The best UFC year ends with the biggest fight card of the year!

It’s the ultimate event of the year with the original Ultimate Fighter®, Forrest Griffin defending his title against “Sugar” Rashad Evans. Then the Ultimate Fighter® coaches face off as Interim World Heavyweight Champion, Antonio “Minotauro” Nogueira takes on former heavyweight champion, Frank Mir. Plus, two of the hardest hitting light heavyweights go toe-to-toe when Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva battles former light heavyweight champion, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. 

Forrest Griffin Vs. Rashad Evans
	Name: Forrest Griffin Height: 6′ 3″ (191 cm) Weight: 205 (93 kg) Record: 16-4-0			Name: Rashad Evans Height: 5′ 11″ (180 cm) Weight: 205 (93 kg) Record: 17-0-1	“Sugar”

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Vs. Frank Mir
	Name: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Height: 6′ 3″ (191 cm) Weight: 240 (109 kg) Record: 31-4-1	“Minotauro”		Name: Frank Mir Height: 6′ 3″ (191 cm) Weight: 240 (109 kg) Record: 11-3-0

CB Dollaway Vs. Mike Massenzio
	Name: CB Dollaway Height: 6′ 2″ (188 cm) Weight: 185 (84 kg) Record: 8-2-0	“The Doberman”		Name: Mike Massenzio Height: 6′ 2″ (188 cm) Weight: 185 (84 kg) Record: 11-2-0	“The Master of Disaster”

Wanderlei Silva Vs. Quinton Jackson
	Name: Wanderlei Silva Height: 5′ 11″ (180 cm) Weight: 205 (93 kg) Record: 32-8-1	“The Axe Murderer”		Name: Quinton Jackson Height: 6′ 1″ (185 cm) Weight: 205 (93 kg) Record: 28-7-0	“Rampage”

Cheick Kongo Vs. Mostapha Al Turk
	Name: Cheick Kongo Height: 6′ 4″ (193 cm) Weight: 240 (109 kg) Record: 22-4-1			Name: Mostapha Al Turk Height: 6′ 2″ (188 cm) Weight: 242 (110 kg) Record: 6-3-0

Yushin Okami Vs. Dean Lister
	Name: Yushin Okami Height: 6′ 2″ (188 cm) Weight: 185 (84 kg) Record: 23-4-0	“Thunder”		Name: Dean Lister Height: 6′ 1″ (185 cm) Weight: 185 (84 kg) Record: 11-5-0	“The Boogeyman”
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Antoni Hardonk Vs. Mike Wessel
	Name: Antoni Hardonk Height: 6′ 4″ (193 cm) Weight: 245 (111 kg) Record: 7-4-0			Name: Mike Wessel Height: 6′ 0″ (183 cm) Weight: 260 (118 kg) Record: 8-1-0	“The Juggernaut”
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Matt Hamill Vs. Reese Andy
	Name: Matt Hamill Height: 6′ 1″ (185 cm) Weight: 205 (93 kg) Record: 6-2-0	“The Hammer”		Name: Reese Andy Height: 5′ 10″ (178 cm) Weight: 205 (93 kg) Record: 7-2-0	“Riptide”
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Ryo Chonan Vs. Brad Blackburn
	Name: Ryo Chonan Height: 5′ 9″ (175 cm) Weight: 170 (77 kg) Record: 15-8-0	“Piranha”		Name: Brad Blackburn Height: 5′ 10″ (178 cm) Weight: 170 (77 kg) Record: 13-9-1	“Bad”
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Dan Evensen Vs. Pat Barry
	Name: Dan Evensen Height: 6′ 3″ (191 cm) Weight: 250 (113 kg) Record: 10-3-0	“The Viking”		Name: Pat Barry Height: 5′ 11″ (180 cm) Weight: 235 (107 kg) Record: 3-0-0	“HD”
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Velocity Five is giving you a special holiday gift this year!  Enjoy $10 off your next visit to Velocity Five Sports Restaurant in Falls Church and Potomac Falls.  Stop in today, bring in your friends and family and enjoy a delicious meal with our special coupon.  Hurry in because the coupon expires  December 30th!  Happy Holidays From Velocity Five!

Restaurateur says he has scored with Velocity Five 

November 21, 2008 by Missy Frederick Staff Reporter 

Velocity Five founder Jim Speros plans to open another branch of the sports-themed watering hole in the Clarendon/Courthouse area and begin franchising the concept in 2009. 

“I want to be the Morton’s of sports restaurants —but moderately priced.” 

That is how founder Jim Speros describes Velocity Five, the growing chain of sports restaurants he started earlier this year. The company is about to add a third location, but Speros is looking to franchise and license the operation next year and transform it into a national brand targeting a new unit every six months. 

