Venue: Hollywood Palladium
Capacity: 3,500
Location: Los Angeles, California
Date: November 1, 2026
QUICK RECAP
Damian Cortez def. Ameer Bell by TKO (Knees) at 3:55 Round 3
Da’vion Woodard def. Wes Dennis by TKO (Punches) at 2:17 Round 3
Marcus Corbin def. Stefon Jackson by Split Decision (29-28 x2, 28-29)
Edgar Villalobos def. Samir Haddad by KO (Punches) at 3:14 Round 1
Ronnie Banks def. Hannah Carter by Unanimous Decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)
Bobbie Ingram def. Mason Calder by TKO (Punches) at 4:11 Round 2
Denzel Harris def. Payton Ryan by Unanimous Decision (29-28 x3)
Terrence Jones def. Marcus Grant by Unanimous Decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)
Jaxon Holloway def. Joaquin Reinoso by KO (High Kick) at 1:03 Round 3
Camila Reyes def. Rowan Kincaid by KO (High Kick) at 3:41 Round 3
STORYLINE DEVELOPMENTS
Everest MMA’s road to crowning five new divisional champions took a dramatic turn Sunday night at the Hollywood Palladium, where the promotion’s Grand Prix semifinalists arrived with everything to gain and everything to lose. Twenty fighters entered the evening with championship dreams still intact. By the time the final horn sounded, half of those dreams had been extinguished. The Los Angeles crowd witnessed a night of decisive finishes, hard earned decisions, and two spectacular high kick knockouts that completely reshaped the tournament landscape.
The evening’s biggest statement came in the main event, where Camila Reyes delivered a stunning upset of top ranked Rowan Kincaid, putting her away with a high kick in the third round. It was a particularly emphatic result in a tournament where Kincaid had entered as one of the division’s favorites. Reyes, meanwhile, did more than punch her ticket to the bantamweight final, she established herself as a legitimate threat to leave the finals with the championship. The co-main event offered an equally dramatic conclusion. Jaxon Holloway survived a competitive contest with Joaquin Reinoso before detonating a high kick just 63 seconds into the third round. Two semifinal favorites had fallen, and two new finalists had emerged with momentum that will be difficult to ignore.
The middleweight bracket provided a different sort of intrigue. Terrence Jones handled Marcus Grant over three rounds, while Denzel Harris turned back Payton Ryan by unanimous decision, setting up a meeting between two fighters who earned their places through disciplined, composed performances. At lightweight, Bobbie Ingram made the loudest impression, stopping Mason Calder in the second round to secure a place opposite Holloway’s tournament rival. Elsewhere, Edgar Villalobos needed little time to dispatch Samir Haddad, landing a first round knockout that made him one of the night’s most dangerous emerging names. Ronnie Banks and Marcus Corbin also moved forward, the latter surviving a split decision against Stefon Jackson.
There was no shortage of late drama on the undercard, either. Da’vion Woodard and Damian Cortez both found third round stoppages, bringing an explosive finish to the evening’s opening contests. But the larger story belonged to the Grand Prix. Everest’s return was supposed to establish a new generation of divisional champions, and after Hollywood, the picture is finally coming into focus. Five finals are now within reach, and with two of the night’s biggest favorites falling by spectacular knockout, the tournament has become considerably harder to predict.