Crash Combat 7 Results: Tucker Eastwood Submits Nicco Hamilton in Bare Knuckle MMA Main Event at Lawrence Fight Club

Event: Crash Combat 7 Date: Saturday, April 11, 2026 Venue: Lawrence Fight Club — Lawrence, Kansas Stream: MMA Futures

Crash Combat 7 delivered one of the most complete cards in the series’ history Saturday night at Lawrence Fight Club in Lawrence, Kansas. Eleven bouts across bare knuckle MMA, amateur MMA, and kickboxing kept a rowdy Lawrence crowd on its feet from the opening bout through the final bell — and two amateur championship belts changed hands before Tucker Eastwood closed the night with a first-round rear naked choke in the professional bare knuckle MMA main event. The full event streamed live on MMA Futures.

Main Event: Tucker Eastwood def. Nicco “Chocolate Cowboy” Hamilton — Rear Naked Choke, R1 (0:36) | Bare Knuckle MMA | Welterweight | Professional

Tucker Eastwood wasted no time making his statement. Thirty-six seconds into the first round of the Crash Combat 7 main event, the Kansas City-based Cave Man Crew product locked in a rear naked choke on Nicco “Chocolate Cowboy” Hamilton and forced the tap — becoming the first winner of a professional bare knuckle MMA bout to stream on MMA Futures.

Eastwood came out aggressive from the opening exchange, immediately pressing the action with hard shots. When the fight hit the ground, he transitioned quickly to the back and sank the choke deep. Hamilton, who entered the cage as the more experienced combat sports veteran with professional boxing experience under his belt, never got his feet under him. The crowd, which had been buzzing all night, erupted.

Eastwood improved to 2-0 as a professional. He invited everyone to Crash Combat 8, which is scheduled for September 5th in Overland Park, Kansas.

Co-Main Event: Bjorn “Da Baby” Sonsteng def. Tristan “The Redneck” Goos — Unanimous Decision (5 Rounds) | MMA | Welterweight (170) Amateur Title

If the main event was the exclamation point, the co-main was the full paragraph. Bjorn Sonsteng and Tristan Goos went five championship rounds for the Crash Combat Welterweight Amateur Title in a fight that delivered everything the billing promised.

Goos landed a heavy right hand early in round one that had Sonsteng in serious trouble, but the Lawrence Fight Club product survived, recovered, and turned the round around with a takedown and active submission attempts — including a deep triangle that had Goos in real danger. Goos escaped, and the two continued to trade momentum swings across all five rounds.

Sonsteng, trained by Zak Bucia and the Lawrence Fight Club team, controlled long stretches with his wrestling and ground control. Goos, fighting independently out of Valley, Nebraska under his own preparation, kept finding the range with his right hand and made every round competitive. The fifth and final round was a knowing, championship-level exchange between two fighters who understood exactly what was at stake.

When the final horn sounded, the judges awarded Sonsteng the unanimous decision and the Crash Combat Welterweight title. Bjorn Sonsteng is the new 170-pound Crash Combat champion.

Amateur Title Fight: Arlo “The Golden Boy” Collier def. Amir Nezami — Decision (5 Rounds) | MMA | Featherweight (145) Amateur Title

The feature fight of the night delivered a five-round championship battle at 145 pounds, with Lawrence Fight Club’s Arlo Collier taking on Ignite MMA’s Amir Nezami for the Crash Combat Featherweight Amateur Title.

Collier, 19 years old and fighting in front of his home gym crowd with his father Asa Collier — a former Shamrock FC competitor — coaching in his corner, pressed the action throughout. Nezami, 6’2″ with a significant reach advantage and a 4-2 record coming in, made Collier work for every inch. The fight went the distance, with Collier earning the decision across five hard rounds to claim the amateur featherweight title.

Collier improves to 5-2 as an amateur. The Golden Boy from Lawrence has his first title.

Preliminary Card Results

Bout 11 (Opener): Caleb Rozar def. Logan Turley — TKO (Strikes), R2 (1:38) | MMA | Light Heavyweight

Caleb Rozar, a 28-year-old police officer and former University of North Carolina defensive back making his combat sports debut, opened the night in emphatic fashion. After a composed first round, Rozar found the range with a head kick in round two that put Turley down and prompted the TKO stoppage at 1:38. The crowd loved it. Two 6’4″ debutants to open the card — Rozar won the debut battle with John Jones-length legs and a head kick that had commentators talking about his shins all night.

