steverowbotham Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 (edited) As many of you know, my brother has been fighting mixed martial arts for the past 2 years. After compiling a 78-8 record in high school wrestling, an OFSAA gold medal and a National Greco-Roman Championship, he needed something else to take up his time. After going 6-0 in amateur MMA competition, he has had some struggles as a professional, losing his debut by SPLIT decision to Tim Smith, who is undefeated in 4 bouts since. In his second pro fight, he defeated the hometown favourite Mike Zvonick by armbar at 2:14 of round number 1. In his 3rd pro fight, he took on a monster of a man in undefeated KEto Allen, and after a great first round, he succumbed to a hard kick to the liver in round 2 and was forced to submit, something he said was one of the hardest decisions he ever made. We are T-minus 5 days from his return to the cage as he looks to defeat Lethbridge's Neil Berry at RITC 33 in Lethbridge, AB. Wish him the best of luck in the fight, and the weight cutting! UPDATE It's fight night. Mike's the Co-Main Event, and it should happen around 10:00pm MTN so 12:00am EST. I will update this with results. Mike made weight at 186lbs while his opponent weighed in at 184.5 lbs. Below is the weigh-in pic Edited January 24, 2009 by steverowbotham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironstone74 Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Cool man, he'll be in the UFC in no time!!! UFC 105 in Toronto??? Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverowbotham Posted January 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Cool man, he'll be in the UFC in no time!!! UFC 105 in Toronto??? Paul LOL. hes got a ways to go before that will happen, and we definitely wont be seeing the UFC in Toronto that soon, although it would be nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricoboxing Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 there will never be a UFC in ontario as long as Ken Hayashi is the ON Athletics Commissioner!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggyj Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Thats right!. No UFC here for a long time. Best of luck to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coreyL Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 thats pretty cool man i dont think i would mess with him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinbanger Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 One tough dude ! Never have gotten into the unltimate fighting thing but hope he does well . TB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverowbotham Posted January 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 One tough dude ! Never have gotten into the unltimate fighting thing but hope he does well . TB I wasnt that into it either before he got into it. I watched a few events here and there, but now I have a true understanding of the sport. I cant recall my brother ever being in a streetfight, hes very disciplined, and he keeps in touch with all of his previous opponents. Being at 3 of his 9 events, I got to see a behind the scenes view of it. I expected everyone to be "angry bullies". Its the complete opposite, everyone is truely humble, very nice people. The angry kids dont have the discipline to last in a sport like this where one mistake can cost you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kulik Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Mma fighters are 100%athletes period, George St.Pierre was recentley voted sportnet athlete of the year! No other athlete in any other sport could even hope tp match the work ethic and discipline of MMA-alot of them come from wrestling and martial arts background and many have college degrees, I wish Mike the best Steve -I'll be cheering him on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigger Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Good luck to your brother Steve! It isn't easy when getting a paycheck means looking forward to a hard kick to the liver! And those guys hit HARD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverowbotham Posted January 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Good luck to your brother Steve! It isn't easy when getting a paycheck means looking forward to a hard kick to the liver! And those guys hit HARD. They certainly do! I made the mistake of allowing my brother to kick me in the thigh a couple months ago... lets just say I limped for the rest of the day and the bruise lasted almost a week, and I dont even think he went all out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBW Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 I hope he doesn't have to fight a buddy of mine any time soon... Sean Pierson, a fighter in the mma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Good news Brah. Must be nice to have him in your corner when turd hits the fan. Dang, I wish I had a brother. HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverowbotham Posted January 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 I hope he doesn't have to fight a buddy of mine any time soon... Sean Pierson, a fighter in the mma. Sean's a good fighter. I've seen him fight a few times now. He fights at 170 though, and until my bro makes that move down from 185, there's no chance of it happening. Although it would be a good fight between 2 good ground fighters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverowbotham Posted January 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 updated the orginal post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forrest Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 Does he have a showtime fighting motto? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clampet Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 Good news Brah. Must be nice to have him in your corner when turd hits the fan. Dang, I wish I had a brother. HD We're all brothers here. Now share yer toys, or I'm tellin' mom. MOM!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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