Ring of Fight 87 goes down as typical within the Tropicana Resort and On line casino Showroom this Friday, September nineteenth. ROC President, Louis Neglia, is a NJ MMA Corridor of Famer and a pioneer within the sport. Lou has been placing on high quality playing cards and serving to guys get to the UFC for a very long time. That is still his objective as he’ll proceed to place a number of the finest expertise on the east coast in his cage and see who can go away with their arm raised in victory and transfer on to even bigger fights and venues. I’ll have the pleasure of internet hosting the pre-fight present and making an attempt to not get in the way in which of Professor Jay Regalbuto, who will deal with the blow-by-blow name with me on the commentary desk.
ROC 87 Primary Occasion
ROC 87 will likely be capped off with the latest flyweight champion being topped. The title is vacant, and the primary occasion will function veteran Hector “Tremendous Borciua” Iglesias (3-3) making an attempt to cease somebody many contemplate a brilliant prospect in “Relentless” Ryan Burgos. Ryan is the youthful brother of former UFC stand-out “Hurricane” Shane Burgos they usually each have at all times represented Crew Tiger Schulmann. Relentless has been a wrecking machine with stoppages in all 5 of his earlier contests (3 ammy, 2 professional) and has solely been taken previous the primary spherical one time. There are good genes in that household and Iglesias has an enormous alternative for the largest second of his profession and a signature win if he finds a method to pull it off and win the championship.
Struggle Card…
The co-main occasion is a title elimination bout and options two welterweights who’re undefeated. Devan Price is 26 yrs outdated and 4-0 with 3 finishes and is nicely skilled at Bellmore Kickboxing and Transcend Grappling Academy. His opponent is Jonathan DiLorenzo. DiLorenzo is 34 yrs outdated. He received off to a fast 2-0 begin as a professional after a 4-0 newbie marketing campaign, together with a first-round end at Bellator, however has not been again within the cage since February of 2022. He’s doing his factor at David Department BJJ and Cruz MMA. We are going to see if the layoff impacts him as one among these warriors will get their first loss.
Donald Arana has a pleasant 6-1 newbie document at 145 lbs and has been very lively the final couple of years. Tapology to see his combat historical past, you may see that he and his crew at Longo MMA had a path they wished to comply with to get to his professional debut, which is able to come Friday night time. They may welcome Anthony “Snipes” George, who trains with Terry Gold’s Brooklyn MMA. I’ve been pals together with his coach Terry for years and he has at all times believed that Snipes has subsequent stage ability and expertise. Some accidents and life points have delayed the method after George received his debut at ROC 68 in 2019. Terry, Snipes and I had a video chat yesterday and right here is a few of what they needed to say…
Terry Gold on the layoff…. “Snipes may have no cage rust, belief me. He’s been working extraordinarily laborious and his focus is the place it must be. This begins our journey to the UFC that we began in 2019. Everybody will see Friday night time.”
Snipes George on his matchup…”Nothing however respect for my opponent who has been spectacular and trains with an amazing crew. I’ve to focus on what I do finest and that’s how I’ll stroll away with the victory. I wish to thank my complete crew for pushing me and placing in all the additional work, even with the little particulars, permitting us to have success.”
It is a 145 lb event championship bracket, so the winner will likely be nicely rewarded
The 135 lb event championship may even be on the road at ROC 87 as Kyle Hammell repping Gracie Sports activities, battles Billy Alexander out of Fitness center-O in NC. Each of those males and their groups journey up from North Carolina. It’s very acquainted to them as they’ve been placing their expertise on ROC combat playing cards for years. This is likely to be combat of the night time. Each of those gents are thrilling and can carry it.
Interview with Cam Scalio under:
In my “Highlight Struggle of the Night time, we’re that includes the professional debut of two big light-weight prospects going through off. Coaching with UFC legend and corridor of famer, Matt Serra out of NY, we now have Tom DiGennaro who’s 6-1 as an newbie and has a authentic floor sport. His opponent is PA born and bred Cameron Scalio, who has nestled into south Jersey and trains with good good friend, former school wrestling teammate and present UFC fighter, Andre Petroski (12-4). Their squad is Marquez MMA who boasts a protracted roster of UFC vets and up and coming fighters.
In addition they get the good thing about coaching with sister faculties Crew Taino and Webb MMA. You possibly can try my interview with Cam above as he fills us in on his path into preventing and the way he sees this matchup. I featured this explicit match-up as a result of I see them as very comparable. They’ve each been very lively the previous couple of years with preventing and grappling and are each coaching with a number of the finest coaches on the planet. I’m hoping for a stand-off within the takedowns, and we’re handled to a stand-up battle, but when it does go to the bottom, we will likely be handled to very high-level expertise on each ends. Philly vs NY….doesn’t get any higher.
Ray Longo goes to be busy tonight working corners as Demetri “Night time Night time” Nictas seems to be to even his document up (2-3) because the flyweight welcomes the problem from Sergio Rivera who received his professional debut by way of third spherical RNC stoppage in February. Rivera trains out of No Limits KB, Transcend Grappling and Freedom BJJ. He’s undoubtedly getting loads of seems to be.
Juan Vides is making his professional debut and may have an opportunity for some revenge as he takes on Marcus “the Blackstar” Reid in a re-match from their newbie careers. Reid received the W with a 2nd spherical rear bare choke and has gone on to get his professional license and go 1-1 to date. Reid is simple to recollect as he at all times seems to be just like the happiest man within the constructing. He’s received a million-dollar smile and a ton of superior persona to go along with it. Doubt that helps him within the cage although, lol. However there’s little question he will likely be prepared with a mentor like Matt Serra. Vides will get his grind on with the Tiger Schulmann crew.
On the prelims, we now have 3 newbie fights. It was nice to see the NJ Athletic Management Board add some flexibility and evolve as NJ playing cards can now have professional/am playing cards. I’ve been cage-side when amateurs like “the Irish Dragon” Paul Felder, Joe “Bodybagz” Pyfer, Andre Petroski have been pulverizing opponents working their method by means of the ranks. You by no means know who the subsequent “one” is.
May it’s one among these younger males.. Jalin Willis vs DJ Tirelli 147 lbs.. Nathaniel Smith vs Ryan Sipavicius 154 lbs Joseph Krenkel vs Jake Chambers 135 lbs
ROC 87 stay stream is completely free on ToroTv.Web
Doorways open at 8 pm and first bell is 8:30
