Tag Archives: Shine Fight Promotions

Rolles Gracie Joins the Shine Fights Roster

November 17, 2010   Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)   No comments

On the heels of talk of a television deal for next year, Shine Fight Promotions (Shine Fights) had something else up their sleeve. Today they announced the addition of Rolles Gracie ( son of legendary Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner Rolls Gracie) to its heavyweight roster. Rolles Gracie is the latest member of the famed clan to carry on the familial legacy in the sport of MMA. A brilliant grappler in his own right, Rolles’ recent titles include No-Gi American National Ultra-Heavyweight Champion, No-Gi Pan-American Champion, and 3-time Pan-American Champion.

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Drew Fickett chokes his way to Grand Prix Championship

September 11, 2010   Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)   No comments

The MMA veteran of 50 fights, Drew “Knight Rider” Fickett made short work of his three opponents on his way to being crowned Shine Lightweight grand prix champion. Fickett was the only fighter to finish a fight during the tournament and needed only 7:46 of cage time to win three times.

Fickett took on Charles Bennett in the quarter finals and despite being dropped on his head twice, was able to lock in a standing guillotine in round one. It ended up being his longest time in the cage of the night for Fickett at 3:34.

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Shine Fights letting fans play matchmaker

August 23, 2010   Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)   No comments

Every fan sits on his or her couch and complains about the fights or about matchups not being worth watching / paying. Well Shine fights is giving fans a chance to put their money where their mouth is and make the matchups for the opening round of their September 10th tournament.

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Shine Fights 3 cancelation explained

May 17, 2010   Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)   No comments

Shine Fights 3: Worlds Collide (Boxing vs. MMA) was set to go off on Saturday evening, with boxing champion Ricardo Mayorga stepping into the MMA spotlight for the very first time against UFC veteran Din Thomas. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned.

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Shine Fights Announces third event: "Worlds Collide: Mayorga vs. Thomas"

February 25, 2010   Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)   No comments

Official Press release from Shine fight regarding there third MMA event featuring former boxer Ricardo Mayorga. Look for up coming interviews with Shine Fights CEO Devin Price and maybe Din Thomas (Mayorga’s opponent) in the coming weeks.

MAYORGA MADNESS INVADES MMA IN “WORLDS COLLIDE:  MAYORGA VS THOMAS”

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