Submission Underground 3: Dillon Danis vs. AJ Agazarm - January 29 (OFFICIAL DISCUSSION)

SUG 3
January 29, 2017
Roseland Theater         
Portland, Oregon, USA

Main Card:
Dillon Danis               vs.                 AJ Agazarm   
Main Event | Superfight | No Gi 

Garry Tonon               vs.             Chael Sonnen   
Co-Main Event | Superfight | No Gi 

Jeff Glover                  vs.              Chad Mendes   
Main Card | Superfight | No Gi 

Gordon Ryan               vs.               Jeff Monson   
Main Card | Superfight | No Gi 

Joseph Baize               vs.      Andrew Alexander   
Main Card | Superfight | No Gi 

The main card for Submission Underground 3 is official and features a mouth-watering main event match between Dillon Danis and AJ Agazarm in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday, Jan. 29.

Danis a 23-year-old black belt trained by Marcelo Garcia and one of the greatest jiu-jitsu competitors of all time, Danis is also a grappling coach and training partner of Conor McGregor and was in the corner for the Irishman's most recent UFC fight, a knockout win over Eddie Alvarez in New York.

Agazarm "The Florida Boy" has been a staple in BJJ since his first world championship in 2007 (blue belt). Since then, he has won many of the largest BJJ tournaments over the years, including the prestigious World No-Gi Championship in 2014 as a black belt.

The submission-only match will go down in the SUG cage and tops a bill that also features elite leglocker Garry Tonon against UFC star Hector Lombard, infamous up-and-coming prodigy Gordon Ryan versus grizzled veteran Jeff Monson, and the enigmatic yet dangerous Jeff Glover squaring off against wrestler-turned-MMA fighter Chad Mendes.

Hector Lombard out, Chael Sonnen faces Garry Tonon at SUG3.

Fresh off his Bellator debut loss, Submission Underground President Chael Sonnen will take to the mats of his very own event against none other than Garry Tonon at SUG3.

Bellator MMA pulls Chael Sonnen from Submission Underground 3 match this weekend, he will be replaced by Antonio Carlos Junior.

Heavyweight
1. Vitaly Minakov (Fight Nights)    
2. Blagoi Ivanov (PFL) 
3. Cheick Kongo (Bellator)
4. Matt Mitrione (Bellator)
5. Roy Nelson (Bellator)  1
6. Javy Ayala(Bellator)  1
7. Tony Johnson Jr. (Fight Nights)
8. Sergei Kharitonov (Bellator)
9. Fedor Emelianenko (Bellator)
10. Amir Aliakbari (ACB) 

Other Contenders: Karol Bedorf (KSW), Brandon Vera (ONE  ), Marcin Różalski (KSW ), Ivan Shtyrkov (RCC), Bobby Lashley (Bellator) 

Light Heavyweight
1. Ryan Bader (Bellator )
2. Phil Davis (Bellator)
3. Muhammed Lawal (Bellator)      
4. Tomasz  Narkun (KSW )   
5. Jiří Procházka (RIZIN)    
6. Linton Vassell (Bellator)      
7. Liam McGeary (Bellator)
8. Rashid Yusupov (PFL)
9. Valentin Moldavsky (Bellator) 1  
10. Batraz Agnaev (ACB ) *N.R       

Other Contenders: Chael Sonnen (Bellator) , Roger Gracie (ONE ), Stephan Puetz (M-1 Global), Quinton Jackson (Bellator), Nikita Krylov (Fight Nights)

Middleweight
1. Gegard Mousasi (Bellator)   
2. Mamed Khalidov (KSW ) 
3. Rafael Carvalho (Bellator
4. John Salter (Bellator)
5. Alexander Shlemenko (M-1 Global)
6. Michał Materla (KSW)      
7. Viktor Nemkov (M-1 Global)       
8. Aung La Nsang(ONE )
9. Vitaly Bigdash (ONE)
10. Albert Duraev (ACB )

Other Contenders: Jung Hwan Cha (ROAD FC  ), Vladimir Mineev (Fight Nights) , Chidi Njokuani (Bellator), Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (ACB),  Anatoly Tokov (Bellator) 

Welterweight
1. Rory MacDonald (Bellator ) 1 
2. Douglas Lima (Bellator) 1 
3. Andrey Koreshkov (Bellator)  
4. Paul Daley (Bellator) 
5. Jon Fitch (PFL)
6. Jake Shields (PFL)   
7. Michael Page (Bellator)        
8. Alexey Kunchenko (M-1 Global  )    
9. Abubakar Nurmagomedov (PFL) 
10. Roberto Soldić (KSW )    

Other Contenders:  Mukhamed Berkhamov (ACB ) , Rousimar Palhares (Fight Nights), Kiichi Kunimoto (RIZIN), Lorenz Larkin (Bellator), Borys Mańkowski (KSW)

Lightweight
1. Brent Primus (Bellator )
2. Michael Chandler (Bellator)
3. Derek Campos (Bellator)  
4. Martin Nguyen (ONE )
5. Patricky "Pitbull" Freire (Bellator)    
6. Eduard Folayang (ONE)
7.Shinya Aoki (ONE)    
8. Yusuke Yachi (RIZIN)            
9. Lowen Tynanes (ONE) 
10. Benson Henderson (Bellator)      

