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American Fighting Organization Presents First Women's MMA Title Fight in Mass History

Along with nine other bouts.

The American Fighting Organization is presenting Summer Brawl on Friday at the Mansfield . There will be a total of 10 bouts, and features the first Pro Women's Title in the history Massachusetts and the AFO.

Katie"Biscribble Worm" Merrill will be facing off against Sarah Malloy in the Women's title fight. Both competitors said they were proud and fortunate to make history as the first women to do an MMA title fight in the state of Massachusetts.

Merrill is originally from New York, but moved to Boston a few years ago. She works as a game programer, and has developed games for Nintendo Wii and also on independent basis. She trains at Walkru-Tapout in Boston.

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Malloy is originally from Ada Oklahoma, and said she has been an athlete all her life. She got into MMA about four years ago, and said she has enjoyed it immensely. She trains at Bodytech MMA in her hometown.

Competing for the vacant AFO heavyweight title is Tyler King and Randy Smith. King was originally an NFL linebacker, playing for many teams, such as the San Diego Chargers and the Jacksonville Jaguars. He said he first wanted to do MMA when he ame home on a break and watched a UFC marathon. He currently studies at Connor's MMA in Norwood.

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Competing in the contested Welter Weight Title is Jason Sarbacker and Paddy "Thunder Kitten" Thompson. Thompson has an impressive record of ten wins and three losses, and trains at South Shore Sportfighting in Rockland. Thompson said this is his third fight in Mansfield, and said anytime after a fight people can't flatter him enough. Sarbacker said he was not phased with his opponent, and has been training regularly at in Somerville, and currently lives in Stoughton.

 

Here is a list of all the bouts for the night:

BLUE

vs

RED

AFO 170 lb Title

Jason Sarbacker

2-1

Sityodtong

169

 

#10

Paddy Thompson

10-3

South Shore Sportfighting

169

                                                   Vacant AFO

HVY

 Title

Tyler King

3-0

Connor’s MMA

253

 

#9

                            Randy Smith

11-9-1

CNYMMA

246

Katie “Biscribble Worm” Merrill

0-0

Waikru-Tapout Boston

124

 

#8

Sarah Malloy

0-0

Bodytech MMA

125

John Johnston

0-0

Sityodtong

237

#7

 

Sandor Binkley

0-1

NEMMA

261

Nate Andrews

3-2

Team United Muay Lao

155

#6

 

Sergio Cabrera

3-0

BMAC

153

Danny Shields

0-2

Battleground

169

#5

 

 

Gene Lang

0-0

CNYMMA

169

Kody Nordby

0-0

Team Ronin

130 1/2

#4

 

 

Mark Johnson

0-0

Florian Martial Arts

133

Jeremah Diruzzo

3-0

Redline

165

#3

 

Dicky White

2-0

CNYMMA

167

Matt Durling

2-0

Sityodtong

144

#2

1

Chris Tier

3-5

CNYMMA

146

Sean Nichols

2-2

Waikru-Tapout Boston

159

#1

1

 

Brandon Amadon

1-1

Fighting Arts Academy Gardner

159


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