| TPF 9: The Contenders | ||||
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| Promotion | Tachi Palace Fights | |||
| Date | May 6, 2011 | |||
| Venue | Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino | |||
| City | Lemoore, California | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Tachi Palace Fights 9 was a mixed martial arts event held by Tachi Palace Fights (TPF) on Friday, May 6 at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, California. [1]
Alexis Vila was due to take on John Dodson, but pulled out of the bout with an unknown injury. Dodson was to fight Shooto veteran Mamoru Yamaguchi. [2] However, on April 18, Dodson pulled out of the bout due to undisclosed reasons and Yamaguchi instead fought John Dunsmoor. [3]
Phil Collins was expected to face Waachiim Spiritwolf at this event, but pulled out on February 9 for personal reasons. Spiritwolf instead faced Jorge Lopez. [4]
Jamie Yager was set to fight Alan Jouban, but pulled out of the fight due to injury. Stepping in to fill the void was Chidi Njokuani. [5]
On April 25 it was announced that Cole Escovedo was tapped by the UFC to fight against Renan Barão at UFC 130, leaving Tommy Vargas without an opponent. Farkhad Sharipov stepped in to fight Vargas. [6]
Featherweight champion Isaac DeJesus failed to make weight for his title defense against Russ Miura and was stripped of his belt. Both fighters agreed to a catchweight bout.
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Flyweight | Ian McCall | def. | Dustin Ortiz | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Isaac DeJesus | vs. | Russ Miura | NC (overturned by CSAC) | 1 | 2:52 | [a] |
| Lightweight | Fabricio Camoes | def. | Efrain Escudero | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Gerald Harris | def. | Anthony Ruiz | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Mamoru Yamaguchi | def. | Kevin Dunsmoor | KO (punch) | 2 | 4:03 | |
| Catchweight (175 lb) | Jorge Lopez | def. | Waachiim Spiritwolf | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Farkhad Sharipov | def. | Tommy Vargas | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Chidi Njokuani | def. | Alan Jouban | KO (kick to the body) | 3 | 1:27 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Featherweight | Art Arciniega | def. | Josh Herrick | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 1:08 | [b] |
| Bantamweight | Cody Gibson | def. | Walel Watson | TKO (punches and elbows) | 2 | 4:09 | |
| Featherweight | Brad McDonald | def. | Jesse Bowen | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Welterweight | Kenny Ento | def. | James Chaney | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 2 | 1:53 | |
| Bantamweight | Alex Perez | def. | Jesus Castro | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:57 | |