Vinny Lopez was the 1st Grudge match of the night, and moves his record to 3-0 with a three round shut-out of local champ Andy Smith. Lopez used a sharp Jab and thunderous right hands when Smith would reach. Lopez just out classes his opponent slick boxing continually rocking the over matched Smith. By the third round Smith was showing the wear and tear of continous punches he was taking. It is a art to watch some one use the sweet sceince like Lopez did.
The 2nd Grudge match of the night would be UFC vet Luke Caudillo vs Sean Wilson. The first round starts with Wilson controlling the distance with power shots and Caudillo applying pressure with low kicks that were just falling short. The round ends with Caudillo getting a nice double leg putting Wilson on the mat as the bell rings. The 2nd round starts with Caudillo finding the distance on his low kicks as one hurts Wilson and then Caudillo lands a nice combination, then Wilson lands a looping left hook that staggers Caudillo and he fights it off to see the ref waiving the fight off and he seems to be fine. I feel this was an early stoppage but the ref is there to protect the fighters and that is our number one concern also. Wilson walks away with the 2nd round TKO over Caudillo.
In the 3rd Grudge match of the night TUF 10 vet Justin ‘THE VIKING’ Wren made easy work of previously unbeaten Omaha Champ Josh Henry. The fight starts off with Justin closing the gap and instantly taking Henry’s back with a body lock. Wren Joust’s Henry in the air with one of his trade mark throws, and then keeps his dominant position using textbook ground-n-pound, landing hooks and uppers for a minute straight. Henry then scrambles back to his feet to finds Wren right back in his face. Wren lands a shot-gun jab and again gets a body lock and follows with another take down, again ground-n-pounding Henry from the back. Wren now gets both of his hooks in and flattens Henry out and continues to pound on him as the ref calls a halt to the contest 4minute 20 seconds into the 1st.
We are proud of all 3 of our fighters as they all performed wonderful. You guys make GTC PROUD, great job!
