Big night for LI at Ring of Combat 37
WEC featherweight Deividas Taurosevicius takes a break during his third training session of the day at Xtreme Fitness in Farmingdale. Credit: Newsday / Robert Cassidy
Here's a quick roundup of Long Island-based fighters from Ring of Combat 37 last Friday at the Tropicana in Atlantic City.
- Deividas Taurosevicius (13-5), a former WEC and Bellator fighter from Copiague via Lithuania, submitted Ronnie Rogers by rear naked choke in the second round to win the ROC featherweight title.
- Al Iaquinta (5-0-1), a Team Serra-Longo fighter, won the ROC lightweight with a TKO of Gabriel Miglioi 26 seconds into the first round.
- Brian Kelleher (4-1), from Selden, won by stoppage midway through the third round against Michael LaDuke. Kelleher will next fight in Bellator.
- James Jenkins (4-0), another Team Serra-Longo fighter from Rocky Point, submitted Cody Castillo via guillotine choke 24 seconds into the fight.
