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| Jared and Jordan Porter celebrate their wins with trainers, friends and family. Photo courtesy of FigureFourFotos.com |
Nitesh Dutt
With the professional MMA scene filled with fighters
representing their Northern California training camps, it is only right that a region
filled with such talent becomes the birthplace of amateurs looking to make it
big.
One promotion is looking to be the pool of untapped talent.
That promotion? Bay Brawlers, which made their promotional debut this past
Saturday at the Oakland Marriott Convention Center.
The card was filled with fighters from all over the Bay Area
and the headlining title bouts featured Rodeo’s Jared and Jordan Porter, who
were both featured here on Inside the
Cage.
Jared, who was slated to fight for the bantamweight title,
had his opponent drop out and was thus slated to face-off against Cameron
Daniels for the Bay Brawlers Featherweight title. For Porter, the change in
weight and opponent made no difference.
He handled Daniels thru all three rounds and took the
unanimous decision victory. Jared’s title victory in the next-to-last match set
up a possible Porter title sweep with his twin brother Jordan up in the final
title bout.
In what became the most contested fight of the night, Jordan
Porter took on Joshua Berkovic for the Bay Brawlers Lightweight title. This
three round bout was a back and forth match. Porter scored a knockdown with a
vicious right hand in the first round that could’ve ended the fight, but
Berkovic responded with several takedowns.
The second-round was very close with each fighter scoring
takedowns. Porter landed some solid punches and Berkovic was able to control
the action when it went to the ground. After a solid third-round performance by
Berkovic, the crowd saw him as the winner. But when a fight is left in the
hands of the judges, anything is possible. Jordan Porter was announced the
winner by unanimous decision and the crowd was clearly split on the outcome.
As both Porters celebrated with their team, family and
friends, the crowd stood in a state of shock. The excitement and joy coming
from the Porters quickly overtook the audience in attendance and many there
began to cheer the effort of all fighters.
This nine-fight promotional debut for Bay Brawlers was a
success and showed that there is a vibrant MMA fan-base in the Bay Area and
Northern California. The Porter twins showed that there is a crop of young,
untapped talent here that, when given an opportunity, can put on quite a show.
Whether it be at the amateur level or as a professional.
Where this promotion and the fighters on this card go, only
time will tell. If Saturday night was any indication, then the skies the limit.
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