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December 15, 2007
Martinez Stopped at
Reckless Abandon
By Rod Collins
Younger brother to the Diesel Fighting Championships President, Alonzo Martinez had a strong showing at the American Airline Center vs. former Pride veteran and UFC champion Yves Edwards. Both fighters weighed in heavy at 156 ¼ for this lightweight fight Thursday afternoon. Alonzo took the first round 10 – 9 on all three judge’s cards with aggressive pressure and non stop strikes. CompuStrike results showed Alonzo connecting with 43 strikes to Yves’ 4 in round one including a right cross that seemed to stun the eventual winner prompting an emergency clinch.
Round two promised more of the same until Yves connected with a sharp punch 30 seconds after the opening bell. The fighters scrambled and Alonzo continued to show strength with a quick reversal. Edwards out connected Martinez’ 18 - 6 according to CompuStrike in round two enabling an eventual take down. Edwards turned a side to full mount before Alonzo gave up his back and began fighting off rear naked choke attempts. Edwards had his hooks in and finally secured the RNC by switching arms for the tap out at 3:09 of the round.
Yves Edwards stated ringside after the fight, “Alonzo is a tough dude. He came out wild and hit me a few times.” Yves was hit 49 times in 484 seconds – a few times indeed.
View photo gallery of Alonzo's fight
View Fight Card of Reckless Abandon
October 13, 2007
HDNet Fights
By Rod Collins
The inaugural Diesel Fighting Championships (DFC) were broadcast by HDNet in June of 2006 from the American Airlines Center (AAC) in Dallas, Texas. On October 13, 2007, HDNet Fights held its own inaugural mixed martial arts event at the AAC. The high definition broadcast of the fight card is scheduled for playback Saturday, October 20, 2007.
The ten bout MMA fight card featured a main event matching up two former world champions in their respective specialties. Jeff Ford and Erik Paulson quickly finished their headline event. After stunning body and head shots connected by Ford on Paulson, Erik was true to his reputation as “a man with a thousand holds” taking his Boxer and Muay Thai opponent to the ground and ending it just after one minute of the 1st round with an arm bar submission.
What might have been the fight of the night was between local MMA man Jason House of Dallas, fighting Austin’s Freddie Espiricueta. House held his own with kicks and right bombs to Espriricueta’s midsection throughout the first round and a half. House began to gas midway through the second round and his face became Freddie’s favorite punching target until the fight’s end resulting in a unanimous decision in Espiricueta’s favor.
“Secret Weapon” Pete Spratt knocked out TJ Waldburger in devastating fashion at 1:57 of the first round to stop a three consecutive loss skid and revenge a previous loss to TJ. Waldburger was unconscious for minutes following the knockout, but exited the cage on his own afterwards.
The DFC welcomes HDNet Fights to this end of the MMA promotion business and looks to continue broadcasting future DFC events with HDNet.
August 7, 2007
The Georgia Force has announced that the team has re-signed four-year AFL veteran K Carlos Martinez.
Martinez, 5-8, 180 pounds, was originally acquired by the Force on May 2, 2007 in a trade that sent OL Reggie Jiles to the Dallas Desperados in exchange for Martinez. He totaled 56 points in seven games with the Force in 2007. Martinez connected on 47 of 56 PATs and three of five field goals in the regular season. In Week 17, he tallied a season-high 12 points by hitting all nine of his PAT attempts and drilling a 27-yard field goal. In his four-year AFL career, Martinez has posted 386 points after connecting on 305 of 338 (90.2 pct.) PATs and 27 of 60 (45.0 pct.) field goals.
View Georgia Force announcement
July 2, 2007
We proudly present the new DFC web site. Check the site often for updates on upcoming events, fight schedules, and free fight videos.
May 23, 2007
On behalf of the DFC Team, we would like to congratulate TheLoneStar Channel on their signing with Time Warner Cable. The DFC is excited about the future of TheLoneStar Channel and the direction of success created by this highly talented organization. Read full press release.
To learn more about TheLoneStar Channel please visit www.thelonestarchannel.com.
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