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1/31/04
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2004
12/31/03
"INOKI BOM-BA-YE 2003"
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11/30/02
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11/30/03
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Punishment
In Paradise Tonight!
Punishment
in Paradise
Campbell High School Gym, Ewa Beach, Hawaii
November 30, 2003
Doors open at 5:00PM
Fights start at 6:00PM
The
card has went through some changes due to some fighters not making
weight. This is not the most current fight card.
Kickboxing - 95lbs
Rodney Pua (Team Big Dog) vs. Sage Yoshida (HMC)
Kickboxing
- 145lbs.
Duke Saragosa (808 Fight Factory) vs. Trinity (Team Big Dog)
Boxing
Exhibition - 150lbs
Jeffrey Pelen Jr. (Waianae Kickboxing Club) vs. Nester (Bull's
Pen)
MMA
- 130lbs
Corey Ferreira (808 Fight Factory) vs. Ikaika Silva (Animal House)
MMA
- 190lbs
Jason Nicholas (808 Fight Factory) vs. Corey Daniels (Kodenkan)
MMA
- 170lbs.
Ben George (Bulls Pen) vs. Chris Aiana (Kailua Fight Club)
MMA
- 145lbs
Ed Newalu (808 Fight Factory) vs. Marcus Moreno (Bulls Pen)
Semi-Main
Event MMA - 265lbs & under
Jacob Fa'agai (Untamed Bloodline) vs. Junior (Bulls Pen)
Main
Event
Kickboxing - 170lbs.
PJ Dean (Waianae Kickboxing Club) vs. Deshawn Johnson (HMC)
Source: Event Promoter |
George Kotaka Takes
Gold Again!
The 44th Honolulu International Karate Do Championships was today.
The event was organized and hosted by the International Karate
Federation and was held at
Manoa Valley District Park.
IKF and World Karate Champion George Kotaka once again dominated
his division at the 44th Honolulu International Karate Do Championships.
Kotaka competed in the Men's 18-34 year old black belt kumite
division. Competitors from all over the globe came to compete.
In Kotaka's division there were 25 competitors.
The event was organized and hosted by the International Karate
Federation and was held at
Manoa Valley District Park.
Here are the results of the Men's 18-34 year old black belt kumite
division:
1st place: George Kotaka
2nd Place: Masa Kurita
3rd Place: Omar Ocampo & Mikio Oshima
George's gold medal did not come easy and without any trials.
In his first match, George won 4-0 utilizing a slow pace with
flawless counter punching. In his second match, George won 9-1,
again, through perfect counter punching. This fight was highlighted
with two brutal kicks to his opponent's body. The third match
saw George "tech" his opponent. However with about
a minute left, one of George's kicks landed square on the opponent's
elbow. This looked to be a possible broken foot , but after a
short medical check, George continued and floored his opponent
with a spinng back hand, which landed right on the button. George
was warned for excessive force before going on to the finals,
which he again shut out his opponent 8-0. This match could best
be described as total domination, showing why he is a world champion.
He dominated his final match with a broken foot and all. George's
primary weapons were lightning fast hands and feet, flawless
counter punching and beyond intense timing was unmatched.
Source: "Roving" Ryan Olivares |
PANCRASE Mega Event
Results
'PANCRASE 2003 HYBRID TOUR'
~10TH ANNIVERSARY SINCE 1993~
TRIPLE KING OF PANCRASE TITLE MATCH
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30,2003
RYOGOKU KOKUGIKAN (TOKYO, JAPAN)
AMATEUR MATCH #1
/ PANCRASE GATE RULES FEATHERWEIGHT 2x5 MIN ROUNDS
TAKUMI MURATA (A-3) drew ATSUSHI YAMAMOTO (KILLER BEE)
AMATEUR MATCH #2
/ PANCRASE GATE RULES LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT 2x5 MIN ROUNDS
YUYA SHIRAI (UNPLUGGED KOKUBUNJI) drew YASUHIRO KIRITA (TEAM
ALLIANCE)
PRO-MATCH #1 / FEATHERWEIGHT
3x5 MIN ROUNDS
YOSHIRO MAEDA (PANCRASE INAGAKIGUMI) def BARET YOSHIDA (U.S.A./ GRAPPLING UNLIMITED)
via KO
in Round 1.
Maeda caught
Baret shooting in with a straight right and that was all...
PRO-MATCH #2 / MIDDLEWEIGHT
3x5 MIN ROUNDS
KAZUO MISAKI (MIDDLEWEIGHT 5TH RANKED/PANCRASE GRABAKA) drew
JAKE SHIELDS (U.S.A./CESAR GRACIE ACADEMY) after 3 rounds [(30-29,
30-30, 29-29)]
PRO-MATCH #3 / SUPER
HEAVYWEIGHT 3x5 MIN ROUNDS
RON WATERMAN (SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT 2ND RANKED/U.S.A./TEAM IMPACT)
drew JIMMY AMBRIZ (U.S.A./NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING) after 3 rounds
[(30-30, 30-30, 30-30) ]
PRO-MATCH #4/ LIGHT
HEAVYWEIGHT 3x5 MIN ROUNDS
AKIHIRO GONO (LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT 3RD RANKED/PANCRASE GRABAKA)
def. NILSON DE CASTRO (LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT 4TH RANKED/BRAZIL/CHUTE
BOXE ACADEMY) via unanimous decision [(30-28, 30-28, 30-28)]
PRO-MATCH #5/ WELTERWEIGHT
K.O.P. TITLE DEFENSE 3x5 MIN ROUNDS
KIUMA KUNIOKU (1ST WELTERWEIGHT K.O.P./PANCRASEism) def KENICHI
SERIZAWA (WELTERWEIGHT 3RD RANKED/WAJUTSU KEISHUKAI SURUGA DOJO)
via unanimous decision [(30-28, 30-28, 30-27)]
SEMIFINAL/ MIDDLEWEIGHT
K.O.P. TITLE DEFENSE 3x5 MIN ROUNDS
RICARDO ALMEIDA (MIDDLEWEIGHT 4TH RANKED/U.S.A./RENZO GRACIE
JIU JITSU ACADEMY) def. NATHAN MARQUARDT (3RD MIDDLEWEIGHT K.O.P./U.S.A./COLORADO
STARS) via guillotine choke at 4:53 minutes in Round 1.
Almeida becomes Middleweight King of Pancrase.
MAIN EVENT/ LIGHT
HEAVYWEIGHT K.O.P. TITLE DEFENSE 3x5 MIN ROUNDS
YUKI KONDO (LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT 1ST RANKED/PANCRASEism) def. SANAE
KIKUTA (2ND LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT K.O.P./PANCRASE GRABAKA) via KO
by left hook at 0:08 minutes in R2
Source: Underground |
Larry Landless Speaks
Out - About His MMA Match!
by: Keith Mills
The December 6th KOTC card
is currently advertised as featuring Jeremy Horn vs. Dean Lister
for the Light Heavyweight belt and the MMA debut of Larry “The
Landlord” Landless. Yes, that is UFC and KOTC ref Larry
Landless. Larry has been around the fight game for years and
takes training seriously in addition to his experience in the
cage as a ref. Make no mistake about it, this isn’t just
some pro wrestling gimmick to sell tickets.
Larry has had a
rough week since reffing UFC 45. Although he admits to stopping
the Baroni/Tanner fight early on a miscommunication he has since
publicly apologized and hopes to put it behind him. It is revealing
to note Landless doesn’t say anything about the to this
reporter abhorring act of Baroni throwing two punches at him
while under his care and Landless just expresses regret for his
own mistake. Since this issue has been covered and discussed
extensively elsewhere letting this issue go and only focusing
on his fight was offered and accepted.
KM: Who is your
opponent? LL: I’ve been told it’s Paul Castamone (note:
no spelling even close was found in internet search engines so
spelling is guessed). I really don’t know anything about
him. They say he’s a very strong guy and someone told me
he was supposed to fight John Marsh at one time and for one reason
or another it didn’t pan out, I don’t know why.
KM: Any idea what
his record is? LL: No, I know nothing at all about him. Experienced
with some underground fights.
KM: At least you
are on an even playing field with this being your debut. LL:
Yeah, it works the same for me I guess.
KM: How do you feel
about making your debut? LL: I feel good. I was a little concerned
a couple weeks ago because I was training and didn’t seem
like physically I could put out the work and I was getting worried.
Rico Chiapparelli from rAw gym looked at me and surmised that
there was something not quite right and suggested a nutritionist.
I did and it turned out to be the best thing because now I’m
back on track. I feel better and wish I would have seen him sooner.
I went to see a friend of mine who works at Evolution Fitness,
his name is Clark. He sat down and figured out how much I was
eating and how often I worked out in the morning, afternoon,
and night. He said I was only consuming barely 22000 calories
a day and said I needed to be above 3500-4000 calories a day
for the type of work I was doing. I needed to eat more and better
foods. He broke down 30% carps, 60% protein, 10% fat. Those numbers
were totally backwards. My body was just shutting down, eating
itself up. The positive work I put into it slimming up just backfired.
KM: You feel that
is the last hurdle preparing for your debut? LL: Yeah, now I’m
back on track.
KM: I know you have
been training for a while but I don’t know where. LL: I
train with the submission factory. That is basically my club.
The guys who have been training me have been great because I
am the most difficult person to train with my attitude; I still
think I’m in charge and have to remember they are in charge.
Herb Dean and Mike come to my work and we go running; our sprints,
our laps, run the bleachers, run the hills. For them to take
that much time out of the day, I don’t show them the appreciation
I should show them. I love those guys. They have done so much,
they are real friends. They stuck by me when I was at my worst.
They still come in, still make me do the work…you got to
love them. Charlie Valencia will be my cornerman. He used to
train with me, he’s now with New Breed. He does Valencia
Freestyle Fighting. He is great, the best 135 or 145 pounder
in the world. You have got to see this guy fight. Once he gets
the big fights and starts to make a name out there…he is
amazing, people don’t know. Charlie Valencia, remember that
name. Rico Chiapparelli is helping me out a little bit. I got
to get on the mat with a few people like about a half hour or
forty-five minutes rolling with Jeremy Horn back in June.
KM: It sounds like
you are getting more of the wrestling and jiu-jitsu, more of
the grappling experience so far. Are you at all concerned about
your striking? LL: Herb is a phenomenal striker. Herb and Mike.
I’ve mostly done standup with them and my kickboxing coach.
He also teaches at Evolution Fitness. Primarily I’ll always
be a wrestler, twenty-five years of wrestling. I feel much better
now that I have some hands and start to use them.
KM: What weight
will you be fighting? LL: Heavyweight.
KM: No worries about
cutting weight or anything like that? LL: No. I’ll probably
be a little smaller than the guy I’m fighting to my understanding.
KM: Is that any
concern? LL: I think I’ll always have to concern myself
with a person that is strong. I think position can be strength
but all things being equal strength is great to have. I’m
going to have to be on top of things, really be alert, and do
my thing.
KM: It sounds like
you are mentally prepared. Any nerves? LL: I’m not nervous
really. I’d rather just get it over, just get in there and
do it. The grind of practice and getting ready for this has been
more than the match will probably be. I’ve sacrificed so
much as far as social life, I just want to just do this fight
and take the rest of the month off and evaluate where I want
to go with this.
KM: You own your
own gym? LL: Yeah. We’re looking to relocate it. Where we
are at is a real bad area; it’s hidden, hard to find, no-one
can see it off the major highway…it’s just a bad situation.
I’m hoping to relocate it to a better location. Hopefully
we can get that going around February. (Note: http://www.submissionfactory.com/).
We’re just taking it month to month.
KM: Any sponsors
yet? LL: Oh yeah. Fightgame.tv has offered me a sponsorship.
Al Nava, I’ve known him for a long time, he’s a real
positive person. I have a paint shop that is sponsoring me, God
I wish I could remember the name. Of course Joe Camacho, he’ll
have a little patch on my shorts. John Ouana helped me out and
got me some shorts to fight in. Evolution Fitness in Pasadena,
great gym. Of course my family.
KM: The family is
real supportive? LL: Yeah, they are. I have a lot of them coming
to watch this fight. They get pretty crazy. If they aren’t
drinking it’ll be ok, if they start drinking look out.
KM: I feel sorry
for your opponent. He is going to have a good deal of the crowd
against him. LL: I don’t know, I think I made a lot of enemies
this last week. It’s probably going to balance out. (Both
laugh).
KM: Here it is your
debut but on KOTC’s website it’s basically just listing
Lister/Horn and you. You are the only three fighters listed on
that card. I’m wondering if any of the other fighters are
going to feel ‘this guy is making his debut and he’s
billed above me’. LL: I never asked for that. I don’t
care if I’m the first fight that night. I’m not worried
about those things, I’m dong this for myself. I’m not
doing this to impress people. I’ve been wanting to do it
for a long time. I’ll just do this and then figure out what
I want to do next. Whatever I choose to do is my choice. No hard
feelings, we’re sportsmen. I’m going to go out there
and give it my best and I know my guy is going to give it his
best and when it’s over win, lose, or draw, I’m going
to shake his hand and wish him well with the rest of his life.
Source: ADCC |
MMA in Rio de Janeiro
- New Event!
by André Araújo
Global Mix Combat
in Rio Centro
The Rio Centro,
located in Rio de Janeiro will be the stage of a new, awesome
event that will rock the city during the last week of January.
Global Mixed Combat will be held in the biggest convention place
in Rio de Janeiro. With enough room for 10 thousand people, the
'Pavilhão 2' will also feature a VIP common area with
food, beverages and air conditioning for 100 people.
The event promises
even more! One of the better Reggae bands in Brazil, Cidade Negra,
will perform, and the popular TV host Evandro Mesquita will host
the mega show. Djs, dancers and a sports fair are scheduled to
happen before the MMA tournament. The fights are some of the
most expected in history - the debut in Vale-Tudo of BJJ world
champions Márcio Pé de Pano and Márcio Feitosa.
Others stars from Gracie Combat Team will debut as well, such
as fighters from Luta-Livre Alexandre Cacareco and Renato Babalú.
According to manager
Cláudio Seabra, Fit Express gym’s onwer in Barra,
the name was carefully chosen by the crew. 'Our partner Renzo
Gracie sent us an email with 15 different names. We decided on
Global Mixed Combat', confirmed in first hands Seabra.
Look for more news
on this event in the coming days...
Source: ADCC |
Left Elbow Takes
the "Axe Murderer" Out of the Next PRIDE event!
By Eduardo Alonso
Despite DSE's clear intentions of using their Middleweight and
Middleweight GP champion Wanderlei Silva in their final card
of 2003, scheduled for the very end of December, the Brazilian
fighter will not be able to compete, as he initially wanted.
Silva was suffering from bursitis on his left elbow, even before
his PRIDE GP Final Conflict appearance this month. Due to all
the kicks he took on that spot during training sessions, his
left elbow began to swell a lot -- to the point he almost got
"a ball" in the joint, however his doctor decided it
was better for him to wait until after PRIDE GP Final Conflict
to have surgery, and this was exactly what they did. This last
Thursday Wanderlei Silva had surgery on his left elbow, with
the same doctor who did his knee surgery last year. "The
Axe Murderer" will be able to return to training in around
two to three weeks, and will now enjoy a well deserved vacation
with his family, anxious to get back in action next year.
Source: FCF |
SPRATT LOSES IN
TKO AND MAYBE UFC 46
It's becoming a familiar trend for UFC veterans. Take a fight
in another company with the thought of making extra money before
your big UFC fight.
Only problem, if
you lose your fight in any "other" organization you
may face the possibility of not ever returning to the UFC. Pete
Spratt will now be waiting to hear if he has a future with the
UFC 46 show scheduled in January.
Spratt was scheduled
to face Karo Parisyan at UFC 46 in Las Vegas, Nevada, but now
that he lost last night to George St.Pierre in the first round
by choke up in Canada, Spratt's future is defintely up in the
air.
We have seen this
misfortune happen in the past, most recently with Dennis Hallman.
Hallman was scheduled to face Jeremy Jackson in the UFC, only
to lose a month before his fight and the UFC replaced him with
Nick Diaz.
Now ironically enough,
MMAWeekly.com has learned that Diaz seems to be the front runner
to face Karo Parisyan IF, and it's still a very big "if",
Pete Spratt is dropped from his UFC deal in January. The UFC
has yet to decide what they will do for UFC 46 as of press time.
Source: MMA Weekly |
Sakuraba vs. Silva
4?
Fightsport 24/7 has the latest scoop on the prospective cards
for the 3 big MMA shows that are all going to run on New Years
Eve in Japan. According to the report, Pride wants Kazushi Sakuraba
to fight Vanderlei Silva for the fourth time.
My proposed title
for the show? Death Wish IV: the Beatdown.
Source: Whaledog |
Pedro Rizzo dealing
with Ultimate
Pedro Rizzo is departuring today back to US, where he will meet
the UFC producers to negotiate a new contract. The November 21
fight against Ricco Rodriguez was the last one of his past contract
and, according to his interview to TATAME.com, Rizzo now wants
new challenges, as being able to fight at Pride, like Chuck Liddell.
Back to Brazil, the Marco Ruas' pupil was in the first edition
of K-1 MMA, last Thursday, when he was at his teammate Antoine
Jaoude's corner. After the show, Rizzo was seen in a long chat
with Sérgio Batarelli, the K-1 MMA director.
About his victory
over Rodriguez at UFC, Pedro Rizzo doesn't seem very happy. According
to him, Ricco didn't want to fight, letting the combat very boring.
"When I changed punches, he clinched or went to the ground,
making the guard. I couldn't do what I really want, the KO,"
complaint Pedro.
Source: Tatame |
Chad Mason: Fight
At Your Own Risk
By Sean Sherk
Sean Sherk is one of the better fighters in the world in his
weight class and today he wanted to get this off his chest at
MMAWeekly.
I remember how proud
I felt standing across Matt Hughes at UFC 42, fighting in the
main event on pay-per-view after struggling to make a name for
myself in smaller shows since 1999. I’m a very private person
and have made MMA my full time career—it’s in my blood,
the subject never drifts far from my mind.
Today I’m working
15-hour days, holding down two jobs. This is certainly not where
I expected to be after recently proposing to my girlfriend. When
I choose to fight, there is nothing that is going to stop me…until
I met promoter Chad Mason.
In mid-August, Chad
contacted me about promoting a fight in my hometown here in Minnesota.
After reaching an agreement with my manager, DeWayne Zinkin,
Jr., I spent hours on the Net finding suitable venues to help
him any way possible. I really want the sport to grow, and despite
hearing things about Chad’s storied past, I wanted to fight
in front of my hometown fans, friends and family.
After settling on
Spikers, a local bar that I had fought at before, I joined Chad
in meeting with them to cut the deal for November 1st. Originally,
I was going to be on two Chad Mason cards during the same month—one
on the 1st(Minnesota) and one on the 28th(Iowa). On his word
and supposed contract, I turned down other offers and put everything
I had into training and assisting Chad with the promotion.
Unbeknownst to anyone,
including Spikers, Chad changed the first date to November 7th.
Spikers called me and read me the riot act, but I assured them
the November 7th date was good as gold and not to worry. Though
I had nothing to do with the promotion outside of fighting, I
told Chad I could sell tickets and sure enough, I sold over 150
in less than two weeks. My family and friends were staying at
nearby hotels and I was excited about fighting in front of my
hometown crowd.
The Monday before
the show, Chad called me and said everything was great and that
he was going to finalize my deal with DeWayne, along with buying
some airtime on a local radio station for advertising. I felt
good about the situation and concentrated on my training, anticipating
the inevitable. But as the days passed, I never heard back from
Chad and my manager couldn’t reach him.
The day before the
show I received a call from someone who said the show had been
canceled for two weeks. Promoter Monte Cox even called and said
the same thing, as if it had been public knowledge. But how could
this be? I had just spoken with Chad days before the show. After
receiving two more calls relating to the same subject, I tried
to reach him but to no avail.
Chad finally called
Thursday evening, admitting the show was canceled. If not for
that call, I would have shown up Friday night with all the people
I sold tickets to, along with my family and closest friends,
expecting to see me fight. I would have looked like an ass.
I told Chad I needed
to be paid for the 12 weeks of training and keeping me off the
market for three months with no fights and no money. He said
he would personally come to Minnesota on Sunday to remedy the
money. He never did.
As soon as I got
off the phone with Chad that Thursday, I spent the rest of my
night calling everyone I know, and everyone I sold tickets to,
telling them the show was canceled, assuring their money will
be paid back. I called Spikers as well and left a message with
the manager telling him the show was canceled and what happened.
I got a call from
Brad Kohler on Friday morning saying he talked with Spikers;
they wanted to meet with me. He told me they were pissed off
and rightly so. Brad went to the meeting to do some damage control.
They blamed me for everything that happened. They said they were
out a lot of money for chair and table rentals and whatever else.
Outside of losing
money and other opportunities, I lost face in my own town and
that’s something I can never regain.
At the end of the
meeting they asked if I would stay and meet people on the night
in question to explain why there was no show. Along with Brad,
I stayed at Spikers for five hours. I spent Friday, Saturday
and Sunday returning people’s ticket money. Chad Mason just
disappeared and left me to clean up his mess.
He is a coward without
a conscience.
Chad did not answer
any of my phone calls or my manager’s calls for several
days. When we finally got a hold of him, he kept saying he would
pay my show money which he said I was entitled to for all my
work and training. Chad assured me he would pay the next day,
but tomorrow never came. Of course the November 28th date came
and went without a thought. Several fighters lost out on this
opportunity as well.
The last time I
talked with Chad was about a week ago. He said he was going to
Western Union to wire the money and would call back 20 minutes
later after everything was sent. He never called back.
I’ve called
30 times since then; he will not answer his phone.
So for the first
time in nearly three years, I’m working full time and unable
to concentrate on training 100%. Every night, no matter how tired
I am, I still train with the same intensity I’ve always
had. My name is mud in my own town, Chad Mason contends he is
putting on a show (without me against my original opponent) on
December 12th and refuses to acknowledge the people he’s
hurt in the process. To boot, the money owed to me was to pay
for my wedding on January 24th, something Chad knew all along.
I’m not asking
for sympathy, but I am asking the MMA community to permanently
ban Chad Mason from promoting shows. He is taking advantage of
a movement yearning to find its legs and I cannot allow this
person to continue his practice of stepping on people for financial
gain.
I urge everyone
to strongly reconsider any dealings with this individual. This
sport is still a grassroots community, one with a lot of hope
to succeed. It’s a shame bad apples have plagued what so
many have fought for so I ask you to do the right thing and shun
his unscrupulous practices.
Source: MMA Weekly |
Quote
of the Day
There is one thing stronger than all the world, and that is an
idea whose time has come."
Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French Poet, Dramatist, Novelist
|
KICK'N
IT 3 Results
November
28, 2003
Holomua Elementry, Ewa Beach, Hawaii
By Chris Onzuka - Chris@Onzuka.com
The big tent in Ewa that the event was held in could barely contain
the action as Hawaii's best kickboxers put it on the line. They
came out and emptied their gas tanks in every round. Once very
large in Hawaii, kickboxing events slowly fizzled out. Dennis
Alexio kept it alive by headlining his own events for a while.
After Alexio retired, kickboxing almost ceased to exist. Now
after only three events, you would have never believed that kickboxing
had taken a break by the level of the kickboxers. The night started
off with a great battle of two young warriors. Kai Ruiz and Keanu
Kamaka took turns having the upper hand in the fight only to
have the other one come back and take back the lead of the fight.
Some of the night's action got to the next level during matches
like Kaneala Stanton and Nick Correira and when David Balicao's
quick hands and power punches took apart Earnie Candilaris. Danny
Kaheaku and company felt it was time to crown some champions
and have them start defending their titles in future events.
This event was capped off with five championship bouts. Starting
with the kid's championship and leading up to the most anticipated
kickboxing match in a long time, Moreno versus Taylor. In a championship
title bout, Brandon Absher and Joey Kuni had a war. This fight
had supporters from both sides on their feet and brought on a
comedic twist when the sprinklers suddenly turned on and had
to be covered up. When the sprinklers were taken care of, the
estatic crowd kicked out the electrical cord to the lights. The
match was stopped with 20 seconds left. After the lights were
restored, both fighters unloaded on each other for the remaining
seconds causing the crowd to go crazy. Absher's accurate punches
and kicks earned him more points in the judge's eyes than Kuni's
constant pressure throughout the bout. This led us to the main
event, Moreno versus Taylor.
Danny Kaheaku came
into the ring to announce that part of the proceeds of this event
would be donated to the war on Ice (Crystal meth-amphetamine),
which is a huge problem in Hawaii. This event was created with
the hope that this would give kids a reason to stay away from
drugs and have an activity to train for and compete. Danny gave
a piece of himself to the crowd telling everyone that he made
some mistakes in the past with this very issue and that he would
be paying for that mistake by serving some time behind bars.
This brought a real world perspective to the issue and more than
helped to drive home the point. Hopefully, more than a few young
people took his message to heart and will choose the right path.
On to the main event.
The key to this bout was who would be able to make the other
fight their fight. It was a classic boxer versus kickboxer match
up. Three time Hawaii Golden Gloves champion and MMA fighter
Mark "El Torro" Moreno fought Hawaii Golden Gloves
champion, Hawaii State Kickboxing champion and West Coast kickboxing
champion, Shawn "Tornado" Taylor. Taylor's straight
ahead style seemed to work right into Moreno's. Moreno chose
to forgo most of the kicks and unloaded his fists on Taylor.
Every one of Moreno's punches were thrown with bad intentions
and most of them hit their mark. Taylor has always been known
to have a tough head…er…chin. Moreno dropped Taylor
to the canvas in the first round and seemingly had Taylor out
on his feet at one point. Moreno started getting a little frustrated
because Taylor's reaction was to keep pressing Moreno. Moreno
finally landed the punch that finished the fight, causing Taylor
to crash into the ropes.
65lbs - Exhibition:
3 Rounds - 45 seconds
Kai Ruiz (Makakilo Kickboxing) drew Keanu Kamaka (808 Fight Factory)
50lbs - Exhibition:
3 Rounds - 45 seconds
Dahwen Bright (Makakilo Kickboxing) drew Triston Pebris (Ewa
Beach Fight Club)
95lbs - 3 Rounds
- 1:30 minutes
Sage Yoshida (HMC) def. Rodney Jo Barona (Team Big Dog)
Majority Decision [(29-28), (29-28), (29-28)] after 3 rounds.
160lbs - 3 Rounds
- 1:30 minutes
Jerry Bright (Nanakuli Kickboxing) def. Oscar Cano (HMC)
Unanimous Decision [(29-28), (30-27), (30-27)] after 3 rounds.
150lbs - Exhibition:
3 Rounds - 1:30 minutes
Kaneala Stanton (Ewa Beach Fight Club) drew Nick Correia (Makakilo
Kickboxing)
200lbs - 3 Rounds
- 2 minutes
Mark Shemwell (Geraldi Muay Thai) def. Gun Wheeler (HMC)
Unanimous Decision [(29-28), (30-27), (30-27)] after 3 rounds.
65lbs - Exhibition:
3 Rounds - 1:30 minutes
Dillan Bright (Nanakuli Kickboxing) drew Kawai Keliihoomalu-Abregano
(Ewa Beach Fight Club)
Heavyweight - 3
Rounds - 2 minutes
Shilo Ho (Team Big Dog) def. Doug Armaral (Hard Knocks)
Unanimous Decision [(30-25), (29-27), (30-26)] after 3 rounds.
Kids Championship
- 60lbs - 3 Rounds - 1:30 minutes
Dido Rodrigues (Waianae Kickboxing) def. Kai Kamaka III (808
Fight Factory)
Majority Decision [(30-27), (29-28), (28-29)] after 3 rounds.
Lightweight Championship
- 140lbs - 3 Rounds - 1:30 minutes
David Balicao (Nanakuli Kickboxing) def. Ernie Candilaris (Waimanalo
Kickboxing)
TKO via referee stoppage at 1:58 minutes in Round 1.
Super Lightweight
Championship - 135lbs - 3 Rounds - 1:30 minutes
Dominator Lopez (Team Big Dog) def. Jr Yacup (808 Fight Factory)
By default, Yacup could not fight.
Welterweight Championship
- 155lbs - 3 Rounds - 1:30 minutes
Brandon Absher (Nanakuli Kickboxing) def. Joey Kuni (Team Big
Dog)
Majority Decision [(29-28), (29-28), (28-28)] after 3 rounds.
Super Middleweight
Championship: 175lbs - 3 Rounds - 1:30 minutes
Mark "El Torro" Moreno (Bulls Pen) def. Shawn "Tornado"
Taylor (Waimanalo Kickboxing)
KO at 1:24 minutes in Round 3. |
Punishment
In Paradise Correction
We want to make sure
that everyone know that PIP is
this SUNDAY, November 30th.
We listed it Nov. 29th, but that is incorrect. Sorry about that.
|
Put
a fork in it, it's done?!
Could the long rumored death of the 155 lb. division in the UFC
be for real? Graciefighter.com is reporting a rumor that:
B.J.
Penn has asked ZUFFA for a fight against the winner of Hughes
vs. Trigg. B.J., invigorated by a win over Gomi, wants a U.F.C
title and doesn't mind going up a weight class to get it. B.J.'s
last fight in the UFC was a draw against Caol Uno for the vacant
lightweight (155 lb.) belt. If Penn believes he has to move up
to the 170 lb. division to get another title shot, we have a
good indication that the UFC has decided to drop the lightweight
championship and possibly the entire weight class.
If
that turns out to be the case, it would be a real shame. In fact,
it would be more than a shame, it would be an example of a failure
of the UFC management. Although it is difficult to build a fight
card around a 155 lb. headline match, the lightweight division
is one of the only weight classes where the UFC has most of world's
the top talent on its cards. It is an area of strength that the
UFC should build upon, not a division it should abandon.
The
end is obviously not here yet, since Yves Edwards is scheduled
to fight in the next UFC card and Uno fought Hermes Franca at
UFC 44 (although, significantly, the fight was not televised).
But, I have to wonder if how many more lightweight fights we
will see in the UFC. If the answer is "few if any,"
then I think the UFC has made a mistake.
Source:
Whaledog |
Chuck
will finally get his shot....
Dana White has announced that Chuck Liddell will fight Tito Ortiz
in UFC 47 scheduled in March. The two will be fighting at their
regular weight class of light heavyweight, and there will be
no title involved. The fight for which many have been waiting
is finally here.
For
over a year, Ortiz had been ducking this fight, citing excuse
after excuse as to why the two had not met in the octagon. One
of his favorite reasons was in regard to compensation. Ortiz
felt that the UFC was not paying him enough for the bout. Because
of this excuse and many others, there came a point in the UFC
when Tito could barely show his face. This subsided, however,
as people heard that Ortiz had agreed to fight Couture after
Couture's win over Liddell. But, soon after Ortiz' loss at the
hands of Couture, the fans again grew hungry to see the Liddell
fight. And as this happened, Tito stayed true to form: he tried
to duck Liddell, again. After his loss to Couture, when the fight
between Liddell and he was inevitable, Tito attempted to get
a rematch against Couture rather than fight Liddell. Ortiz, it
seemed, did not want any piece of Liddell.
So,
what has changed his tune? Well, Tito has no other large payday
in front of him, so he has to fight Liddell. Ortiz has just come
off of a beating at the hands of Couture, and his skills have
been called into question by many. Accordingly, the only fight
that people really care to see him in is the fight between Liddell
and he. Thus, he must fight because there is no big money for
him elsewhere.
Hopefully,
this matchup will happen and meet up to the fans expectations.
Both fighters are coming off of some hard losses, which could
translate into desperation in the octagon. If this occurs, this
could be one of the great fights in UFC history. Again, though,
I say," If this occurs."
Source:
Whaledog |
Diaz
calls out Parisyan
Word
hit the academy today that when asked about a future match with
Nick Diaz, Karo Parisyan stated "Diaz is afraid to fight
me."
In
response Diaz has chosen to reply by stating the following:
"Karo, I'll fight you anywhere, anytime. Not only am I not
afraid to fight you, I look forward to it. If you want to stand
with me I'll knock you out. If you want to trade submissions
I'll tap you out. You pick."
Source:
Graciefighter |
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Rolles
Gracie at the Cesar Gracie Academy
Gracie-Barra
Black belt, Rolles Gracie (son of legendary Rolls Gracie),
will be arriving at our academy this coming Monday. Rolles intends
to teach here for some time and we are confident that everyone's
grappling will benefit greatly. With his arrival we will be increasing
the morning class schedule and look to expand the school affiliations
in the future. At 6'4 and 230lbs., Rolles is an imposing figure,
but his technical prowess affords him a very smooth rolling style.
Graciefighter.com welcomes Rolles Gracie to the Cesar Gracie
Academy.
Source:
Graciefighter |
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K-1
fighter Mirko Cro Cop elected in Croatia
VIENNA
— Croatians elected popular K-1 fighter Mirko Cro Cop, who
ranked third on the proportional representation list in the first
electoral district of Zagreb, in Sunday's general election, according
to official returns on Monday.
The
29-year-old fighter, whose real name is Mirko Filipowicz, won
his seat after his Social Democratic Party of Croatia won nearly
30% of votes cast in the district, winning more than four seats.
(Kyodo News)
Source:
MMA News |
RICARDO
ARONA CHALLENGES PRIDE GP CHAMPION WANDERLEI SILVA
from TATAME:
The
Brazilian athlete Ricardo Arona has just announced an open challenge
to Pride GP's champion Wanderlei Silva. Published in a local
newspaper in Brazil (Jornal dos Sports), Arona sent a message
to Wanderlei. "I am happy you won the GP. First of all because
you are Brazilian like me and second of all because I wanna be
the first one to beat you at Pride," stated Arona. The BTT's
athlete was out of the GP due to a injured and now he confirms
he is recovered and ready to face the Pride Champion.
Source:
MMA Weekly |
Interview:
Ricardo Arona
By Marcelo Alonso / Team Tatame
Ricardo Arona missed the most important opoortunity of his career
when he broke his foot three days before the PRIDE GP. Now, he
tries to put that dissappointment behind him, Arona declares
that he is back in his best shape ever. In this interview, he
talks about the Pride GP, his future challenges and his desire
to fight Wanderlei: “There is no way out. He has to fight
me this year”.
Are
you ok from the foot injury that took you out of the Pride GP?
Now I´m back 100% . I passed thru the most difficult time
of my life. I was really in excellent shape, and I was ready
to win the Pride GP when I broke my foot and tore some ligaments
3 days before the first round. It took me two months to recover
but now I´m back. I´m getting prepared for February´s
edition of Pride. This time off from training was very important
for me to learn to have more discipline, and train more. I´m
returning better than ever in February.
I´ve
heard you almost took 'Minotauro' out of Pride GP... My only
intention was in helping him against Cro Cop. I was training
heavily with him and unfortunately I hit his eye with an elbow
and opened a big cut.
What
is your impression in that match against Cro Cop?
I knew the fight would go that way, first because Fedor is a
top striker and second because he is left handed. I knew it would
be difficult for Rodrigo, but as soon as he put him on the ground
he had a great chance to win. Rodrigo was very well trained and
proved once again that he is the best in his category.
What
did you feel seeing Murilo losing to Henderson? That´s
the most sad part of this story. We know Henderson is an excellent
fighter, but we always want our fighter to win. Unfortunately
Murilo took that headbutt, followed by a knee that changed the
way the fight would go. But I think the referee shouldn´t
have interrupted it at that moment - Murilo was reacting at that
moment.
Do
you think if you had been in there the story would be different?
Man, I cried like a child in the first phase of the Grand Prix.
I was there in Japan, in the best shape of my life having great
conditions to win this event, but that injury took me out. It
was really hard for me.
Yoshida
impressed you? Yes, the guy showed a lot of heart. When I saw
him fighting for the first time I thought he could not deal with
Wanderlei´s game. But he did the right thing, he clinched
and got it to the ground, and anulled Silva´s game. I think
that if he had Vale-Tudo training inside he could have won. He
did not show the appetite to knock out Wanderlei.
