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2005
3/12/05
The Second Annual Maui
Jiu-Jitsu Open
BJJ tournament
(BJJ)
(Maui War Memorial Gym, Wailuku, Hawaii)
2/5 or 2/12/04
Punishment In
Paradise 9:
Hawaii vs. Mainland
(MMA, Kickboxing)
(Kapolei H.S. Gym)
2004
12/11/04
Super Brawl
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
12/4/04 or 12/10/04
Kickin It Again
(Kickboxing)
(Kapolei HS or Waimanalo gym)
12/4/04
So You Think You Tough 7
(Boxing, MMA)
(Kona Gym, Kona)
12/3/04
Punishment In
Paradise 8:
East vs. West
(MMA, Kickboxing)
(Kapolei H.S. Gym)
11/27/04
Grappler's Paradise
(Grappling)
(Chiefess
Kamakahelei Middle School, Kauai)
Ring of Honor
(MMA, Kickboxing)
(Waimea H.S. Gym, Kauai)
11/20/04
Rumble On The Rock
5
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
11/13/04
SUMA 2:
The Battle At The Hyatt
(Kickboxing)
(Hyatt Regency Waikiki Ballroom)
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SUMA 2: The Battle
at the Hyatt
Hyatt Regency Ballroom, Waikiki, Hawaii
November
13, 2004 This Saturday!
Get your tickets
fast because there are only 800 tickets available! If you missed
the last SUMA event, you need to come to this one. K-1 type kickboxing
rules with leg kicks make these fights exciting and action packed!
SUMA (Stand Up Martial Arts) made its debut at the Hyatt Regency
Ballroom in Waikiki and featured an 8 Man Heavyweight Tournament
for $10,000.00 as well as 2 Super Bouts, which were sanctioned
by the ISKA. The venue had a Vegas type atmosphere and was all
knock - outs with one bout going to the scorecards.
The smaller venue
at the Hyatt makes it impossible to have a bad seat and allowed
the crowd to get close to all the action where the could practically
feel the punches. Hawaii fans now have a new form of entertainment
and allows local stand up fighters to showcase their skills.
Battle @ The Hyatt
8 Man Tournament
(155 lbs.)
$6,000.00 purse
11-13-04
7:30 p.m.
Featured Bouts:
Andre Washington (Team Island Thunder)
vs.
Mike Malone (Eastsidaz)
Jay Carter (BJ Penn
MMA, 17-2) vs. Brandon Wolf (Team MADD, 8-1)
Tournament Competitors:
David "Chinaman"
Yueng
HMC Kickboxing
Ben Merrit
Wahiawa Boxing
"Iron"
Mike Aina
BJ Penn MMA Academy
Hilo, Hawaii
Kaleo Kwan
Kaneohe, Hawaii
Record 7-0
Ryan Roy
Fairtex Gym
San Francisco, California
Record 8-4
Harris Sarmiento
808 Fight Factory
Jack Phames
One Kick Gym
Las Vegas, Nevada
Record 17-2
Jerry Sarabese
Hawaii Youth
Record 3-2
Fighters are subject
to change.
Tickets for the
show range from $35.00 - $75.00
Purchase tickets in advance, there are only 800 seats at the
Hyatt!!!
Source: Event Promoter |
DAVID
PADILLA INTERVIEW
PUNISHMENT IN PARADISE
EAST vs. WEST
Friday, Dec 3.2004
Where sitting here with Jesus Is Lords fighter David Padilla
who in December 3rd will headline PUNISHMENT IN PARADISE year
end show. Padilla will face Cory Cass a veteran of King of the
Cage & Gladiators.
P.I.P First of all we would like to thank you for your time for
this interview.
D.P. No problem
P.I.P Tell us David how did you get started in Mixed Martial
Arts
D.P. I kind of fell into this, Helping Falaniko Vitale and Brennan
Kamaka for their fights at King of the Cage I fell into fighting
P.I.P You been away from the ring for a year in a half. How does
it feel to step back in
D.P. Yes, It's been a year and a half but I feel more on FIRE
and I definitely want to take of the ring rust.
P.I.P This is your first ever Main Event in Hawaii are you feeling
any extra pressure
D.P. No extra Pressure at all, Yeah this is my first Main Event
in Hawaii. But theirs more extra pressure training then the fight
itself.
P.I.P So how's training for your comeback going.
D.P. Going Well, Of course I have to cut weight and getting my
cardio back is tough. But bottom line is I'm enjoying it
P.I.P. Any predictions for this fight.
D.P. With Cory Cass's background I expect a HIGH IMPACT fight.
He likes to bang and no one has seen my stand up yet.
P.I.P If you had a choice to end the fight in a K.O. or Decision
how would you like your comeback to be.
D.P. Victorious (Laughs) With a Bang
P.I.P. What would you say is your strength in MMA
D.P. People would say my Ground and Pound, but I would say both
stand up and Ground & Pound
P.I.P One last question why do they call you the TAN SUPERMAN
D.P. (LAUGHS) Name "SUPA DAVE" i had since elementary
it was from football then high school because of wrestling. Then
when I started fighting I had the name TAN SUPERMAN.
P.I.P. Before we go is their something you want to say to the
fans or thank anyone
D.P. First of all I would like to thank GOD for the opportunity,
Also the promoter for the opportunity and believing in me. My
teammates for all the help and for the patience for putting up
with me. And to everyone to come out and support the locals.
Source: Promoter
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I
Fought the Law, and the Law Maced Me
Monday,
Nov. 11, 5:54 a.m. - Two deputies responded to reports of intoxicated
subjects fighting at an apartment on the 6500 block of Cervantes
Dr. The officers arrived at the residence and observed two men
grappling on the floor through the window of the apartment.
As
officers watched, the first subject, a 22-year-old man, placed
his sparring partner in an "ankle lock," causing the
man to scream and "tap out." After the bout ended,
the first man, whose friend outweighed him by 60 to 80 pounds,
said he could "fuck him up" because of his superior
fighting skills.
The
two quickly resumed fighting, and officers watched the first
man continue to employ what they described as several other techniques
used by fighters trained in jujitsu, judo and various other martial arts disciplines to
get the better of his opponent.
Seeing
that the man on the losing end of the fight had already suffered
a black eye and was bleeding from the nose and mouth, one of
the deputies slid open the unlocked window and instructed the
men to stop fighting.
The
first man asked the officer who he was and if he wanted to fight,
to which the deputy replied, "We are deputies with the Santa
Barbara County Sheriff's Dept."
Unfazed,
the man informed the deputy, "I'll fuck you up." He
then turned to his battered friend and told him, "You're
a better fighter, but I'm going to fuck him up. Just let me pull
my pants up."
The
deputy instructed both of them to settle down and get some sleep,
but the man would have none of it.
"Do
you want to fight?" he repeated. "Yeah, just let me
put my belt on."
While
the man was attempting to ready his pants for battle, the officer
again ordered him to settle down.
"No,
I'm coming out there to fight. I'm going to fuck you up,"
he replied.
Having
observed the man's proficient fighting skills, the officers readied
their canisters of Oleoresin Capsicum - better known as pepper
spray.
Trousers
finally secure around his waist, the would-be street fighter
opened the front door, looked at the deputies, assumed a fighting
stance with closed fists, and received a two-second blast of
pepper spray to the face.
Unable
to stand up to the spray's superior kung fu, the man staggered
back into the house, where he was promptly taken into custody.
His
friend refused treatment for his injuries and insisted that they
were just playing around.
The
man was taken to the Isla Vista Foot Patrol office for booking,
where he was allowed to wash out his eyes, but his antics did
not stop there.
He
asked the arresting deputy why he had been sprayed, saying, "I'm
120 pounds. What am I going to do?"
The
officer informed him that the man had threatened to injure them,
and had confronted them in a fighting stance.
"I'm
120 pounds," the man repeated. "What would you do if
someone bigger than you wanted to fight?"
While
the logical answer would be to run away, the deputy told the
man that they never challenged him to a fight, and had seen him
using formal ground fighting techniques.
The
man then refused to provide information about his identity, so
he was placed in a locked interrogation room as the officer used
the man's driver license to complete the booking paperwork.
As
he was filling out the paperwork, another officer came outside
and asked the deputy if he was aware that his arrestee was climbing
into the office's rafters.
According
to police reports, the deputy rushed back to the detention room
and discovered that the man had slipped his handcuffs to the
front of his body. He had stacked the room's plastic chairs and
trashcan on top of one another to form a makeshift ladder, which
he used to climb up into the acoustic ceiling tiles.
Unimpressed,
the deputy pushed aside the chairs and trash can and assisted
the man down from the ceiling.
The
man was re-handcuffed and placed in the back of a patrol car
and transported to Santa Barbara County Jail, where he was booked
for resisting arrest, escape from custody, and vandalism less
than $400 for putting a hole in the ceiling of the IVFP station.
Source: Daily Nexus
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BTT
with doors wide open for Vitor Belfort
Now it’s official! Brazilian Top Team fighter and leader,
Ze Mario Sperry confirms that Vitor Belfort is free to train
with his new partners as soon as he wants. This week Belfort
is making the last arrangements in Sao Paulo and may begin his
trainings within the next few days.
‘He
could've been here with us since last week. But he had personal
things to take care of in Sao Paulo, so we are still waiting
for him. When will he start? That is up to Vitor. The UFC Japan
was postponed and he was expecting to fight Tito Ortiz in the
event. Because of that he's slowed down a little bit. Belfort’s
next opponent is not decided yet but he will be back to the octagon
in February’, reveals Sperry.
This
is not going to be the Vitor’s first time in Brazilian Top
Team. He used to train with Sperry and Co. before moving to Sao
Paulo and might have no problem during his return to BTT. ‘It
is hard to please everyone, but I the athletes are ready to welcome
him and we won’t have any problem’, states Ze Mario.
The
decision to get back to BTT was made by Vitor Belfort right after
UFC 49, when he was defeated by Randy Couture, losing the light-heavyweight
belt. According to the Brazilian fighter, he had many problems
with his coaches on the last days before the fight, and realized
he needs to be more focused and prepared if he wants to be a
champion again. Vitor’s wife, the model Joana Prado, is
pregnant of his first child, who will be named Davi. Now, Belfort
will have to conciliate his trainings with BTT and his own Vitor
Belfort Team.
Source: ADCC
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One
decade of Tatame
The renowed brazilian Martial Arts Magazine Tatame just came
out celebrating it´s 10th year anniversary edition with
Wanderlei Silva on the cover. Besides bringing the full report
on last Pride's High Octane, showing the historical battle of
Silva and Quinton, Tatame # 105, also brings an interview with
the controversial Robson Gracie and coverage of many events like
Jungle Fight 3, Bushido 5, K-1 Brazil, Shooto Brazil 4 and Black
Belt GP Heavyweight.
In
the final part of the history of Tatame Magazine (since newspapers
time) some of the most important names of MMA Scene like Carlson
Gracie, Minotauro, Wanderlei Silva, Rudimar Fedrigo, Royler Gracie
and Carlos Gracie Jr talk about the importance of the oldest
Brazilian MMA Magazine in their life.
As
a gift for the readers this edition brings a double page with
the sequence of all 105 cover pages of the magazine that started
to be published in Brasil on November of 1994 as O Tatame Newspaper.
Check
on the english version at www.tatame.com.br
Source: ADCC
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Interview:
Great Britain's MARK WEIR
On November 27th Mark Weir is scheduled to face Matt “The
Law” Lindland in Cage Rage 9 in England. He is next tentatively
scheduled to defend his WEC belt in March.
Mark
is coming off a win in WEC where he took the North American Middleweight
title. He fought for the North American one because the World
one is currently owned by Team Quest’s Chris Leben, a fighter
Mark’s next opponent Matt Lindland helps train. Leben couldn’t
defend his title because he’s involved with the UFC’s
reality show, an indication of the amount of attention and level
of fighters WEC is drawing. So far this year Matt has a win over
Tony Fryklund in Rumble On The Rock and a loss in the UFC to
David Terrell. Mark is 4-1 for this year with his one loss being
to Jorge Rivera, said to be the fight that got Rivera back into
the last UFC which gives an indication of the amount of attention
still on Weir. Basically look for this fight to have an immense
impact on both fighters’ standings and with both fighters
fighting early next year possibly the Middleweight rankings themselves.
This
fight against Matt Lindland is especially interesting not just
because it’s two UFC vets with drastically different styles
but Matt falls right into the weight cutting and traveling Mark
talked about at the end of our recent post-fight from WEC. Here
Mark finishes up the post-fight by talking about the UK fighters
and traveling advice.
KM:
I’ve been to England for one show and seen a couple British
fighters in Europe. We are hearing about fighters like Paul “Hands
of Stone” Jenkins but we haven’t had a chance to see
them. MW: I’ve actually competed against him years ago (note:
Weir won by KO in 0:18 on May 19th 2001). He’s a gut that
would fight every weekend, always fighting and never really focusing.
You could go one way where you start to get into fights and you
are not winning or you could go the other way where it allows
you to get certain skills and experience and relaxed state of
mind so your true ability comes through. He’s gone the way
where the true ability is starting to come through and has gotten
dangerous. He comes from a kickboxing background. He has learned
how to survive and get good position to strike.
KM:
You are very knowledgeable about the UK scene. What can you tell
us about the British fighters in general? KM: The British fighters
are learning quite a bit. The main thing they have never really
done is look within what they got, they always tend to go outside.
I always said if you go to someone’s gym you are only going
to get the tip of the iceberg; they don’t have time to work
with you, they don’t know what your strengths are, and they
can’t develop you. I had offers but no-one offered me what
I thought would benefit me. The only person I thought could benefit
me is, and I don’t mean to keep bringing up his name, is
Chuck Liddell. He would not change me, all he would do is enhance
where he would keep me standing up. In the UK where they are
losing it is they are trying to go abroad and going to camps
but not learning anything about themselves. They are taking everything
and adding it to themselves when it might not benefit them. What
they need is someone to say ‘this is good, this is bad,
this is how you can improve that good thing you got already’.
That is what I try to do, work with what I got and make it better
and stop people from taking me down.
KM:
You mentioned the time zone difference regarding fighting. MW:
Eight hours.
KM:
I was asking Jorge Rivera around the time of your fight with
him about how he trains for a time zone difference. How did you
prepare differently this time compared to the UFC? MW: When I
fought in the UFC I really suffered bad. UFC only brings you
over a week before. I tried to change my sleep pattern wearing
eye masks, trying to eat which is the hardest thing within a
pattern. What I find is coming over here (the hardest thing)
is finding a place where I can train regularly. If I (did the
same) for this fight I would have been nowhere near…it would
have been a long hard fight, he may have got lucky near the end,
and I wouldn’t have looked like a threat really any way
whatsoever. Because of Chuck’s gym to train at I had these
guys who worked with me before. They know about me, they know
my strengths and weaknesses, they know exactly how to train with
me.
KM:
Denis Kang spoke before about ideally having one day to adjust
per time zone difference. Do you have any advice like that? MW:
Main thing I do when I’m on a plane is I set my timer. Every
hour on the flight I make sure I have a glass or two glasses
of water because the (cabin) pressure, your brain is obviously
dehydrated, and you lose fluids which means you can be knocked
out easier. Obviously what you eat you have to be careful, nothing
too heavy. Recently I read an article on marathon runners and
exactly how to tackle jet lag and potassium they recommend. Basically
all you really need to know is the dehydration. For every hour
you need two glasses. I set my timer for every hour.
KM:
In that sense is cutting weight when traveling a factor with
dehydration and getting knocked out? MW: Yeah, if you try to
cut weight that’s a bad thing. I’m lucky because I’m
way within the weight. Prior to the fight I made sure I kept
the weight up. I eat a few junkie stuff prior to the weigh-in
just to give me extra fat to burn off on the fight. I think it’s
a very dangerous thing. You have to remember the reason they
weigh in the day before is the dehydration because you get hit
and there is no fluid around the brain and you are going to cause
damage and bleeding and everything. Fluid is the most important
thing to have. Dehydration and cutting weight that way is dangerous
especially in this and if anything happens they are going to
blame the sport.
KM:
As far as SFUK I only knew of them as a newsletter and forum.
They also manage you? MW: No, it’s XFUK. Xtreme Fighting
UK.
KM:
I’m sorry, I was confusing them. MW: SFUK is a great site.
You go on there to find the latest news and XFUK basically back
fighters, try to promote them, get them good fight purses, and
that kind of thing. If you are traveling they try to get you
traveling expenses and look after you. They are the middleman
and know what you deserve.
KM:
Anything else you want to say about the English fight scene?
MW: Yeah, there are a few strong names coming up. One of them
works out with me, Matt Ewin. He’s had nearly twenty fights
with a couple losses. He’s one to look out for, hopefully
in the scene over here (California). Hopefully I’m going
to pave the way and open the door for them. I’ve made a
lot of contacts and probably XFUK will go through me and then
pass them on to other fighters with potential over there and
really represent these guys and get a good deal.
KM:
You were scheduled to fight in WEC before and the fight didn’t
happen. What happened? MW: I fought a Japanese fighter about
June or July time. I’d beaten him but twisted my knee. I
had a bad knee injury and love my standup so turned it down.
If I got an injury I will not fight. I’m one of the few
people that turned down the UFC when they first asked me to fight.
They asked me to go in there and I said ‘no, I’m not
100%, I will not fight’. Then they came over to the UK and
I had to wait until then. I don’t fight for the glory or
anything, I fight for the enjoyment of it.
KM:
Sponsors to thank? MW: Hitman because they looked after me. Other
than that the guy who sponsored me in an unorthodox way was Chuck
Liddell. I’ve been staying at his place, been getting fed,
I didn’t have to dip into my pocket once and I feel really
bad because I’m English and not used to that. He paid for
everything for me. He got me down here and sorted out everything.
I hope I can pay him back by keep winning.
Source: ADCC
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HEAVYWEIGHTS
SPEAK OUT ABOUT SATURDAY'S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN CARD
Here are numerous quotes from the fighters, courtesy of Don King
Productions, from Monday's 'Heavyweights Across America Media
Day' held as part of the build-up to Saturday's 'Rendezvous with
Destiny: Battle for Supremacy' heavyweight show at Madison Square
Garden. This card will be broadcast in the U.S. on HBO Pay-Per-View.
CHRIS
BYRD
'Jameel
McCline and me are good friends. Our wives are good friends.
But this is a competition. And I am really looking forward to
the fight. Style-wise, I love this match-up. Jameel is the biggest,
most athletic guy I have ever fought. I think when the fans first
see us in the ring, they will think he will beat me easily. But
I know how to fight big guys and by the third or fourth round,
it will be a different story.
'The
key in all my fights is to frustrate the guy in front of me and
keep him off balance. At this level, you cannot take anyone lightly.
This is going to be a great fight.'
HASIM
RAHMAN
'I
am looking to make a statement. I don't just want to win a decision.
I want a devastating knockout. I feel better and smarter now
than ever before. I have got all the pieces to the puzzle. It
is just a matter of putting them together. Meehan is a tall,
durable guy with a good jab and good speed. He comes to fight.
But with a world title shot on the line, there is no way he can
beat me.'
MARK
JANSSEN - KALI MEEHAN'S TRAINER
'We
were hoping to get a few more fights under Kali's belt after
he fought Damon Reed. He has sparred over 200 rounds with the
likes of Lamon Brewster, Owen Beck and other great heavyweights
leading up to his fight on the undercard of Brewster-Klitschko.
We received the opportunity to fight for the title sooner than
we thought, but we had to take the opportunity. We felt we won
the fight. We got robbed. It shocked me that he didn't stop Brewster.
We were just 70 per cent for that fight and we should be at 90
per cent for this fight. In another six months time, Kali will
be at his best.
'Don
King had faith in us. No one had ever heard of us. Everyone said
we were cannon fodder and we were slow as a turtle. That all
motivated us.
'Brewster
was a tougher style for Kali. Kali is a very good fighter and
he will prove that on what he does to Rahman. Rahman doesn't
handle distance well. Kali has better all around skills and speed.
'We
were a little tentative against Brewster, but that was a very
big moment for us. We used to fight in a little club in Australia.
Now all of a sudden we hit the bright lights of Las Vegas and
we are fighting before a very large crowd on television at Mandalay
Bay. This has been unbelievable for us. It is like hitting the
lotto. We were making peanuts in Australia. Now it is limos,
Mandalay Bay, Madison Square Garden…it is
a Cinderella story. We have to pinch ourselves. Is this really
happening?
'We
were 100 per cent robbed. They couldn't give it to Lamon. I keep
looking at the tape again and again and we won that fight. Lamon
is an awesome fighter, but we won that fight.
'Kali
started fighting at 13 years old. His uncle was a fighter. I
have been with Kali for a couple of years. We were introduced
by a mutual friend. I had been in boxing for many years and then
I got to renovating homes for seven years. Kali and I went for
a workout and I felt that we have the makings of a champion here.'
JOHN
RUIZ
'I
feel my mental focus for this fight is better than it's ever
been. In every single fight I've always looked for a win and
I just have to go out there and do it all over again.
'I'm
going to work Golota real hard right from the beginning because
I know he'll get frustrated. Expect me to be very active in the
ring, throwing a lot of punches and moving around.'
LARRY
DONALD
'I
was very heartened by the big turnout today at my media workout
in my hometown of Cincinnati. Everyone came out to support me
before I head off to New York. I'm looking forward to one of
the biggest challenges of my career in facing Evander Holyfield
in Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. It can't get any
bigger than that.'
ANDREW
GOLOTA
'The
reason I am coming in at 235 is because I have to be faster for
this fight. Ruiz will try to make the fight a wrestling match.
But I will try to keep him away with the jab. The upper cuts.
'I
will try to move as much as possible so he can't hold me and
lay on me. But that is all I can say because I know the Ruiz
people are reading the papers. For me...if I don't win this fight
I retire. I'm getting too old to train this hard for this many
weeks for nothing.' (Golota has been training for 3 months for
this fight)
Source: ADCC
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COPA
RIPDOREY DE SUBMISSION
Vasco Barra Gymnasium, November 7th
The
Copa Ripdorey is the next last Submission event before ADCC Brazilian
Trials 2004, and many fighters used the occasion to test their
skills. Ost of them competed without knowing whether they are
selected for the trials as the list of the fighters who are selected
has yet to be announced.
Copa
RipDorey de Submission is an event 100% sponsored by RipDorey
fightwear and it took place in a rainy day in a Gymnasium that
was hard to get to. The event was composed by 6 singles matches
plus 5 tournaments in weight classes between light, welter, middle,
lightheavy and heavy.
In
one of the single matches we watched Alexandre 'Cacareco' Ferreira's
return to the action. 'Cacareco' hasn't fought any match since
ADCC 2003, and since has moved from two different teams (from
Ruas VT to GBCT and now BTT). 'Cacareco' faced off against the
little known Rodrigo Botti (Vitor Belfort) and showed his famous
pressure inside the guard, and kept trying guard passes and his
dangerous locks. Botti worked well and surprised everybody by
keeping 'Cacareco' inside the open guard during the eight minutes
of the fight. At the end of the match 'Cacareco' won by 2-0 advantage.
Other
single-fights weren't as exciting, but turned the spotlights
on some names who can win the coveted opportunity to go on the
ADCC 2005 in the USA. Fighters such as Leonardo Lucio 'Chocolate'
Nascimento (RFT), who imposed his superiority for the second
time in less than 1 year over Gabriel Pesadelo Santos (Vitor
Belfort) by takedowns; and Marcelo Salazar (BTT), who sunk his
Greco-Roman's moves for confusing and to beat Ricardo Petruccio
(GBCT).
Other
single-fights results:
Marcelo
'Zulu' Santos (Niteroi Wrestling) beat Luis 'Fernando' Pimpolho
Santos (Nova Uniao) by advantage
Williams
'Parrudinho' (BTT) beat Pablo Santos (Osiris) by anaconda choke
Leonardo Pecanha (Nova Uniao) beat Luis 'Besouro' Junior (RFT)
by advantage
In
the middleweight Flavio Serafim (BTT) won by 4-2 against Luta-Livre's
Marcelo Brigadeiro (RFT) . Brigadeiro was taken down twice.
The
welterweight division didn't have a final, as Ze Marcelo's student,
Xandinho, won twice to close the bracket with teammate Eduardo
Belomini. Xandinho beat his first opponent by point advantage
and then faced-off with Edson 'Chulapa' (BSW) in the semifinals.
Xandinho avoided Chulapa's great takedowns by guard and taking
'Chulapa's back twice, controlling the fight and winning 8-0.
Tournaments
Results
Lightweight:
Rafael 'The Little Iron Man' Primo (Dela Riva) and Daniel Otero
(Fabricio JJ) closed the bracket
Welterweight:
XANDINHO (Ze Marcelo/BTT) and Eduardo Belomini (BTT) closed the
bracket
Middleweight:
Flavio Serafim (BTT) beat Marcelo Brigadeiro (RFT) by points
Lightheavyweight:
Ismael Guerreiro (BTT) beat Rodrigo Couto (Suyan Queiroz) by
points
Heavyweight:
Artur Cesar 'Gogo' (UGF) and Francisco Mello (Top Brothers) closed
the bracket
The
event paid a homage to photographer Fernando Azevedo for his
efforts of promoting the fight scene throughout Brazil and posthumous
homage to Pedro Gama Filho, one the most important people in
the fight sports in Brazil; who passed away in the last weekend
Source: ADCC
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Quote
of the Day
"One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know
what you do not know."
John Kenneth Gilbraith, American Economist
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Punishment
In Paradise
Hawaii Vs. USA Mainland
SUNDAY, Feb 20, 2005
We are going to start PRESIDENTS DAY off with a KICK, It's been
set Sunday Feb 20,2005 Hawaii's BADEST KICKBOXERS will take on
US Mainlands best. Punishment In Paradise will bring you TOP
COMPETITION as fighters from Georgia, California and Canada will
BRING IT ON!! We will invite winners of Punishment In Paradise
EAST vs. WEST on Dec 3,2004 to compete in our February show.
Yesterday we announced Februaury 5 or 21, 2005 but we made a
mistake on date sorry if it inconvience anyone!!
SIDE NOTE: Presidents Day is Monday February 21,2005 and it's
a FEDERAL & STATE HOLIDAY!! So that means NO WORK!!
Source: Promoter
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KOTC
this weekend...five belts previewed!
San Jacinto, CA - This weekend’s King Of The Cage card closes
out the year’s pay-per-view cards with their first show
on In-Demand, reaching an estimated sixty million households.
There is still another KOTC card the following week in Indiana
but that show is not to be aired on pay-per-view. Originally
this weekend’s card, titled “Revenge”, advertised
three world titles on the line but that has been clarified by
promoter Terry Trebilcock to be four world titles and a superfight
title.
Starting
at the lightest weight class the Bantamweight title is on the
line between Gladiator Challenge Champion Uriah Faber and Eben Kaneshiro. No word on why Frankie
Bollinger is not the champion having won the title in September’s
KOTC show, but Terry Trebilcock confirms this is for the title.
Uriah won the GC title in June with a spectacularly hyper performance
at GC 27, defended it once in August, and debuted in KOTC in
September. Eben made his KOTC debut in August but is mainly known
for his victories in smaller shows such as Warriors Quest and
Fearless. He fights out of Hawaii at Kamole Jiu-Jitsu.
It
is official Thomas Denny has been stripped of the Lightweight
belt for not having defended it in over a year despite according
to Terry several fight offers. The Lightweight title is now on
the line between Charlie Kohler and Takumi. Readers that remember
this writer’s ongoing theme of the curse of the KOTC Welterweight
belt may remember the one time the KOTC Welterweight belt was
successfully defended was by Joe Hurley back in February of 2001.
