GREEN HALTS CHASING BEAR IN TWO
October 16, 2012
By Jesse Kelley

Aaron Green (8-0, 7 KO's) dropped Emerson Chasing Bear (5-4-2, 3 KO's) twice while picking up the second round KO victory in the main event bout of the evening last Friday night in Hinckley.
Green chased after Bear at the start of the bout, landing left and rights to the head while Chasing Bear tried to counter as he moved away on his heals. Chasing Bear dug in a few decent uppercuts at the midway point of the opening round which established the fact that he was there to fight. Green continued walking down Chasing Bear however with power shots.
By the end of the round, Green was teeing off at will with right hands to the head which left Chasing Bear struggling to stay on his feet.
Round two began how the opening round had ended. Despite being outmatched in speed, power and size, Chasing Bear attempted to trade with Green. But Green was still landing clean rights to the head and midway through the round, one of those right to the chin dropped Chasing Bear hard along side the ropes. Chasing Bear got to his feet and did his best to fight off the attack but Green landed jab after jab and straight rights to his hurt opponent's head. A right-left hook combination dropped Chasing Bear to his knees where referee Mark Nelson waived off the fight.

"Emerson was very tough and game" said Green. "The game plan was to use the jab and cut off the ring. I started somewhat slow but picked it up in the 2nd round and got the KO win. I learned a lot from the fight and I look forward to learning more as we move forward."

Jake Backus (4-2) scored a quick first round knockout over Randi Ronchi (0-6). Backus dropped Ronchi three times before the bout was called to a halt.
"I took the fight on Thursday night at about 11 so I didn't have much time to prepare" said Backus." I knew that Ronchi had been beat before though. He tried to stare me down before the fight which I thought was kind of funny. I landed a straight left that hurt him right away and I knew by his reaction that I was going to get him out of there early. I dropped him early with a body shot and a hard right to the head. I still remember the sound he made from that body shot. I put him down three times total before the referee stopped it. I do want to say that he was tough though and I am happy to get the win."
Backus was scheduled next to fight on November 17 but says that fight fell through.
"Yeah I was supposed to fight a young flashy guy named Stephen Young. He is supposed to be a Floyd Mayweather Jr. look alike. I said bring him on and took the fight. Two days later they called and said they don't want to fight me because I am a left. Now it looks like Vicente (Alfaro) took it. So as of right now there is nothing set for my next fight. I am looking to fight at 108 lbs. If I can get a fight. If not there is a rematch clause to fight Antwan (Robertson) again if his shoulder heals. We will see."

Jason Benson (1-1-1, 1 KO) defeated Bruce Johnson (0-3) by TKO in round four. Benson dropped Johnson twice in the third and referee Gary Miezwa stopped it in the fourth and final round.
Both fighters fought aggressively to start with Benson being the better technician and Johnson brawling. As the bout went on, Johnson showed incredible toughness in taking many unanswered shots and punishment by Benson before the fights end.

Afterwards, Benson recapped his performance. " I came out in the first utilizing the jab and feeling him out with some body shots. He came at me with a few big flurries but I was able to either move or block most of them. I was looser in the second round and dropped him twice. In the third he had slowed way down and wasn't defending himself and I accidentally hit him low. He was able to compete but the ref stopped it due to the amount of blows he was taking."

Tony Norlander (1-0) defeated Kevin Tjaden (0-1) by KO in the second round. A hard looping right hand dropped Tjaden early on. A second straight right, this time right up the middle to the jaw dropped Tjaden again and referee Mark Nelson waived off the match.

Rondale Hubbert improves to (2-0, 2 KO's) with a third round TKO victory over Ryan Gronvold (1-7, 2 KO's). Hubbert punished Gronvold over the course of the fight before Mark Nelson stopped the action in the third.
"I wanted to box a little bit more because my first fight went so quick. I wanted to be calm and box and that's what I did. There were no knockdowns in the fight but I countered well and had him hurt. I think I could have gotten him out of there earlier if I really went for the knockout but the plan was to box. He had a real good chin though and is tough."