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A heavyweight battle between Jeff “The Snowman” Monson (26-8) and former UFC champion Ricco “Suave” Rodriguez (33-9) is in the works for the Mixed Fight Alliance: “There Will Be Blood” debut event, which is set to take place at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Fla., on December 13.

We first mentioned news of this event last month when we announced former WWE superstar Bobby Lashley would make his highly anticipated mixed martial arts debut on the card.

This will be a rematch from a fight that happened almost seven years ago at UFC 35, during which Rodriguez was victorious with a third round technical knockout.

Ricco has battled drug, alcohol and weight issues throughout his career, but he’s been very active in the professional fight game over the past year and a half or so. Since last July he’s competed in 10 different matches, producing a record of (7-3) during that time, including a current five-fight win streak.

His last high profile fight was a split decision loss to Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva at Elite XC: “Street Certified” back in February. Most of his other fights since then have been for smaller promotions.

Monson also has put together a few wins recently on the smaller circuit. He competed in a “Beatdown” event last month in North Dakota, recording his second victory of 2008 with a first round submission over Jimmy Ambriz. His only loss of the calender year came at a Sengoku event in May where he was beaten on the scorecards by world ranked Josh Barnett.

At one point in his career “The Snowman” had recorded 16 straight wins, including three inside the UFC’s Octagon. His only losses since the turn of the century have come to Chuck Liddell, Forrest Griffin, Pedro Rizzo, Tim Sylvia, Ricco and Barnett.

This fight, along with the debut of Lashley, should make for a solid event for the first show in Mixed Fight Alliance’s young history.

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CAGE TESTED. STREET CERTIFIED. Forged from the streets come two of mixed martial arts’ most infamous warriors … from Huntington Beach, California, the original street fighter and “Huntington Beach Bad Boy,” David “Tank” Abbott … from the streets of Miami, Florida, and rising to epic fame on the Internet, Kimbo Slice … Will it be old-school or new-school as the new king of the streets?

Also featured: One of the world’s elite heavyweights, Antonio “Big Foot” Silva vs. former UFC champion and Celebrity Rehab participant Ricco Rodriguez, KO artist Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith takes on former “Crocodile Hunter” bodyguard Kyle Noke, the pride of the UK, James “The Colossus” Thompson takes on hard-hitting Brett “Grim” Rogers, and UFC & Bushido veteran Yves Edwards goes head-to-head with rising lightweight, Edson Berto.

Let the battle begin!

FIGHT CARD:
Kimbo Slice vs. David “Tank” Abbott
Antonio “Big Foot” Silva vs. Ricco “Suave” Rodriguez
Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith vs. Kyle “The Ozzie” Noke
James “The Colossus” Thompson vs. Brett “Grim” Rogers
Yves Edwards vs. Edson Berto

BONUS FIGHTS (Not seen on TV):
Rafael Feijao vs. John Doyle
Moyses Gabin vs. Jirka Hilvati
Lorenzo Borgameo vs. Mike Bernhard
Eric Bradley vs. Mikey Gomez
Mario “The Big Hurt” Rinaldi vs. Dave “Pee Wee” Herman
Jon Kirk vs. Yosmany Cabezas

Running Time: 175 minutes

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There was a Ricco Rodriquez sighting in Las Vegas on Tuesday night. The former UFC heavyweight champ participated in a four-round boxing match at the Las Vegas Hilton that resembled something closer to one of those old-school Toughman contests at a rodeo arena in West Virginia.

Rodriguez lost in a split decision to Chad Davis — a Phoenix fighter who earned his first career win — according to the Las Vegas Sun.

Ricco, to put it gently, didn’t look too suave. He weighed in at 270 pounds, his stomach toppling over the elastic band on his Throwdown shorts.

Xtreme Couture boxing coach Ron Frazier cornered the former champ.

Rodriquez won his last MMA fight on June 27 at something called Ultimate Combat Experience. That came after the Gods of War show in Charlotte, N.C., was canceled. Ricco was supposed to headline that arena show in a fight against Jeff Monson. He also participated in April’s YAMMA Pit Fighting event.

Since beating Randy Couture in 2002, things have been strange for Ricco. Bizarrely he attempted to sell his UFC belt online and appeared on VH1’s “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.”

Perhaps the most interesting part of the Ricco fight was former professional heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson watching from ringside. “Iron Mike” wasn’t impressed with the performance.

“Are you going to throw some punches or what?” he asked in round one.

And later:

“Come on,” Tyson begged in his famous falsetto. “Try to hurt each other.”

It didn’t happen.

