May 10th, 2008, UFC Veteran Josh “Bring the Pain” Haynes will try to put a hurting on Cincinnati, OH based MMA Big Show Champion William “Mojo” Horne at the MMA Big Show: Martial Fury at the Belterra Casino Resort and Hotel in Indiana.
Josh Haynes, known for his emotionally compelling story of family tribulations and dramatic weight loss on Ultimate Fighter Season 3 rose up amongst the top fighters in the season becoming a Finalist who ultimately lost to “The Count” Michael Bisping. With his hammer like hands, Haynes hopes to dominate Hometown Champion Mojo Horne in the cage on May 10th.
Horne, who trains regularly with the likes of UFC Veterans Rich “Ace” Franklin and Jorge Gurgel has built a long record of wins with over 15 amateur fights and a current 2-0 Pro record and he is the only person to beat the current 170lb Champion Roger Bowling who will also be defending his title on May 10th.
Other notable fighters on the card include 170 3-0 up and comer Dustin Winterhalt who works in the Hamilton County Corrections Dept and Chad Hinton who will be making his Pro Debut after dominating Nick Wright at MMA Big Show: CHAMPIONS.
The MMA Big Show has been promoting Mixed Martial Arts events since November 18, 2006 and is now preparing to launch a short TV series which will begin airing on Star 64 April 12th, Saturdays at 2:00am after UFC Wired and Scrubs and will continue every Saturday up to the week of May 10th. The show will feature the best fights of previous events with some behind the scenes footage of the various fighters. Check out www.mmabigshow.com for additional airtimes in various markets.
Tickets are now on sale through TicketWeb or MMABigShow.com for this May 10th event and will be $20, $30, and $50 each online and $5 more at the door. Event is for ages 21+ only. Doors will open at 6:00pm and the first fight will start at 7:00pm.
777 Belterra Drive Belterra, Indiana 47020
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Promotional Booths and Sponsorship packages are available, please contact Jason Appleton at 513-258-3545 or email at jason@mmabigshow.com for more details.
Jason Appleton
513-258-3545
jason@mmabigshow.com
www.mmabigshow.com
Jason Appleton
513-258-3545
jason@mmabigshow.com
www.mmabigshow.com
November 3rd, 2007 MMA Big Show: CHAMPIONS - Former NY Giant Bobby Jones makes his Pro MMA Debut against 3-0 John Brown at the Belterra Casino Hotel & Spa in Belterra, Indiana.
Former New York Giant Bobby Jones will be making his pro MMA debut after recently dominating in his last amateur fight winning in 34 seconds by ref stoppage after slamming his opponent down and beating him in the face. Bobby is ready for a bigger challenge in his pro debut at the Belterra Casino and Hotel which is hosting the MMA Big Show: CHAMPIONS with special guest Andre Arlovski. John Brown, a 3-0 Pro fighter will be driving 14 hours from Gulfport, MS to test Bobby’s skills in the cage. Both men monstrous in size for heavyweights and both eager to prove themselves.
Cincinnati local and MMA Big Show poster boy Roger Bowling will be defending his 170lb Title against Drew Reed. Bowling won his belt by defeating Mike Skiba at MMA Big Show: PUNISHMENT on Sept 29th in Covington, KY where he pounded the guy until he began tapping. Roger is Relentless in competition and puts on an amazing show every time.
Another Cincinnati local and well known fighter Mojo Horne will defend his 185lb title against Matt Sredzinski who holds multiple titles and is a US Gold Medalist and Muai Thai instructor. This fight is sure to be fireworks as the two standup fighters collide.
Joe Ammerman will defend his 155lb Title after winning his title fight with 4 time NAGA Champion Jason Halderman with strikes in the 2nd round of MMA Big Show: PUNISHMENT. His opponent is still yet to be determined.
Other notable fighters on the card are Dustine Winterhalt, Jared Combs, Mick Berwanger and others.
The event doors will open at 6:00pm and the first fight is scheduled for 7:00pm.
Tickets are $30 Presale General Admission and $50 VIP Floor Seats and can be purchased at www.TicketWeb.com or www.MMABigShow.com for a direct link online. You can also purchase by phone at 866-468-7630.
This event is also scheduled to be broadcast live online as a Pay Per View for $9.95.
See www.MMABigShow.com for more details and tail of the tape.
September 29th, 2007, Madison Theater, Covington, KY. MMA Big Show: Punishment.
On September 29th, at 7pm the first fight of MMA Big Show: Punishment will commence leaving spectators in awe. There isn’t a bad seat in the house at the 1,500 seat Madison Theater on Madison Ave. in Covington, KY.
This event is scheduled to have 20 to 24 fighters coming from all over North America to compete.
Challenger Roger Bowling will go toe to toe with current MMA Big Show 170lb Champion Keith Smetana.
Roger defeated Chris Runge in devestating fashion by TKO (Strikes) at June 23rds Domination at the Gardens and Keith Smetana beat Levi Adams by controversial referee stoppage due to an arm bar. Roger wants the belt and Keith is ready to defend it.
Billy “Mojo” Horne will go up against Fernando Rivera for the 185lb Championship belt.
Billy Horne was supposed to fight Brandon Hunt at DOMINATION on June 23rd but his opponent pulled out of the fight at the last minute for no known reason. Fernando Rivera was also supposed to compete at DOMINATION but his opponent didn’t make weight and the fight wasn’t approved by the commission. Now the two fighters are eager to go head to head and Rivera is dropping from 205 to 185 for the chance to fight Mojo whom he feels is an honor knowing Mojos reputation in MMA as being no pushover for anyone.
