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Quote
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Chinese proverb
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Akebono
quits sumo for K-1;
first fight against Sapp Dec 31
Friday,
November 7, 2003 at 06:00 JST
TOKYO — Former yokozuna Akebono said Thursday he has resigned
from the Japan Sumo Association and decided to become a K-1 martial
arts fighter.
Taro Akebono is scheduled to meet popular American K-1 fighter
Bob "The Beast" Sapp when he debuts in a K-1 event
Dec 31 in Japan, event organizers said.
"From
now, with the pride of yokozuna (sumo grand champion) in my heart,
I want to walk on a new path," Akebono told a press conference
broadcast live on multiple nationwide television networks.
"I
have three children, who were too young to remember when I was
fighting as a sumo wrester. My dream has been to show them a
father who is a fighter," he said, reading from a Japanese-language
statement.
K-1
is a popular combat sport in Japan, based on karate, kickboxing,
taekwondo and kung fu. Its tournaments and contestants are heavily
promoted much like professional wrestling, though fights are
more violent and often bloody.
Hawaiian-born
Akebono resigned from the Japan Sumo Association Wednesday.
Since
his retirement from the sumo ring in 2001 with chronic knee problems,
Akebono, who is now 34, had been coaching younger wrestlers,
in preparation for eventually becoming a sumo stablemaster, and
had worked as a television commentator during tournaments.
Akebono
said he became acquainted with K-1 fighters and promoters after
his retirement from competition and was attracted to the sport,
which was initially organized in 1991.
"I
have been focusing on recovery of my injuries and sealed my fighting
spirit inside," said Akebono, who stands 203 centimeters
tall, and weighed 230 kilograms while he was competing.
"But
I could not help but feel the enthusiasm for K-1 brewing inside
me. I could no longer keep it inside me, so I made this decision"
to become a K-1 fighter, he said.
On
Sapp, who later joined the news conference, Akebono said, "I
have watched Mr Sapp fight a few times. I know he's very strong,
very quick, and he has heavy punches. I'll just try my best to
be able to stand and keep up with him."
Sapp
said he is honored to get in the ring with Akebono but said he
is not too excited about the challenging task of fighting the
man he has looked up to as a champion in sumo.
"Watching
Akebono's fights, I've seen that not only is he extremely fast,
but he's extremely strong. You can tell by the way he pushes
his opponents around the ring. Obviously, I'm a bit hesitant
and I'll move as fast as I can to get out of the way of his fast
speed and strong punches," Sapp said. (Compiled from wire
reports)
Source:
Japan Today
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PRIDE
FINAL CONFLICT RESULTS
Gary
“Big Daddy” Goodridge vs. Dan “The Bull”
Bobish:
Goodridge by Medical Stoppage, RD 1.
Middleweight
Tournament Match #1
Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson vs. Chuck 'The Iceman' Liddell:
'Rampage' Jackson, by Ref Stoppage, RD 2.
Middleweight
Tournament Match #2
Wanderlei Silva vs. Hidehiko Yoshida:
Silva by Judges Decision.
Middleweight
Tournament Match #3 (Reserve Match)
Dan Henderson vs. Murilo Bustamante:
Henderson by KO, in RD 1.
Heath
Herring vs. Norihisa Yamamoto:
Herring by Choke, RD 3.
Kazushi
Sakuraba vs. Kevin Randleman:
Sakuraba by arm lock, RD 3.
PRIDE
FC Interim Heavyweight Championship Match
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro”
Nogueira:
'Minotauro' by Arm Lock, RD 2.
Middleweight
Tournament Final Match
Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva:
Silva by ref stoppage, RD 2.
Source: ADCC
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UFC
Preview: Interview with CHRIS LYTLE
On
Friday, November 21st, Chris Lytle makes his return to the UFC
to face Robbie Lawler. Lytle was in UFC 28 back in November of
2001, where he lost a unanimous decision to Ben Earwood in a
2-round fight. Chris has spent most of his career fighting at
Welterweight in the US and Middleweight in Japan, with a solid
winning record as Welterweight but less impressive results as
a Middleweight. As a Welterweight, Lytle started out this year
with a surprising first round KO over Aaron Riley, a decision
victory against Laverne Clark, and most recently two submission
victories over Chatt Lavender in AFC in September and Derrick
Noble in Reality Submission Fighting in October. His one loss
this year was in Japan at a heavier weight class.
KM:
What are your thoughts on getting back in the UFC? CL: I’m
really excited about it. I’ve really been trying to get
in there for a few years now.
KM:
You were in there once before at UFC 28. One thing I did notice
was on some of the websites they said you were making your debut
in the next UFC. CL: Well, a lot of people forget.
KM:
You were on an undercard and it was before getting back on cable.
Was that in any way insulting or didn’t show you the respect
you deserve? CL: Not really. I guess if I would have done more
to make myself known in that last fight…it’s my own
fault I didn’t do what I needed to do.
KM:
Well congratulations. You know I’m glad because at the time
the rumors were you against Alessio in Canada. I’d rather
drive to Connecticut than Canada. What are your thoughts on fighting
Lawler? CL: I’m excited. I think it’s a really good
fight. I think we both have similar styles standing up; we’re
going to try and trade, bang, and whatnot. I think he’s
more of a takedown guy so he might try to get takedowns but I’m
pretty happy on bottom, I like to get takedowns too. I’m
usually not initiating the takedown but if it happens it happens.
KM:
Like your last one. CL: Yeah. Regardless of what happens it should
be a pretty action packed fight. Of course my ultimate goal in
every fight is I want to win. I’ve also lost a lot of fights
that were split decisions here or there but were fights of the
night. If I lose a fight I like for it to be like that. Same
if I win. I’ve won a lot of fights where I get fighter of
the night or whatever. Being a good exciting fighter makes me
feel good too. Of course I’m going to work on a lot of different
things on the ground, of course I’m going to be working
a lot of standup as well. I’m anticipating a really fast
paced exciting fight where I wouldn’t be surprised if it
didn’t go more than a round. Then again I’m preparing
for three rounds, you never know.
KM:
How many of his fights have you seen? CL: I think I’ve seen
two of them.
KM:
Which ones? CL: I saw when he fought (Aaron) Riley and I saw
when he fought (Pete) Spratt.
KM:
I’ve seen the one with Tiki, which made me surprised when
you said he might take it to the ground. Like you he seems to
be comfortable on the ground but prefer to stand. CL: I did see
in the Spratt fight it seemed like fairly early he initiated
a takedown which surprised me. He took Spratt down, got good
position, and couldn’t really do anything with it. Later
on in the round Spratt took him down.
KM:
That one surprised me because Spratt isn’t known for his
ground work. CL: I know. He had a good little throw type thing.
I wouldn’t think Spratt would want to go to the ground first
of all. I don’t know if he just saw he was in a good position
to take him to the ground and took it. I don’t really know
what was going on, it kind of surprised me. I always have gameplans
and whatnot and typically the fights never go that way. I come
up with one in my head but basically I just got to train for
everything so I can react to whatever is happening.
KM:
Especially since your last one ended on the ground so dominantly.
Lawler I think of as liking to stand up. I’d be really surprised…I
think he’s going to come in thinking he’s going to
have the edge on standup. Sure, you’ve knocked out Aaron
Riley but my impression is you haven’t faced somebody better
than you at standup. Riley is the closest. CL: I’d agree
with that. I might very well like to get that fight on the ground
as soon as possible too, I’m just saying there are a lot
of different possibilities out there. I’m sure I’ll
test the waters. Whatever I feel is my best angle, that is what
I’m going to go with. If I feel the standup is going better
than I thought I’ll probably stay there. If I feel he’s
pretty good on the feet and I’m pretty good on the ground
I’m sure I’ll probably try to keep it there as much
as possible. I’m going to try to train real hard for both
aspects and figure it out in the ring when I see how the fight
actually feels.
KM:
I do think if it does go to the ground it’s going to end
up with you on the bottom and him on top. That’s not a disadvantage,
I’ve seen you work from the bottom, I’m just wondering
how the judges are going to interpret it. CL: Yeah, that’s
kind of a shame sometimes. I’ve been on the top and felt
I was winning and I’ve been on top and felt I wasn’t
really doing anything as much as the guy on the bottom. I think
positioning is a good thing but if you aren’t using that
effectively I don’t think it should count for much. If I’m
on top and I can’t strike and the guy on bottom is hitting
me well I think he’s winning. Unfortunately it’s not
judged like that a lot. Whoever is being most effective I think
is winning the fight. In anything where you have judges determining
who is going to win lots of times it’s very subjective.
It really depends on that individual.
KM:
This is going to be Welterweight. Before we talked about you
fighting what would be Middleweight in Japan. Recently word is
Lawler has been having trouble making weight and there is speculation
he might jump up to Middleweight. I’m thinking he’s
going to be heavier than you coming in. Does that worry you at
all? CL: Not really. If he’s having trouble making weight
and he’s got to cut down there in my opinion that takes
something out of you. If he weighs 190 right now, great. Let
him lose twenty pounds and try to recover the day of the fight.
KM:
I don’t think this is going to be a quick fight. It’s
not just gain the weight back but have to deal with the endurance
factor. CL: It’s not a big deal to lose the weight but be
able to fight hard for fifteen minutes after you’ve done
that, that is kind of hard. Like you said, I can see me catching
him in something but more likely I think it’s going to be
a long grueling fight. I think whoever is losing the most weight,
that’s going to play into my hands in the long run. I feel
fairly confident in the fact I fought guys that out-weighed me
by quite a bit and I learned how to not make that as much of
an advantage or counter that I guess.
Source: ADCC
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FIRST
MAUI INVITATIONAL OF JIU JITSU
Looking
for an excuse to hit the Islands ! ! ! FEBRUARY 15, 2004 at the
War Memorial in Kahului, Maui, Hawaii the First Maui Invitational
of Jiu-Jitsu.
Show
up for some great Jiu-Jitsu event and get some sun and waves
to boot! The event will have both Gi and no Gi, and is sponsored
by Sinister Clothing.
Pro-division
with good prizes to be announced. For more info check out www.mauijiujitsu.com or keep checking our
column right here.
Source: ADCC
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SHOOTO:
December Year End Show in Tokyo is HOT!
December 14th, 2003
Tokyo Bay N.K. Hall, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan
SHOOTO
closes out their 2003 schedule with their usual big show, scheduled
for December 14th in Tokyo, Japan. Three of SHOOTO's titles will
be on the line, as Bantamweights Yasuhiro Urushitani vs. Mamoru
battle for the vacant belt at under 60 KG, and SHOOTO's foreign
champions, Alexandre Franca Nogueira and Joachim Hansen face
stiff challenges. Hansen faces undefeated Vitor 'Shaolin' Ribeiro
in a highly anticipated match, while 'Pequeno' will defend against
one of SHOOTO's rising stars, Norifumi 'KID' Yamamoto.
The
undercard is all 'A' class action, as veteran Ryan Bow takes
on Tatsuya Kawajiri, who comes off a win over Yves Edwards. Former
poster boy Rumina Sato faces tough Bao Quach and Brazilian Robson
Moura takes on another fast riser, Masatoshi Abe, younger brother
of established star Hiroyuki Abe.
CARD
SUBJECT TO CHANGE:
Class
A - 3 x 5 minutes rounds
Welterweight
[-70.0Kg]
Ryan Bow vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri
Bantamweight
[-60.0Kg]
Robson Moura vs. Masatoshi Abe
Lightweight
[-65.0Kg]
Bao Quach vs. Rumina Sato
Bantamweight
[-60.0Kg] Championship
Yasuhiro Urushitani vs. Mamoru
Welterweight
[-70.0Kg] Championship
Joachim Hansen vs. Vitor 'Shaolin' Ribeiro
Lightweight
[-65.0Kg] Championship
Alexandre Franca Nogueira vs. Norifumi 'KID' Yamamoto
Source: ADCC
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Leozinho
Vieira DVD's
ADCC Champion Leo Vieira recently released a series of 3 DVDs
demonstrating some of his cutting edge moves. Leo Vieira is considered
by many to be the most innovative fighter in the world. Now,
fresh from his Abu Dhabi victory, Leo reveals the dazzling approach
to jiu-jitsu to the world.
Leo
Vieira's Extreme Jiu-Jitsu is produced by CFW Enterprises and
it includes Extreme Guard Passes, Extreme Sweeps & Reversals
and Extreme Mounts & Taking the Back is now available at
MMAMart.com
Source: ADCC
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Brazil's
HEAT II -
Akira Shoji Added To International Lineup!
Estadio Juvenal Lamartine, Natal, Brazil
November 27th, 2003
PIC:
Shoji lost in Pride Bushido to obe of Chute Boxe's young stars,
Mauricio 'Shogun'. He will now face another new MMA talent in
the next Heat.
Another
international star has been announced to appear at the next Heat
Fighting Championships, scheduled for November 27th, in city
of Natal, Brasil.
According to promoter Conrado Carlos, Pride veteran Akira Shoji
will
face jiu-jitsu blackbelt Marcelo 'Uirapuru'.
Shoji
was defeated by Mauricio 'Shogun' in the Pride Bushido (Ocotber)
and will come to Brazil looking for redemption. His task will
not be easy, since Gracie Barra's Vinicius Draculino rates Uirapuru
as his top student. Uirapuru made his debut in the first Heat
event, where he gave a solid performance against Renato 'Babalu',
in a fight that Uirapuru lost by judges decision.
An
ironic thing is that Uirapuru's first opponent may become his
sparring partner, since Renato Babalu now is part of Gracie Barra
Combat Team, parent team of Draculino and Uirapuru.
Incidentally,
Renato Babalu, who also signed to fight in November's Heat, said
he’s off of the card due an injury.
Card
Subject To Change:
Carlao Barreto x Travis Wiuff
Vinicius Draculino x Cleber Gaudino
Allan Goes x Gustavo Ximu
Akira Shoji x Marcelo Uirapuru
Forrest Griffin x Edson Paredao
Fabio Bolinho x Sergio Junior
Dinart Silva x Charles Andrade
Ebenezer Braga x TBA
Roman Roytberg x TBA
Source: ADCC
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UPSET
OF THE WEEK: TWO-TIME DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMP JOHNNY THOMPSON
PINNED -- BY FROSH TEAMMATE FRISHKORN!
This is supposed to be the coronation year for Johnny Thompson,
the two-time defending NCAA national champion for Oklahoma State.
Thompson, a senior, was an NCAA runner-up in his freshman year,
going on to capture national titles in his sophomore year in
2002 and junior year in 2003. Wrestling at 133 pounds, he is
favored to enter the history books in that elite class of three-time
NCAA titlists. And he hopes to lead the Cowboys to their second
straight team title and 32nd overall, for which they are also
favored.
But
Thompson wrestles in an Oklahoma State singlet, not a blue suit
with a a red 'S' and a red cape. The vulnerability he shares
with the rest of us in the human race was displayed in an unlikely
place this weekend: the annual Oklahoma State intra-squad Orange/Black
match that kicks off the Oklahoma State regular college wrestling
season. Here Thompson was matched up with a rookie, a pure freshman,
who has yet to wrestle his first official college wrestling match.
Respect
in wrestling has a two-sided nature. Most wrestlers treat their
opponents with due respect, whatever their respective records.
A highly decorated wrestler like Johnny Thompson is thus accorded
the respect that he has earned on the mat. But many wrestlers
also know the old adages of what can happen on any given day,
that we all put our pants on one leg at a time, and all the rest
of the locker room wisdom. The result is that many wrestlers
truly believe that they have a reasonable shot at winning each
and every match, regardless of the numbers next to their and
their opponent's names.
So
it was this Saturday at the Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater,
Oklahoma. Facing the champ, Johnny Thompson, was the new kid
on the Oklahoma State block, 19-year-old Daniel Frishkorn. The
graduate of Great Bridge High School in Chesapeake, VA, came
in with quite an impressive resume: 133-9 high school record,
three-time Virginia high school state champion, five-time Southeast
Regional freestyle champion, two-time Junior National All-American,
and four-time state freestyle champion. But all that was on the
high school and junior circuits, quite a far cry from the level
of competition of a collegiate veteran like Thompson.
Apparently,
none of this mattered to Frishkorn, who wrestled for the Orange
while Thompson competed for the Black. Here is the description
of the match by Oklahoma State publicist Ryan Teubner:
'Thompson
capitalized off a double-leg takedown at the 1:29 mark in the
first period to take a 2-0 lead.
'Frishkorn
cut the lead to 2-1 after an escape, and tied the score with
an escape to begin the second period. Thompson then took a 3-2
lead with an escape to start the third period. Frishkorn's attempt
at a lateral drop turned into a headlock for the fall.'
It
was indeed a pin for the freshman Frishkorn, with the time being
5:51.
The
script says that Thompson is supposed to dominate his weight
class, win a third NCAA title, and then ride off into that Oklahoma
State Cowboy sunset, possibly to remain with the team in some
coaching capacity. Frishkorn's role, the story is supposed to
go, is to wait patiently in the wings, fill in when injuries
require it of him, wrestle in some tournaments where teams can
send more than one wrestler, and try to inherit Thompson's mantle
beginning next season.
Thompson
will likely retain his spot as the 133-pound starter for Oklahoma
State and remain the odds-on choice for an NCAA title. But the
reality is that there is no script in college wrestling, and
that makes for far better drama than anywhere that there is.
So
add the name Daniel Frishkorn to that list of new, up-and-coming
wrestlers to watch.
The
college wrestling season has barely begun, but it's sure fun
already!
Here
is the Oklahoma State wrestling press release about its Orange/Black
Dual:
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Sunday, November 9, 2003
Orange/Black
Dual Ends in 20-20 Tie
STILLWATER,
Okla. (OSU Athletics ) - Oklahoma State's wrestling team displayed
its talents Saturday afternoon in Gallagher-Iba Arena with the
annual Orange/Black match. When it was all over, the two teams
wrestled to a 20-20 tie.
The
surprise of the day came at 133 pounds when true freshman Daniel
Frishkorn pinned Johnny Thompson. Thompson capitalized off a
double-leg takedown at the 1:29 mark in the first period to take
a 2-0 lead.
Frishkorn
cut the lead to 2-1 after an escape, and tied the score with
an escape to begin the second period. Thompson then took a 3-2
lead with an escape to start the third period. Frishkorn’s
attempt at a lateral drop turned into a headlock for the fall.
At
157 pounds, Kevin Ward beat Johny Hendricks, 3-1. Ward scored
the winning takedown 42 seconds into the overtime to earn the
victory.
Zack
Esposito and Jake Rosholt each recorded falls for the Orange
team. Esposito pinned Kyle Shelton in 2:36, while Rosholt dropped
Chester Lauchner in 2:02.
Tyrone
Lewis and Chris Pendleton each scored bonus points for the Black
team, Lewis only needed 3:26 to record a 19-4 technical fall
over Brett Munson, while Pendleton major decisioned Madill, Okla.,
freshman Brent Parkey, 18-5.
Ronnie
Delk, who started for the Cowboys two years ago, picked up a
7-3 decision over Clark Shouse. Fifth-year senior Cody Stites
will earn a starting spot next weekend after beating redshirt-freshman
Derrick Fleenor, 4-1.
The
Cowboys open the regular season against Tennessee-Chattanooga
Friday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in Gallagher-Iba Arena.
Results:
125
Cody Stites (B) dec. Derrick Fleenor (O) , 4-1
133 Daniel Frishkorn (B) fall Johnny Thompson (O), 5:51
141 Ronnie Delk (O) dec. Clark Shouse (B), 7-3
149 Zack Esposito (O) fall Kyle Shelton (B), 2:36
157 Kevin Ward (O) dec. Johny Hendricks (B), 3-1
165 Tyrone Lewis (B) tf Brett Munson (O), 19-4
174 Chris Pendleton (B) vs. Brent Parkey (O), 18-5
184 Jake Rosholt (O) fall Chester Lauchner (B), 2:02
197 Rusty Blackmon (O) dec. Clay Kehrer (B), 10-4
285 Willie Gruenwald (B) dec. Jon Vestal (O), 4-3
Source: ADCC
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Quote
of the Day
"Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find
one at the end of your arm. . . . As you grow older you will
discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the
other for helping others."
Audrey Hepburn, American Actress, Writer
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Relson
Gracie International BJJ Tournament Results!
Kaiser
High School Gym, Honolulu, Hawaii
November 8, 2003
Team Title:
1st Place: Relson Gracie
2nd Place: Longman
3rd Place: Gracie Kailua (Jason Izaguirre)
There was a lot of competitors that signed up late to make a
bunch of great match ups between tough competitors. Our crack
correspondent and purple belt and advanced no gi champ from Austin,
Texas by way of Hawaii Kai, Phil Cardella is working on typing
up the results and we will post them as soon as we get them.
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Aloha
Martial Arts Festival Today
Sunday November 9th, 2003
Registration and Weigh-ins starts at 8:30 am
Competition Begins at 9:30 am sharp!
Entry Fee: $20.00 Per Event
Where: KING INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL GYMNASIUM, KANEOHE
Featuring:
USSJA Sport Jiujitsu * Extreme (Continuous) Sparring * Kumite
* Weapons * Kata
SEE:
Karate vs. Kung Fu vs. Tae Kwon do vs. Kempo vs. Jujitsu vs.
Shootfighting vs. Hapkido vs. Kickboxing
KICK,
PUNCH, THROW & SUBMISSION!!!
**
THIS IS NOT A NO HOLDS BARRED EVENT!!! **
FOR
MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL KEMPO UNLIMITED HAWAII AT 778-3601
Source:
Tommy Lam
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Roberto
Pedreira Interview
There is a great interview with our friend Roberto Pedreira,
the man behind the Global Training Report. Check it out by clicking
the link below.
http://www.fusionbjj.com/robertointerview.htm
Source: Global Training Report |
PRIDE
GP: Final Conflict
Results as they come in!
November 9, 2003
Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
The
'PRIDE: Final Conflict' event will be underway, and we will bring
you results as they come in. The event is built around the Middleweight
Tournament featuring Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs.
Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell and Wanderlei Silva vs.
Hidehiko Yoshida. PRIDE announced an interesting twist in case
of injuries at the rules meeting on the 7th: despite having a
quality alternate match featuring Dan Henderson vs. Murilo Bustamante,
the losers of the first match will get the first chance to return
should the winners be unable to continue. We'll see if this scenario
plays itself out!
FINAL
CONFLICT - COMPLETE RESULTS
Gary
“Big Daddy” Goodridge vs. Dan “The Bull”
Bobish: Goodridge
by Medical Stoppage, TKO, 20sec Round 1
.
Both come out striking. Bobbish lands a couple of good shots
and Goodridge counters. Goodridge with a good leg kick and 1-2
combo to Bobbish's face. Bobbish holding his eyes and turtles
on his knees............ref stops the fight!
Goodridge
wins in the first 20 seconds of the first round!
Middleweight
Tournament Match #1
Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson vs. Chuck 'The Iceman' Liddell: 'Rampage' Jackson,
by Ref Stoppage, TKO 3mins 11 secs Round 2.
Round 1
Rampage starts with some jabs and an attempted hook. Liddell
couters with strikes. Both attempting looping strikes and missing
on almost all. Rampage ducks down and throws a haymaker and misses.
Attempted takedown by Jackson....Liddell sprawls and blocks.
Huge combinations by Jackson to Liddell's face! Liddell is hurt
and pulls Quinton in close...
Rampage with big right hand to Liddell that wobbles Chuck. Chuck
responding now with strikes of his own. Right cross and left
hook to Liddell's face but doesn't face Liddell. Low kick by
Liddell and Rampage isn't afraid to trade with Liddell. Rampage
really winning the fight so far with strikes. Another good combination
by Rampage and pushes Liddell off. Liddell still looking strong
and attempting to respond. Action slows as both are fatigued.
Rampage staggers Chuck with a big right cross but doesn't follow
up....
Rampage dominating Chuck with left hooks and knees. Liddell just
clinching with Rampage in desperation. Both in Muay Thai mode
throwign knees. Rampage lands a couple more knees. Japanese announcers
very loud at this point. both very slow now as they are tired.
Both swinging looping punches. Jackson grinds Liddell in the
corner and attempts to slam him.....
Rampage
and Liddell trading knees. Liddell grinds Rampage against the
ropes throws a left. Rampage ducks and counters with HUGE uppercut!!!
Rampage picks liddell up and tries to slam him but Liddel grabs
the rope to prevent Liddell. Both go down and ref restarts them.
Both on the ground now with Rampage on top..........
Liddell gives up his back to Rampage and Rampage knees the shit
out of Liddell. Rampage motions for Liddell to get up and both
on feet again. Liddell moves forward and eats another left straight
by Quinton. Liddell bleeding from the nose. 40 seconds left in
the round. Rampage goes for right hand, but Liddell falls down
because of slip. Liddell gets back up and round ends.
Round 2
Rampage continues to dominate Liddell. Good knee and a right
hand. Liddell gets guillotine on Rampage, but Rampage escapes
and lands punch again. Rampage outstriking Liddell easily. More
knees and strikes by Rampage. Liddell very tough staying up.
Rampage with big right hook on Liddell and gets the knockdown!!!
Rampage jumps on Liddell now and is in 69 position. Liddell turns
over. Rampage pounding the shit out of Liddell. Liddell is turtling
as Rampage beats the shit out of him. Rampage smiling as he lands
punches on Chuck's face. Chuck bleeding from eyes and nose. Refereee
stops it!!! Liddell is doing nothing on the ground and the towel
is thrown in! Rampage with awesome performance as he totally
dominated Liddell in every faucet of the fight. Liddell gets
up and embraces Rampage.
Middleweight
Tournament Match #2
Wanderlei Silva vs. Hidehiko Yoshida: Silva by Unanimous Judge's Decision
3-0 .
Round 1
Fans going absolutely wild as Yoshida is in the ring. Japanese
announcers say he's the new Japanese hope. Yoshida's cornermen
are Kohsaka and Tamura. Awesome staredown and Yoshida looks more
intimidating than Silva!!
Round
begins and fans jump on their feet! Both circle each other. Couple
of jabs by Silva which misses. Flurries of punches by Silva but
he misses. Yoshida picks Yoshida up and slams him down!!!!!!!!
Yoshida in Silva's guard......
Yoshida on top of Silva and Silva gets a triangle choke!! Yoshida
escapes and the ref restarts fight in sidemount. Yoshida in side
control and setting Silva up!!! Yoshida so impressive!! Silva
escapes and both stand up! Yoshida moves forward and Silva takes
Yoshida down and is now in Yoshida's guard. Yoshida goes for
armbar on Silva but can't get it...
Both
are still in Silva's guard. Silva landing good punches on Yoshida's
face. Silva gets out of guard and stand up as Yoshida is in butt
scoop. Silva throws good leg kicks to Yoshida's legs. Referee
stands up both fighters. Both circle each other again. Yoshida
jabs with silva but only hits the empty air. Silva looks calm
and relaxed and Yoshida looks tired. Both not trading yet. Silva
throwing low kicks. Yoshida gets in close to silva and Gets a
HUGE Judo Throw on Silva!!! Yoshida now in half mount and is
going for a choke with the gi!! Silva strugglign very hard but
to no avail!! This looks very bad for Silva as Silva is trying
to escape. Silva escpes and Yoshida is in Silva's guard again.
Yoshida throwing punches to Silva and landing some. Yoshida stands
up and going for leg lock! Silva escapes and round ends!!!
Second round starts and Yoshida goes for takedown but gets knee
by Silva!! Silva jumps on Yoshida gains back and punches him.
They both stand up again and Silva winning with the strikes.
Yoshida not throwing punches and is backing off. Yoshida looks
very tired. Silva moves forward and Yoshida counters with good
left jab. Silva grabs in clinch and knees Yoshida in the face.
