York County fighters Mike "Dickie" Oberdick said both he and Adam King won in their fights at an amateur event called Cage of Vengeance in New Jersey on Saturday. It was the first official bout for both fighters.
In Oberdick's case, his fight lasted less than a minute.
"It turned out pretty well," he said. "It was a first round TKO in about 40 seconds."
Oberdick, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, was matched up against a striker in Angel Rivera Ortiz in the 210-249.9 weight class.
One challenge was that Oberdick only weighed in at 208 pounds "with street clothes on," he said, whereas Ortiz was about 220 pounds.
Oberdick said he started the fight off throwing a couple combos to get Ortiz backing up and confused, then clinched him against the fence. From there, Oberdick went for the take down.
On the ground, Oberdick tried to take Ortiz's back, but the Team Neglia member rolled onto his back. It didn't matter to Oberdick; instead of a rear naked choke, he went for a head and arm triangle to get the win.
Oberdick, 33, of York, works nights at a city bar, which leaves his afternoons free for training, he said. He trains with King and others, like Biff Walizer, at a private training club in York.
He plans to fight for Cage of Vengeance again, hopefully at a lower weight class, maybe the 195-209.9 division.
"We'll play it by ear," he said.
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