Adrenaline MMA 2: Miletich and Rothwell Victorious

“Croatian Sensation” Pat Miletich (29-7-2) defeated Thomas Denny (25-18) via knockout in the main event of Adrenaline MMA 2 Thursday night in Moline. Ben Rothwell (26-6) set the tone during the bout just before Miletich’s victory with a submission victory of his own via strikes over Chris Guillen (13-12).

Showing no rust from age, the forty-year-old Miletich revisited yesteryear with a dominant performance over Denny. The victory by knockout was both impressive and surprising in contrast to Miletich’s fight record richly built off of submission wins.

Pat Miletich officially won via knockout at 0:50 of the second round.

Heavyweight Ben Rothwell (26-6) showed no remnants of his recent loss to “Pitbull” Andrei Arlovski (14-5) when he quickly dispatched Chris Guillen (13-12) in the opening round with a barrage of heavy elbows.

Ben Rothwell officially won via submission due to strikes at 3:40 of the first round.

In other fights, Mike Russow (11-1) defeated Braden Bice (6-6) via submission from north south choke at the 1:13 mark of round one.

Mike Ciesnolevics (15-3) defeated Derrick Mehmen (4-2) via submission from a guillotine choke at 1:46 of the second round.

Dan Loman (11-3) was victorious over Gabe Lemley (10-8) with a TKO due to punches at 1:54 of round two.

Ryan McGivern (13-6) submitted Geno Roderick (6-7) via rear naked choke at 1:27 of the opening round.

The action continued with a unanimous decision victory for Pat Curren (5-0) over Ramiro Hernandez (1-1).

Jesse Lennox (12-1) defeated Ryan Williams (8-3) via triangle choke submission in the first round at the 3:41 mark.

LC Davis (11-1) was victorious over Billy Kidd (8-6) with a side choke submission at 2:52 of the opening round.

And Danny Rodriguez (5-4) defeated David Fuentes (4-1) with a rear naked choke submission at 1:19 of the second round.