Silva pushes Yoshida off and Yoshida has a crimson mask!!! Yoshida
has bloody eyes and bloody nose and mouth! Silva with more good
strikes!!! Yoshida showing tremendous heart!!!!! Internal bleeding
and blood is spewing out of Yoshida's mouth! Silva backs off
and is kicking Yoshida in body and leg. Yoshida goes for the
takedown but Silva sprawls and throws good knee. They go down
and Silva is on top. Silva continues to throw punches on Yoshida.
THE HEART OF YOSHIDA IS AMAZING!! Silva still pounding on Yoshida
from the top. Yoshida goes for reversal but round ends. YOSHIDA
HAS THE BLOODIEST FACE IN MMA HISTORY!!! The fight is over. Yoshida
showed more heart than any other fighter perhaps in MMA history
in this fight! I applaud Yoshida for a tremendous performance!!!
Simply amazing! It has to be seen to believed! Vanderlei wins
3-0 decision.
Middleweight
Tournament Match #3 (Reserve Match)
Dan Henderson vs. Murilo Bustamante: Henderson via TKO, referee stoppage
via strikes at 15 sec. in Rd 1
In yet another surprising fight, Dan Henderson stopped Murilo
Bustamante at the :15-mark, in what was a debatable stoppage.
Bustamante shot in from the start, Henderson sprawled and connected
with several hard punches. Bustamante was rocked as he fell back
to his open guard, but as Henderson went in to continue his attack,
the referee stepped in to stop the fight. Bustamante was clearly
stunned as Henderson surprised him with precise, sharp punches,
but he didn`t seemed finished. It was an impressive showing by
the comebacking Team Quest-fighter, who now moves on to gain
the alternate-spot.
Heath
Herring vs. Norihisa Yamamoto: Herring via rear naked choke in RD 3.
Heath Herring disappointed greatly, yet won his comeback fight,
with a rear naked choke in round 3, over Norihisa Yamamoto.
Herring
made several big mistakes in round 1, as he gave up his back
several times, after being taken down by Yamamoto. He came back
with strikes standing and knees on the ground, but he looked
lousy on the ground.
Physically,
"The Texas Crazy Horse" looked great, but he showed
signs of ring-rust. Maybe it´s time for a gym-change, for
Herring. His bread and butter has always been his groundwork,
but in his last 3 fights he has looked like a fish out of water
on the ground.
Yamamoto
took down Herring several times and especially a double-leg he
secured in round 2 looked impressive, and he immediately sgot
the full mount on the seemingly cluesless Herring.
Herring
got back in round 3, though, and battered Yamamoto with knees
on the ground. yamamoto turned over and Herring secured the rear
naked choe, for the tap out.
It
seems like Herring has lost his touch and it seems unlikely DSE
will bring back Herring to Pride in the near future.
Kazushi
Sakuraba vs. Kevin Randleman: Sakuraba via arm bar in Round 3.
Once again, Kazushi Sakuraba faced a naturally bigger fighter,
in Kevin Randleman, and was dominated throughout the fight. Going
into the last minutes of round 3, Randleman was way ahead on
points, but made a big mistake as they scrambled for position,
and got caught in a tight armbar.
Randleman
dominated the stand-up throughout, and his wrestling was way
superior to Sakuraba`s.
Randleman
fought most of the fight from the top position, defending triangle-chokes
and armbars, while doing his GnP.
Whenever
they got up, Sakuraba went for his modified kimura (like the
one he popped Renzo Gracie`s elbow with), but Randleman defended
well.
In
the 3rd and final round, Randleman slammed Sakuraba several times
and looked like a clear-cut winner, had they gone to a Decision.
But Sakuraba showed why he was once considered the premiere mixed
martial artist, as he flipped out of a position and caught Randleman´s
arm. Randleman defended, though and didn`t seem in too much danger,
until he decided to flip out of the position. Sakuraba held on
tight to the arm, and as Randleman scrambled for position, Sakuraba
extended his arm for the tap out.
PRIDE
FC Interim Heavyweight Championship Match
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro”
Nogueira:
Nog pulls
guard already!! Mirko wants to punch but tied up. Action is slow,
sounds like Nog is working for a sub. Mirko is up. Two take downs
defended and Mirko looking good on feet. Damned...Mirko is cutting
him down with punches and kicks ( even a soccer kick ) ala Herring.
Nog cannot get him down and lands a huge fucking middle that
hurt ME. Round ends with Nog getting knocked down.
Round 2:
Nog in full month. punching Mirko. Mirko can't get out. He is
in a panic. Nog arm bars and CROCOP TAPS.
Middleweight
Tournament Final Match
Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva:
Too tired
at 2:30AM, must get sleep, must get sleep. - Chris
Source: ADCC, Fight descriptions from Sherdog's forum & Fightback |
PRIDE
- More From The Weigh Ins!
by: Team TATAME
What
else can be said about an event that has Murilo Bustamante and
Dan Henderson as alternate fight? Sixty five thousand fans are
expected to pack the Tokyo Dome today in one of the best Vale-Tudo
events of all time.
At
the press conference a big crowd of reporters was in the auditorium
to witness the procedings. Apparently, 'Minotauro' and 'CroCop'
weighed in yesterday - neither showed up at the press conference.
Murilo
Bustamante and Dan Henderson opened the ceremony promising a
great alternate fight. “Murilo Bustamante is a great opponent.
You can expect a great battle” said Henderson. Very confident
and looking in a great shape, Bustamante said he is ready for
this challenge. “I’m very happy to be invited by the
Pride organization to be here in this great event”.
Sakuraba
and Randleman came later bringing some humor to the conference.
While Sakuraba was on the scale, wearing pretty unusual underwear,
Randleman pretended he was pulling Sak's underwear down, making
everybody laugh. The climate got tense when Chuck weighed in
and said while looking right at Quinton: “You better be
ready to be knocked out”. Walking around the hotel all day
long with a cigarette in his mouth, Quinton just asked the press:
“Does anybody have a light?” promising to smoke Liddel
on Sunday.
Right
after that came the most anticipated moment by the Japanese press.
When a very serious and focused Wanderlei weighted 91kg and promised
to bring the title to Brazil. “I’m here to bring this
title to Brazil and prove that my team is one of the best Vale-Tudo
teams in the world”. Meanwhile, Yoshida looked in great
shape as he thanked the fans and also promised a great battle
against the 'Axe Murder'.
This
morning at breakfast in the Rihga Royal Hotel all the fighters,
coaches and team members were talking about predictions. Even
though nobody wanted to talk about them on the record, unofficially
it appears that most of the fighters are expecting a final match
between Wanderlei and Lidell. Regarding 'Minotauro' and 'Cro
Cop', the fight is difficult to call. Half bet on Minotauro taking
it to the ground and submitting. Half bet on a knock out by the
Croatian. In few hours we will finally find out!
Source: ADCC |
Pride
weigh ins!
OFFICIAL WEIGH INS:
Dan Henderson 89.2kg
Murilo Bustamante 92.8kg
Kevin Randleman 92.9kg
Kazushi Sakuraba 90.5kg
Quinton Jackson 92.8kg
Chuck Liddell 92.9kg
Wanderlei Silva 91.3kg
Hidehiko Yoshida 92.8kg
Source: Booker K |
PRIDE
GP Interview: Rodrigo 'MINOTAURO'
By Gleidson Venga / Team TATAME
Former
PRIDE Champion Rodrigo 'Minotauro' Nogueira will have two missions
at the next Pride GP: beat the sensation of the moment, Mirko
Cro-Cop and take the interim heavyweight belt. The one who wins
the match will challenge Emelianenko Fedor next year for the
unification of the category. After a defeat and a win without
a finish, Minotauro promises that he will do with the Croatian
something he hasn´t done in the last two matches: submit!
There
were rumors that Cro-Crop will fight against Fedor, but the Russian
got injured and you´ve got scheduled to face the Croatian.
What do you think about this? That´s good, because he´s
a guy who´s hot at the moment, he has been doing good fights
and against good opponenst. I was waiting to fight with him last
August, but he didn´t want to fight with me, I don´t
know if that was due to him or due to his managers, so that match
were not scheduled for August. I´d rather fight with him
now because I could train more, I´ve got more rhythm for
fighting. I´m leaner, with more rhythm and technique, I
think I can win this match, I will bring him to ground and once
there I believe I can take it.
And
how´s your preparation? I always train boxing, wrestling,
I´ve been training with, well, I have 4 … sparring
partners. It´s hard to find someone with his skills, but
I´ve been asking and making my partners to hit me more
with their left leg, since it´s his strongest kick. I make
them also hit me with the right on top, lots of hitting, try
to simulate a bit of his game when he falls down to the ground,
I think that´s his weakest point and I will attack on this
side as well.
You
have been training boxe with Luis Cláudio, Acelino Popó´s
brother. Tell us a bit about this training. He´s a good
guy, who came and helped me at the beginning of my training,
he controls my whole training, and now at the end, Popó
had to travel to fight with Casamayor and he coudn´t come
here to stay with me, but I´ve been to Bahia 2 times last
month and I trained real hard with him. He´s a good guy,
he´s teaching the way to cut off the ring and how to fight
against a striker like Cro Cop.
And
if you beat Cro-Cop, will you fight against Fedor right after
that? That´s what I´m planning, him and Cro-Cop are
two of the best fighters nowadays like I am, as well, and if
it happens we will decide it next year about who owns the belt.
And
in your opinion, who are the TOPS in this category? I like Tim
Sylvia since he´s a fighter who goes for it, who wants
to tangle. I like Pedro Rizzo because he´s more technical
and with more resources than Tim Sylvia and Frank Mir, who is
a very refined ground Mir is not as good standing, I think that
n the fighter has to do it all, the heavyweight has to be a banger
until he reachs the ground.
What
do you expect from Wanderlei Silva in the Grand Prix? I´ve
seen some of his matches and I think he´s a good stand
up fighter and at this point I consider him better than the other
three, I don´t know about his ground game, but standing
he´s very good. He has all the tools to beat Yoshida and
fight against Quinton Jackson or Chuck Liddell. They will be
a bit tired, because that will be a very tough match, so, he
has the right window of opportunity to become the winner. I think
he´s the favorite, surely.
Murilo
is going to fight against Dan Henderson. What do you expect from
this match? It will be a good match for Murilo to prove he has
come to Pride in order to stay. Murilo is one of the most technical
fighters in the category of middleweights, he´s a guy who
knows how to punch, has good ideas about boxing. About his ground
game, no comments, he´s a legend in Jiu-jitsu, he knows
a lot. I was happy this year watching Murilo enter the Pride
ring, because it´s not very usual to watch someone like
him, a very technical fighter, on stage.
And
what about your brother Rogério, he was going to fight
in Korea, but they´ve postponed the event … The event
were postponed and he still has an arm a bit injured. He had
a surgery on his elbow, he was recovering when he had to do another
surgery, so he was on recovering, but they postponed the event,
so I think he will fight next year. That´s good because
he will have enough time to get completely recovered from the
surgery. Last year he did 6 matches with his elbow injured, so
he forced it a lot and I think that in certain way the athlete
must try to spare himself, sometimes the managers use us way
much, that´s good for us, we can´t deny, we´re
fighting, it´s good for our ego, for our curriculum, but
there´s a time we must be intelligent and think we gotta
give it a break. See Fedor, he wasn´t feeling ok to fight,
he got an injury to his finger and due to that, he postponed
the match. I fought once with my back injured but I now know
we must spare ourselves.
What´s
the ideal number of matches in a year? 3 matches at most 4. You
can´t play 4 tough matches in a year, at most 3 tough matches.
Your
friend Pedro Rizzo will face Ricco Rodrigues on UFC 45 and you
have already fought against the american. Do you have any tip
you could give to Rizzo? Ricco is a fighter who moves in the
ring very well, runs, walks from side to side. Sometimes he pretends
he´s going to accept your standup game, he stays exchanging
punches for enough time in order to run over the opponent´s
legs and throw him to the ground. I think that Pedro Rizzo must
pay attention on his sprawls. Pedro Rizzo must work a lot on
the fence, he knows all that, he´s conscious about it,
he might have studied his tape. This match was announced since
a time ago, and Pedro Rizzo went to Japan to give me some tips
for my match against Ricco. I believe Rizzo will take the victory,
and if he gets free in ring and plays well, he will won by knockout.
Now
to finish, do you want to say something to your fans? There are
a lot of people who will get up early in order to be check on
your match through the internet. I´ve been training, whoever
gets up early to see the broadcast I say it´s gonna worth
it, because I´ve been training very hard. I trained last
Sunday and on this one too, I´ve been training from Sunday
to Sunday, I´ve got a goal, and I think that my will, my
will to win is returning. There are phases that the athlete is
on top and forgets a bit about his training, without realizing
you get lazy, and now I want to win, and I´m not lazy.
I´ve been training tons and I´m focused with this
goal of winning. The one who gets up early will see a very interesting
match, I´m confident I can take this match and choke that
guy out.
Source: ADCC |
Boxing
Score settled: Jones wins majority decision over Tarver, targets
Tyson or retirement
by: CNN / SI
Considered
the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, Roy Jones Jr.
improved to 49-1.
LAS
VEGAS (AP) -- Roy Jones Jr. escaped to fight one more time. The
way he looked against Antonio Tarver, one more fight may be all
he has in him.
Showing
the effects of dropping down from heavyweight to 175 pounds,
Jones managed to win an unpopular majority decision Saturday
night over Tarver to add the WBC light heavyweight title to the
WBA heavyweight crown he already held.
It
took Jones all of 12 rounds, though, and it wasn't easy. Looking
more like an aging fighter than the dominant boxer of his time,
Jones was booed loudly by the crowd who thought Tarver had done
more than enough to win.
'I
was very tired because of the weight,' Jones said. 'It was a
tough fight because of the weight. I had to lose 25 pounds, and
it was a tough 25 pounds to lose.'
Tarver
gave Jones as much trouble as any fighter in his 14-year pro
career, marking his face and threatening to hand him his first
real loss. But Jones landed well to the body and did enough to
win on two of the three ringside cards.
'I
beat the man tonight, that makes me the man,' Tarver said. 'I
won the fight hands down. His face tells the story.'
Jones
won back the title he vacated to move up and win the WBA heavyweight
title from John Ruiz in March, but Tarver seemed to land the
bigger punches and took the fight to Jones most of the night.
Judge
Glen Hamada had Jones winning 117-111, judge Dave Harris had
it 116-112 and Jerry Roth had it 114-114. The Associated Press
had it even 114-114.
Jones
said it was his last fight as a light heavyweight and one of
his last ever. He wants to fight Mike Tyson sometime next year
to finish his career.
'One
megadollar heavyweight fight with Tyson and then I'm done,' Jones
said.
The
way Tarver saw it, Jones was already done.
In
a fight full of trash talking and taunting, Tarver was the busier
fighter and negated the speed of Jones by keeping him at arm's
length.
The
34-year-old Jones, who had to drop from 193 in his last fight
with Ruiz to the 175-pound limit, seemed to tire early and only
in the late rounds was able to land some effective combinations.
'You
saw for yourself I beat the man,' Tarver said. 'His face tells
the story. I hurt Roy tonight.'
Source: ADCC |
Dan
Henderson - From one Mountain to Another to Fight in PRIDE!
by: Booker K
Dan
Hendeson returns to PRIDE on November 9th, after 6 months away.
Since coming to PRIDE from the old RINGS organization, Henderson
has faced only the toughest competition, with wins ober Shungo
Oyama, Renzo Gracie, Akira Shoji and Murilo 'Ninja'.
Now
the American steps up for perhaps his hardest challenge - Murilo
Bustamante of the Brazilian TOP TEAM. Bustamante comes off an
excellent performance at the last PRIDE, and seems to be much
more focused and prepared for this fight. Hendeson never shies
from a challenge, and accepted the alternate match for the PRIDE
Grand Prix tournament, despite being on a hunting vacation with
friends. Upon arriving in Japan, Henderson was all business,
as he found wrestlers Randy Couture, Mark Coleman, Tom Erickson,
Kevin Randleman, Wes Sims and others to push him.
Despite
both being foreigners in Japan, this match is highly anticiapted,
as both fighters have established themselves as among the elite.
Source: ADCC |
AN
OPEN LETTER FROM TATAME.COM
Our friends at Tatame.com wanted to voice their opinion about
a matter and we will give them this time to do so. We hope they
can work out their differences, like we have at MMAWeekly.com.
The following open letter is the opinion of tatame.com.
TATAME
WRITES AN OPEN LETTER TO PRIDE GP
I’m
writing to express our quite disappointment in the bad treatment
given by Pride organizers to Brazilian Press. Frankly, all of
Brazilians are really astonished with your attitude to not allow
our journalists to do their work. You of all people should know
that these MMA shows you promoted nowadays were originaly created
by Brazilians. And still today, the highlights of Pride are Brazilians
like Rodrigo Minotauro, Wanderlei Silva, Murilo Bustamante, Murilo
Ninja, Ryan Gracie, Anderson Silva and many others.
Everytime
we have a huge event here, in Brazil, the Japanese press is treated
with all due respect. It gives us great honor to receive foreign
jornalists in our country to write and take pictures from our
MMA scene. And it was exactly what happened in ADCC 2003, World
BJJ Championship, K-1 Brazil, Meca Vale-Tudo Championship , Brazilian
Superfight Championship, Heat Fighting Champinship and Jungle
Fight, just to mention recent events held in Brazil.
Therefore,
Pride organizers, doesn’t seems to have any respect with
us. We are the most traditional Brazilian Martial Arts magazine,
had been working for the last 9 years covering all the great
MMA shows around the world. Last week we received Fuji TV here
in our office, asking us for an interview about Pride GP and
Brazilian Fighters. Try to ask them how they were well treated
by us. Unfortunately, you choose not give us the same treatment.
Our
editor Marcelo Alonso wasted almost 24h inside an airplane from
one to other side of the world just to capture the best moments
of this Pride GP. He writes for TATAME and other eleven foreign
magazines and papers. Still, you just don’t give him a ringside
permission to take pictures. This is not the first time that
it happens, and to say the very least my patience is almost over.
I cannot stress enough the fact that Brazil and it’s fighters
are importants components of your success. I sincerely hope you
re-examine your position and give us the well treatment we deserve.
Sincerely,
José
Maurício Costa (mauricio@tatame.com.br)
TATAME’s Director
Source: MMA Weekly |
Quote
of the Day
"Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything
except what you're going to do now and do it."
William Durant, founder of General Motors
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Gracie International BJJ Tournament Today!
The tournament
is at Kaiser High School Gym. It starts at 10AM, rules clinic
before hand. You may enter the day of the tournament, but will
have to pay a late registration fee.
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Registration and Weigh-ins starts at 8:30 am
Competition Begins at 9:30 am sharp!
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Featuring:
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Ring
of Honor Fight Card
Campbell High School Gym, Ewa Beach, Hawaii
November 22, 2003
Doors open at 6pm , Fights start 7pm.
Adults $20 at the door, $15 in advance
kids 6-15 $10.
Tickets can be bought at all participating school or contact
the 808 Fight Factory at 671-4140.
Main Event Pro MMA Bout 3 x 5 minute rounds - 170lbs
Jeremy Jackson (Team Freedom) vs. Mark Moreno (Bulls Pen)
Semi-Main MMA Bout- 145lbs
Kelii Newalu (808) vs. Marcus Moreno (Bulls Pen)
Amateur MMA 2 x 3 minute rounds - 170lbs
Blake Hottendorf (Kodenkan) vs. Mike Bauer (HMC)
Amateur
MMA 2 x 3 minute rounds - 155lbs
Kevin Delima (Bulls Pen) vs. BJ Jones (Hauula Top Team)
Amateur
MMA 2 x 3 minute rounds - 185lbs
Corey Daniels (Kodenkan) vs. Caleb Price (Jesus Is Lord)
Amateur
MMA 2 x 3 minute rounds -
Tim Harding (808) vs. Casey Daniels (Kodenkan)
Amateur
MMA 2 x 3 minute rounds - 135lbs
Curtis Rivera (808) vs. Ryan Lee (Bulls Pen)
Amateur Kickboxing 3 x 1:30 minutes - 170lbs
Harris Sarmiento (808) vs. Paul Laga (Bulls Pen)
Amateur
Kickboxing 3 x 1:30 minutes - 200lbs
Gun Wheeler (HMC) vs. Andy Ahsing (Ewa Beach Fight Club)
Amateur
Kickboxing 3 x 1:30 minutes -
Russ Barr (HMC) vs. Jr. Yacup (Freelance)
Amateur
Kickboxing 3 x 1:30 minutes -
Oscar Okano (HMC) vs. Teddy Piko (808)
Kids Amateur Kickboxing 3 x 1min Rounds - 55lbs
Kai Kamaka III (808) vs. Chancen Kalua (Makakilo Kickboxing)
Kids
Amateur Kickboxing 3 x 1min Rounds - 50lbs
Tristin Kamaka (808) vs. Shea Soares (Waianae Kickboxing)
Kids
Amateur Kickboxing 3 x 1min Rounds - 65lbs
Keanu Kamaka (808) vs. TBA (Makakilo Kickboxing)
Source: Kai Kamaka |
Pride
Grand Prix Rules Meeting
by: Team TATAME
On Friday the 7th of November, PRIDE/DSE held their rules meeting
at the auditorium of the Rihga Royal Hotel in Shibuya, Japan.
During the rules meeting all the fighters except for Mirko Cro
Cop were present.
Aside
from the rules of the event, the promoters were concerned about
the alternate situation, so they went into details as to what
happens in the case of a fighter injury in Pride GP. If a fighter
gets hurt the immediate substitute will be the opponent he defeated
– for example if Wanderlei beats Yoshida but cannot continue
to the final, Yoshida will have priority over the alternate winner.
The second fighter in will be the winner of the alternate fight.
Very
calmly, Chuck Liddel/ talked about his first fight “It’s
going to be a tough fight but I’ll knock Jackson out”
guaranteed the 'Ice Man'. Asked about a final fight against Wanderlei,
Liddel said. “It will be an intense and fast fight. One
of us will be knocked out”. Matt Hume clarified at that
time that no matter who the winner is, Wanderlei is still the
middleweight champion of PRIDE. The event tomorrow will set a
new Pride GP champion.
The
absence of Mirko in the meeting the source of much speculation
by the Japanese press. Politely, 'Minotauro' did not question
the Croatian's attitude. “I myself like to look into my
opponents eyes before the event, but some fighters don’t
like that. I respect his attitude. I did come to win this fight.”
said a very confident Minotauro.
Tomorrow
at 4pm the official weigh ins will take place, and everybody
is waiting for Mirko and the classic face to face staredown.
Another
big surprise for brazilains about themeeting was the presence
of Gloria Maria, the top brazilian reporter from Rede Globo,
the largest brazilian tv station. She came to Pride invited by
BTT members. “It’s a pretty new world for me”,
said the reporter who came to Japan for a report about the popularity
of the brazilian fighters in the land of the rising sun.
Source: ADCC |
Gracie
Barra Combat Team Answers Back!
by: Denis Martins
Gracie Combat Team's manager, Carlo Malta, replies in a open-letter
to the
accusations of trying to sign fighters from others teams.
Due
to recent news published by ADCC News we feel it is important
to clarify to the fans and readers a few points about Gracie
Combat Team. Gracie Barra Combat Team is not sponsored by Unamar
Clube. Important to state that Unamar Clube owners are VT fans
and to support this sport that has so little incentive, they
have been sponsoring four VT athletes: Renato 'Babalu' Sobral,
Flavio Luis Moura, Alexandre 'Cacareco' Ferreira and Marcio 'Pe
de Pano' Cruz for years already. Unamar Clube had no influence
on the athlete's decision to join Gracie Barra Combat Team, in
fact, 'Pe de Pano' is originally a Gracie Barra fighter and has
been part of the Team since the beginning.
Carlos
Gracie Jr. created the Team in June 2003 for Gracie Barraathletes
that were interested in training for VT fights. Experts in Muay
Thai Wrestling and Jiu Jitsu were hired to give special attention
to the group and daily training started immediately. To complete
the team, Gracie Barra black-belt Nelson Monteiro joined to take
care of the Physical Training to be specially formulated for
VT fighters. To support such strong training a physical therapist
and a doctor (Dr. Ricardo Krause) also joined the group permanently.
Knowing
about the good infrastructure other athletes from outside the
Gracie Barra Academy wanted to join the Team, sensing that they
would have better training conditions if they joined this new
group. The athletes themselves contacted Gracie Barra Combat
Team and started conversations to be part of the Team. Negotiations
lasted for over two months and finally 'Babalu' (from Ruas Vale
Tudo), Flavio Luis Moura (from BUDOKAN), Eduardo Simoes (Ruas
Vale Tudo) were the last athletes to join the Gracie Barra Combat
Team family.
It
is important to make clear that Gracie Barra Combat Team is totally
against bringing athletes from other organizations, therefore
we will never go around trying to sign fighters from other teams.
Gracie Barra Combat team is a 'family team' in the sense that
we want our athletes to feel at home when they come to the academy
everyday for intense training sessions and tradition is all the
Gracie Barra has done for years developing the greatest Jiu Jitsu
and ValeTudo fighters of all times.
Carlo
Malta
Gracie Barra Combat Team Manager
Source: ADCC |
The
Center of the VALE TUDO World!
by: Team TATAME
Until
the Pride Gran Prix happens this weekend, the Hotel Rhiga Royal
in Tokyo will be the center of the Vale-Tudo world! That’s
the sensation I had after arriving in the lobby this evening.
When I was paying the taxi, Kevin Randleman passed me jogging.
Close to the front desk Randy Couture, Tom Erikson, Chuck Liddel
and Mark Coleman were talking. “Anything can happen all
the fights are really tough” said Coleman. Meanwhile CHUTEBOXE
coach Rudimar passed by, heading to the third floor where Ninja,
Rafael and Cristiano Marcelo where pushing Wanderlei in a hard
training session. The elevator door opened and suddenly Dana
White and Lorenzo Fertitta stopped to say hello to everybody.
When
I was going to my room zi met Sperry, Murilo and Luis Alves.
Bas Rutten got on the same elevator and repeated Coleman’s
words “This card is amazing, anything can happen”.
Few minutes later, it was judge Matt Hume passing in the lobby.
He gave me his opinion “I hope I won’t have too much
trouble this night, definitely it’s a great card”.
The
hotel door opened once again. This time it was Dan Henderson
coming from a training session with two teammates. Very nice,
Henderson stopped to take a picture with a brazilian fan while
Minotauro, Ricardo Libório, Marcio Pimentel, Cristiano
Kaminishi and many other brazilians filled up a car and left
the hotel to eat something.
In
the rooms Zé Mario Sperry, Luis Alves and Murilo Bustamante
went to sleep at 10 o clock, preparing for the last training
session at seven o clock Friday, at the Akxe Jiu-Jitsu Academy.
Source: ADCC |
UFC
45: Back to Eight Matches as Mir-Smith Drops!
by: Joseph Cunliffe
Pat Smith fails medicals; Frank Mir out of UFC 45
Although
it was not officially announced by Zuffa, LLC, there were strong
inclinations that Frank Mir was to face Pat Smith at “UFC
45: Revolution” at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville,
CT. Word this morning from Las Vegas is that Smith failed his
medicals and Mir is off the November 21 card. With UFC President
Dana White in Japan for Pride, no official word from the company
was available.
Smith
was the 4th opponent for Mir on the 10th anniversary card, including
a UFC Heavyweight Championship title fight against Tim Sylvia,
a match with Andrei Arlovski, and a rematch with Wes Sims. It’s
unlikely the UFC can find a formidable opponent for Mir with
just 2 weeks to go.
