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jonathan

07-27-2006, 11:40 AM

List them here:

Matt Cox
Cody Parish
Jason Teeman
Rob Lilly
Adam Reinbold
Brandon Reinbold
Jesse Wolf

fudge tunnel

07-27-2006, 11:43 AM

Jason High from Blue Springs

Does Lilly really qualify as a MO wrestler? I guess he did wrestle for CMSU.....

jonathan

07-27-2006, 11:47 AM

Monte Massey

fudge tunnel

07-27-2006, 11:51 AM

I think Ray Routh still participates in MMA in the Washington/Idaho area.

07-27-2006, 02:15 PM

fudge tunnel

07-27-2006, 02:41 PM

Fudge, Last I heard of Ray, he was a prison gaurd in Jeff City. Although, it would not surprise me if he is fighting MMA.

Remember the headgear he wore In High School? I wish I could find a set of headgear like that.

Prison guard in JC? Huh....I had heard he was in the car business in Eastern WA.

Can't remember what headgear he used. What kind was it?

RP-in-Nebraska

07-27-2006, 02:58 PM

If I am thinking of the right guy, I think his head gear was the type that looked like a Princess Leah hair-do with nylon holding it all in place. Something like this, right?

http://www.wrestlinggear.com/images/products/headgear/hairslicker-large.jpg

fudge tunnel

07-27-2006, 03:05 PM

I didn't know Routh wore that type of headgear. I wore those when I was at the 'Burg, and I hadn't seen anyone else w/ those before that. We wore those in the 'Ville the following year, too.

RP-in-Nebraska

07-27-2006, 03:07 PM

Okay, I very wellcould be wrong. So I'm not mistaken, what years and for which school did Routh wrestle?

fudge tunnel

07-27-2006, 03:08 PM

Okay, I very wellcould be wrong. So I'm not mistaken, what years and for which school did Routh wrestle?

Savannah 84-86
Warrensburg 86-88

RP-in-Nebraska

07-27-2006, 03:12 PM

If he was Warrensburg's 145 pounder that graduated in 1988, I'm certain that he wore that Spandex/Leah head gear.....I clearly remember the match between him and our 145 pounder (Stoltz). The match ended in a tie and our whole crowd went crazy and the Warrensburg guy was pizzed!

fudge tunnel

07-27-2006, 03:16 PM

The Godfather

07-27-2006, 09:10 PM

You can add my name to that list in about 9 months...

Baguba

07-27-2006, 10:06 PM

Search Sherdog.com for Ray there are some pictures he is currently 1-1

jjb1d5

07-27-2006, 10:41 PM

Tyron Woodley is training for it, but not sure if he has fought.

jonathan

07-28-2006, 12:30 AM

I've seen some videos of Tyron fighting and he won pretty fast. Pretty fast punches. I hope he fights in the KC area soon, he should have a good following.

Team Brick

07-28-2006, 12:12 PM

Nick Zona 8-2
was #1 ranked fighter by the iscf( http://www.theiscf.com) Amatuer fighter I think is now ranked like 5th because he had a one yr layoff due to his hand breaking...

Team Brick

07-28-2006, 12:16 PM

Todd Feager as well 1-0 amatuer record has a fight in september....

Louden

07-28-2006, 01:38 PM

I don't know if he had any other fights but I did see Matt Otzenberger of Fox fight at Rum Jungle in Saint Louis once.

Also fighting that night was Tim Lynch from Northwest, and he fought a guy I used to train with at Jiu-Jitsu. It was odd seeing two different people I trained with from two different camps fight. Tim lost by triangle choke.

fhcwrestler07

07-28-2006, 03:40 PM

askren is training with Tulsa Top Team, he will continue wrestling until 08 olympics and then try to make a MMA debut

Tito Santana

07-30-2006, 11:09 AM

I think Teeman is the local KC champion. I saw him beat some ass in college in the alley behind Schmidty's.

