- Southern California Condors
The Southern California Condors are an
International Fight League team based in Orange County,California . Coached by MMA legendMarco Ruas , the Condors were one of four new teams established at the beginning of the 2007 season.It should be noted, along with Coach Ruas, the Condors have an assistant coach in female MMA star
Debi Purcell .Sadly on
May 5 ,2007 Condor's outstanding Middleweight, Jeremy Williams was found dead of an apparent suicide. [cite web
url = http://www.ifl.tv/Press-07May06-Jeremy-Williams-Passing.html
title = IFL confirms Passing of Condor's Jeremy Williams
accessdate = 2007-05-06
date =2007-05-06
publisher =ifl.tv ]Record/Roster
The Condors are 8-7 as of May 2007 in team competition.All records are IFL fights only
a= fight was an alternate fight, that does not go towards team record
1= fought when Levens dropped down to Middleweight
GP= fought during individual GP, does not go towards team record
Current fighters as of 2007 season
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Adam Lynn (1-2) (LW)lost to Shad Lierley by TKO (strikes) in the first round (01/19/07)lost to Savant Young by KO(punch) in the second round (03/17/07)
def to Josh Odom by decision (unanimous) (05/19/07)
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Danny Suarez (2-1) (LW) ALTERNATEdef Tristan Witt by submission (shoulder lock) in the first round (01/19/07)lost to Zach George by decision (unanimous) (03/17/07)
def Clint Coronel by decision (split) (05/19/07)a
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Rodrigo Ruas (0-2) (WW) was supposed to face Tiger Sharks' but suffered an eye injury which cancelled the fight at the last second. Instead an alternate bout between lightweights took place.lost to Antonio McKee by decision (unanimous) (03/17/07)
lost to Donnie Liles by submission (keylock) in the first round (05/19/07)
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Justin Levens (0-3) (LHW)lost to Reese Andy by decision (unanimous) (01/19/07)lost to Vladimir Matyushenko by TKO(strikes) in the first round (03/17/07)
lost to Brian Foster by TKO (punches) in the first round (05/19/07)1
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Emmanuel Newton (1-0) (LHW)def Jeff Quinlan by submission (side choke) in the first round (05/19/07)* Curtis Crawford by decision (unanimous) (01/19/07)
def Wayne Cole by KO (punch) in the second round (03/17/07)
def Dan Christison by decision (unanimous) (05/19/07)
def Shane Ott by submission (arm triangle) in the first round (11/03/07)GP
lost to Roy Nelson by TKO (strikes) in the second round (12/29/07)GP
Former Fighters
* Jeremy Williams (2-0) (MW)def Bristol Marunde by submission (triangle choke) in the first round (01/19/07)
def Kaz Hamanaka by submission (triangle choke) in the first round (03/17/07)
Passed away on 5/05/07
2007 season schedule/Results
References
External links
* [http://www.ifl.tv/Team-Condors.html Southern California Condors] IFL.tv Team Page
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