The 2011 Dapper Dan Classic XXXVII U.S. team has been selected for the dual taking place Sunday March 27, 2011 at Fitzgerald Field House, University of Pittsburgh.

Monroeville is represented by both Cam Tessari and Hunter Stieber.  Stieber’s brother Logan competed for team USA last season at 125 pounds.

California, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Minnesota each provide two wrestlers for the US line up this season.

  US Team Roster PDF

Results from Last Season

2011 Team U.S. Roster

James Patrick Downey III of Florida’s Oviedo High School, has been ruled ineligible for the remainder of the 2011 wrestling season after a Florida panel ruled that he will NOT be able to compete with the Orlando-Area High School.

The two-time Individual Maryland State Champion has now been barred from attending classes or competing for a high school after being arrested three times in Baltimore, MD.  Downey lost his eligibility at the Glen Burnie High School (Maryland) in September after he was charged with second-degree assault, theft and robbery of a classmate.  He also faces first-degree assault charges in Baltimore in two separate incidents from November 2009 and June 2010.

Downey, 18, is scheduled to stand trial in Baltimore on Feb. 18 — the same day the Florida state high school wrestling championships begin — on charges from two incidents.

Pat Downey was being recruited by several of the country’s top wrestling programs, according to his father, including Penn State.  Pat Downey Jr. said that his son’s college plans are now “on hold” as the result of the upcoming trials.

Click Here To Continue Reading Article :  Don Markus of the BaltimoreSun.com (Feb. 1, 2011)

Brandon High School (Florida) takes down the 2011 Hillsborough County Championships this weekend in Riverview, FL.  The tournament was very impressive as Brandon only loses 2 single matches the entire tournament, both coming in the finals (103 & 140).

FINAL TEAM SCORES

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INDIVIDUAL RESULTS:

103 Results
1st Place – Abe Fernandez of STRAWBERRY CREST
2nd Place – Devan Berrian of BRANDON
3rd Place – Jacob Wasserman of KING
4th Place – Shavon Flowers of CHAMBERLAIN
5th Place – Cameron Perez of DURANT
6th Place – Larry Antoine of LENNARD
1st Place Match
Abe Fernandez of STRAWBERRY CREST won by major decision over Devan Berrian of BRANDON 17-8.
3rd Place Match
Jacob Wasserman of KING won by pin over Shavon Flowers of CHAMBERLAIN in 4:19.
5th Place Match
Cameron Perez of DURANT won by decision over Larry Antoine of LENNARD 8-7.

112 Results
1st Place – James Flint of BRANDON
2nd Place – William Joyce of PLANT CITY
3rd Place – Isaiah Devault of WHARTON
4th Place – Jonathan Mceaneney of EASTBAY
5th Place – Wilfredo Sierra of ROBINSON
6th Place – Darrien Kelley of DURANT
1st Place Match
James Flint of BRANDON won by major decision over William Joyce of PLANT CITY 14-6.
3rd Place Match
Isaiah Devault of WHARTON won by major decision over Jonathan Mceaneney of EASTBAY 12-3.
5th Place Match
Wilfredo Sierra of ROBINSON won by pin over Darrien Kelley of DURANT in 2:10.

119 Results
1st Place – Victor Fugate of BRANDON
2nd Place – Damen Patisaul of STRAWBERRY CREST
3rd Place – Chase Haley of DURANT
4th Place – Darrian Mills of LENNARD
5th Place – Brandon May of NEWSOME
6th Place – Norman Gallon of SPOTO
1st Place Match
Victor Fugate of BRANDON won by decision over Damen Patisaul of STRAWBERRY CREST 11-4.
3rd Place Match
Chase Haley of DURANT won by pin over Darrian Mills of LENNARD in 4:05.
5th Place Match
Brandon May of NEWSOME won by pin over Norman Gallon of SPOTO in 1:56.

125 Results
1st Place – Kevin Norstrem of BRANDON
2nd Place – Dan Duchesne of ARMWOOD
3rd Place – Michael Drapeau of GAITHER
4th Place – Mark Livernois of STRAWBERRY CREST
5th Place – Lucas Fitzer of ALONSO
6th Place – Caleb Smith of DURANT
1st Place Match
Kevin Norstrem of BRANDON won by tech fall over Dan Duchesne of ARMWOOD in 0:00 17-1.
3rd Place Match
Michael Drapeau of GAITHER won by decision over Mark Livernois of STRAWBERRY CREST 6-2.
5th Place Match
Lucas Fitzer of ALONSO won by injury default over Caleb Smith of DURANT.

