YAMMA Pit Fighting

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Yamma Pit Fighting is a new mixed martial arts promotion that was created by original UFC promoter Robert Meyrowitz. The promotion's first event, YAMMA 1, was held on April 11, 2008 in Atlantic City, New Jersey at the Trump Taj Mahal. The YAMMA Pit arena is a large circular cage with a surrounding fence on the edges of a bowl-like floor with slanted edges. The stated purpose of the new structure was to prevent fighters from trapping their opponents into a corner—the rising edge of the YAMMA Pit was to prevent stalling and facilitate more action.

Fighters Gary Goodridge and Maurice Smith were forced to withdraw from the event. Goodridge was denied participation in the tournament by the NJSAC due to an unrelated fighting incident that rendered him unconscious in Korea. Smith had to withdraw due to an illness.

[edit] Rules and regulations

  • As per the New Jersey state athletic commission rules
  • Each bout could only be one five-minute round
  • Final bout of tournament three five-minute rounds

[edit] Results

Match Winner Loser Method Round Time
1 Lamont Lister Oleg Savitsky TKO (Strikes) 1 0:33
2 Bryan Vetell Antwain Britt Decision (Unanimous) 1 5:00
3 Alexey Oleinik Sherman Pendergarst Submission (Forearm choke) 1 4:18
4 Chris Tuscherer Tony Sylvester Decision (Unanimous) 1 5:00
5 Travis Wiuff Marcelo Pereira Decision (Unanimous) 1 5:00
6 Ricco Rodriguez George Bush Decision (Unanimous) 1 5:00
7 Oleg Taktarov Mark Kerr Submission (Kneebar) 1 1:55
8 Chris Tuscherer Alexey Oleinik Decision (Unanimous) 1 5:00
9 Travis Wiuff Ricco Rodriguez Decision (Unanimous) 1 5:00
10 Patrick Smith Eric Esch Submission (Strikes) 1 3:17
11 Travis Wiuff Chris Tuscherer Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00

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