In short, MMAX is developing a league of amateur teams coached by
high-profile MMA coaches and fighters that will be sponsored by
trainers/team owners. Regional squads will be added in the near future as
the amateur league develops into a country-wide recognized and established brand, and MMAX continues to stage exciting professional fight events featuring top names and athletes. The amateur league is designed to become a platform for young fighters to gain experience on their way to becoming professional athletes in mixed martial arts.

The September 16th fight card is sure to become a fan favorite, as it is
stacked with the best talent from some of the top gyms in Las Vegas –The
Tapout Training Center, Throwdown MMA, Xtreme Couture, Wand Fight Team, Sunset Boxing & MMA, and others will all be represented on the card. In the main event, fan favorite Cesar Campos (8-1) will battle the tough and rugged Rudy Morales (7-1) in an excellent match-up between two rising local stars.

“This is a great fight card, and MMAX fight fans will be extremely pleased
with the amount of action they will witness on the 16th,” stated MMA
Xplosion Owner, Rani John. “I know that Campos and Morales will bring the
heat, and we are honored to have pros like Fryklund and Eastman coaching at the event.  It has been a determined goal of ours to develop a team oriented MMA league to help us capture the support of fans across America.”

Tony “The Freak” Fryklund (14-9) made his pro MMA career way back in 1997 atUFC® 14. The Militech Fighting Systems product ran his record to 8-1 to start off his career. In addition to the UFC®, Fryklund competed in
Strikeforce® and Cage Rage during his career. The six-foot welterweight,
never one to shy away from a fight, battled many top names in MMA, including Jonathan Goulet, David Loiseau, Brian Ebersole, Eugene Jackson, Matt Lindland, Ivan Salaverry, Thomas “Wildman” Denny, Duane “Bang” Ludwig, Cung Le, and Anderson “The Spider” Silva. Fryklund retired in 2007 after a stellar career, and is now intent on giving back to the sport that gave him so much.

A native of California, Marvin “The Beastman” Eastman (17-13-1) is a
consummate professional who has taken on all comers during his career. He has fought all over the world, in promotions from King of the Cage to the
Maximum Fighting Championships to the UFC®. “The Beastman” holds wins over well-known competitors such as Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Floyd Sword, Vernon “Tiger” White, Jason MacDonald, Alan Belcher, Travis Wiuff, Jason Guida, Rob Kimmons, and Terry Martin. He’s also faced Rich Franklin, Vitor Belfort, Travis Lambert, Jason Lambert, Drew McFedries, Denis Kang, and Ricardo Arona. In short, Eastman has battled a virtual who’s who in MMA, and is determined to pass on his experiences to the next generation of fighters through Team Beastman.

MMA Xplosion Promoter Vlad Warton said, “Given the level of success from the four professional shows staged at the Hard Rock, we decided to add the
amateur league concept to enable the top amateurs the transition to
professional ranks. We are committed to developing our amateur/professional MMA brand name to the status of national and international following and recognition. Holding both amateur and professional events will help us achieve out goal and I’m very excited to finally see the Team Qualifier concept come to life.”

Team Qualifier fight card:

MAIN EVENT:

145lbs – Cesar Campos (8-1) vs. Rudy Morales (7-1)

155lbs – David Jordan (8-1) vs. David Tompkins (4-1)

170lbs – Joe Angelo (7-5) vs. Daniel Cuison (2-0)

205lbs – Mike Florio (5-1) vs. Weston Duschen (6-6)

205lbs – Prentice Williams (5-1) vs. Khalil Roundtree (2-0)

155lbs – Jimmy Like (1-2) vs. Christian Cardona (2-2)

155 lbs – Kevin Smith (0-1) vs. Jason Rivera (1-3)

145lbs – Shane Benbow (2-1) vs. Boostayre Nagarios (2-1)

125lbs – Richard Patini (0-0)vs. Cruz Ramos (0-0)

140lbs- Ramsen Merza (1-2) vs. Hugo Gonzalez (0-0)

155lbs – Jamie Sanchez (0-1) vs. Jake Malili (2-0)

135lbs- Joshua Lopas (0-0) vs. Sean Cantor (3-0)

135lbs – Rick Fell (0-0) vs.  Eddie Guerrero (0-2)

For more information on MMAX, please visit: http://www.mmaxplosion.com/

—MMA Xplosion press release—

Former UFC Heavyweight champion Frank Mir also had a one sided three round bout against “Big Country” Roy Nelson. The bout saw a lot of clinching and heavy breathing from both parties. Nelson was tired and threw many desperation wild punches, but ate several devastating knees from Mir, who controlled the bout with clinching and take downs.