130 Results
1st Place – Rossi Bruno of BRANDON
2nd Place – Roger Phillips of CHAMBERLAIN
3rd Place – Eric Franklin of SPOTO
4th Place – Calvin Rabney of LENNARD
5th Place – Matt Benton of PLANT CITY
6th Place – Sam Parry of ARMWOOD
1st Place Match
Rossi Bruno of BRANDON won by major decision over Roger Phillips of CHAMBERLAIN 20-6.
3rd Place Match
Eric Franklin of SPOTO won by injury default over Calvin Rabney of LENNARD.
5th Place Match
Matt Benton of PLANT CITY won by injury default over Sam Parry of ARMWOOD.

135 Results
1st Place – Tyler Liberatore of BRANDON
2nd Place – Michael Reagor of BLOOMINGDALE
3rd Place – James Aikman of SPOTO
4th Place – Malachi Bollman of CHAMBERLAIN
5th Place – Luis Peguero of ROBINSON
6th Place – Alessi Taffanelli of ALONSO
1st Place Match
Tyler Liberatore of BRANDON won by pin over Michael Reagor of BLOOMINGDALE in 3:42.
3rd Place Match
James Aikman of SPOTO won by decision over Malachi Bollman of CHAMBERLAIN 12-5.
5th Place Match
Luis Peguero of ROBINSON won by pin over Alessi Taffanelli of ALONSO in 4:44.

140 Results
1st Place – Josh Fulford of STEINBRENNER
2nd Place – Brice Jones of BRANDON
3rd Place – Thomas Lebarre of NEWSOME
4th Place – Gamar Rosada of MIDDLETON
5th Place – Christian Bollman of CHAMBERLAIN
6th Place – Omar Soler of EASTBAY
1st Place Match
Josh Fulford of STEINBRENNER won by pin over Brice Jones of BRANDON in 5:57.
3rd Place Match
Thomas Lebarre of NEWSOME won by decision over Gamar Rosada of MIDDLETON 9-7.
5th Place Match
Christian Bollman of CHAMBERLAIN won by major decision over Omar Soler of EASTBAY 15-4.

145 Results
1st Place – Travis Berridge of BRANDON
2nd Place – Kaylab Phillips of LENNARD
3rd Place – Sean Defontaine of BLOOMINGDALE
4th Place – Tobin Williams of RIVERVIEW
5th Place – Michael Grimmett of ROBINSON
6th Place – Nissan Anderson of EASTBAY
1st Place Match
Travis Berridge of BRANDON won by decision over Kaylab Phillips of LENNARD 6-3.
3rd Place Match
Sean Defontaine of BLOOMINGDALE won by pin over Tobin Williams of RIVERVIEW in 4:32.
5th Place Match
Michael Grimmett of ROBINSON won by decision over Nissan Anderson of EASTBAY 4-2.

152 Results
1st Place – Clark Glass of BRANDON
2nd Place – Eric Mederos of PLANT
3rd Place – Branden Booher of DURANT
4th Place – Jake Smith of PLANT CITY
5th Place – James Maggert of WHARTON
6th Place – Nathan Graham of EASTBAY
1st Place Match
Clark Glass of BRANDON won by tech fall over Eric Mederos of PLANT in 0:00 19-3.
3rd Place Match
Branden Booher of DURANT won by pin over Jake Smith of PLANT CITY in 2:32.
5th Place Match
James Maggert of WHARTON won by pin over Nathan Graham of EASTBAY in 3:20.

160 Results
1st Place – Wally Figaro of BRANDON
2nd Place – Keith Watford of DURANT
3rd Place – Christian Padilla of ROBINSON
4th Place – Ismael Calderon of EASTBAY
5th Place – Will Smith of PLANT CITY
6th Place – Gage Munoz of STRAWBERRY CREST
1st Place Match
Wally Figaro of BRANDON won by tech fall over Keith Watford of DURANT in 0:00 24-9.
3rd Place Match
Christian Padilla of ROBINSON won by decision over Ismael Calderon of EASTBAY 5-3.
5th Place Match
Will Smith of PLANT CITY won by injury default over Gage Munoz of STRAWBERRY CREST.

171 Results
1st Place – Kyle Koziel of BRANDON
2nd Place – Gilbert Stokes of DURANT
3rd Place – Jacob Scott of RIVERVIEW
4th Place – Lane Ory of BLOOMINGDALE
5th Place – Morquez Forest of EASTBAY
6th Place – Chris Saintillien of FREEDOM
1st Place Match
Kyle Koziel of BRANDON won by major decision over Gilbert Stokes of DURANT 13-2.
3rd Place Match
Jacob Scott of RIVERVIEW won by decision over Lane Ory of BLOOMINGDALE 5-2.
5th Place Match
Morquez Forest of EASTBAY won by major decision over Chris Saintillien of FREEDOM 11-2.

