Combat Sports Media, LLC http://combatsportsmedia.net Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:48:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 FORMER WEC LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION JAMIE VARNER SIGNED TO HEADLINE “HDNET PRESENTS: TITAN FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP 20” http://combatsportsmedia.net/2011/08/former-wec-lightweight-champion-jamie-varner-signed-to-headline-%e2%80%9chdnet-presents-titan-fighting-championship-20%e2%80%9d/ http://combatsportsmedia.net/2011/08/former-wec-lightweight-champion-jamie-varner-signed-to-headline-%e2%80%9chdnet-presents-titan-fighting-championship-20%e2%80%9d/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 06:05:02 +0000 admin http://combatsportsmedia.net/?p=115 Kansas City, KS – The Titan Fighting Championship (www.TitanFighting.com and @TitanFighting) in association with HDNet (www.HD.net) announced Wednesday that its Titan Fight Championship 20 event will be held on Friday, September 23 and will be headlined by former World Extreme Cagefighting lightweight champion Jamie Varner (17-5-1).
Squaring off Varner at the historic Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas in the 155 lbs. main event will be Bellator Fighting Championships lightweight tournament veteran and Omaha, Nebraska native Alonzo “Zo Diddy” Martinez (31-14-1).
“We’ve had the pleasure of featuring former world champions on many of our recent Titan Fighting events on HDNet and we are excited to continue that trend with Jamie Varner,” said Titan Fighting Championship CEO Joe Kelly (@TheJGK). “Stylistically, Jamie and Alonzo are almost identical. Both are former wrestlers who aren’t afraid to let their hands go. Varner vs. Martinez will be a great way to kick off our fall schedule.”
Tickets for the event are currently on-sale at Ticketmaster.com (www.Ticketmaster.com) and the Memorial Hall box office and start as low as $35.
Varner has begun to regain momentum after a surprising fall from grace after losing the WEC title. Following a nearly six-month hiatus, Varner returned to the cage this past May at Jeff Curran’s XFO 39 and recorded first round technical submission over dangerous striker Tyler Combs.
With a career resume that not only includes once holding the WEC lightweight title but also notable wins over “Razor” Rob McCullough, “Cowboy” Donald Cerrone, and UFC veteran Kyle Bradley, Varner is poised for a career resurgence. The former college wrestler has re-tooled his game under the guidance of Mike Constantino of the AMA Fight Club in New Jersey. At AMA, Varner has benefited from being able to train with UFC veterans Jim and Dan Miller as well as Charlie Brenneman on a daily basis.
“Jamie is re-focused and re-dedicated to MMA and demonstrated that by moving cross-country to New Jersey in order to work with one of the best camps in the country right now in AMA,” said Kelly. “With AMA, he not only has a chance to return to his previous form but become better than he was when he was the reigning WEC lightweight champion.”
Eschewing an easy return path to glory, Varner has once again chosen to test himself during his comeback by facing the rough and rugged Martinez, who will enter the contest in the midst of a four fight win streak. Two of those victories occurred at Titan Fighting Championship 16 and 17 and Martinez is currently 9-1 in his last ten bouts.
“Titan Fighting Championship 20 will not be a made-for-TV comeback vehicle for Jamie,” Kelly began. “Alonzo is no joke and having won nine out of his last ten, a win over Varner is the icing on the cake he needs to earn a long-term contract with a major national promotion.”
In addition to the Varner vs. Martinez bout, “HDNet Presents: Titan Fighting Championship 20” will also feature the return of rising national bantamweight sensation Anthony “Sharkbait” Guiterrez (3-0) from Lee’s Summit, Missouri as he takes on Laramie Schaffer (4-2) from Omaha, Nebraska.
Additional matchups for “HDNet Presents: Titan Fighting Championship 20” will be released in the coming days. For the latest information pertaining to Titan Fighting, please visit www.TitanFighting.com, follow Titan Fighting on Twitter (@TitanFighting) or become a “fan” on Facebook (www.Facebook.com/TitanFighting).
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CONTACT: Thomas McCulloch, Director of Communications for the Titan Fighting Championship at tmac@TitanEntertainment.com or 913-549-4853.
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ABOUT THE TITAN FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP (www.TitanFighting.com): The Titan Fighting Championship is a Kansas City-based full-time Mixed Martial Arts promotion headquartered out of the historic Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. Owned and operated by veteran fight promoter Joe Kelly, the Titan Fighting Championship has promoted events since 2006. The goal of Titan FC is to promote and develop the top up-and-coming fighters in the world and provide a platform allowing them to take their respective careers to the next level. Fighters who have gotten their start with Titan include Mike Johnson, Jay Hieron, L.C. Davis, Rob Kimmons, Lee Gibson, Alan Belcher, Bobby Voelker, Zak Cummings, Rudy Bears, and James Krause.

