Shuffield hails from Water Valley, MS and got started in combat sports at a young age. His father was the PKA World Cruiserweight Kickboxing Champion in the late 80’s, early 90’s and started Cody in taekwondo mainly for self-defense. At the age of 14 he wanted to try kickboxing and was a natural. He won numerous titles and was ranked as high as #2 in the world. When he was 17, MMA just became legalized in TN and Jeff Mullens asked him if he would like to do an MMA fight on his show and the rest is history. Shuffield liked the smaller gloves and the wrestling aspect of MMA. From there he developed a ground game and is now one of the top up and coming fighters in the world today. He is currently a senior at Ole Miss where he is majoring in psychology. He plans on applying to graduate school and hopes to one day open up his own gym. But make no mistake about it, he is a fighter first and wants to take both sports as far as he can and earn a living competing.

On December 15, Shuffield is in for the biggest fight of his young career when he defends his title against the ever dangerous, Kyle Lechner. Lechner is heavy handed and well versed on the ground and is coming down in weight to face Shuffield. When asked about this fight, here is what Shuffield had to say: “Lechner is a lefty and likes to stand and bang. I feel I have the advantage standing up and in the clinch. I think this fight will end via knockout or by a unanimous decision.” Don’t blink, because when Shuffield enters the cage, the fight can end at any moment and the next time you see him fight may be on television.

BFC15 rolls into Southaven, MS, on Saturday, October 22nd!  It’s the BANG! Fighting Championships! BFC15 will feature the absolute very best local fighter’s from Horn Lake, Southaven, and the entire Mid-South! It’ll be non stop MMA action all night long. This is the our first all ages show!

Tickets are only 25 dollars for general admission, 35 dollars ringside and $45 VIP or a VIP table for 6 for $240.  This will be a sold out show so don’t wait! Doors open at 6pm and fights begin at 7! Weigh ins for BFC15 will be at Buffalo Wild Wings on Airways Blvd in Southaven, Friday October 12, 6pm! Come meet the fighters! Tickets available at Fisher’s Bang Gym located at 1941 Goodman Road W. Suite 102 & 103.

For more info call 901-494-9666 or visit fishrskarate.com!

MemphisMMA.com was there and round-by-round action was captured by reporter JC Martin.

Light Heavyweight Eliminator (winner will face Champion Christian M’Pumbu), Attila “Pumukli” Vegh (28-4-2) vs Travis “Diesel” Wiuff (68-15-0)

Round 1: Both men are in the zone as the fight begins. The crowd is excited for this Light Heavyweight Tournament Final. Vegh feigns a left before dropping Wiuff to his knees with a concrete right hand. Vegh those a few more punches for good measure before the referee says it’s over.

Winner: Attila Vegh via TKO (Punches) :25 into Round 1

Heavyweights, Mike “The Juggernaut” Wessel (12-4-0) vs Ryan Martinez (7-2-0)

Round 1: Wessel with an early barrage of punches. Martinez counters with a right hook to Wessel’s ear. Crowd is adamantly behind Wessel. Wessel with another flurry and has Martinez against the cage in the clinch. Martinez with two good knees to Wessel’s midsection. Martinez and Wessel trading punches. Martinez with a hard leg kick. Martinez takes Wessel to the ground. Wessle quickly scurries to his feet. Martinez feigns the guillotine and attempts to take the back, but Wessel escapes. Wessel is dropped by a right hook and Martinez has side control. Martinez tries for a Kimura. Hard shots from Bellator’s heavyweights.

Round 2: 2nd round beings like the 1st with Wessel coming right after Martinez. Martinez with the take down on Wessel and immediately is into side control. Martinez lands a couple of punches to Wessel’s face. Wessel shoots up and the crowd erupts. Wessel is obviously their dog in this fight. Wessel narrowly misses a head kick. Martinez throws a head kick of his own which Wessel catches and throws him to the ground. Another roar of approval from this raucous crowd in Tunica, MS. Wessel works the clinch against the cage, but Martinez powers him to the canvas and has the guard position. Fantastic round from these two gladiators.

