After the beating he took in Atlantic City on Sept. 11, Allan Weickert is probably wishing Sean Salmon hadn't gotten himself tossed from the card by the New Jersey State Athletic Commission.
Weickert stepped in for ol' loose-lips to face Rafael Natal at Ring of Combat 26 after Salmon ran his mouth about quitting his last fight to go home injury free.
Despite the short-notice change, Natal dominated from the outset, eventually sinking in a fight ending choke to send Weickert packing.
In the main event, New Jersey native Ricardo Romero continued his dominance, this time by submitting Richie Lictawa in the first round of their heavyweight title fight.
Also winning big in the Garden State, ROC lightweight champion Chris Liguori outpointed Victor O'Donnell en route to a unanimous decision victory.
Here are the Ring of Combat 26 complete results:
ROC Heavyweight Championship:
Ricardo Romero defeats Richie Lictawa via submission (kimura) to retain ROC Heavyweight Championship
ROC Middleweight Championship:
Costa Phillippou defeats Victor O'Donnell via unanimous decision for ROC Middleweight Championship
ROC Lightweight Championship:
Chris Liguori defeats Dwayne Shelton via unanimous decision to retain ROC Lightweight Championship
Main Card:
Louis Gaudinot defeats Jeff Cressman via TKO (punches)
Lester Caslow defeats Matthew McManmon via submission (armbar)
Gian Villante defeats Carlton Haselrig via KO (head kick)
Ryan LaFlare defeats Jose Sulsona via submission (armbar)
Ed Guedes defeats John Salgado via unanimous decision
Sean Santella defeats Jose Villanueva via submission (armbar)
Rafael Natal defeats Allan Weickert via submission (rear naked choke)
Chris Schlesinger defeats Nabih Barakat via unanimous decision
Andy Main defeats Jackson Galka via split decision
Liam Kerrigan battled Roger Mamedov to a draw
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