(The "1" represents the % chance that the event will actually go down)
Well, we can't say we didn't see this one coming.
SHINE Fight Promotions' planned Friday night lightweight tournament is looking less and less likely to happen by the day.
Forget the fact that the event was moved less than two weeks out from its original location of the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia to a Native-owned and operated casino on a reservation in Oklahoma, what is likely to cause the show's kibosh is the fact that there is no commission to oversee the event, which means it is essentially non-sanctioned or underground event.
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It will have to change course and move halfway across the country to do it, but Shine Fights’ lightweight tournament will go on as scheduled.
On Saturday, MMA Fighting was first to report the news that the promotion had been denied a license in Virginia for its Sept. 10 lightweight grand prix at the Patriot Center in Fairfax and would be moving the event to Oklahoma.
On Monday, Shine Fights COO Jason Chambers made the move official on his Twitter account. Less than a week before the event, which is scheduled to air on pay-per-view, Shine will move to the First Council Casino in Newkirk, Okla.
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It’s been an interesting – and mostly rough – road leading to Shine Fights’ lightweight tournament. But two days before the event, the promotion made official its grand prix pairings.
As Shine Fights COO Jason Chambers announced on Twitter in the days leading up to the tournament, first-round tournament matches between Drew Fickett and Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett, Rich Crunkilton and Carlo Prater and James Warfield and Kyle Baker were confirmed by the promotion Wednesday night. Also made official was the fourth bout, Shannon Gugerty vs. Dennis Bermudez.
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