernert rushed in and scored with punches inside, mostly to the body, and Kern did more with his kicks and counter left hooks to the head. Very close fight.
Grappling: Andrilo Suarez def. Jesse McBroom (Armbar)
McBroom stuffs and early takedown attempt and pushes Suarez away. McBroom then shot for a single, but missed. Suarez then grabbed the double leg and passed to sode control on McBroom. Suarez was then in north-south position, but passed to mount. McBroom kept his elbows tight and tried to buck off Suarez, but to no avail. From the mount, Suarez exploded into McBroom's right side, snatching his right arm and forcing the fast tap. Slickness.
Kickboxing: Trevor Ieron vs. Rob Peppers (Exhibition)
The bigger Ieron scored first with a spinning back kick to the body, his most effective shot of the night. He also landed some high kicks, but nothing to slow down Peppers, who took the fight on extremely short notice and kept coming forward with overhand rights. Round 1 was pretty intense and saw some friction at the bell. Ieron landed a nasty kick to the thigh early in the second and scored with punch combinations. But Peppers kept coming in with the right hand. I wanted to see these two go for at least another round.
Boxing: Chris Ortiz vs. Stan Young (Exhibition)
This was all Ortiz. He scored, seemingly at will, with his right and his left to the body and head. The contest was so one-sided that Young's corner threw in the towel in the second round, even though it was an exhibition.
Kickboxing: Nick Riedel def. Joel Torres (TKO, Rd. 1)
The ring literally shook from these two super heavies...but not for long. After a leg kick from Torres, Riedel landed a huge right hand...and then another. Torres went to work on the body for a bit, threw a leg kick, and went down; his knee seemed to have given out. He made it back to his feet after a struggle, but had to quit just moments later.
Jackhammer Promotions NY State Super Heavyweight Boxing Championship: Malik Kara def. Doug Tatore (TKO, Rd. 2)
Kara pounded the smaller Tatore with a mammoth left hand all fight. Tatore managed to do some damage, bloodying Kara and attacking the body in the first round, but not enough to stop big Malik and his left jab and lead left hook.
NY State Muay Thai Championship: Jo Jo Rodriguez def. George Turner (Unanimous decision)
Check out this video of George Turner vs. Jo Jo Rodriguez, round by round, from ringside. Awesome fight:
Round 1
Round 3:
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