Smith
would have made his return to the UFC with a mixed record fighting
around the world. In “The Beginning,” Smith lost to
Ken Shamrock, but came back to show 3 opponents there was “No
Way Out” as he spent less than 5 minutes in the octagon
in 4 fights, finally losing to Royce Gracie in the finals. Smith
returned in “Clash of the Titans” choking out Rudyard
Moncayo to earn the victory.
Mir
is coming off 2 wins in the UFC, including a phenomenal 0:46
submission win over UFC legend Tank Abbott at “Onslaught,”
which showed that the new breed fighter is here and ready to
take names. We saw Sims “Meltdown” in Nevada giving
up the “W” to Mir when he was DQ’d for illegal
stomps.
For
more information, check out www.UFC.tv.
Source: ADCC
Due
to Boxing Suspension
It's been over 8 years since Pat Smith has entered the UFC octagon...
and it looks like it's still going to be a little bit longer
than anticipated. Though everyone was expecting him to face Frank
Mir at the UFC's Anniversary Show, 10 years after the UFC and
Pat Smith debuted at McNichols Arena in Denver, Colorado, it
just doesn't seem meant to be.
Yesterday,
Pat Smith's manager Sven Bean was told that the fight was off.
Basically, the situation stems from a boxing suspension that
Pat Smith received in 1996 and has yet to be reinstated from
in Nevada.
Although
the suspension stems from boxing and not MMA, in the eyes of
the Nevada State Athletic Commission, it doesn't matter. As in
this instance, if you are suspended from an incident that took
place in a boxing forum, you aren't allowed to compete in MMA
in the state either and vice versa. Pat was unaware of this fact,
having fought many times since that suspension and never having
a problem. His management was unaware of the suspension.
The
fight with Mir was supposed to have taken place at the Mohegan
Sun in Connecticut, so why did the suspension in Nevada matter?
Because the UFC honors the suspensions handed down by Nevada
no matter where they run a show. Thus, they didn't want to risk
Smith not being reinstated in time for the November 21st show.
As
quickly as these things happen, talk about the situation starts
to spread across the internet and along with that talk is usually
some misinformation to go along with it. Such is the case here.
Since the news broke yesterday, there has been talk that Pat
failed his medical tests for the fight. Not so says Bean,
"Pat
has passed every test that he's taken, it's not because of medicals.
All I can say is that I'm really disappointed with the bureaucracy
of the situation." So it is not the medical tests that Pat
had to take for this fight, but the matter of the suspension
from 1996. Unfortunately, Bean was unable to comment further
last night, but he will be on Sound Off on MMAWeekly Radio today
with Ryan Bennett.
Unfortunately,
the impression by most people close to the situation, though
we have no official word from the UFC regarding this matter yet,
is that with Pat Smith out at this late date that Mir's fight
is most likely off completely as well.
Source: MMA Weekly |
PRIDE
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS FEDOR'S PICKS:
Gary
Goodridge vs. Dan Bobish: Fedor said he can't make a prediction
on this fight since he's not familiar with Bobish
Quinton
Jackson vs. Chuck Liddell: Fedor thinks Jackson will win.
Vanderlei
Silva vs. Hidehiko Yoshida: Fedor thinks Silva will win.
PRIDE
GP Champion: Fedor thinks Vanderlei Silva will win the GP tournament.
Dan
Henderson vs. Murilo Bustamante: Fedor thinks this fight will
most likely end up as a draw.
Heath
Herring vs. Norihisa Yamamoto: Fedor doesn't know how HGerring's
form is after losing a few fights in a row, but he still thinks
Herring will win this fight.
Kevin
Randleman vs. Kazushi Sakuraba: Fedor thinks Randleman will win.
Rodrigo
'Minotauro' Nogueira vs. Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic: Fedor thinks
Minotauro will win by submission.
FRANK
TRIGGS PICKS
Jackson
vs Liddell - Jackson over Liddell in a wild tough fight.
Silva
vs Yoshida - Yoshida will do a lot better than most people think,
but Vanderlei Silva not only will win, but win the entire tournament.
Source: MMA Weekly |
BENNETT
BREAKDOWN: ANY UPSETS THIS WEEKEND? MAYBE THREE...
At the last Pride Grand Prix I went 7-0 in my picks. While that
sound impressive, it's really not since I picked all the favorites
on the card.
In
fighting, the favorites rarely all win and if you look at the
three big matches that could have upsets this weekend, I try
to make cases while the underdog could have a shot at pulling
off the upsetl.
Kazushi
Sakuraba vs. Kevin Randleman - You have to wonder why Sakuraba
continues to take fights by giving up so much weight. Sakuraba
is a natural 185 pound fighter, while Randleman walks around
at 217.
This
fight is interesting for a few reasons. Randleman is a great
wrestler which could make him susceptible to submissions. Sakuraba's
only shot is to some how get Randleman to the ground and get
a submission. EVEN THEN, it might not be enough.
Kevin
Randleman fought Babalu Sobral at UFC 37. In that fight Babalu
was very close to finishing Kevin with a handful of triangle
choke attempts, only to see Randleman power his way out of every
submission attempt. I think Sakuraba is a more slick by surprising
Randleman with submissions than Babalu was, but I won't be surprised
if Kevin outpowers his way out of every attempt by Sakuraba.
The
big problem you have to worry about with Randleman is the fact
he never listens to his corner. Kevin doesn't stay with the game
plans that are mapped out by him by Mark Coleman. Coleman has
spent many a fights yelling and screaming at Kevin to do this
or that, only to see Randleman ignore Coleman and do his own
thing.
I
hear that Randleman's game plan is to actually stand with Sakuraba
and throw some big bombs to hurt Saku. The only problem I see
is if you are a wrestler, your instinct is to shoot in on your
opponent. I wouldn't be surprised to see Big Kev stand up for
the first minute of the fight and if he's not connecting, then
go into instinct mode and takes down Sakuraba.
This
could be good or bad depending on your view of the fight. Some
people think Kevin will be able to ground n pound his way to
victory, using knees and elbows. Others thinks this works into
Sakuraba's favor because he will be able to catch Kevin in a
submission.
I
think Sakuraba, while affective in his guard, can't stay underneath
Kevin Randleman or he's in for a pounding. If Saku can somehow
get Randleman on his back, which is a BIG "if", he
can submit Kevin from the top. I just can't see Sakuraba staying
for any extending period of time in any sort of mount possession,
let alone staying on top for more than two seconds, before Randleman
muscles his way out and puts Sakuraba on his back.
Sakuraba
has a shot, but it's not a good one. We continue to say it every
fight about teh legend for Japan. He needs to fight someone his
own weight, ala Bustamante. Until then he continues to damage
himself and his "legendary" status in MMA. Randleman
will overpower Sakuraba, something it seems we have said in every
Sakuraba fight in the past year.
Vanderlei
Silva vs. Hidehiko Yoshida
Everybody on planet earth thinks Vanderlei Silva will win this
fight, unless you live in Japan. Here's an interesting stat from
the home folk in Japan. A Japanese newspaper polled it's readers
on who they thought would win the Pride Grand Prix. While it's
not a surprise that the local fighter, Yoshida won the poll,
the margin of victory was pretty remarkable.
Yoshida - 72%
Vanderlei - 12%
Quinton - 10%
Chuck - 6%
The
american setiment is much different. This was a poll we ran over
at mmaweekly.com and here's the results from the poll....
1.
Vanderlei Silva - 36% - 3,590 votes
2. Chuck Liddell - 35% - 3,538 votes
3. Quinton Jackson - 24% - 2,413 votes
4. Yoshida - 5% - 553 votes
As you can see. If you are from Japan you think Yoshida can actually
win the fight, if your not from Japan, there is no way in hell
Yoshida beats Silva. I talked with Bas Rutten this past week,
who is part of the Pride Broadcast Team and he said something
interesting that does support why Yoshida does have a shot to
pull off the biggest upset in Pride Grand Prix history....
Bas
said "One thing with Vanderlei is that he goes straight
forwards and straight backwards and I think that if Yoshida starts
like he's running the 100 meters and he runs straight into him
and Vanderlei doesn't step to the side, if Yoshida gets a hold
of him he might take him down. He's got the gi. That's a lot
of extra grip, it's like an extra hand. It sticks to your body.
That could be a problem. Once it goes to the ground, we're talking
an Olympic gold medalist. "
Rutten
continued by saying...."Jump to left, jump to the right,
jump to the left, jump to the right, and then straight forward.
Then, hopefully Vanderlei's going to miss and he gets the clinch.
In the clinch, he's going to grab his own gi and that grip is
not going to break. I really don't see Vanderlei taking him down".
I
agree with Bas on Yoshida flying in when the bell sounds and
going for broke. Why not, if you get caught, you were supposed
to be destroyed anyway, and if you get a little lucky, some how
take a punch or two, you might get yourself in the clinch and
from there, Yoshida his best shot to pull off the upset.
Do
I think Yoshida can pull off the upset? No, but I don't care
what sport you are in, if you are a gold medalist you have athletic
talent and he is a tremendous judo player. As I have seen over
the years in the fight game, you never know. No one though Ricco
Rodriguez could do well against Minotauro, Gan McGee had no shot
at Pedro Rizzo, and Tim Syliva was too young in his title fight
to defeat Ricco for the UFC title. You never know what can happen
in the fight game and Yoshida, with a little luck, and his skill
has a shot, no matter what.
Rodrigo
'Minotauro' Nogueira vs. Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic - Going into
this fight, everyone including yours truly thought Cro Cop would
get another win, but as we get closer to fight time and as we
are just a few hours from fight time, I really think that Minotauro
can pull of the upset.
What
a difference a year makes. It was Minotauro, not Mirko, that
was the most dominant fighter on the planet. Everyone said Nogueira
was unbeatable, much like Cro Cop is today. Let's face facts,
Minotauro did not take his fight seriously against Ricco Rodriguez
at the last Grand Prix. After witnessing how bad of a loss Rodriguez
sustained at the hands of Tim Sylvia, Minotauro thought this
would be an easy fight. As we all know, it was anything but easy.
Scott
Petersen, our MMAWeekly editor in Japan called me and told me
that Minotauro is in the best shape of his career. He has had
quality kickboxers come in and really beat him up to prepare
for the power that Mirko has. Not sure if anyone can get you
ready for that kind of power, but none the less, a focused Minotauro
who is a big underdog in this fight, makes this fight very intriguing
for me.
The
big question everyone has, is HOW will Rodrigo take down Cro
Cop. No one has done it. Cro Cop made Heath Herring, a pretty
decent grappler look bad in trying to take him down. To be honest,
I don't think Minotauro has good take down skills, but the one
thing I do anticipate, is Minotauro taking a beating, just trying
to get Mirko down. With that said, one thing we do know about
Nogueira is the fact that he can take wicked shots and continue
to fight. I think he will take a ton of abuse early, but if he
can survive and not get knocked out, I'm convinced that Mino
can take this fight to the ground and if it goes to the ground,
Cro Cop does not stand a chance. I know he has been working on
his ground game, but no one can survive against a focused Nogueira
with the exception of Fedor. I think Minotauro can pull of the
upset as the week has progressed. So what does that really mean?
Knowing my luck that means Cro Cop knocks him our early in the
first round.
Source: MMA Weekly |
VANDERLEI
SILVA vs HIDEHIKO YOSHIDA
by Niko Motiee
This is the fight that is going to draw the massive gates at
the Tokyo Dome. The Japanese have been clamoring for a hero since
the decline of Kazushi Sakuraba, and have apparently found one
in 1992 Judo Olympic Gold Medalist Hidehiko Yoshida. Opposite
of this national hero will be the Japanese killer Wanderlei Silva.
Silva has made a living off of destroying Japanese middleweights,
and many believe that will be the case once again here. This
bout is the classic grappler versus striker, except that the
grappler lacks any apparent striking ability, while the striker
at least has a semblance of a ground game.
Before
I begin to breakdown this fight, I want to express my opinion
regarding the cloud of controversy hanging over Yoshida's head.
People have labeled him a fraud, and a cheat, who Pride has protected
via worked fights. I concur that there may be a bit of legitimate
controversy surrounding him for the bizarre ending in the Royce
Gracie fight, but I must side with Dave Meltzer in believing
that all of Yoshida's MMA bouts have been legit.
There
simply is no redeeming evidence that succinctly shows Yoshida's
MMA matches being works. Sure, there are conspiracy theorists
who believe that Yoshida's choke on Tamura was too easily attained,
and that Don Frye didn't throw haymakers for reason, and that
Maasaki Satake is actually a capable grappler, but in the end,
these theories fail the litmus test. In fact, the evidence in
favor of these fights (specifically the Tamura, and Frye fights)
being legitimate seems greater than them being works. Having
seen nearly every RINGS card since 1992, alongside nearly every
Kiyoshi Tamura WORKED SHOOT & SHOOT since 1994, I can wholeheartedly
state that I have never, EVER seen him punch somebody the way
he hit Yoshida.
Nor
have I ever seen him throw his low kicks with such unbridled
vigor. If they wanted to work that fight, it could've been done
without exposing Yoshida's horrid stand-up. Do you think exposing
Yoshida's stand-up would attract more people to buy expensive
Tokyo Dome seats to see him fight against a man that is twice
the striker Tamura is? As for the Frye fight, the arm injury
is strong evidence for the legitimacy of the fight. People without
any knowledge of worked shoots state that this is a commonality
in order to make the fights look real. Having seen a majority
of top-grade (and a majority of low-grade) worked shoots over
the last 14 years, I can tell you that I can't recall a sustained
arm injury like Frye's as a result of an armbar.
Frye,
a man that was lauded as a man of honor in the MMA community
in the past, has all of a sudden become a liar because people
simply can not (or do not want to) accept Yoshida's success.
I believe this stems from the bad taste most got when the jacket
match with Royce Gracie was prematurely stopped. Had Yoshida
legitimately choked Royce unconscious, or if there had been a
clean finish to the match, would internet gurus be vindicating
Yoshida's every move?
The
keys to the Yoshida-Silva fight are pretty simple: one fighter
wants this fight on the ground, and the other wants it on the
feet. Yoshida is a tremendous Judoka, with great throws, and
great athletic ability (do not ever underestimate the importance
of athletic ability in MMA).
He
is renowned in the Judo world for his vice-like grip, and his
ability to neutralize his opponents' strength. However, this
is not a Judo competition. This is a Mixed Martial Arts bout.
Yoshida will have to deal directly with Silva's striking ability;
chiefly his punching ability. Silva has shown development in
his stand-up game, and his combinations look quicker than ever.
But can he avoid the takedown long enough to impose his will
on Yoshida's head?
Yoshida,
for all of his faults, does have a strong ground game. He has
shown strong ne-waza (matwork) in his fights with Gracie, Frye,
and Tamura, so he obviously wants Silva on his back. But will
Silva even be willing to risk getting into the clinch with Yoshida?
Yoshida needs to close the distance from the opening bell if
he is to score a takedown, which means that Silva CAN NOT be
as passive as he was in the opening moments of his last fight
with Sakuraba. Silva *must* come out aggressively, as he did
against Sakuraba at Pride 13, and against Mezger, and Oyama.
Perhaps
the most intriguing part of this fight is what will happen if
they clinch. Can Yoshida throw Silva? What type of takedown would
he use? A legtrip, an Uchimata, or something else? Furthermore,
will Wanderlei risk getting taken down to land his devastating
knees? Can he negate Yoshida's wrist control to get his hands
over the top of Yoshida's head to aid his knees (ala Silva-Sakuraba
1).
If
Yoshida finds a way to take this fight to the mat, and that may
mean taking a few Silva strikes, then he may have a chance here.
Most think that Yoshida will simply walk right into a Silva right
hand, or a high kick. You don't win Gold Medals in Judo by being
stupid, but by invoking disciplined tactics. Yoshida will have
a strategy, and it will be staying the hell away from Silva standing.
Yoshida
will be opportunistic, but not foolish. If he is overzealous
like he was against Tamura, he WILL get Ko'd. It is as simple
as that. But again, if Yoshida finds a way to put Silva on his
back (lesser grapplers like Matsui, Otsuka, and Malenko have
done it), I don't see Silva sweeping him. Silva would probably
close his guard, and wait for a stand-up (but then it will come
down to whether Shimada or whomever refs the fight stands them
up).
In
the end, I see this fight being an incredibly exciting, and unpredictable
affair. I believe Yoshida will have a spirited performance, but
Silva's experience, coupled with his superior striking, will
most likely overwhelm Yoshida sometime late in the first round.
Source: MMA Weekly |
Neutral
Grounds Is Back!
News Flash
Neutral Grounds is back doing submission tournaments. The upcoming
event will be held on Sunday, November 16, 2003. Weigh ins are
at 8:00 AM sharp. Registration fees are $50.00. There are 7 weight
classes. There will be two competitors allowed in each weight
class per team or school. For a maximum of 14 team or school
members. 3 points for 1st place - 2 points for 2nd place - 1
point for 3rd place will be awarded to each competitor. The team
or school with the most points will receive $1000.00 and maximum
exposure. There will also be a Super Grapple match between Antonio
McKee
and Mauricio Zingano.
Strike Fighting Championships will be start immediately following
the Neutral Grounds Submission Tournament. This is a Mixed Martial
Arts Event featuring Pancrase rules that will feature a lightweight
tournament and fighters such as Romi Aram, Jeremy Williams and
Shannon "The Cannon" Ritch. Seating is limited so call
to reserve your tickets as soon as possible. For more information
go to www.kagekombat.com or call
Ryan at 310-567-7066
Source: Ryan Chenoweth |
Quote
of the Day
"Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle
or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality
of those who seek to change a world that yields most painfully
to change."
Robert Kennedy, 1925-1968, American Attorney General, Senator
|
The
Kid Gets A Purple!
Casca Grossa Jiu-Jitsu's Kyle Olivares got a special present
for his "sweet" 16th birthday...a purple belt and the
official Casca Grossa purple belt initiation. Kyle has been training
with us seemingly forever and we have gotten the pleasure to
see a timid boy grow up into an outstanding young man. He is
already a killer at 16 and anyone who has seen him roll will
tell you that the sky is the limit for this kid.
For those who do not know, 16 years old is the youngest that
a BJJ practioner can receive a belt other than the kid's belts
(yellow, orange, green). He now is supposed to compete in the
16-17 year old division. 18 and above is considered the adult
division.
Congrats to our young Lion!
Just don't pat him on the back for a couple weeks!
|
Relson
Gracie International BJJ Tournament Weigh-ins Today
The weigh-ins are
at the Gracie Main academy at:
844 Queen
Street, 2nd Floor
(off Ward Avenue, take a right onto Queen Street)
It is held from 9:00AM-2:00PM
and 3:00-6:00PM.
|
KICK'N
IT 3 Fight Card
Friday, November 28, 2003
(day after Thanksgiving)
Holomua elementry, Ewa Beach
Gates open @ 4:30 pm
Fights starts @ 5:30 pm
Adults Pre-sale- $15
@ door- $20
Kids 6 thru 15- Pre-sale $10
@ door $15
Kids 5 & under free
* 6 Championship Bouts
(Super Middleweight)
* Shawn "Tornado" Taylor vs Wayne Perin
(Super Lightweight)
* Frankie Dejesus vs Dominator Lopez
(Super Welterweight)
* Brandon Absher vs Joey Kuni
(Light Weight)
* David Balicao vs Ernie Candilaris
(Cruiser Weight)
* Scott Redoble vs Kevin Smith
(Straw Weight)
* Kai Kamaka vs Dido Rodrigues
(80lbs)
Kylie Delacruz-Kaheaku vs TBA
(Heavyweight)
Doug Armaral vs Shilo Ho
(145lbs)
Jerry Bright vs TBA
More bouts TBA
(fights subject to change)
Schools Participating:
Team Big Dog
Nanakuli Kickboxing
808 Fight Factory
Waianae Kickboxing
Waimanalo Kickboxing
Team Hard Knocks
Hawaiian Selfdefense
Source: Danny Kaheaku |
Jones
vs. Tarver
Now It's Personal
Saturday, November 8, 2003
9PM EST/ 6PM PST
World Light Heavyweight Championship
Roy Jones Jr. vs. Antonio Tarver
A
note from Roy Jones:
"Antonio Tarver, you picked the wrong dude. I'm coming after
you and Now It's Personal. I'm the man on top. I am still #1
and it's gonna be that way. This fight's about getting the title.
I've got a pile of them at home. I don't want the belts...I just
want to take them from you. Trust me, the first time I hit you,
it's over. I'm gonna knock you out. You've been running your
mouth, just wait until we get in the ring. On November 8th, Antonio,
I'm coming for you!"
Hear
what Antonio Tarver has to say:
"I've waited all my life for this fight. It's about my spot
in boxing history and the respect I deserve as the Unified Light
Heavyweight Champion of the World. On November 8th there will
be no more debate. Come on, Roy. You're the guy with all the
accolades; the guy who is supposed to be unbeatable, invincible
and unstoppable. Bring it on! I'm ready and determined to shock
the world. Roy Jones, you're going down!"
Source:
HBO |
2nd
American National Tournament
Things
keep heating up for the 2nd American National Tournament. Word
recently received that Charles Gracie is bringing a battalion
of fighters to compete in the event. Charles told us: 'I want
to secure as many spots on the team as possible. I want Team
America to kick butt in 2004 and I want to help out as much as
I can!'
Additionally,
we were informed that Ralph Gracie is also preparing a team to
contend in the event against teams from Cleber Luciano, Rigan
Machado, Paragon BJJ, Gracie Barra OC, Caique Team, Rodrigo Medeiros
BJJ Revolution and Renzo Gracie Academy!
The
event will have a full feature article in Grappling Magazine
along with, of course coverage from ADCC News via Kid Peligro
JJ and representatives from Gracie Magazine & Tatame Magazine
are making plans to attend and cover the event.
A
clarification: From Marcello Siriema, Head Organizer of the IBJJF.
The 2nd American National tournament is open to all nationalities
to compete, but only Americans can qualify to be in Team America
! So if for instance the first place finishers are not Americans,
the IBJJF will go and pick the highest placed American to be
the representative for that category!
To
sign up or for more information go to: American
National
Source: ADCC |
Grandmaster
Helio Clarifies
When Grandmaster Helio Gracie speaks people listen; recently
the Grandmaster contacted us to clarify that he has only awarded
one Red Belt in his life, and that the recipient is his son Rorion.
Source: ADCC/Kid Peligro |
BIG
FOUR IN TOURNAMENT GETTING PLENTY OF PRESS
It's been flash bulb after flash bulb going off in their faces
basically since they stepped off the plane. Chuck Liddell, Quinton
Jackson and Vanderlei Silva have posed for fight pose after fight
pose and we still have a few days left before the Pride Grand
Prix kicks off.
Liddell
is starting to get some solid press in Japan. At the last Grand
Prix, the press seemed to follow Vanderlei Silva and Quinton
Jackson, but this time, Liddell is starting to see more exposure
after his impresive win over Alistar Overeem.
Liddell's
training camp went very well. He continued to work with his long
time trainer in John Hackleman. Liddell then went to Las Vegas
for his usual stop with John Lewis, but while in Vegas Chuck
added another trainer to the mix.
Liddell
brought in Fairtex’s head trainer Phicheat “Ganyao”
Arunleung. Ganyao was the head trainer for the late Alex Gong.
Arunleung has trained 3 Lumpinee Stadium champs. In some circles
he is the best Muay Thai instructor in the United States.
Vanderlei
Silva is walking around Japan full of confidence. The thing everyone
recognizes this time around is the size of Silva. He has put
on some weight and just looks that much more solid.
His
conditioning looks great and he just looks bigger and stronger
than he did a few months ago competiting against Sakuraba. Rumor
has it Silva is thinking about going up to heavyweight next year
to compete in the Heavyweight Grand Prix. Some fans would love
to see him fight Mirko Cro Cop for a second time.
The
newspapers this week have been covering Yoshida from cover to
cover. Any newspaper you pick up has an article about Yoshida
in it. He is defintely the guy that the locals in Japan have
been talking about and it will be very interesting to see how
he does against Silva.
Finally
Quinton Jackson looks in outstanding shape. He continues to get
lots of pictures taken by not only the press, but plenty of Japanese
girls. It's been funny to watch these young girls, gigle and
point and walk up to Jackson very shy and ask for pictures. Quinton
will look at them smile and sometimes scare them by barking out
loud. Quinton is very good with the fans and they love "Rampage"
in Japan.
Source: MMA Weekly |
PRIDE
PREVIEW: HENDERSON VS BUSTAMANTE
by Niko Motiee
Middleweight Tournament Reserve Match
Dan Henderson vs Murilo Bustamante
If
anyone has ever scoured over an MMA internet message board over
the last four years, this match-up always seems to appear under
“fantasy matches.” Up
until recently, that is all it was, fantasy. However, with Murilo
Bustamante joining his Brazilian Top Team brethren in Pride,
this match has finally come to fruition.
Both
fighters are widely considered to be two of the best, if not
the best, pound-for-pound fighters in all of Mixed Martial Arts.
Henderson, the hybrid wrestler with a devastating right hand,
versus Bustamante, the mat magician with silky smooth boxing
skills. Both have fought some of the best fighters in the world,
and won. Henderson is coming off a devastating KO victory over
journeyman Shungo Ohyama, while Bustamante is coming off a controversial
split decision loss to Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.
However,
one key difference between the two is that Henderson has not
fought since March, and is coming off of knee surgery.
In
fact, Henderson himself has stated that he will not be 100% for
this fight. Murilo on the other hand has had six weeks (as opposed
to the 9 days he had before the Jackson fight) to prepare for
this fight, and is apparently in tip-top physical shape. But
what does all of this mean for the actual bout itself?
Since
both fighters are so well-rounded, pinpointing one specific decided
factor is a difficult chore. Both have the ability to knock the
other one out on the feet, alongside having the ability to take
a punch. Bustamante relies on quick, sharp combinations to inflict
damage on his opponents standing, while Henderson relies on his
calculated barrage of punches, and knees.
Henderson
does have more KO power than Bustamante, since his right hand
is akin to a bolt of lightning. But will Dan be able to catch
the tactical wizard with his patented punch? That all depends
on how Henderson moves around the ring. If Henderson’s knee
clearly isn’t stable, and that leads to poor balance, he
may be susceptible to a Bustamante takedown. Now, before you
point out that Henderson is a highly decorated wrestler, and
that inherently means that he would stop a Murilo takedown, I
would ask you to recall Bustamante having no problem taking down
the highly skilled Matt Lindland.
Furthermore,
no one in the MMA world can pull guard as effectively as Busta.
If he and Henderson get into the clinch, and Henderson attempts
to get off some quick punches, Bustamante WILL drag Henderson
to the mat.
Since
both fighters are most likely going to be cautious in the early
portions of this fight, it most likely will hit the mat sooner
than later. One would logically conclude that it would be Bustamante
who would attempt for an early takedown, but don’t be surprised
if Henderson opts to shoot in if he is getting beaten standing,
or if he feels immobility in his knee. Now, on the mat, the complexion
of this fight completely changes. Everyone knows
Bustamante
has the slickest the BJJ game in MMA, and that his guard is impassable.
However, one mustn’t look further than last December to
see how great Dan Henderson’s submission defense is. He
has Gumby like limbs, and only Minotauro has been able to penetrate
to land any type of meaningful submission on him.
However,
this does not mean that Murilo couldn’t potentially sweep
Henderson (like Rua did), or catch Henderson in a submission
as well. If Bustamante gets top position with Henderson in the
guard, Dan is in really deep trouble.
Busta
arguably has a better bottom game that Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira,
and certainly has been advised by Mario Sperry on techniques
that Henderson could be susceptible to (on the basis of Sperry,
and Nogueira’s observations from the two Nogueira-Henderson
fights).
