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Fri, 28 May 2010 23:59:26 GMT

Former Notre Boxing Captain and 2009 Chicago Golden Gloves Champion Mike Lee held an open workout for the local media and fans at JABB Boxing Gym in Chicago on Wednesday afternoon.

Along with trainer Ronnie Shields, Lee looked in terrific shape and very sharp as he went through an hour long, spirited training session just three days prior to his pro debut set for this Saturday night, May 29th at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago.

Weve put in the work for the last four months in Houston and Ronnie has done a terrific job preparing me for this. Im in the best shape of my life and cant wait to get in the ring and put on a great performance on Saturday night said a very enthusiastic Lee.

Lee will face Emmitt Woods in a scheduled four rounder in one of the feature bout at TOP RANK LIVE.

The main event at TOP RANK LIVE will feature an outstanding ten round welterweight showdown between Mexican veterans Jesus Renuente Soto-Karass and Gabriel EL Rey Martinez. The undercard will feature Chicagos Ivan Popoca, Antonio Avila and Polish heavyweight prospect Krzystof Zimnoch.

Fightjunkie Fight Odds

Fri, 28 May 2010 23:59:26 GMT

5/28: Librado Andrade {-1750}
5/28: Eric Lucas {+850}

5/28: Shannon Briggs {-3750}
5/28: Rob Calloway {+1500}

5/28: Gary Sykes {-440}
5/28: Kevin OHara {+350}

5/29: Vitali Klitschko {-2500}
5/29: Albert Sosnowski {+1400}
Over 9.5 {-280} Under 9.5 {-400}

Sosnowski wins inside distance {+1461}
Sosnowski wins by 12 round decision {+5000}

Klitschko wins inside distance {-615}
Klitschko wins by 12 round decision {+547}

Sosnowski/Klitschko draw {+15000}

5/29: Ricky Owens {-400}
5/29: Gavin Reid {+325}

5/29: Josh Wale {-150}
5/29: Esham Pickering {+130}

5/29: Mark Moran {-130}
5/29: Willie Casey {+110}

5/29: Jamie Arthur {-420}
5/29: Robbie Turley {+335}

5/29: Roman Martinez {-1700}
5/29: Gonzalo Munguia {+800}

6/4: Paul McCloskey {-1350}
6/4: Giuseppe Lauri {+885}

6/4: Ian Napa {-210}
6/4: Stuart Hall {+160}

6/5: Miguel Angel Cotto {-210}
6/5: Yuri Foreman {+175}
Over 9.5 {-145} Under 9.5 {+115}

6/5: Steve Cunningham {-440}
6/5: Troy Ross {+350}

6/5: Sebastian Sylvester {-310}
6/5: Roman Karmazin {+255}

6/5: Selcuk Aydin {-1050}
6/5: Ionut Dan Ion {+550}

6/19: Andre Ward {-600}
6/19: Allan Green {+450}

6/19: Hasim Rahman {-2000}
6/19: Shannon Miller {+1000}

6/26: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr {-350}
6/26: John Duddy {+250}

7/9: Matthew Hatton {-280}
7/9: Yuriy Nuzhnenko {+200}

7/17: David Tua {-2300}
7/17: Monte Barrett {+1100}

7/31: Juan Manuel Marquez {-350}
7/31: Juan Diaz {+290}

8/14: Chad Dawson {-425}
8/14: Jean Pascal {+340}

{MMA}

5/29: Quinton Jackson {-110}
5/29: Rashad Evans {-110}
Goes 3 Rounds {-125} Won't Go 3 Rounds {-115}

Evans wins inside distance {+324}
Evans wins by 3 round decision {+200}

Jackson wins inside distance {+208}
Jackson wins by 3 round decision {+316}

Evans/Jackson draw {+5500}

5/29: Michael Bisping {-170}
5/29: Dan Miller {+150}
Goes 3 Rounds {-110} Won't Go 3 Rounds {-130}

Miller wins inside distance {+280}
Miller wins by 3 round decision {+320}

Bisping wins inside distance {+230}
Bisping wins by 3 round decision {+167}

Miller/Bisping draw {+6000}

5/29: Todd Duffee {-340}
5/29: Mike Russow {+280}
Goes 3 Rounds {+300} Won't Go 3 Rounds {-420}

Russow wins inside distance {+350}
Russow wins by 3 round decision {+650}

Duffee wins inside distance {-180}
Duffee wins by 3 round decision {+469}

Russow/Duffee draw {+8000}

5/29: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira {-630}
5/29: Jason Brilz {+465}
Goes 3 Rounds {+230} Won't Go 3 Rounds {-310}

Brilz wins inside distance {+731}
Brilz wins by 3 round decision {+823}

Nogueira wins inside distance {-210}
Nogueira wins by 3 round decision {+339}

Brilz/Nogueira draw {+8000}

5/29: Diego Sanchez {-220}
5/29: John Hathaway {+180}
Goes 3 Rounds {-130} Won't Go 3 Rounds {-110}

