My next five:

Monroe Brooks vs. Bruce Curry

Danny Nardico vs. Charley Norkus

Ray Olivera -vs- Ben Tackie

Scott Pemberton Vs Omar Sheika 2 (a great fight) is the essence of a closet classic. I featured it in my book. Both thease guys had a habit of producing such fights-- like Maddalone and Minto. They came to fight. Both of these guys fought in a number of such fights. I only hope and pray they have not paid a permanent price

Mark Kaylor and Errol Christie is well up on my list. A classic closet classic if ever there was one. A Brit dust up WITH A BLEND OF GRUDGE THROWN IN FOR GOOD MEASURE.!



As an aside, Charles Brewer, Pemberton, Sheika and Elver Murqui all fought in several closet classics. Echols fought in a few as well, but he is all done now. No legs. Teddy Reid was another tough cookie. Some guys are walking closet classics...like Michael Gomez or Oliviera or Sheika