In the knockout of the night, Travis Browne delivered possibly the biggest superman punch in the world, to drop the “Huge Dude” Stefan Struve. Browne continued his assault with two unnecessary hammer fists to end the bout in the first round.

Brian Stann made his country proud last night on Memorial Day, as the former US Marine knocked out Sengoku middleweight champion Jorge Santiago in the second round.

Rick Story outclassed Thiago Alves, Tim Boetsch defeated Kendall Grove impressively in his middleweight debut, and “Mighty Mouse” Demetrious Johnson continues to display his dominance in the bantamweight division with a dominate performance against former pound for pound great Miguel Torres, and potentially earning himself a shot.

At Dream 17 “Fight for Japan” Shinya Aoki displayed “No Love” for his last minute replacement Rich Clementi, by dismantling him throughout the bout and submitting him with a face lock in the second round.

Masakazu Imanari and Hideo Tokoro both advance to the finals of the Dream. Fighting twice in one night both fighters went the distance in one bout and finished in another. Imanari defeated  Keisuke Fujiwara and submitted Kenji Osawa and Tokoro TKO’d  Yoshiro Maeda and defeated Atsushi Yamamoto.

Caol Uno was able to get out of his four fight losing streak and decisions Akiyo Nishiura after 2. Joachim Hansen and Takeya Mizugaki fought an amazing 2 round war that could have gone either way, and leaves a bad taste in every fans mouth as the judges saw it for Hansen.

Battlefield Fight League held their eighth fight card on Saturday in Nanaimo, British Columbia at the Frank Crane Arena which was headlined by Jesse Taylor and Denis Kang. “JT Money” made short work of Kang, by taking his back and securing a victory in under two minutes with a rear naked choke.

Weekend in Fights! Results:

UFC 130 Results:

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson def. Matt Hamill via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Frank Mir def. Roy Nelson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)

Travis Browne def. Stefan Struve via knockout (superman punch) – Round 1, 4:11

Rick Story def. Thiago Alves via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Brian Stann def. Jorge Santiago via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 4:29

Demetrious Johnson def. Miguel Torres via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Tim Boetsch def. Kendall Grove via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Gleison Tibau def. Rafaello Oliveira via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 3:28

Michael McDonald def. Chris Cariaso via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)

Renan Barao def. Cole Escovedo via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Dream 17 “Fight for Japan” Results:

Atsushi Yamamoto def. Yusaku Nakamura via TKO (punches) – 8:43 – Round 1 (To Advance to Semifinals of Dream Bantamweight Tournament)

Hideo Tokoro def. Yoshiro Maeda via TKO (Corner Stoppage) – 0:43 -Round 2 (To Advance to Semifinals of Dream Bantamweight Tournament)

Masakazu Imanari def. Keisuke Fujiwara via Unanimous Decision (To Advance to Semifinals of Dream Bantamweight Tournament)

Kenji Osawa def. Takafumi Otsuka via Split Decision (To Advance to Semifinals of Dream Bantamweight Tournament)

Joachim Hansen def. Mitsuhiro Ishida via Split Decision

Takeshi Inoue def. Koichiro Matsumoto via TKO (Punches) -6:51 – Round 1

Caol Uno def. Akiyo Nishiura via Unanimous Decision

Katsunori Kikuno def. via Daisuke Nakamura Unanimous Decision

Shinya Aoki def. Rich Clementi via Submission (Face Lock) – 2:17 -Round 2

Hideo Tokoro def. Atsushi Yamamoto via Split Decision (To Advance to Finals of Dream Bantamweight Tournament)

Masakazu Imanari def.  Kenji Osawa via Sumission (Achilles Lock) (To Advance to Finals of Dream Bantamweight Tournament)

BFL 8 “Island Beatdown” Results:

Jesse Taylor def. Denis Kang via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 1:57 – Round 1

Graham Spencer def. Bruno Capdeville via Unanimous Decision

Matt Baker def. Ryan Ballingall via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 4:43 – Round 1

Jacen Brooks def. Levi Alford via TKO 2:07 -  Round 1

Ryan Chiappe def. Bill Fraser via TKO (Ref Stoppage/Cut) 4:09 – Round 1

Gary Mangat def. Mark Delgado via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) – 4:07 – Round 1

Micha Brakefield def. Jer Kornelson via Split Decision

Jordan Beecroft def. Mike Jorgensen via TKO (strikes) 4:57 – Round 1

Marcus Vinicios def. Tim Skidmore via KO – 1:39 – Round 1

Chris Day def. Eli Wyse via Submission (Darce Choke) – 2:07 -  Round 1

Brett Deacon def. Nik Ramsay via TKO (strikes) – 1:29 – Round 1

Joe Boldo def. Johny Wilson via Unanimous Decision

UFC fighter Marcus “The Irish Hand Grenade’ Davis appeared on this episode to talk about his fight against Nate Diaz at UFC 118 on August 28.