What
did you expect from in the second part of the GP? I thought Wanderlei
would win. Maybe because I really want to fight him and facing
him undefeated would be much better. Among the finalist I thought
Wanderlei and Chuck were the ones who had the best chance. I
did not believe in Quinton because I think he is the kind of
the guy who talks more than he works. Wanderlei can say anything
but we know that he does what he says. Liddell is the kind of
fighter who doesn´t talk too much but does a great job
in the ring. The Japanese is a great judo player but he didn´t
have any Vale-Tudo expierence. I think that after he beat Liddel,
Quinton stepped in the ring already defeated by Wanderlei. I
think he felt the pressure of his first tournament. When He held
Wanderlei almost one minute with a guillotine, I knew he would
get tired sooner or later. Actually I´m very happy Wanderlei
won. First because he is brazilian, second because I want to
face him this year still undefeated.
Wanderlei
told me that to face him the opponent has to have a belt. How
do you think you will get this fight? I don´t think this
fight will take too long to happen. He already fought the best
guys in our category, just missing me and maybe one or two other
guys, so who He will fight against? I´ve already beat 3
top opponents in Pride. There is no way out this fight has to
happen in 2004.
What
do you think about him fighting against Randy Coulture?
I think Randy Coulture has all the elements to beat Wanderlei.
He gets you down and keeps punching and he never gets tired.
I think he has a good chance against Wanderlei.
Even
in a ring? That´s a very important question, because Randy
plays very well with the fence. But I believe even in the ring
he has advantages over Wanderlei.
What
is your opinion about all those fighters changing their teams?
I think that everybody has to look for what is best for them
when the subject is financial interest. Anyone has the right
to have his own opinion and I cannot judge. Even though we passed
thru a very similar situation here in BTT but we came to an agreement
because we are very good friends.
How
is your training routine? I´m training three times per
week at BTT in Rio and three times in Niterói, where I
live. I´m training Muay Thai with Tonico and doing my physical
training with Marcelo Sarold.
Source:
ADCC |
Wanderlei
Silva Goes Under the Knife
by: Marcello Tetel
After many fights and wars, the fighters take time to recharge
their batteries and heal little injuries.
It
seems that PRIDE Champion Wanderlei Silva will have minor surgery
on his elbow. In attendeance at the SHOOTO Brazil event, the
champion stated that was going to get surgery on his elbow to
remove liquid. This little problem is not painful, but limits
his arm movement, reveals Silva.
'Minotauro'
Nogueira has the same problem but his is worse than Silva's.
('Minotauro's sometimes swells like a tennis ball).
Wanderlei
states that the surgery is no big deal and he expects to be back
training in 10 days. It seems that he's in a hurry, since his
goal is to compete again on the New Years' eve Pride event.
ADCC
wishes a speedy recovery to Silva!
We
also received this report from a Wandferlei spokesman -
The
champion of the Pride Grand Prix, Wanderlei Silva, had an operation
yesterday (26th of Nov). In his hometown of Curitiba, he had
a simple procedure performed on his left elbow.
It
was quite simple, in 40 minutes he was back in his room in the
HOSPITAL VITA, one of the most modern hospital complexes in the
south Brazil.
According
the Orthopedist Chief of the Hospital, Mr. Mario Namba, who was
responsible for the surgery on the Wanderlei´s knee some
months ago, the athlete will take at least ten days off of the
training. Mr. Namba said that the operation succeeded, and that
2003 is a special year for him - he had the opportunity to operate
on two brazilian World Champions: Wanderlei Silva, Champion of
Pride GP and Daiane dos Santos, Gold Medal in the last Olympic
Gymnastics World Cup, held in ANAHEIM, California, USA (August
2003). Both athletes had their knees operated on. Mr. Namba is
a reference in Brasil as Orthopedist.
Wanderlei
is planing a Press Conference for the next week in São
Paulo to talk about 2003 and the plans for 2004. We will have
news soon.
Source:
ADCC |
Interview:
KOTC Champion DEAN LISTER (part 2)
by: Keith Mills
On Saturday,
December 6th Dean Lister takes on Jeremy Horn for the King Of
The Cage Light Heavyweight belt.
KM:
This is your first at Light Heavyweight. DL: Actually I fought
I think two years ago at Light Heavyweight a few times. The thing
was I was trying to make 185 and I made it but I had real health
problems after I made 185 the first time. My fault really, it’s
just that I didn’t know what extreme loss of weight would
do to you and know I know why some people have died losing weight.
I had real serious problems for a few months after that fight.
Not only the weight loss but consuming a lot of water or juice
or whatever after you make weight you blow up and have this useless
weight. I’d kick my leg and have a funny reaction because
of like the liquid displacement. I had really weird effects on
my body like my feet got swollen up…it was just really strange.
I can easily be 210, 215. Right now I’m trying not to be
that big because I feel a little faster, a little lighter. Even
let’s say 205 right now, 20 pounds to lose weight I could
do but it’s just not healthy. I enjoy the challenge of being
a real fight, a real situation, and there is nothing to hide
behind.
KM:
Are you not going to fight at 185 again? DL: You never know.
If the opportunity is worth it I could possibly do that. I feel
my natural weight is right at 202, 203. I don’t have a lot
of fat on my body. When I starve myself down I don’t feel
good, I’m not happy, I’m more irritable. When I’m
like that I don’t think I focus as well. I’ve been
making the lower weights but I think cutting the 20-30 pounds
is not wise to do to your body. I see that as my future.
KM:
Especially when you are talking about fighting fighters that
are more likely to take you to a decision like Horn. If this
fight was at 185 I’d worry about you being able to get the
weight back and still fight to the best of your ability for the
duration. The endurance factor. DL: That’s a big thing right
there. It’s like your energy level…to be honest I was
very strong at 185. I was almost as strong at 185 as right now.
KM:
Even before the Brian Sleeman fight you were talking about doing
more boxing. If a new fan was looking into this they’d see
both the Brian Sleeman fight and the James Lee fight were armbar
submissions. All of your wins have been submissions. Can you
tell us how the boxing cross-training is coming? DL: Cross training
is very important and I’m not going to allude to how good
my boxing is getting. It’s getting better, that is all I
can say. In all honesty if my opponent…anyone, it could
be Jeremy Horn or anyone, wants to go to the ground with me I’m
not going to fight it that much. It kind of gives me the luxury
to focus on my boxing and take chances. If I’m off balance
and fall on the ground it doesn’t matter to me. It’s
always possible that could be the fatal mistake but primarily
I’m not worried about falling. If my opponent makes one
mistake and is focused too much on striking and falls it’s
not to his advantage anymore. I can take more chances on my feet,
I like it. I’m having fun with this Whatever avenue I go
to the ground doesn’t matter to me. I actually learn correct
boxing and kickboxing and am not learning a lot of bad habits
because I have the grappling. It’s working out pretty good
for me and I’m getting better.
KM:
This may be your longest fight of your career. Your only loss
was a decision to Jason Flynn from that KOTC “Wet and Wild”
show, the one with all the rain in the cage. I don’t really
look at that as a loss because it was a wet cage. DL: I could
make that argument but I know for a fact that if I had justified
that as I didn’t really lose I would not have grown from
that situation. That really is the truth. I look at it as a tie.
You could say I won because I was on the top the whole time and
controlled the grappling or you could say Jason Flynn won because
he hit me a little bit more in the face. The hits I sustained,
a couple of them hurt a little bit but nothing came close to
knocking me out. I didn’t even have any bruises on my face.
Truth is outcome unknown because it was stopped at two 5-minute
rounds, so it wasn’t enough time for him to work the standup
and not enough time for me to work the grappling. Interestingly
enough they say when it’s slippery it favors the grappler;
it’s true it’s easier to fall on the ground and I end
up on top usually. I had no way to get base or posture to throw
punches. It worked to my advantage to get down on the ground
but was to my disadvantage to hurt my opponent. Those experiences
always add to your experience so it’s no big deal to me.
KM:
What would you say you learned from that loss? DL: At that point
I wasn’t yet in really good physical condition. I wasn’t
going through the real hard training while now before fights
except for these fires that messed up my lungs a little bit I
try to get in the best shape possible. Harder work, more dedication,
and less distractions.
KM:
Your two most recent fights, the two since Abu Dhabi, haven’t
been released on video yet so fans are only going to see up to
the time you beat Seguin and took the belt. After that belt fight
you had off for almost a year. What would you want to get across
to the fans about how you have improved or changed in the past
year? DL: I’ve improved and changed in a lot of ways. For
those who don’t know me very well I promise they see me
grapple they will be entertained because I’m not a staller,
I won’t sit there and wait for a decision or wait for my
opponent. As a matter of fact if that is what I have to do then
I’m in the wrong sport because that is not actually fighting.
I’m there to fight and if I was to lose I would lose fighting.
To win I will win fighting. That is why I have six submissions
in KOTC. To the fans, you’ll know me by my submissions,
I don’t just wait around, and you’ll also know me soon
for my improved striking abilities.
KM:
Your last two fights seemed quicker since Abu Dhabi. Is this
an improvement in your technique or is there a change in your
strategy that has resulted in quicker fights? DL: Ever since
I’ve done (grappling) tournaments my style of fighting…some
people would look at it and go ‘what is this guy doing’
because I’d take so many weird chances like flying armlocks
and flying this, flying that. I’d do crazy things and land
on my back sometimes. What happens is when you take these chances
over and over again you get good at taking these chances. It’s
like a guy who is good at exchanging punches. You can pick him
apart with points or jabs and maybe knock the guy out too but
if he does it long enough and gets really good at exchanging
punches he is now a guy you don’t want to exchange punches
with. I’ll trade submissions with anyone. If somebody were
to beat me in a grappling match it would be by a point and I’m
not my concern they submit me. That is my life, that is what
I do; I submit. I’ll trade submissions, I’ll gamble,
because that is what I’m good at. If somebody beat me there,
good job but that is where I feel real confident. So the thing
is…actually can you repeat the question? I got on a roll
here…
KM:
Sure. Your last two fights were quicker than before… DL:
I’ve been taking these chances and getting better and better.
I’m just maturing as a fighter based upon that risk taking.
KM:
It’s sounds like you are saying it’s become instinctive
to take these chances. It also makes for an exciting fight. When
I first heard of this fight I though one of the most exciting
fighters against a fighter he is less likely to take these chances
with or catch him. I’m wondering to what degree you would
slow down. DL: You never know. He has balls. I don’t see
him being afraid of me on the ground but I think he has to respect
my grappling to a high degree. I don’t know how he is going
to approach it. He may not have any problem on the ground with
me, which is cool, but that is my territory. That is where I
feel it’s my world. Because I’m not afraid to fall
on the ground I can take a lot of chances on my feet so we’ll
see what happens.
KM:
Are you wrapping up your training? DL: I’m trying to get
in shape, it’s my damn lungs. I’m trying to get this
stuff out of my lungs. I’ll be ok. It won’t be a problem.
KM:
So your not going to be going up to Big bear for a week or two…
DL: No, I have to work. I teach classes at City Boxing every
day and work hard. I don’t have the luxury of taking three
weeks off.
KM:
Anything else about City Boxing you want to get across? DL: I
just want to say thanks to my trainers Michael Regner and Robert
“The Hitman” Garcia.
KM:
Anything else to get across to the fans? DL: I think it’s
going to be a really great matchup. I’m excited about it
and I think it’s going to be a great experience.
KM:
And thank the sponsors… DL: Bad Boy Japan, Sycuan Casino,
and Marina Mortgage.
For
more on Dean Lister check out http://www.cityboxing.com/.
Source:
ADCC |
Brasil
Super Fight Postponed!!
by: Marcello Tetel
After
a hugely successful first edition of Brasil Super Fight, the
second event previously scheduled for December 19th will be postponed
until April of next year.
After
incredible fights in the first show , promoter Mario Sperry decided
to wait for the second show in order to have everything ready
in an even better way than the first edition. Mario Told us that
the sponsors are all set for the second show and they are planning
a lot of action for the card.
There
are other reasons, since Mario was rumoured to be fighting in
one of the Japanese shows scheduled forthe end of the year and
it would be impossible for him to promote the show and train
properly for a fight.
The
calendar also had Meca the day after and in order to avoid conflicts
between oraganizations, Mario had one more reason to skip the
show. To the fans - don't worry! The fans won't lose for waiting
for this next event.
Source:
ADCC |
The
Savage Truth - What in the World Was That?
By Greg Savage
Well,
it took about 1.7 seconds for me to realize I was back at the
Mohegan Sun for another UFC event. That’s about how long
it took for the crowd to start booing Yves Edwards and Nick Agallar
as they circled the cage feeling each other out in the first
round of the opening preliminary match. Ah, home sweet home.
I
guess it was the perfect setting for such a huge letdown of an
event.
Retarded
crowd? Check
Piss
poor card? Check
Fighter
losing his mind and attacking the referee? Check
Bench
clearing brawl between corners after a fight, complete with an
idiot from the crowd running down and jumping into the cage only
to leave and return to his seat with no ramifications from security?
Check
How
bout some technical difficulties for the pay-per-view broadcast?
Sure why not.
Could
we scale the arena wrong and ensure we don’t get a sellout
because we only have $300 dollar seats left for walk up customers?
You bet.
I
went into this trip with low expectations and believe me they
weren’t low enough. This ranks right up there with UFC 33
(the parts I was awake for anyways) as one of the worst shows
I have ever been to. Even the Legends and Hall of Fame ceremonies
couldn’t save this train wreck.
Oh
well, it’s only 67 days until UFC 46 and a pretty good chance
at redemption for the folks at Zuffa. God knows it won’t
be too difficult to improve on their last performance.
Moving
on. So I am talking with Larry Landless this afternoon, he called
to give me his statement on the Baroni stoppage which ended up
being an apology to Phil. He said he had just gotten off the
phone with Baroni and they were cool, that both had apologized
and they were hoping to move on from this unfortunate situation.
I
could tell how heavily this whole situation has weighed on Larry
and I, for one, feel he showed the class and professionalism
that has made him one of, if not the, best referees in the world
of MMA.
That
said, there is always room for improvement and as the sport continues
to evolve, the referees must advance as well. I feel the ability
to determine the severity of a cut or how it is affecting a fighter’s
vision is one thing that must happen. In my opinion there was
no reason to stop the fight to check Tanner’s cut, especially
when he was clearly out on his feet.
Another
thing I feel could be improved upon is the dialogue between fighters
and referees. Referees should be limited to giving commands while
the action is happening. Can you imagine being Phil Baroni, mounted
by Evan Tanner with elbows falling like bricks against your head,
trying to hold a conversation with the referee? No thanks.
I
didn’t have a problem with Landless’ stoppage but I
do feel he should have told Phil to get out of the bad position
or defend himself or he would have to stop the fight instead
of asking him if he wanted out. Phil had other things on his
mind at the time—namely Tanner’s elbows—and could
not be faulted for misunderstanding what the referee was asking
him.
Baroni
made the point at the press conference that the referee should
know the fighters they are reffing. When I asked Landless about
that he brought up the Randy Couture-Ricco Rodriguez fight and
explained that no matter how tough a fighter is they could be
seriously injured with the type of strikes Tanner was landing.
He said he remembered how much pain Couture was in after he took
the elbow from Rodriguez right to the eye and reiterated the
fact that he thought he was helping Phil by stopping the onslaught
of elbows he was being battered with. Landless made the point
that the fighter’s safety along with enforcing the rules
is the main function of the referee and that he had those thoughts
in mind when he called a halt to the fight.
Whether
Phil Baroni agreed with it or not, he can not be excused from
his actions after the fight was called. It has been reported
that he will be banned from fighting at the Mohegan Sun for life—not
the worst thing after all—and will face a one year suspension
at the hands of the Mohegan Tribal Commission. With most athletic
commissions honoring each other’s rulings, Baroni can expect
another long layoff.
Hopefully
he can use the time to figure out who he really is. I really
don’t care for his mostly contrived persona, the New York
Badass but found myself pulling for the guy at the press conference
with his emotions on his sleeve bearing his heart and soul to
those who would be judging him on his most recent outburst. That
Phil Baroni, the guy who lets everyone into his fragile world,
the guy who reveals his fears and faces up to his responsibilities
could easily be a crowd favorite, a working class fans fighter.
Don’t
let the New York Badass fool you, he may say the things to stir
the pot and be controversial but when the criticism comes down,
it hits Phil Baroni like a ton of bricks. Hopefully he will take
this time off to figure out what direction he wants his career
to go in. He is by no means done and as long as he handles the
punishment handed down with dignity and class the fans will forgive
him and cheer for him like never before.
Especially
if it is Phil Baroni and not the New York Badass.
Greg
Savage (greg@sherdog.com) was VERY relieved when nothing happened
to him after his "fanboy" rush through the Octagon.
Source:
Sherdog |
Interesting
News Item Courtesy of our friends at PuroresuPower.com:
During a sparring session with 35-year old former IBF champion
Frans Botha, Akebono had a very rough day on Thursday. He absolutely
was hammered by Botha with relative ease and Akebono was bleeding.
Akebono's eyes were tearing up and Botha said that even though
the sparring session only went 3 minutes, he saw some things
that he could give immediate direction to Akebono to improve
on. Sankei Sports reported that Akebono was having troubles controlling
his temper during sparring and that while he showed great strength
offensively, he had terrible defensive skills. In short, the
scouting report is - great strength (equivalent to a heavyweight
boxer) on offense, zero defense and can't last long. The long-term
training plan is for Akebono to do full-time training starting
on 12/7 and K-1 will give him as many fighters to work with as
possible (Great Kusatsu, Takeru, etc.) As far as diet is concerned,
Sankei Sports says that Akebono will abstain from drinking alcohol
and will be eating a diet of chicken and vegetable salads. The
hope is that he can lose at least 65 pounds.
Source:
MMA Weekly |
Quote
of the Day
"Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it."
Horace, 1796-1859, American Educator
|
KICK'N
IT 3 Tonight
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
Weigh in will be at 24 hour fitness mililani,
10:30am.
6 Championship bouts,
Main event.-(Super Middleweight Championship)
Shawn Taylor(Waimanalo Kick boxing) vs Mark Moreno(bulls Pen)
Semi Main-(Welterweight Championship)
Brandon Absher(Nanakuli Kickboxing) vs Joey Kuni (Big dogs)
(Super lightweight Championship)
Dominator Lopez(Big Dogs) vs Jr Yacup(808 fight factory)
(Lightweight Championship)
David Balicao(Nanakuli Kickboxing) vs Ernie Candilaris(Waimanalo
KB)
(Kids Championship)
Kai Kamaka III(808FF) vs Dido Rodrigues(Waianae KB)
(Cruiserweight Championship)
Scott Redolble(NKB) vs Kevin Smith(Big Dogs)
(Heavyweight)
Doug Armaral(Hard Knocks) vs Shilo Ho(Big Dogs)
(160lbs)
Jerry Bright(NKB) vs Oscar Cano(HMC)
(115lbs)
Po'okela Kawauhau(Big Dogs) vs Chad Pavao(Makakilo KB)
(200lbs)
Gun Wheeler(HMC) vs TBA(Giraldi Muay Thai)
(65lbs)
Kai Ruiz(Makakilo KB) vs Keanu Kamaka(808FF)
(45lbs)
Dahwen Bright(Makakilo KB) vs TBA(Ewa Beach Fight Club)
(95lbs)
Rodney jo Barona(Big Dogs) vs Sage Yoshida(HMC)
(145lbs)
Trinity Kila(big dogs) vs Nick Correia(MKB)
(145lbs)
Dyson Domen(Big Dogs) vs TBA
Presentation of belt to Harris Sarmiento for winning the Kick
'N It Middleweight Championship last week at The Ring Of Honor
(fights subject to change)
Schools Participating:
Team Big Dog
Nanakuli Kickboxing
808 Fight Factory
Waianae Kickboxing
Waimanalo Kickboxing
Team Hard Knocks
Hawaiian Self-defense
Source: Danny Kaheaku |
Tickets on Sale now for the Dec 5th, Super Brawl!
Great Early Christmas Gift!
Pick them up at the Blaisdell Box Office
Charge by phone 1-877-750-4400
or Click Here to Order Online!
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SuperBrawl
has released a preliminary line-up for their December 6th event.
Suda returns to Hawaii as does Egan Inoue who fights Jason Miller.
Former
Super Brawl Champion, Egan Inoue will return to the Super Brawl
ring on December 5. He missed Super Brawl 31 due to a fractured
eye socket suffered in training. "I am very anxious to get
back in the ring. I am fully recovered and will be in the best
shape of my life for this fight. Jason Miller will bring me one
step closer to what I really want." (Masanori Suda and the
Super Brawl belt.) Egan Inoue
Miller
dismantled Grappling Unlimited's Shawn Taylor in Super Brawl
31 and then proceeded to taunt Inoue by taking the mic and calling
out, "Eeegaaannnn, come out and plaaaayyyy!!!" Miller
will be a very tough comeback fight for the 38 year old Inoue
Champion
Masanori Suda vs. Shannon "The Cannon" Ritch
# 1 ranked Egan Inoue vs. Jason Miller
Ray Serraille vs. Tyler Lecky
Brian Pardoe vs. Riki
Mike Labuanon vs. Anthony Torres
Mike Bauer vs. Brandon Keene
David Yeung vs. Justin Mercado
Stephen Palling vs. Harvey Nakamura
Ryan Lee vs. Will Hagerty
Source:
Superbrawl.tv |
UFC
News
NSAC TO
HONOR BARONI'S SUSPENSION
It appears that unless attempts by Phil Baroni to appeal are
upheld, the Nevada State Athletic Commission will honor the one-year
suspension levied by the Department of Athletic Regulations for
the Mohegan Sun for punching referee Larry Landless. In a conversation
with NSAC Executive Director Marc Ratner, Ratner stated “I
have spoken with the Mohegan Sun and as the NSAC wishes other
states and governing bodies to honor our rulings, we will honor
this one.” What this means is that, if Baroni’s suspension
is upheld, he will not be eligible to get a license to fight
in the state of Nevada or at any event under the NSAC’s
regulations until November of 2004.
When
also asked about the situation that transpired after the Cabbage
Correira/Tank Abbott fight, Ratner responded, “If suspensions
are handed out to any of the cornermen involved, the NSAC will
honor those as well.” So it appears that when a ruling (if
any) comes down from the Mohegan Sun regarding the post-fight
festivities of that bout, those involved will be facing the same
situation as Baroni.
The
UFC is expected to fully cooperate with any finalized rulings
made by either governing body. So not only would any suspended
party not be able to participate in any events throughout the
next 12 months in Nevada or Connecticut, but would be prevented
from participating in events under the auspices of the UFC. These
rulings are especially detrimental to Baroni who was hoping to
get a rematch with Evan Tanner, as well as stake a claim to the
vacant UFC Middleweight Championship.
MIR VS
SIMS II AT UFC 46
It
was a fight that Wes Sims wanted so bad. Frank Mir wanted the
fight to show everyone that there was some unfinished business
that needed attending to.
MMAWeekly
can confirm that Frank Mir vs Wes Sims has been signed, sealed
and hopefully delievered at UFC 46. This fight was already supposed
to happen a week ago at UFC 45, but unfortunately Sims broke
his arm in a freak training accident.
A
Muay Thai fighter was sparring with Sims and cracked a bone in
his arm after a leg kick. Sims was devestated at the time, because
this was the fight he wanted more than any other. Now the two
fighters will get their wish on January 31st from the Mandalay
Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada.
YVES
EDWARDS WAITING FOR JANUARY
After
dancing around for the first round, trying to figure out who
Nick Agallar was, Yves Edwards landed a quick punch that floored
the young 155 pound fighter in the second round. Edwards would
not allow the young opponent time to recover as he pounced on
him and finished the fight.
Edwards
was hoping that BJ Penn would be next for the 155 pound title,
but now that won't be the case as Penn will go up in weight and
face 170 champion Matt Hughes.
"I
was bummed out and hearing the news." Yves told MMAWeekly's
Scott Petersen. "My goal is to be champion and I wanted
to face the best for the title at 155."
Well
it appears Edwards will have to wait and see what happens with
Hermes Franca against Josh Thomson at UFC 46. "I don't know
if that will be a top contenders match or not." Edwards
said....."but if it is, I would love to face the winner
if the title is vacant. I just want to win the UFC title for
2004."
Source:
MMA Weekly |
|
HIDEHIKO
YOSHIDA NEWS
It
looks like Hidehiko Yoshida will be fighting very soon, but the
question will be with you. Our friends at Puroesu have this update...
Courtesy
of Puroresu
(MMA)
Hidehiko Yoshida said that his chances of working one of the
New Year's Eve shows is 50/50 due to an undisclosed injury (believed
to be his right eye) that is still healing up. Yoshida said that
he expects to work the Heavyweight GP PRIDE tournament starting
in May
Source:
MMA Weekly |
Dream
Main Events
Which of the upcoming rumored main-events are you most looking
forward to?
Matt
Hughes vs. Frank Trigg (UFC 45) 37
Randy Couture vs. Vitor Belfort II (UFC 46) 357
Tito Ortiz vs. Chuck Liddell (UFC 47) 401
Bob Sapp vs. Akebono (K-1 New Year's) 51
Mirko CroCop vs. Yoshirio Takayama (Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye) 30
Vanderlei Silva vs. Hidehiko Yoshida II (PRIDE New Year's) 63
Vanderlei Silva vs. Quinton Jackson II (PRIDE New Year's) 255
Votes:
1194
Source:
MMA News
|
Unreal
End of Year Shooto Card
December 14th
Bao Quach vs. Hideki Kadowaki
Ryan Bow vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri
Robson Moura vs. Masatoshi Abe
Alexandre F. Nogueira vs. Rumina Sato
Yasuhiro Urushitani vs. Mamoru
Joachim Hansen vs. Vitor 'Shaolin' Ribeiro
Source:
Shooto |
2nd
American National Tournament - This Sunday - Reduced Prices on
Last Minute Walk Up Registration!
Just
a reminder that the 2nd American National Tournament is happening
this Sunday in Torrance, Ca.
Apparently
there has been a lot of last minute interest in competing and
returning travelers/fighters will be able to sign up on Saturday
for a reduced fare. To help out the IBJJF has reduced last minute
sign up fees to $65.00!
Last
minute registration will be open until Saturday 4:00PM. How?
Register in person by going to: Rigan Machado's Academy (19019
Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 200-D Torrance, California 90503) on November
28 (10:00 AM - 09:00 PM) and 29 (10:00 AM - 4:00 PM). Be there!
Black
Belt Walter Nagakawo has thrown his name on the list and will
be competing Sunday joining a field led by Marcio Feitosa &
'Piu-Piu' . Other notables confirmed in the event are Lloyd Irwin's
rising star Mike Fowler and Texas favorite Pat 'Hawk' Hardy.
Fowler, Hardy and other are hot to acchieve the title of American
National Champions!
Additionally,
just confirmed that legend Royce Gracie will be at the Nationals,
so this is your chance to get a picture with 'the man' before
he leaves for Japan for the possible rematch with Yoshida!
Here
is the Tournament Schedule:
11:00
White Belt Adult Male
Blue Belt Adult Male
12:00
Purple Belt Adult Male
Brown Belt Adult Male
Black Belt Adult Male
13:00
Master, Senior 1,2,3 Male all Belts
Female All belts and divisions
Teams
from Charles Gracie, Ralph Gracie, Cleber Luciano, Rigan Machado,
Paragon BJJ, Carlos Valente, Gracie Barra OC, Caique Team, BJJ
Revolution & Renzo Gracie Academy & Ricardo Pires' Las
Vegas Combat Club competing to secure their spot in Team America!
The
event is sponsored by MMAGear with their great grappling and
NHB lines and World Size Nutrition & will have a full feature
articles 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
Reminder from Marcello Siriema, Head Organizer of the IBJJF:
The 2nd American National tournament the IBJJF will debut its
weigh in procedure with the weigh ins being conducted the day
of the matches with allowances for the Gi. The entire group gets
weighed prior to their bracket at the event site, so be ready.
Additionally the event 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!
For
more information go to: American
National
Source: ADCC/Kid Peligro |
Best
BJJ Event Ever?
MEGA BJJ EVENT IN SAO PAULO
The
Summer Combat event in Guaruja, Sao Paulo is attracting everyone's
attention. Scheduled for December 12 & 13th, the event will
have R$10,000.00 top prize for each of three weight divisions.
Schedule
to compete in the event are TOP names of the sport. Check out
below the brackets and the block buster names:
Under
76KG:
Fernando
'Terere'
Teco Shinzato
Marco Barbosa
Reinaldo Ribeiro
Feijao
Daniel Moraes
Mario Reis
Marcelo Garcia
Under
88KG:
Demian Maia
Saulo Ribeiro
Rodrigo Pinheiro
Eduardo Portugues
Jorge 'Macaco' Patino
Roberto Godoi
Fabio Nascimento
Gabriel Vella
Over
88KG:
Matheus
Miranda
Luis Guigo
Pe de Pano
Fabio leopoldo
Alexandre Riberio
MArcio Corletta
Adriano Camolese
Fabricio Werdun
Source: ADCC |
The
Brazilian Beat
By Eduardo Alonso
Rains moves
HEAT FC 2 to December, MMA reaching its peak in Brazil, Fighters
leaving and fighters coming to Chute Boxe and Wanderlei Silva
enjoying his well deserved fame!
Yes, it's been a long time, but people say good things always
comes back, so here we are with our beloved "Brazilian Beat"
once again. Truth is that this reporter has been experiencing
all sorts of happenings in his life lately, including some very
unfortunate, sad and not professional ones, but as a song would
say "The Show Must Go On", so with plenty, believe
me, plenty of happenings taking place with our sport in Brazil
recently we have no choice but to treat you with some news, as
the world turns and they never stop to happen! One very interesting
trend that is taking place in this country right now, is that
MMA is reaching its peak so far here, due to the great feedback
caused by Mario Sperry's idea of making an effort to bring Brazil's
most important TV channel to PRIDE, and thank God everything
went well with Wanderlei Silva and Minotauro's wins being shown
on primetime in a Sunday here in Brazil, causing the guys to
go to immediate star level, and our sport to be looked seriously,
with respect and admiration since the general public had no idea
something like the PRIDE GP was what MMA was all about! This
is causing a wave of good things to take place regarding our
sport, and we're going to talk about some in this edition of
"The Beat". Following this trend, several shows are
gracing us in the end of the year, with K-1 MMA Brazil, MECA
10 and mostly HEAT FC 2 leading the way treating the Brazilian
fans to a never seen before era in this country. However, the
skies have not been friendly of HEAT FC 2, and rain forced the
show to be postponed to December. In the middle of all this,
Chute Boxe saw two of their star fighters leaving and is welcoming
a young prospect, and the world turns and turns, and Full Contact
Fighter keeps getting up to bring you "The Beat", in
Brazilian style cause believe me, The Show Will Always Goes On
here at this space!
MMA has never been so popular in Brazil! In a move made by the
Brazilian Top Team heads, bringing one of the most important
reporters from Brazil's biggest TV station to the PRIDE GP to
make a special report on our sport and the success of the Brazilian
fighters in Japan, the sport of Mixed Martial Arts is finally
started to being taken seriously by the general public and it
seems like all of the sudden people woke up for the fact that
this is a spectacle, and not a barbaric brawl. The segment aired
in one of the most watched shows on Sunday television in Brazil,
a variety show called "Fantastico" [Fantastic] showed
the popularity our sport has in Japan, the lifestyle and preparation
of the fighters for the show, the amount of fame they have on
the land of the rising sun, as well as the PRIDE GP itself, with
backstage footage and more, always emphasizing on Minotauro and
Wanderlei Silva. Needless to say, the Brazilian female reporter,
named Gloria Maria, who has been used to interviewing the most
important international stars, got deeply impressed with what
she saw, and the result was a breakthrough piece for the show,
reaching the show's highest rate for the Sunday, and helping
our sport a great deal! On the following Sunday [Last one] they
featured an article on Minotauro, interviewing him on his house,
and hopefully this will be the start of more serious coverage
from mass media for our sport here in Brazil.
PRIDE
Middleweight Champion and PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix Champion
Wanderlei Silva has been living the best days of his life recently.
Enjoying his first son trough his first months of life, Wanderlei
is rising to a higher level of fame among the general public
in Brazil after his conquer of the PRIDE Middleweight GP. In
recent days "The Axe Murderer" went to Rio de Janeiro
to receive his Jiu-Jitsu black belt from the hand of Carlinhos
Gracie, the president of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu confederation,
for the impressive ground skills that he displayed in his recent
fights, attended at the 3rd edition of Shooto Brazil, was a VIP
guest for the Brazilian National Soccer team match against Uruguay,
for the world cup qualifier, and received special congratulations
from the mayor of Curitiba, his hometown, along other things.
In the middle of all this so deserved hype, Silva is still training
and concentrating for a possible year end appearance at the next
PRIDE, showing he is always willing to put all on the line.
As
the sport is reaching its peak in the country, more shows are
taking place and the end of the year will certainly be busy in
Brazil with shows such as K-1 MMA Brazil, MECA World Vale Tudo
and HEAT Fighting Championship. Before those takes place, Shooto
Brazil came, this last Sunday, with its third edition matching
up some Brazil's young values from teams such as RFT, Brazilian
Top Team and others. One of the most exciting bouts of the competition
was BTT's own Fabio Mello winning effort by decision over Luciano
Azevedo, in a fight that saw Mello with a cut under his eye,
and Luciano suffering a knockdown in the 2nd round. Overall reports
have that this was by far the best edition of Brazilian Shooto
since it's begging, not long ago. Here are the results of the
professional bouts.
Xandinho def. Roberto "Robocop" by decision
Talles Leite def. Felipe Mongo by arm-triangle in the 2nd round
Gustavo Careca def. Paulo Boiko by decision
Andre Candido def. Tiago Marreta by decision
Danilo Sherman def. Ricardo Nogueira by triangle choke in the
2nd round
Hudson Rocha def. Aritano Barbosa by Guilliotine choke in the
1st round
Luis "Besourou" Jr. def. Iran Mascarenhas by decision
Fabio Mello def. Luciano Azevedo by decision
Walter Aba def. Rodrigo Riscado by forfeit between the 1st and
2nd rounds.
Another
show about to happen in Brazil is Storm Samurai. Storm has usually
been a Muay Thai only show, but this time they'll take it a step
further and add MMA matches as well as Jiu-Jitsu ones. The event
will take place on November 29th, in the City of Curitiba at
the Taruma Arena, a bigger venue than Storm usually uses. The
stand outs in the 6 Muay Thai matches are the fights between
Chute Boxe member Fabio Tigrao against Artur Mariano student
Emerson Nunes, and MECA veterans Alex Gaze and Paulo Bueno facing
each other. Here are the MMA Matches:
Marlon Matias vs. Daniel
Jadson vs. Ademar
Mauricio Veio vs. Emerson Graxaim
Michel vs. Julio Cesar
Geremias vs. Nelson
Even
before Storm Samurai takes place, another show will shake Curitiba
as promoter Sergio Batarelli continue his K-1 ventures in Brazil,
bringing the first ever K-1 MMA Brazil to reality this coming
November 27th. Composed of only MMA matches, the show will bring
fighting action to the Palacio de Cristal once again, the same
venue that used to hold the first editions of MECA. The most
interesting aspects of the show, fighting-wise, are the presence
of a lot of Muay Thai fighters making the transition to MMA,
like Eduardo Maiorino, who appeared in K-1 USA this year. Ruas
Vale Tudo fighter Antoine Jaude, is also a important name in
the show, facing K-1 Brazil winner Jefferson Tank. Here's the
event's card:
Geferson Jeje vs. Jose Ricardo "Dragao"
Marcelo Dalhke vs. Julio Cesar
Carlos Santos vs. Magno Penha
Rivanildo vs. Vitor
Emerson Graxaim vs. Andre Cruz
Cristopher Hipolito vs. Daniel Paula
Claudinei Kozan vs. Eduardo Maiorino
Antoine Jaude vs. Jefferson "Tank"
Still
in this almost endless subject of the next events to grace the
Brazilian soil, the next edition of MECA World Vale Tudo, is
confirmed for the city of Porto Alegre, in the south of Brazil,
this next December 20th. One of the most interesting aspects
of the 10th edition of the show will be a women's fight for the
first time ever, matching up Carmen "Casca Grossa"
against Ana Carolina. Other stand outs will be the presence of
veteran Jorge "Macaco" Patino back to MECA action,
as well as Chute Boxe own Pancrase veteran Nilson de Castro.
