MMA: Inside the Cage #55 "Rising Fight League Preview Show"

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(CYRUS) WELCOME TO MMA INSIDE THE CAGE. BRINGING THE WORLD OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS STRAIGHT TO YOU. CYRUS FEES ALONGSIDE THE
MAN THAT TRIED TO TAKE MY HOSTING DUTIES RIGHT OUT FROM UNDER ME, CASEY OXENDINE. (CASEY) WELL PARTNER YOU BETTER BE ON
YOUR GAME TONIGHT MAN, BECUASE THE WORD IS, I WAS DOING THE JOB YOU COULDNT DO LAST WEEK. (CYRUS) THATS WHAT THE WORD IS
HUH? WOW INTERESTING. JUST DONT TRY AND TAKE MY SPOT AND WE'LL BE OK. (CASEY) DONT WORRY ABOUT YOUR SPOT, WERE TALKIN
X MARKS THE SPOT TONIGHT MAN. (CYRUS) GOOD CALL MAN. ITS THE FEEDER LEAGUE FOR THE X SERIES AT THE RISING FIGHT LEAGUE. WE
PREVIEW THE UPCOMING EVENT THATS GONA SHKAE UP AMATEUR MMA IN THE SOUTHEAST RISING FIGHT LEAGUE COULD PRODUCE IT. THE EVENT
GOES OUT FRIDAY AUGUST 19TH LIVE FROM THE TALLEY WARD CENTER IN MORRISTOWN,TN. AND IN THE NEXT ROUND, PROMOTERS GENE CLICK
AND TIM LOY ARE GOING TO STOP BY TO TALK ALL ABOUT THIS AWESOME CARD. NOW SOME NEWS CAME OUT LAST WEEK CASEY, VERY
BIG NEWS, BUT BEFORE WE GO TO RFL I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS, ZOOFA DECIDED THEIR GOING TO CUT TIES WITH EVERYBODY FROM
GOLDEN GLORY, BOTH OVEREEMS, MARLOES COENEN, AND JON OLOFF INIMO THE GUY THAT JUST CAME OFF THE FIGHT OF THE NIGHT IN
THE UFC. AS WELL, NOT TO MENTION, FEDOR EMELIANEKO. TALK ABOUT THIS NEWS MAN. (CASEY) MAN I THINK ITS A BIG DEAL. I
THINK STRIKEFORCE IS TRYING TO CHANGE THE FACE OF THEIR PROMOTIONS, MAYBE TRYING TO CUT THE COST FROM SOME OF THOSE
HIGHER BUDGET EUROPEAN/ASIAN FIGHTERS. ITS A SHAME WERE NOT GOING TO SEE THOSE GUYS IN AMERICA FOR A WHILE BUT IM SURE
WE'LL SEE THEM IN SOME OF THOSE INTERNATIONAL EVENTS WERE TAKING A LOOK AT. (CYRUS) NO DOUBT ABOUT IT MAN. AND SPEAKING
OF FEDOR CASEY, BIG NEWS COMING OUT OF M1 GLOBAL, THEIR SAYING THAT FEDOR IS NOT GOING TO BE RETIRING, THAT HES GOING
TO BE MAIN EVENTING A CARD IN DECEMBER, IN RUSSIA, MOSCOW. HES GONA BE FIGHTING AGAIN AND THATS BIG NEWS FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL SINK CASEY. (CASEY) OH ABSOLUTELY. FEDOR, REGARDLESS WIN, LOSS, OR DRAW, ALWAYS DRAWS A HUGE CARD AND
HES EXTREMELY POPULAR, FANS LOVE HIM, AND TO BE BACK IN HIS MOTHER RUSSIA, ITS GOING TO BE FANTASTIC. (CYRUS) YOUR RIGHT
MAN. AND THE THING PEOPLE DONT KNOW IS THAT HE DIDNT JUST HAVE A CONTRACT WITH STRIKEFORCE, HE HAD A CONTRACT WITH
SHOWTIME. SO THEY COULD STILL BE ON SHOWTIME TELEVISION. THIS EPISODE IS ALL ABOUT THE RISING FIGHT LEAGUE. AND ONE OF THE
BIG FIGHTS ON THE CARD IS ONE OF YOUR GUYS CASEY, STEVE THOMAS AGAINST CRAIG JOHNSON. NOW OUR FIRST FIGHT IS FROM THE
CROSSROAD EVENT, CRAIG JOHNSON TAKING ON MIKEY BRADEN AND LATER ON ON OUR MAIN EVENT FIGHT OF THE NIGHT, WERE GONA HAVE
THE OTHER HALF, STEVE THOMAS BATTLING MARK NUNN. NOW I KNOW STEVE HAS PROBABLY WATCHED THIS FIGHT AT LEAST A THOUSAND
TIMES GETTING READY FOR HIS OPPONENT CRAIG JOHNSON. HE HAST TO BE READY STUDYING THE FILM, FOR HIS BIG CO-MAIN EVENT.
