Las Vegas MMA Training & UFC 121 Tour !!!

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Pro-fighting memorabilia kingpin & MuayThai trainer Rob Fogarty is heading up the first annual American MMA Training & UFC tour, for Aussie fans & supporters. The 10 day trip includes training visits to Randy Couture's "Xtreme Couture Gym" and Wanderlei Silva's "Wand Fight Gym" amongst other notable training destinations. The tour is designed to make it accessible to all levels of fan, beginner through to advanced. The tour also includes all the famous Las Vegas tourist traps, including the Hoover Dam & the famous Sin City strip at night. The tour will also contain a side-trip to UFC 121, where you'll get to watch Brock Lesnar fight Cain Velasquez for the heavyweight title in what is the UFC's biggest fight of the year.

Places are limited, but there's still space left to book you & your mates on an MMA dream holiday. The 10-day tour cost is tentatively set at $3850 excluding accommodation I believe, so please contact Rob Fogarty on 0407 112 410 to confirm all costs and booking details.

MMA Down Under Comes to Adelaide

MMA Downunder is set to hold a full MMA show at Ridley Pavilion, Royal Adelaide Showgrounds on Saturday 2nd October. The main event for this show will see James Fairman from Gracie Barra in Perth take on local fighter Brad Thompson from Rikers gym in a 77kg bout. 

Also on the card will be Tas Knight from SA BJJ taking on Ian Streetley from Stick n Move MMA - UK in a 93kg bout. Mike Turner also from SA BJJ will take on Alastair Pragnell from Northside Boxing in an over 93kg bout.

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Australia’s First Mixed Martial Arts Expo

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Ultimate MMA Expo 2010
Australia's First Mixed Martial Arts Expo.
Our Website: www.ultimatemmaexpo.com.au
When: October 23 - 24, 2010
Where: Randwick Pavilion, Royal Randwick Racecourse
Alison Road, Randwick, NSW, 2031

We are proud to announce Australia's First Mixed Martial Arts Expo... Ultimate 2010.

On Saturday October 23 – Sunday October 24, 2010 in the Randwick Pavilion at the Royal Randwick Racecourse, Visitors and Exhibitors will witness the largest meeting place for Mixed Martial Arts Fans, Businesses, Instructors, Celebrities and Competitors ever in Australia. With 1700 square metres of floor space, plenty of free parking space, over 70 expected exhibitor trade stands, 10,000 plus visitors and free stage demonstrations running throughout each day… this will be the Ultimate Mixed Martial Arts experience.

Ultimate MMA Expo has been designed and created to better serve and bring together the Mixed Martial Arts community. This will be Australia's most prestigious gathering of martial arts experts, premier athletes, top-notch suppliers and special guest appearances.

For more information, fighter appearances, demonstrations, pre-paid tickets and special coming announcements... keep watching our website www.ultimatemmaexpo.com.au

Australian Fighting Championships to debut in November

Australian Fighting Championships (AFC) is a new fight promotion that will make its debut in Melbourne, Victoria this November.

The event will be promoted by William Fagan (pictured) from Underdog Promotions Pty Ltd, who has had a strong interest in all things Martial Arts since an early kid.

Fight News Australia was able to catch up with Fagan to find out his goals and ambitions.

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Brad Morris v Josh Yogi Ogilvie on Brace For War

Brace for War 6 is set to take place in Townsville on 13th November. Brad Morris was set to take on Fabiano Scherner, but Brace have released the following press release

Brace News Just in - Scherner has pulled out of TSV Brace event due to travel issues.

Stepping in to take his place is Undefeated TSV local Josh "Yogi" Ogilvie. Currently Ranked No.5 in the country, Josh will now take on 2 time UFC heavy weight fighter Brad Morris for the Brace Heavy Weight
Title. Two Worlds Colliding here. Brace For War Townsville - 2 Brace Titles on the line. See You Cage Side! 

Visit www.braceforwar.com  for more information on the upcoming event

Rob Follis Seminars in Australia

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BRACE are proud to announce that including the Townsville Nov 13th Mega Fight between Australia VS USA, Rob Follis the Coach From Team Quest USA, will be conducting some MMA seminars around the country. Rob has coached Randy Couture, Chris Leibman, Chael Sonnen and now you have the opportunity to have him coach you. More details to follow.... Brace For War!

