ORLANDO They don't call it the War on I-4 for no reason. Saturday night might have marked the first time that the UFC made its way to Orlando, but perhaps the best fight of the night in the City Beautiful came out of the Orlando Predators. The Preds had to fight through just about everything that an AFL team could have to get through in a record-breaking 77-65 win over the Tampa Bay Storm.
Jonah Rosenblum
Sunday July 6, 2014
CLEVELAND - From the outset, the Gladiators had the advantage. They just struggled to leave a struggling Portland team behind. In what seemed an eternally-lasting, one-score game, the Gladiators finally separated early in the fourth quarter. And all in a matter of minutes.
LaRoche Jackson easily took a kick back for a 41-34 lead. On Portland s ensuing drive, fellow Cleveland defensive back Joe Phinisee saved Dominic Jones, who dropped an easy third-down pick, by swooping in front of Kyle Rowley s fourth-down pass.
Jones said it exemplified a year-long Cleveland philosophy: I got the next one.
One play later, Austin found Dominick Goodman on the right sideline, and as he cut in and crossed the goal line, an exhausted Quicken Loans Arena let out a collective sigh of relief.