Zaromskis is coming off an utter destruction of Myeon Ho Bae, winning by 0:19, first-round KO on Oct 25. The victory earned Zaromskis the 2009 DREAM Welterweight Grand Prix crown. Remarkably, it was the third consecutive time Zaromskis won a fight with a head kick in the opening round. On July 20, 2009, he defeated both Jason High (2:22) and heavily favored Hayoto Sakurai (4:03) with head kicks to win DREAM’s 170-pound tournament.

Zaromskis turned pro on Feb. 4, 2000. He fought several times for UK-based Cage Rage before joining DREAM in early 2009. Two of his three losses came against former Cage Rage British champion in Che Mills <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Mills> .

STRIKEFORCE in March 2009 signed a multi-year agreement to stage live MMA events on the premium cable television network, SHOWTIME.   Next Saturday, November 7, STRIKEFORCE will make its live debut on CBS with its “Fedor vs. Rogers” mega-fight that it is co-promoting with M-1 Global.

About STRIKEFORCE

STRIKEFORCE (www.strikeforce.com <http://www.strikeforce.com/> ) is a world-class mixed martial arts cage fight promotion which, on Friday, March 10, 2006, made history with its “Shamrock vs. Gracie” event, the first sanctioned mixed martial arts fight card in California state history.  The star-studded extravaganza, which pitted legendary champion Frank Shamrock against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Cesar Gracie at San Jose’s HP Pavilion, played host to a sold-out, record crowd of 18,265.  Since 1995, STRIKEFORCE has been the exclusive provider of martial arts programming for ESPN and, after 12 years of success as a leading, world championship kickboxing promotion, the company unveiled its mixed martial arts series with “Shamrock vs. Gracie.”  In May 2008, West Coast Productions, the parent company of STRIKEFORCE, partnered with Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment (SVS&E), an entity created in 2000 to oversee all business operation aspects of the San Jose Sharks and HP Pavilion at San Jose.

Source: Mike Afromowitz, StrikeForce

At the end of a glorious day, 50-year-old Jim Caruso and 44-year-old Glenda Bozett took home their respective overall titles and beat out people half their age, proving once again that it is merely a number. For Bozett, it was her second consecutive time in the winner’s circle for the Jones Beach show.

Caruso, who went from a competitive bodybuilder in his younger days to “328 pounds of blubber,” as he described it, may have seemed an unlikely winner but proudly took home the hardware. “Even if I win the Mr. Universe contest tomorrow, I will always cherish this win the most,” he said afterwards.

Caruso put himself in the hands of Michalik, who saw that his pupil had what it takes to get back to where he once was. “He stopped feeling sorry for himself, and that was the biggest step,” Michalik said. Caruso drove 140 miles twice a week from his upstate, New York home to train with Michalik on Long Island and the results were obvious.

The 2008 Men’s Bodybuilding Overall winner, Steve Pecora, was a judge and guest poser.

Other winners in their divisions were:

TEENAGE:

1 -James Hopkins, 2- David Kantrowitz, 3 – Matt Votta

MEN’S MASTERS 40+

1 – Jose Monge, 2 – Tony Viglietta, 3 – John Solazzo

MEN’S MASTERS 50+

1 – Jim Caruso, 2- Ira Mlawer, 3 – Alan Feldman

MEN’S MASTERS 60+

1 – Roger Sigoda, 2 – Rusty Russo

LONGEVITY AWARD

Harry Reiter (91 years old)

SURVIVOR AWARD

Rusty Russo (three-time cancer survivor)

WOMEN”S BODYBUILDING

(lightweight)

1- Glenda Bozett

(heavyweight)

1 – Dina Williams

MEN’S BODYBUILDING

(lightweight)

1 – Alex Groumbas, 2 – Ira Mlawer, 3 – Erik Callendar

(middleweight)

1 – William Neco, 2 – Greg Hellman, 3 – James Hopkins

(light heavyweight)

1 – Victor Marte, 2 – Donald Perceval

(heavyweight)

1 – Jim Caruso, 2 – Tony Viglietta

BIKINI

1 – Dina Williams, 2 – Selena Liotta, 3 – Tara Sgroi

MEN’S BEACH BODY

Steve Calabrese

BEST POSER AWARD

Erik Callendar

WOMEN”S BODYBUILDING OVERALL

Glenda Bozett

MEN”S BODYBUILDING OVERALL

Jim Caruso

The contest’s official website iswww.jonesbeachusa.com.

2008 RESULTS:

Mr. Jones Beach – Steven Pecora (Overall, Tall and 40+ Champion)

Mrs. Jones Beach – Glenda Bozett (Women’s Overall)

Mr. Grand Master Jones Beach – Alan Feldman (50+ Champion)

Miss Swimsuit Bikini Jones Beach – Dorian Feleppa

PRESS CONTACT: Fran Petito 631.235.9382 franpetito@aol.com

This is part of an exclusive series by MuscleSport Mag on the 2009 Mr. & Mrs. Jones Beach USA contest, for which we are one of the show’s official sponsors.