LINCOLN, RI (Dec. 2, 2010) – Ending a bitter feud that’s lasted a year, Dany “The Upgrade” Lauzon (14-4-0) only needed 1:54 to force rival Damien “The Omen” Trites into tapping out by way of a guillotine, headlining last night’s professional mixed-martial-arts card
Whether you like him or not, relative-unknown, Stephen Stengel, always comes to fight. Friday night was no different. His opponent Mike Zichelle looked for a takedown right away, but fell victim in his own attempt to do so. Stengel took top positioning and landed a punch at every opportunity he was given. He punched his way right into mount and secured the position. Zichelle quickly rolled over, but Stengel just switched to his opponent’s back and immediately locked up a rear naked choke for the win.
Former pro boxer Carlos Lovato seems to have made the transition to MMA successfully. Lovato stuffed Jerry Spiegel’s sweep attempts early on without much of a problem. Minutes later, back on the feet, he landed a vicious over hand right to the side of Spiegel’s head that sent his opponent crashing to the mat in defeat.
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New Hampshire’s Tom Moreau is plenty accomplished as a mixed martial artist.
His staggering multi-faceted attack, honed by 13 years of competitive judo and study of jiu-jitsu, boxing and Muay Thai, has earned him a reputation as one of New England’s best 170-pound fighters.
“It’s not a one-dimensional sport,” said Moreau, who’s on World Championship Fighting’s Feb. 26 card in Wilmington. “If they have one strength … I’m finding it and beating them all night.”
He usually does, with a 4-0 record (one no contest) in five pro bouts.
Wins aside, though, Moreau’s best memories have been watching his son find enthusiasm for martial arts.
Now 7, Tom Jr. finished second at judo junior nationals in 2008 — with a proud father looking on.
Tom Jr. follows all of his father’s fights, waiting up for him after late contests. Before his June bout against Don Carlos Clauss, Moreau gave Tom Jr. a look at match day preparation.
“He actually got up in the ring,” Moreau said. “He was so excited to be up there … moving around. It was great.”
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Ray Hui is MMAFighting.com's Editor
Last week, Massachusetts became the 42nd state to legalize mixed martial arts after Governor Deval Patrick signed the bill into law for the state to regulate the sport.In this FanHouse exclusive, we spoke to Joe Cavallaro, the promoter of the state’s leading promotion, World Championship Fighting, to find out the impact regulation will have on the Bay State and his promotion.
Massachusetts-based promoters and fighters alike are thrilled with the news Monday that legislature has passed a bill for the regulation of MMA in the state, opening the door for UFC events as early as Summer 2010.
Regulation legitimizes the sport for everyone involved, and the arrival of the UFC grants a number of local fighters within the promotion the opportunity to compete in front of family and friends.
MMA wasn’t illegal per se, but there was no governing body for the sport, and the UFC’s stance is to only promote events where there is regulatory body in the state. In the past couple of years, MMA has been most prominently promoted in Massachusetts through the work of Joe Cavallaro and his World Championship Fighting cards, which air on the Comcast SportsNet New England channel.
“The passing of the bill is great,” Cavallaro told FanHouse Tuesday. “We’re excited about it and actually lobbied with the UFC and their fighter Kenny Florian in front of the senate for the regulation to be passed. This bill changes the face of MMA in New England forever. I think it’s a great thing for the sport, the fans, and certainly all of the fighters.”
Mixed martial arts regulation is finally coming to Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick today signed into law a bill, versions of which were previously approved by the House and Senate, that calls for the Massachusetts State Boxing Commission to become the Massachusetts State Athletic Commission and oversee MMA events.
The move opens the door for the UFC to host a long-anticipated event in Boston.
www.mmajunkie.com could not reach Massachusetts State Boxing Commission officials for clarification on the bill’s final details. Massachusetts, for example, may allow individual locales to determine whether or not they want to host MMA events. It’s also not known how quickly the state may be ready to begin its regulatory duties.
UFC president Dana White, though, immediately took to Twitter to express his pleasure over the coming state sanctioning.
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Boston’s John Howard, left, could fight here soon.
The path is just about clear for the UFC to come to Massachusetts after mixed martial arts legislation jumped another Beacon Hill hurdle this week.
The state House of Representatives voted 144-10 Wednesday to sanction the sport. All that’s left is to reconcile specific provisions of that bill with the slightly different one already passed by the Senate.
The sports is not illegal in the state, but the UFC — the biggest and most visible promotion in the country — only competes in states where MMA is under the auspices of a government commission.
Promoter Joe Cavallero, whose World Championship Fighting brand holds shows in Wilmington, said he would welcome a UFC event in Boston, which could happen as soon as 2010.
“They’ll bring a huge base of people that are casual MMA fans, and they’ll become rabid MMA fans,” said Cavallero, who anticipates about one UFC show a year in Boston. “I think I’d be in big trouble if the UFC was coming here every week. Then I’d be a little more concerned.”