Round 3: Martinez, a southpaw, goes for leg kick, but is met with a counter punch right on the button. Martinez and Wessel trading punches looking for any opening. Martinez with a quick hook to the nose of Wessel. Wessel throwing knees in the clinch and Martinez is countering with short upper cuts. Both men back to the middle of the octagon much to the delight of the crowd. Wessel rocks Martinez with three solid punches, but Martinez recovers. The crowd gets loud with 30 seconds left in the fight. These two titans are throwing everything they have at each other. There is the bell!

Winner: Via decision (split)- Mike Wessel

Light Heavyweights, Mike Mucitelli (3-0-0) vs Matt Van Buren (5-1-0)

Round 1: The loser is no longer undefeated after this one. MM with a quick take down of Van Buren. Both men wrestling for position. Van Buren delivering punches to the gut. Mucitelli with an upkick. Van Buren stands and delivers strong punches to MM on the ground. Van Buren inside Mucitelli’s guard. MM trips Van Buren and tries to take his back. Back to the ground and MM chokes out Van Buren with a triangle choke! The crowd goes wild! Greatest finish of the night. Van Buren appears to be devastated.

Winner: Mike Mucitelli via Submission (Triangle Choke) at 3:01 in Round 1

Bantamweight Tournament Championship Eliminator, Luis “Betao” Nogueria (14-3-0) vs Marcos “Loro” Galvao (13-5-1)

Round 1: Battle of Brazil. Both Brazilian Bellators square off with the winner to face fellow countryman Eduardo Dantas for the Bantamweight Championship. Galvao starts off with a stiff leg kick and a couple of fast punches before having his td stuffed by Nogueria. Galvao and Nogueira trade punches with blistering speed. Nogueria hits the canvas holding his groin. Timeout is called and Galvao gets a warning. This fight is face paced with punches flying everywhere alternated with Muay Thai clenches and thrown knees. Nogueria scores a takedown on Galvao. Both men are throwing everything they have as the time runs out in round 1.

Round 2: Nogueria lands three clean punches to both sides of Galvao’s face. Galvao strikes with two knees to Nogueria’s midsection. Galvao and Nogueria exchange punches as the circle the octagon. Galvao lands a right cross that carries Nogueria across the ring. Galvao lands several punches and Nogueria is rocked. Galvao has the mount and is raining punches and hammer-fists. Nogueria cannot defend himself and that is it!

Marcos Galvao will fight for the Bantamweight Championship against Eduardo Dantas! Galvao kisses wife who made the trip from New York, and celebrates with a poster of his mother who recently passed away from cancer.

Winner: Marcos Galvao via TKO/RSC at 4:20 into Round 2

Bout 1: Lightweights
Harry Johnson (8-7-0) vs Cosmo “Good Boy” Alexandre (3-1-0)

Round 1: Johnson with huge slam early and guillotine attempt thwarted by Alexandre. Cosmo warned about low shot that dropped Johnson. Johnson with flurry after fight resumes. Cosmo lets Johnson up. Cosmo with huge right-left. Cosmo followed by vicious knees and kicks to Johnson’s face. Johnson survives the round, thanks to the bell, as Cosmo had him in the ground and pound.

Round 2: Ref calls another low blow on Cosmo. Cosmo throws a hard knee to the gut and Johnson is down again claiming a low blow. The referee calls a timeout to check on Johnson. The referee asks Johnson if he would like to continue the fight and this one is over.
Winner: Cosmo Alexandre via TKO/RSC :39 into Round 2

Bout 2: Light Heavyweights
Brian Albin (8-9-0) vs Jacob “Psycho” Noe (10-1-0)

Round 1: Albin lands two early stiff right hooks. Noe works Albin in the clinch against the cage. Albin is bleeding from the mouth within the first minute. Crowd calling for the referee to separate the fighters. Both fighters missing with haymakers. Albin lands a nice right hand counter punch to Noe’s chin. Noe with the takedown into side control. Noe began to rake his forearm across Albin’s bleeding mouth. Noe with short quick elbows on the ground. Albin manages to survive round 1. Noe looks impressive with precise strikes and great power. Albin is a bloody mess. Crowd is very into this fight and is solidly behind Noe.

