This Day in MMA History: Nov. 8
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The card featured the heavyweight tournament, middleweight tournament, and bantamweight tournament finals. In the main event, Cheick Kongo beat Peter Graham by decision to become the Season 8 heavyweight tournament winner. Kongo was originally supposed to fight Vinicius Kappke de Queiroz, but Queiroz withdrew, so Graham stepped in.
At bantamweight, Joe Warren beat Travis Marx by TKO in the second round to become the bantamweight tournament winner, while Brennan Ward TKO’d Mikkel Parlo to become the middleweight tournament winner. The other fight on the main card was Derek Camps edging out a decision over Martin Stapleton.
On the prelims, Patricky Freire beat Edson Berto by decision and Linton Vassell beat Matt Jones by decision.
Continued Reading » Original Recap: Kongo, Warren, Ward Land Tournament Titles
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