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Have you ever wondered who was the better wrestler, Tito Ortiz or Matt Hughes? Or if Josh Barnett was tougher than Mark Kerr? What really happened in the controversial match between Ricco Rodriguez and current UFC Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira?

All of those questions (and more) are answered in this outstanding collection of grappling matches from the Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC).

Since 1998, the beautiful land of Abu Dhabi has played host to the Submission Wrestling World Championships. The ADCC World Championships are considered the pinnacle of ground fighting sports around the globe for world-class grapplers.

Take a walk back in time and witness some of the most competitive tournament matches in ADCC history.

THE FIGHTS:
Fabiano Iha -vs- Joe Hurley
Mark Kerr -vs- Josh Barnett
Roberto ‘Roleta’ Magalhaes -vs- Rodrigo ‘Cumprido’ Medeiros
Rumina Sato -vs- Vitor ‘Shaolin’ Ribeiro
Vitor Belfort -vs- Genki Sudo
Baret Yoshida -vs- Wellington ‘Megaton’ Diaz
Matt Hughes -vs- Tito Ortiz
Jean-Jacques Machado -vs- Ricardo Arona
Ricco Rodriguez -vs- Rodrigo ‘Minotauro’ Noguiera
Eddie Ruiz -vs- Hayato ‘Mach” Sakurai
Mario Sperry -vs- Larry Parker

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YAMMA Pit Fighting 1 Torrent

Friday April 11th 2008 - The debut event from this new MMA organization, featuring two superfights with UFC legends
Oleg Taktarov and Mark Kerr, as well as the return of the 8-man tournament concept! Enjoy!

There were a few fuckups in their transmission I observed while watching live, nothing that can be helped.

The updated fight card for the April 11th event is as follows:

MASTERS SUPERFIGHTS (Two Five-Minute Rounds)

Oleg “The Russian Bear” Taktarov VS. Mark “The Titan” Kerr

Butterbean VS. Pat Smith

8 MAN HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT (One Five-Minute Round & Championship is Three Five-Minute Rounds)

Marcelo “Pato” Pereira
Sherman Pendergarst
Ricco “Suave” Rodriguez
Tony Sylvester
Chris Tuscherer
Travis “The Diesel” Wiuff
Alexey Oleynik
George Bush

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Here are the quick results of last night YAMMA.

Heavyweight Superfights

Patrick Smith defeats Eric “Butterbean” Esch by Submission (Strikes) at 3:17 of R1.
Oleg Taktarov defeats Mark Kerr by Submission (Kneebar) at 1:55 of R1.

Heavyweight Tournament

Lamont Lister defeats Oleg Savitsky by TKO (Strikes) at 0:33 of R1.
Bryan Vetell defeats Antwain Britt by Unanimous Decision.
Alexey Oleinik defeats Sherman Pendergarst by Submission (Forearm choke) at 4:18 of R1.
Chris Tuscherer defeats Tony Sylvester by Unanimous Decision
Travis Wiuff defeats Marcelo Pereira by Unanimous Decision.
Chris Tuscherer defeats Alexey Oleinik by Unanimous Decision.
Travis Wiuff defeats Ricco Rodriguez by Unanimous Decision.
Travis Wiuff defeats Chris Tuscherer by Unanimous Decision.

HW Tournament Winner: Travis Wiuff

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Tonight’s is the debut of YAMMA Pit Fighting from the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J.

The all Heavyweight event is promoted by UFC founder Bob Meyrowitz and can be seen live on Pay-Per-View ($34.95) @ 9:30 pm EST.

SUPERFIGHTS

Mark Kerr (266.2) vs. Oleg Taktarov (221.2)
Eric “Butterbean” Esch (416.2) vs. Patrick Smith (240.0)

HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT

George Bush (231.6) vs. Ricco Rodriguez (264.6)
Marcelo Pereira (219.4) vs. Travis Wiuff (242.8)
Tony Sylvester (262.8) vs. Chris Tuscherer (264.0)
Alexey Oleinik (220.2) vs. Sherman Pendergarst (264.6)

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Episode 214 of HDNets “Inside MMA”

Bas and Kenny are joined by guest panelists former UFC Heavyweight Champion Ricco Rodriguez, Real Fighter Magazine Writer Mike Carlson, and Hall of Fame Jockey Gary Stevens. Ron Kruck reports all the latest MMA news and provides the week’s best highlights. The results from the EliteXC - Strikeforce Championship are discussed along with a preview of the upcoming April 4th IFL event. Also, Bas goes “Toe-To-Toe” with viewers’ emails and the #6 fighter is revealed from the “Inside MMA All-Time Top 10.” Inside MMA airs Fridays on HDNet. Check www.hd.net for air times.