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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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