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"Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost." Robert H. Schuller |
An insider has just notified us that Hawaii's own Eddie Yagin (Grappling Unlimited) will be facing Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro in the WFA. Yagin has been on a tear in MMA with his "go for broke" style and he will meet another freight train in Shaolin. Shaolin is a Nova Uniao black belt with a 3-0 record. The two will meet due to Chris Brennan, Shaolin's former opponent, pulling out of the fight due to injury. PS - This is not the huge match up that is in the works. Stay tuned for that one. |
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There is a rumor floating around that Fernando Pontes, better known as Margarita is coming to Hawaii to do a seminar. Margarita trains with the Brazilian Top Team and has won his weight class and the absolute in the Pan Americans and the Mundial. He is the only man to have beaten Saulo Ribeiro twice, in one tournament, once by submission via a choke. Margarita leads the charge of BJJ guys away from sweeping their opponents and winning on points and getting back to submitting their opponents. When solid information is gathered we will let everyone know about this. |
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Do not forget, the International tournament is set for this Saturday at Kaiser High School. This will be the first Gracie tournament to include a no-gi division to help grow the sport and allow the no-gi guys more opportunties to compete. The gi portion of the tournament will start promptly at 8:30AM and the no-gi is expected around noon. The no-gi division is using standard BJJ rules and has 4 weight classes (<155, 156-175, 176-200, 200+). Volunteers are being sought to help judge (basically keep score), time keepers and videographers (press the record & stop button and zoom in and out). People from all schools are encouraged and welcomed to help out! Please call the Gracie Academy for more information @ (808) 589-2524. |
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In a decision by DSE/PRIDE this week, the main event of Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kiyoshi Tamura has been moved down. Source: ADCC |
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Hawaii411 Interviews Chris Brennan  Breakfast with the Strangler - Chris Brennan AKA The Westside Strangler  Chris puts up his Dukes This interview comes from our good friend Joey, the artist formerly known as Joel Ching, and the Hawaii411 guys. If you have not checked out Hawaii411.com, check it out. It is a great web page on a variety of subjects all related to Hawaii. It is kind of like this page except that it deals with a wider scope of subjects and the guys who run the page have talent...but we are much better looking than they are...and more modest. Enjoy... The Westside Strangler has been a visitor to the Islands as a competitor, a coach, and now an instructor. He is the 2X King of the Cage Middleweight World Champion, a UFC XVI finalist, UFC 35 vet, Extreme Challenge 22 Superbout Champion, and the Reality Super Fights tournament winner. He's training for an upcoming match On November 23rd in Las Vegas Nevada at the Aladdin Hotel against Vitor "Shaolin" Riberio, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion. The Hawaii411 crew took him to Duke's Breakfast Buffet, which undoubtedly will put him a few pounds back in his quest to make weight. Join us for breakfast with the Strangler as we discuss Mixed Martial Arts, and his plan to open a school in the islands. Chris Brennan: A lot of my fights ended with the Guillotine, even in training I used to use the choke on a lot of guys. It kind of changed now because I like to arm lock and kimura everybody, but when I started it was because I choked everybody. I think Mikey Burnett had the Eastside Assassin so one of my students took that and called me the Westside Strangler. Chris Brennan: This December it'll be 10 years training and I've been fighting for 8. Chris Brennan: Todd Medina, who fought in UFC, was my friend. We were body-building together and he started to get into Jiu-jitsu. We bounced at a club together and would always get into fights. I'd do pretty good in the fights - I wasn't a trained fighter, just a street-fighter, but I figured with some training, it might be fun. The first UFC came on TV, and the owner of the bar we bounced at had it on the big screen. I saw it and said, 'man I want to do this.' By the 3rd UFC, I was training. Chris Brennan: My first three fights were underground. Chris Brennan: Yeah, it was like IBC rules: elbows, headbutts, even soccer kick in the ground - everything was legal
