New Zealand fighter Kieran Joblin continued his impressive run with a first-round submission over Gokhan Turkyilmaz. The two met in the main event of Carnage In The Cage 2 and were contesting the WKPB LIghtweight Oceania Title
The event was held at the Mackay Basketball Stadium in Queensland, Australia.
From the Strikeforce Canterbury gym, Joblin (pictured) was able to secure the triangle submission, 1:03 into the fight. It was his third straight submission win which includes a submission over veteran fighter Ian Schaffa.
Turkyilmaz will look to rebound at Nitro 11 where he will face Alex MacDonald.
Also on the card, youngster Taela Kelly was made to work as he edged Abel Brites by a split-points decision with two judges giving him the fight 29-28, 30-27 and the other to Brites 28-29.
Results:
- Kieran Joblin def Gokhan Turkyilmaz Via Submision (Triangle Choke), Rd 1, 1:03 – WKPB Lightweight Oceania Title Fight
- Taela Kelly def Abel Brites via Decision (Split), (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
- Matt Eland def Aaron Raffin via Submission (Guillotine Choke), Rd 1, 1:33
- Luke Marrable def Gaige Ireland via TKO (Punches), Rd 1, 2:28
- Sam Kitchener def Byron Cowell via Submission (Kimura), Rd 2, 2:36
- Jebadi Phazer def William Motu via TKO, Rd 1, 1:46
- Joel Miller def Scott Dickson via TKO, Rd 1, 2:11
- Matt Thurling def Dan O’Connell via TKO, Rd 2, 0:60
- Craig Callaghan def Damien Schumacher via Submission (Triangle Choke), Rd 1, 1:30
- Jai Ruane def Sam Ruffle via Decision (Unanimous), (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
- Kane Hober def Christian Pohio via TKO (Doctors Stoppage), Rd 2, 3:00
- Tahiwi Sellars-McGee def Ivan Wilkes via Submission (Arm-Bar), Rd 1, 2:27
