FIGHTERS WANTED: MMA RECRUITER CLASSIFIEDS
Posted on | April 9, 2008 | No Comments
Brawl at the Beach is looking for Pro and Amateur MMA Fighters to fill spots on their upcoming fight card July 19th in Jacksonville, NC. This event will be held at Camp Lejeune.
If you are interested in fight on this card contact:
Edward Holman
BrawlattheBeach@aol.com
Extinction Promotions is looking for a Male Amateur MMA Fighter to fill a spot on their May 3rd fight card in Aguada, Puerto Rico. This must be your debut amateur fight.
Opponent is 23 years old male fight with 6 months of wrestling/ grappling and 1 year of kickboxing experience. Record is 0-0-0 this is his debut.
*Travel experience is not covered
If you are interested in getting on this card contact:
extinctionpromotions@gmail.com
www.COLORADOFIGHTEVENTS.com presents BATTLEQUEST 8: TAPOUT!
Posted on | April 9, 2008 | 4 Comments
April 8th, 2008
Denver, CO
On Friday April 11th, BATTLEQUEST returns to the Denver area with its eighth installment entitled TAPOUT!.
In one of the evening’s feature bouts, rising female star Cat Albert returns to the cage. Colorado Fight Event’s Ann Dain recently spoke with Cat.
“Cat Albert is already a favorite on the MMA circuit for good reason. Not only is Cat a well-trained, strategic and talented competitor but she is also beautiful and seemingly unscarred from her trips to the ring. It would be easy to dismiss the athletic prowess of such an attractive woman but that would be a mistake. Cat has dominated every sport she has been exposed to since she was a child.
There have been a handful of highly influential people in Cat’s life that have brought her to where she is today. One of her early mentors was her PE coach in middle school, John Zatigan. Cat later wrote her college entrance essay on Zatigan for which she earned an “A”. Zatigan encouraged Cat in many athletic disciplines. It seemed that there wasn’t a sport that had a long learning curve for her. Whatever she tried may have been new on the first outing but with exposure, she would dominate the field. Not only did this ability to excel exhibit itself in sports that would conventionally accept female competitors such as soccer, volleyball, dancing, swimming (setting a long standing record for the butterfly at age 10) and track (wiping out her older sister’s former track records) but she was the lone female wrestler on the Boulder County Fairview High School wrestling team. Many of the opposing team coaches hoped she would tire of the grappling and disappear and others were so resentful of her presence that they wouldn’t shake her hand if she had a win over one of their team members.
Such slights did not discourage the young Cat as she had strong encouragement from her very biggest fan, her mother. Cat describes her mother as being a loud lady who may not have always understood the sport for which she was cheering on her daughter but always made sure that she was heard! Cat’s mother died two years ago but the momentum she began, lives on. Following her death and the relocation of her widowed father, Cat adopted her former wrestling coach, Jim Heun, as a surrogate father and grandfather to her 20 month old son, Brayden. It was actually the pregnancy and birth of Brayden that brought Cat to her first Jiu Jitsu gym to get back into shape. The rest is history – here was yet another sport to drive the competitive fever of this naturally talented athlete.
When asked how familiar Cat was with her upcoming Battlequest opponent, Krystal Macatol, Cat revealed that she knew Krystal to be a “rambunctious kick-boxer”. Cat’s last match-up ended in a loss so she made it very clear that come Friday night she was “head set on kicking some butt”. In spite of the aggression that is sure to be present in the ring Friday night at Battlequest, it is an interesting dichotomy to simultaneously witness the soft nurturing side of Cat, mother of Brayden and Cat, significant-other to her partner, Mauricio Zingano. As indicative of her name, Cat Albert has the complex skill set to shift from the purring persona of her domestic life to the alley cat seeking dominance once she enters the ring. She is always entertaining and nearly always triumphant. Friday will most certainly be no different.”
The Cat Albert-Krystal Macatol bout will be a part of the BATTLEQUEST 8: TAPOUT! event. The 12 bout fight card will feature some of the area’s top fighters. The event will take place at the Softball Country Sports Pavilion at 2101 West 64th Avenue. Doors will open at 6:30 and the first bout starts promptly at 7:30 pm.
WOMEN’S SUPERFIGHT ADDED TO AN ALREADY STELLAR CARD!!
