IFBL "Fight Night 9"

Date:September 15th, 2007
Time:Fights Start at: 7:30PM
Location:Eastwood Expo

Everyone make sure to come and see IFBL history. Breanne Vickers of GriffonRawl will be taking part in the IFBL's first ever female MMA fight and to boot Breanne will be GR's first female MMA fighter as well. Come cheer Breanne on and show your support as she is very excited to be competing and looking foward to showcasing her skills while bringing GR home another W. To view the entire fight card and for more info ont he IFBL visit there official website at http://www.fightifbl.com/

Next Level vs NAAFS

Date:September 15th, 2007
Time:Doors Open 5:30 PM
Location:St. John's Arena

On September 15th, the NAAFS will invade Steubenville, OH to accept the Next Level Challenge! The region's premiere MMA competitors will do battle to determine once and for all who the premiere organization is. The NAAFS is honored to join forces with Next Level to bring you this historic night of mixed martial arts action.Team Next Level will go into this showdown with the home field advantage, competing in their own backyard of Steubenville, OH. Ed Chanoski has assembled Next Level's best athletes in combat the pending invasion of the NAAFS' elite. The "Challenge" will take place at each weight class, with a fighter representing his particular organization.In the Featherweight Division, it will be the undefeated Justin Steave (4-0) representing Team Next Level to take on Wreckroom Athletics’ Cody "The Wolverine" Stevens (7-1), who is currently ranked #2 in the NAAFS National Featherweight Division. In another Featherweight showdown, the NAAFS will be represented by Team Griffon-Rawl’s Chuck Schilling (4-1) and he will go up against Team Next Level's Eric Noel (5-1), who is currently ranked #5 in the NAAFS Featherweight Division. In the final Featherweight showdown, NAAFS veteran Carl Dean Roff (2-3) of Roff Ryder's Fight Team will step inside the cage against Team Next Level's Jake Zeigler (2-1).Another highly anticipated showdown will take place in the Welterweight Division, as each organization will be represented by one of the region's best fighters. Team Next Level’s Kellen Hughes, who is also ranked #1 in the NAAFS Welterweight Division, will take on the undefeated Chris Goldizen (4-0) of Team Griffon-Rawl, who is coming off an impressive victory at NAAFS War on the Shore. In Light Heavyweight action, current Next Level Light Heavyweight Champion “The Mean Machine” Mark Hoppel takes on NAAFS veteran, #3 ranked Nick “The Savage” Duell of Jungle Fight Team. The winner of this bout will not only have bragging rights for his organization, but will be one step closer towards the NAAFS National Finals in December. The Heavyweight’s will collide at Next Level vs. NAAFS, when “The Asian Persuasion” Tony Underwood of Team Next Level takes on Norm “The Jackhammer” Carriero. Fans are in for a treat when these incredible athletes leave it all inside the cage.Also competing in the Next Level vs. NAAFS Challenge is Grant Hoppel. The young stuff of Team Next Level is awaiting his open challenge to be accepted by any of the NAAFS’ top Welterweight combatants. The NAAFS has countered, as #1 Ranked Light Heavyweight Joe “The Giant Killer” Lewis is coming to Steubenville and looking for a war. Tickets for Next Level vs. NAAFS are on sale now. Which organization will reign supreme in this ultimate showdown at St. John’s Arena? Will Team Next Level be able to defend their home turf successfully or will the NAAFS stand triumphant at the end of the night? The only way to find out is to be there live on Saturday September 15th at St. John’s Arena in Steubenville, OH! NAAFS VS Next Level Challenge145 lbs - Cody "The Wolverine" Stevens 7-1 (Wreckroom Athletics) vs Justin Steave 4-0 (Team Next Level)145 lbs – Chuck Shilling 4-1 (Team Griffon-Rawl)vs Eric Noel 5-1 (Team Next Level)145 lbs – Carl Dean Roff 2-3 (Roff Ryder's Fight Team) vs Jake Zeigler 2-1 (Team Next Level)155 lbs – Grant Hoppel 5-2 (Team Next Level)vs TBA 170 lbs – Nick Goldizen 4-0 (Team Griffon-Rawl)vs Kellen "Mad Dog" Hughes 5-1 (Team Next Level)185 lbs – Nick "The Savage" Duell 5-2-1 (Jungle Fight Team)vs "The Mean Machine" Mark Hoppel 5-0 (Team Next Level)205 lbs – Joe "The Giant Killer" Lewis 4-0 (Wreckroom Athletics) vs TBA 265 lbs – Norm "The Jackhammer" Carriero 3-1 (Independent) vs Tony Underwood 2-2 (Team Next Level)Next Level Lighweight Title Fight155 lbs - Anthony Hayes 2-2 (Next Level) vs Braden Shaw 1-0 (Independent) Preliminary Bouts 135 lbs - Anthony Valles 0-1(Next Level) vs. Andrew Lysick 0-1 (Independent)140 lbs - Nick Taylor 2-1 (Next Level) Vs. Ronnie Green 0-0 (Wheeling, Wv) 155 lbs - Rhett Northcraft 1-0 (Next Level) vs. Derick Gibson 0-0 (Independent) 160 lbs - Paul Paris 0-0 (Next Level) vs. Mark Hall 0-2 (Next Evolution MMA) 165 lbs - Jeb Banovsky 2-0 (Next Level) vs. Shawn Mean 0-0 (Independent) 165 lbs - Bill Kuzma 1-0 (Next Level) vs. Josh Carlson 0-1 (Next Evolution MMA) 170 lbs - John Saxton 2-0 (Next Level) Vs. TBA 205 lbs - Chris Goldbaugh 3-2 (Ohio Valley Jiu-Jitsu,) Vs. Travis Liston 0-0 (Next Evolution MMA) 205 lbs - Jade Smith 2-1 (Steel Valley MMA) Vs. James Moore 3-3 (Next Evolution MMA) 185 lbs - A.J. Simeth 0-1 (Ohio Valley Jiu-Jitsu) vs. Nathan Shearer 0-0 (Next Evolution MMA)265 lbs - Nate Loughran 0-1 (Independent) Vs. James Long 0-0 (Independent) Card Subject to ChangeTables #1-20 VIP Front Row$50 Per Seat/ $500 Per TableTables #21 - 75 VIP Floor Seating$40 Per Seat/ $400 Per SeatVIP Box Seats #1 - 52 (Must Purchase Entire Box)$45 Per Seat/ $180 Per Box General Admission Bleacher Seats$25 Per SeatCourtesy of prokarateweekly.com