189 Result
1st Place – Mike Ettore of BRANDON
2nd Place – Jamil Hewlett of DURANT
3rd Place – Tavares Price of PLANT CITY
4th Place – Andrew Ford of FREEDOM
5th Place – Kenny Rach of BLOOMINGDALE
6th Place – Travis Macon of ARMWOOD
1st Place Match
Mike Ettore of BRANDON won by injury default over Jamil Hewlett of DURANT.
3rd Place Match
Tavares Price of PLANT CITY won by decision over Andrew Ford of FREEDOM 4-2.
5th Place Match
Kenny Rach of BLOOMINGDALE won by decision over Travis Macon of ARMWOOD 6-3.

215 Results
1st Place – Lorenzo Martinez of BRANDON
2nd Place – Ben Richards of HILLSBOROUGH
3rd Place – Conrad Jones of WHARTON
4th Place – Cameron Alsup of STEINBRENNER
5th Place – Ryan Tower of LENNARD
6th Place – Daniel Ibarra of STRAWBERRY CREST
1st Place Match
Lorenzo Martinez of BRANDON won by decision over Ben Richards of HILLSBOROUGH 6-4.
3rd Place Match
Conrad Jones of WHARTON won by pin over Cameron Alsup of STEINBRENNER in 4:45.
5th Place Match
Ryan Tower of LENNARD won by decision over Daniel Ibarra of STRAWBERRY CREST 8-2.

285 Results
1st Place – Joe Dudley of BRANDON
2nd Place – Steven Galloway of PLANT
3rd Place – Shores Morgan of RIVERVIEW
4th Place – Tevin Franklin of EASTBAY
5th Place – Gabe Nold of WHARTON
6th Place – Randell Drayton of ARMWOOD
1st Place Match
Joe Dudley of BRANDON won by decision over Steven Galloway of PLANT 3-2.
3rd Place Match
Shores Morgan of RIVERVIEW won by decision over Tevin Franklin of EASTBAY 5-4.
5th Place Match
Gabe Nold of WHARTON won by pin over Randell Drayton of ARMWOOD in 1:35.

Results & Brackets

Bellator Fighting Championships will be returning to a pair of familiar places for it’s 25th and 26th shows as the promotion recently unveiled plans for events in Chicago and Kansas City as part of their upcoming third season.

Bellator announced plans to hold Bellator 25 from the Chicago Theatre in Chicago on August 19, while Bellator 26 has been slated for Kansas City’s Power and Light District one week later on August 26.

Bellator 24 will mark the first show of the third season and is set to take place from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida on August 12.

Bellator’s third season will feature eight man tournaments in the heavyweight (205+) and bantamweight (135) divisions along with a highly anticipated women’s tournament at 115 pounds.

The popular Florida-based Xtreme Fighting Championships - a fast-rising MMA promotion that averages approximately 10,000 fans for each of its fan friendly shows - returns to HDNet on July 9 for "XFC 11: The Next Generation."

The event takes place at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa and airs live on the cable station.

WEC and DREAM veteran Micah Miller meets fellow featherweight Bruce Connors in the headliner, and Kim Couture takes on 135-pound newcomer Marianna Kheyfets in the co-headliner.

Bellator Fighting Championships returns to the familiar grounds of the
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., for the debut
event of the promotion's upcoming third season.

Bellator officials recently announced the Aug. 12 event, Bellator 24, and
tickets are currently on sale for the date.

Bellator's third season features tournaments in the heavyweight and
bantamweight divisions, as well as a 115-pound female bracket.

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Seth Petruzelli is many things to many people. Depending on who you are, he's that guy from The Ultimate Fighter season two, he's the first person to beat Kimbo Slice, the one teammate and friend Tom Lawlor led into the Octagon on a leash at UFC 100, or the smoothie king of Florida.

New York, NY, June 28, 2010 – Spike TV will telecast live coverage of the weigh-ins for the highly-anticipated “UFC 116 Lesnar-Carwin” fight card on Friday, July 2 at 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT. The main event features a showdown between the top two heavyweight mixed martial artists in the world, UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar and interim heavyweight titlist Shane Carwin.

Spike TV also announces it will telecast the light heavyweight clash between “The Ultimate Fighter 2” alum Seth Petruzelli (14-5) and Ricardo Romero (10-1) on Saturday, July 3 at 9:00 PM ET/6:00 PM PT from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The Petruzelli fight will join the already-announced Brendan Schaub-Chris Tuchscherer fight as part of the Spike TV live Prelims.

