Vendetta FC To Air MMA on FOX Sports South, Bas Rutten To Commentate In Aruba

Vendetta Fighting Championships has secured a slot on FOX Sports South’s 1 October schedule to rerun it’s A Night of Vengeance MMA card which takes place live in Aruba 5 September, Fighters.com has learned from Event Coordinator Chris Allen.

Former UFC heavyweight champion and King of Pancrase and veteran MMA broadcaster “El Guapo” Bas Rutten (28-4-1) will call the action, humorously no doubt, from ringside. FOX Sports Radio personality Tomm Looney will announce in the ring.

The main event features fought-everywhere, pimped-everything “Mr. International” Shonie Carter (45-18-7) versus Minnesota Martial Arts Academy’s “Eraser” Derrick Noble (24-12-1).

The meat of the card will be filled with an eight-man light heavyweight tournament that includes a formidable lineup of up-and-comers: Team Quest’s Aaron Stark (8-4), “Juggernaut” Antwain Britt (9-2), American Top Team’s “Fury” Carmelo Marrero (9-3), “Sho Nuff The Master” Rodney Wallace (6-0), Brazilian Top Team’s Angelo Araujo (8-2), Gregory Milliard (1-1), Evan Nedd (0-0), and Richard Hale (7-2-1).

It’ll be a steep mountain-climb for the eventual winner!

The tournament will feature two-round fights with a third-round tie-breaker when necessary through the semi-finals. Fighters.com will report the first round tournament match-ups when they’re announced 4 September.

International Sport Karate Association (ISKA) will sanction the fights and provide the referees who’ll disallow elbows on the ground and knees to the head of a downed opponent. The fighters will be drug tested. “Stitch” Duran will serve as a cutman and a doctor used by the UFC will be ringside too.

Allen told Fighters.com, “We are working in Aruba because I love the place. I have friends and family who work in Aruba.”

Vendetta FC’s debut in Aruba and deal with FOX Sports South demonstrates both the increasing scope and mainstream legitimacy of mixed martial arts, the world’s greatest athletic endeavor.

Tickets for A Night of Vengeance can be purchased at Etix; and, if you live in the southern United States, mark 1 October on your calendar to watch the replay on FOX Sports South.