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UFC
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than to have an opportunity and not be prepared."
Whitney Young, Jr. 1922-1971, American Social Reformer
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Super
Brawl Playmate?
Friday,
June 18th
Neal Blaisdell Arena
Playboy Playmate Deanna Brooks will be in town for the Super
Brawl and is scheduled to do a NATIONAL project with Super Brawl.
Details cannot be released at this time, but this may lead to
wider exposure for Hawaii's longest running MMA event.
If
you are over 18 years old, email us and we can give you her website address.
We do not want to post the link to her site because there is
nudity on her opening page and do not want to contribute to minors
looking at pornography.
June
18th is fast approaching so don't miss seeing Niko Vitale back
in action or the finals of the 155 lb tournament! Deanna Brooks
is easy on the eyes as well so Get your tickets now!
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RIP
President Reagan
Giraldi Muay-Thai, Hawaii, USA, would like to send our condolence
to former President Ronald W. Reagan, wife Nancy Reagan and family
members. May he Rest In Peace and God Bless.
Aloha,
Tony Giraldi,
President and Head Coach @ Giraldi Muay-Thai, Hawaii, USA.
Onzuka.com
would also like to acknowledge and send our condolences to the
family and supporters of the "great communicator."
Who says that movie stars can't make good political leaders?
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Rhadi
Ferguson makes the 2004 Judo Olympic Team!
YES
Rhadi is the new 2004 Olympian. Lloyd Irvin's student Rhadi Ferguson
overcame many HUGE obstacles, including a few injuries that threatened
to leave him out of the trials completely, in realizing his life
long dream of fighting in the Olympics. In 2000 Rhadi was an
alternate, this time around however, Rhadi is going to be going
for Judo Olympic Gold representaing the U.S.A.!
Rhadi,
a BJJ Brown Belt under Lloyd Irvin, has competed in many events
such as the 2000 International Pro-Ams and BJJ Worlds and we've
had the chance to personally see what an incredible athlete and
person he is, so a big congratulations from Kid to Rhadi 'Judo
Machine' Ferguson for such a tremendous acoomplishment.
Below
is the press release from Lloyd:
This
is one of the biggest athletic accomplishments we've ever had
at Lloyd Irvin's Martial Arts. We have someone going to the OLYMPICS.
None
of this could've been possible without the support of so many
people such as yourself. Rhadi wanted to personally thank everyone
for their support. We did an audio postcard so you can hear it
directly from him.
We
also have all of the detailed information about the matches including
some great pictures. To get see everything that went check out
http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?R91IeSd03mNth9B6TIZI1A
Source: ADCC
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TICKET
SALES HEAT UP FOR UFC 48
Last week, we reported about tickets sales not going well based
on ticket sales information from our sources at Mandalay Bay
a week ago Monday. That was 14 days ago, but now with the event
just a couple weeks out, it seems as tickets are "right
on track" according to official representatives of the UFC.
UFC
Public Relations Director, Spence Johnston, stated that, "We're
right on track as far as ticket sales are concerned." As
per their policy, Johnston would not relay any actual numbers,
but did say that ticket sales have been good and are right where
the UFC expects them to be.
As
for the information we received last week, Johnston noted that,
while the information may have been accurate at the time, Mandalay
Bay does not have information for all the tickets that have been
accounted for.
The
UFC is content with the way that tickets are moving and, again,
Johnston says that, "We have a strong card and are anticipating
a full house. Ticket sales are right where we expect them to
be."
With
less than two weeks until show time, that is great news. With
a main event featuring Ken Shamrock and Kimo Leopoldo, the UFC
should be able to lure many old school fans back to pay per view.
Feature bouts such as Tim Sylvia and Frank Mir vying for the
vacant UFC Heavyweight Title and top welterweights such as former
champion Matt Hughes versus highly regarded Renato "Charuto"
Verissimo, along with more great undercard bouts, should keep
hardcore fans happy as well.
UFC
48 Fight Card (Saturday, June 19th):
Ken
Shamrock vs Kimo
Frank Mir vs Tim Sylvia
Phil Baroni vs Evan Tanner
Matt Hughes vs Charuto Verrissimo
Trevor Prangley vs Curtis Stout
George St. Pierre vs Jay Hieron
Matt Serra vs Ivan Menjivar
Frank Trigg vs Dennis Hallman
Source: MMA Weekly
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HALLMAN
PREDICTS TRIGG WILL TAP AT UFC 48
As
UFC 48 gets closer and closer, MMAWeekly SoundOff Radio continues
to bring you sixteen fighters in sixteen days. On Tuesday's edition,
Dennis Hallman was the featured guest. He will be fighting Frank
Trigg on June 19th, at UFC 48 and spoke about the fight, their
previous match in November of 2002, gave his take on the Hughes
and Verissimo bout, and provided an update on teammate Benji
Radach.
Hallman
hasn't been in the UFC octagon since UFC 33, back in September
of 2001, when he lost a unanimous decision to Jens Pulver. He
had to opportunity to come back "a couple of times"
since then but things just didn't work out. Dennis said he is
excited about being back and was impressed with the growth of
the sport since UFC 33. He recalled the weigh-ins back in 2001
only have fourty or so spectators, compared to the eight to nine
hundred that showed up at UFC 47.
Dennis
and Frank Trigg have fought before. In a World Fighting Alliance
match in 2001, Dennis was unable to continue after receiving
an inadvertent groin strike. Since then, the rules have been
changed and if the fight were to have happened today, it would
have been ruled a No Contest. The rule was changed mainly due
to their fight. Of coarse, Trigg disputes the low blow but Hallman
described it as, "I got kicked in the balls." Dennis
added, that he would have won the fight if he would have been
able to continue.
Hallman
said he learned from their first meeting. He learned "that
I don't have anything to worry about." Dennis hold two wins
over Matt Hughes and when asked about the similarities between
Trigg and Hughes, Hallman said the only real similarity is that
they are both wrestlers. He stated that Matt Hughes is ten times
the fighter Trigg is and went on to say, "I'd rather fight
Frank Trigg four hundred times than Matt Hughes twice."
He
characterized Frank as a good wrestler, with an aggressive stand
up and good takedowns. Dennis said, point blank, "I don't
respect his ground game." In fact, he doesn't thing Trigg
will try to take him down. He thinks Frank will attempt to keep
the fight on it's feet and, "Go for the only chance that
he has to win, which is a knockout or a cut."