Chris Brennan: No, the last time I went surfing was in '95 in Brazil. Chris Brennan: One of my friends from Torrence was teaching at the academy. He set me up with a place to stay. I showed up with four bags in my hand, no friends, showed up at the gym and stayed for a year. Chris Brennan: When I first started I was in awe of the whole thing, but then I realized that my goal wasn't like every other student who was there - they just wanted to be good in Jiu-Jitsu while my goal was to have my own school and to fight professionally. I started to get on a friendship level it Royce (Gracie) instead of just being so 'oh-my-god, I'm talking to Roryce Gracie.' We used to go to Magic Mountain together and hang out and stuff. Anytime people in the class wanted to ask Royce a question, but didn't have the balls to ask, they'd ask me to ask him. Chris Brennan: I didn't get to train under him. I trained with him a couple of times and he's good. He's different than a regular Jiu-Jitsu guy on the ground. He doesn't care what position you're in, he never stops moving. He's always bouncing around and you never feel secure with him, even if you're on top. I was excited about training with him because he's my favorite fighter. I think e was the first person to bring stand-up, ground and supreme conditioning together. Chris Brennan: A couple of times. Chris Brennan: I like Ken, but however much money I have at the time, I'm gonna put in Tito. I think Ken is skilled, but he's getting old and he's too angry at Tito. He fights with too much emotion. He's going to be so angry that at the end of the first round he's going to be tired. I think Tito's going to play the same game that Frank played with him. He's gonna take his time and then turn it on when Ken gets tired. Chris Brennan: No I just like to fight. I've fought in just about every event now besides Pride. I don't know if I'm big enough to fight in Pride or if they have a weight class for me. I'd like to fight there, but if I don't I'm pretty happy with what I've done so far. I've had the opportunity to win a lot of belts... as long as I put on a good performance and I train hard and do my best, I'm happy. I think it's very hard to be a very good teacher and a very good fighter, but I think I've succeeded pretty well doing both. It's only going to be a bit longer that I'll be fighting, then I'll be training and teaching my guys. Chris Brennan: You know even some of my losses weren't tough fights, because I think I beat myself. I think the only person who I had a hard time re-matching who I lost to, would be Pat Miletich because he's so well rounded and so experience. We fought three times- he can take you out of your game and make a good guy seem really boring. Chris Brennan: Ground for sure. I think my ground and submissions are underestimated by some people. I think my takedowns are underestimated. I never wrestled, but I took Gomi (Takanori Gomi - last fight for the Strangler, ending in a decision loss in Shooto Japan) down five times, and he was never taken down once before. If I go into a fight and my goal is to get you to the ground, I'll get you to the ground. Chris Brennan: Not more, I still like to train stand-up, but I try to consider myself a smart fighter. If a guy wants to stand up then I'll try to take him down, if he want to go to the ground, then it's an opportunity to work on my stand-up. I see a lot of guys here in Hawaii, because they have heavy hands, they like to stand in the middle of the ring and throw bombs. I'm not down for that... I'm not going to trade bombs and see who's going to win the fight. Chris Brennan: I think all they guys from Jesus is Lord, Ray (Bradda Cooper), Ronald (Juhn) Bozo (Stephen Paling), Bob-O (Ostovich) even, they got good hands and good chins and that's dangerous. Egan Inouye, I think he's a stud. Another one of my favorite fighters is BJ Penn. He's got phenomenal ground and his stand-up is underestimated. I like his old-style better, where he was aggressive and tried to kill the guy. Now he kind of paces himself. I think his old style would suit him better. Chris Brennan: I think they've been doing it since day one. They were fighting before they were training to fight. I don't know, maybe it's the way they were brought up. Like I said, they all have heavy hands and they all can take a punch. Chris Brennan: I would really like to fight Jens Pulver, because he's like Pat ( Miletich). I think I could solve the Rubik's cube this time. Even though BJ is one of my favorite fighters, I'd love to fight him because it'll be a good test of my ground skills. I want to fight Gomi again. The guys from Shooto are all exciting. People thought my fight with Gomi would be boring, but I promised none of my fights would ever be boring. Anybody at my 155 weight class... I feel I can dominate at that weight. Chris Brennan: As started to get light, I was so much more flexible, and my bottom game came alive. I'm a lot faster, plus I'm still strong. Chris Brennan: This is the sixth time I've been here in a year, and all of the people treat me great. I love it here. I enjoy all of the guys over here, and I want to keep coming back. By the middle of next year, I'd maybe like to open a Next Generation fighting academy here in Hawaii. I've learned from a lot of different people, so I have a lot to show to everybody. Chris Brennan: Size-wise, it's one of the biggest in the US - 60' x 60' mat space, a full-sized 21 foot Octagon, plus two bedrooms for my live-in guys, a front office that looks like an executive suite in a building, a nice lobby with two bathrooms, and plus it's very big and very nice and well kept. That's one of the thing I learned from the Gracie Academy, people come in and see a clean school and they're going to come back. It think student enrollment-wise, it's gotta be one