WFA PPV Trailer and Card

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The World Fighting Alliance debuts July 22 on PPV. Below is a promo for the upcoming show. Runs about 30 minutes.

WFA King of the Streets Promo

Courtesy of mmafighting.com

WFA: King of the Streets Fight Card

Today the World Fighting Alliance (WFA) unveiled the remainder of its fight card for the upcoming WFA: King of the Streets national Pay-Per-View event live from the Forum in Los Angeles on July 22nd. Four additional under card bouts were announced today, each featuring names well recognized and respected within the MMA ranks.

Jason “Mayhem” Miller (14-4-0) vs. Lodune Sincaid (9-2-0)
This bout pits two of the sport’s youngest and most over-the-top personalities against one another. After a successful tour of duty building a name for himself in Icon Sport events in Honolulu, the man they call “Mayhem” brings his one-of-a-kind persona to the WFA to face Lodune Sincaid at King of the Streets. Sincaid, best-known for his role on the first season of Spike TV’s “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series, brings a respectable 9-2-0 record into the ring in a bout that will determine which of these rising stars is most poised to take his game to the next level.

Rob McCullough vs. Harris Sarmiento
The man they call “Razor” gets a chance at vengeance as these two face each other for the first time since Sarmiento defeated McCullough two years ago. Since that bout, McCullough’s been a flawless 6-0-0, while Sarmiento’s path has been marked by several defeats. McCullough’s motivation will be for redemption, while Sarmiento knows a victory at WFA: King of the Streets could get his career back on a
winning track.

Jorge Oliveira (2-1-0) vs. Marvin Eastman (12-6-0)
This bout features veteran against “up and comer” as the Chute Academy-groomed Oliveira looks to further establish himself in the sport with a victory over MMA veteran Eastman. On July 22nd, Eastman’s sights will be fixed firmly on reclaiming the top-ranked status he once held in the sport, despite the youthful ambitions of Oliveira.

Jose Landi-Jons (21-11-0) vs. TBD
While many North American MMA fans may not be familiar with Landi-Jons, past wins over UFC champion Matt Hughes and Pat Militich should be enough to illustrate the talent and legitimacy of the man many know as “Pele.” The Brazilian submission specialist has 21 career victories and actually has as many victories coming by way of knockout as he does by submission. He looks to etch his name in the minds of North American MMA fans at WFA: King of the Streets.

These four matchups round out an already unparalleled fight card featuring the long-anticipated return of Bas Rutten as he squares off against Kimo, “Rampage” Jackson’s rebirth in North America taking on Matt Lindland, undefeated rising MMA star Lyoto Machida facing Lion’s Den veteran Vernon “Tiger” White, former UFC veteran heavyweights Ricco Rodriguez against Ron Waterman, and Ivan Salaverry taking on Art Santore.

LWPD (from top to bottom this card is stacked....time will soon tell how successful the cross promotion with Showtime will be for this new MMA venture)

[Darth Turkish]

Looks like a good card. I hope they do well.

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Bas Rutten ESPN/WFA Promo

tinyurl.com/lbe4j

LWPD (in the world of MMA...few have the charisma or make for a more 'media friendly' guest....than Bas Rutten)

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Tonight is the big night.

Official Weigh In Video

Here's the final card:

Quinton Jackson vs Matt Lindland

Bas Rutten vs Ruben Villareal

Vernon White vs Lyoto Machida

Lodune Sincaid vs Jason Miller

Art Santore vs Ivan Salaverry

Ron Waterman vs Ricco Rodriguez

Harris Sarmiento vs Rob McCullough

Marvin Eastman vs Jorge Olivera

Martin Kampmann vs Edwin Aguilar

Adam Arredondo vs Antonio McKee

Courtesy of Wrestling Observer

The medicals for Ruben Villareal actually just officially cleared early this evening so only now is it official that he will be facing Bas Rutten as part of the double main event of the Saturday night WFA PPV show.

Villareal, a Native American who has the nickname of "Warpath," recently fought to a draw with Don Frye in a match onlookers said he probably deserved to win. He weighed in at 260 pounds as compared with 214 for Rutten.

Ruben "Warpath" Villareal

LWPD (the walk up is going to have to be strong to carry a decent gate as pre-sales have been lacking...financially this show is make or break on the buy rate)

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Fairly good show although with attendance in the 4000 range...with known incidents of papering...it's make or break with the PPV. Renting out The Forum doesn't come cheap.

Courtesy of Wrestling Observer

Rob McCullough vs. Harris Sarmiento opens the show. The story behind this is Sarmiento, who is a big underdog, beat McCullough early in his career. Since then, McCullough has become something of a star with a win streak, and Sarmiento hasn't done much of late.

First round was slow, even some booing. All standing with McCullough clearly winning the round, connecting on a lot of low kicks. Tito Ortiz is in McCullough's corner.

Second round was mostly McCullough using low kicks to Sarmiento's left leg. There was a few seconds of ground work that amountd to nothing. McCullough has easily won both rounds. Ortiz told McCullough to take him down this next round.

Funny story. Both corners told their fighter to take the other down. So round three so both guys stand up almost the entire round. McCullough won the fight, should be 30-27. Not exciting at all. Straight 30-27s. Sarmiento was never hurt, but he didn't do or try much of anything.

Ricco Rodriguez vs. Ron Waterman is up next.

It was funny Rodriguez really beat him up late in the round standing. Waterman is beyond gassed, and he's the one with the physique. Waterman blew himself up early trying for a takedown, and failed. The last minute he was a sitting duck for everything Ricco threw. Waterman couldn't get up for the second round and it's over. Waterman's left eye was swelling shut. Rodriguez physically looked horrible but Waterman was really slow on his feet, even before gassing.

