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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Nick Diaz's new MMA promotion, WAR MMA, kicked off on Saturday night with an event from Stockton, Calif. The card was streamed live online as a "pay what you want" offering, and brought 12 live fights to fans.
In the main event, Justin Baesman pulled off a slight upset when he defeated Daniel Roberts by split decision, the first loss for Roberts since his stint in the UFC. The card also featured seven total decisions despite some rule tweaks hoping to induce action. Afterward, though, Diaz was pleased with the end result, and though no concrete plans are in place for their second event, he said they hope to figure that all out soon.
"We’re happy; everyone seemed to enjoy it," Diaz said after the event (via BJPenn.com. "I have a very good team working with me. I didn't call all the shots, but I OK'd things and knew what I wanted. I have no set plans at this time. We'll get together and lay everything out, and discuss it. Then we'll go from there.”
Full results from the event are below:
Main Card
Justin Baesman def. Daniel Roberts via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Evan Esguerra def. Caleb Mitchell via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Clayton McKinney def. Mike Persons via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
D.J. Linderman def. Mike Hayes via unanimous decision (29-28 x 3)
Cody Gibson def. Darin Cooley via TKO at 3:46 of the third round
Roy Boughton def. Mike Martinez via verbal submission (toehold) at 0:28 of the first round
Dominic Clarke def. Chris Quitiquit via TKO (doctor's stoppage) at 0:37 of the second round
Undercard
Marcel Fortuna def. CJ Marsh via submission (side choke) at 2:40 of the second round
Anthony Tatum def. Joey Cabezas via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)
Adrian Adona def. Beau Hamilton via TKO (doctor's stoppage) at 5:00 of the second round
Mike Ortega def. Jordan Powell via split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28)
Derek Brown def. Aziz Rashid via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
[Nick Diaz art by Grant Gould (c) MMATorch.com]
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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