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Ultimate Cage Wars 13 Tap or Snap

Lindsey Hawkes promised he wasn’t going to be upstaged in his own hometown, and he wasn’t.

Hawkes, of the Winnipeg Academy of MMA, posted an upset victory over highly touted, and undefeated, Clint Martin, of Ottawa, who carried a 4-0 record into the main event of the Ultimate Cage Wars, Sept. 12, 2008 at the Winnipeg Convention Centre.

Martin, of the Renzo Gracie BJJ, took the attack to Hawkes early, but the Winnipegger rallied to dominate and win by a TKO at 3:40 of the first round when Martin was unable to defend himself. Hawkes upped his record to 4-2.

Dominick Blais, of the Winnipeg Academy of MMA, is 4-2 after a first-round TKO over Jean Marc Lalonde of Pure Fitness in Red Deer, Alberta. The referee stopped the bout at 3:28.

Roland Delorme, of the Winnipeg Academy of MMA, won his professional debut when he forced Dwight Sutherland, of the Bear’s Den, in Peguis, to tap out with an arm bar at 4:40 of the first round. Sutherland’s record dropped to 1-1.

Andrija Pavlic, of the Winnipeg Academy of MMA, was a winner in his professional debut with a rear naked choke on Isaias Alvardo, of Team Quest, Temecula, California.

In other matches: Matt Veley, of Gladiator’s MMA in Kingston, Ont., evened his record at 1-1 with a choke out of Chris Cunningham (0-1) (Xtreme Kickboxing and MMA, Toronto, Ont.) at 4:35 of the first round; Michael “Sweetie Pie” Walton 1-1, (Bramalea Boxing Club, Toronto), defeated Joey Ayres 0-2, (Extreme Couture) with a first-round, rear-naked choke; and Jose Rodriguez, 1-0, (Scheer’s MMA, Saskatoon defeated Ryan Bawn, 0-2m (Gladiator’s MMA, Kingston, Ont.) with a TKO at 1:32 of the first round.

UFC veteran Alberto Crane received a shock June 27 when he came to Winnipeg for Ultimate Cage Wars 12-HEAT WAVE.

Crane, Quest Temecula, California, carried an 8-2 record into the Winnipeg Convention and was expected to post an easy victory over Simon Marini, of Cutting Edge MMA in Hamilton, Ontario.

Marini, 4-1, quickly took the fight to the highly touted American, and dominated throughout the three rounds but couldn’t put away the more experienced Crane who lost by a unanimous decision. The fans were on their feet screaming for most of the final round as Crane appeared to be out of gas and ready to drop.

Seventeen-year-old Dwight Sutherland won his professional debut at 3:03 of the first round with a triangle choke hold on Justin Knox. Knox, Dayboll Jiu Jitsu, Port Colborne, Ontario, fell to 0-2. About 70 Sutherland supporters drove 90 miles from Peguis First Nation to cheer on their favourite son.

Guillaume De Lorenzi ran his record to 3-0 with a TKO victory over Keith Perrigon of Team Quest. The referee stopped the bout at 2:41 of the first round.

Dino Camire, of Bison Wrestling, in Winnipeg, saw his record drop to 1-1 after his loss to Anthony Romita, of RGDA Canada. The bout was the first for Romita, of New Market, Ontario

Kate Roy, of K&K Combat, St. John, New Brunswick gained the admiration of the fans in her first-round loss to Alexis Davis, of Dayboll Jui Jitsu. Davis locked on an arm bar for at least 40 seconds before Roy tapped out at 3:09