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CES MMA coming to Hartford on September 17

by Brian Woodman Jr. on 09/16/21

The Connecticut Convention Center will host CES MMA on September 17.

Connecticut favorite Matt Bessette (24-10) will fight Ryan Dela Cruz (11-6) for the vacant lightweight title during the evening’s main event, whivch will be five rounds. Bessette currently holds the CES featherweight belt.

The card also includes a bantamweight world championship fight between Joshua Smith (8-5) and Jay Perrin (8-4).

The other bouts include;

  • A welterweight bout between Gary Balletto Jr. (6-2) and Daniel Frunza (4-1).
  • A lightweight bout between Eddy George (3-0) and Rodolfo Barcellos (1-1).
  • A middleweight bout between Justin Sumter (7-4) and Albert Tadevosyan (7-1-1).
  • A lightweight bout between Alexandra Ballou (2-1) and Gabriella Gulfin (2-3).
  • A flyweight bout between Harris Bonfiglio (2-1) and Kyle Lindner in his professional debut.
  • A featherweight bout between Nate Ghareeb (3-1) and Eduardo Rodrigues (1-0).
  • A flyweight bout between Israel Galvan (1-2) and David Durao in his professional debut.
  • A bantamweight bout between Aaron Reese (0-2) and Charra Phon in his professional debut.

During the previous CES MMA event, which was held at MGM Springfield on August 6, John Howard (29-16) earned a unanimous decision win over Ozzie Alvarez (8-7). The judges scored the welterweight bout 29-28, 29-27 and 29-26.

Carlos Candelario (8-0) of New Britain, who recently earned a contract with the UFC following his recent appearance on the Tuesday Night Contender Series, defeated Miguel Restrepo that evening. Two judges scored it 30-27 and one scored it 29-28.

Chris Disonell (6-4) knocked out Will Smith (3-4) at 3:38 in the first round of their bantamweight bout.

Kody Murray, in his professional debut, submitted fellow featherweight Miguel Cuevas (1-1) with an arm triangle at :44 in the first round.

Eddy George (3-0) won his lightweight bout against Tony Jackson (0-1). The referee waved off the fight at 2:06 in the first round due to unanswered strikes.

Ashiek Ajim (4-1) won his bantamweight bout with Richard Barnard (2-7) at 34 seconds into the first round courtesy of unanswered elbows and hammer fists.

Tom Pagliarulo (2-0) knocked out Josh Hardy (0-1) with a right cross at 1:59 in the first round.

Nick Fiore (2-0) submitted fellow lightweight Jay Ellis (15-99) with a rear naked choke at 1:29 in the first round.

Nate Ghareeb (3-1) defeated Dajun Robinson (5-0) during a featherweight bout. He knocked Robinson out at 5:00 in the first round.

Thad Jean submitted Sage Phillippe at 3:59 in the third round of their featherweight bout. Both fighters debuted that evening.

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