August 3, 2025, Nashville, TN –Victor “Jalapeno” Hernandez (14-0, 12 KOs) used relentless pressure and non-stop punching to wear down and impressively stop Jayvon “Jigsaw” Garnett (10-2, 5 KOs) in the tenth and final round to win the NABA & Junior NABF Featherweight Championships on Saturday night (August 2) from the Fairgrounds Arena in Nashville.

The action was also streamed live on Millions.co.

Fighting in the main event of Christy Martin Promotions’ “Mayhem in Music City 2” event, Hernandez surprisingly dominated the capable Garnett in every minute of every round, firing hard punches to the head and body with non-stop abandon.

The end finally came at 2:23 of the final round, as Referee Duane Edwards rescued the exhausted Garnett while he slowly sank to the canvas.

“I trained just to be hot and spicy,” said a happy Hernandez, post-fight. “You know what happens when you take a bite of a jalapeno and it’s too hot? It burns your ass. He just didn’t know that.

“Anybody that wants to give me an opportunity, get in touch with Christy Martin or Lisa Holewyne,” continued Hernandez. “Whoever wants it, let’s do it. I want them all.”

In the co-featured bout, popular local super lightweight Louui IV Spencer (2-0, 1 KO) of Clarksville, Tennessee, won a wide four-round unanimous decision over Cody Jenkins (0-6) of Culpeper, Virginia.

After getting the better in the first two rounds, Spencer dropped Jenkins with a two-punch salvo to the body in round three and then followed up with a barrage that had Jenkins down again at the end of the frame. A left hook to the body put Jenkins down again in round four, but the multi-sport Virginian tough guy was able to last the distance.

The scores were 40-33 and 40-34 x 2.

Super bantamweight southpaw Yoruba “The Slim Reaper” Moreu made an impressive and successful pro debut by scoring a second-round TKO over 17-fight veteran Ndira “Paco” Spearman of Lavergne, Tennessee.

A former amateur champion from Albuquerque, New Mexico, the skillful Moreu sent Spearman down a total of five times from a mix of powerful right hooks to the head and body in round one. Spearman was down twice more in round two before Referee Duane Edwards indicated he’d finally seen enough at 1:45 of the second.

“I feel like I could have worked better off the jab, but it’s my pro debut,” said Moreu after the fight. “It’s all part of the game. I’ll go back to the gym and fix up my little tweaks and be good.

“I don’t care if you’re big, strong, little, whatever,” said Moreu of his impressive victory. “I’m going to that body. You have to protect that body at all times or I will snatch it, for sure.”

In an entertaining, albeit abbreviated slugfest, super welterweight Evan “Yung Holy” Holyfield (13-1, 9 KOs) of Atlanta scored a second-round stoppage of Jeremiah Robinson (8-6, 8 KOs) of Saint Louis.

Holyfield dropped Robinson with a left hook to the liver late in round one. To his credit, Robinson came out firing in round two and may have briefly stunned Holyfield before Holyfield regained his composure and dropped him again with an uppercut to the pit of the stomach.

Sensing the end was near, Holyfield moved in for the kill with guns blazing late in the round. Referee Anthony Bryant waved it off as Robinson sank to the canvas for a third time. The time of Holyfield’s TKO victory was 2:58 of the second.

In just his second fight since undergoing open-heart surgery, Holyfield expressed his gratitude for even being back in the ring. “Two years ago, if you had asked me would I be in the ring I would have said ‘I don’t know,’ he said. “It’s been a turbulent up and down roller coaster, but here I am.”

Fan-favorite welterweight Hadrian Phillips (2-0, 2 KOs) of nearby Clarksville, Tennessee, made quick work of winless Keith Foreman (0-7-1) of Harlingen, Texas, knocking him out with a two-piece combo at 1:13 of the opening round. “It can’t get much better than that,” said Phillips, post-fight. “I felt good in there and came out and did what I had to do. Boxing is a hard sport and a lonely sport, and I have nothing but love for everyone who supports me.”

In the opening fight of the night, light heavyweight Bryan “King” Goldsby II (2-0, 2 KOs) stayed undefeated with a second-round TKO over “Mr. Composure” El Av Yashar’El (11-41-3, 6 KOs). Goldsby showed good punching power, as Yashar’El was down twice from hard right hands in round one. When Goldsby opened up again in round two, his heavy-handed barrage convinced Referee Anthony Bryant to wave the fight off at 1:46 of the second.

In the four-round “double pro debut” light heavyweight walkout bout, Guy Stanford Jr. of Clarksville, Tennessee, moved to 1-0, 1 KO by stopping Covington, Tennessee’s Jalen Fayne at 30 seconds of round two.

Stanford dropped Fayne with a left hook to the body late in round one and finished him with a follow-up barrage to the body early in round two.

July 8, 2025, Nashville, TN – On Saturday, August 2, 2025, at the Fairgrounds Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, Christy Martin Promotions will proudly present “Mayhem in Music City 2” a night of action-packed professional boxing featuring Victor “Jalapeno” Hernandez (14-0, 12 KOs) taking on Jayvon “El Elegido” Garnett (10-2, 5 KOs) for the NABA & Junior NABF Featherweight Championships in the 10-round main event.

The event will also be broadcast live on Millions.co Pay Per View.

Also scheduled in the co-featured bout will be undefeated super middleweight Djibril “The Messenger” Diakite (10-0, 8 KOs) of Queens, New York, facing proven trialhorse Cleotis “Mookie” Pendarvis (22-24-2, 9 KOs) over eight rounds.

