TITANS CAGE RESULT: GRUBER & LOPEZ FINISH BY KO, AYALA & VILA WIN DECISIVELY

STEVEN GRUBER AFTER HIS VICTORY AT TTC3.

KO OF THE NIGHT HONORS ARE AWARDED
On the horn:

Johnny Waugh

EDITOR IN CHIEF 
"I like to have them push the pace a little bit. I'm more on counter punching and counter kicking," Gruber told Johnny Waugh (SR). If I want to push up the pace I can be more aggressive."
(CONTINUED). . .PHOTOS INCLUDED

VILA (R) VS LAZANO (L).

"I feel pretty good. I had a great training camp," Angelo Vila told Johnny Waugh (www.srmma.com). "Everything went well, just got to get the nerves out and go perform."

       Perform was the plan coming into the June 16 Titan's Cage 3 fight between Angelo Vila (Team Alpha Male) and Johnny Lazano (LA Boxing & MMA), with Vila winning a unanimous decision victory. Vila came out more aggressive from the start, moving forward with punches and landing a few early. Neither fighter looked too often for the take down, searching more to land the powerful punches that can finish a fight. The two spent much of the first two rounds engaged in dirty boxing from the clinch. The third round saw Lazano sink in a guillotine choke attempt that Vila was able to escape from and remain on top to finish out the bout in top position. Vila was excited post fight about his win and explained why the bout involved so much fighting from the clinch.

VILA (R) AFTER HEARING HIMSELF THE VICTOR.

"It feels great. It's my first win," Vila told Johnny Waugh (www.srmma.com). "It's an incredible feeling right now, I can't describe it. . .but every time I put hands on him he kept clinching up. . . in the clinch he wasn't able to do much. I was able to fend him off and keep the fight in control."

LOPEZ (CAMO SHIRT) POST FIGHT.

       Ryan Rubiaco (Team PDF) took on Alexander Lopez (Team Kugtar Academy) in the first bout of the night. Rubiaco looked for the early take down but Lopez's wrestling proved to be difficult to over come early on. Lopez threatened from the bottom with a triangle attempt after eventually being taken down. The first round was close but Lopez seemed very active from his guard. In the second round, the striking advantage of Lopez was clear as it took a sprawl and 56 seconds of time into the round for Lopez to land a left hook that got him the knock out to finish the fight.

"It felt good," Lopez told Johnny Waugh (www.srmma.com). "You train hard and then when it happens you don't believe it but it does. It just happens. . . my coach told me to keep it standing and I did. I caught him with a good punch and that's what happens."

BASS (L) VS AYALA (R)

       Jose Ayala (AB's Dragon Academy) took on Joey Bass (Big Dog MMA) in a three round slugging affair. Ayala believed the knock out was in store for who ever was able to come out victorious.

"I'm going to try to get the knock out if everything goes good," Ayala told Johnny Waugh (www.srmma.com). "We're going to do our best. . . I wish him the best of luck but I wish it for myself too."

AYALA (R) GETTING THE VICTORY.

       Ayala was able to landed and rock Bass in the first round before slamming him to the mat. Bass recovered well in the second round by dropping Ayala with a well placed kick to his opponents back leg. Unfortunately for Bass, Ayala was able to attempt a choke and use it to reverse his position before eventually moving to full mount. Ayala dazed Bass again in the third round and even went for a Kimura while he had Bass in full mount position. His team mate, Steven Gruber, was even pumped up about Ayala pulling out the unanimous decision victory.

"Oh yeah it gets me really pumped (to see a team mate win)," Gruber told Johnny Waugh (www.srmma.com). "There is nothing like seeing a homie take control in the ring. My turns next you know."

GRUBER (BLUE) FINISHING THE FIGHT.

       His turn was next indeed, Gruber took on Albert Tapia (Xtreme fighters) in what would eventually win Gruber "KO of the Night" honors from the Titans Cage promotion. Gruber pushed the pace the same way he said he could before the bout began.

"I think I'm more of a counter fighter," Gruber told Johnny Waugh (www.srmma.com). "I like to have them push the pace a little bit. I'm more on counter punching and counter kicking. If I want to push up the pace I can be more aggressive."

       Gruber said that it felt good to have his friends and family in attendance to congratulate him after he landed a three punch combo that ended Tapia's night early, inside the first minute of the fight. Hear interviews and live coverage of Titan's Cage 3 on the next episode of the VERBAL SCRAP PODCAST!

STEVEN GRUBER (R) GETTING HIS HAND RAISE POST FIGHT.

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