Tachi Palace Fights 5: Stars and Strikes Ring Girls
Tachi Palace Fights 5 Ring Girls – Images by Apolinar Fonseca
Tachi Palace Fights 4 Cinco de Mayhem
Cinco de Mayhem Tachi Palace Fights 4 – Images by Apolinar Fonseca
The Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino celebrated Cinco de Mayo with its its first outdoor MMA event of 2010 as they hosted Tachi Palace Fights: Cinco De Mayhem. Above are pictures from the 11 fight bout card. For more go to the Cinco de Mayhem Tachi Palace Fights 4 gallery.
Here are the fight results:
1 Romulo Melo Chase Hackett Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2 Mark Matthews Mickey Martinez No Contest 0
3 Russ Muira Jesse Bowen Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) 2 0:58
4 Stephen Abas Sam Stevens-Milo Decision (Majority) 3 3:00
5 Darrell Montague Jeremy Bolt KO (Kick) 3 2:21
6 Phil Collins Morris Hidalgo Submission (Heel Hook) 1 2:25
7 Alexander Crispim Enoch Wilson Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
8 David Mitchell Tim McKenzie Submission (Guillotine Choke) 1 1:10
9 Casey Olson Shawn Klarcyk Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
10 Poppies Martinez Darren Crisp Submission (Guillotine Choke) 1 2:46
11 Ulysses Gomez Luis Gonzalez Decision (Unanimous) 5 5:00
Tachi Palace Fights: Cinco de Mayhem Poster
The Tachi Palace Fights team has done another outstanding job in creating a poster for their upcoming Cinco de Mayhem show. Sometimes after taking headshots of fighters at the weigh ins before a fight at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino I never get to see how they are used. They even featured the ring girls in the poster.
UPDATE: I know have pictures of the Tachi Palace Fights 4 Cinco de Mayhem in my gallery archives and also a slide show on my blog
Tentative bout list of the Cinco de Mayhem show:
MAIN EVENT
Tachi Palace Fights World Flyweight Championship
Las Vegas, Nev.’s Ulysses Gomez (5-1) vs. Hanford, Calif.’s Luis Gonzales (2-1)
Lightweight Special Attraction
Lemoore, Calif.’s Poppies Martinez (17-6) vs. Visalia, Calif.’s Darren Crisp (7-5)
CO-MAIN EVENT
Tachi Palace Fights World Featherweight Championship
Fresno, Calif.’s Isaac De Jesus (9-1) vs. Fresno, Calif.’s Casey Olson (11-3)
Featherweight Special Attraction
San Diego, Calif.’s Eddie Yagin (13-4-1) vs. Beaverton, Ore.’s Enoch Wilson (13-6-1)
Tachi Palace Fights World Welterweight Championship
Santa Rosa, Calif.’s David Mitchell (9-0) vs. Lodi, Calif.’s Tim McKenzie (12-6)
Flyweights
Fresno, Calif.’s David Espinosa (7-2-1) vs. Chino, Calif.’s Darrell Montague (5-1)
Welterweights
Merced, Calif.’s Phil Collins (8-5) vs. Porterville, Calif.’s Morris Aldaco (6-0)
Featherweights
Fresno, Calif.’s Russ Miura (5-1) vs. Merced, Calif.’s Jesse Bowen (7-3)
Welterweights
Lemoore, Calif.’s Andrew Martinez (6-2-1) vs. Sacramento, Calif.’s Nikk Covert (3-4)
Lightweights
Oakland, Calif.’s Rumulo Melo (3-0) vs. Denver, Colo.’s Chase Hackett (3-0)
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino
Lemoore, Calif.
Tickets can be purchased at Find a Ticketing Solution at Tickets.com or charge by phone at 1-800-225-2277.
Tickets may also be purchased at the Tachi Palace Gift Shop.
Tachi Palace Fights 3: Champions Collide
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The Tachi Palace Fights held another round of exciting mixed martial arts action at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino. For its third installment, TPF held 13 cagefights, two of which were championships, in front of a sell out venue.
Results {via www.sherdog.com}:
| 1 | Nader Maghribi | Joshua Miranda | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2 | Mike Guidry | Rafael del Real | Submission (Punches) | 1 | 0:18 |
| 3 | Art Becerra | Colt Toombs | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 4 | David Bollea | Tim Denham | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 1:48 |
| 5 | Zoila Frausto | Jessica Rakoczy | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 1:17 |
| 6 | Anthony Figueroa | Philip Perez | Technical Draw | 1 | 1:03 |
| 7 | Phil Collins | Mike Arellano | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 3:10 |
| 8 | Gabby Solorio | Sergio Quinones | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
| 9 | Gabe Ruediger | Dominique Robinson | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 2 | 4:49 |
| 10 | Michael McDonald | Manny Tapia | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 4:31 |
| 11 | Issac de Jesus | Nam Phan | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 2:55 |
| 12 | Anthony Ruiz | Hector Ramirez | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 |
| 13 | Cole Escovedo | Jeff Bedard | Submission (Triangle Choke) | 1 | 2:31 |
Portrait of Xavier “Professor X” Foupa Pokam
Usually when I photograph the weigh-ins for the Tachi Palace Fights I take three basic poses. One is a fighting stance. The other two is the person looking tough with their arms folded or on hands on their hips. These three pretty much cover the poses the designer need to use on a poster. But every once in a while someone likes to try something different, which is fine by me. It breaks up the monotony. Plus it feels less like a factory line process and a lot more creative.
“Professor X” came at me unknowingly while I snapped pictures of him. I wasn’t prepared so that is why he is so far from my collapsible backdrop. But I thought that he made a great expression. I definitely wouldn’t want to fight him in a cage.
Tachi Palace Fights 2: Brawl in the Hall
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This month started bang, well actually a brawl, as Tachi Palace Fights held its second event with Gladiator Challenge promotions. It proved to be an exciting night at the Tachi Palace Casino and Hotel. I was able to see my first ever choke out in a live match.
Results [via Sherdog.com]:
| 1 | Cody Gibson | Ray Cervera | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 |
| 2 | Romulo Melo | Cody Canterbury | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 2:17 |
| 3 | Jesse Bowen | Shawn Klarcyk | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 2:08 |
| 4 | David Mitchell | Bobby Green | Submission (Toe Hold) | 1 | 0:54 |
| 5 | Cyrille Diabate | Rob Smith | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 1:47 |
| 6 | Ulysses Gomez | Chino Nicolas | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 4:31 |
| 7 | Diego Saraiva | Eddie Yagin | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 3 | 3:07 |
| 8 | Anthony Ruiz | Xavier Foupa-Pokam | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
Tachi Palace Fighting 1:Most Wanted
Mixed martial arts made its return to the The Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino under the newly formed Tachi Palace Fights. The debut event entitled “Most Wanted” used a five-minute rounds cage fighting.
The results for TPF 1: Most Wanted were:
- Chad Mendes def. Mike Joy via unanimous decision
- David Mitchell def. War Machine via split decision
- Joe Soto def. Mike Christensen via submission (gogoplata) — Round 1, 2:06
- Poppies Martinez def. Sergio Salcido via submission (guillotine) — Round 2, 3:21
- Ulysess Gomez def. Martin Sandoval via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 2, 0:36
- Leopoldo Serao def. Phil Collins via split decision
- Michelle Ould def. Jessica Rakoczy via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 1:30
- Mike McDonald def. Carlos Garces via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 2:01
- Francisco Loredo def. Chris Tangonan via split decision
