This was the first event that Vegas Sports Magazine attended put on by Sin City Fights Promotions.  The environment was the election the production as solid and most of all the fighters did not disappoint.  Sin City Fights 3 put fighters together in each of the matches that were not afraid to engage and attack making for an exciting display of mixed martial arts skill.

Sin City Fights 3 featured 9 bouts each of them bringing their own flair and electricity to the ballroom in South Point.

Bout 1- John Kawika (0-0) vs Jimmy Like (1-3)

     Round 1:

                  John and Jimmy traded strikes. Jimmy didn't seem to want to catch anymore leather and hoots taking John to the ground.  Jimmy immediately goes for the stroke.  Jimmy is reversed  

                  John puts the choke in on Jimmy but time expires. This concludes round 1. 

    Round 2:

                   John and Jimmy start the second round on their feet trading kicks.  Jimmy shoots again taking John to his back.  John reverses sinks in a choke getting his first MMA win.

Bout 2- Regis Spicer (1-1)  vs Skyler Romero (0-0)

      Round 1:

                   The match begins spirited with Regis throwing punches with bad attentions.  Although, he was putting in everything he had into his strikes he was making minimal contact to the head of Skyler.  Skyler shoots takes Regis to the mat but is quickly reversed and slips in a choke with 10 seconds left in the round as Skyler escapes as the buzzer sounds.

      Round 2:  

                   At the start of the second round, Regis again swings his hands with bad meaning.  Suddenly, he switches and throws his leg up to deliver a kick as Skyler catches it and takes him down.  They find themselves back to their feet trading punches and kicks until Skyler takes Regis down again as the round ends.

     Round 3:

                   Round 3 starts with Regis tagging Skyler with blow after blow. Skyler shoots but is stuffed as Regis sprawls and doesn't allow himself to be dragged to the mat.                                             

                   Regis finishes the by applying punishment strike after strike until the buzzer sounds.  Regis takes an unanimous decision.

Bout 3- Luiz De Franco vs. J.R. Ripley

      Round 1:

                     Luiz jumps on J. R. quickly taking him to the mat.  Luiz attacks J.R.'s arm pulling it in and trying to lock it in.  J.R. escapes but ends up on his back with Luiz firing down shot after as the buzzer sounds to end the first round thinking J.R. will escape but the fight is called. TKO to Luiz.

Bout 4- Chris Thompson (0-1) vs. Ben Mateaki (0-1)

       Round 1: 

                      Chris starts the match quickly delivering bombs to Ben's face.  Ben immediately reacts by trying to take Chris to the canvas.  As Ben is trying to take Chris down he is snatched up and slammed to the mat.  As the round ends, Chris delivers knees.

       Round 2:

                      Ben comes out blazing delivering strikes and taking Chris to the canvas.  However, as Chris is on his knees and hands Ben delivers a vicious knee to his head.  Chris unable to recover wins by way of disqualification.

Bout 5- Chris Gomez (1-2) vs. Tanner Robertson (0-0)

         Round 1:

                       Round begins with Tanner trying to take Chris down.  Each time, Chris stuffs him.  Finally they end up on the ground with Chris holding the dominant position delivering blows from the top.  Tanner reverses and takes the top position and delivers his own strikes at the end of the round.

         Round 2:

                        Chris bangs Tanner with strikes as they stand.  Tanner not wanting any of that quickly takes Chris down.  Chris gets to his feet as Tanner tries to take him down again Chris stuffs round 2 ends.

          Round 3:

                         This round starts with Tanner shooting and taking Chris to his back.  Tanner from the top position throws strikes down from the top position. Chris moves his but eats a lot of Tanners leather until the buzzer goes off.

This was anybody's match.  The fight goes to Chris with a split decision.  I guess he did enough to win.

Bout 6- Boostayre Nefarios (4-1) vs. Kyosuke Yokoyama (3-1)

            Round 1:

                          Boostayre comes out firing strokes into the body and head of Kyosuke.  He commits to every strike you can see him turn his hips and swing for the fences.  

                           Kyosuke does not succumb to the ferocious strikes he maintains his calm persona and begins to deliver strikes of his own to the face of Boostayre.  Kyosuke opens a cut on the eye of Boostayre.  Boostayre obviously the better striker puts Kyosuke on the defensive as he shoots to take Boostayre down as the round comes to an end.

             Round 2:

                            Round opens with these two combatants trading strikes.  Boostayre grabs Kyosuke and dumps him on his back.  As quickly as they went to ground, they are back to their feet trading strike after strike until the buzzer sounds.

              Round 3:

                             Boostayre's eye is obviously cut with blood coming down his face. However, he does not stop throwing strikes as hard now as he did in the first round.  Kyosuke is more than willing to trade strikes. Boostayre then rough houses Kyosuke throwing him to the ground and delivering bombs fists to Kyosuke as the final round ends.

Boostayre wins unanimous decision.

Bout 7- Joshua Bleeker (4-1) vs. Benjamin Smith (3-1)

                Round 1:

                              Benjamin shoots and takes Joshua to the ground immediately.  Benjamin traps Joshua's arm behind him and delivers strikes to his face. The round comes to an end with them scrambling from the ground.

                 Round 2:

                               Benjamin begins the round throwing a strike, hitting Joshua flush in the face.  Ben takes Joshua to the ground.  After scrambling Benjamin secures Joshua in a crucifix and delivers strikes to a TKO victory.

Bout 8- Sean Cantor (4-0) vs. Ramsen Merza (3-3)

                    Round 1: 

                                 Ramsen shoots takes Sean to the mat.  As they take position, Ramsen quickly takes Seans back and sucks his neck into a vicious Guillotine choke holding it until Sean submits.

Bout 9- David Jordan (10-1) vs. Justin Jaynes (26-12)

                     Round 1:

                                 Justin shoots takes down David. David reverses and gets back to his feet. Justin shoots again taking David to the ground once again as the round ends.

                      Round 2:

                                  David start the round delivering a solid kick.  Justin shoots lifts David walks him across the ring and drops him.  Referee stops the action and takes a point from Justin it is illegal to walk someone across the ring and slam them in amateur competition.  Round ends with Josh tripping and landing on David.

                       Round 3:

                                   David catches Justin trying to put in a triangle choke.  Justin is able to escape as the round comes to an end.  David wins the bout with a majority  decision.

The fights were very entertaining and electric.  Each of the fighters was spirited and willing to engage.  We look forward to covering the next Sin City event March 23, 2012.

Well the weigh in started off with a quiet calm over the room.  Each fighter entered the room with a still confidence.  Their faces told the story. All of them with the belief that tomorrow will be their night.  Tomorrow will indeed be victory.