The man he beat was Charlie Kohler. Later that year Kohler picked
up a win against Danny Byrket and a loss to current Shooto Lightweight
Champion Vitor Ribeiro in WFA 1 before taking almost three years
off of MMA. In August he returned for a win in KOTC 39. Takumi
Nakayama has also faced some of the best including former Shooto
Champion and MFC contender Joachim Hansen, ATT’s Marcus
Aurelio in the ZST Lightweight tournament last year, Current
Shooto Champion Vitor Ribeiro in HOOKnSHOOT Relentless, and in
July #4 ranked Shooto Welterweight (Lightweight by US definition)
Ryan Bow. He lost to all of those named fighters but in August
beat Charles “Crazy Horse” Bennett, the latest KOTC
star to fight in Pride. His current verifiable MMA record stands
at 11-6-3.
Moving
up to Welterweight we have the fight originally scheduled for
the last KOTC, Thomas Denny vs. James Fanshier. Denny is on a
six-fight streak and has faced a higher level of competition
but Fanshier is the Gladiator Challenge Champion training out
of UFC vet Cal Worsham’s Team X. This is best appreciated
as a clash of personalities with Fanshier being the gym teacher
and “good guy” while Denny’s image he projects
is of the “Wildman”. Both actually are very devoted
fathers and this fight hype can only be taken so far. Although
both these fighters have proven they can hold their own on the
ground look for this one to be a standup war.
For
the Heavyweight belt American Kickboxing’s Paul Buentello
returns to defend against Bo Cantrell. Paul was originally schedule
to fight Jeff Newton but now is facing Cantrell, recently off
a win in Gladiator Challenge. Although this is by no means a
handing of the belt to Buentello, Cantrell isn’t even in
the current KOTC rankings and his 2004 record stands at 2-2 making
this one of the least anticipated KOTC belts on this card. This
is Buentello’s first defense of the KOTC Heavyweight belt
but he has been on the World radar this year when he was accepted
to fight in the UFC until a hand injury forced his withdraw.
He hasn’t fought MMA this year but last year had not only
the KOTC title win but also a high-profile win in Rumble On The Rock.
Originally
the Unlimited (a.k.a. Super Heavyweight) belt was to be on the
line between defending champion Eric Pele and “Scary”
Jerry Vrbanovic but now Jerry is facing Kadillac Marshbanks for
the Unlimited Superfight belt. Fans who think of Jerry as the
man Mike Kyle and Ron Waterman beat haven’t seen Jerry since
joining Team Hitman. Jerry turned the spare tire into serious
upper chest and arm muscle and is said to be taking the training
with Oyama seriously. Not much is known about Marshbanks so this
fight is still a question mark but at the very least looks to
be a showing of the “new” Vrbanovic.
More
on the card is expected tomorrow.
Source: ADCC
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FROM
WWE TO MMA....
SEAN O'HAIRE ON MMAWEEKLY RADIO TODAY
He is the highest profile name in professional wrestling trying
to make the cross over to MMA. Sean O'Haire was a WCW Tag Team
Champion and later worked in the WWE.
Now
O'Haire will try and crossover into the MMA world and compete
next weekend on the Rumble
on the Rock
card. Today O'Haire will talk about his newest career on MMAWeekly
Radio with hosts Ryan Bennett and Frank Trigg. Here's the O'Haire
profile according to his website.
Sean
O'Haire
Statistics:
Height:
6'6" / 198.1 cm
Weight:
275 lbs. / 124.7 kg
DOB:
1973
Hometown:
Hilton Head, SC
Fight
Record:
Kickboxing Record: 10-0
MMA Record: 8-0
Career
Highlights:
WCW
Tag Team Champion
WWE
wrestler
In
2004, regarded worldwide as one of MMA's greatest "unknown
quantities." 2004 -2005 promises to be a BIG year for Sean
O' Haire.
Comments:
All
Sean's fights have been “underground” events in and
around Charlotte, NC and Jacksonville, FL, with the exception
of his most recent battle, where he defeated 6'9" Tony "Towers"
Roberts in 1:42 via submission, on the heralded "Venom"
show in California.
His
extensive training includes Phillip Nurse in NYC for Muay Thai,
Tim Quickmeier in Charleston, SC for Kung Fu, Jerry Mills in
Hilton Head for Seshifen-ki Karate and Rick Davis in North Carolina
for submission grappling.
Has
been training in martial arts since age 10
Former WCW Tag Team Champion
Strong gymnastics background
Source: MMA Weekly
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WILL
PULVER REALLY FIGHT GOMI?
BOB SAPP NEWS....TIM SYLVIA'S OPPONENT AND MORE
It's been a great year in MMA and it looks even better with the
end of the year shows just a little more than a month away.
Let's
get right to the latest rumors in Japan. I talked at length with
MMAWeekly's Scott Petersen in Japan and unfortunately the Jens
Pulver vs Takanori Gomi looks to be further apart than first
thought.
Initial
reports last night stated that Pulver vs Gomi would take place
on December 31st in Pride. I'm sure Jens wants the fight badly,
but there are still a few obstacles before this fight can even
happen.
Pulver
has a contract with Shooto and Shooto really wants to use Pulver
on the December 14th show. And, I can guarantee Shooto doesn't
want Pulver "stolen" by Pride to fight later in the
month for the big December 31st show.
If
your in Pulver's shoes, he wants a big fight in Shooto. If your
the Shooto organization you don't want to have Pulver face Pequeno
Nogueira, the number one fight at 145, because this would be
Jens' last fight on the Shooto deal. Shooto doesn't want Pulver's
last fight to be against a huge name, because if Pulver beats
Noguiera, then where does that leave the future of the company
with a guy who will most likely walk from the organization to
fight in Pride or the UFC?
Bottom
line, the Shooto deal ISN'T an exclusive contract and Jens could
just walk away from the fight on the 14th and take a fight in
Pride. Shooto would be pissed, but they legally couldn't do anything
about it.
What
I'm hearing is that if Pride can get a deal done, they would
love to have Pulver fight on December 31st. Rumor has it though,
the opponents aren't limited to just Takanori Gomi. Pride has
included Gomi, but the names Buscape and Mishima have also come
up and Mishima seems to be who Pride wants Pulver to fight if
it does go down.
More
Japanese news. Look for Bob Sapp to make his return to MMA during
the big December shows. I talked with Ivan Salaverry last week
and he told me that Sapp will most likely make his return to
Japan to fight for one of the big organizations at the end of
the year. No names of opponents were mentioned in our conversation.
Salaverry himself might also fight in Japan as well on New Year's
Eve.
SuperBrawl's
December 11th show in Hawaii will have some changes. Tim Sylvia vs L.A. Giant
is off because Giant broke his hand. Sylvia will still be on
the card, but early reports I've heard is that many guys won't
fight Sylvia. Big Tim will have to wait and see what happens.
Other names on the Superbrawl card include Rich Franklin, Jason
Miller, and Sean Sherk. Back to work for now. Catch you daily
on the radio show with myself and Frank Trigg at 9am Pacific/12
Noon today and everyday Monday through Friday at www.mmaweeklyradio.com
Source: MMA Weekly
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JACKSON'S
FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE LOSS
It will go down as the fight of the year for 2004. Pride 28:
High Octane's main event lived up to it's hype and instantly
became the standard by which all future bouts will be measured.
Quinton
"Rampage" Jackson gave his first public interview since
his loss to Vanderlei Silva. MMAWeekly SoundOff Radio Monday
and discussed his epic battle with Wanderlei Silva and where
he goes from here. Radio host Ryan Bennett and co-host Frank
Trigg asked the questions.
Rampage
talked about how he couldn't remember a lot of the fight. Rampage
said," I think the main reason why I can't remember is because
I got knocked out. I went to this fight, I was over confident.
I just knew I was going to win. I wasn't nervous at all and I
paid the price for it. I just remember bits and pieces. I remember
him hitting me and I remember saying to myself, man some of these
punches are kinda hard. So, I think he was landing some of them.
I remember my eye bleeding. You know I wear glasses, I felt like
I had glasses on. I wanted to push my glasses up. You know how
people put their glasses up on their eyes? I remember having
that feeling, like I wanted to push my glasses up. I think I
had blood dripping in one of my eyes. I remember elbowing him
in the body when he was on the ground. I remember that I got
the mount and then the bell ring. That's all I remember man.
I don't even remember the second round at all. "
Source: MMA Weekly
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Eduardo
Maiorino is all about K-1 Grand Prix Japan
With
two spetacular KOs and a referee’s decision win over Vítor
Miranda in the finals of the K-1 Brazil tournament (last October
30), Eduardo Maiorino will be representing Brazil at K-1 Grand
Prix, taking place on December 4, in Japan. The Champions Factory
heavyweight barely conquered the Brazilian title and now all
he thinks about is fighting in Japan: “I only have Japan
in my mind. This is my first time there and I want to do a great
job,” revealed Maiorino, who will have about a month to
recover from an injured hand and to drop his weight. “I
want to lose about three kilos..., so I will be faster,”
believes the Muay Thai black belt, which nowadays weights 100kg.
Coming
from a loss to Italian new sensation Alessio Sakara at last Real
Fight (July), Maiorino went to Brasília looking for victories
and titles at K-1 Brazil, which took place at Military Police
Center's Gymnasium, in Goiânia on October 30.
-
I didn’t handle the loss to Sakara very well and I really
needed to win at K-1 Brazil. During my first bout I got a knock
down in round 2, but it was during the following round that I
KO’d Joabe Silva with a knee sequence. In the second bout
I defeated Dierlei 'Bugalu' by KO with a right punch – reminds
Maiorino, as he describes the final match had an epic combat
with Vítor Miranda: “In the beginning I kicked his
leg and I realized he suffered and felt it. It was the key to
keep throwing low kicks until he went down. But he was such a
real warrior and handled it until the end of the third round,”
admitted Muay Thai black belt fighter.
COMPLETE
RESULTS:
The
Brazilian Warriors - K-1 The Next Generation - K-1 Brazil 2004
Saturday,
October 30, 2004
Military
Police Center's Gymnasium, Goiânia (GO), Brazil
K-1
Vale Tudo:
-
Rani Yahya submitted Fabio Shon via Katagatami in R1;
-
Leandro Silva 'Batata' defeated Christopher Almeida 'Led' by
KO at 1:26 in R1;
K-1
Max:
-
Cláudio Gonçalves defeated Manoel Fonseca by unanimous
decision;
-
Bruno Carvalho defeated Alex Silva by KO at 1:00 in R2;
-
Márfio Canoletti defeated Ronildo Braga by unanimous;
8-men-tournament
K-1 Brazil
-
Vitor 'Vitinho' Miranda defeated Flavio Costa by KO at 1:25 in
R1;
-
Dimitri Wanderlei defeated Claudinei Kozan 'Gladiador' by KO
at 0:36 in R1;
-
Eduardo Maiorino 'Morfeu' defeated Joabe Silva by TKO at 0:32
in R3;
-
Dierlei 'Bugalu' defeated Daniel Jeraige by unanimous decision;
Semifinal:
-
Vitor Miranda 'Vitinho' defeated Dimitri Wanderlei by KO at 2:39
in R3;
-
Eduardo Maiorino 'Morfeu' defeated Dierlei 'Bugalu' at 1:04 in
R3;
Final:
-
Eduardo Maiorino 'Morfeu' defeated Vitor Miranda 'Vitinho' by
unanimous decision.
Source: ADCC
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Quote
of the Day
"Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking
risks,
breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun."
Mary Lou Cook
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Olympic
Gold Medalist Wrestler Almost Tapped on National TV!
By Michael Onzuka
Mike@onzuka.com
Video courtesy of Fight
Sport
While at home doing some work Saturday night, I kept flicking
back and forth between the University of Hawaii football game
and found an episode of WWE Smackdown. For some reason, I was
pulled away from my alma mater's game and was watching wrestling.
Now, I have not watched wrestling in a while so maybe that's
why it caught my attention. Don't get me wrong. While growing
up, Chris and I used to be two of the biggest wrestling fans
in Hawaii performing all the moves possible as soon as we were
strong enough to lift each other up. Now that me lifting Chris
up is a distant memory, I got caught up in a segment where WWE's
Tough Enough applicants try out for a contract with the WWE and
in this series, a million dollar prize.
One
of the finalists in the show was Daniel Puder, who they advertise
as a mixed martial artist. When I heard that, of course my ears
stood up. The show detailed how the pro-wrestlers make the rookie's
lives a living hell by making them do a number of drills and
exercises to drain them.
Enter
Olympic Gold Medalist Wrestler and now WWE Superstar, Kurt Angle.
He gave his speech and yelled at the group. Finally, he made
them do a drill where as each person did not perform the drill
correctly due to fatigue, they were kicked out of the ring. Finally,
they had a winner. Angle then rewarded that pro-wrestler-to-be
with a match against him. Of course the kid was gassed so Angle
pinned him pretty easily. It looked like a legitimate match.
Next, he walked over to the rest of the group and called them
out for his next match.
The
only one that raised his hand was our MMA representative, Daniel
Puder. Angle locked up with Puder and Puder did an excellent
job of pumbling and keeping good position and even shucked Angle
off. As they were engaged, I was noticing that this looked pretty
real and Angle actually looked like he was gassing. Angle got
around Puder, but Puder pulled a Sakaraba special and went for
a kimura (reverse keylock) while going down in half guard. Angle
was basing out so he didn't get rolled. The ref's counted 3 as
a pin so that Angle won. It definitely a real submission grappling
match as far as I could tell.
Tough
Enough is a reality based show and it seemed to me that this
was reality, even if it was on a pro-wrestling show. Angle's
arm wasn't so far back that he would have to had to tap right
away, but Angle was trying to muscle it back to a safe position
and he was in trouble. If the match went on, it would have been
interesting to see what Angle would have done. He probably could
have backed away to make space, rolled over, or maybe Puder would
have finished the move (and probably got kicked off the show).
It was in pretty deep though. Either way, it was impressive for
Puder to pull that off.
Using
our handy dandy FCF fighter database (http://www.fcfighter.com/database.htm), I looked up our
subject and found that he has a 1-0 record in our books in an
X-1 event held on September 6, 2003. Maybe some wrestling fans
will start getting interested in MMA? Maybe not, but I don't
think Angle will be calling out any sleepers anytime soon.
WWE
star Kurt Angle was exposed in a real grappling match last night
on the WWE Smackdown's 'Tough Enough' when MMA stylist Daniel
Puder trapped him in a keylock that was fully extended.
The
overall winner of the 'Tough Enough' series is to recieve USD$1
million and a WWE contract.
below
is a description of the match by respected pro wrestling insider
Dave Meltzer:
It
was real. If you don't follow fighting, Puder had Angle locked
in the Kimura, or keylock as Tazz called it, although Tazz didn't
let on the move was fully executed. Not only was Angle not getting
out of the move, but most MMA fighters would have tapped already.
Angle couldn't tap for obvious reasons. The ref counted a three
even though Puder's shoulders weren't fully down, trying to end
the thing, because the reality was Angle would have been in surgery
had it gone a few seconds longer or had Puder not given up the
hold.
My
impression is, since this was a taped show, that nobody in enough
power in the company actually understood what happened and let
it air, and figured most would see it as a pinfall in 40 seconds.
And they were 98% correct, between the commentary and the pinfall,
that is how most saw it. It was only when it was all over MMA
boards last night that "unknown shootfighter really beats
Kurt Angle" and was the hottest topic all night, that they
took the footage of it off their web site, and replaced it with
copy that said, "Angle mauled Nawrocki, before taking volunteers,
next pinning Daniel Puder in a slightly tougher, but still relatively
easy match.
This
is when you know a company is doomed. When God hands them an
angle that would get people talking like nothing they've been
able to create on their own, given them the potential for legit
water cooler talk had they played it right, and they are so blind
they go in the opposite direction. Tazz called it like, "well,
so much for the UFC." Yeah, and so much for The Invasion
angle as well."
Source:
Fight Sport |
More
teams join the 2004 American National Tournament
We
are receiving news of a quite a few more teams competing in the
2004 American national Tournament. The event is going to be held
on November 14th in Torrance, Ca. The winners will not only be
crowned American Champions, but the adult winners will become
a part of Team America to face Team Brazil in the 2005 Pan-Ams!
New
teams are Lloyd Irvin's led by Jared Wiener, Gustavo Dantas Academy,
Linxx, Caique, Claudio Franca, Boston BJJ, Gracie Barra San Diego,
Gracie Barra Temecula, Helio Soneca's Gracie Barra Knoxville,
Tennessee with seniors blue belt world champion Rick Sparks.
The
new academies will face the already confirmed A list of Rickson
Gracie, Charles Gracie, Rodrigo Medeiros, Gracie Barra O.C.,
Carlos Valente, Aloisio Silva, Cleber Luciano, Ralph Gracie,
Renzo Gracie, Megaton JJ, Jack McVicker's, Micah Cipilli's Machado
Vegas & Rigan Machado.
For
more info and to sign up go to http://www.ajjc.org/
If
your academy is competing and we haven't announced it please
email me at kidpel@yahoo.com so we can update the list.
Source: ADCC
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Rodrigo
Gracie: Ready for Rumble on the Rock
Rodrigo Gracie is ready to carry on the Gracie family tradition
come November 20, when he is set to face B.J. Penn on the K-1 “Rumble on the Rock”
card, a show where he will go for the sixth straight win of his
career at the Neil S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.
And
while the 29-year-old Brazilian looks to keep his MMA record
spotless as he faces Penn (who has already two big wins over
Matt Hughes and Duane Ludwig this year alone), Rodrigo, who won
his first Jiu-Jitsu fight at the tender age of seven, has the
fighting pedigree of the Gracie family - whose tradition is winning.
It’s that tradition that Rodrigo takes to heart and he is
holding it up quite well.
From
winning his debut back in 2000 when he competed in the Vengeance
at the Vanderbilt 10 against Kyle DeMello - defeating his opponent
in just thirty-four seconds with a submission side chokehold
- until his last bout, which was in February of this year and
undoubtedly his biggest win to date when he won a unanimous decision
over veteran fighter Hayato Sakurai in PRIDE Bushido 2, Rodrigo
brings honor to his family name.
He
is a fun loving, dedicated family man who evolves into a one
man wrecking machine when he steps into the ring, and come the
20th of this month Gracie knows that while B.J. Penn is a tough
worthy opponent, he looks to add to his own legacy with a win.
Max Fighting caught up with the undefeated fighter and got his
thoughts on his upcoming bout with B.J. Penn along with his thoughts
on his future and his deep-rooted Gracie family name.
Benny
Henderson Jr. – You’re facing B.J. Penn on November
20th on the main event of the “Rumble on the Rock 6”.
Can you give us your thoughts on your opponent B.J. Penn and
the event?
Rodrigo
Gracie - BJ is a very tough opponent. He has proven to be dangerous
in two weight classes already and now he is moving up to 185,
so I am not taking him lightly. He has good standup, and ground
game and is very aggressive so it’s going to be a tough
fight. As for the event, I know that ROTR is being co promoted
by K-1 network, the world’s largest fighting organization,
which is who I have my contract with, so they are already bringing
me and Royler to the table, so you know the show is going big
time already. It’s going to be a great show.
BH
- Do you see anything in Penn’s arsenal that concerns you
or maybe something you can use against him?
RG
- Well, you know when you face a tough fighter everything concerns
you. But you train hard for it, and see what happens. As for
his weaknesses, I will tell you after the fight.
BH
- You are traveling to Penn’s home state; do you see the
hometown crowd playing a part in this battle in any kind of way?
RG
- Man, I am from Brazil, so no matter where I fight, it’s
not going to be my home crowd. No, it does not concern me at
all, because I am used to fighting in Japan, being judged by
Japanese judges, in front of Japanese fans, fighting Japanese
fighters. So this time, I am going to Hawaii, to fight in BJ
Penn’s home, with Hawaiian judges and a room full of BJ
fans; it’s nothing new to me. I will have my family there,
Crosley is coming with me to the fight, Royce will be there,
Royler is also fighting, and Renzo will come if his schedule
permits. I will also have my wife and some students there, and
also I will have all my fans all over the world following the
action on the internet and TV in Hawaii and Japan, so I will
have all the support that I need.
BH
- What is your training regimen?
RG
- I train some standup and cardio, little bit weights with Martin
Rooney, and a lot of Jiu-Jitsu with Matt Serra and Crosley Gracie.
I spar with my students, as well as Matt and Crosley. I have
been talking to Royce and Renzo about strategies of the fight,
so I am doing a lot of preparation for the fight.
BH
- People must expect more out of you with carrying the Gracie
name; do you feel the Family name has been sort of a blessing
and a curse?
RG
- It’s a blessing for sure. I am a part of tradition that
started 80 years ago with Gracies that came before me, and while
that is a lot to carry on your shoulders, it’s also very
motivating. Another thing is that with all these fighters in
my family, its easy for me to tap into their resources and get
some ideas for training and fight strategy.
BH
- I know you have had a short career, but do you have a memorable
fight or moment so far?
RG
- Every fight is memorable, every time I step in the ring it’s
a product of a lot of training and hard work, so trust me I remember
all of it. (Laughs)
BH
- How would you define yourself as a fighter?
RG
- Just like that, a fighter. I train hard, and I give it all
I have, the rest happens in the ring.
BH
-Your keys to victory against B.J. Penn?
RG
- They key is locked away safe, I will let you know after the
fight.
BH
- Not trying to get you to look too far into the future, but
is there a particular fighter you would like to face after Penn?
RG
- My manager and K-1 will make that determination. I know that
my manager is trying to get me a fight with Genki Sudo for the
K-1 Dynamite show on New Year’s Eve, if I do not get injured
in this upcoming fight. I want to fight him, and Sakuraba is
another one that I want to fight, but he is fighting for Pride,
so I am not sure that its possible to make that fight happen.
Otherwise, whoever K-1 thinks is good for me, and the fans, I
am ready.
BH
- Is there anything you would like to add to this interview or
address anything to the fans?
RG
- I want to thank all the fans that have shown me and continue
to show me support. Their efforts are an overwhelming inspiration
to me. I want to thank the MMA media for covering the events
and giving fighters exposure, and an opportunity to speak to
the fans and express their views. I want to thank my family and
my wife Laura and my kids for their support in my training and
the sacrifices that they have made to let me know what I love.
I want to thank my training partners and coaches, Martin Rooney,
Matt Serra, Crosley Gracie and others for all the hard work that
they put into me, and training with me. I want to thank Royce
and Renzo Gracie for being my mentors and advisers, their wisdom
is irreplaceable. I want to thank my father for teaching me Jiu-Jitsu,
and I want to thank all the Gracie Fighters that have come before
me for paving the way for us to do what we do today. Thank you
all from the bottom of my heart.
Source: Maxfighting
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PANCRASE
BRAVE TOUR OFFICIAL RESULTS
Marquardt Crowned King of Pancrase for a Record Sixth Time
The
Pancrase Brave Tour 2004 continued in Tokyo, Japan this past
weekend. A rejuvinated and bearded Nathan Marquardt again etched
his name in the record books. He defeated Kazuo Misaki by unanimous
decision to become the 5th middleweight King of Pancrase earning
his unprecidented 6th King of Pancrase honor.
No
other fighter in the history of the sport has accomplished such
honors in the Pancrase organization. To put that into perspective,
Ken Shamrock, Frank Shamrock and Bas Rutten were all King of
Pancrase champions. None of those mixed martial arts legends
came close to winning the honor six times.
In
other action, long-time veteran Tsuyoshi Kosaka became the first
ever super heavyweight King of Pancrase. Going the distance,
Kosaka defeated Ron Waterman by unanimous decision to earn the
distinction.
Yuki
Kondo got back on the winning track after being knocked out by
Wanderlei Silva at Pride Final Conflict. He defeated Brazilian
fighter Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos in another unanimous
decision in the main event of the evening.
FULL
RESULTS:
Pro-Bout#1
middleweight 2x5 min rounds
HIROMITSU MIURA defeated KWAK YUN SOEB by TKO in the first round
Pro-Bout#2
welterweight 3x5 min rounds
KATSUYA INOUE defeats SATORU KITAOKA by unanimous decision
Pro-Bout#3
light heavyweight 3x5 min rounds
AKIHIRO GONO defeated Tim McKenzie by TKO in round 2
Pro-Bout#4
heavyweight 3x5 min rounds
RYUTA NOJI wins over RYUSHI YANAGISAWA by unanimous decision.
Pro-Bout#5
light heavyweight 3x5 min rounds
SANAE KIKUTA submited ICEMAN by ankle lock in round
Pro-Bout#6
middleweight K.O.P. title match 3x5 min rounds
NATHAN MARQUARDT defeated KAZUO MISAKI by unanimous decision
(Marquardt becomes a 6-times middleweight King of Pancrase!!!!!!!!!)
It
took a good part of the first round for the bigger Marquardt
to start throwing. The game Misaki and Marquardt did have some
great exchanges in the fight though.
Semifinal
super heavyweight K.O.P. title match 3x5 min rounds
TSUYOSHI "TK" KOSAKA wins over RON WATERMAN by unanimous
decision
(Kosaka becomes 1st super heavyweight King of Pancrase)
Waterman
controlled where the fight was for the most part albeit it was
him pushing his weight around and being tired, but he would take
TK to the ground. Should it have been a Unanimous Decision in
TK's favor-?. But, TK was giving Waterman much trouble on the
feet in the later round, and surely would have knocked Waterman
out if not for Waterman managing to get TK to the ground and
laying on him.
MAIN
EVENT light heavyweight 3x5 min rounds
YUKI KONDO defeated EVANGELISTA CYBORG by unanimous decision
A
very dangerous and aggresive Cyborg, who trains with Wanderlei
Silva, came hoping to extend Chute Boxing's record against Kondo.
But, the experienced Kondo was able to withstand the flurries
of Cyborg and neutralize his game by taking it to the ground
and staying active. Working from safer grounds, Kondo gets the
win.
Source: MMA Weekly
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EDWARDS
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The Houston Chronicle is not only one of the biggest newspapers
in Texas, but it's one of the more recognizable newspapers in
the United States. That's why many were surprised to see a feature
article on MMA fighter Yves Edwards in the paper.
The
following article was written by Jeannie Kever of the Chronicle
and we suggest all of you email her and tell her thanks for featuring
MMA in a big newspaper.
The
Woodlands' Edwards relies upon friends and fists in push to top
By
JEANNIE KEVER
Houston Chronicle
The
throbbing bass line is deafening as Naoyuki Kotani steps into
the ring, barefoot, wearing only a pair of tight, zebra-striped
trunks.
Then
Yves Edwards dances forward, arms raised to acknowledge his fans,
before he boogies to his corner, kicks off his boxing shoes and
shrugs out of his baggy black-and-red satin trunks.
Edwards,
who lives and trains in The Woodlands, is one of the world's
top lightweights in the underground sport of mixed martial arts
fighting, and the stakes are high in this fight at an Atlantic
City casino. Kotani is a star in Japan, but he's relatively unknown
here, and Edwards isn't sure what he will face. He's acting cool,
but he knows he must win to advance to the next round.
Wearing
little more than Spandex shorts and mouth guards, he and Kotani
will kick, grapple and slug their way through three five-minute
rounds, or until the referee decides one is too badly beaten
to continue.
Still
dancing, Edwards leans forward for some final words from his
trainer, Lewis Wood, who lightly rubs Edwards' shoulders and
shaved head.
"Good
luck," Wood says softly.
The
bell rings.
Less
than 36 hours earlier, Edwards was lying on the carpeted floor
of a hotel meeting room, listlessly waiting for the official
weigh-in.
He
could weigh no more than 155 pounds to qualify, and he topped
160 that morning, so he had spent the past five hours wrapped
in plastic, alternating intense workouts with the sauna.
His
skin was ashy, his mouth so dry that it was hard to talk.
