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Kurt Angle Announced for MMA FanFest
By: ChrissiCalvert Date: October 28, 2015, 6:05 pm
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It’s True! It’s Damn True! – Bellator MMA signs Former WWE and
Current TNA Superstar Kurt Angle
Santa Monica (Oct. 28, 2015) – On November 5, combat sports fans
from all around the country will converge on the Dave & Busters
in Maryland Heights, Missouri for the “Official Bellator Fan
Fest,” where they can meet several of their favorite athletes
and receive photos and autographs.
Bellator officials announced today that TNA superstar, former
WWE superstar and Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle will join the
epic line up, which is already packed with star power the likes
of Kimbo Slice, Liam McGeary, Royce Gracie, Ken Shamrock and
Tito Ortiz.
WHAT:
Bellator Fan Fest at Dave & Buster’s
Fans of all ages are invited to Dave and Buster’s in Maryland
Heights, MO to meet and receive autographs from some of the
greatest and most popular MMA fighters of all time. Fans will
also have the opportunity to win tickets and great prizes, as
well as snap a photograph with the Bellator ring girls.
WHERE:
Dave & Buster’s
13857 Riverport Dr.
Maryland Heights, MO
WHEN:
Thursday, Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. CT
WHO:
Kurt Angle was a Pennsylvania High School State Champion
Wrestler, and an All-State linebacker on the Mt. Lebanon High
School Football team. The two-sport star pursued wrestling at
Clarion University’s D-1 program, where he collected a slew of
accolades including one National runner up, two National
Championships, three All-American honors, and countless
additional championships.
After college, Angle won gold at the FILA Wrestling World
Championships and began training for the 1996 Olympic games
under the tutelage of Dave Schultz at the Foxcatcher Club before
his highly publicized murder. After Schultz’s death, Angle would
leave Foxcatcher and join the Dave Schultz Wrestling Club in his
memory.
When the Olympic trials concluded, Angle had earned his spot to
compete in the Olympics, but suffered two fractures of his
cervical vertebrae, two herniated discs and four pulled muscles
in the process. With five months to rest and rehab, Angle would
win his Olympic gold medal in the 90-100 kg division.
After winning the gold, Angle parlayed his wrestling skills into
an amazing career in professional wrestling in several
organizations such as TNA, ECW, NWA, WCW, IGF and most notably
the WWF/WWE.
Angle is the only professional wrestler in history to have won
championships in WWE, WCW, TNA and IWGP, totaling an impressive
13 World Championships and 21 total championship belts. In 2010,
Dave Meltzer’s “Wrestling Observer Newsletter” named Angle the
“Wrestler of the Decade” for the 2000s.
There is only one Kimbo Slice. The unmistakable bearded brawler
achieved fame through a series of street fights that garnered
extreme levels of attention on YouTube. After parlaying his fame
into an MMA career, Kimbo exploded onto the scene and became one
of the sports most popular stars of all-time. Kimbo has been the
focal point of the first and third-most watched MMA fights in
the sport’s history. This past June in St. Louis, his fight
against Ken Shamrock shattered Bellator MMA’s viewership
records.
The first British World Champion in the history of MMA will
always be Liam McGeary. At 6’6 the towering fighter has achieved
notoriety around the world with his impressive skillset which
has seen him end fights with impressive knockout power as well
as jiu-jitsu prowess. Currently undefeated at 11-0, the future
is bright for the Bellator MMA Champion. Most recently, McGeary
defeated fellow Fan Fest participant Tito Ortiz in the main
event of the groundbreaking “Bellator MMA: Dynamite 1.”
The name Gracie is synonymous with MMA, and that is largely in
part to Royce Gracie, the man who is considered to have invented
the sport as we know it today. The winner of the first several
UFC events, Gracie would dismantle multiple opponents in a
single night, many of whom were much larger than him. For many
years there was no answer for the Gracie Jiu Jitsu technique
that he brought into a fight. Today, it’s hard to find an MMA
fighter who hasn’t trained in the art of jiu-jitsu.
Often referred to as “The Godfather” of MMA, Ken Shamrock is a
pioneer of the sport, and introduced an incredible brand of MMA
that helped shape the sport into what it is today. With
incredible suplexes and leg locks, “The World’s Most Dangerous
Man” always made for must-see TV. His heated rivalries with guys
like Royce Gracie and Tito Ortiz generated incredible buzz, and
helped popularize the sport. His fight with Tito Ortiz was at
one time the second-most watched MMA fight of all time.
“The People’s Champion” Tito Ortiz is a fan-favorite all over
the world. The former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion was one of
the toughest competitors in the cage. Utilizing his wrestling
background, Ortiz was a grinder who defended his title an
impressive five times. Always with a flare for the dramatic,
Ortiz had intense rivalries in the cage with guys like Ken
Shamrock, as well as outside the cage with UFC President Dana
White.
FIGHT INFO:
“Bellator 145” features two world title bouts. Patricio
“Pitbull” Freire (24-2) defends his featherweight strap against
Daniel Straus (23-6) and Will “Ill Will” Brooks (16-1) meets
submission specialist Marcin Held (21-3), with the 155-pound
belt on the line. The event will also feature a trio of Missouri
natives with Michael Chandler (13-3), who fights David Rickels
(16-3, 1 NC); heavyweight Bobby “The Dominator” Lashley (13-2)
who looks to avenge a previous loss on his record when he
finally meets James Thompson (20-14) in a rematch; and Justin
Lawrence (8-2) who meetsEmmanuel Sanchez (11-2).
Tickets for “Bellator 145,” which start at just $30, are on sale
now at Ticketmaster.com and at the Ford Box Office at Scottrade
Center. Doors for the event open at 5:00 p.m. CT local time, and
the first contest takes place one hour after.
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