Ricco Rodriguez

Rage in the Cage held their 10 year anniversary show (#117) on Saturday November 8, 2008 in the 22,000 seat US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

Drew Fickett returned to the cage in his sixth fight of the year in the co-main event.

Fickett gave up a split decision victory to the much less experienced Jose Cortez fighting out of Take Down Academy.

The main event saw former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Ricco Rodriguez pull off his fifth win in a row in his eighth fight of 2008.

He avenged an earlier loss from Rage in the Cage 78 to Robert Beraun by unanimous decision.

Fight Card Results:
Brent Agee (143) from Elite Combat Sports defeats Jay Boss (146) from School of MMA by submission (triangle choke) at 1:05 of Rd 1

Sammy Ciurdar (152) from AMAC defeats Logan Hopp (153) from School of MMA by decision (3-0)

Justin Cuevas (141) from Elite Combat Sports defeats Steve Bullock (147) from RITC TC #1 by submission (triangle choke) at :34 of Rd 2

Shawn Frye (208) from Asylum defeats Robert Wilbanks (212) from RITC TC #1 by submission (arm bar) at 2:32 of Rd 1

Jacob Ortiz (189) of Freestyle defeats Colten Smith (180) of Attitude First by decision (3-0)

Abraham Cortez (162) of Take Down Academy defeats Cody Pearce (165) of Freestyle by submission (rnc) at 2:22 of Rd 2

Matt Dell (154) of Attitude First defeats Nick Hedrick (150) of Take Down Academy by submission (americana) at 2:10 of Rd 1

RITC World Fly Weight Title
Austin Pascucci (135) of RITC TC #1 defeats Derithe Harper (135) of Ghost Dog Boxing by submission (triangle choke) at 1:20 of Rd 1

RITC World HW Title
Richard Hale (213) of RITC TC #2 defeats Roger Mejia (231) of ACS by TKO at :16 of Rd 2

co-Main Event
Jose Cortez (175) of Take Down Academy defeats Drew Fickett (175) of SWMMA by decision (2-1)
Watch video of this fight HERE.

Main Event
Ricco Rodriguez (261) of American Fight Club defeats Robert Beraun (237) of SWMMA by decision (3-0)
Watch video of this fight HERE.

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