Criminal Combat MMA

Date:August 25th, 2007
Time:Doors Open 5:30
Location:Team Energetics

Come support GriffonRawl at Criminal Combat set to take place in Highland Heights. This event will be an all amateur MMA fight card. Tickets our now available at the GriffonRawl Academy. This will be the first show out at Team Energetics, and will be one to remember, as it is packed with many GR fighters. Fighters set to represent us ate Nick Goldizen, Miguel Defina, Tommy Lutz, John Strmac, and Jim Payne. All of guys trained really hard for this and I wouldn't be surprised if we go undeafeted. I'll see you there.

NAAFS Kickboxing

Date:August 18th, 2007
Time:Doors Open: 5pm
Location:Chapparell's Community Center

The regions best amateur kickboxers will stand and bang at the second installment of NAAFS Kickboxing on Saturday August 18th at Chapparell’s Community Center in Akron, OH! Featuring the regions toughest competitors, NAAFS Kickboxing will play host to 10 action-packed stand-up wars! Team GriffonRawl will have three of our guys representing us on this show.Fighting from GriffonRawl:170 lbs Adam Sadny 1-0 vs John “Mongoose” Myers 1-1 (Instigator)155 lbs Chad Mullins 0-0 vs Josh Breto 0-0 (Powerkick Academy) 155 lbs Aaron “Juice” Veverka 4-7 vs TBA

NAAFS "War On The Shore"

