'A Night of Combat II' to feature several notable fighters October 11
by Mike Trask on Sep 23, 2008 3:13 PM EDT
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It's not a "Day of Reckoning," but it is something.
Even though the Oct. 11 Affliction II card was recently postponed, "Sin City" is still set to host a mixed martial event at the Thomas & Mack Center, which is located on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas, on the same date.
A MMA card called "A Night of Combat II" will be held at the site on Oct. 11., featuring:
Hector "Sick Dog" Ramirez vs. Jesse Forbes
Jay Hieron vs Bryson Kamaka
Mike Pyle vs. Brian Gassaway
John Alessio vs. Gideon Ray
Josh Haynes vs. Steve Byrnes
JJ Mix vs. John Halverson
Patrick "Kui" Gonzalves vs. Ryan Lamareaux
Ian Omalza vs Ryan Hass
Elana Reed vs Stephanie Palmer
It will be Hieron's first fight since the IFL shut down earlier this year. He was the organization's welterweight champion. His opponent, Kamaka, is 6-13 and has lost his last three fights.
Pyle is coming off a submission win at Affliction I and had been scheduled to fight at Affliction II. He fights Gassaway, a WEC and UFC veteran.
Haynes appeared on the third season of The Ultimate Fighter, losing in the in the finals to season light heavyweight winner Michael Bisping. Later Haynes gained infamy for his performance on VH1's Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge, where he competed against other so-called celebrities such as Vanilla Ice and Stephen Baldwin.
The First Night of Combat was held at the Thomas & Mack in June. The event was the first in Nevada that had both boxing and MMA. The evening began with boxing matches broadcast on ESPN Friday Night Fights. Those fights were followed by five MMA bouts.
The public was given free tickets to the event.
It featured the infamous Kim Couture fight, in which her jaw was broken during the first round of a bloodbath loss. Alessio also last fought on that card, winning via submission over Pete Spratt.
Tickets range from $18 to $53 for the nine-fight card. For more details click here.
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noteable but not very good fighter ie. Forbes,Hayes….really only Pyle and occationally Hieron are impressive at times
by McArthur on Sep 23, 2008 3:29 PM EDT reply actions
lol im glad hieron is stepping up his competition
by brendan on Sep 23, 2008 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
lol…haynes too…he’s actually fighting a human this time around
by McArthur on Sep 23, 2008 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
There’s some bad blood between Haynes and Byrnes. I heard Byrnes was literally trying to take food off Haynes’ son’s plate.
by PW on Sep 23, 2008 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions
dayamn those are some fighting words right there
by brendan on Sep 23, 2008 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions
haynes would be even more pissed if someone tried to take food off of his own plate.
by b.w. on Sep 23, 2008 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Kevin Iole is reporting that rampage/wandi 3 will be happening on ufc93 on the bj/gsp undercard. he says that this rumor is coming from a very reliable source.
by b.w. on Sep 23, 2008 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Chiek Kongo will be replacing cain valsquez to fight al-turk at ufc 92 per mmaweekly.
by b.w. on Sep 23, 2008 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow, that Kamaka guy is pretty bad ass.
by the_mexicutioner on Sep 23, 2008 4:06 PM EDT reply actions
Its taking the piss giving him this bum. Heiron deserves much better than this.
They should have re-shuffled a couple of fights around and give this Kamaka dude to someone else.
Pointless fight…
Some of the other matchups look o.k. though. Have to wait and see as I didn’t see their first event.
by Ca$z on Sep 23, 2008 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Not even close to being the greatest card ever. But it will be entertaining. Should be a decent event.
by Joey 1.0 on Sep 23, 2008 4:12 PM EDT reply actions
it dosn’t look that bad to me, not a great card but it might be good to watch.
by roy on Sep 23, 2008 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
good to watch for MMAjunkies like us…We need to get our fix!
by The Negation on Sep 23, 2008 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
thats right i don’t turn done mma, i will watch all levels.
by roy on Sep 24, 2008 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
For 53 dollars being the best seat, u can’t complain.
by Getrawbc on Sep 23, 2008 4:22 PM EDT reply actions
what did Pyle make from his affliction fight?
by McArthur on Sep 23, 2008 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
huh…doesn’t look like he’ll be makin much more this time around
by McArthur on Sep 23, 2008 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Josh Haynes got beat by a local fighter here in Cincinnati about 3-4 months back. Haynes has fell completely off the deep end.
by "Mr. NC-17" on Sep 23, 2008 5:27 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah, you might be right. I used to like this guy. I liked how he was so aggressive and angry. It seems now, that he hasnt gotten any better than that. Its like he just likes where he is at as a fighter. Small paydays forever.
by enzo-enormous on Sep 23, 2008 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
sounds like he should go back to “celebrity bull riding”
by b.w. on Sep 23, 2008 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions
damn, I was really hoping we would see kim couture get her jaw broken again.
by jj on Sep 23, 2008 5:49 PM EDT reply actions
i think she retired, gonna manage fighters or something. i didnt care enough to remember exactly what.
by medecine balls on Sep 23, 2008 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
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