Clinch Gear was very active on the sponsorship front  in March, working with fighters in a variety of organizations throughout the US.

We were pleased to sponsor two athletes on the XFC 10 “Night of champions” card at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Fla., including Junior Assuncao, who won the organization’s lightweight title.

 
XFC  10 “Night of Champions”
Date: 3/19/10
 
Location: Tampa, FL
TV Network: HD Net
 
Fighter: Junior Assuncao
Result: Submission victory (guillotine choke) over John Mahlow
 
Fighter: Gilbert Burgos
Result: Submission loss (armbar) to Frankhad Sharipov
 
 
We also sponsored six athletes on the Strikeforce Challengers 7 card, which took place on Friday night at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif.

 
Strikeforce Challengers 7
Date: 3/26/10
 
Location: Fresno, CA
TV Network: Showtime
 
Fighter: Ron Humphrey
Result: Submission victory (guillotine choke) over George Bush
 
Fighter: George Bush
Result: Submission loss (guillotine choke) to Abongo Humphrey
 
Fighter: Andre Galvao
Result: Decision victory over Luke Stewart
 
Fighter: Luke Stewart
Result: Decision loss to Andre Galvao
 
Fighter: Shamar Bailey
Result: Decision loss to Justin Wilcox
 
Fighter: Miesha Tate
Shorts: Custom White Compression Shorts
Result: Submission victory (armbar) Zoila Frausto
 
 
More Sponsorship News
 
On Wednesday, March 24, Spike TV aired two previously unseen bouts featured Clinch gear-sponsored fighters on UFC Unleashed.

 

 
UFC Fight Night 19
Date: 9/16/09
Location: Fresno, CA
TV Network: Spike TV (unaired PPV prelim)
Fighter: Jeremy Stephens
Result: TKO victory of Justin Buchholz
 

UFC 105
Date:11/14/09
Location: Manchester, England
TV Network: Spike TV (unaired PPV prelim)
Fighter: Dennis Siver
 

Result: TKO victory over Paul Kelly