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Twisted Parrot & MCC Appreciation night for Fighters, fans, friends, and families.

Admin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:23:15 +0000

Saturday July 11th, 2009

4pm-11:30pm

Free Beer & Pizza 4-5:30pm

UFC Undisputed game tournament 4-8pm

UFC 100 9pm-11:30pm

Brock Lesnar Vs. Frank Mir

Georges St-Pierre Vs. Thiago Alves

Jon Fitch Vs. Paulo Thiago

Dan Henderson Vs. Michael Bisping

Yoshihiro Akiyama Vs. Alan Belcher

MCC Middleweight Champ to Visit Fans at MCC 16 Prior to UFC Debut

Admin — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:50:59 +0000

Joe “The Doctor” Vedepo snatched the middleweight crown from Brian Green during MCC 14 in one of the most brutal fights in MCC history. A few short weeks later, Vedepo signed a multi-fight contract in the largest promotion in mixed martial arts, the UFC. “The Doctor” joins the list of MCC standouts who went on to compete in the UFC, including former Lightweight Champion Jeremy “Lil Heathen” Stephens, as well as John “Hurricane” Halverson.

This great opportunity for Vedepo is a shining example why MCC is ranked one of the the top regional promotions in the country. “Combining great talent with the visibility MCC provides creates the perfect combination to push fighters to the top level of our sport ,” provided fellow UFC vet John Halverson.

Vedepo will face American Top Team fighter Alessio “Legionarius” Sakara at UFC’s Ultimate Fight Night on September 17. Former MCC fighter and Iowa native Josh “The Dentist” Neer headlines the card as he takes on Ulitmate Fighter Season Five winner Nate Diaz. The event will be broadcast live on Spike Network.

On his way to the UFC, Vedepo will make a stop in Des Moines to attend Midwest Cage Championship 16 “No Guts, No Glory” this Friday. MCC is completely proud to send one of our own to the top and we wish him congratulations and best of luck in the most important fight of his career.

You can join us to provide your well wishes at the Bucs Arena at 7201 Hickman in Urbandale this Friday at 7:30 PM. Tickets start at $25 and doors open at 6:30 PM.

The festivities begin with the official weigh-in event on Thursday at 7PM at the Twisted Parrot, located at 6500 Hickman Road. Be sure to join us for drink specials and surprise guest appearances.

MCC MiddleWeight Champion called up to UFC

Admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:09:11 +0000

From MMAJunkie.com

Alessio Sakara vs. Joe Vedepo likely for UFC Fight Night 15

by Dann Stupp and Bruce “PhyteGuru” Huckfeldt

Another Midwest-based fighter could make his UFC debut when the organization heads to Omaha next month.

A source close to UFC newcomer Joe Vedepo (7-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that the middleweight fighter has verbally agreed to meet Alessio Sakara (12-7 MMA, 3-4 UFC) at next month’s UFC Fight Night 15 event.

The bout has not been signed, but bout agreements should be distributed shortly, the source said.

UFC Fight Night 15 takes place Sept. 17 at the Omaha Civic Auditorium and airs on Spike TV. The event, co-headlined by Nate Diaz vs. Josh Neer and Mac Danzig vs. Clay Guida, precedes the debut episode of “The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.”

Vedepo, a part of the Cedar Rapids-based Team Hardrive MMA, won the Midwest Cage Championship middleweight belt with a June victory over Brian Green (15-10). Both fighters entered the bout knowing that a major-league contract offer could be on the line. The bloody, back-and-forth main-event fight ultimately ended via a third-round verbal submission in favor of Vedepo.

The 25-year-old former light heavyweight and stand-out high school wrestler has never gone to decision; he’s won four fights via knockout and three by submission.

Sakara, meanwhile, will look to push his UFC record to .500. He most recently suffered a loss to Chris Leben at UFC 82 in March. The hard-hitting Italian’s other losses have come to Houston Alexander, Drew McFedries and Dean Lister; victories have come over James Lee and Victor Valimaki via knockout, and Elvis Sinosic via unanimous decision.

The American Top Team fighter has lost four of his past six fights.

For the latest UFC Fight Night 15 fight card, check out the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.