February 27th Absolute Fighting Championships #7
February 28th SUBMISSION WRESTLING OPEN 1

'This is a good weekend for a Florida road trip.' laughs AFC matchmaker Miguel Iturrate. 'We have two events, the AFC #7 is a full out Mixed Martial Arts event with an international card, and the SWO #1 is the first ADCC Submission Wrestling event in Florida's history. The Saturday event is also packed with top notch, international talent.'

Complete details for both events are listed below - not a weekend to be missed!

Tickets available at www.ticketmaster.com. Enter 'ABSOLUTE' for the event!

Absolute Fighting Championships #7
War Memorial Coliseum, Ft Lauderdale, FL.
Friday, February 27th, 2004
Doors Open 6:30 PM
Fighst Start: 7:30 PM

Doors Open: 6:30 pm / Fight Start: 7:30 pm

BEST PRICE ON TICKETS ANYWHERE:
GOLD CIRCLE: $35.00 / RINGSIDE: $25.00 - $35.00 / GENERAL ADMISSION: $15.00


FEBRUARY 27th, 2004 - AFC #7
Card Subject To Change:

3 RDS / 185 LBS: Marcel Ferreira (American TOP TEAM, Ft Lauderdale, FL.) v. Izuru Takeuchi (Pancrase, Tokyo, Japan)

3 RDS / 185 LBS: Jorge Santiago (American TOP TEAM, Ft Lauderdale, FL.) v. Takuya Wada (Pancrase, Tokyo, Japan)

3 RDS / 155 LBS: Edson Diniz (American TOP TEAM, Ft Lauderdale, FL) Hiroki Kotani (Tokyo, Japan)

2 RDS / 170 LBS: Thiago 'PITBULL' Alves (American TOP TEAM, Ft Lauderdale, FL) v. Nuri Shakir (Team ELITE, NH)

2 RDS / 185 LBS: Charles McCarthy (Freestyle Fighting Academy, Miami, FL.) v. David Bielkheden (Team Scandinavia, Stockholm, Sweden)

2 RDS / 205 LBS: Mark Tullius (Pires JJ, Las Vegas, NV.) v. Antony Rea (Toulouse, France)

2 RDS / 155 LBS: Gesias 'JZ' Calvancanti (American TOP TEAM, Ft Lauderdale, FL.) v. Justin Wisniewski (Duneland Vale Tudo, Portage, IN)

2 RDS / 185 LBS: Efrain Ruiz (Freestyle Fighting Academy, Miami, FL) v. Todd Carney (Freelance, West Virginia)

2 RDS / 170 LBS: Joakim Engberg (SHOOTERS Int'l, Gothenberg, Sweden) v. Landon Showalter (Pearson Systems, Seattle, WA)

2 RDS / 170 LBS: Sauli Heilimo (Team Scandinavia, Turku, Finland) v. Carlo Prater (Yves Edwards Thugjitsu, Houston, TX)

2 RDS / 155 LBS: James Edson Berto (Tiger's World, Orlando, FL) v. Scott Johnson (Freelance, Orlando, FL.)


SUBMISSION WRESTLING OPEN 1
Saturday, February 28th, 2004
North Broward Prep High School
7600 Lyons Road, Coconut Creek, Florida 33073
DOORS OPEN: 11:00 AM EST
START TIME: 1 PM EST

10 Minute SUPERFIGHTS:
(special weight 80 KG): Pablo Popovich (American TOP TEAM, Ft Lauderdale, FL) versus Marcelo Garcia (Gurghel JJ, Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Over 99 KG: Jeff Monson (American TOP TEAM, Ft Lauderdale, FL) versus Marcio 'Pe De Pano' Cruz (Gracie Barra, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

55-76.99 KG: Marcos Avellan (Freestyle Fighting Academy, Miami, FL) versus Otto Olson (AMC Pankration, Seattle, WA)

77-87.99 KG: Todd Margolis (Lloyd Irvin USA, Team Grapplers Quest, Camp Springs, Maryland) versus David Avellan (Freestyle Fighting Academy, Miami, FL)

Under 65.99 KG: Marcos 'Parumpinha' Meira (American TOP TEAM, Ft Lauderdale, FL) versus Katsuhiro Hirata (Japan Qualifier Champion, Tokyo, Japan)

Over 99 KG: Wade Rome (American TOP TEAM, Ft Lauderdale, FL) versus Rob Constance (Team Renzo Gracie, NY)

FEATURE TOURNAMENTS:
8 Man ABSOLUTE Tournament - (INVITATIONAL)


UNDER 65.99 KG: (145 LBS)
- Nobou Yagai (Grapplers Edge, CO) versus Mike Mrikulic (Royler Gracie/Dave Adiv USA, Team GQ, Montclair, NJ)
- Mike Cardoso (FFA, Miami, FL) versus Renato Tavares (ATT, Ft Lauderdale, FL)
ALT: Raphael Assuncao (Jacare, Atlanta, GA) v. TBD

66-76.9 KG: (169 LBS)
- Ricardo 'Teixhara' (FFA, Miami, FL) versus Raphael Diaz (ATT, Ft Lauderdale, FL)
- Eric Koble (Grapplers Edge, CO) versus Ryan Ellison (Jacare, Atlanta, GA)
ALT: Anthony Tolone (Orlando, FL) versus Chad Wagoner (Freelance, Kokomo, IN)

77-87.9 KG: (193.5 LBS)
- Ken Kronenberg (Tai Kai Machado USA, Team GQ, Syracuse, NY) versus Moacyr 'Boca' Oliveira (FFA, Miami, FL)
- Charles Mccarthy (FFA, Miami, FL) versus Beau Clark (Grapplers Edge, PA)
ALT: Chris Moriarty (Jacare, Atlanta, GA) v. TBD


INTERESTED IN TICKETS?:

'We have moved the event from te ATT school to North Broward Prep High School, two blocks away.' states the spokesman. 'This was done to accomodate more fans! We are going to be doing a 'special' on tickets, so that this event combined with the AFC #7 the day before will make for a HUGE weekend of MMA in SOuth Florida.' explains the spokesman.

Tickets will be sold at the door only. Ticket price is $10.

'As a special promotion, anyone that has a ticket stub from the AFC event the evening before will get $5 off - $5 to see the best grapplers in the world. Hope to see you all there!' concludes the spokesman.

Tickets available at www.ticketmaster.com. Enter 'ABSOLUTE' for AFC event!