Fashion Show & Party, Comedy Show, MSG Boxing Tickets, Gold Sale, Boxing, Wrestling, Clinics, Plays and Books all at Gleason’s Gym
Posted on | January 7, 2010 | No Comments
Greetings!
January 8, 2010 – Private Party at Gleason’s Gym for 350 Boxing Enthusiasts
January 10, 2010 – Amateur Boxing at Gleason’s Gym This Sunday at 2:00 PM Gleason’s Monthly Boxing Series will continue. The card will have Junior, Senior and Master’s boxers competing. It will also include female bouts. Tickets are $20.00.
January 10,2010 – Ring 8 Christmas and Awards Dinner. The Ring 8 Christmas and Awards Dinner was canceled due to the blizzard. It has been rescheduled to: Sunday, January 10, 2010 12:30pm to 5:30pm Russo’s on the Bay
January 16, 2010 – Johnny Rodz Professional Wrestling Show at Gleason’s Gym.
January 19, 2010 – Pre Fashion Week, Fashion Show and Party at Gleason’s Gym.
January 23, 2010 – Stand Up Comedy Show at Gleason’s Gym. Three very funny comics will perform in boxing rings at the gym. The two hour show will start at 8:00 PM and the cover charge is $20.00.
January 23, 2010 – Tickets for John Duddy vs Juan Astorga Gleason’s Gym is selling tickets for the bout at The Theater at Madison Square Garden between John Duddy 27-1 (17) vs Juan Astorga 14-3-1 (9). The ticket prices are: $200, $100, $75 and $50. Call the gym at (718) 797-2872 and order your tickets now.
January 30, 2010 – Gold Buying and Selling Event at Gleason’s Gym More information will be forthcoming.
February 4 to 21, 2010 – The Cutting Edge – A Play by Ron Scott Stevens
February 18 through 20 – Masters Clinic and Boxing show at Gleason’s Gym. Call the gym at (718) 797-2872 or email bruce@gleasonsgym.net for more information or to participate.
February 25, 2010 – Gleason’s Sponsored Golden Gloves show. Again this year, Gleason’s Gym is sponsoring a Golden Gloves show at the Masonic Temple in Brooklyn. More information and the weights competing that evening will be forthcoming. The ticket price will be $25.00.
February 27, 2010 – Johnny Rodz Professional Wrestling Show at Gleason’s Gym.
In addition to all of the exciting events listed above, We are selling the newest John Oden book “Life In The Ring.” This highly acclaimed book is really a good read. It can be purchased through Amazon.com or your local bookstore.
ROBBIE LAWLER VS. MELVIN MANHOEF, JOE RIGGS VS. JAY HIERON SET FOR STRIKEFORCE: MIAMI JAN. 30
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NEW YORK (January 6, 2009)– Knockout artists “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler (16-5) and Melvin “No Mercy” Manhoef (24-6-1) will square off with each other in a middleweight (185 pounds) contest at the STRIKEFORCE: Miami mixed martial arts (MMA) event at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida on Saturday, January 30. Wrestling powerhouses Joe “Diesel” Riggs (32-10) and Jay “The Thoroughbred” Hieron (18-4) will face off at welterweight (170 pounds).
The 27-year-old Lawler, one of MMA’s most explosive punchers, will attempt to rebound from the first round (2:02) submission (guillotine choke) he suffered at the hands of Jake Shields in the main event the first-ever STRIKEFORCE fight card in St. Louis, Missouri on Saturday, June 6, 2009.
One fight prior to the meeting with Shields, Lawler, who hails from Granite City, Illinois, thrilled millions of fans when he unleashed his wrath on Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith in the main event of the live, CBS primetime televised event held in Stockton, California on July 26, 2008.
Born in San Diego, California, Lawler relocated with his family to Bettendorf, Iowa where, at the age of 16, he became a protégé of MMA legend Pat Miletich. Just three years later, Lawler exploded onto the MMA scene, emerging victorious in his first seven starts.
Lawler’s second round KO of Steve Berger at UFC 37.5 on June 22, 2002 made history when it became the first MMA fight ever to air on cable television during an episode of Fox Sports Net’s The Best Damn Sports Show, Period.
A seven-time veteran of UFC action, Lawler also made a splash in the now-defunct PRIDE Fighting Championships when he scored a crushing knockout on Joey Villasenor with a flying knee a mere 22 seconds into their matchup at Las Vegas, Nevada’s Thomas and Mack Center on October 21, 2006.
