By Justin Jarrett
LowcoSports.com
Even after 17 fights spanning 4½ hours, Trig Tennant managed to provide some punctuation to an intense night of combat sports at Beaufort Brawl V on Saturday at The Foundry.
Tennant salvaged an otherwise tough night for the home gym and brought down the house with a first-round finish of Mackenzie Gray, must to the delight of a raucous cheering section filled with fellow Marines and friends and family from afar.
A two-time Kansas state champion wrestler, Tennant made his MMA debut at Beaufort Brawl IV and won a hard-fought decision. Then he went back to work at The Foundry, layering in more skill in striking and submissions to go with an elite wrestling background.
Tennant’s progress was apparent. He was the aggressor from the outset Saturday, striking confidently from his feet and working his usual magic to take Gray to the mat for a ground-and-pound finish just 82 seconds into the fight.
It was one of few bright spots for the host gym, though Alan Wood won a narrow decision in his 165-pound jiu-jitsu bout with Aidan New and Joseph Griffin and Damerial Grant fought to a draw in their 135-pound MMA clash.
Among the other highlights of the night were Charleston’s Justice Jacobs rallying for a third-round knockout of Jacob Morris in an epic 135-pound MMA bout, Chris Armstrong’s quick KO of Dominque Grant in a 170-pound kickboxing fight, and “Boog” Lentz of Icebox MMA in Guyton, Ga., scoring a TKO against The Foundry’s Will Valentin.
Justin Jarrett is the sports editor of The Island News and the founder of LowcoSports.com. He was the sports editor of the Island Packet and the Beaufort Gazette for 6½ years. He has a passion for sports and community journalism and a questionable sense of humor.
