תג ארכיון: Ricco Rodriguez

Full Card Set for Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship & First Legal, Regulated and Sanctioned Bare Knuckle Event in the U.S. מאז 1889

יום שבת, יוני 2 Live Across the U.S. and Canada on
Pay-Per-View from Cheyenne Ice & Events Center
in Cheyenne, Wyoming
Twelve-Bout Card to Feature Former
UFC Heavyweight Champion Ricco Rodriguez vs. Lewis Rumsey

Lineal Bare Knuckle Heavyweight Champion Bobby Gunn vs.
Marcelo Tavares & Women’s Showdown between Former
UFC Fighter Bec Rawlings & Denver’s Alma Garcia

CHEYENNE, WY (מאי 25, 2018) – The full lineup of matchups are set for the inaugural אליפות לחימה חשופה (BKFC) fight card that will feature 12 bouts Saturday, יוני 2 live on pay-per-view from Cheyenne Ice & Events Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

 

 

The first legal, regulated and sanctioned bare knuckle event in the United States since 1889, “BKFC: ההתחלה,” will air throughout the United States and Canada on pay-per-view through MultiVision Media, בע"מ, on FITE-TV app and fite.tv on all major television and streaming distribution outlets for $29.99 in 4K. The event can be ordered at www.bareknuckle.tv/bkfc1.

 

 

The pay-per-view telecast will feature former boxing world champion אנטוניו Tarver providing color commentary.

 

 

Headlining the card is former UFC Heavyweight Champion Ricco Rodriguez taking on Pennsylvania’s לואיס “The Beast” Rumsey in five rounds of heavyweight action, while Lineal Bare Knuckle Boxing Heavyweight World Champion בובי גאן battles Brazil’s Marcelo Tavares in a seven-round attraction.

 

 

A five-round women’s showdown between “רַעֲשָׁנִי” Bec Rawlings ו Alma Garcia will also be featured on the groundbreaking pay-per-view event. A former UFC fighter, Rawlings recorded two wins in UFC among her seven professional MMA victories. The 29-year-old from Brisbane, Australia enters the ring looking to bring her signature aggressive style into bare knuckle boxing. She will take on גרסיה, a professional boxer with seven fights under her belt and fighting out of Denver, קולורדו.

 

 

 

Held under the auspices and control of the Wyoming Combative Sports Commission, headed by Chairman Bryan Pedersen, the card features only established professional fighters who have competed in boxing, MMA, kickboxing or Muay Thai.

 

 

 

BKFC heavyweight tournament action will feature Arizona’s אריק “The American SoldierPrindle battling Missouri’s סם שומייקר, Las Vegas-native מוריס “גורילה” ג'קסון נגד הוואי של Dale Sopi and Chicago’s ArnoldBomaye” אדמס competing against California’s DJDa ProtégéLinderman in a series of five-round quarter final matchups.

 

 

 

Additional fights on the stacked night of bare knuckle boxing include Virginia’s רג'י בארנט versus Pennsylvania’s טרוויס תומפסון in a five-round 135-pound fight, Texas-native ג'וני “אכזרי” Bedford in a 137-pound, five-round matchup against Wyoming’s ניק “GarfieldMamalis and a 155-pound showdown between Phoenix’s Estevan “נורא” Payan and Washington’s עומר “Gallo Fino” Avelar scheduled for five rounds.

 

 

 

Rounding out the night of fights are a pair of 145-pound fights as San Diego’s ג'ואי Beltran meets California’s טוני “קריפטונייט” לופז in a five-round bout and Winnipeg’s דזמונד ג'ונסון taking on New Mexico-native Austin Ward in a five-round affair,plus Canada’s Brandon Cheverfield against Indiana’s Jorge Gonzales in a five-round 165-pound attraction.

 

 

 

Tickets for the live event are available now exclusively at www.bareknuckle.tv and are priced from $50 ל $200.

 

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אודות BKFC: THE BEGINNING

“BKFC: ההתחלה” will be distributed live on pay-per-view on Saturday, יוני 2 ב 9 PM ET/6 PM PT and will be available to over 100 million households in the United States and Canada via cable and satellite, and carried throughout the world on traditional television, apps, טלוויזיות חכמות, home computers, מחשבים ניידים, מכשירי אייפון, iPads and android devices via Chromecast, טלוויזיה של אפל, Sony Playstations, וכו '.

 

 

 

Please consult your local guide for channel and replays throughout the month. The suggested retail for “BKFC: ההתחלה” הוא $29.99.

 

“BKFC: ההתחלה”, will be produced in state-of-the art 4K and distributed by New York-based MultiVision Media, Inc. The executive producer is Brian Ricco.

 

 

 

למידע נוסף, בקר www.bareknuckle.tv or follow on Twitter at@BKBChampionship, באינסטגרם ב www.instagram.com/bareknucklefc ובפייסבוק ב www.facebook.com/bareknucklefc.

United Fight Alliance Teams with Legends in Historic Live Interactive MMA Event

Ft. לודרדייל, FL – April 24, 2018 – For the first time in MMA history, audiences will be able to directly interact with fighters during a fight in real-time. Fans watching this Thursday’sLegend’s live stream around the world can purchase tokens which will authorize the holder to contribute toward fight goals and help determine larger cash bonuses. The more a fan contributes, the louder their voice is heard figuratively and literally inside the arena.

