XCC: Rise or Fall?

TEWFan · December 12, 2010

*From the Diary of Art Rodman*

Xtreme Cage Combat will live to see it's second year. Not a lot of people expected to see that happen, but I did. Hell, I don't even think Vince expected to see it, not after the money loses and the division cuts.

When Vince opened XCC, he wanted to be GAMMA #2. We had the same five weight divisions. The problem is that the great majority of talented fighters in the larger weight classes are locked under contracts with the big promotions, so we relied on old veterans and no names. It didn't help that this old geezers wanted to make top money for putting the crowd to sleep with their 15-minute "grind out" (more like lay on top of one another in a very sexual way) contests. Most of them where gassed by the time they actually WALKED into the cage. I even considered renting out Golf Karts and using them to ride them to the cage, just to see if we could squeeze at least one decent round out of them. It was hell.

However, there was a shining light. The Lightweights where putting on great bouts. Many of these kids dreamed of using our promotion to springboard their careers into GAMMA, ALPHA-1 or elsewhere. Many of them where too small, too short and basically bulked up Featherweights. I convinced Vince to create a Featherweight Division, bring in more small guys and let them lit it up!

It worked! While the heavier classes kept on putting their slow, boring hug-fests, the lightweights and featherweights kept things alive with their non-stop action contests. But money kept going down.

In the end, Vince had to cut all the weight classes, with the exception of lightweights and featherweights. I also convinced him to bring in the ladies. Women's MMA was a niche market, but they fought their hearts out and since many of them had very little experience, they worked cheap. The final four months of 1997 where a true showing of what we could do: Exciting shows with minimal loses and the potential for growth.

Then came New Year's Eve. Joe Goldberg, our booker, left us after agreeing to work in the GAMMA Match-Making Team. Vince was irate, scared, hell, I think he even cried a little. He thought we where doomed.

After being a helping hand ever since the promotion came into existence, doing everything from setting up the cage to announcing to booking (usually involving me throwing out some ideas, getting shot down and then seeing Goldberg come up with a "Brilliiant" idea that was extremely similar to mine) I decided that this was my chance. I mean, we had only two options: Do or Die. I didn't want to die, so I have to do.

They say it is better to die trying......I hope we don't have to die at all.

On January 1st, 1998, I became XCC's match maker.

Time to Do or Die!

TEWFan · December 13, 2010

Xtreme Cage Combat.com

Official Rankings as of January 4th, 2010:

Featherweight Division:

XCC: Featherweight Champion: Phillip Ziskie (17-1-1) #6 Pound for Pound, #2 Featherweight

Ziskie d. Anthony Ray Shenkman by Rd. 2 TKO (Strikes) to win the title

1 Defense: d. James Bustfield by Rd. 1 KO (Punch)

#2 Azor Portela Nunez (21-3) #7 Featherweight

#3 Luiz Machado (22-4) #8 Featherweight

#4 Easton Frye (16-4) #16 Featherweight

#5 Sammy Gaffigan (10-1) #12 Featherweight

#6 Rafael Tavares (12-2) #13 Featherweight

#7 Shuler Eisenberg (9-2) #23 Featherweight

#8 Anthony Ray Shenkman (14-3)

#9 James Bustfield (7-3)

#10 Ivan Bokhour (4-0)

#11 Dominic Ash (5-0)

#12 Harvey Ripa (8-3)

#13 Frank Romita (7-1)

#14 Stefan Champion (4-0)

#15 Wallace Everret (5-0)

#16 Jimmy Schott (3-0)

XCC Lightweight Champion: Jamie Hewitt (8-2)

d. Duane Weatherly via 5 Round UD (48-47,48-47,49-46) to win the title

#2 Jackson Gray (17-9)

#3 Duane Weatherly (14-8)

#4 Kenny Magilton (7-3)

#5 Francisco Jimenez (4-0)

#6 Cory Brewer (7-2)

#7 Melvin Custard (7-3)

#8 Campbell Crane (4-0)

#9 Elvis Millisis (3-0)

#10 Glen Sieszmako (4-0)

#11 Darren Southall (4-0)

#12 Ross Smith (3-0)

