Friday Night Fights rolls into the Morongo Casino Resort and Spa in Cabezon, California on Friday, August 9. Rustam Nugaev (24-6-1, 14 KOs) takes on Jose Hernandez (14-6-1, 6 KOs) in a 10-round lightweight bout, and undefeated Jose Pedraza (13-0, 9 KOs) takes on Gabriel Tolmajyan (14-2-1, 3 KOs) in the co-featured bout of the night. The fights begin at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT on … [Read more...]
Nugaev, Tolmajyan Win on Upset-Heavy Friday Night Fights Card
This week's Friday Night Fights main event at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California was a surprisingly lively clash that saw Russia's Rustam Nugaev (23-6-1, 13 KOs) pull off the upset by stopping Peru's Jonathan Maicelo (19-1, 11 KOs) in the eight round of a scheduled ten round lightweight clash. Nugaev opened the bout in full pursuit, coming forward and applying the … [Read more...]
Jonathan Maicelo vs. Rustam Nugaev: The FNF Preview
While last week's Vera-Bondorovas Friday Night Fights show lacked star power, this week's edition from the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, CA, will feature even lesser-known talent-- Unless you happen to be from Peru. After the original main event of Marvin Quintero-Ammeth Diaz fell apart due to Quintero breaking his nose in training, Maicelo-Nugaev, the other lightweight bout … [Read more...]
Kendall Holt Knocks Out Tim Coleman in a Blowout: FNF Recap
by Fox Doucette Kendall “Rated R” Holt (28-5, 16 KOs) destroyed Tim Coleman (19-3-1, 5 KOs) in two rounds in a horribly one-sided main event on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights series in Cabazon, California. In the co-feature, Abraham Lopez (17-0, 12 KOs) kept his unbeaten record alive at the cost of his professional credibility as a fighter; the preposterous scorecards sent … [Read more...]
“Rated R” For Violence: Holt to Headline vs. Coleman On FNF
by Fox Doucette Kendall “Rated R” Holt (27-5, 15 KOs) continues what has been a very up-and-down career lately, as he returns to the ESPN2 Friday Night Fights' stage to battle Tim Coleman (19-2-1, 5 KOs) in a junior welterweight main event. The co-feature brings fans featherweight prospect Abraham Lopez (16-0, 12 KOs) taking the first major step up in class of his career … [Read more...]