 

 

In the Main Event, former UFC Heavyweight Champion of the World Ricco “The Hitman” Rodriguez faces UFC veteran Alex “The Spartan” Nicholson. Alex is extremely dangerous and has devastating knockout power in both hands. Ricco knows Alex wants to knock out a UFC Heavyweight Champion and will have to bring his “A” game to escape the cage with a win. באירוע Co-ראשי, long time fight veteran “Felony” Charles Bennett פרצופים Bruce “The Iron Lion” Lutchmedial. You never know what you are going to get out of Bennett but one thing is for sure you will be entertained in a big way. Lutchmedial, like Nicholson, will be looking to knock-off a famous name.

 

 

Emmy Award winning Television Host, Jordan “Jay” Adams, has the call with UFC featherweight Charles “Boston Strong” Rosa.

 

 

And in another MMA first, Thursday’s event will be simulcast in 4K virtual reality. This will let fans join their favorite fighter inside the cage and experience a fight like never before!

 

 

Watch for FREE this Thursday night April 26th at 7PM ET right כאן.

About United Fight Alliance UFA is a one-hour MMA program that brings you the best MMA from around the world. Watch as some of the biggest names in MMA fight toe to toe in the cage. You’ll see exclusive footage, interviews and fighter profiles. United Fight Alliance features top ranked fighters, women’s fights, intense action and more. UFA and its network of shows including Brawl Call, a thirty-minute MMA magazine style, behind the scenes show, are now broadcast to over 70 מיליון בתים, www.UnitedFightAlliance.comאו www.BrawlCall.com.

M-1 Global signs Heavyweight Alexander Volkov Volkov vs. Smoldarev M-1 Challenge heavyweight title fight M-1 Challenge 64, פבואר. 19 במוסקבה

ST. פטרסבורג, רוסיה (דצמבר 15, 2015) – M-1 Global has announced its signing of Russian heavyweight sensation אלכסנדר “דראגו” וולקוב (24-6-0, M-1: 8-3-0) לחוזה קידום מכירות בלעדי.
Volkov will battle דניס Smoldarev (11-1-0, M-1: 7-1-0) פבואר 19 for the vacant M-1 Challenge heavyweight championship at אתגר M-1 64 במוסקבה, רוסיה.
The 27-year-old puncher from Moscow returns to the organization in which he made his professional mixed-martial-arts debut April 19, 2009, needing only 80-seconds to stop Nikolay Pleshokov in the second stage of the M-1 Challenge 2009. Volkov went on to capture top honors in the finals of the אתגר M-1 2009, הבסה Ibragim Magomedov for the Russian Team Championships.
6′ 7″, 235-pound Volkov fought under the M-1 Global banner for the next two years, highlighted November 20, 2011 by his opening round punch-out of מול 20,000 fans at M-1 Global: פדור vs. Monson.
בנקודה ההיא, Volkov had won 14 של 17 pro MMA fights and the popular Russian fighter opened 2012 with an impressive decision win over former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez.
Volkov had another victory before heading to the United States in order to test himself in Bellator competition. He won his inaugural Bellator fight against powerful ברט רוג'רס, על ידי החלטה על Bellator 75, in the Bellator Season Seven Heavyweight Tournament.
Two Bellator fights later, Volkov had extended his win streak to 10 in a row, improving overall to 19-3-0 via five-round decision over Richard Hale to capture the vacant Bellator Heavyweight Championship, as well as finish first in the Bellator Season Seven Heavyweight Tournament in Hammond, אינדיאנה, ארה"ב.
In his first fight of 2013, Volkov lost his Bellator heavyweight title in his first defense, as fellow countryman ויטלי Minakov recorded a first-round knockout in Atlantic City, ניו ג'רזי, ארה"ב.
עם זאת, Volkov rebounded with three straight wins in the Bellator Season 10 במשקל כבד טורניר, defeating Bulgarian great Blaygoy Ivanov in the final by way of a second-round rear-naked choke hold. Ivanov is best known, אולי, for defeating living legend פדור Emelianenko in the semifinals on his way to winning the 2008 אליפות העולם סמבו.
Feared as one of the most prolific strikers in MMA today, 17 of Volkov’s 24 overall victims to date were knocked out.
וולקוב (pictured above to left) makes his M-1 Global return against Smoldarev, של אסטוניה, whose only loss as a professional was to מרצ'ין Tybura (13-1-0, M-1: 7-1-0), who abdicated his M-1 Challenge heavyweight title to reportedly continue his career in the UFC. Tybura made his first successful M-1 Challenge heavyweight title defense November 24, 2014, defeating Smoldarev by third-round submission (לְהַחנִיק), ב אתגר M-1 54 בבייג'ינג, סין.
The 25-year-old Smoldarev (shown above in the black trunks) has impressive victories against Ante Delia, Maro פראק, Ahmed Sultanov ו Shaban Ka. Smoldarev is also a physical specimen, עומד 6′ 5″ and weighing close to 270 קילו.
אתגר M-1 64 will be streamed live from Moscow in high definition onwww.M1Global.TV. צופים יוכלו לצפות בקרבות הראשוניים ועיקרי כרטיס על ידי כניסה ללהירשם ב www.M1Global.TV. אוהדים יכולים לצפות בכל הפעולה במחשב שלהם, כמו גם על טלפונים חכמים אנדרואיד ואפל וטבליות.
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