After a stint at Nebraska, Klingsheim had transferred to NC State, Coaching changes Take place and he changes his direction and will compete for the Jacks of SDSU!

Awards & Honors

NCAA Tournament Qualifier (2011)

Big 12 Champion (2011, 125)

Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2009)

2010-11 (Sophomore)

NCAA Championships

Klingsheim went 0-2 at his first NCAA Championships with an 8-1 loss to Michigan’s Sean Boyle before being knocked out of the tournament by North Carolina-Greensboro’s Manuel Ramirez.

Big 12 Championships

Klingsheim made one of the most unexpected runs at the Big 12 Championships in conference history, becoming only the second No. 4 seed ever to claim a Big 12 title. Klingsheim opened the tournament with a one-point decision over Iowa State’s Brandon Jones, before knocking off No. 1 seed Jon Morrison from Oklahoma State in the semifinals, 6-4, in the sudden-victory period.

In the finals, Klingsheim used the riding time advantage and a penalty point to upset his second top-10 opponent of the tournament in Oklahoma’s Jarrod Patterson to capture the title. Klingsheim became NU’s first 125-pound wrestler to win a Big 12 title since Paul Donahoe captured first place in 2008.

Regular Season

Klingsheim began his season on the road with a victory over Sam Bauer of Northern Colorado before losing five straight matches, including three against top-25 opponents to drop his record to 1-5. Klingsheim responded with five straight victories of his own to pull his record to 6-5. In that span, the sophomore collected a title at the Quality Hotel Open, along with taking down Billy Watterson from Brown and Wisconsin’s Tom Kelliher.

Klingsheim finished the regular season with an 8-9 overall record and a 5-7 mark in dual matches. He helped the Huskers with 15 dual team points to go along with one major decision.

2009-10 (Freshman)

Big 12 Championships

Klingsheim was the fourth seed in the conference tournament and won his first-round match over Eric Wilson of Missouri by a 4-2 decision. Following his win, Klingsheim was pinned by No. 5 Andrew Long of Iowa State to send him to the consolation bracket, where he nearly pulled off an upset of No. 10 Chris Notte of Oklahoma State, but fell, 6-4.

Regular Season

Klingsheim was Nebraska’s 125-pound starter the entire 2009-10 season. Although a newcomer to the Division I ranks, Klingsheim performed well by beginning the season with an 8-3 record. That start included two of his biggest wins of the year, a 10-4 upset over No. 13 Steve Bonanno of Hofstra and a pin on Tony Gravely of Appalachian State.

Klingsheim squared off against eight more ranked opponents throughout the regular season, losing two of those matches by a single point. He had a string of three straight wins in duals against Nebraska-Kearney, North Dakota State and North Carolina State, while also tallying back-to-back victories over Big 12 foe Eric Wilson of Missouri and NCAA qualifier Tony Mustari of Northern Colorado.

Klingsheim was 14-14 during the regular season and finished 9-11 in dual matches. He had two pins and three major decisions.

Before Nebraska

Wrestling in a talent-filled state, Klingsheim excelled at Liberty High School. Klingsheim became just the 18th wrestler ever to place (top eight) in four state meets in California, capped by a 55-0 record and state title in his senior season. As a junior he won the championship with a 51-5 record. Klingsheim won the prestigious Super 32 Challenge in November 2008.

An All-American, Klingsheim placed fourth in the Greco-Roman division at the 2007 Junior National Championships.

Personal

The son of Peter and Tamara Klingsheim, David was born June 9, 1990, in Pasadena, Calif. David has three older brothers, Peter (25), Kip (23) and Adam (21). David has not declared a major at Nebraska.

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Rider Coaches Gary Taylor and John Hangey took their time when looking for their new assistant. They wanted a young man that could compete, coach and grow with their program. They also wanted a young man who wanted to be a coach, a head coach. They found one in Kent, Ohio.

Nic Bedelyon was the Third wrestler in Kent State history to be a two-time All-American. He had 113 career victories which ranks sixth most in program history and third most without a redshirt season. Nic became just the fifth wrestler in Kent State history to qualify for NCAA Championships four times. He was a Four-time MAC finalist and two-time MAC champion and is now an assistant at Rider University.

