Both fighters started out fairly even in the fight with strong kicks, but as the rounds started to pass Lindsay began to find his tempo and started to pull away. Washington was more than willing to engage with, but Lindsay seemed to be just a step ahead as he was more accurate with his strikes. In the end the judges scored the bout a unanimous decision victory for Lindsay with scores of 50-45 twice and 49-46 once.

In the night’s main event Eddie Martinez was taking on Italy’s Angelo Campoli. Both men made sure to keep the crowd entertained as they fought tooth and nail for five rounds. Both throwing and landing hard kicks, punches and knees. Martinez was the bigger fighter and he was able to use that to his advantage. It was a tightly contested fight through out and in the end despite Campoli constantly moving forward, Martinez was able to land some clean combinations. The judges scored the bout a unanimous decision victory for Eddie Martinez.

Jay Matias welcomed Cody Moberly to the pro ranks with some vicious knees. Despite an early sweep by Moberly, Matias was on point. He went to work early to the body with punches and kicks. Two consecutive knees from Matias send Moberly down. When the fight resumes Matias continues to unload at one point knocking Moberly down again, but he jumped right back to his feet and the referee didn’t give him a count. Another knee to the head sends Moberly down again and an eight count is given. It seemed Moberly was going to make it out of the first round but with less than ten second left Matias unloaded a flying knee that sent Moberly crashing to the canvas and the fight was called off. Nice looking (T)KO win for Jay Matias.

Nick Vaughn and Phil LeGrand were both making their professional debuts. LeGrand used a lot of movement in the fight and both fighters had their moments landing solid kicks through out the bout. In the end Nick Vaughn was able to take home the win as the judges awarded him the split decision victory.

In the night’s opening pro bout Ryan Madigan and Tarek Rached met under K-1 rules. The bout was a re-match from a few years back which Rached had won. Both fighters started off with some stiff punches and kicks. As the first round is coming to an end Rached unloads some left kicks to the left knee of Madigan and he goes down. Madigan is unable to get up and is counted out giving Rached the KO victory with only one second left in the first round.

Results:
Pro
Chike Lindsay def. Cyrus Washington via Unanimous Decision
Eddie Martinez def. Angelo Campoli via Unanimous Decision
Jay Matias def. Cody Moberly via (T)KO at 2:57 of Rd. 1
Nick Vaughn def. Phil LeGrand via Split Decision
Tarek Rached def. Ryan Madigan via KO (Leg Kicks) at 2:59 or Rd. 1

Amateur
Sean Fagan def. Joey Hernandez via (T)KO at 1:29 or Rd. 5
Sokun Kit def. Henry Lee via Unanimous Decision
Elijah Clarke def. Angel Flores via Unanimous Decision
Steve Hernandez def. Ariel Abreu via Unanimous Decision
Pawel Zawistowski def. Jovan Davis via Unanimous Decision
Manny Casais def. Jeff Hobbs via Unanimous Decision
Jess Ng def. Melanie Odria via Unanimous Decision
Irina Khouade def. Chantal Perry via Unanimous Decision

*Photo by Bauzen

MTA: Ryan you have a rematch with Tarek at the upcoming Take On Productions show. How glad are you to finally have this re-match?

Ryan: I’m very excited for the rematch glad Tarek is giving me the opportunity and of course excited to be back at MSG

MTA: Now for fans that did not get to see the first bout can you walk them through what happened in the bout?

Ryan: I felt it was close but like I was winning the bout when in the 5th round I simply stepped wrong and tore my knee

MTA: You have had a few issues with your knee, how difficult is it for you to step into the ring and not think about your knee when you are in there?

Ryan: Not too bad I know that I have done everything possible to strengthen my legs and feel confident in that and the program at Evolve

MTA: Aside from the knee injury, how do you think this fight with Tarek will be
different?

Ryan: The Pace will be a lot faster being only a 3 round k-1 rules fight so fans can expect some action.

MTA: How have you evolved as a fighter since your first bout?

Ryan: I have learned a lot about myself and Muay Thai and kickboxing and the biggest is my conditioning and strength improvement

MTA: Can we get a prediction for your fight with Tarek?

Ryan: I will have my hand raised but expect a good fight

MTA: You recently fought Dave Nielsen in California and the bout ended in a controversial no contest. Can you explain to fans exactly what happened in that bout?

Ryan: I won first round 10-9 on all 3 judges scorecard and in 2nd after being swept Dave threw a kick to my face while propping myself up….. the fight was overturned later to a no contest.

MTA: Is a re-match with Dave something you are interested in?

Ryan: I’m in if Dave is in and have talked to the WCK promotion about it and they say they will get me back on soon.

MTA: Any words for your supporters?

Ryan: With 50 people traveling to MSG for Nov. 10th I really appreciate the support from all them….. Big thanks to my coaches Lorenzo “The Legend” Scott, Steve the razor Taczyk…. my sponsors AC Plastering, Amity Hall, Omega athlete , Evolve (John Cook) and a special thanks to my girlfriend ,Ashley for the support!

Washington has not competed since a KO loss to Ky Hollenbeck earlier in the year, while Lindsay will be looking to try to put together back-to-back victories. Lindsay defeated Malaipet Sasiprapa in June of this year under the Bangkok Fight Night banner.