Round 2: Round 2 never starts as Albin is declared unable to continue due to a huge laceration on his upper lip.

Winner: Jacob Noe victorious by TKO/Doctor Stoppage

Bout 3: Middleweights
Amaechi “Infamous” Oselukwue (3-7-0) vs Kelvin “The Momma’s Boy” Tiller (5-0-0)

Round 1: The fighters catch each other with dual leg kicks and both fall. Oselukwue with front kick to the gut. Tiller drops Oselukwue with a leg kick. Oselukwue up and Tiller takes him back down. Tiller takes Oselukwue’s back. Tiller with another takedown, maintains the back position. Oselukwue fights out, but Tiller retakes the back. Dominate wrestling game from Tiller. Oselukwue survives.

Round 2: Tiller still the aggressor. Nice leg kick, right cross combo by Tiller. Oselukwue tries a combo, TIller avoids. Oselukwue sticks Tiller with several quick punches. Tiller with another takedown of Oselukwue. Tiller with good hard punches to the side of Oselukwue’s face. Crowd comes alive as Tiller delivers a barrage of punches and hammer fists to Oselukwue. Tiller takes the back again on the ground. Rear naked choke attempt by Tiller. Oselukwue fights out. Tiller is too much for Oselukwue as he punishes his head before the ref steps in.

Winner: Kelvin Tiller via TKO (punches) 4:21 into round 2

Bout 4: Welterweight Match
Joe Williams (7-1-0) vs Andy Uhrich (6-3-0)

Round 1: Both men try to get a feel for each other. Williams with a takedown attempt that is blocked by Uhrich. Uhrich with good right hands to Williams’ left eye. Williams with great clean punches and scores a takedown. Uhrich fights back to his feet before Williams takes him to the ground again. Williams trying to take the back, but Uhrich fights up to his feet. Slow paced fight with a lot of feeling each other out. Uhrich swings wildly and his momentum takes him to the ground. Williams takes the back but lets go. Uhrich right after him with punches. Williams fights for another takedown. Uhrich with an upkick to Williams’ face. Good back-and-forth round moving at a slow methodical pace.

Round 2: Uhrich with two quick jabs that land cleanly. Williams attempts a takedown but is met by a glancing knee to the face. Uhrich with a couple more hard shots. Uhrich taking it to Williams with repeating leg kicks. Williams a wrestler from University of Michigan scores a HARD takedown. Williams attempts to take the back. Crowd comes alive as Uhrich scrambles back to his feet. Short left hook by Williams. Solid right cross by Williams that rattles Uhrich. Uhrich recovers and delivers another stinging leg kick. Both men trading punches. Uhrich stuffs another takedown attempt. Uhrich with a nice jab followed by a devistating right cross. Williams looks winded and is swinging for the fences and only catching air.

Round 3: Urich is taken to the ground at the bell. Williams tries to better his position but is met with solid transition defense by Uhrich. Williams batters Uhrich with punches as Uhrich attempts to get up. Uhrich goes for the guillotine which Williams turns into side control positioning for himself. Uhrich attempting upkicks to no avail. Williams lets Uhrich up. Urich with a nice left hook. Uhrich is seemingly landing punches at will. They go to the ground and Williams takes his back. Uhrich fights out and has Williams in a crucifix. Uhrich dropping elbows and punches to Williams’ temple. Uhrich with hammer fists. Uhrich is looking for a submission. Williams is in a bad spot with 40 seconds left. Williams preservers and works into half guard. Both men rain blows on each other while on the ground. Great fight by both men.