The main event promises to feature PRIDE veteran Murilo Ninja
Rua coming back to MECA for the first time since his MECA 5 appearance,
to face UFC veteran Alexandre "Cafe" Dantas.
UFC
veteran Pedro Rizzo returned to Brazil after his win against
Ricco Rodriguez last Friday with plenty of activities to take
care of. Officially out of contract with the UFC, since his fight
against Ricco was the last one on his contract, "The Rock"
is considering several hypothesis for his career. Currently Rizzo
is in Curitiba to corner his teammate Antoine Jaude in his K-1
MMA Brazil fight, and then he will proceed to Los Angeles, where
he will take care of some negotiations to decide his future in
the sport. Pedro will get back to Brazil this next Wednesday.
Former
UFC Middleweight Champion Murilo Bustamante is still upset with
his defeat to Dan Henderson at the last PRIDE event. Always respectful,
Murilo isn't trying to take anything away from Henderson, but
he believes he ended up losing the fight due to an headbutt that
got him out, even before he was hit with a series of punches.
Understanding the supposed headbutt wasn’t intentional,
Busta wants a rematch with Dan Henderson as soon as possible
and will be talking with FCF very soon in an exclusive interview.
Lots
of happenings took place in the Chute Boxe team this past two
weeks, since the PRIDE Middleweight GP. It's impossible not to
mention the happenings since "The Beat" is coming off
a long hiatus, so without commenting on any subjective matters,
let's go straight to the actual facts. PRIDE veterans Anderson
Silva and Assuerio Silva left the Chute Boxe team and they are
no longer part of the academy. Along with them went other less
known fighters, such as Silvio Urutum. However, despite being
involved in some rumors regarding leaving the team, fighters
Murilo Ninja Rua and Mauricio Shogun Rua are still in Chute Boxe.
Anderson Silva is currently training in his academy in Curitiba
looking for options, and Assuerio Silva is in the city of Natal
right now, likely negotiating to fight at HEAT FC 3. As time
never stops, Chute Boxe is looking to add more to their arsenal,
and MECA veteran Daniel Acacio, who defeated Delson "Pe
de Chumbo" at the last edition of the show is supposedly
joining the team.
The
most awaited MMA event of 2003 in Brazil, HEAT Fighting Championship
2: Evolution was recently postponed. The show was originally
scheduled to take place this Thursday, November 27th in the city
of Natal, being the first MMA show ever in an open air football
stadium in Brazil. However, it has been raining almost every
night in the city, making it to risky for both fighters and fans
to have the spectacle at an open air stadium. The next available
date for the cities biggest indoor arena, the Machadinho Gymnasium,
where HEAT 1 was held, is December 15th, what forced the promoters
to postpone HEAT FC 2 to December 18th. With this move the show
is back to it's original stage, and the promoters are promising
and even better effort in the production and so far the card
is still intact, also with HEAT FC 2 being the first edition
to be featured at Brazilian Pay Per View, through Premiere Combate.
Speaking
of HEAT FC 2: Evolution, Japanese fighter and PRIDE veteran Akira
Shoji recently broke his nose while training with UFC veteran
Ivan Salaverry for his fight against Marcelo Azevedo at HFC 2.
Originally this forced Shoji to drop out of the show, but with
the event being postponed it is still possible that the Japanese
seasoned veteran will continue to be part of the card. However,
with the current "war" from Japanese promotions for
their end of December shows in the land of the rising sun, only
time will tell if Shoji will end up being able to perform at
the HEAT stage or appear in Japanese rings at New Year's evening.
The rest of the HEAT FC 2 card continues to count with fights
such as Carlos Barreto vs. Travis Wiuff, Allan Goes vs. Gustavo
Ximu, Ebenezer Braga vs. Eric Wanderlei, Forrest Griffin vs.
Edson Paredao, among others.
Brazilian
Top Team heavyweight fighter Carlos Barreto is still training
hard for his bout at HEAT FC 2: Evolution, against UFC veteran
Travis Wiuff. Barreto told FCF today that he has still been practicing
a lot of Muay Thai and plan to show the evolution of his stand
up skills once again in this fight. Also, due to Wiuff's fighting
style Carlos believes he may have to show some of his old-days
Jiu-Jitsu tricks from the guard. On top of his training routines,
the PRIDE and UFC veteran and HEAT 1 winner Barreto is looking
for a fight in January, as he is already looking to appear also
in HEAT FC 3, tentatively scheduled for late March or April of
2004.
Source: FCF |
Larry
Landless Apologizes to Phil Baroni
Larry
Landless Apology:
I would like to take this opportunity to apologize publicly to
Phil Baroni for the miscommunication that occurred last Friday
night during his fight with Evan Tanner. I thought I was helping
Phil by stopping the fight but now understand that he wanted
to continue.
I
am sorry about the whole situation and wish I could take it back
and do it all over again. It was a terrible misunderstanding
and I feel very sorry for Phil Baroni and his girlfriend. I wish
them all the luck in the world in all of their future endeavors.
I hope Phil can gain strength from this horrible situation and
go on to bigger better things and I hope this will help me grow
as a person and professional as well.
Respectfully,
Larry
Landless
Source: Sherdog |
FAIRTEX
PRESS RELEASE
San Francisco, CA (11/12/03)
Fairtex Muay Thai USA return to its roots under a new management
team led by Anthony Lin, President and CEO, and Mr. Bunjong Busarakamwongs
(a.k.a. Mr. Philip Wong), Chairman and Founder of Fairtex Group
of Companies, Fairtex Worldwide, Headquarters in Thailand. In
June 2003, Fairtex Equipment Company Limited terminated the licensing
agreement for the U.S. gyms operated by Alex Gong and took legal
action against Gong for trademark infringement, dilution and
all related claims. (Ref. The US District Court, Northern District
of California, Fairtex Equipment Company vs. Alexander Gong,
et al, Case No.: CV 03-02969 JCS). With the very unfortunate
death of Alex Gong, Fairtex Muay Thai USA will remain in San
Francisco with the grand opening of Fairtex Muay Thai and Fitness
gym in January 2004.
The USA operation will be new and improved with the same family
of trainers you know so well; Ganyao "Dr. Knee" Fairtex,
Jongsanan "The Wooden Man" Fairtex, and Enn Fairtex
bringing you authentic Fairtex Muay Thai. For a limited time,
we will have the honor of hosting Neungsiam "The Rock"
Fairtex, former Lumpinee Stadium and Mitsubishi Champion, as
well as Living Legend, Ajarn Apidej Sit-Hirun. Known as "The
Legendary Best Muay Thai Kicker and Fighter of the Century,"
an honor bestowed by the King of Thailand, and "The Man
of 7 Championship Titles," where he concurrently held the
seven Muay Thai and Western boxing championship titles for over
10 consecutive years. Ajarn Apidej amassed an impressive record
of 340 wins, 10 losses and 1 draw. In honor of such great success,
a bronze statue of Ajarn Apidej stands at the
Haumark Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. He is the only Muay Thai
legend to be honored at the Thai National Museum for lifetime
achievement and playing a major role in Thailand's history.
Our
new gym will have a full range of programs for your entire family,
including classes for children, women-only, martial arts enthusiasts,
both amateur and professional fighters,
while still offering the absolute best in Fairtex Muay Thai training
and fitness. You are invited to join us at our new home.
For
membership and all inquiries, please contact:
Fairtex
(FTX) Muay Thai & Fitness, Inc.
Ms. Lynda Loyce, Marketing Director
news@fairtexbkk.com
1-888-FAIRTEX (324-7839)
Visit
us soon at
www.fairtexmuaythai.com & www.fairtexfitness.com
Source: MMA Weekly |
Sapp
versus Akebono (what a freak show)
It has been confirmed that Bob Sapp is set to face sumo wrestling
champion, Akebono, in K-1's New Year's Eve extravaganza. This
match up is a clash of monsters; Sapp weighs in at well over
three hundred pounds, and Akebono weighs in at well over four
hundred pounds. It will be amazing if these two beasts can fit
into the ring together. And once they step out or are carried
out of the ring, it will be amazing if K-1 will ever be able
to be viewed as a "real" sport.
In
regard to the sport, this is exactly the sort of match up from
which it should stay clear. The two of these athletes may be
great at their original sports, football and sumo, but kickboxing
is neither of theirs forte. Because of this, the match will most
likely look like an amateur toughman competition in Samoa. Punches
will be unorthodox and footwork will be almost unseen. Thus,
the fight will not be truly representative of the sport, which
is what K-1 should desire when putting on a show.
Furthermore,
both mma and K-1 have yet to really establish themselves as legitimate
sports in the eyes of major media, and this fight is only going
to slow that process. In fact, this match up is a throw back
to the original days of the UFC, where one four hundred pound
competitor could be pitted against a two hundred pound competitor
in the same match. And most fans know that this type of fight
only led people to view mma as more of a spectacle than a sport.
Accordingly, the fight between Sapp and Akebono will most likely
be viewed in the same light and drive the image of the sports
back to those older times.
Beyond
that, the two arguments that could be made in favor of this fight,
money and exposure, are bunk. In regard to money, yes, this fight
will probably bring down huge numbers, but that gain is very
shortsighted. One will not be able to buy back the image that
K-1 desires once this fight takes place. And in regard to publicity,
not all publicity is good publicity. This fight is only going
to bring the sport into closer association with professional
wrestling or other spectacles of the sort, which is the image
from which the sports are trying to get away.
Thus,
this fight should not take place, and K-1 should look to promote
its best athletes at the New Year's Eve fights. In doing so,
K-1 will gain long term fans, not a spike in the ratings.
Source: Whaledog |
|
11/27/03 Happy Thanksgiving |
Happy
Thanksgiving
Onzuka.com wishes
you and your family all the best.
We are thankful for all the friends, new and old, and all our
our loyal readers that have made this site the number 1 Hawaii
based martial art site on the web (that was absolutely subjective
and cannot be proven, but sounds good doesn't it?) .
Please take this time to reflect on all the blessings that you
have received and if you have come across rough times, be thankful
that God made you strong enough to get through these times.
'TWAS THE NIGHT OF THANKSGIVING AND I JUST COULDN'T SLEEP.
I TRIED COUNTING BACKWARDS, I TRIED COUNTING SHEEP.
THE LEFTOVERS BECKONED - THE DARK MEAT AND WHITE
BUT I FOUGHT THE TEMPTATION WITH ALL OF MY MIGHT.
TOSSING AND TURNING WITH ANTICIPATION
THE THOUGHT OF A SNACK BECAME INFATUATION.
SO I RACED TO THE KITCHEN,
FLUNG OPEN THE DOOR AND GAZED AT THE FRIDGE,
FULL OF GOODIES GALORE.
I GOBBLED UP TURKEY AND BUTTERED POTATOES,
PICKLES AND CARROTS, BEANS AND TOMATOES.
I FELT MYSELF SWELLING SO PLUMP AND SO ROUND,
'TIL ALL OF A SUDDEN, I ROSE OFF THE GROUND.
I CRASHED THROUGH THE CEILING,
FLOATING INTO THE SKY
WITH A MOUTHFUL OF PUDDING AND A HANDFUL OF PIE.
BUT, I MANAGED TO YELL AS I SOARED PAST THE TREES . . .
"HAPPY EATING TO ALL - PASS THE CRANBERRIES, PLEASE."
MAY YOUR STUFFING BE TASTY, MAY YOUR TURKEY BE PLUMP,
MAY YOUR POTATOES 'N' GRAVY HAVE NARY A LUMP.
MAY YOUR YAMS BE DELICIOUS, MAY YOUR PIES TAKE THE PRIZE.
MAY YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER STAY OFF OF YOUR THIGHS.
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Quote
of the Day
"It's good to have money and the things money can buy, but
it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that
you haven't lost the things money can't buy."
George Horace Lorimer, American editor of The Saturday Evening
Post
|
KICK'N
IT 3 This Friday
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
Weigh in will be at 24 hour fitness mililani,
10:30am.
6 Championship bouts,
Main event.-(Super Middleweight Championship)
Shawn Taylor(Waimanalo Kick boxing) vs Mark Moreno(bulls Pen)
Semi Main-(Welterweight Championship)
Brandon Absher(Nanakuli Kickboxing) vs Joey Kuni (Big dogs)
(Super lightweight Championship)
Dominator Lopez(Big Dogs) vs Jr Yacup(808 fight factory)
(Lightweight Championship)
David Balicao(Nanakuli Kickboxing) vs Ernie Candilaris(Waimanalo
KB)
(Kids Championship)
Kai Kamaka III(808FF) vs Dido Rodrigues(Waianae KB)
(Cruiserweight Championship)
Scott Redolble(NKB) vs Kevin Smith(Big Dogs)
(Heavyweight)
Doug Armaral(Hard Knocks) vs Shilo Ho(Big Dogs)
(160lbs)
Jerry Bright(NKB) vs Oscar Cano(HMC)
(115lbs)
Po'okela Kawauhau(Big Dogs) vs Chad Pavao(Makakilo KB)
(200lbs)
Gun Wheeler(HMC) vs TBA(Giraldi Muay Thai)
(65lbs)
Kai Ruiz(Makakilo KB) vs Keanu Kamaka(808FF)
(45lbs)
Dahwen Bright(Makakilo KB) vs TBA(Ewa Beach Fight Club)
(95lbs)
Rodney jo Barona(Big Dogs) vs Sage Yoshida(HMC)
(145lbs)
Trinity Kila(big dogs) vs Nick Correia(MKB)
(145lbs)
Dyson Domen(Big Dogs) vs TBA
Presentation of belt to Harris Sarmiento for winning the Kick
'N It Middleweight Championship last week at The Ring Of Honor
(fights subject to change)
Schools Participating:
Team Big Dog
Nanakuli Kickboxing
808 Fight Factory
Waianae Kickboxing
Waimanalo Kickboxing
Team Hard Knocks
Hawaiian Self-defense
Source: Danny Kaheaku |
Punishment
In Paradise Weigh-Ins
Weigh-ins at 808
Fight Factory
Saturday, November 29, 2003
Punishment
in Paradise
Campbell High School Gym, Ewa Beach, Hawaii
November 30, 2003
Doors open at 5:00PM
Fights start at 6:00PM
Tickets can be purchased at: http://www.punishmentinparadise.com
Kickboxing
- 95lbs
Rodney Pua (Team Big Dog) vs. Sage Yoshida (HMC)
Kickboxing
- 145lbs.
Duke Saragosa (808 Fight Factory) vs. Trinity (Team Big Dog)
Boxing
Exhibition - 150lbs
Jeffrey Pelen Jr. (Waianae Kickboxing Club) vs. Nester (Bull's
Pen)
MMA
- 130lbs
Corey Ferreira (808 Fight Factory) vs. Ikaika Silva (Animal House)
MMA
- 190lbs
Jason Nicholas (808 Fight Factory) vs. Corey Daniels (Kodenkan)
MMA
- 170lbs.
Ben George (Bulls Pen) vs. Chris Aiana (Kailua Fight Club)
MMA
- 145lbs
Ed Newalu (808 Fight Factory) vs. Marcus Moreno (Bulls Pen)
Kickboxing
- 185lbs
Kai Kamaka Jr. (808 Fight Factory) vs. TBA (Animal House)
Semi-Main
Event MMA - 265lbs & under
Jacob Fa'agai (Untamed Bloodline) vs. Junior (Bulls Pen)
Main
Event
Kickboxing - 170lbs.
PJ Dean (Waianae Kickboxing Club) vs. Deshawn Johnson (HMC)
Source: Event Promoter |
PANCRASE
- 10th Anniversary Show Is Close!
Some
of the fighters have arrived in Japan to participate in the big
10th Anniversary Pancrase event scheduled for November 30th.
Ricardo
Almeida just arrived in Narita Airport, as well as Nick Diaz
and Jake Shields. Ron Waterman and Jimmy Ambriz, as well as Chute
Boxe's Nilson Castro, and JJ phenom Baret Yoshida arrived as well.
King
of Pancrase Nathan Marquardt arrived in Japan 2 weeks ago. He
stayed at fighter Akihiro Gono's house and trained at the Grabaka
Gym in preparation.
Source: ADCC |
A
look back at Lawler vs. Lytle with “Ruthless” Robbie
Lawler
Undoubtedly
the most exciting fight of the night opened the “UFC 45:
Revolution” PPV live from the Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday,
November 21. “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler earned the Unanimous
Decision win (29-28; 29-28; 29-28) over Chris “Lights Out”
Lytle in a welterweight fight full of entertainment value. The
21-year-old returned to the octagon after a loss to Pete Spratt
at “UFC 42: Sudden Impact.” Now 8-1, Lawler will look
to fine tune what he knows in training and return to the octagon
nasty.
JC:
What are your thoughts on undoubtedly being the most exciting
fight of the night? RL: I just had fun out there. I learned a
lot from the fight more than anything. That’s what I wanted
to do.
JC:
What did you learn? RL: I did some things here and there I really
don’t want to talk about, but I know if I put a few more
things together, it’s going to be nasty... I’m going
to be nasty.
JC:
Tell me about Round 1. RL: I didn’t know what was going
to happen. He came out and he crowded me. I kind of ducked under
one of his punches and a knee tap was there, so I tapped his,
I believe his right knee with my left hand, and took him to the
ground.
JC:
Did his kick up have an affect on you? RL: No, it definitely
didn’t. I actually smiled and was excited about it. If you
listen to the fight, Joe Rogan was right there, he goes, “hey,
he just smiled at him.” I had fun out there and not at anytime
was I hurt, but I felt the kick and it was a good kick.
JC:
What was going on in the second round with you backing away?
RL: Well, I didn’t want to take him to the ground and force
anything, and he wasn’t fast enough to close the distance,
and when he closed the distance I maybe countered with a few
punches. I was careful.
JC:
Round 3 was definitely a crowd pleaser. RL: It was a good round.
I knew I won the first and he won the second, so I knew I had
to go out there and win the third. We each got in some flurries.
I got some kicks in there. I think I threw 2 or 3 kicks, all
landing, and I should have went back to that more, but... He
threw a few good combos, he actually hit me with, I don’t
know, maybe a straight right or left and that got me real pumped
up, so I went in there are started trading with him. He was actually
winning the exchange on landing punches, but mine were just way
harder than what he was landing. I just caught him perfectly
one time.
JC:
When he got you pumped, was that the crab shot? RL: Yeah. Yeah.
JC:
What was the winning factor for you? RL: The winning factor for
me was probably when I knocked him down. I just felt like...
if I wanted to go to the ground I could go to the ground and
I thought that I was the stronger puncher and that definitely
showed when we got into an exchange, and I thought I was faster.
He was very game and I would never take anything away from him,
and he’s a nice guy. I actually had a lot of fun out there.
There was a time when he kicked and I felt his right foot was
messed up, and I kind of looked at him and without saying a word
I was like “oh, your foots messed up” and he kind of
looked at me like “yeah, my foot is kind of.” There
were a lot of funny things going on in the fight, although we
were trying to hurt each other at the same time, but having fun
at it.
JC:
Some people thought it was entertaining and that had a value
to it, while others thought all of that should have been saved
for after the fight. RL: Oh, we fought. I don’t care what
those people say. We fought hard. I was trying to hurt him and
he was trying to hurt me. I don’t really care what they
think anyway. I fight the way I fight and he fights the way he
fights, and if they don’t like it... what can I do.
JC:
Are you aware of the internet reviews? [laughing] RL: Nope, I
don’t get on there.
JC:
What did you weigh come fight time? RL: I felt big, maybe 180
to 185.
JC:
You didn’t know anything about Lytle pre-fight. What are
your thoughts on Lytle and the fighter now? RL: He’s well
rounded. Good boxer. He hit me hard. Tough kid.
JC:
Were you surprised when you were announced the winner by Unanimous
Decision winner? RL: Well, I thought I won by 2 points. I felt
I should have won on all cards, but by 2 points because I knocked
him down. I thought I won the first 10-9, and he won the second
10-9, and then I thought I won the last with the knock down,
which would have been 10-8.
JC:
What’s next for you? RL: I’m going to take a week off
to let myself recover from all the training and cutting weight,
then I am going to start training hard like I’m getting
ready for January... Matt’s fighting in January, so I will
be helping him out, and help myself out to learn as much as possible.
I normally take time off and play video games, but I don’t
play video games anymore.
JC:
Is every day in training a learning process for you? RL: Oh yeah,
I can learn a lot of stuff, plus I need to fine tune the stuff
I do know, and work on a few little things here and there to
make myself a complete fighter.
JC:
Is there anything you’d like to say? RL: Nope.
Source: ADCC |
Interview:
Wanderlei ‘The Axe Murderer’ Silva
It’s only been a few short weeks since Wanderlei ‘The
Axe Murderer’ Silva took home the gold by winning the Pride
FC Middleweight Grand Prix with his defeats of Kazushi Sakuraba,
Hidehiko Yoshida and Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson. Upon
his return to Brazil, Wanderlei was immediately swept up in the
unprecedented media frenzy. Since his momentous homecoming, Silva
has been bound with obligations from one news outlet to the next,
all the while spreading the word of MMA and making himself available
to his fans. Due to his busy schedule, I was extra grateful that
he consented to this interview.
InsideFighting:
First of all, thank you for taking the time to answer a few questions
for us. I’m sure you must be very busy. Congratulations
on your victory in Pride FC. Wanderlei Silva: We are never busy
to talk with our friends and fans.
IF:
I have seen you preparing in the moments before a fight by kicking
and punching the Thai pads with your trainers. Is there anything
else that you do in order to achieve the proper mind set for
fighting? Wand: Concentration, focus and motivation.
IF:
Do you ever listen to music before a fight in order to prepare
mentally? If so, what kind of music do you like? Wand: Before
the fight I like to pray, I’m Catholic and I ask for God
to protect me and support me to achieve my goal in the ring.
Music is for training and to celebrate the victories.
IF:
Wanderlei, you appear very confident before fights. Do you ever
become nervous before entering the ring? Wand: Yes, I think that
every fight is a new experience, with pressure and expectations.
When I get into the ring everything disappear and I just think
in the fight.
IF:
What did you do after the fight with Yoshida in order to prepare
for Quinton Jackson? How did you refocus, relax or reenergize
yourself? Wand: I had a good massage, food and some minutes sleeping.
IF:
Would you like to avenge your losses to Tito Ortiz and Vitor
Belfort? Wand: Yes, but first they must have a belt to challenge
me. Until then, stay on the line...
IF:
Which UFC fighters would give you the most trouble in a fight?
Wand: I’m well trained now, living a wonderful moment, probably
the best in my life, having the respect of the MMA community
and fans. I don’t care which UFC fighters I gonna face in
the ring.
IF:
I heard you say that you are going to return to training after
resting for a week. Do you expect to face Quinton in December
or has there been discussion of facing a different opponent?
Wand: I don’t know, just rumors but I would like to kick
his ass again, why not!!!
IF:
You told the Japanese media that you would fight at heavyweight
after the middleweight Grand Prix was finished. Do you still
intend to switch to heavyweight? Wand: I don’t know either.
Right now I’m with 100 kg. I can guarantee that if I move
to the heavyweight I will make my best there too.
IF:
If you switch to heavyweight, are you concerned about fighters
like Cro Cop, Fedor and Nogueira in the heavyweight class? Wand:
No. Well-trained, I can face anyone.
IF:
How would you defeat each of the 3 fighters I just mentioned
if you faced them? Wand: Playing my game, using my techniques
and being aggressive.
IF:
How do you feel about certain members of Chute Boxe leaving the
team? (Anderson, Assuerio) Wand: We live in a Democracy in Brazil.
I think that everyone must have the opportunity to choose the
best way to their lives. Good luck and God bless you guys!!!
IF:
Your son Thor is a good-looking little guy. Who does he get his
good looks from? Wand: From his mother. From his father I expect
that he take an example of discipline, good behavior and knowledge.
IF:
Will Thor be the next “Axe Murderer?” Wand: Yes, for
sure! Better than his father!!
IF:
Final Thoughts? Wand: Vale Tudo is getting more famous in the
U.S. now. We hope to go there to fight for my fans as soon as
possible. We don't know when yet but it is our dream. We want
to show Americans our techniques and good fights, soon we will
have news!
IF:
On behalf of InsideFighting.com, I wish to thank you for your
time! Wand: You welcome.
Source: ADCC |
Inside
the current issue of FCF:
Pride:
Final Conflict - Axe Murderer Wanderlei Silva chops his way to
the top.
Happy
Anniversary! - The UFC turns ten and we take a look back at the
historic first decade of the sport of the future!
M-1:
Russia Vs. the World 6 - Russia Challenges the World, Emerges
9-2.
Showdown
in Tokyo: We preview the K-1 Grand Prix Finals that will take
place in the Tokyo Dome on December 6.
WEC
8: Halloween Fury II - Tricks and Treats Abound in Lemorre, California.
Karo
Parisyan put on an impressive display of technique at UFC 44,
fins out all about the young judo champion.
Fred
Ettish: The quiet legend from UFC 2 speaks.
Tank
Abbott talks about his pending fight vs. Cabbage Correira and
his fighting career.
UFC
45 Preview - An insightful look at the fighters and the match-ups
for UFC 45.
IFC:
Battleground Boise - Team Extreme sweep belts in first sanction
show in Idaho.
Mass
Destruction XIII - New England's long standing MMA show returns
with fists-a-flying to Taunton, Massachusetts.
Cage
Rage 4: Lightning Strikes - Brawling Brits at Caesar's Nightclub
in London, England.
Atlantic
City Onslaught - Reality Fighting brings its fifth action-packed
show to Boardwalk Hall in A.C.
Arena
Extreme Combat - Vale Tudo in the Brazilian Caribbean.
Former
AMC Pankration strength & conditioning coach Mark Ginther
presents Ask the Ubermensch: Timeless Tips from the Teutonic
Titan of Training.
Wesley
"Cabbage" Correira BioFile.
Controversy:
Fight fans make their picks and give their opinions for UFC 45.
In
our monthly columns...
In Matt Hume's techniques, Jason Brudvic & Brad Kertson demonstrate
an Overhook Keylock from Guard; and in the Punchers Corner, champion
kickboxer Derek Panza discusses Making The Most Of Shadowboxing.
Every
issue of Full Contact Fighter is jam-packed with fight news from
the U.S. to Brazil to Japan. FCF travels the globe to bring the
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Following
"Revolution,"
UFC Broadcast Needs Evolution
You
don’t really realize how good you have something until it’s
gone. That was one of many thoughts swirling through my head
while sitting on a couch at my buddy Baz’s place, watching
Friday night’s mediocre UFC 45: “Revolution” on
pay-per-view.
Sure,
there were a few positive aspects of the Connecticut-based fight
card (the Robbie Lawler-Chris Lytle match and Matt Hughes come
to mind), but much of the action in the Octagon, nonsense outside
of it, and a pretty depressing effort on the pay-per-view broadcast
side left me wondering afterwards if those fans who regularly
drop $29.99 were left with the same impression I had.
The
last time I watched a UFC on live television rather than witness
it in person was the Matt Lindland-Murilo Bustamante headlined
card in Louisiana -- I’ve been fortunate enough to be ringside
for every UFC (save 37) since the Tito Ortiz-Elvis Sinosic main
event in New Jersey.
While
UFC 37 provided fight-of-the-year caliber bouts, the broadcast,
from what I remember, seemed a less haggard version of the one
Baz, my boy Phil and I witnessed Friday.
But
why?
Is
the UFC broadcast HBO quality? No, of course not. But then, MaxFighting
and MaxBoxing columnist Tom Gerbasi pointed out after the event
that neither is Showtime’s. Which led me to this question:
What is preventing the live television presentation of the UFC
from reaching a level that would makes viewers feel good about
watching it?
Since
taking over the UFC, ZUFFA has tried several broadcasting formulas,
hoping to make their pay-per-views an interesting, entertaining
and informative component in the growth of the UFC brand.
So
far, not so good.
In
the past I’ve complained to anyone within earshot that the
UFC (and PRIDE and any other MMA organization on television or
shooting live-to-tape events) features zero journalistic accountability
in the broadcast booth. When one is discussing self-contained
events like the Ultimate, it’s rare to hear any sort of
checks and balances emanating from the play-by-play or color
commentator(s).
Of
course, if you decided turn up the volume, close your eyes and
pay attention to what Eddie Bravo had to say, you would have
thought that this was the most “phenomenal,” “great,”
or “amazing” event in the history of the UFC.
In
reality, it was anything but. I like Eddie. I’ve known him
for quite some time. So my criticism comes from a good place.
But, for the most part his post-fight commentary and questions
were tough to stomach.
By
his own admission, at least as far back as the last time we talked
about this sort of stuff, he doesn’t consider himself a
professional broadcaster. The guy enjoys being in front of the
camera, loves mixed martial arts and lives Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
His passion, however, can come off as amateurish, which it did
on Friday. Eddie, though, isn’t the problem. He’s just
a symptom of it.
Eddie’s
place on the broadcast is a direct reflection of ZUFFA. While
his heart is in the right place, using a layman in such an important
spot makes for bad television -- and journalism. Say what you
will about HBO’s Larry Merchant, but the man makes for insightful
pre/during/post-fight interviews and commentary.
UFC
play-by-play man Mike Goldberg, the most professional and tolerable
of all broadcasters currently calling MMA, once told me that
the UFC puts no restrictions on what he can or can’t say
in the broadcast booth. I asked him the question as a reaction
to his persistent labeling of the UFC as the “Super Bowl”
of mixed martial arts.
Mike
is good at what he does. But even then, his role in the booth
is not one of analysis. That falls to the color commentator(s).
Joe Rogan, one of mixed martial arts' most well known supporters,
has been working on UFC broadcasts dating as far back as the
SEG-led UFC-teen years.
Friday
night, he offered the closest thing to broadcast journalism I’ve
seen on a UFC telecast -- and he should be commended for it.
Following the unfortunate turn of events that was the Tank Abbott-“Cabbage”
Correira bout, Rogan clearly voiced his displeasure -- a sentiment
felt by many, including myself -- during the moments in which
Abbott’s cronies mixed it up with Corriera’s supporters.
Rogan
called it like he saw it, coming off as completely genuine --
which is not to say he isn’t when circumstances are different.
Joe is the UFC Everyman. He should be free to speak his mind
-- positively and negatively -- during the broadcast, but, like
many fans I suspect, criticism isn’t the first thing waiting
to pour from his lips.
All
too often the UFC broadcast watches like a second-rate version
of a Ron Popiel infomercial. What ZUFFA needs to realize is that
it loses credibility with the shilling and pandering of its event
to the basest group in its pay-per-view audience.
Perhaps
it’s simply a situation in which those involved aren’t
of the capacity to pull it off. Television is a tricky beast,
one, that done poorly, can leave a gaping hole in a tire of any
entertainment vehicle.
What
the UFC needs is consistency and continuity. Something that fans
can count on each an every time they tune in.
If
someone at ZUFFA came to me today and asked for a realistic,
entertaining, informative and journalistically accountable group
of people to man their broadcast booth I’m fairly certain
I’d have the answer.
In
fact, here it is:
Goldberg
stays. He’s the voice of the UFC, and as badly as Bruce
Beck diehards wish for his return, that doesn’t seem likely
or necessary. Rogan stays as well. His on-camera personality,
which some have called abrasive or loud, needs to come down a
few notches, though Joe has plenty to offer, both in bringing
the voice of the fan to the telecast as well as adding legitimacy
as a mainstream media figure.
For
Bravo, his inability to ask meaningful questions needs to be
trumped. At UFC 42, he was added into the broadcast as a round-by-round
“scorer” during the Matt Hughes-Sean Sherk main event,
performing the Harold Lederman-esque role fairly well. Eddie’s
credentials are such that he’d be suited for this on a broadcast.
Now
to mix things up a bit. Ryan Bennett should return as the “sideline”
reporter, performing pre- and post-fight interviews. For some
reason, despite its importance, this has been the most neglected
portion of the UFC broadcast.
And
for the viewers’ sake, interview the winners and losers.
I,
for one, want to hear Frank Trigg’s side as to why he was
choked out. Did he regret all the trash talk? What does he have
to say about Hughes now? These questions matter. The fighters
are professionals and should be treated -- not coddled -- as
such.
And
now, the big one: Put Ken Shamrock back in the broadcast booth.
He was excellent in his commentary at UFC 41. He is as well known
as any fighter in mixed martial arts history. He is wonderful
on the microphone. His credentials cannot be argued with. He
is not scared to give his opinion. He is, quite simply, a perfect
fit with Goldberg and Rogan.
And
perhaps the most important reason for ZUFFA to give him a permanent
place on its broadcast team: Shamrock (like a Larry Merchant
or George Foreman) is the type of figure that could entice buyers
to fork over the cost of the pay-per-view just so they can hear
if he’ll say anything controversial -- though none of it
should ever be contrived.
Ken
should simply be Ken.
Friday
night’s effort was painful. It shouldn’t be.
I’ve
made it a practice to watch fights on tape as soon as possible
after a live event. But I always do it with the volume turned
off, as to not be influenced by broadcasters, crowd noise or
anything else
After
the Ricco Rodriguez-Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira PRIDE bout, I made
a recommendation to an E-mailer that he watch the contest again,
this time with no sound. He did and replied that it made a tremendous
difference in the way he scored the fight. (For those of you
that didn’t read my mailbag the first time, try the no-sound
method the next time you’re conflicted as to the outcome
of a bout. And what the heck are you doing not reading my mailbag?)
I
don’t want to be forced to do the same during a live event.
But more events like 45 and I may have to.
Thankfully,
I’ll be in Las Vegas on January 31.
Source:
Maxfighting |
Conspiracy
Theories: A Look Back at Silva-Yoshida
Hidehiko Yoshida got beat up by the best middleweight in the
world, Vanderlei Silva. He lost the biggest match of his career
in front of a stadium full of people and a huge TV audience that
paid a lot of money to see him win. What's more, Yoshida was
representing old-school Japan, a century old judo tradition that
took it's lumps when he did. His face was a grim mask during
the award ceremony as he watched Silva get handed the 1st place
trophy. It looked like the burning shame of someone who had failed
when everyone believed in him.
No
matter what Yoshida thought of himself, almost everyone watching
was impressed. Almost everyone was finally convinced that the
man was for real. Almost everyone. Some people have been second-guessing
and ridiculing the controversial judo champ for so long they
can't seem to give it up. These are the people that are now saying
the Silva/Yoshida match was a work.
It
doesn't matter that Yoshida lost and it doesn't matter that Silva
gave him a solid beating. In some people's eyes, he didn't lose
badly enough. After the hardest 15 minutes of his life, the tough
judoka was still standing. So some people said it had to be a
work. That is, anything less than Silva easily knocking out Yoshida
is suspect.
Of
course, Yoshida's first fight against Royce Gracie gave fans
good reason to be suspicious. But once you wander down the garden
path of conspiracy theories, it's easy to get lost. Ambiguous
fights start to feel fake and just about anything can be spun
support that feeling. Yoshida's fights with Frye and Satake were
good fodder this. But most of the time it makes more sense to
just assume the fight was legit. Silva/Yoshida is a perfect example.
First
of all, people who still think Yoshida is a fraud say that Silva
"took it easy" on him. Silva NEVER takes it easy on
opponents. Under normal circumstances, he probably would have
gone berserk on Yoshida and the fight might have been a lot different.
But this wasn't a normal match. It was a tournament match and
next-up was a war with Quinton Jackson. So Silva had to win while
saving energy for the final. If Yoshida benefited, it was by
default. Silva wasn't taking it easy on the judo champ, he was
taking it easy on himself.
Second,
winning meant staying away from Yoshida and hitting him. That's
just good strategy, not "taking it easy" on him. Silva
figured out in the first round that he couldn't get an easy knockout
and couldn't get away with much in-fighting. Otherwise Yoshida
would do what judo guys do best-grab, throw and hold down. Once
on the ground, Yoshida was clinching and holding Silva's arms
to prevent the ground and pound. When Silva was on his back,
Yoshida was grinding and leaning his way into and out of positions.