Sanchez wins inside distance {+166}
Sanchez wins by 3 round decision {+177}

Hathaway wins inside distance {+425}
Hathaway wins by 3 round decision {+280}

Hathaway/Sanchez draw {+6000}

5/29: Amir Sadollah {-130}
5/29: Dong Hyun Kim {+110}
Goes 3 Rounds {-120} Won't Go 3 Rounds {-120}

Kim wins inside distance {+275}
Kim wins by 3 round decision {+294}

Sadollah wins inside distance {+230}
Sadollah wins by 3 round decision {+200}

Kim/Sadollah draw {+5500}

5/29: Efrain Escudero {-450}
5/29: Dan Lauzon {+360}
Goes 3 Rounds {+280} Won't Go 3 Rounds {-400}

Lauzon wins inside distance {+350}
Lauzon wins by 3 round decision {+1382}

Escudero wins inside distance {-180}
Escudero wins by 3 round decision {+360}

Lauzon/Escudero draw {+9000}

5/29: Melvin Guillard {-340}
5/29: Waylon Lowe {+280}

5/29: Luiz Cane {-345}
5/29: Cyrille Diabate {+285}

5/29: Aaron Riley {-190}
5/29: Joe Brammer {+165}

5/29: Ryan Jensen {+130}
5/29: Jesse Forbes {-150}

5/30: Nick Diaz {-510}
5/30: Hayato Sakurai {+370}

5/30: Norifumi Yamato {-1475}
5/30: Federico Lopez {+800}

5/30: Kazushi Sakuraba {-205}
5/30: Ralek Gracie {+165}

5/30: Joachim Hansen {-260}
5/30: Hiroyuki Takaya {+200}

5/30: Hideo Tokoro {-150}
5/30: Akiyo Nishiura {+120}

5/30: Takafumi Otsuka {-125}
5/30: Kazuyuki Miyata {-105}

5/30: Yoshiro Maeda {-275}
5/30: Kenji Osawa {+175}

6/10: Toby Imada {-145}
6/10: Pat Curran {+115}

6/12: Mac Danzig {-115}
6/12: Matt Wiman {-105}
Goes 3 Rounds {-150} Won't Go 3 Rounds {+110}

6/12: Mirko Cro Cop {+125}
6/12: Patrick Barry {-145}
Goes 3 Rounds {+450} Won't Go 3 Rounds {-750}

6/12: Chuck Liddell {+125}
6/12: Rich Franklin {-145}
Goes 3 Rounds {+130} Won't Go 3 Rounds {-170}

6/16: Robbie Lawler {-155}
6/16: Renato Sobral {+125}

6/16: Marius Zaromskis {-215}
6/16: Evangelista Santos {+170}

6/19: Aaron Simpson {-350}
6/19: Chris Leben {+290}

6/19: Matt Hamill {-140}
6/19: Keith Jardine {+120}

6/19: Spencer Fisher {-185}
6/19: Dennis Siver {+155}

6/26: Fedor Emelianenko {-700}
6/26: Fabricio Werdum {+460}

6/26: Cristiane Cyborg Santos {-2000}
6/26: Jan Finney {+1000}

6/26: Cung Le {-360}
6/26: Scott Smith {+270}

6/26: KJ Noons {-495}
6/26: Charles Bennett {+360}

7/3: Brock Lesnar {-190}
7/3: Shane Carwin {+165}
Goes 5 Rounds {+500} Won't Go 5 Rounds {-900}

7/3: Wanderlei Silva {-170}
7/3: Yoshihiro Akiyama {+150}
Goes 3 Rounds {+130} Won't Go 3 Rounds {-170}

7/3: Krzysztof Soszynski {-225}
7/3: Stephan Bonnar {+185}
Goes 3 Rounds {+157} Won't Go 3 Rounds {-200}

7/3: Brendan Schaub {-320}
7/3: Chris Tuchscherer {+260}

7/3: Goran Reljic {-160}
7/3: Kendall Grove {+140}

8/1: Jon Jones {-610}
8/1: Vladimir Matyushenko {+425}

8/1: Yushin Okami {-210}
8/1: Mark Munoz {+175}

8/1: Joe Stevenson {-230}
8/1: Takanori Gomi {+190}

8/1: Jake Ellenberger {-155}
8/1: John Howard {+125}

8/7: Anderson Silva {-445}
8/7: Chael Sonnen {+355}

8/7: Thiago Alves {-135}
8/7: Jon Fitch {+115}

8/28: Randy Couture {-650}
8/28: James Toney {+475}

8/28: Gray Maynard {+120}
8/28: Kenny Florian {-140}

8/28: B.J. Penn {-340}
8/28: Frankie Edgar {+280}

Fightjunkie Fight Predictions

Sat, 15 May 2010 23:59:26 GMT

Saturday night fight fans will be treated to light welterweight fight when former lightweight champion of the world Nate The Galaxxy Warrior Campbell, (33-5, 25KOs) faces off with young star Vicious Victor Ortiz, (26-2, 21KOs) live from Madison Square Garden, New York, New York.

