It was another unbelievable night of fighting here in St Louis this past Saturday. June has been a fight fans fantasy with Strikeforce here on June 6th, and two weeks later Shamrock Promotions packed the house at the Viking Hotel for the up and comers to continue to build their names in the Battles for Fame. Maybe the most impressive fight of the night belong to Rashard Lovelace as the 19 year old took all of 17 seconds to submit Mike Bryant in a guillotine choke. Mike Finnegan had a hard act to follow as his brother got engaged right before his fight. Then Finnegan went into the second round before getting the best of Josh Selby by way of guillotine choke. Also going 2 rounds was the nights main event where “The Natural” Adam Cella remained undefeated in MMA with a defeat of Kevin Allen who got caught in an arm bar just under a minute into round two. The rest of the MMA matches were all settled in the first round starting off with Art Fuller’s impressive victory over Malshon Ball by way of rear naked choke. Ryan Bensinger continued his winning ways as he too was able to beat Jim Cordes by rear naked choke in round one. Mike Harris dropped the hammer on Damon Herale as Herale tapped just over a minute in the first round due to strikes. Also working the ground and pound was Jimmy Bacon as he fried Adam Couch getting him to tap out in the first due to strikes. As always, Shamrock Promotions delivered something for everyone. Fans got to see the one they call “The Zach Attack” do damage in a boxing match where Zach Skow defeated Shawn Williams by a unanimous decision. In Kickboxing it was too close to call as Zane Schmidt and Bobby Badacheletti found to a majority draw. John Duever known more for his MMA fights than his kickboxing fights went head to head with Mike Foster in a kickboxing bout that saw Foster win by a unanimous decision. For the first time ever at a Shamrock Promotions event two fighters got into the ring for a two round grappling contest. No kicking, no punching but plenty of action as Rich Burt defeated Joe Tobias by unanimous decision. We hope to see you at the next fights on July 24th. Here are the official results from the night.

Adam Cella def Kevin Allen by arm bar at :49 in the 2nd round.
Mike Harris def Damon Herale by TKO dues to strikes at 1:17 of the first round.
Ryan Bensinger def Jim Cordes by rear naked choke at 1:49 of the first round.
Jimmy Bacon def Adam Couch by TKO due to strikes at 1:23 of the first round.
Mike Finnegan def Josh Selby by guillotine choke at 1:34 of the second round
Rashard Lovelace def Mike Bryant by guillotine choke at :17 of the first round
Art Fuller def Malshon Ball by rear naked choke at 1:54 of the first round
GRAP Rich Burt def Joe Tobias by unanimous decision
KICK Mike Foster def John Duever by unanimous decision 29-27, 29-27, 30-26
KICK Zane Schmidt and Bobby Badacheletti fought to a majority draw. 28-28, 28-28, 29-26
BOX Zach Skow def Shawn Williams by unanimous decision

This Saturday Night all the action can be found at the Viking Hotel. The Battles for Fame has once again put together a great night of fights, with the combination of 2 boxing, 2 kickboxing, and 9 MMA bouts on the fight. In the boxing, Zach Skow will make his return to the ring after a year off. The kickboxing will showcase John Duever and Mike Foster squaring off. These two are great MMA fighters and will be facing each other in the cage in September. The MMA portion of the night will be action packed from the first bell, some of the favorites will include: Art Fuller, Rashard Lovelace, Mike Finnegan, Jimmy Bacon, Jim Cordes, Ryan Bensinger, and in the Main Event Adam Cella.
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This past weekend Finney’s MMA and Shamrock Promotions were all over the Midwest for fights. On Friday night, The X-Fights were in Kansas City, MO. Shamrock Promotions is contracted to run all the operations for Extreme Productions. Also in Kansas City Tom Aaron took on veteran Bobby Volker in the main event. This fight was one that everyone has wanted to see. Volker defeated Tom by TKO in the second round. Other in Action this weekend was Kevin Engel and Mike Green. Engel was getting back into the ring after a couple of month layoff, and pulled out a TKO win in the 4th round improving to 16-2. Green was in action in St. Louis looking to extend his win streak. Green lost in the 3rd round due to ground and pound. From Kansas City to Decatur, IL. Shamrock Promotions co-promoted the Round 1 Fight Night for Devore Academy on Saturday night. The MC, live event, and back stage were all ran by Shamrock Promotions.

The first Strikeforce event held in St. Louis was a huge success. The undercard fights were full of action. Both Jesse Finney and Pat Benson pulled out big wins and made a statement about their MMA skills. Finney showed that he has change his game and added jiu-jitsu to his stand-up background, by submitting Josh Bumgarner with a kimora in the first round. Benson won by arm bar over Dave Cochran in the first round.