{"id":74651,"date":"2018-08-14T13:35:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T18:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=74651"},"modified":"2018-08-14T13:35:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T18:35:34","slug":"doug-yamato-usher-stops-david-mundell-in-2nd-round-mma-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=74651","title":{"rendered":"Doug &#8220;Yamato&#8221; Usher Stops David Mundell in 2nd Round &#8211; MMA News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=74651\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=74651\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-74652 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/R-Cuba-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/R-Cuba-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/R-Cuba.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Georgia middleweight Doug &#8220;Yamato&#8221; Usher and Yoislandy &#8220;Cuba&#8221; Izquierdo were knockout-winners this past Saturday night in the &#8220;Road to M-1: USA&#8221; main event and co-feature, respectively, at Global Mall in Nashville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Road to M-1: USA&#8221; was presented by M-1 Global USA and Angel Fight Promotions and aired live on worldwide pay per view.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Rage,&#8221; a hybrid ring\/cage, made its American debut in Music City.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What a great first event for M-1 Global USA,&#8221; M-1 Global USA CEO Mike Merriman said. &#8220;There were so many obstacles to overcome and lessons to be learned, but the show still went well. The fighters worked hard and the staff worked diligently. I couldn&#8217;t have asked for more. We are working on our next show and some possible partnerships that should make a lot of fans smile.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Usher (10-3-0) overcame a relatively slow opening round to knockout his late replacement opponent, David &#8220;Redneck&#8221; Mundell (9-4-0), with a powerful right-left combination for his sixth consecutive victory, which snapped Mundell&#8217;s three-fight win streak.<\/p>\n<p>Izquierdo (12-4-0), fighting out of Charlotte (NC) by way of Cuba, took care of business early, knocking out Damond Pickney (15-11-0), of Hot Springs, Arkansas, less than a minute into the opening round by way of a vicious head-kick.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia bantamweight Tony Gravely (14-5-0) ruined the courageous comeback of previously undefeated Brazilian fighter Bruno Ferreira (8-1-0), who was making a comeback after successfully battling cancer the past three years. Gravely&#8217;s aggressive ground-and-pound attack resulted in a quick first-round technical knockout win.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia flyweight Cee Jay &#8220;The Autobot&#8221; Hamilton (13-6-0) and California heavyweight Cody &#8220;The Moose&#8221; Goodale won three-round decisions, respectively, against Puerto Rican Abdiel &#8220;The Nightmare&#8221; Velazquez (8-6-0) and Nkemdirim &#8220;Kim&#8221; Oti (2-4-0)<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky welterweight Brandon &#8220;The Juggernaut&#8221; Bell (9-7-0) registered a first-round, ground-and-pound TKO win over Jacob &#8220;Tick-Tock&#8221; McClintock (9-3-0), of Arizona, while Chicago welterweight P.J. Cajigas used the same method to defeat previously unbeaten Tennessean James Conway (3-1-0) in round two.<\/p>\n<p>On the preliminary card, Chicago bantamweight Chris &#8220;The Jungle&#8221; Johnson (5-8-0) knocked out Jerrod &#8220;The Hillbilly Hammer&#8221; Jennings (2-2-0) in the first round. Kentucky lightweight Kegan Agnew (1-0-0) made an impressive pro debut, locking in a rear naked choke to submit hometown favorite Dwayne Herrelle (0-2-0) in the opening round.<\/p>\n<p>OFFICIAL RESULTS<\/p>\n<p>MAIN EVENT &#8211; MIDDLEWEIGHTS<br \/>\nDoug Usher (10-3-0), College Park, Maryland<br \/>\nWKO2<br \/>\nDavid Mundell (9-4-0), Orlando, Florida<\/p>\n<p>CO-FEATURE &#8211; LIGHTWEIGHTS<br \/>\nYoislandyu Izquierdo (12-4-0), Charlotte, North Carolina<br \/>\nWKO1<br \/>\nDawond Pickney (15-11-0), Hot Springs, Arkansas<\/p>\n<p>BANTAMWEIGHTS<br \/>\nTony Gravely (14-5-0) Radford, Virginia<br \/>\nWTKO1<br \/>\nBruno Ferreira (8-1-0) Sao Paulo, Brazil<\/p>\n<p>FLYWEIGHTS<br \/>\nCee Jay Hamilton (13-6-0), Hartwell, Georgia.<br \/>\nWDEC3<br \/>\nAbdiel Velazquez (8-6-0), New Port Richey, Florida<\/p>\n<p>WELTERWEIGHTS<br \/>\nBrandon Bell (9-6-0), Harlan, Kentucky<br \/>\nWTKO1<br \/>\nJacob McClintock (9-3-0), Tempe, Arizona<\/p>\n<p>P.J. 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