Bas Rutten leads World-Class Announcing Team into ‘War on the Mainland’ PPV show
Posted on | August 5, 2010 | No Comments
Sylvia-Buentello headlines one of 3 PWP Title fights Aug. 14 in Irvine, CA
SAN DIEGO (Aug. 5, 2010) – The August 14th “War on the Mainland” Pay-Per-View event, showcasing three Powerhouse World Promotions (PWP) LLC title fights, will feature a world-class announcing team, PWP CESO Brian Manna announced today.
Bas Rutten, one of the most recognizable figures in mixed martial arts, will be the color commentator/ring interviewer, joining blow-by-blow announcer Benny Ricardo in the television booth. “Classy” Jimmy Lennon, Jr. will serve as the ring announcer.
“We’ve put together one of the best MMA announcing teams in this business, along with one of the all-time great ring announcers,” Manna noted. “It was very important for us to have the best announcers working our first pay-per-view show. We couldn’t be happier or prouder to have these legends working together on our ‘War on the Mainland’ show.”
Two-time UFC heavyweight champion Tim “Maine-iac” Sylvia takes on former UFC and Strikeforce title challenger Paul “The Headhunter” Buentello in the main event for the vacant PWP Heavyweight Championship, live from Bren Events Center in Irvine, California.
“War on the Mainland,” presented by Powerhouse World Promotions, is being distributed by Integrated Sports Media at 10:00PM ET/7:00PM PT in North America on cable and satellite Pay-Per-View via iN Demand, DIRECTV, Avail-TVN and DISH Network, as well as Viewer’s Choice, Bell TV and Shaw PPV in Canada, for a suggested retail price of only $29.95. It will also be available in the United Kingdom via Primetime Live. The PPV card will also be streamed live on Internet PPV outside of the United States, Canada and United Kingdom by going to www.WarontheMainland.com.
Rutten, a former Dutch MMA and kick boxer, was a UFC heavyweight champion, as well as 3-time King of Pancrase world titlist. He is co-host of the popular Inside MMA show on HDNet.
“I always like working great MMA shows like this one,” Rutten said. “I love Paul Buentello. He is a top striker. Believe it or not, Tim Sylvia has improved in the last half-year. He came to my gym for two days to train and he kept dropping everybody. This is going to be a great fight and we all know it isn’t going the distance.”
Ricardo was an NFL place-kicker for nine years. Today, he is a stand-up comic who has broadcasted major worldwide sporting events like the Super Bowl and Wimbledon many years for Spanish television and radio stations. Benny crossed over to MMA a few years ago and he has worked numerous MMA PPV shows in North America.
“I’m looking forward to working with Benny,” Rutten added. “I can’t wait to talk to him before the show because he must have a lot of interesting stories to tell with his background in sports. He has successfully made the transition to MMA and we’re going to have some fun working this show.”
In the co-main event, former WEC titlist Jason “The Punisher” Lambert (25-11-0) meets 8-time World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion Allan Goes (17-3-0) for the vacant PWP Light Heavyweight title belt.
In the third of three PWP title fights on the card (5 X 5, all other fights are 3 X 5), former IFL middleweight champion Matt “The Fighting Hippy” Horwich (22-13-1) faces former UFC title challenger Thales Leite (17-3-1) for the PWP middleweight crown.
Former UFC Lightweight Champion Jens “Little Evil” Pulver (22-13-1) meets Diego “El Nino” Garijo (4-1-0) in a Special Lightweight Attraction. “Jens Pulver started fighting on a show I had – the Bas Rutten Invitational,” Rutten added. “It was a 32-man tournament and Pulver fought four guys in one night. It was crazy. I knew back then that he was talented and went all the way. He still has knockout power. I think he has to focus more. In his last fight, he got out of an arm bar a few times but then he got caught. He just needs to focus more.”
Also fighting on “War on the Mainland” is Brazilian middleweight Gustavo “Ximu” Machado (18-8-1) vs. Rick Reeves (10-3-0) and Mexican welterweight Jorge “The Naked Man” Ortiz (16-5-1) vs. veteran Terry Martin (19-8-0).