(CASEY) WELL HE HAS, HES DEFINITLEY BEEN IN THE GYM ALOT OF EXTRA HOURS, PRACTICING THAT SPRAWL AND BRAWL BECAUSE CRAIG
JOHNSON IS ONE OF THE TOP WRESTLERS IN THE STATE, WORKED WITH WAYLAN LOW AND FIGHTS OUT OF WOLFLAND COMBAT SPORTS, JIU
JITSU WITH BRANDON BLEDSOE. SO STEVES GONA WANT TO KEEP IT ON HIS FEET THATS NO SECRET BUT IF IT GOES TO THE GROUND, STEVES
NO SLOUCH THERE EITHER. (CYRUS) WELL ITS OUR FIRST FIGHT OF THE NIGHT, LETS TAKE A LOOK FEATURING YOUR MMA INSIDE THE
CAGE, PUNCH OF THE WEEK.
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(COM) MIKEY BRADEN IN THE GRAY, CRAIG JOHNSON IN THE BLACK TRUNKS. THIS ONE SCHEDULED
FOR 3, 3 MINUTE ROUNDS HERE IN KNOXVILLE, TN THE X SERIES HERE WE GO. (CASEY) NOW MIKEY BRADEN IS A GUY WE'VE SEEN ALOT
OF IN THE KNOXVILLE AREA, USED TO WEIGH CLOSE TO 300 POUNDS, WAS ACTUALLY RANKED #1 IN THE STATE AS A SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT.
NOW DOWN TO 205. (COM) WOW THATS IMPRESSIVE. FIGHTING TONIGHT AT 195. AS YOU CAN SEE THE FULL MOUNT HERE OPENS AND NOW
MIKEY IN TROUBLE..FULL MOUNT A HOOKS SOMETHING. (COM2) HES DEFINITELY IN TROUBLE. UH CRAIG IS A COLLEGIATE WRESTLER, HES
DEFINITELY A GOOD WRESTLER. HES GETTING THE TAKEDOWN, GROUND AND POUND. (CASEY) BUT BRAEDON IS SQUIRMY, HE NEEDS TO WATCH
ON TOP NOT TO PUNCH HIMSELF OUT BECAUSE BRAEDON DOES HAVE A HARD HEAD AND HES HARD TO HURT. IN THE PAST HE HAS SHOWN THAT
HE CAN BE SUBMITTED. (COM) YEAH CRAIG JOHNSONS CORNER IS YELLING AT HIM TO PICK HIS SHOTS EXACTLY WHAT YOUR SAYING
CASEY, PICK YOUR SHOTS DONT GAS OUT UP THERE. (COM2) HE TAPPING. (CASEY) HE DID TAP. (COM) AT 1 MIUNTE AND 34 SECONDS
CRAIG JOHNSON JUST TO MUCH FOR MIKEY BRADEN. CRAIG JOHNSON MOVES TO 3-0 AS A PRO.. THERE IS A GREAT SHOT OF BRADEN JUST
BEATING DOWN AND IT LOOK LIKE HE MAY HAVE CUT HIS LIP THERE TOO... HE MAY HAVE LOST A TOOTH GUYS.. HE LOST A TOOTH...
