We just shot and edited our first TV Commercial. It is going to run in the Las Vegas Market this week. If you are watching UFC on Spike this Wednesday on Cox Cable look for the ad. It will run during “UFC Unleashed” in between 6 and 7 pm, then in the 9pm hour of “The Ultimate Fight Night” and during the premiere of “The Ultimate Fighter” between 10 and 11pm.
Check it out here.
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There was an unfortunate turn of events at Wednesday’s WEC show. John Alessio who was having his way with Brock Larson was disqualified for hitting Brock in the head with a knee while Brock still had a knee on the ground. That is against the unified rules of MMA used by the State of Nevada. Many people felt Brock could have and should have continued in the fight, but he elected not to. The fight was supposed to determine who would take on WEC Welterweight Champ Carlos Condit. No word on what will happen next. We’d like to see John and Brock go at it again for the right to face Condit.
Here is John’s take on the matter.
The video is on our new Video Centre. Launching April 1st, the Video Centre will feature live streams of Pro Practice, archives of Xtreme Couture classes, Randy’s fight predictions and special behind the scenes interviews with members of our team and guests.
Categories: John Alessio · WEC
The Jose Rodriguez of the Ottowa Sun newspaper did a great article on Sam “Hands of Stone” Stout. The article talks about how Sam and trainer Shawn Tompkins met and how he got stated in the fight game.
Sam’s next fight is April 19th against Rich Clementi when the UFC makes its debut in Montreal. Sam is a legend to Montreal figth fans. He has fought 11 times for the Montreal based TKO organization and has never lost there. He is still the TKO Lightweight Champion.
Here are some highlights of Sam fighting in TKO:
Categories: Sam Stout · Shawn Tompkins · TKO
Ronaldo Souza, better known as “Jacare” (Portuguese for Alligator) is spending a few weeks with us here in Las Vegas. The immensely talented grappler has hit it off well with the team and is working incredibly hard in Pro Practice. He has also been spending a good deal of time training jiu jitsu and striking with fellow Brazilians Wanderlei Silva and Robert Drysdale.
Look for Jacare to have a high profile fight announced soon.
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(John Alessio and Coach Shawn Tompkins working the pads)
MMA Weekly posted an interview with John Alessio. John takes on Brock Larson next Wednesday in the WEC. The winner of the fight will face Carlos Condit for the Welterweight Championship.
(Alessio on the phone with MMA Weekly interviewer)
Categories: John Alessio · MMA Weekly
Categories: Raw Vegas · Shawn Tompkins · rawvegas.tv
Xtreme Couture’s Jay White went Hollywood last weekend. Jay will be appearing alongside Quinton “Rampage” Jackson in an upcoming Nike commercial. The details of the commercial titled “Human Chain” are unknown to us at this time. But we’re told it will feature MMA training and/or fighting.
So look for Jay as you’re channel surfing, and expect to see him back in the cage this Spring. For more on the commercial shoot and to see what Rampage is driving check out Throwdown.com.
(Jay getting accustomed to the good life.)
Doctor Martin Kampmann operated on himself today. He caught an elbow about a week and a half ago in training and needed some stitches under his eyebrow. Today they needed to be removed. So rather than go to a physician, Martin took them out himself with a sterilized pair of tweezers and some toenail clippers.
It reminded us of the time last Spring when Dr. Joe “Daddy” Stevenson glued shut a hole in Jay Hieron’s head. Here are some pictures of that.
Categories: Jay Hieron · Joe "Daddy" Stevenson · Martin Kampmann
(The Thorobred and Action 13 News’ Bryan Salmond)
Jay Hieron will be featured on tomorrow night’s (Friday) Action 13 News at 6 and 11. He will be appearing alongside Sports Anchor Bryan Salmond in the “Tapout of the Week” segment. Jay will be demonstrating how to set up and lock in a D’Arce choke. After airing, the segment will be posted on the Action 13 website for those of you not living in the Vegas valley.
Categories: Jay Hieron · action 13 news · bryan salmond
RawVegas.tv is back with the latest edition of “Inside Xtreme Couture”. This week’s piece focuses on Kim’s Muay Thai exhibition.
Categories: Inside Xtreme Couture · Kim Couture · Raw Vegas · randy couture · rawvegas.tv
