Strikeforce Houston takes place on August 21, and will be aired on CBS television. Current champion King Mo Lawal, KJ Noons, and Bobby Lashley all took to affiliate CBS Houston radio to push the upcoming show. Lashley is looking to face Chad Griggs, while Lawal faces Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante and Noons faces […]
Strikeforce Houston takes place on August 21, and will be aired on CBS television. Current champion King Mo Lawal, KJ Noons, and Bobby Lashley all took to affiliate CBS Houston radio to push the upcoming show. Lashley is looking to face Chad Griggs, while Lawal faces Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante and Noons faces Jorge Gurgel. Looks like a solid card, and we’ll carry live coverage on August 21.
Fabricio Werdum shocked the mixed martial arts world when he defeated heavyweight legend Fedor Emelianenko, and Sherdog recently posted a video of him breaking down the fight and how the submission went down. No word on when either fighter will return to the ring, but expect plenty of interest in a re-match between the […]
Fabricio Werdum shocked the mixed martial arts world when he defeated heavyweight legend Fedor Emelianenko, and Sherdog recently posted a video of him breaking down the fight and how the submission went down. No word on when either fighter will return to the ring, but expect plenty of interest in a re-match between the two.
Mixed martial artists have been looking to boxing guru Freddie Roach for some time now when they need some polish on their striking game, and you can add current UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre to that group. GSP recently trained with roach, who had nothing but good things to say about “Rush.” […]
Mixed martial artists have been looking to boxing guru Freddie Roach for some time now when they need some polish on their striking game, and you can add current UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre to that group. GSP recently trained with roach, who had nothing but good things to say about “Rush.”
Stirkeforce heavyweight fighter Bobby Lashley has been talked about for sometime as a potential wave maker in the division, but he’s slowly moving up the ladder. Really slowly. Lashley’s career has always been well managed as far as opponents, but at some point the big guy’s gotta fight somebody with a name and […]
Stirkeforce heavyweight fighter Bobby Lashley has been talked about for sometime as a potential wave maker in the division, but he’s slowly moving up the ladder. Really slowly. Lashley’s career has always been well managed as far as opponents, but at some point the big guy’s gotta fight somebody with a name and some proven skill.
Impact FC is set to air two cards in July, the second being on July 18, 2010 and featuring former UFC fighter Ken Shamrock as he takes on veteran fighter Pedro Rizzo. The card is actually quite decent, sporting fighters like Paul Daley, Paulo Filho and Dennis Kang.
Ken Shamrock VS Pedro Rizzo
Paul […]
Impact FC is set to air two cards in July, the second being on July 18, 2010 and featuring former UFC fighter Ken Shamrock as he takes on veteran fighter Pedro Rizzo. The card is actually quite decent, sporting fighters like Paul Daley, Paulo Filho and Dennis Kang.
Ken Shamrock VS Pedro Rizzo
Paul Daley VS Daniel Acacio
Bob Sapp VS Soa Palelei
Paulo Filho VS Denis Kang
Murilo “Ninja” Rua VS Jeremy May
Murilo Bustamante VS Jesse Taylor
Peter Graham VS Jim Yorke
Glover Teixeira VS Marko Peselj
Richie “Vas” Vaculik VS Glenn Taylor-Smith
Shane Nix VS Manuel Rodriguez
Fresh off his TKO win in Strikeforce Challengers last week, SportFight founder and MMA superstar Matt “The Law” Lindland has put together yet another adrenaline-pumping night of mixed martial arts action at the Theater of the Clouds on Saturday, July 10th at 7p. SportFight XXVIII: Boiling Point will offer up a stacked fight card featuring […]
Fresh off his TKO win in Strikeforce Challengers last week, SportFight founder and MMA superstar Matt “The Law” Lindland has put together yet another adrenaline-pumping night of mixed martial arts action at the Theater of the Clouds on Saturday, July 10th at 7p. SportFight XXVIII: Boiling Point will offer up a stacked fight card featuring some of the most skilled and exciting athletes from both the Northwest and beyond.
This installment of SportFight will also have a distinct international flavor, featuring two top Brazilian fighters: the nephew of Hermes Franka—Lucca Franka taking on Japanese sensation Eddie Matsuura.
There will be two belts on the line at Middle Weight, Casey Manrique takes on Damian Dantibo.
For the Heavy Weight Title, Daniel Stewart of Team Quest Faces the California sensation DJ Linderman.
“I don’t think I’ve ever had this much talent on a card before,” says Lindland, President of SportFight, LLC. “We’re flying in some top international fighters, in addition to some of the best free agent fighters out there. We’re talent deep, and we’re heavyweight deep. On paper, this could be one of the better shows that we’ve had.
“Top Matchups: Main Event – Heavy Weight Championship
Daniel Stewart (5-1), Team Quest/Newport, OR vs. DJ Linderman (7-1), Yreka, CA
“I like this heavy weight match-up – both these guys have power in both hands and they can both wrestle,” noted Matt Lindland. “This fight will be action packed. It’s scheduled for five rounds but don’t plan on this fight going to the judges’ card.”
Co-Main Event-Middle Weight Championship
Casey Manrique faces Damian Dantibo in this action-packed match-up as these two undefeated fighters meet up for the SportFight Middle Weight title
Fight Card: Main Event – Heavyweight Championship Heavyweight
Daniel Stewart (5-1), Team Quest/Newport, OR vs. DJ Linderman (7-1), Yreka, CA
Co-Main Event–Middleweight Welterweight
Casey Manrique (5-0), Springfield, OR vs. Damian Dantibo (5-0), Eugene, OR
Lightweight
Lucca Franka, Fortaleza-Brazil VS Eddie Matsuura, Omiya Japan fighting out of Fisticuffs Gym
Middle weight
Ray Armstrong, Battle Ground, WA VS John Clift Milwaukie, OR
More fights TBA
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.
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