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(CYRUS) WELCOME BACK TO MMA INSIDE THE CAGE. CYRUS FEES, CASEY OXENDINE AND WERE PREVIEWING THE BIG RISING FIGHT
LEAGUE SHOW THAT WILL BE INVADING MORRISTOWN FRIDAY NIGHT AUGUST 19TH. FOR MORE INFO ON THE SHOW AND TICKETS YOU CAN
CHECK OUT XSERIESMMA.COM. RIGHT NOW WERE JOINED BY THE BRAINS AND THE BRAWN OF THE X SERIES AND THE RISING FIGHT LEAGUE. WE
HAVE GENE CLICK HERE AND WE HAVE TIM LOY. SO WHICH ONES THE BRAIN AND WHICH ONES THE BRAWN? WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW
GUYS. YOU HAVE TO BE SO EXCITED ABOUT YOUR SECOND RFL EVENT. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. (?) YEAH WERE REALLY EXCITED,
THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME OBVIOUSLY, THE RFL EARLY ON IS A TRAVELING SHOW IF YOU LOOK FOR UP START TALENT IN CERTAIN
AREAS, BRING TALENT IN AS WELL, BUILD THEM UP. FIRST TIME GOING INTO MORRISTOWN WERE EXCITED, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD ALOT OF
TEAMS COMING OUT OF MORRISTOWN SO ITS NICE TO BE ABLE TO BRING THE SHOW TO THEIR BACKYARD. (CYRUS) SURE. NOW DO YOU
THINK ITS GOING TO BE A GOOD TOWN? DO YOU THINK THERE RIGHT FOR SOME MMA IN MORRISTOWN, TN? (?) SO FAR THE RECEPTIONS
BEEN AWESOME. WE'VE BEEN WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS EVERYWHERE WE'VE GONE AND EVERYONES BEEN CHOMPING AT THE BIT, TICKETS
ARE GOING SO WERE EXCITED. (CYRUS) NOW THERE ARE SO MANY BIG FIGHTS ON THIS CARD CASEY. NOW I KNOW YOU GOT SOME GUYS THAT
ARE GOING TO BE FIGHTING. STEVE THOMAS, MARK CLOYD ARE GONG TO BE ON THE CARD. TALK ABOUT SOME OF YOUR FIGHTERS AND WHAT
THEIR PLANS ARE FOR RISING FIGHT LEAGUE. (CASEY) RIGHT AS YOU MENTIONED THOSE TWO, BUT THEN ALSO OF COURSE THERES THE
ROBOCOP, DAVE CHAMBERS,AND OF COURSE HE MADE HIS DEBUT IN THE LAST X SERIES EVENT AND WON THE FIGHT AND EVERYBODY THATS
FOLLOWED THE SHOW KNOWS THE RISE OF ROBOCOP, DAVE CHAMBERS. HES BACK AT IT AGAIN HES AT BAT, AND WERE EXCITED TO SEE HIM
GO DOWN AND DO IT. (CYRUS) VERY TRUE. NOW WERE GONA GO INTO THE CARD IN DETAIL IN ROUND #3. LETS TALK ABOUT THIS SUPER
FIGHT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ON THIS ONE. ITS VERY INTRESTING, YOU BRING A SUPER FIGHT IN HERE. CAUSE ALOT OF THESE GUYS ARE
1-0, 2-0, YOUR BRINGING IN 2 VETERANS OF THE SPORT BASICALLY. YOU GOT LEN COOKE OUT OF ABSOLUTE THEN YOU GOT CHONCI HOUSTON
OUT OF WOLFLAND, BOTH HAD GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE CROSSROAD EVENT. TALK ABOUT THIS MATCHUP I'LL DIRECT THIS TO YOU TIM,
YOU PUT IT TOGETHER. TALK ABOUT THIS FIGHT. (TIM) I WAS TORN ON THIS ONE BECAUSE AT THE VERY BEGINNING WE SAID FOR RFL,
THAT WE WERE GNA MAKE IT STRICLEY FOR GUYS FOR 5 FIGHTS OR LESS. AND THEN THE OPPORTUNITY CAME TO PUT TOGETHER A SUPER
FIGHT, AND LEN COOKE, THIS IS GOING TO ACTUALLY BE HIS LAST AMATEUR FIGHT BEFORE HE GOES PRO, A HARD TIME PASSING UP ON
THAT ONE, THIS WILL BE HIS TOUGHEST CHALLENGES TODAY. CHONCI HOUSTON HIS RECORD IS ONLY 2-1 HE DOESNT HAVE ALOT OF MMA
EXPERIENCE BUT THIS IS A FORMER DIVISION 2 ALL AMERICAN WRESTLER AT UTC CARSON NEWMAN, HES A STUD AND CERTAINLY NOT A
STEPPING STONE FOR LEN BY ANY MEANS. (CYRUS) THATS WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY AND CHONCI HAD A GREAT PERFORMANCE AT THE
CROSSROADS EVENT, I MEAN GENE DO YOU THINK THATS IT GONA BE A GOOD FIGHT OR DO YOU THINK LEN COOK COULD JUST ROLL RIGHT
THROUGH HIM? (GENE) YOU KNOW ITS HRAD TO SAY. LEN COOK IS A CAGED VERTERAN AND HES BEEN PUSHED AND CHONCI HOUSTON COMING
