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2009 Badge-Fights Championship ResultsMay 13, 2009, before 1500+ spectators, the inaugural Badge-Fights Submission Grappling Championship took place in Palm Springs, CA. The night events featured five exciting championship & three exhibition bouts before an animated audience and press crews from throughout Southern California. The grappling finalist represented the best-of-the-West firefighting & law enforcement grapplers competing for the annual Badge-Fights Grappling Championship belt, a winner take-all $500 purse, the "Conrad Salinas Patriot Championship Team Cup," and the opportunity to facilitate in the efforts to raise critical monies for the event's fallen officer charity. On behalf of the league, I wish to congratulate all of our participating grapplers for their competitiveness and displays of sportsmanship, the victor "Firefighting Team" as the first recipient of the "Conrad Salinas Patriot Cup," as well as; the following individual Badge-Fights Submission Grappling Championships: ![]() Lightweight Championship Bout: Michael Barredo (Palm Springs PD) vs Quinton Jara (San Bernardino County Fire Department) Results: MICHAEL BARREDO WINS AT 3:50 OF ROUND 2 BY TAPOUT DUE TO REAR NAKED CHOKE ![]() Welterweight Championship Bout: Florentino Martinez (US Border Patrol) vs Matt Hennessey (Los Angeles City FD) Results: MATT HENNESSEY WINS AT 2:22 OF ROUND 1 BY TAPOUT DUE TO AMERICANA ![]() Middleweight Championship Bout: Gabriel Barragan (US Border Patrol) vs Mike Caro (Los Angeles City FD) Results: GABRIEL BARRAGAN WINS BY POINTS DECISION 13-0 ![]() Lightweight Championship Bout: Brett Clark (Los Angeles PD) vs Donald Bailey (Los Angeles County FD) Results: DONALD BAILEY WINS AT 2:27 OF ROUND 2 BY TAPOUT DUE TO TRIANGLE ![]() Heavyweight Championship Bout: Alberto Franco (Los Angeles City PD) vs Travers Collins (Santa Rose Fire Department) Results: TRAVERS COLLINS WINS BY POINTS DECISION 2-0 ![]() Exhibition Bout #1: Pat Higa (Los Angeles PD) vs Brad Conway (Seattle PD) Results: BRAD CONWAY WINS AT 2:58 OF ROUND 1 BY TAPOUT DUE TO TRIANGLE ![]() Pro-Exhibition Match: CUB SWANSON (TRU MMA) vs Brian Gugerty (Thrown Down Elite) Results: CUB SWANSON WINS BY POINTS DECISION 9-2 ![]() Marquee Super Match: Phillip Miller (Los Angeles PD) vs Raphael Davis (Los Angeles FD) Results: RAPHAEL DAVIS WINS AT 2:40 OF ROUND 2 BY TAPOUT DUE TO REAR NAKED CHOKE |
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