WCL fighter Angela “THE BOMB” Hayes takes on EliteXC veteran Julie Kedzie at Battlequest 8: TAPOUT!
Angela Hayes has been a student of the martial arts since childhood. She is a world class striker , competing at the world level in Sport Karate, Kickboxing, and Muay Thai. She has recently transitioned to MMA. She was nick named the “BOMB” because she has KO power in both kicks and punches. Hayes combines that with world class athleticism to be a major force in combat sports.
Julie Kedzie has competed in martial art competitions for 18 years. She has studied a variety of martial arts including Modern Arnis, Sayoc Kali, Jeet-Kune-Do, Muay Thai and Submission Wrestling. She has won numerous titles, including first place at the Extreme Grappling Open, a World Kickboxing National Title and the Hook-N-Shoot Women’s 135 pound World Championship.
BATTLEQUEST 8 FULL BOUT SHEET
Main Event 135 lbs
Vern Baca vs. John Dodson
Littleton, CO Albuquerque, NM
Co-Main Event 135 lbs
Angela Hayes vs. Julie Kedzie
Colo Springs, CO Albuquerque, NM
BATTLEQUEST Middle Weight Championship
Ian Berg vs. Vadian La Luz
Denver, CO Albuquerque, NM
130 lbs Feature Bout
Cat Albert vs. Krystal Macatol
Broomfield, CO Albuquerque, NM
170 lbs Feature Bout
Ralston Baker vs. Ryan Mckee
Ft. Collins, CO Denver, CO
205 lbs Prestige Bout
Rory O’Farrell vs. Coy Sasse
Ft. Collins, CO Rapid City,SD
145 lbs Prestige Bout
Tyler Rodgers vs. Angelo Gallegos
Glenwood Springs, Co Albuquerque, NM
170 lbs Prestige Bout
Jay Wymer vs. Rob Celani
Arvada, Co Aurora, Co
210 lbs Prelim Bout
Zac Matthews vs. Cody East
Prescott, AZ Albuquerque, NM
145 lbs Prelim Bout
Kevin Lucero vs. Roberto Rodriguez
Arvada, Co Ft.Carson, CO
185 lbs Prelim Bout
Phil Gonzalez vs. John Doramus
Pueblo, CO Aurora, CO
170 lbs Prelim Bout
Matt Simms vs. Travis Ramirez
Broomfield, CO Glenwood Springs, CO
BATTLEQUEST is known as a breeding ground for new talent and is the feeder show to the popular RING OF FIRE Championship Fighting promotion.
**TAPOUT WILL BE AT BATTLEQUEST**
You have watched their show on the Versus Network!
You have seen them cageside at the UFC and WEC events!
Now this is your chance to join MASK, PUNKASS and SKYSCRAPE live and in person as their TV show rolls through the Mile High city.
“Traveling around the country in a tricked out tour bus, the crew is on the hunt to discover a fighter who has what it takes to represent the TapouT label; and before these up and comers fight their way out of the cage, they have to fight their way in with the TapouT crew. The crew bonds with their fighter testing out his personality, and in between the usual TapouT mayhem makes sure their new protégé gets the proper training before the big fight. In each episode, it’s all on the line in the dramatic conclusion as each fighter gets one shot to impress the crew and show off his skills in the cage.”
Last year TAPOUT filmed at a RING OF FIRE event. The episode was seen by millions of MMA fans across the world, and helped to launch the career of Donald COWBOY Cerrone.
Come and be a part of the national TV show filming, live, April 11th as they hit the Battlequest 8 event in search of their next big MMA breakout star!
Tickets can be purchased at any KING SOOPERS location or online at www.ticketswest.com. You can also charge by phone at 866-464-2626. Doors will open at 6:30 and the first bout will start promptly at 7:30 p.m.
Ticket Prices:
Rows 1-2 $50.00
Rows 3-6 $35.00
Rows 7-14 $25.00
Bleachers $25.00
Visit www.rofmma.com and www.coloradofightevents.com over the next few weeks for updates to the fight card, in depth interviews and fighter bios.