GAMMA gym (www.montrealmartialarts.com) owner and operator Phil Gelinas appeared to talk about the upcoming GAMMA amateur-MMA team tryouts this Sunday August 22 at 12pm(noon).

Warrior-1 MMA president/promoter Jack Bateman was interviewed to talk about W-1′s next show in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the legalization of MMA in Ontario and when W-1 will return to Montreal.

Dave and Kevin gave a preview for Strikeforce: Houston including King Mo’s title defense against “Feijao” Cavalcante and Bobby Lashley’s return to action. All this and much more MMA talk on this 2-hour episode of Ringside Report Radio.

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In this episode, Dave and Kevin discuss the results from Impact FC including Pedro Rizzo’s dismantling on Ken Shamrock, Paul Daley’s win and the battle between Paulo Filho and Denis Kang.

Dave and Kevin talked about Jake Shields taking on Martin Kampmann in his first UFC bout, a rumoured bout between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Lyoto Machida and the future of Vitor Belfort.

Your hosts also talked about a hypothetical “super-fight” between Jon Jones and Anderson Silva and re-capped WWE’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view.

All this and much more MMA and Pro Wrestling on this episode of Ringside Report Radio.

Full Results of W-1 Judgment Day:

Denis Kang def. Dae Won Kim via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 1:49 in Round 1

Adrian Wooley (C) def. Randy Spence via TKO (strikes) at 4:48 in Round 4 to retain the W-1 bantamweight title

Steve Bossé def. Mychal Clark via TKO at 4:29 in Round 1

Ivan Menjivar def. Aaron Miller via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 2:25 in Round 1

John Fraser def. Thierry Quenneville via submission (strikes) at 0:56 in Round 4 to win the W-1 featherweight title

Antonio Carvalho def. Juan Barrantes via TKO at 2:00 in Round 1

Jorge Britto def. Ryan Machan via split decision (29-28 Britto, 30-27 Britto, 29-28 Machan)

Roy Boughton def. Misha Cirkunov via submission (arm-bar) at 2:33 in Round 2

Bruno Hosier def. John McPherson via TKO (strikes) at 0:46 in Round 2

Josh Hill def. Brent Franczuz via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:44 in Round 2

Demetrios Arvanopoulos def. Jay Alexander via submission (knee-bar) at 1:40 in Round 1

Thierry Quenneville appeared on the program to talk about his bout on June 19 against John Fraser for the Warrior-1 featherweight championship. W-1 fight correspondent Adam Reid also appeared on the show to talk about Warrior-1: Judgment Day, taking place on Saturday June 19 in Laval, Québec.

Dave and Julie previewed The Ultimate Fighter Season 11 finale and WEC 49. They also talked about Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s appearance on The Tonight Show, Miguel Torres’ tweets about Cyborg Santos and much more MMA on this 2 hour episode of Ringside Report Radio.

W-1: Judgment Day Fight Card:
185lbs Middleweight Bout
Denis Kang (32-12-1) vs. Dae Won Kim (11-5)

205lbs Light Heavyweight Bout
Steve Bosse vs. TBA

145lbs W-1 Featherweight Championship Bout:
John Fraser (6-3) vs. Thierry Quenneville (15-8)

135lbs W-1 Bantamweight Championship Bout:
Adrian Wooley (6-1) vs. Randy Spence (11-9)

145lbs Featherweight Bout
Ivan Menjivar (20-7) vs. Aaron Miller (9-7)

145lbs Featherweight Bout
Antonio Carvalho (15-4) vs. Juan Barrentes (7-4)

155lbs Lightweight Bout
Jorge Britto (11-6-1) vs. Ryan Machan (10-4)

Misha Cirkunov (1-0) vs. Roy Broughton (3-0)

205lbs Light Heavyweight Bout
Bruno Hosier (3-1) vs. John MacPhearson (1-0)

Catch Weight Bout
Josh Hill 144lbs (1-0) vs. Brent Franczuz 135lbs (3-0)

170lbs Welterweight Bout
Demetrious Arvanitopoulos (1-0) vs. Jay Alexander (3-0)

135lbs Flyweight Bout
Michael Imperato (0-0) vs. Tim Chessel (0-2)

Tune into Ringside Report Radio this Friday night for exclusive interviews with Thierry “The Surgeon” Quenneville and W-1 Fight Correspondent Adam Reid.

