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MMA in Rochester; THIS SATURDAY!
Topic Started: Sep 10 2008, 04:52 PM (2,996 Views)
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Ultimate Fight Night moves inside
9/10/2008 8:25:02 AM
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By Ben Pherson
Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN

McMurphy's Ultimate Fight Night has moved indoors.

The professional mixed-martial-arts event, scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday, originally was scheduled to be held outdoors in the McMurphy's parking lot. But show promoter Jami Klair has moved the event inside the Aquarius bar.

Klair has assembled a solid fight card, which includes several local standouts.

The night's main event will feature former Zumbrota-Mazeppa wrestler Travis Perzynski against Frank "The Tank" Johnson for the Ultimate Combat Sports lightweight title

Perzynski brings a 17-2 record into the 155-pound showdown. Johnson is 10-2 as a professional mixed martial artist.

"I love this fight," Klair said. "Perzynski is just a tough all-around kid. He's a very exciting fighter."

While Perzynski's background is in wrestling, Johnson's is in boxing.

"He's a former pro boxer, and he's probably got the best hands of any 155-pounder in the Midwest," Klair said. "He's just got dynamite in those hands. If this fight stays standing, Johnson has to be the favorite."

Also on the nine-fight card, Lake City's Jeremy Lafferty (12-7) will meet Jeremy Elisius (16-5) in a welterweight showdown. This is Klair's pick for fight of the night.

"Both guys have been fighting for me since Day 1," Klair said. "They're both tough kids, and I know Lafferty has been taking this fight more serious than he's ever taken a fight. I think it's just going to be an absolutely great fight. They both want to stand up and bang, so there could be fireworks."

In another welterweight clash, Rochester's Aaron Vold (11-2) will battle veteran Mark Koehn (11-1).

"Koehn is a tough guy, and he'll definitely see where Vold is at in his game," Klair said. "It will be a great test for Vold."

In a rubber match at light heavyweight, Rochester's Chris Barden will meet Lake City's Aric Adams. Barden and Adams met twice before, with Barden winning once and Adams winning once.

Former training partners Keith Feurstneau and Ryan Stock will meet at 155 pounds.

"There's bad blood there; I'm not sure why, but six months ago Keith just told me he wanted to fight Stock," Klair said. "Stock has a lot more experience, but Keith says he's ready for him."

Also on the fight card are Adam Murphy, Rubin Huppert, Jason Elisius, Bruce Johnson, Tyler Knutson and Dan Copp.

"One of the guys on the undercard to watch is Jason Elisius," Klair said. "He's a huge kid, even bigger than his brother (Jeremy Elisius). He says he's tougher, too."

Klair is excited about the new venue, though he knows tickets will be limited.

"We can maybe get 700 in there, so people will want to get tickets early," Klair said. "It's a really nice setup, and I think it will be very high-energy in that place."

Doors will open at 4 p.m. and tickets are available now at McMurphy's Sports Cafe. Advance general admission tickets are $25, reserved seating is $35 and VIP tables are $350. All tickets are an extra $5 at the door.

For more information, call (651) 214-3046.



Seems to be a good card...
Not sure if i'll be attending due to a health issue as of late, but hopefully will...
anyone else?
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...I would go down in a heartbeat...but my kid has football and his birthday party right afterwards.

Cropduster if you go...fill us in on how it was.
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Do you know who the person Tyler Knutson will be fighting?
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Will do... its still in the works for me yet...
I'm unsure if its age restricted, which would suck ha.
Team Crazy well represented here, I see...
Interesting that Roch was going to have a card later in October with Speer on it... and now this?
Interesting...
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We still have another event coming up on October 4th in Rochester. It is a mixed card of both boxing and MMA. Tom Speer is fighting in the MMA main event, and Raphael Butler is fighting in the boxing main event.

Taking this fight while working on the event has been troublesome.

Right now I'm still trying to get the opponent finalized for Joel Schrimf. He was a wrestler from Goodhue not too long ago. This would be the first time that he would get to fight in the Rochester area.
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Sep 11 2008, 10:19 PM
We still have another event coming up on October 4th in Rochester. It is a mixed card of both boxing and MMA. Tom Speer is fighting in the MMA main event, and Raphael Butler is fighting in the boxing main event.

Taking this fight while working on the event has been troublesome.

Right now I'm still trying to get the opponent finalized for Joel Schrimf. He was a wrestler from Goodhue not too long ago. This would be the first time that he would get to fight in the Rochester area.

Joel Shrimpf is fighting? I did not know that. How many fights has he had?
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It looks like he is 1-0 with his win being over a very experienced Travis McCullough who was 17-15.

Brutaal Fight Night Official Results
August 1, 2008 - 7:00 PM
Elko, Minnesota United States
- Results Verified By Commission, Minnesota Board Of Boxing


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Joel is 2-1 overall. I train with him at MMAA.

He lost by armbar late in his first fight. Then he TKOed Prentice Wheeler with a RNC (guy went unconscious) before fighting McCullough (who is a tough third opponent for most folks.
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so what were the results.......
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Sep 12 2008, 05:40 PM
Joel is 2-1 overall. I train with him at MMAA.

He lost by armbar late in his first fight. Then he TKOed Prentice Wheeler with a RNC (guy went unconscious) before fighting McCullough (who is a tough third opponent for most folks.

Thanks. I had absolutely no clue he was fighting MMA. I used to wrestle with him, and haven't talked with him in probably a year and a half or so.

I just didn't know he was interested in this.

