Millennium Events is proud to present an electrifying Professional MMA Xplosion event taking place on October 9 inside The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Local favorite Vitor Vianna fighting out of Wand Fight Team will headline this stacked card against an MMA veteran Aaron Brink. Roy “big country” Nelson’s top heavyweight candidate Scott Junk will face a  tough opponent, Blagony Ivanov, the only person that has defeated Fedor Emelianko in 2008  before his second loss against Fabricio Werdum this year.

USA vs. Kazakhstan team competition will feature the 155 pound title bout between Lance Wipf (USA) and Ardak Nazarov (kazakhstan). Other fighters that are representing team USA include Maurice Senters, Kui Gonsalves, Daniel Sensitaffar, Jose Salgado, and Pedro Munhoz. Representing team Kazakhstan includes Beibyt Nazarov, Amuyez Aziz, Mussayev Nairi, Ashimov Kazybek and Amanbayev Begnar.

“I am extremely pleased with the quality of content scheduled for this event and international tournament,” said promoter Vlad Warton. “With the inclusion of Vitor Vianna, Scott Junk, Blagoy Ivanov and USA vs. Kazakhstan, MMA Xplosion promises to be an unforgettable night of mixed martial arts.”

Fight Card:

Vitor Vianna vs. Aaron Brink
Michele Gutierrez vs. Lacey Schuckman
Jessica Rakoczy vs. Kyane Hampton
Blagoy Ivanov vs. Scott Junk
Lance Wipf vs. Ardak Nazarov (Title Fight)
…. and more to come.

Tickets start at $30 and are on sale at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Box office.

The event is open to all ages, doors open at 6 pm and first bout will begin at 7pm.

The IAC team proudly presents its first ever Celebrity Auctioning event featuring 2 popular UFC Heavyweights, Tuff N Uff favorites, ring girls, and well known MMA Personalities. All of the Bachelor and Bachelorettes will take the stage and will be holding a silent auction for some insane prizes. The winners and Auctionees will dine at Republic Kitchen then everyone will be heading to A great ultra lounge for VIP bottle service. The event will go down at Stoneys Rockin Country this Saturday October 2^nd located at 9151 Las Vegas,Blvd S #300

Confirmed bodies:

Frank Mir – UFC Heavyweight.

Roy “Big Country” Nelson – UFC Heavyweight.

Ryan Couture – Strikeforce Fighter out of Xtreme couture.

Ron Frazier – Coach at Xtreme Couture.

Jason Mahoney – Co-host of Dave and Mahoney on 107.5

Gil Guardado – TUFF N UFF Fighter out of Xtreme couture.

Andy Main – Starring in the current season of TUF

Jimmy Jones – Tuff N Uff 145lb champ.

Stephanie Ann cook – Ring girl and Spokes model for IAC.

Stephanie Groverland – Ring girl and  Spokes model for IAC

Karina (The Hurricane) Taylor – Fightress, model, and Maiden of Mayhem.

Aaron Tru- A well known MMA personality and host.

TJ Millard-Gigolo

Judy Desiderio – Runway Model, Dancer and Flower Child.

Kevin Ross- The Soul Assasin

UFC 118 is this saturday and everyone is pumped not just for the UFC Expo and parties happening allover town but for the event that’s going down in the TD Garden!

The event will feature the MMA debut of a professional and current IBA boxing  heavyweight champion James “Lights Out” Toney.

On August 5, The word came out that Terry Etim  had suffered a broken rib while training and was  pulling out of his fight with Joe Lauzon. Etim is being replaced by former  TUF Veteran Gabe Reudiger.

Phil Baroni was originally going to face  John Salter, but Baroni was pulled out the card with an injury and Dan Miller will step in for him.
2 Preliminary bouts will be aired on Spike TV.

We want your picks for this stacked card!!!

