5 titles on the line at ROC 62 on Friday

Five titles are on the line when Lou Neglia’s Ring of Combat along with Dead Serious MMA promotions invades the Tropicana Showroom in Atlantic City, New Jersey this Friday, March 2.

With five titles on the line, two are highly anticipated rematches.

Current lightweight champion, Julian Lane (12-7-1), returns to the ROC cage to again meet Jeff Lentz (11-7-1). The two squared off for the then-vacant title with Lane picking up a close unanimous decision. This time, Lentz looks to even up the score and win the title in the process.

Twenty pounds south, another highly anticipated rematch takes place when Phil Caracappa (4-0) meets Brandon Urquijo (2-2). These two first squared off at ROC 60 and to say the action was intense is an extreme understatement. They battled back and forth with Caracappa awarded a split-decision win. Now the two will battle again and this time for the vacant regional bantamweight title.

National Lightweight Title Champion, Bradley Desir (10-5-0), looks to become only the third man to win multiple ROC titles in two weight divisions when he takes on current welterweight champion, Tajuddin Abdul-Hakim (6-1-0). Fresh off a title-winning, first-round KO, Hakim looks to spoil Desir’s plans while making his first title defense.

Winning the ROC National Bantamweight Title in just his third fight, William Elliot (3-0) returns and puts his title on the line when he takes on Tommy Espinosa (4-1). After starting his career with a loss, Espinosa has quickly rebounded and is riding a four-fight win streak.

Bill Algeo (9-3-0) looks to make his first title defense a successful one when he takes on fast rising, Tevin Cooke (5-1). Cooke started off his career winning his first three bouts before suffering his first loss to the highly touted, James Gonzalez. Since then, he has picked up two wins and looks to have gold wrapped around his waist at ROC 62. We last saw Algeo at ROC 61 with a title winning performance, a TKO win over Tim Dooling and he now has his sights on Cooke.

The remainder of the card is as follows:
O’Brayan Ramirez (0-2-0) vs Charalampos Grigoriou (0-1-0)
Nick Fiore (2-2-0) vs Nick Rodrigues (0-1-0)
Adam Collarile (2-0-0) vs Sodik Ismoilov (1-1-0)
Edwin Smart (1-1-0) vs Jonathan Romero (4-1-0)
Mike Elshamy (3-4-0) vs Wendell Sneed (2-1-0)
Jerome Mickle (3-4-0) vs Gilbert Patrocinio (4-1-0)
Andrew Salas (4-1-0) vs Chris Johnson (3-6-0).

Tickets are priced between $52 and $127 and can be purchased at the Ring of Combat website, the Tropicana Box Office or any TicketMaster outlets. Doors @ 8:00 PM / Fights @ 8:30 PM.

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