Titan FC 20: Rogers vs. Sanchez was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 event being by Titan Fighting Championships

Titan Fighting Championships

Titan Fighting Championships is a Mixed Martial Arts promotion based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It made its debut on July 11, 2011. On January 28, 2011 Titan Fighting Championships made its debut on HDNet with their best card yet, featuring Tim Sylvia vs. Abe Wagner in the main event at Titan...

 on Friday, September 23, 2011 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...

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Background

Jamie Varner

Jamie Varner

James Christopher Varner is a mixed martial artist who fought for World Extreme Cagefighting. He is a former WEC Lightweight champion.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:...

 vs. Alonzo Martinez was expected to headline the event but will now take co-feature status after it was announced on September 3 that ex-Strikeforce

Strikeforce

Strikeforce is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts and kickboxing organization based in San Jose, California. It is headed by CEO Scott Coker and owned by Zuffa, LLC...

 heavyweight Brett Rogers

Brett Rogers

Brett Charles Rogers is an African-American mixed martial artist who fights in the heavyweight division. Rogers has fought in EliteXC and Strikeforce.-Biography:...

 would make his Titan Fighting Championships

Titan Fighting Championships

Titan Fighting Championships is a Mixed Martial Arts promotion based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It made its debut on July 11, 2011. On January 28, 2011 Titan Fighting Championships made its debut on HDNet with their best card yet, featuring Tim Sylvia vs. Abe Wagner in the main event at Titan...

 debut against UFC veteran Eddie Sanchez

Eddie Sanchez

Eduardo Arturo Sanchez is an American mixed martial arts fighter.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:On February 3, 2007 at the Ultimate Fighting Championship's UFC 67, he lost to Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović by technical knockout due to punches at 4:33 of the first round, in Filipović's debut fight in...

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After backing out of Titan Fighting Championships 19

Titan Fighting Championships 19

Titan FC 19 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Titan Fighting Championships on Friday, July 29, 2011 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. The event was aired live on HDNet.-Background:...

 it was expected that Bobby Lashley was going to return at this event. However on September 18, it was announced Lashley had signed a multi-fight deal with the Shark Fights

Shark Fights

Shark Fights is a Mixed Martial Arts promotion based out of Amarillo, Texas. It made its debut on October 24, 2008. On September 11, 2010 Shark Fights had its biggest card in Shark Fights history by having former UFC veterans Keith Jardine, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, Paul Daley, and Houston...

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Main card

• Lightweight bout:   Dakota Cochrane vs.   Jamie Varner
  Jamie Varner
  James Christopher Varner is a mixed martial artist who fought for World Extreme Cagefighting. He is a former WEC Lightweight champion.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:...
  
  

Cochrane defeated Varner via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

• Heavyweight bout:   Brett Rogers
  Brett Rogers
  Brett Charles Rogers is an African-American mixed martial artist who fights in the heavyweight division. Rogers has fought in EliteXC and Strikeforce.-Biography:...
  
   vs.   Eddie Sanchez
  Eddie Sanchez
  Eduardo Arturo Sanchez is an American mixed martial arts fighter.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:On February 3, 2007 at the Ultimate Fighting Championship's UFC 67, he lost to Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović by technical knockout due to punches at 4:33 of the first round, in Filipović's debut fight in...
  
  

Sanchez defeated Rogers via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 30-27).

• Bantamweight bout:   Anthony Gutierrez vs.   Shane Hutchinson

Gutierrez defeated Hutchinson via submission at 1:04 of Round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   James Krause
  James Krause (fighter)
  James Krause is an American mixed martial artist. A veteran of WEC's lightweight division, he suffered his first loss in his WEC debut against Donald Cerrone at WEC 41...
  
   vs.   Sean Wilson

Krause defeated Wilson via submission at 2:39 of Round 1.

• Heavyweight bout:   Alex Huddleston vs.   Justyn Riley

Riley defeated Huddleston via TKO (referee stoppage) in round 2.

• Bantamweight bout:   Andrew Whitney vs.   Laramie Shaffer

Whitney defeated Shaffer via KO (flying knee) at 0:42 of Round 3.