(SEPT 13) On Friday night at the Johnson County Fairgrounds, before a large and enthusiastic crowd, Emily and Katy Klinefelter were both successful in their respective professional boxing bouts. Lightweight Katy moved to 4-0 with a first round knockout victory over Waterloo MMA veteran Lacy Terrell. After a cautious start by Klinefelter, who felt her opponent out and landed solid jabs to the body, Katy suddenly landed a short, well-thrown, crisp left hook to Terrell's jaw that caused Terrell to stagger and wobble about the ring, unable to regain her balance, forcing referee Pete Henkels to stop the bout.

130-pound Emily “the Enforcer” Klinefelter moved to 6-0 as a professional boxer with a hard-fought 4-round unanimous decision victory over Missouri's 135-pound Ashleigh “Cool Breeze” Curry. Initially, the 5'8" southpaw Curry presented stylistic difficulties for the 5'3" Klinefelter, utilizing her height and reach advantages.

However, Klinefelter quickly adjusted, using ferocious, non-stop pressure and punches to cause Curry to go into survival mode, grabbing often, moving, ducking, and tightly shelling up. Curry would occasionally lash out with a single hard punch, but Klinefelter would either elude the blow or absorb it without concern and continue her relentless attack, nullifying Curry's physical advantages.

In other bouts, Cedar Rapids native Jeff “the Beast” Farmer earned a highly competitive 6-round split decision upset victory over Ohio's Armand Horn, who fell to 13-3. Farmer utilized a quicker and busier boxing style to outpoint the more powerful Horn. Making his professional debut, Muscatine's Lance “Layem Down” Williams won a sensational 1st round knockout victory over Waterloo's Cody Larson, dropping Larson twice with blazing-fast combinations.

In his professional debut, 6'1" featherweight Anthony “Machine Gun” Linenfelser used his height, reach, and power-punching to dispatch quickly Wisconsin's John Lester. Enobong “The Nigerian Gentleman” Umohette also won an impressive 1st round knockout over Wisconsin's Harold Johnson. Iowa City's Chris Weitz and Andy Branson put on an exciting 3-round Muay Thai exhibition. Each took turns dropping the other with powerful kicks to the legs.