Art Santore vs. Ivan Salaverry is next up. Salaverry looked great in the first round, all standing, with strong punches and body kicks. Santore's face is all marked up. Best round of the show so far.

Second round was a hell of a performance by Salaverry. He connected with low kicks, middle kicks and high kicks. Finally Salaverry put him down with a left high kick and hard right punch. After a few more punches on the ground Cecil Peoples stopped it. Santore may have blown a knee on the way down, and he was left a bloody mess. First good fight on the show.

Loudune Sincaid vs. Jason Mayhem Miller is up next. Miller said he was there to represent pro wrestling, although I have no idea why. Bill Goldberg is now talking about how Sincaid was trained by Gene LeBell and they are going on a tangent on LeBell. Miller did a dancing Genki Sudo ring entrance. Jimmy Lennon announced him as representing professional wrestling and hailing from parts unknown. Josh Barnett is in the corner so that may be where some of this is coming from. Goldberg said he catches hell for pro wrestling on the net but he loves that this guy embrances it.

Goldberg loves this guy. Miller connected on knees from a clinch. Then he got it on the ground and spent most of the ground on Sincaid's back pounding him until late in the round he got the choke. Miller did a post-match spinneroonie which Goldberg noted was from the Booker T playbook. Miller is quite the personality.

Lyoto Machida vs. Vernon White is up next. Weird round. Lyoto fights like a karate guy. I got the impression Machida doesn't like to get hit.

Terrible round two. The most excitement was the crowd booing and White flipping off the ground. Machida is winning the decision, but he's not doing much of anything. Machida got a nice sweep takedown late in the round.

Third round was Machida get a takedown, side control and mount and was working for a choke, but White reversed. Definitely not an impressive debut for Machida in the U.S., but he still should win 30-27. Third round, with the ground work, was the best but a bad match overall.

Scores were 29-28, 30-27 and 30-27 for Machida.

Bas Rutten vs. Ruben Villareal is up next. Rutten looks in amazing shape for a 41-year-old, particularly at 214 pounds. According to the graphic, Villareal's last fight was a draw with "Don Fry." Villareal hasn't trained at all for the fight.

Villareal took some punches. He was greatly outskilled and was going to get hit a lot. Rutten still has the power but Villareal could take the punches. Rutten decided to go to low kicks and his low kicks are vicious. After a few, Villareal was done from low kicks.

He didn't have much of an opponent as far skill went, but Rutten has superstar charisma like almost no fighter in the world.

Tito was dating Jenna Jameson tonight.

Quinton Jackson vs. Matt Lindland is the main event up next. That was a hell of a first round. Lindland fought a great round. Jackson bodyslammed him first, but Lindland slammed Jackson later in the round, got his back and got a choke. Somehow Jackson survived and escaped as the round ended. Lindland took the round.

If anyone says Lindland is a boring fighter, shoot them in the head. Jackson won round two but this is a great fight. Jackson did a move that was nearly a Northern Lights bomb and a whizzer takedown. Lindland was going for a Kimura. Lindland did some great escapes. We're even into three.

This one can go either way. Lindland controlled Jackson with a near guillotine. Jackson rocked him with a punch early and bloodied him with ground and pound in the last 25 seconds. Lindland hit a high kick. Very tight fight. If I had to pick, it's Jackson, but Lindland fought a hell of a fight and easily could win.

Scores were 29-28, 28-29 and 29-28, split for Jackson. Hell of a fight.

LWPD (all in all a good show...Goldberg was 'Jim Brown plus' on color and surprised me with how smooth he was...with Rampage and Bas as the front men WFA at least has the charisma aspect covered for their media gigs)

Rampage Jackson's Post-Fight Video Interview

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The Return of El Guapo

LWPD (last night Bas was said to be fighting with severe injuries...a groin tear...sprained ACL...shin pain...and ribs that were popped out...yet at age 41 he still turned in this stellar performance)

[Darth Turkish]

Bas is fast as hell. I am glad he has come back.

Awesome display.

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WFA PPV

Jason 'Mayhem' Miller vs Lodune Sincaid
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Quentin Jackson vs Matt Lindland
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Ricco Rodriguez vs Ron Waterman
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Ivan Salaverry vs Art Santore
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LWPD (Jackson/Lindland was too close to call..Ricco still has the skills to be a player...if only he would discipline himself and get back into respectable shape)

[Darth Turkish]

Hey man, Round is a shape!

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WFA King of the Streets Payroll

Courtesy of California State Athletic Commission

*Numbers do not reflect win bonuses or royalties

Quinton Jackson $150,000
Matt Lindland $70,000
Bas Rutten $200,000
Ruben Villareal $12,500
Ryoto Machida $15,000
Vernon White $10,000
Jason Miller $10,000
Lodune Sincaid $7,000
Ivan Salaverry $15,000
Art Santore $5,000
Ricco Rodriguez $15,000
Ron Waterman $15,000
Rob McCullough $8,000
Harris Sarmiento $3,000

Official attendance: 3,379
Live Gate: $248,530

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[blueraider1]

i wonder how much it costs to get tickets.?from what i've seen it isn't peanuts.

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blueraider1 said:

i wonder how much it costs to get tickets.?from what i've seen it isn't peanuts.

The day of the show the advance was so bad that floor seats were going for $10....and hours before there was heavy papering with many getting in for free....and others getting complimentary 'seat upgrades' to fill space for the cameras.

LWPD (WFA overpaid for talent...and vastly overestimated the local demand by renting a costly high end venue...live and learn)

[blueraider1]

yep live and learn should be their company motto .