Here’s are the bouts:

Preliminary card

• Welterweight bout: Mike Pierce vs. Amilcar Alves
  

• Welterweight bout: Nick Osipczack vs. Greg Soto
  

• Middleweight bout: Dan Miller vs. John salter
  

Preliminary card (aired on Spike TV)

• Lightweight bout: Andre Winner vs. Nik Lentz

• Lightweight bout: Joe Lauzon vs. Gabe Reudiger

Main card

• Welterweight bout: Nate Diaz. Marcus Davis
  

• Lightweight bout: Kenny Florian vs. Gray Maynard
  

• Middleweight bout: Demian Maia vs. Mario Miranda
  

• Heavyweight bout: Randy Couture vs. James Toney
  

Lightweight Championship bout: Frankie Edgar vs.BJ Penn

The 80’s seemed like a fun era to live in,VHS tapes were released, guys and girls rocked the big hair,rock bands jamming late nights,Michael Jackson changed the world of music,acid wash jeans, neon colors,Reebok High Tops were worn,popular video games were invented,and even the horror movies were good!

Now  is the time to re-live the 80’s for one night only!

On Friday August 27th the Las Vegas TapouT Training Center presents: Funky Friday!

Dress up in your 80’s workout clothes,jam into some old school songs,and you can even participate in the Chuck Norris Look-a-like contest!

Bring your posse and don’t miss out on this mega event!

Dennis Warner is bringing his next installment of  WCK Full Rules of Muay Thai on Saturday, August 28th at Buffalo Bill’s Resort and Casino at Primm,NV!

Match ups and Titles:
WBC Muaythai United States Super Heavyweight Title 5rds.
Rick Cheek vs Stephen Banks

WBC Muaythai Female International Bantamweight Title 5rds.
Jeri Sitzes vs Lim Su Jeong (Korea)

IKKC Muaythai International Light Heavyweight Title 5rds.
Shawn Yarborough (champion) vs Mawande Vapi (South Africa)

WBC Muaythai Super Welterweight Title Elimination Bout 5rds.
Raul Rodriguez vs William Sriyapai

WBC Middleweight International Prestige Bout 5rds.
Chaz Mulkey vs Remy Bonnel

IKKC Muaythai United States Welterweight Title 5rds.
Scott Leffler (champion) vs Justin Greskiewicz

IKKC Muaythai Super Middleweight Bout 4rds.
Jack Thames vs Mike Ryan

IKKC Muaythai Super Welterweight Bout 4rds.
Shawn Yacoubian vs Joe Davidson

IKKC Muaythai Welterweight Bout 4rds.
Artem Sharoshkin vs Titus Holmes

Okay guys so as we all know UFC 117 delivered very well!!!! The fans were pleased,Dana White was pleased and the whole fight world was pleased!!

Here are the results!

Main Card:

Anderson Silva def Chael Sonnen via submission

Jon Fitch def Thiago Alves via Unanimous Decision

Clay Guida def Rafael Dos Anjos via Submission

Matt hughes def. Ricardo Almeida via Submission

Junior dos Santos def Roy Nelson via Unanimous Decision

Undercard:

Rick Story def Dustin Hazelett via Second Round TKO

Phil Davis def Rodney Wallace via Unanimous Decision

Johnny Hendricks def Charlie Brenneman via Second Round TKO

Tim Boetsh def Todd Brown via Unanimous Decision

Stefan Struve def Christian Morecraft  via Second Round TKO

Dennis Hallman def Ben Saunders via Unanimous Decision

Hughes  proved once again he’s the “Gracie Killer” and submitted Almeida in an Arm Triangle and tapped out quick,when have you seen that happen?! Never!

I give props to Roy Nelson,he fought his heart out and JDS proved he can’t be knocked out.Major props to both of them!! I have respect for Nelson now.

Clay guida vs. Dos Anjos..I love how Guida always hypes his fights up by always jumping around with a smile and i love his sweet curly hair! I feel bad for Dos Anjos because Guida broke his jaw (or did he?)

Jon Fitch vs. Thiago Alves..since Alves didn’t make weight (again) it was a decent fight.Fitch won fair and square.

And the talk of the night!