"He's
a little dehydrated right now," said Miguel Iturrate, the
matchmaker who put together the Oct. 15 fight for Euphoria Mixed
Fighting Championship, a company born earlier this year to promote
mixed martial arts.
Edwards
lay propped on a backpack filled with vitamin-enriched water,
which he planned to chug as soon as he was weighed. In the meantime,
he amused himself by playing with his cell phone, listening to
the babbling of his 16-month-old son, Yvan, on his voice mail.
"I'm
so hungry," he moaned. "This is the worst part."
All
around him, fighters, trainers and hangers-on waited, a virtual
United Nations of men with shaved heads and tattoos representing
Russia, Brazil, Spain, Norway and Japan, as well as the United
States.
Iturrate
paced, fretting about translators for the foreign fighters and
the logistics of the next night's fight, set for a 2,500-seat
showroom on the opposite side of the Tropicana Casino and Resort.
Euphoria is not as well known as the sport's flagship Ultimate
Fighting Championship, but Iturrate was pleased with the bill.
"I
wanted to get the top people available," he said. "With
Yves, that gives me an easy one. He's in everybody's Top 5 in
the world."
Mixed
martial arts has changed over the years, Iturrate said. "It's
much more mainstream than in the past," he said. "There
are people interested for the fitness, the competition, the sport,
more than the bloodbaths that you saw five or six years ago."
One
sign of the sport's emergence into popular culture: mixed martial
arts stars Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz and Randy Couture appeared
in Cradle 2 the Grave, a 2003 kickfest featuring action star
Jet Li and rapper DMX.
Ten
years ago, mixed martial arts was "open to anybody who would
get into the octagon, the toughest man in the world," said
Pedro Fonteboa, the UFC's director of public relations. That
started to change in 2001, when Dana White took over the UFC
and began morphing it closer to boxing: three judges, a referee
empowered to stop a fight, a physician at ringside.
UFC
fights are held six times a year, drawing as many as 15,000 fans,
and tens of thousands more watch on pay-per-view. Its rules have
slowly filtered down to many smaller organizations, but fights
still can be brutal, and few escape without a few cuts and bruises.
Conversation
stopped when the weigh-in began.
One
by one, the perfectly muscled fighters stripped to their underwear
and stepped onto the scales.
When
Edwards' weight was called at 155 pounds, he raised his arms
in mock victory. Across the room, fellow lightweight Hermes Franca
of Brazil slid a plastic-wrapped plate of pasta from his pack
and began to eat.
Far
from home
With its pizza stands and tarot card readers, slot machines and
green baccarat tables, Atlantic City is a long way from The Woodlands.
For
Edwards, 28, the trip was even farther.
He
began learning karate as a 9-year-old in the Bahamas, where he
was born. He moved to Texas at age 15 when his mother married
a Houston resident.
As
a teenager, Edwards loved kung-fu movies and the early televised
fights, which combined the speed of the martial arts, the power
of boxing and the physicality of wrestling. But he was only a
spectator.
It
took his stepfather, Robert Boyd, to make him a competitor.
One
day Boyd coaxed him into playing a video game together, and Edwards
eked out a last-minute victory.
"Nothing
was ever that much fun," he said of the rush that eventually
propelled him from the video screen to the fight ring.
He
opened his own gym in The Woodlands four years ago, and the Ultimate
Training Center is now home to his Third Column fight team.
Edwards
is the team's star, thanks to his winning record -- 28 wins,
6 losses, 1 draw -- but he also trains up-and-coming fighters
including Rocky Long, Tim Credeur and Carlo Prater.
The
men are a snapshot of the mixed martial arts audience: predominantly
male, between the ages of 18 and 35.
Like
Edwards, the 26-year-old Long is a single father, and he sandwiches
his training between work and time with his four children. Prater,
23, sought out Edwards after moving to Texas from Brazil, where
mixed martial arts fighting is huge. (Russia and Japan are other
strongholds.)
"He
took me under his wing," said Prater, an HCC student who
will return to Brazil for a fight later this month.
Wood,
a Houston firefighter, took up boxing to improve his martial-arts
skills, turning pro in 1990. Edwards enlisted him about four
years ago to hone his punching skills; Wood also works out with
his own trainer, local boxing legend Kenny Weldon.
Edwards'
gym is a throwback to boxing gyms of old: no air conditioning,
bare concrete floors, a high ceiling of exposed insulation, a
door open to the alley out back for ventilation.
Here,
he and other members of the Third Column reign.
A
week before the fight, he had just a few tough training sessions
to go before leaving for Atlantic City.
His
girlfriend, Tonya Thompson, a junior high school history teacher,
had finished her workout, and his 10-year-old daughter, Destiny
Garcia-Edwards, who lives with her mother in West Houston, was
doing cartwheels on the mats.
Wood
led Edwards, Long and a half-dozen wannabes through warm-up exercises
before in a choreographed version of a schoolyard fight, Edwards
lunged onto Long's back, straining to punch as Long twisted away.
They
slid through the moves, oblivious to the sweat glistening on
their skin and drenching their T-shirts, until Edwards spun outside
the ropes, his head coming within an inch of smashing into the
concrete floor.
Long
hesitated.
"I'm
good," Edwards gasped. "I'm good. That was close."
`No
worries'
Edwards' loose-limbed swagger exudes the "no worries"
charm of his native Caribbean, his soft lilt unchanged whether
he is talking about a chops-busting fight or the latest antics
of his toddler son. Yvan lives with his mother, a former girlfriend,
and Edwards has visitation rights.
A
1994 graduate of Houston's Lee High School, Edwards can trace
his ascendance in the fight world to his first UFC fight three
years ago.
UFC
fights are shown on pay-per-view, and DVDs are sold at Best Buy
and Blockbuster, among other places.
But
if the UFC is the apex for a mixed martial arts fighter in the
United States, Edwards' success there is tempered by the fact
that the UFC doesn't have a lightweight champion.
"It's
really disappointing," he said. "I want to be respected,
and I don't feel that respected."
Fonteboa
said a lightweight championship fight is "in the works,"
but no date has been set. (Euphoria will stage a lightweight
title fight in 2005.)
Even
without a title, UFC fights are the sport's most lucrative. Edwards
said he earned $16,000 for his August UFC win over Josh Thomson;
that's twice what the fight with Kotani promised.
The
UFC affiliation is also good advertising. Robby Kinsey saw Edwards
on television, and soon he, too, was training at his gym, just
east of Interstate 45 in The Woodlands.
"He's
awesome as a coach," said Kinsey, 26, who lives in Conroe.
"He's one of the most soft-spoken guys I've ever met, but
... "
Edwards
understands the dichotomy between his gentle persona and the
sport's brutality. "When I started out, I didn't have the
heart to punch someone in the face," he said. "It's
hard."
But
not impossible. "Everyone I train with, they're my best
friend. I would bleed for them," he said. "And we all
hit each other in the face."
The
men travel to one another's fights, offering advice from the
corner and expertly patching up the occasional wound.
"It's
real important," Edwards said. "I really need someone
that knows me and knows my style to be there with me."
It
is a guy form of friendship, demonstrated by dropping everything
to travel across the country for a fight rather than any overt
emotion. "It would feel like I'm alone if they weren't there
(at a fight)," Long said.
At
40, Wood is the most seasoned of the group, a calming influence
whose importance to Edwards goes beyond his role of wrapping
and taping Edwards' hands before a fight and dispensing advice
during the action.
"Knowing
Lewis is with him, it just gives me such peace, because Lewis
is so strong and so confident," said Thompson, who started
dating Edwards about a year ago, several years after first going
to his gym to learn Thai boxing.
When
Wood fought Oct. 23 at the Pasadena Convention Center, Edwards
was there for the victory over Julian "Baby" Gonzales.
The
men's circle of support was complete.
Fight
day
Fight day dawns gray and rainy in Atlantic City.
Edwards
spends the day shaving his head and playing Madden NFL and Tiger
Wood 2004 on the PlayStation he has brought from home. Thompson
arrived late the night before, but they haven't ventured even
so far as the beach, just yards from the hotel entrance.
Two
hours before show time, Wood taps on the door. Time to go.
Long
and Prater materialize as they descend to the warren of dressing
rooms underneath the stage. The younger men are in high spirits,
and later, watching Kotani warm up, they predict an easy victory.
But
Edwards says nothing, and Wood is openly skeptical, noting that
Kotani is demonstrating only the moves that he wants them to
see. "Rocky and Carlo, they're sort of overconfident,"
he worries. "I don't want that."
Back
in the dressing room that Edwards is sharing with five other
fighters, the smell of nervous sweat accompanies the start of
the night's first bout.
Wood
grabs some gauze and, standing over Edwards, starts wrapping
his right hand, pausing periodically to make sure the binding
isn't too tight.
Billy
Clements, one of a half-dozen New Jersey State Athletic Control
Board officials on hand, looks on, unsmiling.
"That
good?" Wood asks.
"Good,"
Edwards agrees.
Rich
Clementi, a lightweight from Slidell, La., walks into the dressing
room, breathing hard after his victory over Henry Matamoros,
and plunges his fist into a tub of ice.
Edwards
doesn't look up, but a few minutes later, he and Wood wordlessly
began warming up.
Kerry
Schall of Cincinnati, a jovial heavyweight known as Meat Truck,
drags in next. He was declared the winner when his opponent was
disqualified for delivering two groin kicks, but Schall isn't
celebrating.
He
lies on the floor, an ice pack stuffed into his purple fighting
trunks, trying to decide whether to go to the hospital.
"I'm
numb," he groans.
On
the offensive
Kotani attacks quickly, kicking, punching, grabbing Edwards by
the neck. Another kick takes Edwards down, and Kotani vainly
attempts to capitalize on it.
But
Edwards suddenly takes the offensive, punching hard before delivering
a high right kick that knocks Kotani off his feet. Edwards follows,
straddling Kotani and throwing punches until the referee calls
the fight.
Three
minutes and 10 seconds after the opening bell, Edwards has won
with a TKO.
Kotani
sits, dazed, while Edwards is pulled into a videotaped post-fight
interview for a recording that will be televised in Russia and
Japan.
"I'm
definitely happy," he says, waving Wood, Prater and Long
into the spotlight and pausing briefly to consider the question
of whether he can be beaten.
"Nobody
can beat me, period," he declares. "One hundred fifty-five
(pounds), 170, 220. I have the right team. ... I am the best
fighter in the world."
Source: MMA Weekly
|
Quote
of the Day
"Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking
risks,
breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun."
Mary Lou Cook
|
Warriors
of the Ring 7 Results
Maui War Memorial Gymnasium, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii
November 6, 2004
By Chris Onzuka - Chris@Onzuka.com
Maui's
premiere MMA event returned to the War Memorial Gymnasium after
bringing their event to the big island of Hawaii. This event
brought together fighters from three islands to compete against
each other. The Bulls Pen from Oahu was represented along with
the Puna Boyz from the big island of Hawaii. They were matched
up against fighters from Maui. The head instructor of Maui Full
Contact Fighting and promoter of this event, Ira Hookano, also
made his much anticipated debut to settle an 8 year personal
grudge with a monster of a man named Doug Chong, who is more
than 100lbs heavier and 7 inches taller than him. Ira's debut
helped sell out the War Memorial. The night started off with
a few boxing matches featuring fighters under 15 years old. It
is amazing to see the talent at such a young age. National champion,
Keola McKee wowed the crowd with his punching combinations and
technical ability. The MMA fights had their share of action from
fighters falling out of the ring to a fighter going through more
than two rounds with a separated or disclocated shoulder. At
the end of the night, Maui fight fans had their fill of exciting
matches and were brought to their feet numerous times throughout
the night.
Boxing
Exhibition: 3 Rounds X 1 Minute
Josh Dela Cruz (Wailuku Boxing Club) vs. Masu "Boy"
Manangan (South Side Boxing Club)
Boxing
Exhibition: 3 Rounds X 1 Minute
Jacob Calos (Wailuku Boxing Club) vs. Chris Saito (Wailuku Boxing
Club)
Boxing
Exhibition: 3 Rounds X 1 Minute
Keola McKee (Maui Kickboxing) vs. Tomas Juan (Maui Kickboxing)
MMA:
3 Rounds X 3 Minutes
Kona Christi (5'8", 160lbs., Lahaina) def. Shane Pacarro
(5'8", 160lbs., Puna Boyz)
Split Decision [(29-28), (28-29), (29-28)] after 3 rounds.
The
fighters started out the round with a heated exchange of punches
that left both fighters tired and slowed down the action for
the next two rounds. Christi landed the better punches in the
first two rounds, while Pacarro took Christi down and punched
from the guard ending the fight.
MMA:
3 Rounds X 3 Minutes
Kevin Delima (5'8", 140lbs., Bulls Pen) def. Steven "The
Beast" Bento (5'9", 140lbs., Da Barn)
TKO via referee stoppage due to strikes from the back mount at
1:28 minutes in Round 1.
Bento
rushed in, caught a kick and took Delima down. Delima worked
his guard and eventually reversed positions. From there, it was
all Delima, who took the back mount and started raining punches,
causing the referee to stop the fight.
MMA:
3 Rounds X 3 Minutes
Jake Mapes (6'2", 190lbs., Maui Jiu-Jitsu) def. Kaimi Santiago
(6'0", 190lbs., Puna Boyz)
Verbal submission at 1:47 minutes in Round 1.
Mapes
shot in to take Santiago to the ground, but Santiago would not
stay down easily. Santiago went for a guillotine/neck crank and
when Mapes escaped, Santiago scrambled up. At one point, Mapes
picked up Santiago from the guard to slam him, but Santiago got
to his feet. Another Mapes take down had both fighters in the
ropes, where Santiago attempted an arm bar, which Mapes defended
and escaped from. The last takedown caused both fighters to fall
out of the ring. Mapes got up and back in the ring, but Santiago
complained that he hit the area around his eye and could not
continue, so the referee called the match a verbal submission.
Both fighters were upset with the outcome and wanted a more decisive
end.
MMA:
3 Rounds X 3 Minutes
Brandon Visher (5'7", 140lbs., Maui Full Contact Fighting)
def. Albert Manners (5'6", 135lbs., Puna Boyz)
Submission due to strikes from the cross at 2:38 minutes in Round
1.
Manners
rushed at Visher and both tried to gain a solid position. Visher
maintained control, but not without Manners reversing him once.
Visher eventually controlled Manners and dropped forearms and
punches along with knees to Manners' body and head. After a few
escape attempts, Manners tapped out. After the referee stopped
the fight, Visher slipped in one punch that enraged Manners.
The corners were calmed quickly and the situation settled down.
MMA:
3 Rounds X 3 Minutes
Lorrin Ishimine (5'7", 155lbs., Maui Full Contact Fighting)
def. Marcus Moreno (5'8", 155lbs., Bulls Pen)
TKO via referee stoppage due to strikes at 2:57 minutes in Round
3.
Ishimine
took down and pounded Moreno for most of the first round. Moreno
had Ishimine against the ropes and kneed him for most of the
second. The third round saw Ishimine get off some knees and exchange
positions against the ropes. After what looked to be a boring
end, Ishimine landed a knee that raised Moreno's head and followed
up with punches to a downed Moreno until the referee stopped
it with only three seconds left in the fight. The crowd excitedly
cheered their local boy at the end of the fight.
Main
Event
MMA: 3 Rounds X 3 Minutes
Ira Hookano (5'9", 190lbs., Maui Full Contact Fighting)
def. Doug Chong (6'4", 300lbs., Freelance)
Split decision [(30-27), (29-28), (28-29)] after 3 rounds.
Hookano
looked to stick and move, but Chong came in to maul Hookano.
Chong rushed in and locked up with Hookano. After some jockeying
for position, Chong took Hookano down. Chong tried to punch,
but Hookano stayed tight, although a few did slip in. Hookano
tried to get back to his feet when Chong stood to drop some bombs.
After the first round, Hookano called for his corner men to help
set his shoulder that had separated or dislocated. The second
round saw Hookano continue with cautious leg kicks to try and
chop the big man down. It became apparent that he could not use
his right arm to punch due to the shoulder injury. Chong took
his corner's advice and started lifting his leg to take away
some of the power from Hookano's leg kicks. This went on throughout
the second and third rounds. Chong stalked Hookano for the last
two rounds, but appeared to be too tired or tentative to start
an offensive attack. There were a couple of clinch attempts by
Chong, but Hookano slipped out of them. Hookano edged out the
decision due to Chong's lack of action in the second and third
round.
|
AJ
Wins, Molly Loses
Congrats
to both competitors
HOOKnSHOOT: 'Evolution'
November 6, 2004
Evansville, Indiana
Megumi
Fujii defeats Erica Montoya by unanimous decision.
Roxanne Modafferi defeats Jennifer Howe by unanimous decision.
Jen Case defeats Julie Ketzie by armbar, RD 1.
Kelly Kobald defeats Greta Hicks by unanimous decision.
Tara Larosa defeats Linda Langerak by armbar, RD 2.
Adrienna
Jenkins
defeats Shelby Walker by rear naked choke, RD 1.
Ginelle Marquez defeats Molly Hessel by armbar, RD 2.
Jan Finney defeats Rikki Burnett by unanimous decision.
Mandy Stewart defeats Lisa Ward by triangle choke, RD 1.
Heath Pedigo defeats Eric Acker by triangle choke, RD 1.
Source:
Fight Sport |
PUNISHMENT
IN PARADISE: HAWAII Vs. MAINLAND
Tenatively Feb 5 or 12, 2005!!
Punishment In Paradise is working hard to give you the very best
Kickboxing!! After months of working hard with top US Mainland
top Kickboxers we will finally get to witness what HAWAII has
to offer this grest state.. After Punishment In Paradise Dec
3,2005 EAST VS. WEST we will announcing fighters that will be
participating aganist US Mainlands Best.
Source:
Event Promoter |
Punishment
In Paradise Champion
Wayne Perrin III Interview
PUNISHMENT IN PARADISE: EAST VS. WEST
Friday, December 3, 2004 @ Kapolei High School Gym
First of all we would like to thank Punishment In Paradise Champion,
Wayne Perrin III for taking time during work to do this interview
with us this afternoon.
P.I.P : How did you get into Boxing and Kickboxing?
W.P: From my dad, because he loves to compete in sports in general.
P.I.P: How's training going for this fight against the IKF Kickboxing
Champion?
W.P: The best! Actually the hardest I had ever trained. He said
I wasn't good enough to fight him so it's really motivating me
to train hard.
P.I.P: You're actually putting your Punishment In Paradise Belt
just to get this IKF Champion in the ring any thought on this
fight?
W.P: Nope, just training really hard for this fight. HE CAN'T
BEAT ME!!
P.I.P: Your younger brother Bronson Perrin is making his debut,
any comments or thoughts?
W.P: No, Bronson is training hard also for his debut. This is
his first time stepping into the ring so he's doing a lot of
sparring with the guys at the gym.
P.I.P: Tell us a little about Team Bigdogs.
W.P: We don't have much but we do the best with what we got.
We do a lot of sparring and running especially on the sand but
we work a lot on cardio.
P.I.P: We thank you for your time is their anything you would
like to say to fans or anyone in general?
W.P: I would like to thank my coaches, especially my Dad &
teammates. Also I would like to thank the people for the support
and the people who support us fighting in general.
Team Bigdogs
I had a couple of chances to see them, not only in action, but
training. They're a young team with a lot of young fighters who
are stepping up and winning competitions. If you can make it
to their gym, it's worth it to check them out. You can reach
them at (808) 224-5698 to get directions.
Here is a list of their champions;
Domi Lopes (17 years old),
Wayne Perrin III (22 Years old),
Val Ulafale (15 years old)
and a lot of #1 contenders.
Side Note : Bigdogs are selling tickets for Punishment In Paradise
THIS INTERVIEW IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY IC COMMUNICATIONS!!!
Source:
Event Promoter |
PRIDE
FIGHTING U.S. AUDITIONS NEARING!
by: Turi
Altavilla
If
you haven’t turned in an application for the PRIDE FIGHTING
U.S. AUDITIONS, now is the time to do it! To be considered, all
applications must be postmarked no later than Tuesday, November
9, 2004. Selected finalists will be eligible for either PRIDE
FIGHTING contracts or mixed martial arts “scholarships”
(an opportunity to train and fine-tune MMA skills in Japan).
The
PRIDE FIGHTING U.S. Auditions will occur on Saturday, November
20, 2004 on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles. Are YOU the next
PRIDE FIGHTING SUPERSTAR? Audition participants will be given
a rare opportunity to showcase their skills in front of PRIDE’s
decision-makers. Criteria will include striking skills, grappling
ability, and personality. In attendance will be PRIDE FIGHTING
stars, major media, and other special guests!
DO
YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?
Audition
Date: Saturday, November 20, 2004
Location: University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Venue: Student Activities Center (next to the John Wooden Center)
Interested
in participating?
For
more details and the application form, visit http://pridefc.com
Source:
ADCC |
INOKI
TRYING TO SIGN OGAWA
Naoya Ogawa
The
Japanese media is reporting that Antonio Inoki is trying to outbid
DSE/PRIDE in an effort to sign Naoya Ogawa for the 'Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye'
show on December 31st.
Source:
Fight Sport |
Rulon
Gardner Headed to Pride
By: Ken Pishna
By now, it is no surprise that American Greco Roman wrestling
champion Rulon Gardner will be heading off to Japan to face Hidehiko
Yoshida on Pride’s big New Year’s Eve show. The question
that begs asking now is, “should he even be there?”
Gardner’s
accomplishments are many. He has done nothing but win since he
started wrestling many years ago. He was a state champion in
high school, a collegiate champion, a national champion and is
a two-time Olympic medalist.
In
Sydney, Australia in 2000, Gardner did the unthinkable and defeated
Russian juggernaut Aleksander Karelin for the Gold Medal in Greco
Roman wrestling. Up to that point, Karelin had not lost in 13
years. At the Olympic games in Athens earlier this year, Gardner
again medaled, albeit a bronze instead of a gold.
The
main concern is that even with all of Gardner’s accomplishments
in wrestling, they are just that, accomplishments in wrestling
not mixed martial arts.
He
is stepping into an entirely new arena and he knows it. Interviewed
by Mauro Ranallo and Bas Rutten at Pride High Octane, Gardner
proclaimed, “Now I’m going to have the opportunity
to everyday, learn the striking… the mount and all the different
counters.” He went on, “It’s a completely different
sport. I’m excited to learn and hopefully be successful…
hopefully, I can learn some submission holds where I can choke
some people out.”
Let’s
see, Gardner has two months to prepare for Yoshida. That’s
two months to “learn the striking… the mount and all
the different counters.” Two months to “learn some
submission holds.” Granted Gardner has a head start on most
with all of his training in wrestling, but the striking and submissions
required in mixed martial arts aren’t something that’s
usually just picked up over a two month time period.
Pride
is billing this as a Judo Gold Medalist versus a Greco Roman
Gold Medalist. It is anything but. Yoshida proved that he is
much more than a Judo champion when he went the distance with
Pride Middleweight Champion Wanderlei Silva last year. He knows
how to strike, he knows how to grapple, and he sure knows how
to apply submissions.
It
will be interesting to see just how far Gardner can progress
in two months, especially considering whom he is enlisting to
help him prepare. Post-High Octane, Gardner was headed to California
to train with Dan Henderson and Team Quest. Considering that
Team Quest is one of the most prominent teams in the sport right
now - featuring Henderson, UFC Champion Randy Couture, Matt Lindland,
Evan Tanner and others – Gardner has at least given himself
the best opportunity possible to get ready.
Team
Quest is especially well known for taking athletes with a strong
base in wrestling and molding them into top mixed martial artists.
For Gardner’s sake, let’s hope they can morph the Olympic
medalist in the two short months with which they have to work.
Source:
MMA Weekly |
EUROPEAN
QUALIFIERS TO ADCC 2005 - INVITATIONS ARE OUT !!!
by: Marko Liesten
The 6th Abu-Dhabi Submission Wrestling World Championships will
be in the USA on 28th-29th May 2005. The European Qualifiers
for ADCC World Submission Wrestling Championships will be held
on 22th January 2005 in Fryshuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
The
REGISTERATION DEADLINE is on the 3rd of December 2004. Applications
(incl. videotape) must be delivered before that date.
To
order application form or more info about competition, contact
Marko Leistén:
Marko
Leistén
Mikonkatu 4 C
20100 TURKU
FINLAND
Cell: +358 44 5209 118
marko.leisten@pp.inet.fi
The
following fighters have already qualified for places in the European
Trials 2005:
Tourney
Winners:
- European Trials 2003 Winners
- Scandinavian Open 2004 Winners
- Dutch Open 2004 Winners
- SWFO 2004 Winners
-65.9kg
1. Teemu Launis, Finland TJJK
2. Toni Kröger, Finland HJJK
3. Remco van Baardewijk, Holland Cadu BJJ /Team Yamasaki
4. Mikael Lähdesmäki, Finland Shooto Lahti
-76.9kg
1. Jussi Tammelin, Finland HJJK
2. Joachim Hansen, Norway Team Scandinavia
3. David Pierre Luis, France De La Riva Paris
4. Ville Manninen, Finland Heracles
-87.9kg
1. Robert Sulski, Poland
2. Marko Helen, Finland TJJK
3. David Bielkheden, Sweden Team Scandinavia
4. Altan Celik, Sweden Hilti-BJJ
-98.9kg
1. Ilir Latifi, Sweden Masters Team
2. Ösgur Sel, Sweden Hilti -BJJ
3. Alfredo Merelo, Spain Fight Fury
4. Juha Tuhkasaari, Finland Kushin-Kan
99.kg
1. Mika Ilmén, Finland GB-Gym
2. Kristof Midoux, France Team Lebanner
3. Ricardo Wondel, Holland Cadu BJJ /Team Yamasaki.
4. Miodrag Petkovic, Serbia Valetudo Team
Source:
ADCC |
THEMAT.COM'S
U.S. SENIOR RANKINGS IN FREESTYLE, GRECO-ROMAN, AND WOMEN'S WRESTLING
FOR NOV. 2004
by: Eddie Goldman/ADCC Wrestling Editor
USA
Wrestling, through its web site TheMat.com, has released its
latest set of rankings, dated November 2004. They are known as
TheMat.com's Senior rankings, and they are issued for freestyle,
Greco-Roman, and women's wrestling.
When
you examine these rankings, note that a number of wrestlers who
have dominated their weight classes over the past several years
are not included because they have recently retired. Among those
wrestlers are Rulon Gardner, Dennis Hall, and Kevin Bracken.
Others, such as Kerry McCoy and Eric Guerrero, are still included
in these rankings and are thus not officially being considered
as retired, although it is not clear if they will compete any
more.
Here
these rankings:
WRESTLING:
TheMat.com U.S. Senior rankings in all three styles for Nov.
2004
by Gary Abbott - USA Wrestling
TheMat.com
U.S. Senior Freestyle Rankings
Nov. 1, 2004
55
kg/121 lbs.
1. Stephen Abas, Fresno, Calif. (Sunkist Kids)
2. Sammie Henson, St. Louis, Mo. (Sunkist Kids)
3. Teague Moore, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)
4. Jeremy Hunter, Champaign, Ill. (New York AC)
5. Matt Azevedo, San Luis Obispo, Calif. (Sunkist Kids)
6. Nick Simmons, Williamston, Mich. (Michigan WC)
7. Mike Mena, Bloomington, Ind. (New York AC)
8. Tim Dernlan, State College, Pa. (Dave Schultz WC)
9. Eric Albarracin, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
10. T.J. Hill, Farmington, Mo. (Old School WC)
60
kg/132 lbs.
1. Eric Guerrero, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)
2. Mike Zadick, Iowa City, Iowa (Hawkeye WC)
3. Nate Gallick, Tucson, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids)
4. Danny Felix, Charlottesville, Va. (Sunkist Kids)
5. Ryan Lewis, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
6. Celso DeAnda, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Team Excel)
7. Scott Schatzman, New York, N.Y.
8. Zach Roberson, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)
9. Angel Cejudo, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
10. Josh Moore, Kent, Ohio (Sunkist Kids)
66
kg/145.5 lbs.
