Reality Fighting 100 -- MMA coming to Mohegan Sun on Jan. 6
by Brian Woodman Jr. on 12/31/17The highlights for Reality Fighting's next MMA event at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT include three amateur title fights and a potentially impressive main event -- a heavyweight title fight between former Reality Fighting belt holder Parker Porter (7-4) and New Jersey's J.A. Dudley (8-17, according to www.tapology.com). But the grappling super fights sharing the the organization's 100th card, including a bout with UFC veteran Gabriel Gonzaga, could make the evening even more interesting.
Gonzaga, who currently trains with Squared BJJ, will grapple with Ray Sherwood of Ultimate MMA.
Parker, a Southington native who trains at Underdog BJJ in Hartford, lost the organization's belt to Gonzaga in 2011 at Mohegan Sun. He has also fought twice with Bellator at the resort, losing by first-round TKO to Josh Diekman in 2013 but submitting Eric Bedard by second-round submission about two years later.
William Knight was originally scheduled to make his professional debut against Mark Glover of Team Bomb Squad. He will instead fight Franklin Johnson in an amateur 225-pound bout.
The amateur title fights include; a 155-pound bout between Matt Bienia (5-1) and Nate Ghareed (5-1), and a 125-pound bout between Tim Flores (3-2, according to www.tapology.com) and Harris Bonfiglio (2-2, according to www.tapology.com).
Jesse James Kosakowski (5-0 amateur record), who is making his professional debut, will fight Hugh McKenna (1-1) -- a Long Island-based fighter and undefeated amateur who earned his professional career win with Bellator. Joe Giannetti, who is undefeated after six fights, will fight Dan Dubuque (4-2) in a lightweight bout.
Destiny Quinones, in her professional debut, will fight Danielle Hindley (1-0, according to www.tapology.com) of South Shore Sportsfighting in a strawweight bout. Quinones is currently an amateur belt holder with Reality Fighting.
Pat Casey (7-2, according to www.tapology.com), who lost to Kosakowski at Premier FC 24 by a fifth-round rear naked choke in an amateur bout, will fight Redd Pottinger (statistics not available). Casey won two amateur titles while fighting for Premier FC in 2017.
The other MMA bouts on the card include;
- Steve Morell versus Bill Goff (both 0-1, acording to www.tapology.com).
- Arslan Oticheyev (4-4-1, according to www.tapology.com) versus Jordan Riley (2-2, according to tapology.com).
- Murat Keshtov versus Rob Best (statistics not available).
- Austin Schalla (1-9, according to www.tapology.com) versus Harrison Adamo .(2-1, according to www.tapology.com)
- Kenneth Rayside (1-10, according to www.tapology.com) versus Randy Francis (2-3, according to www.tapology.com)
- Traci Baldwin versus Anastasia Bruce (statistics not available).
- Ron Marshall versus Giovanni Fiasconaro (statistics not available).
The other grappling matches scheduled for the event include;
- Marco Alvan of Team Link versus Lee Richardson of Underdog BJJ.
- Dan Simmler of Abusado versus Oz Parisher of Soul Fighters.
- Mat Santos of Santos BJJ versus Nate Lamotte of Burgess MMA.
- Mario Ramos of Dragon's Lair BJJ versus Kevin Quigg of Martinez BJJ.
- Pete Jeffrey of Tri-Force Training Center versus of Kirkor Papasian of Strikezone.
- Ed Carr of Team Link versus Nolan Dutcher of Dutcher Martial Arts.
- Chris Simmons of Carlson Gracie versus Gabriel Souza of Casa of Jiu-Jitsu.
- Frank Latina of DCBJJ versus Walter Smith-Cottito of Team Link.
We will be posting more information regarding this event on our blog as Jan. 6 approaches.
(Editorial Note: Reality Fighting provided the fight card information and a portion of the statistics).
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