Extreme Challenge MMA returned to the Waterfront Convention Center on Saturday night and the show definitely did not disappoint. It was an especially good night for the Miletich Fighting System fighters as they won all their fights with two of the four getting awards. The final four fights of the night featured MFS fighters as lightweight Jake Klemme won in the first round versus Cody Larson.
It was at the end of the first round that Klemme really shined as while he was on the back of his opponent, Klemme landed a few open hand strikes to Larson’s face. After turning his head to get direction from his corner, Klemme landed a monstrous body shot as he sunk his arm under the neck of Larson securing the rear naked choke. Nate Rodriguez added one more win to his undefeated winning streak as he defeated Rakim Cleveland via rear naked choke.
The first round started off with both Rodriguez and Cleveland trading kicks, with Rodriguez almost finishing the fight in the first round by way of guillotine. It was in the second round that Rodriguez tripped Cleveland and sunk in the rear naked choke for the win and also received the Fight of the Night award. “You train so hard for eight weeks, getting this award makes it so much better,” said Rodriguez. “I just need to keep working and keep getting better at everything and keep working up the ladder to get to the UFC.” In the co-main event of the night, Clint Anderson made quick work of opponent Jake Palmer as he pulled off yet another win via triangle choke, also taking home some hardware for Submission of the Night. “I have so many versions of the triangle, that nobody really knows what route I’m going to take,” explained Anderson. “This is my fourth Submission of the Night award and I love them. It gives me the self confidence that my submissions are good and it validates how I feel.”
The main event of the evening featured the Super Fight Series Semi-final match between MFS fighter, Chuck Pieritz and Sinjen Ruby. It didn’t take long for the action to heat up as Pieritz hip tossed Ruby and smothered him on the ground. As the action got back to its feet, Ruby landed a huge kick to Pieritz dropping him, but it was in the last second of the round that Pieritz quickly spun into an armbar forcing Ruby to tap. “We drill those sequences and transitions in the gym every day,” said Pieritz. “It was pretty effortless.” Pieritz will now face Team Evolution’s Royce Arnold in the final. “We are going to look at Royce and see what he’s got,” said Pieritz. “And work on getting better from there.”
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