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Whats Next for the Local MMA Scene?
With the Shine Lightweight Grand Prix tournament at the Patriot centered canceled, there's a void for those who wanted to see live action. Lets face the facts, most fans don't care about a commission or the politics of MMA. Shine and the Virginia Athletic Commission are pointing fingers at each other, but at the end of the days its the fighters and fans who are cheated. One such fighter Elder Ramos trained several weeks in anticipation of fighting on the Shine Lightweight Grand Prix Card. When the promoter failed to get a license, and moved the event to Oklahoma fighters such as Elder are left in the cold. To Date the UWC has been the only professional MMA promotion to stand and deliver quality fights to the D.C. Metropolitan area. Hail the day when D.C. Metro area fans stand-up and support the UWC more and allow them to bring quality shows every month, or every other month.
For those of you who are feeling cheated because you paid Shine and wanted to see live competition, there are options. On the September 18th, M-1 Selection: Americas Final is scheduled at the Bally Casino in Atlantic City. For more information check http://www.m-1global.com/m-1-selection-2/. Tickets are still available for the event and start at $35. The fighters will be competing in a boxing style ring, and not a caged octagon. The card consist of fighters such as George Sheppard fighting out of MMA Institute in Richmond, VA and Jose Figueroa representing the infamous American Top Team. The fight card is as follows:
-76 KG: Len Bentley VS Thomas Gallicchio
-84 KG: Mike Geurin VS Tyson Jeffries
-93 KG: Byron Byrd VS Daniel Viscaya
+93 KG: Kenny Garner VS Pat Bennett
Shine Fights at the Patriot Center Canceled
If you thought you were going to see talented fighters handle business at the Patriot Center on September 10th, change of plans! According to sources, Shine Fights - lightweight Grant Prix tournament at the Patriot Center has been canceled. The tournament was supposed to feature 8 light weights with a twist. The matchmaking was to be done by the fans, which the Virginia Athletic Commission has said no to. Last spring Shine Fights promoted a fight between former champion boxer Ricardo Mayora and Din Thomas which was also canceled, due to legal actions taken by boxing promoter Don King. Apparently Mayorga was still in a contract with Don King, therefore in violation of that contract had he competed in "Worlds Collide", which was to be held in neighboring North Carolina. The promotion plans to reschedule the event on September 10th in Oklahoma, after being denied a license to operate in Virginia.
Shine Fights Lightweight Grand Prix at Patriot Center
Its official, the Shine Fight Grand Prix Lightweight MMA Tournament will be held at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA. Over the last couple weeks there were speculations and reports that the Shine Fights was seeking to put on an event pending approval by the notorious Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. The Patriot center has listed the event on their schedule(http://www.patriotcenter.com/events/index.php?opts=detail&eid=3467&evtype=patriotspecial) and tickets can now be purchased from ticketmaster.com. Below is the official Shine Fights press release:
Shine Fights Possibly Coming to Fairfax
Various sources have reported MMA promotion Shine Fights is planning on bringing their promotion to the Patriot Center. According to fiveouncesofpain.com the promotion is currently seeking approval to run a one night lightweight tournament. Approval for the event is expected to go through. Again, the event would be a one night lightweight tournament, with the winner receiving $50,000. Lightweights being considered for the tournament are:
- Guillaume DeLorenzi
- Josh Shockley
- Marcus Aurelio
- James Warfield
- Richard Crunkilton
- Charles Bennett
- Carlo Prater
- Drew Fickett
Shine Fights last tried to run a PPV on May 15th, which was to be headlined by Din Thomas vs. boxer Ricardo Mayorga. Due to contract issues with Don King, Mayorga was pulled from the event, which led to the North Carolina Athletic Commission shutting the show down, due financial concerns. Chute Boxe Head Augusto Oliveira recently stated that some of his fighters have not been paid for that event.
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