In
the end, this is one of the fights that make this Pride card
one of the best on paper in the history of Mixed Martial Arts.
Both fighters are widely regarded as the two best in the 185-pound
category (though Henderson is often times considered a LHW),
and both are widely lauded as the most complete fighters in the
sport. With so much talent opposing each other, something has
to give, right? Well, not exactly. When I examine this bout thoroughly,
all I can think about is Henderson’s UFC 17 fight against
Carlos Newton. Newton is essentially a poor man’s version
of Bustamante, save the hairy chest.
Now,
don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying this fight will
play out like Henderson-Newton (which I believe Carlos should’ve
won), but I think both fighters will get their shots in on the
feet. However, I do strongly believe this fight will at some
point hit the mat. And when it does, it will be all Busta. Henderson
does not have the submission skills on the mat to hurt Murilo,
nor do I believe he has a ground and pound game that is going
to really damage the Brazilian. In fact, I believe Bustamante
will be using a variety of submissions, much like Nogueira did
in December, to rack up a bunch of points throughout the fight.
With Pride criteria emphasizing attempts at finishing a fight,
and with Bustamante having the most complete ground arsenal in
MMA, I believe he will win a hard-fought, but well-deserved,
unanimous decision in this crucial fight.
Source: MMA Weekly |
WATERMAN
CALLS OUT JOSH BARNETT
Gryphon news reports that Ron Waterman easily disposed of Jun
Ishii at this past weekend's Pancrase event, he then called out
current open-weight KOP Josh Barnett and challenged him for the
KOP Belt. Waterman also has signed a new 2-fight deal with PRIDE,
he hopes to fight Health Herring and Bob Sapp
-
In other Japanese news, according to Weekly Pro Magazine, Alexander
Otsuka has opted for retirement from fighting/wrestling after
suffering damage to ligaments in his left leg. Otsuka will spend
his time now training MMA fighters & pro-wrestlers.
-
Antonio Inoki attended the Nevada State Athletic Commisioner
meeting. He was approved by the board member and will be receiving
the Nevada promoter's license. He plans to have the first event
next spring in Las Vegas.
Source: MMA Weekly |
Brazilian
Judoists support Wanderlei
Two of the best Brazilian Judo fighters nowadays, Flávio
Canto and Sebástian Pereira, don't believe that the Olympic
gold medal Hidehiko Yoshida can beat the Brazilian Wanderlei
Silva next Sunday, during the Pride GP. According to Canto, Wanderlei
fighting without a gi is a problem to Yoshida, that has on the
uchi-mata (take down using the hip and holding the opponent's
gi) his best movement. 'He is one of the best Judo fighters that
I have ever seen, mas he fights the classical Judo and it's a
problem to him in the MMA', comments Flávio, saying: 'I
hope Wanderlei finishes the fight quickly on the feet'.
Sebástian
has the same opinion and says more: 'Wanderlei can't let Yoshida
come next to him, because even without a gi, he can do an uchi-mata
holding Silva's neck, like the koshi-guruma (take down using
the hip and holding the opponent's neck). Besides all the problem
between Royce and Yoshida in the past, we also know that Yoshida
isn't a fool on the ground. He can use his gi as a weapon', says
Sebástian, that also hopes that Wanderlei Silva knocks
Yoshida out quickly.
The
Team TATAME is already in the Japan, where it'll be the Pride
GP, next Sunday. Stay tuned on our site that we will be bringing
all the backstage news and pics about the show.
Source: Tatame |
RVT's
crisis: Leitão accuses Unamar
Besides Renato Babalú's leaving, the Ruas Vale-Tudo is
not even close to end. This is what Beto Leitão Filho,
one of the team leaders say: "The team is gonna survive.
Just Babalú left. Pedro Rizzo, Ximú and Dado have
fights scheduled." states Leitão, that said few words
about the Babalú leaving. "This is what happens in
the fight world. As a soccer player, other teams want the best
athletes and they offer more money and then the athletes leave.
Unamar already sponsored Ruas Vale Tudo's athletes and now they
are joining Gracie Barra Combat Team. They are doing the same
as Wallid Ismail with the Brazil," completes Leitão.
About
Beto Leitão's words, Márcio Montavano, Unamar Sports
Director, said there is no way out they are stealing athletes
from RVT. "We are no longer doing that. The decision is
taken by the athlete", states Márcio. Asked about
Unamar breaking up the sponsorship with Ruas Vale-Tudo, he confirms:
"No way! Ximú, Alexandre (Baixinho) and Aloisio Barros
(Dado) are RVT members and they have Unamar's sponsorship",
explains Montavano who also confirms Unamar has been sponsoring
Cacareco, Babalú, Flávio Moura and Fredson Paixão,
all by Gracie Barra Team.
Whatever
Montavano and Leitão guarantee that Ximú still
is a Ruas Vale-Tudo representative, there are rumors that say
that the athlete would be close to leave RVT. Team TATAME went
after Ximú to know what is in his mind. Ximú said
he just has the Heat fight against Allan Góes in his head
and refused to talk about the rumors. "It's not the right
time to talk about it. I am all about Góes now,"
said Ximú changing the subject.
Source: Tatame |
Zuffa
Creates "Hall of Fame" with Shamrock, Gracie Charters
LAS VEGAS, November 5, 2003….The two legendary mixed martial
arts fighters most closely associated with the popular history
of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock,
will become the charter members of the new UFC Hall of Fame on
Friday, November 21, in special ceremonies that will be telecast
LIVE on pay-per-view during the international telecast of UFC
45: Revolution from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Ct.
Discuss
this event in the MMA forums
The
induction ceremony and the creation of the Hall of Fame will
be part of the celebration of the UFC’s 10th anniversary.
Anniversary
ceremonies also will include the recognition of the 10 most popular
UFC fighters in its history as voted by fans. They will be the
first winners of UFC Viewer’s Choice Awards. A special Legends
autograph session will be open to the public from 3 p.m. to 6
p.m., Friday, Nov. 21, in the entry foyer to Mohegan Sun Arena
so fans can participate in UFC history.
UFC
President Dana White announced today that after Gracie and Shamrock
establish the Hall of Fame, one UFC fighter will be inducted
each year at its final fight event.
“There
are certainly many current and former UFC athletes who deserve
and will receive this recognition. But, we feel that no two individuals
are more deserving than Royce and Ken to be the charter members.
Their contributions to our sport, both inside and outside the
Octagon, may never be equaled,” White said.
White
said that a physical location for the UFC Hall of Fame is being
determined “but in the hearts and minds of our loyal fans,
it already exists as far as Royce and Ken are concerned.”
Both
Gracie and Shamrock have played major roles in the growth of
the UFC since the beginning.
Gracie,
a member of the legendary Gracie family of martial arts in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, introduced Brazilian jiu jitsu to the UFC
and was its first champion defeating Gerard Gordeau at UFC 1:
The Beginning, November 12, 1993, at McNichols Arena in Denver,
Colo., by tap out with a rear naked choke. He retained the championship
at UFC 2: No Way Out, March 11, 1994, at Mammoth Gardens in Denver,
with a tap out victory by punches over Patrick Smith. Injured
at UFC 3: The American Dream, September 9, 1994, in Charlotte,
N.C., and unable to continue, Gracie returned to UFC 4: Revenge
of the Warriors, December 16, 1994, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to re-capture
the championship with a tap out victory over Dan Severn by triangle
choke. But perhaps his most memorable fight was his last at UFC
5: Return of the Beast, April 7, 1995, at Independence Arena
in Charlotte, N.C., when he met Shamrock in a super fight. They
fought to a 36-minute draw, still the longest match in UFC history.
Fans have called for a re-match between the two legends ever
since.
“I
would like to thank Dana White and the UFC for honoring me and
recognizing my accomplishments. The UFC has grown into an international
mixed martial arts giant and I am honored to be part of it,”
Gracie said.
Shamrock’s
UFC career is just as storied. He also fought in UFC 1: The Beginning
and won his first match by defeating Smith by tap out with a
heel hook before he ran into Gracie in the semifinals. Following
the historic draw with Gracie, Shamrock became the first super
fight champion at UFC 6: Clash of the Titans, July 14, 1995,
at the Casper Events Center in Casper, Wyo., when he defeated
Severn by tap out with a guillotine choke. He kept the super
fight title at UFC 7: The Brawl In Buffalo, September 8, 1995,
at Memorial Auditorium, in a 33-minute draw with Oleg Taktarov
that furthered the Shamrock legend. He defeated Kimo Leopoldo
in the next super fight at UFC 8: David Vs. Goliath, February
16, 1996, at the Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto
Rico, by knee bar tap out.
Shamrock
defeated Brian Johnston by tap out with a forearm choke at Ultimate
Ultimate 1996 on December 7 at the State Fair Arena in Birmingham,
Ala. He then pursued a pro wrestling career but continued to
train mixed martial arts fighters at his famous Lion’s Den
in Chula Vista, Calif. That led to his return to the UFC on November
22, 2002, at UFC 40: Vendetta, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas,
where he fought then light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz in
the most publicized fight in mixed martial arts history.
“Until now, I felt I had a satisfying career in the UFC.
But, being one of the first to be inducted in the Hall of Fame
brings it altogether. I will never forget you and now I will
not be forgotten. God bless,” Shamrock said.
The 10 most popular fighters, as selected by a vote of fans on
the UFC website, www.ufc.tv, include Gracie and Shamrock along
with current Light Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture, Tank Abbott,
Don Frye, Mark Coleman, Severn, Marco Ruas, Pat Miletich and
Taktarov. They will be introduced in the Octagon and be first-time
recipients of Viewer’s Choice Awards before Gracie and Shamrock
are inducted into the Hall of Fame. Fans can receive a commemorative
set of 10 casino chips with a likeness of each fighter by mailing
a copy of their cable bill showing the purchase of UFC 45: Revolution
to Top UFC Fighters Casino Chips, P.O. Box 5661, Rockville Centre,
N.Y. 11571-5661.
Source: Sherdog |
Quote
of the Day
"What do I think about when I strike out? I think about
hitting home runs."
Babe Ruth" Hall of Fame" Baseball Player 1895-1948
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Just
In!
Akebono vs. Bob Sapp in K-1?
On KSSK radio this morning, Larry Price of Perry and Price, announced
that former Yokozuna, Akebono retired from Sumo and has just
signed to fight Bob Sapp in a K-1 match sometime around January.
Before you think the same thing that I thought in my head, Akebono
is going to get killed, rumor has it that he has been training
some stand up and if you have not watched Sumo in a while, these
guys take some pretty hard open hand shots to the face. Time
will tell. This would be huge for the Sumo world, as a few Sumotori
have entered MMA without good results (Teila Tuli, Kitao, Emmanual
Yarborough, etc.), hopefully our local boy will turn that around.
He is a Yokozuna (Grand Champion), the highest level of Sumotori
attainable.
We have not been able to confirm the source of this information
and would have never heard it except for the ONE Onzuka.com reader
that actually listens to KSSK.
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Relson
Gracie International BJJ Tournament Weigh-ins
The weigh-ins are tomorrow at the Gracie Main academy at:
844
Queen Street, 2nd Floor
(off Ward Avenue, take a right onto Queen Street)
It is usually held from 5PM-8PM, but this has not been confirmed.
If you want to verify that please call 589-2524 before you head
down there.
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BJJ
World Champ Is In Town!
Daniel Moraes, 2003 World BJJ Champion is in town for a week.
He is at the main Gracie academy and is rumored to be island
hopping possibly, at least to Kauai.
Daniel won the world championship this year by beating Gracie
Barra's Marcio Feitosa.
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Pride
FC on Sunday!
Pride will be airing on Oceanic Channel 701 at 4:00 PM on Sunday,
November 9. A replay will be at 7:00 pm (right after) and these
other times:
All on channel 701 on Oceanic Digital
Tue,
Nov 11 5:00 AM & 3:00 PM
Wed, Nov 12 at12:00 AM, 8:00 AM & 9:00 PM
Thurs, Nov 13 at 10:00 AM
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PRIDE
GP: Wanderlei Arrives!
PRIDE:
Final Conflict - November 9, 2003
Tokyo Dome // Tokyo, Japan
The
fighters from overseas are starting to arrive in Japan for the
collosal FINAL CONFLICT card. Now foreigner's arrival is greated
with more anticipation than the arrival of the 'AXE MURDERER',
PRIDE Champion Wanderlei Silva.
Silva
has amassed an incredible 13-0-2 record in PRIDE, including many
wins over Japanese fighters, such as Otsuka, Oyama, MAtsui, Iwasaki,
Kanehara and of course, Sakuraba 3x. Hidehiko Yoshida is his
opponent this time, putting the champion in the spotlight once
again, as he faces Japan's latest hope.
SIlva
arrived on WED the 4th, and he has been beseiged by media and
fans at his hotel since his arrival. He looks in phenomenal shape,
and he is ready to face the media as well.
FINAL
CONFLICT - Fight Card (Presented in Order)
Gary
“Big Daddy” Goodridge vs. Dan “The Bull”
Bobish
Middleweight
Tournament Match #1
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Chuck “The Iceman”
Liddell
Middleweight
Tournament Match #2
Wanderlei Silva vs. Hidehiko Yoshida
Middleweight
Tournament Match #3 (Reserve Match)
Dan Henderson vs. Murilo Bustamante
Heath
Herring vs. Norihisa Yamamoto
Kazushi
Sakuraba vs. Kevin Randleman
PRIDE
FC Interim Heavyweight Championship Match
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro”
Nogueira
Middleweight
Tournament Final Match
Winner Liddell/Jackson vs. Winner Silva/Yoshida
Fight
Card is subject to change
FINAL
CONFLICT is scheduled for November 9th, 2003 from the Tokyo Dome
in Japan. The event will premiere on North American pay per view
(through iNDEMAND, DIRECTV, DISH NETWORK, UrbanXtra, TVN1, Bell
Express Vu, and Viewer’s Choice) on November 9th via same
day delay.
Source: ADCC |
ULTIMATE
FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP TO INDUCT GRACIE, SHAMROCK AS FIRST MEMBERS
OF NEW UFC HALL OF FAME, NOV. 21
Both
Legendary Fighters To Receive Special Recognition During Live
Pay-Per-View Telecast of UFC 45: Revolution 10th Anniversary
Show From Mohegan Sun Arena
Top
10 Most Popular Fighters As Voted By Fans To Win Viewer’s
Choice Awards;
Legends To Sign Autographs For Fans, 3 p.m. To 6 p.m., Prior
To Fight Show
LAS
VEGAS, November 5, 2003….The two legendary mixed martial
arts fighters most closely associated with the popular history
of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock,
will become the charter members of the new UFC Hall of Fame on
Friday, November 21, in special ceremonies that will be telecast
LIVE on pay-per-view during the international telecast of UFC
45: Revolution from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Ct.
The induction ceremony and the creation of the Hall of Fame will
be part of the celebration of the UFC’s 10th anniversary.
Anniversary
ceremonies also will include the recognition of the 10 most popular
UFC fighters in its history as voted by fans. They will be the
first winners of UFC Viewer’s Choice Awards. A special Legends
autograph session will be open to the public from 3 p.m. to 6
p.m., Friday, Nov. 21, in the entry foyer to Mohegan Sun Arena
so fans can participate in UFC history.
UFC
President Dana White announced today that after Gracie and Shamrock
establish the Hall of Fame, one UFC fighter will be inducted
each year at its final fight event.
“There
are certainly many current and former UFC athletes who deserve
and will receive this recognition. But, we feel that no two individuals
are more deserving than Royce and Ken to be the charter members.
Their contributions to our sport, both inside and outside the
Octagon, may never be equaled,” White said.
White
said that a physical location for the UFC Hall of Fame is being
determined “but in the hearts and minds of our loyal fans,
it already exists as far as Royce and Ken are concerned.”
Both
Gracie and Shamrock have played major roles in the growth of
the UFC since the beginning Gracie, a member of the legendary
Gracie family of martial arts in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, introduced
Brazilian jiu jitsu to the UFC and was its first champion defeating
Gerard Gordeau at UFC 1: The Beginning, November 12, 1993, at
McNichols Arena in Denver, Colo., by tap out with a rear naked
choke. He retained the championship at UFC 2: No Way Out, March
11, 1994, at Mammoth Gardens in Denver, with a tap out victory
by punches over Patrick Smith. Injured at UFC 3: The American
Dream, September 9, 1994, in Charlotte, N.C., and unable to continue,
Gracie returned to UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors, December 16,
1994, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to re-capture the championship with
a tap out victory over Dan Severn by triangle choke. But perhaps
his most memorable fight was his last at UFC 5: Return of the
Beast, April 7, 1995, at Independence Arena in Charlotte, N.C.,
when he met Shamrock in a super fight. They fought to a 36-minute
draw, still the longest match in UFC history. Fans have called
for a re-match between the two legends ever since.
“I
would like to thank Dana White and the UFC for honoring me and
recognizing my accomplishments. The UFC has grown into an international
mixed martial arts giant and I am honored to be part of it,”
Gracie said.
Shamrock’s UFC career is just as storied. He also fought
in UFC 1: The Beginning and won his first match by defeating
Smith by tap out with a heel hook before he ran into Gracie in
the semifinals. Following the historic draw with Gracie, Shamrock
became the first super fight champion at UFC 6: Clash of the
Titans, July 14, 1995, at the Casper Events Center in Casper,
Wyo., when he defeated Severn by tap out with a guillotine choke.
He kept the super fight title at UFC 7: The Brawl In Buffalo,
September 8, 1995, at Memorial Auditorium, in a 33-minute draw
with Oleg Taktarov that furthered the Shamrock legend. He defeated
Kimo Leopoldo in the next super fight at UFC 8: David Vs. Goliath,
February 16, 1996, at the Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum in San Juan,
Puerto Rico, by knee bar tap out.
Shamrock
defeated Brian Johnston by tap out with a forearm choke at Ultimate
Ultimate 1996 on December 7 at the State Fair Arena in Birmingham,
Ala. He then pursued a pro wrestling career but continued to
train mixed martial arts fighters at his famous Lion’s Den
in Chula Vista, Calif. That led to his return to the UFC on November
22, 2002, at UFC 40: Vendetta, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas,
where he fought then light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz in
the most publicized fight in mixed martial arts history.
“Until
now, I felt I had a satisfying career in the UFC. But, being
one of the first to be inducted in the Hall of Fame brings it
altogether. I will never forget you and now I will not be forgotten.
God bless,” Shamrock said.
The 10 most popular fighters, as selected by a vote of fans on
the UFC website, www.ufc.tv, include Gracie and Shamrock along
with current Light Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture, Tank Abbott,
Don Frye, Mark Coleman, Severn, Marco Ruas, Pat Miletich and
Taktarov. They will be introduced in the Octagon and be first-time
recipients of Viewer’s Choice Awards before Gracie and Shamrock
are inducted into the Hall of Fame. Fans can receive a commemorative
set of 10 casino chips with a likeness of each fighter by mailing
a copy of their cable bill showing the purchase of UFC 45: Revolution
to Top UFC Fighters Casino Chips, P.O. Box 5661, Rockville Centre,
N.Y. 11571-5661.
The
Ultimate Fighting Championship, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nev.,
is the world’s premier mixed martial arts sports association.
Owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC, the UFC programs six live pay-per-view
events annually through cable and satellite providers. In addition
to its North American pay-per-view distribution on iNDemand,
DirecTV, Dish Network, Bell ExpressVu and Viewers Choice Canada,
UFC events are distributed internationally through WOWOW, Inc.
in Japan, Globosat in Brazil, Main Event Television in Australia
and Sky Network Television in New Zealand. Zuffa, LLC licenses
its UFC video games for distribution on all major playing platforms
through Crave Entertainment and TDK Mediactive and distribution
of its fight show DVDs through Studioworks Entertainment, a Ventura
Distribution company.
Source: ADCC |
Ruas
Team's Beto Leitao Filho opens fire!
The head coach of Ruas VT System in Brazil, Beto Leitao Filho,
gave us the following statement below regarding recent happenings
that involve the Ruas VT System's name:
'What
is happening with Ruas VT System is the same as what happened
when Brazil Dojo was created and started to try to sign fighters
from others teams.' starts the coach.
'UNAMAR
Club is the sponsor of a new team named – Gracie Combat
Team - and they want to form a strong team. The 'Gracie Combat
Team' is not a traditional team, what we call 'a family team'.
They called my entire team, offered good proposals, and after
several exchanges, Renato 'Babalu' Sobral thought it worthwhile.
So he went there, thinking like a professional. I understood,
though I look at it coldly. 'Babalu' acted like a professional,
he did what is best for him.'
Leitao
continues ''I am disappointed with 'Babalu' because RVT created
him and I felt bad, I was shocked when I heard about his decision
to join Gracie Combat Team. I think he lost a lot and he will
see that. I do not think he will lose his fights, but he will
feel the difference between our team and his new one. I felt
like my work and effort to make 'Babalu' a great fighter, did
not have any value to him and he did not think credit us when
he did leave.'
One
chapter involving a Brazilian MMA Team!
Source: ADCC |
VANDERLEI
SILVA TO HEAVYWEIGHT?
There
is a pretty interesting article on the portaldovaletudo website
that says by next year that Vanderlei Silva will fight as a heavyweight.
The website did an interview with Silva and here was a quick
excerpt from the site.
"Is
it true that next year we will see Vanderlei Silva fighting as
a heavyweight?
I'm
already a heavyweight, I´ve reached 100kg and I'm having
to loose too much weight to fight, but next year I´'ll
certainly do some fights in the HW, I did it last year against
Cro Cop, I've had some fights with bigger guys and I'm doing
well, so, the guy who is big and if it's interesting for me,
I'll face him.
Will
you try to unificate the belts?
Yes,
if this oportunity show up, I´ll catch it, once I´m
unbeaten and people want to see me always with greater challenges.
If well prepared, I can handle it. I think this is an upgrade
in the career, and, not being smatterer or something, but I think
that a fighter's life is made by titles, and he must always be
running after the things. I want everything that my career can
offer me, I wanna fight as much as I can, especially against
the best fighters."
Source: MMA Weekly |
Randy
Couture/Vitor Belfort II @ UFC 46
UFC
president Dana White announced earlier today on MMAWeekly Radio
that the Light Heavyweight title, currently held by Randy "The
Natural" Couture, will be defended at UFC 46 on January
31st. The opponent? Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort.
This
will be a rematch from a classic upset back in 1997 where a relatively
unknown Randy Couture dominated an at the time seemingly invincible
Vitor Belfort, with strikes nonetheless, at UFC 15.
This
time, there could be another monumental upset, but it would be
with each guys name reversed on the win/loss column. Belfort
will come into this fight a heavy underdog, but with some mystique
to him.
Belfort
at one time was the most feared striker in mixed-martial arts.
The combination of power and ridiculous speed made Belfort someone
to be weary about, but eventually that myth died down with lackluster
performances coming from the veteran Brazilian after leaving
UFC.
However,
to add to this story, the last time we saw Belfort fight, which
was in the UFC, everyone caught a glimpse of the "old"
Vitor Belfort, the charging - fast-handed animal who mauls anything
in his path. He did away with Marvin Eastman with ease.
Randy
Couture will come into this fight having just defeated Tito Ortiz
and Chuck Liddell back-to-back, and is now considered probably
next to Matt Hughes the only untouchable man in a specified weight
class. January 31st could be the last chance for someone to prove
that theory wrong.
Source: MMA News |
CBBoxe
waits for Belfort's position
It's not gonna be easy for the Brazilian Vítor Belfort
represent Brazilian Boxing at the Olympic games. To join the
permanent Boxing team, Vitor will have to fight the 1st Star
Tournament that will be held on December 17 to 20 in São
Paulo. The event will stick together the top four boxers of the
Brazilian Boxing Confederation (CBBoxe). The winners will have
to dig out the Olympic gap during a tournament in Mexico next
February.
The
CBBoxe's president Luís Boselli confirms that Belfort
contacted him to check out his chances to represent Brazil in
Athens. ' Vítor called me to know his chances. I told
him about the Confederation's conditions as anti-drugs, physical
and technical tests. We didn't say anything yet. He is a great
athlete and I believe he can do a good job, but he will have
to fight this intern trial selection. Otherwise, it would be
unfair to the other athletes that have been training a while,'
stated Boselli.
Source: Tatame |
Former
rivals beting on Wanderlei
Two of the three responsibles of Wanderlei Silva`s losses on
MMA, Artur Mariano and Vitor Belfort appoints the Middleweight
Pride champion the favourite to take the GP, next weekend. However,
both of them believe that the Brazilian won't have an easy final
bout, where he can face Quinton Jackson or Chuck Liddell. An
expert of Chuck Liddell's game, Vitor lost to Chuck at 2002 UFC
June's edition, Vitor Belfort sees Liddell as the finalist with
Silva.
'Jackson
didn't support Liddell's counter-attack game, waiting for the
right moment to decide the fight on the feet', analyzes the UFC
Middleheavyweight fighter. About the final bout, Vitor thinks
that Liddell can give some problem to Silva: 'When Wanderlei
faces the Japaneses, he doesn't need to worry about the defense.
This time is different. I just think this is a little cowardice,
because both Jackson and Liddell are going to kill each other
inside the ring and Wanderlei will have an easy job with Yoshida'.
Mariano
preferes not to give an opinion about Silva's final opponent,
but agrees with Belfort on one thing: 'Being Liddell in the final,
the fight will be very tied and I shouldn't say that Wanderlei
is the total favourite. I think he wins, but it'll be a tough
fight'. Asked about a possible final bout with Jackson, Artur
goes straight to the point: 'he'll yellow to Silva, that will
knock him out with a lot of punches'.
Source: Tatame |
Copa
Rip Dorey & Gameness de Submission
Place: SESC de Niteroi
Date: October 25th, 2003
This
time of year here in Brazil the hot weather is a signal that
it is time
to take off the gi and begin Submission events! The season started
with SuperCampeonato Cyclone de Submission 3, where the action
was non-stop. At the end of October, there was the 'Copa Rip
Dorey & Gameness de Submission'. This event featured several
up and coming fighters and also four great super fights.
Among
these super fighters, two deserve special attention because they
had great performances, showing technique and intelligence. The
first was Eduardo Simoes (Ruas VT System) and a new BTT fighter
and former UA Fight Team member, Milton Vieira. Vieira showed
up with hair similar to that of Vitor Belfort at the last UFC!
Despite the bad hair, he proved he is still top dog in the submission
circuit. Though he still needs to face the best in the world
(guys like ADCC 66-76.9 champion, Marcelo Garcia, the SHOOTO
expert Vitor 'Shaolin' Ribeiro or the World Jiu Jitsu champion
Fernando 'Terere') some feel he is right there. In this fight,
Vieira dominated Simoes, opening by flying onto Simoes’s
back, causing a hectic defense. They dropped to the floor tangled
in an odd position. Simoes had a shot to finish the fight with
a tight kneebar, but Vieira showed that his defense is as strong
as his attacks. It took some patience but he was able to free
himself. The fighters stood up and Simoes shot for the legs but
Vieira counter attacked up top. Simoes was losing 4 to 0 and
his only chance was to win via submission, but it was not to
be. Vieira won by a convincing 4 to 0.
The
second super fight did not keep the pace as the first match.
This match was a rematch from Submission Wrestling de Campos
2's finals where Suyan Queiroz (BTT) beat Leonardo Pecanha (Campos
JJ). Queiroz played the same slow and cautious game again and
won the 0-0 decision by 1 advantage . Neither fighter look happy
about their performances. Queiroz was maybe a little happier
since his record was now 2 to 0 over Pecanha.
The
third fight was the highly anticipated match of the whole event.
Haroldo 'Cabelinho' Bunn (BTT) faced off against Eduardo 'Jamelao'
Conceicao (Master). Cabelinho started with a lot of effort and
on his third try, finally took Jamelao down with a double leg.