RP-in-Nebraska

07-31-2006, 07:47 AM

askren is training with Tulsa Top Team, he will continue wrestling until 08 olympics and then try to make a MMA debut

:-s

Is this a joke?

This is one of those things I'd have to see to believe. He certainly doesn't seem like the UFC/MMA/etc. type.

07-31-2006, 07:49 AM

Yes, I read that he has been training in Tulsa. With his funk and some jiu jitsu , it would be fun to watch in the cage.

oldtimer

07-31-2006, 08:24 AM

Where is Ray's photo:

http://w41.photobucket.com/widgets/dyna ... imer1/MMA/ (http://w41.photobucket.com/widgets/dynamicflash.php?featuretype=bucketstrip&featurename=RayRoth&pa=/e291/oldtimer1/MMA/)

fudge tunnel

07-31-2006, 09:11 AM

Where is Ray's photo:

http://w41.photobucket.com/widgets/dyna ... imer1/MMA/ (http://w41.photobucket.com/widgets/dynamicflash.php?featuretype=bucketstrip&featurename=RayRoth&pa=/e291/oldtimer1/MMA/)

That guy is listed as "Ray Roth".......not Ray Routh. I haven's seen Routh in 17 years, but that (white) guy doesn't look much like him.

oldtimer

07-31-2006, 09:30 AM

Well, that strange....I search using "routh". Thanks for the catch, let me see if I can find the right guy.

Oh, in the link it is "Roth", But, that was my spelling mistake in Photobucket.

Mr. Fudge,,,,,either your getting old or the http://www.sherdog.com site is screwed up. They claim that is is Ray Routh!

Here is the Sherdog link with who they claims is Ray Routh.

http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=10467

fudge tunnel

07-31-2006, 09:37 AM

That might be Ray. I clicked on a few more photos. He's gotten huge. It says he fights out of the Lion's Den, in Idaho - which sounds right.

http://fcfighter.brinkster.net/fighter. ... rID=243823 (http://fcfighter.brinkster.net/fighter.asp?FighterID=243823)

RP-in-Nebraska

07-31-2006, 10:01 AM

Those pictures certainly look like him.

Denmom

07-31-2006, 09:55 PM

I heard, not sure if it is true, but that Rick Cook from Wentzville was doing some kind of UFC or MMA fighting. But not really sure. You know how people talk. Maybe he really just got in a fight. lol

skuller

08-01-2006, 02:06 PM

there are many ex wrestlers fighting now. Deryck Ripley and LC Davis former MO Valley wrestlers fight pro in the KC area. Many more wrestlers are in traingin

Wolf

08-01-2006, 10:19 PM

Rick Cook has fought 2 or 3 times and looked damn good .I think lucket is fighting in a week or 2 in arnold.

Flinch

08-02-2006, 12:03 PM

Mike Whitehead....... he wrestled for Mizzou I believe.

fudge tunnel

08-02-2006, 12:16 PM

Mike Whitehead was actually on an old card that Ray Routh fought on back in '01.

08-15-2006, 02:54 PM

Woodley is fighting in STL this Friday night. At Two Hearts Banq. Ctr in South County, not far from Lindbergh High School. About 10 bouts with possibly 2 kick boxing bouts. seats are 25.00, 35.00, and 45.00. For ticket info call 636-349-6409.

oldtimer

08-15-2006, 02:58 PM

08-15-2006, 03:02 PM

Maybe, but I happen to be his biggest fan! I did hear that he (and they) get a cut of the gate. Come on...........money well spent. :)

oldtimer

08-15-2006, 03:04 PM

Maybe, but I happen to be his biggest fan! I did hear that he (and they) get a cut of the gate. Come on...........money well spent. :)

Will if it was in KC, I consider......But, it cost $70 to fill the truck up!

Whatever happened to those WWF matches,,,,,you could get in and see 5 or 6 matches of $10.

MG_Grievous

08-18-2006, 01:10 PM

Let us know how it turns out, bb.

