It’s a big night of action out on the West Coast as far as MMA is concerned on this Friday night. While ONE Championship holds ONE 168 in Denver tonight, Wheatland, CA has a packed night of fights to look forward to from Urijah Faber’s A1 Combat and A1 Combat 24.
“How big?”, you might ask? This evening’s show features 17 fights. Counting professional and amateur fights, A1 Combat 24 has six title fights locked in tonight.
Live coverage begins with the amateur undercard at 7:30 pm ET/ 4:30 pm PT on the A1 Combat Instagram feed before switching to the professional ranks for the main card at 10 pm ET/ 7 pm PT on UFC Fight Pass.
All pro fights tonight will be three rounds at five minutes per round in accordance with California State Athletic Commission rules on locally-based promotions in the state.
Main Event
At the top of the bill tonight is the battle for the Vacant A1 Combat Flyweight Championship in the main event. Terrance Saeturn (6-1 MMA, 5-1 A1 Combat) battles Carlos Puente Jr. (8-8-1 MMA, A1 Combat promotional debut.)
Co-Main Event
Immediately beforehand, the A1 Combat Welterweight Championship is at stake when incumbent titleholder Mirali Huseynov (8-3 MMA, 1-0 A1 Combat) takes on Troy Green (7-3 MMA, 1-1 A1 Combat.)
Rest of the Card
Also on tonight’s main card, you’ll see the A1 Combat Bantamweight Championship on the line between Dwight Joseph (13-2, 1 NC MMA, 1-0 A1 Combat) and Kale Moniz (7-2 MMA, A1 Combat promotional debut), a featherweigh affair with Vince Murdock (12-5 MMA, A1 Combat promotional debut) versing Joe Murphy (9-6 MMA, A1 Combat promotional debut), a battle for the A1 Combat Women’s Featherweight Championship pairing Carlene Chandler (1-2 MMA, 1-1 A1 Combat) against Joy Pendell (2-1 MMA, 2-1 A1 Combat), a featherweight contest matching Kody Vogels (5-1 MMA, 2-1 A1 Combat) with Abdikabyl Kaldar (5-3 MMA, 3-2 A1 Combat), and a featherweight fight pitting Roberto Vela (professional and A1 Combat debut) against James Guidry (3-2 MMA, 0-1 A1 Combat).
A1 Combat 24 Results:
Main Card: (10 pm ET/ 7 pm PT, UFC Fight Pass)
Main Event: Terrance Saeturn def. Carlos Puente Jr. by Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 1:33 into Round 2, wins Vacant A1 Combat Flyweight Championship.
Co-Main Event: Mirali Huseynov def. Troy Green by Technical Decision (29-27. 28-28, 28-28), defends A1 Combat Welterweight Championship. (Huseynov deducted point in Round 3 due to foul.)
Dwight Joseph def. Kale Moniz by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27), defends A1 Combat Bantamweight Championship.
Joy Pendell def. Carlene Chandler by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27), wins A1 Combat Women’s Featherweight Championship.
Joe Murphy def. Vince Murdock by KO (Hammerfists) at 2:21 into Round 2.
Mason Hartshorn def. Stav Shwartz by Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26.)
Abdikabyl Kaldar def. Kody Vogels by Split Decision (30-27, 27-30, 29-28.)
James Guidry def. Roberto Vela by Split Decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28.)
Rafael Vega def. Dominic Ducharme by Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28.)
Prelims: (7:30 pm ET/ 4:30 pm PT, Instagram)
Featured Prelim: Amateur: Ramon Cornejo def. Amarius Taylor by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27), wins A1 Combat Featherweight Championship.
Co-Featured Prelim: Amateur: Robert Lopez def. Jeffery Bonilla by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27), wins Vacant A1 Combat Bantamweight Championship.
Amateur: Joshua Shultz def. Muslim Gabartuev by Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 1:32 into Round 2.
Amateur: Joey Barlethemy def. Michael Seely by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27.)
Amateur: Ernesto Miranda def. Jose Martinez by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28.)
Amateur: Ethan Richardson def. Aibek Abdilov by Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 1:31 into Round 2.
Amateur: Joshua Rinker def. Mike Medina by Unanimous Decision.
Amateur: Pete Dunlap def. Kaleb Winston by Unanimous Decision.
