The action on Saturday night wasn’t limited to the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., with the Canadian promotion Warrior 1 holding it’s latest event from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
W1 New Ground took place at the Halifax Forum featuring two well known mma names in Strikeforce heavyweight Brett “The Grim” Rogers, and Murilo “Ninja” Rua, brother to UFC light-heavyweight champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.
Rogers faced Reuben Villareal in the main event of the evening. “The Grim” would grind out a three round battle with Villareal to earn a unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) ending a two-fight losing skid for the Strikeforce heavyweight.
“Ninja” Rua had been campaigning for a spot in the UFC but may have hit a bump in the road against opponent Roy Boughton on Saturday night. Both men faced off in a 190 lbs catchweight bout, Boughton was overweight at 195.2 lbs for the fight, in the evenings co-man event. It was a close first round, but Boughton earned the next two to defeat Rua via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, and 29-28).
The full W1 New Ground results are courtesy of TopMMANes.com. For a full round-by-round recap of the event hit the LINK.
Heavyweight bout: Brett Rogers def. Reuben Villareal via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Catchweight (190 lbs): Roy Boughton def. Murilo “Ninja” Rua via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Light-heavyweight bout: Roger Hollett def. Mychal Clark via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Welterweight bout: Sean Pierson def. Ricky Goodall via TKO (GNP) – R1 @ 1:44
Middleweight bout: Matt MacGrath def. Ryan Machan via unanimous decision (30-27 x 3)
Featherweight bout: Douglas Evans def. Tristan Johnson via submission (RNC) – R3 @ 1:55
Featherweight bout: Musa Tolliver def. Jason MacKay via unanimous decision (30-27 x 3)
Middleweight bout: Nordine Taleb def. Chad Cox via unanimous decision (30-27 x 3)
Catchweight (190 lbs): Jeremy Hamilton def. Chris Johnson via submission (rnc) – R1 @ 2:56
Welterweight bout: Jeremiah Bernard def. Todd Henry via KO (head kick) – R1 @ 2:20
Featherweight bout: Pat Schilling def. Tom Waters via submission (knee bar) – R1 @ 2:34
Bantamweight bout: Michael Imperato def. Jeff Black via submission (armbar) – R1 @ 4:36