May 10th Martial Fury - Belterra Casino
So I had 3 months to prepare for this event.
Gregg Hupp, a good friend of mine whom I’ve trained with personally and have known for about 2 years handled the Amateur matchmaking for me. He did an amazing job and put together some great matchups. Gregg also handled a lot of the people that came up to me wanting various things through out the night. He really earned his keep. My ultimate goal for Gregg is to get him up to speed on all facets of running a promotion so that when we begin doing events in other markets, Greg can be the point man for those markets. If things go well the MMA Big Show will be doing events in various Pinnacle Casino locations such as Reno, Louisiana and other markets.
The main event was Mojo Horne (hometown Champion at 185lbs) and UFC Veteran Josh Haynes. Mojo simply dominated Josh during 3 rounds of torture. Josh simply couldn’t handle what Mojo brought to the cage and Mojo came out with a unanimous win by decision.
Overall, this event was so routine and fluid and with the aided marketing support from the Casino, the event was sold out before I even opened the doors. I had the new blue fight mat covered in sponsors and the show made our first real profit. Now I’m waiting for the casino to give me the rest of the dates for 2008 and we can really begin building some solid momentum.
Pictures coming soon of the event.
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