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Johnson is coming off two stunning ‘Knockout of the Night’ victories over Joey Beltran in January and – just two weeks ago – Pat Barry in a thrilling one-round fight which was broadcast live on FOX on May 5. But despite the 14-day turnaround, the Madera, CA, born big man didn’t hesitate in accepting the fight with the 6ft 11inch ‘Skyscraper’.

He said: “I heard last night there was a chance I could get this fight, and I accepted right away. I got the final word this morning. I am good to go, I weight 250lbs, and I’ve got a lot of confidence in my ability right now. You don’t get chances like this too often in life, so when you are lucky to get this kind of opportunity you got to make the most of it.

“I took one week off after the Pat Barry fight and then went back to the gym. I used to have some drinks, gets some BBQ in my belly, and get a little out of shape right after a fight. But I feel that I am now at a level where I need to be in shape all the time, so I stayed in shape and I can now seize this chance.

“Struve is a great fighter. He’s a skilled guy with a lot of heart but I am not worried about his size. His reach is 83inches and mine is 82, and he doesn’t use his height. He always gets the crap beat out of him, he refuses to quit, then his opponent gasses or has to let up and Struve comes back to win. I am a fan of his actually, and I’ve cheered for him because of his heart. The only way to beat him is to put him out cold. That’s what I have to do next week and I will do it.”

Struve, 23-5 in MMA, is also coming off two inside the distance wins. He tapped out Pat Barry last October and stopped Dave Herman with strikes in February. He was excited about the shake up and also praised his new opponent for stepping up and taking the fight.

Struve said: “Johnson has looked impressive in his first two fights in the Octagon since coming over from Strikeforce, but I’m gonna look even more impressive next week. I really want to thank him for stepping up on such short notice – I really wanted to fight on this all-heavyweight card – but he’s gonna face the best Stefan Struve you’ve ever seen. The change in opponent doesn’t bother me at all, Mark Hunt was a big puncher too and I have trained too hard for this to affect me.”

UFC® 146: DOS SANTOS vs. MIR will be available live on Pay-Per-View at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on UFC.TV, iN DEMAND, DirecTV, DISH Network, Avail-TVN, and in Canada on BellTV, Shaw Communications, Sasktel, and Viewer’s Choice Canada for a suggested retail price of $44.99 US/$49.99 CAN for Standard Definition and $54.99 US/$59.99 CAN for High Definition.

Reigning UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos will defend his crown against former two-time champion Frank Mir and former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez – now fully healed from his knee injury – returns to action against the dangerous Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva.

Plus, in the first-ever all heavyweight UFC card, Roy Nelson takes on Dave Herman, and unbeaten heavies Stipe Miocic and Shane Del Rosario collide.

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“He can play head games,” Rickels said. “I know he has a heart in there. I’m going to find it and I’m going to crush it.”

The imposing Amoussou stared down his opponent and responded: “I just know I’m going to run right through him. Look at him, he’s ugly. Look at his body and look at my body. I’m going to destroy him.”

The heated rivalry between Maiquel Falcao and Andreas Spang for the Bellator Season 6 Middleweight Tournament Championship was ignited once again by both fighters’ post weigh-in interviews.

With Spang stepping off the scale and telling the L’Auberge Casino Resort crowd to “expect fireworks,” his opponent Falcao responded: “I came to win. If I have to hurt him, I will.”

Bellator 69 will be broadcast LIVE on Friday, May 18 at 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT on MTV2 and in commercial-free HD on EPIX. The undercard will begin at 7:00 pm ET/ 6:00 pm CT and will be streamed LIVE and FREE around the world on Spike.com.

The full results for Bellator 69 are below:

MAIN CARD:

Middleweight Tournament Final Fight: Maiquel Falcao (186 lbs.) vs. Andreas Spang (185.8 lbs.)*

Welterweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: David Rickels (170.6) vs. Karl Amoussou (170)

Women’s Feature Fight: Megumi Fujii (116) vs. Jessica Aguilar (115.6)

Heavyweight Feature Fight: Ron Sparks (264.6) vs. Kevin Asplund (239)

PRELIMINARY CARD:

Heavyweight Feature Fight: Abe Wagner (248.8) vs. Mark Holata (250.6)

Welterweight Feature Fight: Andrey Koreshkov (170.8) vs. Derrick Krantz (170.8)

Lightweight Feature Fight: Kalvin Hackney (156) vs. Emanuel Brooks (156)

Featherweight Feature Fight: Booker Arthur (145.4) vs. Shanon Slack (146)

Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Josh Burns (206) vs. Richard Hale (205)

Lightweight Feature Fight: Josh Quayhagen (158.2) vs. Cliff Wright Jr. (155.6)**

*Falcao weighed in at 186 pounds on his second attempt. He originally weighed in at 188 pounds.

