XFC 6: Clash of the Continents results, recap and thoughts

XFC Salute to Our Armed Forces 6: "Clash of the Continents" went down last night at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida.

Two of the organization's world titles were on the line, as well as a main event that feature one of South Africa's best heavyweight mixed martial artists, Rico Hattingh, against one of XFC's top prospects, Chad Corvin.

In that main event, Corvin steamrolled through the South African with a 19-second knockout. He clearly has some devastating power, which is evidenced by the only three minutes and 38 seconds worth of work he's had to put in thus far in his four-fight career.

John "Mulatto Mauler" Mahlow was impressive in his dominating victory of Interim UFC heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira's protege, Luis "Baboon" Palomino. "Baboon" had no answer for the strong wrestling attack displayed by the champion. Mahlow took the heavily hyped fighter down at will and easily controlled the action for most of the five round fight before scoring a late fifth round submission to retain his belt.

The fight wasn't the most exciting bout of the night for the central Florida fans, but something should be said about Mahlow's gameplan and execution against a tough opponent. He deserves credit for being so dominant.

While that fight didn't necessarily live up to expectations, the bantamweight title bout absolutely stole the show. Jason Goodall put on one of the gutsiest performances I've seen in an MMA match in a long time. He must have eaten 30-40 of the hardest over hand rights that a 135-pound man is capable of throwing.

It was clear that Haender Rodriguez came to knock him out. And there were at least three or four different occasions where it looked like that's exactly what was going to happen. But Goodall hung in there and never stopped coming forward. Eventually Rodriguez wore himself out throwing the power shots and that's when Goodall capitalized with a flurry of his own to capture the bantamweight gold with a third round stoppage.

With the win Goodall moved his professional record to (5-0). There is a lot of scrap in that 28-year-old. Don't be surprised if you hear that name again somewhere down the road.

Also worth mentioning is that boxing champion Chevelle Hallback absolutely destroyed Melissa Vasquez in less than a minute to win her MMA debut. Vasquez was making her ninth career start.

Here are the full results for XFC Salute to Our Armed Forces 6: "Clash of the Continents:"

Chad Corvin defeated Rico Hattingh via knockout at 0:19 of round one
John Mahlow defeated Luis Palomino via submission at 1:57 of round five
C.T. Turner defeated Brett Chism via unanimous decision
Chevelle Hallback defeated Melissa Vasquez via technical knockout at 0:41 of round one
Jason Goodall won the vacant XFC bantamweight title by defeating Haender Rodriguez via technical knockout at 4:17 of round three
Horacio Rodriquez defeated Sky Moiseichik via submission at 2:55 of round one
Chris Davis defeated Donavin Hawkey via submission at 3:58 of round one
Mark Serkez defeated Reuben Millhausen via technical knockout at 2:11 of round one
Frank Santore defeated Donny Wallace via submission at 2:41 of round two
Troy Gerhart defeated Eric Flores via knockout at 1:19 of round one

Overall it was just an "okay" event. The fight that received the most hype was a dud and there were a few others that were less than exciting as well. Not to mention there were some ridiculously long interviews after each fight, which made the transition between matches seem like forever.

Also, former WWE superstar "Maven" was the guest announcer. Without attacking him too much, I'll just say he was terrible. He belongs no where near a microphone ever again. I'm sure anybody who was there last night would agree.

The Goodall/Rodriguez fight was awesome and probably saved the show, but I certainly wouldn't go calling what I saw last night the "best kept secret" in the sport. It seems like there was a much better event being put on last night in Canada by the Maximum Fighting Championships (MFC) -- perhaps it is the real "best kept secret" in the sport.

Regardless, next up for the Florida-based promotion is a trip to the Thompson Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee on February 20 for XFC 7. No fights have been confirmed for that event at this time.