The Ultimate Fighter: Season 11 cast member, Woody Weatherby was among a handful of fighters not in attendance at tonight’s Matrix 2 weigh-ins. From what I overheard, Woody did check in to his hotel room, but did not make it to the Zee Bar in Philadelphia for official weigh-ins. His opponent, South Jersey’s Tim Williams was at the weigh-ins and was on weight. Weatherby will be allowed to weigh-in tomorrow.

Kentucky’s Matt Troyer, who was scheduled to fight Brazil’s Alexandre PoPo Bezerra apparently never got on his flight. Bezerra is a former Golden Gloves champion who trains now with Brad Daddis and Wilson Reis.

And in the womens’ 135 pound fight, if what I heard is true, Jennifer Martin was “unable to get a ride” to either one of her medical appointments, or to the show. Its unclear which. Martin was scheduled to face Andria Caplan, wife of Matrix & Bellator matchmaker Sam Caplan. Don’t get that twisted, as Phil Migliarese said on an interview which will be available here tomorrow, Andria can fight. This is confirmed by guys who train with Andria at Daddis FC.

All these issues aside, Matrix 2 will go down tomorrow night at the former ECW Arena in South Philadelphia. It will be an awesome show, and a handful of tickets will be sold at the door.

Get your asses out to support regional mixed martial arts.

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Matrix Fights announced that WEC Featherweight Anthony Cheesesteak Morrison has been added to this Friday’s show. Morrison will fight The Ghost Nick Gonzalez.

Morrison was born and raised in Philadelphia and signed with the WEC on the back of an impressive win in Ring of Combat against Nick Lentz. He was billed as out of Virginia for his WEC bouts, but is back in Philly and training with Brad Daddis and ABC Gym‘s Fred Jenkins.
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First, a little review of the weekend. on Saturday, Daddis Fight Camps hosted a UFC 111 viewing party at their Philly gym on the corner of 17th and Washington Sts. There was a strong turn out, and watching the fights on the big screen with people that know what the hell’s going on in the cage is awesome. This may become a regular event, so if your in the city, drop in on Brad’s place and watch some ultimate fighting. On Sunday Brandt from MMA Opinion and I visited The Grindhouse, Jerry Bradley’s gym in Feasterville PA. We were there to do 2 photo shoots, one with the guys from Grindhouse, and one with MAMMA’s girls. Unfortunately, two of the girls decided we weren’t cool enough to hang out with. But we do want to send a lot of love to Sugako who came out and dealt with all our shenanigans for a couple hours. Look for some shots coming to you very soon.

That being said, let’s jump into it.
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I have two surprises for you. This six or seven inches of rain we’ve gotten over the last three days, yeah, that would have been the 30″s of snow that the Farmer’s Almanac predicted for this weekend. The second surprise: there’s still a Farmer’s Almanac.

We’re going to kick this pig with a quick run around of the region’s fighters in national promotions.
First, as reported last week, Daddis FC fighters Wilson Reis will face Shad Lierely in the first round of Bellator‘s featherweight tournament. That fight is set for Bellator 14, April 15th in Chicago. The Eddie Alvarez vs Josh Neer Superfight is booked for Bellator 17 on May 6th in Boston. That fight is booked at a 160 pound catchweight. Matt Makowski‘s bout with Matt Lee is pending medical clearance, and has not yet been added to the schedule.
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Brad Daddis is the owner & head trainer at Daddis Fight Camps (Philadelphia & Cherry Hill gyms), and is also a previous interviewee. He and I got together this week via Facebook to catch up and talk about some of the guys on his fight team. In the course of our chat, Brad reveals who Wilson Reis and Matt Makowski‘s first round opponents will be in the Bellator season 2 tournament.
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The last few weeks have been straight up bananas around the Philly fight scene. Two fights a week within driving distance. But with all the major local promoters coming down off their post fight high, there will be a short lull in action around the Mid-Atlantic Region. With that set-up, I come to you humbly to offer my photography services. In an effort to jump start the “find a new apartment” fund, I’m looking to book some photo shoots.
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