September News Part 2
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9/20/02 Make sure you get out and vote
tomorrow! |
Quote
of the Day
It takes less time to do things right that to explain why you
did it wrong.
Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow
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Relson
Teaching at Team HK Today
Relson Gracie will be teaching a seminar at Todd Tanaka's Team
HK, a Relson Gracie Association School on University, right across
the street from Puck's Alley and Kinkos. It will be held at the
IKF Karate school on the third floor at 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm.
It is free to all Team HK members and visitors pay a small fee
of $15.
When:
Friday, September 20, 2002
Where: Team HK (IKF Karate School 3rd Floor)
Across the street from Puck's Alley and Kinkos
Time: 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm
Cost: Free to Team HK members and $15 for visitors
If
you have any questions, contact Todd at Todd@teamhk.net
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Hawaiian
State Grappling Championship (NAGA) Details
This Saturday!
If
anyone has folding mats that they would like to bring to increase
the mat size, this would be greatly appreciated. Please contact
Eric
Goo if
you have mats to bring. Thanks in advance!
Be
sure to come and support this independent organization!
(NAGA Submission
Tournament)
WHEN: Saturday, September 21st (10 AM TO 4 PM)
WHERE: Honolulu, HI (Farrington H.S. Gymnasium)
Tenative
Schedule
EVENT SCHEDULE –
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2002
TIME
EVENT SPECIAL NOTES:
10:00 AM
DOORS OPEN to general public (Registration & Weigh-in begins
and lasts all day)
11:00 AM to 4 PM
OPENING CEREMONIES (National Anthem, NAGA Rules) 10:30
NO-GI GRAPPLING
DIVISIONS Begin at 11AM (Rings 1 through 3)
1. Kids, Youth,
Women & Senior Grappling Divisions
2. Men’s
Beginner Grappling Divisions (Under 1 year experience)
3. Men’s
Intermediate Grappling Divisions (1 to 2 years experience)
4. Men’s
Advanced Grappling Divisions (2+ years experience)
GI GRAPPLING
DIVISIONS: Begin at 11AM (Ring #4)
5. Men’s
Purple Belt & Above Gi Divisions
6. Men’s
Blue Belt Gi Divisions
7. Men’s
White Belt Gi Divisions, Women, Juniors & Master Gi Competition
NO GI 4-MAN
DIVISIONS:
8. Battle of
the Promoters (Brennan Kamaka vs. Kipp Kollar)
9. 4-Man Competition
Weigh-In Starts
at 10:30 AM and lasts all day
You do not need
to pre-register in order to compete
Compete in as
many divisions as you like
There will be
4 rings running continuously throughout the day
Note Purple
Belt & Above Gi Divisions start at 11AM
Registration
Form (To be printed out)
http://www.nagafighter.com/tournaments/2002hawaiistate/regform.htm
Weight
Players will
be divided into any of several different categories, depending
upon the number of players in the division.
1. If there
exist two weight divisions, Women’s cutoffs are:
Lightweight
(to 124.9)
Heavyweight
(125 plus)
1. If there
exist two weight divisions, Men’s cutoffs are:
Lightweight
(to 174.9)
Middleweight
(175+)
2. For all other
categories, the cutoffs are:
Fly Weight (139.9
lbs. & Under)
Light Weight
(140 to 154.9 lbs.)
Middle Weight
(155 to 174.9 lbs.)
Heavy Weight
(175 to 199.9 lbs.)
Super Heavy
Weight (200 + )
For entire rules:
http://www.nagafighter.com/Rulebook.htm
NAGA
Judging Criteria
NAGA events
are not based on the BJJ Point System. The intent of our judges
decision making criteria is to entice fighters to win by submission
rather than by points. The primary difference is that NAGA fighters
obtain advantages for attempting submission. Please read the
following outline of how a judge selects a winner in an NAGA
event for both GI & Non-GI Competition when the contest does
not end in submission.
Q&A ON JUDGING
AT A NAGA EVENT
Q#1. How do
you decide who won a match?
A#1. The winning
player in a NAGA-sponsored match is the one who makes his opponent
submit. If there is no submission, certain things happen in a
contest that gives one player an “Advantage” over the
other. For example, if one player takes the other down, anyone
watching can tell that person is ahead. NAGA uses a sophisticated
version of this commonsense approach, recognizing specific (1)
Minor Advantage, and (2) Major Advantage.
Q#2. Okay, that
makes sense. What is a Major Advantage?
A#2. Major Advantage
(2) is awarded for:
A full and strong
submission attempt. This is evident when one or more of the following
occurs: The opponent takes time to escape; Upon escaping, does
not instantly move to an attack of his own, but instead assumes
a defensive posture; the defender is ‘In Danger’, i.e.
the finish has the potential for completion (if a knee bar, the
hips have to be placed correctly, if a choke, the neck must have
been reached, etc.); The finish in question is not a low percentage
submission (wrist lock, body scissors, etc).
A clean takedown,
ideally with amplitude, that ends with the opponent controlled
(Cross Side, Mount, any number of freestyle wrestling rides,
among many others), or with a submission attempt.
A sweep from
Guard that is followed by control of the opponent, of sufficient
duration to set up a submission. As noted just previously, this
can take any number of forms. Aggressively passing the Guard
to any form of control that lends itself to submission, of sufficient
duration to set up a submission. The pass must be aggressive,
and not initiated against a sweep or submission attempt on the
part of the player who has Guard.
Q#3. I am still
with you. What is a Minor Advantage?
A#3. Minor Advantage
(1) is awarded for:
A submission
attempt, takedown attempt (notably to within guard), sweep from
Guard, or Guard pass (notably against someone who is trying a
sweep or submission) that does not meet the standards defined
above. It can also happen that one of the above is so unsuccessfully
executed that no Advantage what so ever is recognized.
Getting the
opponent into an aggressive Guard (bottom player noticeably is
attempting a submission or further positional gain). Simply holding
a static Guard is considered Timidity, the exact opposite of
Effective Aggressiveness. Guard can be gained from standing,
or from the ground.
Ground Control
of the opponent of such a form, and for such a period of time,
that submission attempts are readily available. Note that gaining
any particular position repeatedly is irrelevant as it misses
the point of control, which is to set up a submission, what ever
the form of control may be. Note further that once control is
achieved, you have to stay active. Reversing a position also
constitutes a Minor Advantage.
Q#4. How is
this different from just giving points?
A#4. Advantage
is a tool used in choosing a winner; it is not as a strict numerical
crutch. The tail must not wag the dog. Players must continually
strive to defeat the opponent, not try to sway the judges by
making repeated, half-hearted attempts at Advantage.
Q#5. I am almost
done. What if they are even?
A#5. If players
are equal in Advantage, judges will determine Clean Grappling
by considering who controlled the pace, place, and position on
the mat. If they are still equal, Judges should give the decision
to the player with less warnings or cautions. If still even the
edge shall be given to the fighter who better exemplifies the
sport as an exciting, colorful, viable contest. If the situation
yet remains equal, the judges will turn to Effective Aggressiveness,
Mat Generalship, and Defense. Each of these are described in
the NAGA Rulebook. If the players are still equal, then an overtime
period can be called for.
Source: Nagafighter
Website
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UFC
Preview: LINDLAND v. SALAVERRY
Ivan Salaverry
is ready to continue his winnings in the UFC but Matt Lindland
stands in his way.
Salaverry, the
HOOKnSHOOT champion said 'I am focused upwards, on being champion.
There really is no other spot!'
'Personally,
he is a really cool guy (Lindland). Professionally, he is a little
one dimensional, but his ground and pound wrestling are his one
dimension and he is totally elite at what he does' said Salaverry.
Salaverry speaks
fluent Spanish and works as a social worker for the State of
Washington. He has taken the next year off to pursue his dream
of becoming UFC champion and now calls himself a 'full-time fighter.'
Lindland, who's
only loss in UFC is to champion Murillo Bustamante, is also ready.
Lindland is the ONLY fighter to defeat Phil Baroni and one of
the few to hand Pat Miletich a decisive loss.
The two have
trained together off and on for some time (both are from Washington/Oregon
area) and know each others game. This will be a true test for
Salaverry as well as Lindland.
Source: Abu
Dhabi |
Dave
Menne Interview
Brett
Herman spoke with Dave Menne after his conversial bout with Robert
Ferguson. Menne is facing Phil Baroni at the next UFC.
Brett
Herman: You weren't 100 % when you fought Bustamante, any comments
on how that affected your fight?
Dave
Menne: Yeah, I definitley wasn't 100 %, I caught the flu that
everybody had, like the half people got there. I'm not using
it as an excuse, I don't know if I would have won if I had been
healthy, so time will tell. Hopefully I will win my next fight,
I'll get to fight him healthy and we'll find out. But, he's a
tough opponent, you know, I give him all the respect...I'd like
to fight him healthy.
Brett
Herman: Let's talk about a guy who recently said he can handle
you within 1 round, Phil Baroni.
Dave
Menne: He's a strong, tough guy, he can turn the fight to his
advantage pretty quick, so I don't take him lightly. I think
he also makes a lot of mistakes, so it's the kind of situation
where the fight can go either way. He's very aggressive, he comes
at you, but I think he makes a lot of mistakes. The fight could
be won either way...quick.
Brett
Herman: Did you get a chance to see Weir's KO in England?
