ORTIZ: Sam Ortiz is 2-0-0 as a pro and stopped both opponents in the first round. He’s part of Team Voodoo with JC Pennington (Pictures), Brock Kerry, Kyle Bradley, Alan Belcher (Pictures) and K-1 standout Carter Williams (Pictures), under the direction of Gene and Cat Fields.
Justin McElfresh vs. Brent Stevens (Pictures)
MCELFRESH: Kempo stylist Justin McElfresh is 2-1-0 as a pro with a submission win over Reese Shaner and a decision victory over Jason Dublin. He lost his pro debut against Mark Wallen. He is also the Current ICE light heavyweight champion with a win as an amateur over Terry Davinney.
STEVENS: Brent Stevens (Pictures) is 3-2-0 as a pro and fights as part of the San Diego Fight Club with Brandon Magna, Dave Hisquierdo (Pictures), Patrick Speight (Pictures), Shane Carver, Fred Leavey and team leader Charlie Kohler (Pictures).
He knocked out Mike Bourke in the King of the Cage in 2002 and it earned his a step up in competition. Stevens has a bodybuilder’s physique and the matchmakers put him in the cage against a similarly built athlete, Bryan Pardoe (Pictures). “The Pain Inducer” submitted Stevens in the first round of their bout in ’03 and he was gone from the fighting world for nearly two years. When he resurfaced in ’05, he submitted Wesley Scobee (Pictures) and then lost to undefeated striker Wes Combs (Pictures).
JC Pennington (Pictures) vs. Dave Hisquierdo (Pictures)
PENNINGTON: Team Voodoo fighter JC Pennington (Pictures) trains with Sam Ortiz, Brock Kerry, Kyle Bradley, Alan Belcher (Pictures) and Carter Williams (Pictures). JC is 7-1-0 as a pro and has nearly a dozen amateur fights including an eight-man tournament win at Reality Combat Fighting: “Last Man Standing.” Pennington has serious jiu-jitsu skills and favors the triangle choke.
HISQUIERDO: San Diego, California sheriff Dave Hisquierdo (Pictures) is part of the San Diego Fight Club with a record of 4-3-0 as a pro. He trains with Brandon Magna, Brent Stevens (Pictures), Patrick Speight (Pictures), Shane Carver, Fred Leavey and team leader Charlie Kohler (Pictures). Hisquierdo has fought quality competition including Dave Velasquez, Bao Quach (Pictures), Dave Rivas (Pictures), and Charles Bennett (Pictures). The majority of that list represents his three losses but he defeated “Crazy Horse” Bennett at KOTC 44 with a triangle choke.
Dave Kelly vs. Brandon Magana (Pictures)
KELLY: Dave Kelly has the distinction of fighting to a draw in his pro debut, and stands at 0-0-1. He earned the paycheck fighting Gene Gilsdorf in September of 2005.
MAGANA: Brandon Magana (Pictures) is 2-0-0 in MMA and fights as part of the San Diego Fight Club. He is a veteran of the King of the Cage (beat Santos Gonzalez) and the Total Combat (beat Jared Rollins (Pictures)). Magana stopped Gonzalez with strikes in the first round and was the recipient of a disqualification victory over Rollins as a result of an illegal knee to the head.