Aftermath of After Shock
King Of the Cage: After Shock
Held February 20, 2004
At Soboba Casino - San Jacinto, California
Report and photos by Keith Mills
 | | A cold night in Cali |
It was a wild night for King Of The Cage's first pay-per-view show of 2004. First off, the eighteen fights -- yes eighteen -- complicated the pay-per-view broadcast to the point that the undercard actually happened after the main events. The headline fight was Joe Stevenson successfully defending his belt against Joe Camacho, which, combined with the other belt bout, Charlie Valencia vs. Bobby Gamboa, proved KOTC is willing to have a pay-per-view show that highlights the lighter weight classes. Dan Severn and Scary Jerry ending in a lackluster draw was the only fight above 170 on the upper end of the card. Even with all of that going on, and the return of Romi Aram, the show was hands down stolen by Charles "Crazy Horse" Bennett who seemed to have the entire venue buzzing after his WWE-type antics. Bennett started out the fight by jumping onto and then sitting on the fence in his corner as if he was going to leap at his opponent from the top of the cage. After finishing his opponent in the quickest fight of the night, Bennett then jumped onto the top of the cage again, this time doing a back flip off of it into the center of the ring. Stevenson, Denny, Aram, and even Valencia couldn't top that. Look for a complete report in an upcoming issue of Full Contact Fighter.
Here are the results:
- Wander Braga def. Jason Cleveland - Armbar 1:14 R1
- Randy Velarde def. Bryson Vanderford - Submission to strikes 4:53 R1
 | | Landless gets choke on Berg |
- Larry Landless def. Tony Berg - Rear choke 1:41 R1
- Thomas Kenny def. Ray Elbe - Kimura 2:36 R1
- Brian Sesma def. Brian Pardoe - TKO 2:27 R1
- Chad Davis def. Mike Seal - Triangle choke 1:47 R2
- Brian Foster def. Dustin Arden - Rear choke 3:19 R1
- Romi Aram def. Michael Penalber - Judges' decision (2 rounds)
 | | Gomez holding cage to prevent takedown |
- Thomas Denny def. Jake Gomez - Triangle choke 2:15 R1
 | | Valencia hitting Gamboa |
- Charlie Valencia def. Bobby Gamboa - Judges' decision
Valencia retains 145 lb. belt
- Dan Severn drew Jerry Vrbanovic (2 rounds)
 | | Bennett backflip |
- Charles Bennett def. Shad Smith - TKO 0:20 R1
- Joe Stevenson def. Joe Camacho - Guillotine choke 4:36 R2
Displaced undercard match - Stevenson retains 155 lb. belt
- Richard Solis def. Carlos Garcia - Judges' decision
- Matt Stansell def. Logan Layton - TKO 3:22 R1
- Omar Luv def. Gus Ambrozic - TKO (leg injury) 4:32 R1
- Dale Breese def. Cesar Moreno - TKO 0:35 R1
- Manny Tapia drew Chad Washburn (2 rounds)
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