...OH, ONE MORE THING - PLEASE BOOKMARK US & VISIT DAILY!
By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
MMA fans in North America looking for a fix this weekend have a couple of choices. If you've got HDNet, you can stay awake late tonight to catch DREAM 15 live, or you can tune in tonight beginning at 9:30PM ET to GoFightLive.TV for an internet pay-per-view broadcast of Tachi Palace Fights 5: Stars and Strikes.
Featuring a number of former UFC and WEC fighters, including former WEC Lightweight Champion "Razor" Rob McCullough in the main event, Tachi Palace Fights 5 is available for $9.95. The fight card also features infamous Ultimate Fighter competitor War Machine in his final fight before reporting to jail for a one year sentence.
The full night's fight card with weigh-in results is below:
• Isaac De Jesus (159) vs. Rob McCullough (160)
• David Mitchell (170) vs. Poppies Martinez (170) - (Welterweight Title)
• John Alessio (169.8) vs. War Machine (173.2)*
• Cole Escovedo (135) vs. Michael McDonald (134.6) - (Bantamweight Title)
• Lenny Lovato (154.6) vs. Gabe Ruediger (154.4) - (Lightweight Title)
• David Kaplan (159.4) vs. Dominique Robinson (159)
• Stephen Abas (132) vs. Joey De La Cruz (134.2)
• David Bollea (155.2) vs. Cody Gibson (150.8)
• Drew Bittner (135.8) vs. Francisco Loredo (136)
Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
(mmatorcheditor@gmail.com)
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