And by the way, how's your summer going you old granny? :)

08-19-2006, 08:46 AM

It was freakin' awesome! Tyron was the main event and WELL worth the wait. Not to take anything away from the other fighters ( I could NEVER do what they do) but there was no comparison. He was polished, ready, confident and freakin' awesome. (think I said that already!) He took him to the mat 3 or so times. Finally on the last time up, he just stood there with that LOOK on his face, put his fists up near his face, took a quick step in and BOOM. A right that laid this guy out like a pancake. I can't begin to tell you how hard and quick he hit him. I shouldn't be surprised, he just did what I've always know him to be able to do. Do it right and do it well. The place went wild. I have NO voice this morning! (I know, MG, that's probably a good thing) What a night. Can't wait for the next one. Oh yea.........MG, the summer has been good. Just finished officiating at the end of June, and ready to get back out there. This old granny is doing FINE!

Mark Bader

08-19-2006, 09:45 AM

Nice recap Barb, that is pretty much exactly how it went. It was a great night of fighting, and the main event was definitely the best fight and the only KO of the night. Matt Hughes was there making an appearance and signing autographs. There were a number of other wrestling faces in the crowd like Raymond Jordan, Chandler, Whelan and Espinoza just to name a few. Of course Mamma Wood and family were there and loud, but the whole place was loud. I would encourage any wrestling fans to get out to one of these fights when they come around again because it is very intense and exciting.

Denmom

08-19-2006, 06:58 PM

Is there a link that we can find upcoming events? I haven't been going onto this MMW thread and so we didn't know about the fight. Or would have possible went.

If anyone knows were we can find a link to find out any fights in the future, please let me know.

mrvcfan

08-20-2006, 10:24 AM

http://www.iscfmma.com is one place you can go.

JBaker

08-30-2006, 02:34 PM

Jason High has been fighting as a pro in Iowa

oldtimer

08-30-2006, 02:48 PM

fighting as a pro in Iowa

That could mean alot of things!

Deryck Ripley

09-01-2006, 09:29 AM

Whats up Baker?

And yeah Jason has been doing really well. I'm pretty sure he is 3-0 as a pro now.

JBaker

09-01-2006, 12:38 PM

Yea, he said he thinks his next fight is in October

how are you doing Derek? You still training at the Acadamy?

Warren Haynes

09-28-2006, 12:51 AM

Brian Sanguinet and Todd Feager each won their fights this past saturday. Wasn't able to make it to them, but from what i was told, Todd won by referee's stoppage in something like thirty seconds.

The Godfather

09-29-2006, 12:22 PM

Brian Sanguinet and Todd Feager each won their fights this past saturday. Wasn't able to make it to them, but from what i was told, Todd won by referee's stoppage in something like thirty seconds.

Where did they fight? And, out of curiousity...where did you find this information? I know there are alot of shows around here with local guys, but I never know about them so I haven't attended, but would really like to.

Warren Haynes

09-29-2006, 12:24 PM

they fought at the stratford inn. The only way i knew about it is that todd is a buddy of mine. I didnt know sanguinet was fighting until I saw the results here.
http://www.finneyskickboxing.com/main.htm

The Godfather

09-29-2006, 12:25 PM

Tito Santana

09-29-2006, 01:21 PM

Does anyone know if Jason Teeman has fought recently or is fighting soon? Last I heard he was doing really well locally (KC). But like Godfather I never know ehen and where any of the fights are.

obnoxio

09-29-2006, 03:03 PM

Sounds like ____ty way to earn a living...

The Godfather

09-30-2006, 12:41 AM

____ty

:shock:

wrestlersmom2

10-15-2006, 08:50 PM

Teeman hurt his foot and has been out for awhile. Sounds like he's back to training but not got a fight planned any time soon. I think he's wanting to fight pro and not amateur. Here's some sites to check out the KC area fights. http://www.truefightfan.com http://www.cavemanmmacrew.com http://www.adrenalineextremecombat.com. To find fight records that are pretty accurate for all levels of fighters go for http://www.fcfighter.com

wrestlersmom2

10-16-2006, 06:09 PM

Jason Teeman has a rematch against Dominic Brown at Whiskey Tango on Nov 3. It should be a good one since it went to decision the first time.

