STRIKEFORCE Henderson vs. Babalu Feature Video

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Snow Brawl MMA Final Press Conference Quotes And Fighter Weights

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‘SNOW BRAWL’ WEIGHTS

Dany Lauzon (13-4-0), E. Bridgewater, MA 164 ½ LBS.
Damien Trites (5-3-0), Allston, Ma 165 LBS.

Tiawan Howard (7-5-0), Cleveland, OH 200 ½ LBS.
Greg Rebello (11-2-0), Providence, RI 197 LBS.

Jason Bennett (4-3-0), Middletown, CT 135 LBS.
Tateki Matsuda (4-3-0), Boston, MA 136 LBS.

Jeff Anderson (5-2-0), Lincoln, RI 154 LBS.
Hitalo Machado (6-4-0), Danbury, CT 156 LBS.

Lionel Young (4-4-0), Brockton, MA 156 LBS.
Luiz Rodrigues (3-0-0), Somerville, MA 155 LBS.

Doug Bolanes (Pro Debut), Framingham, MA 184 LBS.
Josh Labossiere (Pro Debut), Narragansett, RI 184 LBS.

Ruben Rey (1-1-0), Providence, RI 150 LBS.
James King (0-1-0), Brockton, MA 152 LBS.

Justin Switzer (0-1-0), Lincoln, RI 156 LBS.
Tyson Chartier (Pro Debut), Waltham, MA 156 LBS.

PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES

Dany Lauzon: “I’m looking forward to this fight. I’m in shape and ready to go. I made a lot of mistakes in the past, in training, but I’m ready to do this and get back where I was on the big stage.”

Damien Trites” “I love this sport and doing this. I respect Dan as a fighter. We really don’t like each other.”

Tiawan Howard: “I’m a competitor. I drove 11 hours. When I win, none go the distance. Tomorrow night somebody is getting knocked out or submitted in the first or second round.”

Greg Rebello: “I’ve been trying to get on this card for a while. I stayed in shape. Unfortunately, my training partner – Mike Campbell – got injured. I want to thank Tiawan for stepping up. I’m looking forward to it.”

FACT SHEET

Name: “Snow Brawl” MMA Show

Date: Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010

Venue: Twin River Event Center, Lincoln, RI

Promoter: Jimmy Burchfield’s CES MMA

Tickets: $25.00 (SRO), $50.00, $75.00 and $100.00 (VIP), are available to purchase by calling CES (401.724.2253/2254), going online at www.cesboxing.com or www.twinriver.com, at Twin River’s Players Club booth at Twin River, or any TicketMaster location.

Information: Contact CES (401.724.2253/2254/www.cesboxing.com) or the Twin River Event Center (877.82.RIVER/ www.twinriver.com) for more information. Doors open at 6:00 PM/ET, first bout at 7:00 PM/ET.

(Twin River has waived its 18+ rule for “Snow Brawl.” Anybody under the age of 18 must be accompanied at all times by an adult and they must enter through the West entrance.)

EXCITING WORLD-RANKED WELTERWEIGHT PAUL DALEY TO APPEAR ON MMA LIVE ON ESPN2 LATE NIGHT TOMORROW/THURSDAY

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WHO: Explosive Welterweight Brawler Paul “Semtex” Daley

WHERE: ESPN2

WHEN: Tomorrow/Thursday, Dec. 2 (late night) at 1 a.m. ET / 10 p.m. PT

WHAT: Interview on MMA LIVE Thursday on ESPN2

Daley will appear on MMA Live to discuss this Saturday’s STRIKEFORCE: Henderson vs. Babalu event at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, MO., live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast).

Daley will face fellow knockout artist Scott Smith in a SHOWTIME televised bout.

Daley, an exciting British bomber, and Smith, a superb Muay Thai striker with tremendous one-punch knockout power, have a combined 42 victories. But only five of those wins have come via decision, and all five belong to Daley.

The 5-foot-9, 27-year-old Daley earned a decision over Jorge Masvidal last Sept. 11. Prior to that, Daley’s last victory on points came on July 1, 2006.

Daley, who has compiled a highlight reel of impressive knockout victories, has competed against some of the best since turning professional in June 2003. Three of his most significant victories came against Masvidal, a 2:24, first-round KO (punches) over Dustin Hazelett on Jan. 2, 2010, and a 2:31, first-round TKO (punches) over Martin Kampmann on Sept. 19, 2009.