Tags: Ann Dain > Battlequest > Cat Albert > Denver > Jim Heun > John Zatigan > Krystal Macatol > Mauricio Zingano > Mixed Martial Arts > MMA > Ring of Fire > tapout > wrestling coach
MTX MMA FIGHTER C.B. DOLLAWAY IN THE NEWS
Posted on | April 9, 2008 | No Comments
Phoenix, AZ) – MTX Audio, the leader in high performance mobile audio products, is proud to announce that MTX MMA fighter, C.B. Dollaway, has earned a spot on
The Ultimate Fighter 7. The reality show series kicked off Wednesday, April 2nd with a fiery new format designed to raise the bar of the hit show on Spike TV.
Each week, fight fans watch as UFC light heavyweight champion, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, and number one contender, Forrest Griffin, coach the top up-and-coming middleweights in mixed martial arts as they compete for a UFC contract and recognition as The Ultimate Fighter. C.B. Dollaway (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC), a freestyle fighter out of Arizona Combat Sports in Tempe, AZ and a member of the MTX MMA Fight Team, will be battling his way to the top with 31 other middleweight fighters competing in tournament-style competition. In the first episode of the season, all 32 combatants went head to head to stay on the show. 16 fighters were eliminated in the first day and the other 16 will stay on the show to compete for the coveted UFC contract. In this episode, C.B. makes his presence felt in the UFC by defeating David Baggett (4-2) with a powerful display of leg kicks, elbows, and strikes that drives Baggett to the ground. Dollaway made quick work of Baggett and impressed the coaches and UFC President, Dana White.
With this opportunity, Dollaway is focused on making a name for himself in the UFC. Over 1.7 million viewers tuned into the first episode of The Ultimate Fighter 7 where they were treated to the insightful confessions and dominating performance of C.B. Dollaway. Dollaway is supported by MTX Audio as a member of the MTX MMA Fight Team. His appearance on the show will establish Dollaway as a household name and with a few wins, C.B. could potentially solidify a fight contract within the UFC where he will represent MTX Audio. C.B. will also be recapping the previous night’s episode and conversing with fans every week in his personal blog on www.mmajunkie.com . In the blog, Dollaway will give readers an inside track to some of the things you may not see on TV.
With 6 previous seasons under its belt, The Ultimate Fighter 7 looks to be the best season yet. With millions tuning in to see who will be the next UFC superstar, people are already watching intently and hoping to see C.B.’s hand raised high in victory. The Ultimate Fighter 7 airs on Spike TV on Wednesday nights at 10PM EST.
MTX fighters are both up-and-comers, title contenders, and title contenders, world champions in various M.M.A. organizations. Visit www.mtx.com or www.myspace.com/mtxaudio for up-to-date information regarding the MTX M.M.A. team
Tags: CB Dolloway > Mixed Martial Arts > MMA > MTX > Spike TV > The Ultimate Fighter > UFC > Ultimate Fighting Championship
McGirt vs. DeLeon in battle between sons of former world champs
Posted on | April 9, 2008 | No Comments
Friday night on ShoBox from Miami
VERO BEACH, Florida (April 9, 2008) – The marketing of unbeaten super middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr. (18-0, 9 KOs) spikes Friday night when the son of former world champion James “Buddy” McGirt fights in his first scheduled 10-round bout against the offspring another ex-world title holder, Carlos “Baby Sugar” DeLeon, Jr. (19-2-2, 12 KOs), in the 10-round co-feature on ShoBox, airing live from Miccosukee Resort in Miami.
“I had an excellent training camp, about two months long, and I’m ready to go,” James said. “All of the hard work has been done. My dad (and head trainer) watched tapes of DeLeon. He’s told me what to do and what to watch out for. That’s the way we always do it. Nobody breaks down tapes and analyzes opponents better than my father. I don’t watch tapes; I just do what he teaches me. Working with Glen Johnson has been great for me. He brings a lot of experience to the table and a lot of pressure. I really liked the work.”
The fathers of McGirt and DeLeon were world champions at the same time in 1988. McGirt, Sr., who had a 73-6-1 (48 KOs) record as a pro, was a 2-time world champion in two weight classes (IBF light welterweight 1988, WBC welterweight 1991-93). Carlos “Sugar” DeLeon, Sr., 52-8-1 (32 KOs) as a pro, was a 4-time WBC cruiserweight champion (1980-82, 1983-85, 1986-88, 1989).