ABOUT TITAN ENTERTAINMENT: Titan Entertainment is a full-service entertainment company that holds an exclusive lease on the historic Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. The company promotes and produces events such as rock concerts, professional boxing, professional wrestling, and mixed martial arts. Titan has promoted sporting events that have been featured on ESPN, Fox Sports Net, SHOWTIME, and HDNet.

ABOUT COMBAT SPORTS MEDIA (www.CombatSportsMedia.net/@CombatSportsMMA/and find us on Facebook by searching “Combat Sports Media): Combat Sports Media is a partner to Titan Entertainment and The Titan Fighting Championship. Owned and operated by Sam and Andria Caplan, CSM is an outsource business-to-business solution for companies in the combat sports industry. CSM provides an array of services on a contract basis such as public relations, television research production, website design and management, Internet video streaming, and matchmaking consulting. Its past and present client list includes M-1 Global, SHOWTIME, Intimidation Clothing, Matrix Fights, GirlFight, the Titan Fighting Championship, Fight Night in the Cage, Locked in the Cage, the World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts, ChokeOutPoker.net, NameDrop.com, and FightMetric.com. CSM is a shareholder in the Titan Fighting Championship.

]]> http://combatsportsmedia.net/2011/08/former-wec-lightweight-champion-jamie-varner-signed-to-headline-%e2%80%9chdnet-presents-titan-fighting-championship-20%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 TITAN FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP 19 ON JULY 29 LIVE ON HDNET TO FEATURE NEW MAIN EVENT http://combatsportsmedia.net/2011/07/hello-world/ http://combatsportsmedia.net/2011/07/hello-world/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:50:15 +0000 admin http://combatsportsmedia.net/?p=1 Kansas City, KS – Former WWE superstar Bobby Lashley has been pulled from his scheduled fight on July 29 at Titan Fighting Championship 19 (www.TitanFighting.com) due to personal reasons.

Lashley’s next fight for the promotion will now take place on August 26 vs. a yet-to-be-announced opponent.

“Unfortunately, with the things going on in Bobby’s life right now it was not the right time to have him fight,” said Titan CEO Joe Kelly. “Bobby will be the main event on the next Titan FC card on August 26, which will take place in Kansas City and feature other top fighters such as L.C. Davis, Brian Davidson, Eric Marriott and many more.”

With the withdrawal of Lashley comes a refurbished card for Titan FC 19 on Friday, July 29 at the historic Memorial Hall, to be televised live nationally on HDNet (www.HD.net) starting at 10 p.m. ET. The show will now feature two new main events.

Headlining the event will be James Krause, one of the best lightweight prospects in the U.S., taking on former King of the Cage champion and PRIDE veteran Clay French.

“The fight between Krause and French is one that will be action packed from the very start. These two guys are studs and the winner of this fight will find themselves on the top of everyone’s radar,” said Kelly.

The night’s other main event will feature former Olympic silver medalist Sara McMann (2-0) facing Kansas City native Tony Evinger (7-4) in a highly-anticipated female MMA contest. McMann became the first American woman in history to earn a silver medal in freestyle wrestling when she took second place at the Olympic games of 2004. 

“Sara is an amazing talent and an American hero; I am very excited to add a fighter like her to the Titan roster. I feel that when it is all said and done Sara could be considered the best female fighter of all time.” Kelly stated.