1. Jamill Kelly, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)
2. Jared Lawrence, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
3. Chris Bono, Gilbert, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)
4. Eric Larkin, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids)
5. Doug Schwab, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
6. Jared Frayer, Cambridge, Mass. (Dave Schultz WC)
7. Bill Zadick, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Hawkeye WC)
8. Jerrod Sanders, Raleigh, N.C. (Wolfpack WC)
9. Jeff Ratliff, Columbus, Ohio (Ohio International WC)
10. Scott Moore, Charlottesville, Va. (Sunkist Kids)
74
kg/163 lbs.
1. Joe Williams, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)
2. Joe Heskett, Grover Beach, Calif. (Gator WC)
3. Ramico Blackmon, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Team Excel)
4. Kirk White, Tacoma, Wash. (Dave Schultz WC)
5. Casey Cunningham, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. (Sunkist Kids)
6. Donny Pritzlaff, Hempstead, N.Y. (Dave Schultz WC)
7. Tony Davis, Lincoln, Neb. (Sunkist Kids)
8. Tyrone Lewis, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)
9. Carl Fronhofer, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Pittsburgh WC)
10. Zac Fryling, Lansdale, Pa. (Sunkist Kids)
84
kg/185 lbs.
1. Cael Sanderson, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)
2. Lee Fullhart, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC)
3. Muhammed Lawal, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)
4. Clint Wattenburg, Ithaca, N.Y. (New York AC)
5. Aaron Simpson, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids)
6. Ben Askren, Hartland, Wis. (Sunkist Kids)
7. Greg Jones, Slickville, Pa. (Sunkist Kids)
8. Nate Patrick, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
9. Nick Preston, Columbus, Ohio (Sunkist Kids)
10. Andy Hrovat, Ann Arbor, Mich. (New York AC)
96
kg/211.5 lbs.
1. Daniel Cormier, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)
2. Tim Hartung, St. Paul, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
3. Tommy Rowlands, Columbus, Ohio (Dave Schultz WC)
4. Jon Trenge, Orefield, Pa. (New York AC)
5. Damion Hahn, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
6. Dawid Rechul, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
7. Mark Munoz, Davis, Calif. (Gator WC)
8. Nik Fekete, Blacksburg, Va. (Sunkist Kids)
9. Matt Greenberg, Ithaca, N.Y. (New York AC)
10. Josh Pearce, Colorado Springs, Colo.
120
kg/264.5 lbs.
1. Kerry McCoy (Bethlehem, Pa./New York AC)
2. Tolly Thompson (Cedar Falls, Iowa/Sunkist Kids)
3. Steve Mocco (N. Bergen, N.J./New York AC)
4. Mike Faust, Baltimore, Md. (Sunkist Kids)
5. Kellan Fluckiger, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids)
6. Michael Irving, Clewiston, Fla. (Unattached)
7. Pat Cummins, State College, Pa. (New York AC)
8. Billy Blunt, Fresno, Calif. (Sunkist Kids)
9. Angelo Borzio, East Stroudsburg, Pa. (New York AC)
10. Mark Knauer, Ames, Iowa (Cyclone WC)
Copyright
2004 by USA Wrestling and TheMat.com
Media
outlets may reproduce these rankings only if they identify them
as TheMat.com U.S. Senior Freestyle rankings
TheMat.com
U.S. Senior Greco-Roman Rankings
Nov. 1, 2004
55
kg/121 lbs.
1. Sam Hazewinkel, Pensacola, Fla. (Gator WC)
2. Lindsey Durlacher, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
3. Luke Smith, Chippewa Falls, Wis. (Gator, WC)
4. Duaine Martin, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
5. Joe Espinoza, Stockton, Calif. (USOEC/Gator WC)
6. Joseph Betterman, Chicago, Ill. (USOEC/New York AC)
7. Neal Rodak, San Diego, Calif. (U.S. Navy)
8. Chris Williams, East Lansing, Mich. (Unattached)
60
kg/132 lbs.
1. Jim Gruenwald (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids)
2. Joe Warren, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
3. James Shillow, Woodbridge, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps)
4. Jacob Hey, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force)
5. Willie Madison, Metairie, La. (USOEC/Gator WC)
6. Josh Habeck, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
7. Anthony Brooker, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force)
8. Marco Lara, Tanstaa, Fla. (New York AC)
9. Jason Chao, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC)
10. Jason Tolbert, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
66
kg/145.5 lbs.
1. Oscar Wood, Fountain, Colo. (U.S. Army)
2. Marcel Cooper, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marines)
3. Harry Lester, Akron, Ohio (USOEC/Sunkist Kids)
4. Glenn Garrison, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
5. Brandon McNab, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
6. Mark Rial, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC)
7. Heath Sims, La Jolla, Calif. (Dave Schultz WC)
8. Mike Ellsworth, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Michigan WC)
9. Kelly Pederson, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps)
10. Jacob Curby, Marquette, Mich. (USOEC)
74
kg/163 lbs.
1. Keith Sieracki, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
2. Darryl Christian (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC)
3. Zac Dominguez, Bellview, Iowa (Golden Eagles)
4. Steven Woods, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force)
5. Jess Hargrave, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps)
6. Grant Whitmer, Pensacola, Fla. (U.S. Navy)
7. Nick Flach, San Diego, Calif. (U.S. Navy)
8. Jacob Volkmann, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
9. Kevin Lozano, Marquette, Mich. (USOEC/Gator WC)
10. Josh Henson (Dave Schultz WC)
84
kg/185 lbs.
1. Brad Vering (Colorado Springs, Colo./ New York AC)
2. Jake Clark (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Marine Corps)
3. Quincey Clark, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Minnesota Storm)
4. Ethan Bosch, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
5. Tom Ciezki, Evergreen Park, Ill. (Wildcat WC)
6. Aaron Boone, Marquette, Mich. (USOEC)
7. John Wechter, East Lansing, Mich. (Unattached)
8. Jeff Funicello, Mesa, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids)
9. James Meyer, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Minnesota Storm)
10. Ken Cook, Fremont, Calif. (Sunkist Kids)
96
kg/211.5 lbs.
1. Garrett Lowney, Kaukauna, Wis. (Minnesota Storm)
2. Justin Ruiz, Salt Lake City, Utah (New York AC)
3. Adam Wheeler, San Diego, Calif. (Gator WC)
4. R.C. Johnson Plymouth, Minn. (New York AC)
5. Philip Johnston, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force)
6. Jason Loukides, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
7. Frank Workman, Spotsylvania, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps)
8. Al Sankey, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps)
9. Deon Hicks, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps)
10. J.D. Bergman, Oak Harbor, Ohio (Ohio International WC)
120
kg/264.5 lbs.
1. Dremiel Byers (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army)
2. Paul Devlin, Cascade, Colo. (U.S. Army)
3. Timothy Taylor, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps)
4. Corey Farkas, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force)
5. Cole Konrad, Freedom, Wis. (Minnesota Storm)
6. Russ Davie, Cleveland, Ohio (Cleveland WC)
7. Tyrone Abercrombie (Gator WC)
8. Mark Knauer, Ames, Iowa (Cyclone WC)
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2004 by USA Wrestling and TheMat.com
Media
outlets may reproduce these rankings only if they identify them
as TheMat.com U.S. Senior Greco-Roman rankings
TheMat.com
U.S. Senior Women's Rankings
Nov. 1, 2004
48
kg (105.5 lbs.) *
1. Patricia Miranda, New Haven, Conn. (Dave Schultz WC)
2. Clarissa Chun, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
3. Sara Fulp-Allen, El Granada, Calif. (Menlo College)
4. Mary Kelly, Mahomet, Ill. (Dave Schultz WC)
5. Katie Kunimoto, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC)
6. Caitlyn Chase, Hanover Park, Ill. (Gator WC)
7. Julie Gonzalez, Vallejo, Calif. (Dave Schultz WC)
8. Laura Felix, Bakersfield, Calif. (Dave Schultz WC)
9. Liz Short, Lombard, Ill. (USOEC)
10. Hana Askren, Los Angeles, Calif. (Santa Monica WC)
51
kg (112 lbs.)
1. Stephanie Murata, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
2. Malinda Ripley, Colorado Springs, Colo.(Sunkist Kids)
3. Jenny Wong, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
4. Debbi Sakai, Miliani, Hawaii (New York AC)
5. Cheryl Wong, Croton, N.Y. (Dave Schultz WC)
6. Desi Lockhart, Port Townsend, Wash. (Oregon WC)
7. Kapua Torres, Kahuku, Hawaii (Pacific)
8. Tabithia Ramsey, Austin, Texas (unattached)
9. Jillian Yost, Manchester, Conn. (New York AC)
10. Maika Watanabe, Napa, Calif. (Missouri Valley)
55
kg (121 lbs.) *
1. Tela O'Donnell, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Dave Schultz WC)
2. Tina George, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
3. Marcie Van Dusen, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
4. Sharon Jacobsen, El Cajon, Calif. (USOEC)
5. Danyelle Hedin, Honolulu, Hawaii (USOEC)
6. Othella Lucas, San Diego, Calif. (New York AC)
7. Tina Pihl, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
8. Chelsea Roundtree, Crestwood, Ky. (Cumberland College)
9. Amy Borgnini, Terre Haute, Ind. (USOEC)
10. Grace Magnussen, Walnut Creek, Calif. (Dave Schultz WC)
59
kg (130 lbs.)
1. Brandy Rosenbrock, Harrison, Mich. (USOEC)
2. Lauren Lamb, Farmington, N.Y. (Michigan WC)
3. Sally Roberts, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC)
4. Erin Tomeo, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
5. Suekoiyla Shelly, Hurst, Texas (New York AC)
6. Iris Mucha, Anchorage, Alaska (unattached)
7. Brooke Bogren, Carbondale, Kan. (Missouri Valley)
8. Kelsey Campbell, Oregon City, Ore. (unattached)
9. Leigh Jaynes, Burlington, N.J. (New York AC)
10. Lindsey Owens, Ripon, Calif. (unattached)
63
kg (138.5 lbs.) *
1. Sara McMann, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
2. Tori Adams, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
3. Alaina Berube, Escanaba,Mich. (Cumberland College)
4. Kaci Lyle, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
5. N'Tasha Umemoto, Portland, Ore. (Sunkist Kids)
6. Stefanie Shaw, Waterford, Conn. (New England Elite)
7. Vanessa Oswalt, Mount Vernon, Ohio (SW Force)
8. Shelly Ruberg, Ueras, Ohio (Cumberland College)
9. Mollie Keith, Aurelia, Iowa (Missouri Valley)
10. Ranae Faaborg, Radcliffe, Iowa (unattached)
67
kg (147.5 lbs.)
1. Katie Downing, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
2. Ali Bernard, New Ulm, Minn. (Rolling Thunder)
3. Heather Martin, Wellington, Ohio (All-American WC)
4. Cindy Herceg, Los Angeles, Calif. (Spartak)
5. Kelly Branham, Apache Junction, Ariz. (Missouri Valley)
6. K'uu Johnson, Honolulu, Hawaii (USOEC)
7. Ashley Sword, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
8. Andrea Hale, Chicago, Ill. (Lassen College)
9. Nikia Jensen, Eden Prairie, Minn. (unattached)
10. Brandy Golt, Chesapeake, Va. (Missouri Valley)
72
kg (158.5 lbs.) *
1. Toccara Montgomery, Cleveland, Ohio (New York AC)
2. Kristie Marano, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
3. Stephany Lee, Honolulu, Hawaii (Missouri Valley)
4. Iris Smith, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
5. Samantha Lang, Tualatin, Ore. (Sunkist Kids)
6. Donell Bradley, Aiea, Hawaii (USOEC)
7. Randi Miller, Arlington, Texas (USOEC)
8. Elena Mena, St. Paul, Minn. (USOEC)
9. Juanita Russell, Galway, N.Y. (TNT)
10. Misty Stalley, San Mateo, Calif. (Menlo College)
*
- Olympic weight class
Copyright
2004 by USA Wrestling and TheMat.com.
Media
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Source:
ADCC |
Quote
of the Day
"The best opportunities in life are the ones we create.
Goal setting provides for you the opportunity to create an extraordinary
life."
Gary Ryan Blair {Goals Coach & Founder of The Goals Guy}
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Kauai
"Grappler's Paradise" 2004
Jiu-Jitsu Tournament
Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School Gynmasium
Saturday November 27, 2004
GP's still on with lots of sponsors and support over here on
Kauai. So far we have interest from every major outer island,
with competitors looking forward to gi and no-gi competition.
Start
your planning now because this tournament is on Thanksgiving
weekend (which is fast approaching) so the airport may be a little
more busy then usual or it may be empty which would make this
the perfect time to enter this tournament!
COMPETITOR
INFORMATION
Where:
Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School Gynmasium. (May be subject
to change)
When:
Saturday November 27, 2004. (May be subject to change)
Time:
8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Pre-register with late fee. No exceptions!
8:45 a.m. to 9 a.m. View brackets
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. tournament begins
4 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. awards ceremony
All
schools and styles are welcomed to compete. Standard Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu rules as set forth by the Confederation of Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu. Separate categories by weight, and belt (see chart).
Kids (17 and under), adults (18-30), masters (31-40) and seniors
(41 and up).
Registration,
weigh-ins, package pick up:
Friday, November 26, 4-7 p.m. @ Kauai Gym in Kapaa (located across
Chevron in Kapaa) No late weigh-ins will be allowed!
$45 Entry fee
$5 extra if competing in both gi and no-gi competition
$5 extra for open weight category
Contact
info:
823-6650 - KG Jiu-Jitsu Academy, or 645-0400, 635-6044.
Mail: ATTN: Kauai GP 2004, 4732 Pelehu Road, Kapaa HI 96746.
Email: kendallg15@hawaii.rr.com
Email
Kendall and he can email you the registration form so that you
can avoid the late fees.
TOURNAMENT
RULES
Ways
to Win
Submission: Choke, Joint lock, tap out, or referees decision.
Points: First competitor to 12 points by or before time limit.
*A match may be stopped by referee decision if at anytime the
referee feels that an athlete is in danger of serious injury.
Illegal
Techniques
Any athlete who displays any of the following will be immediately
disqualified from further competition:
No biting, no hair pulling, no eye gouging, no striking (i.e.
punching, pushing violently, kicking, etc.), no finger or toe
breaking (small joint manipulation), no hands/fingers/feet inside
opponents cuffs (referee will break grip), NO KNEE BARS (Purple
and below), no slamming opponent from the guard, NO TWISTING
ANKLE LOCKS/HEEL HOOKS (toe holds, straight foot locks okay),
no stalling for more than 30 seconds (after 2nd infraction referee
will subtract 1 point, 3rd infraction equals disqualification),
no wrestling shoes.
ANY ATHLETE OR COACH WHO DEMONSTRATES UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
TOWARDS ANOTHER OPPONENT, REFEREE, OR THE PUBLIC WILL BE DISQUALIFIED
IMMEDIATELY!
Points
System
2 points:
" Complete sweep with change of position (i.e., top from
bottom)
" Any take down or throw (technique or no technique) if
athlete initiates throw and opponents jumps to guard, athlete
rewarded points for takedown.
" Knee on stomach for 3 seconds, opposite knee off the ground.
3 points:
" Pass guard completely and end chest to chest. No points
awarded for passing half guard if athletes fall into half guard
from standing. Knee to belly points awarded if athlete passes
and goes straight to knee to belly without going chest to chest
first.
4 points
" Mount opponent's chest, knees and feet on the ground for
more than three seconds.
" Rear mount on opponent's back with both feet hooked in.
Advantages:
Winner will be decided by advantages in the event of a tie. Referee
will consult corner judges before making final decision.
Advantages may be awarded to submission attempts or sweep attempts
to a degree where the opponent must exert to fight or defend
the attack.
In the event of a tie between advantages, the most aggressive
fighter will win by judge's decision.
WEIGHT
CLASSES
Rooster
weight- up to 121 lb. s
Super
feather weight 122 - 134 lb. s
Feather
weight 135 - 147 lb. s
Light
weight 148 - 160 lb. s
Middle
weight 161 - 173 lb. s
Light
Heavy weight 174 - 187 lb. s
Medium
Heavy weight 188 - 200 lb. s
Heavy
weight 201 - 213 lb. s
Super
Heavy weight 214 - 226 lb. s
Double
Super Heavy weight 227 - and up
Open
weight - all weights
NO-GI
DIVISIONS
Beginner-
Less than 1 year Training
Intermediate- 1 - 5 years Training
Advanced- 5 + years Training
Light Weight - up to 160 lbs.
Medium Weight - 161 - 185 lbs.
Heavy Weight- 186 - open
TIME LIMITS
Kids:
White belt: 4 minutes
Yellow belt: 4 minutes
Orange - Blue belt: 5 minutes
Adult:
White belts/Blue belts: 6 minutes
Purple belts: 7 minutes
Brown belts: 8 minutes
Black belts: 10 minutes
Masters/Seniors:
White belt 5 minutes
Blue, purple, brown, black belt: 6 minutes
Source:
Promoter
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Laimon
beats Ryron Gracie in IGJJF Tournament
Here's
are some exerts that I found on the underground regarding the
tournament.
The Onzukas did not
write the comments below. I repeat the Onzuka did not write the
comments below.
Laimon
wins by points 7 to 2! I just got off the phone with Todd Margolis
and he said that Laimon won by points! He was reffing a match
at the time and had to go! Ryron attempted lots of footlocks.
K guys this is the 411. Helio or Rorion (not sure which) tried
to get the rules changed before the fight. I walked in like 5
mins into the convo so Im not sure how the rules got brought
up. Anyways they wanted a no time limit submission only match.
Marc said that this was unacceptable since they had already decided
BEFORE hand that it would be a 30 min time limit under the IGJJF
(I think) rules. They went at it back and forth for a pretty
good time. It even got to the point to where Rorion suggested
that the point limit be raised from 12 to 50!
IN the end this was how the rules were decided. 20 min match,
15 point limit and points would be counted for AFTER the match.
Meaning that if in the 6 min mark you're up 15-0 match still
continues till either time expires or someone gets submitted.
NOW heres where it gets tricky. You get adwarded 1 point for
a take down. 3 points for side control. IF someone was playing
their guard and after 3 mins the guy couldn't pass the guy's
guard they would get switched top to bottom and the guy on bottom
would recieve 1 point. And here's where the coin flipping came
in. If on the feet neither guy was engaging they stoped the match
and they flipped a coin. Winner picked top position or bottom
position (both starting in the guard).
Now
here's how the match went from MY point of view. Laimon took
Ryron down with an armdrag and he landed in side control (or
maybe he passed off it) either way he ended up in side control.
So he got adwarded 4 points. 1 for the take down 3 for side control.
From here Ryron recovered and a few mins later Marc got side
control again giving him a score of 7-0. They got to their feet
and the "coin toss" came into play. Ryron got put in
his closed guard and Marc couldn't pass within the 3 min time
limit so they switched top to bottom and gave Ryron 1 point.
Score 7-1 in favor of Laimon. Marc went for an armdrag from his
closed guard and thats when Ryron attacked him with an ankle
lock. It took Marc a few spins to get out of it but he got out.
Everyone was going wild!
Laimon
ends up in Ryrons closed guard and Marc picks him up and slams
him 2 times in a row. WHICH was LEGAL under the rules. Some how
they had a scramble and Marc got kicked in his nuts. Marc took
some recovery time. Match restarts and Ryron is in his guard
and Marc couldn't pass within the 3 min so they switched top
to bottom and gave Ryron a point. Score 7-2 Laimon. Marc is playing
his guard and he just stood up and got back to his feet. They
had a few more scrambles and Ryron went for a 2 other leg locks
but none of them were close (That's what Marc said after the
match). Time expired and Laimon won 7-2. It was an awesome match
and the atmosphere inside the gym was AMAZING!
Just short of 1000 competitors, the pro and advanced divisions
were off the hook! Suprise entries by Baret Yoshida, Dennis Hallman, and Jeff Monson in
the advanced! Lot more shortly!
Source: The Underground Forum |
'CABBAGE' POSSIBLY TO K-1 MMA
Sources in the Japanese media are saying that K-1 will look to
sign Wes 'Cabbage' Correira if he performs well against Yoshihiro
Nakao on the ROTR 6 card on November 20th.
According
to these sources, Cabbage would do mainly MMA fights if he is
signed by K-1.
Source: ADCC |
ATKINS
INSIDER: PENN VS. RALPH GRACIE POSSIBILITY
By Todd Atkins
I am hearing from my sources inside the Gracie camp that if B.J. Penn defeats Rodrigo Gracie,
that Ralph Gracie will challenge him.
Ralph
used to train Penn so this would be an easy fight to promote.
Source: Fight Sport |
ARLOVSKI
ON MIR: 'I MUST BREAK HIM' 
Andrei
Arlovski, currently the top contender for the UFC heavyweight
belt, recently spoke with European journalist Andreas Bryant
and had a few interesting things to say. Here are some of Arlovski's
quotes:
Andrei
Arlovski on his upcoming plans for MMA: "Number one goal
is heavyweight title. I guess Mir has it now which is unlucky
for him. My targets are locked on him. I will have to wait until
his leg heals before I get a chance, but once I face him he will
be sorry."
Andrei
Arlovski on Ken Shamrock turning down a fight against him: As
for Ken Shamrock, his manager turned down the fight. I think
Ken is a legend and would fight anyone on UFC roster any day.
He just needs to be paid fairly. A match with him I think would
not be very good for him. He can not take me down or match my
strength with my fists. I have very strong arm, can smash."
Andrei
Arlovski when asked again about Frank Mir: "I feel sorry
for Frank, whatever I hit I destroy. I will fight him to the
end and he will lose. I must break him!"
Andrei
Arlovski to his fans: "Thank you for the support, every
fight I get new fans and the more fans I have the harder I train."
Source: Fight Sport |
Getting
To Know Sean Sherk
by Marco Antico
MA: Sean, what’s going on?
SS:
Oh hey Marco, I’m just driving home from the gym.
MA:
Got 15 minutes to answer a few questions?
SS:
Ya, sure thing.
MA:
Let me start off by asking you the tough questions. You’ve
got so many fans out there wondering how in the heck is it that
a fighter of your caliber is not competing in the big shows.
Is this something that frustrates you or do you just say to hell
with it and go on with your daily business?
SS:
It’s definitely very frustrating and very annoying. It’s
been a year and a half since I fought Hughes for the title. There
are lots of fighters out there turning down fights with me. There
are lots of promoters not coming through for me.
MA:
Have you thought about changing your representation?
SS:
I did! I’m currently representing myself. I have been for
a couple of months now.
MA:
Have you got anything lined up right now?
SS:
Yes, I’m fighting for Monte Cox’ Extreme Challenge
on November 12th.
MA:
Do you worry that by not fighting the highest caliber fighters
out there that your techniques might go stale?
SS:
Yes and no. Other then Hughes (UFC 42, April 2003) and Ueyama
(PRIDE Bushido, February 2004) I’ve not gone past the 1st
round with an opponent in over 2 years! So ya, it does worry
me when I’m not getting enough work. But at the same time
I know my instincts don’t change. I’ve been wrestling
since I was 7 years old. When I step into the ring there’s
something that just takes over.
MA:
What would happen in a rematch with Hughes?
SS:
I personally think it would be the best fight of the year, maybe
ever. He’s the man. One mistake and he’ll capitalize,
just like he did to Georges St. Pierre. I think I had a bad game
plan in our first fight. I wanted to stand and strike with him.
In a rematch, I’d do what I do best and I think I would
come out on top.
MA:
What would happen in a fight with BJ Penn?
SS:
BJ is one of those guys that is most dangerous in the first round.
I think I’d burn him right out of gas. He’d get frustrated
and I’d take over.
Source: MMA Fighting |
Renato
Babalú
By Eduardo Ferreira
Almost a year away from the rings, Renato Babalú gave
his best against José Pelé Landy at Jungle Fight
3. Babalú showed great technique and will during the fight
with former Chute Boxe. During an interview to Team TATAME, Gracie
Barra Combat Team athlete talked about his impressions of the
fight, about his fight preparation and his place to step inside
Cage Rage's octagon.
How
do you evaluate this last bout with Pelé at Jungle Fight
?
Pelé
is such a tough man and he has more experience in Vale-Tudo than
me. He owns a sharpened Muay Thai and he is always searching
for a KO. You need to be careful with him. I guess after this
victory and with my team, other great things will came out for
me now. I don't have preferences of a fighter or event. Even
referring to who beat me in the past. I will fight where the
money is. My goal is only one: win!
You
reached Jungle with a good physical preparation. What is your
secret?
There
is no secret. The structure built by the sponsor only allows
you to think about the fight. We train Wrestling with Cuban Alejandro
Morales, who is one of the best..., and he is very efficient.
We count with Doctors Jaqueline Figueiredo and Bruno Mantovano,
and nutritionist Ricardo Krause. I cannot forget about Ary Brum.
Any high level athlete needs a good structure as I have now.
And
why haven't you fought for almost a year?
Since
last year's IFC I don't fight. There was a switching teams and
it bothered me a little. There were not good opportunities for
me by that time. But I guess we are now on the right way and
team is strong and we are very confident. Thanks to Unamar, the
technicians, controlled food and weighs. Unamar holds me and
I hold Unamar. There so many people I need to thank... since
the cleaner boy t the club's president. Other sponsor should
follow their way and support MMA.
Are
you confirmed to fight at Cage Rage?
Yes.
It all set up! It's gonna be next November 27. I will face Cyrille
Diabate. He is good in Muay Thai... I am not so into him...,
but i give my best shots. I depart to England on next November's
20 and I hope to come back with a victory in my luggage.
Source: Tatame |
THEMAT.COM'S
U.S. SENIOR RANKINGS IN FREESTYLE, GRECO-ROMAN, AND WOMEN'S WRESTLING
Hawaii women
are representing BIG TIME!
USA
Wrestling, through its web site TheMat.com, has released its
latest set of rankings, dated November 2004. They are known as
TheMat.com's Senior rankings, and they are issued for freestyle,
Greco-Roman, and women's wrestling.
When
you examine these rankings, note that a number of wrestlers who
have dominated their weight classes over the past several years
are not included because they have recently retired. Among those
wrestlers are Rulon Gardner, Dennis Hall, and Kevin Bracken.
Others, such as Kerry McCoy and Eric Guerrero, are still included
in these rankings and are thus not officially being considered
as retired, although it is not clear if they will compete any
more.
Here
these rankings:
WRESTLING:
TheMat.com U.S. Senior rankings in all three styles for Nov.
2004
by Gary Abbott - USA Wrestling
TheMat.com
U.S. Senior Freestyle Rankings
Nov. 1, 2004
55
kg/121 lbs.
1. Stephen Abas, Fresno, Calif. (Sunkist Kids)
2. Sammie Henson, St. Louis, Mo. (Sunkist Kids)
3. Teague Moore, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)
4. Jeremy Hunter, Champaign, Ill. (New York AC)
5. Matt Azevedo, San Luis Obispo, Calif. (Sunkist Kids)
6. Nick Simmons, Williamston, Mich. (Michigan WC)
7. Mike Mena, Bloomington, Ind. (New York AC)
8. Tim Dernlan, State College, Pa. (Dave Schultz WC)
9. Eric Albarracin, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
10. T.J. Hill, Farmington, Mo. (Old School WC)
60
kg/132 lbs.