of the biggest too. Chris Brennan: At my school now, I teach all of grappling and jiu-jitsu teaching unless I'm training for a fight. At my school here, it would probably be Jeremy Williams teaching. His ground is very good, and I would be here once a month. Still, I'd have to be at my California school a lot. The school here will do well, but I don't think it will be as big because I won't be teaching here all the time. People come to my school because of me, and if I'm not there, the enrollment goes down. That's one of the reasons I'm going to stop fighting too. I need to be at my school more. Chris Brennan: I definitely think you shouldn't teach people to go out and beat people up. I've had problems with that in the beginning when I was teaching. I was like that myself when I was first learning from Royce - I felt I was invincible. I'd go out and never start a fight, but if someone were to start one with me, there was no talking - it was on. Now I try to keep my guys as mellow as possible so they don't get into fights. I also have a lot of police officers in my school, so if my guys were to get arrested fighting, it wouldn't look good. I try to keep everyone out of trouble, but I do agree that the discipline is not there like regular martial arts. Chris Brennan: As far as fighting goes, it's fear of failure. I hate to lose. I had nothing going into starting this school, but fear of failing kept me from failing. Now I'm married with three children - and that will drive me to have a successful school. Plus I love teaching. I want my fighters to succeed as well. Chris Brennan: Not bad between us, but me and my older brother used to get into a lot of fights together against other people. He used to smack me around a little bit, but not anymore. Chris Brennan: Not into the ring - my wife would kill me. But definitely encourage them to train for self-defense purposes. I just got custody of my 10 year-old when he was seven, so I don't push him to do it at all. My two-year old will definitely do it, but whether he wants to continue is his choice. Hopefully they'll all want to train like Dad. If they want to fight, I'll back them up 100%.  H411: With your seminar in Hawaii, you say that you are infamous for sharing ALL of your secrets. Do you think that hurts you in the ring? Chris Brennan: No. I don't care really. It took me probably three or four times longer than it took my students to get good. I think if you're paying me to learn, then I'm going to show you everything I know. You're not going to know it or master it today, but if you continue to practice, you'll get good. I'm not affiliated to any other schools so I figured I'm going to make a group of guys really good really fast and have good training partners. Now I have good training partners. My mom always says, 'Don't show them everything, or they'll use it on you.' I hope they use it in me, because I know all the counters. I train on it every day. Chris Brennan: Yeah, everybody. Bazo is a guy on the internet who hooked me up with a buddy pass. STP is another young guy from the internet who tried to help. Bran42 picked me up from the airport. James Wong from Fairtex sponsored my whole team. He also was trying to get me a pass. Even though Brennan didn't come through, he introduced me to all these nice people in Hawaii. Phenom, Hitman, and Big Bear fitness support my team. My family, I thank for supporting me and putting up with my trips. You guys (Hawaii411) and everybody who helped out. We pulled it off and here we are in Hawaii. It's just been brought to my attention that I may have misheard Mama's advice about not talking to stranglers... It's 'strangers' that I'm not supposed to interview. And that's good, because Chris Brennan is definitely no stranger to Hawaii. A big mahalo goes out to the Westside Strangler - Not only for providing Hawaii with some fantastic entertainment, but also for caring enough for our local fighters to help them learn through his technique seminars and hopefully a Next Generation Fighting Academy to the islands. Source: Joey Ching & Hawaii411.com |
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"Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly." Robert Schuller |
 Shooto Class A 65kg 143.3 Stephen "Bozo" Paling (JIL) VS. Ryan Ackerman Source: Event Promoter |
 Hawaii fans will remember Travis Wiuff was the guy to pick up Cabbage like a sack of potatoes twice in the Return of the Heavyweights Tournament. It is apparent that Frank Mir is out of the upcoming UFC 40. Source: ADCC |
 Ice-T On Board for WFA 3 WFA Press Release - Las Vegas - Unbreakable rhymes. Hardcore action – both in the cage - and now on the mic. Enter: the Original Gangster. Continuing to raise the bar for mixed martial arts entertainment, the WFA is proud to announce the addition of rapper-turned-actor Ice-T to its Level 3 show! Ice-T, a self-professed MMA fan, will perform live for the WFA’s November 23rd return to Las Vegas, and the combination of thrills, lights, sounds, and beauties will make for an unparalleled experience. World Fighting Alliance Invades Grapplers' Quest Source: FCF/Event Promoter |
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Heath Herring vs Fedor Emelianenko Wanderlei Silva vs Mitsuhiro Kanehara Source: Sherdog |
