Tuff-N-Uff 148 Recap: 

Las Vegas, NV — Friday, September 26

Tuff-N-Uff returned to San Diego on September 26 with a loaded card full of finishes, rising prospects, and high caliber fights. The “Future Stars of MMA” lit up The Observatory North Park as the next greats in MMA put it all on the line.

PROS

Main Event — Troy Green def. Shimon Smotritsky (Split Decision, 3 rounds) In the night’s headliner, Troy “The Ghost” Green edged out Shimon “Assassin” Smotritsky in a hard-fought 175 lb catchweight battle via split decision after three rounds.

Co-Main — Leon “S.O.G.” Shahbazyan def. Glaucio “Salva Mar” Eliziario (Submission, Guillotine, R1, 0:43) Shahbazyan continued his momentum under the Tuff-N-Uff banner, locking in a guillotine choke barely 43 seconds into the first round to submit 20 fight veteran Eliziario. That makes 3 straight first round wins at Tuff-N-Uff for Leon Shahbazyan.

• Khusein Shaikhaev def. Nilton Gaviao — unanimous decision (3 rounds) The Russian dominated through all three rounds to take the judges’ nod.
• Salhahuddin Everett def. Ryan Hawkins — submission (triangle choke), Round 1, 2:24 Everett demonstrated sharp grappling instincts, taking Hawkins’ neck early and closing out the fight to make it back to back wins.
• Bobby Winther def. Marcelo Quines Jr. — TKO (elbows & punches), Round 2, 1:57 Winther’s ground-and-pound proved effective, with strikes forcing the stoppage in the second.
• Cobey Fehr def. Michael Jamiyandorj — unanimous decision (3 rounds) Fehr displayed a well-rounded game and edged Jamiyandorj over the distance.
• Keana “Cub” Montenegro def. Laurynn “The Iron Butterfly” Garcia — submission (face crank), Round 1, 4:58 Montenegro applied a face crank late in the first round to force Garcia’s surrender.

PRELIMS

• Stanton Moaalii def. Travon “Black Dynamite” Lee — TKO (punches), Round 3, 0:47 Moaalii wins Amateur Heavyweight Title
• Kellvon Clayton def. Kameron White — TKO (punches), Round 1, 1:22
• Nicholas Bartz def. Jahaad Sowell — unanimous decision (3 rounds)
• Cameron Stephen def. Nathan “The Snake” Knybel — split decision (3 rounds)
• Samantha Utter def. Jasmin Jastrzebski — unanimous decision (3 rounds)
• Doedk Rodriguez Berrelleza def. Harold Van Arsdale — submission (rear-naked choke), Round 2, 0:51