Fighting out of Orlando, Florida, the veteran Petruzelli scored his first big victory against mixed martial great Dan Severn in January 2004, winning a three-round decision. A year later he joined the cast of “The Ultimate Fighter 2” but lost to Brad Imes in the show’s semifinals. Petruzelli gained worldwide attention in October 2008 when he defeated Kimbo Slice with a first round TKO, and riding a four fight winning streak, he returns to the Octagon to take on Ricardo Romero, making his UFC debut.

Fighting out of New Brunswick, NJ, Romero is 10-1 in his mixed martial arts career, including winning his last five straight. A highly-regarded college wrestler for Rutgers University, Romero also scored a notable victory over “The Ultimate Fighter 10” alum James McSweeney in April 2009. The Petruzelli-Romero fight will replace the Grove-Reljic fight, which will no longer air live on Spike.

Other bouts on the card might air on Spike TV, to be determined by the length of the fights.
Spike TV is available in 98.6 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks. A unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), MTV Networks is one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Spike TV’s Internet address is www.spike.com and for up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs, visit Spike TV’s press site at www.spike.com/press.

CALLING ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL
Rear Admiral Hal Pittman of the U.S. Central Command and R.A.W. United President Spero Tshontikidis would like to invite active duty personnel, reservists, guardsmen, and armed forces veterans to unite for the first ever, all RAW, Armed Forces Championships on September 11-12 at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida.

CHICAGO, Ill. (June 23, 2010) — Jessica Aguilar, the American Top Team product and No. 7 flyweight in the world is the latest and final addition to Bellator Fighting Championships’ Season 3 Women’s Tournament.

Aguilar, a rising star in women’s MMA, brings an impressive 8-4 professional record to the tournament, which begins this August. In her latest showing just three weeks ago, Aguilar knocked out Catia Vitoria four minutes into the first round.

Aguilar is the eighth and final fighter to be added to the tournament, and all eight are ranked among the world’s 10 best in their respective weight classes. The others are Japanese MMA sensation Megumi Fujii – widely regarded as the No. 1 pound-for-pound female fighter in the world – 11-1 British tae-kwon-do black belt Rosi Sexton, 12-5 Seattle submission artist Lisa Ward, 7-0 Southern California striker Jessica Pene, 8-4 New Mexico-based submission specialist Angela Magana , 5-1 Las Vegas-based powerhouse Lynn Alvarez, and 9-0 Irish sensation Aisling Daly.

The tournament begins on Aug. 12 and will once again be televised LIVE in primetime every Thursday night on FOX Sports Net and during special weekend highlight shows on NBC, Telemundo and the cable network mun2.

“This is my dream,” Aguilar said. “Bellator is giving us 115 pounders a shot at showing the world what we can do. Whoever wins this tournament will have the right to say they are truly the best in the world. I just couldn’t pass up that opportunity.”

The 28-year-old, who was born in Mexico and raised in Houston, says she happened upon MMA four-and-a-half years ago on a whim. After moving to South Florida and entering the real estate industry, she needed a place to work out and eventually found a gym that offered aerobics classes as well combat training. One night, she decided to stick around for what she thought was a wrestling class.

“It ended up being a Brazilian jiu-jitsu class, and I loved it … I never looked back,” she said.

One month later, Aguilar was competing and winning BJJ tournaments. She made her pro MMA debut in February 2006 when she was tapped as a late replacement to fight fellow top-ten 115 pounder Lisa Ward. A life-long athlete, Aguilar took the fight without hesitation on just five days notice.

“I grew up with big brothers and I figured, what could another 115-pound woman do to me?” she said.

True to form, Aguilar showed the extent of her tremendous athleticism, taking Ward all three rounds before eventually succumbing to a rear naked choke with just three seconds left in the fight. Although she lost, the fight inspired Aguilar to train full time and fight for a living. At the ATT camp in Coconut Creek, Fla., she now rolls with some of the top male fighters in the world.

“They call me pequeña – I’m like a sister to them,” she says. “Having brothers myself, it felt really comfortable, like a family environment.”

Bellator founder and CEO Bjorn Rebney said Aguilar’s fierce fighting style compelled him to make her the final addition to the Season 3 Women’s Tournament.

“Jessica Aguilar has that athletic X-factor that makes her competitive in almost any match-up,” Rebney said. “She is a great final addition to our Season 3 Women’s Tournament.”

For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator. Tickets are available at www.Ticketmaster.com.