“Training has been good, no complaints,” Buddy McGirt remarked. “The best part was working with Glen Johnson. No matter who we fight, they can’t put pressure on like Glen Johnson. They offered to pay James to spar with Glen, but we did it for the experience. DeLeon is a good fighter. His specialty is a double left hook. The key is to nullify it.
“James’ strength and conditioning program has helped him a great deal. You can see the difference in his body, especially his legs. Plus, he’s maturing. I’ve put him in the gym with the best to test him, and James has gained a lot of valuable experience that way.”
McGirt, rated No. 26 by the WBC, is a southpaw originally from Brentwood, New York, now living and fighting out of Vero Beach, Florida. DeLeon, rated No. 29 by the WBC, is the reigning USNBC champion from Puerto Rico.
“Friday night is where we wanted to be (ShoBox in first 10-round fight),” McGirt’s manager Dennis Witherow explained. “We did this like a business plan with long range plans. We knew that it was going to take time to get there. A win in this fight will be a big leap towards where we want to get. Ideally, we’ll get a look at a top 15 or bigger name opponent. One different thing about James now is that outside of the ring he understands boxing is a business. He’s not a trash talker like other guys, preferring to let his hands do the talking, but he realizes he has to market himself. He’s been talking to kids in school, attending charity events, and he’ll be doing more things he really enjoys like that.
“James is proud of who he is. He is a true student of the art of boxing. He’s been educated in boxing his entire life. Not only has he learned how to be a good boxer, he knows when to box and throw certain punches, not just throwing ‘em at random. His strength is going to be the biggest surprise. His conditioning has always been great, but the conditioning and weights program he’s been on has made a huge difference.”
Part of McGirt’s marketing campaign includes a mission statement to become the first family in boxing to feature father-son world champions with the former working his natural son’s corner as head trainer when the latter captures a major world title. The McGirts want to make boxing history together and the next chapter starts Friday night on ShoBox.
-JM-
Tags: Buddy McGirt > Carlos “Baby Sugar” DeLeon > Florida > James McGirt > Jr. > Miccosukee Resort > ShoBox > VERO BEACH
FIGHTERS WANTED: MMA RECRUITER CLASSIFIEDS
Posted on | April 8, 2008 | No Comments
CXF is looking for Pro Fighters to fill spots on their upcoming fight card on April 12th in Upland, CA. Here are the weight classes and fighters needed.
Heavyweight – must have no more than 3 fight. No pro debuts.
160 lbs fighting against 3-1 fighter.
135 lbs fighting against 3-6 fighter.
* All interested fighters must have current CA medicals.
If you are interested in fighting please contact:
Craig Zimmerman
949-716-2557
craig@mezsports.com
or
Val Leedy
714-420-9747
Burlington Brawl is looking for an Amateur MMA Male Heavyweight and a Female 155lb MMA Fighter to fill spots on their upcoming fight card October 2008 in Burlington, Vermont.
If you are interested in fighting on this card go to www.myspace.com/burlingtonbrawl or www.revolutionfighters.com for more information.
*Burlington Brawl isalways taking applications for other weigh classes and levels.
Joshua Clottey “Cintron Is Running From Me!”
Posted on | April 8, 2008 | No Comments
By Matt Yanofsky
I had the opportunity to speak with IBF #1 ranked welterweight and perhaps the most avoided fighter in boxing Joshua “The Hitter” Clottey 34-2 (20 KO’s). Clottey is coming off an impressive 5th round TKO over tough veteran Jose Luis Cruz on April 3rd.
MY: Joshua what’s going on? You were very impressive in stopping Jose Luis Cruz but some feel the stoppage was premature. What is your comment on the stoppage and your performance?
JC: I did what I had to do but I am not a referee so it was his job to call the fight. At the time the referee (Ricky Gonzalez) stopped it; Cruz was receiving too many punches and so that’s why he ended it.
MY: Prior to facing Cruz, you outpointed the unbeaten Shamone Alvarez fairly easily to become the mandatory challenger to Kermit Cintron. Why is Antonio Margarito fighting Cintron this Saturday and not you?
JC: Cintron keeps running away from me. In 2004 when I was with Lou Dibella (Dibella Entertainment) we tried to make the fight with Cintron and he avoided me then too!
