Tyrone Spong and Rampage Jackson Have War of Word on Twitter

Tyrone Spong and Rampage Jackson Have War of Word on Twitter
by Chris Houten - @mrhouts

Former UFC Champion, and current Bellator Light-heavyweight Rampage Jackson took to twitter today to tell Glory World Series Kickboxing Heavyweight Tournament Champion and World Series for Fighting Light-heavyweight to 'Come over or shut the fuck up!.

The war of words kicked off when Rampage responded to tweet Spong, who yesterday signed a new contract with World Series of Fighting sent out the following saying he was willing to fight Jackson as part of the fantasy Bellator vs World Series of Fight card that WSOF match maker Ali Abdel-Aziz proposed earlier in the week:

Yo @Rampage4real I just resigned with @MMAWorldSeries so have your BOSS make this fight happen! @MMAWorldSeries VS @BellatorMMA
— TyroneSpong (@Tyrone_spong) January 18, 2014

Lets just say Rampage didn't take kindly to the tweet and the following back and forth took place:

@Tyrone_spong bro I hear u getting loud over there,u keep calling me out and u r not even n Bellator. Come over or shut the fuck up!
— Quinton Jackson (@Rampage4real) January 18, 2014

@Rampage4real No need to talk tough cuz we both know you not really about it! Your boss no's how to sort it out so it can happen!
— TyroneSpong (@Tyrone_spong) January 18, 2014

@Tyrone_spong never said YOU dissed me! But I'll b happy 2 fuck u up if u ever come 2 Bellator,but until then stfu! #newbie
— Quinton Jackson (@Rampage4real) January 18, 2014

@Rampage4real there you go talkin stupid, ain't comin to bellator it about a challenge @MMAWorldSeries threw at @BellatorMMA talk is cheap
— TyroneSpong (@Tyrone_spong) January 18, 2014

Newbie?? I probably got triple your fights even if it's not in mma, anyways ask your BOSS polite to sign and make it happen @Rampage4real
— TyroneSpong (@Tyrone_spong) January 18, 2014

This could be a war of word that could last a while with a fight between Jackson and Spong unlikely to take place while both men are signed to Bellator and World Series of Fighting respectively. One thing for sure though, Spong is right, this is a fight the fans do want to see.

Video: WSOF - 4 Tyrone Spong vs Angel DeAnda (Full Fight)

Video: WSOF 4 Tyrone Spong vs Angel DeAnda (Full Fight)

World Series of Fighting 4 went down last night from The Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California and was headlined by decorated kickboxer 'King of the Ring' Tyrone Spong taking on MMA brawler Angel DeAnda who entered the fight with an 11-2 record and 10 wins in his previous 11 fights.

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Glory World Series Signs TV Deal with Spike TV

Glory World Series Signs TV Deal with Spike TV

Spike TV will expand its sports line-up with the addition of GLORY Sports International's (GSI) brand of kickboxing premiering in Fall, 2013.  The action-packed LIVE sports programming, part of an overall GSI content initiative, will air 2-hour events in primetime on select Saturday nights from around the world as part of a multi-year partnership was announced today by Jon Slusser, Senior Vice President, Sports and Multiplatform Programming, Spike TV, and Andrew Whitaker, Chief Executive GLORY Sports International, Pte Ltd.

“We are thrilled to partner with GSI in bringing Spike TV's audience the incredible action and intensity of GLORY’s fight league, which feature the best kickboxers in the world,” said Slusser. “Viewers will quickly see this as the perfect complement to our coverage of Bellator, the world’s leading tournament-based MMA promotion.”

"Spike has established itself as the home of combat sports in a way that is unique. Its audience will expect the most exciting ring action and we promise to deliver it," said Whitaker. "Glory kickboxing is the next big thing and Spike clearly knows something about spotting aces in the sports programming space."

GLORY Sports International is the world's premier stand-up fighting league, staging events across the globe. The fight series includes multi-man tournaments, along with traditional, single bouts.  The most elite kickboxers in the world fight for GLORY including Tyrone Spong, Gokhan Saki, Semmy Schilt, Nieky Holzken, Yuta Kubo, Giorgio Petrosyan, Daniel Ghita, Peter Aerts, Remy Bonjasky and Albert Kraus.

