Fight Festival 14

Fight Festival 14 will be promoted on this week's Saturday in Tampere, Finland. The card contains 11 exciting bouts with 5 of them being MMA and the rest 6 are fought under K-1 rules. Finnish standout Mikko Rupponen will face highly experienced Pride veteran Shannon Ritch in the MMA main event of the evening. The standup main event will be a superfight between 13-times world champion Jomhod Kiatadisak from Thailand and European kickboxing and thaiboxing champion Youri Boreiko from Latvia.

Other interesting fights include, e.g., IVC Europen Champion Niko Puhakka facing tough Lithuanian Valdas Pocevicius and Atte Backman getting it on with up-and-comer Jason Guida from Illinois, USA. The event will take place in Hervannan vapaa-aikatalo, Lindforsinkatu 5, Tampere, Finland. The fights will start at 5.00 PM on Saturday 9th April, 2005.

FF14 Fight Card

1. Kickboxing K-1 Rules 3x3 min -52 kg
Heidi Lehtinen, Tampereen Kamppailu-urheilijat - Finland vs Outi Louhimo, Combat Academy of Finland

2. Vale Tudo 2x5 min -77 kg / -170 lbs
Janne Peltola, Tampereen Kamppailu-urheilijat - Finland vs Evgeni Andreev, Rigas Rings - Latvia

3. Kickboxing K-1 Rules 3x3 min Heavyweight
Marko Vuori, Tampereen Kamppailu-urheilijat - Finland vs Pasi Karell, Lappeenrannan Thai-Kickboxing Club - Finland

4. Vale Tudo 2x5 min +93 kg / +205 lbs
Atte Backman, Espoon Kehahait - Finland vs Jason Guida, USA

5. Kickboxing K-1 Rules 3x3 min -81 kg
Jani Mäkelä, Tampereen Kamppailu-urheilijat - Finland vs Niklas Winberg, Combat Academy of Finland

6. Vale Tudo 2x5 min -84 kg / -185 lbs
Niko Puhakka, Espoon Kehahait - Finland vs Valdas Pocevicius, Lukoil apsauga - Lithuania

7. Kickboxing K-1 Rules 3x3 min Heavyweight
Sampo Seppala, Tampereen Kamppailu-urheilijat - Finland vs Deniss Melkin, Rigas Rings - Latvia

8. Vale Tudo 2x5 min +93,0 kg / +205 lbs
Henri Prinz, Tampereen Kamppailu-urheilijat - Finland vs Marco De Wit, Fysio Sportline - Holland

9. Kickboxing K-1 Rules 3x3 min -60 kg
Jesse Palanto, Tampereen Kamppailu-urheilijat - Finland vs Evgeni Fedorov, Rigas Rings - Latvia

10. Vale Tudo 3x5 min -93,0 kg / -205 lbs
Mikko "Rujo" Rupponen, Espoon Kehahait - Finland vs Shannon "The Cannon" Ritch, Team Cannon - USA

11. Kickboxing K-1 Rules 5x3 min -70 kg
Jomhod "King of the Ring" Kiatadisak, Thailand vs Youri "Dynamite" Boreiko, Rigas Rings - Latvia

Additional information: www.fightfestival.com