Dennis
Hallman stated a couple of times about the respect he has for
Matt Hughes as a fighter. He thought Matt would beat BJ Penn
but wasn't surprised that BJ was able to catch Matt making a
mistake. Hughes will be fighting "Charuto" Verissimo
at UFC 48 and Dennis thinks Matt will win. He has been impressed
with Verissimo's performances but still isn't convinced. He feels
that Hughes will be able to put "Charuto" on the bottom,
a place we haven't really seen him before.
Hallman's
teammate Benji "The Razor" Radach is a hard hitting
up and comer who just suffered, what many feel was a fluke knock
out loss to Danny Lafever. He has been in the UFC before, at
UFC 39, his fight with Sean Sherk was stopped due to a cut and
he hasn't been back. Benji will be fighting Chris Leben on June
26th in the Oregon based SportFight promotion. Dennis expects
Radach to get the KO win, "for sure." He added that
Benji would knock out Phil Baroni, beat Lee Murray and most fighters
at 185 pounds couldn't hang with Benji.
Nearing
the end of the interview, Dennis was asked to give his prediction
of what is going to take place on June 19th, when he and Frank
Trigg are locked in the octagon against each other. He answered,
"Frank Trigg rapidly tapping hand." He commented, "The
first mistake he makes, I'm going to capitalize on it and then
he'll tap." He admitted that at certain times in his career
he was guilty of being a "cruise control fighter."
He stated, almost promised, "The Dennis Hallman you're going
to see June 19th, is going to be the Dennis Hallman of old that's
going to go in there and let everything go."
Source: MMA Weekly
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Interview:
SEAN SHERK
Every fan should be familiar with Sean Sherk by now. At 22-1-1
the Pride and UFC vet has done more in the past year than most
fighters do in their whole careers. Sherk’s only loss is
to former UFC champion Matt Hughes when he fought for the title
while his victories include Benji Radach, Jutaro Nakao, Manvel
Gamburyan, Tiki Ghosen, and Karo Parisyan twice. Recently Sherk
has been changing his style as we will hear about in a moment,
with a post-Hughes/UFC record of 7-0 with two TKOs, four submissions,
and a single decision. Now Sherk is set to fight in this weekend’s
Extreme Challenge against Marcus Hicks, a fighter with a MMA
record pro and amateur combined of only 5-0 but extensive jiu-jitsu
and pro boxing careers as well.
KM:
You just fought last weekend… SS: Yeah, in Idaho. Pride
& Fury. It was pretty quick. 0:57 and I won by north/south
choke.
KM:
Since last we heard from you right before Pride: Bushido I noticed
you have picked up a lot of submission victories. I think last
weekend makes four submission wins in six months. SS: Yeah. I’m
not the same fighter I was a year ago. I’m a different fighter
now. I’ve been doing jiu-jitsu for a long time and I’m
really focusing on my jiu-jitsu game. I have the wrestling, the
wrestling there…it’s never going to go away. I want
to keep that sharp but I’m really focusing on my jiu-jitsu
and my submissions. I’m going to finish people, I’m
not going to sit in guard and ground-and-pound anymore. I’m
looking to finish and get out of there as fast as possible.
KM:
You have definitely been finishing quicker and getting away from
the decisions you were getting known for like a year and a half
ago. SS: Yep.
KM:
How are you training differently? SS: I’m training the same
but I’m concentrating a lot more on jiu-jitsu. I’m
drilling a lot more submissions, I’m going for things where
before when I was in the gym I’d get set in my ways like
focus on my wrestling and I wouldn’t want to go to my back
and I wouldn’t be willing to try new submissions. Now I
go to the gym and I go for it. I jump on my back and work my
guard, I’m working all kinds of different things, I’m
jumping into goofy positions and trying to scramble out of them…my
game is just a lot more well-rounded now.
KM:
Around what time did that change in strategy come about? SS:
Definitely after the Matt Hughes fight, after I got let go by
the UFC. I kind of had to rethink things because I used the ground-and-pound
for a long time and everybody knows me as a wrestler ad ground-and-pound
fighter and I took that as far as it would get me. After the
Hughes fight and after the UFC let me go I had to rethink my
game and come up with a new strategy. That took me as far as
it would and now I figured it was time to move on and take a
different path and evolve.
KM:
A lot of the promoters are saying that is what the fans are paying
to see. SS: Exactly.
KM:
Is that why you took one fight in eight months last year, from
between April and December? SS: I was having a hard time getting
fights after that Hughes fight. I did schedule a couple fights
with a promoter Chad Mason and he ended up burning me. He disappeared
off the face of the Earth. That really hurt me because I was
counting on those fights. Yeah, I didn’t have any fights
for a while there. Now I’m busy, I’m going to be busy
this entire year. I’m going to have fights every month.
This fight in Idaho I took on eight days notice, I figured I
was in great shape so what the hell.
KM:
I was concerned you might get injured and jeopardize this Extreme
Challenge show. SS: No, I protect myself pretty well when I fight.
I keep my hands up real well and don’t take a whole lot
of chances so I don’t get hit a whole lot. With 0:57 that
was kind of good because I could get out of there, come home,
and start training for this fight on Friday.
KM:
I’ll ask about that in a moment but first, were did you
learn the jiu-jitsu? SS: Greg Nelson is a black belt under Pedro
Sauer. Also at our academy (Note: Minnesota Martial Arts Academy)
we have tons of brown belts and blue belts so we really get together
and get some great training sessions. Plus watching videos and
a lot of mat time.
KM:
I saw you listed somewhere as AKA but FCF still has you listed
as Minnesota Martial Arts Academy. SS: I’m with the Minnesota
Martial Arts Academy. I’ve been there for ten years now
and that is where I’m at six days a week.
KM:
Any idea why I saw ‘AKA’? SS: Bob Cook, a guy who works
with my manager, trains at AKA. I had actually went to AKA for
a week but that shouldn’t be on there.
KM:
I hear this Extreme Challenge show, Marcus Hicks is going to
be a good opponent for you. What do you know about him? SS: I
don’t know a whole lot about him. I know he’s purple
belt in jiu-jitsu, he does a lot of jiu-jitsu tournaments, and
I also heard he is a pro boxer. They say he is built like me
and is in great shape and has a lot of speed. When I talked to
Monte Cox I told him I wanted a good opponent for myself. I don’t
want a minute or two-minute fight. I want to get in there and
is going to push me. Hopefully it will be a good fight. I want
to give the fans what they paid to see.
