Vegas Results & Pics
March 24, 2008

This is a press release excerpted from Throwdown (www.throwdown.com).

The inaugural XFA (www.xfalive.com) event at the Las Vegas Hilton last night was very impressive and with all the fighters throwing down, the XFA definately lived up to its billing as a "stand up, knock 'em down or knock 'em out" event. The XFA: Xtreme Fighting Association is a full contact stand up fighting organization produced & promoted by Reis Sports Entertainment.

The who's who of Las Vegas MMA community was in attendance and included Vanderlei Silva, Mike Pyle, Jay Hieron, John Alessio, Gina Carano, Kim Couture, Ken Hahn, Shawn Tompkins, Chris Hordecki, Scott Bieri, Gilbert Yvel, Heath Herring & Frank Trigg. Lisa King from Fight Girls & Ring Girls and Gary Alexander from The MMA Show were the commentators of the event and Alexander performed all of the post-fight interviews.

I had the pleasure of sitting in front of Mike Pyle and he gave the best comedic play by play I've ever heard. Although I can't repeat much of what he said to our PG-rated crowd, let's just say Pyle had everyone around him cracking up and should seriously be a stand up comedian when his fight career is over. Anyway, onto the fights...

The main event of the fight featured The Ultimate Fighter alum, Mike Whitehead, who was cornered by Shawn Tompkins, Heath Herring and Vanderlei Silva, vs Ethen Cox. Known primarily for his wrestling in the MMA world, Whitehead was very impressive with his stand up skills throwing flying knees and heavy hands. Whitehead controlled all three rounds and was victorious via unanimous decision.

Photos by MichaelMPerez.com

Other results:

Bout 1 – Lightweight Class
Marcy Menchacha over Ray Cole via TKO round 2.

Bout 2 – Light Heavyweight Class
Mike Seal over London Pray via KO round 1.

Bout 3 – Featherweight Class
Amy Davis over Van Do via unanimous decision. Davis controlled the pace of the fight and dominated Do for the full 3 rounds.

Bout 4 – Welterweight Class
Mark Holst over Kevin Ross 1st round TKO. Holst landed an overhand right and finished with body shots and head shots before the referee stopped the fight.

Bout 5 – Welterweight Class
James Cook over Michael Corleone via unanimous decision in a stand up war. Cook was dominant throughout the fight.

Bout 6 – Middleweight Class
Sean "TNT" Yarborough over Alain Sylvestre via KO. Sean had the KO of the night with a 1st round, picture perfect head kick to Sylvestre's temple.

Bout 7 - Heavyweight Class
Brain Humes over Dan Evenson via unanimous decision. Humes controlled this fight the whole 3 rounds, scoring one knock down via high kick in round 2.

Feature Event - Featherweight Class
Catia Vitoria over Fight Girls alum Michelle Waterson via unanimous decision. Many in the crowd thought this was the "fight of the night" as both women went at it for the full three rounds. Great showing by both fighters.

About Reis Sports Entertainment

Reis Sports Entertainment, LLC (RSE) is a Professional Martial Arts Promoter licensed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. RSE created the sports brand, the Xtreme Fighting Association ™ (XFA) which will be holding a series of events in Las Vegas, Nevada.

For more information: www.XFAlive.com

The XFA is promoted by Henderson, Nevada-based
Reis Sports Entertainment