Dave
Menne: Yeah, I got a chance to watch Weir, I think it's a situation
where he's got great attributes, but I don't think the fight
said much. Anytime anyone wins a fight under ten or twenty seconds...even
if they win two or three, I don't think it says much about them
as a fighter. He might be a great fighter, but you don't get
to see that until he's fought a great fight isn't thirty seconds.
It's when they fight the diffficult 15 minute fights and they
find a way to win. But, a ten second knockout, he's obviously
got some skills and he's talented, but I think the verdict is
still out on how good he really is.
Brett
Herman: Take him three or four rounds and see what happens?
Dave
Menne: Yeah, he definitely has skills and he has great attributes
having such a long body. It'd be nice to see him go past ten
seconds I guess, you can't say much about a fighter in ten seconds.
Everybody gets knocked out.
Dave
Menne works for position against Gil Castillo on his way to victory
in UFC 33.
Brett Herman: You are from Minnesota right? How's this epic California
weather treating you?
Dave
Menne: It's actually nicer than Minnesota has been, it's been
frickin' incredibly hot and humid, so this is actually a recovery
form what I've been training in, I've had like 90 % humidity,
on top of that in my gym it's probably twice as bad! So, it's
actually kind of refreshing...I went to a cooler climate for
a change.
Brett
Herman: A lot of great pro-wrestlers came out of Minnesota, do
you ever watch WWE?
Dave
Menne: No, I don't watch pro-wrestling, no. I just basically
train at the gym.
Brett
Herman: What do you do to relax and chill out?
Dave
Menne: Watch movies, read, cook every once in a while or BBQ,
stuff like that. I play games with my girlfriend every once in
a while.
Brett
Herman: Did you have any input on your entrance theme?
Dave
Menne: In the UFC? Yeah, I brought it to them, yeah. It was all
me.
Brett
Herman: Anything to say to your fans?
Dave
Menne: Hopefully we'll have a good showing next time, keep watching,
and I am not a man of a lot of fancy words I guess...just keep
watching!
Source:
Sherdog
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Zuffa,
LLC Announces
UFC 39: Return of the Warriors
Will Not be Carried on Echostar's
Dish TV Satellite Service
Echostar
and Zuffa's Agent Not
Able to Reach Agreement in Time
LAS
VEGAS, NEV., September 19, 2002... Zuffa, LLC, the owner of the
new Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC), the world's leading
Mixed Martial Arts sports association, announced today that its
pay-per-view distribution agent was not able to reach agreement
with satellite provider Echostar (the Dish TV Network) in time
to air the next UFC pay-per-view, UFC 39: Return of the Warriors,
scheduled for Friday, September 27, 2002.
The
live sports event will feature a heavyweight championship showdown
between Randy Couture and Ricco Rodriquez, and will be available
virtually everywhere in the cable TV and satellite universe domestically,
Echostar notwithstanding. Live from Mohegan Sun in Uncasville,
Connecticut, it promises to deliver a much-anticipated title
bout, as well as a full fight card, starting at 10 p.m. (EST).
"It's
always regrettable when a fight fan can't get what they want,
when they want it and where they want it," said Dana White,
President of the UFC. "That's why they're called fight fans
in the first place. We don't ever like to disappoint them but
we are placed in an awkward position between our distributor
and a provider who has supported UFC since the beginning. We
hope this is resolved expeditiously but unfortunately we don't
believe that will be in time for next Friday's event".
The
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), headquartered in Las Vegas,
Nevada, is the world's leading mixed martial arts sports association.
Owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC, the UFC programs pay-per-view
product, both live and taped, through cable and satellite providers.
In addition to its US distribution on iN DEMAND, DIRECTV and
TVN, UFC events are distributed internationally through British
Sky Broadcasting, WOWOW, Inc., in Japan, Globosat in Brazil and
Modern Sports and Entertainment in Scandinavia. UFC licenses
video games for all major playing platforms through Crave Entertainment.
Source:
FCF |
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Roy
Jones Jr Moving Up in Weight Class?
After
his latest fight last week, Roy Jones declared that he sees no
real challenge for him in this weight division, the light heavyweight
division. Jones appears to be forced into fighting Heavyweights
in an effort to test himself and is being linked with a possible
match against WBA champion John Ruiz.
Jones
said. 'I feel pretty good and if I get in shape, I could do that
for the title. I just want to see how the public is going to
react, I want it to be a big event.' stated one of the best boxers
ever with regards to battling Ruiz.
'If
the public wants it, that is what I will do.' Jones also raised
the possibility of meeting highly regarded light-heavyweight
contender Antonio Tarver, who represented the United States at
the 1996 Olympics, however Jones moving to heavyweight seems
to be only a matter of time.
Source:
Abu Dhabi |
Internet
Voting Is Closed; Professional Super Fight Brackets Decided
Internet voting is closed and the Professional Super Fight brackets
for the US Grappling Association East Coast Championship Tournament
have been decided. In Bracket 1, we see Marc Laimon (Nova Uniao)
vs. Shawn Williams (Renzo Gracie) and Rick Migliarese (Balance Studios Not sure if
he still associates himself with Relson) vs. Todd Margolis (Linxx Academy). In Bracket
2, we see Ken Florian (Boston BJJ) vs. Ken Kronenberg (Tai Kai)
and Stephen Haigh (Fight Factory) vs. Winner of Eddy Rolon (Team
End Game) and Justin
Garcia (Relson Gracie Bronx).
These champions in their own right will be competing for a $2000
cash prize.
The US Grappling
Association East Coast Championship Tournament will be held on
Saturday, September 21, 2002, at the renovated Ewing High School,
'it was necessary to move the tournament to a more strategic
location to accommodate more competitors,' said Promoter, Joe
Priole. Ewing High School is located at 900 Parkway Avenue in
Ewing, NJ 08618.
'There are currently
over 150 pre-registered competitors from as far away as Canada
and Brazil,' exclaimed Priole. With that in mind, pre-registration
has been extended through Thursday, September 19th.
The cost is
just $50 for pre-registered adults and $40 for pre-registered
children with $20 for extra divisions and the open division.
$15 covers pre-registered spectators. Pre-register online at
www.USGrappling.com.
Over 400 competitors
are expected this Saturday. Weigh-ins begin at 8:00AM and the
Children's Division will begin at 9:30AM.
Points are easy.
Take Downs or a throw from a standing position, Knee-on-belly
position and Sweeps (from guard or half guard) earn 2 points.
Passing the guard is 3 points. Gaining Full Mount (with hooks
in) and Back Mount (with hooks in) earns 4 points. Advantage
points are awarded for serious submission attempts, almost takedowns,
a pass and taking the back. Deductions will be made for stalling
for more than 30 seconds, or no activity for more than 30 seconds.
Time limits
for Beginner/White Belt is 5 Minutes, Intermediate/Blue Belt
is 6 Minutes, Advanced/Purple Belts is 7 Minutes and Brown Belts
is 8 Minutes.
All proceeds
benefit ONE VOW (Organize Now To End Violence On Women)
Source: Abu
Dhabi |
WILL
ONE STYLE OF WRESTLING BE DROPPED FROM THE OLYMPICS?
By: Eddie Goldman
An
international shockwave reverberated throughout the world of
wrestling when the Olympic Programme Commission recommended in
late August that one of the two styles of wrestling be dropped
from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
While
there has been a lot of confusion on just what they said, here
is the text of the portion of their report, issued by commission
chairman Franco Carraro to the executive committee of the International
Olympic Committee (I.O.C.), concerning wrestling:
Wrestling
(FILA) exclusion of one discipline The low public and media comprehension
of differences between the two wrestling disciplines currently
in the Olympic Programme were noted by the Commission, which
has resulted in relatively low broadcast and press coverage.
In comparison to this lack of global popularity, the Commission
noted the high athlete quota and number of events in the sport
of wrestling.
The
Commission therefore recommends the exclusion of one of the wrestling
disciplines from the Programme of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad.
Notice
that it does not specifically recommend dropping Greco, just
'one of the wrestling disciplines.' However, since women compete
in freestyle and not Greco, and women's freestyle will be added
to the Olympics in 2004, if one style were chosen for exclusion,
it would likely be Greco.
The
reaction was swift from the wrestling community. Rafi Martinetti,
the only candidate for FILA president at its congress this week
in Moscow, was scheduled to have a meeting with Dr. Jacques Rogge,
I.O.C. president shortly after the commission's report was released.
But in typical fashion, FILA has released no press releases,
no statements, or reported no news about these developments or
this meeting.
Under
the present regime of Milan Ercegan, FILA president for the past
30 years, FILA has thus far barely entered the Internet age.
Its web site (http://www.fila-wrestling.com/) has little information
except a calendar, whose English section lists the information
in French, and a popular database, which is actually administered
in Leipzig, Germany; FILA's headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland.
FILA's
failure to enter the electronic age is also seen in the traffic
rankings for its web site by Alexa.com, a service that ranks
all web sites in the world. Though Alexa.com's rankings are admittedly
not perfect, they do provide a rough idea of the relative popularity
of a web site. FILA's site ranks at number 593,261. By contrast,
TheMat.com ranks at 50,385, while the ADCC News ranks at 59,145.
A web site in the top 100,000 is generally considered to be popular.
(Yahoo.com ranks number 1, msn.com number 2, and so on.)
But
the relative success of a web site like TheMat.com and the coverage
of wrestling in the U.S. demonstrate that the I.O.C. commission's
assertion about 'relatively low broadcast and press coverage'
may be exaggerated, or at least not universally applicable.