MY: I spoke with Bob Arum recently at a Press conference and he is telling me that you will most likely be fighting for a vacant belt in the near future. This is because if Miguel Cotto wins on April 12th, he will face the winner of the IBF title fight between Kermit Cintron-Antonio Margarito (with the winner having to vacate the IBF belt if they don’t face you). If this is the case, are you happy to fight for a vacant belt or are you upset because you will not get a shot at the winner of Cintron-Margarito?
JC: I am very upset at the situation but I hope I can still get the winner. If the title is vacated, I’ll just have to work with the situation.
MY: Since your tough loss to Antonio Margarito in December 2006, you have somewhat taken his place as the most avoided fighter on the planet. Are you proud to be known as that or are you frustrated top fighters won’t step in the ring with you?
JC: That is funny because before I fought Margarito, they kept the contract for awhile before signing it at the last minute. This is because even then they were worried about me! Many people saw our fight and I should have beaten him. I asked for a rematch but Margarito’s manager said no we are going another way so that’s how it is.
MY: Will you move up to 154 if the top welterweights continue to duck you or will you just keep winning at 147 until they are basically forced to fight you?
JC: I will definitely stay at 147 I am a welterweight.
MY: As previously mentioned, this Saturday is a big day for the welterweight division. Who are you picking in the Cintron-Margarito and Cotto-Gomez fight and why?
JC: I think Cotto and Margarito will win and I would love to fight either of them. Neither man will have an easy time though.
MY: Joshua thanks for your time. Do you have any thing to say in closing to your fans and the readers out there?
JC: I want to thank all my fans for their support and thank you for taking the time to speak with me.
Tags: Antonio Margarito > Bob Arum > Dibella Entertainment > Jose Luis Cruz > Joshua Clottey > Kermit Cintron > Lou Dibella > Matt Yanofsky > Miguel Cotto > Ricky Gonzalez > Shamone Alvarez > welterweight > welterweight boxing
NEULION PACKS A PUNCH WITH THE IFL
Posted on | April 7, 2008 | No Comments
International Fight League Partners With IPTV Service Provider NeuLion For Its End-To-End Service
Plainview, NY & New York – April 7, 2008 – IPTV service provider NeuLion and the International Fight League (IFL) announce today a new partnership to deliver The IFL Network to fans worldwide.
The International Fight League is one of the world’s premier Mixed Martial Arts fighting organizations, currently in its second year of operation.
The new IFL Network brings fans closer to the action and is the next best thing to being ringside. The IFL Network is free to viewers and has already attracted many top advertisers. Through its iPTV service, NeuLion will also provide the IFL with complete billing services to support pay-per-view, registration, and future subscriptions. The IFL will be able to offer live events and video on demand showing the preparation fighters endure before going inside the ring.
This announcement follows the successful launch of NeuLion iPTV networks for the National Hockey League, New York Knicks, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Toronto Maple Leafs regional sports network, New York Dragons, Cuban Baseball and others.
“NeuLion Sport Networks continue to grow. We are excited to have the IFL as a new network and partner. It gives fans the opportunity to watch the best IFL content as never seen before. Consumers prefer to have a choice in watching sports on either the TV or the PC and that is something we specialize in, since our platform can deliver to either device,” said Chris Wagner, executive vice president and co-founder of NeuLion.
“We have had some of our greatest success, both internationally and domestically, on the television and digital platforms, and partnering with an industry trailblazer such as NeuLion gives us another piece to the new media puzzle that others don’t have,” said IFL CEO Jay Larkin. “The future of MMA lies in growing the sport and telling the stories of our young and dynamic athletes and coaches, and this will be a great stage to further reach that goal.”
The IFL Network is now live and can be accessed by visiting http://www.ifl.tv/Video.html. Viewers can watch high quality video right from their web browser and have the option of sharing videos through NeuLion’s syndication features. Other social networking IFL opportunities for online chat, text messaging, and Fantasy Fighters will be added to the service in the future.
Leveraging NeuLion’s iPTV platform to broadcast content, the IFL Network is user friendly and can be accessed anywhere, anytime. The IFL Network features elements such as: What’s New, Behind the Ropes, Live Events, IFL on TV, Championship bouts and much more.