IN, HES A SUPER ATHLETE, YOU CAN NEVER COUNT A WRESTLER OF HIS CALIBER OUT AT ALL. I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE FIGHTS
THAT ITS A PICKING FIGHT, IM EXCITED, I HOPE WE GET TO SEE ALL THE LEVELS OF MMA AND ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING A
GROUND WAR BUT BOTH GUYS HAVE SHOWN TO HAVE MORE THAN ABOVE AVERAGE STRENGTH. (CYRUS) LEN COOKS STRIKING HAS IMPROVED BY
LEAPS AND BOUNDS CASEY. LEN COOKS BECAME MORE OF AN ALL AROUND FIGHTER AND NOT JUST A GROUND GUY NOW. (CASEY) OH
YEAH. LEN IS COMPLETE. THE GENERAL CONSENSES ON THIS FIGHT FROM WHAT IM HEARING IS THAT, CHONCI SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE
HIM DOWN BUT LEN HAS INCREDIBLE GROUND SKILLS AND INCREDIBLE STRIKING. SO ALOT OF IT WILL BE IF LEN COOK WILL BE ABLE TO
STOP THE TAKEDOWN AND IF HE DOES GET TAKEN DOWN, HOW IS HIS SUBMISSION GAME GONA LOOK? IF HE CANT APPLY THAT SUBMISSION
GAME THEN CHONCI COULD GET ON A ROLL. (CYRUS) WELL ITS NO DOUBT GONA BE A FIGHT TO WATCH, A HUGE AMATEUR MATCHUP, AND
AT THE CROSSROADS EVENT IN JUNE CHONCI HOUSTON WENT UP AGAINST BRANDON ROSE, ITS OUR SECOND FIGHT OF THE NIGHT THIS
IS MMA INSIDE THE CAGE WITH THE RISING FIGHT LEAGUE PREVIEW SHOW.
(CASEY) ALRIGHT, CONTRAST OF STYLES COMING UP HERE. (COM) SO WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THESE GUYS? (CASEY)
WELL LOOKING FOR SOME SPEED.. BOTH TEAMS, OF COURSE CHONCI OUT OF TEAM TKO HERE IN KNOXVILLE. (COM) SO WE GOT CHONCI
HOUSTON AND BRANDON ROSE. BRANDON ROSE MAKING HIS DEBUT.. AND WE HAVE CHONCI.. HOW MANY FIGHTS HAS CHONCI HAD? DO WE HAVE
THAT DOWN HERE? 2 FIGHTS.. IM GETTING INFORMATION FROM OVER HERE BUDDY. (CASEY) WELL I CAN TELL YOU THAT CHONCI IS THE
MUCH MORE POISED AND COMPOSED OF THE 2 FIGHTERS.. YOUR LOOKING AT BRANDON ROSE AND HES GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A
WILDER STYLE GOT A LITTLE MORE RANGE. (COM) A LOOPING RIGHT HAND RIGHT THERE. (CASEY) CHONCI WORKING HIS WAY IN.. (COM)
TRYING TO CLOSE THE DISTANCE, HES CUTTING THE RING OFF.. (CASEY) ABSOLUTLEY THE SHORTER FIGHTER NEEDING TO DO THAT AND
GET INSIDE.. HERE WE GO... (COM) NOW SPEAKING OF TAKEDOWN TO SLAMS, WITH SCORING AND JUDGING AND EVERYTHING, HOW DO YOU
FEEL SCORING AND JUDGING HAS BEEN PROGRESSING IN MMA NOW. (CASEY) SO YOU MEAN HOW WOULD THE SLAMS ACTUALLY SCORE IN THE
FIGHT? (COM) WELL THAT BUT JUST JUDGING IN GENERAL. PEOPLE ALWAYS COMPLAIN ABOUT THE JUDGING AND THAT THE JUDGES
SOMETIMES GET THE FIGHTS WRONG. BUT SINCE IVE GOTTEN INVOLVED IN MMA, IVE NOTICED THAT THE JUDGES ARE GETTING STRONGER AND
THEIR GETTING BETTER AS TIME GOES ON. WHAT DO YOU THINK? (CASEY) WELL I THINK YOU DEFINITLEY HAVE TOO HAVE A TOUCH IN
ORDER TO JUDGE MIXED MARTIAL ARTS JUST LIKE PRO BOXING COMPARED TO AMATEUR BOXING. I THINK IT IS GETTING BETTER BUT
LIKE I SAID, YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE THAT ARTISTIC UNDERSTANDING AND KNOW THAT DAMAGE IS MMA. THE TAKEDOWN... OH MY
GOODNESS... OH AND HE LETS HIM UP.. IS THE FIGHT OVER? (COM) THE REFEREE SORT OF STEPPED IN RIGHT NOW AND PROTECTED THE
GUY THAT CAME UP. THATS WHAT A REFEREE IS SUPPOSED TO DO. (CASEY) BRANDON ROSE IS DEFINITLEY WOBBLED. (COM) HES WOBBLED
AND LOOKS LIKE HES A LITTLE OVER MATCHED RIGHT NOW..HES STILL MANTAINING.. (CASEY) BUT HES GOT TO KEP THOSE HANDS UP... THE
FIGHTS OVER. (COM) THE FIGHTS OVER.. BOOM.. BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE.
