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Monday, May 07, 2007

Kampmann out of UFC 72 main event

Martin Kampmann, who was scheduled to face Rich Franklin in a battle of middleweight contenders at UFC 72 has pulled out due to a knee injury.

No word on a replacement. This thins a UFC card which in terms of name recognition was already lacking.

Labels: Martin Kampmann, Mixed Martial Arts, Rich Franklin, UFC, UFC 72

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Thursday, April 05, 2007

Rich Franklin to face Martin Kampmann in Ireland on June 16

You can read all of the details of the Sherdog.com report by clicking here

It is not clear if this will be a pay per view or special for SpikeTV. Add this show to the June schedule and it is another quite busy month.

Labels: Martin Kampmann, Mixed Martial Arts, Rich Franklin, UFC, UFC 72

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Casey Trowbridge - OC Times Editor and Ace reporter/Columnist/Predictions Coordinator

As Editor and Ace reporter, Casey is responsible for posting a majority of news you see on the Times, as well as writing opinion pieces for Older Shows, such as his iMPACT Analysis Columns of past TNA Pay Per View Events. He also provides live round-by-round coverage for Major MMA Events, and running opinion pieces on TNA and WWE Pay Per Views. Casey is the coordinator for all of the Roundtable predictions columns that are a popular Times feature and contributes his own predictions to those columns. E-mail the Editor

Euan Taylor - OC Chief of Wackiness and All Things Nomadic/columnist
In edition to news posts, Euan is in charge of the wackiness division featuring his columns "Wandering Euan's Eutube Extravaganza", and "This Week in Wrestling Pergatory". Also Euan reviews a wide variety of Wrestling/MMA Events in his "Nomadic Review" Column. If that's not enough, Euan also oversees production of Roundtable Previews in edition to making his own predictions. E-mail the head of the Department of Wackiness
Wade Wallenstein - OC Show Reports and Play-by-play editor/columnist
Wade does wrestling play-by-play for shows Including WWE Raw, TNA iMPACT and TNA/WWE Pay Per View Events. Wade also prepares the columns that simulate upcoming Mixed Martial Arts Pay Per View Events and posts news items. Wade also contributes Predictions for all major Wrestling and MMA Pay Per View events and major Television shows. E-mail the head of the Show Reports Division
Art Shimko - OC art department head/Reporter/Columnist
Whereas, most of what Casey posts in the way of news deals with the more nationally known wrestling companies, Art has a greater knowledge of the Independant Wrestling Scene, especially in the North Eastern United States. Art also contributes predictions for all major Wrestling and MMA Pay Per View Events and select Major TV shows. It is also not unreasonable to consider Art the head of the OC Times art department, as he's our graphics man. E-mail
Ric Gillespie - OC Chief of general laziness
Ric Primarily works for his own website, CanvasChronicle.com but he does oversee the production of some of the Predictions Roundtables and is also a pretty frequently sited source of OC Times News. All of this and he still finds time to complain and be lazy a large part of the day. E-Mail Ric CanvasChronicle.com
Scott Liedle - Predictions Columnist Contributor
Scott Provides picks for all major Wrestling and MMA Pay Per View Events and Major TV shows. E-Mail Scott
Marcus Erickson - Predictions Columnist Contributor
Marcus Provides predictions for all Wrestling and MMA pay Per View events and major TV specials.
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