#13 Sammy Newton (3-0)

#14 Kyle Sagal (3-0)

#15 Coltrane Aaronson (4-0)

#16 Braxton Price (3-1)

XCC Women's Champion: Hester McLean (5-0) #10 Pound for Pound, #4 Bamtanweight

d. Allison Beattie via Round 1 KO (Punch) to win the title

#2 Sarah Vaughan (8-0) #3 Pound for Pound, #3 Featherweight

#3 Janinha (3-0) #17 Pound for Pound, #11 Featherweight

#4 Allison Beattie (4-1) #10 Bamtamweight

#5 Helen Fox (4-0) #17 Featherweight

#6 Layla Holmes (3-0) #14 Bamtamweight

#7 Olivia Sweet (3-0) #13 Bamtamweight

#8 Simone King (3-0) #15 Bamtamweight

#9 Monica Masters (3-0)

#10 April Watson (3-0)

#11 Sonya Charlton (2-0)

#12 Nicola Tyler (2-0)

#13 Christine Jameson (2-0)

#14 Daniela Sadorra (1-0)

*NOTE* This post will be updated in the future to reflect any change in the rankings.

BYU 14 · December 13, 2010

Nice, another XCC diary, will be reading!

TEWFan · December 13, 2010

http://www.xtremecagecombat.com

XCC: Hewitt vs Gray Announced!

The first XCC event of 1998 will take place on January 27th at the Kobe Bryant Memorial Arena in Los Angeles, California.

The main event will feature the XCC Lightweight Championsip bout between Jamie Hewitt and Jackson Gray. This will be Hewitt's first defense of the belt he took from Duane Weatherly last year.

In the co-main event, two of the Featherweight Division's brightest, undefeated prospects will collide as Dominic Ash faces Stefan Champion. Here is the full card:

Main Event:

XCC Lightweight Championship Bout:

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Jamie Hewitt (8-2) © vs Jackson Gray (17-9)

Co-Main Event: Featherweight Division

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Dominic Ash (5-0) vs Stefan Champion (4-0)

Undercard:

Women's Division:

April Watson (3-0) vs Monica Masters (3-0)

Lightweight Division:

Kyle Sagal (3-0) vs Braxton Price (3-1)

Women's Division:

Daniela Sadorra (1-0) vs Christine Jameson (2-0)

TEWFan · December 14, 2010

XtremeCageCombat.com

XCC Hires New Fighters!

In our attempt to expand our roster, XCC CEO Art Rodman has hired several new fighters that will compete in the Featherweight and Lightweight Divisions. A second hiring will occur at some point in the next few weeks to expand our women's roster.

New Featherweight Fighters:

Noah Smithee (7-4)

David James Diggle (3-0)

Foggy Lee (5-1)

Brian Claremont (4-1)

Britt Dickering (3-0)

New Lightweight Fighters:

Urlington Rogers (6-4)

Thomas O'Cann (3-2)

Helvecio Babenco (8-3)

TEWFan · December 14, 2010

The first show is done and the only reason I have not posted it is because I am very sick at the moment and I don't feel like writing. Use this extra time to make your predictions.

BYU 14 · December 14, 2010

XCC Lightweight Championship Bout:

vs

Co-Main Event: Featherweight Division

vs

Dominic Ash (5-0) vs Stefan Champion (4-0)

Ash the Smash is one of my favorites!

Undercard:

Women's Division:

April Watson (3-0) vs Monica Masters (3-0)

Lightweight Division:

Kyle Sagal (3-0) vs Braxton Price (3-1)

Women's Division:

Daniela Sadorra (1-0) vs Christine Jameson (2-0)

TEWFan · December 17, 2010

Just a quick update: I am stuck at home after I learned I have H1N1. I am under Tammi Flu medication and I feel better, but I am in no mood to write, so it will probably be Monday by the time I post the first show. Still, just letting you know this is not dead.

BYU 14 · December 17, 2010

Just a quick update: I am stuck at home after I learned I have H1N1. I am under Tammi Flu medication and I feel better, but I am in no mood to write, so it will probably be Monday by the time I post the first show. Still, just letting you know this is not dead.

That sucks, get better!

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