The Wytheville meeting center played host to the Titans of the Cage 35 event this past Saturday. A sold-out crowd converged on the town of Wytheville and witnessed a great night of high-paced MMA action. Several states were represented with fighters not only from Virginia, but also, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee along with their fans who followed them to Wytheville to support their respective teams while staying in local hotels, patronizing local businesses and eating at local restaurants before and following the event. The event was sanctioned by United Combat Arts licensed by the Virginia DPOR.
It was an evening filled with great sportsmanship being displayed along with highly competitive and intense match ups.
Alijah Webb (left) of Ring Combat Sports defeated Bryson Miller (right) with referee Kaine Tomlinson (center)
In the main event of the evening, Kyshon Lee (Team Advantage) defeated lightweight champion Daniel Wilkins (Team SAGA) to take home the TOC 155-pound title belt.
In the co-main event, Gracie Grecco (Greensboro JJ) and Hannah Ross (Mastering MMA) went five grueling rounds to go the distance with Ross bringing home the TOC women’s bantamweight title via judge’s decision.
Cody Stevens bottom of Ring Combat Sports won by rear naked choke over Ryan Dooley of Roanoke
In one of the most exciting fights of the evening it took Jonathan Freeman four rounds to stop Addison Hendry by strikes and take home the TOC bantamweight belt.
Ring-Combat Sports fighter, Alijah Webb finished Bryson Miller with a first round rear naked choke to improve his record to 2-0. Josh Cook outpointed Micah Sheffey to win by judge’s decision in a TOC Legends kickboxing bout. Brandon Webb of Ring-Combat Sports needed only 20 seconds to take home the win in a TOC Legends MMA bout against Mike Salazar.
Hunter Peeler finished Nyzaiah King of Charlotte, North Carolina, by rear naked choke in round one. Cody “The Pop Man” Stevens of Ring-Combat Sports took the first round win by rear naked choke over Ryan Dooley of Roanoke to move his record to 2-0. Trent Cecil of Princeton, West Virginia, took the unanimous decision win over Camron Saunders of Roanoke.
Shawn Mulgrew of Ring-Combat Sports took a first round TKO win over Donald Cooper of Bluefield, and Dylan Dooley scored a 15 second KO win over Chance Shelton. Jacob Weathers won by TKO over Salem fighter Jaden Asbury. Asbury could not continue after two rounds. Nikita Stoll of Harrisonburg won a hard-fought decision over Ivan Lakicevic of Lexington.
Hannah Ross (right) of Harrisonburg got the decision against Gracie Grecco (left) of Chatham
Other results included: David Harrison of Charlotte defeated Brandon Bast by first round TKO, Wyatt Webb defeated Justin Kessler by first round TKO, and Isaac Yan of Charlotte defeated Harley Jennings of Bluefield by TKO. Glenn Coats of Ring Combat Sports got the first round rear naked choke to defeat Steven Sammons of Clifton Forge. Montana Smith of Ring Combat Sports won a close decision to defeat Erika Dillow of Princeton, West Virginia, while “Big” Richard Farley won by referee stoppage over Jeremy Walker.
The kids and teens kicked the show off with some awesome, crowd-pleasing action as Kayleigh Burton and Willow Webb put on a grappling exhibition. Then Grace Burton and Sierra Llewellyn had a back-and-forth youth modified MMA exhibition bout. Jackson Webb and Ageo Perez had the crowd on the edge of their seats for their youth modified MMA exhibition bout. Finally Chanler Wimmer of Lebanon defeated Kenny Inman by rear naked choke in a teen modified MMA bout.
Ring girls for the event were Vanessa Manns of Grayson and Augustina Inez of Wytheville. Pastor Jeremy Farley of Restoration church opened the event with prayer while his daughter, Macy Farley did a beautiful job of performing the national anthem to get the show underway. Keep up with all the latest fight news by visiting the Titans of the Cage Facebook page.
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