'Obviously,
you can dispute that, the low press coverage, based on the fact
that the number one story out of the most recent Olympic Games
was a Greco-Roman story,' said Rich Bender, executive director
of USA Wrestling, referring to the defeat of Alexander Karelin
by Rulon Gardner in the heavyweight finals in Greco-Roman wrestling
at the 2000 Olympics. 'I'm not sure of the validity of that statement.'
Even
long after the Olympics, Rulon Gardner has remained a media celebrity
in the U.S. He won an ESPY award in 2001. When he was hospitalized
following his snowmobile accident this year in February, NBC's
'Today Show' interviewed him live from the hospital just days
after he was rescued. Sports Illustrated wrote another feature
on him this year about this accident, and Rulon's announcement
that he was returning to training was reported widely by the
Associated Press and other media outlets. And he hasn't even
started competing again!
'For
a non-mainstream sport, never has there been that kind of coverage
for any individual athlete,' said Bender. He also wondered aloud
'if the programme committee understands Kareline-Rulon was a
Greco match.'
Bender
does not think many of this commission's recommendations, which
also included cutting baseball, softball, and modern pentathlon,
as well as events and disciplines in equestrian, rowing, sailing,
canoe-kayak and other sports, will pass.
'It
takes a two-thirds majority of the general I.O.C. board to drop
or add any sport. Wrestling has 150 countries that are members
of FILA. And most of those countries have a Greco-Roman program,'
he said. The I.O.C. has a membership of 199 countries.
'So
the fact that it lacks global popularity is simply untrue. Compared
to what?' asked Bender. 'I would venture to guess that Greco-Roman
wrestling has as high a global participation as just about any
sport. Traditionally there are more countries participating in
the World Championships in Greco than freestyle.'
Another
factor on wrestling's side, Bender continued, is that 'it's the
oldest Olympic sport. Greco-Roman was the discipline that was
contested in the first modern Olympic Games. So I think we're
in pretty solid shape. Certainly FILA has assured us that they're
not going to let this go, just let this pass.'
Support
for wrestling is also growing in the U.S. On Sept. 16, Marty
Mankamyer, the president of the U.S. Olympic Committee, issued
a public statement supporting keeping both freestyle and Greco-Roman
wrestling in the Olympics. That statement read:
'The
U.S. Olympic Committee supports the inclusion of both freestyle
and Greco-Roman wrestling in the program of the Olympic Games.
Wrestling has been included in both the ancient and modern Olympic
Games. Greco-Roman wrestling was featured in the first modern
Olympics in 1896. Freestyle wrestling was added to the Olympics
in 1904. Both styles of wrestling are practiced all around the
world, and both have been instrumental in building the popularity
of the modern Olympic Games. We support the efforts of FILA,
the international wrestling federation, and USA Wrestling, the
U.S. sport governing body, to retain both styles of wrestling
on the Olympic program.'
If
Greco were eliminated from the Olympics, Bender argued, 'It would
devastate that discipline. Without collegiate support like we
have in freestyle, or support at the high school level, it would
really make it very difficult for that sport to survive in this
country.' It would also create major problems for wrestling as
a whole. 'It would have a huge negative impact on USA Wrestling,'
Bender said, citing the recent success of the U.S. junior national
championships in Fargo. 'We had over 1000 kids wrestling Greco-Roman
at the Greco-Roman national championships in both Cadets and
Junior. To eliminate that part of our organization would have
a huge impact, not only obviously on the Greco end of things,
but certainly also on the freestyle end of things.'
Greco
might not be entirely dead if it is eliminated from the Olympics,
however. 'There's a couple of things that could happen,' said
Bender. 'If it's knocked off the Olympic program, it could continue
as a Pan Am sport, Pan Am-only. There is a designation as Pan
Am-only, although that might be somewhat difficult. Usually the
process is for Pan Am-only sports to take the next step to the
Olympic level, not from the Olympic level to Pan Am-only.'
All
this comes just at a time when Bender believes that wrestling
is enjoying a huge upswing in popularity in the U.S. 'We're excited
about the position that our sport is in right now,' he said.
'We certainly domestically never enjoyed the amount of success
that we've had recently. The strength of USA Wrestling, our membership's
at an all-time high. We just have an unbelievable core of volunteers.
The sport's fortunately been blessed with that for quite some
time. Obviously wrestling on the high school level continues
to grow. Efforts are being made to address the Title IX issue.
I think the sport's in great shape, and we just need to vigorously
defend that Olympic designation for the Greco-Roman team, and
just move forward.'
The
timetable for the I.O.C.'s consideration of the commission's
report calls for the executive board to decide on what sports
to cut at its next meeting in late November in Mexico City. The
executive board will then take its recommendations to the full
I.O.C. meeting on Nov. 26-29, which will have the final say.
All
this means that the new FILA leadership, which is expected to
take over at this week's FILA congress, has little time to gather
support and demonstrate that it indeed can expand 'broadcast
and press coverage.' If FILA fails at this task, then the sport
of wrestling will be affected for a long time to come, and will
have to plot a new course that is less dependent on the Olympics
for support, respect, recognition, and coverage.
Source:
Abu Dhabi |
HOT
NEWS: UPDATE ON THE 2002 GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
By: Eddie Goldman
According
to information on the official web site of the 2002 Greco-Roman
Wrestling World Championships, this year's competition will have
a total of 214 wrestlers from 50 countries. A total of 12 countries
will have full squads at all seven weight classes: Belarus, Bulgaria,
China, Cuba, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine,
U.S., and Uzbekistan.
Since
the teams have now had to list the names of their competitors,
I am clarifying my pick for 96 kg/211.75 lbs. Russia listed as
its entrant Alexandre Bezrouthkine, and not five-time world champion
Gogi Koguachvili. I had picked the Russian entrant, which means
now I am picking Bezrouthkine. My original prediction at this
weight read:
'96
kg/211.75 lbs. - Gogi Koguachvili of Russia, that is, if he wrestles.
If not, Russia's Alexandre Bezrouthkine. Koguachvili is a five-time
world champion, and won this year's Europeans. Bezrouthkine was
world champion last year. Whichever man represents Russia takes
gold.'
The
wrestling starts Friday morning, Sept. 20, in Moscow.
As
expected, Raphael Martinetti was elected the new president of
FILA, the international wrestling federation, on Thursday, Sept.
19. According to Pravda, he held a press conference in which
he vowed to fight to keep both styles of wrestling in the Olympics.
According to the article, FILA formed a committee to deal with
this issue. 'The committee scheduled a meeting in October with
the IOC President Jacques Rogge. In the course of the meeting
the committee plans to revise the decisions made in the end of
August by the Executive Committee in Lausanne concerning the
programs of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. According to
Martinetti, it is impossible to reduce the wrestling programme
at the Summer Olympic Games, since it was the wrestling, which
opened Olympic Games,' the Pravda article said.
The
event web site also reported that, 'The Championship will be
broadly covered by Russian and International Mass Media. By the
moment requests from 200 reporters and representatives have been
received. 18 Mass Media Agencies, 12 TV companies, 5 radio stations,
57 print medias have been accredited by today. The TV translation
of the Championship will be conducted by RTR (host-broadcaster
of the Championship) and NTV+Sport. Eurosport Channel and Eurovision
TV-organization have signed a contract about demonstration of
the preliminary and final duels. The official site of The Championship
www.wrestrus.ru has been inaugurated.'
The
English-language page of the official web site is at:
http://www.wrestrus.ru/default_en.html.
TheMat.com
also has an extensive section covering this event live at:
http://www.themat.com/specialevents/2002/grecoworlds/default.asp.
Source:
Abu Dhabi |
Quote
of the Day
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Chinese
Proverb
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Mike
Teaching at the Kaneohe Team Tonight
Mike will be guest performing at Ronn Shiraki's Kaneohe Team,
a Relson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Association, tonight! He will be showing
a variety of techniques mainly based on what Ronn and his team
wants to cover. He may also be going over strategy for the upcoming
NAGA tournament and try not to bore everyone to death.
If
you are in the area, stop by to check out Ronn's place!
Time:
8:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Place: Hawaiian
Isle Twisters
45-174 Kahuhipa St
Kaneohe, HI 96744
Click
on the name of the gym to get a map!
Email
Ronn for more details.
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Relson
Teaching at Team HK Friday
Relson Gracie will be teaching a seminar at Todd Tanaka's Team
HK, a Relson Gracie Association School on University, right across
the street from Puck's Alley and Kinkos. It will be held at the
IKF Karate school on the third floor at 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm.
It is free to all Team HK members and visitors pay a small fee
of $15.
When:
Friday, September 20, 2002
Where: Team HK (IKF Karate School 3rd Floor)
Across the street from Puck's Alley and Kinkos
Time: 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm
Cost: Free to Team HK members and $15 for visitors
If
you have any questions, contact Todd at Todd@teamhk.net
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PRIDE
22 on September 29th
PRIDE.22
DATE: September 29th, 2002
OPEN: 2:00 PM START 4:00 PM
PLACE: Nagoya Rainbow Hall, Japan (Aichi-Pref , Japan)
Today in Japan
, DSE/PRIDE releced announced all the match ups for PRIDE.22
on September 29th.