**Quayhagen and Wright Jr. have agreed to fight at a catchweight of 158 pounds. There was a 20 percent purse deduction from Quayhagen.

For more information, visit Bellator.com; follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator.

About Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships is a Mixed Martial Arts promotional company headquartered in Chicago. Bellator’s founder/CEO, Bjorn Rebney, is an experienced fighting sports and entertainment professional with a deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its athletes. Bellator Fighting Championships’ executive team is comprised of top industry professionals in the areas of live event production, television production, fighter relations, venue procurement, sponsorship creation/development, international licensing, marketing, advertising, publicity and commission relations.

About MTV2

MTV2 is a man’s best friend, available in nearly 80 million homes and with the highest concentration of males 12-24 and 12-34 on TV today. A vibrant mix of music, lifestyle and action sports programming, MTV2 has reflected the habits and behavior of young people since its launch in 1996. MTV2 is part of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom, one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms.

About EPIX

EPIX, a joint venture between Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), is a next-generation premium entertainment channel, video-on-demand and online service launched on October 30, 2009. With access to more than 15,000 motion pictures spanning the vast libraries of its partners and other studios, EPIX provides a powerful entertainment experience with more feature films on demand and online and more HD movies than any other service. It is the only premium service providing its entire monthly line-up of new Hollywood titles, classic feature films, original series, music and comedy specials through the linear channel, video-on-demand and online at EpixHD.com, the leading online destination for movies.

EPIX has made the commitment to deliver the industry’s most expansive online collection of movies, making more than 3,000 titles available on EpixHD.com. The service is available to over 30 million homes nationwide through distribution partners including Charter Communications, Cox Communications, DISH Network, Mediacom Communications, NCTC, Suddenlink Communications and Verizon FiOS.

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“We’ve been fortunate to feature a number of former Maine state champions in our fights,” stated NEF co-owner and promoter Nick DiSalvo. “Josh will make a great addition to our roster and we’re honored that he’s chosen NEF as the promotion to make his amateur debut in.”

“I’m really excited and thankful for this opportunity,” stated Thornton. “I feel this is the logical next step for me from wrestling and I can’t wait to get in the cage and test myself.”

Josh Thornton grew-up in Rumford, Maine and wrestled for Mountain Valley High School where he earned back-to-back state titles in 2010 and 2011. After high school, Thornton decided to attend and compete for Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire, a Division III wrestling program with a consistent history of producing several top wrestlers-turned-fighters including highly ranked mixed martial artists Nate Lamotte (12-5), Nate Kittredge (10-2) and Rich Moskowitz (10-7). Thornton was a starter for Plymouth State during his freshman season.

“I think being a college wrestler will give me an advantage,” stated Thornton. “Plymouth has produced a lot of great fighters and it’s my hope to continue to represent PSU in that way. I am a hard worker and I want this badly, so I’m going to continue training to make sure that I walk away with a win.”

“I’ve had the pleasure of watching Josh mature from a youth wrestler into a multiple-time high school state champion and now a college athlete,” stated NEF co-owner and matchmaker Matt Peterson. “He’s wrestled his entire life so he has a great base to build on as a mixed martial artist. I’m proud that he’s decided to take his training to the next level and compete in MMA.”

Fight Night III is being headlined by a heavyweight bout between former 5x UFC Heavyweight Champion of the World, Tim “The Mainiac” Sylvia (30-7) and Randy “The Wolf” Smith (14-10-1).

For more information on this event, visit www.NewEnglandFights.com. You can watch NEF videos, including an interview with Tim Sylvia at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, follow them on twitter @nefights and join the official Facebook group “New England Fights”. Tickets for this event are on sale now at TheColisee.com or by calling The Colisee box office at 207-783-2009.

About New England Fights!

New England Fights! (“NEF!”) is a Mixed Martial Arts promotions company. NEF!’s mission is to create the highest quality events for Maine’s fighters and fans alike. NEF!’s executive team has extensive experience in combat sports management, events production, media relations, marketing, legal and advertising.

