Tom Atencio to fight at Prize Fight MMA: "Ultimate Chaos" on June 27
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 24, 2009 4:26 AM EDT
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Yes, you read that right.. Tom Atencio is set to fight along side a rumored match-up between Bobby Lashley and Bob Sapp.
Percy Crawford of Fight Hype has the scoop,
Former WWE superstar Bobby Lashley is close to agreeing on a potential clash with former PRIDE and K-1 star Bob Sapp. The bout would headline a June 27th card, promoted by Brian Young's Prize Fight MMA, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Affliction VP Tom Atencio is also slated to make his return to active MMA competition on that same card against an opponent yet to be named.
Tom Atencio is 1-0 in his MMA career. He last fought way back at January of 2005, decisioning David Martinez, a 2-3 fighter.
Tom Atencio confirms it on MMA Fanhouse,
They don't think it's right for me to fight for my own event.. I love this industry and I just want to fight.I love this sport and I am not a wannabe. I’ve fought before and I have respect for anyone who steps into the ring win, lose or draw. They’re doing something that most of the world will never do.
I think (it will be contested at) 160, maybe 155. Not sure I can make 155 at 42 years old.
UPDATE:
The card is official. Tom's opponent will be Randy Hedderick, an amateur who will be making his pro MMA debut.
The event entitled, "Ultimate Chaos" will be co-promoted by Prize Fight MMA and Fight Force International. It will take place at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum at June 27. Here is the official card from Fight Force:
CO-MAIN EVENTS
Bob Sapp VS Bobby Lashley
Pedro Rizzo VS Gilbert Yvel
FEATURE BOUTS
Din Thomas VS Javier Vazquez
Chris Horodecki VS William Sriyapai
Brett Cooper VS Waachiim Spiritwolf
Tom Atencio VS Randy Hedderick
Danny Abbadi VS Lance Thompson
Colby McMahan VS James Orso
Eric Bradley VS Colin Mckee
UNDERCARD
Mark Kergosien VS Shawn Hayes
Bobby Mallette VS Trent Billiot
Greg Maher VS TBA
Harris Stephenson VS TBA
Shilo Pisarich VS Jonathan Mackles
Jacob Leckich VS Jim McLemore
HT: Rderouen
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Promotor, photographer, ?masseuse?, and MMA fighter? lol!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
i got shocked to read this at fight hype, and i was actually wondering why other blogs haven’t picked up on this..
i dont know how he intends to do it.. imagine, he’ll be promoting affliction, fly around the US for press conferences, and training for a fight at the same month.. and this is assuming that they don’t go head to head with the UFC and deal with extra more stress..
and i wonder how much press this promotion would get, having tom atencio, bob sapp, and bobby lashley, all on the same card.
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 22, 2009 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
$1 says (hopes) Dana White will be on the other side of the cage..
if not, let joe rogan take him on.. according to eddie bravo, rogan could cut to 170..
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 22, 2009 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Joe Rogan will not pass the drug test.
Keep firing Assholes!
Akiyama is the Japanese word for Sexify.
by Ubernoober on Apr 22, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
I'd be shocked if it were true...
No way this happens…. I just don’t see it ever happening. I’ll believe it when I see it.
by Gunslinger20 on Apr 22, 2009 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t doubt that it’s true, and I guess I’m somewhat surprised, but I just don’t care.
Here’s a short clip of Tom in his one fight.
by Chris Nelson on Apr 22, 2009 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don’t doubt that Atencio has fought before…. I believe that. I just doubt that he’ll actually fight anyone considering how “busy” he is trying to get the 3rd show going. I don’t see him being able to prepare for a fight and prepare putting on a PPV at the same time.
I also agree with you in the fact that I really just don’t care either…. I thought the Dana vs Tito boxing match was shit too.
by Gunslinger20 on Apr 22, 2009 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Tom just replied to my text confirming his fight on June 27 in Biloxi MS. He also said he’s in Russia, Korea then Japan till the 2nd. He may want to ease up on the travel schedule as the fight approaches.
Maybe he’s using this as a warm up fight before he faces Fedor instead of Josh Barnett when they go head to head with UFC 100?
Dec 29, 2008
"I will fight for somebody else not Affliction," the 41-year-old Atencio said. "I have been wanted to fight for a long time. I just haven’t had time. I still don’t have time but I want to do it again."
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Atencio isn’t expected to make much of a splash with his restarted fighting career to say the least. He’s just doing it for kicks.
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2009/4/21/847867/prize-fight-and-fight-force-to-co
More fighters are also scheduled to make this card very interesting.
Rizzo, Yvel, Atencio, Horodecki, Cooper, are all associated with Affliction, as well.
Hope the next event isn't in California for Horodecki's sake
They won’t license him because of his arm injury…. he had some serious and more than likely permanent nerve damage.
by Gunslinger20 on Apr 22, 2009 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Horodecki was doing just fine … no injury issues … when we were talking with him at UFC 97 (he was in Stout’s corner).
Last I heard..
He had permanent nerve damage and after he got taken off the Affliction 2 card, the CSAC said they wouldn’t give him a license due to the issues with his arm.
But since you know the guy personally, you’d know better than me…. I just go by what I read on the internet.
by Gunslinger20 on Apr 23, 2009 8:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Hey Gunslinger,
There is absolutely no truth at all in what you have read or heard (btw … were did you read this?) Chris is already medically cleared in Canada (which has just as stringent medical clearance requirements as California …)
Cheers!
Read it on MMA Junkie when they announced he was off the card for Affliction 2.
For the record, I wasn’t being a smartass, you talked to the guy personally and I just read it in an article on the internet so I was bowing to the fact you would know better than I would so don’t take my words as an insult.
by Gunslinger20 on Apr 24, 2009 7:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Supremacy, this card is an abomination.
by Derek Suboticki on Apr 22, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
This is so unprofessional
You would never see Dana White talking about fighting a professional fighter…
"Japan is half-Machida" - iiowyn
Was Dana a good boxer? is there any way of knowing?
from the forest itself comes the handle for the axe
tom's opponent
This event is being co-promoted by Prize Fight and Fight Force International
(Prize Fight has done big things in the boxing world – Tyson / Lewis)
(FFI Has promoted over 15 successful MMA events in the southeast-They really know how to do it) This should be a great promotion.
Visit: www.fightforce.org for information
Tom’s opponent will be Randy Hedderick from Biloxi, MS
Making his pro debut (6-3 Amateur with 2 “Fighter of the Night” awards)
GREAT EVENT
Sapp vs Lashley
Rizzo vs Yvel
Horodecki vs Sriyapai
Din Thomas vs Javier Vazquez
Brett Cooper vs Waachiim Spiritwolf
Danny Abbadi on the card
Eric Bradley (2X All Am Wrestler) on the card
And
A local match that will be “Off The Chain”
James Orso vs Colby McMahan
Danny "I'm Actually a UFC Fighter" Abbadi is on the card...
That guy rubbed me the wrong way on TUF Season 3, I still don’t know how the hell he got on there in the first place.
Rest of the card looks good… I’d love to see the Rizzo vs Yvel fight and Din Thomas always puts on a good show.
by Gunslinger20 on Apr 24, 2009 7:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Although numerous inaccurate titles, like “Unarmed Combat”, have been tossed around by various media outlets, FightHype.com has learned that the name of the June 27th Prize Fight MMA Promotions card, headlined by the intriguing clash between Bobby Lashley and Bob Sapp, will be titled “Ultimate Chaos!”
A picture of his fight with David Martinez from Total Combat 7
by SanDiegoMMA.net on Apr 25, 2009 12:10 PM EDT reply actions
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