IFBL "Fight Night 7"

Date:May 5th, 2007
Time:8 PM
Location:Eastwood Expo Center

Saturday, May 5th at the Eastwood Expo Center in Niles, OH, At 155lbs Chuck Schilling makes his return against Roger La Hampton. Nick Goldizen will be squaring off against Mike Reiser at 170lbs. And AJ Carl will be fighting Mike Westhead at 145lbs at "Fight Night 7." Just added to the card, GriffonRawl's John Strmac(145). John will be making his mma debut against Josh Mathington from Team Instigator.Everyone who can should come out and support your fellow GriffonRawl fighters!!!Anymore information about "IFBL Fight Night 7" in Niles can be found on the IFBL website: http://www.fight-ifbl.com/

Cleveland Amature Golden Gloves

Date:April 13th, 2007
Time:Fights Start 7 PM Nightly
Location:Cleveland, Ohio

2007 Cleveland Amateur Golden Gloves Qualifying Tournament GriffonRawl's own, Aaron Petit is fighting in this years Golden Gloves Qualifier. Cornering Aaron, will be our Boxing Instructor Ken Curtis and Gym Owner Jason Dent. The preliminaries are Friday April 13th. The semi-finals are being held Saturday April 14th. Both will be held at The Galleria at Erieview, 1301 E.9th Street Cleveland, Ohio 44114. Finals are held Saturday, April 21st at Cleveland Browns Stadium.Fights start at 7:00 PM Nightly.To purchase tickets contact:The Lake Erie Association of USA BOXING 4500 Lee Rd. Suite 222 Cleveland, Ohio 44128 Phone: 1-216-662-7445

NAAFS "Caged Fury"

Date:March 31st, 2007
Time:Doors Open at 5PM
Location:Grays Armory

From pkw.com:Below is the updated fight card for March 31st' Caged Fury event set for the Gray's Armory in Cleveland. This Event is nearly sold out...so don't wait to get your tickets if you have not already. Good seats still remain and are available below or by calling 330-280-8442. Northeast Ohio's first major MMA event of 2007 is just a few weeks away as the mixed martial arts stars of tomorrow prepare to lay it on the line once again in C-Town! In what promises to be another amazing night of action at the historic Gray's Armory, the NAAFS will schedule between 15 to 20 sanctioned MMA bouts for this card featuring both the top pro and amateur fighters in the region. NAAFS Pro Series Featured Bouts265 lbs – Josh “Heavy” Hendricks 16-5 (Strong Style Fight Team) vs Todd Brown 13-1 (South Bend, IN)205 lbs – Jason “Freebird” Freeman 7-1 (Vander Fighting) vs Jason “The Wrecking Ball” Jones 7-1 (Infinity Fight Team)155 lbs - Donny “Eagle Eye” Walker 7-4 (GriffonRawl) vs Josh “Bam Bam” Souder 10-6 (Team Gurgel)185 lbs - Mitch Whitesel 7-5 (Wreckroom Athletics) vs Allan Weickert 9-5 (Peek Submission Fight Team)155 lbs - Mike Boyd 3-1 (Strong Style Fight Team) vs Torrance “The Tyrant” Taylor 3-3 (Rising Dragon MMA)160 lbs - Mike “The Bull” Russo 11-9 (Team Griffonrawl) vs Brent Amon 2-1 (N. Eastern Pummeling Den)185 lbs - Taiwon “The Iron Dragon” Howard 4-1 (Rising Dragon MMA) vs Brandon Pierce 2-0 (Team Gurgel)NAAFS Preliminary Card145 lbs - Zach Moomey 6-1 (Scodova MMA) vs Jason Eckles 4-0 (Infinity Fight Team)265 lbs - Felix “The Cat” Catheline 1-0 (Wreckroom Athletics) vs TBA205 lbs - Brian Rogers 2-1 (Instigator Fight Team) vs Mike Darling 0-1(Team Air GadFly)205 lbs - Nicholas Duell 3-2 (Jungle Fight Team) vs Nick Golembieski 2-1 (Knock Out Factory)170 lbs - Ricky “The Thriller” Miller 2-0 (Jungle Fight Team) vs Kenny Rowe 0-0 (Team Air GadFly)155 lbs - Danny "Little Thunder" Balon 5-3 (DNA) vs Anthony Hayes 1-2 (Next Level/Easlick MMA) 185 lbs - Silas "The Virus" Maynard 1-0 vs Matthew Goshay 0-0 (John Irvin MMA)155 lbs - Kevin Rothacker 0-0 (Strong Style Fight Team) vs Jim Myers 0-1(Team Air Gadfly)155 lbs - Aaron Dugan 0-0 (Northeastern Pummeling Den) vs Aaron Weaver 0-0 (Iron Cross MMA)*All bouts subject to change

UFC 68 "The Uprising"