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(CYRUS) WELCOME BACK TO MMA INSIDE THE CAGE, A BIG RISING FIGHT LEAGUE SHOW COOK VS. HOUSTON. CYRUS
FEES, CASEY OXENDINE, GENE CLICK, AND TIM LOY IN THE HOUSE. NOW I HAVE TO ASK GENE, HOW OFTEN DO YOU HAVE PEOPLE SAY YOU
LOOK LIKE DANA WHITE? I KNOW IT HAPPENS. (GENE) NEVER (CYRUS) THATS CRAP, THATS CRAP, (GENE) IVE BEEN CALLED WORSE (CYRUS)
YOUR LYING RIGHT NOW.. OUR MAIN EVENT OF THE NIGHT IS COMING UP BUT LETS RUN DOWN THIS CARD AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE REAL
HIGHLIGHTS. IM LOVING SOME OF THR PRELIMS EVEN. YOU GOT ABSOLUTES PARKER GEMMEL DOING A KICKBOXING MATCH TO START IT
OFF. THATS GONA BE COOL JUST TO SEE HIM IN A DIFFERENT ELEMENT. (TIM) YEAH ITS ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME ANYONE FROM
ABSOLUTE HAS HAD A KICKBOXING MATCH AND THEIR WELL ROUNDED GUYS. THEIR NORMALLY KNOWN FOR THEIR GRAPPLING AS YOU KNOW.
BUT WERE GONA SEE PARKER GEMMEL GET IN THERE AND THROW DOWN WITH SOME KICKBOXING. IM IMPRESSED BY PARKERS STRIKING IN THE
PAST SO I THINK HE'LL BE FINE. (CYRUS) THAT WILL BE GOOD. ALEX BROYLES LOOKS TO GO UNDEAFTED AGAINST BRANDON GRIMMETT.
NOW BROYLES LOOKS REALLY TUFF GENE, MAN HES REALLY BUILT IT JUST LOOKS LIKE HE HAS ALOT OF SKILLS COMING OUT OF D-EVIL.
(TIM) YEAH AT THE X SERIES SHOW, ALEX CAME OUT, I MEAN HES A SPECIMEN AT THE WEIGHT DIVISION, AS HIS SKILLS CONTINUE TO
EVOLVE HES GONA BE A CONTENDER FOR SURE IN THE DIVISION. HE IS ONE OF THE TRUE GUYS IN THE SOUTHEAST RIGHT NOW THATS
REALLY BIG FOR THEIR WEIGHT. (CYRUS) ITS KIND OF LIKE SCOTT HOLTZMAN? (TIM) EXACTLY. AND COMING OUT OF D-EVIL, HES GONA
BRING THE GOODS. SO WERE EXPECTING BIG THINGS. (CYRUS) HOW ABOUT ROBOCOP TURNING INTO THE CAGE, AFTER HIS LAST WIN AT X
SERIES AT 40 YEARS OLD, HES NOT EVEN 40 IS HE? (CASEY) HE JUST TURNED 42 (CYRUS) 42? (CASEY) HE TURNED 42 THE NIGHT OF
WEIGHINS AT THE LAST FIGHT. (CYRUS) TALK ABOUT ANOTHER PHYSICAL SPECIMEN.. (CASEY) YEAH HE LOOKS GREAT AND HES
FIGHTING ANOTHER GUY IN HIS 40S ITS GONA BE A GOOD EVENLY MATCHED FIGHT SO WERE EXCITED. (CYRUS) AND HE HAS A ROWDY
