It would appear that Maximum Fighting Championship president Mark Pavelich is behind on some fees owed to the River Cree Resort & Casino located near the city of Edmonton, Canada according to TheGarv.com.
Pavelich has reportedly been suspended by the Association of Boxing Commissions for “non-payment of fees owing to the commission” which will be lifted once he pays up.
The Garv.com was tipped off today that a member of Canada’s athletic commission filed a request to to the head of the Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) to officially suspend Mark Pavelich, president and promoter of Maximum Fighting Championship (MFC) for “non-payment of fees owing to the commission”.
6/17/10: It looks like the fees owed by Pavelich and MFC stem back to an event in February, and more than one attempt was made to arrange payment with no response from MFC. From what I understand, the suspension is officially in place, but will be lifted if Pavelich settles up. He’s expected to do so in the next few days.
The MMA News has interviewed the MFC president in the past, and is known for some of his colorful comments on the UG forums. Hopefully this won’t effect some of his promotions upcoming events such as the HeatXC show next month and the next MFC show in the fall, which he’s looking to hold in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada for anyone living in that area. That event should showcase an MFC middleweight title bout featuring BJJ specialist Thales Leites.
The path to winning the 2011 Clash National High School Duals title got considerably tougher with today’s announcement that Brandon (Brandon, FL) will be joining next season’s field of thirty-two teams.
Brandon, led by Head Coach Russ Cozart, finished the 2009-10 season as the #4 ranked team in the nation.
Brandon has won twenty-one Florida state championships since 1977, including the last ten in a row. They hold the longest winning streak in the history of high school sports – 459 victories from 1973-2008. In 2005 Brandon had the distinction of having the most nationally ranked wrestlers on one team in the nation. The Brandon program has produced seventy-seven individual state champions and 173 individual state placewinners. The Brandon wrestling program was featured in the 2008 ESPN documentary “The Streak”.
Recent high-profile Brandon wrestlers include Franklin Gomez, Josh Lambrecht, David Craig, Rocky Cozart, Joe Cozart, Cesar Grajales, and Eric Grajales.
“Brandon has lost just one dual meet in the last 37 years. Their travel still needs to be approved by their local school board, but we’re thrilled and honored to to have a chance to showcase this national powerhouse,” stated Clash Tournament Director Steve Patton.
According to Patton, the credit for landing this nationally recognized team goes to Randy Cirksena, Steve Elwood, Ryan Thomas, and Kent Harfmann who make up the Clash recruiting team.
With only half of the tournament’s teams determined so far, Brandon joins an increasingly tough field of teams for next year’s Clash Duals, including (2010 Rankings) #1 Apple Valley (MN), #12 Simley (MN), #13 Montini Catholic (IL), #14 Wisconsin Rapids (WI), #17 Waverly-Shell Rock (IA), #23 Roseburg (OR), and #27 Grand Island (NE).
The 9th Annual Clash National Wrestling Duals will be on January 7th-8th, 2011 at the University Center Rochester Field House in Rochester, MN.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (May 4, 2010) – After months of anticipation, the world’s No. 1 heavyweight and pound-for-pound Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter, Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko (31-1), will make his eagerly awaited return to the cage to face two-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion and top-ranked superstar Fabricio “Vai Cavalo” Werdum (13-4) in a STRIKEFORCE and M-1 GLOBAL co-promoted event at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. on Saturday, June 26, live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
The Fedor-Werdum match will headline an event which will feature up to five televised fights on SHOWTIME and several non-televised undercard bouts that will be announced in the coming weeks.
A special pre-sale ticket purchase opportunity for the event will take place for “STRIKEFORCE Insider” e-newsletter subscribers (http://strikeforce.com/insider.html) from 10 a.m. PT Monday, May 10, until 10 p.m. PT on Thursday, May 13. Insiders will receive an e-newsletter with the pre-sale code.
Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. PT on Friday, May 14, at the HP Pavilion box office, all Ticketmaster locations (800) 745-3000, Ticketmaster online (www.ticketmaster.com) as well as www.strikeforce.com. For more information, please also visit www.M-1GLOBAL.com.
For M-1 GLOBAL’s Fedor, it is a means of gaining revenge three and a half years after the 32-year-old Werdum defeated Fedor’s brother Aleksander Emelianenko, via submission (arm triangle choke) in the first round (3:24) of a bout in Rotterdam, Holland, on Nov. 12, 2006.
The M-1 GLOBAL superstar is simply referred to as “Fedor” by millions of fans around the world. He stands at 6-foot, 235-pounds and hails from Stary Oskol, Russia. He has become the most dominant MMA fighter of all-time since he began his professional career 10 years ago.