In the main event of the stacked STRIKEFORCE card at Scottrade Center, MMA superstar Dan Henderson, of Temecula, Calif., will face former STRIKEFORCE light heavyweight world champion Renato “Babalu” Sobral, of Brazil, in a rematch between world-class 205-pounders. In other televised fights, former world champ “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler will face 2000 Olympic Games silver medalist Matt “The Law” Lindland in a matchup of 185-pound contenders, world-ranked heavyweight Antonio “Big Foot” Silva will battle streaking star Mike “Mak” Kyle, and hard-hitting Benji “Razor” Radach will square off with former Univ. of Tennessee linebacker turned rising MMA star Ovince Saint Preux.

HOLLIE DUNAWAY JOINS BOXINGCHANNEL.COM

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COVERAGE OF DECEMBER 4th DONAIRE -SIDORENKO CARD

BoxingChannel.com will provide two full days of coverage of the December 4th Nonito Donaire-Volodymyr Sidorenko card, and introduce boxing champion and Penthouse model Hollie Dunaway as part of its coverage team. It can all be seen at www.boxingchannel.com.

Coverage will begin with the December 3rd weigh-in and also include full post-fight coverage. BoxingChannel.com executive producer and host Al Bernstein will anchor the coverage and be joined by Hollie Dunaway, a four-time world champion in women’s boxing and a sought-after model and spokesperson who appeared in the June, 2010 issue of Penthouse.

“We are delighted to have Hollie join our coverage team, she is emerging as a multi-media personality of the highest magnitude all around the world, as a model, spokesperson, television personality, and athlete,” stated Al Bernstein. Bernstein added: “The best part of all of this is that she’s a skilled and clever boxer who really understands the sport and can communicate her knowledge very well. That’s what sets her apart.” For more information on Hollie Dunaway go to: www.hotstuffhollie.com.

IN OTHER NEWS:

Dozens of world championship matches have now been rolled-out for free- viewing at www.boxingchannel.com. These include the great trilogy of Daniel Zaragoza vs. Paul Banke, labeled by most boxing experts as one of the most exciting and well fought trilogies in the history of the sport. Other champions in great matches include Oscar De La Hoya, Chiquita Gonzalez, Genaro Hernandez, Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez and Israel Vasquez.

These matches are just several of over 1200 fights that constitute the Forum Boxing Library. BoxingChannel.com has the exclusive rights to these matches and each week will be making more matches available on the channel for free viewing.

BERNARD HOPKINS MEDIA DAY QUOTES

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BERNARD HOPKINS, Former Two-Division World Champion and Future Hall of Famer

On his fight against Jean Pascal:

“I am doing something out of character. I am fighting in Canada. The stakes are raised more than normal when you walk into another guy’s territory.

“I have no problem fighting in Canada. I am at my best when I walk into another guy’s home. If he is good, I have to be super good.

“There is no magic trick to this. December 18 you are going to see me win this fight. Not just go the distance, but win by TKO or stoppage.

“I get a chance to be the oldest fighter in history to win a title. I get to continue to make history. How many times can an athlete do that?

“Winning is the most important thing. This is the playoffs. There is no tomorrow. No excuse. I am not going to embarrass myself.

“A lot of people believe that I can and will win this fight.”

On Jean Pascal:

“There is added pressure for him when you fight in your home. You get nervous because you don’t want to disappoint.

“A young guy like Pascal brings confidence to the table. He is confident. He is the champion.

“Pascal challenged me. Pascal called me out. He is risking his belt, and I am going to make him wish he hadn’t.

“Being young is a blessing. Having a young mind, young body, but you don’t look at things the way an accomplished person does.

“Either I am in trouble or he [Pascal] is in trouble. If they have told him the truth about me and my abilities, he is in trouble.

“Pascal called my name. The pressure is more on him than on me.

“I am going to dissect this guy. I am going to take him apart. Take him out of his comfort zone.

“I have to show that this guy is talented, but show a different level of education on my part. I am going to do the opposite of everything he does.”

On training:

“Training when you are older, you do get aches and pains that you didn’t experience. You get up at 6am when you don’t have to. That is the trickery of fighting at this age. It is a psychological thing. A mental thing that comes with experience.