Anderson Silva vs. chael Sonnen-First of all Sonnen did back his smack talking up by taking Silva to the floor and pounding him out for 24 minutes. Those who say he didn’t can jump off a cliff because he did exactly what he said but got caught in a Triangle Choke the last minute and claims he “didn’t tap” but in my opinion i thought it was a tap,not a perfect one but a sloppy one.

What did you guys think of 117? and who’s next for Ando? Vitor Belfort or a rematch against Sonnen?

As we all know, Las Vegas is known as the Fight Capital of the world. Thousands of fight fans come to watch the most anticipated fights and also come to attend the epic signings at the shops. But what better shop can you think of that has the hottest apparel, an amazing setting and always has fan’s favorite fighters? Las Vegas Fight Shop of course! I did my first interview with the manager of the shop, Scott Kaufman.

PD: How’s the business going for you?

SK: It’s very going good. 1st month is pretty strong, even though a lot of locals don’t know our location.

PD: How long have you been in the MMA and retail business?

SK: I’ve only been in the mma business about 2 months but I’ve been in retail for 17 years

PD: What were you doing before?

SK: I was a manager at H&M, Victorias Secret and I was also a District Manager for Big Dogs Sports wear for 6 years. A lot of clothing in my background.

PD: Would you give your lady friends discounts on Victorias Secret?

SK: Yeah, without going outside the company’s guidelines. Absolutely, whoever I could’ve helped.

PD: What landed you the manager of the fight shop?

SK: I have known Scott (the owner) for about 6 years while I was the District Manager at the Big Dogs store inside the Premium Outlets. He had his first fight shop there and I was a good costumer. We built a friendship and he told me that once the company grows he’ll have a position available for me. The opportunity finally arose and I’ve been pretty much running the things, like the Fashion Show Mall and also the Miracle Mile Shops. Eventually, I’m going to be running all the other stores as well.

PD: What’s the best and worst things about your job?

SK: The best thing about my job is that I get to come to work everyday and be in an environment that i love and am passionate about. I’m probably one of the biggest fans in MMA and I get to come in and talk to costumers about the thing i love and I get to watch fights all day.

The worst thing is the hours. I work 7 days a week and even if I take a day off I still have to come in and do paperwork and get the deposits ready and stuff like that.

PD: Do you guys plan on opening up some shops outside Nevada?

SK: We are talking about it but nothing is going to happen overnight. First we want to build a strong foundation in Las Vegas. We’ve talked about possibly franchising it out (getting someone to buy the name and we would get a percentage of the sales. They would also have to design the store to our likings.). I think it will ultimately be us running the stores but we are definitely talking about possibly stores in Hawaii, California, Laughlin and maybe in Florida but nothing is official yet. Right now it’s just Vegas.

PD: Besides the signings you guys have done at the shop, has there been any fighters that would normally walk into the shop?

SK: We recently had Cris Cyborg in on Saturday with her husband while on their way to do the Sky Jump. They came in but didn’t buy anything. She was wearing her sponsor TapouT shirt and we took a picture of them outside the shop and put it on our Facebook. We chatted with them for about 10 minutes. I believe they were in town for the TapouT Training Center seminar. Dana White has been to our Fashion Show Mall store about 3 times but hasn’t bought anything yet, although he has said that he likes the store.

PD: Would you ever go sky jumping?

SK: Absolutely!

PD: Have you ever sky jumped before?

SK: Not yet but the Stratosphere said it’s on them when i go up!

PD: How long has the Fight Company been in business?

SK: The Company has been in business for 4 years. We started out with just a kiosk at the Premium Outlets and our first real store was inside Planet Hollywood. We then opened Fashion Show Mall this past April and Stratosphere in July. We’re going back into the Premium Outlets with our grand opening this Sunday (August 1st). The Sahara location is opening September 1st and then sometime in mid September to beginning of October we are opening a free standing store on Charleston and Decatur. This store is going to be fight gear (Thai pads, matts, fighting shorts, etc.), as opposed to apparel because we want to start catering to local gyms.