1. Eric Guerrero, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)
2. Mike Zadick, Iowa City, Iowa (Hawkeye WC)
3. Nate Gallick, Tucson, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids)
4. Danny Felix, Charlottesville, Va. (Sunkist Kids)
5. Ryan Lewis, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
6. Celso DeAnda, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Team Excel)
7. Scott Schatzman, New York, N.Y.
8. Zach Roberson, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)
9. Angel Cejudo, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
10. Josh Moore, Kent, Ohio (Sunkist Kids)
66
kg/145.5 lbs.
1. Jamill Kelly, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)
2. Jared Lawrence, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
3. Chris Bono, Gilbert, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)
4. Eric Larkin, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids)
5. Doug Schwab, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
6. Jared Frayer, Cambridge, Mass. (Dave Schultz WC)
7. Bill Zadick, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Hawkeye WC)
8. Jerrod Sanders, Raleigh, N.C. (Wolfpack WC)
9. Jeff Ratliff, Columbus, Ohio (Ohio International WC)
10. Scott Moore, Charlottesville, Va. (Sunkist Kids)
74
kg/163 lbs.
1. Joe Williams, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)
2. Joe Heskett, Grover Beach, Calif. (Gator WC)
3. Ramico Blackmon, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Team Excel)
4. Kirk White, Tacoma, Wash. (Dave Schultz WC)
5. Casey Cunningham, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. (Sunkist Kids)
6. Donny Pritzlaff, Hempstead, N.Y. (Dave Schultz WC)
7. Tony Davis, Lincoln, Neb. (Sunkist Kids)
8. Tyrone Lewis, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)
9. Carl Fronhofer, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Pittsburgh WC)
10. Zac Fryling, Lansdale, Pa. (Sunkist Kids)
84
kg/185 lbs.
1. Cael Sanderson, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)
2. Lee Fullhart, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC)
3. Muhammed Lawal, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)
4. Clint Wattenburg, Ithaca, N.Y. (New York AC)
5. Aaron Simpson, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids)
6. Ben Askren, Hartland, Wis. (Sunkist Kids)
7. Greg Jones, Slickville, Pa. (Sunkist Kids)
8. Nate Patrick, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
9. Nick Preston, Columbus, Ohio (Sunkist Kids)
10. Andy Hrovat, Ann Arbor, Mich. (New York AC)
96
kg/211.5 lbs.
1. Daniel Cormier, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)
2. Tim Hartung, St. Paul, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
3. Tommy Rowlands, Columbus, Ohio (Dave Schultz WC)
4. Jon Trenge, Orefield, Pa. (New York AC)
5. Damion Hahn, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
6. Dawid Rechul, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
7. Mark Munoz, Davis, Calif. (Gator WC)
8. Nik Fekete, Blacksburg, Va. (Sunkist Kids)
9. Matt Greenberg, Ithaca, N.Y. (New York AC)
10. Josh Pearce, Colorado Springs, Colo.
120
kg/264.5 lbs.
1. Kerry McCoy (Bethlehem, Pa./New York AC)
2. Tolly Thompson (Cedar Falls, Iowa/Sunkist Kids)
3. Steve Mocco (N. Bergen, N.J./New York AC)
4. Mike Faust, Baltimore, Md. (Sunkist Kids)
5. Kellan Fluckiger, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids)
6. Michael Irving, Clewiston, Fla. (Unattached)
7. Pat Cummins, State College, Pa. (New York AC)
8. Billy Blunt, Fresno, Calif. (Sunkist Kids)
9. Angelo Borzio, East Stroudsburg, Pa. (New York AC)
10. Mark Knauer, Ames, Iowa (Cyclone WC)
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2004 by USA Wrestling and TheMat.com
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as TheMat.com U.S. Senior Freestyle rankings
TheMat.com
U.S. Senior Greco-Roman Rankings
Nov. 1, 2004
55
kg/121 lbs.
1. Sam Hazewinkel, Pensacola, Fla. (Gator WC)
2. Lindsey Durlacher, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
3. Luke Smith, Chippewa Falls, Wis. (Gator, WC)
4. Duaine Martin, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
5. Joe Espinoza, Stockton, Calif. (USOEC/Gator WC)
6. Joseph Betterman, Chicago, Ill. (USOEC/New York AC)
7. Neal Rodak, San Diego, Calif. (U.S. Navy)
8. Chris Williams, East Lansing, Mich. (Unattached)
60
kg/132 lbs.
1. Jim Gruenwald (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids)
2. Joe Warren, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
3. James Shillow, Woodbridge, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps)
4. Jacob Hey, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force)
5. Willie Madison, Metairie, La. (USOEC/Gator WC)
6. Josh Habeck, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
7. Anthony Brooker, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force)
8. Marco Lara, Tanstaa, Fla. (New York AC)
9. Jason Chao, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC)
10. Jason Tolbert, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
66
kg/145.5 lbs.
1. Oscar Wood, Fountain, Colo. (U.S. Army)
2. Marcel Cooper, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marines)
3. Harry Lester, Akron, Ohio (USOEC/Sunkist Kids)
4. Glenn Garrison, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
5. Brandon McNab, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
6. Mark Rial, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC)
7. Heath Sims, La Jolla, Calif. (Dave Schultz WC)
8. Mike Ellsworth, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Michigan WC)
9. Kelly Pederson, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps)
10. Jacob Curby, Marquette, Mich. (USOEC)
74
kg/163 lbs.
1. Keith Sieracki, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
2. Darryl Christian (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC)
3. Zac Dominguez, Bellview, Iowa (Golden Eagles)
4. Steven Woods, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force)
5. Jess Hargrave, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps)
6. Grant Whitmer, Pensacola, Fla. (U.S. Navy)
7. Nick Flach, San Diego, Calif. (U.S. Navy)
8. Jacob Volkmann, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
9. Kevin Lozano, Marquette, Mich. (USOEC/Gator WC)
10. Josh Henson (Dave Schultz WC)
84
kg/185 lbs.
1. Brad Vering (Colorado Springs, Colo./ New York AC)
2. Jake Clark (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Marine Corps)
3. Quincey Clark, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Minnesota Storm)
4. Ethan Bosch, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
5. Tom Ciezki, Evergreen Park, Ill. (Wildcat WC)
6. Aaron Boone, Marquette, Mich. (USOEC)
7. John Wechter, East Lansing, Mich. (Unattached)
8. Jeff Funicello, Mesa, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids)
9. James Meyer, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Minnesota Storm)
10. Ken Cook, Fremont, Calif. (Sunkist Kids)
96
kg/211.5 lbs.
1. Garrett Lowney, Kaukauna, Wis. (Minnesota Storm)
2. Justin Ruiz, Salt Lake City, Utah (New York AC)
3. Adam Wheeler, San Diego, Calif. (Gator WC)
4. R.C. Johnson Plymouth, Minn. (New York AC)
5. Philip Johnston, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force)
6. Jason Loukides, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
7. Frank Workman, Spotsylvania, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps)
8. Al Sankey, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps)
9. Deon Hicks, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps)
10. J.D. Bergman, Oak Harbor, Ohio (Ohio International WC)
120
kg/264.5 lbs.
1. Dremiel Byers (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army)
2. Paul Devlin, Cascade, Colo. (U.S. Army)
3. Timothy Taylor, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps)
4. Corey Farkas, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force)
5. Cole Konrad, Freedom, Wis. (Minnesota Storm)
6. Russ Davie, Cleveland, Ohio (Cleveland WC)
7. Tyrone Abercrombie (Gator WC)
8. Mark Knauer, Ames, Iowa (Cyclone WC)
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2004 by USA Wrestling and TheMat.com
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as TheMat.com U.S. Senior Greco-Roman rankings
TheMat.com
U.S. Senior Women's Rankings
Nov. 1, 2004
48
kg (105.5 lbs.) *
1. Patricia Miranda, New Haven, Conn. (Dave Schultz WC)
2. Clarissa Chun, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
3. Sara Fulp-Allen, El Granada, Calif. (Menlo College)
4. Mary Kelly, Mahomet, Ill. (Dave Schultz WC)
5. Katie Kunimoto, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC)
6. Caitlyn Chase, Hanover Park, Ill. (Gator WC)
7. Julie Gonzalez, Vallejo, Calif. (Dave Schultz WC)
8. Laura Felix, Bakersfield, Calif. (Dave Schultz WC)
9. Liz Short, Lombard, Ill. (USOEC)
10. Hana Askren, Los Angeles, Calif. (Santa Monica WC)
51
kg (112 lbs.)
1. Stephanie Murata, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
2. Malinda Ripley, Colorado Springs, Colo.(Sunkist Kids)
3. Jenny Wong, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
4. Debbi
Sakai, Miliani, Hawaii (New York AC)
5. Cheryl Wong, Croton, N.Y. (Dave Schultz WC)
6. Desi Lockhart, Port Townsend, Wash. (Oregon WC)
7. Kapua
Torres, Kahuku, Hawaii (Pacific)
8. Tabithia Ramsey, Austin, Texas (unattached)
9. Jillian Yost, Manchester, Conn. (New York AC)
10. Maika Watanabe, Napa, Calif. (Missouri Valley)
55
kg (121 lbs.) *
1. Tela O'Donnell, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Dave Schultz WC)
2. Tina George, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
3. Marcie Van Dusen, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
4. Sharon Jacobsen, El Cajon, Calif. (USOEC)
5. Danyelle
Hedin, Honolulu, Hawaii (USOEC)
6. Othella Lucas, San Diego, Calif. (New York AC)
7. Tina Pihl, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
8. Chelsea Roundtree, Crestwood, Ky. (Cumberland College)
9. Amy Borgnini, Terre Haute, Ind. (USOEC)
10. Grace Magnussen, Walnut Creek, Calif. (Dave Schultz WC)
59
kg (130 lbs.)
1. Brandy Rosenbrock, Harrison, Mich. (USOEC)
2. Lauren Lamb, Farmington, N.Y. (Michigan WC)
3. Sally Roberts, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC)
4. Erin Tomeo, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
5. Suekoiyla Shelly, Hurst, Texas (New York AC)
6. Iris Mucha, Anchorage, Alaska (unattached)
7. Brooke Bogren, Carbondale, Kan. (Missouri Valley)
8. Kelsey Campbell, Oregon City, Ore. (unattached)
9. Leigh Jaynes, Burlington, N.J. (New York AC)
10. Lindsey Owens, Ripon, Calif. (unattached)
63
kg (138.5 lbs.) *
1. Sara McMann, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
2. Tori Adams, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
3. Alaina Berube, Escanaba,Mich. (Cumberland College)
4. Kaci Lyle, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
5. N'Tasha Umemoto, Portland, Ore. (Sunkist Kids)
6. Stefanie Shaw, Waterford, Conn. (New England Elite)
7. Vanessa Oswalt, Mount Vernon, Ohio (SW Force)
8. Shelly Ruberg, Ueras, Ohio (Cumberland College)
9. Mollie Keith, Aurelia, Iowa (Missouri Valley)
10. Ranae Faaborg, Radcliffe, Iowa (unattached)
67
kg (147.5 lbs.)
1. Katie Downing, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
2. Ali Bernard, New Ulm, Minn. (Rolling Thunder)
3. Heather Martin, Wellington, Ohio (All-American WC)
4. Cindy Herceg, Los Angeles, Calif. (Spartak)
5. Kelly Branham, Apache Junction, Ariz. (Missouri Valley)
6. K'uu
Johnson, Honolulu, Hawaii (USOEC)
7. Ashley Sword, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
8. Andrea Hale, Chicago, Ill. (Lassen College)
9. Nikia Jensen, Eden Prairie, Minn. (unattached)
10. Brandy Golt, Chesapeake, Va. (Missouri Valley)
72
kg (158.5 lbs.) *
1. Toccara Montgomery, Cleveland, Ohio (New York AC)
2. Kristie Marano, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
3. Stephany
Lee, Honolulu, Hawaii (Missouri Valley)
4. Iris Smith, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
5. Samantha Lang, Tualatin, Ore. (Sunkist Kids)
6. Donell
Bradley, Aiea, Hawaii (USOEC)
7. Randi Miller, Arlington, Texas (USOEC)
8. Elena Mena, St. Paul, Minn. (USOEC)
9. Juanita Russell, Galway, N.Y. (TNT)
10. Misty Stalley, San Mateo, Calif. (Menlo College)
*
- Olympic weight class
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2004 by USA Wrestling and TheMat.com.
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Source: ADCC |
Quote
of the Day
"Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress
what is evil;
our great hope lies in developing what is good."
Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, Thirtieth President of the USA
|
Warriors
of the Ring Returns to Maui Tonight!
Maui War
Memorial Gymnasium
November 6, 2004
Maui's premier MMA event returns to Maui after holding their
last event on the big island. WOTR will be held at the Maui War
Memorial Gymnasium on Saturday, November 6th. Maui fight fans
should know where to pick up tickets and if not, you can buy
them at the War Memorial the night of the fight.
|
ATKINS
INSIDER: PENN VS. UNO 3 POSSIBLE
FOR K-1 'DYNAMITE'
By Todd Atkins
It's not official, but I am hearing that a B.J. Penn vs. Kaoru Uno matchup could be signed
quickly for the K-1: 'Dynamite' show on December 31st, if Penn
defeats Rodrigo Gracie on the ROTR 6 card on November 20th.
The
fight would be under MMA rules of course.
Source: Fight Sport |
LE
BANNER TO APPEAR AT ROTR
6
The Japanese media is reporting that K-1 star Jerome LeBanner
will be at the ROTR 6 event on November 20th in Hawaii.
LeBanner
will be there to work the corner of Kristof Midoux, who is part
of LeBanner's 'Extreme Team'.
Source: Fight Sport |
SAPP
AND OTHER STARS HELP OUT IN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF
An assortment of fighting stars including Bob Sapp, Akebono, and Musashi went
to Ojiya City, Japan, to visit and help distribute food to the
victims of the massive earthquake that took place on October
23rd.
According
to the Japanese media, all the stars, especially Bob Sapp, were
a big hit with the crowd.
Source: Fight Sport |
Minotauro
and Fedor Invade Pride President Sakikabara's Room!
by: Luca Atalla
Though both attended, neither fighter stepped into the ring during
Pride 28 on October 31st. Heavyweight kingpins Rodrigo 'Minotauro'
Nogueira and Fedor Emelianenko were in Japan to help their training
partners, as the Brazilian worked Ricardo Arona’s corner
during his fight against Sergey Ignatev, and the Russian worked
the corner of his compatriot, Ignatev.
Both
men stayed at the same hotel, and naturally they ran into each
other several times. One of those times,Minotauro grabbed Fedor
by the arm and led him silently into one of the hotel rooms.
It was not a regular room, since it belonged to PRIDE executive
Nobuyuki Sakakibara.
Minotauro
and Fedor had enjoyed the spotlight in the USA's Euphoria show,
where both were guests. Minotauro commented 'Fedor is always
very nice to me when we meet outside of the ring. I saw an opportunity
to make a joke and I pulled him into the room. Sakakibara was
completely shocked! I don't know what he thought - that we were
there to get a promise of another fight between us at Pride?'
laughs Minotauro. Since the languages of Russian, Brazilian and
Japanese were all represented, the room was silent, but the air
was pregnant with anticipation as both PRIDE superstars just
stood together, shaking there heads 'yes', symbolically asking
for the match!
It
was a joke, and because of that Sakakibara didn’t have to
promise anything. However, three days later, DSE officially announced
the Pride GP heavyweight finalwill be re-done on December 31st
on Pride Shockwave - the New Year’s Eve show. The same event
will feature the challenge between gold medallists Rulon Gardner
of the United States and the Japanese star Hidehiko Yoshida.
About
the upcoming fight, Minotauro told us he is ready to win. 'I'm
excited that I am going to fight him again. For my fans and myself
I am excited. I will win the GP and get back the heavyweight
belt that he took from me. I've trained very hard to prove that
I am the strongest and the best fighter in the world' finishes
the Brazilian Top Team star.
Source: ADCC |
POSTAL
CONNECTIONS: BARNETT NEEDS SHOULDER SURGERY
By Tape Lord
Hello my friends, my postal connections in the US and Japan are
telling me that Josh Barnett has been told by his doctors that
he needs re-constructive surgery on his injured shoulder, otherwise
he risks repeated dislocations of the shoulder in the future.
If
Barnett has the surgery, he would be out of action for anywhere
between 4-6 months.
Source: Fight Sport |
ROGERIO
'MINOTORO' VS. HENDERSON IS POSSIBLE
Both
the Japanese and Brazilian media re reporting that a matchup
of Rogerio 'Minotoro' Nogueira vs. Dan Henderson is very possible
for the PRIDE show on Decmeber 31st.
Source: Fight Sport |
FRANCA
MAY SIGN WITH PRIDE 'BUSHIDO'
The Japanese media is reporting that DSE/PRIDE may soon sign
Hermes Franca for their PRIDE 'Bushido' promotion.
According
to the Japanese media, DSE/PRIDE is already in talks with the
Brazilian Top Team to sign Franca.
Source: Fight Sport |
ZST
RESULTS
Hideo Tokoro (center)
There are no recognizable names in this ZST tournament, but
I thought you guys would appreciate the ZST girls!
ZST:
'Grand Prix 2 Opening Round'
November 3, 2004
Zepp Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Hideo
Tokoro defeats Shuichiro Katsumura by guillotine choke at 0:38,
RD 1.
Remigijus Morkevicius defeats Boulem Belaini by KO at 0:05, RD
1.
Masahiro Oishi defeats Stephen Gillinder by armbar at 0:31, RD
1.
Hirotaka Miyakawa defeats Mike French by guillotine choke at
4:01, RD 1.
Sam Nest defeats Kestutis Smirnovas by Submission rear naked
choke at 4:58, RD 2.
Yuta Watanabe defeats 'Crafter M' by Submission armbar at 4:46,
RD 2.
Source: Fight Sport |
'CRO
COP' CREDITS WERDUM WITH HIS SUBMISSION VICTORY OVER BARNETT
Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic spoke to the Japanese media at a press
conference and credited BJJ champion Fabricio Werdum for improving
his ground game, and for teaching Cro Cop the submission that
he used to beat Josh Barnett last Sunday.
Cro
Cop went on to say that the submission came when he turned his
body while having the overhooks sunk in tightly.
Cro
Cop added that he is continuing to recieve great ground training,
and will be more prepared to fight on the ground in the future.
Source: Fight Sport |
VANDERLEI
SPEAKS
Vanderlei Silva after beatting Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
by brutal knockout for a second time.
Below
is a transcript of the post-fight conference Q&A session
Vanderlei Silva did with the Japanese media right after his brutal
knockout victory against Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson (translation
by Akira S. and Ricardo Alonso):
Japanese
media: What was your impression of the fight?
Vanderlei:
I thought the fight had a lot of emotion. He's a great opponent
and I was very pleased to have been able to fight well once again.
I'm happy that the public enjoyed the fight, which even adds
more value to this event.
Japanese
media: How does it feel to face someone like Jackson, who likes
to fight going forward.
Vanderlei:
It motivates me even more. I fight a lot better when I fight
this way. I enjoy fighting good athletes like him that fight
straight forward; it motivates me even more.
Japanese
media: This second fight with Jackson seemed more calm then the
first fight...
Vanderlei:
I don't know why you would want to call it calm. I would say
it was a violent and aggressive fight. It was a great fight.
Japanese
media: Was this fight against Jackson not so challenging as other
fights you have had?
Vanderlei:
No, it was a very tough fight. He was a very good opponent, and
it demanded a lot from me. I was very pleased with my performance.
Everything I asked God for, he helped me achieve.
Japanese
media: Can you tell more about the rivalry with Quinton Jackson?
Vanderlei:
What can I say, I'm a professional and there are always rivalries
involved. But only when I step in the ring to fight is when the
rivalry begins. During a fight my opponent will always be my
enemy, and I try to go forward and do anything possible to win.
But now I realize that I have a better impression of who he (Jackson)
is. He seems to be a good person, and now that he has found God
he will become even more of a better person. He has made an excellent
decision in accepting God. People that still haven't chosen too
accept God should also do the same as he has. It will change
their lives just like it has changed his life.
Japanese
media: What did you say to him after the fight?
Vanderlei:
I told him that this is our job, and that I'll see him next time.
Japanese
media: What did he reply?
Vanderlei:
He said "ok".
Japanese
media: What did you pray for before the fight?
Vanderlei:
I asked God to bless and protect me, and it ended up being much
better then I could have ever imagined. I know there are people
that don't believe in God, but I believe he has blessed me and
continues to bless me every day. He is always protecting me and
giving me much more then I deserve.
Japanese
media: Who will be your next opponent?
Vanderlei:
My manager and the promoters will make the decision, and it will
be whatever they decide.
Japanese
media: Would you consider fighting Kazushi Sakuraba again?
Vanderlei:
Sakuraba is a great athlete. It would be a great honor to fight
him again. I think it would be an excellent fight.
Japanese
media: What can you tell us about your upcoming fight on December
31st?
Vanderlei:
I hope it will be as good as today's fight was. I hope that on
the 31st I will have a matchup as good as the one I had today.
That will make me even happier.
Japanese
media: Would you like to face Randy Couture?
Vanderlei:
I would really like to, especially since I know he's at a certain
age and could retire at any moment. So I would like to fight
him as soon as possible.
Japanese
media: Would you accept to fight him here in PRIDE and then over
there?
Vanderlei:
If the PRIDE president accepts it, I would fight him here and
over there. I can fight him twice, once here in PRIDE and the
other over there.
Japanese
media: You look like you are not hurting at all after the fight.
Is this true?
Vanderlei:
No, actually my whole body is in pain right now. It was a very
violent fight. I gave and received many punches, but this is
a fighter's life. A fighter has to be ready to hit and get hit
back. A person that is only prepared to hit but not prepared
to get hit back usually won't do well. But this is normal for
me because it's a part of my job.
Japanese
media: How do you feel to have defended your belt successfully?
Vanderlei:
For me this is every athlete's dream. I'm in the prime of my
career. I'm living the best moment of my career. I'm still the
champion because of my dedication and seriousness to my profession.
I leave everything, including my family and relatives, aside,
and I concentrate and train very hard to be able to perform this
way. This is a very tough career. I have to train very hard every
day for this. I really believe there are no obstacles for a determined
person. If you strive for what you want, you will get it.
Japanese
media: Is there any thanks or messages you would like to give?
Vanderlei:
I would like to thank all of you guys. This is our job. I fight,
and you guys do your part by promoting and writing about my work.
Thank you for always supporting us fighters. I would like to
thank all the fans that watch my fights and support my work.
Thank you!
Source: Fight Sport
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INSIDE
WORD - UFC TRIES TO BUILD MIDDLEWEIGHT CLASS AS NUMBER ONE
Greetings MMA fans, Scoop McTroll here, bringing you The Inside
Word, the latest news, rumors and gossip in the MMA scene.
Today's
Inside Word is that UFC president Dana White he is supposedly
trying to build the 185-pound divison as the flagship division
for the UFC.
His
reasoning is based around the fact that PRIDE is focused on the
205-pound and heavyweight divisions. He figures that the 185-pound
guys wont have anywhere to go but the UFC, and that PRIDE arent
likely to poach his 185-pound fighters.
This
is why guys like Robbie Lawler have been told to come up to 185
pounds, and guys like Rich Franklin are being told to come down.
The UFC are trying to build an impressive stable of middleweight
fighters.
He
seems to think these guys are cheaper than the light heavyweights
and heavyweights.
Source: Fight Sport |
IT'S
OFFICIAL: ROY JONES'S CONQUERORS, ANTONIO TARVER AND GLEN JOHNSON,
TO FIGHT ON DEC. 18 IN L.A.
by: Eddie Goldman/ADCC Wrestling Editor
In
most sports there is a pyramid-like structure where the best
are weeded out through actual competition. They climb the ladder
by winning, until they get to the top. The remaining two foes,
be they individuals or teams, are pitted against one another
in a climactic final contest. Baseball has its just-completed
World Series. American football has its Super Bowl. And most
other sports have some sort of finals or championships.
Here
is yet another example of how boxing, at least in this regard,
is not organized like a real sport.
In
the light heavyweight division, on May 15 of this year, then-WBC
champion Roy Jones Jr., also then regarded as the top pound-for-pound
fighter in the world, was knocked out by Antonio Tarver in the
second round. Jones returned to the ring on September 25 to face
IBF champion Glen Johnson, but Jones was knocked out once again,
this time in the ninth round.
The
stage should have been set for a unification bout between these
two fighters who had made history by knocking out the seemingly
invincible Jones. Well, Tarver and Johnson will indeed fight,
but it will not be for the major belts they each captured or
retained when they toppled Jones.
On
Saturday, December 18, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles,
Antonio Tarver (22-2, 18 KOs), considered to be the top light
heavyweight in the world, and a leading candidate thus far for
'Fighter of the Year' for 2004, will face the man generally regarded
as the second-best light heavyweight in the world, Glen Johnson
(41-9-2, 28 KOs). But the only belt on the line will be the lightly-regarded
IBO belt.
The
reason is that both Tarver and Johnson are being stripped of
the titles of their major sanctioning bodies because they are
not each fighting their respective mandatories. The WBC mandatory
is Paul Briggs, and the IBF mandatory is Rico Hoye. While both
Briggs and Hoye are capable fighters, neither has accomplished
anything close to the level of what Tarver, Johnson, and Roy
Jones have done. And instead of trying to bring some order and
logic to the boxing business, the alphabet soups continue to
contribute to the marginalization of boxing by taking away from
Tarver and Johnson the titles they each so dramatically and clearly
won in the ring.
Still,
this fight is what the fans want to see, and will take place
regardless of what the alphabet soups' suits decide behind closed
doors. If Tarver wins convincingly, he could cinch that 'Fighter
of the Year' title, as this is the last major fight of 2004.
If Johnson wins convincingly, he also could emerge as a darkhorse
candidate for that honor. And the winner will also be regarded
everywhere in the world, with the exception of the secretive
chambers of the sanctioning bodies, as the top light heavyweight
in the world.
Here
is the press release announcing the Antonio Tarver-Glen Johnson
fight:
ANTONIO
TARVER AND GLEN JOHNSON CLASH AT STAPLES CENTER ON DECEMBER 18
TO DETERMINE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT SUPREMACY
LOS
ANGELES, November, 4 - To be the best. It's something that Antonio
Tarver and Glen Johnson have worked years and years to achieve,
with much of that time being spent away from the spotlight, sweating
in gyms, fighting on undercards, waiting for the opportunity
to shine. Those opportunities arrived in 2004, and both fighters
made the most of them. Now, on Saturday, December 18, the last
major fight of the year may be the most important one, as Tarver
and Johnson will battle it out live at Los Angeles STAPLES Center,
not only for total supremacy at 175 pounds, but for the likely
title of 'Fighter of the Year.'
'It
is an honor for me to promote a bout that I believe will go down
in the books as one of the best light heavyweight championship
fights of this era,' said Star Boxing promoter Joe DeGuardia.
'Antonio and Glen are gentlemen outside of the ring, but in it,
they will both fight ferociously to earn the respect of the public
as the number one fighter at 175 pounds. And whatever the outcome
is on December 18, these are two young men who do what true champions
do - challenge themselves against the best.'
Tarver-Johnson,
a 12 round light heavyweight championship bout presented by Star
Boxing, in association with Goossen Tutor Promotions, will be
televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at
6pm (PT) / 9pm (ET.) An exciting undercard packed with world-class
fight action will be announced shortly. Antonio Tarver (22-2,
18 KOs) was an Olympic Bronze medallist for the United States
in 1996, but many boxing fans truly didn't get to know the boxer
known as the 'Magic Man' until 2001, when after suffering his
first loss to Eric Harding via decision, the Florida native rededicated
himself to the sport and started tearing through the light heavyweight
division with astounding ease.
