– Friday, April 22, 2011 9:00pm ET featuring Combat USA Fighting Championship – “State Finals” at the Oneida Casino, Green Bay, Wisconsin. The card features a four fight co-main event featuring the finale of the four-man tournaments to crown champions in multiple weight divisions. Combatants bring a wealth of experience into the fights. Josh “Manic Maker” Kasee (7-5) challenges veteran Nick Agallar (24-6) for the 145lb championship, while Sherron Leggett (7-1) battles James “The Unbreakable Heavy Hitter” Warfield (19-7) for the 155lb title. In the 170lb finals, undefeated Tim Hallock (3-0) competes against Lenny Nelson (5-1) while the 185lb title will match Gerald “The Machine” Meerschaert (11-3) against Herbert “Whisper” Goodman (10-7). Eleven Total Fights.
– Friday, April 2, 2011 11:00pm ET featuring Ultimate Reno Combat 24 – “Throw Down” at The Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, Nevada. The 12-fight event is headlined by FOUR title fights. In the main event Oscar Ramirez (5-0) faces Shaun Nance (3-1) for the Flyweight Championship. The undefeated Ramirez is a veteran of Ultimate Reno Combat and an extremely quick starter who has only had one fight advance out of the first round and that ended in the second. Ramirez looks to keep his title and streak alive against the Oregon import Shaun Nance. Nance is on a three-fight winning streak stopping his last two opponents by TKO and is looking to make Ramirez number three. The co-main event features Brandon Frunk (8-2) battling Marcus Ocegueda (3-4), for the Bantamweight Championship.
– Saturday, April 23, 2011 8:00pm ET featuring “Knock Out Night One” at the Williamson County Pavilion in Marion, Illinois. UFC veteran Hermes Franca (21-10) battles top prospect and M1 Global phenom Josh Thorpe (11-3). Franca has faced a “who’s who” in the lightweight division including holding wins over Nate Diaz and Spencer Fisher and losing a narrow decision to current UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar. Hot on a winning streak, Franca is looking to make Thorpe his next victim either by KO or submission as he has already done with 19 of his 21 wins. Thorpe will look to use his wrestling to nullify Franca’s game plan and cage-savvy by controlling where the fight goes. The co-main event pits another UFC veteran Matt Veach (12-3) against contender Eric Wisely (14-5) in a lightweight battle featuring two of the game’s most intense workers.
– Saturday, April 23, 2011 8:00pm ET featuring Saturday Sheika vs. Wilson – “USBA Cruiserweight Title” at the Palladium Ballroom at Caesars Atlantic City. Sheika, 34, scored a fourth-round knockout over Wilson on Mar. 26, 2010, in Hamilton Township, NJ. Wilson, unknown at the time, started fast, won the first round, but played to the crowd, stood and danced between rounds in his corner, then slowly ran out of gas and ideas. The fight turned late in the second round when Sheika found his range and Wilson’s body. By the fourth, it was over. After that, Skeika (30-10, 21 K0s) knocked out Jim Strohl, of Las Vegas, NV, again in Hamilton Township, then lost a 10-round decision to world-rated Romanian light-heavyweight Adrian Diaconu, in Montreal, Canada.
– Saturday, April 23, 2011 9:00pm ET featuring Trilogy Championship Fighting – “Rumble At The Ranch” at the Camelback Ranch-Glendale in Phoenix, Arizona. UFC veteran Edwin “Babyface” Dewees (35-12) squares off against tough challenger “Pick Em Up” Chuck Huus (6-2) in the night’s main event. Dewees has had a storied career and been in epic battles with some of the legends of the sport including Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Rich Franklin. One of the grizzled veterans of Arizona MMA, Dewees looks to show why he still deserves to be considered one of the sport’s best. Huus is looking for a popular fighter to make his name off of and elevate his career and get to places Dewees has already been. Both men are looking to use the other as a stepping stone which suggests this fight is going to be a high-octane, fast-paced match from start to finish. The co-main event features IFL and BodogFight contender Ray “Bam Bam” Steinbeiss (12-7) against upstart Ryan Kelly (3-1). Steinbeiss.
– Saturday, April 23, 2011 9:00pm ET will be Video on Demand on Sunday April 24 by Noon ET, featuring Rocktagon – Elite Series 5 at the Midway Mall in Elyria, Ohio. American Hardcore MMA’s Garret ‘The Sickness’ Sahene will face Rocktagon MMA’s Marcus Washington. Sahene and Washington have endured many hard fought wars in the cage, but both must put their titles on the line on April 23. Who will emerge as the Rocktagon MMA Amateur Lightweight Champion Fans will find out next Saturday night! World Class MMA’s top prospect, Garret ‘The Sickness’ Sahene, is an American Hardcore MMA veteran and the organizations current lightweight champion. Sahene (7-2) is highly regarded as one of Ohio’s premiere mixed martial arts competitors. He recently claimed the American Hardcore MMA title in a hard fought decision win over Personal Training Tactics fighter Khama Worthy. Sahene is determined to prove that he is the organizations true amateur lightweight champion and plans to keep the belt where it belongs, in his possession. Standing in his way is Samuel L. Felton Jr. Athletic Club fighter Marcus Washington (5-0-1), a hard charging, explosive knockout artist that has quickly become a Rocktagon MMA fan favorite.
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