Tuff-N-Uff

Subject: Tuff-N-Uff Sun Jul 18, 2010 7:40 am

Late/Time:	August 6, 2010 7:00 PM
Location:	4500 West Tronpicana Avenue Las Vegas, Nevada United States
Contact:	Barry Meyer 888-965-8833
Website:	www.tuffnuff.com
Sanctioning Body:	ISKA

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Xtreme Couture vs. Team Quest: Tuff-N-Uff hosts epic clash at Orleans Hotel & Casino on August 6

Former
Olympic wrestlers and mixed martial arts legends Randy Couture and Dan
Henderson have long enjoyed a friendly relationship, but in August,
both former champions will be represented on opposite sides of the ring.
Tuff-N-Uff returns to the Orleans Hotel & Casino’s Mardi Gras
Ballroom in Las Vegas on Friday, August 6, and Las Vegas’ premier
amateur fight promotion is proud to host a special event, “Xtreme
Couture vs. Team Quest.”
Six fighters from Couture’s Las Vegas-based Xtreme Couture camp will
clash with six combatants representing Henderson’s California-based
Team Quest academy in a showdown for the ages, and in addition to
respect and bragging rights, Tuff-N-Uff’s featherweight title also
hangs in the balance.

Tickets
for Tuff-N-Uff’s Aug. 6 event, which start at just $25, are available
at the Orleans Hotel & Casino’s box office or online at
OrleansCasino.com and TuffNUff.net.

In the night’s main
event, Tuff-N-Uff 145-pound champion Jimmy Jones (6-3) represents
Xtreme Couture putting his title on the line against tough Team Quest
challenger John Gorton (4-2).

An eight-time Tuff-N-Uff
veteran, Jones opened his career in 2008 with three-straight decision
losses. Since then, Jones has gone on a tear with six-straight wins –
including four via stoppage – en route to claiming Tuff-N-Uff’s
145-pound title.
Meanwhile, Gorton, who earned a submission win under the Tuff-N-Uff
banner in August 2009, has put together a 4-2 record and looks to halt
Jones’ impressive run.

Xtreme
Couture featherweight Jesse Romero (2-0) meets Team Quest’s Craig Cook
(2-0), Xtreme Couture’s undefeated Gil Guardado (5-0) faces Team
Quest’s Brandon Morris (4-2) in a 160-pound affair, Xtreme Couture
lightweight Jake Swinney (3-0) squares off with Team Quest’s Ronald
Carroll (1-0) and Xtreme Couture lightweight John Hahn (2-0) clashes
with debuting Team Quest fighter Ozzy Abarca (0-0) and Zach Conely
(3-0) from Xtreme Couture battles Brock Pagan (2-0) as both men look to
remain undefeated. Team Quest will also bring their lone female fighter
and Army Sergeant Autumn Richardson (1-1) taking on local Christy Tada
(1-5)
While Eddie Bravo’s 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu squad won’t be participating
in the evening’s “Xtreme Couture vs. Team Quest” challenge, the fight
team will be represented by three promising young fighters – Rick
Borden (2-1), Trace Gray (0-0), and Casey Picard (0-0) – who will look
to make a splash against opponents yet to be determined.

In
addition to the exciting team challenge, Tuff-N-Uff’s Aug. 6 event also
sees the semifinals of the promotion’s ambitious 125- and 135-pound
female tournaments, which will ultimately crown the organization’s
first-ever champions in the divisions in September.

In the
semifinals of the talent-rich 125-pound tourney Lindsay Jones (1-0)
fights Jen Yum (5-0), and Stephanie Eggink (1-0) faces Katie Klimansky
(0-0).

Jones advanced to the semifinals with a
unanimous-decision win over Trish Clarke. The Jackson’s MMA product
fought valiantly in an action-packed affair, and though Clarke offered
an ample test, Jones was able to pick up her first career win with a
combination of effective striking and active grappling.

Yum
entered the tournament as the early favorite, and while first-round
opponent Nicole Hess pushed her to the limit, little has changed. Yum
survived a scare after being caught in an armbar in the second round of
her quarterfinal bout, but with five-straight wins to open her career,
she remains the woman to beat.

Eggink qualified for the
semifinals with an impressive win over Jillian Lybarger. The West Coast
Fight Club product threatened with a triangle choke in the opening
round before finally securing the hold in the third. A spinning
backfist also hit its mark before the final tap.

Meanwhile,
Klimansky enters the bout as the freshest fighter in the bracket as her
first-round opponent, Kim Novak, withdrew from their quarterfinal
matchup. Klimansky seeks her first amateur win after receiving a
fortunate bye into the semifinals.

In the 135-pound bracket,
Tsui-Jen Cunanan (3-1) faces Michelle Velebit (1-1) while Jocelyn
Lybarger (1-0) meets Ashley Weakley (3-0).

Cunanan impressed
in a July quarterfinal bout by swarming a favored Mollie Estes from the
opening bell. The Phoenix Combat Academy product rocked her opponent
early in the opening round before locking in a fight-ending guillotine
choke.

Meanwhile, Velebit used a grappling-based attack to
ground and pound opponent Sarah Marang in their opening-round affair.
Velebit appeared safely in control of the contest, though she
ultimately walked away with a tight split-decision victory.
Lybarger advanced to the semifinals with a July win over Amanda
Lauland. Lybarger used a relentless assault from the opening bell and
continued the attack for three-straight rounds en route to a unanimous
decision in her amateur debut.

Weakley
also earned a unanimous-decision win against a tough Emily Peters-Kagan
in the opening round. The undefeated Team Leo Dalla fighter showed a
powerful Thai clinch as she battered her opponent with brutal knees
throughout.

The winners of the semifinal contests in both
tournaments will return for the final round on Sept. 24, when two
valiant combatants will join 115-pound belt-holder Ashley Cummins as
Tuff-N-Uff female champions.

In addition to the evening’s
featured matchups, a full lineup of aspiring amateur fighters from some
of the world’s top academies will compete at Tuff-N-Uff’s Aug. 6 event.

The full fight card is available for viewing at TuffNUff.net, and the entire event will stream on GoFightLive.tv.

Come see the future stars of mixed martial arts.