Tito Santana

10-16-2006, 08:12 PM

How do you get tickets?

wrestlersmom2

10-17-2006, 02:35 AM

You can get tickets at the door.

Tito Santana

10-17-2006, 07:33 AM

wrestlersmom2

10-17-2006, 07:43 AM

Oh sorry. $25 for general admission although we bought tickets from a fighter outside and there were $20. His error or an advance price maybe? Don't know. November 3rd, doors open at 5:30, fights usually start around 7:30 or 8:00.

Fight Card
Matt Cox vs Jason Ramey
Dominic Brown vs Jason Teeman
Brian Oxner vs Jody Van Sickle
Eric Marriott vs TBA
Roy Babcock vs TBA
Kyle Miller vs TBA
Drew Shippy vs TBA
plus possible 7 more fights not determined yet

Thought you might recognize some of the names.

wrestlersmom2

10-23-2006, 02:56 AM

I should have known better than to post a fight card so early. Teeman is off now. I don't know why but I heard it was his choice. Thought I'd let you know in case that was the only reason you were planning to attend.

studhwt

10-23-2006, 02:42 PM

kasey burch and jake whitener fight as well....they both used to wrestle varsity for farmington...i seen them fight at outlaws in farmington

MMAstyles

10-25-2006, 10:02 AM

Mike Whitehead wrestled for Missouri.

He's taking on legend Mark Kerr in the IFL Superfight on Nov 2nd in Portland.

Louden

10-25-2006, 10:05 AM

MMAstyles

10-30-2006, 12:35 PM

Mike Whitehead wrestled for Missouri.

He's taking on legend Mark Kerr in the IFL Superfight on Nov 2nd in Portland.

If Kerr can get his sh!t together he should walk through Whitehead. However Kerr hasn't had it together in a long time...

He may be able to, he's training with Bas Rutten in LA. Saw that in this article....

The Weekly Tapout: Kerr's IFL comeback
Dave Doyle / FOXSports.com

Mark Kerr is OK with how he was portrayed in the 2002 documentary The Smashing Machine, which was shot during the height of a drug addiction that derailed his mixed-martial arts career when he should have reached his peak.

Mixed Martial Arts on FSN

While others cower in fear of MMA, FOX Sports Net and FOXSports.com give fight fans the action and info you want. Check out the IFL and PRIDE on FSN:

"The person I was in the movie, that might be a tough thing to look back at and it isn't comfortable," said the former NCAA wrestling champ at Syracuse University. "That's where I was then."

But Kerr, the tournament winner at Ultimate Fighting Championship 14 and 15 in 1997, doesn't want the film to be his final image for the general public.

"I have a kid now," said the 37-year old Kerr, a Phoenix resident. "I have a two-year old son. That just changes your perspective on everything. Once you have responsibility for someone else's life you become a whole lot less self-centered. I've been clean, I've been off drugs for four years now."

With his head clear, Kerr is ready to give fighting another shot. Kerr will have just his second match in the past five years and his first in the United States in eight years when he takes on Utah's Mike Whitehead in the Superfight co-main event of the International Fight League show next Thursday at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Ore.

"The thing is, it isn't even that I want to go out on top," said Kerr. "It is that I still want to compete and know I still have a place in MMA. I just know that I feel good and I feel healthy and I feel like I have a good four, five, six fights left in me."

Like many who broke into mixed martial arts in the 1990s, Kerr got into the sport as a way to make some money while continuing his wrestling training. Kerr blitzed his way through a Vale Tudo tournament in Brazil in 1997; then tore through the competition in the UFC, winning his two fights at UFC 15 in a total of 1 minute, 10 seconds.

