Out with the old year, in with the new and with it new MMA matches on the regional and international circuit. So with that here we go:
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A CAMO event held by amateur promoter Joey Perez at the Lemoore Recreation Center in Lemoore, California this Friday, January 10:
Middleweight – 185 pounds Chris Glenn vs. Victor Ramirez
Featherweight – 145 pounds Juan Diaz vs. Juan Campos
Welterweight – 170 pounds Rigoberto Orozco vs. Julio Garcia
Lightweight – 155 pounds Juan R Barajas vs. Jonathan De Leon
Featherweight – 145lbs. Jordan Clement vs. Hector Contreras
Flyweight – 125 pounds Luis Garcia vs. Ricardo Sanchez
Middleweight – 185lbs. Xavier McDowell vs. Steven Robinson
Bantamweight – 135 pounds Ricardo Vasquez vs. Joey Martinez
Lightweight – Ernesto Zamano vs. Christopher Gottschall
Flyweight – 125 pounds Eugene Cancino vs. Chance Warnock
Cruiser Weight – Daniel Hernandez vs. Robert Vildosola Jr
Lightweight – 155 pounds Garrett Marks vs. Eric Diaz
Featherweight – 145lbs. Alberto Arreola vs. Edgar Javier Loza
K-1 World MAX 2013 World Championship Tournament Quarter Final
K-1 is holding the second half of their World Max Quarterfinal matches broadcast on Epicentre.tv on January 11 at Gran Canaria, Spain:
K-1 World MAX Final 8 bout: Elam Ngor vs. Lee Sung-Hyun
K-1 World MAX Final 8 bout: Maximo Suarez vs. Shane Campbell
Superfight: David Calvo vs. Chad Sugden
Superfight: Damian Garcia vs. Alcorac Caballero
Superfight: Moises Baute vs. Razvan Floria
Superfight: Alejandro Rodriguez vs. Tural Bayrmov
Superfight: Aitor Alonso vs. yet-to-be-determined opponent
Sugar Shane Mosley Promotions
Former boxer Sugar Shane Mosley holds an amateur MMA event at his Mosley Manor in Pomona, California on Saturday January 11:
Bantamweight – 125 to 135 pounds Dale Jackson vs. TBD
Lightweight – Steven Hartman vs. ROBERTO HERNANDEZ
Welterweight – 155.1 to 170 pounds Anthony Weller vs. TBD
Welterweight – 155.1 to 170 pounds Johnny Fiedler vs. TBD
Welterweight – 155.1 to 170 pounds Raul Hernandez vs. TBD
Light Heavyweight – 185.1 to 205 pounds Jamal Pogues v TBD
Heavyweight – 265 pounds Sergio Marroquin vs. Luis Cruz
Heavyweight – 230.1 to 265 pounds Kenosha Saunders vs. TBD
SHOOTO – BORDER: SEASON 6 – FIRST
Longtime promotion Shooto holds its first event of the year at the Hirano Ward Community Hall in Osaka, Japan on Sunday January 12:
Takumi Ota vs Toshiro Chihama
Takayuki ‘Coba’ Kobayashi vs Hisho Takeda
Kazuya Satomoto vs Ryogo Takahashi
Mitsuhiro Toma vs Jun ‘Seitei’ Doi
Tomoyuki ‘Tank’ Hayashi vs Yuki Arimoto
Hiroyuki Tanaka vs Kaoru Omori
Tomohiko Yoshida vs Shingo ‘Gandhi’ Makita
Isamu Kanazawa vs Tomoyuki Suda
SHOOTO – 1ST ROUND 2014
The day after they hold one event, Shooto will be holding a second event on at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday January 13:
Shinya Murofushi vs Junji ‘Sarumaru’ Ito
Yuta ‘Ulka’ Sasaki vs Keisuke Fujiwara
Tateo Iino vs Ryuto Sawada
Kazuhiro ‘Jungle’ Ito vs Shigeki Osawa
Kosuke ‘Rambo’ Suzuki vs Taku Kajikawa
Kotaro Hagiwara vs Shohei Nomitani
Yu Fujimaki vs Kazuya ‘Foreman’ Tanaka
Hideto Okada vs Takafumi Maeda
Yoshinori Takahashi vs Dai Sudo
Going to watch any of these events and what did you think of the regional circuit in 2013? Feel free to leave a comment!