Visit http://www.Braceforwar.com to keep up to date on the seminars and the fight show

Lucas Browne v Sam Brown on Kings of Kombat

Lucas Browne from Penrith Elite in Sydney will take on Sam Brown from Strikeforce New Zealand on the upcoming Kings of Kombat show in Melbourne on the 29th August. Lucas is coming off a loss to Daniel Cormier on Xtreme MMA 2 in Sydney in July, Sam Brown won his fight against Ronny Sefo via decision on the same show.

Also on the card Peter Graham will return to kickboxing to take on New Zealands Doug Viney for the ISKA world title. Jordan Tai from New Zealand will return to kickboxing to take on Steve Moxon from NSW in what is expected to be a very exciting fight. Both Doug and Jordan have been training in Las Vegas with Ray Sefo and his team.

Also the 145kg Terror Mr Tui Tagaolo Wright will be returning to fight MMA  against a yet to be named opponent

The show will be held at the Springers Leisure Center, 400 Cheltenham Rd, Keysborough. For more information visit the Facebook event page

Proud Warrior 2 reschedule to 13 November

 

Proud Warrior Productions is back with another exciting instalment of Martial Arts action at Sharks Leagues Club, Cronulla. On November 13 the warriors will once again be ready to rumble, with some of Australia’s finest Mixed Martial Arts and Kickboxing fighters set to meet in the ring for PWP2.

This highly anticipated event will be filmed in high definition and broadcast on free-to-air sports channel 1HD.

This huge card is headlined by Heavyweight legend ‘Big’ Jim York taking on Canadian Mike ‘the Librarian’ Martelle. Big Jim, who made a name for himself fighting in Sengoku, Japan, and has recently been making waves on Australian shores winning his last two fights via early submissions. Canadian Mike Martelle is a true Mixed Martial Artist and a veteran of the sport, and is coming off 5 solid wins in 2010.

Other local favorites Bernardo ‘Treko’ Magalhaes, Manuel ‘Chalate’ Rodriguez and Renato Vieira are set to take on team Hawaii from Egan Inoue’s legendary gym. CFC Lightweight Champion Bernardo Treko and Manny Rodriguez (coming off his recent win over Shane Nix) will be very keen to put on a show in front of their home crowd.

Some of Australia’s best kickboxers will meet in some short, fast K-1 style bouts. Canberra’s Arlyn Owens will meet rising superstar Luis Regis, who has been making a name for himself lately with his superb technique and composure. Double Dragon’s own Rowan Sangster is matched to take on fellow Sydneysider Nick Rivera.

Other exciting match-ups are in the works, including the return of Heath McManus to the arena.

Check out proudwarrior.com.au for the latest news, or become a fan of PWP on Facebook to stay up to date with Proud Warrior Productions.

Aftershock 10.2 MMA Amateur Tournament 9th October

 

Our first Aftershock was a huge success with over 300 people turning up to watch some great amateur fights at our Fightcross MMA centre. we are hold the next installment on the 9th October  and are  looking for amateur fighters in the following weight divisions

1.             Bantamweight - under 62kg (137lbs)

2.             Featherweight - 62kg to 65kg (143lbs)

3.             Lightweight - over 65kg to 70kg (154lbs)

4.             Welterweight - over 70kg to 77kg (170lbs)

5.             Middleweight - over 77kg to 84kg (185lbs)

6.             Light Heavyweight- over 84kg to 93kg (205lbs)

7.             Heavyweight - over 93kg to 105kg (231lbs)

8.             Womens division will depend on the number of nominations received

We are planing for 20 matched fights this time 10 in the morning and 10 in the afternoon.
 
Nomination forms and rule can be downloaded from www.fightcross.com by clicking the Aftershock poster and downloading the PDF's
 
Get in fast as places are already filling up

South Coast MMA April 2010 Highlight Clip

Story by uncle_fu

South Coast MMA have created a highlight clip from there April 2010 MMA show

There is another South Coast MMA show coming up on the 25th September and they have organized a group discount to say thanks to the gyms and supporters. For tickets sales of 15+ in one transaction will receive 10% off the total bill only catch is you need to call Ticketek group line on 1300 364 001 Mon-Fri 9am-5pm

We have a weekly newsletter being emailed out introducing each of the fighters and keeping you updated with the night, so for those wishing to be on the email list please email me at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to be added.

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