Bout 10: Christopher Fuentes def. Timothy Brantley — Rear Naked Choke, R1 (2:59) | MMA | Bantamweight (135)

Two debuting bantamweights put on a banger. Christopher Fuentes, a NextGen Fight Club product from Wichita training under coach Jessica Link, and Timothy Brantley of Lawrence Fight Club — who listed Bjorn Sonsteng as his favorite fighter — traded hard shots in a back-and-forth first round before Fuentes locked in the rear naked choke just before the three-minute mark. Both fighters showed heart in a fight that had the crowd engaged from the start.

Bout 9: Bao Long Tran def. Yabseva Teka — Decision | MMA | Lightweight (155)

Bao Long Tran, a debut switch-stance lightweight from Vietnam fighting out of Lawrence Fight Club, and Yabseva Teka of Marathon MMA out of Olathe, KS went the distance in their lightweight amateur contest. Judges scored the bout 29-28, 29-28, 30-27 in favor of Tran. ⚠️ Scorecard confirmed from broadcast; winner confirmed as Tran per transcript context.

Bout 8: Taylor Thomas def. Delaney Earl — Rear Naked Choke, R2 (2:48) | MMA | Flyweight (125)

Taylor Thomas, a 23-year-old bartender from Kansas City fighting with Ignite MMA under coach Zak Cummings, submitted Delaney Earl with a rear naked choke at 2:48 of round two. Earl, an 18-year-old LFC debut fighter coached by Asa Collier, showed toughness through the opening round but Thomas finished it in the second. ⚠️ Transcript references “Alicone” for winner — corrected to Taylor Thomas based on context and fighter data.

Bout 7: Jesse Marshall def. Carlos “Casual Carl” Campos — KO, R1 (1:20) | Bubble Boxing | Catchweight (190)

Jesse Marshall, a 34-year-old Lawrence Fight Club debut fighter, needed just one minute and twenty seconds to put Carlos “Casual Carl” Campos away by knockout in their bubble boxing catchweight bout. Campos, who trains at Twin Dragons in Topeka and models his game after Canelo Alvarez, couldn’t find his jab before Marshall ended the night early.

Bout 6: Michael “Tosh” Hernandez def. Hunter Gilmore — TKO, R1 | MMA | Flyweight (125)

⚠️ Winner confirmed as Hernandez per transcript. Exact time and method (TKO referenced) — confirm with promoter.

Michael “Tosh” Hernandez, an 18-year-old Lawrence Fight Club debut fighter coached by Zak Bucia, picked up the TKO win over Hunter Gilmore of Marathon MMA (Harrisonville, MO). Gilmore, a 26-year-old sheet metal worker who fights for his wife Nicole and their twin babies, dropped to 1-5 on the night.

Bout 5: Jeremy Mireles def. James “Day” Young — Split Decision | Kickboxing | Heavyweight

In one of the night’s most entertaining exchanges, Jeremy Mireles of Iron Warriors edged James “Day” Young in a heavyweight kickboxing bout by split decision — one judge scoring it 29-28 for Young, the other two going 29-28 for Mireles. Young, a Walmart stocker from Tulsa training at Lawrence Fight Club who is preparing to move to Thailand as a missionary, landed heavy shots throughout but Mireles’s pressure in the final round appeared to sway the judges.

Bout 4: Arlo Collier vs. Amir Nezami — see Amateur Title section above

Bout 3: Bjorn Sonsteng vs. Tristan Goos — see Co-Main Event section above

Bout 2: Christopher Fuentes vs. Timothy Brantley — see Bout 10 above

Bout 1: Caleb Rozar vs. Logan Turley — see Bout 11 above

Full Crash Combat 7 Results

What’s Next

Crash Combat 8 is scheduled for September 5th in Overland Park, Kansas. Watch for announcements at MMAFutures.com.

Full Crash Combat 7 replay available on the MMA Futures YouTube playlist. Subscribe to MMA Futures to watch all upcoming events live.

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