Manhoef, one of STRIKEFORCE’s newest signees who hails from Amsterdam, Netherlands, notched his latest conquest just days ago at the annual New Year’s Eve K-1 “Dynamite!” event in Japan when he scored a first round (1:49) TKO on former top 10 ranked Kazuo Misaki with a barrage of punches.
His arrival in STRIKEFORCE comes after Manhoef reached the semifinal round of the 2008 DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix tournament by scoring first round TKOs on Dae Won Kim and legendary champion Kazushi Sakuraba on May 11, 2008 and June 15, 2008 respectfully.
His well-known battle cry “When I fight, I am willing to die” has translated into Manhoef’s explosive style of fighting, one that has helped him earn 22 of his 30 career MMA wins and 27 of his 45 career kickboxing victories by way of knockout.
Manhoef’s tenure in K-1, the world’s premiere stand-up fighting league, dates back to February 24, 2002. During his tenure with the Japanese promotion, he has triumphed over the likes of former K-1 tournament champions Stefan Leko and Ruslan Karaev, whom Manhoef crushed with a left hook only 31 seconds into their meeting in Amsterdam on June 23, 2007.
Riggs, a 27 year old native of Phoenix, Arizona, will attempt to extend a four fight win streak that began with his second round (2:05) TKO of Luke Stewart in a STRIKEFORCE: Destruction bout at HP Pavilion in San Jose, California on November 21, 2008.
In his last effort under the STRIKEFORCE banner, Riggs dominated hard-hitting “The New York Badass” Phil Baroni for three consecutive rounds of action before walking away with a unanimous judges’ decision victory at St. Louis’ Scottrade Center on June 6, 2009.
Hieron, a former nationally ranked NCAA wrestler for Hofstra University, has been victorious in each of his last six starts. The Long Island, New York native made his STRIKEFORCE debut in his last effort, earning a unanimous decision win over Jesse “J.T. Money” Taylor at HP Pavilion on August 15, 2009.
A former troubled teen, Hieron has since become an inspiration, winning a world title with the now defunct International Fight League (IFL) and relocating to Las Vegas in order to train with the fight squad headed by MMA legend Randy “The Natural” Couture.
Tickets for STRIKEFORCE: Miami are on sale at the BankAtlantic Center ticket office and Ticketmaster (800) 745-3000 as well as online at www.Ticketmaster.com and www.Strikeforce.com.
In the main event, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Nick Diaz (20-7) of Stockton, California will take on fellow superstar and DREAM welterweight (170 pounds) champion Marius “The Whitemare” Zaromskis (13-3) of Siaulial, Lithuania at welterweight.
STRIKEFORCE Women’s World Lightweight (145 pounds) Champion Cris Cyborg (8-1) of Curitiba, Brazil will put her title on the line against Marloes Coenen (17-3) of Deventer, Holland.
Football legend Herschel Walker (0-0) will make his highly-anticipated MMA debut against an opponent that has yet to be determined. Undefeated heavyweight and former WWE champion Bobby Lashley (4-0) will make his STRIKEFORCE debut during the event.
Doors at BankAtlantic Center will open for the event at 6:30 p.m. The first non-televised, preliminary bout will begin at 7:30 p.m.
The live SHOWTIME telecast of STRIKEFORCE: Miami will begin at 10 pm ET/PT (delayed on the west coast) and will include as many as five bouts.
STRIKEFORCE in March 2009 signed a multi-year agreement to stage live MMA events on the premium cable television network. The promotion made its live, primetime debut on CBS with the “Fedor vs. Rogers” mega-fight that it co-promoted with M-1 Global on Saturday, November 7
and generated 5.46 million viewers for the main event between the world’s number one heavyweight, Fedor Emelianenko, and superstar Brett “The Grim” Rogers.
About STRIKEFORCE
STRIKEFORCE (www.strikeforce.com) is a world-class mixed martial arts cage fight promotion which, on Friday, March 10, 2006, made history with its “Shamrock vs. Gracie” event, the first sanctioned mixed martial arts fight card in California state history. The star-studded extravaganza, which pitted legendary champion
Frank Shamrock against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Cesar Gracie at San Jose’s HP Pavilion, played host to a sold-out, record crowd of 18,265. Since 1995, STRIKEFORCE has been the exclusive provider of martial arts programming for ESPN and, after 12 years of success as a leading, world championship kickboxing promotion, the company unveiled its mixed martial arts series with “Shamrock vs. Gracie.” In May 2008, West Coast
Productions, the parent company of STRIKEFORCE, partnered with Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment (SVS&E), an entity created in 2000 to oversee all business operation aspects of the San Jose Sharks and HP Pavilion at San Jose.