In other words, he was looking good and making Silva tired. Opting
to stand-up, stay away, and strike made it clear to the judges
who was in charge in the second round.
I
could go into details of the fight, but is it really necessary?
Is it really so hard to believe the fight was legit? An olympic
level judo guy took some good hits, didn't go down, and forced
Silva to respect his throws. Silva figured him out, changed his
strategy a little, and beat him. It's that simple. No grassy
knolls or second gunmen are needed.
If
you're still skeptical, here's something to chew on. Only one
other japanese fighter has taken Silva to a decision and that
was Daijiro Matsui. Matsui is a former judo guy too. His style
and tough jaw have always given stand-up fighters problems. Maybe
Yoshida is bringing the same qualities to MMA, only at a higher
level. (He also seems to keep a cooler head than the frenetic
Matsui, who's main worry is about boring the fans.)
Maybe
someday we'll see more high-level judo guys in MMA. Maybe we'll
see them give stand-up fighters the same problems that Yoshida
gave Silva. But until this new wave of olympic athletes hits
the sport we've got one good example of what could happen. Hidehiko
Yoshida taking the best middleweight in the world the distance.
Source:
Maxfighting |
NO
TURKEYS HERE: ILLINOIS TOPS NEW POLL!
AND IOWA, OKLAHOMA, ARIZONA STATE, TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA COLLEGE
WRESTLING NEWS
As
the Thanksgiving holiday is set to be celebrated Thursday in
America, there is a lot of college wrestling news to digest along
with whatever variety of turkey you may be enjoying. So sneak
away from those family members you dread seeing anyway, turn
down the sound on the football games, and get set to read up
on some of the latest news from the world of college wrestling,
all compiled here from the teams' own press releases.
ILLINOIS
Illini
Wrestlers Jump to No. 1 in Top-25 Poll
Intermat Lifts Illinois over Defending National Champions
Nov. 25, 2003
Cassie Arner
CHAMPAIGN,
Ill. - The University of Illinois wrestling team earned its first-ever
No. 1 ranking when Intermatwrestle.com catapulted the Illini
over the defending national champion Oklahoma State squad, which
fell to Missouri on Nov. 21. The Illini faced off against the
Cowboys and Tigers in the Missouri Open this weekend, crowning
three champions, the most in the non team-scored event. The grapplers
become the second Illini team in two years to be ranked in the
No. 1 spot after men's tennis took top billing during the 2003
national championship season.
Sophomore
All-American Alex Tirapelle (Clovis, Calif.) was one of the trio
to take home Missouri Open titles and retains his No. 2 national
ranking. Junior co-captains Mark Jayne (Elyria, Ohio) and Brian
Glynn (Orland Park, Ill.) also won their weight classes at the
tournament for the second consecutive year. Both wrestlers are
currently ranked fourth overall with Jayne at 133 pounds and
Glynn at 184.
The
Illini have five additional wrestlers ranked in the individual
Top-20. Sophomore Kyle Ott (Huber Heights, Ohio) is sixth at
125 pounds and Pete Friedl (Orland Park, Ill.) stayed at No.
7 at 174 pounds. Senior Jason Potter is rated No. 11 at 197 pounds,
while sophomore Cal Ferry (Machesney, Ill.) is No. 16 at 149
and redshirt-freshman Michael Martin (Norfolk, Va.) is 18th at
141 pounds.
Oklahoma
State falls to No. 2 in the team rankings, while Iowa remains
at No. 3. Missouri moved up to No. 6 from ninth a week ago after
knocking off the Cowboys.
INTERMAT
(Nov. 25)
1. Illinois
2. Oklahoma State
3. Iowa
4. Iowa State
5. Lehigh
6. Missouri
7. Michigan
8. Minnesota
9. Nebraska
10. Cornell
THE
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
Traci Wagner
November 25, 2003
IOWA
WRESTLING HAWKEYES GO 2-0 IN SEASON OPENER
BLUE
EARTH, MN -- The University of Iowa wrestling team opened the
2003-04 season in strong fashion Tuesday night, defeating Southwest
Minnesota State, 54-0, and Minnesota State-Mankato, 37-3, in
Blue Earth, MN. Hawkeye wrestlers and Blue Earth natives Luke
Eustice (125), Ty Eustice (149) and Jeff Pfaffinger (133) went
a combined 5-0 in their homecoming.
Iowa recorded seven pins - six in the first period of each match
- and two match-ending technical falls in the 54-0 win against
Southwest Minnesota State. It is the second largest victory margin
recorded by an
Iowa team under Head Coach Jim Zalesky coached team. The largest
was 57-0 against Augustana in the 1998-99 season opener.
The Hawkeyes went 9-1 against Minnesota State-Mankato, recording
team bonus points in six matches. Seniors Luke Eustice (6-0),
Cliff Moore (7-0) and Tyler Nixt (12-0) and sophomore Paul Bradley
(9-0) all recorded wins to remain undefeated in collegiate competition.
Sophomore Ty Eustice won his 35th career match at 149 pounds,
while sophomore Paul Bradley scored his 20th career win. Redshirt
freshman Todd Meneely made his collegiate debut at 133 pounds,
scoring a pin in 2:26.
The
Hawkeyes will take a 2-0 season record and a seven-match winning
streak to Arizona Sunday as they face Arizona State at 3 p.m.
(CT) in Tempe and Embry-Riddle at 8 p.m. (CT) in Prescott.
MEET
RESULTS
Iowa 54, Southwest Minnesota State 0
125 Luke Eustice (I) pinned Brice Whitacre (SMS), 2:22
133 Jeff Pfaffinger (I) dec. Keefer Jensen (SMS), 6-2
141 Cliff Moore (I) pinned Josh Soupir (SMS), 2:19
149 Ty Eustice (I) pinned Aldon Struchen (SMS), 3:43
157 Joe Johnston (I) tech. fall Shawn Plumley (SMS), 22-7 in
3rd period
165 Cole Pape (I) pinned Adam Barton (SMS), 1:10
174 Tyler Nixt (I) pinned Tim Johns (SMS), 1:09
184 Paul Bradley (I) pinned Aaron Mailey (SMS), 2:18
197 Ryan Fulsaas (I) tech. fall Joel Wipperfurth (SMS), 23-7
in 5:18
Hwt. Ryan Fuller (I) pinned Chris Abbott (SMS), 1:14
Iowa
37, Minnesota State-Mankato 3
125 Luke Eustice (I) tech. fall Bryce Bahe (MSM), 28-11 in 3rd
period
133 Todd Meneely (I) pinned Shane Gulden (MSM), 2:26
141 Cliff Moore (I) maj. dec. Jason Rhoten (MSM)
149 Ty Eustice (I) dec. Sam Donner (MSM), 10-5
157 Joe Johnston (I) pinned George Lynaugh (MSM), 5:31
165 Cole Pape (I) dec. Matt Perrizo (MSM), 9-7
174 Tyler Nixt (I) maj. dec. Jon Dierks (MSM), 14-5
184 Paul Bradley (I) maj. dec. Ben Janike (MSM), 16-7
197 Ryan Fulsaas (I) dec. Josh Janousek (MSM) 9-3
Hwt. Mike Engelmann (MSM) dec. Ryan Fuller (I), 3-2
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma
To Host Oklahoma Open
Oklahoma will host its annual Oklahoma Open in the Howard McCasland
Field House on Saturday, Nov. 29, all day. The Sooners will enter
the open after an impressive win over Missouri Valley on Nov.
20 in the first duals match of the season. The Sooners also wrestled
in the Missouri Open on Nov. 23 and placed five wrestlers at
the tournament.
Sooners
Defeat Missouri Valley
The No. 15 ranked Oklahoma wrestling team defeated Missouri Valley
34-6 Thursday night in the Howard McCasland Field House. The
Sooners recorded three falls, two major decisions and three decisions,
with only two losing decisions in the victory. The falls were
scored by Leonce Crump (HWT), Shane Kidd (141) and E.K. Waldhaus
(174).
Oklahoma
Places Five Wrestlers At Missouri Open
The Oklahoma wrestling team placed five wrestlers at the Missouri
Open on Sunday. Red-shirt freshman Sam Hazewinkel defeated fellow
Sooner freshman Mimi Miller by a 2-1 decision for the title.
This is the second consecutive time this year Hazewinkel and
Miller have met in the finals of the 125-pound weight class.
ARIZONA
STATE
No.
20 ASU Wrestling Plays Host to No. 3 Iowa Sunday
Sun Devils will face tough competition to open dual season
November 25, 2003
TEMPE,
Ariz. - The No. 20 Arizona State wrestling team (0-0, 0-0 Pac-10)
opens its dual meet portion of the season at 2 p.m. Sunday when
No. 3 Iowa (0-0, 0-0 Big Ten) visits Tempe. The dual will take
place inside Wells Fargo Arena on the ASU campus.
OPENING
THE SEASON
Arizona State has competed on a varsity level since the 1962-63
season with this year marking the 42nd season of action for the
Sun Devil grapplers. In the previous 41 years, ASU is 30-11 overall
in its first
dual of the season and had won four in a row dating back to the
opener in the 1999-00 season, but had that streak snapped last
year with a 20-19 loss at Nebraska. The Sun Devils have won their
last four home openers in a row and are 27-14 overall in their
first home dual of the year. When the first dual the Sun Devils
compete in is at home, they are 15-7 and have won three in a
row.
HOME
AGAIN
Since the Wells Fargo Arena opened its doors to wrestling in
1974, the Sun Devils have compiled a 139-47-2 record. In the
history of the program, ASU is 176-74-2.
EARLY
TEST
With one of the tougher schedules in the nation this year, it
is no wonder the season would open with such a tough test for
Arizona State. The Iowa Hawkeyes enter the dual as the No. 3
team in the nation according to the National Wrestling Coaches
Association (NWCA) Top 25 released Nov. 19. The Sun Devils are
No. 20 in the same poll.
INDIVIDUAL
RANKINGS
Several Sun Devils find themselves ranked nationally following
the latest release of polls. According to Amateur Wrestling News,
six Arizona State's starters are ranked in the Top 20 with Ryan
Bader leading the way at eighth. No. 9 Mike Simpson (133), No.
12 Brian Stith (157), No. 14 Cain Velasquez (HWT) and Nos. 17
Patrick Williams (149) and Nick Frost (184) round out the Sun
Devils' representation in the polls.
In the team polls, the Sun Devils remained No. 20 (NWCA) and
No. 22 (InterMat).
SCOUTING
REPORT: IOWA
The Hawkeyes will have competed in two tournaments (six total
individual titles won) and duals with Southwest State and Minnesota
State prior to meeting Arizona State. Head Coach Jim Zalesky
enters his seventh season at the helm of his alma mater's program
and holds a career record of 95-18. Of his 10 probable starters
for the dual Sunday, seven are ranked in the Top 20 by AWN with
three of them (No. 2 Luke Eustice at 125; No. 5 Cliff Moore at
141 and No. 5 Tyler Nixt at 174) ranked in the Top
5.
SERIES
HISTORY WITH IOWA
The Sun Devils had not had much success against the Hawkeyes
as Iowa holds an 18-1-1 advantage in the all-time series. Luckily
for Arizona State, both the win and the tie came in Tempe. The
Sun Devils won, 22-18, in 1987 and tied, 18-18, in 1990. Since
the stalemate, the Hawkeyes have won 12 duals in a row, including
a 32-7 decision last year in Iowa City, Iowa.
AHEAD
OF THE SERIES
Although Iowa has a large lead in the all-time series with the
Sun Devils, not many schools Arizona State has faced on the mat
are in the same company as the Hawkeyes. Since the 1962-63 season,
the Sun Devils have faced 103 different schools' teams with ASU
holding the advantage in 81 of the series. Only 14 schools have
the upper-hand in the series ledger with four of the schools
(Iowa, Iowa State, Nebraska and Oklahoma) appearing on ASU's
schedule this season. The remaining eight series are tied.
TOP
MATCHUPS
Four matches in the Iowa-Arizona State dual have the potential
to pit two, Top 20 (Amateur Wrestling News poll) wrestlers against
one another. The highest-ranked match pits No. 8 Ryan Bader against
UI's No. 7 Ryan Fulsaas. Other matches include No. 17 Patrick
Williams facing No. 6 Ty Eustice at 149, No. 12 Brian Stith facing
No. 8 Joe Johnston at 157 and No. 17 Nick Frost facing No. 6
Paul Bradley at 184.
NEXT
TIME ON THE MATS
Limited action awaits the Sun Devils in the month of December
as they travel to just two tournaments. Arizona State will again
take part in the Cliff Keen/Las Vegas Invitational Dec. 5-6 at
the Las Vegas
Convention Center. Some of the teams slated to compete are ASU,
Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Ohio State.
The final tournament leading up to the holiday season will be
the Reno Tournament of Champions, Dec. 18, in Reno, Nev.
UNIVERSITY
OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA
TWO
UTC WRESTLERS IN NCAA WRESTLING TOP 20
Nov. 25, 2003
UTC Sports Information
CHATTANOOGA,
Tenn.---Two Chattanooga wrestlers are ranked in the latest InterMat
Wrestling NCAA Division I Wrestling Rankings released Tuesday.
Sophomore
Matt Pitts moved from No. 20 to No. 17 in the 125-pound class,
while freshman Jake Yost broke into the rankings at No. 20 at
157 pounds.
Pitts,
of Calhoun, Ga., scored a 6-5 decision over No. 1-ranked Oklahoma
State's Cody Stites in the season opener and advanced to the
consolation quarterfinals at last week's Missouri Open.
Yost,
a Soddy Daisy, Tenn., native, reached the consolation semifinals
at the Missouri Open and placed sixth.
Five
future UTC opponents are among the top-25 teams in InterMat's
national poll. Illinois has taken over the top spot from Oklahoma
State. The Fighting Illini host UTC Dec. 13.
Fourth-ranked
Iowa State visits the UTC campus Saturday at the UTC Quad. No.
6 Missouri and No. 18 Ohio State will take on the Mocs in Maclellan
Gym Jan. 10, and the Mocs visit No. 16 Northern Iowa Dec. 12.
Source: ADCC |
Quote
of the Day
"Don't measure yourself by what you've accomplished, but
rather by what you should have accomplished with your abilities."
John Wooden, American Basketball Coach
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Rigan
Machado Seminar at HMC!
Don't miss this opportunity to train with one of the most technical
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The Machado brothers are cousins of the Gracies and were the
champions of the champion factory Gracie Barra team for a number
of years. They were one of the pioneers that followed Rorion
to America and created a huge powerhouse team primarily based
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the US and the world. The Machados were the first to produce
numerous American black belts and break down the walls by openly
promoting Americans to high levels.
For
a while, Rigan Machado was considered "the next Rickson"
and has fought Rickson in a sport Jiu-Jitsu in a close battle.
He has had success in the tournament scene as well as in the
Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling Championships.
Here
are the specifics for the seminar:
When:
Saturday, December 6
Where: Hawaii Martial Arts Center (HMC)
2nd Floor in the Kentucky Fried Chicken and Jiffy Lube complex
on the corner of Dillingham, Liliha, and King St.
HMC is directly under Canyan Rent-to-Own
555 N. King St.
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There
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so as not to interrupt the instruction being given and because
the seminar might end up being filmed for use by a production
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Lehigh
vs Oregon State Wrestling Dual Meet
We have just recieved news about a Nov 28th dual meet between
Lehigh University and Oregon State University at Moanalua High.
12:00 start time. After the dual Les Gutches and Joe Wells are
having a free wrestling clinic. Word is this is all free and
no need for USA Wrestling card.
Don't
miss the opportunity to see collegiate wrestlers on the island.
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A
look back at Lawler vs. Lytle with Chris “Lights Out”
Lytle
Undoubtedly the most exciting fight of the night opened the “UFC
45: Revolution” PPV live from the Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday,
November 21. “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler earned the Unanimous
Decision win (29-28; 29-28; 29-28) over Chris “Lights Out”
Lytle in a welterweight fight full of entertainment value. This
was the second decision loss for the 28-year-old in as many UFC
fights. We last saw Lytle at “UFC 28: High Stakes”
in November 2000, where he lost a decision to Ben Earwood. Now
26-10-4, Lytle will be back “he’s a tough guy, fought
a hell of a fight and will be back,” says UFC President
Dana White.
JC:
What are your thoughts on undoubtedly being the most exciting
fight of the night? CL: Like you said, I feel like it was a real
exciting fight. Robbie and I both exchanged a lot of good punches,
and had a few good submission attempts. We slammed each other.
It was a real exciting fight. I feel like it was a real close
fight. It could have gone either way. Of course I would like
to have won the decision.
JC:
I’m sure you would have liked just to knock him out? CL:
Yeah that would have been better.
JC:
Tell me about Round 1. CL: We went out and he caught me a little
bit by surprise because I thought we were going to stand up the
whole time, but he quickly went for a shot. I went for a guillotine
attempt and held that for quite a while, and he got my leg and
was able to slam me with that, and I was on bottom then in the
guard most of the time. I went for a heel hook about 30 to 40
seconds in. Had a good attempt at it, but he blocked it. After
that I was in a bad position (after going for a heel hook) and
he tried to get back in my guard throwing punches, which I was
blocking pretty good. He backed up once and I got a good kick
to his face and he threw a couple more punches and they kind
of landed. He came back on me and the round closed with me attempting
a triangle choke.
JC:
What are your thoughts Lawler backing away throughout Round 2?
CL: I really couldn’t figure out what was going on. The
whole time I trained for him coming right at me and we were going
to stand and trade each taking our shots. I really don’t
know what happened. Maybe it was his strategy? He was backing
away quite a bit. I never trained for that and I didn’t
know what to do. I’m taught not to rush in straight forward
and stalking with someone like that, you open yourself up to
all kind of different things. I tried to be patient and kept
walking and stalking him down keeping myself in good position.
I felt like I won the round.
JC:
How about Round 3, a good back and forth? CL: It was a real good
round. We both did some real good things. I think I landed real
good punches and a couple hit. He landed a couple too, one really
good one [both laughing] that knocked me back, but before I even
hit the ground I was clapping acknowledging it was a good hit.
JC:
A huge fan appreciative return and fight for you, but a disappointing
loss? CL: Clearly. This was the fight I was wanting and I was
excited about being on this show and I was looking for it to
bring me a bunch of different things.
JC:
If you could do one thing differently? CL: End every fight by
KO or submission. I was trying to do that anyway, but the way
the fight played out, it was difficult for me. I felt if we had
stood there and traded the whole time it wasn’t going to
the decision. I think I would have been KO’d or he would
have been KO’d. [laughing] I don’t think if we stood
toe to toe and traded for 3 rounds we’re going to stand
up. That was kind of my plan and that is what I was thinking;
that someone was going to end up on their back and that would
end the fight. It didn’t really work out like that, so it
was more of a technical chasing around here and punching there.
It takes two people to have that type of fight. I don’t
want to know what I could have done differently if it was my
game plan to go out there and fight like that, and the other
person is going to make things different.
JC:
What did you weigh come fight time? CL: I don’t usually
cut a lot of weight, so I was around 176. I cut a little, but
not too much.
JC:
You’ve had an opportunity today to read the internet reviews
on the fight. CL: You know, it’s kind of funny to me how
you show the same fight to two different people and they come
up with very different opinions of what happened. I love people
saying they thought I won. It makes me feel better and hopeful
that they will have me back. I’m not even 100% sure of the
judging criteria; neither are these people commenting. People
are going to think differently no matter what... looking for
more submission attempts or looking for more striking. I appreciate
people saying I did a great job and that they enjoyed the fight.
I’ve been in a lot of fights were I lost a split decision
and people were like “that was the fight of the night”
or “that was awesome.” It feels really good when you’re
having a great fight and people appreciate it. That’s the
type of fights I usually have; I try to go at it as hard as I
can... exciting fights. If it’s a boring fight it’s
normally because of the guy I’m fighting is going to take
me down and sit there, so I’m always game to throw down
as much as possible and give the fans a good show. I think it’s
time people are appreciating that more.
JC:
What’s next for you? CL: I think I’m fighting Dennis
“Superman” Hallman next in Bellville, Illinois. Besides
that I’d like to fight in the UFC again if they’d like
to have me back.
JC:
Is there anything you’d like to say? CL: I really like it
when I get to fight a favorite fight of mine and in the UFC,
whenever one of us would land a strike we would clap or touch
mitts and after the fights he was like “man, that was an
awesome fight.” He was real cool and appreciated it was
a good fight just as much as I did and he was a real nice guy
to me and everything. I really like that and I love it and I’m
really surprised when people I fight are really cool guys. I
wish him the best. He’s a real cool guy.
Source: ADCC
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World
Grappling Games on December 6th and 7th!
The
4th American International Championship in Los Angeles on Dec
6th and 7th is heating up! The competition consists of one day
of Jiu-Jitsu and one day of Submission Grappling.
Check
out our completely updated website with comprehensive information,
video, pictures, fighter pictures and resumes at http://worldgrapplinggames.com
The
8 man black Belt division is including Ryron Gracie, Cassio Werneck
and Jamie Cruz! We still have a few open slots. If you are interested
send an email to director@worldgrapplinggames.com There is $1100 on
the line!
The
8 woman No-Gi Division is stacked to the moon. The fighters include
Leka Viera, Gazzy Parman, Amanda Buckner, Leonor Avellan, ect.
All
the girls pictures and resumes are posted at http://worldgrapplinggames.com There is $1100 on
the line. We have one slot open if there are any girls out there
interested send an email!
Black
Belt Superfights include Carlos Machado, Wander Braga, Leonardo
Xavier, Javier Vasquez, James Boran, Rey Diogo, Ed Keller, Dave
Ruiz, ect.
We
currently have 25 brown belts registered including fighters such
as Roy Nelson, Frank Mir, Mike Rose, Rick Migliarese, Thiago
Vella, Rafeal Lovato, Alex Crispin, Pat Hardy, etc...........
We
also have over 25 women registered. We are currently looking
for a heavyweight purple belt for a girl without a match.
If
you are worried about not having a match it will not happen,
guaranteed!
WGG
makes getting here easier than ever. Our team is constantly striving
to bring you the best deals. Below is what we have come up with!
Lowest
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Gi and No-Gi divisions.
There
is a free shuttle to and from Long Beach Airport and the tournament
Location. This means you will not need to rent a car if you fly
into Long Beach. You can also Fly into LAX or Orange County.
Visit
the website for hotel booking, highlight videos, pictures, online
registration, etc....
See
you there!
Jean
Jacques Machado
Source: ADCC
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UPDATE:
MURILO BUSTAMANTE
Murilo
Bustamante is back in Brazil and last weekend he attended the
SHOOTO Brazil 3 event to corner other Brazilian Top Team members.
Murilo reports that he is still very disappointed with the way
his last fight against Dan Henderson st the 'Pride GP: Final
Conflict' event ended up. he stated that he intends to make as
much noise as possible in order to get attention for a rematch.
'If
I got knocked out cold by a punch or a knee in 3 seconds of the
fight I would be fine. If you don't fight you don't lose. When
you step in there, anything can happen.' starts Murilo, the former
UFC Champion. 'But what I can't live with is the fact I was out
due to an illegal move. I know it was not his intention to do
this, but it was an illegal headbutt! If you watch the video,
you can hear the noise of the heads clashing! My only focus right
know is to get all my energy to end this fight, because for me
this is not over' Murilo continues.
Murilo
also said that has been invited to be part of the Pride's end
of the year edition, but it's time to heal some injuries. 'Since
Henderson would not be my opponent for a rematch, because he
has to heal his knee as well, I thought would be better to skip
this one for a shot next year.' concludes Bustamante.
Source: ADCC
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IOWA
HAWKEYES WRESTLING DUAL MEET SEASON STARTS TUESDAY
With
early season losses by defending NCAA champion Oklahoma State
to a surprising Missouri team, and by the highly-ranked Lehigh
team to the upstarts of Iowa State, the field is wide open in
the 2003-04 NCAA Division I college wrestling team race.
After
dominating college wrestling throughout the 1980s and 1990s,
perennial favorite Iowa has not won the team title since 2000.
Iowa is also returning only one All-American from last season
in its starting lineup, Cliff Moore. Iowa's sole NCAA champion
last season, heavyweight Steve Mocco, is taking an Olympic redshirt
year.
We
got an early look at this past weekend's Kaufman-Brand Open tournament
at just where the Iowa wrestlers stack up individually compared
to some of the other top wrestlers in the U.S. Two Hawkeyes won
titles there, seniors Luke Eustice at 125 and Tyler Nixt at 174.
Nine other Iowa wrestlers placed in the tournament.
How
Iowa will fare this year should begin to become more evident
in the weeks to come. Iowa opens its dual meet season Tuesday,
Nov. 25, against two Division II teams when it goes on the road
to Blue Earth, MN, to take on Southwest State at 6 PM CST and
Minnesota State-Mankato at 8 PM CST. A tougher test will be Sunday,
when Iowa travels to Tempe, AZ, to take on Division I contender
Arizona State.
For
those accustomed to listening to Iowa wrestling broadcasts online
for free, you will only be able to do so this season if you pay
up. In the Iowa City area the radio broadcasts will still be
on AM-800 KXIC. But beginning this season, these broadcasts are
part of the pay service offered by Real One Player. For more
information, go to: http://www.hawkeyesports.com . More information
is also provided below.
Here
is the Iowa press release announcing the beginning of the dual
meet season for Iowa Wrestling:
THE
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE
Traci Wagner
November 24, 2003
PROBABLE
LINEUP
Iowa Hawkeyes (0-0) 2003-04
Wt. Name Yr. Hometown (HS/Last School) Record
125 Luke Eustice Sr. Blue Earth, MN (Blue Earth) 4-0
133 Todd Meneely *Fr. Omaha, NE (Skutt Catholic) 0-0
OR Jeff Pfaffinger *Fr. Blue Earth, MN (Blue Earth) 3-2
141 Cliff Moore Sr. Dubuque, IA (Hempstead) 5-0
149 Ty Eustice So. Blue Earth, MN (Blue Earth) 4-1
157 Joe Johnston So. Prairie Village, KS (Shawnee Mission E.)
8-2
165 Cole Pape So. Maquoketa, IA (Maquoketa) 2-1
174 Tyler Nixt Sr. Greene, IA (Greene) 10-0
184 Paul Bradley So. Tama, IA (South Tama) 7-0
197 Ryan Fulsaas Sr. Ridgeway, IA (Decorah) 7-1
HWT Ryan Fuller *Fr. Lisbon, IA (Lisbon) 7-5
*redshirt freshman
Southwest
State Mustangs 2003-04
Wt. Name Yr. Hometown (HS/Last School) Record
125 Brice Whitacre Fr. Estherville, IA (Lincoln Central) 1-2
133 Keefer Jensen Jr. Missouri Valley, IA (Missouri Valley) 2-2
141 Josh Soupir Sr. Marshall, MN (Marshall) 0-0
149 Aldon Sturchen So. Tracy, MN (Tracy-Milory-Balaton) 0-0
157 Shawn Plumley Fr. Bird Island, MN (BOLD) 7-1
165 Adam Barton So. Plainview, MN (Plainview) 0-0
174 Tim Johns So. Harrisburg, SD (Harrisburg) 3-1
184 Aaron Mailey Fr. Des Moines, IA (Roosevelt) 1-2
197 Joel Wipperfurth Fr. Dane, WI (Lodi) 0-0
HWT Chris Abbott Fr. Des Moines, IA (Roosevelt) 3-2
Minnesota
State Mavericks (0-2), Individual records not available
Wt. Name Yr. Hometown
125 Bryce Bahe So. Goodland, KS (HS)
133 Shane Gulden So. New Ulm, MN (HS)
141 Jason Rhoten Fr. Mantorville, MN (HS)
149 Micah Floodeen Fr. Cannon Falls, MN (HS)
OR Sam Donner Fr. Lakeville, MN (HS)
157 George Lynaugh Fr. Inver Grove Heights, MN (HS)
165 Matt Perrizo Jr. Inver Grove Heights, MN (Simley)
174 John Dierks Sr. Waldorf, MN (Mankato East)
OR Travis Krinkie Fr. Blue Earth, MN (HS)
184 Travis Krinkie Fr. Blue Earth, MN (HS)
OR Ben Janike Fr. Waseca, MN (HS)
197 Josh Janousek Jr. Greenbush, MN (HS)
HWT Mike Engelmann Jr. Spencer, IA (HS)
*redshirt freshman
Arizona
State Sun Devils (0-0) 2003-04
Wt. Name Yr. Hometown (HS/Last School) Record
125 Christian Staylor *Fr. Chesapeake, VA (Great Bridge) 2-2
133 Mike Simpson Jr. Anaheim, CA (Brethren Christian) 0-0
141 Jeremy Mendoza So. Temecula, CA (Temecula Valley) 0-2
149 Patrick Williams Jr. Homestead, FL (Neosho, KS CC) 4-2
157 Brian Stith *Fr. Hampton, VA (Frank W. Cox) 5-1
165 James Terry So. Tucson, AZ (Pima CC) 2-2
174 Ron Renzi Sr. Burke, VA (Lake Braddock) 0-0
184 Nick Frost Sr. Tuscon, AZ (Salpointe Catholic) 4-1
197 Ryan Bader So. Verdi, NV (Mcqueen) 5-0
HWT Cain Velasquez So. Yuma, AZ (Iowa Central CC) 2-2
Embry-Riddle
Eagles (2-0)
Wt. Name Yr. Hometown (HS/Last School)
125 Marcel
Suehiro Sr. Honolulu, HI (McKinley) 3-2
OR Richard Byrd Fr. Chandler, AZ (Mesquite) 8-5
133 Marcel
Suehiro Sr. Honolulu, HI (McKinley) 3-2
OR Richard Byrd Fr. Chandler, AZ (Mesquite) 8-5
141 Eugene Garza *Fr. Tucson, AZ (Sunnyside) 4-2
OR AdalbertoVillaescusa *Fr. Nogales, AZ (Rio Rico) 3-4
149 Tyler Moran Jr. Temecula, CA (Temecula Valley) 9-2
157 Morgan Scott Fr. Cottonwood, AZ (Mingus) 5-5
165 Adam Neesby Jr. Torrance, CA (S. Torrance) 3-2
174 David Rivera Jr. El Monte, CA (El Monte) 4-2
184 Jamie Hernandez Jr. El Paso, TX (Oklahoma Univ.) 0-0
OR Joffre Lander Fr. Tulsa, OK (Kelley) 4-5
197 Robert Charlton So. Billings, MT (Skyview) 5-1
HWT Robert McConkie Jr. Sandy, UT (Jordan) 3-6
THIS
WEEK
Iowa will open its 2003-04 dual meet season Tuesday in Blue Earth,
MN. The Hawkeyes will wrestle Southwest State at 6 p.m. and Minnesota
State-Mankato at 8 p.m. Both matches will in the Blue Earth Area
High School Gymnasium. Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for students,
and are available at the Blue Earth Area High School Activities
Office or at the door. Iowa will then travel to Tempe, AZ, to
take on the Arizona State Sun Devils Sunday at 3 p.m. (CT) at
Wells Fargo Arena, and Embry-Riddle at 8 p.m. (CT) in Prescott
at Eagle Arena.
ON
THE AIR
Morrie Adams and four-time Hawkeye all-American Mark Ironside
will call the action live for all four duals on AM-800 KXIC.
To listen to the broadcast online, go to the wrestling schedule
page on www.hawkeyesports.com. Click on the match
you want to hear using Real One Player software. Broadcasts are
available using the College Sports Pass, which can be purchased
for $6.95 per month or $44.95 per year, or the College Sports
Superpass for $13.95 per month.
HEAD
COACH JIM ZALESKY
Jim Zalesky is in his seventh season as head coach at the University
of Iowa. He has a school and career record of 95-18 (.841). Named
National Coach of the Year in 1998 and 1999, and Big Ten Coach
of the Year in 2000, he has led the Hawkeyes to three NCAA (1998-00)
and two Big Ten titles (1998, 2000). Zalesky has coached nine
NCAA Champions, 19 Big Ten Champions and 32 all-Americans at
Iowa. A three-time national champion and one of Iowa's 15 four-time
all-Americans, Zalesky was an assistant coach and head recruiter
at Iowa under Dan Gable for seven seasons (1991-97). He was named
Assistant Coach of the Year by the N.W.C.A. in 1992 and 1997.
Undefeated his junior and senior seasons, Zalesky ended his career
on an 89-match winning streak.
COMING
HOME
Tuesday's duals in Blue Earth, MN, will be a homecoming for three
Iowa wrestlers. Senior Luke Eustice (125), redshirt freshman
Jeff Pfaffinger (133) and sophomore Ty Eustice (149), are all
listed in the probable lineup for the duals. All graduated from
Blue Earth Area High School. The trio combined for 10 state titles,
10 school records and four academic all-state honors. Their combined
career record of 493-16 includes seven undefeated seasons. All
three were coached by Luke and Ty's father, Jack Eustice, who
coached wrestling at Blue Earth for 23 years and is now the high
school principal there.
THE
OPPONENTS
Southwest State Mustangs - Head Coach John Sterner is in his
sixth season at Southwest State, coming off a 10-9 season in
2002-03. The Mustangs are led by junior Keefer Jensen (133),
a native of Missouri Valley, IA, and sophomore Tim Johns (184).
Freshman Shawn Plumley currently has the best individual record
on the team, posting a 7-1 mark at 157 pounds.
Minnesota
State - Mankato Mavericks - The Mavericks are 0-2 on the season
with losses to Iowa State (39-7) and Boston (28-6) in Ames. Head
Coach Jim Makovsky has a 109-48-2 record in 10 seasons at Mankato.
The Mavericks lulu, HI (McKinley) are led by junior heavyweight
Mike Engelmann, who hails from Spencer, IA.
Arizona
State Sun Devils - The Sun Devils opened the 2003-04 season last
weekend, crowning one individual champion at the Missouri Open.
Sophomore Ryan Bader won the 197-pound title, going 5-0 on the
day. Arizona State will open the dual meet season Sunday against
Iowa. Bader,and juniors Nick Frost (157) Mike Simpson (133) are
expected to lead the Sun Devils this season. Head Coach Thom
Ortiz, a former Iowa State assistant, is 21-12 in his third season
at Arizona State. In 2002-03, the Sun Devils went 12-7 overall,
winning the PAC-10 title and placing fifth at the NCAA Championships.
Embry-Riddle
Eagles - Head Coach John Petty is in his first season at Embry-Riddle.
The Eagles return all-Americans
Marcel Suehiro (125)
and Anthony Archuletta (133) from a 2002-03 squad that placed
12th at the NAIA tournament.
THE
SERIES
This will be the first meeting between Iowa and Southwest State,
Minnesota State - Mankato and Embry Riddle. Iowa leads the series
with Arizona State, 18-1-1. The Hawkeyes have won the last 12
meetings between the two teams, and are 7-1-1 in Tempe.
HAVEN'T
WE MET?
Hawkeye senior Ryan Fulsaas is 1-0 vs. Arizona State's Ryan Bader
at 197 pounds. Fulsaas won a 12-8 decision over Bader in a dual
at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
LAST
WEEK
Hawkeye seniors Luke Eustice and Tyler Nixt each won titles at
the 2003 Kaufman Brand Open in Omaha, NE, while nine other Iowa
wrestlers placed in the tournament. Eustice recorded a technical
fall and three decisions, including one in sudden victory and
one in the tiebreak period, to win his second Kaufman-Brand Open
title at 125 pounds. He defeated Iowa State's Grant Nakamura,
10-9 in the tiebreak, in the finals. Nixt won his first Kaufman-Brand
Open title with a 6-4 decision over Northern Iowa's Eric Hauan
in the 174-pound finals. The win was Nixt's 90th career victory
and improved his season mark to 10-0.
Also
placing for the Hawkeyes in the open division were sophomore
Ty Eustice (149-2nd), sophomore Joe Johnston (157-2nd), sophomore
Paul Bradley (184-2nd), senior Ryan Fulsaas (197-2nd), sophomore
Adam Fellers (174-4th), sophomore Lucas Magnani (125-4th) and
redshirt freshman Ryan Fuller (Hwt.-5th). Placing for Iowa in
the 20-and-under division were redshirt freshmen Oleg Polyatskiy
(157-2nd) and Joe Uker (157-3rd).