You will also see Dustin Winterhalt competing against MMA Big Show two time winner Anthony DeRome who has his eyes set on the 170 belt. DeRome is currently undefeated as a 3-0 Pro and Winterhalt is set to make his pro debut but called DeRome out based on DeRomes reputation for talking a bit too much. This will be an interesting fight.
Levi Adams who lost to Keith Smetana at Domination will be working towards his comeback against Justin Zaczek.
There are 16 fights on this fight card scheduled. 7 Amateur fights and 9 Professional fights. It will be an action packed evening.
Tickets are on sale now and are $25 Pre Sale for General Admission, ($30 day of event) and $50 for VIP Seating. Tickets can be purchased in GameCity 360 locations in Newport On The Levee, or their Florence, KY location as well as at the Madison Theater or online by visiting MMABigShow.com or TicketWeb.com
The Pre-Fight Weigh Ins will take place on September 28th at 7:00pm at Newport On The Levee on the second floor landing near GameCity 360. Tickets for MMA Big Show: PUNISHMENT will be available at the Weigh-Ins at a Pre Sale price. Game City 360 will be giving away MMA Big Show: RESPECT DVD’s to everyone who signs up for their members discount club card starting August 3rd until fight night.
This will be the first MMA Big Show event streamed live from MMABigShow.com as part of the MMA Big Show VIP Team Monthly Membership program. The cost is $19.99 per month and you receive access to the MMA Big Show Fight Video Archive as well as 20% off tickets to shows, 20% off merchandise and access to the monthly live pay per view.
GameCity 360 is now an official sponsor of the MMA Big Show and will be selling T-Shirts, DVD’s and tickets for MMA Big Show events at the stores. Visit www.GameCity360.com to find out about their great deals on console and handheld games.
MMA Big Show, LLC has been developing their latest event, DOMINATION to take place at the Cincinnati Gardens Arena set for a June 23rd date. MMA Big Show will be promoting their event through television airings of RESPECT that took place in November at the NKY Convention Center which was a near sold out event. An hour of the best fights of RESPECTS 22 fights will be used in the hour long show to air on Channel 25, 38 and Fox Sports Net Ohio to over 6.1 million people. The intro song to the television show, the TV commercials and to the event itself was selected by posting on the Cincymusic.com discussion forums which is a hotbed of musical talent ranging all genres.
The song to be used by MMA Big Show is Zero 1 Zero's track Bed Of Nails which can be found along with several others on the bands myspace page.
On Saturday, June 23rd 2007 the biggest Mixed Martial Arts event to hit the region is getting even bigger. MMA Big Show: DOMINATION will be held at the 10,000 seat Cincinnati Gardens Arena with a major Pro/Am Fight Card.
After losing to Rory Singer on Episode 5 of The Ultimate Fighter 3 due to a slip on the mat that lead to him getting knocked out, Solomon Hutcherson has been fighting to work his way back into the UFC and will be the Main Event Fight of DOMINATION and will be going to toe to toe with undefeated Jonathan Walsh. This will be a 185 lbs fight to see!
DOMINATION will be a Pro/AM event where as RESPECT was an all amateur show that nearly sold out of 3,000 seats while competing with UC vs. Rutgers, OSU vs. Michigan and UFC 65 and is expecting to sell over 6,000 tickets.
A portion of the profits from DOMINATION will be going to the Cincinnati Children’s Home. www.thechildrenshomecinti.org
“The move to a much larger venue will enable us to put on a much bigger production with pro fighters people will know and want to see. RESPECT was a huge show and I’m still getting emailed “thank you’s” and “great job”. DOMINATION is going to make RESPECT look like, well, an amateur show” Says owner and promoter Jason Appleton. “We will still have amateurs on the card, just not quite as many and they will be guys who are on the verge of going pro and wanting to leave their amateur status with a bang.”
DOMINATION will be taped and aired locally on channels 25 and 38 and on Fox Sports Net Ohio to a total over 6 million homes. By the time editing is done on DOMINATION MMA Big Show, LLC is hopeful of having their national TV deal complete that will increase their TV reach by 60 million homes nationally.
Also on the fight card will be Dennis Davis, a UFC hopeful who will be going up against Fred Leavy in efforts to bump up his notoriety that should enable him to make his UFC debut in the coming months, if he can beat Leavy.
Hometown Champion Mojo Horne, the winner of RESPECT’s Main Event fight with Roger Bowling will be competing for the 185 MMA Big Show Championship Belt and Levi Adams of Team Jorge Gurgel known for taking out the very aggressive Joe Ammerman by submission in RESPECT will be going for the 170lb Championship Belt, both making their Pro Debuts in DOMINATION.
DOMINATION’S Special Guest will be Ultimate Fighter 3’s Ed “Short Fuse” Herman.
Notable Sponsors Include: Paramount Funding Company, Derf Magazine, WEBN, The Wolf 97.3, ITS Channel 38, Fox Sports Net Ohio and Seamless Design.
Tickets are $46 and $36 in the stands and are available through Ticketmaster or charge by phone at 513-562-4949. VIP Tables are $750, $550 and $450 and must be reserved in advance by emailing jason@mmabigshow.com
The Pre Fight Weigh In will be free and open to the public at Exchange on June 22nd at 7pm 1130 Main Street Downtown Cincinnati, OH. The After fight party will also be at Exchange on June 23rd after DOMINATION!
