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MMA in Knoxville
TriCities MMA Fighters Held Their Own in Knoxville:
Great job to all the TriCities fighters, we are proud of you. You guys put on one heck of a show, and made us proud to tell Knoxville where we are from.
The X Series Fighting Championships
The X Series Fighting Championships was at the Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville, TN Saturday June 25, with X Series: Crossroads “Powered by Kinetik”. This was an A+ event with great talent, a great venue, and great value for the entire family. Gene Click did a wonderful job bringing big time MMA back to Northeast Tennessee. urTriCities.com filled up the gas tank and took the drive down to Knoxville to support and enjoy our local fighters.
X Series is an A+ Event
First off, X Series is a family event. The music that was played for fighter’s entry was “clean” and the MC was very professional and entertaining. The crowd was respectful, and the fighters showed great sportsmanship. This is very important to us, to be able to bring our children to this type of an event, and show them the type of athletes and quality of character MMA has and can develop.
The MC and commentators (TriCities own Cyrus Fees and Casey Oxendine) were, as always, OUTSTANDING. Great job guys, you are truly TriCities pride.
The cost for the entire event was only $25.00. This was a great value to the fight fan; we got there around 3 PM and did not leave until 2 AM. That is almost 12 hours of no stop MMA action. The Knoxville Convention Center was an ideal place for this type of an event. The fighting area was very clean and comfortable. The sound system, “Powered by Kinetik”, was loud and hard hitting. The entire show from the fighter’s entry, to the fighter’s victory was organized and heart pumping.
urTriCities.com are fans of the X Series
urTriCities.com is fans of the X Series Fighting Championships, and we plan to attend many more events. The show overall was an A+ with only a few critiques and ideas to make it better.
There were only a hand full of vendors at the event, we would love to see more vendors, products, and activates in the staging area of the convention center. X Series gets 2 thumbs up for providing free kids ID kits…Much appreciated by all the parents that brought their children.
There were 2 big projection screens in the back of the area promoting the sponsors and providing live, in the cage, video streams. These were great, but we believe they could have been utilized better if they were placed on each side of the ring so people could view them during the fight. During most ground action during the fight, everyone was looking backwards to see the live video feed.
This event was very, very, very long. Most of the crowd started to leave before the main event because of the late hour. It might be a good idea to make this type of production into a two day event. We loved the value, but got a little tired towards the end. We were looking forward to the after party at the Roaming Noam, but started thinking Perkins was a better option.
Those are the only critiques about the entire event. We would recommend anyone and everybody to check out this production. This is one of the best, and professional productions we have seen.
For more information on the X Series check out their website: www.xseriesmma.com
urTriCities.com Spotlight Matchups:
Len Cook vs. Matt Coakley
Len Cook is one of urTriCities.com favorite fighters. This young man is very humble and very talented. Len was able to beat Matt in a very close 3 round decision. Congratulations Len Cook, 135 ISKA SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL and X SERIES Champion
Dustin Long vs. Jeremy Thurman
urTriCities.com has seen Dustin fight in all three of his wins. We have been very impressed by this young man’s talent and coolness inside the ring. We know you will come back strong.
Adam Townsend vs. Chase Wender
Prime Time Adam Townsend won our “Submission of the Night” fight. Great fight and a great win for you and your team.
Chase Christian vs. Doug Williams
Great fight for Doug, we know he wanted to keep it standing, but we was able to pull the win out on the ground…Great win for you and Team Oxendine
Chris Graves vs. Kurt Markham
urTriCities.com is official fans of Chris. We were sitting by his family and friends and loved the enthusiasm. Great fight Chris, we hope to see you win many more.