PD: How did you get to where your at now?

SK: Hard work. I started managing my 1st store when i was 15 at Oak Tree (which is now out of business). I was a part time sales person for Christmas and I turned out to be the top sales person in the country. They promoted me to Assistant Manager when i moved out to Vegas or California and from there i moved up the ladder to bigger companies and bigger corporations.

PD: Who is your favorite fighter in each division?

SK: Heavyweight-Cain Velasquez

Light Heavyweight-Forrest Griffin

Middleweight- Anderson Silva because the way he is outside the cage. We did a signing last month and the way he was interacting with his fans just won my heart over.

Welterweight-That’s a tough one! Lets go to lightweight.

Lightweight-Kenny Florian, unless I can include the WEC, then Urijah Faber.

PD: Didn’t Faber pull out of his fight because of injury?

SK: Yeah he did. Since he pulled out it actually might benefit us because we may get a signing with him and Chan Jung Sung, The Korean Zombie, in mid August at the Stratosphere. The Fashion Show mall might get UFC fighter Frank Mir but I heard he’s doing a signing at the Punishment Store, so i don’t know what they have decided yet. We will see.

PD: Speaking of Jon Jones who do you have for this Sundays fight?
SK: Jon Jones by KO!

PD: Will you have a signing with GSP?

SK: Affliction came to us asking to do a signing but since he’s busy with shooting The Ultimate Fighter, training for his fight in December/January against Koscheck, he’s just too busy. He is definitely someone we would do a singing with. It would be huge.

PD: How is managing an MMA related store different from other stores?

SK: To me its not that different, just different product. The costumers are a little different because it’s a different demographic. As far as managing stores. it is the same because a lot of associates followed me here from H&M, Victorias Secret and Big Dogs. I’m used to rotating products out constantly but hereeach section is set, like TapouT is going stay in this section and Silver Star is going to stay in that section. I only rotate when there is a fight coming up. I’ll put the fighter’s shirts in the front so people will know what the walkout shirts are. The main difference I find though is I don’t get up saying, “ Ah, I gotta work today,” I actually enjoy coming to work and I get to wake up saying, “Yes! I cant wait to go to work!”

PD: What inspired you and Scott to open up the Fight Shop?

SK: It was obviously Scott’s idea. I believe he started out with a chain of WWE stores and when WWE wasn’t as big as it was with Stone Cold, The Rock, etc. that’s when he started selling MMA clothes at the Swap Meet. It was so good that he was the top selling booth there and then he got a kiosk at Premium Outlets. I’m more of a forefront guy. I like watching and being at the fights. Scott is more of the behinds the scenes guy. He’s the business aspect of it.

PD: Have you ever been to a UFC/WEC fight?

SK: As big of a fan as I am, I’ve never been to a headlining major organization but I will go eventually! I’ve Only been to MMA Xplosion and Tuff N Uff.

PD: Are you good friends with any of the fighters?

SK: Not particularly but some fighters do know me, like Clay Guida. We’re not friends, only acquaintances. I met Dan Hardy before at the UFC Expo for UFC 100 and no one knew about him. There wasn’t a line at all and I’m a huge fan of his, so I went up to his booth and we talked for about 20 minutes. At this years Expo he had one of the biggest lines there. No matter where he went there was always a long line. When he did a signing at the Palms Casino I saw him and he actually recognized me but he didn’t know my name. It was pretty cool!

PD: Have you ever met any of the Octagon Girls?
SK: I met Arianny Celeste at last years MMA Awards. I’ve seen Rachelle Leah but never met her. Arianny’s a pretty down earth person. You think she would be stuck up by the way she looks but no she’s a pretty cool girl.

I want to thank Scott for taking time out of his busy schedule to sit down and give me the inside scoop on The Fight Shop. You can visit them at the Fashion Show Mall, Planet Hollywood, and Stratosphere
or online at LVFightshop.com.