By
2002, Tarver had established himself as the number one contender
to Roy Jones Jr's 175-pound crown. But instead of taking the
easy way out and just waiting for his title shot, Tarver took
on the dangerous Harding, the only man to beat him, and he knocked
the former title challenger out in five rounds. In his very next
fight, Tarver won his first world championships, shutting out
ex-champion Montell Griffin in 2003 to earn the WBC and IBF crowns.
It wasn't enough though. To be the man, Tarver had to beat the
man. In November of 2003, Tarver battered Jones like he had never
been battered before, only to lose a controversial majority decision.
But in the rematch, held on May 15 of this year, Tarver brought
his own judges, sending shockwaves through the boxing world by
knocking Jones out in two rounds.
'Gentleman'
Glen Johnson (41-9-2, 28 KOs) has done his fair share of shocking
the boxing world himself in 2004. After starting off his 11-year
career with 32 consecutive victories without a loss, the native
of Clarendon, Jamaica, suffered his first defeat at the hands
of middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins in July of 1997. The
loss would start a pattern where the soft-spoken Johnson would
repeatedly wind up on the wrong side of hometown decisions and
questionable officiating over the next six years. It would earn
Johnson the nickname of 'Road Warrior' because of his willingness
to go into hostile territory to fight, but fairness was something
Johnson wasn't used to in the ring. In 2003 though, Johnson started
to see a light at the end of the tunnel when he battled Eric
Harding. After 12 hard fought rounds, Johnson had done his usual
stellar job between the ropes and waited for the judges to take
the fight from him. But it wasn't to be, as the right decision
was rendered and Johnson was on his way to bigger and better
things. Later that year Johnson engaged in another controversial
draw, this time in England against hometown hero Clinton Woods.
But in the February 2004 rematch, Johnson won a clear 12 round
decision to earn the IBF light heavyweight title. His first defense,
held in Memphis on September 25, was unforgettable, as he dominated
future hall of famer Roy Jones Jr. en route to a ninth round
knockout win.
The
stage has been set for Antonio Tarver and Glen Johnson. But only
one will be able to claim the title of undisputed light heavyweight
champion of the world after December 18.
Tickets
for Tarver-Johnson, priced at $25, $50, $125, $250, and $500,
will go on sale Wednesday, November 9th and are available at
STAPLES Center Box Office (open 9am to 6pm Monday through Saturday)
and Team LA at Universal City Walk or by calling Ticketmaster
at 213-480-3232. Tickets are also available online at http://www.ticketmaster.com/.
For group sales, please call 1-866-LA-GROUP.
Source: ADCC |
Quote
of the Day
"People deal too much with the negative, what is wrong....
Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things
and make them bloom."
Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Buddhist Monk, Teacher
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Warriors
of the Ring Returns to Maui This Weekend!
Maui's premier MMA event returns to Maui after holding their
last event on the big island. WOTR will be held at the Maui War
Memorial Gymnasium on Saturday, November 6th. Maui fight fans
should know where to pick up tickets and if not, you can buy
them at the War Memorial the night of the fight.
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PUNISHMENT
IN PARADISE: EAST VS. WEST
Friday Dec 3,2004 @ Kapolei High School Gym
Padilla
Steps Up to REPRESENT Hawaii!!
Jesus Is Lord's David Padilla of Waipahu, Hawaii steps in to
fight Gladiators Challenge Veteran Cory Cass of California. Padilla
who has found sucess in Japan's Shooto rankings but vanished
due to work will be back in ACTION! Cass who carries a decent
record will face Padilla who is a Ground and Pound specialist.
Be their as both fighter promises a fight to remember!!
Don't forget to get your tickets!!
Ticket Info (808) 620-2882
Source: Event promoter
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Tommy
Pestana Interview
Punishment In Paradise: "EAST VS. WEST"
DEC 3, 2004 @ Kapolei High Gym
Tommy Pestana Interview
Bad Intentions,Waianae
IKF Champion, 2x Golden Gloves Champion
P.I.P: Tell me how did you get started in Marital Arts
T.P.: Well watch my friends like Rodney Joesph(Former Kickboxing
Champion) and Jonovan Joesph(Former Pro Boxer) in the early 90's
fight, They became my idols and I wanted to do that because it
looked like alot of fun. So I made goal for myself which I achieved
by working hard.
P.I.P: What was goals
T.P: I wanted to be the best in what I do, And with hard work
and scarfices I became a 2x Hawaii Golden Gloves Champion and
IKF Champion.
P.I.P: So hows training and how are your training going for this
fight.
T.P: My training basic consist of alot of Cardio and Sparring.
Basic I'm feeling good for this fight.
P.I.P: Do you have any thoughts or perdictions on your upcoming
Bout with Champion Wayne Perrin III
T.P: I don't know why he wants to fight me our families know
eachother, But I know he has something to prove and i have something
to prove that I'm HUNGRY!!.
P.I.P: Thanks Tomy for this interview and time.
T.P: No Problem..
Look for Punishment In Paradise Champion Wayne Perrin III COMING
SOON!!
Source: Event Promoter |
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Backstage
at PRIDE 28
by Masa Fukui
I want to start with best wishes to those fighters who were injured
in PRIDE 28. I am very sorry that you got such serious injuries
while you were performing your skills. Some people may like to
see when people get hurt, but those people are nothing but jerks.
For the fighters, not being healthy is like, for the rest of
us, not having computer at work. Without the full use of their
bodies, they can’t do their job.
In
PRIDE 28, I saw at least two shoulder dislocations, and two broken
noses. Also, camping out at the post-fight interview spot, you
see 90-percent of the fighters with some kind of injury. Some
limp. Others ice their head. Let’s say it’s their job,
but, man, it’s a tough job -- even if Chris Cagle sings
it loud that “Chicks Dig It,” it’s not a happy
thing to get hurt. Big respect for those fighters. Buddha bless
ya’ll.
OK,
so let’s kick off the backstage talk as I always do. Where
should I start? Let’s go with the Champion. I can't leave
this topics to the bottom of this story, can I?
Wandy's
Fight Style
There
are people who say, "Wanderlei always fight against Japanese
fighters. He ain't no champ." Well, now he proved he is
the Champ. Silva fought excellent on his feet, also on his back.
He already showed his ground skill when he fought Yoshida. (Yoshida
was commentating during this fight, and he confessed he felt
strong pressure from Wanderlei on the ground.) Did you notice
that Silva barely closed his guard? He was looking for the submission
or sweep the entire time he was on his back. And Quinton hardly
passed Wanderlei's guard. Nicely done.
About
his striking, I've been hearing so many people say Silva’s
punching style is ugly when you consider the beautiful boxing
form. Now results speak for themselves. Maybe, Wanderlei's punch
technique could be the best style in MMA?At least best for him!
Don’t you think? Some boxing trainer may still say, “No!
Fighters need to twist at the hip to add more power when they
punch.” But hey, look at Wand’s shoulders and arms.
He already got the power. Maybe he doesn’t need to twist
his hip to hit hard.
I
guess “quick hands” is the strategy he learned from
his fight in Ultimate Brazil. Check out the Sparring Chronicles.
How he warms up, what kind of mitt training he does. I saw him
backstage right before his rematch with Quinton and he was doing
some of the same kind of punch training I saw in that DVD: machinegun
punches while stepping forward. Oh boy!
Randy
vs. Wanderlei
At
his post-fight interview, which has already been posted on the
site, I asked Wanderlei if he wants to fight Randy Couture or
not. Wanderlei replied, “Yes I’m ready. If I have a
chance, I’d like fight Randy. And if I’m fighting him,
I’d like to fight him soon. Because he's a bit old. If I
don't fight soon, then Randy may retire."
I
continued the question, "In that case, if you fight Randy,
do you insist in specific rules?" Wanderlei, answered, "No
I don't mind about the rule. PRIDE will decide it. If PRIDE is
happy with it, I’ll fight in either in America or Japan.”
The
way he spoke made me believe he’s very confident about fighting
Randy. But, I didn’t miss hearing “PRIDE will decide
the rule … and if PRIDE is happy. ... ” Hmm, what does
that mean? Is it only me? Do I think too much? Or maybe I just
lost it in translation. Well, it’s natural that he likes
to fight in PRIDE ring with PRIDE rule because he’s a PRIDE
fighter. But does that mean he's not nervous UFC rules at all?
To be honest, I don’t think it’ll ever happen, but
if Randy vs. Silva is set up, I think the rules are going to
be a big factor in who wins.
They
both are the best of the best in two different organizations
with different rules. (Therefore I don’t agree with the
idea that the winner of this fight can unify the belt.) But,
just as an MMA fan, I’d love to see this fight. And it won’t
happen in either UFC or PRIDE, I assume. So where could this
fight could take place? Maybe ... SPORTFIGHT? What do you think?
It uses the ring like PRIDE, but the rule is more like UFC isn’t
it?
I’ve
been hearing SPORTFIGHT is becoming bigger and bigger. MMA fans,
make it happen! I'd just love to see those two face each other,
competing even in arm wrestling or something. Imagine the stare
down before they hustle!
Talking
about a Randy vs. Wanderlei fight, PRIDE president Mr. Sakakibara
showed up to the interview room after the show and I had a chance
to ask him about it. Mr. Sakakibara said that he hoped to bring
"Randy to New Years Eve show, I’m thinking more like
bringing him to the middleweight tournament, which will be held
in next year. We also want Vitor Belfort and Tito Ortiz. And
I will start negotiating with UFC very soon.” Does anybody
think it’ll happen? Those three top contenders from UFC
coming to a PRIDE tourney? Well, we’ll see.
Mr.
Sakakibara also, mentioned that “Wanderlei is looking for
a heavyweight opponent for New Years Eve show. And if he’s
fighting heavyweight, it won’t be just a tune up fight,
but a real tough one as he had today.” Who do you want to
see him fight?
In
the Shadows
If
there’s winner, there’s always a person who lost the
fight. This time it was American favorite Quinton Jackson. As
everybody knows, his life has been changed a lot in religious
ways. I think a lot of people worried that his fight style was
gonna be changed as well, and I was one of them. But his performance
was his most aggressive, and had the sharpest technique ever.
This
man made this title match one of the best battles in MMA history.
He did everything he could. And Wanderlei fought all out. This
bout was maximum power and technique vs. maximum power and technique.
I’d call it the best bout in PRIDE this year. Still, now,
if I think about this fight, the shocking ending flashes in of
my mind. I hope Jackson is alright. We all look forward to see
him in the ring again some soon.
Next
up: Mark Hunt vs. Dan Bobish. I, as backstage reporter, miss
watching most of the fights because I’m pinned at the interview
space when other fighters speak. So I missed watching some parts
of this. But I didn’t miss Dan mostly dominating the positions,
or dropping knees to Mark Hunt’s hard-shelled brain. Also
I didn’t miss that Mark's punch wasn’t connecting to
Dan’s chin at the very last part of this fight. And I didn’t
miss Dan fall down as the fight was over ... OK, what did I miss?
Some said a kick to Dan’s ribs. Maybe. But did it stop Dan
like that?
At
the Mark Hunt interview, an interesting revelation popped out
from his mouth. “Dan just gassed out,” he said. Mark
didn’t mention anything the punch or his kick.
Gassed
out? Wait a sec … the words Mr. Sakakibara said a few PRIDEs
ago, were hitting my heart. “PRIDE is the highest level
MMA ring in the world," he said. "The fighter who’s
fighting in the PRIDE ring is the best of the best." Well,
Maybe Dan is one of the best 300-pound fighters, but if the best
fighter can’t keep their best condition for the best MMA
ring, he’s not the best.
And
it’s not the best idea to bring fighters to the "best
ring in the world" who aren't the best. I hope everything
goes good with them next time because we don't want to see fights
end by some who "gassed out" recorded as a KO or TKO.
News
and Notes
The
show was good. Unfortunately, a bunch of people were hurt. And
some fights were finished quite quickly. The crowed reached over
24,000. That’s big enough. It was maximum capacity for the
"small" version of Saitama Super Arena. (Yes, Saitama
Super Arena capacity can be changed. There’s small version
setting and big version setting. In the big version, more than
40,000 people can fit, like for the PRIDE GP).
It
was a great opening ceremony, as usual. You know, the Japanese
audience is usually quite quiet. But at the opening ceremony,
when "Cro Cop" showed up, the audience was totally
hyped up and he got a standing ovation. Mirko has got some charismatic
power here in the Far East. I think he can win some political
election in Japan, too, and change the national anthem to the
“Wild Boys.” (By the way, what’s happened to his
parliamentarian job in Croatia? Does anybody know?)
Referee
Yuji Shimada got booed as usual. I don’t think people really
mean to boo. They just enjoy making noise. But Shimada looked
happy with it. And we welcomed K-1, KOTC, UFC Referee Nelson
“Doc” Hamilton as a judge for his second appearance
in PRIDE.
Alright,
that’s about it. Let me just leave you with some backstage
comments from other fighters.
See
you all!
------------------------------
P.S.Thank
you very much Mr. Yoshinori Ihara from Boutreview.com for all
your help.
Heath
Herring: "I moved back to America to train in Las Vegas.
... I wasn’t happy about the first break at all. I felt
like they kinda tried to make [Yokoi] recover. I felt kinda like
that. Kinda look like that maybe. That’s why I got upset
about it."
Hirotaka
Yokoi: "I was disappointed with myself. And I don’t
feel that I had a fight tonight. I don’t really remember
what kind of punishment I got in the ring. I don’t remember
since the first hook. When I woke up my corner was surrounding
me. Before the fight, I wanted to catch his kick, and wanted
start from there. I was going to exchange the punch and kick
with him. But I got beat up."
Soa
Palaei: "[Choi] has a hard head. If I have a chance, I'd
like to come back stronger."
Choi
Mu Bae: "My face is pretty messed up. But as representing
Korea, I couldn't just lose this fight. Korean MMA industry is
on my back. Can't just lose. In wrestling, if you back up, you
lose. So I always go forward. ... I like John Travolta’s
Saturday Night Fever, but not the dance. But I can show you how
he dances, right here right now." (He showed off his beautiful
dance moves to the press.)
Sergei
Ignatev: "First, I got offered that I’m fighting some
Japanese fighter, then a couple of days before the fight, we
found out I'm fighting Ricardo Arona. And I couldn't really prepare
for him."
(Regarding
Arona saying you bit him on his arm) "No, certainly not.
His choke came over my mouth, and he tightened his arm up. So
he felt like I bit him. But I didn't do it."
Ricardo
Arona: "My fight went as I planned before the fight. But
at the end, there was bit of accident, then I was a bit upset.
[Sergei] bit my arm when I went for the choke. That's the accident.
I'd like to join the middleweight tourney, so I'll train hard."
James
Thompson: "My strategy was rush to my opponent at the beginning.
Then pound him in the ground. But I got counter punches, then
the referee stopped the fight. The fight went very quick, if
I could have five more minute, then the I had a lot of chance."
Aleksander
Emelianenko: "My brother gave me some advice for this time:
what he told me is shown by how I fought."
Alistair
Overeem: "It was an OK fight. I just got the title in the
2H2H. Then I also would like to get PRIDE middleweight title,
too."
Dan
Henderson: "I trained with a Judo guy because wrestling
takedowns and Judo takedowns are a little bit different. I'd
like to fight in the New Years Eve show."
Mirko
Filipovic: When we went to the ground, I turned my body and hold
his arm, and I felt his arm is broken. I am not scared ground
fighting. I am ready for ground fighting, too. I have the best
trainer in the world."
Quinton
Jackson, Josh Barnett, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Dan Bobish and Hiromitsu
Kanehara did not speak to the press after their fights.
Source: Sherdog |
Getting
To Know Andrei Arlovski
by Marco Antico
MA:
Hello Andrei, thank you for taking the time to talk to me.
AA:
No problem Marco. It is my pleasure.
MA:
It seems to me that your last two fights have really put your
name up there with some of the best heavyweights in the world.
Your popularity and your fan base continue to grow. Everyone
wants to know what’s next for you.
AA:
Number one goal is heavyweight title. I guess Mir has it now
which is unlucky for him. My targets are locked on him, I will
have to wait until his leg heals before I get a chance, but once
I face him he will be sorry.
MA:
There was talk about you fighting Ken Shamrock in December. Dana
White told the media that Ken’s team turned down the fight.
Did that disappoint you? What do you think would have happened
in that fight?
AA:
As for Ken Shamrock, his manager turned down the fight. I think
Ken is a legend and would fight anyone on UFC roster any day.
He just needs to be paid fairly. A match with him I think would
not be very good for him. He cannot take me down or match my
strength with my fists. I have very strong arm, can smash.
Source:
MMA Fighting
|
Quote
of the Day
"At the age of 20, we don't care what the world thinks of
us; at 30, we worry about what it is thinking of us; at 40, we
discover that it wasn't thinking of us at all."
Unknown
|
Former
UFC Heavyweight Champion, Tim Sylvia signs with Super Brawl!
Although he has a UFC title fight scheduled in February, on December
11th at the Blaisdell Arena, former UFC Champion, Tim Sylvia
will return to the ring that started his career. "I am very
excited to get back in the Super Brawl ring. That ring means
alot to me and my career. I won't ever forget where I came from."
said a modest Tim Sylvia. His opponent has not yet been confirmed
but is rumoured to be another UFC veteran.
Two
more UFC fighters sign for Dec 11th!
 
Super Brawl promoters are clearly pulling out all the stops for
their Dec. 11, installment of Super Brawl at the Blaisdell Arena!
With the UFC 185lb title within his grasp, Rich "Ace"
Franklin has been enticed to fight in the Super Brawl ring! His
opponent will be another UFC Veteran, Curtis Stout.
Source: Promoter
|
ATKINS
INSIDER: PRIDE, UFC, AND ROTR NEWS
By Todd Atkins
B.J. Penn
PRIDE:
I am being told that Rulon Gardner is getting paid a nice sum
of money to sign a contract that says he will fight only for
PRIDE should he fight in NHB/MMA. In other words PRIDE gets to
use his name, just like K-1's promotional deal with Mike Tyson.
The fight with Hidehiko Yoshida may or may not be a publicity
stunt in the making.
UFC:
Ken Shamrock will fight 'Tank' Abbott for the 'right deal', but
he wants a lot of money guaranteed for two fights. A Zuffa lowball
offer will not cut it. Shamrock also wants the second fight to
be against Tito Ortiz guaranteed.
ROTR:
B.J. Penn's brother is already thinking ahead and wants to match
B.J. Penn against Sean Sherk
or Frank Trigg, if Penn wins against Rodrigo Gracie that is.
Both Sherk and Trigg are not under contract.
Source: Fight Sport
|
PRIDE
NEW YEAR SHOW NEWS
Some
of the announced participants for the PRIDE show on December
31st.
DSE/PRIDE
announced some official matchups and participants for their show
on December 31st. PRIDE president Sakakibara also announced that
they will sign a supposedly even bigger sporting name then Rulon
Gardner for the show.
The
final card will have a total of ten matchups:
Offically
announced matchups:
Rodrigo 'Minotauro' Nogueira vs. Fedor Emelianenko
Rulon Gardner vs. Hidehiko Yoshida
Vanderlei Silva vs. TBA (possibly Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic)
Mark Hunt vs. TBA (possibly Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic)
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. TBA (possibly Kiyoshi Tamura)
Takanori Gomi vs. TBA (possibly Luis 'Buscape' Firminho)
'Giant' Silva vs. TBA (possibly Takashi Sugiura)
Henry 'Sentoryu' Miller vs. TBA
Offically
announced participants:
Rodrigo 'Minotauro' Nogueira
Fedor Emelianenko
Vanderlei Silva
Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic
Mark Hunt
Kazushi Sakuraba
Hidehiko Yoshida
Rulon Gardner
'Giant' Silva
Henry 'Sentoryu' Miller
Takanori Gomi
Possible
participants:
Mark Coleman
Kevin Randleman
Heath Herring
Luis 'Buscape' Firminho
Kiyoshi Tamura
Ikuhisa Minowa
Takashi Sugiura
Source: Fight Sport
|
ATKINS
INSIDER: GARDNER'S CONTRACT DETAILS
By Todd Atkins
Rulon
Gardner vs Hidehiko Yoshida.
My
sources inside the Team Quest Camp have informed me that Rulon
Gardner will indeed fight Hidehiko Yoshida on December 31st.
He is getting USD$120,000, and received a USD$50,000 signing
bonus.
Source: Fight Sport
|
SAKURABA
VS. TAMURA POSSIBILITY
The
Japanese media is reporting that a Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Kiyoshi
Tamura matchup is very possibly for the PRIDE card on December
31st.
Source: Fight Sport
|
'CRO
COP' VS. HUNT POSSIBILITY
The
Japanese media is reporting that Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic vs.
Mark Hunt is now a very real possibility for the PRIDE card on
December 31st.
There
is still a strong possibility that Cro Cop will face Vanderlei
Silva on the December 31st show, but the Japanese media is saying
that DSE/PRIDE is very impressed with Mark Hunt and is now leaning
towards matching him up against Cro Cop instead.
Source: Fight Sport
|
TAPE
LORD'S MONDAY MORNING MAILBAG
By Tape Lord
Hello
my friends! Welcome to Tape Lord's 'Monday Morning Mailbag'.
Below are some of the more interesting e-mails I recieved as
one of the editors of this newspage. Enjoy...
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CRO
COP SUBMITS BARNETT
Cro Cop's submission win over Josh Barnett was nothing short
of incredible! Is this the first time a top striker has submitted
a top grappler?
- Andrew Bryant
Pheonix, Arizona
Tape
Lord's reply: Andrew, I may be mistaken but I believe that it
is indeed the first time a top striker has submitted a top grappler
in a high profile MMA fight.
The
win does not come without disbelief, excuses, and denial on the
part of grappling fans however. It seems like the same kind of
denial that came from striking fans when Kevin Randleman (a grappler)
knocked out Cro Cop (a striker). It just goes to show that sometimes
anything can happen in a fight if you make a mistake against
a world class athlete.
To
be honest, I believe that Cro Cop would outstrike Randleman 10
times out of 10 and that Barnett would outgrapple Cro Cop 10
times out of 10, but Randleman earned his KO victory over Cro
Cop and Cro Cop earned his submission victory over Barnett.
Cro
Cop used a very tight shoulder lock with his underhook. Barnett
underestimated the strength of Cro Cop's lock and pulled his
own shoulder out of the socket while trying to escape it. It
is a type of passive-aggressive joint lock hold that most sport
grapplers are not aware of or use in competition, but that many
law enforcement people such as Cro Cop use in the line of duty.
He did not intend to hurt Barnett in my opinion, but he wanted
to solidify his hold. Resisting the hold is what causes the damage.
The submission was legit in my book.
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SILVA
VS. RAMPAGE IS FIGHT OF THE YEAR
Silva vs. Rampage gets my vote as the fight of the year. It was
easily one of the most exciting fights I've ever seen in MMA!
I was at UFC 50 last week and none of those fights even come
close to being as exciting to watch as the PRIDE 28 show.
-Tony
Atlantic City, NJ
Tape
Lord's reply: Tony, Silva vs. Rampage gets my vote as fight of
the year too. I also agree about PRIDE 28 blowing away the UFC
50 card, but the two promotions can not really be compared in
all honesty. It's like comparing a Mercedes S-Class to a Toyota
Camry.
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UFC
DOES NOT COMPARE TO PRIDE
Why can't Zuffa produce just one card that is on the level of
PRIDE?
- BJandCabbageFan
Hawaii
Tape
Lord's reply: BJandCabbageFan, the reasons are many. The main
reasons are that PRIDE has better rules, better fighters, and
a budget that is literally 100 times more then the UFC. But most
importantly PRIDE is run by people who understand how to build
a successful promotion, whereas the UFC is not.
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SHERDOG
ATTACKS ZUFFA
Why did Sherdog viciously attack ZUFFA for giving Walmart access
to their DVD's. Yet he came here and claimed he was "just
kidding" after it was reported on the news blog? His rant
did not look like someone who was kidding, he seemed very bitter
about it. What is sherdog's game Tape Lord?
-Red
Ninja
Punta del Este, Uruguay
Tape
Lord's reply: Red Ninja, in my opinion, regardless of what Sherdog
tries to preach, it has everything to do with Sherdog just being
bitter that the cozy little mail order business he has built
up can be potentially obliterated in less then a day by Wal-Mart
and their cheaper prices on MMA DVDs.
In
my opinion, the 400-pound Sherdog reacted without thinking when
he criticized Zuffa, kind of like when someone tries to take
away his jelly donuts. But he regretted it and quickly re-tracted
his criticisms, mainly because he is a fanboy who is more then
happy to recieve free tickets to events, as well as other benefits
to his business.
I
have a friend who said it best regarding Sherdog..."You
arent supporting the sport Fatdog (Sherdog). The sport is supporting
you."
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HACKELMAN
OVERRATED
Why do some of the online gayboys think John Hackleman is a good
standup trainer, especially when all his students get their asses
beat standing by grapplers?
- nhb critic
Calgary, Canada
Tape
Lord's reply: nhb critic, I believe Hackelman's reputation as
a trainer has always been either overrated or underrated.
He
was first overrated by the casual fans due to Chuck Liddell's
success in his fights against Randleman and Babalu. He was then
underrated by the fans when Liddell looked bad against Bustamante
and was then humiliated in losses to Randy Couture and Quinton
Jackson.
But
the real fans (most of whom post at Fightsport.com) have always
rated John Hackelman's reputation as a trainer just right in
my opinion, which is that he is an above average trainer who
is still learning and growing. He has potential but is not there
yet by any stretch of the imagination.
The
positives are that Hackelman comes up with moderately good fight
strategies and his fighters have basic all-around MMA skills.
The negatives are that they lack basic boxing offense and defense
skills. His fighter's Muay Thai skills also tend to lean too
much towards the vastly inferior American Kickboxing style of
fighting, which is probably due to Hackelman's background in
Karate. One last thing is that his fighters don't have a ground
game that can compare to the truly great fight teams in the USA
and Brazil.
Source: Fight Sport
|
Quote
of the Day
"At the age of 20, we don't care what the world thinks of
us; at 30, we worry about what it is thinking of us; at 40, we
discover that it wasn't thinking of us at all."
Unknown
|
SYLVIA
TO SUPERBRAWL
Tim
Sylvia continues to heal, train, and prepare for his return to
fighting. Tim spoke with MMAWeekly late last week about the progress
of his broken arm, when he will be fighting next, and took the
opportunity to do a little trash talking about Wes Sims as well.
First
off, Tim's arm is doing great. He said, "I'm doing two-a-days
now again and been grappling and doing takedowns. The takedowns
was the ones that I was really concerned about. I can baby it
a little bit during grappling but takedowns, I can't baby it.
I have no choice.....it's holding up. It's achy after I'm done
and stuff like that but it's holding up. It's taking abuse."
Sylvia has three titanium plates in his arm that will remain
in there as long as they don't give him any problems. So far,
he hasn't had any problems.
Sylvia
will be fighting in SuperBrawl on December 11th, against an opponent
that he wouldn't name. All Tim would say was, "He's bigger
than me." He added that it is someone that he hasn't fought
before, ruling out Gan McGee, and someone bigger than he is.
Radio Show host Ryan Bennett pressed for an answer but Tim wouldn't
break under the pressure.
Tim
will be fighting on that card and MMAWeekly.com has learned that
it will be most likely against L.A. Giant. Sylvia commented,
"I'm going to knock out anybody they put in front of me.
You know that."
There
won't be a weight restriction on Tim's fight in SuperBrawl. Sylvia
said, "I'm actually doing a little bit of bulking up right
now because I expect the guy to be coming in very heavy."
Tim went on to say, "I'm just thinking anyone bigger than
me is going to weigh more than 265 so I'm not worried about cutting.
I'm just worried about bulking right now."
