Tachi Palace Fights 9


Tachi Palace Fights 9 was a mixed martial arts event held by Tachi Palace Fights on Friday, May 6 at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, California.

Background

was due to take on John Dodson, but pulled out of the bout with an unknown injury. Dodson was to fight Shooto veteran Mamoru Yamaguchi. However, on April 18, Dodson pulled out of the bout due to undisclosed reasons and Yamaguchi instead fought John Dunsmoor.
Phil Collins was expected to face Waachiim Spiritwolf at this event, but pulled out on February 9 due to personal reasons. Spiritwolf instead faced Jorge Lopez.
Jamie Yager was set to fight Alan Jouban, but pulled out of the fight due to injury. Stepping in to fill the void was Chidi Njokuani.
On April 25 it was announced that Cole Escovedo was tapped by the UFC to fight against Renan Barão at UFC 130, leaving Tommy Vargas without an opponent. Farkhad Sharipov stepped in to fight Vargas.
Featherweight champion Isaac DeJesus failed to make weight for his title defense against Russ Miura and was stripped of his belt. Both fighters agreed to a catchweight bout.

Results

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