Ortiz opened as the favorite in the fight and now sits at around -160 at some books. Currently, you can score +130 on Campbell.

The O/U on the bout is set at 9.5 rounds, with the under coming in at -125, and the over getting you +100.

Victor Ortiz is fresh off another victory in his growing career over journeyman Hector Alatorre three months ago in California.

In his fight with Alatorre, Ortiz was able to easily control the pace and action of the fight and faced no opposition from Hector at any point during the fight. However, Ortiz opted to try out his pure boxing skills against Alatorre and showed no desire for the knockout until the final round.

In the tenth and final round, Victor came out of the starting gates launching a volley of punches and quickly put Alatorre down. Soon after dropping him Ortiz finished the show and netted himself another stoppage win. It was evident then that Ortiz probably could have earned the KO in only a couple rounds if he wanted to.

However, his fight with Alatorre was nothing else but a stay-busy fight, and his most significant fights came before that bout.

Despite looking bad, as many people say, it appears to me that Victor was just looking to hone his boxing skills a bit in preparation of his next opponent, and I feel he did that quite easily.

Even when fighting opponents other then bums, Ortiz shows that he has a solid skill set and is a very good fighter as a whole.

He possesses quick hands and has the ability to fire off lightning fast combinations as well as strong, but speedy, right hooks (to the head and body, although he isnt a huge body puncher) and left hands.

As well as that, the guy can punch! With 21KOs out of 26 victories, it is evident that saying he has good power is an understatement. He has been able to stop men such as Mike Arnaoutis and Emmanuel Clottey, and was also able to hurt and knockdown Marcos Rene Maidana.

In fact, speaking of his fight with Maidana, Victor Ortiz showed that even though he was stopped in that fight he does have a very strong beard. Shortly into the fight, Ortiz was able to drop and severely hurt Maidana (he dropped him three times!), before eventually getting put on the canvas himself. Throughout the fight, Ortiz was bombed with vicious punches, and in the sixth round, Ortiz was knocked down once again, and despite getting back up after the knockdown, Victor eventually quit.

Nate Campbell is coming off a rather odd fight against Timothy Bradley nine months ago in California as well.

In his short fight with Bradley, Campbell was eventually cut by a head butt in the third round. Soon after being cut, the blood began to flow and upon Campbell stating he could not see and was seeing spots, the fight was stopped.

Originally ruled a TKO win for Bradley, Campbell and his camp appealed the verdict and the fights result ended up being changed to a No Contest (not that it mattered to bettors).

Thus far in his career, Nate Campbell has been mostly overlooked as a top tier fighter in the lightweight (now light welterweight) but has always been a pretty solid contender.

His speed has never been extraordinary, his power has never been nuclear and his chin isnt pure granite, but Campbell has managed to remain relevant (even at the age of 38) with skill and determination.

His boxing ability is better then most people give him credit for, but his bread and butter is his inside game. When inside, Campbell has some very strong body shots and has always been a very good inside fighter despite having those long arms.

However, at this point during his career I must ask if Nate Campbell is finally slowing down some and losing it.

Although his fight with Bradley only lasted three rounds, it was evident that Campbell just didnt look right. He was easily being outboxed by Bradley, a brawler-turned-boxer who is no Muhammed Ali and on top of that Campbell was being hit A LOT!

Campbell was not throwing any punches, and for three rounds could not catch up to Bradley and his foot movement or defend much of anything Bradley was sending his way.

My thoughts are that if Nate was having (extreme) difficulties with Timothy Bradleys boxing ability and foot speed, what will happen when he steps into the ring against Victor Ortiz.

There is no question that Ortiz faster, stronger and an overall better boxer then Bradley is. While Campbell has been able to turn back the clock against Ali Funeka (barely) and Juan Diaz, everyone that old has to expire at some point and slow down.

Im not going to say that Campbell is 100% gone and doesnt stand a chance here, but frankly, I think hes going to get outboxed pretty badly in this situation.

Victor Ortiz is quicker then Campbell in every way and should be able to use his superior boxing skills to score points, land with ease and as a whole just beat down his slower, older opponent.

As well as that, while I would lean toward Ortiz winning a lopsided unanimous decision, I feel there is a chance that he can stop Campbell.

Nate was getting hit so much against Bradley, and he has been knocked out before, that I believe if Ortiz sits down on something hard and it lands, The Galaxxy Warrior could very well be going down.

