Middleweight Nate Moore (6-1) forced Louis Taylor (3-1) to tap on strikes in the second round at Strikeforce in Chicago Friday night.
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Chicago’s “Bartimus” Bart Palaszewski (29-11) snapped a three-fight losing streak with a right high kick that left “Grinder” Jeffrey Cox (9-6) unconcious against the fence at 1:27 of round two Saturday night at Adrenaline MMA in Hoffman Estates, east of Chicago.
After a paced and cautious first round for both fighters, “Bartimus” began working kicks in the second, first a solid body shot, then snapping at Cox’s leg.
During the final flurried exchange, Palaszewski wheeled a wide left hook to Cox’s body, backing Cox into range for the right high kick finisher.
Palaszewski literally lept out of the cage upon the stoppage “W”.
In the main event, Michael Russow (10-1) manhandled late replacement for “Snowman” Jeff Monson (24-8), Jason Guida (17-16), tapping Clay’s big brother in a standing neck crank against the fence at 2:13 of round one.
“I hope he’s OK,” Russow related after the stoppage.
Hometown hero Rory Markham (14-4) said, “Let’s get serious. That guy just jumped over me!” after “Silent Assassin” Jay Ellis (5-19) launched a flying knee at the opening bell, indeed, flying right over Markham. “So, I decided I was going to keep it on the ground.”
Markham pounced on Ellis; but, Ellis swept to Markham’s guard, which Markham climbed into a triangle tapout at 57 seconds of round one.
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Fighters.com was live in Hoffman Estates, east of Chicago, Friday for the Adrenaline MMA weigh-ins.
Late main event replacement for “Snowman” Jeff Monson (24-8), former middleweight Jason Guida (17-5) weighed-in at 241.5 pounds, and it didn’t look like he found heavyweight girth in the gym (unless “The Gym” is the name of a pizzeria in Little Italy.)
Guida’s opponent, Chicago police officer Michael Russow (9-1) looked svelte at 243.2 pounds.
Middleweights Terry Martin (16-4) and bleached blond Daiju Takase (7-11-1) made their weight class at 185.2 and 185.8 pounds repectively.
IFL veteran Rory Markham’s (13-4) opponent, Jay Ellis (5-18), will give up nearly twenty pounds to Markham in their 180-pound catch weight match-up. Markham weighed 180.1 pounds and Ellis weighed 161.6 pounds.
Fighters.com’s third-ranked heavyweight “Maine-iac” Tim Sylvia (24-4) attended with his girlfriend, who didn’t weigh-in but stood about 5′1″ next to 6′7″ Sylvia, and chided “Meat Truck” Kerry Schall (21-9), shouting, “Meat Trick!” as Schall weighed in.