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Mid-Atlantic MMA March Preview
Matrix Fights 1, photo by: Paul Miles
They say March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. That may be the case in Mid-Atlantic MMA. February was an absolute boon month for the sport with 9 regional fight shows. All the major players were in action, with two companies running two shows each. It was almost ludicrous how much action there was for fight fans in February. And shame on you if you didn’t get out to a show this month. No excuses.
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This Week in Mid-Atlantic MMA: The Day After Tomorrow Edition
See, I posted this because it snowed...a lot.
There’s an old saying, the best laid plans are not always the best plans to get you laid. Or something like that. I think it was in an Earnest Hemingway novel, or whatever. But as we all know, a nasty little weather front pushed through the region, dumping over two feet of snow in some parts of the Delaware Valley. Both local shows were postponed. PA Fighting Championships 2 was pushed back less than 24 hours, and jumped off yesterday as a 1PM matinee show in Harrisburg PA. New Breed Fighters played it a little more cautious, pushing their first show of 2010 one week. That show is now highlighted as the only relevant MMA action of the weekend. And as I Twitted on Friday, tickets labeled Feb 6th will be honored on the 13th.
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Cage Fight 3 Official Results
Feels like a while since I’ve done one of these official results posts. And with all the drama surrounding that Virginia fight, its nice to have some dry old wins/losses to report. These results are from Cage Fight 3 in Wilkes Barre PA. Results are official as submitted by the PASAC.
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PA Cage Fight 3 Bout Sheet
PA Cage Fight 3 starts the weekend, jumping off Friday January 29th at The Woodlands in Wilkes Barre PA. The last Cage Fight went down on Black Friday and featured lightweights Spencer Paige defeating Nate Schut, Friday night’s main eventer Randy Smith TKO’ing Corey Mullis and Gracie NEPA trainer Jim Hettes submitting Jay Haas via heel hook.
This weekend’s show brings back Randy Smith and Jay Haas. Smith, who has 15 pro fights on his card will main event against a relatively inexperienced Michael Oldson. Oldson’s 1-0 pro record is backed by 2-5 amateur record. Between June of 2008 and January 2010 Oldson only has two fights, 1 amateur (1st round loss) and 1 pro (decision win). By comparison, Randy Smith has 8 fights in the same time frame. Didn’t Florida just squash one of Bobby Lashley’s proposed opponents for Saturday night’s Strikeforce show because of the difference in experience? These are the kinds of fights that only get by on regional shows because nobody calls them into question. But I’m afraid this may be another example of managers wanting easy fights to inflate records and promoters going along with it. At 10-5, I want to see Randy Smith fighting a guy like Ricardo Romero (10-1, ROC heavyweight champ). But I will digress for the moment and move on to the card.
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This Week in Mid-Atlantic MMA: The Day Late & Dollar Short Edition
Fwank, Phil Migliarese & Larry Novak, 2010 Philly MMA Expo
Expo hangover got the best of me yesterday. This is going to be a relatively slow week in the region. There’s only one fight, and that’s up in Dover NJ with Evolution AMMA. Looks like a 16 fight card that might get pared down to a baker’s dozen. A lot of young, new fighters. Only one guy has more than 5 contests under his belt, and most fighters have one or two on their report card.
We’re also waiting on some big news out of Locked in the Cage regarding the main event for their next fight coming up in a few weeks. And I’m hearing some rumblings regarding the next Shogun show down in Baltimore.
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