CARD SUBJECT
TO CHANGE:
1st Match: Michiyoshi Ohara vs Kevin Randleman
2nd Match: Norihisa Yamamoto vs Guy Mezger
3rd Match: Alexander Otsuka vs Anderson Silva
4th Match: Akira Shoji vs Paulo Filho
5th Match: Heath Herring vs Kotchkine Icuri
6th Match: Mario Sperry vs Andrei Kopylov
7th Match: Igor Vovchanchyn vs Quinton 'RAMPAGE' Jackson
8th Match: Shungo Oyama vs Ryan Gracie
Source: Abu
Dhabi
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KOTC
cancel NM show, details on 10/19
KOTC have been
going through a very busy time lately, resulting in the Albequerque
show originally salted for September 19th and postponed until
October 10th to be postponed again until December. According
to promoter Terry, 'the casino is having some financial problems
and they are not allowed to spend any money until December at
which point they have a loan coming to build their hotel and
their parking structure. Starting in December we'll be there
end of February for Pay-Per-View, we'll be there in May, and
one time later in the year. We have 4 shows coming up there.
December 15th is the date for the first show there.'
This means that
roughly half the original NM show going to Soboba on 10/19 and
Reno on 11/1 while the other half will have to wait until December.
Soboba has Aram/Stevenson as the main event hopefully with the
winner facing Mark Hallman on 11/1. As Terry explains, 'if the
winner gets hurt and can't fight if the looser is healthy the
looser will fight Hallman. If not it could be several people'
but no matter what happens Hallman fights on 11/1. 'Hallman's
getting the first shot at this because they'll hold the title
and Hallman will be the contender.' 5-0 Romie Aram has been standing
out lately with 2 TKOs, 2 decisions, and 1 submission but the
much more experienced Joe Stevenson will be no pushover. Stevenson's
4 losses are to Jens Pulver, Chris Brennan, Ronald Jhun,
and Brad Gumm-all tough opponents while Gumm he beat in a rematch.
In most of 2000 and '01 Stevenson was on a decision streak with
his only win that wasn't a decision being a submission against
Kai Kamaka, so although his decision streak
seems to be over; look for Stevenson's conditioning to not be
in doubt.
Charlie Kohler
also makes his return on 10/19 but his opponent has not yet been
named. Kohler last fought in WFA 1 where he lost to Vitor Ribeiro
by TKO (cut). Charlie is currently 2-2-1, his only other loss
being to Joe Hurley in KOTC 7. Terry explains, 'I have 2 or 3
guys that are willing to take the fight but Charlie wants somebody
that is willing to stand and bang with him that has good stand-up
skill because he wants to prove he can stand and bang with anybody.'
In the first
women's match in KOTC history breaking news is that 3-0 Debi
Purcell's opponent will be Nicole Albrecht, a stand-out fighter
recently fighting in Mark Hall's shows. With a reported but unconfirmed
5 wins to her credit and strong stand-up and BJJ skills this
may be Debi's first real test of her skills on the ground. Albrecht
doesn't have Debi's experience or level of training but she'll
be coming in with around a 30 lb weight advantage putting her
in Remix vet Erin Toughill's weight class, a factor that will
probably at least slow down Debi. Debi will need to finish this
fight fast and without injury as her much anticipated belt shot
against Judy Neff if it does happen in the November HOOKnSHOOT
show will only be 2 weeks away.
The complete
card is:
- Romi Aram
Vs. Joe Stevenson
- Fernando Vasconcelos
Vs. Churuto Verissimo
BJJ Black Belt/World Champ vs BJJ Black Belt and 3rd Place
in Worlds
- Todd Medina Vs. Edwin Dewees
- Charlie Kohler Vs. TBA
- Art Santore Vs. Thomas Kenney
- Jason 'The Punisher' Lambert Vs. Brian Stromberg
- Freddie George Vs. Cliff Jacobs
- Thomas Denny Vs. Aaron Anderson
- Debbie Purcell Vs. TBA
- Mike 'Rhino' Bourke Vs. Brent Stevens
- - Cipi Gamino Vs. Dave Rivas
- Richard Soliz Vs. Ricky Libertini
- Chui Vs. Josh Lewis
- Shad Smith Vs. Chris Jeffers
- Mark McLelland Vs. Raymond Young
For the November
1st Pay-Per-View card Daniel Bobish will face Eric Pele, a rematch
of the KOTC 12 fight. Also Severn, Hallman, and 3 other Heavyweights
will appear.
Source: Abu
Dhabi
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Carlson
Gracie and Anotnio Inoki: A Partnership
It
appears that Carlson Gracie is now working on a fight team with
Japanese icon Antonio Inoki. The word is that Carlson has spent
some time building up a stable of new fighters that the two old
masters believe will impact the Mixed Martial Arts scene.
The
deal is still being negotiated, but look for an announcement
soon. Part of the deal appears to involve Carlson instructing
and assisting at the Inoki Dojo in Los Angeles. The rest hinges
on Inoki acting as the 'manager' for the fighter.
More
to come on this budding relationship...
Source:
Abu Dhabi |
Quote
of the Day
"To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the
next best."
William M. Thackeray |
SuperBrawl
26: UCC Hawaii Results
Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii
September 17, 2002
By Chris Onzuka - Chris@Onzuka.com
 
Stephane Patry's UCC is one of the fastest growing and well-run
MMA events. Paltry filled his first few shows with some up and
coming Canadian fighters. After gaining some hard-earned experience,
Patry introduced a tough challenge to the Canadian fighters by
bringing in members of Team Extreme. Monte Cox's team of fighters
primarily hail from Pat Miletich's school. Team Extreme has secured
a foothold in the UCC by either gaining UCC titles or by earning
the right to be next in line to fight the UCC champion for the
title. This not being enough for Patry, he brought his show to
Hawaii with the help of Monte Cox and SuperBrawl promoter, T.
Jay Thompson. They have put together a fight card that could
have been dubbed: "Team Hawaii versus Team Canada."
Some of the best Hawaiian fighters were pitted against some of
the best Canadian fighters. The celebrities that were in the
house were professional wrestler, The Rock, former boxing champ,
Jesus Salud, former UFC Lightweight Champion, Jens Pulver and
the man in charge of the action, this time as the referee, was
none other than UFC Welterweight Champion, Matt Hughes. There
was a lot of action, some impressive knockouts and a couple of
upsets. Ivan Menjivar showed Hawaii fans why you don't blink
during a match as he performed a textbook German suplex on Jay
R. Palmer, all but knocking him out. Potvin pulled off the upset
of the night by submitting Ron Jhun after a being able to gain
good position at times, but paying for it by Jhun unloading on
him for two rounds. Potvin stuck it out and seized an opportunity
by rolling into a knee bar and then transitioning to a toehold,
submitting Jhun. What happens when you put two MMA fighters that
are primarily boxers in the ring together? Exactly what you would
expect, a war. Laverne Clark and Donald Ouimet threw some huge
punches at each other. After the dust settled Clark's takedowns
and higher landing percentage won him the match. I read that
Rich Franklin is the next rising star, but I have never seen
him fight. Tonight, I understand why people are talking about
him. Franklin can do it all, punch, kick, clinch fight and take
down. Anthony Rea made Franklin use his whole arsenal and looked
to have the upper hand until Franklin stood his ground and unloaded
a punch-kneeing combination from hell, knocking Rea to the canvas.
The final match of the night brought together two fighters known
for their strong BJJ ground games, but it would be Jeff Curran's
superior striking that would bring him victory as his accumulated
right hands took its toll and eventually knocked out Baret Yoshida.
Right after the match, Relson Gracie stood up in Jeff Curran's
corner and taunted Yoshida in what can only be described as distasteful.
The Grappling Unlimited students exchanged words with Gracie
and Gracie had to be escorted off the ring apron. This show of
unsportsman-like conduct left a black mark on a great show. The
team of Patry, Thompson and Cox put together a solid, evenly
match card that had a lot of action and kept you on the edge
of your seats.
Light Heavyweight Challenge
Yan Pellerin def. Mike Malone
Submission via rear naked choke at 1:36 minutes in Round 1.
Middleweight Challenge
Kolo Koka def. "Pain" Peters
Unanimous decision after 2 Rounds.
Welterweight Challenge
Ivan Menjivar def. Jay R. Palmer
TKO due to German suplex (belly to back suplex) at 1:03 minutes
in Round 1.
Heavyweight Challenge
Kerry 'Meat Truck' Schall def. Kumu Cambra
Submission via heel hook at 2:48 minutes in Round 1.
Middleweight Challenge
Stephan Potvin def. Ron 'The Machine Gun' Jhun
Submission via toehold at 3:18 minutes in Round 3.
Welterweight Challenge
Laverne Clark def. Donald Ouimet.
Unanimous decision after 2 Rounds.
Light Heavyweight Challenge
Falaniko Vitale def. Pasquel Gosslin
Submission via arm bar from the guard at 2:00 minutes in Round
1.
Light Heavyweight Challenge
Rich Franklin def. Anthony Rea
KO at 2:46 minutes in Round 1.
Super Lightweight Challenge
Jeff Curran def. Baret Yoshida
KO at 2:08 minutes in Round 2.
One extra picture.
Special thanks to the King. I guess the girls were smelling what
the Rock was cooking while the Rock watched the fighters lay
the smack down on the jabronies. Ok ok, I'm done.
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Captain
Harris' Post Fight Party
After the NAGA tournament
When: Saturday, Sept 21
Time: 1800-2200 (that's 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm for you non-military
folks)
Who's Invited: All Relson Gracie JJ practioners from all of Relson's
schools along with spouse/significant other.