CROWD THAT COMES WITH HIM. (CASEY) HE DOES MAN THIS GUY IS OUT OF CONTROL. (CYRUS) ITS GONA BE AWESOME. WE'LL SEE HOW
THEY FILL UP THE ITALIAN WORLD CENTER. UH BRANDON BULLINGTON THERES ANOTHER FIGHT, GIB FRYE UH GIB FRYE DIDNT GET TO FIGHT
ON THE LAST EVENT BECAUSE HIS OPPONENT COULDNT MAKE IT BUT I KNOW HES RAREN TO GO, BULLINGTONS GONA HAVE A REAL GOOD FIGHT
ON HIS HANDS. (TIM) YEAH BULLINGTON VS. FRYE, THATS A GOOD FIGHT, WE LIKE THAT ITS 2 REALLY TOP TEAMS GOING AGAINST EACH
OTHER. I THINK ITS THE FIRST TIME WE SEE ANYONE FROM CHAOS TAE ON A GUY FROM ABSOLUTE. SO THATS ONE OF KNOXVILLES BEST
TEAMS AGAINST ONE OF THE TRICITIES BEST TEAMS GOING AT IT FOR 155 BELTS. (CYRUS) NOW ANOTHER BIG FIGHT IS THE DUSTIN LONG
FIGHT NOW HES FIGHTING SAM BURNS AND DUSTIN LONG JUST TOOK THAT LOSS AT THE LAST EVENT AND YOU KNOW ITS PROBABLY EATING
HIM UP INSIDE. IT WAS A MEDICAL INJURY. HES NOT INJURED, THANK GOODNESS, BUT YOU KNOW HES GONA BE COMING BACK WITH
AVENGANCE. (CASEY) YEAH I KNOW MAN. IM SO GLAD HE WASNT INJURED SERIOUSLY BUT IT IS TEARING HIM UP AND HE IS EXCITED
TO GET BACK IN THE THERE AND YOU KNOW SAM BURNS IS GONA BE AN INCREDIBLE GATE KEEPER FOR HIM. (CYRUS) HES GOT THAT HAIR
KIND OF LIKE YOU. (CASEY) HE DOES, HE COMES TO FIGHT EVERYTIME. (CYRUS) ITS GONA BE A VERY GOOD FIGHT. BILLY
WHITE/DAVID MILES FOR THE BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE, YOU GOT ALOT OF TITLE FIGHTS ON THIS. TALK ABOUT THAT FIGHT MAN IT SHOULD BE
VERY COMPETITIVE. (GENE) YOU KNOW BOTH THESE GUYS ARE SHOWING THAT THEIR 2 GUYS TO KEEP A LOOKOUT FOR. EARLY ON WE HAD MET
BILLY MILES AND HES KIND OF GOT THE JOE LOZON LOOK TO HIM, HES NOT REALLY ATHLETIC PERSAY BUT THEN HE GETS IN THERE AND
HES SUPER COMPETITIVE AND SUPER SKILLED AND DAVID MILES IS
COMING OFF 2 HUGE WINS RECENTLY. SO WERE VERY EXCITED BECAUSE ITS 2 VERY YOUNG GUYS, THEIR BOTH COMING OUT OF GOOD CAMPS,
AND BOTH DESPERATE FOR THE BELT. SO I KNOW WERE GONA GET A GOOD FIGHT OUT OF THAT ONE. (CYRUS) ABSOLUTLEY. GOOD STUFF.