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The Korean Zombie Chan Sung Jung received $80,000 in fight bonuses on Tuesday night, but he may have been happiest about the news he heard during the post fight press conference.

Jung was told that he was next in line for a title shot in the UFC featherweight division, and his reaction was priceless.

Check out these highlights from the UFC on Fuel 3 post fight press conference with the Korean Zombie Chan Sung Jung:

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May 15, 2012

AUDIO: Matt Dernlan

Contact: John Hartrick (hartrick@binghamton.edu)

VESTAL, N.Y. – Matt Dernlan, a 10-year coaching veteran with a strong pedigree and recruiting ties, has been named Binghamton’s new head wrestling coach, Director of Athletics Patrick Elliott announced on Tuesday.

Dernlan, head coach at Clarion University last season, becomes Binghamton’s sixth head coach in 43 years and replaces Pat Popolizio. He inherits a Bearcats program that recorded its highest Division I NCAA finish (14th) and highest national ranking (18th) in school history in 2011-12.

This past winter, Dernlan led Clarion to an 18th place finish at the NCAA Championship – that school’s highest national finish in 15 years. The Golden Eagles had four NCAA qualifiers and crowned two All-Americans – same as Binghamton – at the championship in St. Louis. In his first season at the helm, Dernlan’s squad finished the regular season with a 6-7 dual meet record against some of the top wrestling teams in the nation, placed third at the PSAC Championships, fourth at EWL’s and 11th at the prestigious Midlands Tournament. He was chosen as the Amateur Wrestling News national “Rookie Coach of the Year” for 2011-12.

“We are pleased and fortunate to hire someone with Matt’s integrity and experience,” Elliott said. “He has a noteworthy pedigree of being part of a championship program at the highest level and has shown rapid success as a Division I head coach. Matt is committed to the academic achievement and citizenship of his student-athletes and I believe he is a perfect fit at Binghamton.”

Prior to taking the head coaching reigns at Clarion, Dernlan served seven years at Penn State, helping orchestrate the rise of the Nittany Lions to back-to-back NCAA championships in 2011 and 2012. As head assistant and director of recruiting from 2005-09, he produced three consecutive top-4 nationally-ranked recruiting classes (2005, 2006, 2007) and helped lead PSU to a third-place NCAA finish in 2008. Dernlan served as director of operations from 2009-11 under head coach Cael Sanderson and was part of the Nittany Lions’ staff that captured a 2011 Big Ten crown and then brought home the school’s first NCAA wrestling title since 1953.

“I want to thank President Stenger, Pat Elliott, Ed Scott and the entire search committee at Binghamton University for this tremendous opportunity,” Dernlan said. “It was very evident from our first conversation the passion and commitment they have for the wrestling program. The unbelievable leadership at every level of the university is very inspiring and is paramount in what this program needs to position ourselves upward in the coming years. The wrestling program has achieved a great deal at the Division I level in six short years and I am humbled by Binghamton University’s decision to choose me as the leader to take the program to even greater heights. I am very excited to start this journey and am very grateful for this opportunity.”

At Penn State, Dernlan also was responsible for the academic success of the wrestling team and served as the team’s liaison with admissions, compliance and student-athlete services. Additionally, he was head coach of the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club, where he coached 10 full-time resident athletes in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games.

A native of West Liberty, Ohio, Dernlan enjoyed an outstanding competitive career and was inducted into the Ohio High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2002. At West Liberty-Salem High, he went 154-4 overall and was a three-time, undefeated Ohio state champion (1989-91) and a three-time USA Wrestling High School All-American (1989-91).

Dernlan become an NCAA qualifier at Liberty University as a sophomore 126-pounder in 1993. After he red-shirted in 1994, Liberty dropped its wrestling program but Dernlan stayed at the school and earned his bachelor’s degree in sports management in 1996. He then received a master’s degree in sport administration from Bowling Green in 2002 and has been working toward a Ph.D. in higher education administration from University of Toledo.

He began his coaching career as an assistant at St. Paris Graham High School (Ohio) from 1997-99 and then was an assistant coach at Ohio Northern from 2001-04, where he also served as assistant director in the school’s host role for the 2003 NCAA Division III Championship.

Matt and his wife, Carie, have two daughters, Ava and Aubrey.

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