GAMMA 25 - Invincible
Saturday, April 11th 1998
3,719 - Cincinnati, Ohio
135,660 buys on PPV
PRELIM - Yagi Jokichi (5-0) beat Aaron McBroom (8-3) by Unanimous Decision [30-27; 30-27; 30-27] (VERY POOR)
PRELIM - Guillermo Morales (8-0-1) beat Jon Silvers (6-1) by TKO (Strikes) in 3:18 of round 1 (DECENT)
PRELIM - Sutton Ripley (14-2) beat Alex Cole (7-1) by TKO (Strikes) in 1:34 of round 2 (FANTASTIC)
PRELIM - Yevgeni Sipatov (29-7) beat Bobby Brubaker (10-4) by TKO (Strikes) in 3:28 of round 3 (DECENT)
Norbert Vinkus (3-0) beat Frank Sheedy (20-10) by TKO (Strikes) in 3:28 of round 3 (DECENT)
Bud Brockett (8-0) [#9 LW] beat Beau Gorshin (36-9) [#3 LW] by Unanimous Decision [29-28; 29-28; 30-27] (AWFUL)
Buddy Garner (14-0) [#7 MW] beat Maarten De Vries (15-7) [#6 MW] by Submission (Kneebar) in 4:43 of round 1 (POOR)
Tony McCall (33-10) [#6 HW] beat Tim Boyer (24-4-2) [#3 HW] by Split Decision [29-28; 28-29; 29-28] (DECENT)
Spencer Rubenstein [c] (14-4) beat Anthony LeToussier (12-1) [#6 LHW] by KO (Kick) in 0:25 of round 5 to retain the GAMMA Light Heavyweight title (DECENT)
Fight of the Night: Sutton Ripley vs. Alex Cole
KO of the Night: Spencer Rubenstein
Submission of the Night: Buddy Garner
Critical Success: Average
Commercial Success: Good
Buddy Garner could be out for two to six months after suffering a stomach injury in his win against Maarten De Vries.
Yagi Jokichi has sustained a hand injury and will be out of competition for two months.