KM:
In that sense how does this EC compare to last weekend’s
Idaho show? SS: Uhhh, I think the show should be really good.
Monte Cox and Dave Menne put on this show. Dave Menne, former
UFC Champion, and Monte Cox I believe this is his 58th show so
he has a lot of experience. I’m fighting on the card, Dave
is fighting on the card, and Travis Wiuff is fighting on the
card. We’re all from Minnesota, local boys. We’re all
world-class fighters fighting on the same show so it will definitely
be a lot of people there as well.
KM:
You have always had the wrestling and we talked about the jiu-jitsu.
He’s jiu-jitsu and pro boxing. I don’t recall seeing
you stand up much… SS: That is another area as well. I’ve
been training muay Thai in 1994. About the last six years I’ve
been doing it three, four, five days a week. I’ve really
been hitting it hard. That is another area that is really going
to come around. Right now I consider myself a ground fighter
and I’ll throw some strikes but I’m not going to stand
and bang with somebody, too many things that can happen.
KM:
You were saying you were going to be fighting about once a month.
Any idea what is after EC yet? SS: We have a lot of verbal agreements
but I probably shouldn’t name the show because we don’t
have any signed contracts at this point.
KM:
Anything else to get across? SS: I could definitely thank the
Minnesota Martial Arts Academy for all their support and all
the great training they have given me because if it wasn’t
for them I wouldn’t be where I am now. My training partners
are in there with me six days a week. They don’t let me
slide and make sure I work hard every day.
Source: ADCC
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Alessio
out of KOTC!
Los Angeles - Official word is now available that KOTC Welterweight
Champion John Alessio from Bad Intentions/Millennia Jiu-Jitsu
is not only off this weekend’s pay-per-view card but that
he has also relinquished the belt. John was scheduled to defend
his title against American Top Team’s Jorge Santiago, ranked
the #2 contender for the belt. No confirmation is currently available
regarding who Santiago’s replacement will be and if it will
be for the now vacated belt.
Alessio’s
abdication brings a sad close to the saga of Millennia Jiu-Jistu’s
reign in KOTC. At one point two years ago Alessio held the KOTC
Superfight belt as well as the UCC (now TKO) Welterweight belt
while teammates Romi Aram and Javi Vazquez held the KOTC Welterweight
and Lightweight belts respectively. Romi was stripped of the
Welterweight belt when he fought in the UFC while Vazquez lost
the Lightweight belt in a defense against Alberto Crane when
he tore his ACL, both in February of 2003. The previous month
Alessio lost the UCC belt to Jason Black. This triple blow left
Millennia holding just Alessio’s Superfight belt.
The
vacant Welterweight belt was won by Ronald Jhun in May of last
year when he defeated Shonie Carter but he lost the belt to Alessio
in his first defense in September at which point the Superfight
belt was combined with the Welterweight belt. Alessio was supposed
to defend the belt against Santiago back in February of this
year until Alessio broke a collar bone in training. Now the belt
is once again vacant. So far the KOTC Welterweight belt has only
been successfully defended once by Joe Hurley with all the other
champions either failing to defend it or vacating it to move
on.
More
details are expected in the next 48 hours.
Source: ADCC
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Quote
of the Day
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men
with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, Thirtieth President of the USA
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Jungle
Fight 3: Jacare vs. Jonstomp
Wallid
Ismail has plenty of time to plan and work on his next MMA show,
but he is too anxious to wait until October: Scheduled to be
held in Manaus (Amazonas, Brazil) again, Jungle Fight 3 has one
more hot match announced by Ismail: Ronaldo Jacare against Frenchmen
Boris Jonstomp, both winners at 2nd Jungle Fight, in May 16th.
The announcement was made just after the black belt Ronaldo got
the gold in the BJJ Brazilian Champion, last Sunday, in the light-heavyweight
category.
“We
are already setting the dates for next Jungle Fight. We had planned
the show to be in September 24th, but we changed it to October
16th in order to avoid the K-1 calendar, so Inoki is able to
be in Brazil”, said Ismail.
The
first fight confirmed at the Inoki & Wallid show is Carlos
Barreto vs. Travis Wiuff. Even though he was defeated in the
last event by Fabricio Werdum, ‘Pit Bull’ Ebenezer
Fontes Braga is also confirmed in the 3rd edition of Jungle Fight.
“Ronaldo Jacare and Carlao Barreto won’t be the only
ones to be back: Ebenezer, Werdum, Fredson Paixao and Gabriel
Napao did great exhibitions and I want they all fighting again
in Jungle 3”, said Wallid.
Source: ADCC
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CLASSIC
QUINTON JACKSON
It will go down as one of the best interviews we have ever done
on MMAWeekly Radio. Quinton Jackson was in rare form on yesterdays
show where he addressed plenty of topics. Who was the toughest
fight in his career, why he has changed game plans for Ricardo
Arona, and hear his tyraid as Rampage goes off on Matsui and
Lee Murray. Let's just say if you missed his radio appearance
yesterday it will be well worth your time to listen to the radio
archive today.
Jackson
has been very busy as of late. He has recently released a DVD
titled, Rampage Unchained, he has a documentary film on the Homeless
to be released July 1st, and is running a contest to give an
opportunity for a fan to accompany him to Japan and be his waterboy.
He spoke about all of the above as well as his upbringing.
This
is simply a brief recap of what Quinton had to say. To hear all
of his half hour interview, listen to yesterday's radio show
in the archive. It is an instant classic.
After
spending time in Los Angeles, Jackson noticed the amount of homeless
living on the streets. He had never seen so many homeless in
one place and wondered what circumstances led these people to
such a life. He went out and asked them. "Rampage"
interviews many homeless people that will be featured in a documentary
called, "City of Lost Souls: The L.A. Homeless."
"I
thought it would be a good way to maybe keep some kids from following
their footsteps and making the same mistakes they did,"
stated Jackson. After conducting the interviews, Quinton began
to notice a reoccurring theme. "A lot of people got in that
position because of drugs." He went on to warn, "Don't
ever even think about trying crack.....it will take everything
away from you."
Jackson
comes from a broken home and is an admitted "street thug."