Undercard fights featuring local fighters include lightweights Joao Silva (3-2-0) vs. Erin Beach (1-0-0), lightweights Cleber Luciano (3-3-0) vs. Todd Willingham (2-4-2), welterweights A.J. Mathews (3-0-0) vs. Sean Choice (1-0-0), and pro-debuting lightweights Evan Aitkins vs. Chad McCausland. All fights and fighters are subject to change.
Tickets, ranging from $35.00 to $110.00 reserved and $110.00 to $295.00 on the floor, are on sale at the Bren Events Center Box Office (10 AM/PT-6 PM/PT, Mon-Fri), going on line to www.bren.uci.edu or www.ticketmaster.com, or by calling 1.949.824.5000.
Doors open at 5:00 PM/PT, first bout 6:00 PM/PT, first PPV bout 7 PM/PT – 10 PM/ET. Go to www.WarontheMainland.com or www.bren.uci.edu for additional information.
Vendor opportunities and sponsorships are available by calling 1.858.798.1541.
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Freddie Roach Interview
Posted on | August 4, 2010 | No Comments
“In order to have enough you must have too much.”
This statement rings especially true when speaking of boxing trainers; coaches will build their stables with fighters of varying caliber all searching for that one big spotlight. More often than not, the fighter suffers from a teacher with little to no time to hone their individual talents.
As in every case, there are exceptions to the rule. Freddie Roach, boxing trainer extraordinaire, is that exception to this rule. Roach clearly has enough, yet hungers for more. Fresh off the “setback” of failed negotiations between arguably the best undefeated fighter in the world, Floyd Mayweather Jr., and the sport’s premier megastar (whom happens to receive his instructions from Roach), boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao, Roach is already looking towards his next assignment-Antonio Margarito.
November 13 WBO welterweight title-holder Manny Pacquiao will square off against the former Mexican champion Antonio Margarito for a piece of the title at junior middleweight.
Although the fight is for the junior middleweight division, neither man will weigh the minimum weight for this bracket (154 pounds). Yes. Once again, this is a “title” fight at yet another catch weight where the winner will win a title in a division that he hasn’t campaigned at, but this is a topic to debate at a later time.
While Pacquiao prepares to face one adversary, Margarito is tasked to face several on and before fight night. Margarito’s shining star has dulled considerably since it was discovered he was entering the ring against Shane Mosley with gloves that contained plaster in them.
As a result, Antonio was forced into a suspension and come November 13, will enter the ring for just the second time in one year and ten months due to “GloveGate”.
So the question is, does Antonio “Tony” Margarito deserve this chance to fight Manny let alone a title?
“He (Tony) deserves this fight. Why not? He has to feed his family and make a living doesn’t he?”
“You have to look at this based on all he’s done in boxing and what he poses as a challenge to Manny,” Roach continued, ” and when you look at it, he has very good skills, power, and of course his size advantage.”
“This fight isn’t going to be easy for us by any means.”
I agree. Although I am steadfast in believing Margarito will pose a threat to Manny during the fight, it is too hard to overcome the ring rust of Margarito (evidenced by going the distance against a non descript fighter in Roberto Garcia), the catch weight he has agreed to, and his overall inability to show a lot of movement inside the squared circle.
To me, Antonio has only one option, work a double, triple jab to the body and head of Manny in order to smother the Filipino bomber whilst throwing uppercuts to catch the shorter fighter coming in.
In short, Margarito has to execute the “spray and pray” tactic: Hope to establish the jab, but in the end go to war and spray punches in bunches all the while praying one of them will crack the granite chin of Manny Pacquiao.
Says Roach, ” I see this fight ending up in a brawl.”
Roach goes on to say, “we got a lot of work to do. First of all, Manny is going to have to get past Margarito’s reach and once he’s there, he’s gonna have to bang that body and break him down. I know we will and after we’ve done this for a bit, we will finish with a late stoppage. But in order to do this, Manny is gonna have to take some hits and he will.”
In response to those that believe WBA superwelterweight champion Miguel Cotto should be the one sharing the bill with Manny, Roach has a few words for you.
“What did Cotto do to deserve another shot at Manny? tell me. Getting Emmanuel Steward isn’t gonna do anything for Cotto,” Roach continued, “Steward isn’t gonna make a damn bit of difference in Cotto and that was shown in Cotto’s last fight. Cotto is who he is and Steward won’t make it a difference at all.”
