5/30 War Gods 5 - Steve Magdaleno Fighting

Wednesday, 27 May 2009

It's been almost a year since I caught up with Steve Magdaleno, he was then the Pancrase Neo-Blood tournament lightweight champion, and was also awarded the MVP award in that tournament. You can read my interview with Steve here.

This morning I got a mail from him, and he will be fighting in the upcoming War Gods event this Saturday at Viejas Casino in Alpine, San Diego CA.

Also this time Steve is in a tournament, this time to determine the War Gods lightweight champion. The final will be held at the same venue on June 20.

Steve Magdaleno is still undefeated at 5-0 and I think he has a very good shot in this tournament. He is a late replacement for Andy Wang. He is facing WEC and UFC veteran Kit Cope.

Also in the tournament is DREAM veteran David "Hello Japan" Gardner and

More information Here, here and here

It is a very interesting card with lots of good talent. The main event will see the IFL veteran Lew Polley return to MMA after more than a year away, he will take on the very experienced Vernon White. Also on the card is Ryan Shamrock.

Read on for the complete card.

Main-Event: Vernon "Tiger" White 26-32-2 vs. Lew Polley

Lightweight Showdown Round 1:
Steve Magdaleno 5-0-0 vs. 2-4-0 Kit Cope
David Gardner 16-11-0 vs. 4-1-0 Joe Duarte

Lightweight Alternate Bracket:
Bryan Travers 12-1-0 vs. 6-2-0 Tom Belt

Other Fights:
Tarec Saffiedine vs. Lucas Gamaza
Rick Slaton vs. Derek Thornton
Salah Zabian vs. Tony Johnson
Bailey Byrne vs. Joey Alvarez
Ryan Shamrock vs. Willie Gates

2 comments:

Editor - Pro MMA Now 28 May 2009 at 23:48  

We will be providing access to a LIVE WEBCAST of "WAR GODS V: this Saturday May 30th. Magdaleno will most likely smash Kit Cope. http://promma.info/index.php/2009/05/28/war-gods-v-live-webcast-saturday-may-30/

Borre 29 May 2009 at 07:37  

Thanks for the information! I will make sure to watch this event.

I havent seen much of Kit Cope and cant really judge if Magaleno will smash him or not, but I know Magdaleno is very good. The tournament has some very interesting fighters in it.

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