During much of his childhood, he didn't have a father at home
and by the age of eight, he was wheeling and dealing for the
fast cash. He would continue this lifestyle until he was 15.
He never joined a gang or got involved in drug use so it could
have been worse but it wasn't all that good either.
When
asked what made him change, "Rampage" told about friends
of his going to jail and others who died. He commented, "I
just wanted something better." He began to wrestle, his
school work improved and he would go on to attend college. An
injury while training didn't allow his college wrestling to flourish.
He did have a friend, a fellow wrestler, who was also involved
in Martial Arts. When Quinton witnessed an MMA event live, he
was hooked. The rest is history.
"Rampage"
has to be one of, if not the most fan friendly fighters in MMA.
He put out his phone number (714-465-6794) for his fans to call.
The way Quinton sees it is, "If you are a fan, you're a
friend." In addition to that, he has put together a contest
that will give one lucky fan the opportunity to travel to Japan
with Quinton to be his waterboy for a fight. He wants to give
a fan, who wouldn't normally have the chance to go to Japan,
an opportunity to witness the awe of a Pride event in person.
Jackson
was supposed to face Ricardo Arona in the first round of the
last years Grand Prix but an injury to Arona just days before
the event, left him facing Murilo Bustamante. Now, Jackson will
pit his skills against Arona on June 20th. He said, this time,
his strategy isn't the same as he had if they were to have met
last year. He thinks his new strategy is "better."
When
asked what he expects, "Rampage" replied, "I expect
to win the motherf@#%ing fight. I ain't going all the way over
to Japan to lose." He added, "I don't want a decision."
In a night were the second round of the heavyweight Grand Prix
will play out to it's conclusion, Quinton and Ricardo may steal
the show.
There
was plenty more as he spent a half hour on the show, not to mention
his verbal assault on Matsui and Lee Murray is a must listen
for any MMA fan. Check it out on the radio archive. Monday's
show will go down as one of the best interviews you will hear
and if you haven't done it yet, get yourself a Premium Membership.
For only five dollars a month, you gain access to the radio archive,
our video library of one on one interviews, behind the scenes
coverage of weigh-ins and press conferences, Tips of the week
from the top fighters in Mixed Martial Arts and so much more.
With UFC 48 and the Pride Grand Prix less than two weeks away,
there is no better time to become a Premium Member.
Source:
MMA Weekly
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RANDLEMAN
VS FEDOR IS ON...
There has been much speculation regarding the future fight between
Randleman vs Fedor in the Pride Grand Prix. MMAWeekly has learned
that the fight will take place as scheduled.
Fedor
is coming off a car accident where some reports stated he was
hurt in the crash. Randleman of course lost his father this past
weekend and it was unknown if he would still fight.
One
Pride official told MMAWeekly "Fedor was in an accident
(but it wasn't as bad as first thought) and Randleman's dad did
pass away but the fight is on."
Source: MMA Weekly
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SYLVIA
READY FOR ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP RUN
Tim Sylvia, former UFC heavyweight champion, returns to the Octagon
June 19th, at UFC 48, to face Frank Mir for the vacant title.
Sylvia
could be one of the few fighters in the world that truly loves
to train. Sylvia told MMAWeekly, "How can you not love to
train and get better." One of the best assets Sylvia has,
is his access to heavyweight training partners. Tim has the privilege
of training with Justin Eilers, Sam Rockwell, Mike Whitehead,
and Nate Schroeder, who are all heavyweights, along with the
other Miletich fighters. Tim said that anyone of those guys are
as good, if not better, than the guys he has faced in the octagon.
Sylvia
feels ready to gain back a belt that he feels belongs around
his waist. Sylvia talked about his opponent, Frank Mir, and gave
his prediction for the fight.
Tim
said, "Mir's a good fighter with good Jiu-Jitsu skills".
That's pretty much where the compliments stopped. Sylvia thinks
Frank's endurance needs some work and questioned Mir's heart.
He added that he doesn't think Frank Mir brings anything more
than Ricco Rodriguez did, but Tim isn't underestimating Mir.
In fact, Tim said he doesn't over look anybody.
When
asked if he is worried about Mir getting him to the ground, Tim
commented, "If he couldn't finish Wes Sims, he's not going
to finish me." He also stated that he has the skills to
submit Mir if it came to that.
Tim
isn't going to go to the ground to prove anything. He wants to
keep the fight standing and make Mir work for everything he gets.
"I'm going to knock him out, plain and simple," was
Tim's prediction of what is going to happen in the octagon on
June 19th. "That's my belt," he added.
Sylvia's
teammate and fellow former UFC champion Matt Hughes will be fighting
on the same UFC 48 card and Tim said Hughes is doing good. He
actually thinks the loss to BJ Penn was good for Matt and that
we will see the old Matt Hughes in there against "Charuto"
Verissimo.
Tim
Sylvia was on Friday's radio show and if you want to hear more
of what he said, get yourself a Premium Membership. For only
five dollars a month, you gain access to the radio archive, our
video library of one on one interviews, behind the scenes coverage
of weigh-ins and press conferences, Tips of the week from the
top fighters in Mixed Martial Arts and so much more. With UFC
48 and the Pride Grand Prix less than two weeks away, there is
no better time to become a Premium Member.
Source: MMA Weekly
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BARNETT
LOOKING FOR AN OPPONENT
You've heard the rumors and MMAWeekly has learned that it is
true, Tim Lajcik will not be facing Josh Barnett for the Open-Weight
King of Pancrase Title at Pancrase’s first show in Seoul,
South Korea on July 17th.
Originally
Lajcik had posted on MMA.tv’s Underground Forum that he
was dropping out of the fight due to a shoulder injury.
MMAWeekly
spoke with an individual close to the situation and confirmed
that Lajcik, who is coming off of a shoulder surgery, “didn't
feel he was up to fighting.” According to our source, “Why
he signed the contract to fight Josh in that condition we don't
know.”
Barnett
is scheduled to be on MMAWeekly Radio this Thursday and we will
hope to shed light on who his opponent may be. Word has it that
Barnett would like to face Ron Waterman who is coming off of
a submission victory over Keigo Takamori at Pancrase’s May
28th show.
Source: MMA Weekly
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AERTS
INJURY
K-1
announced to the Japanese media that Peter Aerts suffered a broken
toe in his victory over Gary Goddridge yesterday, and that he
will need at least one month for it to heal.
