The Cheetah girls came out in full force throwing nearly 300 giveaway items to the crowd as the official ring card girls of Atlanta's Friday Night Fights. PONY (the athletic shoe company) also stepped up and donated nearly 200 hats, tshirts and wristbands for the girls to toss to the crowd. The ring announcer, Southside Steve from 96Rock, was superb as always and 680 The Fan was on site for a live radio broadcast from the fights from 7 pm till 10 pm.
Many in the crowd ended up buying tickets on their way out to the next installment of Atlanta's Friday Night Fights to take place on Friday, July 8 at Earthlink Live.
The results of the April 29 fights:
Cliff Fretwell of McDonough, Georgia, USA (2-1, 149) defeated Jaral Bowman of Atlanta, Georgia, USA (0-2, 145) by armbar tapout at 2:17 of round 1.
Darren Roberts of Atlanta, Georgia, USA (1-0, 172) made the most of his MMA debut as he defeated Joseph Bauserman of Winchester/Gore, Virginia, USA (2-7, 169) by choke tap out at 1:44 of round 2
Brian Bowles of Athens, Georgia, USA (3-0, 144) defeated Philip Peterson of Birmingham, Alabama, USA (1-3, 142) by choke tap out at :58 seconds of round 2.
James Thorpe of Atlanta, Georgia, USA (2-0-1, 294) was planned to fight Harry Moskowitz. However when Moskowitz failed to show up at weigh-ins, in stepped Jerome Smith of Americus, Georgia, USA (8-5-1, 235). Thorpe took rounds 1 and 2 by a 10-9 score. However, Smith had the stamina to not only win round 3 but won it convincingly with a score of 10-8 on two of the three judges cards. In the end the fight was scored a majority draw, 28-28, 28-28 and 29-28.
Kevin Gittemeier of Atlanta, Georgia, USA (7-1, 170) continued his winning ways with an impressive victory over Dale Sapp of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, (4-3, 167) by triangle choke at 1:20 of round 1.
Quincy Sutton of Atlanta, Georgia, USA (3-0, 177.5) was the clear underdog entering his match with Chatt Lavender of Snellville, Georgia, USA (14-5, 170). However, numbers didn't matter much to Sutton as he took it to Lavender and won by TKO due to strikes at 4:20 of round 1.