A big congratulations goes out to MMACalifornia sponsored fighter Joe Vea for his win over Arby Magtibay (who was no slouch himself) at the PureCombat show last Friday night. This just goes to show that having MMACalifornia's logo on your ass = win.

We've got two videos off of YouTube below for your viewing pleasure. This first is from SutureMagazine.com and contains the full fight. The second is an interview with RingSports.com done after the fight. We always appreciate a good shout out.

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Sorry about the website downtime this morning/afternoon. We had some issues with the server, but all seems to be working fine at this point.

Photos from PureCombat: Bring the Pain are now up. All photos by Tony Rotundo (tonyrotundo@gmail.com). Please ask permission before using them elsewhere.

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Pre fight randomness:

We get an air arid siren to start the show, which fortunately don’t last too long.

The ring announcer is very enthusiastic and makes everything sound like the coming of the apocalypse. I worry that he’s going to loose his voice before the end of the show.

Before the first fight Steve Heath gets to do announcement, which can be paraphrased to: “Yea show in Stockton! Don’t fucking riot if I loose”.

Anthony Von Rekowski vs. Brandon Cash

Jesus, Brandon Cash is a large boy.

Round 1. Cash moves in quickly with punches before the fighters tie up. Cash pushes them up against the fence. The fighters exchange a few knees and grapple to the other side of the ring. Cash gets a takedown into half guard before being pushed back to full. Cash returns to standing, drops a few solid punches and returns to half guard. Pretty active fight for big guys so far.

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From the CSAC:

The public comment period for all proposed CSAC rule changes has now officially closed. Effective immediately, all documents pertaining to the change in rules will begin its final journey which includes stops at: The Legal Department of the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Budget Office of the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Legislative Review Office of the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Director's Office for the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Secretary's Office for the State and Consumer Services Agency, the Department of Finance, the Office of Administrative Law, and lastly, the Secretary of State.

The timeframe on these rules becoming law depends on how long the rules spend in each location but my best guess is July 1 coinciding with the start of the fiscal year.

The following rules are slated for adoption or amendment:

Rule 227 - Arbitration Procedures: Sets procedures for arbitration hearings.

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PFC Featherweight Title Fight
Fresno¹s Jorge Evangelista (7-2-1) defeated Oakdale¹s Art Arciniega (6-1) by
unanimous decision.

PFC Middlweight Title Fight
Santa Rosa¹s Nate Loughran (8-0) submitted Visalia¹s Kenny Ento (9-4) in
2:30 of the second round.

PFC Interim Bantamweight Title Fight
Porterville's Shawn Klarcyk (8-2) submitted Oregon¹s Jason Georgianna (7-3)
at 57 seconds of the second round.

PFC Lightweight Title Fight
Bakersfield¹s Brian Cobb (12-4) defeated Atlanta¹s Diego Saraiva (11-7-1) by
unanimous decision.

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Press Release:

Friday, June 6th, 2008, PURECOMBAT returns to the Visalia Convention Center with BOMBS AWAY! A night of hard hitting mixed martial arts action returns to downtown Visalia, CA with 10 full contact cage fights. The card is headlined by a Welterweight World Title defense. Champion Brett ‘Fudoshin’ Cooper takes on challenger Dustin ‘the Rooster’ Arden in a main event sure to be fight of the night.

In the main event, PURECOMBAT Welterweight World Champion Brett Cooper makes his first title defense against Terra Bella’s own Dustin ‘the Rooster’ Arden. Cooper is on a 3 fight win streak, including a win over Jason Von Flue in December, when he won the PURECOMBAT title in what Inside MMA called ‘the all-out war of the year’. The challenger, Arden, is known for his ‘never say die’ hyper-aggressive fighting style. He will come throwing bombs, looking to test Cooper’s concrete chin and immovable spirit.

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Press Release:

Do you have a beef with someone and tried everything to solve it but can’t? Did your best friend steal your girl? Did you have a falling out with your friend and have no way to solve it? Does someone you know trash talk you so much that you need to take him down?

Did someone you know make you so angry that you can’t stand to be in the same room with him?

If you can’t resolve your problem ANY other way and want to take it to the ring – we can help you out!!!

MMA Champion Tito Ortiz is going to train you to battle out your problems in the RING!!! We are looking for ALL SHAPES AND SIZES to walk into the ring and settle it once and for all!!!!

IF PICKED, YOU BOTH WILL RECEIVE $1000 EACH -- PLUS A BONUS FOR THE WINNER!!!

Both of you would need to come down and audition in our Hollywood studio, so you must live in Southern California!

CASTING Session is on SUNDAY MAY 4th, so please contact us ASAP!!!!!!

EMAIL Beatdowncasting@gmail.com with a phone number and picture.

Press Release:

LEMOORE, Ca. — The Palace Fighting Championship has recently added some significant fighters to its roster.
Four high-caliber fighters have signed contracts to compete in one of the top mixed martial arts promotions in the country.
Highlighting the group is Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Jake O’Brien (10-1) of Indiana. O’Brien was recently released from his UFC contract and PFC President Christian Printup wasted little time signing the heavyweight prospect, whose only loss is to UFC star Andrei Arlovski (12-5) at UFC 82 in March.
“We are very excited to bring in one of the most promising young heavyweights in the country. He’s proven himself at the sports highest level. He beat Heath Herring,” Printup said. “Jake is a great wrestler with solid boxing skills. A lot of people haven’t seen that, but we want to put him in some fights where he can show it. We want to thank Ken Pavia for making the deal work.”

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