In a battle of previously undefeated bantamweights, Cody Grabrandt scored an explosive first round stoppage over Thomas Almeida at The Mandalay Events Center in Las Vegas.
Garbrandt landed a crunching right hand that crumpled Almeida to the canvas, Garbrandt landed two more shots while ALmeida was on the ground and the bout was stopped at 2:53.
Grabrandt, 135.5 lbs of Sacramento, CA is 9-0. ALmeida, 136 lbs of Sao Paulo, BRA is 21-1.
Jeremy Stephens won a unanimous decision over former Bantamweight champion Renan Borao.
Borao was cut on the right side of his forehead in round two.
Stephens, 146 lbs of San Diego, CA won by scores of 29-28 on all cards and is 25-12. Borao, 146 lbs of Rio di Jeneiro, BRA is 35-4-1.
Rick Story won a unanimous decision over Tarec Saffiedine in a welterweight bout.
Story, 171 lbs of Vancouver, WA won by scores of 30-27 and 29-28 twice and is now 19-8. Saffiedine, 170 lbs of Brussels, BEL is 16-5.
Chris Camozzi won a unanimous decision over Vitor Miranda in a middleweight bout.
Miranda was bleeding over his left eye in round two.
Camozzi, 186 lbs of Lakewood, CO won by scores of 30-27 on all cards and is now 24-10. Miranda, 186 lbs of Rio di Jenairo, BRA is 13-5.
Lorenz Larkin won a split decision over Jorge Masvidal in a welterweight bout.
In round three, blood began to drip from the nostrils of Larkin.
Larkin, 171 lbs of Riverside, CA won two cards via 29-28 tallies. Masvidal, 170.5 lbs of Miami, FL won a card 29-28.
Larkin is 17-5-1. Masvidal is 29-11.
Paul Felder won a three round unanimous decision over Joshua Burkman in a lightweight bout.
Felder, 155 lbs of Philadelphia won by scores of 29-28 on all cards and is now 12-2. Burkman, 156 lbs of Draper, UT is now 28-13-1.
In round three, Burkman began to bleed from his nose.
Sara McMann won a three round unanimous decision over Jessica Eye in a Bantamweight bout.
McMann, 135.5 lbs of Gaffney, SC won by scores of 30-27 on all cards and is now 9-3. Eye, 134.5 lbs of Cleveland, OH is 11-5-1.
Abel Trujillo won a 3-round unanimous decision over Jordan Rinaldi in a lightweight fight.
Rinaldi began to bleed under his left eye in round three.
Trujillo, 155.5 lbs of Boca Raton, FL won by scores of 29-28 on all cards and is now 15-2. Rinaldi is 12-5.
Jake Collier came back to stop Alberto Uda in round two of their middleweight bout.
Early in round one, Collier had his nose broken when Uda landed a knee to the face. Collier was bleeding bad from his nose. In round two, Collier landed a knee that was followed by three punches that softened Uda up for a vicisous spinning back kick to the body and Uda fell to the canvas. Collier landed three more punches and the bout was stopped at 1:06 of round two.
Collier, 185.5 lbs of Cuba, MO is now 10-3. Uda, 185 lbs of Bluenman, BRA is 9-1.
Erik Koch made Shane Campbell tap out in round two of their lightweight bout.
Koch, 155.5 lbs of Milwaukee, WI got the win with a rear-naked choke at 3:02 of round two and is now 15-4. Campbell, 156 lbs of Kelowina, BC, CAN is 12-5.
