Lance Palmer (Photo/Richard Mann)Washington, D.C. is known for political battles, but a different kind of fighting came to the nation's capital Thursday night.
Lance Palmer, four-time NCAA All-American wrestler at Ohio State, scored a unanimous victory over UFC vet Steven Siler in the co-main event at the Professional Fighters League Fight Night -- a "Fight for Children" charitable event -- at the Washington Hilton.
Two of the judges scored the featherweight (145-pound) fight 30-27 while a third tallied it to be 30-26 for the former Buckeye mat star (and former volunteer assistant coach at Virginia Tech).
It was a positive reversal of fortune for the 29-year-old Palmer, who lost his World Series of Fighting featherweight title in a unanimous decision to Andre Harrison at WSOF 35 back in March.
Here's how MMAnews.com summed up the Palmer-Siler set-to: "Lance Palmer's wrestling was too much for Steven Siler." From that opening statement, the website went on to report that Palmer had scored at least four takedowns in three rounds.
Lance Palmer (Photo/Richard Mann)"Lance Palmer was in prime form in this evening's co-main event," wrote Sherdog.com. "Palmer grounded Siler repeatedly over the course of the bout's 15 minutes. Siler did his best to remain active from guard and threatened with submissions, but he was unable to put Palmer in serious peril. Perhaps Palmer's best moment occurred in the opening stanza, when he floored Siler with a left hand standing and unloaded with purposeful ground-and-pound ..."
"There were a lot of things I think I could have done better out there but Steven Siler is a tough guy," Palmer said after the fight. "He is really long to it was hard to pass but I was really happy I landed a big shot that knocked him down. I've been working on my hands and it was nice to see it pay off. In the end, I made it through the fight without getting my face messed up too bad before my wedding next week."
With the win, the soon-to-be-wed Palmer is now 12-3 in a professional mixed martial arts career going back to May 2011 ... while Siler, 30, whose time in MMA goes back a dozen years, is now 29-11.
Lance Palmer first made a name for himself in wrestling as a four-time Ohio high school state champ for the storied Lakewood St. Edward mat program, and as the featured subject of a documentary film, Pinned. After high school, Palmer headed south to Columbus, where he was a four-time NCAA All-American -- and 2010 Big Ten conference champ -- at Ohio State.
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