But the bottom dropped out on the MMA business in the U.S. as UFC when politicians and ignorant media portrayals helped force the sport off cable television. So Kerr went to Japan and continued to dominate in PRIDE, where he had six wins and a no-contest before finally losing a fight in 2000.

"You have to go where the money is," said Kerr. "UFC ran in to trouble under the old ownership and couldn't pay for the top talent, and PRIDE started taking off really big."

Somewhere along the way, Kerr fell into the clutches of addiction, which deepened at the same time he had a camera crew following his every move for a documentary. The end results weren't pretty, but they also helped him get his life back together.

"Sometimes I do stop and think about whether I want to use the past as a motivation," said Kerr. "You want to live for today and you don't want to use something from your past as a negative motivation, but to some extent I have to admit that yes, I do think about the string of losses I had and how I wasn't fighting at my best and that's not how I want to go out."

While still coping with his personal issues, Kerr lost four out of his last five fights in PRIDE. Kerr knows MMA is a fast-moving sport and what worked yesterday might not work today. He says this is part of the challenge of getting back in shape.

"The motivation really is simply of having a goal, and something to fight for, and the whole structure of getting up and training every day and knowing this will all pay off in the end," he said. "I love fighting. Fighting isn't a problem. That's fun. It was getting back into the hardcore training that took some time. My first month I started training, I can't even come up with a cute phrase for this, it just sucked. I'm 37. There were days I'd get done and I'd ache from head to toe and just think 'what the hell am I doing?'"

But training with Bas Rutten and his Los Angeles Anacondas, who are also competing on Nov. 2, helped bring him around.

"At some point it all came back together, and I started to feel like I'm in my groove again," he said. I'm back training with Bas and his boys, and it's really got me going again. … I'm a wrestler and I always will be, but if you step away from MMA for awhile, the sport evolves and moves so fast that I know I need to learn new things and keep up if I'm going to keep pace. Now, if I go out, and I find that I can't keep up, can't move fast enough to block a punch, can't move like I used to, then yeah, I'll step aside and walk away. But I have to find out for myself."

The IFL show also features the semifinals of the World Team Championships, as the Anacondas take on Matt Lindland's hometown Portland Wolf Pack and Pat Miletich's Quad City Silverbacks go up against Carlos Newton's Toronto Dragons. Also, Daniel Gracie challenges Allen Goes in an added attraction. Go here for the full fight card.

wrestlersmom2

11-27-2006, 08:51 PM

Just thought I'd let you all know. Fights at Whiskey Tango in Grain Valley, Dec 1. The fight card is on http://www.truefightfan.com. Not sure how many of them are former wrestlers since I'm not from the area. Ticket info is there too.

obiefan

09-06-2007, 01:17 PM

Blue Springs Alumni Wrestlers- Jason White and Andy Waters

biggiesmalls

09-07-2007, 11:18 AM

mike zaricor is doing pretty good. i think he might be undefeated

Tron

09-07-2007, 03:18 PM

Damien Jones 1-0 amature..

Retired

09-09-2007, 01:56 PM

John Ott (Blue Springs South/Blue Springs) was on the card for 2 fights at Whiskey Tango this last Friday. I couldnt make it to see if he won though. I think he had a record of 4-1 going into the fights.

Louden

09-10-2007, 09:17 AM

Former Lindenwood wrestler Nate James is pro and just beat former UFC fighter Justin Levens (0-2 UFC).

Jhambrick

09-11-2007, 05:09 PM

damien jones from carrloton is now ... and i think coach hough is helpin him out from what ive heard

Retired

09-12-2007, 10:25 AM

Tim Simms. I think he wrestled for William Chrisman and Blue Springs South.

