01 Oct Bellator Makes its Iowa Debut. Mix Martial Arts Going Where Iowa Breeds Wrestlers-US Elite Combat
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The Toughest Tournament in Sports will make its way to Iowa for the first time on Friday, October 18th, as Cedar Rapid’s U.S. Cellular Center plays host to Bellator MMA’s Welterweight Semifinals. The event will be broadcast live on Spike TV at 8 p.m. CT and also showcase a handful of Iowa’s local talent.
Tickets for the event can be purchased by visiting Ticketmaster.com or by contacting the U.S. Cellular Center Box Office.
CEDAR RAPIDS METRO AREA SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND DON’T MISS THIS ONE.
US Elite Combat is so excited that Bellator MMA is heading to the State that Breeds Wrestlers. US Elite Combat COO Founder Donald J Royer Sr is originally from Marion, Iowa right next to Cedar Rapids.Who didn’t go far from his roots of wrestling and transitioned into MMA. Still loves Iowa Wrestling coming back for D1 Wrestling in Des Moines, Olympic Trials in Iowa City. Now resides in Tucson, AZ working with fighters out of APEX Mix Martial Arts.
Zach Light who is Executive and Talent Scout for Bellator MMA also from Lisbon, Iowa. Zach utilized his Iowa wrestling to Coach, Train, and Fight some of the Best of the Best in MMA.
Most of the Mix Martial Arts Top Champions in all Organizations come from a Wrestling back ground. When your born in Iowa, You Wrestle. Once a Wrestler Always a Wrestler
A Few Quotes from the Legendary Iowa Wrestling Head Coach Olympic Champion Dan Gable “Once you’ve wrestled everything else in life is easy” In the time that SAVE OLYMPIC WRESTLING just got voted back into Olympics. Dan Gable said ” Gold Medals aren’t really made of Gold, They’re made of Sweat and determination, and a hard to find alloy called Guts”
Iowa’s own Paul Bradley will fight in front of his home state and face former Bellator Welterweight Tournament winner, Karl Amoussou. A two-time all-American wrestler at Iowa, Bradley holds an impressive 20-5 professional record and will make his Bellator debut on October 18th.
Fellow Iowa native Joe Vedepo will also step into the Bellator cage will and face Kendall Grove in a middleweight battle. Known for developing a modified shin choke called “The Vedepo Choke”, Vedepo has won seven of his 14 victories by submission, six coming in the first round. Four additional Iowa athletes will fight on the preliminary card and all of the preliminary fights will card will be streamed exclusively on Spike.com.
Jared Downing and Cliff Wright Jr will be representing Hard Drive out of Cedar Rapids. Need to give aspecial shout out to Zach “Bad Company” Mills who is Represented by US Elite Combat and Trains out of HD. Cole Williams who wrestled under the toolage of Legendary Wrestler and Coach Jon McGovern at University of Dubuque, Iowa and fought on Bellator’s Fight Master was a Semi Finalist loosing a split decision to Joe “Diesel” Riggs Phoenix, AZ fighting out of MMA Lab.
Headlining the night will be one of the most talented divisions with the Bellator Welterweight Semifinals. Judo Olympian Rick Hawn will face former Bellator Tournament Finalist Brent Weedman and the always exciting War Machine will battle semifinalist Ron Keslar.
Fight Card is Announced
MAIN CARD:
Bellator Welterweight Tournament Semifinal: Rick Hawn (16-2) vs. Brent Weedman (22-8-10
Bellator Welterweight Tournament Semifinal: War Machine (14-4) vs. Ron Keslar (10-3)
Heavyweight Feature Fight: Eric Prindle -Prescot, AZ (8-3) vs. Peter Graham (8-5)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Kendall Grove (18-13) vs. Joe Vedepo (14-6)
PRELIMINARY CARD:
Welterweight Feature Fight: Paul Bradley (20-5) vs. Karl Amoussou (16-5-2)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Rob Emerson (12-10) vs. Jared Downing (9-3)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Rod Montoya (15-15) vs. Paul Sass (13-2)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Derek Loffer (4-1) vs. Cliff Wright Jr. (7-5)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Mike Estus (3-0) vs. Cole Williams (9-2)
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