January Saw lots of action with Academy fighters Carl Deaton, Dustin murphy, Mikey Zimmer, Clarence Jordan, and several others that were in action.
January 11th, Zach Juusola took teammate nick Compton’s place in a 155lb bout with local standout Codie Kahler. With the 2nd round tko victory “Juice” reminded everybody that he was the top dog at lightweight in Minnesota. With this win he earned himself a shot at a bigger profile fight.
Zach Juusola will join another Academy product Dan Moret on an RFA (resurrection fighting alliance) card march 7th in Lincoln, Nebraska. The main card will be broadcast on AXS.TV. Dan Moret will take on Luke Sanders (6-0) of Tennessee in a highly touted featherweight battle. Juusola will take on Ultimate Fighter season 15 cast member Cody Pfister (10-3-1). It is unclear if this fight will be on the main card.
February 1st in Austin , The Academy amateur standouts Dustin Murphy & Melvin Cruz went to battle on another great local Driller promotions fight card. Murphy lost due to submission while Cruz won his fight by tko in the 2nd round moving his amateur record to (4-1)
This Saturday February 8th Ben Smith will travel to Davenport, Iowa to fight for the Xplode fight series 170 championship belt. Xplode, out of California will pit Smith against a very tough Jason Louck.
More fight announcements and news will be coming in the next week.
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