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Bellator Fighting Championships on Friday announced that Bellator IV, the fourth event of the highly anticipated 12-week tournament series airing on ESPN Deportes, will be held in Colorado Springs, Colo., on April 24, 2009. The event will take place at the World Arena in Colorado Springs, which rests just south of Denver in the shadow of the neighboring Rocky Mountains, a natural metaphor for Bellator’s combined feature events, “A Night of Heavyweights & the Semi-Final Round of the World Championship Lightweight Tournament.”The commanding roster of heavyweight fighters will anchor an action filled evening of competition featuring some of the best fighters this weight class has to offer. This Bellator special event will also feature a Lightweight semi-final tournament match-up, with the resulting winner advancing as a finalist for Bellator’s $175,000 Lightweight World Championship Fight.

“The fight card is packed with great Heavyweight match-ups and what promises to be a compelling Lightweight World Championship tournament Semi-Final,” said Bellator Fighting Championships CEO Bjorn Rebney. “Colorado MMA fans and our worldwide television audience should expect to see a night of powerful strikes, tactical submissions and crowd pleasing knockouts.”

Bellator IV will feature a collection of highly-competitive, action-packed Heavyweight bouts, a World Championship Semi-Final as well as a collection of spectacular special feature fights. The evening will also feature a bout between two top form female fighters, Molly Helsel versus Angela Hayes. The non-tournament Heavyweight bouts on show are detailed below:

Non-Tournament Bouts:
Heavyweight – Dave Herman (13-1) vs. Josh Barnes (5-1)
Heavyweight – Rauol Romero (3-1) vs. Dave Evensen (10-4)
Heavyweight – Eddie Sanchez (11-3) vs.Jay White (4-5)
Heavyweight – Tyler East (pro debut)) vs. Amedio Viola (0-1)
Heavyweight – Joey Beltran (5-2) vs. Sherman Pendergarst (11-12)
130 lbs. – Molly Helsel (7-7) vs. Angela Hayes (1-5)

Special Lightweight World Championship Semi-Final Tournament Match-Up
Based on the outcome of Bellator I, II & III

Bellator Fighting Championships’ premiere season consists of 12 two-hour events to be broadcast weekly in primetime on Saturday nights. The nationally televised events will feature a combination of tournament and non-tournament special feature bouts. There will be four simultaneous tournaments taking place in season 1 over a three month period: one in each of the Featherweight (145 lb.), Lightweight (155 lb.), Welterweight (170 lb.) and Middleweight (185 lb.) divisions.

Tickets for the Colorado Springs event will go on sale at 12:00 pm MT Friday, March 27, 2009 and can be purchased at the World Arena box office and through TicketsWest.

Jay White was crowned the new Heavyweight Champion last evening at Katana Cagefighting: Conquest in Robstown, Texas.

Jay defeated Ralph Kelley for the title just after the end of the first round. The referee stopped the fight as Kelley’s right eye socket was completely disfigured by White and was “swollen to the size of a small mandarin orange.”*

*www.caller.com/news/2008/dec/07/bellino-shines-in-cagefighting/

On DECEMBER 6, 2008 - RVCD Promotions Inc. presents, Katana Cagefighting “CONQUEST.” Katana Cagefighting will feature 20 of the hottest up-and-coming mixed martial artists from Las Vegas, Nevada and Texas.

Jay White, former Marine and Randy Couture’s long time friend and jiu-jitsu instructor, hails from Las Vegas, Nevada. Jay states he is eagerly awaiting to compete against Texas heavyweight sensation Ralph “The Machine Gun” Kelley. Ralph’s upset victory over UFC’s Mark Kerr just goes to show, DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS!

They say that a Hurricane wreaks havoc over whatever path it chooses to follow. On the same token, they say that a Scorpions sting is one of the deadliest in the world! This sounds like a recipe for some SERIOUS NIGHT OF ACTION! Come see Dallas Bad-Boy Ira “The Hurricane” Boyd as he challenges Corpus Christi’s rising sensation Danny “The Scorpion” Perez for our first ever 170 Title.

