Epic Fighting 65 took over PARQ Nightclub in downtown San Diego on Friday night, and the amateur card delivered the kind of action that makes regional MMA worth the drive. Eight bouts went the distance or got finished. One came off the card. And by the time the lights came up, the room had seen a doctor stoppage, an armbar that left fans squinting at the cage, and a split decision close enough to argue about on the way out.Here’s how every fight played out.
Epic Fighting 65 Full Results
The card ran in standard order. Results below are listed the same way.
Bout 1 | Amateur 145 lbs
Kade Lange def. Isaac Mwereru by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
The opener set the tone. Lange and Mwereru both showed up with real grappling, but Lange was the one dictating where the fight went. He found top position early, kept it through the scrambles, and answered every transition Mwereru tried to chain together. Mwereru wasn’t outclassed on the mat. He was outworked. Three rounds, three matching scorecards, and Lange opened the night with a clean sweep.
Bout 2 | Amateur 230 lbs
David Wall def. Alejandro Cesar by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Two near-heavyweights, three full rounds, and more pace than you’d expect at 230 pounds. Wall set the rhythm early and stayed on it. Cesar pushed back hard enough in the third to peel a round off one judge’s card, but the night belonged to Wall.
Bout 3 | Amateur 140 lbs
Gio Mendez def. Gabriel Cordero by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
This one was close. Mendez and Cordero stayed active across all three rounds, trading position and pressure, neither one giving ground for long. The judges saw it the same way three times over, and Mendez edged out the win on volume and consistency.
Bout 4 | Amateur 160 lbs (Catchweight)
Kain Hayden def. Elijah Kim by Split Decision (29-28 Hayden, 30-27 Kim, 29-28 Hayden)
Fight of the night candidate. The catchweight bout, approved by the commission after Hayden missed weight, lived up to the matchup. Kim controlled long stretches well enough to convince one judge he won every round. Hayden landed the cleaner moments and the stronger finishes. Two scorecards went his way, and the split decision held up to the conversations happening cageside afterward. Either fighter could have walked out with this one.
Bout 5 | Amateur 145 lbs
Samantha Utter def. Celia Lopez by TKO (Doctor Stoppage) at 1:59 of Round 2
Lopez took damage early. Utter found her range fast, started working the right side of Lopez’s face in the first, and by the time the second round opened it was clear something had to give. The doctor checked Lopez during the round, saw the right eye swollen shut, and waved it off at 1:59. Utter’s discipline with her striking did the work. Lopez came forward through it, but she was fighting blind on one side by the end.
Bout 6 | Amateur 155 lbs
Tyler Lewis def. Roman Paniagua by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-27)
Dominant performance. Lewis controlled the cage from the opening minute, mixed his striking and his pressure well, and never let Paniagua build any sustained offense. The 29-27 scorecard hints at a 10-8 round in there somewhere. The 30-27s tell you the rest of the story.
Bout 7 | Amateur 115 lbs
Nancy Quidachay def. Carli Lombardo by Submission (Armbar) at 1:09 of Round 1
The finish nobody saw coming, including the people watching it happen. Quidachay caught the arm in a position that looked impossible to escape, cranked it, and the ref called the fight. There was a beat of confusion in the cage. Fans weren’t sure what they’d just watched. The fighters seemed to be working it out in real time. Once everyone caught up to the tape, the ending made sense. Quidachay closed the show on Lombardo at 1:09, less than ninety seconds into the first round.
Bout 8 | Amateur 185 lbs
Tanner Jones vs Victor Verdugo — Fight CanceledThe middleweight bout came off the card. No bout, no result. 😖
Bout 9 | Main Event | Amateur 125 lbs
Miriam Macip def. Rachel Horst by Split Decision (29-28 Macip, 30-27 Horst, 29-28 Macip)
The main event was a brawl. Horst and Macip went after each other from the opening bell, neither one interested in feeling the other out, and the pace held all three rounds. Macip stayed consistent with her jabs and knees when the exchanges got messy, and that consistency is what carried two of the three cards. One judge saw Horst sweep it 30-27. The other two had Macip by a round. The split went her way, and she closed Epic 65 with the W.
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