Completed MMA Event

Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 9

• Saturday 03.18.2023 at 10:00 PM ET
• U.S. Broadcast: UFC Fight Pass
• Promotion: Urijah Faber's A1 Combat
• Tapology Accounts: Firepower
• Venue: Infinite Reality Studios
• Location: Long Beach, California, United States
• Enclosure: Cage
• Ring Announcer: Garret Fertig
• Matchmaker: chad Shepherd
• MMA Bouts: 9
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Fight Card

• A1C Bantamweight Championship
  KO/TKO
  1:35 Round 3 of 3, 11:35 Total

  9

  

  Payton Talbott

  

  Climbed to 5-0

  Main Card 135 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Cristhian Rivas

  

  Fell to 8-2-1

  
• Decision, Unanimous
  3 Rounds, 10:00 Total

  8

  

  Eimar Hernandez

  

  Climbed to 5-0

  Main Card 125 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Gilbert Nakatani

  

  Fell to 4-1

  
• KO/TKO
  2:54 Round 1 of 3

  7

  

  Billy Brand

  

  Climbed to 3-1

  Main Card 135 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Eddie Bernal

  

  Fell to 1-1

  
• Submission, Rear Naked Choke
  3:12 Round 1 of 3

  6

  

  Teruto Ishihara

  

  Climbed to 13-10-3

  Main Card 135 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Willie Gates

  

  Fell to 12-13

  
• Submission, Guillotine
  2:33 Round 2 of 3, 7:33 Total

  5

  

  Eugene Correa

  

  Climbed to 5-2

  Main Card 155 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Owen Craugh

  

  Fell to 2-1

  
• KO/TKO
  2:24 Round 2 of 3, 7:24 Total

  4

  

  Patrick Becker

  

  Climbed to 2-2-1

  Main Card 170 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Saad Ul-Hasan

  

  Fell to 5-7

  
• KO/TKO
  0:47 Round 1 of 3

  3

  

  Kody Vogels

  

  Climbed to 4-0

  Main Card 155 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Chris Pena

  

  Fell to 3-4

  
• Decision, Unanimous
  3 Rounds, 15:00 Total

  2

  

  Christopher Cruz

  

  Climbed to 2-0-1

  Prelim 135 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Carlos Elizarraraz

  

  Fell to 0-3-1

  
• Submission, Guillotine
  3:06 Round 1 of 3

  1

  

  Steve Mora

  

  Climbed to 2-1

  Main Card 135 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Nick Patea

  

  Fell to 2-3

  

Event Discussion

Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 9

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WastelandWanderer

1 0

02.25.2023 | 9:53 AM ET

Prediction Comments

Talbott vs. Rivas
Payton Talbott, TKO, R2
I think Talbott could be good I always root for afro samurais

Ishihara vs. Gates
Teruto Ishihara, TKO, R3
Teruto vs Whoop Ass I wont miss this fight ha

CangrejoRuiz

1 0

03.05.2023 | 1:28 PM ET

Prediction Comments

Hernandez vs. Nakatani
Eimar Hernandez, DEC
Eimar is really good while Nakatani´s oponents aren´t the best

Talbott vs. Rivas
Payton Talbott, DEC
This is an amazing fight and a great test for Talbott, this guy could be a star

AyyLmaonnaise

0 4

03.05.2023 | 8:30 PM ET

Prediction Comments

Hernandez vs. Nakatani
Gilbert Nakatani, DEC
Two good flyweight prospects. Looking forward to this one

Talbott vs. Rivas
Cristhian Rivas, DEC
This is some really good matchmaking. Uwc guys are kind of hard to trust. Some look amazing but then when they leave Mexico they struggle badly. Rivas has fought bad comp, but he’s shown he has cardio and that he can wrestle his ass off. Talbott is young and kinda green, but he’s very flashy. He is a gigantic flyweight and is a super dynamic striker. My only question is can he defend takedowns for three rounds or at least get rivas out of there. Winner should go on to dwcs 

Ishihara vs. Gates
Teruto Ishihara, TKO, R1
2 tin cans but there’s levels to being ****

* Edited at 03.05.2023, 8:31 PM ET *

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