Pedro Rizzo Out of November 5th Fight With Tim Sylvia Due to Injury
by Matthew Roth on Oct 17, 2011 3:51 PM EDT
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The much anticipated sophomore effort by the newly reformed ProElite was set to be headlined by Tim Sylvia squaring off with Pedro Rizzo. In the co-main event Andrei Arlovski is facing the man, the myth, the legend Travis Fulton. This show was supposed to kickstart ProElite's Heavyweight Grand Prix, which seem to be all the rage in 2011. While no participants were officially named, there were some men who were expected to be a part of the field including Mark Ellis.
Unfortunately, the show took a major hit today when Rizzo announced that he will be unable to fight Sylvia in next month due to a partially torn tricep. It's obviously an injury that needs plenty of time to heal. According to Rizzo, he was coming into this fight in fantastic shape. The fine folks at MMA Weekly reached out to ProElite matchmaker Rich Chou who confirmed that Rizzo was off the card and that they were searching for a replacement.
Rizzo went to twitter to try and explain what had happened and to apologize to both Tim Sylvia and the ProElite management for getting injured so close to the fight. Rizzo is 37 and riding his first three fight winning streak since 1999.
@pedrorizzo1
Pedro Rizzo Unfortunately I got injured, training here in Holland, had a partial tear in the triceps' tendon of my left arm.
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Pedro Rizzo So i would like to apologize to the Pro Elite and specially to Tim Sylvia because i can't be in the ring on November 5th to face him.
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The injury could not come at a worse time for ProElite who are trying to rebuild a brand that was tarnished following the Kimbo Slice/Seth Petruzelli fight while under the previous management. The first show from ProElite 2.0 took place in Hawaii and saw Andrei Arlovski return to his winning ways following a four fight losing streak that lasted two years.
The November 5th card is set to take place in Moline, Illinois at the 12,000 person capacity i wireless Center. Now headlined by Arlovski/Fulton, expect to see Reagan Penn and Tara Larosa also to fight on the card as well as the aforementioned Heavyweight Grand Prix. No word yet on how the card will be aired; however, the promotion is in talks with HDNet so that is a possibility.
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Sylvia/Arlovski 4!
make it happen
by Patrick Hughes on Oct 17, 2011 3:08 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
It's the fight that every MMA fan doesn't want to see!
by Matthew Roth on Oct 17, 2011 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Sylvia vs Arlovski 4: Bitter Irrelevancy
Fight ends in split draw.
The fight that every MMA fan DOES wnat to see-
Big Tim vs. Cabbage II. Start hitting the gym, Roth!
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by ElliotMatheny on Oct 17, 2011 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions
only if its unlimited rounds and to the death
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
he probably has 3 to 4 illegal underground fights lined up anyway that night
no reason he cant fit another on his schedule
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
Isn't he already signed to fight for someone else?
:p - orcus
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I remember Arlovski said he felt "FUCKING AWESOME!"
Good for him.
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Man, their main event fight is kind of scrapped
That’s a pretty big blow to a promotion that isn’t exactly oozing with big named talent anyway.
I don’t know if their is anyone out there that they can get for Tim Sylvia that can make for a good headliner.
I mean, they could always just cut to the chase and set up Arlovski vs Sylvia 4 right now, as opposed to trying to ‘build up’ to it and risk it never coming together(Strikeforce had things like that happen)
Bring in someone like Rogers to fight Fulton, and if Rogers and Arlovski both win, you’ve still got a rematch you can sell.
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i need that number
this cat’s been trying to get at him for a while…
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by Victor Rodriguez on Oct 17, 2011 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
It looks like Tim Sylvia will fight Andreas Kraniotakes now, and that will be the main event
Here’s the link: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Sylvia-to-Meet-Germanys-Kraniotakes-in-ProElite-Headliner-36482.
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that’s messed up.
there’s actually a matchup that i’d care to see Sylvia in, and it’s gone.
oh well.
"The Glen Rice scandal is way out of line w/ the GOP's values. They're interested in fucking black people by the millions, not one at a time"
by Victor Rodriguez on Oct 17, 2011 6:31 PM EDT reply actions
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