Aerts
is scheduled to appear on K-1's show in Seoul, South Korea, on
July 17th.
Source: Fight Sport
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Quote
of the Day
"Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, it empties
today of its strength."
Anonymous
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KICKIN
IT 2004 - PART II
WHAT: Amateur Kickboxing
WHEN: June 26, 2004
WHERE: Palama Settlement Gym
FEATURED KICKBOXING CLUBS: Animal House- Bulls Pen- Ewa Beach
Fight Club- Hard Knocks- Hawaiian Self Defense- H.M.C.- Team
Bad Intentions- Monroe Kickboxing- Waianae Kickboxing Club
Doors will open at 6:00 p.m.
Source:
Promoter |
Brazilian
Portuguese Classes are Starting Again!
Farrington Community
School for Adults is offering conversational Brazilian
Portuguese language classes, once a week, beginning Saturday,
August 13, 2003.
Instructor-Sandy
Tsukiyama de Oliveira
(DOE teacher, member-Hawaii Interpreters & Translators Assn.,
Leader,
vocalist-Mistura Brazilian Jazz Band)
The Brazilian Portuguese
program at FCSA has been ongoing for over 3 years.
Teaching materials-
Photocopied pages from the textbook, Fala Brasil!
Purchase of two additional books, 501 Portuguese Verbs, and Portuguese
Verbs &
Essentials is recommended. Both available at Borders Books &
Music. Also
available from instructor, casssette tapes of textbook dialogues
& drills.
Please call FCSA
for details on registration & fees. 832-3595.
Located on the campus of Farrington High School, in the heart
of beautiful,
central Kalihi, corner N. King & Kalihi Sts.
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Super
Brawl Match Ups!
Get
your tickets now before it is too late!
Pairings
for the Super Brawl/Extreme Challenge 155-pound 8-man tournament,
scheduled for June 18 at the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu:
FIGHT
1: Bart Palaszewski (8-3) vs. Kolo Koka (8-5)
FIGHT
2: Roger Huerta (9-0-1) vs. Harris Sarmiento (10-7)
FIGHT
3: Justin James (6-4) vs. Dain Agbayani (4-4)
FIGHT
4: Ryan Schultz (6-2) vs. Mike Aina (1-0)
PREVIOUS SB/EC
Tourney winners
(with other notables in parentheses)
1999:
Josh Barnett (Bobby Hoffman, John Marsh, Heath Herring, Travis
Fulton, Rico Rodriguez)
2002:
Tim Sylvia (Wesley "Cabbage" Correira, Travis Wiuff,
Ben Rothwell, Mike Whitehead)
2003:
Joe Doerksen (Jason Miller, Denis Kang, Brendan Seguin, Jay Buck)
Source:
ADCC |
PULVER
GETS READY FOR SHOOTO AND ANSWERS BJ'S CHALLENGE
Jens "Little Evil" Pulver spoke with MMAWeekly Friday.
He talked about his boxing match coming up on the 15th and his
fight with Stephen
Paling in Hawaii, July 9th. The most interesting topic discussed was the
encounter he and BJ
Penn had
in Las Vegas, at K-1's Battle at the Bellagio 2.
During
the event, Penn approaches Pulver and shakes his hand. BJ tells
Jens that they need to fight "sooner than later." Pulver
was quick to point out the irony of BJ wanting a rematch with
him and not giving his teammate Matt Hughes a rematch.
Later
in the evening, Penn and Pulver crossed paths again. BJ reiterated
that they need to fight sooner than later. Then, BJ told Jens
that he had better "be ready." Pulver was pretty animate
about the fact that he beat Penn at UFC 35 and BJ is the one
who needs to be ready. Jens said, "I'll fight him in a heartbeat,
I don't care," and that BJ got "smoked" last time.
As
previously mentioned, Jens is fighting Paling on July 9th. After
that, Jens wants to be the first fighter to win major titles
in the UFC and Japan. He made reference to knocking out Gomi
in the future and he went on to say, "If I ever get that
fake Hawaiian BJ, I'll knock him unconscious too." He said
that he would even do it in Rumble on the Rock, BJ's fight promotion.
This is a fight many feel is long overdue and I can't agree more.
There
was plenty more to this interview, including Tim Sylvia who talked
about fighting Frank Mir. If you missed the interview, click
on the radio archive and listen to it. Well worth the time.
Source:
MMA Weekly |
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Rodrigo
'Comprido' waits for ADCC 2005 trials
In
2003, at the São Paulo edition of the Abu Dhabi Submission
Wrestling World Championships, Rodrigo 'Comprido' Medeiros lost
his second match in the 77 to 87 Weight Class (against Saulo
Ribeiro), and he also lost his first match in the Absolute Class
(against Alexandre Cacareco).
The
performance extremely disappoining for a two time Jiu-Jitsu World
Champion with a reputation for mastering the Absolutes. Comprido
also owns a rare JJ win over legendary Mario Sperry, but he states
'I fought so badly at ADCC 2003 that I don’t think the promoters
will invite me to fight next year'.
That’s
the reason that the training partner of ADCC World Champion Leozinho
Vieira has already started to train hard for the ADCC 2005 Brazilian
Trials. 'I will be working on establishing my new team, Brasa
Team (new name of Master academy) for the next edition of Abu
Dhabi. My teammates Ronaldo Jacare, Leo Vieira and others are
going to help in the preparation for the trials' hopes Comprido,
who is recovering from a knee injury.
Source:
ADCC |
Brazilian
Wander Braga ready to be
the King of the Cage!
Nowadays,
it is a difficult task to find an unbeaten fighter in the MMA
world. Even great champions like Wanderlei Silva, Rodrigo 'Minotauro'
Nogueira and Emelianenko Fedor have lost at least once.
Brazilian
Wander Braga is not part of this group yet! With 16 victories
in 16 fights, the 28 year old fighter has 16 years dedicated
to Jiu-Jitsu practice. He is working hard to keep an unblemished
record. His next challenge is a fight against the American fighter
Joe Camacho, scheduled to happen on Saturday (June 12th) in the
King of The Cage competition that will take place at the Soboba
Casino in San Jacinto, California.
Living
in United States since 2000, Braga took a break from his training
to share with us his expectations about this next bout. 'Joe
Camacho is a very experienced fighter. He is an Aloisio Silva´s
brown-belt who has a goog stiking game. He TKOed the Brazilian
Juliano Prado in KOTC 29. I respect him, but I will be ready
to beat him' said Wander.