Katana is also proud to host the hard hitting grappler from Houston (Daniel “The Pit” Pineda) vs Corpus Christi’s very own (ALPHA DOG - Ira Evansen.) The title is on the line folks! Who really is the TOP DOG? Come to Katana Cagefighting “Conquest” on December 6 and find out!

On top of our 3 highly anticipated Main Events, we are hosting 6 incredible fighters in a Welterweight Challenger Series. The top welterweights will face off in the 170 lbs semi-final’s.

JOHN SPRINGER from Harlingen, TX will face CONAN CANO of Corpus Christi, TX
MIKEL BRONZOVLIS from Houston, TX will face MARK ORTIZ of Corpus Christi, TX
KYO GREGOIRE from San Antonio, TX will face JARRETT JONES of Odessa, TX
GOOD LUCK TO ALL OUR WELTERWEIGHTS!

JAY WHITE: “I WAS HOPING TO FIGHT ROY NELSON”
By Percy Crawford | August 21, 2008

“I haven't fought all year, but I don't think it's going to affect me at all. Chase just fought Eric Pele, one of my training partners, so I'm pretty prepared for what he will bring,” stated MMA heavyweight Jay White as he talked about his upcoming clash with Chase Gormley at the October 11th Affliction card. Check it out.

PC: How is everything going my man?

JW: Alright. It's going pretty well.

PC: You're scheduled to be on the next Affliction show in October. Can you tell us more about that?

JW: Yes. I'm fighting October 11th. I will be fighting Chase Gormley. He's 6-0.

PC: You're known as the guy with one of the most deceiving records in MMA. Can you explain how you sort of jumped in head first and were misguided?

JW: I started off and my first professional fight was against Christian Wellisch in the WEC and it was a tough fight. I felt that I won. It was pretty controversial. The fight got restarted and it was a bad fight. My third fight, I was fighting Jeff Monson on 10 days notice and I was winning that fight. I was beating him and he ended up winning because I got injured. I rematched him and he won fair and square; he caught me in a choke. Then I fought Burch, who was a last minute opponent, and then I lost to Jake O' Brien. I don't know man, nobody really looked out for me and who I was fighting. No one really built me up. I just fought whoever; I didn't really care. I just wanted to fight.

PC: Now, you're over at Xtreme Couture. How much has that helped your career and your training?

JW: It's helped both tremendously. Randy has been great to me. The gym is wonderful. They have a ton of big guys to train with. A lot of great guys like Robert Drysdale, Shawn Tompkins and Chris Ben, the boxing coach, so we have great trainers and great workout partners. My game itself has came up tremendously and plus you have Randy himself pulling for you so that can get me a better deal when I have Randy telling people how good I am. People tend to listen to him, you know?

PC: Definitely. The last time you fought, I was actually there live when you submitted Patrick Castillo. That was nearly a year ago. Do you fear you will have some rust or have you been in the gym enough for it not to affect you?

JW: Yeah, my last fight was in December. I haven't fought all year, but I don't think it's going to affect me at all. Chase just fought Eric Pele, one of my training partners, so I'm pretty prepared for what he will bring. I don't think the rust will really matter in this fight at all.

PC: You've helped a lot of big name guys train for their fights. I remember Juanito thanking you for helping Kongo prepare for Herring. Who are some of the guys you've helped and how much does that help your game?

JW: It all started with Randy calling me up and asking me to help him out for the Gonzaga fight and then, training at Xtreme Couture, I got Throwdown as one of my sponsors and that's how I got hooked up with Rampage and Cheick. I was Cheick's sparring partner for the Heath Herring fight. It was great working with Cheick Kongo; great experience working with him, Rampage and Juanito. Just recently, I was Herring's sparring partner for Brock Lesnar. I work out with great guys every day: Mike Whitehead, Mike Pyle, Jay Hieron, Eric Pele, Randy, Wanderlei and Forrest Griffin. I work out with a lot of those guys so it's stepped up my whole game tremendously.