'Cabelinho' was determined to keep up this pace, it was obvious
that he would either finish the fight or gas out quick. The latter
of the two turned out to be the case. 'Jamelao' waited patiently
for the flurry to end, then started his game with a beautiful
sweep. Now down on points, and the match back to the feet, 'Cabelinho'
continued shooting double legs with no strategy and waning stamina.
This just left him open for Jamelao's game to succeed. In the
end it was 10 to 2 for 'Jamelao'.
Alex
'Negao' Paz (BTT) and Rodrigo 'Riscado' Gripp (Campos JJ) faced
off in the final super fight. They spent most of their time dancing
on their feet and no time grappling. 'Negao' despite his weight
advantage could not capitalize on anything. The final score was
in his favor, 1 advantage to zero for almost passing the guard.
Tournament
final results:
Under
70kg:
Luciano Azevedo (RFT) defeat Cristiano 'Bananada' (JOP) by 2-0
Under
80kg:
Paulo Boiko and Rafael Diaz from BTT shared the prize money and
the first place
Over
89kg:
Fabiano Scherer (BTT) defeat Thalles Leite (Nova Uniao) by knee-bar
Results
by Teams:
1º Brazilian Top Team
2º DNA
3º Rocinha JJ
Source: ADCC |
Quote
of the Day
"One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears
- by listening to them."
Dean Rusk, US Public Official and Educator
|
Brazilian
TOP TEAM On The Road to PRIDE GP!
Monday
the 3rd was the date that the Brazilian TOP TEAM ensemble arrived
in Tokyo for their bouts at the PRIDE: Final Conflict event that
scheduled for this coming Sunday.
For
the brazilians, Tokyo is COLD this time of year. The team huddled
in the hotel, but managed to hold their first training session
on Monday evening.
Marcio
Pimentel, the physical trainer of former UFC Middleweight champion
and current PRIDE GP alternate Murilo Bustamante clued us in
as to what he saw. 'Murilo is in way better condition now than
in his last performance against 'Rampage' Jackson. As everyone
already knows, Murilo was there to corner people, not to fight.
This time, after 6 weeks of preparation, Murilo has acheived
very good cardio condition for this fight.' Bustamante must not
only focus on defeating Dan Henderson, but he must stay ready
to fight any of the other fighters that may break thru in the
4 man bracket (Rampage v. Lidell, Silva v. Yoshida). When asked
what he will do with that chance Murilo states 'if that materializes
and I fight twice, I will be ready to take that opportunity.'
'Minotauro'
Nogueira is also in Japan, preparing for his battle with top
rated Mirko 'Cro Cop'. 'Minotauro' told us that he is planning
to trade punches with Mirko. BTT has had the former champion
training on his boxing. 'I am not going to brawl - I have been
working on my technique and my timing with the stand up. I plan
to be cautious and pick my shots.'
The
PRIDE GP is this Sunday!
Source: ADCC |
Ladies
and Gentlemen, Mr. Quinton Jackson
Sometimes
it's just too easy.
If
you cover this game long enough, every once in a while you'll
get lucky and interview someone who needs no fancy introductions
or verbal gyrations to make their story jump - someone who just
tells you his take on life with the type of style that makes
you laugh out loud, while at the same time hanging on every word,
not sure where the nuggets of wisdom will fit their way between
the 'motherf**kers'.
Quinton
Jackson is that type of someone, though truth be told, his style
is not for the faint of heart or easily offended. Then again,
what funny stuff isn't offensive in some way? I guess the point
is, after a few minutes on the phone with the man called 'Rampage'
it's safe to say that the world of mixed martial arts could use
more of the Memphis native.
Jackson
agrees - with a disclaimer of course.
"They
need to pay this one more money too," he quips.
On
Sunday, there will be no more talking for 25-year-old Jackson
as he prepares for the biggest night of his professional life
when he aims to win the Pride Middleweight Grand Prix in Japan.
First on his plate is semifinal opponent Chuck Liddell, and if
he gets by the 'Iceman', either Wanderlei Silva or Hidehiko Yoshida
await him in the final. Needless to say, all things Pride have
been on Jackson's mind for sometime now.
"It's
kinda weird because it is the biggest fight in my history,"
he admits. "Everything I do I think about this. Can you
imagine, everything? I can't even get head without thinking about
it."
Yup,
that's Quinton Jackson, where no line is off limits, and the
precise reason why he is a favorite of the MMA media from here
to Tokyo. But take away the bluster, the one-liners, and the
happy-go-lucky attitude, and you've got perhaps the most underrated
fighter in mixed martial arts today.
Active
in the sport since late in 1999, Jackson, with little formal
training, has tore through the ranks with a mixture of athletic
skill, heart, and a ferocious fighting style, epitomized by his
trademark slams. He's lost twice legitimately (by decision to
Marvin Eastman and by choke to Kazushi Sakuraba) and once by
a questionable disqualification to Daijiro Matsui in December
of 2001 (Want to hear a mouthful, ask Jackson about that defeat),
and since then has quietly racked up an almost two year unbeaten
streak, which includes wins over Kevin Randleman and Murilo Bustamante.
Yet
Jackson is unconcerned with such numbers, showing surprise when
told of his winning streak.
"I
don't even think about that," said Jackson. "I didn't
even know I was undefeated for that long until you told me about
it."
Hope
I didn't jinx him.
"I
hope you didn't jinx me either," Jackson blurts. "But
any fighter can beat any other fighter on any given day. Randy
Couture beat Chuck (Liddell) that one day; maybe if they fought
the next day Chuck could have beaten him. You never know. I try
to keep a positive mentality at all times but I don't want to
be a cocky fighter. It's not my style. I talk s**t, but that's
just me. If you pay attention, I really don't talk s**t about
my opponents unless they did something wrong to me."
He
pauses.
"And
when I talk about people's mamas, even they laugh about it."
Jackson
laughs, and for a guy possibly facing two of the baddest mothers
(see Quinton, I can do it too) in the game today in Liddell and
Silva, he's remarkably at ease.
"I've
trained real hard," said Jackson. "If it's meant for
me to win this, I'm gonna win. That's the way I see it."
For
Jackson, training for a fight means a lot of blood, sweat, and
tears, and under the watchful eye of Colin Oyama, plenty of strategic
preparation in the weeks leading up to Sunday night. What it
doesn't include for Jackson is a lot of tape watching.
"Actually
I didn't watch a lot of tape on him," said Jackson of Liddell.
"I don't like to watch a lot of tape on my opponents. I
watch to see what I need to know and that's it. I don't want
to watch too much tape and then you go out there worried about
what they're gonna do. Liddell's a tough fighter but he makes
some mistakes in there. Everybody makes mistakes; I'm just gonna
try and capitalize on the ones he makes."
Considering
he's coming off a victory over a man considered by many to be
the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world in Bustamante
(and on four days notice no less), you would think the oddsmakers
would have given Jackson more credit as he gets ready for Liddell,
but for 'Rampage', this type of underdog status is par for the
course with him.
"I
never had anything easy in my life," said Jackson. "I've
never been given anything and s**t has never been easy for me.
So when I found out I was gonna be in the Grand Prix, I knew
it was gonna be hard for me. Even my first round was hard. I
thought I was gonna fight one guy (Ricardo Arona) and then I
fight a damn UFC champion (Bustamante) with four days notice
when I knew that he knew he was gonna fight me for longer than
four days himself. That was hard for me, but I survived that.
I've got the least experience of everybody in this tournament.
I've just been fighting on the street all my life. That's what
I bring to the table. Even though these guys may have more professional
fights than I have, I've got more fights. And when I fight, I'm
fighting for my life. Maybe that will help me out a little bit."
Maybe,
maybe not. Especially when the deck seems already stacked in
favor of current Pride middleweight champ Silva, who is expected
to barely break a sweat against Yoshida, the former Olympic judo
champion, and then face the winner of the Jackson-Liddell war,
the survivor of which is expected to be battered and bruised
come final time.
Does
Jackson think Yoshida has a chance against the 'Axe Murderer'?
"I
see it the same way as everybody else sees it," he deadpans.
"Silva's got an easy way to the final. He's the champion,
and they want to protect their champion. I'll say this though.
If I do lose this tournament, I can guarantee you this, motherf***ers
gon' be hurt."
Win
or lose though, Jackson, who has become a fan favorite in the
Land of the Rising Sun, will remain the people's choice. And
he wouldn't have it any other way.
"I'd
rather fight in Japan than America," Jackson admits. "If
you watch Pride, after the fight, even if the fighter loses,
the fans still cheer for him. Watch a fighter lose in America
and see what the fans do. I feel better fighting in Japan. I
don't care what the American fans say if I say some s**t like
this anyway. The American fans need to respect the fighters as
who they are. Somebody got to win and somebody got to lose. Both
fighters can't be winners - somebody's got to lose."
For
over two years, the losing corner hasn't been Jackson's. And
if he wins the Grand Prix on Sunday, he may become Dreamstage
Entertainment's poster boy when Pride makes its expected foray
into the United States market in 2004. But even though US success
has been a dream for many stateside standouts in Pride for years
now, Jackson seems nonplussed by the idea - in his own inimitable
style.
"It's
cool but I don't fight to be a famous guy or anything,"
he said. "I started fighting to pay the bills. I like the
fans and everything, and they're cool, but what heterosexual
guy wants to get their rocks off by a bunch of guys knowing them?
If I was a movie star or something, it would be different, because
girls would know who I was too. But in America, only guys know
who I am, so it's not a big deal to me. In Japan, girls come
up to me too and ask for autographs and stuff like that too.
But in America, girls rarely know who I am."
"Even
if we (Pride) come to the States, it don't mean s**t," Jackson
continues. "I hang around other fighters and I don't see
girls going up to the guys who fight in the UFC. This is not
a sport that girls watch. If I was acting in a soap opera, it
would be different. Girls would come up to me and then it would
be worth it. Girls going crazy over you, yeah, but a bunch of
guys, come on. It's nice and cool and everything, but it's not
something that floats my boat."
Like
it or not, if Quinton Jackson makes a few appearances with Pride
in the States, stardom will have to follow, but strangely enough,
the fact that this conversation is even taking place after the
hardships Jackson has gone through in his life is an amazing
story in itself, though you won't hear him say it. Well, you
may, so let's end it with the man himself…So Quinton, what
would you have said if someone told you five years ago that you
would be on magazine covers, headlining the biggest tournament
in mixed martial arts in front of 50,000 fans and countless others
on pay-per-view?
"Get
out of my motherf***in' face, you bullsh**ting me. Get out of
my face before I bitch smack your ass."
Source: Maxfighting |
Buentello
Regains KOTC Title
PALA,
Calif., Nov. 2 -- The beautiful Pala Casino was home to the King
of the Cage last Sunday, an event that featured three title fights
in one evening. Though the event center in the Pala was not as
big as the Soboba, the production values for the show were still
high. Fights moved seamlessly into each other for a night of
non-stop action and it was an evening of hard hits, and technical
submissions.
Had
KOTC heavyweight champion Bobby Hoffman not already fought a
war versus challenger Paul Buentello, I would have thought that
they were mismatched, had handicapping been left simply to appearances.
Hoffman came into the cage looking ripped up and in shape, while
across from him, Buentello looked quite out of shape and soft.
Looks can be deceiving. The entire first round, these two monsters
hammered at each other and clinched and positioned like maniacs.
It was a good fight, with Hoffman getting the best of Buentello
early.
Through
the first round, Hoffman got the takedown, secured a mount and
got Buentello's back. However, the challenger refused to allow
Hoffman to capitalize on any of the positions by escaping and
attacking Hoffman.
Early
in the second round, both fighters clinched against the cage,
with Buentello looking strong, when Hoffman slumped down and
verbally submitted, giving up his heavyweight title to Buentello.
Submission
wizard Thomas Schulte made his first lightweight title defense
against a smart and hard-hitting Joe Stevenson. It was clear
early in the fight that Schulte wanted to get Stevenson on the
ground, while at the same time, avoid Stevenson's heavy hands.
Stevenson was calm and patient as he stalked Schulte around the
cage, several times defending against Schulte's takedowns.
Stevenson's
patience showed, as he was rewarded with several single power
shots against Schulte, who attempted to keep Stevenson at bay
with straight kicks. As the punches totaled up, Schulte become
more desperate to get Stevenson on the ground, where the hard-hitting
Stevenson would be susceptible to a submission from Schulte.
The takedown attempts from Schulte became less and less controlled
and more desperate, leaving Schulte with several near misses
from fight ending punches and knees. Near misses, that is, until
one finally connected -- a knee that sent an instinctively covering
Schulte to the mat, and awarded Joe Stevenson the lightweight
belt.
Tony
Bonello gave an awesome display of confidence and technique when
his opponent, Mansour Hedari, shot in for a takedown in the opening
seconds of their fight. Though Hedari lifted Bonello into the
air, Bonello calmly transitioned into a near flawless triangle
choke, ending the fight in 31 seconds.
Art
Santore came to the ring in his trademark zoot suit, a bright
yellow number, looking to fight Joey Villasenor. Villasenor was
composed and quiet before the fight, in contrast to the almost
party-like atmosphere of Art Santore's entrance. The composure
showed as Villasenor dominated the fight from the beginning.
Landing an outside trip on Santore, who was able to pull guard,
Villasenor pushed his opponent against the fence and began to
punch away.
The
first round was decidedly one sided as a calm Villasenor methodically
worked away at Santore. At the beginning of the second round,
Santore attempted to strike with Villasenor, and ended up taking
a hard right hand from the kickboxer. The right hand was a fight
ender as the match ended in a doctor stoppage due to the cut
Villasenor had opened up on Santore.
Thomas
Denny opened his fight versus Alex Solis with leg kicks. Denny
sprawled during several of Solis' takedown attempts, bringing
the fight to a clinch against the fence. Solis was able to secure
double under hooks and flip Denny over him, taking Denny to the
mat. The "Wildman", however, managed to squirm around
and take Solis' back off his own takedown. Denny maintained the
top position on an ever escaping Solis until both men fight back
to their feet with Solis against the cage. Once on their feet,
Denny landed a double leg, pulling the heavier Solis off the
fence, up, and back down to the mat. Solis was able to pull guard
until the round ended.
The
second round opened with Denny landing a straight kick to Solis'
chest. While the kick did little damage, it did set the tone
for the remainder of the fight. Denny got the takedown, secured
the mount, but Solis was able to roll out of it, ending up in
Denny's guard. Denny was able to reverse the positions and regain
the mount. Raining down punches from the mount, Denny transitioned
into an Armbar to secure the win. When the referee moved in to
break them, some kicks were thrown by Denny. The fight flared
back up after the break, and several individuals rushed the cage.
It looked like a full-fledged riot might ensue, but within moments
Denny and Solis were seen talking to each other, nodding, and
exchanging congratulations.
Joe
Crilly must have brought his entire family to the Pala, as the
event center was packed with people with Crilly t-shirts. Jeff
Newton brought his dad. The fight opened with Crilly looking
to take the karate kicking Newton to the ground. Newton avoided
the takedown and exchanged punches with Crilly instead. Newton,
fighting in a karate side stance with his hands down, attempted
a spinning back kick, which Crilly was able to jam and slam him
to the mat.
Newton
was able to gain the half-guard position, however, and negate
Crilly's top game until the referee stood them both up. Once
standing, the two fighters were clinched when a knee from Newton
stunned Crilly. Newton took a step back and wasted little time
by landing a devastating kick to the face of a bent over Crilly.
To his credit, Crilly but had the heart and fortitude to walk
out of cage under his own power.
The
first fight of the evening was a veritable war between newcomers
Albert Hill and Dale Breese. Breese scooped up Hill above the
canvas in a powerful double-leg, and immediately set the tone
and pace for the first round. However, due to either Hill's experience
or Breese's ignorance, several opportunities to finish the fight
were overlooked by Breese.
Near
the end of the round, Hill was able to score a solid knee to
the head of Breese, and even got dominant position from a foiled
takedown. Time was not on Hill's side, however, and the fight
went into the second round.
The
real war began in round two, with Breese beginning to gas early
in the round. Hill was fighting for his life from the get go,
and a see-saw battle emerged with both fighters getting the upper
hand, and then relinquishing dominance.
At
one point in the fight, Breese secured a rear-naked choke, to
include hooks. Rather than tapping, however, Hill stood to his
feet and began to shake Breese loose until Breese lost the choke
and the war continued. In the end, the judges awarded a gassed
and tired looking Breese the victory.
Source: Maxfighting |
Interview
with Bas Rutten
It's the big week for
the Pride Middleweight Grand Prix final, MMAWeekly's Ryan Bennett
was able to track down El Guapo himself, Pride commentator Bas
Rutten. With his web site, BasRutten.tv, up and running and getting
ready to work on a new movie called "The Vault," Bas
was still able to make enough time to break down the upcoming
Pride card before he heads off to Japan.
Ryan:
What's up Bas?
Bas:
Man, I'm doing great.
Ryan:
I know you're leaving early next week for Japan. The last Pride
Grand Prix was amazing and this one looks like it's going to
be just as good.
Bas:
This is it man. This is the show. 50,000 people coming. Everybody
wants to see who is going to be the winner. But the undercard
is going to be pretty good. I mean Randleman versus Sakuraba
is going to be a good fight to.
Ryan:
Bas, you mention the Sakuraba/Randleman fight. Does Sakuraba
even got a shot against big Kevin Randleman?
Bas:
I think it will be difficult for him to take Kevin Randleman
down. I think Kevin has better hands than Sakuraba has. I don't
see this turning into a win for Sakuraba. You never know... if
Kevin Randleman slips and falls to his back... some freak thing
happens and he gets a leg lock or some arm bar, but still he's
so strong. He can power himself out. If he's trained well, I
think it should be a win for Kevin Randleman.
Ryan:
I feel the same way. The toughest part for Sakuraba is that the
guys he's fighting are just bigger. Basically, Sakuraba's a 185-pound
guy and he's fighting guys that are cutting down to 205. Right?
Bas:
Yeah. I think he should lose ten more pounds and fight in the
Pride Bushido show and fight guys in his own weight class.
Ryan:
A great fight that I'm looking forward to Bas is Murilo Bustamante
and Dan Henderson. Henderson is coming off of knee surgery and
that's the big story line. I guess Henderson's knee is about
85% right now. That's the big question, can an 85% Dan Henderson
come in and beat a 100% Murilo Bustamante?
Bas:
That's a difficult one. I think their boxing skills are both
about equal. When they hit with the right straight, it's a knock
out. But can Murilo take it to the ground? I don't know. I don't
think that Dan is going to clinch with him. He saw what he did
with Quinton Jackson, he's going to jump to guard and go for
triangles, I mean anything, the guy is phenomenal on the ground.
This fight is really one that I can't call because it is going
to be so difficult. I don't think that Murilo is going to be
able to take him to the ground, but if he is not 100%, maybe
later in the rounds he'll be able to get him down and that could
be a problem for Dan.
Ryan:
Bas Rutten joining us live on MMAWeekly radio. So you think that
the best thing for Henderson, basically, is to keep it on the
feet?
Bas:
Yeah, of course. Although his ground and pound is good too when
he's busy, but a guy like Bustamante, you don't want to play
that game. When you're in mount position, he's going to get you
off and he's going to get some crazy submission. I think from
Top Team, he is, pound for pound, the most technical fighter.
Ryan:
I guess the one thing Henderson has going for him is that he's
got to feel good that if a guy like Minotauro Nogueira can't
submit him early it might be a problem for Murilo. It's impressive
that Hendo could go that far with Minotauro. A lot of people
thought he'd get subbed early and he made it to the third round.
Bas:
Yeah, I think so too. But then again, there are many things different.
Minotauro is much bigger than Henderson, therefore leaving bigger
openings for him to escape. I think that he just has a more tighter
game, Bustamante. I don't know man. Dan Henderson has surprised
me so any times.
Ryan:
Let's go to the middleweight tournament, Rampage against Chuck
Liddell. You were there to watch these guys the last couple times
out. Chuck Liddell versus Alistair Overeem, what an epic war
that was.
Bas:
Yeah, unbelievable. Overeem did a real good job. He just started
his training three years ago. Iceman, he's got the experience,
he stayed cool. Although, I think he was hurt at one moment,
but he stayed cool, he stayed in his game then he stroked man.
Big props to him. I think that for this fight he trained even
way harder because I spoke to some people and he's been training
like a madman.
Ryan:
Bas, you look at last time with Quinton Jackson. He had a tough
time with Bustamante. I think a lot of it had to due with the
fact that he fought Busta on like nine days notice and Busta's
great. Quinton Jackson this time around, what do you expect from
him going into this one with Chuck Liddell?
Bas:
I think a different game. I think he knows what to expect from
Chuck. You know, it's a striking game. I am going to see that
equal. I think the normal takedowns, like double-leg and single-leg
takedowns, that's something that Quinton doesn't do. So, if he
clinches up with Chuck, I think he might take Chuck down. This
time there's no fence because Chuck is a master at getting up
using the back, pushing against the fence, but there is no fence
here. I don't know, Chuck every time goes back for a surprise.
Everybody has thought the same thing that this guy for the last
year and a half deserves a title shot, you know. But he never
got it and then when he fought Randy, I think it was kind of
strange also. He wanted to fight Tito and I think there was a
mental thing in the head there. And I think it is the same thing
that happens with Quinton and Bustamante, it's just a thing that
you don't expect. You expect to fight a certain fighter, suddenly
you get another fighter and you fight totally different. So,
I wouldn't look back at Quinton's last fight and I would say
that Chuck improves even better than his last fight.
Ryan:
I've been working on a column for BoxingInsider.com and Quinton
versus Chuck, this fight could be broken down about 8 billion
different ways.
Bas:
Yeah. This is not going to be a submission fight. I think it's
going to be a knock out or the distance. I have a real good feeling
that this fight is going to go to the distance, which is going
to be a war. So, whoever wins is going to be very tired and,
I think, is going to fight a fresh Vanderlei Silva. I really
don't think that Vanderlei is going to have a problem with Yoshida.
If he makes a mistake like taking him to the ground with an inside
trip, that would be a really dumb thing to do, then he might
lose the fight by submission because you do not want to go to
the ground with Yoshida, trust me.
Ryan:
Can Yoshida get in the clinch at all in this fight?
Bas:
No. It's going to be very difficult. One thing with Vanderlei
is that he goes straight forwards and straight backwards and
I think that if Yoshida starts like he's running the 100 meters
and he runs straight into him and Vanderlei doesn't step to the
side, if Yoshida gets a hold of him he might take him down. He's
got the gi. That's a lot of extra grip, it's like an extra hand.
It sticks to your body. That could be a problem. Once it goes
to the ground, we're talking an Olympic gold medalist.
Ryan:
I think that's the best strategy for Yoshida. Yeah, he's taking
a chance, but when that bell rings, why not just fly right at
him? You might get caught, but he really doesn't have another
shot to me.
Bas:
Jump to left, jump to the right, jump to the left, jump to the
right, and then straight forward. Then, hopefully Vanderlei's
going to miss and he gets the clinch. In the clinch, he's going
to grab his own gi and that grip is not going to break. I really
don't see Vanderlei taking him down.
Ryan:
If Yoshida gets the clinch, you're telling me that Vanderlei
won't be able to get out of it?
Bas:
I don't think so. Yoshida knows that Vanderlei is known for his
knees, so he's not going to give him any space. He's known for
his hip throws and he's got the gi. He's going to tie him up
real tight and even if Vanderlei thinks, "I'm going to the
inside trip," it's on the ground and it's with the gi...
he's just really good, let's say that.
Ryan:
My man Bas Rutten breaking down this Pride card for MMAWeekly.
One thing I wanted to ask you about with the tournament itself.
Their changing the rules just a bit with just one 10 minute round
and one 5 minute round, there is no third round. Does that favor
any of these four fighters?
Bas:
No, I don't think so. It favors the audience because it's going
to be more explosive. Now they can go all out. I think it favors
the audience.
Ryan:
Let's move on to "Big Daddy" Gary Goodridge and Dan
Bobish "The Bull." Two pretty big boys, I'm sure that's
going to be a pretty exciting match.
Bas:
Again, there's going to be a knockout for sure. This is not going
to go the distance. Like I said last time, I gave Gary a good
chance against Fedor because he's got some good hands you know.
Bobish, he's got some hands too obviously and some submission
skills. But Gary looks good, he has been training hard, he looks
lean. He stood five rounds with Mark Hunt. I can't call this
fight. I know there's a big weight difference.
Ryan:
Yeah, Bobish is over 300 hundred pounds and Gary's right in that
230, 240 range, I guess, he might even be a bit bigger.
Bas:
That's okay because he trains with Tom Erikson, I guess.
Ryan:
I was surprised, not that Fedor won that fight, but going in
to that fight, if you were to tell me that Gary Goodridge would
not land even a single punch, knowing how good Gary is, that
was a shocker to me and probably you as well, right?
Bas:
Yeah, it was. But on the other hand, with any fight that ends
in the first minute, minute and a half, there's some luck involved
too. If you land a clean shot right away that could be the finish,
there's a little luck involved in that. Of course, you stand
up and you aim for it. My teacher always used to say that. When
I was a green belt and sparring with my teacher and kicked him
in the head, I'd say, "I'm sorry, it was an accident,"
and he would say, "Did you aim for my head?" "Yes."
"So, it was no accident," he says, "So you did
good." That's the other end.
Ryan:
Moving on, Heath Herring versus Yamamoto. Does Yamamoto have
any shot to beat Heath Herring?
Bas:
Actually, I think he does. The only reason for that is, he didn't
perform well his last couple fights and that is the only thing.
It's a mental thing. He's got to come back from two losses and,
of course, Yamamoto is not the caliber of a Fedor or Mirko Cro
Cop. But still it is very difficult for a fighter. I have the
most respect for a fighter that gets KO'd and then steps back
in the ring and wins again. People don't realize, if you go into
the ring and you get KO'd the fight before that's inside your
head. That could be the only thing for Heath Herring. Otherwise,
if he is old Heath, like we knew him in the beginning, he's going
to rush over him.
Ryan:
You said it Bas, there's no shame in losing to two fighters like
Fedor and Cro Cop, but when you lose two fights back to back,
how much does that affect you mentally and especially when you
got handled in both fights?
Bas:
I know his coach, because he was my coach, will talk to him and
with Mirko, it was just too much of the influence of Mirko's
striking game and he made all the major mistakes. His takedowns
came from all the way back, everybody could see the takedown.
He wasn't in his game, he should have set it up. Now he fights
Yamamoto and he's still learning thai boxing, he thai boxes a
lot. He needs a couple of wins and then I'd like to see a rematch.
I still consider him as one of the best guys.
Ryan:
One fight that I think is going to be outstanding is Minotauro
Nogueira versus Mirko Cro Cop. Bas, break this down for me.
Bas:
Ummm... I think Nogueira should have changed his game plan already.
He's working everything from the back. He should try to go for
sweeps and a lot of other things instead of fighting from his
back. I don't think that he can take Cro Cop down. Cro Cop is
a phenomenal guy. I think in another 6 months, he will start
submitting his first guys. I think he already has the capability,
but he doesn't use it yet. Especially against Nogueira because
you're going to miss it. Still, watch out for this guy because
when I saw him fighting for the first time in Pride, his reflexes
are phenomenal. The stories I heard about him... when he used
to enter the K-1 he never had a sparring partner. He used to
spar in the air, like shadowboxing and hit the bag and then he
went to K-1 and he became number 2. That's a guy who's got some
talent and now he's got the best wrestlers from Croatia. He's
got the Bas Rutten Big Book of Combat and he's training really
hard and they say that they cannot take him down.