A
good victory over Camacho on Saturday will be a crucial win for
Wander, whose aim is to be the Lighweight KOTC Champion. 'I´ve
been training really hard and I am feeling well. I´ve been
practicing wrestling (Team Raw), boxing and Jiu-Jitsu. I want
to be the KOTC Champion and we are negotiating the possibility
of transfering to UFC' stated Braga.
In
the main event of the night, John Alessio will dispute the Welterweight
belt with Jorge Santiago and Joe Stevenson takes on Randy Velarde
over the Lightweight.
Source:
ADCC |
BTT
Hosts PRIDE Management at Headquarters
On the 5th of June, Brazilian Top Team headquarterz was invaded
by a Japanese squad! The BTT tainning camp could easily have
been mistaken for a location in Tokyo. We had more than 30 Japanese
visitors ranging from Pride officials, to Fuji TV crew and translators.
Nobuyuki
Sakakibara was there to see Pride Interim Heavy Weight Champion
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira preparing himself fot the upcoming round
of the Pride GP. Sakakibara was definitely impressed with the
pace and intensity of Minotauro's training regimen. Pride producer
Nobuhiko Takada was also impressed with the training session,
not only because of the big stars participating in the training
drills, but he was also impressed by the number of professional
fighters in the same session. Friday's training sessions are
always busy, you can imagine what the attendence of the president
of the biggest MMA organization in the world would do. The official
number was 63 fighters: all of them full time fighters. From
63kg to 125kg, Mr. Takada was impressed that they all were training
very hard. Many of them were introduced to Pride officials and
some information about fighters was requested.
Everything
is pointing to the direction of a confirmation about Pride Bushido
4 featuring BTT X Japan, although as usual, Pride will take 2
weeks more to start to announce names. The pace of the training
may hint at which fighters have a chance to be performing at
Bushido 4 in Nagoya 19th July. Murilo Bustamante, who usually
would be coaching 'Minotauro', was training as hard as the Pride
champion.
But
the most impressive thing was how hard the light and welterweights
were training. Roan Jucao Carneiro, Junior Buscapé, Marcello
Melo, Fabio Melo, Hudson Rocha, just to name a few. This might
reveal that Pride will have one of them to represent the team
against the Japanese squad.
Source:
ADCC |
SAPP
TO MAKE BIG SCREEN DEBUT
K-1 megastar Bob "The Beast" Sapp will make his long
awaited motion picture acting debut alongside actress Jennifer
Garner in Elektra, a spin-off of last years Hollywood adaptation
of popular Marvel Comics title, Daredevil.
For
the last month, the 6 foot 4 inch, 360-pound former NFL lineman
turned K-1 martial arts fighter has been residing in Vancouver,
Canada, working on the set of the latest superhero adaptation
slated for release in February 2005. Sapp, who had repeatedly
mentioned the strong possibility of beginning a new career in
acting, spent a considerable amount of time on the set of the
film prior to his May 22nd bout with Japanese star, Kazuyuki
Fujita, during the K-1 Romanex event in Saitama, Japan.
Elektra
casts the 29-year-old Sapp as Stone, an evil assassin whose physique
is made of stone. Garner returns to the silver screen as Elektra
Natchios, the beautiful and deadly costumed assassin. The forthcoming
flick expands on a Daredevil storyline, whereby the lead woman
recovers from a near death experience to battle a clan of mystical
ninjas collectively known as The Hand. Sapp's character is a
member of the group.
Aside
from her starring role in Daredevil, the 32-year-old Garner received
acclaim for her performances in Hollywood blockbusters Pearl
Harbor and Catch Me If You Can. Her latest project, 13 Going
On 30, is playing in theatres nationwide and has grossed nearly
$55 million to date at the box office.
Sapp's
latest venture comes less than two years after the big man made
his splash debut in Japanese martial arts fighting competition.
His freakish size and strength quickly propelled him to larger
than life status in Japan where the native of Colorado Springs,
Colorado has appeared in over 200 television commercials and
as a guest on every major talk show. Sapp graced the cover of
TIME magazine Asia edition and has been hired as a spokesman
for a slew of Japanese consumer products ranging from ice cream
to bento boxes.
Sapp's
wild popularity caught the attention of the American media last
year prior to his United States fighting debut. After landing
on the cover of leading daily business periodical, The Wall Street
Journal, his story was covered in ESPN magazine, Muscle and Fitness,
and leading hip-hop publication, The Source. Both NBC's The Tonight
Show and FOX Sports Network's The Best Damn Sports Show, Period
welcomed Sapp as a guest last August.
Source:
MMA Weekly |
UPDATE
ON RANDLEMAN
MMAWeekly continues to follow the situation with Kevin Randleman.
If you weren't with us over the weekend, Randleman is dealing
with the passing away of his father.
Needless
to say it's been a very tough emotional time for Randleman. Randleman's
mentor, Mark Coleman talked briefly with MMAWeekly over the weekend.
Coleman
said, "It's obviously a tough time for Kevin. He has a lot
on his mind and I'm there for him as his friend.."
Coleman
said he is not only standing by as a friend, but as his coach
and Coleman thinks Randleman will still fight.
"Kevin
has always had to overcome difficult things in his life. He has
always done it and I believe he will do it again with this situation.
His father would want him to fight and I believe he will fight
against Fedor in Pride."
Coleman
will join MMAWeekly Radio later this week to talk more about
the situation and give an update about Randleman and his future.
Source:
ADCC |
Quote
of the Day
"A coach doesn't just help you 'dream' it. A good coach
helps you 'reach' it."
Shad Helmstetter, "Who Are You Really and What Do You Want?"
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Daniel
Gracie talks about the challenge:
'Gracies versus Japan'
By: Gleidson Venga \ Team TATAME
The
Pride Bushido 3, following its 1º edition, had as the main
show the challenge between the Gracie family and the Japanese
fighters. This time Daniel Gracie didn´t go into the ring
to defend the name of his family, as he did last time:
'I
was supposed to be on that card, fighting against Yamamomoto,
but he got hurt.' explains Daniel.
Even
observing PRIDE from in Brazil, where he lives and has been training,
Daniel has studied the results:
Ricardo
Almeida is not exactly part of the Gracie family, but he´s
one of the top students under Renzo. The current middleweight
champion in Pancrase, Ricardo was the first one fighting for
the family and he had a tough opponent in his way, Ryo Chonan.