PC: Affliction's heavyweight division is stacked with talent. How does it feel to be a part of that? Also, how important is a win against Gormley to assert yourself in the mix of the division?

JW: It's great! Affliction is doing great things and I couldn't ask for a better contract or to be with a better organization. The heavyweight division is stacked. Chase is 6-0 and he just beat Eric and Eric has a really good record, so this would put me on the map. Guys look at my record and think I'm just a stepping stone, you know?

PC: Your record is very deceiving. How many wins do you feel you are away from people thinking you're a stepping stone?

JW: I was hoping to fight Roy Nelson because that would have catapulted me huge, but unfortunately, he's fighting Paul, but it is what it is. They'll start to see. A couple of wins from now, depending upon who I fight, they'll see who I am and what I can really do.

PC: We'll get a lot more from you on the site Jay. Good luck against Gormley. Is there anything you want to say in closing?

JW: I just want to thank my sponsors, Xtreme Couture, Throwdown and Mainline Nation. Thanks to all of my training partners and everybody that has helped me out.

To read the article in it’s original form, visit FightHype.com

October 11, 2008 Affliction’s Second MMA Event, “Day of Reckoning” will be held at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. Jay has signed on the the card and will be fighting Chase Gormley (6-0). Also featured on the card are Josh Barnett vs Andre Arlovski for the No. 1 Heavyweight contender spot, Paul Buentello vs Roy Nelson, Vladimir “The Janitor” Matyushenko vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Jason High vs Mike Pyle.

On July 19th, Affliction: Banned hits the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The event will be live on Pay Per View. Banned will feature some of the best fighters in the sport including Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Matt Lindland, Mike Whitehead, Ben Rothwell, Renato “Babalu” Sobral, Paul Buentello, Aleksander Emelianenko and more…

You can now add Jay White to that list. Jay just signed on for the event’s undercard as an alternate.

Unfortunately, due to a fractured Ulna in his right arm, Jay will not be fighting this Saturday night at the 4 Bears Casino in New Town, North Dakota. Mike Whitehead will be fighting Zak Jensen in his place.

Jay fractured the bone late last week during training and didn’t realize it until a light training session yesterday. Doctors confirmed it was the Ulna and that he wouldn’t be able to fight with it.

Jay will still be training at Xtreme Couture while allowing the break to heal. As Jay put it, “I still have my left arm.”

IN HIS OWN WORDS:

So the tattoo on my stomach which says 5150, which many people know is the cover of a Van Halen album is not why I got it, I’m not a big Van Halen fan sorry. It is a penal code for a danger to one’s self and other’s. Why I got it I really don’t know. I had it done when I was 18 and in the Marine Corps and as I look back at I probably wouldn’t do it again.

The kanji on my right side of my torso says Strength and Determination. I got that to remind me never to give up and stay strong.

The sleeve on my left arm and neck is a tribal it has no particular meaning I just like the designs. Same for the sleeve on my right arm it’s a mixture of things I already had there and blended into it is some tradition Japanese artwork that I really like. In a way they reflect who I am.

I’d like to throw thanks to the two guys that did my tattoo’s first Don Demurs from Full Effect tattooing in Troy N.Y. and Big Eric Pele from Las Vegas.

Pick up the May issue of MMA Sports Magazine at newsstands everywhere and check out the full article at mmasportsmag.com.

This past Sunday evening, Ralph Renna of 104.9 The EDGE in Albany, New York, had Jay on the air to talk about his upcoming fight, the recently taped Nike commercial, and the state of Mixed Martial Arts in New York. Check out the interview in it’s entirety.

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For more information about Ralph Renna and Albany’s 104.9 The EDGE check out their site at AlbanyEdge.com.

Here’s a sneak peek at Mainline Nation Clothing’s new Jay White signature series. The company is getting ready to relaunch their new website with their new summer line including Jay’s signature series. You can check them out and sign up for their daily email blasts at mainlinenation.com as well as on myspace.