AND FINALLY THE CO-MAIN EVENT STEVE THOMAS,CRAIG JOHNSON NOW GENTLEMEN, BEFORE WE SEE STEVE THOMAS'S LAST WAR, WHAT FIGHT
ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT? OFF THIS WHOLE CARD, WHATS THE ONE FIGHT THATS GOT YOU REALLY GOING AS A FAN? (TIM) AS A
FAN, I THINK THE FIGHT THATS GONA DELIVER THE MOST IS GONA BE DUSTIN LONG VS. SAM BURNS. I THINK WE'LL GET 3 GOOD HARD
HITTING ROUNDS FROM BOTH THOSE GUYS. I DONT THINK EITHER ONE'S GOT ANY QUIT IN HIM. (CYRUS) ABSOLUTLEY.AND YOU? (GENE)
SAME. SAME HERE, I THINK YOUR GONA GET 2 GUYS THAT BOTH ARE LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITY, OF COURSE DUSTIN IS LOOKING TO
GET THE BAD TASTE OUT OF HIS MOUTH, SAM HAS SHOWN THAT HE COMES TO FIGHT, HE LOVES FIGHTING, I THINK HE WOULD DO IT IN
THE PARKING LOT. SO YOU GOT 2 GUYS, NEITHER ONE OF THEM ARE TRAINED TO LOSS, SO I THINK THAT FIGHT, LIKE TIM SAID, IS
GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT DELIVERS. (CYRUS) AND CASEY, YOU WENT UNDEAFTED AT THE LAST CROSSROADS EVENT RIGHT? I KNOW
YOUR WANTING TO GO 4-0, 3-0 AT THIS EVENT AREN'T YA? (CASEY) OH YEAH. WERE ALWAYS HOPING TO TAKE HOME THE WINS AND IM
REALLY ANXIOUS TO SEE STEVE AND CRAIG GO AT IT. I BELIEVE ITS GOING TO BE BLOODY AND A REALLY TUFF GRUELING BATTLE BECAUSE
THEY BOTH HAVE THEIR ATTRIBUTES AND NEITHER ONE OF THEM HAVE ANY QUIT. (CYRUS) THATS TRUE. NOW WE SAW WHAT CRAIG JOHNSON
DID IN THE FIRST ROUND IN THE LAST RISING FIGHT LEAGUE, NOW LETS SEE STEVE THOMAS'S HANDY WORK. ITS STEVE THOMAS AND MARK
DUNN THE MAIN EVENT FROM THE INAUGURAL RISING FIGHT LEAGUE SHOW IN KNOXVILLE, AND ITS YOUR MMA INSIDE THE CAGE, MAIN
EVENT OF THE WEEK.
(ANN) INTRODUCING THE COMPETETORS, FIGHTING OUT OF THE RED CORNER, HE FIGHTS FOR ELITE MARTIAL
ARTS OF LAFONT,TN COMING IN WITH A RECORD OF 2 WINS AND 1 LOSS, MARK DUNN. AND HIS OPPONENT FIGHTING OUT OF THE BLUE
CORNER, FIGHTING FOR TEAM OXENDINE OF JOHNSON CITY, TN COMING IN WITH A RECORD OF 2 WINS AND 2 LOSSES, I GIVE YOU STEVE
THOMAS. 3, 3 MINUTE ROUNDS. (COM) YEAH MARK DUNNS GOTS SOME GOOD KICKS BUT STEVE HAS GOT THE POWER ADVANTAGE IN MY
OPINION, IM READY TO SEE HOW THIS FIRST ROUND IS GOING TO TRANSPIRE. (COM2) THEIR TRYING TO FEEL EACH OTHER OUT THERE..
NOBODIES REALLY LAYING ANYTHING.. NICE KICK TO THE THIGH RIGHT THERE...NICE KICK, NICE KICK. (COM) GOT A LITTLE BIT OF
THE KNEE THOUGH.. NUNNS GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A LIMP GOING.. (COM3) YOU CAN HEAR THAT SMACK, THAT GOOD DEEP IMPACT. (COM2)
STEVES PRESSING HIM UP AGAINST THE WALL LOOKS LIKE HES GONA TAKE HIM DOWN.. (COM) IN MY EXPERIENCE, THIS IS WHERE STEVE
IS TRYING TO SHOW HIS DOMINANCE, UH FIGHTING FOR US BEFORE, HES PRETTY EFFECTIVE. (COM2) A GOOD KNEE TO THE INSIDE OF THE
THIGH RIGHT THERE BY STEVE.. (COM3) OH WHEN YOUR IN THERE AND THE ADRENALINE IS PUMPING, IT TAKES A SECOND FOR IT TO
REGISTER SOMETIMES. YOUR THINKING WHICH ONES MY RIGHT HAND, WHICH ONES MY LEFT HAND. (COM2) SOMETIMES I HAVE A PROBLEM
REMEMBERING RIGHT OR LEFT NO MATTER WHAT. (COM) ANOTHER PUNCH TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF SWEAT ON MY
