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Rage In The Cage 78 Results Beraun beats Ricco Rodriguez
January 14, 2006 Glendale Arena 9400 W Maryland Ave Glendale, Arizona 85305
UFC fighters Matt Hughes, Joe Riggs, Edwin Dewees and Gilbert Aldana made special guest appearances at RITC 78 welcoming fans to a new year of Rage in the Cage action.
In a stunning upset, Robert Beraun decisively beat UFC and Pride veteran Ricco Rodriguez by unanimous decision. Beraun landed many hard punches to the head and was able to withstand Ricco's submission skills on the ground for the well deserved win. This impressive victory earned Fighter of the Night FOTN ) for Beraun. Beraun was coming off a KO victory over Aaron Brink two months ago where he earned FOTN honors there.
Other notable fights included Jamie Varner winning the vacant Welterweight championship and Rich Beecroft upsetting Andy Montana with a perfectly executed kimura.
Other candidates for FOTN were David Smith, Sean Ballantine, Joe Lira, Jeremiah Navarro, Rich Beecroft, Gerald Perkins, Steve Cantwell and Jamie Varner.
Three schools went undefeated for the evening: ACMMA (4-0), Team Sacrifice (3-0) and One Kicks Gym (2-0).
Results (weight in parentheses next to fighters name): Fight 1 Jesse Barrett (183) wins by TKO (strikes) at 1:03 of the first round over Justin Fisher (185)
Fight 2 Daniel Betzold (161) wins a unanimous decision (3-0) over Josh Donahoo (153)
Fight 3 David Smith (148) wins by submission (arm bar) at 2:47 of the first round over Rosco McClellan (150)
Fight 4 Sean Ballantine (197) wins by submission (ankle lock) at 1:47 of the first round over Chris Devno (207)
Fight 5 Andrew Brittin (173) wins by submission (key lock) at 1:04 of the second round over John Ivicevic (171)
Fight 6 Jamie Schmidt (177) wins by TKO (strikes) at 1:14 of the first round over Jason Cassel (184)
Fight 7 Joe Lira (150) wins by TKO (strikes) at 2:04 of the second round over Robert Davis (140)
Fight 8 Jeremiah Navarro (161) wins by submission (choke) at 1:41 of the second round over Richie Reyes (168)
Fight 9 Rich Beecroft (236) wins by submission (kimura) at :38 of the first round over Andy Montana (261)
Fight 10 Gerald Perkins (174) wins by submission (choke) at 2:16 of the first round over Anthony Triliegi (179)
Fight 11 Steve Cantwell (205) wins by submission (arm bar) at 2:01 of the first round over Mike Ashford (204)
Fight 12 - Welterweight Championship Jamie Varner (169) wins by submission (choke) at 1:07 of the second round over Leonard Wilson (164)
Fight 13 - Main Event
Robert Beraun (256)
wins a unanimous decision (3-0) over Ricco Rodriguez (330)
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