Tags: BankAtlantic > Florida > Jake Shields > Jay Hieron > Joe Riggs > Melvin Manhoef > Robbie Lawler > St. Louis > Sunrise > welterweight
TDR This Week- LIVE from UNI and the UNI Dome: The National Duals
Posted on | January 7, 2010 | No Comments
Our mobile Brute adidas studios will be on the road in Cedar Falls this week for the NWCA National Duals. Join us this week as we broadcast the National Duals LIVE from UNI. No scheduled guests- just Steve Foster and I with Great Action.
Special programming note- You can watch 1 of 10 cameras as we partner with livesportsvideo.com to bring you video and audio all weekend long from the UNI Dome.
this is a Free Weekend!
Please note that Episode 39 of TDR TV is now up on all the top web sites around the country and is available for your viewing. TDR every week! It’s appointment Radio and TV! Join us at Takedownradio.com. America’s Wrestling Radio Talk Show airs on Supertalk 1570 in Michigan, AM 1460 KXNO in Iowa and on a radio station near you or on line at many of our broadcast partners around the world including Livesportsvideo.com. TDR “the Radio Program” airs 9 AM to 11 AM CST every Saturday morning we look forward to having you listen. Thanks and Happy New Years!
Tags: Adidas > Brute > Scott Casber > Takedown Radio > wrestling
Cool Combat Sports Links: Mixed Martial Arts, Wrestling, Boxing (1-05-09)
Posted on | January 6, 2010 | No Comments
Fighting Stances’ 2009 Submission of the Year
Palatine OKs MMA fights at Durty Nellie’s
UFC hopes for Lesnar update soon
Gomi reinvigorated by U.S. training
UFC vows to sue individuals for pay-per-view piracy
Olympian Askren bets his wrestling skills are a perfect fit for mixed martial arts
Ignoring Injuries, UFC 108 Came Out Fighting
Brock Lesnar Would Beat Shannon Briggs On His Deathbed
UFC’s Junior dos Santos is the Future of Heavyweight – Fighters.com’s January Heavyweight Rankings
Jeff Hardy makes surprise debut on TNA impact
Ohio says youth prison guard’s death followed inappropriate horseplay (wrestling) with inmate
Mattel, World Wrestling Entertainment Confirm Toy Deal
Georges St. Pierre thinks he can make Canadian Olympic Wrestling team because they suck
Wrestling: South Plainfield beats clock, Hunterdon Central
Weighty issues for Cowboy wrestlers
Senior wrestler finally makes varsity
Rashad Evans’ Return to Wrestling Roots Good Long-Term Move For Success
Prep wrestling roundup: Reedsville tops Valders; Roncalli falls to Chilton
PHS set for home wrestling debut
Georges St-Pierre considers bid for Olympic wrestling team
Hulk Hogan Ready to Kick Off Fresh Start With TNA Wrestling
Mattel’s new WWE wrestling action figures can totally beat up Ken
Locals win titles at Tiger wrestling tourney
Storied boxing institution Gleason’s Gym staggered by bad economy
Robert Downey Jr. Liked Boxing in ‘Sherlock Holmes’
No Kampala rumble for Holyfield
Another Loss For Boxing Champion, Miguel Cotto Sr. Dies
UFC’s Dana White Interested In James Toney Fight
Arum: “They don’t care who Manny [Pacquiao] fights” – News
Kate Major Makes It to the Big Time of PA Celeb Boxing Circuit
Chess Boxing (Or, How Kasparov Met Tyson)
Newly elected boxing officials solicit cooperation of former president
Panettiere Rings In The New Year With Boxing Champ Klitschko
Tags: Boxing > combat sports > IBF > links > Mixed Martial Arts > news > reports > stories > TNA > UFC > updates > WBA > WBC > wrestling > WWE
FightZone TV Enters Fourth Year Of Broadcasting With Over 100 Hours Of National MMA Programming
Posted on | January 6, 2010 | No Comments
When FightZone TV began airing MMA events in 2006, they began with a modest four shows per month on FSN Affiliate Sun Sports, wired into 6 million plus Florida Homes and 4 million national subscribers on DIRECTV and The Dish Network.
There were four original Promoter Partners: Real Fighting Championships (RFC), Mainstream MMA, Ultimate Warrior Challenge (UWC) and Combat Fighting Championships (CFC). Now there are sixteen with new leagues and events being added monthly.
