This weekend’s MMA on GFL Impact FC – The Uprising Sat Jul 17 10:00PM ET This event is not available on GFL in the USA and UK Click here to watch this event on GoFightLive! CANADIAN RESIDENTS MUST CLICK HERE TO ORDER THE SHOW UFC hall of famer Ken Shamrock will meet Pedro Rizzo in the Impact FC 2 “The Uprising: Sydney” main event on July 17 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia. The promotion has announced nine bouts for the show. Shamrock, having dropped five of his last six fights, has not competed since he submitted the late Ross Clifton at a Wargods event in February 2009. He was suspended in wake of the victory after testing positive for suspected steroid use. The 46-year-old recently admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs during his 17-year career. A Marco Ruas protege, Rizzo has posted back-to-back wins against Gary Goodridge and Jeff Monson. The 36-year-old Brazilian — known and revered for his powerful leg kicks — fought for the UFC heavyweight crown three times but failed in each attempt. Victories against former UFC champions Andrei Arlovski, Ricco Rodriguez and Mark Coleman highlight his resume. Rizzo opened his professional career with nine consecutive wins, eight of them finishes. Finally, exiled world-ranked welterweight Paul Daley will face off with Daniel Acacio in his first appearance since being released by the UFC. Daley dropped a unanimous decision to Josh Koscheck at UFC 113 in May and threw an ill-advised sucker punch at the American Kickboxing Academy standout following the conclusion of their bout. His actions drew the ire of UFC President Dana White, along with an immediate pink slip. Based out of Team Rough House, Daley has delivered 18 of his 23 career victories by KO or TKO and remains one of the welterweight division’s most- feared stand-up fighters. A veteran of the Pride, Pancrase and KSW circuits, Acacio outpointed Cassiano Ricardo Castanho de Freitas by unanimous decision at a Platinum Fight Brazil show on May 20. The 32- year-old Brazilian holds victories against former Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Delson Heleno and 2006 Pride welterweight grand prix winner Kazuo Misaki. Other matchups greenlit for Impact FC 2 include a middleweight tilt pairing former World Extreme Cagefighting champion Paulo Filho against Denis Kang, a heavyweight showdown pitting Bob Sapp against Soa Palelei and a bout between former ElitXC middleweight titleholder Murilo “Ninja” Rua and “The Ultimate Fighter”Season 7 semifinalist Jesse Taylor. For full fight card and more details about this event, visit GoFightLive.tv or click here Blood and Sand VIII Sat Jul 17 7:00PM ET Click here to watch this event on GoFightLive! BILOXI, MS (WLOX) – Sports fans love the competitive nature of Mixed Martial Arts cage fighting. 17 bouts will take the spotlight Saturday night featuring two heavyweights, Justin Wren against Roy Nelson. Local fighter Harris Stephenson of Long Beach will make his pro debut in a 165 pound match. The 2007 Long Beach High School graduate competed in football, soccer, ran track and cross country and missed the competition. He said. ” After high school man, there’s not much to get into, so I went to the gym, find MMA. I like it, stuck with it and here I am today.” Stephenson posted 7 wins and 2 losses as an amateur. He stated that he’s now ready for his first professional fight, “Of my 7 wins, 4 knockouts and three submissions. First pro fight, Saturday. It’s going to be a good one, real tough guy. It will be a good test for me.” Stephenson steps into the cage against Tony Godbold, a veteran MMA fighter. Godbold’s professional experience, doesn’t scare Stephenson. He added, “Godbold already head ten pro fights. He has a lot of experience on me, but I think I’ve got the fight because I think I’ve just trained a lot harder for this fight. I don’t see him out training me.” He added, “I’ve watched his video, seen him fight. He’s got heavy hands but that’s about it. I think I’m well rounded.” Promoter Ricky Derouen says he loves the winning attitude of Stephenson who comes to fight. Derouen said, “Harris is dedicated to the sport. He trains everyday. He wakes up in the morning, he lives this sport all day long until he goes to bed at night.” He beamed, “That’s the kind of fighters I love to put on this show.” Win or lose, Derouen says Stephenson will erase that fight and will get ready for the next one even if he loses, saying, “He’ll be back in the gym on Monday, starting over, working towards his next fight. He’s going to show up and give a hundred percent, there’s not a doubt in my mind.” Stephenson says while he lacks pro experience he has one advantage over Godbold, “I think my ground game is really going to really standout in this fight, especially. I’m pretty sure he doesn’t train much ground game.” For full fight card and more details about this event, visit GoFightLive.tv or click here.