Ryan:
The interesting thing about Minotauro's fight against Ricco was,
I was just surprised how easily Ricco was able to take Minotauro
down. I was just thinking, I don't know how Minotauro's going
to take this fight to the ground.
Bas:
I think the same thing and if that's how it's going to go, he's
going to make a mistake and he's going to get knocked out. On
the other had, he got my Bas Rutten's big cojones award last
month. He took some big punishment and he still hasn't been ko'd.
So, he can take a shot. It's not healthy of course. Maybe he
could get a shot and try to take him down, but Mirko's reflexes
are so good.
Ryan:
As we talk about it, it seems like the only way he's going to
be able to do it is if he can eat a couple of punches, get the
clinch and take him down.
Bas:
Plus, it's down, still what is he going to do? He's got to move
around, he's got to move. He trains with the best guys, Mirko
is... you watch, he's going to submit people with triangle chokes,
with everything, leg locks, everything.
Ryan:
That's scary Bas. That guy is scary.
Bas:
I mean, every time he steps into the ring, you get kind of nervous.
Like, something might happen really bad.
Ryan:
That kick against Vovchanchyn was so quick it looked like a punch.
It was that fast.
Bas:
Yeah, he's got a phenomenal kick. Out of nowhere, bang!
Ryan:
Let me ask you this, can Bas Rutten in his prime beat Mirko Cro
Cop?
Bas:
(Laughs) I don't know man. The problem is this, people always
ask me, "What would you do against Mirko?" I say, "First
of all, it's not going to go to the ground because I for sure
cannot take him down, but I would strike with him." People
don't realize that he has been beaten in K-1. So, he is beatable.
He is the best striker in Pride for sure, bar none. But there
are strikes that KO'd him. The thing with me is, when I purely
do striking, I go down to like 190, 185. So, to fight a guy with
his power... whoa... scary man. I know that in my prime... I
don't want to be a cocky guy... I know that I was a good striker.
Ryan:
You were better than good. I'm telling you right now, you were
the man. Don't tell me you were good, you were the man. I'm telling
you.
Bas:
But you know, it's like, when I was fighting, I was always training
with Peter Aerts and people wondered who would win and it's like,
we're never going to fight so...
Ryan:
I know you've got a lot of respect for these guys, but I'm telling
you right now, you'd do fine bro. Before I let you go, who is
the favorite to win this tournament?
Bas:
I don't know now. I think with Chuck and Quinton, I have to go
with Quinton because he beat some real good opponents last year.
If he's not going to have a total war and then Vanderlei is not
going to have a walk in the park, then that's a different story,
I don't know what's going to
happen then. Then, I think Quinton pulls it off.
Ryan:
Hey Bas, always a pleasure, I appreciate it.
Bas:
Thanks a lot man. Thanks for everything.
Source: MMA Weekly |
USA
Wrestling announces finalist candidates for 2004 U.S. Olympic
Team coaching positions
USA
Wrestling has announced 16 finalists for positions on the coaching
staff for wrestling for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
The
coach finalist candidates were selected by the appropriate coach
selection committee for that discipline. Each of the candidates
will be interviewed by the coach selection committee in depth.
The selection of the Olympic coaching staff are expected to be
made by mid-December, after the committee*s selections are presented
to the USA Wrestling Executive Committee. This selection will
be final pending approval by the U.S. Olympic Committee.
The
Freestyle Coach Selection Committee selected the following coach
candidates for men*s freestyle wrestling: Tom Brands of Iowa
City, Iowa; Bruce Burnett of Annapolis, Md.; Bobby Douglas of
Ames, Iowa; Zeke Jones of Morgantown, W.Va.; and Mark Manning
of Lincoln, Neb.
The
Greco-Roman Coach Selection Committee selected the following
coach candidates for men*s Greco-Roman wrestling: Jay Antonelli
of Quantico, Va.; Joe DeMeo of Niskayuna, N.Y.; Rich Estrella
of Colorado Springs, Colo.; Shon Lewis of Colorado Springs, Colo.;
Andy Seras of Sandy Hook, Conn.
The
Women*s Coach Selection Committee selected the following coach
candidates for women*s freestyle wrestling: Joe Corso of Des
Moines, Iowa; Tadaaki Hatta of Elyria, Ohio; Chris Horpel of
Stanford, Calif.; Townsend Saunders of Phoenix, Ariz.; Tricia
Saunders of Phoenix, Ariz.; and Troy Steiner of Madison, Wis.
QUOTES
FROM THE OLYMPIC COACH FINALISTS
MEN*S
FREESTYLE
Tom
Brands of Iowa City, Iowa
*I
think it is about the athletes, getting them what they need.
We have to do a great job of getting them to feel good about
themselves and about their preparation.*
Bruce
Burnett of Annapolis, Md.
*I
am certainly humbled by it. I*ve been in this position before
as National Coach. I know how important it is to wrestling, the
organization and to the country. It is humbling, exciting and
important. I want to do everything I can to help these men win
gold medals. Because of my past experience, I believe I can contribute.
To be named as a finalist is an honor.*
Bobby
Douglas of Ames, Iowa
*I
have always considered it an honor to represent America, as an
athlete and a coach. The years have given me the discipline of
experience. I consider this a chance of a lifetime, and if selected,
I will give the same effort that the team is giving.*
Zeke
Jones of Morgantown, W.Va.
*It
is an honor to be nominated. I would like to thank the Committee
members for having faith in me. It*s an important job to help
prepare our athletes to compete in Athens. I look forward to
interviewing for the position.*
Mark
Manning of Lincoln, Neb.
*I*m
really excited about the opportunity to be part of USA Wrestling
and the Olympic coaching staff. I am always honored when I am
asked to help coach a U.S. team. I*m a very patriotic guy, and
love to represent the best country in the world. I look forward
to helping our athletes to perform to be their best.*
MEN*S
GRECO-ROMAN
Jay
Antonelli of Quantico, Va.
*It
is an honor to serve and coach a U.S. Olympic Team. It is an
honor to be mentioned with the other coaches nominated. Any way
that I can help to win medals for the United States, that is
my goal.*
Joe
DeMeo of Niskayuna, N.Y.
*It*s
an honor to be selected as a finalist. I*m certainly flattered
and pleased. I feel it is a wonderful thing to be in the company
of the other applicants.*
Rich
Estrella of Colorado Springs, Colo.
*I*m
very pleased to be considered for the position. I have to thank
my family, Home Depot, Air Force Sports and the athletes that
belong to my club. We have high goals in mind. (National Coach)
Steve Fraser has put together a good plan. We expect to do well
in 2004 at the Olympic Games.*
Shon
Lewis of Colorado Springs, Colo.
*I
consider it a great honor to be recognized as a possible coach
for the Olympic Team. I appreciate those who nominated me. If
selected, I will do everything I can to prepare the team for
the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004.*
Andy
Seras of Sandy Hook, Conn.
*I
have been working hard towards that goal. I believe that I can
help and am one of the best guys for the job.*
WOMEN*S
FREESTYLE
Joe
Corso of Des Moines, Iowa
*I
am honored to be considered a finalist. I*ve worked well with
the women, and have coached them for a long time. This is very
prestigious. It*s an opportunity to help the women achieve their
goals of being Olympic champions.*
Tadaaki
Hatta of Elyria, Ohio
*I
am excited. I*m glad I was picked as one of the six finalists.
If I get the position, I want to see four Olympic gold medals
for the United States. That is what I will work for.*
Chris
Horpel of Stanford, Calif.
*All
six coaches nominated all do a great job. I*m honored to be one
of them. Our prospects to do very well at the Olympics is exceptionally
high. The program keeps getting better and better. I*m glad to
be a part of that program.*
Townsend
Saunders of Phoenix, Ariz.
*I
think it is a tremendous opportunity. We have a chance to make
history. It is phenomenal that I was selected for a chance to
be part of it. I*m hoping Trish and I both get on the staff and
we can make it a family affair.*
Tricia
Saunders of Phoenix, Ariz.
*Townsend
and I are both interested in the same thing. We*d like to see
this team do well at the Olympics. Townsend and I both want to
be part of getting the team to the top of the podium at the Olympics.
I owe a lot to those who helped me at the World Championships
all those years. It*s time for me to give back. It as exciting
to be in the coaching capacity as it was being an athlete. I
did not know that until now.*
Troy
Steiner of Madison, Wis.
*I
am excited. Being around the program for the last year, I*ve
gained a new perspective on the sport and working with the women.
The women are into the sport as much as I was. You respect it,
and it is fun helping them achieve their goals.*
Source: ADCC |
Introducing
Team QUEST's Fastest Rising Star....NATHAN QUARRY!
Nathan
Quarry of Team Quest has been making quite an impression this
past year, Several promotions insiders and even rival teams have
been referring to him as one to watch. Look for him to more fully
emerge into national spotlight in the next year. The main reason
is not just the training at Team Quest but the fact Nathan is
very adapted to the ring or cage. When he took on Nakapan Phungephorn
in Virginia over a year ago he mainly used ground and pound tactics,
while against Ximu Machado in KOTC he showed off his hands. In
IFC last month, he found himself on his back and fans were treated
to finally see the jiu-jitsu background he brings to Team Quest,
ending his fight by triangle choke in the first round. Nathan
so far has not been challenged on the same level as Couture has,
but so far has shown the same potential for being able to adapt
a strategy to fit a particular opponent.
This
update took place after IFC in Boise, ID but started out talking
about Nathan’s KOTC fight on June 29th, where he picked
up his first and only loss. We’ll get to the IFC win against
Chris Kiever in part 2.
KM:
That was impressive. It seemed like the exact opposite of King
Of The Cage where you wanted to stay standing. This one it looked
like you were used to being on your back, a completely different
fight. NQ: To me it felt like the same thing. I’m just doing
what the other guy…he got the takedown on me and when I’m
on my back I’m comfortable. I spend a lot of time there.
Randy (Couture) puts me on my back all the time. Lindland, Dan
Henderson…I spend a lot of time there. People think (Team)
Quest guys can’t fight off their back and don’t know
what triangles are, I heard that before. I’m familiar with
what a triangle is and I showed that tonight.
KM:
I remember you talking before about having a jiu-jitsu background.
Coming from Team Quest a lot of people are going to think you
have the same general strategy of ground and pound. How do you
feel about that perception? NQ: I think it’s great. I want
people to have the wrong idea about what I’m going to do.
My whole plan was to knock him out. I don’t want to say
I’m disappointed I got the triangle in the first round but
I was almost kind of looking forward to the second round. He
got a nice takedown on me, nothing to take that away from him,
but he kind of got lucky with the knee that I threw and he scooped
me up. I felt at the beginning of the second round I was really
going to impose my hands on him. That’s what I wanted to
do, to get some hands flying and show the promoters I’m
here to bang and not just be a ground fighter. People come out
to see the knockout and see the hands go.
KM:
Most of the fights tonight were a little bit of standup, a takedown,
and they were overly quickly after that. It was mostly ground
work here. In that sense your fight fit the pattern. NQ: I always
like to stand up. I like to throw my hands. I’ve been working
on that so much. I get in the pattern of the guy is shooting
the takedown on me and I’ thinking I’m going to go
ahead and go on my back because I’m so comfortable there.
I’m not afraid to go there. I go there and fight from there.
Like when I fought Ximu Machado, I felt I did the most damage
there so I wasn’t worried about going there.
KM:
Yeah, you made his face look pretty bad there. NQ: I was happy
about that.
KM:
Any regrets about how the Ximu fight went? Wasn’t that a
unanimous decision? NQ: Unanimous decision in the favor of Ximu
Machado. I don’t want to say I’ve been vocal about
it but my opinion is it was a poor decision. I don’t want
to take anything away from King Of The Cage, I don’t want
them to be upset at me of course, but I feel I did the most damage
and in my mind a fight is who does the most damage to the other
person. You can see it in the pictures, your pictures in particular,
you can see Ximu is very tired, worn out, his face is banged
up and I’m looking like ‘let’s go one more round’.
Every place that I was I was looking to end the fight. I wasn’t
looking to score points. It seemed like he was an amateur boxer
looking to score points with pitter pats and I was looking to
end the fight.
KM:
KOTC have been criticized before for their judging criteria where
they give the same weight to takedowns as stand up and on the
ground. The whole Hoffman/Buentello controversy revolved around
scoring one takedown on points for the judges is the same as
an advantage standing up and banging for three or four minutes.
How different was the judging criteria in KOTC? NQ: In my mind
a takedown is a technique that leads to a finishing move. Unless
you are Matt Hughes and can knock someone out with your takedown
a takedown is basically a setup into something else, like a jab.
If someone takes me down three times but I’m beating them
on the ground what good is that. That’s like me saying I’m
going to fight Mike Tyson in NHB and I’m going to knock
him out standing up. Even if we go the distance and I look like
hamburger when the fight is over just because I chose to stand
up with him doesn’t mean I made the right decision and I
should win the fight. Somebody takes me down they should be finishing
me and when I take people down that is what I look to do. Every
time I turned Ximu over you saw the bombs I dropped, the elbows…I
was looking to finish him and make every shot count. I don’t
go for the pitter patters, I don’t waste my energy rat-a-tat-tating
him with little shots. I’m looking for the shots that are
going to do damage. Mainly the mentality behind that is when
I feel the light shots I think ‘what are you doing, do you
think I’m going to get concerned about that’? You hit
me with an elbow upside the head that had no body behind it,
I’m not even going to notice it, you are not going to make
me move. When I got Ximu off to the side and I landed five backwards
elbows that completely shut his left eye I thought ‘now
that is doing some damage’. That is going to finish the
fight. I was amazed the fight doctor allowed him to continue
with a completely closed left eye.
KM:
If that was in a lot of other shows that damage would have given
you at least a split decision. Unanimous surprised me. Are you
upset at all? NQ: I can’t say that I’m upset mainly
because the fight gave me some notoriety. People know I can go
fifteen minutes and I can fight hard. Even with that fifteen
minutes I fought I wasn’t 100%. Again, not to speak disparagingly
of KOTC but the rules meeting was at 2, I showed up at 2, at
4 I got tired of waiting for the rules meeting to start after
standing in the sun in 100 degrees and said ‘I got to go’.
I needed a nap, needed to get some food, had been standing out
in the sun and wasted a lot of time when I should have been doing
something productive. I was happy to be there, I think they saw
what I was bringing to the table and more importantly that I’m
fighting hard to put on a good show, to make them money, to make
me money, and to make everybody happy.
Source: ADCC |
Quote
of the Day
"Treat others as ends, never as means."
Dag Hammarskjold, 1905-1961, Swedish Statesman, Secretary-general
of U.N.
|
WANDERLEI
SILVA HOPES: 'QUINTON JACKSON IS GOING TO GET HIT VERY HARD'
There
are only a few hours before WANDERLEI SILVA steps onto the airplane
for his long Journey to Tokyo. The PRIDE Middleweight Champion
of Pride chatted about his plans to conquer tournament on November
9th, and come home with another belt, that Pride GP champion
2003.
As
he prepares to leave, it is clear that he is in the best shape
of his career. Wanderlei agrees, stating that the training has
been clicking and going very well.
Speaking
about his first round opponent, Wanderlei states 'I consider
the fact that Hidehiko Yoshida will wear a gi is a good advantage
for me. This will help me out because the fighter who is not
wearing the gi should have the advantage - I will be able to
hold him, use many positions, strike' he smiles. 'This point
gives me an advantage'. said the axe murder.
Silva
is cheering 100% for Quinton Jackson to defeat Chuck Lidell so
that they can finally meet in the final. 'I don´t choose
my opponents, and I will fight Chuck for sure if he is there.
I just want to see Jackson winning because Quinton Jackson is
going to get hit really HARD! I want to hit him real hard. I
am going crazy wanting to hit that guy. I want to face him in
the final, I will break him down slowly.' guarantees Silva.
Undefeated
in Pride, the Brazilian states that he owes his success to his
team, since they prepare him very well for the matches.
Speaking
about the MMA scene in generaly, Wanderlei revealed what he thinks
about the victory of Randy Couture over Tito Ortiz at UFC 44.
'The result was what everybody wanted. Tito Ortiz is a very cocky
guy, he attracts very negative attention and creates a negative
atmosphere around himself, with that 'I dont give a shit' attitude
he has. If you could ask 10 people who they were supporting,
all 10 might answer they were supporting Couture, because he´s
a serious guy, more reserved. The fighter´s behavior and
control is what the serious fans appreciate. The fighter captivates
his fans or he simply keep them away - that is why Couture winning
was good for the sport' from the mouth of the Axe Murderer himself....
Source: ADCC |
2nd
American National Tournament Heats Up -
Who will be in Team America!
Word
from the IBJJF is that things are beginning to heat up for the
2nd American National BJJ Championships to be held in Torrance,
Ca. on December 2003. The event winners will automatically qualify
to be apart of the Team America at the 2004 Pan-Ams against Team
Brazil. You may remember last Pan-Ams when Rener Gracie defeated
Fabio Leopoldo in an epic battle or when Aaron Lapointe worked
his magic frustrating the Brazilian national Champion for 8 minutes
before succumbing to the guard pass!
This
year teams from Cleber Luciano, Rigan Machado, Paragon BJJ, Gracie
Barra OC, Caique Team, Rodrigo Medeiros BJJ Revolution will join
a team from Renzo Gracie Academy led by none other than Rolls
youngest son Igor Gracie and many others in this event to fight
for the right to be a part of Team America!
To
sign up or for more information go to: American
National
Source: ADCC |
Carlos
Machado grieves for his aunt
The passing of our dear aunt Layr Gracie!
Hi,
Kid!
I'm reaching you now to ask for your assistance in posting a
brief eulogy to our recently deceased aunt Layr Gracie, who was
the widow of our late uncle Carlos Gracie, and also the mother
of our dear cousins Carlos Gracie Jr., Karla Gracie, Crolin Gracie,
Reila Gracie, Rilion Gracie, and Kirla Gracie.
In a few words, I want to express the feelings that my brothers
Roger, Rigan, Jean Jacques, and John share at this moment.
Layr
was a strong woman, with remarkable qualities as a wife and mother.
Her marriage to late Carlos Gracie brought to this world incredible
children, who as adults have helped in their own ways the great
task of carrying on the legacy they inherited.
Layr was always our second mom, not only at the time we were
kids playing with our cousins, or gathering during vacation time
or holidays. I lived at my uncle's house in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro,
during my college years (my family was then living outside Rio).
She was always kind to me, and I felt as much at home there as
I did at my own place. I'm very grateful to her and my uncle
for their generosity then, and several other occasions throughout
our lives.
She was also a very spiritual woman, who lived for her children,
and taught them well the higher values of life. A proof of that
reflects on the personality of each of our cousins, who are honest
individuals, charismatic, and extremely kind, besides having
the warrior spirit so inherent in the martial arts, especially
in the Gracie Family.
At the time of her passing, one of her belongings at her bed
was a book. That book brings the message she was known for: Forgiveness
Forever, Hold No Resentment Ever!
These were some of the last things she expressed prior to her
departure. She could only keep love in her heart. She had no
time to spend on grievances. She knew that her mission was accomplished.
By now she is certainly in a better place. I suspect the angels
had something to do with all that. They conspired among themselves
that they could not allow aunt Layr to stay in this world for
too long, since they believed she was one of them. She was scheduled
to get back to her home, and leave us here just thoughtful of
her memories, and mourning her absence. Our comfort is the knowledge
that she is now where she belongs, despite the fact that in our
selfish ways we all would like to keep her around a lot longer.
Thank you for touching our lives, Aunt Layr. Your love and kindness
will always be remembered. Rest in peace! I know that from wherever
you are, you are still watching over all of us. We send you our
love with the deepest appreciation for all you have done during
your journey down here.
To our cousins Carlos Jr., Karla, Crolin, Reila, Rilion, and
Kirla, we share this moment in our hearts with you.
God
bless your wonderful family,
Carlos Machado and the Machado Brothers
Source: ADCC |
Babalu
Joins Gracie Barra Combat Team
photo
Gracie Barra Team - Gordo, Simões, Babalu, Capoeira, Cacareco,
Roger Gracie, Flavio Moura
Now
it's official. ' I'm training here. Now I'm part of Gracie Barra
Combat Team' stated Babalú today after a hard training
session in the new team. Together with him was, Eduardo Simões,
another ex-Ruas Vale-Tudo representative.
This changes are a big example of the new mentality in MMA world.
Some years ago would be impossible to imagin classical Luta-Livre
representatives like Alexandre Cacareco (Hugo Duarte), Renato
Babalú (Ruas Vale-Tudo), Eduardo Simões (Ruas)
and Flávio Moura (Budokan) training together with Jiu-Jitsu
champions like Marcio Pe de Pano, Roger Gracie, Marcio Feitosa
and Alexandre Café Dantas. But the professionalism erased
old prejudices and built new schools.
The excellent structure of Gracie Barra Combat Team and the friendly
climate of the academy are transforming GBCT in the new power
of Vale-Tudo in Brasil. 'Today we have one of the best structures
in the country' guarantees Carlo Malta manager of the Team, proudly
presenting the trainers: 'We have Carlos Gracie (director), Roberto
Correa (Jiu-Jitsu and Vale-Tudo), Vagner Coelho (Boxing), Nélson
Monteiro (Physical trainment), Ricardo Krause (doctor), Jaqueline
Figueiredo (physiotherapy) and in few days we must anounce an
international Wrestling' revealed Malta.
Brown belt of Carlos Gracie, Malta was one of the responsables
to convince the master to make a Vale-Tudo team 'Carlinhos didn´t
want to loose top fighters to Vale-Tudo anymore, so he decided
to create Gracie Barra Combat Team in the begining of this year',
explains the manager.
The result of this hard job is impressing the new teammembers.
'The climate here is excellent and the technique is awesome.
I've improved a lot my ground game' guarantees Cacareco. Flávio
Moura, ex-budokan, agrees: 'I´m very satisfied. The ground
fighters here are amazing and we have boxing and Wrestling classes.
I´m training twice a day. Now I know that soon I´ll
be fighting in a good event' says Moura.
GRACIE
BARRA COMBAT TEAM
Heavyweight
(over 93kg) - Marcio Pé de Pano, Alexandre Café
Dantas
Middleweight
(under 93kg) - Renato Babalú, Alexandre Cacareco, Roger
Gracie, Flávio Moura and Motoserra
Lightweight
(under 75kg) - Luís Cabelinho, Capoeira, Márcio
Feitosa and Luis Eduardo Simões
Source: ADCC |
KING
OF THE CAGE - Complete Results!
KING
OF THE CAGE - November 2nd - PALA Casino Resort Spa, California
more
news from this event as it comes in...
MAIN
EVENTS:
KING OF THE CAGE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
- Bobby Hoffman (C) Vs Paul Buentello: Buentello by Tap Out due
to Strikes, RD 2.
KING
OF THE CAGE LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
- Thomas Shulte (C) Vs Joe Stevenson: Stevenson by KO, in RD
1.
-
Thomas Denny Vs Richard Solis: Denny by Submssion, RD 2.
FEATURE
FIGHTS:
- Jeff Newton vs Joe Crilly: Newton by KO, in RD 1.
- Tony Bonello Vs Mansure Hedari: Bonello by Triangle, RD 1.
- Ray Elbe Vs Paul Silva: Elbe by Judges Decision.
- Art Santore Vs Joey Villasenor: Villasenor by Medical Stop,
RD 1.
- Kengo Watanabe Vs Wade Shipp: Shipp by TKO due to strikes,
RD 1.
- Mike Bourke Vs Keigo Kunihara: Kunihara by Judges Decision.
Source: ADCC |
SHOOTO
- Complete Results From This Weekend!
November
3, 2003
Kourakuen Hall - Tokyo, Japan
COMPLETE
RESULTS:
Class-A
Bouts:
Tetsuo Katsuta vs. Makoto Ishikawa: DRAW (both injured - cuts)
Naoya Uematsu vs. Katsuya Toida: Uematsu by leglock, RD 1.
Class-B
Bouts:
John Olav Einemo vs. Mindaugas Kulikaukas: Einemo by Arm Lock,
RD 1.
Shuichiro Katsumura vs. Eugenji Konkov: Katsumura by Rear Naked
Choke, RD 1.
Shigetoshi Iwase vs. Nico Nasieri: Iwase by Judges Decision.
Kenji Osawa vs. Augusto Frota: Osawa by Triangle Choke, RD 2.
Yohei Nanbu vs. Akitoshi Tamura: Tamura by Judges Decision.
Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Seigi Fujioka: Takaya by Judges Decision.
October
31st, 2003
Kitazawa Town Hall, Tokyo, Japan
COMPLETE
RESULTS:
Class B - 2 x 5 minutes rounds
Bantamweight [-56.0Kg]: BJ versus Junichi Sase: Sase by Judges
Decision
Featherweight
[-60.0Kg]: So Tazawa versus Takahiro Hosoi: Tazawa by Arm Lock,
in RD 1
Welterweight
[-70.0Kg]: Koji Takeuchi versus Ganjo Tentsuku: Tentsuku by Judges
Decision
Lightweight
[-65.0Kg}: Lion Takeshi versus Masanori 'Gatch' Sugatani: Takeshi
TKO, in RD 1.
Flyweight
[-52.0Kg] 2003 Rookie League
Issei Tsurumi versus Tiger Ishii: Ishii by Judges Decision.
Welterweight
[-70.0Kg] 2003 Rookie Tournament Final
Nobuhiro Obiya versus Tomonari Kanomata: Obiya by Strikes, in
RD 1.
Class
A - 3 x 5 minutes rounds
Bantamweight [-56.0Kg]: Junji Ikoma versus Takeyasu Hirono: Ikoma
by Judges Decison
Source: ADCC |
Probst's
PRIDE Preview Part II
When you follow MMA as closely as most of us, you may have a
penchant for uttering things out loud for no reason whatsoever.
Certainly
that was your humble columnist's best excuse when learning of
the PRIDE Grand Prix matchups November 9, which had the Vanderlei
Silva vs. Hidehiko Yoshida winner squaring off against the Quinton
Jackson-Chuck Liddell victor on the same night.
My
own utterance came in the form of, "Why don't they just
hand the trophy to Silva right now?"
An
innocent bystander and good friend in earshot asked why it seemed
unfair.
"Aren't
they used to doing this kind of thing?" my inquisitor asked,
who still thinks eye gouges are legal and that people get regularly
mauled and killed in MMA.
Yeah,
I replied. But it's like a dogfight in same format, except there's
three pit bulls and a German Shepard. Granted, the Shepard gets
to wear a gi, but the two pit bulls in the other bracket are
likely to take a hell of a lot out of one another before making
it to the finals. The Shepard's sole contribution will be how
much damage he does not do to his first opponent, thereby making
him relatively fresh for the finals.
My
inquisitor walked off, happy for the clarification, and no closer
to being a fan, for that matter.
Naturally,
none of the fighters in the tournament are dogs, but the analogy
holds true. For after Vanderlei Silva fights Hidehiko Yoshida,
the winner of that match gets the Quinton Jackson-Chuck Liddell
victor. And that's just stilted logic, because whoever walks
out of the ring as the winner between Jackson and Liddell is
going to have one hell of a fight to recover from before ostensibly
taking on Silva.
Yeah,
Yoshida was a gold medallist in Judo. His emergence into PRIDE
has left many skeptical as to the legitimacy of his fights. Letting
him wear the gi might help him use it as a weapon to grab onto
while trying to submit Silva, but is also allows "The Axe
Murderer" to grab onto him while raining down punches with
his free hand. I'm not going to say Yoshida doesn't have a chance
-- hell, Madeline Albright might beat Silva given a lucky punch,
but I wouldn't bet on her, either.
