Glory 4/Dream 18 To Air On CBS Sports Network

December 31, 2012

Glory 4 fightcard:

• Semmy Schilt vs Brice Guidon
• Sergey Kharitonov vs Rico Verhoeven
• Gokhan Saki vs J. Raomaru
• Anderson Da Silva vs Igor Jurkovic
• Remy Bonjasky vs Filip Verlinden
• Errol Zimmerman vs Jamal Ben Saddik
• Peter Aerts vs Mourad Bouzidi
• Daniel Ghita vs Johnathan Diniz
• Quarterfinals (eight winners)
• Ebata Mutsaki vs Kim A.
• Semifinals (four quarterfinal winners)
• Matsumoto Toshio vs Jason Wilnis
• Nagashima Jiensotsu vs Robin Van Roosmalin
• Glory 4 Heavyweight Championship (semifinal winners)

Dream 18 fightcard:

• Marloes Coenen (20-5) vs Fiona Muxlow (6-1)
• Denis Kang (35-15-2) vs Melvin Manhoef (26-9-1)
• Phil Baroni (15-15) vs Hayato Sakurai (36-12-2)
• Will Brooks (7-0) vs Satoro Kitaoka (30-11-9)
• Georgi Karakhanyan (19-3-1) vs Hiroyuki Takaya (17-9-1)
• Bibiano Fernandes (12-3) vs Yoshiro Maeda (30-11-4)
• Shinya Aoki (31-6) vs Antonio McKee (18-4-2)

All-Female Invicta FC Debut Features Minnesotan Kaitlin Young

Saturday will be a historical day in women's mixed martial arts history when upstart promotion Invicta Fighting Championships plays host to their first all-female fightcard. The Kansas City event, which will stream live on the Invicta FC website, will feature 11 professional bouts. The feature fight is a rematch of former Strikeforce Bantamweight Champion Marloes Coenen (19-5) vs Romy Ruyssen (5-1). The two faced off first in August 2008, which Coenen won by R2 submission (rear naked choke). This time the fight will be contested at featherweight.

One of the top Minnesota fighters will be fighting on the card. Veteran bantamweight Kaitlin Young (6-5), who holds a 30-second KO victory over ex-Strikeforce champ Miesha Tate, facing 29-year old Leslie Smith (3-2). Young has fought some of the top female fighters in the world, including the first female fight on broadcast television, a 2nd-round TKO (doctor stoppage) loss to Gina Carano on CBS.

Shana Nelson was scheduled to compete on the card, but a training injury forced her to withdraw. On April 14, Nelson injured her neck and back during a sparring session.

For more news and the complete fightcard, go to: http://www.mmarising.com/news/2012/04/18/late-change-made-to-invicta-fighting-championships-1-bout/

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Fedor, Rogers at Strikeforce weigh-in

St. Paul heavyweight Brett Rogers weighed in at 264, while Fedor Emelianenko tipped the scales at 232. The two fighters headline the Strikeforce show to be broadcast live on CBS tonight at 8 PM (CT).

Thompson falls to Shields

Nick Thompson fell in his bid to become the first EliteXC Welterweight Champion as Jake Shields won by 1st round submission. The fight was featured on the second CBS show on July 26.

Shields (21-4-1) took Thompson to the mat early in the fight and eventually sunk in a deep guillotine chock to force the submission at 1:03 of the first round.

Thompson, the one and only ever BodogFIGHT Welterweight Champion, saw his record fall to 36-10-1. It was his first fight for the EliteXC promotion after fighting in Japan his previous two fights.

EliteXC weigh-in

Thanks to www.combatlifestyle.com for the photo of Thompson and Shields.

Thompson to batle for EliteXC title

Photo taken from www.nickthompson.tv

Minnesota welterweight fighter Nick "The Goat" Thompson will return to the U.S. on July 26 to fight Jake Shields for the vacant EliteXC championship. It will be the second prime time show broadcast by CBS.

Thompson (36-9-1) is riding a 12-fight winning streak, including his past two in Japan for the Sengoku promotion. A recent law school graduate at the University of Minnesota, Thompson trains at Greg Nelson's Minnesota Martial Arts Academy with top fighters like Sean Sherk, Brock Larson, & Brock Lesnar. He currently resides in Robbinsdale.

A verteran of Shooto, Rumble On The Rock, & Gladiator Challenge, Shields (20-4-1) is considered one of the top 10 welterweights in the world by many rankings. Currently Sherdog and MMA Weekly has Shields at #7. WAMMA has Shields ranked #3 in the world, just behind Georges St. Pierre and Jon Fitch.

Rogers wins on CBS

On May 31, Team Bison heavyweight fighter Brett Rogers remained undefeated by defeating Jon Murphy on the premiere broadcast of EliteXC Saturday Night Fights on CBS.

Rogers (7-0) connected with an uppercut to the jaw of Murphy (4-3) and followed him to the mat before the referee stopped the bout just 1:01 into the first round. It was the first televised fight in the history of MMA on primetime network television.

At the post-fight press conference, Rogers called out event headliner Kimbo Slice (3-0) who had a hard-fought 3rd round TKO victory over James Thompson. The same James Thompson that Rogers defeated by KO in just over two minutes three months ago.

"Everybody saw the fight today," Rogers said. "A man is a man and what I saw today was garbage."

Slice was losing on all three judges scorecards going into the final round of the fight with Thompson.

"That sounds like a challenge," Slice said as he and Rogers faced off on both sides of EliteXC promoter Gary Shaw before calmer heads prevailed.

Brett Rogers to fight on first EliteXC show on CBS

Team Bison heavyweight fighter Brett Rogers (6-0; 5 KO, 1 sub.) will face Jon Murphy (4-2; 3 KO, 1 sub.) on the first EliteXC show to be broadcast on over-the-air TV. They will be the first fight on the TV card headlined by heavyweight Kimbo Slice.

Rogers has two victories in EliteXC, defeating Ralph Kelly and most recently James Thompson in February.

Murphy is coming off of a 2nd round KO victory over Dave Huckaba at the EliteXC show in August. His two losses are against highly regarded fighters Chase Gormley (Gladiator Challenge Champion) and Houston Alexander, who has recently fought in the UFC.

The show will be carried live on CBS in primetime on Saturday, May 31. Kimbo Slice will face James Thompson in the main event.

FIGHT CARD:
Kimbo Slice (2-0) vs. James Thompson (14-8)
Robbie Lawler (15-4) vs. Scott Smith (13-4) - EliteXC Middleweight Title
Gina Carano (5-0) vs. Kaitlin Young (4-1) of Circle Pines, MN
Phil Baroni (10-9) vs. Joey Villasenor (25-6)
Brett Rogers (6-0) vs. Jon Murphy (4-2)