With a gun to my head though, I would venture to say that Victor Ortiz wins a decision here, perhaps around 118-110.

Krakrabbit: 8.00 Units On Ortiz {-160}
Boxeo: 16.00 Units On Ortiz {-160}
Grass Hopper: N/P
Doody: 3.20 Units On Ortiz {-160}
D3: 3.20 Units On Ortiz {-160}

Fightjunkie MMA News

Sat, 15 May 2010 23:59:26 GMT

American military hero and up and coming middleweight, Tim Kennedy, will be opposed by the dangerous Trevor Prangley in one of the featured STRIKEFORCE Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fights at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on Wednesday, June 16, on SHOWTIME.

The first ever STRIKEFORCE event scheduled for mid week will take place in the midst of the E3 Expo, the premier trade show for computer and video games. During E3 Expo 2010 at the L.A. Convention Center, EA SPORTS will exhibit its highly anticipated title, EA SPORTS MMA, in which STRIKEFORCE is featured as a premier league.

Tickets are on sale at STAPLES Center box office, all Ticketmaster locations (800) 745-3000, Ticketmaster online (www.ticketmaster.com) and STRIKEFORCES official website (www.strikeforce.com). Tickets will also be sold at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE box office on days when events take place there.

In other televised fights on SHOWTIME, hard knocking, hard hitting Ruthless Robbie Lawler (17-5) will collide with former STRIKEFORCE light heavyweight (205 pounds) champion Renato Babalu Sobral, at a catch weight of 195 pounds in the main event and. DREAM welterweight champion Marius The Whitemare Zaromskis (13-4) will face Evangelista Cyborg (17-13) in a welterweight (170 pounds) contest.

A previously announced heavyweight match between Bobby Lashley and Ron Sparks will not transpire. Lashley suffered a knee injury during training.

Both 185-pound fighters Kennedy (11-2), of Austin, Tex., by way of San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Prangley (22-5-1), of Couer D Alene, Idaho, via Cape Town, South Africa have been impressive in recent starts.

The 5 foot 11, 30 year old Kennedy, a United States Army Special Forces sniper with the 19th Special Forces outfit based in San Antonio, has toured the Middle East multiple times, and earned the Armys Bronze Medal Star medal for valor under fire.

Inside the cage, Kennedy has won three in a row and 11 of his last 12. In his last outing, he submitted (north south choke) Zak Cummings in the second round during a STRIKEFORCE Challengers event on Sept. 25, 2009.

Prangley, a six foot, 37 year-old former South African national wrestling champion and Olympic alternate who turned to MMA after suffering a knee injury in college, is 11 1 1 in his last 13 fights. A five fight winning streak ended Feb. 26, 2010, when a STRIKEFORCE Challengers fight he seemingly was on his way to winning against Karl Amoussou ended in a technical draw at 414 of the first round due to an accidental thumb to Amoussous eye.

Kennedy has split two fights with Jason Mayhem Miller. Kennedys only other defeat came to Scott Hands Of Steel Smith in his pro debut on Aug. 31, 2001.

I am fighting full-time and still in uniform, which is what Ive wanted all along, Kennedy said.

I am looking forward to fighting again against a good, solid wrestler like Prangley, who trains at AKA (American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, Calif.)

Hes got heavy hands and a good chin. This will be a good fight for me.

Kennedy signed with STRIKEFORCE in 2009 after a two year break from the sport due to his military commitments. This will be his third start on SHOWTIME for the San Jose based organization. Before walking through the previously unbeaten Cummings (10 0 going in) in Tulsa, Okla., Kennedy scored a second-round submission (punches) over former BodogFIGHT champion Nick The Goat Thompson at Kent, Wash.

I want to keep winning, Kennedy said.

STRIKEFORCE has a bunch of guys in my weight class who I match up very well with. I want to fight all of these guys and put on a good show for SHOWTIME and STRIKEFORCE.

Prangley may not be the most feared fighter in MMA, but he is definitely not one many want to enter the cage with. Hes capable of besting anyone on any given night.

ince his pro debut (as a light heavyweight) in January 2001, Prangley has met some good ones, including Babalu, Jorge Santiago (his last loss) and Chael Sonnen. Prangleys most significant victory may have come against Sonnen.

Prangley has fought for STRIKEFORCE in the past. Besides his last start against Amoussou, he also competed in STRIKEFORCE Four Men Enter, One Man Survives, the first sanctioned MMA tournament in the state of California on Nov. 16, 2007 and was victorious over Anthony A Train Ruiz by way of unanimous decision at the second STRIKEFORCE event at the world-famous Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Sept. 20, 2008.

Doors at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE will open for the event at 515 p.m. PT. The first non-televised preliminary bout will begin at 7 p.m. and the first main card fight will begin at 8 p.m.

The event will be televised live on SHOWTIME at 11 p.m. ETPT (delayed on the West Coast).