Shine Fights III Set For March 2010: Mayorga, Lombard vs Cacareco, Ninja vs Vitale, Villefort vs Thompson

Budding MMA promotion Shine Fights has booked Hector Lombard vs Cacareco to serve as the co-main event for the yet to be named third promotional event.  The main event will feature boxing bad boy Ricardo Mayorga versus a yet to be announced opponent.

From TATAME:

Shine Fight’s card is taking shape, and the manager Alex Davis revealed to TATAME.com five bouts that will take place at March 2010. Coming from two fast submission victories at Jungle Fight, former IFL fighter Alexandre "Cacareco" Ferreira faces Bellator champion Hector Lombard, who’s undefeated since 2006, winning 16 fights.

 

Former UFC and WEC fighter, the Brazilian Danillo "Indio" Villefort, who won six out o the last seven fights, faces Nick Thompson, who won 38 out of 51 fights in the career. After the unanimous decision victory at Shine Fights 2, Luiz "Buscape" Firmino rematches Luiz Azeredo, who defeated him at Pride Bushido 6.

RUMORED CARD (subject changing):

Shine Fights 3

March, 2010

 

- Ricardo Mayorga vs. TBA

- Hector Lombard vs. Alexandre "Cacareco"

- Murilo Ninja vs. Niko Vitale

- Danillo "Índio" Villefort vs. Nick Thompson

- Luiz "Buscapé" vs. Luiz Azeredo

- Fabio Maldonado vs. Daniel Tabera

In a recent article by MMAJunkie, Todd Moore called out Mayorga, hoping to "defend" MMA against Boxing:

"I want to fight Ricardo Mayorga," Moore said.

A former professional boxing champion, the 35-year-old Mayorga (0-0 MMA, 29-7-1 Boxing) signed with Shine Fights in September. Moore said he's the perfect first opponent for Mayorga's professional MMA debut.

"I heard that [Mayorga and his camp] don't want to take on any scrub or anything like that," Moore said. "I heard they want to take on more of an established guy or a quality opponent, if nothing else. I think I fit that bill really well as far as a good matchup for his first MMA bout.

"I feel [Mayorga's] people that are handling him want to ignore me as a possible matchup. I don't think they think my striking could match Mayorga's, but in the same token, I'm a guy that's never been knocked out – not even at practice. I've taken some pretty hard shots throughout the years."

Looks like Todd is not alone, as Din Thomas has also challenged Mayorga.  It will be interesting to see who Shine Fights selects as Mayorgas opponent for his MMA debut.

More after the jump...

Shine Fights, the Florida based promotion which has been expanding under the radar of many MMA fans, has recently signed a great number of Brazilian prospects and veterans.  They have also gained a great deal of momentum after their Genesis and ATT Vs The World events within the past year.  In terms of showcasing their events to the public, they have been working on getting a TV deal with HDNet, which has not been finalized yet.  Until that happens, I believe they will continue to stream their events via Internet PPV, which was offered last time for $9.99.  Here are some of their most recent pickups for the budding promotion:

Ninja Rua 17W 10L
http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Murilo-Rua-1375

Eduardo Pamplona 12W 1L
http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Eduardo-Pamplona-5974

Niko Vitale 26W 9L
http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Falaniko-Vitale-370

Daniel Acacio 20W 8L
http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Daniel-Acacio-1461

Daniel Tabera 12W 3L
http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Daniel-Tabera-4476

Cacareco 18W 6L
http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Alexandre-Ferreira-1398

Alexander Shhlemenko 24W 4L
http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Alexa…hlemenko-14461

Jesse Forbes 13W 3L
http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Jesse-Forbes-13453

James Zikic 18W 5L
http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/James-Zikic-1767

Vitor Vianna 8W 1L
http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Vitor-Vianna-11505

Givalindo Santana 12W 1L
http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Givanildo-Santana-16614

Todd Moore 12W 3L
http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Todd-Moore-14918

Results From First Two Events:

• Antwain Britt def. Antonio Mendes via KO (punches) — Round 1, 0:08
• Brian Foster def. Kyle Baker via KO (punches) — Round 1, 0:59
• Mario Stapel def. Harris Sarmiento via submission (guillotine choke) — Round 1, 1:47
• Beau Baker def. Jason Nickoson via submission (guillotine choke) — Round 1, 1:53
• Marcus Reynolds def. Brad Harris via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 3:16
• Joel Wyatt def. Nick Braker via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 3, 3:17
• Ed Newalu def. Dan Swift via unanimous decision
• Valter De Menezes def. Brian Rogers via unanimous decision

• Roan Carneiro def. Jorge Patino via unanimous decision
• Yves Edwards def. James Warfield via submission (triangle choke) — Round 2, 4:48
• Luiz Firmino def. Ryan Healy via unanimous decision
• Flavio Alvaro def. Jean Silva via majority decision
• Micah Miller def. Anthony Morrison via submission (arm triangle choke) — Round 2, 4:25
• Junior Assuncao def. Pete Grimes via split decision
• Herbert Goodman def. James Brasco via TKO (strikes) — Round 3, 3:24
• Brian Fuery def. Phil Friedman via submission (neck crank) — Round 1, 2:03