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Choke03
02-05-2003, 02:55 PM
UFC / MC get together info =

LIGHTWEIGHTS SERRA-THOMAS, CLEMENTI-EDWARDS TO CLASH AT UFC 41: ONSLAUGHT LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW, FEBRUARY 28
8 Fights At Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City To Feature Penn, Uno Lightweight Title Bout; Tank Abbott’s Return; Rodriguez, Sylvia Heavyweight Championship

LIVE EVENT TICKETS CONTINUE ON SALE!

LAS VEGAS, February 4, 2003…Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight top contenders Matt Serra and Din Thomas will clash after Lightweight Yves Edwards battles Rich Clementi at UFC 41: Onslaught live on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. EST/7 p.m. PST, Friday, February 28, from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J.

An eight-fight card also will feature the long-awaited BJ Penn versus Caol Uno fight for the lightweight championship, the return of legendary Heavyweight Tank Abbott, who will meet jiu-jitsu submission specialist Frank Mir, and the first title defense by new UFC Heavyweight Champion Ricco Rodriguez against undefeated contender Tim Sylvia.

Live event tickets, $300, $200, $100, $60 and $30, continue on sale at the Boardwalk Hall box office in Atlantic City, at all Ticketmaster locations and at www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets also may be ordered by telephone at 1-800-736-1420. Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino, Trump Marina and Trump Taj Mahal are the hosts of the event.

UFC 41: Onslaught will be available live on pay-per-view on iN DEMAND, DIRECTV, Dish Network, Bell ExpressVu and Viewers Choice Canada. The suggested retail price is $29.95.

Serra (11-2-0 in mixed martial arts) of Long Island, N.Y., is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt trained by Renzo Gracie. He combines superb ground skills, including wrestling take downs and submissions, with an ever-improving stand-up game to push the action in all his fights. Serra and Thomas had been scheduled to fight each other last March in Las Vegas, but Thomas injured a knee in training. “Din is a tough fighter and has really improved since he’s been training with the American Top Team. We are going to have a very exciting fight,” Serra said.

Thomas (16-3-0) of Orlando, Fla., also utilizes jiu-jitsu submission techniques and a stand-up striking game to dominate opponents. With a like-new knee, Thomas readily admits his quality of training is greatly improved since joining ATT, the U.S. extension of the Brazilian Top Team. “The competition is very tough, even for an experienced, professional fighter. This kind of training will prepare me for Matt, who is really disciplined,” Thomas said.

Edwards (10-5-1) from The Woodlands, Tex., a suburb of Houston, is a Thai boxing-jiu jitsu fighter who is continuing to hone his boxing skills. In his last UFC fight, June 22 at UFC 37.5 in Las Vegas, he knocked out Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Joao “Perini” Marcos at 1:19 of the first round with a kick to the head. Edwards works with Kenny Weldon, the boxing trainer who helped build former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield’s career.

Clementi is a free-style fighter from Slidell, La., who will be making his UFC debut against Edwards. He has earned a 22-5-0 record in mixed martial arts fighting and has won eight consecutive fights. “Yves will be a great opponent for my UFC debut because I will have to utilize all my weapons to beat him. I feel my standup game is equal to his, but my ground game is superior. I am really looking forward to fighting him,” Clementi said.


Rodriguez (10-1-0), a Staten Island, N.Y. native, who now fights out of Las Vegas, has won 10 straight fights and captured the heavyweight crown from two-time former champ Randy Couture September 17 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Sylvia (16-0-0), a native of Ellsworth, Maine, who fights out of Davenport, Iowa, is 6’8”, 260 pounds and his height and reach advantage helped him win a second round technical knockout September 27 over “Cabbage” Correira at the Mohegan Sun.
Tank (8-7-0) from Huntington Beach, Calif., says he is returning to do what he does best, “knock people out.” In Mir (4-1-0) of Las Vegas, he will be facing one of the UFC’s most promising young heavyweights. Penn (6-1-0) from Hilo, Hawaii, and Uno (13-4-2) of Kanagawa, Japan, earned the right to meet for the lightweight title with unanimous decision victories over Serra and Thomas respectively September 27 at the Mohegan Sun.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship, headquartered in Las Vegas, is the world’s leading mixed martial arts sports association. Owned and operated by Zuffa LLC, the UFC programs six live pay-per-view events yearly through cable and satellite providers. In addition to its U.S. distribution on iN DEMAND, DIRECTV, Dish Network and TVN, UFC events are distributed internationally through British Sky Broadcasting, WOWOW, Inc. in Japan, Globosat in Brazil, Modern Sports and Entertainment in Scandinavia and Main Event Television in Australia. UFC licenses video games for all major playing platforms through Crave Entertainment and TDK Mediactive, Inc.

The UFC’s next live PPV event is UFC 41: Onslaught at 10 p.m.EST/7 p.m.PST Friday, February 28, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. Locate Ultimate Fighting Championship on the internet at www.ufc.tv.

skwood
02-05-2003, 06:00 PM
Can't make it, but I will be watching!

rico*
02-05-2003, 06:13 PM
I will be watching on PPV also.

Hiloboy
02-06-2003, 03:14 AM
Choke I am pumped about A\C fights.Looking forward to meeting
all the Bros.

Fig Buck
02-06-2003, 03:21 AM
Choke, When do Tito and Chuck fight????

Choke03
02-06-2003, 12:25 PM
It was set for April but Tito backed out for injuries (wink). They say June, we will see. I know Chuck is in.

rooster1
02-06-2003, 02:35 PM
CAN'T WAIT!

HAWK
02-06-2003, 10:56 PM
ill be there, the testosterone is wicked at the ufc fights, party at casba after.....

Choke03
02-07-2003, 11:51 AM
Hawk a bunch of MC'ers are going to try and hook up. Presser is going to challenge Tank to a death match, we 'll have fun.