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January 2010 MMA News
Breaking: Ferrid Kheder Signs With Bellator Fighting Championships
Jan 20, 2010 - CHICAGO, Ill. (January 21, 2010) – Bellator Fighting Championships put yet another piece in place for its second season today with the announcement that Judo master and former Olympian Ferrid “Hurricane” Kheder will compete in the promotion’s upcoming lightweight tournament.Kheder, who placed seventh in the Judo competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, has quickly compiled a solid 16-5 MMA record since giving up Judo to fight full-time in the cage just three years ago. …
GSP protégé, training partner Mike Ricci
Jan 18, 2010 - CHICAGO (January 18, 2010) — Undefeated Canadian lightweight Mike Ricci, a regular training partner to fellow Quebec native Georges St-Pierre, is the latest highly-touted MMA prospect to sign an exclusive contract with Bellator Fighting Championships, the promotion announced today.The 23-year-old Ricci, who will enter Bellator’s 155 lbs. tournament with an unblemished pro record of 5-0, trains alongside GSP under the famed Firas Zahabi at his TriStar gym in Montreal. Zahabi told …
Striking phenom Bao Quach to compete in Bellator Fighting Championships Featherweight Tournament
Jan 15, 2010 - CHICAGO, Ill. (January 15, 2010) – Bellator Fighting Championships continued to solidify its much-talked-about featherweight division today with the announcement that Bao Quach, one of the world’s most devastating 145-lb. strikers, will compete in the promotion’s Season 2 tournament.The 30-year-old Californian is in the midst of a prolonged power surge, with wins in 11 of his last 12 fights. Four of those fights came via KO or TKO in during Round 1.Accordingly, Quach is regarded as…
Lauzon eyes UFC debut in Boston
Jan 15, 2010 - LAS VEGAS (Jan. 15, 2010) – Despite losing a decision January 2 to Sam Stout, popular lightweight Joe “J-Lau” Lauzon (18-5, 5 [T]KOs, 13 submissions) hopes that his next fight will be this August in UFC’s debut in Boston.Lauzon, a native of E. Bridgewater (MA), would certainly be a hometown favorite fighting at the Boston Garden. “We’ll see how it goes but I certainly want to fight at home in Boston,” Lauzon said. “I’d like to fight before that, where my fight against Stout was my …
PRO FIGHTERS NEEDED FOR FIRST-EVER MATRIX FIGHTS EVENT ON FEB 27 IN PHILADELPHIA
Jan 13, 2010 - Matrix Fights has two openings for the professional portion of its first-ever card, which is scheduled for Feb. 27 in Philadelphia at The Arena (formerly known as the ECW Arena).The two openings are at 155 lbs. and 145 lbs. Opponents are needed for lightweight Will Martinez (0-1-1) and featherweight Julio Rosario (0-1).Interested parties must be willing to drive to Philadelphia and must have a similar experience level to the respective opponent you are interested in competing against…
Bellator Fighting Championships secures 12-0 Brazilian featherweight phenom Patricio Pitbull
Jan 13, 2010 - CHICAGO, Ill. (January 13, 2010) – Bellator Fighting Championships’ search for its next great featherweight has moved south to Brazil, where it was announced today that undefeated MMA phenom Patricio Pitbull has signed a long-term promotional agreement and will compete in Bellator’s Season 2 tournament.The 23-year-old Pitbull is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and is known throughout his home country for his devastating striking ability. He boasts a perfect 12-0 record with a…
Wilson Gouveias Move to MFC is a "Big Deal"
Jan 13, 2010 - American Top Team's Wilson Gouveia (12-7) has inked a big return to mixed martial arts. Monday he signed a multi-fight deal with Maximum Fighting Championship and will fight Canadian star "Big Deal" Ryan Jimmo (12-1) at MFC 25: Vindication at the Winspear Centre/Enmax Hall in Edmonton, Alberta April 9. Wednesday, Gouveia told MaximumFighting.com, “I’m excited! I have friends that fight for MFC and they all tell me good things.” The event will broadcast live on …