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It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance and sweeps away all obstacles. Claude M. Bristol |
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - SUBMISSION WRESTLING'S BRAZILIAN TRIALS!!! under 65.9 KG: Robson Moura (finished 3rd place at the World Champonships) 66-76.9 KG: Leo Santos (finished 3rd place at the World Champonships) 77-87.9 KG: Nino Schembri (finished 3rd place at the World Champonships) 88-98.9 KG: Renato Babalu 99 KG +: Marcio 'Pe de Pano' Cruz (finished 3rd place at the World Champonships) Source: ADCC |
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It's Official - 2003 Pan-Ams on the West Coast! Source: ADCC |
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by: Keith Mills Both parts of this interview were conducted the night of the Tennessee Shooto Championships where Dave was a guest referee. The next day he conducted a seminar in Clarksville. Source: ADCC |
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This isn't martial arts related, but Soccer is Brazil's national sport. We are still working on making Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu its national sport. And this is to help out a friend. As a side funny note, there was a soccer team here that was made up of Brazilians, but they got kicked out of the league after getting into a huge team vs. team fight on the field. Professor Helio was in attendence and would point at people of the opposite team and tell one of his guys to watch out for that guy. It was pretty funny hearing the story when it first happened. Aloha, I'm currently recruiting for a new men's soccer team (name TBD) that will play in the Hawaii Ranger League (HRL), Makule Division (age 30+). Games are on Sunday mornings (8:30 or 10:15), at Waialae Iki near Kahala, Waipio Soccer complex in Waipahu, or Waiola (also called Central Oahu Regional Park) across from the Waipio Gentry Shopping Center on Kamehameha Hwy. Most games will be at Waiola. There are occasional make-up games on Saturday. The next season will start in late December 2002 or early January 2003 and run for six months. There are about 20 games per season. The cost per player will be $50.00 per season, not including uniforms. The team will need to purchase uniforms, with numbered jerseys. The team can roster up to 25 players, a good number that will allow for occasional work conflicts of other family commitments. If you would like to play, I need to collect your season fee by November 18, 2002. HRL team registration is on November 19, 2002. Please forward this email to anyone who might be interested in playing. Mahalo, Lori Hoffman Work email: hoffmalr@cpf.navy.mil Work phone: 471-8755 Home address: 91-1071 Namahoe St., Apt.D, Kapolei, HI 96707 Home email: hoffman@hawaii.rr.com Home phone: 693-8859 |
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"The longest journey of any person is the journey inward." Dag Hammerskjvld |
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Frank Shamrock Guest of Honor at Shooto Hawaii Lahaina Civic Center, Maui, Hawaii Saturday, December 7th, 2002 Shooto Hawaii is a new circuit that was created by Ray and Monica Cooper. The goal of the organization is to offer a circuit where future generations will have a place to compete given the attempted consolidation and control by current promoters in MMA. Ray, 2nd ranked Shooto contender will be headlining the card against Jay Buck and the audience surely will not be disappointed by his heavy handed striking and expert submissions. Jeremy Bell will not be fighting Tim Tynan from 808 Fight Factory. Instead we will have Anthony Villianor (Freelance, Maui) VS. Tim Tynan. Source: Event Promoter |
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Last week DAILY SPORTS, one of the morepopular sports newspapers in Tokyo, reported that Nobuhiko Takada suffered a bizarre injury that could hamper his training for the upcoming PRIDE event. |
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Kazushi Sakuraba will step back into PRIDE in just two weeks but his fully healed? That's the big question. Source: ADCC |
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All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small. Lao-Tzu |
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Your trusty reporter used his powers of negociation and boyish charm to con his wife out of a romantic evening and get her to go to a bar to watch Bloody Midget Wrestling.  Tito, Chris, Patty and Puppet. As you can see Puppet took a special liking to my wife. It was a lot of fun, the midgets (actually one was a dwarf) were hillarious and if you are a fan of '80 rock you are going to love Gussie L'Amours. The band Slug opened and did '80s rock covers. It took me back to my long hair, guitar playing, high school band days. Here are some pictures that try to depict the action. They went around the whole bar grabbing chairs, using pool sticks, jumping off the DJ stand on to the other one with chairs stacked on him. You name it and they did it. If you can make it, they will be performing tonight (11th) and tomorrow (12th) night at 9:00PM at Gussie L'Amours by the airport (next to the Plaza hotel). It was the most fun I had in a long time.
