Saturday, September 23, 2006

"Dynamite" Dent to fight at UFC 63


Date:September 23rd, 2006
Time:10:00 pm
Location:UFC 63, Anaheim, California

Coming off his victory over local favorite Kolo Koka at SuperBrawl, GriffonRawl's head instructor Jason "Dynamite" Dent will square off against Roger Huerta at the Ultimate Fighting Championship 63 in Anaheim.Dent will be making his UFC debut after Jason Reinhardt's neck injury prevented him from making his own UFC debut match against Huerta.UFC 63 will be shown at the GriffonRawl dojo on September 23. Please see the events page for more information.

Saturday, September 16, 2006

NAAFS presents "The Northcoast Showdown"

Date:September 16th, 2006
Time:Doors Open at 5:30pm Fights start at 7:30
Location:Euclid Sports Plant in Euclid, Ohio


The fifth round of the North American Amateur Fight Series will be held on Saturday September 16 at the Euclid Sports Plant. GriffonRawl amateur warriors set to compete are Chuck Shilling, Milan Wesley, Ben Parks, & DJ Jacobucci. For the entire line up just scroll down.Featured BoutsMain Event 265 lbs - Dominic Qurazzo 2-0 (Team Playland) vs Josh “The Sandman” Stansbury 3-1 (Next Level Fight Team)170 lbs - “Smokin” Joe Heiland 4-0 (Strong Style Fight Team) vs TBA155 lbs - Dustin “The Reaper” Kempf 7-1 (Next Level Fight Team) vs Cody "The Wolverine" Stevens 2-0 (Wreckroom Athletics) 170 lbs - Josh McBride 3-2 (Northeastern Pummeling Den) vs Adam Swift 0-0 (Team DNA)265 lbs - John “The Showstopper” Hedges 1-0 (Team Playland) vs Tom Poe 0-0 (Team Infinity)205 lbs - Dan Spohn 3-0 (Cambridge MMA) vs TBA185 lbs - Taiwon “The Iron Dragon” Howard 1-1 (Rising Dragon Fight Team) vs Ben “Thundercat” Parks 1-0 (Team Griffon-Rawl) 185lbs - Chris Green 2-0 (Next Level Fight Team) vs TBAPreliminary Bouts185 lbs - Ricky “The Thriller” Miller (Jungle Fight Team) vs DJ Jacobucci (Team Griffon-Rawl) 185 lbs - Milan Wesley (Team Griffon-Rawl) vs Nick Golembieski (Knockout Factory)155 lbs - Isaac Smith (Wreckroom Athletics) vs Chuck Schilling (Team Griffon-Rawl)155 lbs - Mike Nesto (Shraders MMA) vs Jay Wadsworth (Team Air-Gadfly)170 lbs - Dana Coon (Team DNA) vs Luke Wilder (Knockout Factory)155 lbs - Dan Jones (Team Playland) vs Brodie Arnold (Akron, OH)SHW - Deon West (Cleveland, OH) vs Bobby Favors (Fikes MMA)145 lbs - Corey Eis (Newark, OH) vs Dan Balon (Team DNA)170 lbs - Brandon Hance (Galena, OH) vs Marvin Williams (Rising Dragon Fight Team)Fight Card Subject to Change8/15/06: The NAAFS in conjunction with SportstalkCleveland.com and PKW Live are proud to announce round five of the 2006 North American Amateur Fight Series. The Northcoast Showdown will take place this September 16th in Euclid, Ohio’s Euclid Sportsplant. “This round will likely be the most competitive of the series so far.” said NAAFS spokesman Jake Digman. “We are a few months away from the year end finals which has made the next few events that much more important to the fighters trying to earn a slot in December. We are expecting the September 16th card to be one of our most competitive and evenly matched cards of 2006.” Headlining the show will be two of the NAAFS’ premier heavyweights as Josh “The Sandman” Stansbury (3-1) battles local favorite an unbeaten in two fights, Dominic Qurazzo. In addition, top ranked welterweight “Smokin” Joe Heiland returns to the series looking for his fifth straight NAAFS win.Lightweight Dustin “The Reaper” Kempf (7-1) and Dan Spohn (3-0) will also look to stay on top of their respective divisions as part of four current number one seeds that will be entering the NAAFS cage on September 16th. Current NAAFS rankings along with results from round four of the 2006 series are now available on the official home of the NAAFS, http://www.prokarateweekly.com/. Round six is tentatively set for November 11th and will feature the NAAFS Team Challenge along with a few amateur super-fights. Information on this event will be released soon on PKW. Tickets for the Northcoast Showdown will officially go on sale this week and will be available for purchase by calling 330-324-3034 or clicking the ticket tab which will be located on this web site.

Saturday, September 2, 2006

Icon Sport presents SuperBrawl “Mayhem vs. Lawler”

Date:September 2nd, 2006
Time:7:30pm PST
Location:Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii
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Icon Sport presents “Mayhem vs. Lawler” on September 2nd at the Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii. “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler defends his Icon Sport Middleweight Championship against fellow 185-pound standout Jason “Mayhem” Miller in the headline bout. The MFS affiliated Lawler captured the title in a second round knockout victory over then-champion Falaniko “Niko” Vitale on July 23, 2005 at Super Brawl: ICON. 26-year old Miller submitted Ultimate Fighter alumni Lodune Sincaid at WFA’s King of the Streets event last month to improve his record to 16-4 and continue his winning streak since a unanimous decision loss to top welterweight contender Georges St. Pierre at UFC 52Main Event:Jason Mayhem Miller vs. Ruthless Robbie LawlerFight Card:Jason Dent vs. Kolo Koka Ikaika Silva vs. Tyson Nam Jay Jack vs. Mike Russo Kimo Woefel vs. Sydney Silva Paul Gorman vs. Mark Oshiro Marshall Harvest vs. Makana Albino Chico Cantiberos vs. Kevin Delima Lowen Cabuag vs. Kenneth Gusman Keoni Bryant vs. Derek Stadler Shaun Durfee vs. Thomas Ferguson Pene Tauafoa vs. Ricky "Hoku" Wallace