Winner: Via decision (U)- Andy Uhrich knocks Joe Williams from the ranks of the undefeated.

Standing in Roades’ way is the “Baby Dragon,” Sammy Lua.  Lua comes into this fight with a 16-2 record and is a former V3 bantamweight and lightweight champion as well as the 2011 “Breakthrough Fighter of the Year.”

Roades and Lua will be battling it out for the vacant bantamweight title (current champion Ryan Collins has declared that he is turning pro).  Harmeier states, “I can’t wait for this fight.  Styles make fights and I see this fight going to the ground.  Roades has awesome ground and pound and we have all seen Lua’s jiu-jitsu. These two fighters are easily the top two fighters in the bantamweight division. I’ve been waiting to see this fight for a long time. This can easily be a main event on any other card.”

When asked about this fight, here is what these two fighters had to say:

Landon Roades….”I’m going to hit him in the face until it breaks or he is knocked out.  I hear he has good submission skills and all, but I’m not too worried about it.  This is what I believe to be my comeback fight.  So be ready to see an intense war.”

Sammy Lua…”I’m really looking forward to fighting for V3 again.  I have been fighting in Louisiana and Texas and I’m ready to make my return to Memphis and try to put on a great show for all the V3 fans.  I wish the best of luck to my opponent.  I know we will both train very hard for this fight.  I am sure it will be a war that V3 will never forget.”

On June 16, V3Fights’ Featherweight Champion, Jesse James Wallace (11-1) will defend his title for the second time against top contender, Nick “Dynamite” Davis (17-9). Both of these fighters come into this fight with a great deal of momentum. Wallace comes into this fight fresh off of a TKO victory in round #1 against Sean O’Grady. Davis’ last fight for V3 was against Dalton Pierce, which he won via rear naked choke.

Both fighters have similar styles in that they both win most of their fights with their jiu-jitsu. Wallace trains out of Bang gym and has recently started cross training at Ole Miss BJJ while he is away at school. According to Wallace, “Nick is one of the top guys around so it’s going to be one of the best fights of the night.” Davis fights out of Team Relentless 2.0 and makes a weekly trip to Memphis to cross train at UFK. Wallace probably has the advantage on the ground and Davis will more than likely have the advantage on their feet. When asked about Wallace, here is what Davis had to say about the fight, “Jesse James is one of my favorite fighters to watch. He has an exciting fighting style and tremendous heart… But I can beat him. Not only have I been cross-training with UFK, but I’ve stepped up my training altogether. He’s good everywhere, but I believe his jiu-jitsu is his bread and butter. I train with people better than him that are constantly pushing me to work and do better. I’m very comfortable playing the underdog role and I look forward to shocking people June 16 at Minglewood Hall.”

Jesse James is currently 3-1 in the V3 cage (his only loss is to bantamweight champion, Ryan Collins), and Nick Davis is currently undefeated with the promotion with a 3-0 record and has been fighting with V3 since the promotion originated.  This fight is expected to be an all out war!

Nathan Rogers (209lbs) def Chad Frame (200lbs)
Corner Called – Knee 3:00 RD1

David Brannan (136lbs) def Jairo Rodriguez (133lbs)
Tap out – Arm Bar 1:07 RD2

Marcus Wallace (225lbs) def David Sanders (264lbs)
Doctor Called – EYE 3:00 RD2 

Zac Thompson (122lbs) def Jeremy Rogers (122lbs)
Tap out – Ankle Lock 1:13 RD1

Jamie Lopez (133lbs) def Kevin Glona (133lbs)
Split Decision  - 29/28, 29/28, 28/29

