Xtreme Couture established itself as one of the premier amateur MMA gyms in the nation Friday after defeating California’s Team Quest Fight Club at Tuff-N-Uff’s Amateur Fighting Championships at The Orleans.
Eleven years ago, mixed martial arts legends Randy Couture and Dan Henderson - along with fellow U.S. World Greco Roman Wrestling Team member Matt Lindland - founded Team Quest Fight Club. But this Friday, Couture's new fight team, Xtreme Couture, is set to do battle with his old fight team, Henderson's Team Quest.
Ashley Cummins became the first ever Tuff-N-Uff 115-pound women’s champion Friday, following a unanimous-decision victory over Gabriella Lakoczky at The Orleans. While both fighters came into the fight at the same weight, Lakoczky (1-2) was the more physically imposing fighter. But Cummins (5-0) overcame her size disadvantage with a tenacious performance.
A mother whose son died in an on-the-job accident at a Las Vegas hotel is calling for the district attorney or the state attorney general to be called into safety violation cases to conduct possible criminal prosecutions.
Five Republican candidates in the race to oust Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid shared the stage at a debate Friday night, but it was the top two contenders — Sue Lowden and Danny Tarkanian — who stole the show. They took the opportunity to toss barbs and draw contrasts as the campaign enters its final month.
By all accounts, last year’s West Coast Conference tournament at the Orleans Arena exceeded expectations. In the WCC’s first year holding its men’s and women’s basketball championships at a neutral site in Las Vegas, the league broke attendance records with 33,320 total people attending the games.
The old adage says that nothing good lasts forever. The Las Vegas Wranglers found out the hard way Friday. Just one win from tying a franchise record of nine in a row at home, the Wranglers allowed two late goals and lost to the Ontario Reign, 3-2, at the Orleans Arena.
Oh, how a week can change things. Heading into this week, the Las Vegas Wranglers were down. Losers of seven consecutive games, they sat in the basement of the ECHL National Conference Pacific Division without an offense, a goalie or confidence.
Rocco Santomauro didn’t know how to feel as he sat on stage at The Orleans piano bar Wednesday. The youngest boxer on Crown Boxing’s Friday Night Fights card this weekend, the 21-year-old California native stared without emotion and occasionally broke into a smile.
The San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League assigned center Justin Bernhardt to the Las Vegas Wranglers Wednesday. The 21-year-old Yorkton, Saskatchewan native will fill the void at center left by Chris Neiszner's call-up to Austin.
Unruly problem child at home causing headaches? The Las Vegas Wranglers have the cure. The Wranglers will not only treat their fans to dollar beer night at the team's first preseason game against the Ontario Reign on Oct. 8, but they will also provide families with the chance to land on ABC's "Supernanny."
Arena football is known for its fast-paced, high-scoring games and the Spokane Shock proved why Saturday night. Trailing by one point entering the second half, the Shock scored six unanswered touchdowns en route to a record-setting blowout 74-27 victory over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers in the AF2's ArenaCup 10 in front of 5,846 fans at the Orleans Arena. Spokane's 74 point outing set a new, all-time high in ArenaCup history, while its 47-point margin of victory also broke a league record.
There won't be any millionaires vying for the ArenaCup Saturday night at the Orleans Arena. No international endorsement deals. No cable television coverage. And probably no celebrity girlfriends overshadowing the game either. The AF2's ArenaCup 10 is certainly not the NFL's Super Bowl. Yet while the hits are just as hard and the risk of injury just as high, the 40 AF2 players from Spokane and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton competing for a championship Saturday night will be lucky if they can earn a few extra hundred dollars for capturing that title. The appeal is something greater than fame and fortune.
Arena football is returning to Las Vegas and so is one of the city's most talented high school graduates. Former Foothill High School and Oregon State star Jeff Van Orsow and the Spokane Shock will battle the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers for the AF2's ArenaCup10 championship at the Orleans Arena Saturday at 7 p.m. This is the first time the AF2 is holding its title contest in Las Vegas.
