Here are the highlights of the 5th APA Blue Springs MO meet held on Saturday June 19th 2010 as told by Ken Ufford to Powerlifting watch.

On June 27, 2010, the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport will host the First Plane Pull to benefit Special Olympics Ohio. This event will test teams of about 20 to see how fast they can pull a Boeing 737. The Gorilla Pit powerlifting team

On June 19th at WABDL Rocky Mountain Regionals in Salt Lake City, Utah Don Linerud (181) set a new WABDL world record in the bench press.

Starting June 28, M-1 Global, home of the world’s most dangerous fighter, Fedor Emelianenko, is launching its search to find Europe’s top ring girls to sport the M-1 brand and want North America’s fan-feedback in choosing the winners. Go to www.m-1ringgirls.com between June 28-July 12 to vote and make your voice heard.

“Our North American fan base is extremely important to us and we wanted to ensure they were able to participate in the voting process,” says M-1 Global’s Director of Operations, Evgeni Kogan. “The submissions for our ring girl contest have been through the roof and this is shaping up to one of our most successful promotions to date.”

Between June 28 – July 12, M-1 Global’s “Queen of the Ring” ring girl search will undertake seven preliminary elimination voting stages with a new group of contestants being posted to

www.m-1ringgirls.com every two days. The winners from each round will advance to the final selections with the top 10 ring girls being showcased live at the M-1 Selection 2010 – Eastern Europe Final Round on July 22 in Moscow, Russia and as part of the reality show, M-1 Fighter coming later this year.

About M-1 Global:

Founded in 1998 by Vadim Finkelchtein and Sergey Matvienko, M-1 Global has established itself in the realm of mixed martial arts (MMA) as the premiere entity for discovering and developing the world’s next-generation of superstar fighters. With offices in St. Petersburg, Amsterdam, New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles and affiliates in Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Tokyo and Paris, the M-1 brand stages its M-1 Selection, M-1 Challenge, M-1 Breakthrough events worldwide and its co-produced Strikeforce events in the United States; captivating the live, television and broadband audiences with its superior production values and match-ups.

Starting June 28, M-1 Global, home of the world’s most dangerous fighter, Fedor Emelianenko, is launching its search to find Europe’s top ring girls to sport the M-1 brand and want North America’s fan-feedback in choosing the winners. Go to www.m-1ringgirls.com between June 28-July 12 to vote and make your voice heard.

“Our North American fan base is extremely important to us and we wanted to ensure they were able to participate in the voting process,” says M-1 Global’s Director of Operations, Evgeni Kogan. “The submissions for our ring girl contest have been through the roof and this is shaping up to one of our most successful promotions to date.”

Between June 28 – July 12, M-1 Global’s “Queen of the Ring” ring girl search will undertake seven preliminary elimination voting stages with a new group of contestants being posted to

www.m-1ringgirls.com every two days. The winners from each round will advance to the final selections with the top 10 ring girls being showcased live at the M-1 Selection 2010 – Eastern Europe Final Round on July 22 in Moscow, Russia and as part of the reality show, M-1 Fighter coming later this year.

About M-1 Global:

Founded in 1998 by Vadim Finkelchtein and Sergey Matvienko, M-1 Global has established itself in the realm of mixed martial arts (MMA) as the premiere entity for discovering and developing the world’s next-generation of superstar fighters. With offices in St. Petersburg, Amsterdam, New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles and affiliates in Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Tokyo and Paris, the M-1 brand stages its M-1 Selection, M-1 Challenge, M-1 Breakthrough events worldwide and its co-produced Strikeforce events in the United States; captivating the live, television and broadband audiences with its superior production values and match-ups.

As a reminder, tickets for the highly anticipated "UFC 118: Edgar vs.
Penn II" event go on sale to the general public beginning June 25, but
the UFC's traditional pre-sales begin June today.

Tickets for the event range from $75 to $600.

The pay-per-view show takes place Aug. 28 at TD Garden in Boston and
marks the UFC's Massachusetts debut.

The UFC's traditional pre-event preview show returns June 28 for the debut of "Countdown to UFC 116."

The one-hour special airs at 7 p.m. ET/PT on Spike TV and spotlights the July 3 event, which features a headliner and heavyweight title-unification bout between champion Brock Lesnar and interim title-holder Shane Carwin.

Replays air June 30 (7 p.m. ET/PT) on Spike TV and July 1 (midnight ET/9 p.m. PT) on Versus.

Kevin Harmon of Fulton, Mississippi benched 605 at 148.6 bodyweight on Saturday, June 19, 2010 at the APA Heavy Metal Classic held at the American Legion Hall in Hot Springs, Arkansas. This Increases his former #1 spot of 520 a full 85lbs! Here is a video of his lift: