Tim Sylvia headlines Adrenaline MMA IV against Jason Riley on Sept. 18 in Iowa

by baldspot23 on Aug 11, 2009 2:09 PM EDT Comment 30 comments

Monte Cox's Adrenaline MMA organization returns for its fourth show on Sept. 18 with a headline fight between former UFC champion Tim Sylvia (24-6) and Jason Riley (6-1).

Riley, an Ohio-based heavyweight, confirmed the fight via MySpace, though the organization has not officially announced the "Adrenaline MMA IV" event.

According a report earlier this month from The Northwest Times of Indiana, Adrenaline MMA IV takes place Sept. 18 (a day before UFC 103 in Dallas) at the Mid-America Center near Omaha, Neb., in Coucil Bluffs, Iowa, and is also likely to feature Jeremy Horn (81-19-5).

The report also stated UFC light heavyweight Houston Alexander (8-4) is expected to compete on the card. MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) spoke to a source close to the fighter and confirmed Alexander has agreed to fight on the card after receiving permission from the UFC to take an outside bout. Alexander, a popular fighter who's unfortunately suffered three straight losses, expects to return to the UFC later this year if victorious.

I'm actually excited for this card just because its going down about 2 hours from my house, so I can actually go to it. Should be able to get a few autographs at the event, and decent seats pretty cheap.

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sorry no boxes, couldnt figure out how to do it…..the last sentence where it cut off should say,
should be able to get a few autographs at the event, and decent seats pretty cheap

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by baldspot23 on Aug 11, 2009 2:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Highlight the text you want in blockquotes and then hit the quotation mark icon for the boxes.

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by Eugene Schelfaut on Aug 11, 2009 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Best of luck to Sylvia. He drops this one not even Strikeforce will sign him.

by steveoc24 on Aug 11, 2009 2:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

interesting move for houston. he could definitely use a bounce-back win. hopefully it doesn’t backfire on him.

by woooburn on Aug 11, 2009 2:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This is pretty much a hometown bout for Alexander. The MAC is literally just across the river from Omaha. Of course his last hometown bout, at Fight Night, didn’t really go so well so …

by Kierkegaard on Aug 11, 2009 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh, i didn’t even notice the location. makes alot more sense. i love that area. my lady is from omaha.

by woooburn on Aug 11, 2009 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Honestly...

I’m a little disturbed at some of the absolute hate for Tim Sylvia. Maggie Hendricks at Yahoo! basically told him to give up. Give me a break. He lost to one of the best in the world, and he took Mercer lightly as hell. Maybe that’ll make him actually train.

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by Leland Roling on Aug 11, 2009 2:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Tim totally won myself and my friends over sometime around his loss to Big Nog, and we can’t figure out how or why or what he did. But here’s hoping he can get back on track.

by woomikee on Aug 11, 2009 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, to be fair, my dislike for Sylvia goes back waaaaay before he got destroyed by those two guys …

by Kierkegaard on Aug 11, 2009 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You can dislike the guy for his style, i mean, it’s opinion, but people telling Tim to quit MMA because he got KO’d by Mercer? Come on. The guy did fight Fedor, the best heavyweight in the world, and then got lazy against Mercer. I say if he gets beaten by Riley, maybe then you could start making claims to hang it up.

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by Leland Roling on Aug 11, 2009 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was the Champ at time when the sport was dominated by size, power and aggression. Now the sport is dominated almost entirely by technical knowledge, timing and fitness. Tim isn’t a high-calibre fighter anymore. He has tarnished his reputation. The UFC won’t touch him. I think he’s on his way out of a sport that has evloved past his best potential.

by Daveyboy on Aug 11, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

“he was a champ at a time when the sport was dominated by size,power and aggression.” funny that Sounds a lot like Brock lesnar to me .

by TLAoutlaw on Aug 11, 2009 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

its even funnier that he used technical wrestling to negate mir’s bjj of his back to win his last fight too hey?

by milson on Aug 12, 2009 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Brock’s a very good wrestler with tremendous force . Wouldn’t call him “techincal” …

by JoelMan on Aug 12, 2009 8:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ya Brock has power and aggression but he doesn’t even come close to representing the sport as a whole. He’s one guy who is big and powerful and happens to be champ. He’s not exactly a technical dumbass though either.

Thanks for sidelining my point that Big Timmy is done for.

by Daveyboy on Aug 12, 2009 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who says the UFC won't borrow fighters?

by Lewish on Aug 11, 2009 2:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Zuffa has done it before. i.e. Rani Yahya was allowed to fight Kid Yamamoto.

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by Leland Roling on Aug 11, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wonder how many people “released” from the UFC are actually just putting their contract on hold to build up some wins.

A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.

by iiowyn on Aug 11, 2009 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, Yahya certainly wasn’t of that number.

"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito Ortiz on Vitor Belfort at Affliction:DOR

by Rundownloser on Aug 11, 2009 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yahya=Certified Bad Ass

He better start making telecasts.

I STILL poop rainbows.

by Blackout612 on Aug 11, 2009 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That first round against Beebe was awesome.

A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.

by iiowyn on Aug 11, 2009 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My brother was actually slated to be a fill in If yayha opposition were to drop out for whatever reason.

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by xtremecouture on Aug 11, 2009 5:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

For?

Last Sunday?

I STILL poop rainbows.

by Blackout612 on Aug 11, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes sir he was at the venue, licensed

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by xtremecouture on Aug 11, 2009 7:28 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

Certainly. One isn’t Rickson’s number one student without some serious ability.

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by Rundownloser on Aug 12, 2009 1:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm jumping off the Tim Sylvia "hate train"

I’m fairly confident that getting KTFO by Ray Mercer brought him back down to earth and he is going to take this seriously. Best of luck to him, but lets hope that a victory over an unknown like this won’t catapult him back into any top 10 rankings.

He was like 'You hit like a bitch.' I'm like all right. And I stood up and slapped him. I go 'Now you just got hit like one.'" - Kurt Pellegrino.

by Gunslinger20 on Aug 12, 2009 2:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

… but what happens when he loses to “an unknown like this”?

by Kierkegaard on Aug 12, 2009 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

All aboard!

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by Well Read Idiot on Aug 12, 2009 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Honestly...

If he loses to this guy… I will feel sorry for the guy. Irregardless, the guy does what I can’t for a living and while I may not understand the thought process this guy has…. I guess deep down I’m jealous of the guy. Despite Tim Sylvia’s latest performances, he’s made a damn fine living out of this sport… I’ll admit that I wish I could but I lack the talent to pull it off.

Guess its enough of the sour grapes.

He was like 'You hit like a bitch.' I'm like all right. And I stood up and slapped him. I go 'Now you just got hit like one.'" - Kurt Pellegrino.

by Gunslinger20 on Aug 12, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs