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Tony Lopez
- Full Name: Tony Lopez
- Height: 6'4 (193cm)
- Weight: 205 lbs
- Association: Team Oyama
- City: Huntington Beach
- State: CA
- Country: USA
A heavyweight tilt is set to headline a legendary card of epic proportions. Not so long ago were the heralded PRIDE days, where some of the best fighters assembled under one roof---but with a catch. Now, fans are accustomed to bouts that are under strict relegations of the unified rules of combat: no knees to a downed opponent, no kicks to the head of a downed a opponent, no stomps, etc. However, all these seemingly "archaic" (or what I call "fun") discrepancies will be tossed out the window when Gilbert Yvel and Tony Lopez headlining "Colosseo Championship Fighting 6: Bushido" which will feature the old school PRIDE rules that made every fan a die hard PRIDE fan. ...
Team Oyama heavyweight Shane Del Rosario (5-0) and Team Quest lightweight Dave Jansen (10-0) both remained undefeated in Seoul Saturday at M-1 Challenge Korea Presented by Affliction.
Del Rosario, who drew eyeballs in '07/'08 with three stoppages on ShoXC's Challenger Series, disposed of Maksim Grishin (1-2) in 21 seconds. Del Rosario has won all of his fights by stoppage.
Jansen took just a second longer to stop Amirkhan Mazihov (0-1) in a guillotine choke.
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Two No Contests marred Thursday's King of the Cage Opposing Force card at San Manuel Casino in Highland, California, outside of San Bernardino. The card's main event between welterweight champion "Slam" Aaron Wetherspoon (7-2) and challenger Anthony Lapsley (11-3) was one of the false starts. Top super heavyweight contender "Rhino" Mike Bourke's (8-11-1) match-up versus "King of the Streets" Chance Williams (6-2) never had a chance, also ending in a No Contest. In the match-ups that actually got off, top 205-pound contender "Kryptonite" Tony Lopez (8-2) submitted Joey Beltran (4-2) by Kimura at 3:15 of the first round. Donald Sanchez (11-7) TKO'd William Sriyrapai (10-4) at 3:41 of round two to climb into the lightweight rankings. Lightweight "Dynamite" Gregg Dalton (5-2) exploded on Dave Rivas (8-7-1) for a second round knockout at 3:41. "Insane" Georgi Karakhanyan (5-1-1) won a unanimous decision over "Mando" Armando Sanchez at lightweight. Light heavyweight Ben Fuimaono (2-1) tapped lanky kickboxer Miguel Cosio (1-5) in an armbar at 2:11 of round two. Daniel Hernandez (2-3) scored a first round TKO of Daniel Mancha at 1:10. ...
ProElite put-on a ShoXC Challenger Series card from Table Mountain Casino north of Fresno tonight. In the main event, light heavyweight Hawaiian Poai Suganuma (9-1), a veteran of Pancrase, ended Jared Hamman's (9-1) perfect record in just 15 seconds by TKO. Brazilian lightweight "Morango" Fabricio Camoes (8-4) knocked out veteran Joe Camacho (10-12-3) at 3:30 of round one. Undefeated Team Oyama middleweight Givanildo Santana (11-0) remained so after finding an armbar to submit "Luke Duke" Matt Lucas (9-1) at 4:49 of the first round. Santana's featherweight teammate Bao Quach (13-8-1) knocked out former UFC fighter Douglas Evans (5-3) 55 seconds into the fight. Team Oyama scored another stoppage when heavyweight Tony Lopez (6-2) TKO'd Terrell Dees (2-2) at 1:09 of round two. Middleweight Brent Cooper (3-0) TKO'd debuting Jaime Iracheta (0-1) at 1:30 of the first round. Rookie Luke Riddering (1-0) TKO'd fellow nube Yasser Pezzat (0-1) at 2:53 of round one. 175-pound Lucas Gamaza (2-0) remained undefeated after a unanimous decision over Devin Howard (1-1). Roberto Vargas (1-0) tapped fellow rook' Telly Sanders (0-1) in a shoulder lock 1:53 into round three. ...











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