In this one-hour show, Dave and Kevin discuss a potential fight between Forrest Griffin and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira at UFC 113 and Georges St-Pierre training with Gegard Mousasi.

They also talked about UFC and Pride veteran Denis Kang who recently signed with Warrior-1 and will fight Vernon White on March 20 in Montreal. Dave and Kevin also talked about David Loiseau’s return to MMA and much more news in the Montreal MMA scene.

Dave and Kevin talked about Monday night Raw, John Cena, this Sunday’s Royal Rumble and much more Pro Wrestling and MMA.

W-1 (Warrior One) one of Canada’s top MMA promotions based out of Toronto signs MMA Veterans Denis Kang (32-12-1) and Vernon “Tiger” White (26-33-2).

Kang signs with W-1 after being cut from the UFC after a disappointing loss to Ultimate Fighter 3 winner Michael “The Count” Bisping. Kang has a 1-2 record in the UFC and is working his way back to the #1 promotion in the world. Kang a Pancrase, K-1, Pride, Dream and UFC alumni will make his W-1 debut at W-1 Bad Blood against another W-1 debuting veteran in the world of MMA, Vernon “Tiger” White. White is a journey man with over 50 professional fights and has battled the biggest names in the business, such as Frank Shamrock, Chuck Liddell, Bas Rutten and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida.

W-1 Bad Blood is the promotions first venture outside of Gatineau, Quebec and promises to be a good one as also featured on the card W-1 Welterweight Champion Carlos “The Ronin” Newton (15-13) defends his title against the very dangerous Chris Clements (6-3)

These two blockbuster fights will take place at Pierre Charbonneau Centre in Montreal, Quebec Canada on Saturday March 20th, 2010.

UFC 105′s Dan Hardy who is fighting Mike “Quick” Swick in a #1 Contendership bout for the Welterweight Title.

Ringside Rivalite’s Main Event of the returning Lion Heart Steve Vigneault and his opponent Dan Chambers. Mike Ricci, his opponent Jordon Mein, John Makdessi, and more as part of Ringside Report Radio’s special Ringside MMA preview.

Burlington Brawl VI’s Billy Walsh as well as other fighters on the card.

UFC 105 Card

Randy Couture vs. Brandon Vera
Dan Hardy vs. Mike Swick
Michael Bisping vs. Denis Kang
Matt Brown vs. James Wilks
Ross Pearson vs. Aaron Riley

Terry Etim vs. Shannon Gugerty
John Hathaway vs. Paul Taylor
Nick Osipczak vs. Matthew Riddle
Paul Kelly vs. Dennis Siver
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Jared Hamman
Roli Delgado vs. Andre Winner

Ringside Rivalite Card:

185 lb- Dan Chambers (Lethbridge,Alberta) vs Steve Vigneault (Tristar)
145 lb- Tim Tamaki (Lethbridge,Alberta) vs Guillaume Lamarche (Team Bergeron)
145 lb- Tommy Pariseau (Team Legion) vs Réjean Groulx (Team Bergeron)
170 lb- Jordan Mein (Lethbridge, Alberta) vs Mike Ricci (Tristar)
170 lb- Chris Vorano (Barrie,Ontario) vs Yves Lemelin (Team Bergeron)
155 lb- Brandon McArthur (Lethbridge, Alberta) vs John Makdessi (Tristar)
135 lb-Nicolas Pariseau(Team Legion) vs Pierrot Marcoux (Team Bergeron)
155 lb- Joey Gambino (New York) vs Benoit Guionnet (BTT Canada) – 155 lb
145 lb- Mikael Pellerin (Team Legion) vs Erik Dumaine (Team Bergeron)
145 lb- Jeremy Gagnon (Team Shredder) vs Louis-Phillippe Gauthier (Ultimate Boss)

Burlington Brawl VI Card:

155 PRO: Billy Walsh vs Bob Hugus
265 Title Match: Kaleb Colbry vs Jason Spector
135 Match: Claudio Zantana vs Jin Lee Dorso
155 Title Match: Nick Massaro vs Josh Corey
205 Match: Jeff Varmette vs Josh Girard
Sub Grap. Match: Glenn Brown vs Aaron Fondry
BJJ Gi Demo: Ben Cobane vs Mike DesRosiers
185 Match: Tyrone Tilson vs Willam Sinon
170 Match: Joe Carbello vs Sean Hamel
135 Match: Daav Armbrecht vs David Quach
135 Match: Chris Gallipo vs Zack Rillo
155 Match: Dustin Smith vs John Congdon

*All Fight Cards Subject to ChangeMi