Spike TV has a long tradition of telecasting the best in action sports, and is currently the home of the emerging mixed martial arts league, Bellator MMA.  

5 Fights Added to World Series of Fighting 4

5 Fights Added to World Series of Fighting 4

Slated for the live, fight-five NBC Sports Network telecast of the World Series of Fighting event is a light heavyweight (205 pounds) showdown between world kickboxing champion turned unbeaten MMA upstart Tyrone “King of the Ring” Spong (1-0) of Boca Raton, Fla. via Suriname and fellow hard-hitting KO artist Angel “The Dream” DeAnda (11-2).

The 27-year-old Spong is a veteran of 77 professional kickboxing bouts while DeAnda has scored (T)KOs in 10 of his 11 career MMA victories, including his last four starts

Red-hot Marlon Moraes (10-4) of Jupiter, Fla. will battle fellow streaking bantamweight (135 pounds) Brandon “Hot Rod” Hempleman (9-1) of Boise, Idaho. The 25-year-old Moraes is coming off his fourth consecutive victory – a stunning first round (2:55) KO of rival star Tyson Nam by way of head kick at the World Series of Fighting event on March 23 – while Hempleman is a winner of six consecutive fights.

In other main card action, World Series of Fighting President and six-time world kickboxing champion Ray Sefo (2-1) of Las Vegas will shed his business attire and put on his fighting trunks and combat gloves to face heavy-handed KO artist Dave Huckaba (20-5) of Sacramento, Calif.
Sefo, also a two-time Hall of Famer, has faced and defeated nearly every major rival of his era in the kickboxing ring, while Huckaba, a dangerous and seasoned power puncher, has earned 16 of his 20 career victories by way of (T)KO.

“This will be, without a doubt, our finest event to date in terms of the talent lined up from top to bottom,” said Sefo. “As a promoter, I am extremely proud of this fight card that our company has assembled for our fourth live event and, as a fighter who still has the burning desire to compete, I am naturally excited to have the opportunity to step in the cage and show what I can do in there against a seasoned opponent.”

In other main card action, Tyson Griffin (16-6) of Santa Rosa, Calif. will face off with fellow lightweight (155 pounds) star J.Z. Cavalcante (17-7-1) of Deerfield Beach, Fla. via Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Newly signed, undefeated phenomenon “Notorious” Nick Newell (9-0) of Springfield, Mass. will square off with Keon “The Black Assassin” Caldwell (9-1) of Moultrie, Ga. in another lightweight scrap. Newell has earned eight of his nine career wins by (T)KO or submission while, similarly, Caldwell has notched eight of his nine career victories by way of (T)KO.

In preliminary card action, welterweight (170 pounds) stars Jorge Santiago (25-11) of Boca Raton, Fla. via Rio de Janeiro and Gerald “Hurricane” Harris (21-5) of Tulsa, Okla. will collide.
Additional preliminary card bouts will be announced soon.

Tyrone Spong vs. Angel DeAnda Slated for WSOF 3 Co-Main Event

Tyrone Spong & Angel DeAnda Meet at WSOF 3

Tyrone 'King of the Ring' Spong's returns to the cage in June highly marking his anticipated second MMA bout where he will take on Angel DeAnda.

Spong (1-0), who was victorious in his MMA debut in November, will meet Angel DeAnda (11-2) on June 14 in Las Vegas, WSOF president Ray Sefo announced the fight late Monday night via his Twitter

The bout will serve as the card's co-main event. Jon Fitch vs. Josh Burkman will be the WSOF 3 main event.

Considered one of the best pound-for-pound kickboxers in the world, 27-year-old Spong, who trains with the Blackzilians, improved his kickboxing record to 69-6-1 last month when he defeated kickboxing legend Remy Bonjasky at Glory 5 in London.

In his MMA debut At WSOF 1 Spong knocked out Travis Bartlett in devastating fashion, and has since drawn great interest from the MMA community, who have been pining to see the King of the Ring in more MMA bouts.

His opponent DeAnda enters the bout on a four fight win streak, most recently stoping veteran Anthony Ruiz in November, under the Tachi Palace Fights

A Las Vegas venue for WSOF 3, which will air live on NBC Sports Network, has yet to be announced.