Rumble 11 takes place on April 9th in Lethbridge, Alberta and currently has 14 fights on the card. One of the main events features Jay Day vs Krzysztof Soszynski in a rematch from 2003 when Day edged out a decision victory. Jay was 215 and Krzy 260 at the time but now both will be 215 for this fight. I get to judge the MMA fights and it should be a great show.

Pro Fights:

MMA 215lbs (3x5min)
Jason "Dooms" Day (4-4-0 CMC) vs Krzysztof Soszynski (10-2-0 Mundaruca)

MMA Welterweight (3x5min)
Jesse Bongfeldt (8-4-0 CMC) vs Kultar Gill (6-2-0 Gibson)

Muay Thai 135lbs
Justin Tavernini (CMC) vs Mike Lindquist (Miletich Fighting Systems)

Amateur Fights:

MMA 135lbs (2x5min)
Bob Machum (0-0-0 CMC) vs Ryan Williams (0-0-0 AFC)


MMA Light-Heavyweight (2x5min)
Brenden Anderson (0-0-0 CMC) vs Kevin Leclair (0-1-0 Gibson)

MMA Middleweight (2x5min)
Mike Neufeld (2-0-0 CMC) vs Brock Robinson (0-0-0 CFC)

MMA 140lbs (2x5min)
Anthony Stiffledean (0-0-0 Dragon MMA) vs Doug McCoomb (0-0-0 BDB)

MMA Light-Heavyweight (2x5min)
Sean Smith (2-1-0 CMC) vs Nick Perry (2-0-0 Gibson)

Women's Kickboxing 125 (3x2min)
Hollie Corbiere (CMC) vs Heidi Otterbien (Gibson)

MMA Heavyweight (2x5min)
Lee Larko (0-0-0 CMC) vs Zane Hagel (0-1-0 Snake Pit)


MMA Welterweight (2x5min)
John Laing (0-0-0 CMC) vs Dan Hryhorchk (0-0-0 Scheers)

MMA 140lbs (2x5min)
Tim Tamaki (2-4-0 CMC) vs John Louro (3-2-0 BDB)

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Damn, that's cool you get a show in your home town and you get to judge it.

We have 3 shows here. My club puts on two. The Rumble is the larger of the two, usually attentance is 1500-2000 and then Rites of Passage is a smaller event with about 400-500 people for designed for less experience fighters. Then the other club in town holds their event called Rage in the Ring. I can judge for the 2 events my club puts on since they are sanctioned by the Canadian Mixed Martial Arts Council (CMMAC) and I am a certified CMMAC official. Rage in the Ring is mostly a kickboxing event with a couple unsanctioned MMA fights. It's sweet because this event has 2 pro mma fights and I get paid $25 for each pro fight so I will be getting $50 to watch a night of MMA. Can't get any better than that.

My instructor, Lee Mein, is probably the best promoter in western Canada and one of the best in the country. He recently signed a deal with billionaire Ron Sakomoto (owns the Calgary Flames, rights to Shania Twain) to get a ppv deal with Bell and TSN. A new cage is being built for events to be held in Calgary and with the help of Bas Rutten an 8-man LHW tournament is in the works for next year with the winner getting a Pride contract. I heard him the other day about getting a new ring incase he can ever get a Pride Canada show going. His connections are insane and he has incredible business sense. Some of the best parts of training with him are just listening to him talk about things he is putting together or how a new deal just got done. Also hear alot of the bull**** that goes on in the sport. But Lethbridge is a wicked place to be for MMA and it only has a population of 70,000.

We have 3 shows here. My club puts on two. The Rumble is the larger of the two, usually attentance is 1500-2000 and then Rites of Passage is a smaller event with about 400-500 people for designed for less experience fighters. Then the other club in town holds their event called Rage in the Ring. I can judge for the 2 events my club puts on since they are sanctioned by the Canadian Mixed Martial Arts Council (CMMAC) and I am a certified CMMAC official. Rage in the Ring is mostly a kickboxing event with a couple unsanctioned MMA fights. It's sweet because this event has 2 pro mma fights and I get paid $25 for each pro fight so I will be getting $50 to watch a night of MMA. Can't get any better than that.

My instructor, Lee Mein, is probably the best promoter in western Canada and one of the best in the country. He recently signed a deal with billionaire Ron Sakomoto (owns the Calgary Flames, rights to Shania Twain) to get a ppv deal with Bell and TSN. A new cage is being built for events to be held in Calgary and with the help of Bas Rutten an 8-man LHW tournament is in the works for next year with the winner getting a Pride contract. I heard him the other day about getting a new ring incase he can ever get a Pride Canada show going. His connections are insane and he has incredible business sense. Some of the best parts of training with him are just listening to him talk about things he is putting together or how a new deal just got done. Also hear alot of the bull**** that goes on in the sport. But Lethbridge is a wicked place to be for MMA and it only has a population of 70,000.

Very interesting. I'd like to get envolved in promoting the sport in some way but I don't know how to start. Any advice?

Good matchups. Lee is the best promoter because he knows who he is putting in the ring. It doesn't matter if your home town guy loses, just make sure it's a good fight and no one will care. Mismatches suck.

Build the card. Start with a brawl to get the fans into the action and then gradually build to intermission when you put on a semi-main event/ After intermission do it all over again, get the crowd alive and keep their attention.

Make sure you get good judges, officals, refs that look professional and know what they are doing. We've all scene ****ty decision and no one wants that to happen. One bad decision can ruin a card because the next day the people aren't talking about the 7 good fights, they are talking about the one where one of the fighters got ****ed over.

Don't overcharge. Too many shows try to make money by over charging for tickets, beer and **** like that. But the cheaper stuff is the more people will buy which makes up for price and also leads to people speaking better of the show after. One bad show can affect many future ones. You can't expect everything to go right the first time but improvements can always be made even on the best shows.

Good matchups. Lee is the best promoter because he knows who he is putting in the ring. It doesn't matter if your home town guy loses, just make sure it's a good fight and no one will care. Mismatches suck.

Build the card. Start with a brawl to get the fans into the action and then gradually build to intermission when you put on a semi-main event/ After intermission do it all over again, get the crowd alive and keep their attention.

Make sure you get good judges, officals, refs that look professional and know what they are doing. We've all scene ****ty decision and no one wants that to happen. One bad decision can ruin a card because the next day the people aren't talking about the 7 good fights, they are talking about the one where one of the fighters got ****ed over.

Don't overcharge. Too many shows try to make money by over charging for tickets, beer and **** like that. But the cheaper stuff is the more people will buy which makes up for price and also leads to people speaking better of the show after. One bad show can affect many future ones. You can't expect everything to go right the first time but improvements can always be made even on the best shows.


Interesting, do you know if you need any sort of credentials, or can any guy start posting flyers and renting arena's. I really don't know where to start.

I really have no idea

Interesting, do you know if you need any sort of credentials, or can any guy start posting flyers and renting arena's. I really don't know where to start.

It depends on where you live. In Mo you have to go through the ISCF. Some states uses the boxing com and some you go through local Gov.