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Quick Hits: Beerbohm-Ludwig to Headline ShoMMA 2, WEC 41 Additions, Ultimate Chaos Undercard, and More

Kris Karkoski — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:49:49 +0000

Lyle Beerbohm

Lightweights Lyle Beerbohm (9-0) and Duane “Bang” Ludwig (18-8) are likely to headline the second installment of ShoMMA: Strikeforce Challengers on June 19th. [MMAjunkie]
Kyle Dietz will make his WEC debut against Charlie Valencia at WEC 41 on June 7th at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California. [MMAjunkie]
Bantamweights Eddie Wineland and Frank Gomez will also meet at WEC 41. [NWI.com]
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira will return to action against Dion Staring in the main event of a May 9th Jungle Fight event in Fortaleza, Brazil. [Tatame via Bloody Elbow]
The undercard for “Ultimate Chaos,” which is co-headlined by Bobby Lashley vs. Bob Sapp and Gilbert Yvel vs. Pedro Rizzo, includes Din Thomas vs. Javier Vazquez, Chris Horodecki vs. William Sriyapai, Brett Cooper vs. Waachiim Spiritwolf, Tom Atencio vs. Randy Hedderick, and Danny Abbadi vs. Lance Thompson.
George Bush vs. Lavar Johnson and Bao Quach vs. Isaac De Jesus have been added to the lineup for the debut of ShoMMA: Strikeforce Challengers on May 15th in Fresno, California. [MMAjunkie]
A rematch between Shinya Aoki and Joachim Hansen has been confirmed for DREAM 10 on July 20th in Saitama, Japan.
In an effort to attract more Japanese fans, the UFC recently launced jp.ufc.com, with a full site “coming soon”.

YAMMA Pit Fighting 1 Results

Kris Karkoski — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:21:45 +0000

Travis Wiuff def. Chris Tuscherer via unanimous decision
Heavyweight Tournament Final
Patrick Smith def. Eric “Butterbean” Esch via submission (strikes) – Round 1, 3:17
Masters Superfight
Travis Wiuff def. Ricco Rodriguez via unanimous decision
Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal
Chris Tuscherer def. Alexey Oleinik via unanimous decision
Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal
Oleg Taktarov def. Mark Kerr via submission (kneebar) – Round 1, 1:55
Masters Superfight
Ricco Rodriguez def. George Bush via unanimous decision
Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal
Travis Wiuff def. Marcelo Pereira via unanimous decision
Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal
Chris Tuscherer def. Tony Sylvester via unanimous decision
Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal
Alexey Oleinik def. Sherman Pendergarst via submission (forearm choke) – Round 1, 4:18
Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal
Bryan Vetell def. Antwain Britt via unanimous decision
Heavyweight Tournament Alternate Bout
Lamont Lister def. Oleg Savitsky via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 0:33
Heavyweight Tournament Alternate Bout

YAMMA Pit Fighting 1 Weigh-In Results

Kris Karkoski — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:00:06 +0000

MASTERS SUPERFIGHTS

Oleg Taktarov (221.2) vs. Mark Kerr (266.2)
Patrick Smith (240) vs. Eric ” Butterbean” Esch (416.2)

HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT

Ricco Rodriguez (264.6) vs. George Bush (231.6)
Travis Wiuff (242.8) vs. Marcelo Pereira (219.4)
Chris Tuscherer (264) vs. Tony Sylvester (262.8)
Sherman Pendergarst (264.6) vs. Alexey Oleinik (220.2)

ALTERNATE TOURNAMENT BOUTS

Antwain Britt (228.2) vs. Bryan Vetell (266)
Lamont Lister (212.6) vs. Oleg Savitsky (199.4)

ALTERNATE

Ron Waterman (264.4)

MMAFrenzy.com will be cage-side for the inaugural YAMMA Pit Fighting event in Atlantic City, New Jersey so stay tuned for additional coverage of the event.