Look
for Silva to probe Yoshida early with strikes before taking him
out in the first round. MMA ain't judo, and Yoshida will find
out what it's like when a guy gets into the ring with the intention
of hitting you in the face. Silva might fight long enough to
break a sweat.
Jackson
and Liddell might be the best fight of the night. Whoever emerges
will have to pay the price of admission into the finals with
a lot of blood and bruises. The real question is which guy has
the right style to win this match and have enough to win the
finals, too? The answer here is probably Liddell. Jackson will
have to expend a lot of energy taking Chuck down and working
on the ground to make the kind of fight he needs to win, whereas
Chuck can always strike from the feet, open up with a flurry
if Jackson is hurt, and finish the fight.
The
problem there is that Jackson is a seriously tough dude who can
take a helluva shot. He won't fold unless he's literally beaten
to a pulp, and he can strike effectively on his feet, as well
as ground-and-pound to brutal effect. It comes down to a taxing
distance war, because neither guy figures to be good enough at
submissions to finish that way outside of a rear-naked choke.
Both
guys will be banged up and bloodied, and the pick here is Jackson
by decision in a war. It seems unfair for whomever wins that
they have to face Silva the same night, but life isn't fair.
However, if Jackson or Liddell wins the middleweight tournament,
that's an achievement.
Given
Jackson's style, it's going to be tough fighting Liddell and
beating him, then dealing with Silva. Liddell might have the
better shot, given that his standup is so good and he can score
a knockout quickly of anyone given an opening. However, I like
Silva to win the tournament. Not because he's the better fighter
-- they're all neck and neck -- but simply because knocking the
snot out of Yoshida will leave him with a lot of gas in the tank
his opponent won't have.
It
would be great to be wrong about this. It would be an especially
good storyline if Jackson won, possibly setting up a super-match
against Randy Couture. Or seeing Liddell beat Jackson and Silva
on the same night would be one hell of an accomplishment.
But
Silva's the pick because he's basically got one fight to win.
Source: Maxfighting |
Quote
of the Day
"The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - they are
the pillars of society."
Henrik Ibsen, 1828-1906, Norwegian Dramatist |
*Aloha
Martial Arts Festival*
Sunday November 9th, 2003
Registration and Weigh-ins starts at 8:30 am
Competition Begins at 9:30 am sharp!
Entry Fee: $20.00 Per Event
Where: KING INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL GYMNASIUM, KANEOHE
Featuring:
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* Weapons * Kata
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Source:
Tommy Lam
|
Interview
with "Mr. International" Shonie Carter
He
has been around the MMA block for many years. He has fought for
the big promotions, the small promotions, and everything in between.
This past weekend Shonie Carter added another win to his belt
in the WEC. What's next for Mr.International? He tells all, including
his thoughts on Pride and the UFC in our Interview of the Week.
MMAWeekly: Congratulations on your victory over J.T. Taylor in
the WEC last week.How was he as an opponent?
Shonie:
He was a “game” tough guy.
MMAWeekly:
Who’s next and where?
Shonie:
John Fitch in Las Vegas. It’s a Shooto sanctioned event
Nov 14th 2003.
MMAWeekly:
Everybody wants to know: Have you tried to get back into the
UFC. What’s the word?
Shonie:
Yes, we’re hoping to get the call to raise hell again real
soon. I know I can contribute to the entertainment value of the
show.
MMAWeekly:
How about the new lightweight div of pride ‘bushido”.
Have you had any contact with them?
Shonie:
Yes, them too. Same song second verse a little bit louder and
a little bit worse.
MMAWeekly:
How would you like to see the next 24-30 months of your career
go?
Shonie:
Making a hell of a lot more money, publishing my book, opening
a school in Las Vegas , starting a comic book, and a clothing
line.
MMAWeekly:
You seem so comfortable on the microphone after your fights.
Have you ever considered any type of entertainment outside of
fighting?
Shonie:
Yes, I’d like to star in an action film with the “Rock”.
I’d like a part in “Kill Bill” vol. II.
MMAWeekly:
It seems you’re very approachable before and after the fight.
How can you be so relaxed all the time?
Shonie:
I’ve been KO’d, TKO’d, lost by decision, and I’ve
won by all of the same ways. I’ve been punched and kicked,
elbowed and thrown and shot at. So the point is that a cage fight
ain’t shit. At least cage fighting has some sort of rules,
a Referee, timeouts and tap outs.
MMAWeekly:
Whom do you want to say thanks to?
Shonie:
My Management team of Tommy Rojas and Alan Wiese, my sponsor
OUTKASTFIGHTGEAR.COM, U.S. Shidokan, my training partners Brian
Gassaway, Rolando Higueros, Gabriel Sebaitis, my kids, The Carlson
Gracie people, The Combat Do and God.
MMAWeekly:
What’s the first thought that comes to mind when I say:
Japan...
Shonie:
Great sushi and tough fighters. I want my title shot in Pancrase
and Shooto. Don’t be scared.
MMAWeekly:
Dana White...
Shonie:
Most powerful man in MMA
MMAWeekly:
Scott Adams...
Shonie:
True to the game
MMAWeekly:
Frank Trigg...
Shonie:
Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha (Sarcastically)
MMAWeekly:
Las Vegas...
Shonie:
Did they bolt the doors? I’m coming back!
MMAWeekly:
What’s your “walk-around” weight?
Shonie:
190 lbs
MMAWeekly:
Are you ready to fight right now?
Shonie:
Is that a rhetorical question or is that a challenge?
MMAWeekly:
As always, it’s great to spend some time you, you’re
a crowd favorite. Thank you!
Shonie:
Thank you, come check me out at the Shidokan Dec 13, 2003 in
Chicago.
Source: MMA Weekly |
Pat
Smith Returning To Fight Frank Mir
UFC
veteran Pat Smith will be returning to the octagon for the first
time since UFC 6 in July of '95. His opponent? Frank Mir.
Mir,
who was originally scheduled to challenge Tim Sylvia for the
UFC Heavyweight championship at UFC 45: Revolution, will now
be fighting Pat Smith. Smith wasn't even the second choice for
Mir from the UFC. Mir was scheduled to rematch Wes Sims when
Sylvia was found guilty of steroid use. The Mir-Sims match was
all signed and sealed, but won't be delivered due to a injury
suffered in training by Wes Sims. This left UFC very little time
to find a suitable replacement for the third time for Heavyweight
sensation Frank Mir.
But
wait, UFC 45 is the 10th anniversary show of the Ultimate Fighting
Championship. What better idea than to match someone from the
first ever UFC against one of its' current up and comers?
Some
will argue the move, claiming it's unfair to guys like Ricco
Rodriguez, who is likely fighting prelim against Pedro Rizzo,
as well as Gan McGee, who lost "unfairly" to Tim Sylvia
(yeah right), and Andrei Arlovski, who blasted Vladimir Matyushenko
when he wasn't supposed to.
Well,
any of those guys would have been great for Mir. Personally,
a Ricco Rodriguez vs. Frank Mir match sounds nice to me, but
why complain about UFC actually putting together an old school
vs. new school fight on an anniversary show? It's an easy storyline
that's fun for everyone. Sure, Smith, in the minds of most fans,
doesn't stand a chance, but the pairing is intriguing. Sometimes
on short notice, you have to make the best of situations. Surprise
is good. And this one, in my mind, is pleasant.
Source:
MMA News |
Exclusive
Interview With Bobby Hoffman
Bobby
Hoffman has had a checkered past, to say the least, but he is
always ready to put it all on the line and throw down with the
big boys. After seeing Franca knock out Uno on the monitor next
to the Concession Stand at Mandalay Bay, I looked over and saw
this mammoth man with braids in his hair drowning a hotdog in
mustard. This monster of a man was the current King of the Cage
Heavyweight Champion, Bobby Hoffman. After I shook a huge, mustard-caked
ham of a hand, I had a chance to ask Bobby a few questions.
MMANews.com:
Any talk with Terry(Treblecock-KOTC Promoter) about a possible
opponent for your next Title defense?
Bobby
Hoffman: It looks like I am having a rematch with Paul Buentello
on November 2. Everyone is screaming about it, so we went ahead
and shceduled the fight for the 2nd at the Balla Casino in Oceanside.
MMANews.com:
Is this the first time KOTC will be fighting there?
Bobby
Hoffman: It will be the first time there will be a Mixed Martial
Arts event at this casino, it's a brand new casino, real nice.
MMANews.com:
Right on man. Any comments about your last fight? The way it
went down, what you thought of Paul's strengths and weaknesses.
Bobby
Hoffman: You know, Paul came out and blasted me with everything
he had. I have to give him credit, but he didn't knock me off
my feet. I guess everyone thought that because I bled, I lost
the fight. I ran out of gas.
I
was weighing about 260. I am 238 right now, you will see about
a 240 lb. Bobby Hoffman that will not run out of gas, and I will
dominate this fight.
I'll
answer all the questions, and anything that has been brought
up over the internet. All this bullshit everyone keeps talking...you
can talk shit about me as a person, but as a fighter, I do my
job. So, come and watch and it will be a good show as always,
either I will bleed or he will...someone will.
MMANews.com:
Are there any other possible contenders, or fighters you would
like to mix it up with out there?
Bobby
Hoffman: This is my last fight with KOTC. You know I would like
to try and get back here in the UFC and make an appearance. We
have a lot of things popping off in Japan after the first of
the year, so we'll see.
MMANews.com:
Alright, thanks for your time. Anything else to say to your fans?
Bobby
Hoffman: Nope.
Source:
MMA News
|
Pride
Update
Due
to the nature of the upcoming PRIDE FC event, tournament matches
will be shortened from the traditional three rounds to two for
FINAL CONFLICT, scheduled for November 9th, 2003 from the Tokyo
Dome in Japan.
FINAL
CONFLICT Round Format
Semi-Final, Final, and Reserve Matches
Round 1 - 10 minutes
Round 2 - 5 minutes
(2 minute interval between rounds)
This
adjusted round format is only for bouts related to the tournament.
All other matches on the fight card will be held in the traditional
10-5-5 format.
FINAL
CONFLICT is scheduled for November 9th, 2003 from the Tokyo Dome
in Japan. The event will premiere on North American pay per view
(through iNDEMAND, DIRECTV, DISH NETWORK, UrbanXtra, TVN1, Bell
Express Vu, and Viewer's Choice) on November 9th via same day
delay.
Source:
Pride |
K-1
Upcoming Schedule...
K-1 WORLD MAX 2003 // November 18, 2003
Place: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
In
mid November, K-1 returns to the ring for their K-1 WORLD MAX
2003 event, scheduled on the 18th. After that, the world's top
kickboxers return for the WORLD GP 2003 FINAL, scheduled for
Dec 6th in the Tokyo Dome.
COMPLETE
LINEUP (Subject To Change):
- Magunamu Sakai (Japan / Shidokan) VS Arslan Magomedov (Russia
/ Chinuk Gym)
- Takashi Ohno (Japan / Inspirit) VS Shin Nopadetsorn (Thailand
/ Ihara Dojo)
- Kazuya Yasuhiro (Japan / Seido Kaikan) VS Serkan Yilmaz (Turkey)
- Hiroyuki Doi (Japan / ShootBoxing) VS Marfio 'THE WARRIOR TIGER'
Kanoletti (Brazil)
- Takayuki Kohiruimaki (Japan / Team Dragon) VS Tony Valente
(USA)
- Takehiro Murahama (Japan /Osaka Prowres) VS Andy Souwer (Holland
/ ShootBoxing)
- Toshio Matsumoto (Japan / Fujimoto Gym) VS Duane Ludwig (USA
/ 3-D Martial Arts)
- Kojiro (Japan) VS Daniel Dawson (Australia / ShootBoxing)
- Genki Sudo (Japan / Free) VS Albert Kraus (Holland)
- Masato (Japan / Silver Wolf) VS Vince Phillips (USA / Free)
Source: ADCC |
Boxing
News -
Lewis Announcing Plans For Career on DEC 6th?
Check
out http://www.boxingtalk.net/ for the best BOXING
NEWS on the web. Earlier this week, there were reports of the
inevitable retirement of Heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis. A
lot of fallout since then!
Steward:
'I Never Said Anything Like That About Lennox, It's A Damn Lie!'
By G. Leon
(NOV
1st): Just minutes ago, legendary trainer Emanuel Steward told
Boxingtalk.com that his recent quotes in the Daily Express have
been taken out of context. 'I never said anything like that about
Lennox. I heard what they wrote, but it's a damn lie! Why would
I say something like that? Lennox will decide what he wants to
do. Right now he's just enjoying himself, but based on recent
conversations, the indications are that Lennox may fight again,'
said Steward, who later added, 'that whole story was bullshit.
' Manny also mentioned that Lennox might make his official announcement
regarding his future in boxing at the Klitschko-Johnson bout,
in New York City on December 6th. Remeber where you heard it
first. (1:05PM)
Vitali
Klitschko: If Lewis Retires, My Fight Pushed Him Into Leaving!
(NOV
1st): All of the mass media that pays any attention to professional
boxing have been reporting that the world heavyweight champion
under the World Boxing Council, Lennox Lewis, is going to retire
from the professional ring. Such a conclusion was based on an
interview with his trainer Emanuel Steward gave to the Daily
Express newspaper. When he was asked about Lennox’s next
fight Steward answered, “Lennox won’t fight before
the new year and almost certainly not after that. Lennox won’t
fight again – I am as sure of that as I can be. I am not
saying he definitely won’t go back, but there is very little
chance he will return again. Lennox has done all he has to do
in the ring. He has won the world title and is the undisputed
heavyweight champion in everyone’s eyes. He has got nothing
left to prove.” Boxingtalk got in touch with Vitali for
comments regarding this news.
Read
the entire interview by Roman Kernitski at http://www.boxingtalk.net/pages/kernitski15.htm
Source: ADCC |
THE
STAKES ARE HIGH FOR WRESTLING ON NEW TELEVISION NETWORK, CSTV
For
years wrestling fans in the U.S. have been screaming for more
exposure for the world's oldest sport on television. The wrestling
community deplored the lack of interest by network suits who
seemed not to understand or care about the passion with which
we regard this ancient and revered sport.
TV
executives are often easy targets for the wrath of faithful viewers
of programs which draw minuscule ratings and thus end up being
either cancelled or not renewed. But the wrestling community
was correct in decrying what many of these suits had done in
not even giving wrestling a chance to shine among the endless
hours of dim-witted shows that are force-fed to television viewers.
Until
now, that is.
Now
there is a television network dedicated to including lots of
wrestling programming. Now there is a chance to see wrestling
almost on a daily basis. And now there is an executive who not
only understands wrestling, but also was a Division I All-American
collegiate wrestler himself.
We
are referring here to the emergence of College Sports Television,
better known by its acronym of CSTV.
This
new network debuted in April. It broadcasts all types of collegiate
sporting events, including, of course, wrestling.
Spearheading
its wrestling programming is Chris Bevilacqua, CSTV executive
vice president and co-founder. Chris was a two-time All-American
wrestler at Penn State, finishing eighth in 1984 and fourth in
1985 at the NCAA Wrestling Championships, both years at 150 pounds.
He is the son of Coach Al Bevilacqua, chairman of the Metropolitan
Wrestling Association, of which Chris is also a member. He is
a television and marketing veteran who won an Emmy Award for
his work as an Associate Producer of the 1988 Olympic Games in
Seoul, South Korea.
Usually
when people are informed of the existence of CSTV they ask how
many people are getting it, and how they themselves can get it.
Fair, logical questions these are.
Right
now CSTV is available in about 15 million homes in the U.S. It
is available on satellite through DirecTV. It is available on
cable on the Adelphia and Insight systems. And it was reported
last Tuesday by Richard Sandomir in The New York Times that CSTV
may soon be available on Time Warner Cable.
Sandomir
reported about the establishment of a new sports tier on Time
Warner's digital system, which will be available to 1.4 million
customers in New York and New Jersey beginning Nov. 19. While
CSTV is not in the inaugural lineup, he wrote, 'CSTV: College
Sports Television should follow soon.' If Time Warner's digital
tier is picking up CSTV in New York, it likely will begin to
make it available on other of its systems. That may begin to
open up many other large systems, which we are being told are
very interested in offering CSTV.
So
far the wrestling programming being offered by CSTV is impressive.
In November, there will be 15 separate showings of wrestling
programs, and not only featuring college wrestling. Included
will be two shows on the 2003 Sunkist Kids/ASU International
Open, one on freestyle and one on Greco. CSTV will also air some
of the old classic compilations produced by Iowa Public Television
which highlighted the stars and great matches from its 27 years
of broadcasting college wrestling. CSTV will also include coverage
of wrestling in its general college sports news and feature shows.
And in December, it will air a schedule of college wrestling
matches, starting with the Iowa-Iowa State dual meet on Dec.
7.
But
there is a catch to all this. It is obvious that CSTV is in business
to make money. It will broadcast what its subscribers want. It
will dump what they do not want. That should also be obvious.
Hopefully
it will become just as obvious that the future of wrestling programming
on CSTV will now rest precisely with the wrestling community
itself. Where CSTV is available, if the wrestling community subscribes
to it, it will prosper. Where CSTV is not available, if the wrestling
community demands it of the local cable operators, they will
likely have to add it to their lineup, usually to their growing
digital tiers.
And,
just as critical for wrestling, the wrestling community must
watch the wrestling programming and inform other people about
it.
If
all these things happen, then wrestling may have its greatest
chance in the history of American television to get its fair
share of national programming. Conversely, if the wrestling community
fails to support CSTV, or fails to support its wrestling programming,
then the greatest opportunity for wrestling in the history of
American television will have been squandered.
Wrestlers
should know about opportunity. Sometimes an opportunity comes
along, and you must take advantage of it. More often you have
to create an opportunity for yourself, such as using a set-up
for a takedown. But if you blow that opportunity, you might not
ever get another one.
We
are in a transitional period in television in the U.S. Everything
is going digital. Analog broadcasting and cable systems will
soon go the way of those bulky old black-and-white consoles,
rabbit ear antennas, and a television market dominated by just
three national networks. The door, both technologically and financially,
is open to niche networks like CSTV. Regardless of which particular
networks survive, there is no turning back to these earlier eras.
Those
are the historical stakes that are being played out. If CSTV
fails, or perhaps more devastatingly for wrestling, succeeds
but its wrestling programming fails, then there is no telling
when another opportunity like this will arise. The conclusion
drawn by the TV suits, whether they were All-American wrestlers
or All-American drunkards, will be that there is just not enough
of an audience for wrestling to justify its being featured on
a regular basis.
For
more on CSTV, go to its web site at:
http://cstv.com/
STARTING
TODAY: 20 HOURS OF WRESTLING ON CSTV IN NOVEMBER!
There has
never been anything like it in the history of either American
television or wrestling.
Of
the 30 days of November, 12 will see wrestling broadcast on the
new television network, College Sports Television, or CSTV. These
broadcasts will include four shows, each repeated several times.
That yields a grand total of 20 hours of wrestling on CSTV in
November.
The
broadcasts will include multiple showings of four specials.
Being
broadcast for the first time will be two highlight shows about
the 2003 Sunkist Kids/ASU International Open, which was held
October 24-25 at the Wells Fargo Arena at Arizona State University
in Tempe, AZ.
The
first of these shows will focus on the men's freestyle competition.
The second show will focus on the Greco and women's competition.
These shows are part of CSTV's 'US Olympic Pursuit' series. Both
of the Sunkist shows are one hour in length.
The
other two shows are classic Iowa Public Television specials which
include highlights of the many great matches shown on its 'College
Wrestling' series over the past 27 years. Being shown this month
are 'Nerve-Racking Nineties' and 'Rowdy Rivals.' Both of these
documentaries are two hours in length.
Here
is the schedule for all the wrestling shows that will be broadcast
on CSTV in November. All times are EST:
Mon,
Nov. 3 -- 4:00 pm
CSTV Documentary - Wrestling
Nerve-Racking Nineties
Tue,
Nov. 4 -- 12:00 am
CSTV Documentary - Wrestling
Nerve-Racking Nineties
Tue,
Nov. 4 -- 8:00 am
CSTV Documentary - Wrestling
Nerve-Racking Nineties
Tue,
Nov. 11 -- 9:00 pm
US Olympic Pursuit
2003 Sunkist International Freestyle Wrestling Open
Wed,
Nov. 12 -- 5:00 am
US Olympic Pursuit
2003 Sunkist International Freestyle Wrestling Open
Wed,
Nov. 12 -- 1:00 pm
US Olympic Pursuit
2003 Sunkist International Freestyle Wrestling Open
Fri,
Nov. 14 -- 4:00 pm
CSTV Documentary - Wrestling
Rowdy Rivals
Sat,
Nov. 15 -- 12:00 am
CSTV Documentary - Wrestling
Rowdy Rivals
Sun,
Nov. 16 -- 11:00 pm
US Olympic Pursuit
2003 Sunkist International Freestyle Wrestling Open
Mon,
Nov. 17 -- 12:00 pm
US Olympic Pursuit
2003 Sunkist International Freestyle Wrestling Open
Tue,
Nov. 18 -- 9:00 pm
US Olympic Pursuit
2003 Sunkist International Greco-Roman Wrestling Open
Wed,
Nov. 19 -- 5:00 am
US Olympic Pursuit
2003 Sunkist International Greco-Roman Wrestling Open
Wed,
Nov. 19 -- 1:00 pm
US Olympic Pursuit
2003 Sunkist International Greco-Roman Wrestling Open
Sun,
Nov. 23 -- 8:00 pm
US Olympic Pursuit
2003 Sunkist International Greco-Roman Wrestling Open
Mon,
Nov. 24 -- 8:00 am
US Olympic Pursuit
2003 Sunkist International Greco-Roman Wrestling Open
In
addition, CSTV will be broadcasting a full slate of college wrestling
meets beginning in December. Here is the CSTV 2003-2004 college
wrestling schedule:
Sunday,
12/7 Iowa @ Iowa State
Tuesday, 1/6 Penn State @ Lehigh
Sunday, 1/11 Oklahoma State @ Iowa
Sunday, 1/18 NWCA National Duals
Saturday, 1/31 Cornell @ Penn
Monday, 2/2 NWCA All-Star Meet @ N. Iowa
Saturday, 2/7 Nebraska @ Iowa State
Friday, 2/20 Ohio State @ Iowa
Sunday, 3/7 Big Ten Championships @ Ohio State
Source:
ADCC |
Quote
of the Day
"Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in
the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there."
Josh Billings, 1815-1885, American Humorist, Lecturer |
1st
DESAFIO Pro Jiu-Jitsu (Japan vs Brazil) - Complete Results!
Date: November 1st 2003
Place: Velfarre, Japan
COMPLETE
RESULTS:
1st
Match
Hiroyuki Abe (Japan / AACC) vs Tatsuya Onose (Japan / Purebread)
Winner: Tatsuya Onose by point (0-2)
2nd
Match
Edmundo Cavalcante (Academia Amazon Jiu-Jitsu) vs Mitsuteru Tomioka
(R-Gym)
Winner: Edmundo Cavalcante by point (12-5)
3rd
Match
Mario Sergio Yokoyama (Ryan Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Nagoya) vs Kazuhiro
Kusayanagi (K'z FACTORY)
Winner: Kazuhiro Kusayanagi by point (0-4)
4th
Match
Fabio Leopoldo (Ryan Gracie Jiu-Jitsu ) vs Cristiano Kaminishi
(Axis Jiu-Jitsu Academy)
Winner: Fabio Leopoldo by arm bar , 8:07
5th
Match
Peter Been (Gracie Barra Australia) vs Hiroshi Tsuruya (Paraestra
Matsudo)
Winner: Hiroshi Tsuruya by point (0-4)
6th
Match
Bibiano Fernandez (Gracie Barra) vs Agnaldo Taba (INFIGHT)
Winner: Bibiano Fernandez by triangle , 0:24
7th
Match
Mario Reis (Behring Jiu-Jitsu) vs Takashi Watanabe (Paraestra
Niigata)
Winner: Mario Reis by arm bar , 7:23
8th
Match
Demian Maia (Master Jiu-Jitsu) vs Baba Hiroki (Hiro Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu Academy)
Winner: Demian Maia by knee bar , 3:07
9th
Match
Ronaldo Jacare (Master Jiu-Jitsu) vs Hironobu Sato (Free)
Winner: Ronaldo Jacare by Choke 4:55
Source: Booker K |
Tournament
Preparation – Part 1
By Matt “Wiggy” Wiggins
Well, the
next Pride show, “Final Conflict,” is now only days
away. Soon, we’ll see (arguably) four of the world’s
best MMA fighters under 205 lbs. (93 kg) fighting in something
we see very little of these days – a tournament. As such,
this week’s article is the first of a two-part article discussing
how to get into condition and prepare for a tournament.
When
done “right” (i.e. – all the fights are in one
night versus spread over multiple shows with only one fight at
each show), a tournament can be one of, if not THE, most physically
demanding contest a fighter can participate in. To think of it
in its most simple terms, think of all the preparation that a
fighter goes through in order to prepare for one fight. Now,
double or triple that amount of preparation (depending on whether
the fighter will have to fight two or three times in one night).
Instead of being able to only one fight for (given three rounds
of five minutes) 15 minutes, a fighter has to be prepared to
fight 30 minutes – or even 45. Also, a fighter has to be
able to deal with fighting an opponent who may be much less fatigued.
For
example, during the IFC tournament a few months back, Renato
“Babalu” Sobral had to endure two long fights before
getting to the finals. He was tired, his eyes had swollen, and
he had the fatigue of nearly 30 minutes of fighting to deal with.
His opponent in the finals, Jeremy Horn, conversely, had two
relatively quick fights, little fatigue, and no injuries. Had
Babalu not had phenomenal conditioning, there is no way he could
have lasted until the finals, much less fight Horn to a decision
win.
Work
Capacity
If a fighter is preparing for a tournament, he/she can’t,
in my opinion, wait until his/her normal 6 or 8 week “training
camp” starts. When preparing for a tournament, a fighter
should start strength and conditioning work at least 10-12 weeks
out. Intense conditioning doesn’t need to be done this far
out, but this is a good time for a fighter to work on some strength
training and begin to increase Work Capacity.
In
case you’re unfamiliar with the concept of Work Capacity,
here is an excerpt from my upcoming book, “Wiggy’s
Weight Dragging Manual.”
Not
sure what I mean by Work Capacity? Think about it this way –
imagine that we measure all work performed by a person via a
particular unit of measure. All the different types of work you
do throughout the day (exercising, mowing the lawn, cleaning
the garage, chopping firewood, bringing in the groceries, taking
a shower, clearing the dinner table, etc.) would be added up
as an overall total amount in this given unit of measure. This
overall total would be this person’s Work Capacity.
However,
the limits of one’s Work Capacity (i.e. – how much
work one person is absolutely capable of) aren’t necessarily
what you want to increase. While having a higher “maximum”
Work Capacity is good, it isn’t what will necessarily help
you the most. What is beneficial is your Work Capacity that you
can recover from. Let me explain.
Let’s
say that we measured two peoples’ Work Capacity (in whatever
unit of measure). Let’s say that Person A had a Maximum
Work Capacity of 10 units, while Person B had a Maximum Work
Capacity of 12 units. Initially, it looks like Person B is better
off, right?
Well,
let’s continue on to say that while Person A’s Maximum
is 10 units; he can routinely perform 8 units worth of work everyday,
and fully recover. In other words, he can do 8 units worth of
work day-in and day-out, and he won’t suffer from injury,
overtraining, de-compensation, muscle atrophy (shrinkage), etc.
Now, let’s say that Person B can routinely perform only
6 units of work everyday, and still fully recover. Who is better
off?
You
guessed it, Person A. By being able to do more work everyday,
Person A can do more work overall, and, should he do so, will
increase his Maximum Work Capacity much quicker and to much higher
levels than Person B.
