Titan FC 53 Results

Titan FC 53 took place March 15th from Xtreme Action Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In a crazy turn of events, just before the Main Event was to take place, it was announced the commission had disqualified and suspended Flyweight Champ Juan Puerta for a positive marijuana test. He was set to defend the title against Gustavo Balart. In the Co-Main Event, which became the Main Event, Mike Graves became the Interim Welterweight Champion taking a decision from Jared Gooden. Round by round the fight was pretty much the same with Graves getting takedowns and while Gooden defended well, he couldn't get out of the position very often. Here are all your results and our Of The Night Awards.

1. Bantamweight: Paulo Sergio Santos (7-2) defeated Nurburgen Shairpov (8-2) via TKO at 1:19 of Round 3.

2. Lightweight: Giannis Symeonidis (3-0) defeated Jason Santana (2-3) via Unanimous Decision (29-28/29-28/29-28). We scored it 30-27 Symeonidis.

3. Welterweight: Giannis Bachar (4-2) defeated Greg Ellis (4-2) via TKO at 3:52 of Round 1.

4. Heavyweight: Mohammed Usman (4-1) defeated Frank Tate (5-7) via Unanimous Decision (30-27/30-27/30-26). We scored it 30-27 Usman.

5. Bantamweight: Irwin Rivera (7-4) defeated Lazar Sojadinovic (12-7) via TKO at 1:40 of Round 1.

6. 180LB Combat Grappling: Gilbert Burns defeated Gleison Tibau via Tapout (Rear Naked Choke) at 5:36.

7. Interim Welterweight Title: Mike Graves (8-1) defeated Jared Gooden (13-3) via Unanimous Decision (49-46/49-46/49-46). We scored it 49-45 Graves.

Submission of the Night: Gilbert Burns

Knockout of the Night: Irwin Rivera

Fight of the Night: Giannis Bachar vs Greg Ellis