OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA — Three combat sports will be on display tonight at the Feather Falls Casino & Lodge. In the mixed martial arts headliner, veterans Chris David and Jesse Brock square off in an important crossroads bout. Boxing and amateur kickboxing are also featured on the “Playboy Fight Night” card. Fighters weighed-in Friday evening at the casino showroom where they will fight tonight.
David (13-7-2, 4 KOs, 5 Submissions) of Oroville will be looking to continue his winning steak, which stands at four fights, in front of his hometown crowd tonight. Brock (10-5, 2 KOs, 5 Submissions) of Boise, Idaho will be looking to bounce back from a knockout defeat this past February. Brock, a Urijah Faber sparring partner, weighed in at 136-pounds, while David scaled 135.
Colin Hart (3-0, 2 Submissions) of Santa Rosa, California will take on Ryan Wong (1-2, 1 KO) of San Jose, California in a three-round middleweight fight. Wong, who fought just last Friday in Reno, Nevada, scaled 185, while Hart weighed in at 184 ¼-pounds.
In a three-round flyweight bout, Martin Sandoval (4-2, 3 KOs, 1 Submission) of Oakdale, California will meet Sammy Sanders (1-2, 1 KO) of Santa Rosa. Sandoval, nicknamed “Tarzan,” weighed in at 125 ¼, while Sanders scaled 125 ¾-pounds.
Oakdale’s Bryant Munoz (4-2, 4 Submissions) meets Taylor McCorriston (3-0, 1 Submission) of San Ramon, California in a three-round bantamweight fight. Munoz, looking to rebound from a tough stoppage loss to Alvin Cacdac last October, scaled 135-pounds, while McCorriston came in at 135 ¼.
Rounding out the MMA portion of the card, Junior Villanueva (1-0, 1 KO) of Oakdale will take on Rafael Rios (1-0, 1 Submission) of Stockton, California in a three-round lightweight bout. Villanueva, weighed in at 147 ¾-pounds, while Rios scaled 149 ½.
The boxing side of the card consists of two fights. In a four-round light middleweight fight, former amateur star Richard Hargraves (1-0, 1 KO) of San Francisco, California will meet J.C. Saade (0-1) of Los Angeles, California. Hargraves, the USA Boxing #3 ranked amateur welterweight before turning pro in December, weighed in at 151 ¾-pounds, while Saade scaled 151 even. Saade is fighting for the first time since 2005.
Heavyweight boxer, and MMA fighter, Yohan Banks was not sure who he would be fighting tonight, or even which rules his bout would be fought under, until sometime shortly before the weigh-in last night. Banks (2-3-3, 1 KO) of Redwood City, California will be boxing 6’5” Hector Martinez (5-3, 4 KOs) of Broderick, California in a four-rounder. Banks weighed in at 264, while Martinez scaled 228 ¾-pounds.
Two amateur kickboxing bouts will open the card. Mitch Thompson of Sacramento, California will take on Gaston Bolanos of Pleasanton in a three-round welterweight fight. Thompson weighed in at 144 ¾, while Bolanos came in at 141 ¾.
Mike Spatz (1-0) of Sacramento will fight Ignacio Zambrano of Stockton, California in a three-round cruiserweight fight. Spatz weighed in at 187, while Zambrano came in at 197 ¾-pounds.
Tickets for the event, promoted by ESMG World, are available by calling the casino at 530-533-3885 ext. 510.
Quick Weigh-in Results:
Mixed Martial Arts Results:
Bantamweights, 3 Rounds
David 135
Brock 136
Middleweights, 3 Rounds
Wong 185
Hart 184 ¼
Flyweights, 3 Rounds
Sandoval 125 ¼
Sanders 125 ¾
Bantamweights, 3 Rounds
Munoz 135
McCorriston 135 ¼
Lightweights, 3 Rounds
Villanueva 147 ¾
Rios 149 ½
Boxing:
Light middleweights, 4 Rounds
Hargraves 151 ¾
Saade 151
Heavyweights, 4 Rounds
Banks 264
Martinez 228 ¾
Amateur Kickboxing:
Welterweights, 3 Rounds
Thompson 144 ¾
Bolanos 141 ¾
Cruiserweights, 3 Rounds
Spatz 187
Zambrano 197 ¾
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