“I love training in my hometown. People love you, protect you and respect you. People see me and I don’t have to have body guards. I am the most approachable athlete who has ever walked this land.

“Boxing is mental. The car doesn’t run the engine, the engine runs the car. The wear and tear have not taken their toll on my intellect.

“Once you get old, your worst enemy is youth. Ask some housewives that. Ask some corporate guys that, but every once in a while you get something different…and that is me. I am the most health conscious, clean-living person on earth.”

NAAZIM RICHARDSON, Hopkins’ Trainer

“Bernard is a historian. I see additional motivation in him. He is very interested in increasing the quality of his legacy and that is what this fight will do.

“Jean Pascal has physical ability, but you can’t measure a man’s ambition just by watching his past fights.

“Froch was able to meet and exceed Pascal’s level of ambition, and that is what Bernard can do as well.”

Ali Adams Returns To KO Nick Okoth

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The World’s only Arab Heavyweight Ali Adams made a spectacular return to the ring, following his points defeat by Matt Skelton at the Matchroom Sports Prizefighter – Heavyweights 4 back in October, by knocking out Battersea’s fighting fireman Nick Okoth.

On Monday evening the Heavyweight bout featuring Ali Adams and Nick
Okoth headlined a four fight Dinner Show, held in a magnificent marquee
set up in Coram’s Field in Bloomsbury.

The first round mainly consisted of the former gym mates more or less
doing a hard sparring display rather than an out and out fight. Round two though was a totally different fight as Okoth stepped things up and went hard on the offensive. Adams responded with some good stiff jabs to keep the ever advancing Okoth at bay. About thirty seconds or so in to the round Okoth tried to rough up Adams and in doing so left himself open for the big Kensington based Iraqi to throw a big left hook over the top to send Okoth crashing to the deck.

Following his return to the Ultrachem TKO gym today Adams spoke of the win. “It was a good experience and I’m happy to get the win. It was a real good punch. I’m happy Nick is OK because he is a good friend of mine.

People now see I’m more and more aggressive. I will go and destroy anybody in the ring. I’ve got to go and do the business. Boxing is a fighting game you know.“

TKO supremo Johnny Eames, who trains Adams, then gave his view of the superb win. “It was a really good performance by Ali Adams on Monday night. Just the performance he needed after his disappointment at Prizefighter. It showed what we all suspected he had , he’s got punching power. He’s lacked a little bit of self belief. Hopefully we’re getting him there with it now.

Who knows with Heavyweights there always just one punch away from winning or losing. Maybe this is the return for Ali winning. Let’s hope so.”

A STATEMENT FROM AUDLEY HARRISON

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“The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It isn’t a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.” Benjamin Mays

“After spending some time away reflecting on the fight and outcome, I have made the decision to continue my journey in boxing and carry on my career as a professional. The David Haye experience had many highs away from the ring and I’m happy I had a great training camp and worked with two of my brothers again in camp. I surrounded myself with a world class team and pushed myself to the limit in training and left my changing room knowing I had given my all to get to this point.

The outcry from the fight is expected as I didn’t get the result I wanted and the critics have once again tried to bury me under the rubble and hope I disappear. All I can say is I had a game plan and went into the ring to win. The way the fight ended was frustrating to me as I didn’t get going and was just settling into my rhythm.

Both styles of feinting and moving was off-setting the both of us in the first two rounds and I was just zoning in on his rhythm when he got through.

I’ll never be crash – bang – wallop and I’m glad about that; my style is unique but can run into problems like all styles can and I got caught by a good set of punches to go down. I give David credit as I never expected him to hurt me as he did, but anyone could see it was a premature stoppage and I should have been allowed to carry on and ride out the rough patch, even if that meant I would have got KO’d.

I think the Vitali Klitschko beating of Shannon Briggs a few weeks earlier and the public outcry made the referee jump in early and I was denied the opportunity to show my grit, determination and desire to be in there and compete and try to get back on level terms.

Let the haters and negative comments continue – I don’t really care. I know me and I can sleep at night as I’m happy with who I am today. Yes it hurts not to achieve your goals, but we roll up our sleeves and we try again; such is the beauty of life.”