Fedor is one of the founders of M-1 GLOBAL and has competed for the organization since its inception more than two years ago. The 33-year-old has faced and defeated nearly every other rival superstar and champion of this era, including Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, Andrei Arlovski and Mark “The Hammer” Coleman.
A master of the Russian military combat system, Sambo, Fedor made his live, primetime network television (CBS) debut in his last start on Nov. 7, 2009, when he faced unbeaten rising star Brett “The Grim” Rogers in a STRIKEFORCE and M-1 Global co-promoted event. After a difficult first round in which he sustained a cut and began bleeding profusely, the Russian suddenly turned the tide in the second round, sending Rogers to the canvas with a right hand and finishing him with a series of punches.
While the fight world still regards him as undefeated, Fedor actually has one official loss on his record, the result of a doctor stoppage due to a cut he sustained seconds into a matchup with Japan’s Tsuyoshi Kosaka on Dec. 22, 2000. Fedor avenged the TKO loss with his own first round TKO of Kosaka at a PRIDE Fighting Championships event in Japan on April 3, 2005.
Since joining the ranks of STRIKEFORCE, the 6-foot-4, 240 pound Werdum, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and member of Brazil’s vaunted Chute Boxe fight squad, has notched a pair of impressive victories, the first of which came on Aug. 15, 2009 when he quickly submitted Mike “Mak” Kyle with a guillotine choke in the first round (1:24) at HP Pavilion. The following Nov. 7, Werdum battled his way to a close unanimous decision victory over Antonio “Big Foot” Silva in a live CBS primetime televised matchup.
During an eight-year tenure in MMA, Werdum has conquered a number of other superstars, including reigning STRIKEFORCE World Heavyweight Champion, Alistair “The Demolition Man” Overeem; and UFC stars Gabriel Gonzaga and Brandon “The Truth” Vera.
The 2010 TheWrestlingTalk.com People’s Choice poll is now open. Visit TheWrestlingTalk.com’s Poll to rank your top High School Wrestling Team for the 2009-2010 Wrestling Season.
Your Choices Include:
St. Paris Graham, Ohio
Apple Valley, Minnesota
Blair Academy, New Jersey
Brandon, Florida
Wyoming Seminary, Pennsylvania
St. Edward, Ohio
Central Mountain, Pennsylvania
Central Dauphin, Pennsylvania
Collins Hill, Georgia
Wadsworth, Ohio
Please take into consideration the following while making your selection:
Difficulty of Schedule paired with Team Record
State Tournament Performance – Team & Individual
Overall Season Performance – Team & Individual
Head to Head Dual Match Ups
Head to Head Tournament Finishes
You are allowed to select more than one team if you feel there is a tie.
Many fans were disappointed that they didn’t get a chance to see fan favorite Clay Guida step into the octagon against Shannon Gugerty on Sunday night’s “UFC on Versus 1″ event. Well your in luck, Spike TV will broadcast that match along with Brendan Schaub’s fight against Chase Gormley tonight.
The matches will be broadcast at 9p.m tonight as part of Spike TV’s UFC Unleashed program, right before the third and final episode of UFC Primetime: St. Pierre vs. Hardy.
In one of the featured fights, longtime UFC fan favorite Clay “the Carpenter” Guida looks to rebound from a two-fight losing streak and push his UFC record back over .500 as he takes on fight-finishing phenom Shannon Gugerty, who has ended all 12 of his professional wins before the final bell. Also featured will be The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights runner-up Brandon “The Hybrid” Schaub making his first appearance in the Octagon since his loss to Roy Nelson in the season finale as he takes on Chase Gormley.
In other action, UFC fans will get a look at German lightweight Dennis Siver, who is slated to take on TUF 9 lightweight winner Ross “the Real Deal” Pearson at UFN 21: Florian vs. Gomi. Siver’s UFC 105 battle with Paul “Tellys” Kelly will show just what Pearson will have to contend with LIVE on Spike on March 31. In addition, this special edition of Unleashed will feature Jeremy “Lil’ Heathen” Stephens – who’s set to take on Sam “Hands of Stone” Stout on May 8 at UFC 113 – in his bloody UFC Fight Night battle with Justin Buchholz.
Guida defeated Gugerty via arm triangle choke in the second round, while Schaub earned his first career UFC victory by TKOing Gugerty early in the first round.
Tonight’s UFC action is already underway with the preliminary portion of the event.
“UFC on Versus 1″ is taking place at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colo. with the broadcast portion of the card airing on the Versus network beginning at 9p.m. EST (6p.m. PST). Note that the event is being broadcast on tape delay in certain areas. Check your local listings for details.
The event is headlined by a light-heavyweight match between Jon “Bones” Jones and Brandon “The Truth” Vera. The co-main event features heavyweights Junior dos Santos and Gabriel Gonzaga.
