KOTC quick results for the injury-plagued 'Bad Boys II' fight card in Detroit, MI

by Jesse Holland on Apr 17, 2010 11:51 AM EDT

The show must go on!

King of the Cage (KOTC) went down last night (April 16) from the Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan. And much to the chagrin of Mark Burnett, who had very good intentions heading into his HDNet broadcast of "Bad Boys II," the fight card suffered a very UFC 108-ish fate by the time the cage door closed on the night's opening bout.

In fact, five of the six fighters featured in the event poster were eventually forced from the card due to injury or other circumstances, including top headliners Ray Mercer, Jeremy Horn and Jake Rosholt.

That pushed former UFC fighter and longtime mixed martial arts competitor Joe "El Dirte" Doerksen into the main event of the six-fight card, that despite its lean offerings, still delivered a handful of competitive bouts and two title changes.

Here are the KOTC: "Bad Boys II" quick results:

1. Brandon Hunt def. Brad Burrick via KO - 0:59 | R2 to become new KOTC middleweight champion.
2. Waylon Lowe def. Steve Berger via KO - 2:18 | R1.
3. Ben Lagman def. Angelo Popofski via TKO (punches) - 2:58 | R1.
4. Daron Cruickshank def. Jason Holmes via split decision.
5. Dom O'Grady def. David Shepherd via submission (armbar) - 4:18 | R2 to become new KOTC lightweight champion.
6. Joe Doerksen def. Chad Herrick via split decision.

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Despite the unforeseen changes on the fly it was still an entertaining event.
Good to see some folks finish fights prior to the final bell.

by Toke on Apr 17, 2010 12:01 PM EDT reply actions

i had an incredible time!

With all the injuroes this had disaster potential written all over it but it turned out to be one of the best nights I’d ever had. Ray mercer pulled out a week ago. We had 2nd row seats and when we got there our row didn’t even exist thanks to a huge hdnet camera. Luckily we were moved and ended up in the front row, aisle seat right next to the ring side exit! Before the fights even started I met and took fist pics with herb dean, terry trebilcock and jeremy horn! Rosholt was also walking around but looked a lot smaller then I anticipated so I didn’t recognize him at first. Horn was as nice as could be and informed me his fight had been canceled but was all smiles and happy to take a pic, he ended up cornering the main event. Herb dean was very approachable also. It was a thrill to meet terry because he’s originally from the detroit area and was also happy to stop and chat. Local fighter Brandon hunt had an incredible come from behind 2nd round ko to win the belt which really started the night off with a bang, he also spent at least an hour with the ringside fans after the fight. Another local fighter ben lagman looked incredible, he told me he’s only 23 so I’m excited to follow him and see how far he can go. It was really a hometown feel as the majority of the fights featured local fighters, it seemed like every fight I was surrounded by the fighters 20+ crew screaming there ass off which really created a unique atmosphere. Also ended up meeting maria kenalis during the intermission period before the event went live on hdnet. I’m so thrilled the laws have finally changed in michigan and more nights like this are in my future. Injuries aside this was one of the best times I’ve ever had at a sporting event. I go to every lions home game as well as numerous redwings, pistons and tiger games throughout the year and this topped them all (well maybe not the lions 1st win last year after going 0-16 the year before). I can not wait till kotc returns to detroit. Ticket prices were also very reasonable imo. *! I aslo attended the xkl event in michigan a couple months back that feaured ricco rodriguez and cory hill (jeff monson cancelled) and the kotc event was far better. If the strikeforce card wasn’t tonight I would probably buy tickets and drive out to the other kotc michigan event that’s tonight…

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