Ten-bout pro lineup official for "ProElite 3: Da Spyder vs. Minowaman"

The complete lineup for the third show from the newly revamped ProElite organization is official.

"ProElite 3: Da Spyder vs. Minowaman" takes place Saturday night at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, and the evening features a 10-bout main card headlined by UFC vet Kendall Grove (13-9) and Japanese notable Ikuhisa Minowa (51-32).

A pair of heavyweight grand prix semifinals contests are also featured on the evening's main card, which broadcast on HDNet.

Grove, the winner of "The Ultimate Fighter 3," submitted Joe Riggs at ProElite 1, which reversed a two-fight skid that forced his exit from the UFC. Minowa currently is riding a four-fight win streak. Despite weighing no more than 200 pounds, the 16-year pro often competes in open-weight bouts in Japan, where he was the 2009 DREAM Super Hulk tournament champion.

ProElite 3 also features the final-four round of a prospects-laden heavyweight grand prix. The matchups include Ryan Martinez (6-1) vs. Cody Griffin (5-2) and Jake Heun (2-1) vs. Richard Odoms (6-0).

The evening's main card also includes a notable female matchup between undefeated 135-pound prospect and Olympic wrestling medalist Sara McMann (4-0) and Strikeforce vet Hitomi Akano (18-8) in addition to Pat Cummins (1-0) vs. Tasi Edwards (2-0) and Kaleo Gambii (1-0) vs. Brent Schermerhorn (4-1).

The evening's complete lineup now includes:

MAIN CARD

Kendall Grove vs. Ikuhisa Minowa
Hitomi Akano vs. Sara McMann
Jake Heun vs. Richard Odoms (heavyweight grand-prix semifinals)
Cody Griffin vs. Ryan Martinez (heavyweight grand-prix semifinals)
Pat Cummins vs. Tasi Edwards
Kaleo Gambill vs. Brent Schermerhorn

PRELIMINARY CARD (un-aired)

Toby Misech vs. Steven Saito
Ilima Maiava vs. Tatsuya Mizuno
Collin Mansanas vs. Thomas Sedano
Sean Rush vs. Jeymes Schulte

AMATEUR CARD (un-aired)

Ray Cooper III (a) vs. Kyle Foyle (a)
Zach Close (a) vs. Keli'i Valencia (a)
Dan Ige (a) vs. Sebastian Mariconda (a)

(a) - Amateur bout

Mizuno is fighting, that´s cool. I really want Minowa to finish Grove and then fight for the strap.

Looking forward to Akano vs McMann.

not a bad card, of course Minowa is what makes this one but really not bad otherwise.

What a waste of Mizuno, should be on the main card for sure.

moronoRepublic wrote:What a waste of Mizuno, should be on the main card for sure.

Agree

I put 10$ on MINWOMAN to win.

Michał wrote:I put 10$ on MINWOMAN to win.

I should put some money on Minowaman. What are the odds?

+300


10$ bet wins you 30$

Michał wrote:+300


10$ bet wins you 30$

Perfect, I think I will bet 50 bucks

i was thinking about betting on akano

Johan Lofgren wrote:

Michał wrote:+300


10$ bet wins you 30$

Perfect, I think I will bet 50 bucks

Odds went up! lol + 325

Seems like a good but, for the fact that most American cagefighting fans probably don't know shit about Minowa, and probably know Groves from his time on TUF.