Gladiators Fighting: Seasons Beatings Fight Card

BOUT LINEUP

Gladiators Fighting Super Heavyweight Championship +265lbs
"Big Papi" Paul Martinez (Roufusport-Milwaukee, WI)
vs.
Dan "The Vanilla Gorilla" Edwards (Choice MartiaL Arts-East Troy, WI)

Gladiators Fighting Featherweight MMA Championship -145lbs
Gary Schaumberg (Roufusport-West Bend, WI)
vs.
Mark Severtson (Badgerland Jiu Jitsu-Madison, WI)

Bantamweight MMA -135lbs
"Savage" Dan LaSavage (Roufusport-Milwaukee, WI)
vs.
Eugene "The Crippler" Crissler (Chosen Few-Madison, WI)

Welterweight MMA -170lbs
Anthony "Show Time" Pettis (Roufusport-Milwaukee, WI)
vs.
Gabe Wallbridge (Devil's Den-Richmond, WI)

Heavyweight MMA -265lbs
Rob "The Brawler of Bayview" Smith (Roufusport-Milwaukee, WI)
vs.
"The Hessian" Matt Hirsch (Trainers Elite-Lacrosse, WI)

Light Heavyweight Muay Thai -205lbs
Kyle Weickhardt (Roufusport-Milwaukee, WI)
vs.
Sam Alvey (Metz's Combat Club-Mantiwoc, WI)

Light Heavyweight MMA -205lbs
Adam "Ares" Vander Veen (Roufusport-Milwaukee, WI)
vs.
Tim "The Arch Angel" Nixon (Independent-Marquette, WI)

Lightweight MMA -155lbs
"Danny Boy" Downes (Roufusport-Milwaukee, WI)
vs.
Mike Sanchez (Lassiter Martial Arts/ Team Street-Racine, WI)

Middleweight MMA -185lbs
Kyle "The Lunch Box" Courtier (Roufusport-Milwaukee, WI)
vs.
Whitney Wadell (Windy City Martial Arts-Chicago, IL)

Bantamweight MMA -135lbs
Chico "King" Camus (Roufusport-Milwaukee, WI)
vs.
Seth Marquez (Chosen Few-Madison, WI)

Gladiators Fighting Heavyweight Grappling Championship -265lbs
UFC Fighter "Ravishing Red" Schafer (Roufusport-Milwaukee, WI)
vs.
Justin "Bacon" Hutter (Waukesha MMA-Waukesha, WI)

Amateur Undercard

Lightweight MMA -155lbs
David Rhoads (Domination Wrestling-Kewaskum, WI)
vs.
Don Schmitt (Neutral Ground-Milwaukee, WI)

Lightweight MMA -155lbs
Scott "The Scottish Scraper" Seivewright (Roufusport-Milwaukee, WI)
vs.
TBA

Flyweight MMA -125lbs
Eric "Money Bags" Adamany (Evolution MMA-Milwaukee, WI)
vs.
Chris Beck (Ruff Dawg MMA-Walworth, WI)

Middleweight MMA -185lbs
Dennis Clark (Team Scorpion Alliance-Oshkosh, WI)
vs.
Lemetra Griffin (Independent-Milwaukee, WI)

Lightweight -155lbs
Jordan Rivera-Haasch (Independent-Milwaukee, WI)
vs.
Nick Dupees (Ruff Dawg MMA-Walworth, WI)

Light Heavyweight Grappling -205lbs
Jason "Kaz" Kazmeirczak (Roufusport-Milwaukee, WI)
vs.
Luke Summerfield (Neutral Ground BJJ-Milwaukee, WI)

Grappling -170lbs
Aaron Bridges (Matamoros Jiu Jitsu-Milwaukee, WI)
vs.
TBA



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Justin “Bacon” Hutter vs. Rob Smith Preview

Two local MMA veterans are going to go head-to-head at Gladiators: Fight Night at the Fair on Monday, August 4th when Justin “Bacon” Hutter of Waukesha MMA takes on Rob Smith of Roufusport in the main event. Hutter is the #5 ranked 205lber according to the Wisconsin Combat Sports first quarter rankings, while Rob Smith is the #3 ranked heavyweight.



Justin “Bacon” Hutter

Justin “Bacon” Hutter sports an MMA record of (6-5) according to Sherdog and is riding a two-fight win streak. Those wins came over Tim Wsycoki (0-1) at Waukesha Wrecking in April of this year and Jason Hoyer (1-4) at KTK 21 in June. Both wins came via triangle chokes and both fights ended in the first round.

Hutter is a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Neutral Ground’s Jon Friedland. Hutter currently trains at Waukesha MMA, a fight team that includes Gladiators Heavyweight State Champion Reese Shaner, Jason Allar, and the Blake brothers, Joe and Ed. He is a submission specialist with all of his wins coming via submission and half of those by rear naked chokes. Hutter’s professional record dates back to October of 2004.

Rob Smith

Rob Smith sports an MMA record of (11-13-1) according to Sherdog and has been fighting for over a decade. He is primarily a wrestler and is a former wrestling coach at Bayview High School in Milwaukee. He has been studying Jiu-Jitsu for over ten years and has won over 80% of his fights via submission. Since rededicating himself to MMA in 2007, Smith has gone (4-1). So far in 2008, he holds wins over Kyle Olsen (25-21), Terry Cohens (3-1), and Steve Shewry (2-4). His lone loss of 2008 came at XFO 22 when he fought Joe Vedepo (7-1) in February, a fight Smith took on short notice.

Smith is currently training and fighting for the Roufusport team that incudes fighters such as Eric Schafer, Anthony Pettis, Pat Barry, and Dan LaSavage. Smith has fought a who’s who list of MMA greats including former UFC champions Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Rich “Ace” Franklin as well as other famous fighters such as Terry Martin, Solomon Hutcherson, and Mario Rinaldi.

Matchup

This is an interesting matchup and it’s rare that we get to see WCS ranked fighters square off against each other. Both fighters are grapplers with 15 of their 17 combined wins coming via submission and both are currently on win streaks. Hutter is the probably the more technical grappler with a purple belt in Jiu-Jitsu; he is also an active participant in BJJ tournaments, but he may have problems getting this fight to the ground against the wrestler in Smith. Rob Smith is coming down from heavyweight while Hutter is coming up from middleweight so Smith will probably be the stronger of the two fighters. Will Smith look to take the fight to the ground where Hutter is capable of pulling off a submission from his back in order to execute his ground and pound style submission hunt? If the fight stays on the feet will Smith’s Roufusport striking and training come into play? Your guess is as good as mine and you’ll have to come down to State Fair Park to watch the action.