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World Grand Prix
It’s the finals of the International Fight League tournament at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. on Saturday.
One of the more anticipated bouts features budding star Chris “Polish Hammer” Horodecki (11-0) in a lightweight finale against Ryan “The Lion” Schultz (17-9-1).
The other bouts featured are heavyweights Antoine Jaoude (8-2) of Brazil testing Roy Nelson (9-2) of Las Vegas; middleweight Matt Horwich (20-9-1) trying Benji Radach’s (17-3) skills; welterweight Delson Heleno (13-3) of Brazil rumbles with Jay Hieron (13-4); and featherweight Wagnney Fabiano (8-1) of Brazil tries to crash Kansas City’s L.C. Davis (9-0) world.
HDNet and Fox Sports World Canada will be showing the fight card live on Saturday at 9:30 Eastern Time.
Fedor for New Year’s Eve
Russia’s Fedor Emelianenko, who recently signed to fight for M-1 Global Net, meets Korea’s Hong-Man Choi in a heavyweight contest near Tokyo. The fight will be shown in the U.S. on HDNet at the bleary-eyed time of 6 a.m. Eastern Time on Monday.
Choi, a K-1 star, stands over seven-feet tall and has pretty good balance. But he’s primarily a standup fighter, and that means that the Russian superstar Emelianenko will immediately take it to the ground.
The question is whether America will get up early enough to watch Emelianenko, who is considered the best MMA fighter in the world?
Fights coming up
Friday: IFO Fireworks in the Cage 4 at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. (702) 794-9433.
Friday: New Breed Fighters at the House of Blues in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (609) 343-5700.
Saturday: IFL Grand Prix at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. (860) 886-0070.
Saturday: UFC 79: Nemesis at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. (877) 632-7800.
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