Where: The "Party Deck" at Harris' apartment
Honolulu Park Place, 8th Floor, Long House
1212 Nuuanu Ave
Across from Calvary Chapel on Beretania and Nuuanu with the waterfall.
On the edge of beautiful Chinatown.
Parking in garage for the first 6 cars, otherwise park on the
street.
It will be a potluck like usual with our parties so bring some
food and drink. Harris said that he'll provide the flesh and
beverages, but encourage people to bring stuff (everyone else
can provide sides and dessert). It will be a relaxed affair that
we can just hang out and talk shop.
After 2200 (10:00
pm), the remaining survivors can meet Harris at Murphy's Bar
and Grill (Mai Tai Bar for White folks) and he'll teach us locals
how we haoles party!!
Shoot me an email to get some contact numbers
if you need it!
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Saulo
fights unknown fighter
FightZone: SAULO RIBEIRO vs JASON IRELAND
The TFC FightZone returns to the Toledo Sports Arena September
20, 2002 with Four Championship Matches.
In attendance will be Royler
Gracie, Mark Coleman, Kevin Randleman, Xande Ribeiro, Regis Libre,
Caique, and many more.
Super Fight Championship:
- Saulo Ribeiro (Six-time World Jiu-Jitsu Champion) vs Jason (The
Irish Tornado) Ireland
Super Heavyweight Championship:
-Maurice Walker vs Don Richards
Middleweight Championship:
-Thomas (Wild Man) Denny vs David Garcia
Jr. Lightweight Championship:
-Steve (The Weasel) Hallock vs Travis Wright
Plus see:
-Dave Knaggs vs Dan Gilbert
-David Gardner vs Vince Gresham
-Travis Phippen vs TBA (waiting
on confirmation)
-Eddie 'The Enforcer Sanchez' vs TBA (waiting on confirmation)
-Aaron Miller vs Jeremiah Combs
-Dan Graham vs Cody Watkins
-Tommy Lee vs Jason Meyers
-Todd Slater vs Sean Bonner
-Quinn Valley vs Bob Morgan
Tickets on sale at Ticket Master:
419- 474-1333
Dave Gomez - mezgo@comcast.net |
Quote
of the Day
One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine with
only interests.
John
Stuart Mill |
Super
Brawl 26/UCC Tonight!
Neil Blaisdell Center
Fights start at 7:30 PM, possibly earlier
You do not want to miss this one. The card is packed with good
fights. Come early to avoid the parking nightmare that is Blaisdell.
See yesterday's news for the fighters.
Remember,
there is no class in Aiea tonight! We'll be at the fights. |
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MILETICH
VS TRIGG
MMAWeekly
has learned that Pat Miletich will fight again soon and it looks
like it will be for a title. Editor Scott Petersen is reporting
that Pat Miletich will fight against Frank Trigg for the WFA
middleweight title. This show will be held in Las Vegas and it's
unknown if the show will be held in October or November. Either
way it looks like the WFA will have a very solid show coming
up and to have Miletich Vs Trigg fighting one another for the
title, should be very exciting and a great fight for the fans
all the way around.
This
has been confirmed by Monte Cox who manages Miletich when I talked
to him during the Super Brawl press conference. They are ready
to sign.
Source:
MMA Weekly |
UFC
Wrap Up - Looking forward to UFC 39
Not since May
1998, at 'UFC 17: Redemption' in Mobile, Alabama, have we seen
a scheduled tournament in the UFC. On Friday, September 29, 2002,
at 'UFC 39: The Warriors Return,' we'll see top lightweight contenders
BJ Penn, Matt Serra, Din Thomas and Caol
Uno compete for the vacant Lightweight Championship. Different
from tournaments of SEG days, the winners of these Semi-Finals,
if you will, are expected to meet at 'UFC 40: Vendetta' in Las
Vegas, NV on November 22, 2002.
Props have to
be given to Joe Silva, Director of Talent Development for Zuffa
Sports Entertainment, in developing this Lightweight Championship
Tournament. He has outdone himself with these match-ups.
BJ Penn, a veteran of 5 UFC's, sports
a 4-1-0 record. The 23-year-old from Hilo, HO, is known for his
submissions. Penn, known as The Prodigy, is the 1st non-Brazilian
to win the world championships at the black belt level. In his
last fight, Penn won a TKO over Paul Creighton at UFC 37: High
Impact.
Matt Serra,
a veteran of 3 UFC's, sports a 2-1-0 record. The 28-year-old
from Long Island, NY, is known for his ground game and superb
submissions. Serra, known as The Terror, is the 1st American
black belt under Renzo Gracie. In his last fight, Serra defeated
Kelly Dullanty by triangle choke tap out in the first round at
UFC 37: High Impact.
Din Thomas,
a veteran of 2 UFC's, sports a 1-1-0 record. The 25-year-old
from Orlando, FL, is known for being well rounded with good submissions
and striking. Thomas, known as DinYero, earned the first ISCF
World Lightweight Championship by defeating Pulver at WEF 10.
In his last fight, Thomas won a unanimous decision over Fabiano
Iha at UFC 33: Victory in Vegas.
Caol Uno, a
veteran of 4 UFC's, sports a 2-2-0 record. The 27-year-old from
Kanagawa, Japan, is known for his chokes and other submissions.
Uno is an Abu Dhabi veteran, having place 2nd in the 1999 ADCC
Submission Wrestling World Championships. In his last fight,
Uno defeated Yves Edwards by unanimous decision at UFC 37: High
Impact.
Will we finally
see Thomas vs. Serra? Only if Thomas can avenge his early career
loss in SHOOTO to Uno and Serra takes Penn back to his only career
loss, suffered against former UFC Lightweight Champion Pulver,
at The Mohegan Sun.
Other matches
that make up the card on September 29 include:
For the vacant
UFC Heavyweight Championship, Randy Couture (7-3-0) of Gresham,
OR returns after his loss to suspended Josh Barnett to face Ricco
Rodriquez (8-1-0) of Las Vegas, NV.
In the second
Heavyweight match, UFC veteran Pedro Rizzo (11-3-0) of Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, is put against Gan McGee (10-1-0) of San Luis
Obispo, CA.
In a third Heavyweight
match, UFC newcomers Tim Sylvia (15-0-0) of Davenport, IA, meets
Wes "Cabbage"
Correira (7-2-0) of Hilo, HI.
In a Middleweight
match, former champion Dave Menne (35-4-1) of Forest Lake, MN,
returns to face Phil Baroni (5-1-0) of Long Island, NY.
In the second
Middleweight match, Matt Lindland (7-1-0) of Eagle Creek, OR
will meet Ivan Salaverry (9-1-0) of Seattle WA.
In a Lightweight
match, exciting newcomer Benji Radach (11-0-0) of Olympia, WA
faces veteran Sean Sherk (20-0-1) of Brooklyn Park, MN.
UFC 39: The
Warriors Return will take place on Friday, September 27, 2002,
at The Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville
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PRE
FIGHT INTERVIEW: Róbson Moura
INTERVIEW Róbson Moura - Pre SHOOTO September 16th
After
placing first in the 2001 Abu Dhabi Brazilian Trials, third in
Abu Dhabi 2001, and winning 5 BJJ WOrld Titles as a Black Belt,
Róbson Moura will take the next important step in his
fight career. On September 16th, he'll make his debut in Japan's
most traditional MMA event, SHOOTO. Like all true fighters, Moura
doesn't choose his opponents. He'll be facing MAMORU, the former
champion, in his first fight. This makes for an interesting match-up
as MAMORU brings experience and crowd support to the ring, while
Moura brings the determination to prove his abilities in MMA.
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- You're going to Japan to do something you never did before,
to fight NHB. What are your expectations? Moura- I've been preparing
myself very well for this fight, André Pederneiras has
been demanding my best during in training. I'm with good expectations,
in spite of the handicap that my background is all in Jiu Jitsu.
I started training Muay Thai in 2000, and I'm feeling good about
that kind of training. Obviously I need that training because
I want to win there.
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- Are you getting good at Muay Thai? Moura- It used to
be only a hobby, but now I train very hard in Boxe Thai Team
and with Pedro Rizzo and Gustavo 'Ximú' Machado in Ruas
VT System to prepare for the fight against MAMORU. I can tell
you, at the beginning of the training I had difficulties common
for an athlete that isn't very used to that type of workout,
but now with the fight approaching, I've been better in the Muay
Thai training.
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- And besides Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai, what more have you
been training? Moura- I've been training here with the Nova União's
teammates and with some support of the wrestlers of the Ruas
VT System. But I can tell you that ADCC2001 was important for
me, not only to get my name out, but also as experience in Wrestling.
That event gave me a lot of base.
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- In Abu Dhabi you weighed less than 60kg in the category
up to 65kg? Moura- [laughs] Of course, that was one of the best
experiences that I had there. I was the lightest and I fought
against stronger guys than me, like Joey Gilbert. I also remember
that you, me, Márcio 'Pé de Pano' Cruz, Nino 'Elvis'
Schembri and Leonardo Santos in the airport of Germany going
to Abu Dhabi. Everyone weighed themselves in those baggage scales.
'Pé de Pano' simply weighed 61kg more than me, everybody
laughed a lot. He could fit two MOURA's inside him [laughs]!