Brandon Pannell (169lbs) def Viktor Gilicze (169lbs)
Knockout – Strikes :20 RD1

Amber Lynn Orr (133lbs) def Katy Collins (137lbs)
Tap out – arm bar :51 RD1

Timothy Dobbins (152lbs) def Daniel Byram (154lbs)
Tap out – Arm Bar 1:09 RD2

Danny Shell (186lbs) def Julius Moore (215lbs)
Tap out – Strikes 2:41 RD1

Chris Warrick (154lbs) def Mike Duavall (162lbs)
Tap out Guillotine Choke 0:16 RD2

Jeron Bray (166lbs) def Dustin Pumphrey (161lbs)
Tap out Arm Triangle 2:48 RD1

Brady Rapp (182lbs) def Jay Wilson (184lbs)
Tap out – Arm Bar 2:54 RD1

Venue: Sams Town
Promoter Fred Fisher
Judges: Jeff Pressley, Adrian Purvis, Chris Gates/Max Bishop
Referees: Chris Gates and Max Bishop
Ringside Doctor: Dr. Sal Vasireddy

Photographer Bob Chastain captured these ringside photos. 

The Main Event of the night will be a grudge match for the PrizeFight Lightweight Championship as Jake Underwood of Union City, TN puts his undefeated record on the line against Josh Shaffer of Russellville, KY. There is no love loss between Shaffer and Underwood as Shaffer is the only man to stop Underwood’s brother Zach in a bout two years ago. “Zach has been trying to get the rematch with Josh for two years now and the fight never gets put together. He agreed to fight me so I guess I will avenge my brother’s honor. Josh better realize he has two years of pinned up Underwood aggression coming for him on February 18th”, commented a ready Jake Underwood. Shaffer is training for this fight much in the same manner he trained for his fight with Zach Underwood two years ago. “I plan on putting Jake Underwood to sleep just like I did his brother. Don’t blink February 18th. I plan to finish him off”, said a very confident Shaffer. The Main Event is scheduled for five rounds.

A feature attraction on the card will be a battle of the heavyweights as Chris Miller of Union City, TN will rattle the cage with “Big” Don Bell of Naylor, MO. This heavyweight clash is scheduled for 3 rounds. “Everybody loves a heavyweight bout and we feel we have matched 2 of the areas best heavyweights on February 18th. As a fan I don’t want to miss Miller vs. Bell”, said promoter Russ Young of PrizeFight.

Another intriguing match on the card will be Memphis, TN’s Joe Pass meeting Danny Andrews of Poplar Bluff, MO in a 3 round welterweight fight. Pass and Andrews both had very successful and high profile amateur careers and now are embarking on a fast path to professional stardom. Their paths will cross on that journey February 18th as one will continue to go higher in the rankings and the other will undoubtedly experience his first career set back.

An electrifying title fight begins a stellar undercard as Cody Chessor from “Team Relentless” and Union City, TN will battle Jesse Parker of “Premier MMA” and Memphis, TN for the PrizeFight Bantamweight Championship. The power punching Chessor and the high flying Parker will make for a very intriguing match up of styles. This title bout is scheduled for five rounds.

The undercard is rounded out with great match ups as two of the top amateur fighters in the country today meet in a three round welterweight match-up. Tyler Hill who represents Team Bushido and fights out of Mayfield, KY will meet the toughest test of his young career as he squares off with Ben Brewer who represents Tennessee BJJ and fights out of Alcoa, TN. Justin McCollough of “Team Relentless” and Union City, TN will do battle with Chad Snider of “Team Ready” in a 3 round welterweight affair. Gary Johnson enters the cage against Anthony Livingston in a three round welterweight bout. T.C. Coleman will match wits with Jerome Thames in a three round featherweight match up plus at least 2 or 3 more action packed fights.

PrizeFight MMA V is scheduled for Saturday, February 18, 2012. Doors for this event will open at 7:00 PM. All the action can be seen live from the Lady Luck Casino Expo Center in Caruthersville, MO. Tickets are just $25 and $35 and can be purchased by calling (800) 679-4945 or by visiting the Lady Luck Caruthersville Box Office. For more information please follow PrizeFight MMA Championships on Facebook.