IOWA
WRESTLING HISTORY
Iowa's overall dual meet record is 763-193-30 (.789) in 91 seasons.
The Hawkeyes have won 20 national titles, including nine of the
last 13, and 30 Big Ten titles. Iowa's 46 NCAA Champions have
won a total of 71 NCAA individual titles, crowning six three-time
and 13 two-time champions. The Hawkeyes' 98 Big Ten Champions
have won a total of 179 conference individual titles. There have
been seven four-time, 18 three-time and 24 two-time Iowa winners.
Iowa's 124 all-Americans have earned two-time honorees.
OH
BROTHER
Brothers Luke and Ty Eustice are the 10th set of brothers to
wrestle together in the Hawkeye varsity lineup since the 1950s.
The 10 other brother pairs were Don and Tom Huff (1961), Mark
and Scott Trizzino (1981), Lenny, Larry and Jim Zalesky (1981-82),
Ed and Lou Banach (1981-83), Marty and Lindley Kistler (1984-85),
Jim and John Heffernan (1987), Tom and Terry Brands (1989-92),
Troy and Terry Steiner (1991-93), and Ryan and Randy Fulsaas
(2001).
Freshmen
Ben and Brett Stedman are the fifth set of twins to wrestle for
the University of Iowa. Ed and Lou Banach, Tom and Terry Brands,
Troy and Terry Steiner and Randy and Ryan Fulsaas are the other
four.
Several
brother pairs have also had wrestling success at Iowa. The Banach's
and Brands' each won Big Ten and NCAA titles the same year twice
in their careers, and earned all-America honors three times.
The Zalesky's, Kistler's and Steiner's each earned all-America
honors twice in their careers, with the Kistler's winning Big
Ten titles the same year twice and the Zalesky's winning conference
titles once. The Heffernan's earned all-America honors in 1987.
CHAMPIONSHIP
EXPERIENCE
The Hawkeye wrestling staff of Jim Zalesky, Tom Brands, Joe Williams,
Royce Alger and Bill Zadick all wrestled at the University of
Iowa. They earned a total of 12 NCAA titles, 12 Big Ten titles
and 17 all-America honors. Their combined college career wrestling
record is 637-48-6 (.926), including five undefeated seasons.
HOME
STREAK
Iowa has won its last nine matches at home, dating back to the
20-15 loss to Michigan on Feb. 15, 2002. Iowa longest home winning
streak is 55 matches, starting Jan. 9, 1977 against Temple and
ending December 18, 1983 against Oklahoma State. The Hawkeye
open their 2003-04 home dual season Dec. 11 against Northern
Iowa.
CARVER-HAWKEYE
ARENA
Carver-Hawkeye Arena has been the home for Iowa wrestling since
1983. The Hawkeyes have a record of 136-9 (.938) in the arena,
which includes a record 10 victories during the 1986 season.
Iowa has recorded 16 undefeated seasons in the arena, with the
most recent (8-0) occurring last year.The dual wrestling attendance
record for Carver-Hawkeye Arena is 15,291, which was set when
Iowa defeated Iowa State on February 22, 1992. The arena seats
15,500 for a dual wrestling meet. The Hawkeyes are scheduled
to host the 2005 Big Ten Championships in Carver-Hawkeye.
Source: ADCC
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Quote
of the Day
You can accomplish anything in life, provided that you do not
mind who gets the credit."
Harry S. Truman, 1884-1972, Thirty-third President of the USA
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Fighters'
Club T.V. Episode 16 Debuts Tonight!
Highlights
from Superbrawl 31.
Ronald Jhun (808 Fight Factory) vs. Tiki Ghosen (Team Oyama)
+ interview with Tiki
Edrick Pajarros (808 Fight Factory) vs. Harvey Nakamura (Grappling
Unlimited)
Jason Miller (Team Oyama) vs. Shawn Taylor + interview with Jason
Kolo Koka (Grappling Unlimited) vs. Joe Jordan (Kentucky)
Falaniko Vitale (Grappling Unlimited) vs. Justin Ellison (Walt
Bayless) + interview with Niko
+ an exclusive interview with Egan Inoue on his injury and comeback.
+
one for the ladies--we have a special Interview with "Too
Fast Too Furious" star
(and also a big MMA fan and Jiu-Jitsu practioner), Paul Walker.
Technique
of the Week--the "Urban Legend", Enson Inoue with bonus
footage of
Enson training his son Erson during the credits, so stay tuned
for that!
AND
not to forget your two favorite hosts, Mark Kurano & Mike
Onzuka
If
you have any comments, questions, suggestion, resumes with pics
attached
(Girls only), send them to:
fightersclubtv808@hotmail.com
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PANCRASE
2003 HYBRID TOUR -
November 30th Card!
PANCRASE
2003 HYBRID TOUR
Date: Sunday, November 30st, 2003
Place: Ryogoku Kokugikan , Tokyo, Japan
Open: 15:00
Start: 16:00
PANCRASE
has announced their complete lineup fo their year end event,
including three title matches for the KING of PANCRASE in various
weight classes, next Sunday November 30th.
COMPLETE
CARD - Subject To Change:
1st
Match: Yoshiro Maeda (PANCRASE Inagakigumi) vs. Baret Yoshida (Grappling
Unlimited)
2nd
Match: Kazuo Misaki (PANCRASE GRABAKA) vs. Jake Shields (Cesar
Gracie Academy)
3rd
Match: Ron Waterman (Team Impact) vs. Jimmy Ambriz (New Japan
Pro Wrestling)
4th
Match: Akihiro Gono (PANCRASE GRABAKA) vs. Nilson Castro (Chute
Boxe Academy)
5th
Match Welterweight King Of Pancrase title match
Kiuma Kunioku (PANCRASEism) vs. Kenichi Serizawa (Wa-jyutsu Keishu-kai
Suruga Dojo)
6th
Match Middleweight King Of Pancrase title match
Nathan Marquardt (Colorado Stars) vs. Ricardo Almeida (Renzo
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy)
7th
Match Light heavyweight King Of Pancrase title match
Sanae Kikuta (PANCRASE GRABAKA) vs. Yuki Kondo (PANCRASEism)
Source: ADCC |
Punishment
In Paradise
Campbell High School Gym, Ewa Beach, Hawaii
Sunday, November 30, 2003
6:00PM Fight starts
$15 advanced tickets
$20 day of the event
Tickets can be purchased at:
www.punishmentinparadise.com (website coming online in a few
days)
or
by calling (808) 542-5071
Weigh-ins to be announced soon. There are still a few more openings
for fighters for kickboxing and MMA matches. Call (808) 542-5071
if you are interested in competing.
Source: Promoter
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UFC
46: 'SUPERNATURAL' - A First Look!
“UFC 46: Super Natural” Card Announced
UFC
President Dana White announced the complete card for “UFC
46: Super Natural” to be held on Saturday, January 31, 2004,
at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada.
UFC
Light Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture will defend his title
for the first time against Brazilian Vitor Belfort in the main
event. Couture earned the title from former champion Tito Ortiz
by Unanimous Decision on September 26, at “UFC 44: Undisputed.”
We last saw Belfort defeat Marvin Eastman by TKO from strikes
at “UFC 43: Meltdown.”
BJ
Penn moves
up to welterweight when he returns to the UFC octagon meeting
Matt Hughes in a UFC Welterweight Championship match. We last
saw Penn in the finals of a 4-man Lightweight Championship tournament
at “UFC 41: Onslaught.” That match, against Coal Uno,
ended in a Draw. Hughes successfully defended his title for the
fifth time this past weekend at “UFC 45: Revolution.”
Frank
Mir and Wes Sims meet in a rematch of their June 6, match at
“UFC 43: Meltdown.” The match of the heavyweights ended
with a DQ for Sims. A rematch was scheduled for “UFC 45:
Revolution,” but an injury sustained by Sims put a hold
on it.
Matt
Serra returns to face Javier Vasquez in a lightweight match.
We last saw Serra as part of a 4-man Lightweight Tournament on
February 23, at “UFC 41: Onslaught.” Josh Thomson meets
Hermes Franca in a lightweight match. Both are coming off wins
at “UFC 44: Undisputed.”
Carlos
Newton meets Renato
Verissimo
in a welterweight match. Newton earned the win at “UFC 40:
Vendetta,” while Verissimo is making his UFC debut. Lee Murray meets Jorge
Rivera of Team ELITE, coming off a win at “UFC 44: Undisputed.”
Karo Parisian meets Pete Spratt in a welterweight match. Parisian
is coming off a win at “UFC 44: Undisputed,” while
Spratt is coming off a win at “UFC 42: Sudden Impact.”
Full
Card (Subject To Change):
205
LB Title Match: Randy Couture vs. Vitor Belfort
170 LB Title Match: Matt Hughes vs. BJ Penn
265 LBS: Frank Mir vs. Wes Sims
155 LBS: Javier Vazquez vs. Matt Serra
155 LBS: Josh Thomson vs. Hermes Franca
170 LBS: Carlos Newton vs. Renato Verissimo
185 LBS: Lee Murray vs. Jorge Rivera
170 LBS: Karo Parisian vs. Pete Spratt
More
information is available at UFC.tv.
Source:
ADCC
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Professor
Hélio disapproves of Wanderlei's black belt
Known
as a father of the modern Jiu-Jitsu, master Hélio Gracie
disagree with the BJJ graduation given to Pride's champion Wanderlei
Silva last Friday. Surprised by the fact that his own nephew
Carlos Gracie Júnior conceded the black belt to Wanderlei,
master Hélio reproved the methods used nowadays to graduate
athletes. Acting anger, mestre Hélio said he don`t agree
with Wanderlei`s graduation and lamented being not consulted
by the fact. Classifying the actual graduation system like a
mess, Master Hélio ended the talk saying that is because
of all that has happening that he still uses the blue belt.
Source:
Tatame
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Shooto:
NU complains about Moura
Róbson
Moura's absence of the Shooto Bantamweight bout title, next December
14, is causing a discomfort between the Nova União`s managers.
One of the team leaders, André Pederneiras didn't accept
Shooto putting the first and third at Bantamweight fighting for
the title, forgeting the second place, Robinho. "I called
them and I told a lot. They couldn't do that. Now, the champion
will only defend the title one year later", explains Dedé,
that will be containing the Nova União team at III Shooto
Brazil, this Sunday, in the Tio Sam gym, in Niterói, Rio
de Janeiro.
Source:
Tatame
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KOTC
Preview: DEAN LISTER Interview!
San
Jacinto, CA - On December 6th King Of The Cage returns to Soboba
Casino. Headlining the show is a Light Heavyweight title fight
between defending champion Jeremy Horn and challenger Dean Lister,
the Middleweight Champion. Dean Lister won the Abu Dhabi World
Submission Wrestling Absolute Division title last year and has
defended his Middleweight title in KOTC twice so far.
KM:
What is happening in the aftermath of the fires? DL: They are
totally done now, it’s just that the pollutants in the air
are really bad and they went all over the county, even to Arizona.
It made the breathing in Arizona bad and everything. It really
affected San Diego as far as they have this particle contamination
and if you breath it gets in your lungs. It’s almost like
having allergies but it’s worse. I can’t not run, I
have to do something. Everything I did out here for a two-week
period affected me really bad. Got me really sick for a while.
My lungs are still infected with this stuff. It takes a little
while to clean them out. That’s just a fact of life. I’ll
get by it, it’s no big deal at all.
KM:
Is that going to have any affect on your training? DL: Yeah,
absolutely but it’s ok because something goes wrong every
time. You get a sore finger or ankle or whatever. Usually you
have more than one thing go wrong, it’s very common. I just
think of it as this is my…you just have to deal with it.
You can’t wait until the perfect time, you have to take
opportunity and risks as they come. No problem.
KM:
You are known as fighting through it. DL: I like to use things
to motivate me. Believe it or not the harder some things are,
they motivate me more. The average person, they have some hardship
and they kind of use that to unmotivated themselves. I try to
focus. I’ll get around this, it’s just something you
have to adjust to. That’s all it is. Abu Dhabi, the North
American qualifiers I could have had an excuse to be out of the
tournament and no-one would have thought bad about me. My knee
puffed up, I had a hematoma which if you don’t know what
that is it’s a bruise full of blood. I could see it growing
on my knee, visually getting bigger, from smashing my knee on
the mat in the first match I won. I had two matches left and
I couldn’t put my knee on the ground. I switched my stance
up and everything. Like I said, you adjust to it. Hardships motivate
me, that is all I can say.
KM:
What do you think of your next fight in King Of The Cage against
Jeremy Horn? DL: I think it’s going to be a very good fight.
He’s actually a really well-rounded fighter, good grappler.
His ground game is good, his standup game is good and I can tell
he just goes out there to fight; he doesn’t have attitude
problems. I don’t know him but from what I’ve seen
he’s a professional fighter, he goes out there and takes
care of business. What I admire most about him is he is so well-rounded
that he’ll trade punches with a boxer and trade wrestling
and jiu-jitsu with a ground guy. I actually don’t know what
he is going to approach with me. It doesn’t matter because
I have my own strategy down but he’s an interesting fighter
to watch.
KM:
You faced tougher submission wrestling competition fans may not
know about in Abu Dhabi Worlds but for MMA this is your biggest
challenge. How do you feel about that? DL: It’s true, however
styles make fights. Sometimes guys’ styles match up to where
it may or may not be based on how our styles clash. He’s
definitely my toughest opponent overall, absolutely…I am
yet to find out how our styles clash. I’ve seen many situations
where fighter ‘A’ beats fighter ‘B’, fighter
‘B’ beats fighter ‘C’, and fighter ‘C’
kicks the hell out of fighter ‘A’. It goes circles
a lot of times because how styles clash. He’s going to be
the most challenging guy but I don’t know how our styles
are going to clash.
KM:
This is going to be for Jeremy’s Light Heavyweight belt?
DL: Correct.
KM:
Regardless, your Middleweight belt is not in jeopardy. DL: I’m
not aware of that. It doesn’t matter because I don’t
hold any attachment to the physical possession of the belt. I
don’t care. If you stay stagnant and have to hold on to
something like a spoiled child like ‘I’m not going
to take any chances, I got my toy’ or something it’s
almost immature and I think holds you back from growing as a
fighter. I have no fear or concerns about losing my belt. What
matters to me is how I feel I fight.
KM:
One of the things I’m getting at is this is a ‘no lose’
situation for you. I know it’s going to be close, it’s
going to be a good fight, and this debut at Light Heavyweight
is against such a high level opponent that even if you do lose
your stock will go up but if you win the sky is the limit. You
are in a no lose situation here. Do you disagree or how does
that make you feel? DL: Actually I think it’s good for both
of us. Horn will face the world class strikers and world class
grapplers and he’s in there with both those guys in both
those departments. I look at myself as a challenge to him too.
If he doesn’t consider me a challenge I’d be very surprised.
I don’t know hi and there is no bad blood between us at
all, no smack talking, I just think both our camps know what
is up. He’s had more fights than me but I’ve competed
for so many years that you get to respect certain people out
there and know what is going to happen and what to expect in
this whole process. It’s a challenge for both of us and
will make us both better fighters. I really mean that.
KM:
One of the reasons I was asking about your belt is the perception
you are tied to King Of The Cage while you are the belt holder.
That is why I’m looking at the belt like even if you lose
this fight you are still not available as a ‘free agent’
kind of thing because you still hold the Middleweight belt and
still tied to KOTC. How does being tied to KOTC make you feel?
DL: I figure if I find something and agree to it it’s not
like someone is tricking me. If I know what I am getting myself
into I should finish my obligation to that contract. If someone
is mistreating me or ripping me off that is different but that
is not how I feel about KOTC. I feel good support there as far
as the crowd, I have a lot of people that look up to me there.
As far as the bigger or more well known shows….KOTC is very
well known but as far as the other shows we’ll see what
happens. I know my manager is talking and doing things. I don’t
know what is going to happen, I leave it up to him. All I have
to do to me is uphold my obligations.
Source: ADCC |
Interview:
RON WATERMAN (from Inside Fighting)
thanks to our friends at http://www.insidefighting.com
On
November 30th, Ron Waterman will return to the world of Mixed
Martial Arts when he faces King of the Cage star, Jimmy Ambriz.
We spoke to Waterman during a break in his training to get his
thoughts on his recent Pancrase win, Waterman and more.
Inside
Fighting: First off, congrats on your win over Ishii, tell us
about that fight, and how you feel now about Pancrase. Ron Waterman:
Pancrase is great. The fight with Ishii was just how I wanted
it to go. I fought my fight.
IF:
There've been some rumors of a possible clash with Josh Barnett.
Any substance to those, and if so, what's the current situation
regarding that fight? RW: I'm fighting Jimmy Ambriz on the 30th,
and I just take my fights one at a time. Who knows what the future
holds?
IF:
You're a veteran of the UFC, how did you first come to fight
MMA, and how has your game evolved since the beginning? RW: I
have a wrestling background and have competed my entire life.
I started with some grappling tournaments and it evolved from
there. John Perretti and my Manager Phyllis Lee are responsible
for my MMA success.
IF:
You're a teacher, a minister, and a fighter. At a glance there
looks to be an odd man out and may boggle some people, but how
is it that a man of religion can do this sport, and do it so
well? RW: It is a sport not anything else. I honor Christ in
all I do and without him I would be nothing. I give all my worldly
success to him, and understand that this will all soon pass,
but my eternity in Heaven with him will be forever!!
IF:
What do (or did) your students think of your fighting career?
RW: (laughs) They listened to me in class.
IF:
You've had a successful career as a pro-wrestler, how does pro-wrestling
compare to MMA as far as fans, physical challenges, and just
in general. RW: Fans were great and the physical challenges were
also very real. But you can't compare the sports. One is entertainment
the other competition.
IF:
You're not the youngest fighter around, but from just watching
it seems like you're fighting better than ever. What do you attribute
your longevity to? RW: My work ethic, training, and Jesus Christ
in my corner.
IF:
What were some of your most memorable experiences fighting? Pro
wrestling? RW: My first couple UFC's were great. It was fun working
with the guys I looked up to in Pro Wrestling for years as a
child. Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Taker. Tagging with Brock Lesner
was a lot of fun as well.
IF:
Would you ever consider doing pro wrestling again? why/why not?
RW: The situation would have to be right. I love traveling with
Team Impact and sharing the word of Christ. That is much more
fulfilling to me...
IF:
What do you consider your greatest attribute as a fighter?
RW: Years of amateur wrestling.
IF:
Of all the things that you've learned as a teacher, minister
and athlete, what sticks out in your mind as being most important?
RW: Jesus Christ
IF:
What's been your toughest fight? RW: Tim Lacjik- I fought him
with one arm in UFC 22. (Torn Bicep)
IF:
Is there anybody you'd like to face in the future? RW: No one
particular stands out.
InsideFighting
would like to thank Ron Waterman for sharing his thoughts with
us. We wish him well in all his endeavors. For more information
on Ron, check out his website, RonWaterman.com.
Source: ADCC |
LEHIGH
WRESTLING
Ann
Arbor, MI - With a preseason ranking as high as No. 2 in the
nation, expectations were high for this year’s
Lehigh wrestling team. A season-opening loss to No. 6 Iowa State
did a little to dampen enthusiasm, but on Sunday the Mountain
Hawks did all they could to justify their high standing, defeating
the No. 4 Michigan Wolverines (1-1) on their home floor by a
final of 18-12. Earlier in the day, Lehigh (3-1) defeated No.
15 Central Michigan (0-2) 25-9 as well.
The
match started at 125, where Mario Stuart knocked off his second
top ten opponent in 10 days, this one 9-7 over Michigan's Mark
Moos. He did it in the same comeback fashion, trailing 4-3 after
one period, 6-5 after the second, and then diving for his winning
takedown at the edge with just twenty seconds left in the final
two minutes. At 133, Matt Ciasulli showed off his dominance on
time, defeating Chase Metcalf 5-4 thanks to a 2:38 riding time
advantage.
Another
wild bout occurred at 141, where Cory Cooperman whipped No. 15
Clark Forward, 13-8. Tied at 2-2 after one period and 4-4 after
the second, Cooperman was able to gain three takedowns in the
decisive period for the big win. The win was a big turnaround
from last November, as the Mountain Hawks got out to a 9-0 lead
after trailing as much as 23-0 last year at Grace Hall.
Making
his varsity debut on the mat at 149 at last was Matt Anderson,
who lost 4-2 to No. 6 Ryan Churella but had him on his back at
the end in a near fall cradle. Anderson won by forfeit in the
earlier match to Central Michigan.
Two
All-Americans matched up at 157, with defending NCAA champion
Ryan Bertin beating Derek Zinck. Zinck scored the first takedown
in the first period, but Bertin took control and took the victory
7-4. Troy Letters then scored a five-point counter move in the
first period (takedown and three-point near fall) against Pat
Owen at 165 and added a third period reversal plus time advantage
to win 8-3. Brad Dillon was up next at 174, and the senior co-captain
remained undefeated with a 7-3 victory of his own.
Travis
Frick gave his team an 18-6 lead with a 3-2 win at 184, thanks
to an oh-so-slim 1:07 riding time advantage. This meant that
Michigan could win only by tying the dual 18-18 with two falls
and winning on criteria. Michigan would fight back, but Matt
Cassidy hung tough at 197 to lose by a close 3-2 margin to Chase
Verdoorn and clinch the victory for the Mountain Hawks. Cassidy
was again the Cardiac Kid, as even in his first loss his match
was decided by a single point. Greg Warner then finished the
match by defeating Paul Weibel 10-3 at heavyweight.
Coach
Greg Strobel was happy to come away with the sweep. “We
could have come out of there 0-2 against two such good teams,â€
said Strobel. “So getting two wins is quite
an accomplishment for this team. Last year we trailed so bad
so early to Michigan, so it was a little surprising to see us
up 9-0 after the first three matches. So now we just have to
get ready for Hawaiiâ€
The
18-12 win was all the more impressive, considering the Mountain
Hawks wrestled Central Michigan directly beforehand. Lehigh defeated
the Chippewas 25-9, winning at seven of the ten weights. Among
the winners for the Mountain Hawks, Derek Zinck took the only
non minor decision of the day, beating Ty Morgan 14-4 at 157
for a major decision. Troy Letters faced his toughest match so
far, needing overtime to defeat David Bolyard 4-2 at 165. Matt
Cassidy also won a tight one, escaping with one second left to
win his match 4-3 at 197.
Lehigh
will continue their season as they travel to Hawaii over Thanksgiving
to face Oregon State in the Aloha Duals. The action gets under
way on Friday, November 28.
Lehigh
18-Michigan 12
Weight
Matchup Result Score
125 Mario Stuart (LU) over Mark Moos (UM) 9-7
133 Matt Ciasulli (LU) over Chase Metcalf (UM) 5-4
141 Cory Cooperman (LU) over Clark Forward (UM) 13-8
149 Ryan Churella (UM) over Matt Anderson (LU) 4-2
157 Ryan Bertin (UM) over Derek Zinck (LU) 7-4
165 Troy Letters (LU) over Pat Owen (UM) 8-3
174 Brad Dillon (LU) over R.J. Boudro (UM) 7-3
184 Travis Frick (LU) over Joshua Weitzel (UM) 3-2
197 Chase Verdoorn (UM) over Matt Cassidy (LU) 3-2
HWT Bill Greg Wagner (UM) over Paul Weibel (LU) 10-3
Lehigh
25-Central Michigan 9
Weight
Matchup Result Score
125 Mario Stuart (LU) over. Kyle Stouffer (CM) 4-2
133 Jordan Webster (CM) over Matt Ciasulli (LU) 4-2
141 Jason Mester (CM) over Cory Cooperman (LU) 7-4
149 Matt Anderson (LU) forfeit
157 Derek Zinck (LU) over Ty Morgan (CM) MD, 14-4
165 Troy Letters (LU) over David Bolyard (CM) 4-2, (OT)
174 Brad Dillon (LU) over Mitch Hitchcock (CM) 7-3
184 Travis Frick (LU) over Russell Vanderheyden (CM) 7-3
197 Matt Cassidy (LU) over Alex Lammers (CM) 4-3
HWT Bill Stouffer (CM) over Paul Weibel (LU) 9-4
Source: ADCC |
Quote
of the Day
"The ideas that have lighted my way and, time after time,
have given me new courage to face life cheerfully have been Kindness,
Beauty, and Truth."
1879-1955, German-born American Physicist, Einstein, Albert |
The
Return of SUBMISSION WRESTLING - ADCC Scandinavian Open 2004
As
they say in Scandinavia - 'The Mission is Submission' - at all
costs! PIC: Jean Jacques Machado on his head working a hold on
Japan's Tuyoshi Kosaka (ADCC Archives).
The
ADCC Submission Wrestling announces it's first significant competition
since the May 2003 5th Submission Wrestling World Championships,
with the ADCC Scandinavian Open 2004 announcement for Sweden
on January 17th, 2004.
The
ADCC is starting a program to expand the official competitions
under Submission Wrestling rules, prior to the 6th Submission
Wrestling World Championships, scheduled for 2005 in Japan. As
well as the competition itself, ADCC Lead Judge and Referee Lubomir
Guedjev will be leading a seiminar of applicants, as the start
of a certification program for judges. 'We are trying to give
the athletes more competitions under the Submission Wrestling
rules. This program will lead to more knowledge of the rules
and how the sport is judged. The 2003 series of trials and the
World Championships were landmark tournaments for the sport of
Submission Wrestling.' explains 'Lubo'. 'This series of seminars
and competitons will begin the road to the 6th World Championships
in 2005. We have plans for North America and several other regional
areas world wide. The North American Trials for are being planned
for November of 2004, and we have another competition in the
works for North America as well. This sport is still developing,
and it is stil lfresh and exctiing.' concludes Lubo, the Bulgarian
who has been the ADCC lead judge since 2001.
OFFICIAL
Referee seminar: 16th January will be held at the Hilti BJJ Academy
in Stockholm, all interested contact: marko.leisten@pp.inet.fi
or call +358 44 5209 118
More
Details for the ADCC Scandinavian Open 2004
Time
and Place: January 17th 2004, 13.00
At Fryshuset Sportshall, Stockholm, Sweden
The doors open at 11.30
Entrance 150,- kr
Weight
in: at competition place at 9-10.00
Information at 10.00 (rules etc.) // The Competition starts at
12.00.
The
deadline for registration is January 2nd, 2004. Registration:
marko.leisten@pp.inet.fi or Fax +358 2 2501 572
The
ADCC will select 16 fighters in each weight class, as well as
one reserve fighter.
The
matches will be fought unsder official ADCCSubmission Wrstling
rules, with the time limit adjustment as follows:
-
5 minutes in ordinary fights
- 8 minutes in the finals (first 4 min without points)
Weight
classes:
-65 kg and under
-66 kg to 77kg
-77 kg to 87kg
-87 kg to 97kg
-99 kg and over
-Absolute class
Source:
ADCC
|
'MINOTAURO'
Number One?
After
defeating Mirko 'Cro Cop' in the PRIDE GP's heavyweight interim
title fight, getting a piece of the heavyweight championship
belt back, the Brazilian Rodrigo 'Minotauro' was selected for
the cover of the no1 sports magazine in Japan, 'Number'. With
a monthly print of 250 thousand magazines, Number Magazine is
not just a fight or martial arts magazine, it is a mainstream
magazine that normally covers sports such as soccer or baseball.
The
MMA event of the year made the editors choose another subject
this month. In a beautiful 10 page report, Number covers the
last Pride GP in great detail. The highlights are legendary photographers
Susumu Nagao´s great pictures.
Source:
ADCC |
Interview
with Rafael “Gordinho” Correa
Gracie
Barra black belt Rafael Correa is coming to Europe for a seminar
tour in the UK and in Denmark. “Gordinho”, as he’s
known, is the younger brother of Roberto “Gordo” [Gordo
is a living legend in sports BJJ with ALL the main titles under
his belt; he is the man who developed the half-guard as an offensive
weapon]. Gordinho has followed his steps and also established
himself as one of the top BJJ fighters in Brazil. Obviously the
half-guard is his specialty. I caught up with the electric Rio
de Janeiro native a few days before his depart for Europe.
When
and why did you start training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu? I started
training because the Gracie family [Ryan, Ralph and Renzo] and
I were neighbors. Ryan and I were about the same age while my
brothers were closer to Renzo and Ralph. That made us very close,
so it was inevitable that I would end up at the academy. But
anyway the fact that my older brother [Roberto “Gordo”
Correa] was already training always influenced me a lot, and
I always had him as an idol.
How
big is your brother’s influence in your BJJ? Huge. Ever
since I started training until today he’s always influenced
me a lot. First as a role model fighter and competitor: he is
always searching for the submission. And no matter what happens
outside of the mat, he always trains hard. You see, he’s
married and has two kids, but that doesn’t stop him from
competing in the big tournaments. Another thing that I also admire
about him is the fact that even though he could already be competing
in the Masters Division [for people over 30 years old] he refuses
to do so because he’s still among the top in the sport.
I would like to be able to do that someday. These are just a
few examples of how much he influences my career.
What
would you say were your most memorable moments in the sport?
The most memorable moment was definitely the 1998 World Championship
that I won as a black belt. I had five fights that day and ended
three of them by submission, including the final against Fernando
Gurgel [Fabio Gurgel’s older brother]. Another tournament
that I will always remember is the 1994 Brazilian National Championship.
Even before I stepped on the mat that day I was telling everyone
“forget it, this one is already mine, the only question
now is who the runner up is going to be”. And I was saying
that not in an arrogant way but because I was completely in shape
and confident in the technical superiority I had over all the
other competitors in my weight division. I became the champion
after winning seven fights, five by submission. The final lasted
only 19 seconds. Besides the title I also was awarded for the
fastest submission and chosen the event’s most technical
fighter. I received great comments by masters Carlson Gracie
and Romero Cavalcanti [aka “Jacare”, the head of Alliance
and Master Teams], like “I already knew it!”.
Who
are your idols in BJJ and MMA? In BJJ I’m biased, but my
brother is my idol. Not only as a top competitor but also as
a teacher, which is his strongest point in my opinion. Gordo
can teach like very few. It’s like Master Helio Gracie always
says: 'knowing BJJ is not only winning fights, but knowing how
to teach'. In MMA, it is definitely Renzo Gracie. I don’t
even have to explain why, just watch his fights and his opponents.
You
have given seminars in the United States and Australia. This
will be your first time in Denmark though. What have you planned
for the seminars?
I usually give intensive half-guard seminars as my family is
internationally known for mastering this technique. But since
I have no idea of the level of the students I’ll meet, I’ve
developed two programs: basic all-around BJJ techniques and half-guard
attacks and escapes. And I don’t simply show different moves,
I explain when and why to use each and also how to adapt them
to submission fighting, for those students who also like to train
without the Gi. There won’t be any magic moves. Actually
I believe that people should always watch out for instructors
who say they will teach secrets or miracles. I like to teach
the way I was taught: simple and objective BJJ, basic but detailed
techniques, stuff that can make the difference and that work
in any situation no matter what kind of opponent.
Submission
Fighting has grown a lot in recent years and many people choose
to go straight to no-Gi training. How important would you say
training with the Gi is? This is a very important question. When
you train with the Gi you perfect the technique and sharpen the
moves. Just think about escapes: since the Gi gives your opponent
a wide variety of grips, you won’t be able to escape a mount
or any other bad position unless you apply the techniques perfectly.
Without the Gi it’s very slippery and that makes people
believe their escapes are good. That is, until they face a stronger
or fresher opponent and realize they are doing it all wrong.
There are some classical examples of this in Brazil. Like for
example the challenge between Jiu-Jitsu and Luta-Livre in the
early 90s. Even though the BJJ people only trained with the Gi,
as opposed to the LL guys, we won every single fight showing
total dominance. A more recent example happened during this year’s
ADCC Tournament, when Marcelo Garcia won the 76kg division and
was elected the event’s most technical fighter even though
he hadn’t even trained without the Gi [*he was called the
day before to replace another fighter].
People
from different martial arts backgrounds sometimes are a bit worried
about attending a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu seminar, since they are
not very familiar with this style. Should these people go to
seminars and what benefits do you think they can have? Of course
they should go. And it doesn’t matter if they are complete
beginners in BJJ or have only seen tapes. Everybody can profit
from it. In my personal experience it’s very common to see
athletes from other martial arts adapting specific BJJ techniques
to their own game. And this definitely contributes to the development
of new moves. That’s why BJJ never stops, it’s always
growing and evolving with techniques popping up all the time
everywhere.
Source:
ADCC
|
|
Summer
Combat sunning the BJJ in Brazil!
Profissionalism
among the various BJJ camps in Brazil has been developing at
a very fast pace, and this summer promises more competitions!
An
arena for 3 thousand people built at Guarujá beach in
the state of São Paulo, will host 24 of the best black
belts in the world on December 12th and 13th.
The
event is called Summer Combat, and it is receiveing a lot of
attention in Brazil due to the R$10 thousand (almost US $3,4
thousand) in cash for the champion of each of three categories
(up-to-77kg, up-to-88kg and over-88kg).
2003
champs as ADCC’s Márcio Pé-de-Pano, Marcelo
Garcia and Saulo Ribeiro as well asWorld Cup and World’s
champions and Fernando 'Tererê' will be on the mat disputing
8 mantournament in their respective weight classes. Besides the
prize money, which is substantial for Brazil, the grapplers are
also competing for a place in a second tournament, with the same
format, that will happen in February.
Source:
ADCC |
Copa
BUDOKAN de Luta Livre celebrates its thirteenth edition!
COPA BUDOKAN DE LUTA-LIVRE 13
Place: Carrescia College GYM - Rio de Janeiro
Date: Saturday, November 8th
Copa
BUDOKAN came in a few weeks ago to continue the no-gi mania that
dominates the state of Rio. The thermometers marking 40 ºC
in the middle of spring encouraged the Jiu Jitsu fighters to
take off the gi and simply to invade this traditional Luta-Livre
event as it had never happened before.
Copa
BUDOKAN has some rules that do not satisfy the Jiu Jitsu fighters,
like one point for a sweep and -1 negative point if you to pull
to the guard. But this time the Jiu Jitsu fighters were ready
to combat like the rules demand, two of them - the BTT fighters
Paulo Muniz and Marcelo Salazar - got the first of their respective
categories. In spite of them be representing the Luta-Livre team,
clube de Luta, Salazar and Muniz showed that they can fight in
Luta-Livre events. With good sprawl, takedowns and a smart game
on the top when the fight was on the ground, they were defeating
one after one until to got the final trophy. Salazar had a less
hard way to conquer the tourney, when after to beat three opponets
he faced on the final under
84kg
'Mamute' did not attack Salazar anytime during the short 5 minutes
of the fight. While Salazar showed more will with his takedowns;
'Mamute' only defended himself close of the mat's limit to escape
of the Salazar's takedowns attempts. With this tactic, 'Mamute'
seemed to prepare something to Salazar, but he only got gassed
out and Salazar took him down twice in the last two minutes of
final-match, got like that the under 84 trophy.
Muniz almost was stopped in quarter-final on his road to the
top of over 90kg match when he fought 4 overtimes to beat, by
1-0(one takedown), the RVT member named Paraiba. Paraiba was
out of shape, but he had will and heart to keep the quarter-final
match hard to Muniz, they stayed tied on the 8 minutes of the
fight by 1-1(takedowns). It was when Muniz displayed his last
sigh of strength and took Paraiba down at the 8:35 of the last
overtime. Muniz close the final trophy with the smart Vitor Hugo
(WFC) that beat Rodrigo 'Riscado' Gripp (Campos JJ) on the quarter-final
in fight considered controversial by 'Riscado'.