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- The fight against MAMORU will be up to 56kg, did you
consider turning the fight down to wait for an opportunity in
the 60kg division? Moura- That weight isn't ideal because I like
lot of chocolate and then it is hard to stay with 56kg. But I'm
very concentrated and thinking a lot about making weight for
this fight.
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- But which category would you like to fight up to 60kg
or up to 56kg is ok? Moura- Hum...... I think as this fight is
my first fight, the category up to 56kg is good. I know that
during the weigh-in everybody gets to be inside of the established
weight, but on the day of the fight everybody arrives with more
weight. I obviously would face fighters with 63kg or 64kg if
I'll fight in the category up to 60kg, then I'd not get to be
that weight for the day of the fight. I think this opportunity
appeared at the right moment in my life. I already conquered
6 World Championship of Jiu Jitsu and now I want to get some
recognition fighting NHB. Vítor 'Shaolin' Ribeiro was
the first that got a good recognition, I want to perform good
inside this game, then I'll try to follow his steps. Now is the
time!!
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- Was Shaolin's success an incentive to you? Moura- Yeah.
He, Leonardo Santos and I have been training Jiu Jitsu together
since our beginning. We conquered our titles inside Jiu Jitsu
together, so when 'Shaolin' had 3 unquestionable victories in
NHB, that motivated me plenty and we're training together for
SHOOTO too.
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- Iran Mascarenhas and Santos - Nova União's fighters
- lost their fights in SHOOTO, are you going for redemption of
Nova União in Japan? Is there some responsibility? Moura-
I cannot have that kind thought in my head. I'm relaxed and focused
on fighting well to make a career out of it. My goal is to win,
though I know that won't be easy because MAMORU is a good opponent.
Therefore, I cannot be worried about avenging the name of Nova
União in Japan. I think that Santos and Mascarenhas tried
to do their best, and in my opinion I think that fight between
Santos and Gomi should have to be victory for Santos or draw.
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- In your opinion, which was the reason for this invitation
to SHOOTO, your BJJ titles or you 3rd place in ADCC2001? Moura-
Both. Abu Dhabi is an event that the whole world pays attention
to, and it's a very difficult event because they only have the
best fighters. ADCC2001 was my first event, and I got third place.
I only lost to Royler Gracie in the semifinal in a very balanced
fight. While in Jiu Jitsu I've won all the main titles.
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- What did you feel you lacked to get the win over Royler?
Moura- I think I lacked a corner, lacked my master, and if that
fight was the final, I mean the day after, it'd have been better.
I had the biggest physical expenditure in the semifinal against
Gilbert, who was the strongest guy physically in that competition.
Royler got fast submissions until the semifinal. I think if Gilbert
was in Royler's bracket, things would've been different.
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- In your fight against Gilbert, did he tapout when you
heel-hooked him? Moura- He tapped out and screamed, then I loosened
the position and waited for the victory, but the referee restarted
the fight in the center of the mat - if the referee had gave
me the victory, I'd have faced Royler with more energy available.
Gilbert does not like to fight on the ground, he only wants to
be on the feet and as he's strong, you need to have enough strength
to keep him on the ground.
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- Did that restart affect your mind for the remainder of
the fight? Moura- I tried not to be nervous, but as the referee
restarted the fight on the feet and he was a good wrestler, I
was afraid that he'd take me down. But everything ran well. In
the overtime I still tried to take him down, I got to decision
him. Ricardo Libório was in my corner and I thank him
for the support that he gave me.
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- That experience of Abu Dhabi 2001 marked your life, do
you think then SHOOTO will better that? Moura- I cannot compare
that, because they're different sports. I'm going to a new thing,
a new experience. NHB is a sport that I wanted to participate
for some time, as well as Abu Dhabi, and then I want to have
the same success.
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- You were invited to fight in SHOOTO in July; was this
enough time for you to prepare? Moura- I think there was enough
time, I had gone to São Paulo where I live and I've an
academy, and I was there for a short time, because I needed to
be among the best of the Nova União here in Rio de Janeiro.
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- Then in São Paulo there is not enough good training
for you? Moura- I'm there to teach and develop Jiu Jitsu inside
São Paulo. I make my physical preparation there for Jiu
Jitsu's competitions, but my teacher is here in Rio de Janeiro,
and with my master on my side I feel more confident.
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- Did you watch SHOOTO before you were invited out there
to fight? Moura- Yes, that event is very good, besides I had
already seen a performance of MAMORU in one of the event that
I watched.
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- What do you think about MAMORU? Moura- Sincerely, nothing;
I had spoken to my wife that I'd like to fight in SHOOTO and
if I got the opportunity I'd face MAMORU or Jin Akimoto. Now
I have three fights of his to study, then my thought changed
because I watched the fight with 'other eyes', it won't be an
easy fight for me, but I think that he's not going to have an
easy fight himself.
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- What are his main strengths? Moura- He's smart, has a
good knee when the fight is in the corner and has good takedowns.
I trust my ground game a lot, on the ground I can be relaxed,
underneath or on the top, the only problem is that SHOOTO isn't
only groundfighting.
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- At the beginning of the training did you have trouble
training the ground for the NHB game? Moura- In the beginning
a little, but not now; it’s funny, I tried to restore the
guard and I've eaten a punch to the face, I tried to pass the
guard and ate more [laughs].
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- I saw your training for SHOOTO and I observed that you've
been training with a Japanese fighter, Osamu Shishido, is he
a secret weapon? A kind of spy? Moura- [laughs] He's a nice guy,
a good training partner and he's not betraying his homeland.
He's representative of the Nova União and he's raising
the flag of our team. I like a lot to train with him everyday.
He's not our spy, because he didn't observe the trainings of
MAMORU there in Japan.
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- You said that you're following in Shaolin's footsteps,
he won't fight more Jiu Jitsu, only NHB, will you make the same
move? Moura- I won't make that, NHB will be more of an option
inside my fighting career, I'm 24 years old still and I can fight
Jiu Jitsu, Submission and NHB.
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- But it's very difficult to do, which of the three would
you choose? Moura- You caught me on that one; I've trained Jiu
Jitsu since I was a kid, I did good in Abu Dhabi 2001 and I want
to fight a lot of NHB matches, so I cannot answer that. [laughs]
FIGHTWORLD.com
Brazil- Any final message? Moura- I'm devoting myself to the
maximum, my training is very strong and I'm taking the first
step towards the title belt in my weight division. The Brazilians
will see that I'll give everything I have to get the victory
over MAMORU.
Source:
Abu Dhabi
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SHOOTO
September 16th Results
Night of Decisions
marks Brazil's redemption
Class 'B': (Lightweight
[-65.0Kg])
Makoto Ishikawa decisioned Eiji Murayama by 3-0 (20-18, 20-19,
20-18)
Bao Quach decisioned Naoya Uematsu by 3-0 (20-18, 20-18, 20-18)
Class 'A':
(Featherweight [-60.0Kg]) Survivor Tournament First Round
Kentaro Imaizumi TKO'd ABKZ, corner throw in a towel at Imaizumi's
rush after restart of ABKZ's down by the knee to head
(Bantamweight
[-56.0Kg])
Róbson Moura decisioned MAMORU by 3-0 (30-28, 30-27, 30-28)
(Welterweight
[-70.0Kg])
Vítor 'Shaolin' Ribeiro decisioned Hiroshi Tsuruya by
3-0 (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
(Lightweight
[-65.0Kg])
Norifumi 'KID' Yamamoto TKO'd Tetsuo Katsuta, referee stoppage
by punches over Katsuta's guard position
(Welterweight
[-70.0Kg])
Takanori Gomi decisioned Chris Brennan by 3-0 (30-29, 30-28,
30-29)
(Featherweight
[-60.0Kg])
Championships Masahiro Oishi drew Hisao Ikeda, 1-0 (29-29, 30-28,
29-29), Oishi retains his title
Source: Abu
Dhabi |
The
Brazilian Beat:
MECA 7 shaping up, Another BTT Heavyweight on the Ride, Babalu
Already Living in the USA
September
is already half over and both PRIDE 22 and UFC 39 are quickly
approaching with several Brazilian fighters on their cards. From
Jiu-Jitsu fighters like Mario Sperry and Ryan Gracie to Muay
Thai fighters such as Pedro Rizzo and Anderson Silva, all the
major Brazilian camps are involved in some events in this month
and needless to say the training has been as hardcore as ever.
Besides all the camps' training, there's more going on in Brazil
with new contracts being discussed all the time, the country's
biggest NHB event continuously shaping up and will finalize its
card by month's end, and more! So, sit back and enjoy the beat
straight from Brazil...
As PRIDE 22 approaches, the training at the Chute Boxe academy
is getting even more intense. Chute Boxe's rising star Anderson
Silva is already in great shape for his second PRIDE appearance
and although he will give up at least 10kg to seasoned veteran
Alexander Otsuka, the whole camp is confident that he will win.
Unfortunately it seems that Anderson will be the only Chute Boxe
fighter competing on the card.
Speaking
of Chute Boxe, Vanderlei Silva is still on his vacation through
the Northeast of Brazil and is expected to be back in the next
few days to resume his training routine. "The Axe Murderer"
will be flying to Japan along with his teammate Anderson Silva
to help in his final preparation for PRIDE 22, and will very
likely be defending his Middleweight title belt at the PRIDE
show in November at the Tokyo Dome.
