The UFC is the world’s foremost mixed martial arts promotion. It is the ‘NFL’ of mixed martial arts. Under that, Bellator MMA and World Series of Fighting have made their case as top promotions in the United States. One FC is one of the top promotions in the world, but is focused on the Asian market.

But there are hundreds of regional promoters throwing fights every weekend across the globe, with fighters hoping to build a resume to reach one of the big promotions. These fight cards are often action-packed and feature some amazing fights.

Last night in Lincoln, Rhode Island, CES MMA held it’s 37th event at the Twin River Casino. The five main card was featured on AXS TV, but perhaps the best knockout of the night came in the preliminary card when Quincy, MA’s Mike Rodriguez stepped in the cage with New Jersey’s Stephfond Ewins.

The fight began a little slow with both fighter’s circling the cage cautiously and neither committing to strikes or takes down. Rodriguez fired off a few left body kicks that were caught by Ewins, but he was unable to use it to transition to the ground.

Then with about ninety seconds left in the first round, Rodriguez pulled the trigger on a flying knee that landed perfectly that crushed Ewins and knocked him out cold.

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The referee immediately called a stop to the fight at 3:38 of Round 1. Rodriguez improved his professional record to 4-1 and Ewins dropped to 3-4.

Mike Rodriguez’s Official MMA Record

source: mixedmartialarts.com