EDSON BERTO TO BATTLE IN REAL FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT
Posted on | August 27, 2007 | No Comments
What: RFC IX Caged Warriors
When: Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Where: Sun Dome, Tampa FL
Doors Open 6:30, Fights Start at 7:30
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Edson Berto Returns To Tampa To Defend MMA Lightweight Title In Front of Hometown Fans
One of the nation’s premier Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight promoters, Real Fighting Championships (RFC) will present another sensational championship fight card on Saturday, September 15th, in Tampa’s Sun Dome.
The International Main Event will feature James Edson Berto defending his Lightweight Title against Juan Barrantes, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighter trained by Ryan Gracie in Costa Rica. Berto who has fought on several previous RFC cards, is coming off a spectacular debut win over John Shackleford in February 2007 on Showtime’s Inaugural EliteXC series
He has since been featured on two more nationally televised bouts on Showtime – winning one and losing one.
Berto trains out of Tigers World of Martial Arts located in Winter Haven Florida and comes from a strong family of well rounded fighters. His father and trainer Dieseul Berto is a former Pride and UFC fighter, his brother Andre is a 2004 Olympic boxer who has since turned professional with an undefeated record of 19-0, and brother Cleveland is a Florida state wrestling champion and also placed second in the National tournament.
Recently an unprecedented sporting event occurred which saw Edson fighting in a nationally televised Showtime event the same night that Andre was boxing on ESPN. The fact that the strong knit Berto Gamily was split on opposite sides of the country may have contributed to Edson’s sole ProElite loss.
Also featured on the card will be Chris Holder, a St. Petersburg standout wrestler from The Grind who will be taking on Chino Duran and Jack “The Giant Killer” Murphy, a local favorite who will be making his return back to RFC for a Featherweight contention.
Other undefeated RFC fighters include: Ralph Garcia, J Lee, James Austin, Miguel Gonzalez and Shamal McMillian.
RFC owner, Jason Freyre says “This is our ninth event in Tampa Bay and we will continue to give our thousands of fans the quality and entertainment value they have come to expect from RFC. Accordingly we are proud to announce that there will be a special Guest Appearance by UFC Lightweight Champion Sean “The Muscle Shark” Sherk who will be signing autographs from 6:30 to 7:30 so be there early to meet the Muscle Shark!”
The event will be taped for a future broadcast.
Mixed Martial Arts or MMA is a term for the combat sport in which two competitors attempt to achieve dominance over one another by utilizing three general tactics: striking, finishing holds, and control. The rules allow the combatants to use a variety of martial arts techniques, including punches, kicks, joint-locks, chokes, takedowns and throws. The sport features competitors from various martial arts such as Karate, Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, Boxing, Kickboxing, Wrestling and Judo.
It has become the hottest fight sport in the world drawing crowds of over 80,000 in the Asian markets. And now you can see for yourself what the excitement is all about on Saturday, September 15th live at the Sun Dome located at 4202 E. Fowler Ave. in Tampa, FL Doors open at 6:30 pm. Fights start @ 7:30 pm.
Tickets can be purchased through RFC at 813-964-9818 and all Ticketmaster locations, or by visiting Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com. Ticket Prices start at $25.00 for general admission.
For more information contact Denise at Denise@Realfightingchampionships.com or visit www.rfcmma.com