Fight Night 13

Hooter’s Friday Night Fights are back- Every Friday night!

Cold outside? One place that is Hot is

the Southeastern Fight Center.

They are heating it up on Friday nights.

Friday nights are very hot with the Southeastern Fight League.
The octagon is on fire and the fighters that enter the cage fuel the fire! The Hooter’s ring girls make it even hotter! Come out for the MMA amateur fights – then come out to the after party at Hooter’s and watch the Hooter’s girls put on their UFC gloves and bikinis to fight.


SAFETY is Important at the Southeastern Fight Center.

The Southeastern Fight League is committed to providing a safe place for these athletes to compete. Before each fight the fighters, coaches and corner men meet and the referees go over safety in the octagon. Maneuvers are discussed and what is allowed and not allowed within the ring. Safety is important and every measure is taken for the fighter’s safety, right down to making sure the mat in the ring is properly clean. Every fighter knows the risk when they step into the ring; they are going to get hit, kicked, kneed and possibly even knocked-out. These fighters give all they’ve got when they enter the octagon to prove their MMA (mixed martial arts) skills. Paramedics are on site for concussions, bloody noses and anything broken.


Fight Night 13

Fight 1
Jason Dean (Team Wolfpack) vs. Daniel Reese

Winner: Jason Dean

Fight 2
Josh Cheek vs. John Reese

Winner: Josh Cheek

Fight 3
Steve (Ollie) Carthon (Team Wolfpack) vs. Andrew Larson

Winner: Andrew Larson

Fight 4
Tyler Rigsby (Team Wolfpack) vs. Jeremy Oliver

Winner: Jeremy Oliver

Fight 5 Main Event
Tyler Bounds (Team Wolfpack) vs. Zach Farrington

Winner: Zach Farrington

If you couldn’t make it to fight night and want to see the play by play of these fights,or if you are a fan, the video is available for purchase. Please contact the Southeastern Fight League for information.

The next fight night will be Friday October 30th 8:00 PM at the Southeastern Fight Center, Brannon Stand Road, Dothan, Alabama.

Open call for fighters. Think you want to be a MMA fighter? Steve Baxley's Wolfpack MMA offers a variety of training. Wolfpack MMA is at their new location in the Fountain Plaza, next to Ted's Jewelers on the Ross Clark Circle. If you are interested in the classes they offer, call (334) 677-2002 or visit the web site www.mmadothan.com.

For fight information call (334) 794-1150 or visit the web site www.southeasternfightleague.com .

Shawn Carthon MMA

Shawn Carthon MMA Team Wolfpack

For fight night #11 Shawn was matched up to fight Desmond Peterson (Team Underdog).

Peterson “Chicago” had fought Eric French “The Hitman” (Tallahassee MMA) Fight Night #8 (I think that night his fight name was “Dynamite” and he changed to “Chicago”) That match went for a full three rounds. From that win, Peterson was 3-0.

Shawn is not as bulky as Peterson. Peterson 182 lbs / Carthon 153 lbs. Weight difference doesn’t seem to matter when it comes to skill.

Before fighters come into the ring their coaches yell at them pumping them up for the fight, then some slaps to the face, and the fighter takes that aggression into the ring with him and unleashes it on his opponent. You can never predict the outcome of these fights, even with a great fight record. Both of these fighters gave it their all in the octagon.

Carthon won this match by putting Peterson in a guillotine and Peterson tapped out.

Carthon is trained in Judo and Goju-ryu Karate. Goju- ryu is a traditional Okinawan style of karate. Goju-ryu karate teaches self-defense. It is primarily a stand up form of fighting (open and closed fist) techniques of how to block strikes by using angles, and then subdue the opponent with hand and leg strikes.

I was able to interview Shawn after his win.

Q: What do you love about fighting?
Shawn: I’m good at it.

Q: What do you hate about fighting?
Shawn: Losing

Q: What is unique about your fighting that will entice someone to come and watch you fight?
Shawn: I have an explosive fighting style with my strikes.

Q: What qualities do you look for in a fighter and want to achieve?
Shawn: I like Silva. He is a humble fighter he hides his emotions but still delivers.

Q: Have you ever been in a fight you wished you had not entered?
Shawn: I used to get jumped at school.

Q: What are you doing when you are not doing this?
Shawn: I work a night job.

Q: What is your hidden talent?
Shawn: I’m a rapper.

Q: What is something that you like now that you used to not like?
Shawn: Onions and pickles

Q: What things do you hate?
Shawn: Snakes

Q: What is the last promise you made your mother?
Shawn: I promised her I would be going pro.

We should see Shawn’s name on upcoming fight cards and follow him as he makes that promise to his mother come true.

Best of luck Shawn!

FIGHT NIGHT 11

Fight Night 11

First, let me say with great disappointment Dray and George lost their first professional fights last weekend in Tallahassee, FL. Hopefully that will be the last fight either of them loose for a while. (HINT HINT) Whenever their next listing on a fight card is known, I’ll post an announcement. Keep showing your support for these fighters and the ones up and coming through the amateur fights that are held right here in our area at the Southeastern Fight Center.

Steve Baxley has a full calendar coming up for the fight center. Future events for the fight center will include live local bands on Friday nights and for all of the fight fans- Fights are going to happen every (yes, I said every) Saturday night. Some big screen televisions are going to be installed and it is going to be the place to be to watch sports. Just make plans to come out to the Southeastern Fight Center on Brannon Stand Road every weekend and be a part of what is happening. Tell your friends and come out for something different than the usual.


Oct. 10

FIGHT 1
Jason Dean vs. Scotty Chavers
Winner: Jason Dean

FIGHT 2
Tyler Bounds vs. Mathew Joyner
Winner: Tyler Bounds

FIGHT 3
Ryan Phillips vs. Craig Gordon
Winner: Ryan Phillips

FIGHT 4
Michael Sanders vs. Dale Fukerson
Winner: Michael Sanders

FIGHT 5
Daniel Reese vs. Joe Jackson
Winner: Joe Jackson

FIGHT 6
Desmond Peters vs. Shawn Cathown
Winner: Shawn Cathown

The popular maneuver of the night was the guillotine. Only one of these fights (Sanders vs. Fukerson) went into a second round and that round lasted just long enough for Sanders to land a punch that made Fukerson see stars and he said he was done.

If you couldn’t make it to fight night and want to see the play by play of these fights,or if you are a fan,  the video is available for purchase. Please contact the Southeastern Fight League for information.

The next fight night will be Saturday October 17th 8:00 PM at the Southeastern Fight Center, Brannon Stand Road, Dothan, Alabama.

Open call for fighters. For fight information call (334) 794-1150 or visit the web site www.southeasternfightleague.com .