'Vitor
Hugo walked back twice when he was in my guard, on this case
Copa BUDOKAN has the same rules of ADCC, so he should receive
two negative pints and he did not' complained a disappointed
'Riscado'
Two
lightweight Luta-Livre fighters surpassed the expectations and
showed that in near future they will come to show more great
performance, like they made in this last Copa BUDOKAN. The first
one was Peterson Serao (Clube de Luta) that with a good on the
top game, dominated the under 62kg weight class, beating on the
final de Tiago 'Carne-Seca' (Campos JJ). The second fighter was
the persistent, Daniel 'Pirata' Malvino (RVT). Pirata made his
redemption on this Copa BUDOKAN 13 soon in his first fight where
he beat by 1-0 his number one opponent and new member of recently
formed Gracie Combat Team, Maicon Alarcao. 'Pirata' and Alarcao
already had fought twice with two controversial victories that
did go to Alarcao. This time, 'Pirata' showed more abilities
in neck clinches and after to control his nervousness on the
beginning; 'Pirata' faked a clinch that confused Alarcao. So
'Pirata' took advantage and put Alarcao with the back on the
mat by single-leg, the fight did stall, but with only 5 minutes
this was enough to 'Pirata' to get his first victory over his
'former executioner'.
'Pirata'
also did not fight the final, because his student(Wallace) arrived
via other bracket and the student did open to the Master.
RESULTS
of the FINALS:
Up to 58kg - Julio Donato (BUDOKAN) def. Ricardo Junior (BUDOKAN)
Up to 62kg - Peterson Serao (Clube da Luta) def. Tiago 'Carne-Seca'
(Campos JJ)
Up to 68kg - Daniel 'Pirata' Malvino (RVT) was the champion
Up to 74kg - Felipe Macedo (Clube de Luta) def. Eduardo Simoes
(RVT)
Up to 82kg - Marcelo Salazar (Clube de Luta) def. Carlos 'Mamute'
(Charlie Brown)
Up to 90kg - Rodrigo Brandao (BUDOKAN) def. Luis 'Beicao' Ramos
(RVT)
Over 90kg - Paulo Muniz (Clube da Luta) was the champion
Source: ADCC
|
College
Wrestling Roundup: MINNESOTA, CORNELL, OHIO STATE, NAVY, CAL
STATE FULLERTON NEWS
There
was both tournament and dual meet action Friday and Saturday
in college wrestling. Here are some of the major reports, compiled
from the teams' own press releases, with more to come:
MINNESOTA
Golden
Gopher Wrestlers Claim Six Titles at Kaufman-Brand Open
November 22, 2003
John Romo
The
third-ranked Golden Gopher wrestling team claimed six titles
at the Kaufman-Brand Open hosted by the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
The event is the largest one-day collegiate tournament in the
country.
In
the Open Division, defending NCAA Champion Damion Hahn claimed
the 197 pound title with four straight victories, including a
3-1 decision against Iowa's Ryan Fulsaas in the finals. Fellow
senior Jacob Volkmann took the crown at 165 with five straight
wins. Redshirt freshman Cole Konrad finished second at 285, while
Jon Duncombe place fourth at 184. Josh McLay took sixth place
at 174 and Quincy Osborn claimed fifth place at 133.
Minnesota's
top-ranked freshman class impressed in the Under-20 Division
by claiming four of the 10 titles. Mack Reiter began the tournament
with three straight pins and claimed the 125 title with a 5-0
decision against Earl Jones. CP Schlatter won his second title
in as many weeks with a 7-5 decision against Ryan King at 149.
At 174, Gabriel Dretsch posted five straight wins en route to
the championship. Matt Koz claimed Minnesota's final win with
a 4-3 decision against Jeff Sylvester in the 197 title match.
Freshman Roger Kish finished second at 184, while Manuel Rivera
claimed third place at 133.
Minnesota
will return to the mat on Dec. 5-6 with a trip west for the Las
Vegas Invitational.
Golden
Gopher Champions
Open Division
165-Jacob Volkmann, Sr.
197-Damion Hahn, Sr.
Under-20
Division
125-Mack Reiter, Fr.
149-CP Schlatter, Fr.
174-Gabriel Dretsch, Fr.
197-Matt Koz, Fr.
CORNELL
Wrestling
Wins Own Body Bar Invitational - Lee and Manotti win at 133 and
149
Nov.
22, 2003 ITHACA, N.Y.-- The Cornell wrestling team opened its
2003-04 home season with a win at its own Body Bar Invitational
on Saturday night (Nov. 22) at Newman Arena. The Big Red placed
six wrestlers in the finals, with two champions, on its way to
winning the title with a total of 162 points. Edinboro took second
place at the tournament with 147 points.
Junior
Travis Lee (133)
and sophomore Dustin Manotti (149) each won their respective
weight classes to lead the Big Red.
Top-seeded
Lee posted a perfect 4-0 record, tallying technical falls against
Travis Hunter of Davidson (tf: 6:04) and Mike Lupa (6:39) of
Maryland and earning a decision against Bernard Gardner of Army.
He defeated second-seeded Michael Messina of Sacred Heart (8-4)
in the final.
Manotti
dominated each of his matches, going 5-0 on the day. In early
bouts, he notched a fall against Michael Sensenig of Drexel (2:53)
and a technical fall against Matt Maisano of Millersville (tf:
5:35). In the championship bout, he had his second tech fall
of the day, defeating second-seeded Mark Cartella of Drexel (tf:
4:01).
Cornell
also had four wrestlers earn runner-up finishes in the tournament.
Second-seeded Scott Roth defeated three wrestlers before falling
to top-seeded Phillip Simpson of Army 8-4 at 157 pounds. Second-seeded
Joe Mazzurco won three straight matches, edging third-seeded
Tim Foley of Virginia 3-2 in the semifinals before falling to
top-seeded Matt King of Edinboro 12-3 at 165 pounds. At 174 pounds,
top-seeded Tyler Baier recorded a 3-1 mark, having one technical
fall and one pin en route to his second-place finish. Baier's
only loss came to second-seeded Nate Yetzer of Edinboro (5-3)
in the finals. Matt Greenberg tallied one technical fall and
two pins on the road to his second-place finish at 197 pounds,
dropping the top bout 3-2 to No. 1 seed Chris Jones of Drexel.
In
the other championship matches, Rob Rebmann of Drexel defeated
Jacob Gray of Edinboro 10-8 at 125 pounds, while at 141 pounds,
top-seeded Scott Moore of Virginia pinned second-seeded Ron Doppelheur
of Edinboro at 1:44. Edinboro's first-seeded Joe Hennis defeated
third-seeded Bo Reynolds of Army 9-1 at the heavyweight position.
Cornell
will return to action when it travels to Lock Haven, Pa., to
compete in the Mat Town Invitational on Dec. 29th.
OHIO
STATE
Nov.
21, 2003
Ohio State Athletics Communications: Pat Kindig/Kelsey Webb
Ohio State Wrestling Lineup Set for Las Vegas Invitational
Buckeyes conduct wrestle-offs at select weight classes Friday
Columbus,
Ohio. - The Ohio State wresting team (0-0,0-0) established its
lineup for the 2003 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Friday
as the team conducted wrestle-offs at the 125, 149 and 184-pound
classes in the Steelwood Training Facility.
Redshirt
freshman Jermaine Jones downed sophomore Nathan Costello at 125
by a 12-4 count, while sophomore Ryan Derr edged junior Nick
Harpster 7-3 at the 149 class to earn starting nods.
Senior
Blake Kaplan, who has won two tournaments so far this season
and is ranked among the Top 10 in all individual polls, competed
in a round-robin competition with fellow 184-pounders sophomore
Brent Billet and freshman Nick Luckens. Kaplan bested both as
he solidified his jump from 174 in 2002-03 to 184 this season
with an 11-5 decision over Billet and a 17-0 technical fall against
Luckens.
The
Ohio State starting line up for the 2003 Cliff Keen Las Vegas
Invitational:
125:
Jermaine Jones (Fr., West Chester, Pa.)
133: Jesse Leng (Sr., Hinckley, Ohio)
141: Jeff Ratliff (Sr., Marion, Ohio)
149: Ryan Derr (Oregon, Ohio)
157: James King (Fr., Rockwell, Texas)
165: John Clark (Sr., Canton, N.Y.)
174: Alex Picazzo (Fr., Columbus, Ohio)
184: Blake Kaplan (Sr., Cincinnati, Ohio)
197: J.D. Bergman (Fr., Oak Harbor, Ohio)
HWT: Tommy Rowlands (Sr., Hilliard, Ohio)
* Returning starters in bold.
The
Buckeyes, ranked between 12th and 15th in all recognized polls,
will compete in the Las Vegas Invitational Friday, Dec. 6 through
Saturday Dec. 7 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas,
Nev.
NAVY
November
22, 2003/ Price Atkinson
Mids
Wrestle to Third-Place Finish at the Navy Classic
ANNAPOLIS,
Md. - The Navy wrestling team recorded a third-place finish (95
points) at the Navy Classic Saturday in Halsey Field House, as
14 wrestlers finished in the top-five overall. The Citadel won
the overall team championship with 110 points followed by West
Virginia in second place with 103 points.
'We found out where we're at today, and we also found out that
we have a lot of work to do,' Navy head coach Bruce Burnett said.
'Our technique and conditioning I felt like was subpar and we
made way too many mistakes. We had some other guys competing
due to injuries and this was their opportunity to step up. I
just don't feel like we wrestled up to our capability. However,
we placed a lot of guys, so our depth showed and that is important
but we need to start beating the best.'
Navy
(3-0) had three wrestlers qualify for the championship match
in their respective weight classes. Junior Nate Gulosh dropped
a 14-9 decision to WVU's Joe Clarke in the 141-pound weight class.
Senior Michael Carbonaro won three matches to advance to the
final of the 157-pound division, but couldn't overcome WVU's
Matt Lebe, 12-4. Junior Thayer Paxton won his two matches before
falling to WVU's Matt Daddino, 13-5, in the championship match
of the 197-pound weight class.
Sophomore
Tanner Garrett scored a 3-0 decision over Rutgers' John Fleming
in the third-place match of the heavyweight division. In the
174-pound weight class, Navy senior Andrew Hemminger whipped
Rutgers' Scott McAdoo, 11-3, while his brother, Daniel Hemminger,
posted a 7-3 decision against The Citadel's Levi Duyn in the
141-pound division. Recording fourth-place finishes for Navy
included sophomore Chris Miosi in the 133-pound weight class,
freshman Chris Rossi at 149 pounds, sophomore Craig Dziewiatkowski
at 157 pounds and sophomore Chris Pogue at 184 pounds. Junior
Pat Lukanich and sophomore Jon Kane each used medical forfeits
to place fifth in the 157-pound and 174-pound weight classes,
respectively. Sophomore Andrew Adams (197 pounds) and freshman
Antonio Miranda (184 pounds) also won their respective fifth-place
matches.
Final
Championship Matches
125- Ryan McClester (The Citadel) dec. Drew Opfer (Kent State),
4-3
133- Sean Markey (The Citadel) pinned Jarad Opfer (Kent State),
4:17
141- Joe Clarke (WVU) dec. Nate Gulosh (Navy), 14-9
149- Jake Giamoni (N.C. State) dec. Mike Torriero (WVU), 15-9
157- Matt Lebe (WVU) major dec. Mike Carbonaro (Navy), 12-4
165- Dustin Kawa (N.C. State) dec. Zac Fryling (WVU), 9-7
174- Andy Roy (Rutgers) dec. Keith Clifton (The Citadel), 4-3
184- Rudy Medini (Rutgers) dec. Alex Camargo (Kent State), 2-0
197- Matt Daddino (WVU) major dec. Thayer Paxton (Navy), 13-5
HWT- Billy Linane (The Citadel) and Jordan Everett (The Citadel)
were named co-champions
Final
Team Scores Points
1. The Citadel 110
2. West Virginia 103
3. Navy 95
4. Rutgers 94
5. N.C. State 88
6. Kent State 60
7. McDaniel College 17.5
CAL
STATE FULLERTON
Gordon
Defends Title at 149 Pounds at Fullerton Open
Brett
Gordon defended his championship in the 149-pound bracket to
highlight Cal State Fullerton's performances at the annual Fullerton
Open Wrestling Tournament Saturday in Titan Gym.
Gordon, a senior from Woodland, California, won all five of his
matches including a 6-4 decision over No. 18-ranked Casey Olson
of Fresno State in the finals. In the Semifinals, Gordon avenged
a Friday dual match loss to Kevin Jones of UC Davis.
Stanford's Brad Metzler and Fresno State assistant coach Eddie
Gifford also won repeat titles. Metzler won last year at 133
and this year at 141. Gifford won both titles at 174 pounds but
last year he was a senior.
Technically, all wrestlers were competing unattached.
Fullerton teammates Juan Mora (141) and Leonel Sanchez (174)
each fought his way through the consolation bracket to capture
third-place finishes.
Championship bout results:
125
- Chad Mendes (Cal Poly) dec. Tony Franco (Cal Poly), 6-5
133 - Matt Sanchez (CSU Bakersfield) dec. Derek Moore (UC Davis),
5-4
141 - Brad Metzler (Stanford) dec. David Roberts (Cal Poly),
3-1
149 - Brett Gordon (CSF) dec. Casey Olson (Fresno State), 6-4
157 - Matt Gentry (Stanford) dec. Brian Cobb (CSU Bakersfield),
12-6
165 - Pat Pitsch (Arizona State) dec. Frank Richmond (UC Davis),
6-2
174 - Eddie Gifford (Fresno State coach) tech. fall Imad Kharbush
(Sanford), 18-3
184 - Ryan Halsey (Cal Poly) pinned Jesse Taylor (Palomar CC),
1:20
197 - Matt Monteiro (CSU Bakersfield) dec. Ralph Garcia (Cal
Poly), 13-0
Hvy - Clinton Walbeck (Fresno State) over Jacob Hallmark (Fresno
CC), default
Complete
bracket results at: www.tmi.150m.com or linked from www.titansports.com
UC
Davis Spoils Titans' Debut in Front of 1,421
UC
Davis won eight of the 10 bouts Friday afternoon and beat Cal
State Fullerton, 33-9, in the season-opening Pac-10 dual wrestling
match in Titan Gym before a High School Wrestling Day crowd of
1,421.
Derek
Moore at 133 pounds and Mike Font at 165 scored pins for the
Aggies, who also got a technical fall from Tommy Schurkamp at
125 to easily overcome Fullerton's 3-0 lead generated by Landon
Seefeldt's opening 11-4 decision at 197 pounds over Dan Schon.
Leonel Sanchez pinned Daniel Price at 174 for the only other
Titan points.
In
addition to the Titans-Aggies match, the crowd was treated to
simultaneous exhibition matches among wrestlers from Embry Riddle
University, Cal State Fullerton, Palomar Community College and
Victor Valley Community College.
Fullerton
hosts the Fullerton Open all day Saturday with action on eight
mats.
UC
Davis 33, Cal State Fullerton 9
125
- Tommy Schurkamp (UCD) tech. fall over Nick Hein (CSF) , 22-5
133 - Derek Moore (UCD) pinned Robert Valenzuela (CSF), 4:44
141 - Jeff Bristol (UCD) dec. Juan Mora (CSF) , 5-4
149 - Kevin Jones (UCD) dec. Brett Gordon (CSF) , 6-5
157 - Jeremiah Jarvis (UCD) dec. Dustin Vance (CSF), 5-3
165 - Mike Font (UCD) pinned Matt Lambert (CSF), 4:48
174 - Leonel Sanchez (CSF) pinned Daniel Price (UCD) 5:14
184 - Brandon Bear (UCD) maj. dec. Daniel Contreras (CSF), 12-2
197 - Landon Seefledt (CSF) dec. Dan Schon (UCD), 11-4
HWT - Flynn Ficker (UCD) dec. Tyson Blair (CSF) , 10-8 in OT
Source:
ADCC
|
Quote
of the Day
"It is easy to fly into a passion... anybody can do that,
but to be angry with the right person to the right extent and
at the right time and in the right way. that is not easy."
Aristotle, BC 384-322, Greek Philosopher
|
Ring
Of Honor Results!
Campbell High School Gym, Ewa Beach, Hawaii
November 22, 2003
By Chris Onzuka - Chris@Onzuka.com
The
inaugural Ring of Honor event mixed kickboxing and MMA. Ring
of Honor in its entirety, will host three amateur divisions consisting
of submission grappling, kickboxing and MMA. Each competitor
will be ranked in each division based on their performance. The
promoters hope that this will give people thinking about competing
in MMA the opportunity to get their feet wet or to help them
become complete fighters by being able to enter the division
that they need to improve upon or to strengthen. The ranking
system will allow a systematic, objective method to match up
fighters evenly. Now on to the event…as I always say, action
is where the amateurs are at. Every one of these fighters threw
everything they had at each other. The skill level was very good
especially when most of the fighters either made their debut
or fought less than three fights. Some of the action that stood
our was Ryan Lee and Curtis Rivera's exchanges for both rounds
or Jr. Yacup's power punching against Russ Barr's quick kicks.
As the fights continued, the question of the night was, would
the main event be a slugfest of one of Hawaii's best boxers versus
a UFC veteran that has been saying that he wanted to show off
his striking skills? In the end, strategy won out as Jeremy Jackson
felt that he was better on the ground than Mark Moreno and took
him to the mat. During a scramble Jackson got to Moreno's back
and worked in a rear naked choke for the submission.
Amateur
MMA 2 rounds x 3 minute - 135lbs
Ryan Lee (Bulls Pen) def. Curtis Rivera (808 Fight Factory)
Unanimous decision [(60-58), (60-58), (59-55)] after 3 rounds.
Amateur
Kickboxing 3 rounds x 1:30 minutes - 170lbs
Oscar Okano (HMC) def. Teddy Piko (808 Fight Factory)
Unanimous decision [(30-27), (30-27), (30-27)] after 3 rounds.
Amateur
MMA 2 rounds x 3 minutes - 195lbs
Ron Foster (Freelance) def. Casey Daniels (Kodenkan)
Unanimous decision [(60-54), (60-58), (60-58)] after 3 rounds.
Kids
- Exhibition: Amateur Kickboxing 3 rounds x 1minutes - 72lbs
Kai Kamaka III (808 Fight Factory) vs. Chancen Kalua (Makakilo
Kickboxing)
Draw
Amateur
Kickboxing 3 rounds x 1:30 minutes - 135lbs
Jr. Yacup (Freelance) def. Russ Barr (HMC)
KO at 1:25 minutes in Round 2.
Amateur
MMA 3 rounds x 3 minutes - 145lbs
Ed Kelii Newalu (808 Fight Factory) def. Marcus Moreno (Bulls
Pen)
Unanimous decision [(30-27), (30-27), (30-27)] after 3 rounds.
Amateur
Kickboxing 3 rounds x 1:30 minutes - 200lbs
Gun Wheeler (HMC) def. Andy Ahsing (Ewa Beach Fight Club)
Unanimous decision [(30-27), (30-27), (30-27)] after 3 rounds.
Amateur
MMA 2 rounds x 3 minutes - 190lbs
Robert Vilapando (808 Fight Factory) def. Corey Daniels (Kodenkan)
Submission via rear naked choke at 2:54 minutes in Round 2.
Semi
Main Event:
Amateur Kickboxing 3 rounds x 2 minutes - 160lbs
Harris Sarmiento (808 Fight Factory) vs. Paul Laga (Bulls Pen)
Unanimous decision [(28-27), (29-26), (30-28)] after 3 rounds.
Main
Event Pro MMA Bout 3 rounds x 5 minutes - 175lbs
Jeremy Jackson (Team Freedom) vs. Mark Moreno (Bulls Pen)
Submission via rear naked choke at 1:30 minutes in Round 1.
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Javier
Vasquez gets his Black Belt
During
his year end promotions cerimony, Rodrigo Medeiros awarded Javier
Vasquez his Black Blet. Javier has been making his mark in the
NHB circuit and had skipped Gi competition for some time because
of that, but recently he entered a Jiu-Jitsu competition and
won his match convincingly showing his master Rodrigo that he
was ready for the promotion.
Rodrigo
also promoted Arizona's Arthur Ruff to the Black Belt. Congratulations
to both of them and to Rodrigo for producing such fine fighters.
Source: ADCC |
Royce
Gracie's Japan year end fight not in Pride?
Everyone has been hearing about the possible blockbuster rematch
between Royce Gracie & Hidehiko Yoshida for the Pride year
end show, but with 3 major shows schedule to happen in Japan
for December 31. The three major shows by Pride, Inoki's Bom
Ba Ye and K-1, have been trying to surpass each other in a bid
for talent, but it appears that the fight to sign big names may
be reaching fever pitch. Some sources in Japan have been whispering
that Inoki's camp contacted Royce Gracie to fight in their year
end show!
Royce
has been in negotiations with Pride for some time, but to this
point no contract has been signed yet, leavng the way open for
others to vie for his services. Royce has been 'incommunicado'
for the last few days so no word from him or his camp on the
matter but we'll try to have more on this soon!
Source: ADCC |
Carmem
Casca Grossa to Fight!
MECA World Vale-Tudo 10 - 12 hot fights!
by: Luca Atalla
Check
out the card for Meca 10, in December 20th in Porto Alegre (RS),
Brazil:
Carmem
Casca-Grossa x
Ana Carolina Pinho
Luiz
Henrique Kbelinho x Adriano Nasal
Jadson
Costa x Marcelo Nigue
Fabricio
Morango x Júnior Besouro
Luisão
Brito x Jorge Patino, o Macaco
Roberto
Godói x Daniel Acácio
Gabriel
Napão x Claudio Godoy
Délson
Pé de Chumbo x Marcelo Pitbull
Marcelo
Dourado x Ivan Batman
Rafael
Tatu x Valdir Cabeça
Nilson
de Castro x Carlos Baruch
Murilo
Ninja x Alexandre Café
Source: ADCC |
Happy
Bizarre Birthday:
Referee Assault And Near-Riot Black Eye UFC 45 Tenth Anniversary
Show
By Loretta Hunt
With the introduction of the Ultimate Fighting Championship,
November 12, 1993 marked the beginning of what would become a
passion for countless martial arts enthusiasts in America and
around the world. Over the course of ten years, the sport has
struggled to find first itself, and then an audience large enough
to ensure its continued growth and ultimate survival. Due to
the UFC's efforts, especially in the last three years, MMA has
made incredible strides in all avenues of professional sports.
On the eve of its anniversary, though, some may wryly remark
that UFC 45 set the promotion back by ten years.
It started out as a rather tame evening with three uninspired
preliminary bouts, but once the main card began to unfold, one
unnerving sequence after another seemed to pull what was meant
to be a momentous occasion down into the gutter. Even a touching
tribute honoring UFC greats like Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock
could not offset a near riot that almost broke out inside the
Octagon following the Abbott-Corriera fight. And middleweight
Phil Baroni's despicable display towards the hierarchy created
to validate MMA was a direct hit to the fledging sport still
looking for credibility from numerous constituents. It was probably
not what the UFC had in mind in the way of tapping into its rich
nostalgia, as moments of tonight's event hopelessly mirrored
the early, unstructured days of the sport. Ironically, though,
the buzz and drama of UFC 45 will probably be a key selling point
in attracting future fans.
Luckily
for the diehard MMA supporters, welterweight champion Matt Hughes
was there to bring some semblance of class to what was turning
into an embarrassing evening for America's number one MMA promotion.
Hughes: wrestling class
His versatile first round win over fellow wrestler Frank Trigg
reminded spectators that they had paid to watch a legitimate
sporting event. In the opening seconds, Trigg was able to easily
take Hughes down, but the powerhouse champion recovered and lifted
Trigg over his shoulders on route to his patented high-amplitude
slam. Trigg worked two Kimura attempts from the ground scramble
that ensued, but it was the champ that pulled out the standing
read naked choke win 3:54 in. Both Trigg and now five-time defending
champion Hughes should be commended for their professional, competitive,
and entertaining performances.
As for the other bouts on the card:
Middleweight Matt Lindland turned in a pivotal career performance
tonight with his rematch victory over Hawaiian import Faliniko
Vitale. An Olympic silver medalist at the 2000 Sydney Olympics,
Lindland opted to stand with Vitale for a time before going in
for the takedown when Vitale slipped with an early kick attempt.
Sporadically landing some kicks and punches in the first two
rounds, Lindland demonstrated that he's been working his game
outside his wrestling. To Vitale's credit, even a wrestler of
Lindland's caliber was unable to take him down past that first
round opening. Only after Lindland, himself, slipped with his
own kick attempt in the third, did Vitale opt to jump into Lindland's
guard to work his ground game. Lindland eventually reversed though,
and punished Vitale with elbows and head strikes till Vitale
tapped out at 4:20.
In a fight that was much welcomed by the blood thirsty East Coast
fans, David "Tank" Abbott finally came out swinging
against fellow brawler Wesley "Cabbage" Correira. Both
men slugged at full force and tagged each other well, but Cabbage
had the advantage with his knees from the clinch, which Abbott
welcomed each time he would dive in to seek refuge with a takedown.
With one such knee, Cabbage opened a large gash over Abbott's
right eye that would eventually stop the bout. But here is where
the real "fun" began ... A near riot between numerous
members of both Abbott's and Correira's entourages ensued after
Cabbage did his victory dance. Officials rushed the cage to extinguish
a number of melees. A Cabbage supporter even managed to slip
past security and scale the Octagon walls to challenge Abbott
before UFC vet Chuck Liddell jumped between the two men. It was
a mess, as well as an absolute travesty for the often misunderstood
sport and its community.
Newly-inducted middleweight Evan Tanner was in serious trouble
shortly after the bell sounded for his bout against Phil Baroni
this evening. The New York BadAss swooped in quickly with his
powerful punches and had Tanner dazed and on his knees almost
immediately. A wobbly Tanner barely stayed afloat in those crucial
first seconds where the fight legitimately could have been stopped,
and a profusely-bleeding cut that stopped the play momentarily
for a doctor-check proved his salvation from Baroni's onslaught.
When Landless interrupted the bout, the cutman came in to work
on the wound before the Commission doctor was able to take a
look at it, which is in violation of Commission rules. Given
that time to recover, Tanner came back with his patented knees
from the clinch to wind Baroni, and managed to get the feisty
fighter down along the fence. Working to full mount, Tanner threw
down approximately eight elbow strikes (some that did not land)
that Baroni did not overtly defend and with some verbal miscommunication
between himself and referee Larry Landless (after the match Landless
admitted there was miscommunication), the fight was prematurely
stopped with only eighteen seconds remaining in the first round.
(More details of this to come in the next issue of Full Contact
Fighter.) Furious over the stoppage, Baroni distastefully grabbed
Landless's lapel and threw off a punch that sent the arena into
a tizzy. UFC president Dana White flew into the cage and publicly
lambasted Baroni on-camera for his heinous lack of self control.
Baroni was escorted from the arena by state officers and could
face suspension repurcusions from the Mohegan Sun Tribal Athletic
Board in the near future. Tanner walked away with the TKO win.
After his entertaining and often witty display tonight, fans
are going to expect even more from Robbie Lawler in the future.
Lawler returned to action after a UFC 42 loss to kickboxer Pete
Spratt put him on the injured list for seven months. He was happy
to be back in the cage and it showed in every facet of his game.
At the sound of the bell, Lawler immediately got the takedown
and began to work on the equally tough Chris Lytle, peppering
him with both body and head shots that looked full of power.
Lytle kept his cool and went for numerous leg lock attempts,
but paid the price in spades each time for his efforts. What
was so fascinating to watch though, was Lawler's reaction to
the strikes that Lytle landed on him. Lawler openly laughed at
Lytle's hits and egged him for on future attacks. Despite a few
electric flurries by Lawler, round two paled in comparison to
the first with far less action, but after teasing the crowd with
some furious but brief trades in the first ten minutes, both
athletes finally went toe-to-toe in the third. The two men took
and landed impressive punches, but Lawler solidified the win
with a crisp right hook that sent Lytle to the mat halfway through
the third. After three drab preliminary bouts, this fight was
the first one of the night to have any sense of urgency. Kudos
to both Lawler and Lytle for their efforts.
In
a disappointing preliminary card action, both Ricco Rodriguez
and Pedro Rizzo successively punctuated what will most likely
be their exits from the UFC (at least for now) with lackluster
performances. After numerous failed attempts to shoot in and
take down Rizzo throughout all three rounds, Rodriguez finally
gathered the courage to close the space between himself and his
opponent, but was unintentionally eye gouged for his efforts
halfway through round three. On Rizzo's end, he threw off too
few of his punishing kicks or punches, even though he caused
damage each and every time he struck. Rizzo did do enough though
to pull out the decision, and took the crowd's brutal verbal
berating like a man. Rodriguez though, left the Octagon early,
but then returned to acknowledge Rizzo's hand being raised in
victory.
After succumbing to a guillotine choke to Eugene Jackson back
at UFC 35, Massachusetts-local Keith Rockel returned to pass
on the favor to Pitts Penn newcomer Chris Liguori. Plucked from
the tree a little bit too early for UFC standards, Liguori was
easily taken down in the opening seconds and from there, Rockel
worked methodically to end the bout. It came 3:29 into round
one with the submission.
Following
a mostly uneventful first round, a very pensive Yves Edwards
eventually caught his equally edgy opponent Nick Agallar with
a clean left that sent the Freestyle Academy rep down to the
mat halfway through the second. Edwards immediately went in for
the kill with a barrage of unanswered strikes too quick for Agallar
to answer. Edwards gets the referee stoppage 2:14 into round
two.
UFC
45 Results:
Yves
Edwards def. Nick Agallar- 2:14 Rd 2 TKO Referee stoppage due
to strikes
Keith
Rockel def. Chris Liguori- 3:29 Rd 1 Guillotine choke
Pedro
"The Rock" Rizzo def. Ricco Rodriguez- Unanimous decision
(30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
"Ruthless"
Robbie Lawler def. Chris "Lights Out" Lytle- Unanimous
decision (29-28 all)
Evan
Tanner def. "The NY Bad Ass" Phil Baroni- 4:42 Rd 1
TKO Referee stoppage due to strikes
Wesley
"Cabbage" Correira def. David "Tank" Abbott-
2:14 Rd 1 Doctor's stoppage due to cut
Matt
Lindland def. FalinikoVitale- 4:20 Rd 3 Tapout to strikes
Welterweight
Title Fight
Matt Hughes def. Frank Trigg- 3:54 Rd 1 Rear naked choke
Source: FCF |
Hughes
Submits Trigg, "Cabbage" Delivers Abbott's Swan Song
at UFC 45
By Jake Rossen
Uncasville,
CT - With a four-times defended welterweight title on the line,
proud champion Matt Hughes didn't need too much motivation in
the main event of UFC 45, held at the sold-out Mohegan Sun casino.
Yet challenger Frank Trigg saw fit to raise the ire of Hughes
by repeatedly making caustic remarks about enjoying a better
upbringing and a better family.
It
was poor strategy. The slow-burning Hughes was said to have prepared
intensely for the showdown and many expected a quick night for
Trigg. They were right. Trigg opened up with a takedown that
surprised Hughes, and throughout much of the first round, the
two decorated wrestlers put on a clinic, offering up reversals
and exchanging takedowns. At one point, Hughes jumped on an opening
and lifted Trigg up, leaving him on his shoulders for what seemed
like an eternity. A trademark slam to the canvas followed.
Trigg
fought back from the bottom with a kimura attempt, then reversed
position to wind up in Hughes' guard. After another scramble,
Hughes wound up sinking a rear-naked choke behind a standing
Trigg, who tapped as the two fell to the ground. At just 3:54
into the first round, Hughes ended the evening with another successful
defense.
Trigg
insisted on a two-fight contract before agreeing to challenge
Hughes, so there's little doubt that he'll be back. For his part,
Hughes has completely decimated his weight division. Unless Zuffa
is willing to entice rival Dennis Hallman into competition, there
are no clear contenders. Rumors swirl of lightweight BJ Penn
making the jump up: while it would indicate Penn's bravado, it's
also a strong sign that Hughes stands alone in his class.
In
what was the feature attraction for many nostalgic fans, heavyweight
Wes "Cabbage" Correira hammered the final nail into
the career coffin of Tank Abbott. Embarrassed in his first two
comeback bouts, tapping twice in under two minutes collectively,
the lethargic Abbott had no answers for Correira's youth and
Muy Thai offensive. The two brawlers traded strikes, with some
of Abbott's patented jackhammers landing flush, yet seemingly
ineffective. Correira clinched and delivered numerous knees to
Abbott's head, which soon opened up a large gash on his forehead.
While
Abbott seemed willing to continue, the doctor prompted a halt
to the bout at 2:14 into the first round. Correira's victory
dance was interrupted by Abbott's volatile corner jumping into
the ring and inciting a minor fracas, which was quickly broken
up.
It's
difficult to imagine a scenario in which Abbott would be welcome
back to the UFC, unless he and Correira decide to have another
go at it. Unlike earlier bouts in which he would at least bloody
the eventual winner, Abbott has shown zero ability to retain
his status as a spoiler. But despite being bloodied and seemingly
on his way to being stopped, Abbott was the recipient of the
warmest crowd reaction of the night.
Correira,
though not an easy sell due to his soft appearance, seems prepared
to threaten the division with his heavy hands and iron chin.
In
the lone rematch of the evening, middleweight Matt Lindland was
able to successfully avenge a fluke loss to Niko Vitale from
June of this year. In their first encounter, Lindland attempted
a throw and wound up KOing himself on the canvas. No Stooges
reenactment ensued this time around: early on, it was actually
Vitale who slipped, allowing Lindland to bullrush in for the
takedown. Lindland worked an ineffective neck crank before resorting
to elbows. In round two, Lindland seemed to be comfortable remaining
on his feet for a bit before engaging in a clinch.
By
round three, Vitale seemed winded, and didn't put up any offense
until Lindland slipped after missing a kick. Lindland looked
comfortable with Vitale in half-guard until he was able to secure
underhooks and reverse. After garnering the mounted position
and laying down strikes, Vitale tapped at 4:23.
Lindland's
Team Quest stablemate, middleweight Evan Tanner, helped mark
a perfect team record for the evening by having his way with
team nemesis Phil Baroni. The "New York Bad Ass" opened
up strong, downing Tanner with strikes that he oddly refused
to capitalize on. Time and again, Baroni would wade in and throw
enough leather to daze Tanner, but not engage further. A cut
opened on Tanner was enough to call for a doctor examination.
Cleared
to go, Tanner looked wobbly and seemed moments away from a KO.
But some clinchwork led to a series of knees that helped soften
Baroni and allow Tanner time to recover. Against the fence, Tanner
secured the takedown and obtained the mount. Newly revitalized,
he threw sharp, cutting elbows to Baroni, who kept eyes on referee
Larry Landless. In a bizarre scene, Landless mistakenly took
Baroni's chatter to mean that he wanted out of the fight, and
called a halt at 4:42 into the first round. An engaged Baroni
lashed out at Landless and insisted he did not ask for the fight
to be stopped. Nonetheless, the outcome stands.
The
live Pay-Per-View telecast opened with heavy-hitting welterweight
Robbie Lawler taking on unabashed striker Chris Lytle. Lawler,
coming off a hip injury and a career first loss, engaged Lytle
in a feeling-out process. Once the fight hit the ground, Lawler
began teeing off before Lytle secured full guard.
Round
two was host to far more stand-up action, with Lytle landing
a left hook and Lawler smiling and showboating in response. He
did not, however, return the favor, looking as though something
was wrong. He began to warm up near round's end, exchanging combinations.
Round
three kept the pressure on both men, with Lytle landing flush
and Lawler flexing. Lawler sooned downed Lytle, who clapped as
he lay on his back. A suplex by Lawler ended the bout, with all
the judges voting 29-28 in favor of Lawler.
In
preliminary action, heavyweight Ricco Rodriguez attempted to
resurrect his UFC career after a tough title loss to Tim Sylvia
in February. His opponent was veteran Pedro Rizzo, who was signed
to a contract so ironclad and lucrative that in this, his final
fight, he was rumored to be making upwards of $200,000.
With
the bout acting as an effective audition for Japanese promoters,
Rizzo finally took the opportunity to live up to his potential,
stuffing takedowns and clocking Rodriguez in the stand-up. Round
two saw Rizzo gain the mount and deliver an effective ground
and pound attack, turning the tables on one of his problematic
areas. The final round had Rizzo dominating, landing a combination
that had Rodriguez complaining of a thumb to the eye. More stuffed
takedowns served to frustrate Rodriguez. Rizzo earned the judge's
nod, and rightfully so.