The Brazilian opened up the score for the Gracie side:
'Nowadays,
Ricardo is the most well prepared athlete in the MMA world'.
says Daniel. 'I was expecting this result'.
And
the biggest surprise of the event, the quick loss of Ralph to
Takaroni Gomi?
'Ralph´s
defeat sucks. I don´t know what people are saying, but
the guy was going for a kick to the waist and his knee hit Ralph´s
chin. That sucks!'
But
once again, the one who decided the confrontation was Ryan, facing
Ikuhisa Minowa, and scoring a 2x1 judges decison, sealing the
Brazilian victory:
'Ryan
is impressive, try to imagine what this guy would be like training?
Many people dislike him, but he´s damn good!'
But
the victory was even more celebrated due the conditions the athletes
were under when they went to Japan:
'The
result was pretty good, because none of them were 100%, except
for Ricardo Almeida.'
Looking
forward to his next fight, Daniel continues his strong training
schedule in Rio de Janeiro with the Gracie Barra Combat Team,
and he hopes to head back to the ring as soon as possible, and
warns, he wants to face the toughest opponents:
'I´m
putting on some weight now, I´m gonna be training in Rio
until my next fight, which may be in Pride Bushido, in July.
I will get there completely ready, I want to face anyone they
put in front of me. I´m expecting to face the 'gringos',
we´re done with the Japanese. I want to fight against the
top fighters, I´m more trained and self confident, I´ve
been getting way better in my standing game, which was impressive,
now I´m gonna train at the Gracie Barra and that´s
it, I´m ready to face anyone!'
Source:
ADCC |
Chute
Boxe 90210?
Chute Boxe continues globalization of team brand.
by Marcelo Alonso
Marcus
Vinícius, the owner of the famous Beverly Hills Jiu-Jitsu
Club, and Rudimar Fedrigo, the leader of the Chute Boxe Team,
have just set up a partnership to bring Chute Boxe's instruction
to the USA.
'Chute
Boxe and BHJJC are partners now. We will have an arrangement
for an area of Marcus Vinícius Academy where we will have
a black belt teaching Muay Thai and Vale-Tudo everyday. Our ground
training will be conducted by BJJ black belt Marcus Vinicius
himself' explained Fedrigo, who also welcomes anyone who to learn
Wanderlei´s world famous style in the USA can do so for
the next 40-60 days at the academy on Robertson street, in L.A.
'After
opening a branch in Spain, Japan we are very honoured to open
a headquarters in the USA too. Anyone who wants to join our team
is welcome'. declared Fedrigo.
Source:
ADCC |
Meca
FC XI - Quick Results
by: Luca Atalla
With
an audience full of stars from the MMA world, including several
representatives of Pride and the great BJJ Masters Helio and
Carlson Gracie, Meca XI has just finished in Teresopolis, Rio
de Janeiro!
Before
the fights Helio Gracie, who was honored by Meca promoters, grabbed
the
microphone and said to his many fans. 'I think this is the first
time I step into a ring without intending to fight' said Helio,
who lives in a city called Itaipava, a few kilometers away from
Teresopolis.
Considered
to be of the biggest MMA events in Brazil, Meca Fighting Championship
had three fights that ended in KO, three bouts finish by submission
and four were decided by judges decision.
LOOKING
TIRED After his debut in Pride Bushido 3 (13 days ago), the chuteboxer
Jorge Patino `Macaco´ returned to the Brazilian ring losing
to Delson 'Pe de Chumbo' in the event´s main fight. Macaco
was controlled for almost all the entire fight, but ended the
battle mounted in Pe. Althought Patino missed the opportunitty
to prove to Pride´s promoters his hearth, according to
his manager, Rudimar Fedrigo, they liked his fight so much in
Bushido 3 that he has assured another chance to fight in Japan.
Speaking
about the Land of the Rising Sun, the Japanese fighter Wataru
Takahashi had no trouble defeating Emerson Portilho in less than
1 minute. Takahashi is a Takada student who arrived in Brazil
last week with the Pride´s promoters.
Complete
Results:
- Luciano Azevedo submitted Suyan Queiroz with a triangle in
the 3R
- Fabricio Monteiro KOed Antonio Tello with series of punches
in the 1R
- Gustavo Ximu defeated Nilson de Castro by judges decision
- Wataru Takahashi submitted Emerson Portilho with a guillotine
choke in the 1R
- Alex Gaze KOed Andre Jacao Bispo in the 3R
- Luis Brito defeated Junior Besouro by doctor stoppage in the
2R
- Ivan Batman defeated Alexandre `Baixinho` Barros by judges
decision
- Milton Vieira submitted Jadyson Costa with a spinning choke
in the 1R
- Tony DeSousa defeated Luiz Azeredo by judges decision
- Daniel Acacio TKOed (kick) Erick Tavares in the 1R
- Delson Pe de Chumbo defeated Jorge Patino ´Macaco´
by judges decision
Source:
ADCC |
K-1
World GP 2004 in Nagoya Results
Date: June 6, 2004
Location: Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan
Results:
-
Carter Williams defeated Petr Vondracek via Referee Stoppage
in 1:57 of Round 2.
-
Michael McDonald defeated TAKERU via KO in 1:15 of Round 2.
-
Xhavit Bajrami defeated Martin Holm via 3-0 Decision.
-
Tom Erikson defeated Jan "The Giant" Nortje via KO
in 0:55 of Round 1.
-
Peter Aerts defeated Gary Goodridge via KO in 1:40 of Round 3.
-
Alexey Ignashov defeated "King" Arthur Williams via
KO in 1:48 of Round 1.
-
Remy Bonjasky defeated Francois Botha via 3-0 Decision.
-
Musashi defeated Ray "Merciless" Mercer via 3-0 Decision.
Source:
MMA Fighting |
K-1
Fighters Frustrate Boxers In Nagoya
June 6, 2004
Nagoya, Japan
By Monty DiPietro
NAGOYA, June 6, 2004 -- Musashi beat former Olympic Boxing Gold
Medallist Ray "Merciless" Mercer of the United States
in the main event as K-1 fighters turned aside their boxer opponents
at the Aruze K-1 World GP 2004 in Nagoya.
