Music and Mayhem

When: 5/17/2003 - 5/17/2003
Where: Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.

Contacts:
For Fighters: Griffen Reynaud, Walt Bayless Combat Jiu Jitsu, (801) 273-0772
For PR: Tom Casey, Vbacks, (801) 201-3308, tom@vbacks.com

For Immediate Release

Martial Arts and Music Event Music and Mayhem 2003 Will Rock Downtown With Live Fighting Competition and Live Music Event Features Regional Fighting Champions and Local UT Hip-Hop Entertainers

Salt Lake City, UT: May 14, 2003 Music and Mayhem 2003, a new martial arts entertainment event, will kick off this Saturday, May 17th at 5:00pm MT as the first of several spring and summer shows that will be held at the Gallivan Center in Downtown Salt Lake City. Each event will feature amateur Thai boxing and NHB fights in a boxing ring outside.

A live concert of local hip-hop bands and DJs produced by Inner City Entertainment will feature artists A-Train, Ikehella, Young Butch; and BTS, featuring Q-Crazy, Slim-T, and Jamal. Food and drink vendors, including Anheuser-Busch Budweiser, will be at the show. Type T Fight Gear will also be sold at the event.

Many of the scheduled Utah fighters currently hold regional and national amateur championship titles. Champions on the card include:

• Mickee "Sick Boy" Porritt: ISKA United States Super Middleweight Champion, ISKA Rocky Mountain Super Middleweight Champion, International Amateur Muay Thai Association Light Heavy Weight Champion, and 1999 Utah Tough Man
• Steve Gomm: Mountain West 170 lbs NHB Champion
• Casey Jackson: Ultimate Combat Super Heavyweight Champion
• Melanie Kohler: Fought at the International K1 event held in Vegas May 3, 2003
• One of the featured bouts will be between Utah fighter, Alisanne Casey, and ISKA Colorado State Super Bantamweight and IKF 2001 Flyweight Champion, Katie "Killer" Meehan

"The exciting combination of martial arts fighting fused with live hip-hop music introduce new inroads in professional and amateur entertainment, and is a step up from the local bar fighting scene," said Griffen Reynaud, head trainer at the Walt Bayless Combat Jiu Jitsu of Holladay, Utah, and fight organizer of the event. " We think this ground breaking and appealing combination of artistic and cultural expression will be well received in Salt Lake," Reynaud concluded.

Kwame Stephens, the regional representative for the International Kickboxing Federation, the sanctioning body for the fighting competition, will make a guest appearance. Stephens is a three time Muay Thai Champion and is the number 1 contender for the upcoming IKF Middleweight Championship scheduled for June 7, 2003 in Peoria, Illinois.

Alex "Brazilian Killa" Stebling, 4 time Pride Fighting Champion, UFC and Pancrase veteran, IVC 16 man Absolute Weight Tournament Champion, and Reality Submission Light Heavy Weight Champion, will also make a guest appearance.

Vbacks (www.vbacks.com) is the main sponsor of the event. Lost Art Tattoo (www.lostarttattoo.com) is also a sponsor, and Walt Bayless Combat Jiu Jitsu (www.waltbaylesscombatjj.com) is the fight organizer for this event.

The Gallivan Center is located at 239 South Main Street, Salt Lake City Utah. (www.ci.slc.ut.us) Parking is available. Call Walt Bayless Combat Jiu Jitsu at 801.273.0772 or UpRock at 801.363.7955 for tickets.