“If you look at places like the Cheesecake Factory which has hundreds of locations, there’s no sports restaurant chain out there that has that kind of magnitude,” Speros said. 

The first Velocity Five opened in March in Falls Church, followed months later by one in Potomac Falls. Speros has a letter of intent signed for a third location in the Clarendon/Courthouse area of Arlington, though he would not reveal the exact location because a lease isn’t signed. He aims to have that location up and running by February. 

The Velocity Five venture is a return to his roots for Speros, who helped expand Marriott’s Champions sports bars from three to 37. It also combines trends from some of the entrepreneur’s other experiences, from being an assistant Redskins coach, an owner of the Baltimore Stallions (eventually the Montreal Alouettes), a chief executive of tech firm Sideware, and part of an unsuccessful effort to bring professional baseball to Northern Virginia. 

It was during that effort when Speros began to think harder about sports restaurants. He began envisioning for stadiums a sort of high-end version of a sports bar where food was taken more seriously and the atmosphere was more steakhouse, less generic pub. He and Jerry Burkot, another casualty of the baseball battle, decided to open Velocity Five together. 

The result is a restaurant with dark wood and leather furniture, granite bars, and one artist’s depictions of sports icons rather than an amalgam of memorabilia, though a few items from Speros’ personal collection are seen in a case up front. There is a semiprivate lounge for parties, a private room for board meetings and corporate parties for neighboring firms like Raytheon Co. in Falls Church, and some booths with individual flat- screen televisions so fans can watch the game of their choice (50 screens are scattered throughout the 7,500-square- foot Falls Church facility). The nonsmoking restaurant has a heated outdoor smoker’s lounge. There is even a sushi bar. 

Speros’ focus is on well-populated neighborhoods where he can insert a Velocity Five into a local shopping center and hopefully make it a neighborhood destination. He pays close attention to demographics, looking at studies that indicate, for example, the 2,000 businesses within a two-mile radius of Merrifield or the 30,000 households within two miles of Potomac Falls. He prefers moving into former restaurant space; the Falls Church spot cost $1.5 million to open, which Speros estimates would have been $3 million if he was starting from scratch, infrastructure-wise. 

Speros directly affiliated Velocity Five with the Redskins, bringing players in for charity causes and hosting themed events. He also installed Wi-Fi so fantasy sports teams can hold drafts and reached out to college alumni associations for game nights. 

His executive chef, Rolin Chinchilla, has more than 20 years of experience in food service, working for such organizations as the Great American Restaurants. He helps come up with items such as cilantro chicken wings and “pork wings” to add to the menu. 

Speros said he has been approached by several business owners in areas such as Centreville and Rockville interested in converting struggling restaurants into Velocity Five outposts. He has also been in early talks with officials from FedEx Field for a potential expansion there. 

“If I were trying to open 10 ‘Jim’s Steakhouses’, I could never do it,” he said. “Many people fail because they don’t have a concept.”

Come join us on Wednesday Nov. 26 for the 1st Annual Homecoming at Velocity Five in Falls Church and Potomac Falls.  We will be having great food specials and drink features all night long.  For your entertainment a live DJ will be spinning your favorite tunes as you dance the night away.  Invite your friends and family for a homecoming you’ll be proud of.

From Redskins.com

Week 12:

Redskins (6-4) vs. Seahawks (2-8)

The Redskins travel west to Seattle to take on the Seahawks on Sunday, Nov. 23 at Qwest Field. Kickoff is 4:15 p.m. ET.

Qwest Field uses FieldTurf artificial surface. The stadium seats 67,000.

The Redskins are 3-1 in road games this year. They have won three in a row on the road following a Week 1 loss to the New York Giants at the Meadowlands.

It’s sure to be a critical NFC game for the Redskins, who are 5-3 in the conference. The conference record is often used to determine tiebreakers for the playoffs.

It’s also the first of two West Coast road trips for the Redskins this season. In Week 17, the Redskins travel to San Francisco to play the 49ers.

The Redskins are 1-1 against the NFC West this season, with a 24-17 win over the Arizona Cardinals and a 19-17 loss to the St. Louis Rams. Both games were at FedExField.

The game against Seattle is a homecoming for Redskins head coach Jim Zorn, who was the first-ever starting quarterback for the Seahawks franchise. He played for the Seahawks from 1976-84 and then returned to the club as quarterbacks coach from 2001-07.

The game will be televised on FOX. Matt Vasgersian does the play by play with color commentary by J.C. Pearson. Nischelle Turner serves as the sideline reporter.

