(PRESS RELEASE) -- NEW YORK, New York – Cage Fury FightingChampionships (www.cffc.tv), the first Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)promotion in history to adopt instant replay in New Jersey Stateseven years ago, will also be the first to bring it back to TheGarden State, at its world championship quadruple-header eventheadlined by a welterweight (170 pounds) title showdown betweenundefeated, reigning champion JonavinWebb (7-0) of Marlton, N.J. and superstar Lyman Good(16-3) of New York, N.Y., live on pay-per-view on Saturday,November 1 from the Borgata Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City.
“Athletes who compete in MMA and boxing are certainly deserving ofhaving errors corrected, right then and there, like other athletesin other sports that use instant replay,” said New Jersey StateAthletic Control (NJSAC) Board Commissioner Larry Hazzard, anInternational Boxing Hall of Fame member who, as commissioner in2001, helped draft the Unified Rules of MMA and played a centralrole in New Jersey’s adoption of MMA as a regulated sport thatyear.
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“MMA and boxing are elite professional sports,” continued Hazzard,“as well as individual sports where young men and women rarely geta second opportunity at the big chance so, if you have a refereewho makes an error in a world championship fight and it costs theathlete a title, that athlete rarely gets another opportunity,unlike in team sports.
“We are excited to usher in a new era in the sport of MMA in NewJersey with the restoration of instant replay, thanks toCommissioner Hazzard, who has been one of MMA’s biggest advocatesfor many years as well as a tremendous leader in combative sports,”said CFFC President Rob Haydak. “With the use of instant replay,all CFFC athletes can receive a fair shake in competition in ourcage.”
During Hazzard’s initial tenure as commissioner, CFFC, under itsprevious ownership, was also the first MMA promotion in New JerseyState history to adopt instant replay at its third-ever live eventon Jan. 19, 2007.
Following Hazzard’s return to the role of commissioner last month,NJSAC Board members voted on Oct. 16 to restore the use of instantreplay at MMA events.
Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC) 43 will be distributed at aprice point of $19.95 in The United States by Go Fight Live (GFL),in association with Integrated Sports Media, for live viewing,beginning at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST on November 1, both on cable viaiN DEMAND, as well as online at www.gfl.tv.
In the co-main event, two furious, aggressive-minded finishers inRonald “Choirboy” Stallings (12-4) of Belcamp, M.D. and Tim “TheSouth Jersey Strangler” Williams (9-1) of Millville, N.J. will faceoff for the vacant CFFC world middleweight (185 pounds) crown. Todate, both fighters have claimed all of their professionalvictories by way of (T)KO or submission.
In other world championship action on the live televised main card,Jimmie “El Terror” Rivera (14-1) of Elmwood Park, N.J. will look tosecure his 14th consecutive victory when he collides with fellowstar Anthony “The Death Dealer” Durnell (11-3) of Pittsburgh, Penn.for the vacant CFFC bantamweight (135 pounds) crown. Durnell isaiming for his 4th straight win.
CFFC World Heavyweight Champion and heavy-handed KO artist Zu “The8th Wonder of the World” Anyanwu (7-2) will put his strap on theline against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu brown belt Plinio Cruz(6-5) and, in the first live, televised bout, rising stars Jonathan“The Devastaor” DelBrugge (5-1) of Ellicott City, M.D. and JordanStiner (8-1) of Hatfield, Penn. will lock horns in alightweight (155 pounds) contest.
A live pre-show featuring six preliminary card bouts will begin at6 p.m. EST/3 p.m. PST, and will be available exclusively online atwww.gfl.tv.
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