UFC fighters Matt Hughes,Joe Riggs, Edwin Dewees and Gilbert Aldana made special guest appearances at Rage in the Cage 78: Xtreme Cage Fighting welcoming fans to a new year of Rage in the Cage action.

In a stunning upset, Robert Beraun decisively beat UFC and Pride veteran Ricco Rodriguez by unanimous decision.  Beraun landed many hard punches to the head and was able to withstand Ricco's submission skills on the ground for the well deserved win.  This impressive victory earned Fighter of the Night ( FOTN ) for Beraun. Beraun who was coming off a KO victory over Aaron Brink two months ago where he earned FOTN honours for that showing.

Other notable fights included Jamie Varner winning the vacant Welterweight championship and Rich Beecroft upsetting Andy Montana with a perfectly executed Kimura.

Other candidates for FOTN were David Smith, Sean Ballantine, Joe Lira, Jeremiah Navarro, Rich Beecroft, Gerald Perkins, Steve Cantwell and Jamie Varner.

Three schools went undefeated for the evening:  ACMMA ( 4-0 ), Team Sacrifice ( 3-0 ) and One Kicks Gym ( 2-0 ).

For full results please see:
Rage in the Cage 78: Xtreme Cage Fighting

Robert Beraun Defeated Ricco Rodriguez
Jamie Varner Defeated Leonard Wilson
Steve Cantwell Defeated Mike Ashford
Gerald Perkins Defeated Anthony Triliegi
Rich Beecroft Defeated Andy Montana
Jeremiah Navarro Defeated Richie Reyes
Joe Lira Defeated Robert Davis
Jamie Schmidt Defeated Jason Cassel
Andrew Brittin Defeated John Ivicevic
Sean Ballantine Defeated Chris Devno
David Smith Defeated Rosco McClellan
Daniel Betzold Defeated  Josh Donahoo
Jesse Barrett Defeated Justin Fisher