Other Contenders: Mateusz Gamrot (KSW ), Eduard Vartanyan (ACB), Jason High (PFL), Satoru Kitaoka (RIZIN) , Derek Anderson (Bellator),

Featherweight
1. Patricio "Pitbull" Freire (Bellator ) 
2. Daniel Weichel (Bellator)    
3. Pat Curran (Bellator)     
4. Martin Nguyen (ONE )
5. Emmanuel Sanchez (Bellator)   
6. Andre Harrison (PFL)
7. Daniel Straus (Bellator)
8. Magomed Idrisov (M-1 Global)           
9. Kron Gracie (RIZIN) 
10. Marat Gafurov (ONE)   

Other Contenders: Khamzat Dalgiev (M-1 Global ), James Gallagher (Bellator), Kazunori Yokota (DEEP ), Bubba Jenkins (ACB), Lance Palmer (PFL) 

Bantamweight
1. Kyoji Horiguchi (RIZIN)
2. Bibiano Fernandes (ONE )
3. Darrion Caldwell (Bellator )
4. Shintaro Ishiwatari (Pancrase )      
5. Eduardo Dantas (Bellator)            
6. Soo Chul Kim (ROAD FC )               
7. Michael McDonald (Bellator)      
8. Timur Valiev (PFL)   
9. Joe Warren (Bellator)      
10. Rafael Silva (Pancrase) 

Other Contenders: Sam Sicilia (Bellator), Takafumi Otsuka (DEEP ), Marcos Galvão (Bellator), Masakatsu Ueda (Pancrase), Manel Kape (RIZIN)

Flyweight
1. Adriano Moraes (ONE )     
2. Tyson Nam (Fight Nights)  
3. Tatsumitsu Wada (DEEP )        
4. Hiromasa Ogikubo (Shooto)       
5. Ali Bagautinov (Fight Nights)   
6. Askar Askarov (ACB )      
7. Yoni Sherbatov (ACB)        
8. Jose Torres (Titan FC )       
9. Chris Kelades (M-1 Global)         
10. Riley Dutro (Shooto ) *N.R

Other Contenders: Kairat Akhmetov (ONE), Ricky Simon (LFA ), Yunus Evloev (WFCA ), Takeshi Kasugai (Pancrase), Zach Makovsky (ACB)

Strawweight
1. Alex Silva (ONE FC )
2. Kent Kambe (Pancrase)
3. Mitsuhisa Sunabe (King Of Pancrase  ) 
4. Daichi Kitakata (Pancrase)    
5. Ryohei Kurosawa  (Shooto)
6. Yoshitaka Naito (ONE FC)   
7. Marcus Amaral (Shooto BR)   
8. Hayato Suzuki  (ONE FC)    
9. Yosuke Saruta (Shooto )
10. Haruo Ochi (Deep ) 

Other Contenders: Marcone Muniz (Aspera FC) , Gilberto Dias (Jungle Fight ),Joshua Pacio (ONE), Kanta Sato (Deep), Raymison Bruno (Pancrase)

Women's Featherweight
1. Julia Budd (Bellator )       
2. Talita Nogueira (Bellator)    
3. Iony Razafiarison (Bellator)   
4. Arlene Blencowe (Bellator)   
5. Leah Letson (Invicta FC) 
6. Ediane Gomes (Invicta FC)    
7. Pam Sorenson (Invicta FC)      
8. Helena Kolesnyk (Invicta FC)               
9. Felicia Spencer (Invicta FC)         
10. Cindy Dandois (RIZIN) *N,R

Other Contenders:Gabrielle Holloway (Bellator), Jozette Cotton (Free Agent) ,Alexis Dufresne (Bellator), Katharina Lehner (Invicta FC) ,Sinead Kavanagh (Bellator)  

Women's Flyweight
1. Ariane Lipski (KSW )  
2. Jennifer Maia (Invicta FC ) 
3. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (Bellator )        
4. Vanessa Porto (Invicta FC) 1         
5. Agnieszka Niedźwiedź  (Invicta FC) 1    
6. Emily Ducote (Bellator)   
7. Jingnan Xiong (ONE FC )  2     
8. Valérie Létourneau (Bellator)
9. Simone Duarte (Jungle Fight ) 2
10. Kate Jackson (Bellator) 

Other Contenders: Kanako Murata (RIZIN) , Molly McCann (Cage Warrior), Tiffany Teo (ONE FC), Alejandra Lara  (Bellator) , Juliana Velasquez (Bellator)

Jeff Monson pulled out I think.

Chael got pulled imo because it only fueled fix rumors if chael turned around and competed so quickly.

fka wrote:Chael got pulled imo because it only fueled fix rumors if chael turned around and competed so quickly.

Gary Tonnon would have tapped him faster than TITO did. Had nothing to do with fix allegations. Bellator couldnt afford to have sonnen lose twice in 1 week