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02-28-2010 09:15 AM:
For a guy who seemed to be on the outside looking in, Tim Sylvia sure seems to be mentioned as a headliner on a lot of upcoming cards. It also sounds like a few promoters are jumping the gun on announcing that they've landed the former UFC heavyweight champion.
MMAJunkie reports that Sylvia has been offered a fight at DREAM 13 on Mar. 22, a Massachusetts show on Apr. 23 and a Canadian show on June 5. Steven Marrocco says Sylvia and manager Monte Cox turned down Josh Barnett on the DREAM show, but another opponent is in the works. The Canadian show would be another attempt at making the Wes Sims fight. That fight was denied by the Ohio Athletic Commission.
For two reasons, the Massachusetts show is the one that seems the most far-fetched. The opponent would be five-time World's Strongest Man champion Mariusz Pudzianowski, who's already got a fight scheduled with a Polish promotion on May 7. You want more proof? How about the bloviating by promoter Corey Fischer. It makes it sound like this is all to get some cheap publicity for his card in Worchester.
The Boston Herald bit, and Fischer delivered some classic lines.
Massachusetts just passed regulation to allow MMA events. Would the commission in Massachusetts really allow Sylvia, with 31 proMMA fights under his belt, to fight the 1-0 Pudzianowski? The UFC has a huge card slated for Aug. 28 at the Boston Garden.
It'd also be interesting to see how Pudzianowski would perform if he had to undergo prefight drug testing. He may be all-natural but he appears to have a lot of shredded bulk on that 6-foot-1, 320-lb. frame.
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Cagewriter is an MMA blog edited by Steve Cofield.
For a guy who seemed to be on the outside looking in, Tim Sylvia sure seems to be mentioned as a headliner on a lot of upcoming cards. It also sounds like a few promoters are jumping the gun on announcing that they've landed the former UFC heavyweight champion.
MMAJunkie reports that Sylvia has been offered a fight at DREAM 13 on Mar. 22, a Massachusetts show on Apr. 23 and a Canadian show on June 5. Steven Marrocco says Sylvia and manager Monte Cox turned down Josh Barnett on the DREAM show, but another opponent is in the works. The Canadian show would be another attempt at making the Wes Sims fight. That fight was denied by the Ohio Athletic Commission.
For two reasons, the Massachusetts show is the one that seems the most far-fetched. The opponent would be five-time World's Strongest Man champion Mariusz Pudzianowski, who's already got a fight scheduled with a Polish promotion on May 7. You want more proof? How about the bloviating by promoter Corey Fischer. It makes it sound like this is all to get some cheap publicity for his card in Worchester.
The Boston Herald bit, and Fischer delivered some classic lines.
"This will be the biggest card ever done, probably in the Northeast," said Fischer. "The UFC is coming here in August and they’re going to have a hard gate to beat. I think this fight card will be better than what they’re bringing. It’ll be on pay-per-view and shown live in Korea, Poland, Canada and about 14 other countries.This will have more viewers than (the UFC’s) show."
Seems like it might be a little early to take on the UFC, no? Fischer says he also has UFC veterans Rich Clementi, Houston Alexander and Yves Edwards signed for the card.
Massachusetts just passed regulation to allow MMA events. Would the commission in Massachusetts really allow Sylvia, with 31 proMMA fights under his belt, to fight the 1-0 Pudzianowski? The UFC has a huge card slated for Aug. 28 at the Boston Garden.
It'd also be interesting to see how Pudzianowski would perform if he had to undergo prefight drug testing. He may be all-natural but he appears to have a lot of shredded bulk on that 6-foot-1, 320-lb. frame.
More...
Yahoo! Sports.
Cagewriter is an MMA blog edited by Steve Cofield.
