Tom Molloy, Executive Director of the Florida Athletic
Commission, which governs boxing and mixed martial arts, said Friday that
amateur mixed martial arts will become fully sanctioned this week.
Molloy spearheaded the effort to add the amendment to the Pugilist law
that Gov. Charlie Crist signed off on recently.
This opens the door for amateur shows such as
Fort Lauderdale-based Left Hook Productions Warriors Collide series to
add ground-and-pound to its striking shows. The amateur division will
be headed by Gainesville-based Cory Schafer of ISKA, one of the state's few sanctioned amateur organizations. . . .
Marcus Aurelio, Gleison Tibau Alves and Cole Miller
of American Top Team Coconut Creek are scheduled to leave Monday for
Las Vegas where they will fight on Saturday night's UFC 86 card at
Mandalay Bay. It is one of the few times ATT has had three fighters on
a major UFC card. Heading the card is Quinton"Rampage" Jackson against Forrest Griffin,
the original "Ultimate Fighter" champion. Jackson won the UFC light
heavyweight title more than a year ago.
Since knocking out Chuck Liddell, Jackson has defended his title once. Griffin earned his title shot by submitting Mauricio"Shogun" Hua,
who has defeated Jackson earlier in their careers. Jackson and Griffin
spent 13 weeks as opposing coaches during The Ultimate Fighter Season 7
that was won by middleweight Amir Sadollah who submitted C.B. Dollaway
with an arm bar from the guard in the first round this past weekend at
Las Vegas.
Sadollah now joins the ranks of former TUF champions Matt Serra
and Griffin. The Jackson-Griffin pay-per-view fight will be shown
throughout Broward and Palm Beach including All Stars Sports Bar and
Grill, the unofficial headquarters for mixed martial arts. . . .
Jeff Shamrock, nephew of MMA legend Ken Shamrock,
signed a multi-fight deal with world championship fight promotion
Strikeforce. The 18-year-old's debut with the San Jose-based
organization is expected to be this fall. Shamrock is the youngest
member of Ken Shamrock's Lion's Den Reno elite fight team.
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July 09, 2008
This is a very exciting time to be in the amateur end of Martial Arts. Kick ass Tom and the boxing commission for working so hard to get this task accomplished!
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