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UFC Fight Night 63: Who’s on the Hot Seat in Virginia This Saturday?

At UFC Fight Night 63, Chad Mendes and Ricardo Lamas will do their best to prove they are ready to meet the winner of a highly anticipated July title bout between 145-pound champion Jose Aldo and Irish MMA sensation Conor McGregor. Mendes is actually coming off of a loss to Aldo, but it was one […]

At UFC Fight Night 63, Chad Mendes and Ricardo Lamas will do their best to prove they are ready to meet the winner of a highly anticipated July title bout between 145-pound champion Jose Aldo and Irish MMA sensation Conor McGregor. Mendes is actually coming off of a loss to Aldo, but it was one […]

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Shine Fights Announces Pairings for Friday’s Lightweight Tournament

Filed under: NewsIt’s been an interesting – and mostly rough – road leading to Shine Fights’ lightweight tournament. But two days before the event, the promotion made official its grand prix pairings.

As Shine Fights COO Jason Chambers announced on T…

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It’s been an interesting – and mostly rough – road leading to Shine Fights’ lightweight tournament. But two days before the event, the promotion made official its grand prix pairings.

As Shine Fights COO Jason Chambers announced on Twitter in the days leading up to the tournament, first-round tournament matches between Drew Fickett and Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett, Rich Crunkilton and Carlo Prater and James Warfield and Kyle Baker were confirmed by the promotion Wednesday night. Also made official was the fourth bout, Shannon Gugerty vs. Dennis Bermudez.

Friday’s SHINE Fights Tournament is an All Around Mess

(The "1" represents the % chance that the event will actually go down)
Well, we can’t say we didn’t see this one coming.
SHINE Fight Promotions’ planned Friday night lightweight tournament is looking less and less likely to happen by th…


(The "1" represents the % chance that the event will actually go down)

Well, we can’t say we didn’t see this one coming.

SHINE Fight Promotions’ planned Friday night lightweight tournament is looking less and less likely to happen by the day.

Forget the fact that the event was moved less than two weeks out from its original location of the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia to a Native-owned and operated casino on a reservation in Oklahoma, what is likely to cause the show’s kibosh is the fact that there is no commission to oversee the event, which means it is essentially non-sanctioned or underground event.

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Shine Fights Makes New Oklahoma Tournament Site Official

Filed under: NewsIt will have to change course and move halfway across the country to do it, but Shine Fights’ lightweight tournament will go on as scheduled.

On Saturday, MMA Fighting was first to report the news that the promotion had been denied a…

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It will have to change course and move halfway across the country to do it, but Shine Fights’ lightweight tournament will go on as scheduled.

On Saturday, MMA Fighting was first to report the news that the promotion had been denied a license in Virginia for its Sept. 10 lightweight grand prix at the Patriot Center in Fairfax and would be moving the event to Oklahoma.

On Monday, Shine Fights COO Jason Chambers made the move official on his Twitter account. Less than a week before the event, which is scheduled to air on pay-per-view, Shine will move to the First Council Casino in Newkirk, Okla.

Shine Fights Announces Fans Will Pick Fights for Tourney’s Opening Round

Filed under: Fighting, NewsIn a marketing move the promotion is calling “unprecedented,” Shine Fights will allow fight fans to assume the role of matchmaker for its upcoming lightweight tournament.

The promotion announced Monday that the first-round …

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In a marketing move the promotion is calling “unprecedented,” Shine Fights will allow fight fans to assume the role of matchmaker for its upcoming lightweight tournament.

The promotion announced Monday that the first-round matchups for its eight-man, one-night tournament, scheduled for Sept. 10, will be chosen by fans through an online voting process.