Bodog TV Matches to be Taped

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Bodog is going to Costa Rica next week to tape matches to air this spring on its new TV show. WrestlingObserver.com is reporting that there is talk these fights will take place under PRIDE rules due to not being sanctioned and out of the U.S.

Here are the expected matches:

Heavyweights
Mario Rinaldi vs. Ryo Nelson
Mark Burch vs. Yoshiki Takahashi
Kellan Flukinger vs. Miodrag Petkovich
Dan Evernsen vs. Jeremiah Constant
Daniel Puder vs. Michael Alden

Light Heavyweights
Mike Patt vs. Todd Gouwenberg
Francis Carmont vs. Jeff Ford
Anthony Rea vs. David Avellan
Moise Rimbon vs. Alex Steibling

Middleweights
Chael Sonnen vs. Tim McKenzie
Trevor Prangley vs. Piere Guillet
Matt Ewin vs. Andrei Semenov
Gzegorz Jakubowski vs. Andy Foster
Izuru Takeuchi vs. Kyacey Uscola
Eugene Jackson vs. Diego Visotzky

Welterweights
Eddie Alvarez vs. Scott Henze
Nick Thompson vs. Dustin Denes
Stephen Haigh vs. Takuya Wada
Jose Pele Landi vs. Phil Norman
Piotr Jakacynzki vs. Steve Berger
Zach Light vs. Jake Ellenberger
Jake Shields vs. Ray Steinbeiss

Lightweights
Brad Pickett vs. J.R. Sims
Nick Agallar vs. Ryan Bow
Rafael Diaz vs. Sami Aziz
Tyler Jackson vs. Kyle Watson
David Love vs. Atsuhiro Tsuboi

Women
Tara LaRosa vs. Shanya Bazler
Tama-Chan vs. Jan Finney
Rosie Sexton vs. Windy Tomomi
Carina Damm vs. Molly Helsel

As previously reported, Bodog’s TV show premieres next Tuesday night on the ION network (formerly PAX) at 11pm, and airs each Tuesday and Saturday at that time. We’ll have more on this as it’s available.

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