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"Ring Of Fire 37: Warlords" Results and Recap

by Andrew Gladstone - 03-05-2010

 "Ring of Fire 37: Warlords" took place at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska and had another night of great action.  Only three of the fourteen bouts on the Ring of Fire card went the distance in a night that featured a huge upset and several UFC veterans.

The night began with an amateur bout between John Devall and Justin Seffron.  It didn't take long for John Devall to bring the fight to the mat, and once he got there, he submitted Seffron via rear naked choke in the first round.

The most exciting bout on the card hands down was a lightweight bout between Peter Grimes and Donavon Winters.  In round one Grimes came out like a house of fire when the fight was standing early, however the minute Grimes looked to take the fight to the mat, Winters countered with a beautifully attempted kimura and when the fight went back to the feet, Winters landed a beautiful front kick to the chest of Grimes.  Rounds two and three saw both men exchanging, and Grimes ending on top anytime Winters tried to make the fight into a grappling match.  Peter Grimes won via unanimous decision.

In what has to be considered the upset of the night Sean Wilson scored a second round technical knock out win over UFC veteran Luke Caudillo.  Caudillo looked to have Wilson's number in the first round and picked Wilson apart on the feet, and capped the round off with a takedown.  Early In round two Wilson landed and overhand right, followed up with a right hook and then landed some strikes on the ground defeating Caudillo by technical knock out.

Justin Wren got back in the win column after making short work of wrestler Josh Henry by taking him down and landing devastating punches to get the win via technical knock out in round one.

UFC veteran Chad "The Grinder" Reiner lived up to his nickname as he grinded out another victory over Brian Green by unanimous decision.  All three rounds saw Reiner taking Green down with some powerful takedowns and passed the guard of Green on several occasions.  To Green's credit he never gave up once during the fight and managed to scramble to his feet on a few occasions, and valiantly fought for position against Reiner.

In the co-main event John Alessio made short work of veteran Matt Delanoit by submitting the fighter in round one by way of rear naked choke.  After the bout Alessio made it known that he wants to return to the UFC and fight on the UFC 115 card in Vancouver, Canada.

In the main event local fan favorite Alonzo Martinez took on Demi Deeds in lightweight action.  Deeds fought hard to bring the smaller Martinez to the mat in the opening minutes of the bout, however Martinez defended the takedowns well and scored a takedown of his own and ended up submitting Deeds by way of rear naked choke in the first round.

Full Ring of Fire 37 Results:

Alonzo Martinez defeats Demi Deeds by submission via rear naked choke in round 1

John Alessio defeats Matt Delanoit by submission via rear naked choke in round 1

Chad Reiner defeats Brian Green via unanimous decision

Sean Wilson defeats Luke Caudillo via technical knock out in round 2

Justin Wren defeats Josh Henry via technical knock out in round 1

Pete Grimes defeats Donavon Winters via unanimous decision

Vinny Lopez defeats Andy Smith via unanimous decision

Enrique Thomas defeats Steve Luccino by submission via rear naked choke in round 3

Justin Linner defeats Brett Hodgen by submission via rear naked choke in round 1

Roberto Rojas Jr defeats Jason Prorok by technical knock out in round 1

Joel Frandsen defeats Matt Williams by technical knock out in round 2

Johnny Nunez defeats Jeremy Harper by submission via armbar in round 2

John Devall defeats Justin Seffron via rear naked choke in round 1

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