The
one-match event brought 16 fighters from 10 countries to Japan's
third-largest city, with winners receiving consideration for
further World GP 2004 elimination tournaments. Several of the
bouts paired boxers with established K-1 fighters.
Japanese
Seidokaikan fighter Musashi surprised many when he beat Ray Sefo
and Peter Aerts before losing by decision to Remy Bonjasky at
last year's K-1 World Grand Prix Tokyo Dome Final. Unquestionably
Japan's strongest K-1 fighter, Musashi faced a formidable boxer
here in Mercer.
With
a number of boxers making their K-1 debuts, there was something
of a shoe issue in the days leading up to the event. Explained
K-1's Game Producer Nobuaki Kakuda: "Some of the boxers
asked if they could wear their [laced, semi-rigid-soled] boxing
shoes. At the rule meeting, we decided to allow them to do so
if they did not throw any kicks."
At
the pre-event press conference, Mercer's trainer Michael Glynn
told reporters "Ray's not going to wear shoes, he's worked
on a few things, and he'll be kicking tomorrow!" But, after
a last minute change of heart, Mercer walked into the ring in
his familiar boxing shoes, and so was not to permitted to throw
leg strikes, only absorb them. And absorb them he did, over and
over and over again.
To
be fair, of the boxers who have tested K-1 of late, Mercer exhibited
a superior blocking technique. Although Musashi did score a down
in the first when he got a left high kick up to the side of the
American's head, Mercer generally had his right arm in position
to intercept what Musashi tossed up in that direction. Mercer
often stepped in here, throwing one-two left jabs then looking
for a place to plant his right. But defensively, Musashi was
equal to the task. And when Mercer was able to close the distance,
the two frequently ended up in the clinch.
Things
got interesting in the second when Mercer followed up some approach
jabs with a nice right uppercut, but by now Musashi's low kicks
were slowing Mercer down. Midway through the fight, after taking
a hard low kick then a knee, a frustrated Mercer hoisted Musashi
head over heels then tossed him to the canvas. This resulted
in a break of several minutes, and Mercer was assessed a yellow
card as Musashi recomposed.
The
third was slower, and although Mercer was favoring his left leg
in the late going, he did nonetheless continue moving forward,
and taunted Musashi a couple of times, dropping his guard and
inviting the Japanese fighter to mix it up. Musashi got a nice
combination in here, a left straight punch and low kick, and
rarely looked to be in any serious trouble. A tad showy at the
clapper with a dozen quick high kicks, Musashi did earn his comfortable
unanimous decision. Aside from his Tokyo Dome loss to Bonjasky,
Musashi is now undefeated in 13 K-1 fights dating back to a December
2002 dance with Jerome LeBanner.
After
accepting his trophy, Musashi addressed the fans from center
ring: "I wanted a KO here but I couldn't get it, sorry.
But, tonight we had boxing and K-1 compete, and you can see the
results. I hope Mike Tyson sees this as well. I've heard a lot
of talk about Bob Sapp wanting to fight Tyson, but let's not
forget the Japanese fighters, because I am ready to meet him!"
The
press room was surprised when, some 30 minutes later, Musashi
limped into the post-bout interview space with his left foot
iced and bandaged.
"I'm
on my way to the hospital for X-Rays," he said. "I
hurt my the top of my foot during the first round and it may
be broken. I couldn't stop, of course, because when I kicked
less, Ray came at me more. I think, like any boxer, he had a
problem with kicks, but he did deal with the pain well, he really
could take it."
Obviously,
so could Musashi.
In
Mercer's post-bout interview, a reporter asked him where it hurt:
"Where does it hurt?" he joked, "Where doesn't
it hurt, that's what you ought to ask! Seriously, though, it's
mostly the legs, and it's a pain like I've never felt before
in my life."
Source:
Sherdog |
|
UPDATE:
RAFIEL TORRE MURDER CASE
As
we approach the date of Rafiel Torre's preliminary hearing on
June 22, LukeBeston.NET has been informed that Rafiel Torre,
his wife Randi Torre and Angelina Richards were heavily involved
in the "swinging" and "wife swapping" scenes,
even as Richards was still married to her husband Bryan. In addition,
the three frequently used extacy and other recreational drugs.
Expect the prosecution to present this as evidence if the Torre
defense attempts to use Randi Torre as an alibi for Rafiel on
the night of the Murder.
Keep
checking LukeBeston.NET for more on the Rafiel Torre murder trial
in the coming months.
A
LukeBeston.NET exclusive--Must credit LukeBeston.NET when reposting,
rebroadcasting or in any other way reproducing this article in
part or in whole.
Source:
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THE
CANDYMAN: 'BARONI IS AN ASS CLOWN'
By Scoop McTroll
"I'm
young, I'm fast, I'm pretty and I cant possibly be beat".
Those famous words of Muhammed Ali come to mind when one gets
to see Dhira "The Candyman" Yesufu in action. The dynamic
fighter from California continued his rise to the top of the
middleweight rankings with a convincing defeat over previously
undefeated Muay Thai fighter Matt Hendricks at Total Combat 3
in Tijuana, Mexico last weekend.
MMA
Veterans such as Tank Abbott watched in awe as The Candyman applied
his trade. It was truly a great moment in MMA history, to be
there was probably like being present at a sparring session of
a 19 year old Muhammed Ali, spectators could definitely see star
quality in Yesufu. In his previous MMA fight, he submitted Sean
Betts, a tough California wrestler previously undefeated in MMA.
Dhira says that he has had many other fights that the fans don't
know about, he didn't tell us if he won them all but his whole
attitude said "what, are you kidding me?" at the mere
hint of any suggestion that he might have lost.
A
likeable and friendly Yesufu took some time out to answer a few
questions for his growing legion of fans around the world on
the road to capturing the UFC Middleweight Title. When we asked
Yesufu about the UFC Middleweight title and the fighters he needs
to go through to win it he told us, "Baroni is an ass clown"
and "my style would give Matt Lindland the most trouble".
He told us that he admires Murrilo Bustamante and Lee Murray,
this is no surprise because his style resembles a combination
of both of their styles. Amazing ground skills with lethal striking
skills. The Candyman is ready and willing to meet any of them
in the Octagon however.
I
asked The Candyman if he would still fight in the UFC, if they
offered him a low amount of money, and like the true warrior
he is, he told me that "only a fool would refuse an offer
in the UFC. I would accept. | |