Date:March 3rd, 2007
Time:10:00 pm
Location:Nationwide Arena Columbus

A mix of seasoned veterans, up and coming prospects, and Octagon newcomers will comprise the undercard of UFC 68: The Uprising, which will take place at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday, March 3rd.In the main event, Tim Sylvia defends his UFC Heavyweight title against former two-time champion Randy Couture. Also featured will be the returns of former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin (who takes on Jason MacDonald) and former UFC Welterweight king Matt Hughes (who will battle Chris Lytle).Rounding out the pay-per-view portion of the card will be an intriguing light heavyweight matchup between Jason Lambert and former world title challenger Renato ‘Babalu’ Sobral and a middleweight clash between 185-pound bangers Martin Kampmann and Drew McFedries.In preliminary contests, welterweight contenders Jon Fitch and Luigi Fioravanti square off, TUF3 light heavyweight Matt Hamill takes on former national wrestling champion and UFC debutant Rex Holman, and lightweights Jason Dent and Jamie Varner look to move up the 155-pound ladder when they face off in bouts against Gleison Tibau and Jason Gilliam, respectively.Written by:Thomas Gerbasi

Relson Gracie Coming to GriffonRawl

Date:February 26th, 2007
Time:7:30 - 9:30 pm
Location:GriffonRawl Academy

Relson Gracie will be holding a seminar here at GriffonRawl MMA Academy on Monday, February 26th, from 7:30 to 9:30. The cost will be $50.00 for a 2 hour seminar. He will answer participants questions, and then will cover many positions and submissions. The last Relson Gracie Seminar here went really well, and it's an honor to have him coming here once again. If you can make it, you will definitely learn a lot, and have fun doing so. Contact Mark Stefanac for further information.

IFBL Fight NIght 6

Date:February 24th, 2007
Time:Doors Open at 7:00pm
Location:Eastwood Expo Center

Tenativly set to compete are GR fighters Mike Lachina ,Ryan Lardie, and Nick Goldizen making their amature fight debuts. Matchups:Mike Lachina vs Chris TipiRyan Lardie vs John WhittenNick Goldizen vs Dana Coon

NAAFS Kickboxing

Date:January 20th, 2007
Time:Doors Open at 5:30pm
Location:Chaparrell's Community Center

Representing Team GriffonRawl is Tom Doverspike many of you do not know who Tom is. He has trained privately on a weekly basis for the the last two years and he is making his amatuer kickboxing debut also on the card and making his amatuer debut is Silas Maynard. He will be cornered by top GR fighter & Coach Ben "Thundercat" Parks and GR Boxing Coach Ken Curtis because both Jason and Mike will be in Rockford, Illinois with Donny for his fight against Jeff Curran at KOTC the very same weekend. Please come out and show your support for Tom. With the rapid growth of NAAFS MMA in 06’ the series has decided to venture into amateur kickboxing and has set up a trial show for this January 20th in Akron, Ohio at the Chaparrell's Community Center. “NAAFS kickboxing will allow fighters to work on their striking and gain valuable experience in the ring” said NAAFS spokesman Jake Digman. “We have many of the MMA guys crossing over to fine tune their stand up and get ready for the 2007 MMA season. We have also opened up a new avenue for many of the kick boxers in this region who do not often get a chance to compete. We feel this will eventually grow into something similar to the NAAFS MMA series.”There are currently ten bouts scheduled for the January 20th event with several familiar names to NAAFS followers including 2006 NAAFS welterweight Champion “Smokin” Joe Heiland and NAAFS heavyweight Dominic Qurazzo. The current fight card is as follows:265 lbs - Dominic “The Punisher” Qurazzo (Team Playland) vs Don Perry (Jungle Fight Team)170 lbs - Alonzo “Hollywood” Harvey (Rising Dragon Fight Team) vs “Smokin” Joe Heiland (Strong Style)170 lbs - Frank “The Tank” Carabello (Rising Dragon Fight Team) vs John “Mongoose” Myers (Instigator Fight Team)185 lbs - Silas "the Virus" Maynard vs Wally Kidder (Jungle Fight Team)155 lbs - Dan “The Dare Devil” Jones (Team Playland) vs Mike Wyatt (Jungle Fight Team)155 lbs - Dan Utyuzh (Vanyo Fight Team) vs Paul Compton (Team Warfare)130 lbs - Tony Jabkul (Vanyo Fight Team) vs Lee “The Kid” Kreisher (Vander Fighting Systems)265 lbs - Mike Perry (Rising Dragon Fight Team) vs Mike Laush (Team Playland)155 lbs - Tom Doverspike (Team Griffon-Rawl) vs Corey Oberfall (Sandusky Martial Arts)205 lbs - Rob Wenton (Rising Dragon Fight Team) vs TBAAlso possibly to compete are GriffonRawl's own Ben "Thundercat" Parks & Aaron "Juice" Veverka.*All bouts subject to change*Pre-sale tickets for NAAFS Kick Boxing will go on sale on January 5th, 2007 and will be available on-line at here at http://www.prokarateweekly.com/ or by calling 330-280-8442. Pre-sale tickets will cost $20 (General Admission) and $30 (Ringside).Fighters interested in participating in future NAAFS kickboxing or amatuer MMA events can download a fighter application