“I would take another Cotto fight even with Steward in his corner in a heartbeat because it was that easy.”
“But to tell you the truth, it would be too easy for Manny the second time so I would even put my B class fighter, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., in with Cotto and he (Chavez)would beat him too.”
Personally, I think that prediction is a stretch.
Along with preparing battle plans for Manny, Roach also informed me that another one of his fighters, WBA junior welterweight Amir Khan, will face Lightweight king, Juan Manuel Marquez in mid-December.
” Juan’s been making some noise lately and now we’ll see what he’s got against the strong, fast, bigger, and younger Khan. Amir loves to be aggressive and exchange.”
Freddie stated, “This is the better fight to have right now cause with Devon (Alexander), we’d outbox him easy. (Marcos) Maidana hits hard, but that’s all he’s got, and as for Timothy Bradley, truthfully, I want this fight next.”
“Bradley is made for us and we would win this one because for one, we have no fear of him and two, he exposed a lot of his weaknesses in his last fight and we’d exploit them.”
In closing, Freddie has some advice for fight fans.
“I want to know who’s thinking about buying the Mosley fight. Come on, it’s a former very good, but older champion going against a guy that starred in a reality TV show once in your main event.”
“Sergio Mora, really?”
“It’s a no brainer; watch Juanma Lopez fight Rafael Marquez.”
Enough said.
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Cage Fighting Xtreme 11 MMA Card Set For Campanelli Stadium in Brockton
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GOFIGHTLIVE EVENTS THIS WEEK
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COOL BOXING LINKS FOR 8-4-2010
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Cool Wrestling Links For 8-4-10
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Cool Mixed Martial Arts Links For 8-4-10
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| Jon “Bones” Jones Is The Future Of MMA DrJays.com Live (blog) Twenty-three-year-old Jon “Bones” Jones is easily the biggest rising star in the world of mixed martial arts. Standing at 6’4″ with an 84.5″ reach and an … See all stories on this topic »
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TDR this Wk- Barry Davis, Adams, Abbott, Sesker, Yetzer, Irwin, Al Bevilacqua
Posted on | August 4, 2010 | No Comments
Hello again Wrestling Fans. We return to the Brute Adidas studios for this weeks show brought to you by Kemin Agrifoods.
Join Scott Casber, Geoff Murtha (Simpson) and Ryan Freeman (Ok State) and Randy Crimmins.
Geoff Murtha joins us courtesy of Mass Mutual Financial Services, Ryan Freeman courtesy of ATT.
Our guests Include:
9:01 Barry Davis- Wisconsin’s head man joins us to talks recruits and preparing for fall
9:20 Carl Adams-Boston’s Head Coach joins us to talk about his evolving program
9:40 Gary Abbott- Gary will review the JR. Worlds that took place in Budapest, Hungary
10:01 Dr. Craig Sesker- Joins us to review Fargo and discuss his new book about Bobby Douglas
10:15 Ryan Irwin- founder of Nutrisport and Full Potential Training
10:25 Al Bevilacqua- co-founder of Beat The Streets will update us on the
Living The Dream Medal Fund and the coming USA Wrestling Telethon
10:40 Nate Yetzer- assist coach at Virginia Tech. joins us to discuss new facilities and the new
building at Virginia Tech.
Wrestling fans- Episode 69 of TDR TV wrestling news is now on. Check TV Guide for listings.
How to watch and listen-
TDR and TDR TV. It’s appointment Radio and TV!
TDR on Radio: LIVE Saturday at 9:00 AM CST on 1460 KXNO in Iowa.
Delayed Saturday nights at 7:00 PM Eastern on Supertalk 1570 in Michigan,
TDR TV: Mediacom Cable Ch. 22. IA, MO, AK, NE, MN, IL Tues. 5 PM, Sat. 10 AM
Time Warner Cable Ch. 813 New York Sat. 12 Noon
Call your local cable operator and ask them to carry TDR TV
TDR on Internet: Join us Saturday mornings at Takedownradio.com
TDR TV On Internet: 31 various web sites now carry your favorite wrestling news show
Thanks to our affiliates, our media partners and friends at Livesportsvideo.com.
Thanks for watching and listening!
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