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  Tigre pre-Cabbage fight & post-Cabbage fight Numerous Brazilian sources are reporting that Marcello 'Tigre' is facing serious felony charges following an event that took place last week. Marcello, known for his bizarre fighting practices and numerous fights that have ended in disqualification or controversy, is facing criminal battery and possible attempted homicide. Source: ADCC |
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We need help moving the mats on Friday, November 15th between 2-5pm at Kaiser High School gym. If you are available, please stop by. What: 11th Annual Relson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu International Tournament Where: Kaiser High School Gym 511 Lunalilo Home Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96825 When: Saturday, November 16th, 2002 Time: 8:00AM - 8:30AM Viewing of the brackets 8:30AM - 8:45AM Rules Clinic 8:45AM Tournament Starts 4:00 - 4:30PM Awards Ceremony Cost: $5.00 Spectator Admission; 14 years and under are free! For more information or a registration packet: Call (808) 589-2524 Gracie Academy All martial arts schools are invited to participate! There will be divisions for white, blue, purple, brown, and black belts, by weight categories. (See Weight Categories chart for gi division, see below for no-gi weight categories). Age divisions for the gi divisions; kids (17 & under), adults (18-30), masters (31-40), and seniors (41 & up). There will be only one age division for the no-gi division. Friday, November 15th, 2002 10:00AM - 2:00PM or 3:00PM - 7:00PM Relson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy, 2nd Floor 844 Queen Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 (808) 589-2524 (808) 589-1592 fax *Competitors that are not on Oahu can fax or mail their completed registration forms along with payment to the address above and confirm their weight on the day of the tournament. If you do not make the weight class that you indicated on the registration form, you will automatically be disqualified from your division and lose your registration fee. This is to avoid delays, while trying to accommodate our off-Oahu competitors. Cash & Credit Cards Only, no checks. (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, JCB, and Discover Card accepted) $45 Gi division ($5 extra to enter the Open weight division) $45 No-Gi division ($5 extra to enter the Open weight division) $65 Both divisions (Gi & No-Gi, $5 extra to enter each Open weight division) Every competitor will receive an official tournament shirt! Both the gi and no-gi division will be held under standard BJJ rules. Hold onto your pink ticket stub and listen for the prizes!!! Competitors as well as spectators have a chance at winning cool prizes from our sponsors. You could be the next winner! No- Gi Divisions There will be only one age division for the no-gi division. Beginner Less than 1 year grappling experience* Intermediate 1-2 years grappling experience* Advanced Over 2 years grappling experience* *Prior wrestling, Judo, or related grappling experience counts toward total grapping experience. Kids: 11yrs & Under 12-15 years old Beginner 3 minutes 4 minutes Intermediate 3 minutes 4 minutes Advanced 5 minutes 5 minutes Beginner 5 minutes Intermediate 6 minutes Advanced 7 minutes Under 155lbs 156-175lbs 176-200lbs 201 & Over · The No-Gi division will be scored using the same rules as the gi division, using standard BJJ rules. · Holding or grabbing on to your opponent's clothing IS allowed. · The only two leg locks allowed are the standard foot lock and outside toe hold (your hand is placed on your opponent's big toe/top of the foot and pressure is applied straight down toward the sole of the feet and NOT applied at an angle.) ALL OTHER LEG LOCKS ARE PROHIBITED. Any competitor caught using an illegal leg lock will be disqualified immediately. · The referee has the discretion to stop the match at any time when he thinks that a competitor is in danger of becoming injured. |
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The ADCC's Submission Wrestling World Championships will be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil on the dates of Saturday May 17th and Sunday the 18th, 2003! - 65.9 KG - 66-76.99 KG - 77-87.99 KG - 88-98.99 KG - 99 KG + - 65.9 KG: Eddie Bravo (Machado JJ) - 66-76.99 KG: Paplo Popovich (American TOP TEAM) - 77-87.99 KG: David Terrell (Cesar Gracie) - 88-98.99 KG: Dean Lister (Lister JJ, City Boxing) - 99 KG +: Mike Whitehead (TEAM VICTORY) Source: ADCC |