In Evinger, McMann will find herself across the cage across from a fighter who can also make the claim of being a standout amateur wrestler. An All-State competitor while in High School, Evinger was so accomplished that she was able to wrestle on the boy’s team.

Despite the move from female competitors to male competition, Evinger remained dominant. She utilized her wrestling ability to catapult herself into a successful MMA career that afforded her an opportunity to fight Gina Carano on national television.

Fans in attendance at Memorial Hall or watching live on HDNet on July 19 will also be treated to a deep undercard that will feature UFC veteran Rob “The Rosedale Reaper” Kimmons (22-7) taking on WEC veteran Brendan Seguin (22-16-1).

Kimmons is widely considered the most accomplished mixed martial artist to come from Kansas City. KC fight fans are also familiar with Seguin, as he has made several appearances at Memorial Hall in the past and is best known for his upset victory over current Strikeforce fighter Bobby Voelker in April of 2010. Seguin will look to once again defeat one of Kansas City’s best in their own hometown.

Tickets for “HDNet Presents: Titan Fighting Championship 19” start at just $35 and are currently on-sale at Ticketmaster.com, all local Ticketmaster outlets, as well as the Memorial Hall box office. For more information on Titan FC 19, please visit www.TitanFighting.com; “like” Titan Fighting on Facebook (www.Facebook.com/TitanFighting); or follow Titan on Twitter @TitanFighting.

The current card for Titan Fighting Championship 19 is as follows:

- “The” James Krause (12-3) vs. Clay French (17-6) at 160 lbs.

- Sara McMann (2-0) vs. Tonya Evinger (7-4) at 140 lbs.

- Rob “The Rosedale Reaper” Kimmons (22-7) vs. Brendan Seguin (22-16-1) at 185 lbs.

- Joe “The Nose” Wilk (12-5) vs. Willian DeSouza (3-3) at 145 lbs.

- Nick Nolte (3-3) vs. Marcio Navarro (8-5) at 170 lbs.

- Daniel Gallemore (0-0) vs. Alex Huddelston (0-0) at 265 lbs.

- Anthony “Sharkbait” Gutierrez (2-0) vs. Cody Land (4-0) at 135 lbs. 

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CONTACT: Thomas McCulloch, Director of Communications for the Titan Fighting Championship at tmac@TitanEntertainment.com or 913-549-4853. 

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ABOUT THE TITAN FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP (www.TitanFighting.com): The Titan Fighting Championship is a Kansas City-based full-time Mixed Martial Arts promotion headquartered out of the historic Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. Owned and operated by veteran fight promoter Joe Kelly, the Titan Fighting Championship has promoted events since 2006. The goal of Titan FC is to promote and develop the top up-and-coming fighters in the world and provide a platform allowing them to take their respective careers to the next level. Fighters who have gotten their start with Titan include Mike Johnson, Jay Hieron, L.C. Davis, Rob Kimmons, Lee Gibson, Alan Belcher, Bobby Voelker, Zak Cummings, Rudy Bears, and James Krause.

ABOUT TITAN ENTERTAINMENT: Titan Entertainment is a full-service entertainment company that holds an exclusive lease on the historic Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. The company promotes and produces events such as rock concerts, professional boxing, professional wrestling, and mixed martial arts. Titan has promoted sporting events that have been featured on ESPN, Fox Sports Net, SHOWTIME, and HDNet.

ABOUT COMBAT SPORTS MEDIA (www.CombatSportsMedia.net): Combat Sports Media is a partner to Titan Entertainment and The Titan Fighting Championship. Owned and operated by Sam Caplan, CSM is an outsource business-to-business solution for companies in the combat sports industry. CSM provides an array of services on a contract basis such as public relations, television research production, website design and management, Internet video streaming, and matchmaking consulting. Its past and present client list includes M-1 Global, SHOWTIME, Matrix Fights, GirlFight, the Titan Fighting Championship, Fight Night in the Cage, Locked in the Cage, the World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts, ChokeOutPoker.net, NameDrop.com, and FightMetric.com. CSM is also a shareholder in the Titan Fighting Championship.

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