IFC Sturgis Show This Weekend

[Curly Howard]

This weekend, the IFC holds their much anticipated show at the 64th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. The confirmed change to the card so far is that Mike Van Arsdale is out of the Heavyweight tournament, and “Scary” Jerry Vrbanovic of KOTC and WEC fame is in. This means Team Extreme’s Travis Wiuff will fight James Irvin while Vrbanovic fights BTT’s Andre Mussi in the first round of the tournament with the winners of those fights facing off for the IFC world title at the end of the show.

One of the other fights may be in jeopardy. IFC World Women’s Lightweight Champion Jacqueline Andrade is supposed to be fighting IFC World Women’s Middleweight Champion Jennifer Howe for Howe’s belt. The dividing line between these two weight classes is 135 lbs with Light Heavyweight going from 135-149.99. Jennifer's manager Monte Cox, and Andrade’s manager/trainer Cesar Gracie report Andrade is not able to make 135. It should be noted that Andrade just joined Cesar’s about a month ago, several weeks after signing to do this fight, so Cesar academy was not responsible for a miscommunication i the weights. Cesar states the fight will either happen at 145 for Andrade’s Light Heavyweight belt or not at all while Jennifer and Cox are trying to adhere to the original agreement at force Andrade to cut to 135 or pull out. According to Cesar this is a result of a mis-communication between IFC President Paul Smith and Andrade and currently she walks around at 148. Paul could not be reached for comment.

Also on the card are BJJ champion Marcio “Pe De Pano” Cruz’s MMA debut against UFC vet Dan Severn, former King Of Pancrase Nathan Marquardt vs. vet of just about every MMA show Jeremy Horn for the World Middleweight belt, two K-1 style matches, and much more. Although the Sturgis rally may be difficult for most fans to attend in person the results of this card will be felt for a long time to come.

Preliminary Welterweight Fight
Alex Gasson vs. Ali Abdelazizi

Preliminary Heavyweight Fight
Jacob Conliffe vs. Gabe Beaupurthy

ISKA K-1 Style Lightweight Fight
Jake Hattan vs. Mark Hominck

ISKA-MMA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Eliminator Fight 1
Travis Wiuff vs. James Irvin

ISKA-MMA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Eliminator Fight 2
'Scary Jerry' Vrbanovic vs. Andre Mussi

ISKA K-1 Style United State Light Heavyweight Championship
John Cronk vs. Pete Spratt

IFC World Women's Middleweight Championship
IFC Women’s World Light Heavyweight Champion Jaqueline Andrade vs. IFC Women’s World Middleweight Champion Jennifer Howe

ISKA-MMA World Middleweight Championship
Nathan Marquardt vs. Jeremy Horn

ISKA-MMA World Heavyweight Tournament Championship Final
Winner of Semi-Final Fight 1 vs. Winner of Semi-Final Fight 2

IFC Caged Combat Heavyweight Super Fight
Marcio 'Pe de Pano' Cruz vs. Dan “The Beast” Severn