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(as of 11/5/2002) the 9th Open-weight K.O.P. Semmy Schilt (Holland/Golden Glory) #1 Yuki Kondo (PANCRASEism) #2 Yoshiki Takahashi (PANCRASEism) #3 Kiuma Kunioku (PANCRASEism) #4 KEI Yamamiya (PANCRASEism) #5 Sanae Kikuta (Pancrase GRABAKA) #6 Tim Lajcik (U.S.A./Gladiators Training Academy) #7 Osami Shibuya (PANCRASEism) #8 Katsuhisa Fujii (Stand) #9 Ron Waterman (U.S.A./Colorado Stars) #10 KENGO (PANCRASEism) the 1st Heavyweight K.O.P. Yoshiki Takahashi (PANCRASEism) #1 Katsuhisa Fujii (Stand) #2 Jason Godsey (U.S.A./I.F. Academy) #3 vacant the 2nd Light heavyweight K.O.P. Sanae Kikuta (Pancrase GRABAKA) #1 Yuki Kondo (PANCRASEism) #2 KEI Yamamiya (PANCRASEism) #3 Yuki Sasaki (Pancrase GRABAKA) #4 Osami Shibuya (PANCRASEism) #5 Mitsuyoshi Sato (Pancrase GRABAKA) #6 Ikuhisa Minowa (PANCRASEism) #7 Eiji Ishikawa (Pancrase GRABAKA) #8 Daisuke Ishii (PANCRASEism) #9 Akihiro Gono (Pancrase GRABAKA) #10 Paulo Filho (Brazil/Brazilian Top Team) the 2nd Middleweight K.O.P. Kiuma Kunioku (PANCRASEism) #1 Chris Lytle (U.S.A./I.F. Academy) *UP from #2 #2 Izuru Takeuchi (SK Absolute) *IN! #3 Nathan Marquardt (U.S.A./Colorado Stars) *DOWN from #1 #4 Kazuo Misaki (Pancrase GRABAKA) #5 Yuji Hoshino (RJW/CENTRAL) *DOWN from #3 #6 Shonie Carter (U.S.A./AIKI Training Hall) *DOWN from #5 #7 Daiju Takase (Wajutsu Keishukai Tokyo Hombu) *DOWN from #6 #8 Takafumi Ito (PANCRASEism) *DOWN from #7 #9 Kosei Kubota (PANCRASEism) *DOWN from #8 the 1st Welterweight K.O.P. Kiuma Kunioku (PANCRASEism) #1 Takafumi Ito (PANCRASEism) #2 Koji Oishi (PANCRASEism) #3 Hiroki Nagaoka (Rodeo Style) #4 Kenichi Serizawa (RJW/CENTRAL) Source: Mr. Oitate |
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by Eduardo Alonso Carlinhos vs. Gazé: The first fight of the night was designed to be a barnburner, matching up two strikers. Gaze came in to the fight as the favorite, and started off by landing some good strikes and getting everybody to think he would take care of his Brazilian Impact Karate opponent. However, after even getting a knockdown on his opponent, Gaze ate a huge punch during one exchange and seemed lost after it. Exchange after exchange Carlinhos started to gain confidence and soon Gaze was doing butt scoots to protect himself, much for his master Luis Alves desperation. In the end Carlinhos was able to do more damage and control most of the fight to earn a fair Judges decsion win after three rounds of fight. Juan Carneiro vs. Carlos "Esponja": Juan Carneiro came in to this fight willing to show that his loss to Anderson Silva at MECA 6 couldn't be used as a measurement of his skills, and he surely did that! With the Brazilian Top Team in his corner and no personal problems to interfere with his training, Juan started the fight throwing a low kick that made "Esponja" fall to the ground, and got the immediate reaction from the crowd! After a brief exchange the BTT member took his opponent down with ease, and used his superior ground game to land some strikes and get the mount, from where a helpless "Esponja" gave his back only to receive more punishment from a very game Juan Carneiro who got the win by tap out due to strikes still in the first round. Haroldo "Cabelinho" vs. Claudionor Fontinelli: Both fighters are very experienced and tough therefore everybody was expecting a war! The clips of Fontinelly training Muay Thai with Artur Mariano before the fight got the crowd impressed, and everybody was feeling like "Cabelinho" was in for a difficult task. However, Haroldo's skills made the task easy and he was able to impress everybody with a steady game plan and a tight ground game. As the fight started "Cabelinho" immediately took Fontinelli down and quickly proceed to work his Jiu Jitsu techniques to pass the guard and get Claudionor's back, from where he worked on a rear naked choke, finally getting it at 2:47 of the first round. "Cabelinho" is definitely a new fighter after all his training with the BTT and is ready for some new challenges. Cristiano Marcello vs. Jadson: A lot of people thought this would be an easy fight for Cristiano, but Jadson proved to be a very tough competitor as he surprised Marcello and the crowd in several stand up exchanges. Jadson was able to take Cristiano Marcello down in some opportunities, from where he worked on landing some punishment with punches and even foot-stomps, getting everybody worried about the Chute Boxe Jiu Jitsu teacher. However, after some punching exchanges, and after another takedown by Jadson, it was Crisitano's Jiu Jitsu that proved superior as he worked on some submissions until finally getting a triangle to secure the win late in the first round. Luizao vs. Dave Phillips: In one of the best fights of the night Luizao showed himself as a mature fighter with skills, patience and heart to defeat a very tough and game Dave Phillips. Dave has been training Muay Thai at the Chute Boxe academy, and he wasn't afraid to trade strikes and got the support of much of the crowd! However, Luizao showed that he learned a lot from his master Mario Sperry as he displayed a similar style from his master and was able to control the action, even when he found himself in trouble. The