Things
are also busy at the Brazilian Top Team camp, with "The
Zen Machine" Mario Sperry getting ready to face Kopylov
at PRIDE 22. Sperry has been training hard, mostly with BTT member
Fabiano Scherner, a very heavy guy who also helped Minotauro
a lot in his preparation to face Bob Sapp. Mario feels in great
shape now that he is back to his regular weight, and is not fighting
at 205lbs anymore. He and his crew will be leaving for Japan
on September 23rd. This is the last fight of his PRIDE contract.
In
other Brazilian Top Team related news, the next team member who
will likely be appearing in PRIDE is the heavyweight Fabiano
Scherner. Fabiano has been very helpful in his teammates' training
lately and is now ready to take the next step and make his overseas
debut. Among likely opponents for Scherner's first PRIDE appearance
are Gary Goodridge and Mark Coleman, although nothing is certain
right now. Also, the PRIDE November show will probably include
both Nogueira brothers, Rogerio and Rodrigo. Minotauro, who is
in Holland right now, will likely defend his Heavyweight title
belt for the first time and his twin brother Rogerio is likely
to make his PRIDE comeback after his win over Tsuyoshi Kohsaka
at Deep.
The
next edition of MECA World Vale Tudo, scheduled for November
8th, is continuing to shape up as November rapidly approaches.
Now it seems likely that Ruas Vale Tudo team member Alexandre
"Cacareco" will be facing K-1, IVC and MECA veteran
Nilson de Castro from the Chute Boxe team. Luta Livre fighter
Bigu, who was supposed to be Nilson's opponent, is now set to
face another Chute Boxe fighter in Silvio Urutum. The promoters
are still working on the card and the next few weeks will reveal
the finalized card.
Speaking
of the Ruas Vale Tudo Team, as Pedro Rizzo's preparation for
his fight in the next UFC is hitting its final stages and he
is about to leave for the USA to train with Marco Ruas, another
RVT fighter is already in America living and training. Renato
"Babalu" Sobral is already in the United States preparing
with his master for his November UFC challenge against Chuck
Liddell, in what promises to be the toughest and most important
fight of his life. Babalu is focusing 100% on training, and only
time will tell the effect of his move to the USA once he enters
the Octagon.
NHB legend and three-time UFC champion Royce Gracie is enjoying
a well deserved vacation with his family after his Shockwave
match. Royce spent most of the year traveling, teaching seminars
worldwide; he also spent the past few months training hard for
his match with Judo Olympic Gold medallist Hidehiko Yoshida.
After all that training, and after the outrageous outcome of
the fight, in which the referee stopped the fight although Gracie
appeared to still be defending and declared Yoshida the winner,
the Jiu-Jitsu black belt deserved short break to enjoy his family.
It'll be interesting to see his reaction for PRIDE's decision
of denying his No-Contest request once he gets back from vacation.
Regarding the controversy over the referee's decision to stop
the fight there's unanimity in all Brazilian fighting camps that
the stoppage was premature.
Source:
FCF |
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TEAM
RENZO UPDATE!
Team Renzo Gracie
has not been in the limelight often this summer. According to
Lynne Lane, 'We pulled back this summer a little bit, a lot of
guys were just training. There weren't a lot of events really
to compete in. We were getting a lot of our younger fighters
who hadn't fought NHB or had taken some time off ready to fight,
just traingin throughout the summer getting ready for the fall
fight season.'
Renzo
Gracie also just released his 4 tape no-gi tape series assisted
by Ricardo Almeida. No details are available at this time but
look for that series to be very influential.
Source: Abu
Dhabi |
PREDICTIONS
FOR 2002 WORLD GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
By: Eddie Goldman
It's
time to make predictions for the 2002 World Greco-Roman Wrestling
Championships, to be held Sept. 20-22 in Moscow, Russia. The
bases of these predictions are a mixture of evaluations of wrestlers'
recent performances, educated guesses, hunches, luck, and other
subjective factors, like hometown advantage.
But
don't think there is any proven formula for making these predictions
correctly, as each factor and others that may be unknown to us
end up having unequal weights. In the recently completed 2002
World Freestyle Wrestling Championships, held Sept. 5-7 in Tehran,
Iran, a brief examination of the gold medal winners will demonstrate
just how hard it is to balance all these factors.
The
winner at 55 kg was Cuba's Rene Montero, a 22-year-old competing
in his first senior World Championships. Along the way he knocked
off 2000 Olympic gold medalist Namik Abduallayev in the finals,
and last year's silver medalist, Iran's Babak Nourzad, in the
opening pool. So much for past records, experience, and hometown
advantage.
At
60 kg, the winner was Harun Dogan of Turkey, who was 1999 World
Champion, but lost both his opening pool matches in last year's
World Championships to finish 30th.
At
66 kg, gold went to Elbrus Tedeev of Ukraine, who edged Iran's
golden boy, Ali Reza Dabir, 5-4 in overtime. Tedeev was third
last year, losing only to Bulgaria's gold medalist Serafim Barzakov,
who had the hometown advantage last year. That factor wasn't
decisive this year, as Tedeev beat this year's hometown favorite.
Experience was, as the 27-year-old Tedeev had been a world champion
before, in 1995 and 1999.
At
74 kg gold went to Iran's Mehdi Hadjizadeh, who turned just 21
after the event. This was his first major senior win. He finished
sixth at last year's World Championships after losing in the
quarter-finals to America's Joe Williams.
At
84 kg the gold belonged to Russia's Adam Saitiev, no stranger
to that honor. He was a 1999 world champion and a 2000 gold medalist.
At
96 kg, the winner was 30-year-old Eldar Kurtanidze of Georgia,
who defeated Iran's Ali Reza Heidari in a close 2-1 overtime
final. After bronze medals in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, the
veteran Kurtanidze captured his first world gold medal this year.
And
at 120 kg, it was recent experience that played the major role.
Russia's David Musulbes took it again, adding to his 2000 Olympic
gold medal and 2001 world championship.
I
ended up getting only two picks right, both from Russia: Adam
Saitiev at 84 kg and David Musulbes at 120 kg. My pick at 55
kg, Babak Nourzad, lost his pool. At 60 kg, Oyunbileg Purevbaatar
of Mongolia took bronze. At 66 kg, Dabir of Iran took silver.
At 74 kg, Bouvaisa Saitiev of Russia didn't wrestle, but his
replacement, Isagadzhiev, got silver. At 96 kg, Georgi Gogchelidze
finished sixth.
See
the pattern yet? That's right, there is none. So save your betting
money, or better yet, donate it to a youth wrestling program.
In
Greco, there seems to be even more unevenness in results than
freestyle. Perhaps it is because there are more high-scoring
throws which are few and far between, and very difficult to get
on this world-class level. Whatever the reason, unless one's
name is Kareline (who retired after 2000), from year to year
there seems little certainty as to who ends up on top.
All
that said, here are my gold medal predictions for the 2002 World
Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships:
55
kg/121 lbs. - Hassan Rangraz of Iran. I'm going with a hunch
that we will have a repeat performance by last year's winner,
the 22-year-old Rangraz. He appears hot, also winning the 2002
World University Championships. In major competition, he last
lost to North Korea's Yong Gyun Kang in the finals of the 2001
Asian Championships. But Kang, also a 2000 Olympic bronze medalist,
will likely not be competing, as North Korea usually doesn't
attend the World Championships.
60
kg/132 lbs. - Roberto Monzon of Cuba. The 24-year-old Monzon
got bronze at last year's world Championships. He only lost to
world champion Dilshod Aripov of Uzbekistan 4-2 in the finals,
but then defeated 1996 and 2000 Olympic gold medalist Armen Nazarian
of Bulgaria 3-1 in the bronze medal match. He has been wrestling
since he was 10, and was a junior world champion in 1994 and
1996, and Pan Am champion in 2001 and 2002. This could be his
year.
66
kg/145.5 lbs. - Seref Eroglu of Turkey. The 26-year-old Eroglu
has, like so many other wrestlers, had an up-and-down career.
He won a world championship back in 1997, but had to settle for
10th in the 2000 Olympics at 63 kg, when he drew eventual gold
medalist Varteres Samourgashev of Russia in his opening match
and fell 5-2. Samourgashev has since moved up in weight. Eroglu
also didn't get out of his opening round pool in the 2001 World
Championships, officially finishing 16th after losing to Hungary's
Levente Fueredy, who finished 8th.
However,
Eroglu seems to be on the rebound. He won the 2002 European Championships,
defeating Vaghinar Galustyan of Armenia 8-7 in the opening round.
Galustyan was last year's world champion at 63 kg. Fueredy also
finished 8th at the 2002 European Championships. Eroglu also
defeated Israel's Michael Beilin in the European semi-finals.
Beilin was a world bronze medalist last year. So Eroglu could
be the man to take it all once again thus year.
74
kg/163 lbs. - Badri Khasaia of Georgia. Khasaia, who turns 23
just days after this year's Greco World Championships, has been
making his mark this year. He has won gold at the 2002 European
Championships and the prestigious Pytlasinki Tournament in Poland,
often a testing ground for the Worlds. This would be his first
major world gold medal, if he can continue his hot streak.
84
kg/185 lbs. - Hamza Yerlikaya of Turkey. The 26-year-old Yerlikaya
has been at the top of the Greco ladder for almost a decade.
