Weekend Results: USA East and Russia Legion Win at M-1 Challenge 2009 Semifinals; Campbell Rebounds at WCF 8
World Championship Fighting 8
Aleppo Shriners Auditorium — Wilmington, Massachusetts
Mike Campbell rebounded from back-to-back losses that sent him packing from the WEC in the main event of WCF 8 on Saturday, defeating Mike Medrano via first-round TKO to get back in the win column.
- Mike Campbell def. Mike Medrano via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 3:12
- Hitalo Machado def. John Benoit via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 1, 2:04
- Josh LeBerge def. Dan Bonnell TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 1:20
- Josh Key def. Luis Felix via TKO (strikes) — Round 3, 0:51
- Dennis Olsen def. Ryan Schielding via submission (armbar) — Round 1, 1:04
- Joe McGann def. Jason Dublin via unanimous decision
- John Ortolani def. Travis Lerchenvia TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 2:16
- Noah Wiseman def. Eddie Felix via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 1, 3:38
- Saul Almeida def. Kevin Corrigan via unanimous decision
- Aniss Alhajjajy def. Brent Reed via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 2, 3:47
- Lev Kamenetsky def. Joel Ly via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 2:22
- Jim Pitner def. James Boran via unanimous decision
M-1 Challenge 2009 Semifinals
Russian Sports Palace — Rostov, Russia
Team USA East, anchored by IFL veteran Delson Heleno, defeated Team USA West on Saturday in Russia to advance to the finals of M-1 Challenge 2009, where they’ll take on Team Russia Legion, who defeated Team England to secure their spot in the championship.
USA EAST VS. USA WEST
- Ivan Jorge (USA East) def. Steve Magdaleno via unanimous decision.
- Delson Heleno (USA East) def. Fabio “Negao” Nascimento via unanimous decision.
- Gerson Dos Santos (USA East) def. Joao Asis via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 3:50
- Chuck Grigsby (USA East) def. Spencer Hooker via unanimous decision
- Shane Del Rosario (USA West) def. Lloyd Marshbanks via TKO — Round 1, 1:34
Team USA East def. Team USA West 4-1
TEAM ENGLAND VS. RUSSIA LEGION
- Yura Ivlev (Russia Legion) def. Scott Hewitt via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 0:54
- Magomed Shikshabekov (Russia Legion) def. Simon Phillips via submission (reverse heel hook) — Round 1, 0:15
- Ansar Chalangov (Russia Legion) def. Matt Thorpe via submission (reverse heel hook) — Round 1, 0:41
- Besiki Gerenava def. Lee Austin via unanimous decision
- Rob Broughton (England) def. Akhmed Sultanov via submission (keylock) — Round 1, 4:31
Russia Legion def. Team England 4-1
Pictured: Mike Campbell kicks Mike Madrano
Tags: Chuck Grigsby, Delson Heleno, Fabio Negao, Lloyd Marshbanks, Mike Campbell, Rob Broughton, Shane Del Rosario
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I’ve dropped his name a tine or two before, but Shane Del Rosario, from USA Team West, is one to watch going forward.
Maybe he’ll show up in the UFC and join the crop of rising young HWs that are elevating the entire weightclass…
Del Rosario is good, maybe he will show up on Team USA East to take down the Russians in the finals.
Good point.
Does anyone know for sure if USA Team’s can swap out talent like that in this M-1 Challenge thing?
I have no idea, but you know that if they tried M-1 would give them crap for it.
I missed this? Now how am I going to get my fix of that annoying as **** announcer? This crapped on my day…
What announcer is that?
He’s more annoying than 30 grain sandpaper on my testicles!!!!
His analogies are lamer than an one legged man at a shin-kicking contest!!!!
His jokes are farther stretches than a guy on stilts doing the splits!!!!
His fun-meter ranges between pulling a toenail off with pliers and turd in the punch!!!!
Surely you know who I’m talking about now.
And sadly, every time he comes up, I can never remember his name. Michail something maybe?
Shiavello? If you missed him so bad, listen to Sunday’s edition of MMAScraps radio, he was on there.