Here’s the “better late than never, I was too busy watching the Olympics” edition of our Canadian Rumour Mill.
MFC is looking for partners and relationships in the US. Maximum Fighting has stated that they are looking to head south of the border but will need a casino partner to make it happen. Let’s hope the MFC does finally venture south, as they promised American, Carribean, and non-Edmonton Canadian shows multiple times in the past and nothing has come of those statements except for a single Ontario event!
Like old school MFC, check out MFC “Classic” on Fight Network. Brad Zazaluk is in the main event of MFC 14 this week. There was quite a bit of controversy when Brad Zazaluk vs Shonie Carter was announced, due to the difference in their fight records and quality of opponents/credentials. Tune in to see how that played out! Ryan Jimmo, Ryan Ford, Dwayne Lewis are also on this card.
Strong rumours of Kalib Starnes and Vinny Magalhaes battling it out at Titan FC this April! I see this as a great fight for Kalib and would further help him work his way back in the mix!
Unified Combat League (UCL) has inked a television deal with United Fighting Alliance (UFA) and will have UCL 20 “Acension” broadcast in the US. HERE is the list of TV broadcasters that have deals with the United Fighting Alliance.
Sean Pierson is heading down to 155? Amidst a three fight UFC win streak, that is exactly what the Punisher told Gabriel Morency. Pierson will be doing a test cut first.
Big congrats to Valerie Letourneau who has signed with Invicta FC!
Advin Omic was guillotined in 57 seconds by Andrew Buckland at Pure FC 6 in December of 2010. “The Bosnian Bad Boy” will now get a chance to avenge his defeat when he gets his rematch at Havoc FC 5!
Speaking of Havoc, Havoc FC 6 will be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Red Deer on September 5th.
King of the Cage Canada will once again be holding a show in Cold Lake, at the Energy Centre on June 6. Tim Chemelli will main event in his home town and look for Elmer Waterhen to “un-retire” from his not so long retirement and defend his MW strap in the co-main event spot on the show!
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HOT FIGHT ALERT! Guillaume De Lorenzi may be on the Bellator card on May 9th as well. There is a chance that “Il Toro” will face John Alessio in a great all-Canadian Lightweight battle. Put this rumour at 40% (this is the OAC we are talking about)
Jason Meisel will be Remy Bussieres‘ opponent on the Bellator show at Casino Rama! This will be Meisel’s Bellator debut!
Claude Patrick told MMAJunkie that he’s all healthy now and is looking at making a return at UFC 174 in Vancouver! Patrick is one of Canada’s best, glad to hear that he’s ready to go!
Check out the first episode of Ryan Ford’s “Built From The Ground Up” video series. Some real well done production quality! http://youtu.be/BN_3Mhs4RFc #realrecognizesreal
Has Joel Powell lost his shirt sponsor due to Ryan Ford and Tim Hague publicly ragging on Failed Youth Clothing for working with someone who is not from Edmonton? (You can check out some of the drama on Facebook, go find it if you’re interested). I hope not, that would be very unfortunate! Here’s hoping Failed Youth sticks around and supports fighters! http://failedyouthclothing.
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Josh Russell defeated Paolo Azambuja via submission at the Submission Ace Championship in Sylvan Lake this past weekend!
MFC Middleweight champion Sam Alvey came up victorious in a Muay Thai fight on Saturday. He defeated Sergio Pique via 3rd round TKO at WCK “Matter of Pride” in Pechanga Casino and Resort in Temecula, California.
Simon “Bad Bwoy” Marcus continued his incredible undefeated streak in Muay Thai winning the four man tournament at Kunlan Fight 2 in China this last weekend! He first defeated Israel Adesanya of New Zealand via extra round decision, then defeated Thailand’s Vehas TopKing via 1st round TKO in the final!
There will be a live stream of Shane “Shaolin” Campbell’s K-1 bout with Enriko Kehl on the K-1 website. http://www.k-1.tv/
Cody Ries (1-0 boxing, 3-2 MMA) will box Matt Jelly (0-1 boxing, 3-3 MMA)and making his pro boxing debut will be Eric Huang (1-1 amateur MMA) who will take on Jama Gaiye Mohamad (2-1 boxing) on the March 1st KO Boxing card in Edmonton.
Justin Bourgeois (6-5 MMA) will make his boxing debut when he takes on Marcel Maillet Jr. (3-6-1 boxing) on March 8th at Casino New Brunswick in Moncton, NB.
Donald Duck and that “little pygmy f***” Sean Quinn are different people. Donnie can ride the upside down boat, big boy bumper cars and real rollercoasters, while Quinn has issues with the height requirements on certain rides and is left with the kiddie bumper cars, little dragon roller coasters, and the regular halfway up boat.
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Canadian MMA Rumour Mill – Olympics 2014 Edition