Starting their fourth year of broadcasting, FightZone TV will air 112 hours of MMA content in January to over 25 million homes on Sun Sports, Sport South, DIRECTV, The Dish Network and ATT U-verse and be available to over 65% of the homes in America with cable TV. Look for FightZone TV to even increase their distribution coverage in 2010 both on more cable networks and on various websites making their content available on demand and to video capable phones.
FightZone TV programming now includes three shows:
• FightZone Presents the best in MMA events from around the country, UK, Aruba and Hawaii.
• Jay Adams’ Brawl Call, an up close and personal, behind the scenes, Interview Show with FightZone co-owner Jay Adams talking to the biggest stars in MMA today.
• And MMA 30, a fast paced monthly News Program based in Las Vegas, and hosted
by Dave Farra, who is always right on top of every breaking MMA story. In addition MMA 30 supplies a 2 minute Breaking News update inserted in every FightZone Presents show.
This past year saw FightZone TV expanding its support in the MMA Community with sponsorships of the record setting Inaugural UFC Fan Expo in Vegas, World Expo in New York, World MMA Awards held in Las Vegas, Florida MMA Awards and numerous local and national events.
Providing commentary and hosting most of FightZone’s live events, Jay Adams traveled across the globe in 2009 to bring their viewers MMA action from such diverse places as Hawaii, Aruba, Belfast Ireland and various mainland US locations such as Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Smith Arkansas, Cincinnati, Sarasota, Southern California, Tampa, Ft. Myers and Washington DC,
Debuting on FightZone TV in January will be Cage Wars Champioship’s “Nightmare” Part 1 from the historic King’s Hall in Belfast, Ireland featuring MMA superstar Rich “No Love” Clementi against Irish sensation Chris “Menace to Society” Stringer in an all out international super fight. The Machine, John Lober stepped out of retirement to face Lee “Dragon” Mc Kibbin and was out to put the young Dragon in his place. Colin “The Gift” McKee was intent on increasing his six fight winning streak by facing down undefeated Brazilian Ju Jitsu black belt Neydson Santos Ferrara from Spain. Nightmare features a host of International and European talent in a non stop action packed event that was so big it had to be split in half with Part 2 airing in February.
Also debuting will be FightZone’s newest Promoter Partner, Unconquered Martial Arts’ “November Reign,” held at the BankUnited Center located on the University of Miami’s campus. This event saw fighters leaving it all in the cage with the judge’s scorecards only being read once. The action packed event was called by Jay Adams, Jen Boronico and Din Thomas cageside.
The card featured two female fights with Amanda Duval from Animal House taking on the tough ATT fighter Jessica Aguilar and the televised bout of Michelle Gutierrez and Fight Girls’ Felice Herrig, a Muay Thai Champion.
Other featured bouts included Jen Boronico’s pick for Fight Of The Night, Allan Arzeno vs. Patrick Mikesz in a crowd pleaser ending with a standing ovation.
Another fight that had the crowd on their feet was the Miami street fighting legend Rene Martinez vs Charlie Champion.
In other action, The Miami Hometown Hero, Luis “Baboon” Palomino took on Rafael Dias and ATT’s eighteen-year-old prodigy, Yuri Villefort against Joshua Lee.
This truly International card, which saw fighters from the US, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Venezuela and Czech Republic among others, set the stage for many more Unconquered events to come.
And, of course, FightZone TV will be there to bring you all the action.
Rounding out FightZone TV’s January’s debuts is X1’s “Legends” from Hawaii. This event features some of the most know and loved Hawaii fighters over the past years, plus some newcomers trying to become fan favorites on their way to future legends. Bouts include two fighters, who according to Russell Shimooka, a legendary commentator himself, were not legends coming into this fight but will soon be after this explosive TV coverage. Welterweight Champion, Chad Reiner and Brandon Wolff, after having a five, 5 minute war of non stop action, will certainly be local legends after these airings. Also on the card were: Kolo Koka vs Michael Brightmon; Ray “Bradda” Cooper vs Ritchie Whitson and Egan Inoue vs Hans Marrero.
Fight Zone’s Promoter Partners include Cage Wars Championships (CWC-UK), Unconquered (UMA – FL), Art Of Fighting (AOF-FL). Vendetta, (Aruba), X1 (Hawaii), Ultimate Warrior Championships (UWC – Washington, DC), Mainstream (Iowa), Xtreme Fighting Association (XFA – Las Vegas), Pure Combat (CA), Real Fighting Championships (RFC-Tampa, FL), Reality Combat Championships (RCC – Jacksonville), Gladiator Challenge (CA), World Fighting Championships (WFC, Tampa, FL) Combat Fighting Championships (CFC – Orlando, FL), .