Sylvia
made it clear who he'd like to be fighting. "I'd really
like to fight Wes Sims," said Tim. Radio show co-host and
UFC welterweight contender Frank Trigg asked Tim to explain where
all the bad blood between he and Sims started.
Tim
replied, "It really started out because Wes started running
his mouth about me to try to get a shot in the UFC because he
sucks so bad. That's the only way he could get in the UFC, by
running his mouth." Tim didn't stop there. He said he doesn't
think a fight with Sims will ever happen. His exact words were,
"He's just so scared, I really don't think it's ever going
to happen."
So,
Tim was right when he predicted that he would be back fighting
in December. He seems to be doing well and will be back in action
on the 11th of December in SuperBrawl most likely against LA
Giant. The feud between he and Wes Sims continues. Things seem
to be getting back to normal for Tim.
Source: MMA Weekly |
MAYHEM
WANTS TO GET CAREER BACK ON TRACK
Jason "Mayhem" Miller has had some brushes with the
law in his past but has put that behind him now. After having
his fighting career put on hold to sort out his legal problems,
Miller has gotten things back on the right track. On October
16th, Jason defeated Ronald
"Machine Gun" Jhun at SuperBrawl 37 in Hawaii, Jhun's stomping
grounds. "Mayhem" spoke with MMAWeekly about the fight,
the altercation that went on afterward, and his future in Mixed
Martial Arts.
Miller
was set to fight George St.Pierre back in June at UFC 48, but
was unable to compete due to legal issues. As he put it, "I
got locked up, went to jail, and messed my whole deal up man.
Now, I've got to take responsibility for it and work my way back
up there so I can fight in an organization." He wasn't able
to go into detail about it but Miller added, "The reason
I went to jail was because of something that I did a long time
ago and they picked me up on it. I've kinda grown from there.
I've grown, not just as a fighter, as a person and realized,
yo, you can't just rock someone's block inside a club. You know
why? Because you're going to jail."
"Mayhem"
served his jail time and got back to doing what he does best;
fighting. It had been over ten months since his last fight, a
win over Egan
Inoue at
SuperBrawl 32, when he faced off with Ronald Jhun. Jason submitted
Jhun with a choke but that wasn't the end of the action. "I
choked the guy, that's what you're supposed to do, right? It's
an MMA fight, choke the guy unconscious so I choke the guy and
then his coach jumped in the ring. The referee didn't stop the
fight. His coach jumped in the ring and popped me in the face.
I'm like man, and then I jumped up. Everybody else jumped up.
It was ridiculous," stated Miller. He continued, joking,
"It wasn't as big a deal as they made it out. It wasn't a full blown
riot because I've seen one of those before. It was more like
a baby riot. It was more like a squirrel riot. Yeah, definitely
a squirrel riot."
"Mayhem"
says he's ready to fight his way back to the UFC. As of now,
Jason has nothing signed but he's keeping his eyes open for opportunities.
In closing, Miller said, "I had to knock that ring rust
off and now, I'm back in it to win it."
Source: MMA Weekly |
TRIGG
BREAKS IT DOWN....
SILVA OR COUTURE?
by Frank
Trigg
Randy Couture and Vanderlei Silva-- The Natural vs The Axe Murderer.
This debate has come to the forefront anytime one of the guys
fight on pay per view. Now it’s thee question since the
pay per view last Sunday.
This
is more important then who should live in the Lincoln bedroom
tonight after the election. Let me break it down for you this
way. The best fighter of the two champions is Vanderlei Silva.
I do not care what kind of competition you are facing, when you
win, what.... 22 wins in a row? That means you gamed up 22 STRAIGHT
times. You trained perfectly for each match 22 times, you ate
right, slept right, dare I say lived right 22 times. Enough said
on that topic.
Now
if these two true gladiators were to fight each other in the
Octagon, who wins? Randy “The Natural” Couture. After
my earlier explanation you say what the hell are you talking
about Trigg? I say.... “Shut your mouth”. Yes, Wand
beat Hendo who is a better wrestler then Randy. It seems everybody
is talking about the takedown difference. Yes, Wand is younger,
faster, more aggressive then Randy, and he is more explosive
and has better submission skills. Have we not heard this before?
Every
#$%^ing time Randy fights we hear this. Randy right now is too
good in the cage. He has spent too much time living, thinking,
eating, breathing the UFC and its famed Octagon. With the rules
as they are now Randy wins easily by the third round of a five
round fight. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that Randy is the Natural....a
Natural 230 pounds. He has been this big for as long as I have
know him.
He
did not grow to be this big over the last six years. He is that
big in size both in person and on T.V. and not to mention he
has a heavyweight heart. If this fight were to take place in
the Pride ring I have this fight a dead draw. Not saying it will
be a draw but it is to hard for me to call. Wand has spent the
exact amount of time in the ring that Randy has in the Cage.
So
all things that I have said before about Randy now hold true
for Wand. Big difference is Randy is too good at the clinch and
shutting you down in there. Randy’s defense is outstanding,
thanks Ryan, and he has amazing reach advantage. Wand will punch
from any position and will punch as hard as he can in three punch
combos. Both are in great shape and both want to prove they are
the best ever.
I
know I hear you guys as you read this and you say “Come
on Trigg get off the fence”. OK, OK Randy wins in domination
in the cage AND wins a close decision in the ring. The ring allows
you to run more then in the cage, as a result it takes longer
to catch your opponent.
Please
do not argue with my logic, as always I might be wrong, this
is just the right opinion. As I end my first column, just one
more thing.
U
KNOW!
Trigg
Source: MMA Weekly |
FANS
SOUNDOFF ON FANTASY MATCH UP
It's a fight everyone on the planet wants to see, but in reality
may never happen. Vanderlei Silva vs Randy Couture would be an
amazing Champion vs Champion fight. You sounded off on the topic
on our Soundoff Forum at MMAWeekly.com
"Randy
Couture has never been knocked out by anyone. Coutures stamina
is so dramatically improved from the days of fighting Pedro Rizzo
that it would be hard to imagine Vanderei wearing him down for
a tire out-knock out fight. Couture is a superior wrestler and
striker to Quinton Jackson. Jacksons flaws were obvious on October
31. Couture seems to have no true weaknesses. The only way I
could see Silva beating Couture is submission or a lucky flash
K.O. The sad thing is that we will probably never see this fight.
Who wins? Couture by referee stoppage due to strikes. Silva loses
to crisp, straight punches and the inabilitie to stop the takedown.
Couture is relentless on the ground and shows savvy on his feet.
42 going on 29 is a magic combination with the obvious skill
he brings to the table. Last but not least: Couture is the same
guy that destoyed Ortiz, Lidell and Belfort. Who wins? Couture
by TKO round 2. - Johnny Z
Wand
by TKO late in Rd 1. Both of these warriors have little to no
weaknesses. But the 10 minute 1st round will definately take
it's toll on 42 year old Couture's stamina. Also when Randy tires
out he can still maintain controll of the fight using his Greco-Roman
skills. Unfortunately for Randy, in the Pride Ring the fighters
would be stood up. No cage to stack your opponent up against
takes away 75% of Couture's gameplan.
John
McGruder
Chevy
Chase, Md
"Couture
destroyed Liddel, Tito and Vitor. 2 of those fighters had beaten
wand pretty good. Couture took all 3 fighters round after round
and completly outclassed them all, never loosing a single round
in the 11 rounds that he fought in those 3 fights. On the other
hand you have Silva who is a hall of famer without question,
but lets face it his 20-0 record has mostly come from less then
steller competition. And when he did get a good challenger in
Rampage he fought like a champion but the whole fight was who
was gonna catch who first with the big shot. Tonight that just
happened to be Silva......... Cage, Ring, wrestling school, back
yard, hell in a cell,casket match, whatever, make no mistake
as good as silva is he will be taken down and ground and pounded
until submission. Thats just the way it's going to be and you
all can quote me on that. -
What'sYourPoint
on Soundoff Forum
"It
is flawed logic to assume that if A beats B and B beats C, then
A MUST beat C. You all should know that by now.
"Furthermore,
Wand loss to Vitor when he was just a pup. Vitor was on top of
his game at the time. He has not looked nearly so good lately.
I'm sure most of you would agree that Vitor couldn't touch Wanderlei
now. I think Wand learned a lot from that loss, as his style
has gotten faster and more aggressive after. His loss to Tito
was a close thing and that was the last time Wand has lost a
fight- four and a half years ago! How much can one grow beating
the best fighters in the world for 4 years?
Tabitha
Tobin - San Diego CA & Anchorage AK
Yeah
it may be 'flawed' logic - but the post DOES make sense. Randy
not only beat one guy who beat Vanderlai, but BOTH. That DOES
make a difference to me. Let's take a look at the two. Tito Ortiz
- a superior grappler, thought to be the best at the time he
was beat. Vitor Belfort - arguably the best striker in MMA. It
DOES make a difference to me, the both of them are very different
fighters, and they both couldn't touch Randy.
I
also disagree with the assessment that Vitor 'couldn't touch
Silva now - Vitors striking has NOT gotten worse. Did you see
Eastman fight Vitor? I have been involved in MMA way before Silva
entered the UFC, and I can tell you his striking was not different
than it is today. He was ALWAYS regarded as a vicious striker,
and that aspect of his game has NOT changed from back then. Give
me a damn break - before making a statement like that make sure
you know what you're talking about. If it's one aspect of his
game that HAS improved is his grappling - now Wand is no magician
on the ground - but he has gotten better. - Tagreid
"Couture
beats Silva in an Octagon under UFC rules. Silva beats Couture
in a ring under Pride rules. No elbows to the head in Pride.
No fence to pin your downed opponent against (i.e. the fighter
on bottom can't effectively set up a guard when he's being bent
in half against the cage). Frequent standups. All of these things
play right into Wand's style of fight and hinder Couture's style
of dominance.
"Silva
has great guard defence, especially in controlling his opponents
hands and clinching the opponents head so the fighter on top
cannot connect with full length punches from above. When Silva
is in the guard he simply plays defense, controlling the opponents
head and hands, until the fight gets stood up (which happens
very often in Pride) to where Wand has probably the most dangerous
hands and knees in the business. Lather, rinse, repeat and Wand
will beat you on his feet with strikes, or get the decision from
doing more to try and "finish the fight" with his agressive
striking style combined with Randy's lack of submission attempts
while it's on the ground.
"On
the flip side, in the Octagon, the only thing that will beat
Couture eventually is his age. He has turned the octagon GnP
into an artform. The two key factors are the cage itself and
the allowance of elbows to the head. Randy uses the Octagon environment
to his advantage better than anyone else. By taking an opponent
down along the fence, he presses them in the corner so the opponent
is literally bent in half on their back. The downed opponent
loses any kind of leverage they can obtain by having a very hard
time getting into a proper guard. And even if an opponent can
get into a full guard, UFC style of fights better support a mounted
GnP offense. The key being allowing elbows to the head. When
the defender tries to control the arms and clinch the dominant
fighters head to prevent full length punches, elbows are the
only key effective offensive weapon left for the striker. In
close range, being able to drop down an elbow while your wrists
are being controlled is a huge advantage. That extra weapon allows
the fighter on top to vary between elbows and short range fist
pounds to basically wear down the man on bottom.
And
with much less frequent standups in UFC, the GnP specialist has
the advantage to slowly wear down the opponent by alternating
between different types of strikes in close quarters (elbows
doing the most damage because they are the most effective at
close range in the mount).
So
IMO, both dominate in their respective promotions because the
rules and style of fights cater to each fighters strenghts respectively.
The only sollution to truely see who would win would to be have
a best 2 of 3 series. First fight in an Octagon under UFC rules.
Second fight in a ring under Pride rules. And the third fight
in a gladiator pit; Silva with a sword and shield. Couture with
a trident and net.
Tommy
K.
Toronto,
Ontario.
Vanderlei
is definitely gonna knock couture out... you guys siad that randy
has never been knocked out... well, he's been knockdowned by
rizzo in thei first fight... Last year, silva TKO'ed "jackson"
for the first time in his career... then last night, he totally
knocked jackson like a dead man... rampage jackson has never
been knocked down before he fought silva the first time... if
silva vs. couture happens... couture might use his wrestling
skills but silva is also good at submissions and defense... so
silva's punches and knees will get couture's ufc belt for the
unification bout - J.Rex
Source: MMA Weekly |
AFC
Results
Ft. Lauderdale, FL-Thirty-seven seconds was all it took to end
one of the most controversial fights in Florida's MMA history.
Manny Reyes didn't bring much MMA experience to the ring but
he sure brought hype and attitude to his fight against UFC vet
Hermes Franca. The fight was not only spectacularly one-sided
but seemed to be a pain in the ass to everyone with the rule
changes including a single ten-minute round and automatic draw
in the case of time running out. The only running out in this
fight were the EMTs responding to Hermes' KO with hammer fists
from a knee-on-belly position.
On
the same card two UFC vets from Team Elite came to town with
Mike Brown successfully defending his Bantamweight belt by unanimous
decision and Keith Rockel losing by armbar to Charles McCarthy.
No controversy surrounded Brown's domination of ATT's Renato
Tavares while there was definitely a buzz after the show about
Rockel's loss.
Mike Brown
In the second round Rockel had a rear choke from top position
to the point in Shooto a "catch" would be called but
the fighters were about half way under the ropes. Although it
appeared McCarthy was going unconscious with eyes definitely
glazing then closed the ref stopped the fighters to reposition
them closer to the center of the ring. Of course Charles gathered
his wits and lowered his chin before the action restarted, resulting
in Keith not having the full choke when the fight restarted.
Charles did a great job going on to win the fight and definitely
deserves credit for many points in the first round but that issue
of at what point the fighters are not far enough out of the ring
to be a threat is likely to be discussed at least in Florida
for some time.
The
true champion of the show was Dave Strasser. This UFC vet had
only one fighter on the card after medical requirement issues
prevented the match with Brian Geraghty/Scott Johnson but he
cornered three other fighters this evening out of a total of
seen fights. An AFC card just doesn't seem complete without a
draw and this card was no exception with Peter Walker and Rob
Smith taking home the dubious distinction of ‘draw of the
night' in the only Heavyweight fight on the card. Finally from
a team perspective ATT had their roughest night since their debut
in KOTC, going 0-1-1 off of Tavares and Walker. Hermes is really
BTT now but the schools are intertwined so counting him and Raphael
Diaz they went 2-1-1. Boca's fight was one of the ones to be
cancelled due to medical requirements when Luigi Fioravanti didn't
get his Hepatitis work in on time.
Pat
Healy def. Dan Hardy 3:50 R1 by guillotine choke
Rob Smith drew Peter Walker by majority draw (19-19, 19-19, 20-18)
Carlo Prater def. Efrain Ruiz by unanimous decision (20-18x3)
Raphael Diaz def. Bryan Medlin 1:16 R1 by armbar
Charles McCarthy def. Keith Rockel 2:16 R2 by armbar
Mike Brown def. Renato Tavares by unanimous decision (30-27x3)
Hermes Franca def. Manny Reyes 0:37 R1 by KO
Source: FCF |
Quote
of the Day
"Ask, and it will be given you; Seek, and you will find;
Knock, and it will be opened to you."
Bible
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PUNISHMENT
IN PARADISE
EAST VS WEST
Friday Dec 3,2004 @ Kapolei High Gym
TICKETS ON SALE!!
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East Vs.
West
Welterrweight
MMA Bout (3x5 Minute Rounds)
Thomas
Denny (Team Wildman, California) Vs. Mark Moreno (Bulls Pen,
Hawaii)
Welterweight
MMA Bout (3x5 Minute Rounds)
TBA
Vs. Kai Kamaka (808 Fight Factory, Waianae)
155lbs.
Lightweight MMA Bout (3x3 Minute Rounds)
Cory
Cass (Showtime J.J., California) Vs. David Padilla (Jesus Is
Lord, Waipahu)
175lbs.
Kickboxing Championship Bout (3x2 Minute Rounds)
Tommy
Pestana (Bad Intentions, Waianae) Vs. Wayne Perrin III (Team
Bigdogs, Waianae)
Lightweight
MMA Bout (3x3 Minute Rounds)
Ryan
Kronwritter (Meat Truck Inc, ,Indiana) Vs. Kevin Delima (Bulls
Pin, Hawaii)
137lbs.
Kickboxing Championship Bout(3x2 Minute Rounds)
TBA
Vs. Domi Lopez (Team Bigdogs, Waianae)
179lbs.
Kickboxing Championship Bout (3x2 Minute Rounds)
Alan
Yulip (Animal House, Ewa Beach) Vs. Bryson “The Kid”
Kamaka (808 FF, Waianae)
MMA
Bout (2x3 Minute Rounds)
Cisco
Bringas (Freelance, Kailua) Vs. Joe Palimo’o (Freelance,
Waipahu)
196lbs.
Kickboxing Championship Bout (3x2 Minute Rounds)
Brandon
Kilikane (Animal House, Ewa Beach) Vs. Val Ulafale (Team Bigdogs,
Waianae)
159lbs.
Kickboxing Championship Bout (3x2 Minute Rounds)
Kaleo
Kwon (Eastsidaz, Kailua) Vs. Dain Agbayani (808 FF, Waipahu)
150lbs.
MMA Bout (2x3 Minute Rounds)
.
Preston Lee (Animal House, Ewa Beach) Vs. Bronson Perrin (Team
Bigdogs, Waianae)
165LBS.
Kickboxing Bout (3x11/2 Minute Rounds)
Keola
Akao (Hilo Boyz, Hilo) Vs. Kevin Smith (Team Bigdogs, Waianae)
MMA
Bout (2x3 Minute Rounds)
Chris
Aina (Freelance, Kailua) Vs. Mike (Animal House, Ewa Beach)
147lbs.
Kickboxing Bout (3x11/2 Minute Rounds)
Brandon
Antonio (Jesus Is Lord, Nanakuli) Vs. Louis Smith (Team Bigdogs,
Waianae)
Super
Heavyweight Exhibition (3x1 Minute Rounds)
Kahele
(Dogz 4 Life, Nanakuli) Vs. Jacob Fa'agai (Untaimed Bloodline,
Waianae)
240lbs.
Exhibition (3x1 Minute Rounds)
Frank
(Bulls Pin, Kalihi) Vs. Jonah Visante (Dogs 4 Life, Waianae)
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CHAMPION
VERSUS CHAMPION; GOLD MEDALLISTS CLASH AT PRIDE FIGHTING’S
SHOCKWAVE!
The two main events for PRIDE FIGHTING’S New Year’s
Eve spectacular, SHOCKWAVE, have been announced. In the first
bout, the highly anticipated rematch … for the title of
undisputed heavyweight Grand Prix Champion of 2004, Fedor Emelianenko
versus Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. In the second bout, for the
first time in mixed martial arts history and under mixed martial
arts rules, it will be Olympic gold medallist versus Olympic
gold medallist as Japan’s Hidehiko Yoshida (1992 Judo Olympic
gold medallist) takes on Rulon Gardner of the United States (2000
Greco Roman Wrestling Olympic gold medallist). Also on the card,
Japanese hero Kazushi Sakuraba will face a yet to be named opponent.
SHOCKWAVE
will take place from the Saitama Super Arena in Japan and is
scheduled to debut on North American pay per view via iNDEMAND,
DIRECTV, DISH Network, and TVN on Sunday, January 2nd, 2005 at
9:00pm EST, 6:00pm PST.
The
first main event match pits champion versus champion as reigning
PRIDE FIGHTING heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko goes up
against PRIDE FIGHTING’S interim heavyweight champion, Antonio
Rodrigo Nogueira. This rivalry began at PRIDE 25 BODY BLOW back
on March 16, 2003 when Fedor ended the championship reign of
Nogueira, taking the heavyweight title via unanimous decision.
With Fedor suffering a hand injury in 2003, a rematch was not
possible, so Nogueira was matched against Mirko “Cro Cop”
Filipovic for the title of interim heavyweight champion. In a
historical bout, Nogueira overcame a disastrous first round to
submit the Croatian sensation in round two via armbar. But despite
the impressive victory, fans still longed to see “Minotauro”
face Fedor. Both champions participated in the 16-man heavyweight
Grand Prix tournament of 2004 and the inevitable happened …
each man reached the finals. With the scenario set, this bout
was supposed to prove which man would have the right to be called
PRIDE FIGHTING’S top heavyweight. Instead, the match was
stopped early in the first round due to a very bad cut suffered
by Fedor. To the protest of Nogueira, the bout was declared a
no-contest and neither man was declared Grand Prix champion.
Now at SHOCKWAVE, the highly anticipated rematch … for the
title of undisputed heavyweight Grand Prix Champion of 2004,
it will be Fedor Emelianenko versus Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.
In
the second main event, for the first time in mixed martial arts
history and under mixed martial arts rules, it will be Olympic
gold medallist versus Olympic gold medallist as Japan’s
Hidehiko Yoshida (1992 Judo Olympic gold medallist) takes on
Rulon Gardner of the United States (2000 Greco Roman Wrestling
Olympic gold medallist). Hidehiko Yoshida is a legend in the
word of Judo. This Japanese star has successfully competed in
the Judo World Championships and the Olympics, capturing the
gold medal in the 1992 Barcelona Games (he won all six of his
matches by ippon). Upon his retirement from the sport, Yoshida
was intent on proving the effectiveness of Judo within mixed
martial arts. Thus far he has been successful, as he has garnered
wins against Don Frye, Masaaki Satake, Kiyoshi Tamura, and Mark
Hunt. Just as Yoshida is a legend in the Judo world, so is Rulon
Gardner in the world of Greco Roman Wrestling. A native of Wyoming,
Gardner’s amateur wrestling career contains an impressive
list of accomplishments: in 2001 he was the Greco Roman world
champion, he is a three-time American National Champion (1995,
1997, 2001), and at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000, he did the
unthinkable, winning the gold medal by defeating Russian Aleksander
Karelin, himself a three-time gold medallist and unbeaten in
competition for 13 years. Gardner competed once again in the
Olympics in 2004 and successfully captured a bronze medal in
Athens and then announced his retirement from the sport. With
his place in wrestling history secure, Gardner now looks to display
his skills in the arena of mixed martial arts. So which style
will prove superior … Judo or Greco Roman Wrestling?
SHOCKWAVE:
FIGHT CARD:
Fedor
Emelianenko (Russia) vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Brazil)
(This bout is for the title of PRIDE FIGHTING 2004 Grand Prix
heavyweight championship)
Hidehiko
Yoshida (Japan) vs. Rulon Gardner (USA)
Kazushi Sakuraba (Japan) vs. TBA
Fight
card subject to change. More bouts to be announced soon. For
more information on PRIDE FC, visit http://pridefc.com!
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Source: ADCC
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Wand
makes fun of Jackson’s phone call
During
Pride's last edition, that occured last Sunday, the Japanese
crowd was surprised by an unusual phone call recieved by Quinton
Jackson at the exact moment Wanderlei Silva was entering the
ring. After getting KO'd by Wand and lost the chance to get the
middleweight belt, the Rampage told the press he was talking
to his girlfriend. However, this explanation did not convince
an important person: Wanderlei Silva.
‘He
wasn’t talking to his girlfriend. He was booking himself
a room at the nearest hospital’, states Wand. Jackson did
go to the hospital and received several stitches under both his
eyes. Asked about who he would like to face, Wand answered ‘I
would love to fight Yoshida’ and on second tought. ‘To
be honest, I would face anyone’, finished the champion.
Wand
and his Jiu-Jitsu coach, Cristiano Marcelo, headed to South Korea
after
Pride to do several seminars at that country. Before getting
into the plane, the Chute Boxe star recognized that the fight
against Jackson wasn’t that easy and told us that he needs
to train even harder for his next challenge, which should be
against Mirko Cro Cop at Pride’s New Year’s Eve
on December 31st.
Chute
Boxe’s head manager agreed with his pupil. ‘Wand lost
the first round, but he never gives up and always pulls himself
together, he went for the win and that was one of the best fights
Pride has ever seen’ said Rudimar Fedrigo.
Source: ADCC
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EXTREME
CHALLENGE RETURNS! Newcomer hopes to make a splash nationally!
MEDINA, Minn. -- Despite fighting mainly as a hobby, Roger Huerta
has managed to put together an impressive mixed martial arts
record ... only 1 loss in 12 bouts.
Now,
having signed with Team Extreme manager Monte Cox, Huerta is
training full-time and expects to show the results of his efforts
on Friday, Nov. 12, when he faces Jake Short of Michigan in a
feature bout at Extreme Challenge 60.
EC
60 is scheduled at the Medina Entertainment Center with doors
opening at 7:30 p.m. and the first bout at 8:30 p.m. Tickets
are available by calling Medina at 763 478-6661 or Minnesota
Combat Arts at 651 336-2777.
Short
is 8-5 as a pro, but is dropping down to the 155 class, where
he expects his strength to be a big factor.
'This
is a battle of two guys going places,' Cox said. 'Both fighters
have a good chance of ending up in the Ultimate Fighting Championships
on Pay-Per-View.'
Two
UFC veterans from Minnesota will headline the event at Medina.
Former UFC middleweight champion Dave Menne will face Trevor
Garrett of Dayton, Ohio... while Sean Sherk, who fought for the
UFC welterweight title and has a 26-1-1 record, will take on
power-punching Lee King of Houston.
Also
scheduled to fight are Daryl Guthmiller, Ritchie Miller, Mike
Belker and Randy Hauer, a Minneapolis native who now lives in
Houston, and will corner for King.
Source: ADCC
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Ken
Shamrock: “I want Tito!”
SHAMROCK WANTS TITO
There
has been a lot of speculation recently about Ken Shamrock and
who his next opponent will be. The speculation has gone from
Tito Ortiz to Tank Abbott to Royce Gracie. Last night, Shamrock
spoke with MMAWeekly’s Ken Pishna and made it clear what
his thoughts are on his next opponent.
First
things first, Shamrock wants to fight Tito Ortiz. “The fight
that we want is Tito. That’s the fight that we want to happen
next,” said Shamrock. “I don’t know if Dana White
will make that fight happen or not.”
He
went on to explain that it’s not really all up to him who
he gets to fight, “I can’t really tell them who I want
to fight, unlike what many people think… I just have to
wait and see and put in who I’d like to fight. I really
would like to fight Tito Ortiz. That’s the fight I want.
That’s the fight that I think makes sense.”
And
what about the rumors that have surfaced in regards to Tank Abbott
as an opponent at UFC 51 instead of Tito? “For whatever
reasons, I think they’re leaning towards Vitor Belfort [for
Tito Ortiz]. Tank Abbott is a fight that I guess they [the UFC]
were interested in having happen,” speculated Shamrock.
“If that’s the only one they’re going to offer
me, then I guess that’s the one I have to take. Not that
I mind laying glove on Tank. It’s just the fact that I’d
rather take a fight that I’ve been wanting. “
Shamrock
also talked about the perpetual speculation about another rematch
between him and Royce Gracie. “We tried to get that to happen
when the UFC was going to put on that show in Japan and then
they cancelled that show. I wanted Don Frye. I wanted Royce Gracie.
Those fights never surfaced. Don Frye couldn’t do it because
he had other obligations. Royce Gracie we never heard back from,”
said Shamrock.
The
UFC is tentatively planning to attempt the Japanese show again
next year in June. Pishna asked Shamrock if they will again be
attempting to get Royce for that show, “Well, we can try,
but personally I don’t think Royce will take the fight.
This isn’t the first time we’ve tried to get this to
happen. I just don’t believe he’s going to make that
fight happen. I think that he’s perfectly happy fighting
in Japan and fighting people that he chooses to fight.”
With
one fight left on his UFC contract, Shamrock made his thoughts
clear one more time, “We want to get that fight with Tito.
That’s the one I want. I think it makes sense for the fans
and I think it makes sense for the UFC. And it definitely makes
sense for me and him.”
