"We have 3 fighters from Japan’s SHOOTO organization coming to fight, we have fighters from Brazil, Spain, Poland and England. We have an international show, plus we have 4 HOOKnSHOOT Championship matches!" continues Osborne. "We think coming off a cancelled show, that we have put together a great comeback and a great finale for the 2001 year!".

Riley to Make SHOOTO Debut – One of Two "A" Class v. "B" Class Challenge Matches

One of the highlights is the debut of Aaron Riley in SHOOTO. The young Riley, and HnS superstar who is coming off a rare defeat is rated an A Class fighter by SHOOTO, but his match is rated "B" Class. Osborne explains "SHOOTO allows A Class fighters to face B Class fighters in matches, but they are rated B Class matches. It is viewed as a challenge from the younger fighter, a test, and I think Curtis Stout and Mike Willus are both stepping up in competition for this one." Stout faces off against 5-1 Shiko Yamashita from Japan, another highly anticipated match.

"All in all, we have 13 OFFICIAL SHOOTO matches, and 4 HOOKnSHOOT Title bouts, so this is definitely a show to see!" concludes Osborne.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 17^th, 2001 – EVANSVILLE, IN MEMORIAL COLISEUM START TIME: 7 PM

SHOOTO MATCHES:

• 2 RD LADIES SHOOTO MATCH: Judy Neff (Team Idaho, Dalton Gardens, ID.) v. Shelby Walker (Boxing/JJ, Corpus Christi, TX.)
• (2 RD SHOOTO B CLASS) 154 lbs.: Hermes Franca (Silveira Brothers, Orlando, Fl.) v. Mike Brown (Amherst Submission Academy, Amherst, MA.)
• (2 RD SHOOTO B CLASS) 185 lbs.: Wald Bloise (Silveira Brothers, Orlando, Fl.) v. TBD
• (2 RD SHOOTO B CLASS) 205 lbs.: Wilson Goveia (Silveira Brothers, Orlando, Fl.) v. Ray Casias (Fighter’s Guild, Nashville, TN.)
• (3 RD SHOOTO B CLASS) 185 lbs.: Shiko Yamashita (Paraestra Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan) v. Curtis Stout (American JJ, Kansas City, MO.)
• (3 RD SHOOTO B CLASS) 170 lbs.: Aaron Riley (AMC PANKRATION, Seattle, WA.) v. Mike Willus (Pittsburgh TOP, Pittsburgh, PA.)
• (3 RD SHOOTO A CLASS) 160 lbs:: Justin Wisniewski (Polish Connection, Portage, IN.) v. Tony Dedolph (Milwaukee WI.)
• (3 RD SHOOTO A CLASS) 154 lbs: Takumi Nakayama (Paraestra Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan) v. Fabio Nascimento Mello (TOP TEAM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  HOOKnSHOOT MATCHES: (3 ROUNDS – 5 MINUTES)

• LIGHTHEAVYWEIGHT: Alexandre ‘Cacareco’ Ferreira (Ruas Vale Tudo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) v. Chris Monson (AMC PANKRATION, Seattle WA.)
• LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: CHALLENGER Leigh Remedios (London, England) v. CHAMPION Phil Johns (Silverbacks, Canton, IL.)
• VACANT SUPERHEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Carlos Barreto (TOP TEAM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) v. Ian Freeman (Freestyle, Newcastle, England)

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18^th, 2001 – EVANSVILLE, IN MEMORIAL COLISEUM – START TIME: 1 PM

SHOOTO MATCHES:

• (2 RD SHOOTO B CLASS) 265 lbs.: TBD v. Don Richard (Team Caique, Holly, MI.)
• (2 RD SHOOTO B CLASS) 185 lbs:: Manuel Garcia (Vale Tudo, Asturias, Spain) v. Jason Rigsby (Otawa Nautilus, Otawa, IL.)
• (2 RD SHOOTO B CLASS) 154 lbs.: Victor Estrada (Olympia Freelance, Olympia, WA.) v. Yohei Suzuki (Paraestra Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)
• (3 RD SHOOTO B CLASS) 185 lbs: Angelo Popofski (Team Caique, Detroit, MI.) v. Scott Henze (Freelance, Tell City, IN.)
• (3 RD SHOOTO A CLASS) 170 lbs: Chris Lytle (Integrated Fighting, Indianapolis, IN.) v. TBD

HOOKnSHOOT MATCHES: (3 ROUNDS – 5 MINUTES)

• VACANT LIGHTHEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Keith Rockel (Amherst Submission Academy, Amherst, MA.) v. Travis Lutter (Next Generation, Dallas, TX.)
• VACANT FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Anthony Hamlet (Northwest Elite, Seattle, WA.) v. Jeff Curran (Sauer JJ team, Crystal Lake, IL.)

Kevin Jackson, the U.S. National Freestyle Team coach, himself an Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champion wrestler and former UFC and Extreme Fighting competitor, will preview the 2001 Freestyle Wrestling World Championships, to be held Nov. 22-25 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Kevin evaluates the U.S. team and offers his thoughts on who has the best chance on the American team to win a gold medal.

The 2001 World Championships of Wrestling were originally scheduled for Sept. 26-29 in New York’s Madison Square Garden, but were postponed and moved following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S.

We will also speak with Lou DiBella, CEO of DiBella Entertainment, who is putting on a boxing card called "Fighting for America: A Night of Thanksgiving" on Nov. 23 at the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan. All the proceeds from this card, plus the purses from the several 2000 Olympic boxers on the card, will go to the Twin Towers Fund, established by New York Mayor Giuliani to benefit the families of uniformed workers lost or injured in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The three undefeated Olympians fighting on the card are Jermain Taylor, Clarence Vinson, and Brian Viloria. Also on the card will be James Butler vs. Richard Grant, Brian Adams vs. Richard Kiley, Paulie Malignaggi, Jeffrey Resto, and former WBO junior lightweight champion Regilio Tuur. The first fight will start at 6:30 PM EST. At 9 PM EST, ESPN2’s "Friday Night Fights" will begin televising the show.

"Lightshow" airs weekly late Friday night/early Saturday morning, 3-5 AM Eastern Time. The "No Holds Barred News" segment will air this week in the second hour of the show, between 4 AM and 5 AM EST, early Saturday morning, November 10. Both of this week’s interviews are prerecorded.

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