BROW RIGHT NOW. (REF) ROUND #2 KNOXVILLE GET UP AND MAKE SOME NOISE!! (COM) ALRIGHT WERE BACK TO ACTION, RISING FIGHT
LEAGUE ROUND #2 170 POUND TITLE TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALIST MARK DUNN IN THE WHITE, STEVE THOMAS IN THE CAMOFLAUGE FROM THE
KNOXVILLE CONVENTION CENTER. FOR ALL THE NEWS ON RFL AND X SERIES GO TO XSERIESMMA.COM...(COM2) ILL TELL YOU WHAT, STEVE
THOMAS HAS SOME POWER THAT MARK DUNN DOESNT...(COM) OHH!!! AND THOMAS STUMPED HIM... (COM3)HE IS HOLDING ON FOR DEAR
LIFE RIGHT NOW..HES TRYING TO GAIN CONSCIOUSNESS BUT STEVE NEEDS TO ROLL THIS AND KEEP WORKING. (COM2) YEAH STEVE
WOBBLED HIS LEGS AND WENT DOWN BUT REGAINED HIMSELF MARK DUNN DID, NOW HES HOLDING HIM UP AGAINST THE CAGE.. TRYING TO
REGAIN HIS COMPOSURE, CLEAR A LITTLE BIT OF THE COBWEBS OUT..THOMAS LAYS THAT LEFT BIG..HES TRYING TO GO FOR THE
HAYMAKER RIGHT HERE. LEFT AND RIGHTS LEFT AND RIGHTS, LETS GO!! EVERYBODIES GETTING FIRED UP!! (COM) I THINK STEVES
STARTING TO GAS A LITTLE BIT. (REF) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THIS IS YOUR THIRD AND FINAL ROUND LETS HEAR YOU MAKE SOME NOISE
HERE GUYS, THEIR LEAVING IT ALL IN THE CAGE!! (COM) THATS WHATS GREAT ABOUT THIS SPORT, 2 PEOPLE BEATING EACH OTHER
SENSELESS IN 2 ROUNDS AND THEN SMILES. (COM2) YEAH THEIR X SERIES BOUND THERES NO DOUBT.. (COM3) OH THERE HE GOES AGAIN.
HE HIT HIM AGAIN AND HE RATTLED HIM. NOW HES GOT TO GO IN THERE AND FINISH THAT. HE CANT WOBBLE HIM AND THEN NOT GO
IN..BUT THIS IS THE YOUTH OF THE INEXPERIENCED. (COM) STEVE HAS BATTLED, MARK HAS BATTLED, LOOK AT THAT. (REF) THE JUDGES
LOOK AT THAT. WOW. THIS IS A BATTLE I DON'T KNOW WHO GOT THE NOD ON THIS.
HAVE RENDERED THEIR DECISION, JUDGE #1 SCORES THIS 29/28 FOR THOMAS, JUDGE 2 SCORES THE FIGHT 29/28 FOR NUNN, AND JUDGE #3
SCORES THE FIGHT 29/28 FOR YOUR WINNER, OUT OF THE BLUE CORNER, STEVE THOMAS!!
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(CYRUS) WELL THE EVENT IS RISING FIGHT LEAGUE COOK VS. HOUSTON FRIDAY AUGUST 19TH IN
MORRISTOWN,TN. I'M GONA BE ANNOUNCING AND YOU GUYS HAVE GOT TO COME OUT THERE. GUYS ONE MORE TIME, HOW CAN THEY GET THE
TICKETS FOR THIS BIG EVENT. (?) FOR ADVANCED TICKETS YOU CAN CALL ME, 865-256-2330 OR YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE
XSERIESMMA.COM. WE'LL HAVE TICKETS AVALIABLE AT THE DOOR BUT I MUST WARN YOU, THAT SEATING IS VERY LIMITED FOR THIS EVENT
AND WE WILL EXPECT A SELLOUT. (CYRUS) AND I MUST WARN YOU. DONT BLOW UP THIS MANS PHONE MAN YOU GOT ALL THE LADIES
CALLING YOU. .. WE HAVE TO THANK OUR FANTASTIC GUESTS TONIGHT, GENE CLICK/TIM LOY FOR STOPPING BY. NEXT WEEK WE
PREVIEW ANOTHER HUGE EVENT, GRUESOME MMA 5 THE WRECKINING THATS GONA GO DOWN, SEPT 19TH IN PIKEVILLE, KY. NOW PARTNER,
BEFORE WE SIGN OFF, HOW CAN EVEYONE GET AHOLD OF US. (CASEY) WELL OF COURSE YOU CAN FIND US ON FACEBOOK AT
FACEBOOK.COM/MMAINSIDETHECAGE, TWITTER @ MMAITC OR YOU CAN EMAIL US AT MMAINSIDETHECAGE@GMAIL.COM. (CYRUS) IM CYRUS FEES
(CASEY) AND I'M CASEY OXENDINE. (CYRUS) AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK, INSIDE THE CAGE!
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