Chris "The Crowbar" Tuchscherer, current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter out of Fargo, will present Spring Brawl at the Urban Plains Center April 24th. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with fights beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will range from $15 to $62.50 and will go on sale at 11:00 a.m. March 8th (See below for Pre-sale offer). Tickets can be purchased at the Urban Plains Center box office, online at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-745-3000.
Spring Brawl will be the inaugural event for Tuchscherer's mixed martials arts company Crowbar MMA. The former North Dakota State University and Minnesota State Moorhead wrestler and training partner to UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar vows to bring a show that Fargo has never seen before.
Spring Brawl will feature a unique enviroment including a new sound system, lighting system, 24 foot cage and removal of all obstructing glass. The fight card will feature not only North Dakota and Minnesota's top local talent but also some of the nations best mixed martial arts fighters.
The co-main event at Spring Brawl will feature Fargo's first female & International bout between Michelle "The Karate Hottie" Waterson (fighting out of New Mexico, 7-3) vs. Masako Yoshida (fighting out of Toyko, Japan, 14-12). Waterson is a black belt in Karate as well as a former star of the reality television show FightGirls. Yoshida steps foot on American soil for only the second time in her career in to fight Waterson. Facing off second in the two-part main event will be Fargo's own Dane Sayers (7-1) vs. 2 time WEC vet Justin Haskins (fighting out of Newark, NJ, 5-6).
10 Fights are scheduled for April 24th. Fight card subject to change.
Dane Sayers 7-1 Fargo, ND vs Justin Haskins 5-6 Newark, NJ (170lbs) Michelle "The Karate Hottie" Waterson 7-4 Albuquerque, NM vs Masako Yoshida 14-12-3 Tokyo, Japan (108lbs) Pablo Garza 7-0 Fargo, ND vs Tom Ahrens 8-5 Fort Dodge, IA (145lbs) Zack Schroeder 14-8 Wahpeton, ND vs Mitch Jackson 5-1 St. Paul, MN (145lbs) Nick Wagner 3-1 Fargo, ND vs Branden Anderson 3-1 Glendive, MT (185lbs) Keith Bride Jr. 1-1 Bismarck, ND vs Ben Locken 0-0 St. Paul, MN (155) Kyle Olsen 28-21 Jamestown, ND vs TBA (205lbs) More fights to be announced soon!
Do you see yourself as ready for a title shot against Brock Lesnar right now? Cain: Yes. I'm ready. I think I've been ready for a while. The way this sport works is you've just got to prove yourself when you get the chance. I want to fight the best so I can be the best.
You're a big, strong guy with a very good amateur wrestling background, but Lesnar is bigger, stronger and was even more accomplished as an NCAA wrestler. What do you view as your advantages over him? Cain: I don't know what I do better but I do know I'd be ready. I know what I can do, I know I train with really tough guys, and I know I'd prepare myself to give him a really good fight -- I think it would be a really good fight between us.
Maybe it's too early for this, but have you given any thought to what your game plan would be if you fought Lesnar? Cain: Yes, definitely. I have thought about it many times.
Can you share anything about what your strategy would be? Cain: I think I'd have to wear him out for the first two or three rounds, because he's so big and strong. I'd need to be weary of him at the beginning.
But you think you could outlast him later in the fight? Cain: I think that'd be my best option, trying to do that. He's a great athlete, and he has wrestled in the NCAAs, and you have to be a top athlete to do that, but I think that would be my best bet.