Two bits of DC area MMA news in 24 hours...I thought it was impossible. I don't know how this one slipped by me but apparently the DC area will host another mixed martial arts event on December 13th at the DC Armory. The show is called "Battle at the Nation's Capital" and is being put on by District Combat Productions.
Admittedly, I have never heard of District Combat Productions but a visit to their website and Sherdog.com's announcement of the event actually gave me some good insight. First of all, the promotion is brand new and founded by Geoff Dawson, owner of Bedrock Management and Jonathan Reff, an Olympic Taekwondo fighter and trainer at Somafit in DC. (Note: For those familiar with the DC area, Bedrock Mgmt owns Buffalo Billiards and Atomic Billiards near the Uptown). http://bizjournalshire.com/washington/stories/2006/05/22/story7.html
In general, this event is unlikely to be at the same level as the UWC events but fight card does feature a few interesting fighters most of whom are either unproven or new to the sport, such as former Cornell wrestler John Cholish. The one name that did stick out to me right away was Paul Bradley. Bradley is a former Ohio State wrestler (apparently was dirrty) and a contestant on season 7 of The Ultimate Fighter (ended July '08) who won his first fight but was eventually forced off the show after a contagious rash was discovered on his neck.
Tickets for the event are available at ticketmaster.com and range from $30-175. I will most likely be back in DC by the 13th, so I definitely plan to attend. Hopefully it will be possible to get some of the better tickets for cheap outside the armory but I don't know for sure. I will definitely write more about this event in the coming weeks as I learn more about it, so stay tuned.
Also, thanks to Zack and Claire who first told me about this event the other day and proved that I don't know shit haha.
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