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Bodog Heads North
6th Season Set in British Columbia |
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With the excitement of last December's sold-out Pay-Per-View event in Vancouver, British Columbia, still fresh in the minds of local fight fans, Bodog Fight announced its return to the beautiful West Coast city to film the sixth season.
"We're absolutely thrilled to be coming back to Vancouver," says Calvin Ayre, the billionaire entertainment mogul and owner of Bodog. "It's a world-class, soon-to-be Olympic city. The fighters are excited, our crew is keyed up and we can't wait to start filming."
Filming will take place August 24-25 on a closed set at the Squamish Nation Indian Reserve in nearby North Vancouver, where the walls still echo with the music of The Police, who chose the same site to rehearse for their North American reunion tour.
Forty-eight fighters are scheduled to take part, with the series scheduled for broadcast in 90 million U.S. homes on ION Television and in Canada on The Fight Network starting October 23, 2007.
THE CARD
The fight card features current welterweight champion Nick "The Goat" Thompson of Minnesota, fighting for the first time since taking the belt from Eddie Alvarez in St. Petersburg, Russia last April. Thompson squares off against Britain's Mark Weir in a non-title fight.
Another Minnesotan will also take to the MMA mat. Kelly Kobold, who suffered her first defeat last month to newly crowned women's 135-pound champion Tara LaRosa in Trenton, New Jersey, looks to rebound against the always tough Julie Kedzie.
145 lbs & Under
• Sami Aziz (Sweden) vs. Hiroyuki Abe (Japan)
• JR Sims (USA) vs. DJ Taiki (Japan)
155 lbs & Under
• Rodrigo Damm (Brazil) vs. Darren Elkins (USA)
• Per Eklund (Sweden) vs. Rafael Dias (USA)
• Ryan Bow (Japan) vs. Santino Defranco (USA)
• Chris Ade (Canada) vs. Koji Oishi (Japan)
170 lbs & Under
• Nick Thompson (USA) vs. Mark Weir (UK)
• Piotr Jakaczynski (Sweden) vs. Dan Hornbuckle (USA)
• Chris Wilson (USA) vs. Ray Steinbeiss (USA)
• Diego Gonzales (Sweden) vs. Steve Berger (USA)
185 lbs & Under
• Tim McKenzie (USA) vs. Yuichi Nakanishi (Japan)
• Kyacey Uscola (USA) vs. TBA
• Steve Byrnes (USA) vs. Alexander Shlemenko (Russia)
205 lbs & Under
• Antony Rea (France) vs. Steve Steinbeiss (USA)
• Mikhael Zyats (Russia) vs. Buddy Roberts (USA)
Heavyweight
• Assuerio Silva (Brazil) vs. Constantin Gluhov (Russia)
• Andrew Pederson (Canada) vs. Scott Lincoln (USA)
• Dan Evensen (USA) vs. Dominic Richards (Canada)
• Kristof Midoux (France) vs. Brad Morris (Australia)
Women's 125lb
• Megumi Fujii (Japan) vs. Lisa Ward (USA)
• Carina Damm (Brazil) vs. Jessica Aguillar (USA)
• Rosi Sexton (UK) vs. Julia Berezekova (Russia)
Women's 135lb
• Kelly Kobold (USA) vs. Julie Kedzie (USA)
• Tama Chan (Japan) vs. Molly Helsel (USA) |
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