On radio, the game will be broadcast locally on ESPN 980. Larry Michael handles the play by play with color commentary by Hall of Famers Sonny Jurgensen and Sam Huff. Rick “Doc” Walker serves as sideline reporter.

UFC 91 is the biggest fight in UFC history featuring Randy Couture Vs. Brock Lesnar.  Check out the action live at Velocity Five in Falls Church with WJFK’s Big O and Dukes.  Arrive early as this event is sure to fill Velocity Five to capacity.

Randy Couture Vs. Brock Lesnar
	Name: Randy Couture Height: 6′ 2″ (188 cm) Weight: 220 (100 kg) Record: 16-8-0	“The Natural”		Name: Brock Lesnar Height: 6′ 3″ (191 cm) Weight: 265 (120 kg) Record: 2-1-0

Kenny Florian Vs. Joe Stevenson
	Name: Kenny Florian Height: 5′ 10″ (178 cm) Weight: 155 (70 kg) Record: 12-3-0	“KenFlo”		Name: Joe Stevenson Height: 5′ 7″ (170 cm) Weight: 155 (70 kg) Record: 34-8-0	“Daddy”

Amir Sadollah Vs. Nick Catone
	Name: Amir Sadollah Height: 5′ 11″ (180 cm) Weight: 185 (84 kg) Record: 2-0-0			Name: Nick Catone Height: 5′ 9″ (175 cm) Weight: 185 (84 kg) Record: 6-0-0

Gabriel Gonzaga Vs. Josh Hendricks
	Name: Gabriel Gonzaga Height: 6′ 1″ (185 cm) Weight: 242 (110 kg) Record: 9-3-0	“Napao”		Name: Josh Hendricks Height: 6′ 2″ (188 cm) Weight: 240 (109 kg) Record: 18-4-0	“Heavy”

Nate Quarry Vs. Demian Maia
	Name: Nate Quarry Height: 6′ 0″ (183 cm) Weight: 185 (84 kg) Record: 16-2-0	“Rock”		Name: Demian Maia Height: 6′ 0″ (183 cm) Weight: 185 (84 kg) Record: 9-0-0

Dustin Hazelett Vs. Tamdan McCrory
	Name: Dustin Hazelett Height: 6′ 1″ (185 cm) Weight: 170 (77 kg) Record: 13-4-0			Name: Tamdan McCrory Height: 6′ 4″ (193 cm) Weight: 170 (77 kg) Record: 11-1-0	“The Barn Cat”
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Jorge Gurgel Vs. Aaron Riley
	Name: Jorge Gurgel Height: 5′ 9″ (175 cm) Weight: 155 (70 kg) Record: 15-4-0	“JG”		Name: Aaron Riley Height: 5′ 8″ (173 cm) Weight: 155 (70 kg) Record: 26-10-1
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Jeremy Stephens Vs. Rafael dos Anjos
	Name: Jeremy Stephens Height: 5′ 9″ (175 cm) Weight: 155 (70 kg) Record: 15-3-0	“Lil’ Heathen”		Name: Rafael dos Anjos Height: 5′ 9″ (175 cm) Weight: 155 (70 kg) Record: 11-2-0
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Alvin Robinson Vs. Mark Bocek
	Name: Alvin Robinson Height: 5′ 8″ (173 cm) Weight: 155 (70 kg) Record: 10-3-0	“Kid”		Name: Mark Bocek Height: 5′ 8″ (173 cm) Weight: 155 (70 kg) Record: 5-2-0
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Matt Brown Vs. Ryan Thomas
	Name: Matt Brown Height: 6′ 0″ (183 cm) Weight: 170 (77 kg) Record: 10-7-0	“The Immortal”		Name: Ryan Thomas Height: 6′ 0″ (183 cm) Weight: 170 (77 kg) Record: 13-2-0	“The Tank Engine”

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Velocity Five in Falls Church and Potomac Falls has unexpected food specials that will jumpstart your NFL weekend.  Lucky you, these specials will blow your mind.  Try our impressive wings for half price and devour $1 hot dogs.  Come in, hang out with the big boys and enjoy killer food specials.  You can’t lose!

ProPower Foundation, a non-profit organization based in the DC Metro area whose mission is to empower youth to realize their potential and goals through involvement in local athletics, academic supports, mentoring, health education, and football camps, is having a Casino Night Fundraiser on Saturday November 15 from 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM at Velocity Five in Falls Church.  Tickets are available for $39.99 and can be purchased here.  All proceeds benefit the ProPower Foundation.

In attendance will be football legend and Hall of Famer Tony Dorsett.  Tony Dorsett serves on the ProPower Foundation as the official NFL Liaison.