Monday, September 19, 2011 10:41am PDT

Deegan impressive in the ring; beats Mirra at ElissMania 8

By: Nate Hoppes

Las Vegas was the center of attention this weekend for fight fans as Floyd Mayweather Jr. knocked out Victor Ortiz in a controversial ending to the fight.

In a less hyped but equally important fight for the action sports world, Brian Deegan squared off against Dave Mirra in a fight for charity at ElissMania 8. The two are accustomed to battling out against each other, but usually it's behind the wheel of their rally cars.

The Metal Mulisha God father defeated the BMX legend in a decisive 4th round. He was awarded the fight by decision. Deegan said on twitter after the fight "Victory tonight at EllisMania. Mirra put up a great fight but Metal Mulisha pulled through."

According to professional BMX rider Anthony Napolitan who was at the fight, "The fight seriously could've been a tie all around. Both dudes stood their ground really well,"

The two battled it out for the purpose of donating their proceeds from the fight to charity, with Deegan fighting for the Loma Linda Children's Foundation, and Mirra fighting for the Meningitis Foundation of America.

Hopefully this is only the beginning to a series of fights squaring off two legends of their respective sports. I know there's a couple surfer vs skateboarder match ups we'd love to see.

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