Kampmann vs Shields Confirmed for UFC 121

As I wrote earlier today, Martin Kampmann was rumoured to fight Jake Shields when he would sign with the UFC.
Jake has now signed the contract and the fight is official for October 23. for UFC 121 in Shields home state California.
There will be a lot of hype around this fight and fighting on the same card as Brock Lesnar could mean that around 1 million PPV buys and potential exposure to several million people.

Here is what I wrote about the fight earlier:
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Kampmann recently won a dominate decision victory over Paulo Thiago. Jake shields' last victory came against former pride champion Dan Henderson. Kampmann's only two loses in the UFC has come against to of the absolute best and he is 8-2 in the UFC. Jake shields is on a 14-fight win streak since the end of 2004.

There is no doubt about that the level of hype around both of these fighters is really high. Plus the UFC is probably going to hype this fight even more now that they have stolen Jake shield from strikeforce.
Martin would really win a lot from this fight, but the stakes are also pretty high. When you fight against a guy that's on a such a long win streak you risk a lot, and this is far from an easy fight. But after what Kampmann showed against Paulo Thiago He is more than ready! "

I still believe that Kampmann will win this. Many people say that Kampmann weakness is wrestling, which is just what Shields is good at. But looking at the Paulo Thiago fight where Kampmann manhandled a really great BJJ black belt. Although not the same as a really good wrestler, you get the feeling that Kampmann's ground game has evolved greatly.

Martin Kampmann likely to be first oppenent for Jake Shields

Jake Shields was the Strikeforce middleweight champion but was stripped of the title after it came out, that he was going to be signing with the UFC. With the switch to UFC Shields is also planning to return to welterweight where he fought when he was the Elite XC champion.
It is now rumoured that Shields first opponent will be the Danish fighter Martin Kampmann, a match that will truly make the winner top contender. The date for the fight could be october 23 at UFC 121.

Kampmann recently won a dominate decision victory over Paulo Thiago. Jake shields' last victory came against former pride champion Dan Henderson. Kampmann's only two loses in the UFC has come against to of the absolute best and he is 8-2 in the UFC. Jake shields is on a 14-fight win streak since the end of 2004.

There is no doubt about that the level of hype around both of these fighters is really high. Plus the UFC is probably going to hype this fight even more now that they have stolen Jake shield from strikeforce.
Martin would really win a lot from this fight, but the stakes are also pretty high. When you fight against a guy that's on a such a long win streak you risk a lot, and this is far from an easy fight. But after what Kampmann showed against Paulo Thiago He is more than ready!

Note: Fight has now been confirmed: http://www.danishmma.com/2010/07/kampmann-vs-shields-confirmed-for-ufc.html

4 Seminars With The Hitman

The Danish UFC fighter Martin The Hitman Kampmann is coming home to visit Denmark. During his stay in Denmark he will give out 4 seminars around the country. The seminars are all 100 kroner per hour. See the Schedule below:

Fighterzone.dk: 28. of July from 17:30 to 20:30 (More info on the website)
Fight Pit: 4. of August from 17:00 to 21:00 (More info here)
Fightercentre: 9. of August from 18:00 (More info here)
Fightcraft: 22. of August from 12:00 to 17:00 with 1 hour break (More info here)

UFC fighter Martin Kampmann - Shootermma.com

Date for the Fight Night Live show now official

Denmark newest promotion Fight Night Live (FNL) with the Danish fighter Rasmus Bendtsen as front figure, has now got a date for their début show. The event will be held the 21. of may 2011 in Messecenter Herning's congress center.
Rasmus Bendtsen will fight at the event and it is rumoured for Lars 'Bad Boy' Besand to make a comeback.
The entire event will be filmed and produced for television and hopefully shown on TV2 Sport.