Marietta’s Trevor Bell sizes up opponent Dillon Murphy during the third round of Saturday night’s The Dugout Summer Throwdown 2 inside Parkersburg South’s Rod Oldham Athletic Center. Bell successfuly defended his Dawghouse Promotions 152-pound belt via a unanimous decision. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)

PARKERSBURG — Marietta’s Trevor Bell successfully defended his 152-pound Dawghouse Promotions title here Saturday night at The Dugout Summer Throwdown 2 inside Parkersburg South’s Rod Oldham Athletic Center by virtue of a unanimous decision against Dillon Murphy from the Tommy Thomas Boxing Club.

The two combatants went toe-to-toe for three rounds, but Bell walked away with another win to up his record to 8-1, while Murphy dropped to 10-3.

“I knew it was going to be a tough fight, but I knew I would edge it out in the end,” admitted Murphy. “He was definitely tougher than we anticipated him being. It was a good fight.

“I think the first round was close, but I edged him out and landed the better shots. Second round, he landed a lot more clean shots than I did, and then the third it was me again. I think that’s how the fight went.”

New Martinsville’s Joey Weaver, who was begging for action at time in the ring, opened the show with a unanimous decision MMA victory against Wellston’s Luke Conn.

Parkersburg’s Daryl Davis gestures to the crowd following his second round MMA tapout victory via a triangle choke against Nathan Gill. Davis won the 155-pound DHP MMA belt. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)

St. Marys’ Jeremy Pratt made his presence known immediately inside the ring against Sebastain Morris of Ground Zero. The ex-Blue Devil picked Morris up and body slammed him into the canvas early in the first. Pratt won via UD.

The third MMA fight, which was for the 155-pound DHP belt, pitted Parkersburg’s Daryl Davis and Clay’s Nathan Gill. Davis was able to use a triangle choke on Gill, who tapped out at 1:25 of the second.

“I knew they were going to try to take me to the ground and wrestle me,” Davis said. “I was ready everywhere. My jiu-jitsu is good. My standup is good.

“My cardio is good and I was ready for him. It’s one of my signature moves. I tried to get it on him the first time, but it didn’t work. I knew the second time I locked it in.”

In one of the more entertaining fights, Elizabeth’s Jocelyn Brown earned a UD win versus Parkersburg’s Autumn Miller and picked up the 112-pound DHP belt.

Elizabeth’s Jocelyn Brown, left, secured the DHP 112-pound belt following her unanimous decision victory against Parkersburg’s Autumn Miller. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)

Jacob Stanton of V02 Fitness wasn’t supposed to fight, but after Justin Milam of Mineral Wells was scratched he filled in against Andrew Topping of Virginia. Stanton put on a dominating performance, won via a UD and also collected the DHP 145-pound title.

Parkersburg’s Matt Tennant, who put his boxing skills to good work, knocked out Little Hocking’s Morrison Dailey via TKO at 1:16 of the second in the lone kickboxing match.

In the other women’s boxing match, Barboursville’s Amy Elkins improved to 3-2 after winning via UD against Parkersburg’s Jalyn Kerby.

Grantsville’s Chandler Newell got a standing eight count against Parkersburg’s Nate McDonald early in the first and the fight was stopped 40 seconds in.

Luke Squires, who came down from Cumberland, was set to make his debut, but had to settle for a win via disqualification after his opponent pulled out.

In the lone professional boxing match, Trae Stout of TTBC got stronger as the fight went and won via a UD against Ron Brown of V02 Fitness. It was Brown’s debut, while Stout improved to 2-1.

Bell wasn’t the only Marietta fighter to earn a win. Dawson Snider, who continued to work the body, won via UD versus Trace Roby of Quaker City, Ohio.

Other fight results had Xavier Brown of Cumberland besting Kentucky’s Jeremiah Smallwood by split decision, St. Clairsville’s Duncan Pagano winning by UD against Christopher Withrow of the Bluegrass State and in an all-Parkersburg showdown, ex-South Patriot Aydan Edwards secured a win by TKO at 0:59 of the second against Kenneth Arnold, who also was making his debut.

Contact Jay Bennett at jbennett@newsandsentine.com