(MONTREAL, CANADA) – TKO Major League MMA is very pleased to announce the return of four TKO superstars at TKO 19! GEORGES ST-PIERRE, PATRICK COTE, STEVE VIGNEAULT and MARK HOMINICK will headline this star studded event on Saturday, January 29th, 2005 at the Pierre-Charbonneau Center in Montreal, Quebec. What more can the Canadian MMA fan ask for? The best of Canada are fighting both at home in front of their loyal fan base and abroad available via pay-per-view on the ultimate stage of mixed martial arts combat, the UFC!

STEVE VIGNEAULT (10-5-0) will fight JASON ST-LOUIS (9-4-0) in a rematch of their epic war of May 2001. Their first fight ended by a doctor’s stoppage at the end of round 1. St-Louis considers this is a long and overdue round 2! Vigneault is more then happy to oblige remarking “after the continued beating I put on St-Louis in January he certainly won’t be asking for round 3”.

UFC rising stars, GEORGES ST-PIERRE (7-1-0) and PATRICK COTE (5-1-0) will return to the TKO ring to fight for their home crowd! As part of their exclusive UFC contracts, the UFC reserves the right to approve of their opponents and both parties are currently looking at a list of possible opponents. Stay tuned for the latest breaking development on these two tremendous fights!

MARK HOMINICK (5-4-0) will get the rematch the fans have been screaming for. He will square off against the champion, SHANE RICE (1-2-0) for the SLW Championship! Interim SLW Champion STEPHANE VIGNEAULT (7-2-0) will clash with fellow young and rising star, RYAN DIAZ (8-8-0). The winner of these two stupendous fights will meet to unify the title in April at TKO 20.

TKO 19 will also see the newly crowned TKO Heavyweight Champion, JACOB CONLIFEE (1-0-0) defend his title against ICHO LARENAS (2-1-0). But, TKO isn’t done yet! TKO 19 will also feature the always exciting and crowd pleasing fighting style of LAVERNE CLARK (18-13-1) of Team Miletich. Speaking of excitement, SAM STOUT (4-1-0), coming off one of the greatest fights in TKO’s history will look to continue his ascent into greatness at TKO 19. Stout and Clark’s opponents will be announced shortly. TICKETS GO ON SALE NOW AT 1-866-445-8886!

TKO Major League MMA, a Canadian owned and based company has its headquarters in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. TKO is Canada’s #1 Combat sports fight promotion and one of the world leaders in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). Owned and operated by Stephane Patry, TKO produces four (4) pay-per-view events yearly that are broadcasted on Viewer’s Choice Canada (pay-per-view), Bell Express Vu (pay-pre-view satellite provider), Star Choice (pay-per-view). TKO events are also broadcasted on Canada’s Largest Sport Network, The Sports Network (TSN) and on Le Reseau des Sports (RDS). All the events are distributed on DVD and video cassette.