Glad he is doing well.
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Results anyone?
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You read my mind XHD

Also, not this weekend, but next... Oct 4th...
A mixed Boxing/MMA card featuring guys like Tommy Speer and Roch Native Raphael (sp?) Butler... Who owns at boxing.
Yeah... Graham Arena i believe? Logan's throwing it down...
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I'm pretty sure i'm hittin up the 4th show...
it should be sick... hoping to get the word out this way haha.

SE MN MMA, its the sickest.
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I'm not sure on the boxing portion of the card, but this is the MMA portion so far:

Tommy Speer vs Joe Juliannelle

Mike Hansen vs Chuck Parmelee

Zack Strand vs Nyantu Bolo

Joel Schrimf vs Corey Washington

Jordan Neer vs TBA (He was scheduled to fight Pat Curran, but he had to drop out)
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Card looks to be shaping up good, Logan.
thanks for updating us, and promoting fighting in SE MN.

The 507=Sectionalism at its finest. :D
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Boxing portion of Oct 4th Card:
Raphael Butler, MN (32-6) vs. Billy Willis (9-12) of Texas
Ronnie Peterson Jr. MN (debut) vs. Allante Davis (0-1) of Wisc.
Boris Shishporenek MN (4-0) vs. Harold Johnson (5-34) of Wisc.
Mike Howell (0-1) MI vs. Rayvon Wilson (0-2-1) of Wisc.
Malcolm Cowans MN (debut) vs. Bobby Butters MN (14-32-1) 9-24-08
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Is anyone taking in the October 4th card?
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This is what I was most recently given for the boxing card:

Raphael Butler vs. Travis Fulton

Boris Shishporenok vs. Hyacinthus Turnipseed (fake name?)

Mike Howell vs. Rayvon Wilson

Ronnie Peterson vs. Bobby Conners

Malcolm Cowans vs. Bobby Butters


My MMA card has done some changing too. We added another UFC veteran.

180 - UFC/WEC Vet Tommy Speer 9-3 vs Joe Juliannelle (US Marine, undefeated in combatives competition)

170 - Zack Strand 4-1 vs UFC Vet Chad "the Grinder" Reiner 17-4

170 - Mike Hansen 7-11 vs Chuck Parmelee 9-8 My pick for fight of the night.

190 - Joel Schrimpf 2-1 vs Corey Washington 1-0

145 - Jordan Neer 4-1 vs Josh Lebsock 2-0 or Jacob Hyde 0-1
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Is anyone taking in the October 4th card?

I'm thinking about it. Although it might be a last minute decision. I'm not super pumped about the boxing.
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Oct 1 2008, 04:35 PM
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Is anyone taking in the October 4th card?

I'm thinking about it. Although it might be a last minute decision. I'm not super pumped about the boxing.

coincidentally, its the same here Parlin...
im not a HUGE boxing fan...
but watchin some of these MMA fights throwdown may be worth it :D
Im pretty sure im hittin it up myself... gives me something to do, and it relatively interesting to me haha.
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Parlin ... you better be there. You need to start getting jacked up for wrestling season!

I think Logan, especially with all the last-minute curveballs he's been thrown, has done a fantastic job with the matchmaking for this show.

Getting Reiner, who fought Anthony Johnson and Josh Burkman in the UFC, on the card is pretty cool.

I'm not a huge boxing fan either, but it's interesting. The last time they did the co-promotion, I gained some respect for that sport. I've been cage-side for many MMA promotions, but never boxing. Sitting that close, it's just unreal how hard those boxers hit. The power is scary, really.

Anyway, I think the MMA part of the card is worth the price of admission ... the boxing is just an added bonus.

Plus, Travis Fulton is boxing. He's got more MMA fights than anyone on the planet. Not really excited to see him box, but he's going to get knocked out ... 19 of his 21 losses have come by KO or TKO!

PS ... glad to see the MMA board is rolling on here.

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Logan ... I think Turnipseed is better than Tomatocan!

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Anyone looking for a little more information than what I was able to get into the paper yesterday, check out the blog. I broke things down a little bit on there, just from info I received from Logan and a little bit of "research." Nothing big, but just some notes on the blog.

FACEOFF
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Great job on giving us a little background on these fighters...keep up the good work!
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Hey, no problem XHockeydad. Glad someone is reading! I get plenty of hate mail every time I write something on MMA, from people who choose not to educate themselves. But it's always good to know there are plenty of people out there who enjoy the coverage, too.

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XHD, you droppin down?
PostMortal, great stuff in teh paper...
i look forward to it.
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I can't....my son has a football game....but I would definitely would if I could swing it.

CD, if you take it in, make sure you update this thread on how it went...make sure to locate Logan and congratulate him on his great showing...and ask him to supply us with a link to the pink pounder ring tone...... :D
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ahhh yes... the good ol' gridiron...
tomorrow is homecoming my way...
thats why the post massacre is slowing lately :D
ha, i can swing that... word is some kid that isn't too into it got free tickets and wants to take a friend (has to be me lol)... If i see Logan, I'll definitely get at him about that ring tone...
haha... pink pounder... my immature, potty-humor loving friends would love that!
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About 34 hours and we'll be able to enjoy some top-notch fights in Roch!!! Tough to skip the free event on TV on Saturday, but it's worth it. Can't wait!!!

Neer vs. Lebsock should be great. And Logan's promising a good fight from Strand against Reiner ... we'll see!

Over/under on what time the PEM crew starts chanting Tom-my Spe-er??? I'm thinking before 7:30.
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Well, shall be a good night of fights...
im heading out somewhat, sorta soon.
I'll definitely be gettin at ya'll later tongihgt about what went down.
I'll join the Speer chant, 5-0 till i die! 8:00 though, im callin it...

later bros.
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