SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHT: WARGODS V AT VIEJAS

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May 27, 2009 (Alpine)--MMA Veteran Vernon “Tiger” White will face one of Temecula Team Quest’s stand out Lew Polley at Wargods “Five” at the Viejas Casino in Alpine, California on Saturday, May 30th. Doors open at 5:30 for the event, which starts at 6:30 p.m.

 

The main card will begin with a four man elimination tournament that will culminate June 20th back at Viejas Casino crowning Wargods’ First Lightweight Champion. In the first bracket, Kit Cope will face Ultimate Fighter House alumni, Andy Wang. Skilled vet, David Gardner, to take on San Diego favorite, Joe Duarte; featured on Spike TV’s Ultimate Fighter reality show. Wargods has allocated an alternate bracket in the case that one of the winning fighters receives a medical suspension due to a cut or injury. In that bracket, PFC Welterweight Champion, Bryan Travers will be meeting Tom Belt for the chance to fight for the Lightweight Crown or to the least be the next in line for the title shot.

On the rest of the card, Ashe Bowman will be matched up against Team Quest’s undefeated welterweight, Tarec Saffiedine. Wargods Top welterweight Mike Moreno now set to compete in the middle division against Derek Thornton. Ryan Shamrock will also be featured on the card. This is Wargods first of six shows in Southern California for this year.

• Josh Haynes 26-32-2 vs Lew Polley 9-2-0

• Kit Cope 2-4-0 vs Andy Wang 4-7-0

• David Gardner 11-6-0 vs Joe Duarte 4-1-0

• Bryan Travers 11-1-0 vs Tom Belt 6-2-0

• Tarec Saffiedine 4-0-0 vs Ashe Bowman 9-6-0

• Mike Moreno 5-2-0 vs Derek Thornton 4-10-0

• Salah Zabian 1-2-0 vs Tony Johnson 3-1-0

• Baily Byne Debut vs Joey Gibran Alvarez Debut

• Ryan Shamrock 1-1-0 vs TBA

Tickets cost $35 to $100. Seats are reserved. For tickets, visit http://www.viejasentertainment.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=art... . For more information on the Wargods, visit http://www.15rounds.com/wargods-%E2%80%9Cfive%E2%80%9D-update-this-satur... .

 


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