Tickets for “Mayhem in Music City 2” start at $60.70 (incl. $5.20 Fee & $5.39 Tax) and are available from Eventbrite.

After just 30 amateur fights, Victor “Jalapeno” Hernandez turned professional in mid-2021 and won the North American Boxing Association USA Featherweight Championship with a fourth-round knockout over Jose Edgardo Garcia in his ninth fight in February of last year. Based in El Paso, TX/Kenner, Louisiana, Hernandez is blessed with the natural punching power of a much larger fighter and utilizes a classic Mexican style because he wants his fans to enjoy watching him as much as he enjoys being in the ring. Hernandez works with renowned trainer Craig Duncan, and is signed to Christy Martin Promotions.

Jayvon “El Elegido” Garnett hails from the boxing talent-laden city of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he first put on a pair of boxing gloves at the age of six. He had a stellar amateur career fighting over 110 times, developing his style and sharpening his skills in Ohio’s very competitive amateur boxing scene. The 30-year-old Garnett combines exceptional quickness and accuracy with a propensity for power. He won the IBO Americas Featherweight Championship with a unanimous decision over Jose Argel in June 2021.

A lanky 6? tall puncher with an aggressive style, Queens, New York’s Diakite (pronounced Dee a Key Tay) had just one amateur fight before turning professional in July 2021. Still a work in progress with tremendous potential, 25-year-old Diakite has won his last four fights by knockout. He was last seen in the ring in May of this year, where he scored a second-round stoppage of Manny Woods in Nashville. A gifted artist and social activist in his spare time, Diakite attended Brooklyn College and hopes to one day become a high school science teacher.

A Los Angeles native, Cleotis Pendarvis turned professional in November of 2004. Calling himself “Best Underdog in Boxing” Pendarvis has made a career out of taking on any and all comers, including several world champions and top contenders all the way from 141 to 176 lbs., and scored several upset victories along the way. Pendarvis is a former IBF/USBA, WBC/USNBC, WBF/USA, WBF/Intercontinental, and California State Champion and has been rated as high as #7 in the world from 2010 to 2013 at 140 lbs. Pendarvis was one of the sparring partners of Antonio Margarito for his November 13, 2010, fight with Manny Pacquiao.

Several exciting undercard matchups are also scheduled; matchups will be announced soon.

“This is going to be a fantastic show,” said promoter Christy Martin. “Hernandez vs. Garnett will be a war between two hungry prospects. Djibril Diakite is in the toughest test of his young career against one of boxing’s best spoilers in Mookie Pendarvis. We’ve got several local and international prospects on the undercard. I’m excited to be bringing this event to Nashville live and to the viewers on Millions.co pay-per-view.

PPV broadcast information will be announced soon. On fight night, doors will open at 6 pm and the first fight starts at 7 pm. The Fairgrounds Arena is located at 401 Wingrove Street in Nashville. Please use the “Expo 3” entrance from Wedgewood. 

Alexis Rocha won a 10-round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Santiago Dominguez in a welterweight bout at the Fantasy Springs Resort in Indio, California.

The fight featured some solid exchanges with Rocha getting the best of the majority of them.

Rocha landed 184 of 549 punches. Dominguez was 89 of 459.

Rocha, 146.4 lbs of Santa Ana, CA won by scores of 99-91 twice and 98-92 and is now 25-2. Dominguez, 146.9 lbs of Sonora, MEX is 27-1.

“I wanted to show everyone that I’m not just a banger, I can use my IQ in there and that’s what I needed,” said Alexis Rocha. “I knew Dominguez was going to come forward, he just keeps coming, so that’s what I wanted to show. It’s more about my brains from now on. I want to be very aware in the ring, and I want to use my brains. That’s all you’re going to see moving forward. I have a great team behind me, Golden Boy, and we’re just going to see what’s next. I’m right there. I’m knocking on the door still. The belts are gonna be open anytime soon, so I’m just knocking on the door right now.

Gregory Morales won a 10-round unanimous decision over Jayvon Garnett in a super featherweight bout.

Morales landed 143 of 742 punches. Garnett was 73 of 357.

Morales, 127 lbs of San Antonio won by scores of 99-91, 98-92 and 96-94 and is now 17-1. Garnett, 126 lbs of Cincinnati is 10-2.

“I feel amazing. I feel like there’s room for improvement, it was my first 10-rounds,” said Gregory Morales. “There’s only room for improvement from here on out. I learned the pace of the fight. I learned to pick it up, slow it down. I learned that I can do a full 10 rounds.”

Grant Flores remained undefeated with a second round stoppage over Juan Meza in a four-round super welterweight fight.

In round two, Flores landed a huge right that rocked Meza into into the ropes. Flores then landed about 15 unanswered blows and Meza was stopped on his feet at 1:54.

Flores, 151.4 lbs of Coachella, CA is 6-0 with five knockouts. Meza, 151 lbs of Los Angeles is 4-6.

Jorge Chavez remained undefeated with a six-round unanimous decision over Riku Kitani in a featherweight bout.

Chavez landed 78 of 312 punches. Kitani was 33 of 196.

Chavez, 125.8 lbs of Tijuana, MEX won by scores of 60-54 om all cards and is now 12-0. Kitani, 125.2 lbs of Mexico City is 8-3,

Bryan Lua stopped veteran Diuhl Olguin in round five of their six-round lightweight bout.

Lua dominated the action featuring thudding body punches and beat Olguin down until a referee stoppage at 2:03.

Lua, 133 lbs of Indio, CA is 10-0 with five knockouts. Olguin, 130 lbs of Guadalajara, MEX is 16-39-7.