As always The MMA News will be keeping the live results off-of the main page. To see the full results for “UFC on Versus 1″ click
MAIN CARD
- Jon Jones def. Brandon Vera via TKO (strikes) – R1, 3:19
- Junior Dos Santos def. Gabriel Gonzaga via KO (punches) – R1, 3:53
- Cheick Kongo def. Paul Buentello via submission (strikes) – R3, 1:16
- Alessio Sakara def. James Irvin via TKO (referee stoppage) – R1, 3:01
PRELIMINARY CARD
- Clay Guida def. Shannon Gugerty via submission (arm-triangle choke) – R2, 3:40
- Vladimir Matyushenko def. Eliot Marshall via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 30-27)
- Darren Elkins def. Duane Ludwig via TKO (ankle injury) – R 1, 0:44
- John Howard def. Daniel Roberts via knockout (punch) – R 1, 2:01
- Brendan Schaub def. Chase Gormley via TKO (punches) – R1, 0:47
- Mike Pierce def. Julio Paulino via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Jason Brilz def. Eric Schafer via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Can Brandon “The Truth” Vera still cut it in the cage? Is Jon Jones the future of the light heavyweights? Will the ‘MMA Live’ team be eating crow this time next week?
UFC on Versus headliner Brandon “The Truth” Vera will join Rear Naked Radio this Friday at 6pm CT 7pm ET to discuss his upcoming matchup with phenom Jon “Bones” Jones.
The card, which will also feature a co-headlining heavyweight matchup between Junior Dos Santos and Gabriel Gonzaga, marks the first time that The UFC will air live on a national sports cable network.
Also on the show, Strikeforce light heavyweight Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal will be joining the show at 7pm CT 8pm ET talking about his upcoming live CBS primetime televised Strikeforce light heavyweight title fight against Gegard Mousasi at Nashville, Tennessee’s Bridgestone Arena on Saturday, April 17 as well as tomorrow’s MTV2 program.
Rear Naked Radio will also recap this past weekend’s WEC 47 card that saw a bantamweight title change from Brian Bowles to Dominick Cruz after a surprising stoppage.
RearNakedRadio is the official radio show and broadcast partner of FiveOuncesofPain.com and can be heard every friday evening at 6pm CT 7pm ET.
First it was Wes Sims, and now Brandon Lee Hinkle is out of an anticipated showdown with former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia during “Adrenaline MMA V“.
Sylvia recently broke the news that the expected clash between the two was off on his Twitter account:
Hinkle fight is off something else is in the works now.
Sims had previously been designated as Sylvia’s opponent before the event before the TUF 10 cast member was deemed as an unacceptable opponent by the athletic commission.
The former 2X UFC champion recently brought a three fight losing skid to an abrupt end with an impressive first round TKO over the heavy handed Jason Riley during “Adrenaline MMA IV” in September of 2009.
“Adrenaline MMA V” is expected to take place on March 20 from Youngstown, Ohio.
Update: The event has now been scratched from the previously anticipated March 20 date with a possible new date in April according to MMAJunkie.com.
HSWrestling.Net narrows down the top 10 High School Wrestling teams. After Blair dropped a dual 36-21 to St. Paris Graham they drop two spots in our rankings. Apple Valley remains undefeated and the No. 1 team in the nation.
1. Apple Valley, Minnesota Entered the season as our No. 1 pick and they remain undefeated; setting a state record for consecutive wins in the process (95), Won Cheesehead and Clash. Key Components: Destin McCauley, Dakota Trom, & Brandon Kingsley
2. St. Paris Graham, Ohio – Absolutely dominated Blair, 36-21. Winning seven of eight bouts to open the dual. 2nd at Ironman. Key Components: Nick Brascetta, Felipe Martinez, & Max Thomussei
3. Brandon, Florida Hung in close to Apple Valley at the Cheesehead, a very strong dual meet squad. Defeated No. 8 Collins Hill, Georgia (34-24). 2nd at Cheesehead. Key Components: Joe Cozart & Henry Chirino
4. Blair Academy, New Jersey Tried to cover a major hole at 145lbs against St. Paris Graham. It backfired and they got throttled. 1st at Beast & Ironman. Key Components: Evan Silver (No. 1 @ 112), Mike Evans(No. 1 @ 189), Mark Grey
5. Central Dauphin, Pennsylvania Powerade Champions, Undefeated in dual meet action, 2nd at Beast. Key Components: Marshall Peppelman (No. 1 160), Kenny Courts (No. 1 @ 171), & Tyson Dippery
It would appear that Maximum Fighting Championship president Mark Pavelich is behind on some fees owed to the River Cree Resort & Casino located near the city of Edmonton, Canada according to TheGarv.com. 
