S.F. Bay Area MMA

[GeneChing]

If you're in the S.F. Bay Area on June 26th, you should be watching some live MMA.

Strikeforce announced SAN JOSE: FEDOR VS WERDUM

MAIN CARD
FEDOR EMELIANENKO VS FABRICIO WERDUM

TIME
SATURDAY, JUNE 26

INFO
After months of anticipation, the world's No. 1 heavyweight and pound-for-pound Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter, Fedor "The Last Emperor" Emelianenko (31-1), will make his eagerly awaited return to the cage to face two-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion and top-ranked superstar Fabricio "Vai Cavalo" Werdum (13-4) in a STRIKEFORCE and M-1 GLOBAL co-promoted event at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. on Saturday, June 26, live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

Tickets on Sale Friday, May 14 at 10:00AM/PT at the HP Pavilion ticket office, online at Ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-745-3000.

I heard on the radio that Cyborg is on the card too.

Meanwhile, there's an up-and-coming event MMA promoter from the wulin is trying to stage his first major event on the same night. Zhong Luo, who was on our 2000 December cover, has been fielding some MMA fighters in Strikeforce and staged two amateur fights at his school in S.F. Zhong Luo's Dragonhouse 3 is set for Kezar Pavilion on June 26th.

Sadly, I won't be at either event. I'll be in Texas at Chin Woo's Kung Fu Legends.

[GeneChing]

UFC in our area. I wonder if they'll treat press as nicely as Strikeforce does.

UFC 117: SILVA vs. SONNEN
Aug-7-2010 10 pm ET/7 pm PT Oracle Arena PPV Live

For nearly four years, UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva has ruled the 185-pound weight class with an iron fist. On August 7th, at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, he will look to add to his record six title defenses when he takes on the one man brash enough to call him out, number one contender Chael Sonnen. This championship bout, which is the main event of UFC 117: SILVA vs. SONNEN presented by Tequila Cazadores, headlines the first UFC® event in Oakland.

Tickets for UFC 117 will go on sale Friday, June 11 at 10am PT and will be priced at $400, $300, $200, $150, $100 and $50. Tickets are available online at www.ticketmaster.com.

UFC® Fight Club™ members will have the opportunity to purchase tickets to this event Wednesday, June 9 starting at 10am PT via UFCFightClub.com. UFC newsletter subscriber presale starts Thursday, June 10 at 10 am PT.
Fight Card
Anderson Silva The Spider
6' 2" (188 cm) 185 (84 kg) 26-4-0
vs.
Chael Sonnen
6' 1" (185 cm) 185 (84 kg) 26-10-1

Matt Hughes
5' 9" (175 cm) 170 (77 kg) 45-7-0
vs.
Ricardo Almeida Big Dog
6' 0" (183 cm) 185 (84 kg) 12-3-0

Clay Guida The Carpenter
vs.
Rafael Dos Anjos
5' 9" (175 cm) 155 (70 kg) 14-4-0

Thiago Silva
6' 1" (185 cm) 205 (93 kg) 14-2-0
vs.
Tim Boetsch The Barbarian
6' 0" (183 cm) 205 (93 kg) 8-3-0
May not be broadcast. Click for details.

Dustin Hazelett
6' 1" (185 cm) 170 (77 kg) 14-5-0
vs.
Rick Story The Horror
5' 10" (178 cm) 170 (77 kg) 10-3-0
May not be broadcast. Click for details.

Roy Nelson Big Country
6' 0" (183 cm) 263 (119 kg) 16-4-0
vs.
Junior Dos Santos Cigano
6' 4" (193 cm) 238 (108 kg) 11-1-0

Rodney Wallace Shonuff The Master
5' 9" (175 cm) 205 (93 kg) 9-2-0
vs.
Stanislav Nedkov
n/a
May not be broadcast. Click for details.

Johny Hendricks
5' 9" (175 cm) 170 (77 kg) 8-0-0
vs.
Charlie Brenneman The Spaniard
5' 10" (178 cm) 170 (77 kg) 12-1-0
May not be broadcast. Click for details.

Ben Saunders Killa B
6' 3" (191 cm) 170 (77 kg) 8-2-2
vs
Dennis Hallman Superman
5' 9" (175 cm) 170 (77 kg) 64-13-2, 1 NC