The IFL is currently televised in the United States on Fox Sports Net and HDNet and in over 70 countries worldwide. This exciting video player caters to the growing fan base and gives consumers one central place to access all things IFL and watch the latest content not available anywhere else.
To access the IFL Network please visit http://www.ifl.tv/Video.html and a complete media kit can be found at http://www.neulion.com/IFL.
Log-on, put on your gloves and step inside the ring today.
About NeuLion:
NeuLion is an IPTV service provider that builds broadcasting networks operating over the Internet. By using the public Internet, content can reach viewers anywhere in the world.
NeuLion customers are interested in reaching specific markets with a broadcast television and video streaming service or are broadband providers looking for new applications. NeuLion offers an end-to-end service that delivers content directly to the TV, PC or a variety of other consumer devices.
Programming carried by NeuLion includes sports, religious networks, broadcast television from international providers and others. The technology used by NeuLion allows streaming video to be delivered at lower bandwidths than cable and satellite television signals without sacrificing picture quality. NeuLion’s service also allows Customers to have their own network. To learn more visit www.neulion.com
About the IFL:
International Fight League™ (IFL) has its headquarters in New York and offices in Las Vegas. For more information about IFL, please see: www.ifl.tv.
Tags: IFL > International Fight League > IPTV > Mixed Martial Arts > MMA > NeuLion > New York > NY > Plainview > Service Provider
MMA Returns to the Rose Garden Arena for HDNet Fights Presents SportFight XXII: Re-Awakening
Posted on | April 7, 2008 | 1 Comment
Who: SportFight XXII: Re-Awakening
When: Friday, April 18, 2008 7:00PM PST
Where: Rose Quarter – Rose Garden, Portland, Oregon
Tickets: Tickets are priced as low as $25 (call for VIP prices) and can be purchased at the Rose Quarter Box Office (M-F 10am-5pm), all participating Safeway/TicketsWest outlets, by calling 877.789.ROSE (7673), or at ComcastTIX.com. For more information please visit RoseQuarter.com. Prices do not include service charges. To receive event notices, pre-sale opportunities, discounts and prizes join our free Rose Quarter CyberClub at RoseQuarter.com.
What: SportFight founder and MMA superstar Matt “The Law” Lindland has teamed up with Mark Cuban and HDNet to deliver yet another adrenaline-pumping night of mixed martial arts action at the Rose Garden on Friday, April 18 at 7:00pm. SportFight XXII: Re-Awakening will offer up a stacked fight card featuring some of the most skilled and exciting athletes from both the Northwest and beyond, and will be broadcast live across the country in crystal-clear 1080i high definition.
“We are excited to show the rest of the world what Portland already knows. There is great MMA action in SportFight and we are proud to partner with Matt on this awesome fight card,” said Andrew Simon, CEO of HDNet Fights.
Local fight fans and a national TV audience will be treated a total of 12 stellar matchups, culminating in two main-event battles that will feature the quick and explosive athletes of the featherweight and lightweight divisions.
“We’re going to give the crowd the action-packed lightweights, but we’re also going to have some of the big boys going at it too,” said Lindland, President of SportFight, LLC., referring to the three bruising heavyweight fights scheduled. “This fight card has a little bit of everything.”
In the Main Event: SportFight veteran Enoch Wilson will put his belt and two-year reign as featherweight champion on the line when he takes on Mike Joy, a talented newcomer who earned his top contender status after an impressive unanimous decision victory over Zach George at SportFight 21. Both men have shown that they are equally comfortable standing and trading blows or taking the fight to the ground, which should make for an entertaining and strategic battle of wills.
In the Co-Main Event: Ed Nuno and Tommy Truex will face off for the number one contender spot and a shot at lightweight champion Travis Bush. Nuno, a heavy-handed and exciting fighter who lost his welterweight belt to Michael Pierce last December, will move down to the lightweight division in hopes of another chance at SportFight glory. But he will have his hands full with Truex, an up-and-comer who secured an impressive unanimous decision victory over Ferrid Kheder at SportFight 21.
Tickets are on sale now ($25, $32, $48 and $132) and can be purchased at the Rose Quarter Box Office (10:00AM–5:00PM, M–F), participating Safeway/TicketsWest outlets, at ComcastTIX.com or by calling 877-789-ROSE (7673). Visit RoseQuarter.com for more information.
