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Sportfight XX - "The Homecoming" Preview

Press Release from the Rose Quarter


OREGON FIGHTERS BRING IT ALL HOME TO THE ROSE GARDEN IN SPORTFIGHT XX

THE HOMECOMING
TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Who: Sportfight XX ● Homecoming
When: Sat, October 27, 2007 ● 7:30p
Where: Rose Quarter - Rose Garden - Portland, Oregon

Tickets: Tickets are priced at $132.00, $48.00, $32.00, $22.00 and can be purchased at the Rose Quarter Box Office (M-F 10a-5p), all participating Safeway/ Tickets West outlets, by calling 877.789.ROSE (7673), or at ComcastTIX.com. For more information please visit RoseQuarter.com. Prices do not include service charges. To receive event notices, pre-sale opportunities, discounts and prizes join our free Rose Quarter CyberClub at RoseQuarter.com.

What: Portland's own Olympic silver medalist and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) star, Matt "The Law" Lindland and his partner and five-time UFC Champion Randy "The Natural" Couture are proud to bring Sportfight back to the Rose Garden for a night of unparalleled mixed martial arts fights on Saturday, October 27 at 7:30p.

BodogFIGHT Presents Sportfight XX: Homecoming features a collection of Oregon's top mixed martial arts athletes and veterans of some of the world's premiere combat sports organizations, including the UFC, BodogFIGHT and the International Fight League. 

In the main event, West Linn's Chael Sonnen, (18-8-0), takes on Kyacey Uscola, (13-8-0), from Boise, Idaho, in a middleweight showdown. Meanwhile, Portland's Chris "The Professor" Wilson, (13-3), faces UFC veteran Derrick Noble, (21-9-1), of Minneapolis, Minn., in a welterweight face-off.

Sonnen and Wilson represent the Gresham-based Team Quest Fight Club, the nation's preeminent mixed martial arts training facility.


Sportfight XX Homecoming fight card 
Main event 
Middleweight
Chael Sonnen, (20-8-1), Team Quest Fight Club/West Linn, OR vs. Kyacey Uscola, (13-9), Primal Tribe Fight Club/Boise, ID 

Co-Main Event
Welterweight
Chris "The Professor" Wilson, (13-3), Team Quest Fight Club/Beaverton, OR vs. Derrick Noble (22-9-1), Silverback Vale Tudo/Canton, IL 

Lightweight
Enoch "The Animal" Wilson, (12-4-1), Oregon Judo and Jiu-jitsu/Tigard, OR vs. Gerald "The Finishing Machine" Strebendt, (8-6), NW Training Center/Springfield, OR 

Welterweight
Mike Dolce, (4-3), Team Quest Fight Club/Gresham, OR vs. Michael Pierce, (4-0), Braveheart Gym/Gresham, OR 

Middleweight
"Judo" Jon Krohn, (7-1), Team Quest Fight Club/Portland, OR vs. Cory Devela, (5-1), Victory Athletics/Yelm, WA 

Featherweight
Ian Loveland, (14-7), Team Quest Fight Club/Portland, OR vs. Andy Lukesh, (7-1), Impact Jiu-jitsu & Straightblast Gym/Beaverton, OR

Heavyweight
Josh Bennett, (2-0), Team Quest Fight Club/Vancouver, WA vs. George Slater, (2-0), Victory Athletics/Olympia, WA 

Featherweight
Will Shutt, (5-3), Oregon Jiu-jitsu/Beaverton, OR vs. Eddie Dahlen, (3-0), Braveheart Gym/Gresham, OR

Middleweight
Tyson Griffin, (9-1), Team Quest Fight Club/Troutdale, OR vs. Josh Burnham, (3-3), Oregon Jiu-jitsu/Beaverton, OR

Lightweight
Dave Jansen, (4-0), Team Quest Fight Club/Portland, OR vs. Dennis Parks, (4-0), Armstrong Martial Arts/Camas, WA

Heavyweight
Andy Eiccholz, (6-2), St. Andrews Gym/Pendleton, OR vs. Travis Bell, (4-2), Victory Athletics/Rochester, WA

Welterweight
Nathan Coy, (0-0), Team Quest Fight Club/Portland, OR vs. TBA


Rose Quarter 
The Global Spectrum-managed Rose Quarter in Portland, OR, includes 20,000-seat Rose Garden, 12,000-seat Memorial Coliseum, 6,500-seat Theater of the Clouds, 40,000-square foot Exhibit Hall and the Rose Quarter Commons. Home to the NBA Portland Trail Blazers, the NLL Portland LumberJax, and the WHL Winter Hawks, the Rose Garden is a $262 million multi-purpose arena that opened in the fall of 1995. The Winter Hawks also play in Memorial Coliseum, which opened in 1960 and served as the original home of the Trail Blazers. Memorial Coliseum is attached to 40,000-square foot Exhibit Hall and seven meeting rooms. The Commons, Portland's largest outdoor public plaza, connects the Rose Garden and the Memorial Coliseum and can accommodate up to 5,000 people for outdoor events. Ovations Food Services is the official food and beverage concessionaire for the Rose Quarter. The Rose Garden is owned by Portland Arena Management LLC.

Global Spectrum, the fastest growing firm in the public assembly facility management field with more than 45 facilities throughout the United States and Canada, manages the Rose Quarter in Portland, Oregon. The Philadelphia-based company is part of one of the world's largest sports and entertainment firm Comcast-Spectacor, which also owns the Wachovia Center and Wachovia Spectrum, the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association, the Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League, Flyers Skate Zone, a series of community ice skating rinks, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, a regional sports programming network, Ovations Food Services, a food and beverage services provider, New Era Tickets, a full-service ticketing and marketing product for public assembly facilities, and Front Row Marketing Services, a commercial rights sales company. Comcast-Spectacor owns three minor league baseball teams - the Bowie Baysox, the Delmarva Shorebirds and the Frederick Keys - all affiliates of the Baltimore Orioles.


 

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