Philadelphia’s Devon Williams wins $25,000 professional MMA contract
King of the Cage produced another momentous event this past Saturday night, at Reno Event Center, in conjunction with Silver Legacy Resort Casino in Reno, Nevada. The world’s top amateur fighters competed in the “World Amateur Championships 4” for the opportunity to share the $275,000 professional contracts that were awarded for this one night of fighting in front of a capacity crowd, and broadcast live exclusively on MAVTV, owned by Lucas Oil.
Top honors of the night went to Deandre Anderson Jr. from Hueytown, Alabama, who was awarded the $100,000 professional contract; Killian Estes from Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, and Alibeth Milliron from Petoskey, Michigan were each awarded a $50,000 professional contract; Nikko Nathan from Reno, Nevada, Devon Williams from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Kaiser Saulebayev from Reno, Nevada were each awarded a $25,000 professional contract.
“This was our fourth World Amateur Championships show with another sold-out crowd”, stated Terry Trebilcock, Founder & President of King of the Cage.
“We also want to thank all our partners Lucas Oil, MAVTV, General Tire and Silver Legacy, for all their support for this event that will change the life of these talented fighters”. They will be given the opportunity to become the next stars of MMA and have their first fifteen fights guaranteed with national television exposure. We also want to thank the thousands of fans from both the live television audience watching and fans inside The Reno Event Center, who voted online during the show to help crown our winners. We look forward to the World Amateur Championships 5 in 2018”.
“It is such an honor to win the World Amateur Championships and start my professional career with King of the Cage”, stated first place winner Deandre Anderson Jr. I want to thank all of my friends and fans who voted for me and helped me reach this goal”.
The World Amateur Championships 5 will be held in 2018, with details announced at a later date.
CONTRACT WINNERS
1st place… $100,000… Deandre Anderson
2nd place… $50,000… Killian Estes
3rd place… $50,000… Alibeth Milliron
4th place… $25,000… Nikko Nathan
5th place tie… $25,000… Devon Williams
5th place tie… $25,000… Kaiser Saulebayev
KING OF THE CAGE “WORLD AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS 4” FIGHT RESULTS SILVER LEGACY RESORT CASINO RENO, NV – 12/09/17
Bout #1 (Amateur – Exhibition)
Triana Lynch VS Melissa Field
Winner: Triana Lynch via Unanimous Decision after two, 3:00 rounds
Bout #2 (Amateur – Exhibition)
Wesley Bailes VS Joey McKay
Winner: Joey McKay via Unanimous Decision after two, 3:00 rounds
Bout #3 (Amateur – Exhibition)
Brandon Gray VS John Buttner
Winner: John Buttner via Submission (Triangle Choke) at 1:55 of round 1
Bout #4 (Amateur – Exhibition)
Cody Schieve VS Joshua Oxendine
Winner: Joshua Oxendine via TKO at 0:57 of round 2
Bout #5 (Amateur – Exhibition)
Andrew Obermark VS Ryan Hamilton
Winner: Ryan Hamilton via Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 0:17 of round 1
Bout #6 (Amateur – Exhibition)
Deandre Anderson VS Joey McKernan
Winner: Deandre Amderson via Unanimous Decision after two, 3:00 rounds
Bout #7 (Amateur – Exhibition)
Alibeth Milliron VS Shawna Ormsby
Winner: Alibeth Miliron via Unanimous Decision after two, 3:00 rounds
Bout #8 (Amateur – Exhibition)
Victor Vorgar VS Taylor Cuisnot
Winner: Majority Draw after two, 3:00 rounds
Bout #9 (Amateur – Exhibition)
Christopher Cortez VS Alex Mosier
Winner: Christopher Cortez via Unanimous Decision after two, 3:00 rounds
Bout #10 (Amateur – Exhibition)
Mike Vasquez VS LJ Torres
Winner: Draw after two, 3:00 rounds
Bout #11 (Amateur – Exhibition)
Derrick Stoner VS Devon Williams
Winner: Devon Williams via KO at 0:58 of round 1
Bout #12 (Amateur – Exhibition)
Brittney Allan VS Valerie Wong
Winner: Majority Draw after two, 3:00 rounds
Bout #13 (Amateur – Exhibition)
Michael O’Leary VS Nikko Nathan
Winner: Nikko Nathan via Unanimous Decision after two, 3:00 rounds
Bout #14 (Amateur – Exhibition)
Jacob Olave VS Kaiser Saulebayev
Winner: Kaiser Saulebayev via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 0:47 of round 2
Bout #15 (Amateur – Exhibition)
Matthew Lively VS Killian Estes
Winner: Killian Estes via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 2:39 of round 1