Balker Ready To Bounce Back After Controversial Stoppage

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Exciting Dutch Cruiserweight Mitchell Balker’s first UK fight proved to be a baptism of fire, in more ways than one. Mitchell, who recently relocated to London to be managed and co-trained by Johnny Eames at his Ultrachem TKO Gym in Canning Town, faced highly rated Matty Askin on the undercard of Matthew Hatton’s European title defense in Bolton last Friday.

Taking on Great Britain’s unbeaten number eight ranked Cruiser on his first UK outing, in doing so risking his own hard earned ‘O’, shows the size of Mitchell’s cojones and more so the faith Johnny Eames has in his hard punching charge.

It was never going to be an easy fight and sure enough Mitchell did lose his precious ‘O’, but in highly controversial fashion, following a rather strange decision by the referee, to step in and stop the fight whilst Mitchell and Matty Askin were busy exchanging punches.

Following a training session, with co-trainer Derek Grainger, an anything but down hearted Mitchell spoke briefly on the fight, “I have to watch the tape to be sure. What Johnny (Eames) says is that I lost the first round, so the second round I came back.

Third round I started hurting the guy, but I have to see the tape back, because I got a eight seconds (count), I stood up, fought back. The guy jumped on me, I fought back and the ref stopped the fight though.

I couldn’t believe what happened so I was asking why he stopped the fight. But that’s what it is, it is though. That’s what happened so I just want to see the tape.

I’m back in the gym and work hard for the January fight.”

Whilst Mitchell is unclear on what had gone on, being rather busy at the time battling with a very good opponent, his manager and co-trainer, Johnny Eames, had a much clearer view of the proceedings. “First round Mitchell came out and was walking Askin down” said Johnny, “but he wasn’t throwing the punches, so he was walking on to the jab quite often, although it wasn’t a stiff jab, it wasn’t stopping Mitchell in his tracks and anything Askin was throwing missed as Mitchell was either blocking or slipping, but he just wasn’t getting his own punches off.

I think that was probably because it was his first time with us and him trying too hard more than anything else.

He had done a little better in the second round and had a little bit more success. But I still gave that round to Askin because his constant jab, which again was blocked most of the time but was finding the target occasionally and Mitchell again was closing his own work down although not as much as the first round.

The third round Mitchell finally got to do more that I asked him to do. I told him he had to throw punches when walking him back. We changed our tactics a bit, usually I would say if the first punch don’t land, don’t throw the second but we said if the first punch don’t land make sure you throw the second and third but moving your feet in.

He was having loads of success and actually hurt Askin a few times. I believe Askin has said as much himself in recent interviews when he said that Mitchell is the hardest puncher that he’s fought. That was shown by the fact of how often Mitchell was hitting him and a couple of times it rocked him.

Mitchell was well winning the third round up until the point of getting clipped by a short right hook over the top of his left lead, which made him touch down momentarily. He jumped up, too soon really, whether it hurt or not I still think you should still take the eight count, you should take it on one knee rather than standing up. But Mitchell through inexperience, being the first time he’s been down, jumped up too soon. The referee’s finished the eight count and said carry on.

Askin then came onto the attack and they both ended up on the ropes in Mitchell’s own corner. They were both trading, no one was throwing more punches than the other. They were both equally throwing the same sort of punches and then quite unexpectedly the referee stepped in and stopped the fight.

Mitchell was clearly unhurt and protesting that the fight shouldn’t have been stopped and I had words with the referee.

Afterwards when talking with Richard Poxon, Ricky Hatton and numerous of Hatton’s people everybody agreed that the fight shouldn’t have been stopped but they’re glad it was because it looked like Mitchell was getting on top.

For me it’s a fight we’ll always want a rematch with. Not necessarily right away, give Mitchell a couple of fights and if they’re willing to have a rematch we’ll have one.”

Now that’s a mouth watering prospect, and a chance for Mitchell to right the wrong done to him, but as Johnny said that is something for the future. Right now, Mitchell has already put the Askin fight well behind him and is back in the gym focusing on his next outing, which will be on the Graham Earl Promotions 22nd January 20111 show at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London.

Tickets for The Graham Earl Promotions event at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London on Saturday 22nd January 2011 will be available shortly.

For tickets call: 07960 850645, book on-line at www.tkoboxoffice.com or in person at The Ultrachem TKO Gym, Gillian House, Stephenson Street, Canning Town, London E16 4SA.

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