Middleweight
Keith Rockel had little trouble with Chris Ligouri, opening a
cut early in the first round and sinking a guillotine choke in
a short order 3:14.
Lightweight
Yves Edwards opened the evening with an impressive display against
late replacement Nick Agallar. Edwards, who was originally scheduled
to face Din Thomas, took the first round to feel out space, with
neither fighter causing any damage. The second round saw Edwards
launch a strike that sent Agallar reeling. Edwards followed him
to the ground with a barrage of punches and the referee intervened
at 2:14.
In
between main card bouts, the UFC heralded the arrival of their
Hall of Fame in time for the tenth anniversary of the promotion.
Inaugural combatants were Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock. UFC
plans to add one athlete to the roster at the end of each year.
Source: Maxfighting |
Quote
of the Day
"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the
truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the
magic keys to living your life with integrity."
American Businessman, Author, Stone, W. Clement
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UFC
45: REVOLUTION RESULTS
UFC 45: Revolution
Friday, November 21, 2003
Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT
The
UFC's 10th anniversary show is in the books, however it may not
be fair to characterize this as a landmark show, since the card
of superstars and retro fights never materialized. Overall, the
event is being criticized for several fast stoppages and poor
production. How is it that just over 2 hours was used of a 3
hour PPV slot, yet we only saw 5 fights on the broadcast?
UFC
45: Revolution (COMPLETE RESULTS):
Welterweight
Title Bout: FRANK TRIGG (Challenger) v. MATT HUGHES (Champion):
Hughes by Rear Naked Choke, RD 1.
Trigg
got the first takedown, but Hughes was very driven. The champion
manuveured for the rear naked choke when he got the back, finishing
with that hold for the first time in his illustrious UFC career.
Hughes just keeps on growing!
Heavyweights:
RICCO RODRIGUEZ v. PEDRO RIZZO: Rizzo by Unanimous Decision
Ricco
was unable to get the takedown, and Rizzo was in his usual counterpunching
form. Very boring.
Heavyweights:
DAVID 'TANK' ABBOTT v. WESLEY 'CABBAGE' CORREIA: CABBAGE by doctor's
stoppage.
Both
guys came out swinging, with Cabbage getting the slight edge
in the clinches. The fight ended when the doctor stopped the
fight due to a cut on Tank's head. Unpopular stoppage, but Tank's
crew provided the extra curricular activity, causing a ruckus
in the octagon that was not shown on the PPV.
Middleweights:
FALANIKO VITALE v. MATT LINDLAND: Lindland by Strikes, RD 3.
Lightweights:
NICK AGALLAR v. YVES EDWARDS: Edwards via Strikes, RD 1.
Agallar
seemed to have a good strategy, keeping Edwards at bay with kicks.
Yves broke through and floored Agallar with a wild punch. Yves
never looked back, getting the top position and the stop shortly
afterwards.
Middleweights:
PHIL BARONI v. EVAN TANNER: Tanner by Referee Stoppage, RD 1.
Another
unpopular stoppage. Referee Larry Landless stepped in as Tanner
was dropping strikes, however Baroni's head was still in the
fight. What ensued was bad for the sport - Baroni went after
Landless in an uncontrolled fit. Baroni apologized afterwards,
but how many apologies from a guy who is 3-3 in UFC and will
never be marketable because he snaps. There are too many incidents
with Baroni!
Welterweights:
ROBBIE LAWLER v. CHRIS LYTLE: Lawler by Unanimous Decision.
Possibly
the fight of the night, as Lytle did more than survive against
Lawler's punching power. On all cards, Lytle took the second
round as he caught Lawler backing up throughout, however Lawler
scored a decisive knock down in round 3 to take the bout.
Middleweights:
KEITH ROCKEL v. CHRIS LIGUORI: Rockel by Guillotine, RD 1.
Rockel
worked well from the top position, finishing with a guillotine
early.
Source: ADCC
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Ring
Of Honor Tonight!
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: Promoter
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Attention
Casca Grossa Team!
Team,
Here is a reminder asking for help to clean up our academy. It
is set early so we don't waste our whole Sunday. The more help
we have the faster it will get done. We'd appreciate any help
(manpower or timewise) that anyone can provide. If you can bring
your vacuum and some rags & a bucket to wipe some things
down that would be appreciated. Below are the details. I don't
have a lot of guys' emails so pass the word around.
Rainbow
Gymnastics
Sunday, November 23, 2003
7:00AM
Bring any vacuums that you have (uprights, canister or hand helds,
etc), dusters, rags, etc to clean up the area.
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Akebono
By Monty DiPietro
The really big Akebono
Now
Bob Sapp will have to look up during the fight. Much bigger than
the American Beast, Akebono now is just weighting 200kg, Akebono
is preparing himself to his debut at K-1, on December 31. Like
Sapp, the guy borned Chad Rowan is a celebrity in Japan, after
being the first non-Japanese to become a Yokozuna, the most important
title in Sumo. Training with Steve Kalakoda, former trainer of
he Mike Bernardo and Jan Nortje, Akebono is impressing Kalakoda
with the power on his hand. "He's the most powerful guy
that had passed on my hand", stated Kalakoda. After drinking
just three 500ml-bottles of water, Akebono talked with our friend
Monty DiPietro about this new experience and what he is waiting
for the fight.
Are
you training everyday?
Almost
every day now, we have Wednesdays and Sundays off.
Can
you describe your training day?
In
the morning, it's running and weights, and in the afternoon I
work on the bags and do some sparring.
How
do you feel at the end of the day?
Well,
I feel a lot lighter! (Akebono has lost more than 10kg in training
and now weighs just over 200kg. Kalakoda hopes to have him near
180kg for the fight)
What
has been the most difficult part of your training?
In
Sumo, pushing at your opponent, there are a lot of muscles that
you don't use very much. It is a challenge to make the adjustment,
to get those different new muscles working.
How
about kicks, are you worried about them?
I'm
new to K-1, and so I'm worried a bit about everything. In Sumo,
we have a chance to train with and watch the other fighters before
a tournament, but in K-1 the fighters are separate, so I don't
know what Bob is working on. I don't know what to expect.
Do
you think your knee is strong enough to take kicks?
Well,
I've already made the decision to fight, so even if my knees
were bad, I'd tell you they were good! (laughs)
Do
you have any previous boxing experience?
When
I was 11 years old, I boxed for two and a half weeks. I was KO'd
by my coach, so I quit.
Source:
Tatame
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Pedro
Rizzo Interview
Pre-UFC
By Marcelo Alonso
I
want to close with a victory!
Lasting
one day to enter in the UFC 45's octagon, Pedro Rizzo talks to
TATAME webpage how it was his training to Ricco Rodrigues fight.
The last two weeks with his master Marco Ruas in US did Rizzo
more confident to the last fight of his UFC's deal. Besides,
the Ruas Vale-Tudo athlete talks about the victory of his friend
Rodrigo Minotauro at Pride GP and his possible changing to the
Japanese rings.
Why
did you decide to go to US to spend the last two weeks with Marco
Ruas?
Marco
knows what I think, how I am before the fights. I prefer training
with him here, I feel safe.
What
do you expect to Ricco Rodrigues' fight?
It'll
be a tough fight. Rodrigues defeated Couture when he was the
UFC champion, lost to Tim Sylvia during a situation where anyone
could lose (punch on the chin) and lost to Minotauro in a tough
fight, very closed. He's a dangerous guy, still more in the octagon,
where you can do elbows and there is that fance.
Please,
talk about Rodrigues' style.
He
is a guy who weights good. He's heavy and tough to be swept.
He's a good cardio and a respectful team. He's one of the bests
and faces a top fighter is always hard.
How
many fights do you have to close your UFC's deal?
This
is the last one and a good motivation to go to the victory.
Is
it true that you helped Minotauro to face Cro Cop?
Man,
Minotauro called me... You know him. He called me on Wednesday
and he would travel on Sunday! I told him: why don't you call
me on Saturday, it would be easier (laughing)! But, when a friend
calls, you have to go. But he just wanted basic stuffs. He has
his Muay Thai trainer, Luis Alves, but he likes listening many
fighters and he wanted my point of view.
What
did you think about his fight?
I
loved it! Mirko was very nosy and now Minotauro is there, on
the top again.
Everybody
say that you are better in the ring than in the octagon. Is there
any negotiation between you and Pride?
I
want to leave UFC with a victory. This would be a good propaganda.
For my professional needings, I prefere to fight different fighters.
UFC put Liddell at Pride. If they got me there too, I stay. If
don't, I prefere new challenges.
At
this moment, there are three bigs disputing the fighters in Japan.
Do you have any preference?
There
isn't anything oficial, but I particularly like K-1. They have
a Brazilian representing them, Mr. Batarelli, then, it becomes
easier to talk with. Besides, there is Peter (Aerts), a good
friend, and now they are launching K-1 MMA.
Source:
Tatame |
Post
Pride Grand Prix interviews on GTR
(November 9, 2003)
with Sakuraba, Vanderlei
Silva, Yoshida, Nogueira, and Randelman.
My own perspective: In Randelman's interview, it seems even
more like it was a work. When have you ever heard Randelman be
so calm in a loss like that?
http://www.geocities.com/global_training_report/pride_gp.htm
Source:
Global Training Report
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UFC
45 Preview: Hughes vs. Trigg
This
is post UFC, but this is an extremely interesting perspective
from Frank Trigg.
Frank
Trigg vs Matt Hughes - The UFC Welterweight Division is on the
line for this fight. You have two of the better wrestlers at
the 170 pound weight class battling it out. UFC Champion Matt
Hughes is a two time All American wrestler from Division I program
Eastern Illinois. Frank Trigg is the more decorated International
competitor. What is the difference between an All American in
College against an International competitor? This is what Frank
Trigg told me last week....
"Well
you are talking about two different styles for one. To break
it down you are talking about collegiate and international styles.
It is two different styles of wrestling. Folk style is what collegiate
is, and International style, what I wrestled, was freestyle.
The other style being Greco Roman which is in the Olympics, but
it is two different ways of scoring points. The bases of them
are the same, but they are not the same. The rulings are different,
the point system is different and collegiate style is basically
over when you are done with college. I am not going to say they
are not men, but we are talking young men 22-23 years old and
at their peak when they win a NC AA title. But when you leave
college if you are going to compete in wrestling still you retire
or go on internationally. When you wrestle internationally the
guys are like 33, 34, 35 years old and have won four or five
world titles. Not national titles, not wrestling guys 20 years
old, but guys who have been wrestling since they were twelve
and now are 30, with being in the world tournament 6 or 7 times,
and won 4 or 5 times. It is a different kind of thing. But absolutely
NC AA record wise Matt has the better record then me."
"Technically
as far as the NC AA goes, I was only a junior college runner
up one year out of my four years of competition in college. I
wrestled two years at junior college and two at the University
of Oklahoma and only placed in the national tournament one time
in junior college. I was a runner up and lost in the final. Matt
I believe is an all American in JUCO and two-time all American
in division 2, but I went on and wrestled internationally in
a different style, and had to compete against guys from like
Turkey. I had to travel to Iran, travel to Cuba, we had to go
to Australia, and we traveled all over the world to wrestle these
guys. In international I of course have a better record and style
because I wrestled and Matt didn't. Now break us down individually
as two wrestlers, and we are two different styles of wrestling.
Matt is a power wrestler as you can see in the explosive takedowns
and power throws. I am more of an angle wrestler. Which are two
contradicting styles of wrestling on to itself. We see two different
ways in doing wrestling, so with in that we are bipolar. So it
is really hard to compare us head to head with us not actually
having a head to head competition as far as wrestling goes. Now
if you look at the wrestling community, then yes they will say
Frank Trigg has a better wrestling record because he wrestled
internationally and that is the next level up. That is like junior
high, high school, college and then international. That is the
top level and that is where I wrestled, so I have the better
record because I went on to the bigger thing, but the reality
of it is that in MMA, I have seen Tito Ortiz beat my training
partner Vladmir. Vladmir was by far the more superior wrestler,
he was an international competitor and one of the best in the
world and Tito beat him in a fight. So wrestling is a part of
the game, but it is not the whole game. You need to be able to
make the transition from Muay Thai, to wrestling, and BJJ and
Judo, and every other sport style in between. You need to be
able to make that transition, and if you can't do that then you
are going to fail. They can debate who the better wrestler is
all day and all week, but it is not going to make a difference
when the actual fight comes around."
That
last sentence is 100% correct and now not only is Hughes the
better fighter going into this fight, but he has been absolutely
dominant in defending his title. How dominant has Hughes been?
Since stepping into the UFC he is a perfect 5-0. He has absolutely
destroyed his opponents. Since his first encounter with Carlos
Newton, Hughes has lost just TWO rounds in his last FIVE fights.
Think about that folks, we are talking just two rounds in over
100 minutes. That is dominance.
When
I asked Ken Shamrock who was pound for pound the best fighter
in MMA, without hesitation the name Matt Hughes was mentioned.
We were talking about Heavy's and Light Heavy's at the time when
he said "Pound for Pound Matt Hughes is absolutely dominating
people. He is the best in the world."
Frank
Trigg has been very impressive in his MMA career with his only
loss coming at the hands of Hayato Sakurai....a guy Hughes beat.
Trigg was dominating the fight against Sakurai before he was
caught by a right hook. Trigg believes by the time Hughes faced
the common opponent Sakurai, that Sakurai was over the hill.
Trigg said "I fought him in his prime, that's the big difference.
Either
way Trigg has wanted this fight for a couple of years. Trigg
truly wants this fight in the worst way. Well in the next few
hours we will find out if knows something that the world doesn't.
Can Frank Trigg win this fight and out wrestle pound for pound
the strongest man in the sport? Trigg says yes, we will see in
the main event Friday night.
Source:
MMA Weekly
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The
Savage Truth - UFC Eve in Conn.
By Greg Savage
Alright,
I just got back from the Mohegan Sun and I am beyond hammered.
I would love to tell you all what went down tonight but then
I would have to kill you, and I am way too pissed, or drunk for
those uninitiated, to hunt you all down. So with a few of the
names changed to protect the innocent (not really) here is the
rundown from UFC eve in Connecticut.
Once
upon a time there was a bar called Lucky’s lounge and the
service was too slow so the party moved to the Dubliner Pub around
the corner. In this bar full of raving lunatics was a performer
named Bruce Jaques, or something close to that, who was playing
Loretta Hunt’s favorite Bon Jovi tunes.
You
really should have seen the Full Contact Fighter reporter getting
down as the entertainer mimicked her Jersey heroes as he belted
out some of her childhood favorites. It was a site to see. I
never knew they had trailer parks in Long Island but hey, you
learn something new every day.
This
guy was talented and moved his way through every genre of music
until he got the man, the myth, the legend, known to you as Sherdog
up on the table screaming out the lyrics to his favorite band
KISS. I can die happy now since I saw Sherdog atop a bar table
singing along with a strange man dressed in spandex. Damn that
poor table.
Did
I mention there were a few old school UFC vets in the house?
Did I mention a couple of them were being surrounded by a swarm
of garden tools looking to hook up? No? Of course not, because
that would be a total fabrication. Forget I mentioned it. Never
happened.
What
did happen was Joe Hall — my personal favorite among MMA
writers — was about 8 beers deep and was doing his best
to keep me from beating down some poor innocent bystander who
walked by, totally unaware of the imminent danger to his well
being, when he confidently strode by with a fresh dozen from
the Krispy Kreme store. This poor fellow is probably sound asleep,
never really knowing how close he came to getting the beating
of his life. It’s a good thing Sherdog wasn’t there
or it would have been lights out. Thanks again Joe.
The
person who didn’t escape my wrath was Jason “Mayhem”
Miller. You know the guy. I scoped them with my own two peepers
and man I still can not come up with an explanation for this
clown. I love the guy and will even go out on a limb and say
he will beat Egan Inoue on December 5th but damn. All kidding
aside, this kid can scrap and when the dust settles after Superbrawl,
he should be walking away with the strap and enough cash to fill
the needed prescriptions his psychiatrist will be writing him.
In the words of Chuck Liddell, “memo to Jason, you are white!”
What else can you say?
There
was also a John Hartnett sighting at the Dubliner Thursday night
as the pre-pubescent reporter from MMA Weakly snuck his way into
the pub. I was surprised to see the kid up this late as it was
clearly past his bedtime. By the way, if you are ever around
Hartnett when he is binging make sure you have your American
Top Team earplugs in because you will be ready to kill the kid
after the thirty-fifth time he tells you “His boy Din Thomas
would wipe the mat with Randy Couture.”
Oh
my gosh, I almost forgot the funniest thing from the entire weigh
ins. Sherdog sees both Tim Sylvia and Wes Sims standing in the
same vicinity and tried to get them to take a picture together.
Sylvia seems like he really doesn’t want to do it but succumbs
to the crowd pressure. Just as Sherdog gets ready to snap the
shot, Big Wes throws his arm around Tim and leans in close for
the pic. Classic. Sylvia had clearly had enough of Big Wes and
pushed him away as he walked away. I for one can’t wait
until these two settle their differences in the Octagon.
How
bout a few picks from never-never land? No, not the Neverland
Ranch, you sickos. I am talking about some UFC 45 picks. Here
we go.
Rockel.
Edwards. Rodriguez. Lytle. Lindland. Baroni. Cabbage. Hughes.
There
it is, short and sweet. Now it is off to the comfort of my bed
and happy dreams of the Krispy Kremes I couldn’t score.
Source:
Sherdog
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MARCO
RUAS: 'THE SPOILED FRUIT ARE OUT OF THE BASKET'
by Marcelo Alonso/Team Tatame
After
Renato Babalú and Alexandre Cacareco left the Ruas Vale-Tudo
Team to train with the Gracie Barra Combat Team, some people
thought this might signal the end for the Ruas Vale-Tudo Team.
Last
week we visited Ruas Team headquarters in the USA (Laguna- CA)
to check the last days of training of Pedro Rizzo (to UFC) and
Antoine Jaoude (to K-1 MMA). After the training routine, we talked
to the big boss and he guaranteed us That Ruas Team is stronger
than ever.
'We
just cleaned the basket, throwing the spoiled fruit out. Now
we are even stronger, because only the 'real' Ruas Vale-Tudo
fighters remain with the team. I´m sure that people like
Rizzo, Antoine and most of the guys who train with us in Rio
would not sell themselves to another teams. The bad characters
are fortunately out and the basket is clean again' said Marco.
About
the upcoming fight of his No 1 pupil against Ricco Rodrigues,
Ruas cannot see another result other than a knock out. 'There
is no studying or tactics. Pedro has to come out and hunt for
the KO all the time'. The fact that Rizzo´s contract with
UFC is up doesn´t bother the 'King of the Streets' at all.
'Pedro is one of the best fighters in the world. If UFC doesn´t
give us a good proposal there are 3 big organizations in Japan,
K-1, Inoki and Pride. Personally, I think Pedro Rizzo is much
more dangerous in a ring, but let´s see what will happen'.
Source:
ADCC
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UFC
45 - Revolution Review
The
10th anniversary show of the Ultimate Fighting Championship went
down at the Mohegan Sun Casino Arena in Uncasville, CT. It was
to be an event to celebrate the best the sport has produced over
the last 10 years but ended up being marred by a couple incidents
that cast doubt on how far the sport has really come. With high
hopes and low expectations, UFC 45 came closer to the latter
with a sub par lackluster show.
Yves
Edwards vs Nick Agallar
Leading things off was a bout between Yves Edwards and last minute
replacement Nick Agallar. Edwards looked frustrated against Agallar
right up to the point where he landed a lunging left hand that
sent Agallar straight to his back. He followed up quickly, pouncing
on his downed opponent, firing away until referee Larry Landless
stopped the bout at 2:14 of the second round.
Keith
Rockel vs Chris Liguori
In a battle of local boys Keith Rockel outclassed Chris Liguori
with some good ground work, mostly from the top and finished
him with a guillotine choke at 3:29 of the first round.
Ricco
Rodriguez vs Pedro Rizzo
In what must have been the most expensive preliminary match in
UFC history, a snooze-fest ensued as Pedro Rizzo and Ricco Rodriguez
danced around the ring for three rounds. Rodriguez inability
to take the match to the ground was the defining factor in the
match. It wasn’t as if Rizzo did much to win the fight as
he continually refused to engage and put on his usual counter
punching performance. The only effective offense from either
fighter came in the form of a few pulverizing leg kicks from
Rizzo and they most certainly were the difference in the unanimous
decision handed down in his favor.
Robbie
Lawler vs Chris Lytle
In a fight that started slowly, Robbie Lawler did just enough
to get past a game Chris Lytle. Most of the first round was spent
on the ground with Robbie Lawler pounding away at Chris Lytle,
the most vicious shot coming while Lytle tried to apply an ankle
lock. The second round saw both fighters circling endlessly with
Lytle moving forward and Lawler away, eliciting a string of boos
from the restless crowd. The crowd finally got what they came
for in the third as both fighters stood in the middle of the
cage and traded blows. Lawler got the better of the exchanges
as he dropped Lytle with a right hand, garnering a hand from
Lytle along with the rest of the fans. The fight went to the
scorecards and by the narrowest of margins Robbie Lawler gets
the unanimous decision with 29-28 scores on every card.
Evan
Tanner vs Phil Baroni
Evan Tanner survived an early outburst from Phil Baroni that
saw him staggered and cut around the left eye. Baroni was punishing
Tanner and nearly had him out on a couple of occasions. Tanner,
with some help from a doctor stoppage (it was questionable because
of the fact that Baroni had Tanner out on his feet at the time
of the stoppage) to check his cut, recovered and took Baroni
to the mat once the fight resumed. From there he got the mount
position and proceeded to drop a number of elbows to the face
of Baroni prompting referee Larry Landless to stop the fight.
Baroni
was not thrilled with Landless to say the least and grabbed him
by his shirt and tried to punch him. The extra-curicular activities
didn’t stop there as Baroni took a couple more shots at
Landless and had to be separated from him. When all the drama
in the ring was over, Evan Tanner was announced the winner by
referee stoppage at 4:42 of the first round.
When
I asked referee Landless what happened with the stoppage he informed
me he was asking Baroni if he wanted out. Phil responded yes
and he moved into end the match. Baroni thought he was asking
if he wanted to continue and was enraged that the fight was stopped.
Landless also said he would have restarted the match if it weren’t
for the outburst from Baroni.
At
the post fight press conference Dana White described the event
as “not a good ending for the sport.” Next up to the
mike was a remorseful Phil Baroni who got choked up as he apologized
to everyone involved except Larry Landless. He thanked Zuffa
for all the chances they have given him and promised he would
make up for his transgressions. We will have to wait and see
what consequences Baroni will have to face before he has to worry
about getting back in the cage. Phil probably should be thanking
Larry Landless right now though because the Tribal Police asked
him if he wanted to press charges and have him arrested. Larry
declined.
Tank
Abbott vs Cabbage Correira
The next fight was a highly anticipated matchup and started out
just like most fans had hoped. “Tank” Abbott actually
got off a number of his famous haymakers while he exchanged with
Wes “Cabbage” Correira. “Cabbage” got the
better of those exchanges as he controlled “Tank” in
the clinch while he peppered his head with knees and punches.
After
a big cut opened up on “Tank’s” forehead the doctor
was called in to check it. According to John McCarthy, Abbott
was telling the doctor he was fine but was having trouble seeing
with the blood in his eye. Abbott was upset when the fight was
stopped because he thought they would wipe away the blood and
let him get back in there. Much to his chagrin, the fight was
stopped but not the action.
As
“Cabbage” started his victory dance, Abbott’s
cornerman John Marsh threw water at him and all hell broke loose.
After order was restored, “Tank” exited to wild cheers
from the crowd. You would have never known he just lost his third
fight in a row.
Falaniko
Vitale vs Matt Lindland
The rematch between Falaniko Vitale and Matt Lindland made it
onto the pay-per-view as a swing match. Vitale was out to prove
his knockout win over Lindland was no fluke. Both men circled
to start the first, exchanging chopping punches until Vitale
lost his balance on a kick attempt and Lindland capitalized by
taking Vitale to the mat. From there Lindland dished out some
punches and elbows to take the first round.
The
second round saw Lindland score with a nice left to the face
of Vitale that sent him reeling back into the fence. From there
Lindland tried to take him down again but was foiled by Vitale.
Instead, Lindland started to work from the clinch, landing a
couple nice forearms and a good knee. The rest of the round was
spent along the cage with little happening.
The
third round began with Lindland falling down on a failed kick
attempt. Vitale jumped right into Lindland’s guard, avoiding
flailing legs on the way down. Vitale tried to work but could
not get past the half guard. Lindland reversed and got to the
top with a little over a minute left and put Vitale in a bad
position where he commenced an all out assault on his face. Referee
Landless stopped the bout at Vitale’s behest at 4:23 of
the third round.
Matt
Hughes vs Frank Trigg
With nothing looking like it could save this doomed event, Matt
Hughes made his way to the Octagon to face Frank Trigg. Trigg
came right out and did what many have tried but few have been
able to, take Hughes down and rather easily at that. Hughes had
a little something for Trigg though and as soon as he got to
his feet he scooped up his opponent and slammed him to the mat.
From there Trigg and Hughes put on a high quality display of
wrestling before Hughes was able to take his back and sink in
the rear naked choke, ending the fight at 3:54 of the first round.
Although
he was cordial with Trigg after the fight, Hughes had some scathing
remarks for his fallen foe at the press conference. When asked
about Trigg’s whereabouts Hughes commented, “Maybe
nursing his ego.” Hughes explained how upset he was about
Trigg’s pre-fight comments and said he “just wished
I could have choked him unconscious.”
Source:
Sherdog
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Quote
of the Day
"Success is never permanent, and failure is never final."
Mike Ditka, American Football Player, Coach of Chicago Bears
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Ring
Of Honor Weigh-ins Today & UFC will be airing at the 808
Fight Factory
The
weigh-ins are today Friday, November 21st at 6:00PM at 808 Fight
Factory. The UFC will also be played for anyone wanting to come
early and watch it. $2.00 is being asked in order to help offset
the costs. Tickets to the show can be obtained by calling Kai
at 330-9484 or the 808 Fight Factory at 671-4140.
Ring
of Honor
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: Promoter
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UFC
45: REVOLUTION
Weigh ins Are Official!
UFC 45: Revolution
Friday, November 21, 2003
Mohegan Sun Arena // Uncasville, Conn.
DOORS OPEN: 7:30 pm.
FIGHTS START: 8:30 pm.
PPV AT: 10 pm.
The
weigh ins for UFC 45: Revolution are in the books, as they took
place at 5PM EST at the Mohegan Sun Casino in CT.
Nov.
20 - Official Weigh-ins (courtesy of ZUFFA)
WELTERWEIGHT
MAIN EVENT:
Matt Hughes: 170
Frank Trigg: 169
HEAVYWEIGHTS:
Dave 'Tank' Abbott: 253
Wesley 'Cabbage' Correira: 265
Ricco
Rodriguez: 246
Pedro 'The Rock' Rizzo: 243.5
MIDDLEWEIGHTS:
Matt Lindland: 185
Niko Vitale: 184.5
Evan
Tanner: 185
Phil Baroni: 185
Keith
Rockel: 185
Chris Liguori: 183
WELTERWEIGHTS:
Robbie Lawler: 169
Chris Lytle: 169.5
LIGHTWEIGHTS:
Nick Agallar: 155
Yves Edwards: 154.5
UFC
45: Revolution (COMPLETE CARD - Subject To Change):
Welterweight
Title Bout: FRANK TRIGG (Challenger) v. MATT HUGHES (Champion)
Heavyweights:
RICCO RODRIGUEZ v. PEDRO RIZZO
Heavyweights: DAVID 'TANK' ABBOTT v. WESLEY 'CABBAGE' CORREIA
Middleweights: FALANIKO VITALE v. MATT LINDLAND
Lightweights: v. YVES EDWARDS
Middleweights: PHIL BARONI v. EVAN TANNER
Welterweights: ROBBIE LAWLER v. CHRIS LYTLE
Middleweights: KEITH ROCKEL v. CHRIS LIGUORI
Source:
ADCC
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Falaniko
Vitale Profile
Record: 15-2-0
Age: 29
Height/Weight: 6'0" / 185 lbs.
Detailed
Record
Win - Aaron Riley - TKO - RITC Hawaii 2 - 10/15/1999
Win - Phillip Ortiz - Submission - Superbrawl 15 - 12/7/1999
Win - Ahmad Reese - Submission - RITC Hawaii 3 - 1/18/2000
Win - Aaron Torres - Submission - King of the Cage 4 - 6/24/2000
Lose - Yasuhito Namekawa - Submission - Rings - 7/22/2000
Win - Ricardo Barros - TKO - Warriors of the New Millennium 2
- 11/24/2000
Win - Todd Medina - Unanimous Decision - Warriors Quest 1 - 5/29/2001
Win - Dennis Reed - Submission - Superbrawl 21 - 7/21/2001
Win - John Renken - TKO - Superbrawl 22 - 11/2/2001
Lose - Sean Gray - TKO - Warriors Quest 3 - 12/1/2001
Win - Jason Drexel - Submission - Superbrawl 23 - 3/9/2002
Win - Charlie West - Submission - Force Fighting Championship
- 5/18/2002
Win - Pascal Gosselin - Submission - UCC: Hawaii - 9/17/2002
Win - Sean McCully - Submission - Superbrawl 27 - 11/9/2002
Win - Tyrone Roberts - Submission - Superbrawl 28 - 2/8/2003
Win - Matt Lindland - KO - UFC 43 - 6/6/2003
Win - Justin Ellison - Submission - Superbrawl 31 - 9/20/2003
Key
Wins: Matt Lindland, Todd Medina, Aaron Riley
Key
Losses: Sean Gray, Yasuhito Namekawa
Known
to many sports fans in Hawaii for his college football career
at the University of Hawaii, Falaniko Vitale has blossomed into
one of the best and most popular fighters there. He initially
started off his career fighting for the Jesus is Lord team (known
for fighters such as Ray "Bradda" Cooper and Ron Jhun),
but made the switch early on to Egan Inoue's Grappling Unlimited
team, mostly as a matter of convenience.
In
the first fight of his professional career, Vitale defeated a
tough Aaron Riley by TKO. A few fights later, he added UFC veteran
Todd Medina to his hit list, dismantling him at the first Warrior's
Quest.
Almost
all of his fights have taken place in Hawaii, which isn't all
that bad of a deal. Unlike most areas of the United States, Hawaii
is one of the few places that really seem to embrace mixed martial
arts and follow it closely, even including it in the sports segment
of their local news. Having played at the University of Hawaii
and having won nearly all of his bouts, Vitale is very popular
there and is leading the charge to get Hawaiian fighters some
recognition.
Strengths:
Vitale is a well-rounded fighter with a wide arsenal that includes
solid striking ability, very good submission skills and has good
knees in the clinch. He is very explosive and trains with one
of the best fighters in the world, Egan Inoue at Grappling Unlimited
in Hawaii.
Weaknesses:
Not many. The biggest is probably that he hasn't fought much
outside of Hawaii and hasn't had the opportunity to fight any
top ten guys outside of his bout with Matt Lindland.
What
This Fight Means: In his last bout with Matt Lindland, everyone
said that Lindland knocked himself out when he attempted to take
Vitale down. Vitale was a little miffed by that saying that he
had a little something to do with that as well. Now, he gets
his opportunity to get back in the Octagon and prove it.
Vitale
is an exciting fighter with only one decision on his record.
Not having fought outside of Hawaii, not many people know how
good he is. A win over Matt Lindland would go a long ways toward
rectifying that and probably place him in the top ten fighters
at middleweight.
Source:
MMA Weekly
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Wanderlei
Silva soon will become the newest Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt
by: Luca Atalla
Photo: Dream Stage Entertainment
The
next time Wanderlei Silva walks toward the ring of Pride he may
be wearing
a gi. That is because after nearly six years training Jiu-Jitsu,
the Pride middle-weight champion finally will be awarded with
the black belt in the art.
Wanderlei
arrives in Rio de Janeiro this Friday along with his BJJ teacher
Cristiano Marcello and his Chute Boxe masters Rudimar Fedrigo
and Rafael Cordeiro and will be hosted in Rio de Janeiro by GRACIE
Magazine crew and Sportv announcer Jorge Guimaraes.
He
will get the certificate from the hands of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Confederation President Carlos Gracie Junior and his board of
directors, including master Osvaldo Alves, professor Jose Henrique
Leao Teixeira Filho and professor Alvaro Mansur.
Wanderlei,
who just won Pride Grand Prix last November 9th, said he is very
proud of his new graduation and that was a dream he's had since
he wore the gi
for the first time.
Source:
ADCC
After conquering the Pride GP's title, the Chute-Boxe's idol
Wanderlei Silva will become a BJJ black belt. Wanderlei is on
the way to Rio de Janeiro next Friday to receive the Black belt
certificate from the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Confederation's (CBJJ)
president Carlinhos Gracie. 'I am so happy. This is an old dream
for me and I think after almost submitting Yoshida and Quinton
Jackson in the same night. I proved that I am ready to receive
this belt,' said Wanderlei.
Wanderlei's
speech is supported by Carlinhos Gracie: 'He is a great value
fighter. Three years ago he was a purple belt of Sonequinha and
then caught the brown one with Cristiano Marcelo and now he deserves
the black belt. I will give him the black belt certificate from
CBJJ, ' explains Carlinhos.
Source: Tatame
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Anyone.
Anytime. Anywhere. Frank Trigg debuts at UFC 45: Revolution in
the Welterweight title fight
by: Joseph Cunliffe
Frank
“Twinkle Toes” Trigg makes his UFC debut this Friday,
November 21 at “UFC 45: Revolution” at the Mohegan
Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The Team rAw fighter faces
UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes in a 5-round championship
fight. The El Segundo, California fighter has competed in Shooto,
Pride and the WFA, racking up some of his 33 career wins over
Fabiano Iha, Dennis Hallman and Jean-Jacques Machado. The win
is the goal for the 31-year-old who anticipates this championship
title fight to be a fight worthy of the 10th Anniversary. The
father of 2 spent the last year with his family, training and
improving his skills, and handling the day to day business of
the Team rAw Training Facility, which he owns. Hyperactivity
drives Trigg to his successes and this Friday, we’ll see
if he will continue on this road.
JC:
What does “Anyone Anytime Anywhere” mean for you? FT:
It means different things to me. It means I’ll learn and
train with anyone. I’ll train them anytime. I’ll go
to the furthest corners of the earth to train. As well as I’ll
compete against anyone anytime anywhere.
JC:
How did Zuffa approach you? FT: The fans wanted the fight. There
was a big fan demand for this fight to go off. Zuffa finally
heard it and tried to make it happen.
JC:
Your last fight was a win over Dennis Hallman at WFA 3 in November
2002. What have you been doing in the past year? FT: In the past
year I’ve been training, trying to improve my game on the
bottom, improving my submission skills, improving my boxing game,
spending some time with my son, daughter and wife. I started
my own clothing company, and handling the day to day around The
rAw Training Center, trying to increase the membership and make
it a better facility for everybody to try out and use.
JC:
What is your interest in the rAw Training Facility? FT: I own
it.
JC:
In an ADCC News interview, UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes
describes you as a “decent wrestler, limited striking, limited
submissions. I think his wrestling is really a question mark;
he is somewhat overrated.” What are your thoughts on his
description? FT: My personal thoughts are that I don’t think
he really knows me as well as he thinks he does. Depending on
who you talk too, he could be completely accurate or completely
false. Everything he said is open to interpretation. Anybody
can say anyone is over rated. People can say Matt is over rated
because he was beat twice by Hallman and knocked unconscious
by Pele.
JC:
What are your thoughts on Hughes as a fighter? FT: Very strong.
Very explosive. Very competitive. Very fierce heart against the
opponents he has had to date.
JC:
How about against you as an opponent? FT: I can’t tell you
how he is until I fight him.
JC:
Why a title fight for your UFC debut? FT: You’ll have to
ask Zuffa. I have no idea.
JC:
What is your take on the fight? FT: It’s going to be a high
action, high flurry fight. There’s going to be a multitude
of flurries going around in the 25 minutes of fighting. It’s
going to be a fight worthy of the 10th Anniversary.