Date:August 4th, 2007
Time:Doors Open 5:30
Location:The Cove

Geneva, OH: The Biggest Party of the Summer will take place on Saturday August 4th in Geneva, OH when the North American Allied Fight Series presents NAAFS War on the Shore! The seventh round of the 2007 NAAFS Season will take place at The Cove, nestled comfortable on the banks of Lake Erie, with what will no doubt be the hottest night of MMA action this summer ...The biggest names & top ranked fighters in the NAAFS will be laying it all on the line at War on the Shore, including two NAAFS champions. In the Main Event, 2006 NAAFS National Heavyweight Champion & hometown hero John "The Showstopper" Hedges (3-1) will square off against Wreckroom Athletic's "Big Sexy" Seth Cole (2-1). Hailing from nearby Madison, OH; Hedges will be looking to make this a successful homecoming. For Cole, this is his opportunity to make a huge splash in the NAAFS Heavyweight Division. The winner of this bout will be on step closer to the 2007 NAAFS Finals in December.In the Co-Main Event of the evening, it's the rematch that NAAFS fans have been waiting for, as Madison's own Paul "Str8 Outta" Compton (8-1) will battle John "Mongoose" Myers (6-4) of Instigator Fight Team. Their first time they met was in Myers’ hometown of Dover, OH at NAAFS Border Wars. On that night, it was Paul Compton who walked away from the battle with a KO victory. This time, it will be John Myers entering unfriendly territory, no doubt looking to avenge the loss. If the first time they met in the NAAFS Cage was a battle, this time out it’s going to be a war!NAAFS War on the Shore will also see the return of Team Instigator’s Brian “The Predator” Rogers (3-1), who will square off against Frank Dachtler in a Light Heavyweight showdown. The 2006 NAAFS National Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Ellison (6-1) will be in action as well, facing the challenge of the ultra-tough Mason Woodruff (5-2) of Kombat Arts MMATickets for NAAFS War on the Shore are on sale now and going very fast. There is only a limited quantity of tickets available for this event, so make sure you don’t delay or you could miss the biggest party of the summer, as the NAAFS presents War on the Shore!Article from PKW.comFull Fight CardGriffonRawl Fighters Set To Compete In BoldHW Main Event John Hedges 3-1 (Team Warfare) vs Seth Cole 2-1 (Wreckroom)155 lbs Paul Compton 8-2 (Team Warfare) vs John “Mongoose” Myers 6-5 (Instigator)185 lbs Chuck Ellison 6-1 (Instigator) vs Mason Woodruff (5-2) 205 lbs Brian Rogers 3-1 (Instigator) vs Frank Dachtler 2-1-1 (Full Circle Vale Tudo)265 lbs Matt Lisi 3-1 (Anarchy) vs Norm Carriero 2-1 (Instigator)170 lbs Nick Goldiezen 2-0 (GriffonRawl) vs Marc Kofer145 lbs Jason Eckles 2-0 (Team Bloody Buddy) vs “Small” Paul Martin 7-2 (Team Takedown)170 lbs Matt Hopkins 2-2 (Team Warfare) vs Jay Wadsworth 1-1 (Gadfly)155 lbs Jim Myers 0-2 (Gadfly) vs Jeremy Joles 1-0 (Team Pain)145 lbs Jack Mardis 1-0 (New Cumberstown, OH) vs Justin Clark 0-0 (Gadfly)155 lbs Justin White 0-0 (Team Pain) vs Jerry Barrick 0-0 (Vander Fighting)170 lbs Cliff Golembieski 0-0 (Knockout Factory) vs Dan Cain 0-0 (Vander Fighting)145 lbs John Strmac 0-1 (GriffonRawl) vs John Grigware185 lbs Dave Brown 0-1 (Full Circle Tudo) vs Kevin Smith 0-0 (DNA)205 lbs Mike King 1-0 (Anarchy) vs Nick Golembieski 2-2 (Knockout Factory)170 lbs Garret Matheron 1-1 (GadFly) vs Frank Carabello 3-3 (Rising Dragon)205 lbs Mark Stefanac 0-0 (GriffonRawl) vs Chris Howard 2-2 (KO factory)170 lbs Marvin Williams 0-0 (Rising Dragon) vs Ryan Victory 0-2 (PA)205 lbs Jason Raugh 0-0(Vander Fighting) vs Rick Koullgh 0-0 (Kobmat Arts MMA)265 lbs Jeff Hughes 0-0 (Instigator) vs TBA155 lbs Ryan Lardie 1-0 (GriffonRawl) vs Fadi NaderAlternates 155 lbs - Mike Passio 0-0 (Vander)145 lbs - Carl Dean Roff 155 lbs - Joe Holt 0-0 (Baileys)185 lbs - Erik Connor 0-0 (Gadfly)170 lbs - Marc Cofer 1-0

"GriffonRawl Pig Roast" at Dave Osborne's

Date:July 28th, 2007
Time:4:00 PM
Location:Dave Osborne's House

Come join us at Dave Osborne's for a pig roast. All present and past GriffonRawl students welcome to come join in the fun. There will be plenty of activities to take part in as well, there will be: volleyball, bocci ball, sumo suits and much more! Kids are welcome. Please bring a plate to contribute. BYOB Looking forward to seeing everyone there, and am sure this party will be a blast!

SFN Ultimate Cage Fighting

Date:July 21st, 2007
Time:Doors open at 7:00pm
Location:Gray's Armory

This will be a Pro/AM MMA fight card held locally right here in Cleveland. GriffonRawl fighters set to compete are Mike "The Bull" Russo, Donny "Eagle Eye" Walker, and Jason "Dynamite" Dent. It's exciting to see all three Pro fighters from GR all competing on the same card. Between the three of them they have like 58 fights under there belts not including any toughmans or Muay Thai fights. Also another interesting fact is they are all veterans of some of the biggest MMA Organizations out there. Mike has fought in SuperBrawl, Donny in KOTC, and Jason in the UFC. Tickets are for sale here at the GR Academy now so make sure to buy some tickets and come out and support our guys. Pre Sale ticket prices are $25 for GA and $40 for reserved seating. Table seats are also available and cost $100 a seat. GR may have some amateurs competing on this card as well and if that happens it will be updated here ASAP. Thank you everyone for your support.There is also an official website for this show and it is http://www.sfnmma.com/