Breakdown CES MMA 38

               

CES MMA brings a fight card that boasts two Main Events in the Featherweight Division to Foxwoods Resort Casino on Sept. 23^rd. Sean Soriano vs Levan Makashavili and Calvin Kattar vs Chris Foster Co-Headline the event, scheduled to air live on AXS TV.

               

Twenty-six year old Sean Soriano is in his second stint with CES MMA. Last time (2/3/12) He KO’d Lee Metcalf in just :34 (1^st round) while on an 8-0 streak that resulted in a three fight run with the UFC. Soriano lost his latest fight (3/25/16) by TKO in the third (1:25) to Thomas Webb at Legacy Fighting Championship LFC 52. Last November he stopped, by first round KO, (3:21) Josh Quayhagen at LFC 48. He has finished seven of his nine wins (4KO/TKO). He takes on Oceanside New York’s, Levan Makashvili.

               

Featherweight, Levan Makashvili also fought in the UFC. After splitting a pair of split decisions (1-1) and a Majority Draw with Damon Jackson earlier this year (1/30) the UFC released “The Hornet”. He responded well in June (10^th) with a Unanimous Decision victory over Ryan Sanders at CES MMA 36. Makashvili is 8-2 with three wins by KO/TKO.

               

Calvin Kattar is on a seven fight win streak, dating back to a 3/26/10, a Third Round (4:05) TKO of Jeff Anderson. “The Boston Finisher” earned his name by finishing nine of his fifteen wins (6KO/TKO). He is currently on a run of five straight decision wins. This is Kattar’s third fight with CES, he won a split decision at CES MMA 34 (4/1/16). He faces Middletown, Connecticut’s Chris “Cassius” Foster.

               

Foster is 5-2 in his last seven fights. Five of “Cassius’s” nine wins are by way of KO/TKO. The Featherweight earned a UD win over Vovka Clay at Bellator 153 (4/22/16).

               

Bantamweight, Rico Disciullo is coming off a First Round (4:34) KO slam of Jake Constant at CES MMA 35. Fighting out of Peabody, Massachusetts, Disciullo had an extensive amateur career to accompany his 6-0-1 record as a pro. In addition to his four fights with CES Rico has also competed for Bellator three times, including a First Round (1:21) KO of Glenn Allaire at Bellator 98 (9/7/13) in his Pro debut. He takes on Twenty-two year old, David Garcia.

               

The 3-1-1 Garcia is coming off a Second Round (4:08) TKO of Josh Longood (8/19/16) at Justified Defiance Fight Series 2. Garcia is competing in his fourth fight of 2016, including a First Round (2:24) Kimura Submission of Raymond Yanez on April 16^th.

               

The Ultimate Fighter Season 19 contestant, Pat Walsh is on a two fight win streak, a pair of UD victories: Tyler King at WSOF 24 (10/17/15) and his last fight with CES (8/14/15) over Jesse Mc Elligot. “The Beast of the East” went 1-1 in the UFC’s Light Heavyweight Division. He is currently 7-2 with four wins by decision. He faces Thirty-Eight year old, Carlos Zevallos.

                The 3-3 Zevallos hasn’t competed since a UD win over Charles Moreland (8/9/14). The Floridian’s has won a fight by each: Decision, TKO/KO and Submision.

                Submission kings meet when 5-3 Brandon Seyler faces 6-4 Kody Nordby. Seyler has finished each of his five wins (4 Subs) including a Rear Naked Choke of Dillard Pegg in the First Round (1:46) last fight (5/7/16). Nordby has six Submission wins of his own. He went on a three fight reign (June 15-Jan 16) of finishing each opponent by RNC in the first round.

                Also competing: 4-0 Carlos Candelario has two, First Round finishes in 2016: a Submission (1:16) at CES MMA 36 (6/10) and a :31 KO at CES MMA 34 (4/1). He takes on 2-1 Brandon Warne, who is fresh from a First Round Submission (:34) win of his own, at NEF 21 (2/6/16).