A Message from the President:

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A Message from the President:
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Classic Entertainment & Sports CEO Jimmy Burchfield Sr.
 
From all of us at Team CES, we hope that you are having a wonderful start to the summer and that you enjoy this season with friends and family.
Here at CES, we have been busy putting together our next installment of CES MMA on AXS TV Fights, which takes place next Friday, June 12th, right here at the beautiful Twin River Casino!
We have stacked the card with the best fighters around and we are confident the fans will leave wondering when and where they can purchase tickets to the next event!
 
In the main event, we have CES MMA welterweight champion Chuck "Cold Steel" O'Neil defending his title against tough Ohio veteran Dom Steele! If you want to be inspired, read the story below about co-feature Matt Bessette's battle with cancer and then watch next Friday as he takes on the always exciting Khama Worthy.
 
If that isn't enough, we have a major cruiserweight bout between the two best big men around, Tyler King and Greg Rebello! Also on the card, Eric Spicely faces Harley Beekman, Dinis Paiva battles Bruno Marques, Nate Andrews takes on Jay Bakanowski, James Murrin faces Joe Pingitore, Pete Rogers squares off against Evan Parker, and so much more! I hope to see you all at the fights!
  
Thank you for being the BEST fans in the world!
  
  
We'll see you at the fights!
  
Much respect,
Jimmy
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cancer survivor Bessette continues remarkable journey

The victory outside of the cage may always be the biggest for Hartford's Matt Bessette.


 

He's won 14 times as a professional in mixed martial arts, many under the bright lights of national television on the sport's biggest stage, but the 30-year-old featherweight has gained crossover appeal for battling and conquering Leukemia at a young age.

 

Open and honest about his struggles as a child -- the doctor's visits, the sleepless nights with his mother at his bedside --Bessette has drawn a new legion of fans both in and out of the MMA community, a concept he still struggles to grasp every now and then.

 

"Every time someone reaches out to me," Bessette said, "I think to myself, 'Who the hell am I? I'm just a fighter.'"

 

But to many, he's more than just "The Mangler," the name most people know him as on fight night. To the young college student with Leukemia whom he visited on campus at the University of Connecticut, or the countless others whose day he's brightened with something as simple as a reply, Bessette is an inspiration, an example of how life's roadblocks don't always have to derail your dreams.

 

"It's inspiring for me, too," said Bessette, who returns to the cageFriday, June 12th, 2015 on the main card of "CES MMA XXIX" live from Twin River Casino on AXS TV, "but at the same time, I'm lucky to be here myself. We're all in this together."

 

To read the rest of the story, click here!

 

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