The “Submission Underground 28” tournament is scheduled to take place on October 31, with a card that’s stacked with interesting match-ups. For instance, former SUG title challenger Kyle Chambers will go head-to-head with Tanner Weisgram; whereas another former challenger – Andy Varela – with go to battle against Haisam Rida.
Check out the full card lineup for this SUG tournament below:
SUBMISSION UNDERGROUND 28 LINEUP
Main card:
- Haisam Rida vs. Andy Varela
- Guilherme Vasconcelos vs. Aaron Tiegs
- Jordan Holy vs. Cris Lencioni
- Juliana Miller vs. Tara Larosa
- Tanner Weisgram vs. Kyle Chambers
Preliminary card:
- Mikey Gonzalez vs. Matt Ferraiolo
- Morgan Matuizek vs. Phelan Carron
- Roman Wheeler vs. Charlie Gilpin
- Ian King vs. Reed Wallace
- Caleb Stecker vs. Jimmy Zeng
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The Rida vs. Varela match will be headlining this SUG card. As previously mentioned, Varela is a former SUG title challenger. He is a 10th Planet representative and has previously beaten the likes of Satoshi Ishii and Kevin Casey.
Rida, on the other hand, recently won bronze at the Who’s Number One (WNO) Championships – by beating Orlando Sanchez and Giancarlo Bodoni. He also won two American Nationals No Gi Championships, and is considered a favorite in his bout against Varela.
The co-main event features a Gi match between Guilherme Vasconcelos and Aaron Tiegs. Vasconcelos is a MMA veteran with 16 professional fights to his name, whereas Tiegs has a 7-0 record at SUG; and is deemed as a favorite in this match.
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