Move over singing,dancing,and talent competitors! Breakdancing seems to be the new “it” thing these days,especially on the streets.As we all know the hottest show on MTV is Randy Jacksons Americas Best Dance Crew,many underground breakdancers audition from allover the world to have their chance at fame and to inspire many aspiring breakdancers out there to follow their dreams.
There are many breakdancing crews in the world of today like the winners of ABDC: JabbaWockeeZ, Super Cr3w, Quest Crew, We Are Heroes, and Poreotix. There is also The Ultimate B-Boy Championships that is an ingenious event that connects b-boys and b-girls across the countries for competitions to recognize the epicness of the break dance world.

On July 30th the TapouT Training center in Las Vegas presents: TapouT BBoy Jam.
This event is free for all ages and doors open at 7pm, registration ends at 8pm.
The food and beverages is provided by Island Sushi and Grill.
There will be giveaways by Combat Clothing and the TapouT Training Center and performing by the UBC Crew will be Knucklehead Zoo.
This event ends at 11pm so don’t miss out!

How did you get your start in MMA?

Well, I started taking kickboxing classes just to get into shape. I was over 300 lbs. and really didnt feel good about how I was living. I was loving the grub! It was rough but I stuck it out. A couple of months later I was asked on to the fight team because of my wrestling background. A month later I had my 1st ammy fight at the WKA north american tournament where I won the ammy heavyweight title. I had 3 more ammy fights then no one else would fight me being that my average fight time was about :50 seconds with all 1st round k.o.s, so I went pro and never looked back.

Who do you look up to and why?

Hmm, my mom is an awesome lady and really gave me a lot of the character traits that I have that makes me successful in MMA. As far as fighters go, I’m a huge BJ Penn fan and Chris Littel is great. He’s flies under the radar a bit but he is very consistent.

What is your first thought when you are getting rocked early on in a fight?

Take him down, ha!

What is your diet like before and after a fight?

Well, I eat pretty clean like most fighters leading up to my fights, a lot of fresh fish and green stuff. After my fight, oh man!! I go ape sh*t! I’m a cookie monster and love sweets so I go all out. You name it, I eat it!

What makes you different than other fighters?

I don’t think Im much different other fighters. You have two kinds though. One type that does it and don’t put the most into it, just cruise through, then there are guys like me that train hard so they can put their best possible stamp on this sport

Tell me about the gym you train at and why you love it?

Hybrid is an awesome gym. a 15,000 sq ft. gym that has great fighters and great people. We push each other really hard and help each other get to the next level.

Tell the readers something about you that not a lot of people know about?

I own a company called A squared training systems. We specialize in combative, self defense and ground combat for the military, law enforcement and private sectors. We also have strength and conditioning programs for athletes to help them get to that next level. We do sports specific workouts for large groups and private clients. We take real pride in what we do and travel all around the U.S training people from all walks of life.

What is one quote you live by and why?

” If you can make a living doing something you love then you’re doing pretty damn good! ”

pretty self explanatory

When and where is your next fight? Who is your opponent?

its looking like late sept. or early Oct. not sure of a match up yet but all I am focused on is that title shot, and I’m gonna get it!

Where do you see yourself in a year?

Strikeforce champ, a top 10 light heavyweight. A underwear model (2 out of 3 aint bad)

Who his your strength and conditioning coach is and what are some of the things they have you do?

We have a great strength and conditioning program at Hybrid in Virginia Beach. Our conditioning guy (Matt Schwanner) utilizes a lot of different things to get us ready from Crossfit, TRX and weight training. he’s is a great young trainer and I can honestly say I always have great conditioning. People who have seen my fights know I go 100 mph

Who do you considers the top few light heavyweight fighters ?

I think ranking lack credibility because of the popularity of The UFC, but I think a lot of the top LHW are in Strikeforce. I think between Mo, Feijao and myself that we are competitive with ANY LHW in the world, of course we can never know until we all get it on, which will probably never happen.

Who has the better fighters – Strikeforce or UFC?

Haha, wow. I plead the fifth. Both promotions have lots to offer. UFC has a much bigger roster, but a fighter is a fighter. We all work hard at this level