Main event
Featherweight
Enoch Wilson, Sportfight Champion (13-4) Team Quest/OJJ / Beaverton , OR vs. Mike Joy, (17-3) Alonso BJJ/ Johnson KB / Olympia , WA
Co-Main Event
Lightweight
Ed Nuno Former SF Champion (3-1) Team Quest / Gresham , OR vs Tommy Truex (2-1), Greg Jackson’s MMA/Albuquerque, NM
Heavyweight
Eric Smith, (3-0), / Boise , ID vs. Andrew Pedersen, (3-1), / Vancouver , BC
Lightweight
Lance Wipf (6-1) Las Vegas , NV vs. Dave Jansen (6-0) Team Quest / Corbett , OR
Featherweight
Brian Caraway, (8-2) Yakama MMA / Yakama , WA . vs. Jeff Houland, (8-4) fight Control/ Modesto , CA
Middleweight
Jon Krohn (3-1) Team Quest / Portland , OR vs Damian Dantibo (3-1) DFCC / Roseburg , OR
Heavyweight
Sunia Filikitonga, (3-0), / Huston , TX vs. Thomas Naylor, (4-0), / Dallas , TX
Welterweight
Nathan Coy (2-0) Team Quest / Portland , OR Jerrod Jones (1-1) DFCC/ Roseburg , OR
HeavyWeight
Josh Bennitt, (4-2) Team Quest /Camas, WA. vs. Matt Kovacs (1-1) Seattle, WA.
Middleweight
Tyson Jefferies, (5-3) Team Quest / Portland , OR . vs. John Clift milwaukie , OR . (3-1)
Heavyweight
Justin Moody (6-0) Spokane BJJ / Spokane , WA . vs. Daniel Krug , (5-1), Impact BJJ / Beaverton , OR
Lightweight
Eric Casanova (1-0) Team Quest / Portland , OR vs Ray Lewis Barringer MA / Portland , OR Debut
About SportFight
Founded in 2003 by Matt Lindland and Randy Couture, SportFight is the leading mixed martial arts promotion in the northwestern United States . Together with its subsidiary brands, “Proving Grounds” and “Clash at the Casino,” SportFight has produced more than 30 live MMA events in Oregon , Nevada and Colorado.
SportFight was Oregon’s first sanctioned mixed martial arts promotion and has served as a showcase for many of the sport’s emerging stars and best-known veterans, such as Sean Sherk, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, Jeff Monson, Chris Leben, Ed Herman, Gesias “JZ” Calvancanti, Paul Daley, Chael Sonnen and Dennis Hallman. Furthermore, SportFight has graduated fighters to every major MMA organization, including the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Pride FC, K-1, the International Fight League, BodogFIGHT and Elite XC.
Check out SportFight TV every Saturday at 10 pm on Comcast SportsNet. SportFight has an extensive library of event footage and highlight compilations that are available on DVD at Wal-Mart, Hollywood Video and many other retail locations. For more information, visit www.sportfight.tv.
About HDNet
HDNet (www.hd.net) provides viewers with the best in original comedy, drama, news, sports and music programming.
HDNet is your exclusive, high definition home for popular, critically acclaimed original programming, including television’s only HD news feature program “HDNet World Report”, “Dan Rather Reports” featuring legendary journalist Dan Rather and “NASA on HDNet” (presenting live shuttle launches through 2010). HDNet presents championship sports coverage featuring the National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, NASCAR Grand National Division, NASCAR NEXTEL Cup re-broadcasts, boxing and Mixed Martial Arts through its new HDNet Fights initiative; groundbreaking music programming with the HDNet Concert Series featuring leading artists and bands including U2, Coldplay, Gwen Stefani and more; entertaining and irreverent lifestyle programming including “Deadline!”, “Art Mann Presents”, and “Get Out!” HDNet is also the exclusive high definition home to critically acclaimed and award winning programs such as the Emmy Award winning “Arrested Development”, “The Black Donnellys”, “Blade: The Series”, “Star Trek: Enterprise”, “Smallville”, ”Joan of Arcadia”, “Boomtown” and “Andy Richter Controls the Universe”.
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