For Airing Schedules, Commercial availability and Media Kit, visit www.FightZone.TV or email FightZoneMedia@aol.com or call 727-577-5500.
Tags: Combat Fighting Championships > Fightzone TV > Mainstream MMA > MMA > Real Fighting Championships > Ultimate Warrior Challenge
Cuban boxing prospect Alexei Acosta heading to U.S.
Posted on | January 6, 2010 | No Comments
CORK, Ireland (Jan. 5, 2010) – Unbeaten Cuban bantamweight Alexei “The Hurricane” Acosta, now fighting out of Ireland, will cross the Atlantic Ocean later this month to prepare for his United States pro debut in 2010.
The 21-year-old Acosta defected from Cuba in 2008 and signed a managerial contract with Cork, Ireland-based Gary Hyde, president of Nowhere To Hyde Promotions.
The thrilling, power-punching Acosta made his pro debut September 13, 2008, knocking out Krastan Krastanov in the second round of their fight in Cork. Fighting exclusively as a pro in Ireland and Great Britain, Acosta has stopped all nine of his opponents, the last this past November, via a second-round stoppage of Sean Hughes (15-9-1) on Belfast.
“I’ve always dreamed of becoming world champion as a professional,” 2006 Junior World champion Acosta explained in fluent English, “but that that was never going to be possible if I stayed in my native Cuba. The hardest thing for me was leaving my family behind in Cuba, especially my son, Michel. My dream is going to become a reality soon, when I go the United States and win the world title in six or seven more fights.”
Hyde has been involved in talks with some leading boxing promoters interested in signing his top fighter, 2-time Olympic gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux (4-0, 3 KOs), the multi-talented bantamweight who had an incredible 243-4 amateur record.
“They have all also expressed interest in signing Acosta,” Hyde noted. “I hope to have Alexei fighting alongside Guillermo because this will give him the best possible platform to shine. Alexei is very excited about fighting on the important U.S. circuit. Belfast’s Tony Dunlop coaches Alexei, who has punching power in both hands and hasn’t been extended more than three rounds in any of his nine pro fights.”
Hyde also manages two other Cuban boxers, heavyweight Mike “The Rebel” Perez (8-0, 6 KOs), winner of the World Junior Championships; and super middleweight Luis “El Leon” Garcia (5-0, 4 KOs), 2006 World Junior Championships winner, in addition to Irish super middleweight brothers J.J. “Slick” (2-0, 2 KOs) and Paddy McDonagh (2-0).
“My original plan was to bring my Cuban fighters to Ireland and, after they built-up respectable records, send them to the U.S. to win major titles. I picked three of the brightest young stars on the Cuban National Team, but I also needed one of the most decorated amateurs ever to go pro, ‘Rigo,’ as my key for fighting them all in the U.S. My plan was sidetracked for a while due to the Rigondeaux situation (Hyde recently won a legal judgment in Miami that validated his managerial contract with Rigondeaux). I am now putting it all back together with Acosta joining Rigondeaux (living in Los Angeles) in the U.S. I will be spending a lot more time in the United States, developing my team in 2010, and they should all be ready for global dominance by the end of this year.”
Tags: Boxing > Cuba > defected > Ireland > Nowhere to Hyde Promotions > United States
Amateur Boxing Show This Sunday Afternoon. A Prelude to this Year’s Golden Gloves
Posted on | January 5, 2010 | No Comments
Amateur Boxing At Gleason’s Gym
January 9, 2010. This Sunday show is part of our Monthly Boxing Series. The club show will include JO, Novice, Senior and Master bouts.
The weigh in will begin at 12:00 Noon and the first bout will begin at 2:00PM.
All our bouts are pre-matched. They are sanctioned by USABoxingMetro. All boxers must have their boxing book with them in order to participate.
If you wish to participate, please call or email Angela Querol, New York number one matchmaker. The telephone number is: (718) 797-2872 and the email address is: gleasons75@aol.com .
The ticket price is $20 per person. All gym members and registered amateurs with their books in hand pay $15 per person.
Did Anyone Else Miss This? The Fertittas Were Deemed No Longer “Superwealthy” By Forbes Magazine Last October
Posted on | January 5, 2010 | No Comments
I guess now they’re just wealthy-ish.
Tags: Fertitta > Frank Fertitta > Lorenzo Fertitta > Mixed Martial Arts > MMA