MID-MO-MMA ricky

10-18-2007, 10:04 PM

Alex Clemsen from Moberly Missouri fought on my promotion Mid-Mo-Mma back on June 23rd. You can check out pics of it at http://www.mid-mo-mma.com

Cutbirth

10-20-2007, 07:44 PM

Tim Simms. I think he wrestled for William Chrisman and Blue Springs South.

Danny Tims is who you are thinking of and he is 16-2 as an amateur, won the amateur world championship tournament, current United States Champion, World Series of Rumble Champion, Caveman Battles Champion, True Fight Fan Champion, and is currently ranked #1 by the iscf. He will be going pro in November as he has entered a pro tournament that will be in the Kansas City area. He has gone through a lot in his young life, but has himself back in high school with all A's & B's, has his own house, has a job, and has a goal to go to college next year. For all those stories of people you see go down the wrong road and never recovering...this is a good story of someone who realizes where he was and making the decision to make corrections.

COMOGUY

11-12-2007, 10:44 PM

Brian Sanguinet and Ben Brown from Lafayette, Brandon Barger and Mike Johnson from Marquette, and Mark Wahl ex Mizzou wrestler are a few that come to mind that i've seen fight.

COMOGUY

11-12-2007, 10:47 PM

Pretty sure Barger and Johnson are both fighting in Columbia MO on the 30th

CoachLinhart

11-13-2007, 06:48 AM

Where are fights being held in Columbia on the 30th???

who cares

11-13-2007, 09:02 AM

I noticed some familiar names listed on iscfmma.com

Devon Feager (Fox, LU)170
Nixdorf (Blue Springs) 170
Joe Wheeler (Blue Springs South) 145
Tyler Hubbard (Blue Springs, Wartburg) 145
Wade Kilgore (CMSU) 155
Fritz Rouse (Fox) 170??
Jasone Moreno (LU) 145

Most of these guys didn't have records, but were listed as fight eligible.

THere is a video of Rouse on Youtube winning by a brutal ko at the Scottrade Center. I think there is a video of Sanguneit too.

Even More notable is former Hazelwood Central wrestler Mike Corey who was fighting in the IFL @ 155. I heard he is fighting this weekend at the Viking in South County. THere is also a video of him on Youtube

Warren Haynes

11-13-2007, 09:08 AM

MID-MO-MMA ricky

11-14-2007, 06:55 PM

The champion of Mid-mo-mma's 135 pound weight class is Josh Phillips who is a former highschool wrestler from Sedalia. http://www.mid-mo-mma.com

SFC185

11-20-2007, 04:03 PM

Springfield Fight Club has some former MO Wrestlers fighting amatuer

Zak Cummings- 6-0, Glendale in Springfield, and Meramec
Michael Johnson- 3-0, Marquette, and Meramec
Brian Pearman- 3-3, FZW, and MO Bap

for more info on fighters check out http://www.springfieldfightclub.com

wrestlersmom2

11-25-2007, 09:05 AM

Add Kyle Rogers from Kirksville to the list.

MID-MO-MMA ricky

11-26-2007, 07:33 PM

Sorry I forgot Kyle Rogers is Mid-Mo-Mmma 155 pound champ!

Liberator Coach

12-20-2007, 09:51 AM

Kyle Swadley two time state medalist from Camdenton is 2-0 fighting someplace in Lebanon.

SFC185

12-26-2007, 02:47 PM

Michael Johnson of Marquette is now 5-0 amatuer, he is also the Midwest Fight League 155lbs champion and the Xtreme Fighting Championships 155lbs champ. I believe Johnson will be making his Pro debut early in the new year.

Zak Cummings of Springfield Glendale is now 6-0 amatuer and the Midwest Fight League 185lbs Champ, He made is Professional debut in the Triton Fighting Championships at the Ameristar Casino winning by un. dec. against an unbeaten Ron Jackson from Kansas City. Zak Cummings will be making his next pro appearance along with teammate Michael Johnson Feb. 1st in Springfield, MO at the Shrine Mosque.

For more information about these fighters, check out http://www.springfieldfightclub.com