Kong looking for KO - Watson sets stage for showdown with Galbraith
Jan 12, 2010 - By MFC StaffThe Maximum Fighting Championship has set MFC 24: Heat XC as the right date to debut its new middleweight prospect.Tom “Kong” Watson (10-3) joins the MFC after making a sizeable name for himself fighting in his native England. The Southampton product, who of late has been training alongside Georges St. Pierre in Montreal, has set a big target for his first fight in the MFC by taking on hometown hero Travis Galbraith (17-6). The pair will face off on Friday, February 2…
MMA Veteran Yves Edwards Streaks into Maximum Fighting Championship at River Cree Casino February 26
Jan 10, 2010 - By Chad Edward, MFC StaffFew lightweight mixed martial artists have been where Yves Edwards (36-15-1) has been and are still strapping on four-ounce gloves. Edwards has fought champions, and been written-off as washed up. He's fought around the world and in most major MMA promotions since 1997. And, now Edwards will ride a two-fight win streak into Maximum Fighting Championship at River Cree Casino February 26.Edwards TKO'd Kyle Jensen in October and tapped Jame…
Undefeated Canadian Featherweight William Romero
Jan 7, 2010 - CHICAGO, Ill. (January 7, 2010) – Bellator Fighting Championships announced yet another major offseason addition on Thursday with the signing of undefeated featherweight William Romero. Romero, 27, one of Canada's most talked-about young mixed martial artists, boasts an unblemished pro MMA record of 5-0. He was recently touted by MMAcanada.net — one of that country’s top MMA news sources — as “the real deal.” His most recent fight ended by KO after just 17 seconds.“MMA fa…
Young Gun on the Rise
Jan 7, 2010 - By MFC StaffFrom Day 1 of his MMA career, Nick Hrynchyshyn was touted as a young gun. Just two fights in, the young gun has blossomed into a potentially destructive cannon.Eyeing a long-term future, the Maximum Fighting Championship has inked Hrynchyshyn to a new multi-fight deal, and the welterweight prospect hopes to become one of the organization’s top upcoming stars.“It is like a dream come true. There’s no place I'd rather be right now,” said the product of Sylvan Lake, Albe…
Bellator Fighting Championships Signs
Jan 5, 2010 - CHICAGO (January 5, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships announced today the exclusive signing of top mixed martial artist Georgi “Insane” Karakhanyan, a former professional soccer player and emerging MMA star, to compete in the featherweight (145 lb.) division during Bellator Season 2.Karakhanyan, 24, has compiled a record of 12-1-1 since making his professional MMA debut in 2006, and was rated by multiple websites as the top unsigned featherweight in the world prior to his sig…
MMA BIG SHOW WILL KICK OFF THE NEW YEAR WITH A BANG AS IT PRESENTS “NEW DAWN”
Jan 4, 2010 - Live, this Saturday, January 9th at the Belterra CasinoIndiana (USA): 2009 was a big year for Midwest-based fight promotion MMA Big Show, which was recently chosen by ULTMMA.com alongside Art of Fighting, Shark Fights, and Rage in the Cage as this year’s top local promotions in the United States. Now, the promotion Big Show is looking to enter the next phase of its evolution, as “NEW DAWN” will start the New Year off right for fight fans. The event will emanate live from the Belter…
Maximum Fighting President State Of the Union Address
Jan 1, 2010 - Maximum Fighting Championship is one of the Top Mixed Martial Arts organizations in the World and Canada’s # 1 Fight Promotion. The Maximum Fighting Championships has Sold Out eighteen straight events and has been in business for over ten years. The MFC made one of the biggest announcements the company's history - the signing of a multi-fight broadcast deal with HDNet Fights, in 2008 & 2009 and just resigned bringing the deal into 2010. “Everyone at the Maximum Fighting Cham…
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