fight was very exciting and presented the fans with back and forth moments as Orlando was scoring takedowns and landing punishment, even securing a nice triangle for a good amount of time, while Phillips would fight himself out of positions with heart and give his all in striking. In the end the BTT fighter showed he is probably going to appear in events abroad as he worked from position to position landing very tough strikes to the American fighter who was out on his feet when the first round was over, leaving no option to the doctors but to stop the fight after one round of action. Rodrigo "Riscado" vs Cristiano "Titi": Titi started the fight impressing everybody, with a good Muay Thai game and also scoring take downs and proceeding to ground and pound. As he started to feel confident it started to seem clear that he would become the winner, however this is why he have the fights! As the fight went on Cristiano started to feel tired and couldn't perform in the same intensity anymore, before he expected he found himself in a nice triangle by Rodrigo "Riscado" who got him the win leaving "Titi" and the Barra Gracie camp lead by Vinicius Draculino disappointed. This was the most exciting fight of the night as both fighters are all about heart. In the begging of the fight "Capoeira" was able to take Ninja's brother down to the gound and smartly avoided the exchanges. Shogun vs. Capoeira The Chute Boxe corner would tell Mauricio to stay calm and trust in his training, and the young fighter did it perfectly and one couldn't even tell this was his debut, as he got himself out back to his feet to showcase amazing Muay Thai Skills. Yes! Amazing skills! He truly lived to all the hype and in a truly battle on the feet he went after Rafael non-stop, delivering strike after strike, blow after blow, and using all sorts of kicks and punches while "Capoeira" would courageously try to respond by throwing strikes of his own. It was truly a war, and after several kicks and punches "Shogun" managed to knock his opponent down with the trademarked Chute Boxe knees, from where he punished him with foots stomps, punches and kicks until the fight was re-started standing, from where the Chute Boxe star of the future knocked out his opponent cold with a beautiful round house kick at around 4 minutes of the first round! Like his brother Murilo Ninja, Shogun seems no never tire, and he is going to be the real deal, mark my words. Evagelista Cyborg vs. Silvio Urutum: Silvio Urutum came into the fight needing the win badly, and trained hard to achieve it. As the fight started Urutum showed the typical aggression of a Chute Boxe fighter and went right after Cyborg, landing a quick combination of punches. However, Cyborg was able to back down and defend himself, and ended up landing a powerfull counter punch that hit Urutum straight on the chin. It was an instant knockout and after that Silvio didn't even know what was going on. It was very sad for Urutum as he was very well trained, and hopefully he will be back. For Cyborg it was a needed win to give his career a boost, so we will se more of him in the future. Nilson de Castro vs. Lucas Lopes: Nilson de Castro has been ready to fight in major events for a good while, as his K-1 win earlier this year clearly showed. Coming to the fight very well trained, the Chute Boxe fighter dominated the action standing up, and showed his trademarked knees much to the desperation of Lucas Lopes. Lucas on the other hand was game and tough, and tried what he could, however Nilson de Castro is on another level at this point, and demolished Lopes both standing and on the ground, hitting him with punching combinations, kicks, foot stomps and knees. After several exchanges and some referee re-starts standing, Nilson de Castro finally got the TKO with some hard punches and brutal stomps to the head in the best Chute Boxe fashion to get the win with around 7 minutes of the first round. For Nilson de Castro the next step may be PRIDE or the UFC, only time will tell. With all of those accomplishments, MECA World Vale Tudo 7 was what can be called an action-packed exciting event that displayed submissions, knockouts, fast paced ground action as well as furious stand up exchanges! The night of fights also included a challenge from Assuerio Silva to Carlos Barreto for a fight in a future MECA event, and Marcelo Giudici to Eugenio Tadeu, also for a future fight, plus a tribute to Murilo Bustamante, Vanderlei Silva and Rodrigo Minotauro. Another interesting facet of the event was the referees -- "The Axe Murderer" Vanderlei Silva, Carlos Barreto, Eugenio Tadeu, and Marcelo Giudici were among those controlling the action in the ring. The event managed to continue its growing rhythm and gave us all hope of even better ones for the next year. The pay per view sales numbers will surely pay a huge toll on MECA's future, but one thing is certain, MECA is here to stay. Source: FCF |
