March 24, 2007 – HOOKnSHOOT held an eight man welterweight tournament. Heading into the finals of the tournament Courtney Ray had knocked out Tom Kirk and Darren Morse while Dan Hornbuckle had submitted Wayne Bogard and won a decision over Jaime Toney.
With Hornbuckle’s arrival on the big stage announced by wins over Akikiro Gono and Nick Thompson at Sengoku this year it becomes fun to look back on the time when he was the man running the mid-west scene.
Skip to about 1:50 for the fight as the beginning of the video is promo filler:
Ray and Hornbuckle would rematch eight months later with Dan pulling off an armbar victory in just over a minute.