JC:
So, we’re not going to see 2 wrestlers in a lay and pray
fight? FT: No, not at all, at least not from me. He may lay and
pray, but he is going to get hurt. I can’t speak for him.
JC:
Your web site reads “after realizing he was not mature enough
for Division 1 wrestling, Trigg transferred...” What does
that mean? FT: I didn’t have the mental skills to stay at
Oklahoma State University and compete at that high level. Oklahoma
State is the best program in the country. Physically I had the
skills, but emotionally and mentally I didn’t have the skills
to step up and take advantage of the opportunity.
JC:
You started MMA in 1996 and signed with Team rAw in 1997 and
became part of The rAw Training Facility in 2000. How did rAw
approach you? FT: Rico and Lou (Chicarelli) are wrestlers and
they were picking up all the guys who were wrestlers and fighting
for their program. I was a wrestler who was competing and they
had an interest in me as a fighter, so they asked if I wanted
to join the team. I think they asked me in September 1997 and
I was signed by October.
JC:
How did you decide rAw is where you wanted to be? FT: The move
was because Rico and I opened a training center together.
JC:
Current online databases have you at 10 or 11 fights, but your
site offers a 33-1 record. Where were those other fights? FT:
In an around Texas, Colorado and Oklahoma.
JC:
Even in your only MMA career loss, you earned the Best Bout Award
from SHOOTO in 2000. Did that make it a good loss? FT: No loss
is a good loss. It was acceptable because as a foreigner, the
Japanese saw that I was good enough to have the best bout even
though I lost. They talked about that bout as the best of the
entire year. That was nice. It was the 3rd or 4th time I received
the Second Best award, which goes to the best guy that didn’t
lose.
JC:
You’ve won by KO, TKO and various submissions. Do you have
a preference or is the win the goal? FT: The win is the goal.
A lot of fighters go in with a game plan: “I’m going
to knock him out or I’m going to submit him or I’m
going to tap him out, or whatever.” I go in there with I’m
going to take whatever he gives me. If he wants to get hit, then
I will knock him out. If he wants to be submitted, I’ll
take the first submission he gives me. I’ll take whatever
he gives me; whatever he allows me to have and force my will
and my power on him. Once I establish my dominance, then whatever
he gives me I’ll take.
JC:
You’ve been wrestling 20 years, compiling an outstanding
record, been named Captain of your team, you earned the National
Jr. College Athletic Associations Wrestling Sportsman of the
Year Award in 1994, you’ve coached a team onto a Big 12
Championship in 1999, and you have a 33-1 record in MMA with
many accolades. What drives Frank Trigg to these successes? FT:
A lot of hyperactivity! [laughing] I have a real bad case of
hyperactivity. I’ve always had to function, move or do something
physical and that’s the way I learn. I gain knowledge through
actual movement. You can’t show me how to change an alternator.
You have to let me change the alternator and then I’ll have
it. You can’t explain a match problem to me. I have to go
up to the board and work it out. Fighting was the next step for
me after wrestling.
JC:
What’s the next step for you after Friday night? FT: Hopefully
I will have my first title defense at UFC 46 in the end of January.
JC:
You have 2 college degrees, including a BA in Public Affairs
and Administration. Do you utilize your degrees? FT: I utilize
my degrees everyday, but not in the fashion they were made. Both
of my degrees are in public works -- City Planner, Government
Works and Political Analysis. It’s about writing memos,
doing day to day research, everyday business affairs, and how
to organize my business. Otherwise, I don’t need either
one.
JC:
Is there anything you’d like to say? FT: I’d just like
to let all the fans know to go to fighters’ web sites. Check
them out and see what they’re about in their everyday lives,
not know them just as fighters. Pay attention to their sponsors
because that is how this sport survives. If you see something
you like, then go ahead and purchase it. It’s not going
to help me so much if they buy something (from the links on my
site) because they are already my sponsor, but they may think
“Frank Trigg got me an additional million dollars in sales
this year, so I’m going to sponsor a couple more fighters.”
Check
out www.FrankTrigg.com for more information on the # 1 UFC Welterweight
Contender, as well as www.RawTraining.com for training with Trigg.
Source:
ADCC
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Frank
Trigg: Confident on Eve of Welterweight Showdown
By Josh Gross
On a Thursday,
anything's possible. Today, Frank Trigg fancies himself the finest
170-pound mixed martial artist in the world. Tomorrow evening,
inside Uncasville, Connecticut's Mohegan Sun Casino, the 31-year-old
Los Angeles-based fighter will discover if what he believes to
be true is actually based in reality.
A
longtime wrestler, he's never expressed misgivings about a confidence
bordering on cockiness. In spite of the fact odds makers have
pegged him a three-to-one underdog against UFC welterweight champion
Matt Hughes, who is undefeated in his last 12 fights and 32-3-0
overall, Trigg remains true to form, refusing to tone down the
rhetoric that put him in this position in the first place.
"The
reason this fight came together is because people always ask
me what I thought about [Hughes] as a fighter, as a person,"
Trigg says. "I've always been very candid and very straight
forward about it. The fans kind of got behind it wanting to see
this fight. Half want to see me prove that I can beat Matt and
the other half want me to shut up by having Matt beat me. It
became a fan fight, not so much that I was hunting him down trying
to make this happen."
Make
no mistake about it, Trigg earnestly subscribes to what he's
said about Hughes and is looking forward to test himself against
the man he's disparaged time and again. How long the test lasts,
says Trigg, is simply a matter of circumstance.
"I've
improved my hand skills and submission skills so much in the
past 12 months that it could very easily be over very fast with
a quick knockout or submission -- very Hallman-esque," he
says, alluding to Hughes' two submission losses versus Dennis
Hallman.
"That's
definitely not outside the realm of possibilities."
Unlike
Hallman, whom he defeated a year ago to claim the WFA welterweight
title, upping his record to 10-1-0, Trigg's game plan is hardly
submission-based. He's never flying-armbarred someone, let alone
won a contest via submission from the guard.
For
all intents and purposes Trigg is cut from the same cloth as
Hughes. He's earned his reputation by out-wrestling, out-striking
and athletically dominating the opposition, making Friday's clash
wholly unique. Physically, Trigg is Hughes' closest competitor
in the welterweight division -- something that hasn't escaped
the vocal challenger.
"In
a comparison to Matt, [I'm] bigger, stronger, faster," Trigg
promises. "He's more explosive, like more explosive power
-- that two-step drop, you know that dropping into a double[-leg
takedown]. He's got amazing timing for that double of his. I
work everyday for improving my game in all aspects -- top and
bottom. Getting comfortable in different positions that in years
past I've been uncomfortable in. I've worked on my striking game.
You know, I'm just a better all-around athlete. I've spent more
time dedicated to working out. My daily passion is to work out.
If I wasn't fighting I'd be working out anyway. I'd be training
in some aspect anyway, just because that's the way I am. That's
what I like to do.
"It's
a poor match up really for Matt, our two styles."
The
biggest talking point between Trigg and Hughes leading up to
the fight has been which fighter's wrestling pedigree is more
impressive. It's an argument that could be settled with a session
on the mat, but stakes in tomorrow's contest are too high for
a simple roll.
Regardless,
mixed martial arts is not solely an exercise in wrestling, though
it does play a key role. It stands to reason that whichever fighter
grapples better tomorrow night will have an improved shot of
standing with his hand raised in victory at fight's end.
"It
could very easily [come down wrestling]," agrees Trigg,
a Junior College All-American who wrestled at the University
of Oklahoma before continuing his career internationally, "because
when things get tough and you start getting in tight positions
and go back to what you know; both of us know wrestling the best.
It's what we've been doing the longest. That's what you kind
of revert back to. You go back to your core if anything is being
challenged. If you're not really sure what's going on or you
want to exploit an issue, you're always going to exploit what
you know the best. That's wrestling for the both of us."
"He's
a more celebrated collegiate wrestler, but I'm a more celebrated
wrestler because I wrestled internationally better at higher
levels than he did," says Trigg about the difference between
he and Hughes on the mat. "Stylistically it's just a bad
match up for him. Plus, for him, he's at a disadvantage where
he doesn't have that much film on me in the last 12 months. He
has no idea whether I've improved or not. Me just saying I've
improved isn't proof in the pudding until the fight Friday night.
Whereas with Matt, I can see what he's done very recently, his
last couple of fights. I know how he fights. I know what he does.
I know his patterns. I know his rhythms. He doesn't have that
about me. He can't really get that from me."
Trigg
is correct in one respect: when it comes to Matt Hughes, there
is little mystery. The UFC champion has proven himself to be
the strongest pound-for-pound fighter in MMA. Almost every opponent
he's faced, particularly during this two-year title run, has
been smashed against the cage fencing, bloodied by brutally effective
elbow strikes. And, the man has earned a dubious distinction
for demolishing tough challengers with little preparation, though
Trigg "calls bullshit" on that.
So
why is Trigg positive he will win tomorrow?
"My
hands are good enough where I can keep him off," he says.
"I've got some really good leg kicks. I've got some really
good knees. I'm notorious for my knee striking, which matches
up really nice because his head height is just about perfect
knee-striking distance for me when he shoots. If he shoots that
double a little bit slow, a little bit sloppy he's going to get
pinned with it. I've dropped more than a couple of guys with
a knee when they've tried to shoot doubles on me."
"He's
probably scared. This is going to be the toughest fight of his
life."
In
spite of his year layoff, the third such inactive stretch of
his career, Trigg has no reservations about possible ring rust.
Even if he hasn't fought, 2003 has been a busy training year.
Matches for teammates Vladimir Matyushenko and Mac Danzig kept
Trigg working hard inside rAw -- short for Real American Wrestling
-- the El Segundo, Calif. gym he frequents.
"We
really don't have a training camp," he says. "See,
a training camp implies that you haven't done anything. A lot
of guys are sitting around doing nothing, then they'll go to
Big Bear and have a training camp. Well, I'm as responsible for
getting other guys ready as I am for getting myself ready. So
in the last year, I really haven't had any time to stop and sit
down and take a break."
Entering
through an alley, oil-refinery fumes lingering in the air, the
Southern California facility is as hardcore a training dungeon
as you'll find in the United States. Over the past six weeks,
Trigg has focused solely on Friday's contest. It's been an arduous
process, one that he hopes will pay off in victory.
Notes
Trigg of his training: "What we did was we took my fear
and said 'OK, you don't like being on the bottom, you don't like
being against the cage, let's put you against the cage, let's
put you on the bottom and we're going to have the best ground-and-pounders
in the game come in and beat the living piss out of you for six
weeks and see how you do. And teach you the ins and outs of what
you need to do. And we're going to have the best submission artists
come in and show you what you're supposed to do from the bottom
in these positions.'
"And
that's how we approached it," he continues. "Let's
embrace the whole game, the whole fight. Let's embrace everything
that happens within the fight, the ebb and flow of the entire
game. The game is going to have me against the cage at some points;
it's inevitable. It's just going to happen. He's just going to
put me against the cage. What am I going to do? What happens
if I'm on my feet against he cage? When I'm on my knees against
the cage? On my back against the cage? What do I do? How do I
function? How do I maneuver?"
Should
Trigg anticipate the answers to those questions and execute them
properly, he might be the only welterweight in the world capable
of slowing Matt Hughes. He swears he is the man to do it, and
anticipates showing those watching why Fridays don't have to
be much different than Thursdays.
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BARONI:
ANGRY, PISSED AND READY TO GO
Phil Baroni isn't talking to the media at the event this week.
So we had to get Phil last week when he was on MMAWeekly Radio.
We want to remind you that you need to check out the 24 hour
thread on the SoundOff Forum for some other things that have
been going on behind the scenes. But here's Phil Baroni who was
recently on MMAWeekly Radio.
Phil
Baroni: Yo this is Baroni. I was training like a motherfucker
and sorry that I am late.
Ryan
Bennett/MMAWeeklyRadio: We welcome Phil to the show everyone.
How you doing Man? What’s happening?
Baroni:
Nothing man, training fucking out in NY with ?(Jay Erlon)? and
I have Mayhem Miller here and we are fucking training like ‘savs’.
MMAWeekly:
Hey before we get started- do you know who I think is a cool
guy? Your Pops, he has been on MMAWeekly Radio a couple times.
Baroni:
Yeah yeah, he is good at the sports betting Man.
MMAWeekly:
He is money. I am going to make him a co-host of the show soon.
(laughs) At first I thought it was you. You sound just like your
Dad.
Baroni:
Yeah. So how is everything with you Bro.?
MMAWeekly:
Good. Everything is real good, but let’s talk about you
and the upcoming event. You told me about who you are training
with, how are things going overall? What are you training for?
You training to go to the ground? Stand up?
Baroni:
I am training for a first round KO Dude.
MMAWeekly:
You like your chances at a first round KO huh?
Baroni:
That is what I am training for. A vicious first round KO. The
most vicious KO in MMA history. I'm going to knock his head into
the sixth row.
MMAWeekly:
Let me ask you this, you know that Matt Lindland is trying to
show him what he was able to do against you. What do you think
about that in going into this fight with Evan Tanner?
Baroni:
What is he going to try and do? Lay on me and fucking be a faggot
and fucking try to get himself in the prelims again or something?
Listen- sometimes you have an off night. Whatever. This dude
is getting knocked the fuck out and if Matt Lindland ever wants
to step up to the plate he is getting knocked out too. What do
I think about that? Jerk me off. That is what I think about that.
MMAWeekly:
Phil Baroni as only Phil can be in epic form for this Friday.
Now coming of that loss with Matt Lindland, how tough mentally
was that for you?
Baroni:
That was the worst. The loss and the injury was the lowest point
in my life, but enough with that bullshit. I do not even need
to talk about that because it is all water under the bridge.
I am going to close out this year with a bang, like I always
do, and 2003 once it is over, I will have the KO of the year
and the comeback of the year. Then 2004 will be the year of the
fucking bad ass. You can check your Chinese fucking calendar.
I will be the UFC Middleweight Champion before the year 2004
is up without a fucking doubt that is 100% for sure!
MMAWeekly:
Now Phil you mention that, what do you know about the championship
right now? Is it vacant? No one has the belt, so what is the
situation? When do you think they will pull that together?
Baroni:
Well the deal with the belt is this right now. The UFC has not
given the belt out, but I am the best 185lb fighter in the world
without a doubt. Everybody fucking knows it and there are no
fucking questions. So I declared myself the UFC 185lb Champion
so that every fight that I fight, from here on in, will be a
title defense for the bad ass’s title. So I am taking every
fight from this point like I am the Champion and defending this
title. I have worked too fucking hard to give this bitch up.
So anyone, anyone that fucking steps in the cage with me is getting
fucking hurt and hurt bad. I take this fucking personal because
this is my life, and this is my job and my livelihood. And if
you even think about getting in the fucking cage with me I am
going to fucking tear your fucking head off. That is it, bottom
line, and end of the fucking story.
MMAWeekly:
Phil you are angry Bro. This is the true Phil Baroni coming out
and you are fired up.
Baroni:
Fuck yeah Bro. I have been training like a ‘sav’ since
August 1st. I am ready to fucking KO this dude’s fucking
head off.
MMAWeekly:
Sounds good. Hey I really appreciate you taking the time out
of your training to join us on MMAWeekly Radio.
Baroni:
No doubt Brother. Be there or be square. Thanks for the time
as always.
MMAWeekly:
Good luck to you.
Baroni:
Take it easy.
Source:
MMA Weekly
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YVES
EDWARDS DAILY JOURNAL FROM UFC 45
Yves Edwards
continues his exclusive behind the scenes report of what goes
on during UFC Event Week. This is brought to you exclusively
on MMAWeekly.com
Well
my day started a lot earlier than I thought it would. I got a
call bright and early at 6:45 am from Jack Taylor, the PR guy
for the UFC. I was half asleep when he told me that I was doing
a radio interview at 7am in Columbus Ohio.
It's
part of the job I guess, but man I'm tired. I do on the radio
with the guys in Columbus and they were really cool and they
seemed like they were big fans of the sport, so that made it
really easy.
I
tried to go back to sleep but I couldn't. So I stayed up and
at 9am this morning we had the video interviews that they are
going to use for the show. I do a pre fight interview and it's
freezing here!! The tough part is they want to make it look like
you just got done working out at the interview, so I have to
warm up break a sweat, do an interview and then freeze again.
Man it's cold here!! Oh well, it's all good. I'm glad I'm here.
It's
now Noon and I get some sleep. I doze off somwhere around 1pm
and get up at 4pm. I head over the arena and check my weight.
Right now when I step on the scales I tip the scales at 161 so
I'm just six over.
So
I go down and hit the workout room and jump on the exercise bike
for about 45 minutes. I then jump back on the scale and I'm right
in between 157 and 158.
I
then head up to my room and chill out a bit tonight as I thrown
on my Madden 2004. I'm the Houston Texans of course, being from
the area taking on the Kansas City Chiefs. I'm playing well,
but we go into overtime tied at 17-17.
I
get the ball and I'm going down the field getting ready to set
up my final score to win the game, when out of no where I'm picked
off by the K.C defense and I end up losing the game as they run
the interception all the back for the touchdown. Damn that sucks!
I lose 23-17. I will be back after training.
It's
now 10:30pm and time for me to go train. I head back to the training
room and have my man Saul hold the pads for me. My boy Francisco
who is a great wrestler, now starts to work out with me on my
ground game. We work hard on the ground and I feel good and feel
ready to go.
I
drink a shake and have a banana and it's time to call it a night.
Before I do so I will answer a few questions from the fans sent
to Ryan for me. Here's basically the same question from two guys
in in Mark Rowe and Peter P. They wanted to know basically if
my mindset has changed since I'm not fighting Din Thomas...
Basically
I have to change my game plan a bit, because Din has really good
hands and I was looking forward to testing my striking with him.
Now I'm focusing more on my ground because I'm sure this guy
will want to take me down and try to hold me there, so I'm working
hard on my takedown defense and we will see how it goes. This
guy is a tough guy, so I look forward to it.
Let's
see here's the other question..."I've been reading Yves
daily column and was wondering if you could ask him where people
could buy a 3RD column fight club shirt? Thanks, Erik Gould"
Erik
we are currently out of the t-shirts but you can get the thug
jitsu shirts at thugjitsu.com
Alright
guys it's late and I need to get some rest. I appreciate all
the postitive responses to this and appreciate your support.
Thank you.
Source:
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UFC
PRE-FIGHT INTERVIEW: PEDRO 'THE ROCK' RIZZO
by: Denis Martins
Denis Martins- This is the first time that you are facing a fighter
with high submission skills in Ricco Rodriguez. The Brazilian
fans are saying that this is the perfect fight for you. What
do you think? Rizzo- I do not think there
is perfect fight. Everybody who I lost to, I can beat. I believe
in myself and when I stop believing in myself, I will end my
career as a fighter. Ricco Rodriguez will be a good opponent
because he is a former UFC champion and I have already faced
a lot of former UFC champions in the past. I believe Rodriguez
did not lose to Tim Sylvia because Sylvia is better than him,
I believe what happened to Rodriguez happens with those who are
fighting a lot - it is a risk. Rodriguez is a good submission
fighter, but I am used to fighting to land my strikes while my
opponent tries to grab and take me down.
Denis
Martins- Rodriguez x Rizzo is a fight that has been talked about
for a long time. For you, is there any special reason for this
fight? Rizzo- I do not think so. When I am not fighting in UFC
and I am in the crowd, everybody asks if Rodriguez and me are
friends. I think we have a desire to fight each other because
we are top fighters. I have the same desire to fight against
Mirko 'CroCop' Filipovic and Emelianenko Fedor, to fight against
the best or be the best... …I was on top for some years.
I lost some fights and I am looking for a better position for
myself.
Denis
Martins- Do you think this fight kept you from a title shot?
Rizzo- I believe that if I had beat Gan MacGee, I would have
faced Rodriguez. UFC did what was better for the event, and now
it is time for Rizzo x Rodriguez. The winner will return to the
top, the loser will have their skill doubted!
Denis
Martins- What is your opinion about Rodrigo 'Minotauro' Nogueira
versus Rodriguez in Pride? Rizzo- It was very controversial fight.
I thought 'Minotauro' won, but Rodriguez fought very well and
the victory could have gone to anyone. I believe that if this
fight was in UFC, Rodriguez would have taken it, because the
judges' criteria is different.
Denis
Martins- Will this fight bethe last of your contract? Rizzo-
Yeah.
Denis
Martins- After of that fight, what will be your deal? Rizzo-
I have to win and then I will see what will happen.
Denis
Martins- If you beat Rodriguez, will you try to go to Pride to
face 'CroCop' or other Pride heavyweight fighters? Rizzo- I do
not know. I am happy with UFC, and I already had problems with
other groups. Between friends there are problems, so you can
imagine that my relationship with UFC has had issues too. Really,
I have never had any real proposal made by Pride. I have good
contacts and friends in Japan, so, you know... ...well man, I
think everything depends on my fight against Rico, I wanna win!
Denis
Martins- After your fight against Tra Telligman, did you already
expect to fight Rodriguez in your last fight contract? Rizzo-
I knew that they would not put me againt versus Arlovski or Matyushenko
again. The same for Frank Mir, because I think all UFC fans and
the UFC promoters want see the 'second round' between Mir and
Wes Sims. So, by elimination, only Rodriguez would be left.
Denis
Martins- Was Sylvia versus Gan MacGee's fight due to a lack of
heavyweight contenders? Rizzo- Like I said before, UFC knows
what is best for the organization. I do not know the UFC criteria,
when I fought for the title I had to fight 4 times before that.
I think because MacGee and Sylvia are tall guys, they had a push
made as 'clash of giants' for the UFC belt. MacGee is still young
and he has to learn a lot in UFC, he got me with a lucky punch
and I think he will be a strong fighter in the future.
Denis
Martins- Is there any words to define the new lightheavyweight
champion of UFC, Randy Couture? Rizzo- There is not one word,
there are a lot of them! He is the most important champion in
UFC. He is a nice guy with big character, he is a real athlete
and he deserves everything that is happening in his career. The
only thing that I do not like about him, si that when we fought
first time and I won, the judges gave the decision to him. It
is his only defect [laughs]!
Denis
Martins- Will you adopt a more aggressive style like you have
promised before? Rizzo- This is our time. I think that this is
thetime to be an aggressive fighter. I already gained the label
of being a passive fighter and I want to change this.
Denis
Martins- Will this aggressiveness facilitate Rodriguez's takedown
over you? Rizzo- I will fight like I train in my academy with
my partners, I will make my game flow. I do not have fear on
the feet from Rodriguez, but he is heavy and he knows how to
work on the bottom when the fight is on the ground. He
uses very well his fore-arm and the fence.
Denis
Martins- What surprises do you have for Rodriguez since you GnP'd
Tra Telligman in last fight? Rizzo- [laughs] Did you see? [laughs]
Man, this is the fruit of a good strategy. Like you said, surprise!
If I tell you now, then it will not be a surprise. I want to
have fun fighting. I was known as a good striker who does not
have any ground skill. I am a competitor who had some bad moments
in my career, I was not forgotten, but I was not considered a
top fighter. I think if I adapt my game, nobody can beat me.
This is my time.
Denis
Martins- Any final comments? Mainly about the latest happenings
and changes involving the Ruas VT team? I prefer to not say anything
for while, I am focused on my fight and I do not want to harm
my concentration and motivation. Wish me luck and let's talk
about that later.
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Interview:
CHRIS BRENNAN (part 2)
by: Keith Mills
Chris Brennan’s
entrance into Pride FC comes at a time in his life where he has
a lot going on. About six months ago Chris opened a new school
in Murrieta/Temecula, CA but for the most part the team was taking
some time off. Chris had one fight in Adrenaline Fighting Championships,
but was focusing more on helping Pete Spratt and Dan Henderson
train. As far as the rest of the team, Buck Greer and Erica Montoya
had one fight each since May, while Adam Lynn had two, but nothing
like fans had been used to seeing from Next Generation. Now Next
Generation as a whole not only are emerging from the summer hiatus
but Chris has a lot of side projects going on between now and
his next Pride FC.
CB:
I have Buck (Greer) fighting on a card in January in Moscow.
KM:
Really? What card? CB: I don’t know. Oleg Taktarov has something
to do with it. They called us.
KM:
Any word on his opponent? CB: It’s an 8-man tournament.
KM:
Doesn’t he fight at 170? CB: No, 185. The weight class is
187 and under over there.
KM:
Any idea who else is going to be on that card? CB: Kengo from
RAW and a Brazilian guy but they didn’t say who. It was
supposed to be December and they pushed it back a month.
KM:
I heard Erica (Montoya) has a brown belt now. Was that the only
brown belt you recently awarded? CB: Yeah. She is well deserved
of it. It’s been a long time coming but I was giving her
a hard time by waiting.
KM:
Is she going to continue to fight at 125? CB: No. She is going
to drop because all the bigger girls are dropping to 125; they
are too big for her. Girls like Jennifer Howe, Tara, Debi Purcell…all
those girls are way too big to be fighting her. She is young
and no muscle whatsoever. She doesn’t want to be, she is
not interested in looking like that. She doesn’t want to
fight the girls that are that big and look like bodybuilders.
We’re going to keep her at like 120.
KM:
What is the latest word as far as Erica in the UFC? CB: It looks
like January or something. They want her to fight Shelby (Walker).
Obviously she works for the UFC, they want her to win. They weren’t
going to take any chances the first time out.
KM:
It seems like she is really making a name in the US. Are more
opportunities opening for her in the US or is the idea to drop
her to 115 and put her back in Japan? CB: Unless something big
happens with the UFC we’ll be over in Japan after this.
KM:
What about Adam Lynne? CB: Adam Lynne and Josh Smith both should
be fighting on the Rumble On The Rock card I think in December.
KM:
How are the schools going? CB: Very good.
KM:
Weren’t you talking about opening a third? CB: I’m
teaching at a third but I’m not opening my own as a third.
Tracy Hess, he fights for me and been off for a while, he’s
opening another Next Generation on December 1st. He’s going
to own it but I have a percentage of it and I’ll teach out
there randomly but not like an every day thing. 11401 East Carson
St. Suite G Lakewood, CA 90715. The phone number is 562-841-8354.
KM:
So you are basically franchising the name? CB: Yeah.
KM:
So there are two Next Generation schools where you do teach,
a third that will be a franchise, and then occasionally you teach
at another school? CB: Yeah. The guy who owns Hitman clothing
has a place called Hitman Combat Center or something like that.
I run all the grappling out of that place.
KM:
Sounds like that is really going to keep you busy up until the
Pride show. CB: Yeah, I’ll be busy and making money so I
won’t be starving.
KM:
So the Temecula and Irvine schools are still going well? CB:
Yeah. At Grapplers Quest I have a new clothing line coming out
too. It’s called “NoGi Sportswear”. We have funny
lines on the backs of the shirts like “take off your PJs
and let’s bang” or “shirts versus skins; the way
sports were meant to be played”.
KM:
Are you training with Spratt for his TKO fight? CB: I’m
not. He wasn’t able to make it out here. We were hoping
so but we didn’t get together. I was actually training with
Henderson for Pride. He’s a trainer at my school.
KM:
So how is that going? CB: Very good.
KM:
Now that Henderson recovered from his own ACL surgery, word around
is he is a new fighter. What is your opinion on that? CB: He’s
tough. I think he’s the toughest buy in the sport. Big heat,
obviously great wrestling. His standup is underrated I think
because he has a bomb right hand. His submissions are getting
really good. I was working with him a lot and he had Nate Quarry
and Heath Simms and some of the other guys over there wrestling
with him and then we were doing a lot of submission stuff.
KM:
Who else should we be watching for? CB: I think Russ Miura is
going to be my knight in shining armor. He’s 36-0 in submission
wrestling and 2-0 in NHB so far. The guys a freak. I guarantee
he’s the best fighter I have and he fights at 143 lbs.
KM:
There have been a lot of 145 lb fights lately. CB: With that
and with our connection in Japan he’ll be able to fight
in Shooto and stuff.
KM:
I’m wondering how much the US fans are really going to be
able to see Next Generation. CB: The rumor I heard was the Pride
FC show I’m going to be fighting in would be in Las Vegas.
If that happens that will be great.
KM:
I’ll believe that when I see it. First it was the fall,
then January, now March…anything else? CB: December 4th
I leave for a week and a half. I’m going to Dublin, Liverpool,
London, and Milan for seminars. I’m really excited because
in London Roger Brooking, the guy who taught me most of the stuff
I know, he owns the school and this will be the first time I’ve
seen him in six or seven years. I’m teaching a seminar at
his school.
KM:
What about the next Westside Submission Tournament? CB: January.
I don’t have a date set. Every two months.
KM:
Anything else? CB: Have you been on the Underground Forum? I
have my own forum on there now. I go on there once in the morning
and again at night and answer billions and billions of questions.
KM:
When we get closer to that March show that is one thing I’m
going to be looking at; how you balance everything that is going
on now with the training for Pride FC. CB: I’ll slow everything
down when it comes time to get ready for Pride FC. I’ll
be in Big Bear for almost a month. As soon as they give me a
date I’ll start two months out.
KM:
I’ll follow up when we get word on your opponent. CB: Hopefully
it will be Renzo (Gracie). I love Renzo, I think he’s great,
but I really want to fight him. Supposedly we’ll start to
find out right after the Grand Prix PPV is over with.
KM:
And the broadcast of your Bushido fight is December 21st? CB:
Yes, sir.
For
more information check out http://www.chrisbrennan.com
Source:
ADCC
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4th
American International Championships
Costa Mesa, CA
30 miles South of Los Angeles
December 6th & 7th, 2003
8
Man Black Belt Division!
The
8 man Black Belt Gi division is heating up! Some of the confirmed
fighters include Ryron Gracie, Renner Gracie, Cassio Werneck
(BUTT) and Jamie Cruz (Renzo Gracie)
The
prize is $500 dollars to win and an additional $200 per submission
for the winner. That can come to a total of $1100
Also
superfights including Carlos Machado (Gracie Barra), Wander Braga
(Rickson Gracie), James Boran (Moreira Dojo), Rey Diogo (Carlson
Gracie), Ed Keller (Dojo Moreira)
8
Women No-Gi Invitational!
The
8 women no-gi absolute division is also heating up! We have six
confirmed girls. Some of the women include:
Leka
Viera - JJ Machado
2x World champion
3x Pan American Champion
Arnorld Classic Submission World Champion
3x Brazilian National Champion
3rd American International Champion
Gazzy
Parman - Nova Uniao
2003, 2002 & 2001 Grapplers Quest West Champion
2003 Desert Quest Arizona State Champion
2003 Copa Pacifica Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Gold Medalist
2003 Abu Dhabi/U.S.A. Trials Submission Wrestling Tournament
Champion
2002 Grapplers Quest - TapOut Overall Most Technical Fighter
Award
2002 Las Vegas Grappling Tournament Championship
2002 Desert Quest Superfight Champion
2001 California State Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Champion
2001 Machado International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Tournament Champion
2000 Pan American Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Champion
1999 Voted Best American Female in her weight class by Judo Journal
1999 United States Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Open 1st Place
Champion
1999 Machado International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Tournament Champion
1999 7th Annual Joe Moreira International Tournament Champion
1999 California State Women's Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Champion
1998 Machado International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Tournament Champion
1998 6th Annual Joe Moreira International Tournament Champion
Leonor
Avellan - Freestyle Fighting Academy
One of the Head Instructors at the Freestyle Fighting Academy
Over 15 years of training in the martial arts
2001 NAGA Sunshine State Games Champion (Advanced)
2001 NAGA Florida State Champion (Advanced)
2002 NAGA Georgia State Champion (Advanced)
2002 Planet Submission Women's Champion (Advanced)
2003 Planet Submission Superfight Champion
2003 NAGA Pro/Am Women's Lightweight Champion (Advanced)
2003 NAGC Women's Lightweight Champion (Advanced)
Amanda
Buckner - Academy of MMA/Renzo Gracie Team
2x Grapplers Quest Champion
IFC middleweight Champion and current title holder
Ultimate Athlete Champion
Rocky Mountain Slammer Champion
Reality Fighting - Draw
Cindy
Magdelena - Caique Jiu-Jitsu / RAW
1st Place Grapplers Quest West 4 2003 115lbs and below
1st Place Pan American of No-gi 2003 115lbs and below Advanced
3rd Place Pan American of BJJ
2nd Place CBJJ National Championship 2002
1st Place California State Championships 2002
1st Place Grappling Games 2001 no-gi
1st Place Gracie JiuJitsu National Championship2000
2nd Place Gracie JiuJitsu Internal Tournament 2000
Felicia
Oh - JJ Machado / 10th Planet
Still awaiting complete resume
The
prize will also be $500 dollars to win and an additional $200
per submission for the winner. That can come to a total of $1100
We
are still accepting resumes from all women!
Mens
and Womens Advanced No-Gi absolute division winners will be seated
in the Arnold Gracie World Championships Pro Division for the
$$$ in Columbus Ohio in March!
OntheMat.com
is going to be producing a DVD on this event. The winners are
going to get interviewed and an ad for their academies placed
on the DVDs!!!
High
Quality trophies for 1st-5th place teams, most technical fighter,
best takedown and quickest submission!
1
pound, 4 inch diameter, highest quality Medals with color enamel.
We gave these medals for the first time at our last event and
we are still receiving emails asking if we are giving the same
ones!
Our
events have the largest number of vendor booths. No more hassle
of ordering blindly online and paying to wait for shipping. Adidas,
Koral, TapOut, Knuckle Up, Outcast, Atama, Rednose, Octagon,
Pro Fight, Onthemat.com videos and Sambazon just to name some!
We
have over 12 black belts, 21 brown belts and 25 women preregistered
for this event. If you are worried about not having a fight,
it will not happen! Guaranteed!
Thursday
December 4th, 2003 is the pre-registration deadline. No-T-shirt
and $20 late fee will apply beyond this date. Their will be registration
at the event the day of although the late fee will be applied.
Register online
Registration
fees are $40 for one day and $60 for 2 days for Men, Women and
Children if you mention the internet special!
If
you need a academy package with fliers, forms and a poster please
request one via email or leave a message with Academy name, Contact
name, Address, City and Zip Code at (310) 895-0297
Location
& directions
Costa Mesa High School
2650 Fairview Road
Costa Mesa, CA
Schedule
Thursday
December 4th, 2003 - Pre-registration deadline. No-T-shirt and
$20 late fee will apply beyond this date.
Note:
you can weigh-in Friday night or the morning you compete. You
only have to weigh once. Also Advanced Masters start first thing
in the morning.
Friday
December 5th, 2003 - Weigh-ins between 7 pm - 10 pm at Hotel
Huntington Beach
Saturday
December 6th - Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Sunday
December 7th - No-Gi Submission Grappling
The
following applies to both days
Weigh-ins
between 7:15 am – 8:30 am (tournament location)
Referees
Clinic & Staff meeting at 10 am on mat 2
Rules
meeting at 10:15 am
Competition
begins at 10:30 am
Kid’s
Divisions: 9:45 am check-in on mat 1 • Compete at 10:30
am on mat 1 & 2
Women’s
Divisions: 10:30 am check-in on mat 3 • Compete at 10:30
am on mat 3
Mens
Divisions:
White
Belt / Novice: 10:30am check-in for 187# and under divisions
•
12
pm check-in for 188# and above divisions
Blue
Belt / Beginners: 12:30am check-in for 187# and under divisions
•
1
pm check-in for 188# and above divisions
Purple Belt / Intermediate: 2 pm check-in for 187# and under
divisions •
3
pm check-in for 188#’s and above divisions
Brown
& Black Belt / Advanced: 4 pm check-in for 187# and under
divisions • 4 pm check-in for 188# and above divisions
Open
Classes: All levels called at conclusion of each division on
mat 4
Masters
(31-40) and Seniors (41 +) • Both Days
Black&Brown/Advanced:
10:30 check-in on warm-up mat • Compete on mat 6
Purple/Intermediate:
11:30 check-in on warm-up mat • Compete on mat 6
Blue/Beginner:
12:30 check-in on warm-up mat • Compete on mat 6
White/Novice:
2:30 check-in on warm-up mat • Compete on mat 6
Source:
ADCC
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