He won his first senior world championship at the age of just
17, in 1993. He won another world championship in 1995, and was
an Olympic gold medalist in 1996 and 2000. He fell to 9th in
the 2001 Worlds, only losing to Sweden's Martin Lidberg 6-4,
who finished 6th. But Yerlikaya won the 2002 Europeans, beating
Sweden's Ara Abrahamian 5-1 in the finals. He allowed few points,
defeating Bulgaria's Vladislaw Metodiev 4-0 in the semi-finals,
and Russia's Andrei Tcherepakhine 7-1 in the quarters. In his
five matches, he outscored his opponents 30-3. He is my pick
to remain hot for this year's World Championships.
96
kg/211.75 lbs. - Gogi Koguachvili of Russia, that is, if he wrestles.
If not, Russia's Alexandre Bezrouthkine. Koguachvili is a five-time
world champion, and won this year's Europeans. Bezrouthkine was
world champion last year. Whichever man represents Russia takes
gold.
120
kg/264.5 lbs. - Youri Patrikeev of Russia. He may not be the
new Kareline, but then again, don't expect another one for a
long, long time. Patrikeev, who turns 23 just after this year's
Worlds, has already been near the top of the Greco heavyweights.
He beat Mihaly Deak-Bardos of Hungary 6-0 in the finals of this
year's Europeans, after losing to him in the Hungary Grand Prix.
Deak-Bardos was a silver medalist last year, losing in the finals
to America's Rulon Gardner, after Deak-Bardos also beat him in
the 2001 Hungary Grand Prix. Patrikeev was pinned by Gardner
in the 2001 World Championships after first leading in that match.
But the American Gardner will not compete this year, as he is
still recovering from his snowmobile accident in February that
led to one toe being amputated and skin graft procedures being
done. That leaves the young Russian Patrikeev as the favorite
to recapture the heavyweight Greco crown for the country that
had so long dominated at this weight.
I
am also picking Russia to win the unofficial team title.
The
wrestling starts Friday, Sept. 20, and goes through Sunday, Sept.
22. The home page in English for the 2002 World Greco-Roman Wrestling
Championships is:
http://www.wrestrus.ru/default_en.html
Expect,
as always, there to be a special section on TheMat.com for this
event, including live updates from Moscow. The U.S. team and
representatives of USA Wrestling will be there in full force.
There will also be held a major meeting of FILA, the international
wrestling federation, which is expected to elect a new president
and address the recent recommendation by an I.O.C. panel that
one style of wrestling, most likely Greco, be dropped starting
with the 2008 Olympics.
Source:
Abu Dhabi
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ADCC's
North American Qualifiers - News Update!
Saturday October
5th, 2002 - The AVENTINE SPORTS CLUB, LA JOLLA, CA.
The ADCC is
beginning to hear back from the first wave of invitations to
the North American Qualifiers, and the competition is going to
be HOT! On the organizational side, things are coming together
as well. The ADCC is arranging to send judges and referees to
the tournament from Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria as well as the
USA. ADCC spokesman Miguel Iturrate states 'The emphasis is on
the growth of the sport. This year, I see the ADCC as working
on the roots of SUBMISSION WRESTLING throughout the world. It
is a great progression to be a part of...'
Any questions
about the NA Qualifier applications? e-mail: migueli@pa.net.
CURRENT LIST
OF CONFIRMED COMPETITORS:
UNDER 65.9 KG:
Mike Cardoso / 2001 Qualifier Champion
Shawn Krysa / TEAM CANADA
66-76.9 KG:
Mark Bocek / TEAM CANADA
77-87.9 KG:
Denis Kang / TEAM CANADA
88-98.9 KG:
Marc Laimon / 2001 Qualifier Champion
Terry Dellino / TEAM CANADA
OVER 99 KG:
Roger Neff / 2001 Qualifier Champion
Karim Byron / TEAM CANADA
SIGN UP FOR
GRAPPLING TOURNAMENTS - THEN VIEW THE QUALIFIERS!!!!
TUFF-N-UFF and
HOOKnSHOOT, the promoters of the event in San Diego are also
taking applicants for open grappling tournaments! This is a chance
for advanced grapplers to compete in the ADCC style of Submission
Wrestling, under a modified 'go for it' format. The round time
limit will be cut in half for the open tournaments, dropping
the first five minutes where the point system is not in effect.
The end result is a five minute match with all point counting!
'Additionally,
we want to see if we can try to have a tournament in the tag
team grappling format. The hardcore grapplers out there have
been trying this, and it has gotten rave revues. We want to see
if there is enough interest to do a tournament. This could be
exciting, and it would be ABSOLUTE weight class!' describes TUF-n-UFF's
Barry Meyer.
To check out
the flier and to apply for the OPEN GRAPPLING TOURNAMENTS<
check out the SIGN UP PAGE -
SIGN UP FOR
THE OPEN GRAPPLING TOURNAMENT
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Super
Brawl/UCC Press Conference
24-Hour Fitness Kapiolani
September 16, 2002
1:00 PM
By Michael Onzuka (Mike@onzuka.com)
Super
Brawl 26/UCC
Tuesday Night, September 17, 2002
Fights start at 7:30 PM
As usual, the
press conference and weigh in went smoothly as amazingly, the
imported fighters arrived before the local fighters. As some
of you may know, everyone who lives in Hawaii follows Hawaiian
time which is anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour (if not more)
behind normal time. This is the first combination of the UCC
which brought some of Canada's best versus Super Brawl's mostly
Hawaii based fighters. There are so many interesting matches
that I guarantee that one of these fights should be the Super
Brawl fight of the year.
The fights remained
pretty close to intact with a few changes. Almost all the Hawaii's
top fighters are featured in this card, along with Team Extreme's
UFC veteran and hard hitter, Laverne Clark and new team member
Jeff Curran. Clark came in clean cut and fit, while Curran was
his usual relaxed self, even though he just fought two weeks
ago and has another fight scheduled in the month. Curran felt
that all the back to back fighting would actually help him because
there would be minimal down time which is the down fall of many
fighters as the desire to stay in shape starts to dwindle. Curran
is a brown belt and a solid stand up fighter. He faces the Finisher,
Baret Yoshida, who has the ability to beat anyone on any given
day. Baret has showed his stand up skills by stunning the highly
ranked Abe in his last fight in Japan. This may be the fight
of the night, two balanced fighters that are originally ground
fighters, but this fight may be decided on the feet.
Niko Vitale,
possibly the most physically talented fighters today, faces a
two time Canadian kickboxing champion. Niko usually comes to
bang, but it may be a mistake against the Canadian champ, Gosset
who came in light compared to Vitale. Ron "The Machine Gun"
Jhun returns to the Super Brawl right and faces a game Stephan
Potvin. Many say that Jhun is ready for the UFC, but due to scheduling
conflicts, it has not happened yet. The Hawaii fans are sure
to see some straight bombs and a solid submission game from Jhun.
One of the most
interesting fighters on the card, "Pain" Peters, will
make his Hawaii debut. He has become somewhat of an icon in Canada
as a lunatic in the ring. Peters comes to fight and brings a
fury that is rarely seen in our sport. If there is one guy that
Pain cannot intimidate, it's Koka. Kolo exudes a toughness that
one look tells you to step back or get hurt. Koka has been taking
on all comers as of late, including having a good showing against
UFC veteran and style trendsetter, Shonie Carter. Hawaii fans
will be on their feet as these two bad men see who is the king
of the ring.
Kerry "Meat
Truck" Shaw returns after a head banging last appearance
in the heavyweight tournament. Shaw went through the ring and
crashed head first through a ring side chair. I'm wearing my
running show just in case. He faces a local roughian and instructor
at Grappling Unlimited, Kekumu Cambra. Cambra took a beating
in his last fight, also in the heavyweight tournament, but showed
a huge heart by not giving up. It will be seen if Cambra has
changed his game plan to be more successful in this fight against
the talent and huge Meat Truck.
This may be
the most talent filled card that Super Brawl has ever put together.
Hawaii fans will get a taste of the talented fighters from Canada
and the midwest. Team Extreme studs Jens "Little Evil"
Pulver and UFC middleweight champ, Matt Hughes, who will also
be the referee, is here and anxious to see the fights as well.
Canadians will get to see their favorite fighters on Canadian
pay-per-view, another first for Super Brawl. The local fans will
want to come down to the Blaisdell Center to see these fights
first hand and witness a good serving of light and heavy fighters...and
everything in between.
Super Lightweight
Challenge
Jeff Curran 141.8 lbs
vs.
Baret Yoshida 143.2 lbs
Welterweight
Challenge
Donald Ouimet 164.4 lbs
vs.
Laverne Clark 169.8 lbs
Light Heavyweight
Challenge
Pasquel Gosset 192.0 lbs
vs.
Falaniko Vitale 198.4 lbs
Light Heavyweight
Challenge
Anthony Rea 202.6 lbs
vs.
Rich Franklin 203.0 lbs
Middleweight
Challenge
Stephan Potvin 184.0 lbs
vs.
Ron 'The Machine Gun' Jhun 185.0 lbs
"Pain"
Peters 169.8 lbs
vs.
Kolo Koka 166.5 lbs
Welterweight
Challenge
Ivan Menjivar 154 lbs
vs.
Jay R. Palmer 151 lbs
Heavyweight
Challenge
Kerry 'Meat Truck' Schall 270 lbs
vs.
Kumu Cambra (was not present)
Light Heavyweight
Challenge
Yan Pellerin 201.2 lbs
vs.
Mike Malone 201.6 lbs
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