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You know that Onzuka.com is serious about its coverage of important events and issues that affect the Hawaii community and in keeping with our journalistic integrity...I AM GOING TO WATCH SOME MIDGETS BEAT EACH OTHER INTO A SENSELESS PULP! WHOOOHOOO!   Bloody Midget Wrestling is tonight and the next two days at Gussie L'Amours by the airport. Two of the midgets were at Super Brawl last night giving the crowd a preview of what to expect.  Alright, I am really going because one of the midgets almost got T. Jay last night and I am going to see if they are going to jump him and finish the job.  This is right after Midget #1 stole the mike away from T. Jay. T. Jay is in the background laughing, but he is really crying on the inside.  |
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Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii November 9, 2002 By Chris Onzuka - Chris@Onzuka.com    Kaipo Kalama (Grappling Unlimited) drew with Mark Moreno (Bulls Pen) Majority draw [(19-19), (18-19), (19-19)] after 2 rounds. Miles Tynannes def. Ray "King Kong" Seraile (Grappling Unlimited) Majority decision [(19-19), (20-19), (20-19)] after 2 rounds Akira Kikuchi (K'z Factory) def. "Ice Cold" Kolo Koka (Grappling Unlimited) Submission via key lock (Americana) at 3:09 minutes in Round 1. Jutaro Nakao def. Deshaun Johnson (HMC) Submission via key lock (Americana) at 4:29 minutes in Round 1. Shooto A Class Ronald "The Machine Gun" Jhun (808 Fight Factory) drew with "Mr. International" Shonie Carter (Combat-Do) Draw [(29-28), (28-29), (28-28)] after 3 rounds. Submission via toe hold at 51 seconds in Round 1. Shooto A Class Wesley "Cabbage" Correira (Grappling Unlimited) def. Jason Lambert (Williams Combat Grappling) Knock out at 1:48 minutes in Round 2. |
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TRIGG READY TO ROCK! Dennis Hallman, representing Team Quest/Victory Athletics, is known throughout the world for his phenomenal submission skills. A high school state wrestling champion, his experience clearly shines through with a MMA record of 43-5-0-2. He's caught number-one world ranked welterweight and current UFC champion Matt Hughes in his slippery holds-- not once, but twice. This makes him a deadly opponent for anyone on the ground. Fresh off an explosive submission victory (what else!) at KOTC, Hallman says he is ready to take his world-class wrestling adversary on. "Trigg's a big, tough guy that's beaten up a lot of submission guys. When big, giant scary guys come after you, you have to fight full blast. I usually do well in these types of situations." Rolling with the punches, Frank Trigg says, "I don't have a problem fighting anybody. I'm ready to rock and roll." Just what are the RAW fighter's thoughts on taking on Superman Hallman? "Honestly, I don't know anything about this cat, but I don't really need to." With top-notch takedown skills and "ground and pound" perfection, could Hallman's days be numbered? Pat Miletich, recovering from two bulged disks and a herniated one all in his neck, has his own thoughts on these two contenders. "Hallman is a lot stronger than he looks and he's a very, very good submission guy. Trigg better be careful, because at any time, Hallman can get something on him. Trigg will most likely have Hallman on his back and will be rifling that left hand at him, so he could do plenty of damage himself. I think it's a phenomenal fight." Any preference to which warrior he'd like to meet for the coveted title? "Either or is fine with me. They've both had bad things to say about our gym, so whatever happens, happens." Fifteen days to go and counting! Get your tickets NOW by purchasing them directly through the Aladdin Resort & Casino's box office (877-333-9474) and through all Ticketmaster locations (702-474-4000 or www.ticketmaster.com). Ticket prices range from $30, $50, $60, $100, $150, and $200 (18 years of age and over). Visit www.WFA.tv, the official web site of the world's hottest MMA experience, for the latest news and updates. Paula Romero, WFA Marketing & Promotions at paularromero@yahoo.com. Source: FCF |
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What fans may not know is Rogan’s life-long passion for martial arts and specifically Ultimate Fighting Championship’s mixed martial arts’ blend of boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, jiu-jitsu and karate. Rogan earned a black belt at 15 with just two years of training. Soon he became the Massachusetts full contact tae kwon do champion four consecutive times. By the age of 19, he won the U.S. Open Tae Kwon Do Championship, and as the lightweight champion, he went on to beat both the middle and heavyweight title-holder to take home the Grand Championship. |
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