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From the TREMENDOUS SBN site Bloody Elbow, Mark Ellis wins his 1st professional MMA fight with a second round submission. The review of the fight is a little down the page, but it sounds as if Ellis was all about getting the fight to the ground and trying to submit his opponent. For those who are curious, Ellis is the 4th former Mizzou wrestler who have moved professionally to MMA, and the combined records of the four (Ben Askren, Tyron Woodley, Mike Chandler and Mark Ellis) now stands at 26-0. Michael Chandler will be the next to fight on October 25th when he looks to join Ben Askren as a Bellator Champion when he takes on the extremely talented Eddie Alvarez (22-2)

I will likely have some more on this over the next two days, but the top 8 seeds were released at the VERY prestigious (read: loaded) Midlands Wrestling Tournament, which will kick off tomorrow at Northwestern. Nice to see Brent Haynes earn a 6 seed at 197 and it will be interesting to see what Marable (4 seed) can do at 165 and what the HWY's can do (Bradley is a 3 and Ellis is a 6)