It
is having a high Work Capacity that will allow a fighter to condition
him/herself for fighting in a tournament. Think of Work Capacity
like a gas tank, and conditioning like the gas you put in the
tank. If you have a 10-gallon gas tank, then you want as much
gas in there as possible. If your conditioning is good enough
to fill that 10-gallon tank with 10 gallons of gas, then you’re
good to go. You can either conserve that gas by going slowly,
or you can put the “pedal to the metal.” This will
use your gas a little more inefficiently, but you’ll get
where you’re going where you’re going quicker.
To
continue with the analogy, if you’ve only got a 10-gallon
tank, I don’t care what kind – or how much – conditioning
you do, the most gas you’re going to be able to cram in
that tank is 10 gallons. That’s it. So, if you’re fighting
in a tournament, you’ve got to be able to make that 10 gallons
last 2-3 fights instead of just one. Guess what? Now you only
have so much gas you can use in each fight. If you don’t
monitor your “mileage,” you’re going to run out
of gas before the Finish Line.
Now,
let’s say that you could upgrade from a 10-gallon tank to
a 15-gallon tank? Or better yet, what about a 20-gallon tank?
If you had a 20-gallon tank, you could fill it up to as high
as 20 gallons of gas instead of just 10. Now, you tell me –
which will better suit a fighter: having 10 gallons to spread
over 2-3 fights or having 20 gallons to spread over 2-3 fights?
You guessed it.
While
a fighter (depending on the situation) can increase his/her conditioning
somewhat rapidly, it takes longer to increase Work Capacity.
With conditioning, you’re training the body to work harder
during a given set of time. With Work Capacity, you’re training
to force the body to adapt to (and recover from) a much greater
volume of work. That’s why you start training Work Capacity
so much earlier. If you can get that built up, then you can switch
your focus from Work Capacity to conditioning as the fight nears.
And, in reality, you’ll now have to spend more time on conditioning
(it takes longer to fill a 20-gallon tank than it does a 10-gallon
tank).
GPP
The easiest (and best) way to increase Work Capacity is via the
use of GPP (General Physical Preparedness). In case you’re
unfamiliar with the term GPP, it is (very simply put) a method
of exercise that, while taxing strength and endurance reserves,
teaches the body to act as one cohesive unit to perform a task.
Examples of Weighted GPP (WGPP) would include Weight Dragging;
Sandbag, Kettlebell, or Medicine Ball Throws; Sledge Hammer Swinging,
Wheelbarrow Walking, etc. Examples of Non-Weighted GPP (NWGPP)
would include Jumping Jacks, Mountain Climbers, Shuffle Splits,
Burpees, etc.
The
best way to integrate GPP into your strength and conditioning
program is to throw 3-5 GPP workouts into you schedule per week.
Again, this should be done early in training so that you are
spending little to no time in skills training. As the fight nears,
GPP training will decrease as skills work increases.
While
you can do both WGPP and NWGPP on the same day, I’ve always
preferred performing one or the other, and alternating between
the two each workout. For example, if you did 3 GPP workouts
per week, do 2 WGPP + 1 NWGPP one week and 1 WGPP + 2 NWGPP the
next.
Your
GPP workouts don’t need to be long at first – say only
10-20 minutes. They also don’t have to be ultra-intense
(i.e. – you don’t have to be giving maximal or near-maximal
effort). The idea behind these workouts is to keep busy and get
more work done (overall). The more work you do now, the more
work (and more intense work) you’ll be able to do later.
Remember, you’re not trying to fill that tank with more
gas, you’re trying to make the tank itself bigger. (It will
also be conditioning that “refills” the tank between
fights.)
Sample
Routines:
Non-Weighted
GPP:
-Burpees x 30 seconds
-Jumping Jacks x 30 seconds
-Mountain Climbers x 30 seconds
-Shuffle Splits x 30 seconds
*repeat the above 5x for 10 minutes of non-stop work
Weighted
GPP:
Drag 100-125 lbs. in a Constant Fashion (if possible) for 20
minutes. Switch between different types of Dragging (Harness
Pulls, Crawls, Twists, Constant Overhead Presses, Ankle Dragging,
Crunches, etc.) throughout the 20 minutes. During the 20 minutes,
you are allotted 4 minutes (240 seconds) total to rest. You can
rest whenever you want and as long as you want. However, your
total rest can’t exceed 240 seconds. So, at the end of your
20-minute workout, you will have Drug for 16 minutes, and rest
for 4 minutes.
Tune
in next week for Part 2 of this article, which will cover the
switch form Work Capacity Training to Conditioning Training.
Train
Hard, Rest Hard, Play Hard.
Source: MMA Weekly |
UFC
HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCED
UFC President Dana White made the announcement LIVE on MMAWeekly
Radio yesterday. The UFC has created a Hall of Fame and every
year at least one fighter will be inducted into the Hall.
The
first two inductees will be UFC legends Royce Gracie and Ken
Shamrock. "These two fighters paved the way for the fighters
of today. They are true legends and deserve to be in the Hall."
When
Ken Shamrock was contacted White said "He was pretty emotional.
He just wanted to be remembered for what he did in the sport
and this was very fulfilling for him to have his legacy remembered."
White
continued by saying that MMA fans will get the opportunity to
take pictures and get autographs with some of the legends of
the Octagon. Here's the information for fans he want to attend.
Autograph
Session
Friday,
November 21
Mohegan
Sun 2 pm - 6 pm
Fighters
Participating: Royce Gracie, Ken Shamrock, Don Frye, Randy Couture,
Pat Miletich, Marco Ruas, Mark Coleman, Pat Smith, Fred Ettish
plus More fighters to be announced.
These
fighters will have some special "casino chips" made
to commemerate the 10th Anniversay fights. If you can't be there
at the Mohegan Sun, then if you buy the pay per view you will
receive these special casino chips as a collector's item.
Source: MMA Weekly |
Rudimar
and Sperry analyse Pride GP
On the Pride GP rhythm, TATAME webpage asked the leaders of two
of the most importants MMA teams of the world, Chute Boxe and
Brazilian Top Team, to analyze the November 9 show. One of the
BTT leaders, Zé Mário Sperry is confidant about
Rodrigo Minotauro's performance against one of the best nowadays
strikers Mirko Cro Cop. 'We believe on our fight strategy and
Minotauro will go striking, surprising everybody. Mirko won't
have an easy fight and when he will be defending a take down
attempt, I'm pretty sure that Mino will hit him on the face with
good punches. We are confident about his victory', states Sperry.
Zé
Mário believes that his teammate Murilo Bustamante will
be victorious in the Pride GP's reserve match with the American
Dan Henderson. 'This will be the real Murilo's debut at Pride.
He'll let Henderson gives the fight rhythm and will fight on
his mistake. I believe this will be a very active combat, but
Murilo is a complete fighter and he will win', believes Zé
Mário. About the GP, the BJJ black belt doesn't know who
will face Wanderlei Silva in the final bout, but he has one certainty:
'Wanderlei will knock everybody out!', says Sperry, that wishes
Wanderlei luck.
Minotauro has to short the distance
From
Curitiba, doing the last preparations to the Monday trip, Rudimar
Fedrigo also shows confindance about Wanderlei Silva's performance.
The Chute Boxe leader says that his athlete is well-prepared
and that he pretends to finish his fights quickly. 'Wanderlei
trained Muay Thai a lot and when we arrive in Japan we will continue
training in our Chute Boxe Japan. But you can be sure that Wanderlei
will maintain his usual game, trying to knock his opponents out',
expects Rudimar, previewing that the fight against Yoshida will
finish by a knock out or doctor stop.
About
the other GP second round combat, between Quinton Jackson and
Chuck Liddell, Rudimar agrees with Zé Mário. According
to them, both athletes have quite the same game and anyone can
win. 'Probably this fight goes till the end, but we aren't worried
about that. Wanderlei is prepared to face anyone else', says
Fedrigo. Experienced about Mirko Cro Cop's game, Wanderlei drawed
with Mirko at Pride 20, Rudimar sends his advice to Minotauro:
'Short the distance and try to do his best, take the fight to
the ground'.
Source: Tatame |
Cuban
wrestler deals with GB
One of the cuban Wrestling stars, Alejandro Murales is dealing
with the newly Vale-Tudo team of Gracie Barra Combat Team. According
to the GB promoter Carlo Malta, Murales is in Rio since Wednesday
to knew the team`s structure and will stay a week in the town.
'He liked the team pretty much. If everything be ok, he returns
in January to command the Gracie Barra's Wrestling', stated Malta.
Source: Tatame |
Meltzer
Gives Yoshida A Pass
Dave Meltzer
has an in depth article about Hidehiko Yoshida that discusses
head-on whether Yoshida is a fraud as a mixed martial artist.
Most
fans know that Yoshida was an Olympic gold medalist in Judo,
so his athletic talents are undeniably real. As Yoshida prepares
to face Vanderlei Silva in the semi-finals of the Pride Middleweight
tournament, however, there is remains controversy surrounding
the legitimacy of his fights, and the questions whether he is
a top-level mixed martial artist.
Meltzer,
who is a pro-wrestling journalist, understandably focuses whether
Yoshida's fights were real of fake. He basically believes that
Yoshida is the real deal, although he finds at least one of his
fights to be suspicious. Meltzer bolsters his argument by drawing
an interesting parallel between Yoshida's early success and calls
of worked fights to Sakuraba's early success and calls of worked
fights.
But,
Meltzer does not delve into the issue whether Yoshida is a real,
top-level mixed martial artist. I think that the more intriguing
question about Yoshida is whether he has been built up to false
heights through the Pride organization’s coddling and protecting
him.
When
you look at Yoshida’s fights, you can instantly see why
questions arise. His first fight against Royce Gracie was stopped
prematurely – and in direct violation of the rules –
when Yoshida began to choke Gracie. Rather than rule the fight
a no contest, Pride declared Yoshida the winner. While Meltzer
correctly argues that the stoppage is not evidence of a work,
it is evidence of Pride giving Yoshida a victory he had not earned.
Yoshida
next beat an over the hill Don Frye by arm-bar. He did so with
such incredible ease that many people thought the fight was fake.
But, I agree with Meltzer when he says that it is almost unimaginable
that Don Frye would let Yoshida destroy his arm like he did if
there was a pre-determined outcome. Nevertheless, Don Frye looked
so bad in the match that you have to wonder what business he
had being in the ring.
Frye
was coming off of an embarrassing knockout loss to Jerome LeBanner
(in a kickboxing match) at the Dynamite show, and lost his next
fight after Yoshida in a lack luster performance against Mark
Coleman. So, despite the fact that Frye had a good reputation
based on his old UFC days, it is hard to find any definitive
answers about Yoshida by looking at that fight.
After
Frye, Yoshida beat Satake in a fight that everybody agrees was
fishy. According to Meltzer:
A few days later, just hours before he killed himself, Pride
president Naoto Morishita ripped on Yoshida after the fight.
He said that Yoshida didn’t understand the idea of being
a professional fighter, saying that as a professional, you have
to entertain the fans, who paid big money for tickets and deserved
a longer match.
Enough said.
Yoshida’s
last fight was against Tamura. It was an interesting fight because
Tamura gave Yoshida a lot of trouble on the feet (he floored
Yoshida with a punch and repeatedly landed leg kicks), and did
a good job of avoiding Yoshida’s judo take-downs for some
time. But, strangely, when the fight went to the ground Tamura
did nothing to protect himself once Yoshida tried to choke him
out. While I respect Meltzer’s opinion that this fight was
not a work, I cannot help but wonder why Tamura did nothing to
prevent the choke.
Plus,
the fight took an even stranger turn when Yoshida claimed that
his knee had locked-up immediately after the fight ended. That
played itself out in a way that seemed almost too theatrical.
So
where does this leaves us? With more questions than answers.
While Yoshida has not been totally protected by Pride, he has
definitely been the beneficiary of some of Pride’s decisions.
Yes, Pride exposed Yoshida to some danger by having him face
Frye, but Yoshida has never faced a top-10 level opponent.
Clearly
Yoshida deserves credit for arm-barring Frye (a feat no other
fighter has accomplished), even if Frye was totally unprepared
for the fight. But, he only deserves so much credit.
While
some Yoshida boosters would like to believe otherwise, you cannot
make a strong case for Yoshida being a world-class fighter based
on the Frye fight. Even if you wanted to do so, your evaluation
would have to be tempered by the questionable chin and large
holes in Yoshida's stand-up game that were exposed by Tamura.
Of
course, there is no disputing Yoshida' take down skills, and
he has shown a good ability to finish a fight once it hits the
ground. But, those skills alone have not been overwhelming enough
to establish him as a great fighter.
The
truth is that Yoshida is a mostly untested fighter who looks
like he is heading for a KO loss against Vanderlei Silva. But,
Come November 9th we will have a lot better idea whether or not
he is the real deal.
And,
regardless whether Yoshida’s the real deal or not, I know
that I want to watch the show to find out. My guess is that is
exactly what Pride wants.
Source: Whaledog |
Babalu
Joins Gracie Barra
I just got word from Renato "Babalu" Sobral that he
has left the Marco Ruas Vale Tudo team and joined the Gracie
Barra Fight Team. It looks like Gustavo "Ximu" Machado
is going to join Babalu at Gracie Barra, where Alexandre Cacareco
Ferreira, another former Ruas Vale Tudo fighter, has also been
training.
Babalu,
is coming off a major victory in the IFC Light Heavyweight Tournament
in which he beat Jeremy Horn, Chute Box's Mauricio "Shogun"
Rua and Trevor Prangley in the same night to become the IFC Light
Heavyweight World Champion. Those at the show agreed that Babalu
not only solidified his position as one of the top light heavyweights
in the world, but showed the legendary heart, skill and determination
in winning the championship.
For fans anxious to see him back in action, I am afraid to say
that there is no official word yet on Babalu's next fight. But,
he has been in serious negotiations with promotions in Japan,
the U.S. and Brazil, and it sounds like we can expect another
BIG announcement soon.
Meanwhile,
Heat FC's press release stating that Babalu will be fighting
in that show was a little premature. Babalu and Heat have been
unable to reach a deal, and it looks like he will not be on the
card.
UPDATE:
Who woulda thought it - a luta livre fighter joining a Gracie
academy. My how times have changed.
Source: Whaledog |
Quote
of the Day
"The difference between the impossible and the possible
lies in a person's determination."
Tommy Lasorda "Hall of Fame" American Baseball Manager
|
More
Details:
Second
2 None No-Gi Submission Tournament
Kaiser High School Gym, Honolulu, Hawaii
January 18, 2003
Entry fee $30 (Until January 17th)
$40 on the day of the event
$5 admission (5 years and under free)
|
Punishment
in Paradise
Tentative Fight Card
Campbell High School Gym, Ewa Beach, Hawaii
November 29, 2003
MMA
- 185lbs
Corey Daniels (Kodenkan) vs. TBA (Jesus Is Lord)
Kickboxing
(Women's match) - 145lbs.
Adrienna Jenkins (HMC) vs. TBA
Kickboxing
- 155lbs
Jeffrey Pelen Jr. (Waianae Kickboxing) vs. Nester (Bull's Pen)
MMA
- 170lbs.
Ben George (Bulls Pen) vs. Adam (Freelance)
Kickboxing
- 125lbs.
Richard Pelen Jr. (Waianae Kickboxing) vs. Russell Barre (HMC)
MMA
- 170lbs.
Mike Bauer (HMC) vs. Chris Aiana (Bulls Pen)
MMA
- 240lbs
Jacob Fa'agai (Untamed Bloodline) vs. TBA (Bulls Pen)
Intermission
Kickboxing
(Women's match) - 120lbs.
Tatom Pelen (Waianae Kickboxing) vs. Sara (HMC)
Semi-Main
Event
Kickboxing - 165lbs.
PJ Dean (Waianae Kickboxing) vs. Deshawn Johnson (HMC)
Main
Event
MMA - 220lbs
Paul Savea (Untamed Bloodline) vs. Junior (Bull's Pen)
Source: Event Promoter |
Catching
Up With MATT HUGHES!
by: Keith Mills
On November
21st the UFC returns to Mohegan Sun where Matt Hughes will defend
his title for the second time this year. Word backstage is the
UFC are having trouble finding champion opponents for Hughes,
the #1 ranked Welterweight in the world. Out on the front lines
there are plenty of Welterweights that talk about going after
Hughes that are clawing their way up the rankings but the top
contenders don’t seem to want anything to do with Hughes.
No
wonder, Hughes has shown unstoppable takedowns and strength and
speed only matched by other wrestlers like Sean Sherk. That is
why it is no surprise that Frank Trigg is Matt’s next opponent.
Trigg was last seen defending his WFA belt in Las Vegas last
November against Dennis Hallman, one of two fighters to have
ever beaten Hughes. Although Trigg beat Hallman it was a fight
many have tried to forget. While exchanging blows standing Trigg
fired off a kick, which Hallman claimed struck his groin while
others present had varying degrees of belief. The fight was halted
for Hallman to get time to recover but when he failed to answer
the bell for the continuation of the fight he was deemed the
loser. Regardless of the details this defeat of a man who has
beaten the UFC champion not once but twice made his name golden
despite the apparent death of the WFA and a year away from the
spotlights.
Matt
is usually very patient with the press and very responsive to
the fans. It should be noted that while getting on a bus he took
time to answer a few questions before the group he was with had
to leave. With some of the group repeatedly calling for Matt
to hurry up Matt still gave us some words to pass to the fans,
a move not all the champions even of the feeder shows would consider
doing. Although this particular update is rather short Hughes
is one of the most approachable and modest champions, making
him a particularly good if overlooked spokesperson for the sport.
KM:
Your next fight is in UFC defending your title. MH: Yes. Frank
Trigg.
KM:
What do you think of Trigg? MH: Decent wrestler, limited striking,
limited submissions. I think his wrestling is really a question
mark; he is somewhat overrated.
KM:
He hasn’t fought in a year but in that time you have defended
your belt twice. Nobody’s really seen him since Hallman
in WFA and that fight ended quickly. Did you see that one? MH:
Yes. I was there live. I don’t know how long it lasted,
a minute or something. I told myself I’d rather fight Trigg
than Hallman. Trigg was winning in my mind. I don’t know
what the judges had it or anything. He was winning the fight
standing. Unless he’s really worked his ass off the last
year I see myself winning. I’m not trying to act like I’m
better than him or this and that but I really think if it comes
right down to it I’m the best person.
KM:
To you why does Trigg earn this fight? MH: He’s ranked #5
in the world right now. I don’t know if that is because
they need him to be #5, I don’t know why. His mouth has
got him some of that. He’s a talker and he’s got some
fights because of his mouth.
KM:
Word is not many people want to face you. Fighters will get in
the UFC and then want a couple fights before facing you. Not
many people are willing to step up against you. How do you feel
about that? MH: I think that is terrible because I’m the
champion and everybody should want to fight the champion.
At
this point Matt had to get on a bus. Extra thanks go out to Matt
for taking the time he was allowed to update the fans.
Source: ADCC |
Koral
Jiu-Jitsu Challenge
The
Koral Jiu-Jitsu Challenge will take place in Japan, today. The
highlight is the Brazil v Japan challenge featuring many of the
top BJJ'ers from Brazil like Ronaldo Jacare, Mario Reis, Fabio
Leopoldo, Damien Maia and Bibiano Fernandez making up Team Brazil.
Abe
Hiroyuki X Onose Tatsuya
Edmundo
Cavalcante X Tomioka
Mario
Sergio X Kusayanagi Kazuhiro
Fábio
Leopoldo X Cristiano Kaminishi
Peter
de Been X Tsuruya Hiroshi
Bibiano
Fernandes X Aguinaldo Taba
Demian
Maia X Hiroki Baba
Mário
Reis X Watanabe Takashi
Ronaldo
“Jacaré” X Sato Hironobu
Source: ADCC |
Mário
Reis
By Eduardo Ferreira
Mário
Reis in the Brazil vs Japan challenge
After
winning two world titles this year (II Wold Cup and VIII World
Championship) which gave him the front cover of Tatame August,
the BJJ black-belt is beginning to enjoy the fruits of his labour.
On November 1, he will be fighting in a Brazil vs Japan challenge
in Tokyo and, on the next two days, he'll be on of the referees
of the I Koral Cup, a Japanese-only tournament which will bring
together 200 Japanese. In this interview given just hours before
boarding the plane to Japan, Reis talks about his new challenges
and his future plans.
You
had a quick year and then staying out of the Brazilian competitions.
What happened?
I
came from a hard pace, having fought in the State cup in the
absolute weight category, the II World Cup and the VIII BJJ World
Championship. I ended up getting some injuries so I want to recover
for the Brazil vs Japan challenge. That's why I'm keeping clear
of the Brazilian competitions.
How
is your preparation for the Brazil vs Japan Challenge?
I'm
well prepared. After the VIII World Championship and the state
competitions, I recovered from my knee injury and I'm ready to
submit my opponent.
How
did you get that invitation to participate in the Brazil vs Japan
Challenge?
It's
the fruit of all the hard labour I've been putting into it. I
got a kick out of being called. Its the first time for me in
Japan and I can't wait to see Murilo, Wanderlei and Minotauro
fighting in Pride. Japanese are more keen to learn from us than
to beat us. It's great that we have this exchange. To spread
BJJ even more, there should be more like it.
In
the day after the challenge, you will be refereeing the Koral
Cup...
That
will be great. The Japanese like me and my work.
How
did they get to know you?
In
2000, I was training, still blue belt, at the BTT, when Ze Mário
Sperry came up to me and told me that some Japanese would be
training at the academy and he wanted me to train with Nakai.
Nakai had recently lost to Rickson in the Japanese open and I
beat him in front of the Japanese press with the same triangle
that I beat Frédson Paixão with this year. That's
how they got to know me.
After
the Challenge, what are your plans?
My
agenda is full. I will come back from Japan on November 12, stay
a week in Brazil, then off to California to give some seminars.
I will stay two weeks there. Then I will give other seminars
in Europe and in December participate in the Summer event in
Sao Paulo. There will be the seven best on the category up-to-75
kilos and the seven best in the category over-75 kilos. At the
start of next year, in March, I will be pitted against Fredson
Paixao in the Black-Belt Challenge for the worlds best black-belt.
Source: Tatame |
Jorge
"Macaco" Patino
Macaco:
Agenda full for the whole year
After
beating Ronaldo Jacaré in September with a straight to
the chin that placed him on the cover of our October edition,
the experienced Jiu-Jitsu black-belt Jorge Patino Macaco has
a full agenda. In his fight trajectory, he will face the Brazilian
Top Team athlete Luis Brito in MecaX and negotiating his participation
in the Brazil Super Fight 2, possibly disputing the champion
belt with Ikuhisa Minowa. In a TATAME exclusive Macaco talks
about his adversaries, his plans for the future and refutes the
rumours that he takes steroids. Check it out!
You
will face the athlete Luis Britto of BTT in the next Meca, in
December. What are your expectations?
It
will be a tough fight. He is a Zé Mario Sperry student
and must be well prepared. I have been training hard since Jungle
Fight. I am a warrior and to knock me out he will have to punch
a lot in order to open up my eye so as not to be caught in the
final round. It's his second fight and I have the force of my
29 fights.
How
is your relationship with the BSF producers, since you left fighting
at Jungle Fight at the very last minute?
The
BSF producer Zé Mario Sperry preferred me out of the tournament
due to the proximity with my fight at Jungle Fight. He didn't
want to risk. However, everything worked out well; because Minowa
won and me too. Now I will be fighting with him in BSF for the
belt.
Will
your game change to face Minowa?
I
managed to see him once; I will use a lot of Muay Thai. He doesn't
have the ground tecniques that I do. To take him to the ground
I will use a lot of knees, punches and kicks to the head. I will
not let him get me in a kimura or leg-lock. I will put the boot
in and take the belt back to Sao Paulo.
Tell
us about your fight with Jacare..
Jacare
is a tough lad. But the promoters got one thing wrong. It's as
if they threw a false dice with a master trickster. They should
have matched him with a less experienced fighter with less fights,
just like him. I'm used to taking punches and that's what we
were exchanging.
The
idea behind Jungle Fight was to open it up to the International
Circuit. Has any international offers come your way?
I'm
part of the Brazil Dojo and Wallid looks after that part. I even
had a fight in Tokyo but the guy couldn't fight. At the end of
November I will be on the card to fight the French Champion in
the Marrocos Superfight.
And
what about your ex-business partner Roberto Godoi? There have
been rumours of a rematch..
In
the time of the Black Belt Challenge, he challenged me to fight
in his weight-class, even thought here was a difference of ten
kilos between us. I fought well and he wasted three opportunities
to take me. I am a sportsman and a professional and I will give
him a rematch any time he wants. It just depends on the purse.
Without a doubt it will take Sao Paulo by storm.
Some
people have said that taking steroids has prejuduced your performance
in the ring. What would you say about that?
I
ask those people that don't trust me to train in my academy.
I train everyday, getting up at 5 o'clock to train Muay Thai
and Jiu-Jitsu. I push irin everyday. They overlook my diet and
training regime and attribute it to just muscle alone. They prefer
to think that I take shit to be pumped.
Source: Tatame |
Shooto
in Las Vegas for Anniversary
It was
November 12, 1993 when MMA made its United States debut. That
event in Denver, Colorado sent all of us on an incredible, if
not arduous journey towards modern day combat sports. And now
just 2 days after the official 10-year anniversary of that momentous
occasion, TUFF-N-UFF Productions, Inc. presents the next step
in the sports evolution with "Warrior Spirit: Evolution".
"Warrior"
- One who is engaged in or experienced in battle
"Spirit" - The vital principle or animating force within
all living beings
"Evolution" - A gradual process in which something
changes into a different and usually more complex or BETTER form.
Better
indeed... and now on November 14, 2003 at the Orleans Hotel and
Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada TUFF-N-UFF will show just how better
it has become with an exciting line-up of MMA action, all taking
place under the SHOOTO banner. This is the first time that an
MMA governing body will be operating under the jurisdiction of
the Nevada State Athletic Commission - the number one sanctioning
body for combat sports in the world. This will set the stage
for the new age of full contact fighting and for the next 10-years
of the sport's growth and development.
But
it doesn't stop there. "Warrior Spirit" also features
the first ever womens' MMA fight to take place in the "Combat
Capitol of the World". Fans will get to see Chris Brennan
protégé, Erica Montoya take on Arizona Combat Sports,
Jamie Lyn. Montoya is the most active female fighter in MMA and
arguably the top female in the world. She is looking to continue
establishing herself as the best, while Lyn wants to capitalize
on this opportunity to launch herself into everyones' consciousness.
In addition, there will be a pair of kickboxing match-ups that
promise to offer some intense action - with local fighter Albert
Torres v. San Diego's Eric Osario, and 8-1 Simon Diuof v. UFC
veteran and MMA stand-out, Marvin "The Beastman" Eastman.
TUFF-N-UFF is proud to bring these two sports together in Las
Vegas for the first time in the cities fight history.
The
SHOOTO card in it entirety offers up a stellar line-up of top-shelf
talent form across the county. It is an excellent opportunity
for each athlete to showcase his or her fighting skills in SHOOTO's
highest profile card to take place on the U.S. main-land... In
case all of that isn't enough to excite you, the very next day
at the Durango High School in Las Vegas, there will be the nationally
renowned grappling tournament called "Grapplers' Quest".
That will round out a weekend packed full of MMA, Kickboxing
and Submission Grappling for an all out martial arts extravaganza...
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SHOOTO
"Warrior Spirit: Evolution"
Orleans Hotel and Casino
Mardi Gras Ballroom
November 14, 2003
Call the Orleans for tickets and information
(702)365-7111 or (800)ORLEANS/(800)675-3267
Source: Event Promoter |
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