(The
full transcription of Pishna’s interview with Ken Shamrock
will be up soon at BoxingInsider.com)
Source: MMA Weekly
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SUNKIST
OPEN RESULTS
Here
are the results of the Sunkist Kids/ASU International Open, taken
from a USA Wrestling press release on the USOC Press Box page:
WRESTLING:
Sunkist Kids club sweeps team titles in all three styles at Sunkist
Kids/ASU International Open, as Olympians Gruenwald, Williams
claim titles
by Gary Abbott - USA Wrestling
reported
by Meredith Wilson, USA Wrestling
TEMPE,
Ariz. - Host club the Sunkist Kids will keep the team trophies
in Tempe, collecting all the crowns in all three divisions at
the 2004 Sunkist Kids/ASU International Open, held on the campus
of Arizona State Univ., Oct. 29-30.
A
total of 317 wrestlers representing six countries and the United
States, including Armenia, Canada, Columbia, Tajikistan, Finland,
and Macedonia, competed in the event.
The
new international wrestling rules announced during the Olympic
Games in Athens, Greece were tested at this event. The rules
go into affect all all international events starting in January
2005. To win a match, a wrestler needed to win two of the three
periods, similar to the concept of sets in tennis.
Two
members of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team, Greco-Roman wrestler Jim
Gruenwald (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) at 60 kg/132
lbs. and freestyle wrestler Joe Williams (Iowa City, Iowa/Sunkist
Kids) at 74 kg/163 lbs. claimed individual gold medal.
In
men's freestyle competition, five members of the Sunkist Kids
club took home the gold. At 55 kg Matt Azevedo (Sunkist) won
in two periods over Fredy Serrano of Bogota, Columbia, while
Nate Gallick (Sunkist), named Outstanding Freestyle Wrestler
of the tournament, won a three-period decision over Saeed Azarbayjani
of Canada.
Sunkist
Kids' Chris Bono captured a two-period win over Eric Larkin (Sunkist)
at 66 kg. Williams scored two-period win over Muzaffor Abdunkhmonov
(Gator), respectively at 66 and 74 kg. And Mike Faust (Sunkist)
won by injury default over Michael Irvins.
Also
capturing gold in Freestyle were the Gator club's Lee Fullhart
at 84 kg and Tommy Rowlands of the Dave Schultz WC at 96 kg.
On
the Greco-Roman mats, the host team captured the team title with
champions at 60 kg (Gruenwald) and 120 kg (Koren Papoyan).
Second
place team finisher, the New York Athletic Club, found only a
single champion in Lindsey Durlacher at 55 kg.
The
USOEC's Greco program at Northern Michigan landed five in the
finals, but only managed to capture one championship with the
Outstanding Greco-Roman Wrestler of the tournament, Harry Lester
taking the title at 66 kg. After dropping the first period to
0-6, Lester went on the claim wins in the second and third period
to win over Glenn Garrison of the Army.
Other
individual Greco-Roman champions were Jacob Volkmann of the Minnesota
Storm at 74 kg, Jake Clark of the U.S. Marines at 84 kg and Adam
Wheeler of the Gator WC at 96 kg.
Three
competitors from Canada claimed championships in the Women's
Freestyle Division, including Carol Huynh at 48 kg, Emily Richardson
at 59 kg and Martine Dugrenier at 67 kg.
The
Sunkist Kids also claimed the Women's team title with champions
Stephanie
Murata
at 51 kg and Outstanding Women's Wrestler of the Tournament,
Tori Adams at 63 kg. Murata is a past World silver medalist.
The
NYAC finished second in the team race, winning gold with two-time
World silver medalist Tina George at 55 kg and Heather Martin
at 72 kg.
SUNKIST
KIDS/ASU INTERNATIONAL OPEN
at Tempe, Ariz.. Oct. 29-30
Championship Medal results
Men's Freestyle
55 kg/121 lbs.
Gold - Matt Azevedo (Sunkist Kids) dec. Fredy Serrano (Colombia/Bogota,),
3-2; 2-1
Bronze - Enrhtur Badamsaikham (DSWC) dec. Jamie Macari (Canada/Brock),
3-0; 2-1
60 kg/132 lbs.
Gold - Nate Gallick (Sunkist Kids) dec. Saeed Azarbayjani (Canada),
2-1; 2-4; 5-4
Bronze - Tim Wadsword (Canada/Montreal) dec. Ruslanber Madjinon
(Gator), 1-1; 0-2; 3-0
66 kg/145.5 lbs.
Gold - Chris Bono (Sunkist Kids) dec. Eric Larkin (Sunkist Kids),
1-0; 3-1
Bronze - Evan McDonald (Canada/Brock) dec. Jerrod Sanders (Wolfpack),
0-4; 2-0; 3-1
74 kg/163 lbs.
Gold - Joe Williams (Sunkist Kids) dec. Muzaffor Abdunkhmonov
(Gator), 1-0; 2-0
Bronze - Jared Frayer (DSWC) dec. Kirk White (DSWC), 5-2; 2-1
84 kg/185 lbs.
Gold - Lee Fullhart (Gator WC) dec. Clint Wattenberg (NYAC),
2-1; 2-2; 2-1
Bronze - Greg Jones (Sunkist Kids) dec. Frank Cornely (NC), 4-1;
2-0
96 kg/211.5 lbs.
Gold - Tommy Rowlands (DSWC) dec. Dawid Rechul (NYAC), 1-0; 3-0
Bronze - Nik Fekete (Sunkist Kids) dec. Matt Greenberg (NYAC),
6-0; 3-0
120 kg/264.5 lbs.
Gold - Mike Faust (Sunkist Kids) win by injury Michael Irvins
(UNA)
Bronze - Billy Blunt (Sunkist Kids) win by injury Cain Velasquez
(Sunkist Kids)
Greco-Roman
55 kg/121 lbs.
Gold - Lindsey Durlacher (NYAC) fall Joseph Betterman (USOEC),
1:53
Bronze - Neal Rodak (Gator) dec. Chris Williams (unattached),
1-1; 2-1
60
kg/132 lbs.
Gold - Jim Gruenwald (Sunkist Kids) dec. Willie Madison (USOEC/Gator),
7-0; 5-0
Bronze - Jeremiah Davis (USOEC) dec. Jared Esala (Unattached),
2-0; 2-1
66
kg/145.5 lbs.
Gold - Harry Lester (USOEC/Gator) dec. Glenn Garrison (U.S. Army),
0-6; 1-0; 1-0
Bronze - Mahdi Faramanj (PWC) dec. Mark Rial (unattached), 7-3;
0-1; 1-1
74
kg/163 lbs.
Gold - Jacob Volkmann (Mn Storm) dec. Kevin Lozano (USOEC/Gator),
0-2; 1-1; 2-1
Bronze - Josh Henson (DSWC) dec. Curtis Barnes (USMC), 0-2; 1-1;
3-0
84
kg/185 lbs.
Gold - Jake Clark (U.S. Marine Corps) dec. Aaron Boone (USOEC),
2-1; 2-1 Bronze - John Wechter (Unattached) dec. Jeff Funicello
(Sunkist), 2-0; 2-1
96
kg/211.5 lbs.:
Gold - Adam Wheeler (Gator WC) dec. RC Johnson (NYAC), 3-2; 2-0
Bronze - Gerard Habibian (USOEC) win by forfeit over Curtis Krenzke
(USAF)
120
kg/264.5 lbs.
Gold - Khoren Papayan (Sunkist Kids) tech fall Mark Knauer (Cyclone),
6-0; 1-1; 8-0
Bronze - Travis Clark (USMC) win by forfeit over David Walker
Women's
Finals
48 kg/105.5 lbs.
Gold - Carol Huynh (Canada) dec. Clarissa Chun (Sunkist Kids), 4-3; 4-3
Bronze - Angela Mott (Canada) pin Mary Kelly (DSWC), 1:29
51
kg/112.25 lbs.
Gold -
Stephanie Murata (Sunkist) dec. Erica Sharp (Canada), 4-1; 1-1
Bronze
- Debbi Sakai (NYAC) pin Sarah White (Canada/Burnaby), 1:15 55
kg/121 lbs.
Gold - Tina George (NYAC) dec. Malinda Ripley (Sunkist Kids),
5-2; 3-2
Bronze - Sharon Jacobson (USOEC) dec. Dany Hedin (USOEC), 5-3;
5-4
59
kg/130 lbs.
Gold - Emily Richardson (Canada) dec. Brandy Rosenbrock (USOEC),
2-0; 4-0
Bronze - Suekoilya Shelly (NYAC) dec. Sandra Amado (Colombia),
1-3; 2-0; 3-0
63
kg/138.75 lbs.
Gold - Tori Adams (Sunkist Kids) dec. Alaina Berube (Cumberland),
2-1; 3-1
Bronze - Helen Hennick (Canada) dec. Tela O'Donnell (DSWC), 4-3;
4-1
67
kg/147.5 lbs.
Gold - Martine Dugrenier (Canada/Montreal) dec. Katie Downing
(Sunkist Kids), 3-2; 1-1
Bronze - Ali Bernard (Regina) pin Ku'u Johnson (DSWC), :30
72
kg/158.5 lbs.
Gold - Heather Martin (NYAC) tech fall. Donell Bradley (USOEC),
6-0; 7-0
Bronze - Randi Miller (DSWC) dec. Elena Mena (USOEC), 1-0; 1-0
Outstanding
Wrestler Awards:
Outstanding Freestyle Wrestler: Nate Gallick (Sunkist) Champion
at 60kg
Outstanding Greco Wrestler: Harry Lester (USOEC) Champion at
66kg
Outstanding Women's Wrestler: Tori Adams (Sunkist) Champion at
63kg
Outstanding Foreign Wrestler: Muzaffor Abdunkhmonov (Gator) second
place at 74kg Freestyle
Team
Scores
Men's Freestyle: Sunkist 40; DSWC 16; NYAC 13
Greco-Roman: Sunkist 18; NYAC 16; Columbia 5
Women's Freestyle: Sunkist 27; NYAC19; USOEC 14
Source: ADCC
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Quote
of the Day
"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders
of giants."
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
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Mike's
Acura Integra is for sale!
If you didn't know it yet, Mike is trying to sell his Acura Integra.
If anyone is interested, please checkout details on his car.
He just reduced the price to $13,000.
Check
it out by clicking here.
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Warriors
of the Ring Returns to Maui This Weekend!
Maui's premier MMA event returns to Maui after holding their
last event on the big island. WOTR will be held at the Maui War
Memorial Gymnasium on Saturday, November 6th. Maui fight fans
should know where to pick up tickets and if not, you can buy
them at the War Memorial the night of the fight.
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PRIDE
28 - High Octane: PPV Listings!
Complete Results
PRIDE 28 'High Octane'
October 31st, 2004
Tokyo, Japan
This
event debuts on PPV in the United States on Sunday, October 31st,
9:00pm-12:00am ET. Check the pridefc.com website for more details
on the PPV!
COMPLETE
RESULTS:
PRIDE
FC Middleweight Title Match:
Wanderlei Silva (Champion) (Brazil)vs. Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson
(Challenger) (USA):
Silva by KO, RD 2.
Mirko
'Cro Cop' Filipovic (Croatia) vs. Josh 'Babyface Assassin' Barnett
(USA):
Barnett injures Shoulder, Cro Cop by Medical Stoppage, RD 1.
Dan Henderson (USA) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (Japan):
Nakamura injures Shoulder, Henderson by Medical Stoppage, RD
1.
Hirotaka Yokoi (Japan) vs. Heath Herring (USA):
Herring by KO, RD 1.
Mark Hunt (New Zealand) vs. Dan Bobish (USA):
Hunt by TKO, RD 1.
Ricardo Arona (Brazil) vs. Sergei Ignatev (Russia):
Arona by Rear Naked Choke, RD 1.
Hiromitsu Kanehara (Japan) vs. Alistair Overeem (Holland):
Overeem by Doctor's Stop (CUT), RD 2.
Aleksander Emelianenko (Russia) vs. James Thompson (England):
Emelianenko by KO, RD 1.
Choi Mu Bae (Korea) vs. Soa Palelei (Australia):
Bae by Rear Naked Choke, RD 2.
Source: ADCC |
***For
Immediate Release***
For More Information and Fighter Interviews, Contact Mike Afromowitz,
(917) 566-8754 or mike@k-1usa.net
Penn
Vs. Gracie Tops K-1 Rumble On The Rock Card
Mixed
martial arts superstars B.J. Penn (8-1-1) and Rodrigo Gracie
(5-0) will square off during the main event of “Rumble on
the Rock 6” at Honolulu, Hawaii’s Blaisdell Arena on
Saturday, November 20th. Presented by the newly formed K-1 Fighting
Network, the event will also see a return to mixed martial arts
action by 2003 K-1 USA champion Carter Williams (36-9) as well
as Royler Gracie (3-2-1).
Penn
has become one of the hottest commodities in the sport of mixed
martial arts since he achieved what most dismissed as the impossible
by climbing from The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)’s
154 pound limit weight division to its 168 pound limit class
and easily defeating reigning champion Matt Hughes by way of
rear naked choke to claim the latter’s 168-pound limit title
on January 31st. Following the magnificent win over Hughes in
the octagon, the 25-year-old Hawaiian successfully showcased
his skills in Japan where he secured a victory over world Muay
Thai champion and mixed martial arts contender, Duane Ludwig,
by way of arm triangle choke during K-1’s inaugural mixed
martial arts event on May 22nd.
One
of seven brothers who boast the heritage of martial arts fighting’s
most decorated family name, Rodrigo has continued a tradition
of excellence pioneered by his elder siblings during his first
five mixed martial arts starts. A winner of four consecutive
matchups in Japan, the 29-year-old earned his greatest victory
to date during his last outing when he gained a unanimous judges
decision over heralded contender, Hayato Sakurai, on February
15th.
For
his part, the 24-year-old Williams will make his fourth-career
bid under mixed martial rules when he faces fellow American Tom
“Green Beret” Howard (0-2). Last May, the California
native, who has gained widespread recognition for his uncommon
mix of knockout power and foot speed, shot to stardom by claiming
wins over three consecutive opponents as an 18 to 1 underdog
during the annual, spring K-1 USA tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada.
After earning a judges’ decision victory over defending
tournament champion, Michael McDonald, Williams went on to score
knockouts over Yusuke Fujimoto and six-time world kickboxing
champion, Rick “The Jet” Roufus, respectively.
Royler,
another member of the famed family that brought the fighting
art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to the forefront of the martial arts
world and cemented its worth in mixed martial arts competition,
will lock horns with Kazuyuki Miyata (7-1-4).
The
Honolulu event will also host the returns of UFC heavyweight
veterans Wesley “Cabbage” Correira (13-6) and Wes “The
Project” Sims (5-5) as well as undefeated big man Sean O’Hare
(17-0). The hard-punching Correira, whose last UFC appearance
saw him stop legendary brawler, David “Tank” Abbott,
will face Yoshihiro Nakao (1-1) of Japan. A giant at 6’9”
and 255 pounds, Sims will take on Holland kickboxing and jiu-jitsu
stylist, Antoni Hardonk (9-3), and will attempt to turn around
his recent competitive misfortunes that have found him winless
during his last four attempts. The 6’6”, 275 pound
O’Hare will do battle with Japan’s Shungo Oyama (2-6).
Tickets
for Saturday, November 20th’s Rumble on the Rock 6 event
are priced at $30, $60, $65, $100, $150, and $200, respectively,
and can be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com as well as at all
Ticketmaster locations.
Rumble
on the Rock is a Hawaii-based mixed martial arts fight promotion
that was launched by Prodigy Productions two years ago. Recently,
Prodigy Productions partnered with K-1 Fighting Network, a division
of the Japan-based K-1 Corporation, to bring mixed martial arts
sporting events to a growing fanbase.
Source: ADCC |
Rodrigo
and Crosley Gracie Talk
Rodrigo
Gracie has been preparing for his epic bout with Superstar BJ Penn at the ROTR show in Hawaii,
on November 20th.
Word is that BJ is bringing Nova Uniao's submission grappling
specialist Thales Leite to assist him in the fight preparation
so we contacted Rodrigo to see what was going on in his camp
and to our surprise his cousin Crosley answered the phone. So
we got to talk to both of them, here is what they had to say:
Crosley
KP-
You won your last fight against Sakurai with an arm-lock what
was the fight like?
CG- It was a very tough fight with a lot of action. I was able
to hit him with a few punches and I felt that I was in very good
shape and felt stronger and quicker than him. I took the fight
to the ground on Rd 2 and got the mounted position, took his
back and then caught him with an arm-lock from the back!
KP-
Sakurai made some statements that the Gracie's were boring and
did not finish anyone, did that motivate you even more?
CG- I think he was very bored when I was mounted on him, then
he got more bored when I took his back and finally he was completely
bored when I arm-locked him so he tapped to escape the boredom!
I certainly took extra pleasure beating him at every chance I
had to remind him of his unfortunate statement!
KP-
Several other fighters faced him and no one had submitted him
until you did it, what was the difference in yours eyes?
CG-It is simple, he never faced anyone like me before!
KP-
Now you are helping Rodrigo prepare for his fight, is this a
new deal or it just shows the family more united than ever?
CG- Rodrigo and I have always been very close. I believe the
new generation is more determined than ever to show that the
Gracie name is more alive than ever!
KP-
How is Rodrigo shape for this fight?
CG- I would hate to be BJ Penn when Rodrigo enters the cage opposite
to him. He is ready to move in to the Zoo and live with the lions.
KP-
What about the plans for the future?
CG- My contract is with Pride and I believe they are planning
to have me fight early next year!
Rodrigo
KP-
How is the training going?
RG- It is going real well, I have been training hard as I am
taking this fight very seriously.
KP-
Who else is helping you prepare for this fight besides Crosley?
And what is Crosley adding to your training?
RG- Crosley brings a lot of energy to the mat. He is a rising
star and is a tough training partner. He has added a lot to my
training. Additionally Royce,Renzo, Martin Rooney, Matt Serra
are the main coaches and training partners with Joe St Pierre
,Rey Longo, Dean Dunn, Joe'D'Arce and my students Nardu Debra,
Cy, Phelippe and Jamier are all pitching in the team effort.
KP-
Matt Serra has been training with you as well? How is he helping?
RG- Matt is an experienced fighter and he fought BJ before so
he brings a lot to the mat as well. I am very happy to have him
here with me!
KP-
BJ is bringing a lot of people like Thales Leite to help him
prepare for the fight as well, do you think that is going to
make a difference?
RG- I beleive he is taking this fight as seriusly as I am so
he is bringing all the best from his team to help him as well.
KP-
What do you think of BJ as a fighter?
RG- I think he is a complete fighter, very dangerous on his feet,
with good takedowns and a complete ground game. He is very flexible
and has dangerous submissions from any position when the fight
goes to the ground.
Kp-
How do you see the fight developing?
RG- You can only tell you when the bell rings!
Source: ADCC |
WHY
RULON GARDNER SIGNED WITH PRIDE:
AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Rulon
Gardner -- the 2000 Olympic gold medalist Greco-Roman heavyweight
wrestler, the 2001 world champion, the 2004 Olympic bronze medalist,
and the only man ever to defeat the great Alexander Kareline
in international competition -- has agreed to enter the world
of mixed martial arts.
His
first fight will be on Dec. 31, 2004, on the annual New Year's
Eve card put on by the Pride organization in Japan. Gardner's
opponent will be a fellow Olympic gold medalist, Hidehiko Yoshida,
who won gold in 1992 in the sport of judo in the -81 kg/178.5
lb. weight class. Yoshida's record in Pride is 4-1-1, with his
only loss coming by decision to Pride's middleweight champion,
Vanderlei Silva.
The
Gardner-Yoshida fight for Dec. 31 was announced during Pride's
High Octane card, held Sunday, Oct. 31, at the Saitama Super
Arena just outside Tokyo. Both Gardner and Yoshida were in attendance
at this show.
Reached
by phone at his hotel in Tokyo on Sunday night after the show,
Gardner confirmed that he would be indeed fighting in Pride.
He stated that this fight with Yoshida would be under the normal
Pride rules, with no special stipulations.
Even
though Gardner has never competed in mixed martial arts before,
he was eager to have this match with Yoshida.
'For
me it was probably just seeing the status of wrestling, see where
it's at, and the similarities to mixed martial arts, judo, and
wrestling,' he began. 'There are similarities and contrasts.
Talking to wrestlers and the different groups, you're always
having a debate, 'Which one is more complete?' For me, I was
offered the opportunity to come in and to go out and use my skills
of wrestling to take a judo athlete on, an Olympic champion.
And here's an opportunity for two athletes to go out here and
use two different types of grappling techniques and see which
one is going to succeed. And that's where I wanted to take it
from, is that direction.'
Even
though the regular rules of Pride will be in force in this fight,
Gardner told us not to expect much striking.
'You're
not going to have much striking or some of the things as much
as the average Pride fighter,' he stated. 'You're going to have
two grapplers where it's a little more hopefully strategy instead
of complete striking.'
Asked
if he had ever had any training in submissions, he candidly replied,
'Not really.' For that he will travel to the Team Quest Martial
Arts Gym in Portland, Oregon, to train with some familiar faces
from Greco-Roman wrestling who have now focused on the mixed
martial arts: Dan Henderson, Matt Lindland, and Randy Couture.
'Most
definitely,' said Gardner of his intentions to train with Team
Quest. 'Dan Henderson has been talking to me for years trying
to get me into it,' he added. Referring to his fellow Greco wrestlers
who have done so well in mixed martial arts, Gardner reasoned,
'These guys have taken the sport to a new level. They came to
me and said, 'Let's show these people how good we really are.
Maybe we can get a little more exposure and a little more press
for it and be even that bigger.' '
Gardner
only decided to sign with Pride after the completion of the tapings
for the first season of shows for Real Pro Wrestling in Los Angeles
on Oct. 8-9, on which he is one of the television announcers.
His decision, he said, came in 'the last two weeks. Dan [Henderson]
has called me for years. I was like, 'Hey, now is the time for
it. There was a great offer on the table. And you can go out
there and do real well.' ' In fact, Gardner said that it was
Henderson himself who first conveyed Pride's offer to him.
Now,
at age 33, and after retiring from Greco-Roman wrestling at the
2004 Olympics, Gardner must first begin to train in striking.
This thought does not faze him at all.
'It's
something you have to get adapted to,' he said, perhaps understating
that process of adaptation. 'That's one of the things that intrigued
me about it,' he continued. 'Being a wrestler you don't have
really to deal with [striking]. And here is an opportunity for
me to learn about something. I don't know how well the judo athletes
are in striking. So I think it kind of puts us all in the same
boat a little bit.'
Gardner
is also fully cognizant that with only two months until this
fight takes place, he has a lot to learn in a short space of
time.
'Am
I going to be 100 percent proficient at it? Am I going to get
so comfortable with it?' he asked. 'No, but that's where getting
an understanding and learning and feeling comfortable there are
something that I'm going to have to do and have to be adjusted
to real quick.'
While
various reports are circulating about the length of his deal
with Pride, he stated, 'Actually it's up to one to three fights.
It's just however long I want to go. I could be gone after one
fight.'
Asked
if this deal with Pride will conflict with his working with Real
Pro Wrestling, he replied, 'No. Real Pro Wrestling, we're actually
looking to doing some stuff in December, some media stuff, getting
the name out there, getting the word out there, getting people
interested in Real Pro Wrestling.'
In
fact, Gardner believes that his appearance in Pride will aid
the building of support for all styles of wrestling. 'Here's
another avenue that we can help expand the sport to have a bigger
role now than compared to, 'Oh yeah, they're just wrestlers.''
He hopes that his fight will lead to more people saying, ' 'Oh
no, you guys are some bad dudes.' Someone learned how to be a
wrestler, learned how to be the best fighter or grappler in the
world. I think that's what we're trying to show here.'
While
Gardner will be competing in Pride, he also recently turned down
a lucrative offer from WWE. 'It's completely different than WWE,'
he said. 'The WWE didn't draw me to it because I couldn't use
a lot of my wrestling skills in the sport.' He emphasized that
in 'mixed martial arts, you can use a variety of your tactics
and strategies. Now here's an opportunity for me to go out there.'
Again
the angles of Olympic gold medalist vs. Olympic gold medalist
and of grappler vs. grappler in a classic clash of styles were
what proved key in convincing Gardner to take this fight.
'My
whole strategy going in is, we're going to stay with a judo athlete.
Here's an Olympic judo champion, an Olympic wrestling champion.
And they're going to see which one's fight strategy and technique
comes out,' he said.
Of
course, money played a role, but was not the deciding factor
in his choice.
'Yeah,
money's nice. Money's part of it,' said Gardner. 'But I think
realistically I wanted to truly do it because it was an opportunity
to show another angle of our sport that most people truly don't
get to see.' And, of course, he said, 'I'm going to in and learn
it. If I get in a bad situation, I tap out. You just quit, submit.'
If
you have followed Rulon Gardner's activity for any length of
time, you would know by now that he is a wrestling person through
and through. While numerous other world-class wrestlers have
competed and triumphed in mixed martial arts, none have been
as well-known as Rulon Gardner. And if helping wrestling means
using his notoriety to gain attention for the sport by fighting
a judo gold medalist in Pride, then so be it.
'That's
why we want to get involved, because we're able to go out there
and basically show wrestling off to the world,' he reiterated.
'I think it can even give us that much more press. And who knows
what the viewing over here is?' he said of Pride's large audience
in Japan. 'But then there's the United States and around the
world. It gives us more of an opportunity to exemplify what a
wrestler does.'
I
added that his appearance in Pride will no doubt greatly increase
the number of pay-per-view buys for Pride in the U.S., especially
from amateur wrestling fans.
'If
it does, I'm happy for them,' Gardner said, again saying he hoped
to 'go out there and show off' wrestling.
'I
don't profess to be a great fighter because that wasn't my job
before. But I want to learn,' he stressed. And he knows that
he will be far from a complete fighter in two months. So he already
is working on developing a style that is right for him, and that
appeals to him as well: 'Maybe not the striking, and all those
things, but the takedowns and the submissions and all those things,
that's the type of wrestling, I think that's what really draws
me to it, is that kind of format.'
You
can still expect to see him at the numerous amateur wrestling
clinics he conducts. 'Oh yeah,' he said. 'I spoke at four schools
this last week. Nothing is going to change there. I just want
to go out there and hopefully show wrestling to the world as
being another great avenue, opportunity for a wrestler to go
out there and show his skill off and what we're capable of.'
He
will start his training at Team Quest, he said, 'Probably the
week after' this coming one. He will remain in Japan for a short
while to do some more press work for this fight on Dec. 31.
Yes,
he knows he will be making some nice money at this. But, as is
typical of Rulon Gardner, he concluded with this thought about
the relative importance to him of making money and helping wrestling
with this fight: 'I hope so in that effort, but I also hope that
really we can open up a few more eyes and show them the grandeur
of the sport that we love.'
Source: ADCC |
U.S.
Open IX Results Available from the organizer
Thanks
to everyone--competitors, sponsors, volunteers and coaches--who
helped make the U.S. Open IX Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournament an
overwhelming success. The official results are available at www.claudiofrancabjj.com.
A
few highlights: Some serious action took place in the purple
belt adult divisions.
Mike
Fowler of Lloyd Irvin's Academy found himself alone in the middle
weight division when Marcos Torregrosa was forced to pull out
due to a back injury and UFC veteran Nick Diaz of Cesar Gracie
Academy didn't make weight. So Fowler moved up to the Light Heavy
Weight Division and he went on to take the gold!
Nick
Diaz came back to do battle in the Open weight division and won
a tough victory over Mike Weaver of Claudio Franca in the final
Jeff Glover and Bill Cooper of Paragon Jiu-Jitsu breezed through
the purple adult feather and light weight divisions, respectively
to win gold medals.
In
the Black Belt Professional Divisions, Paulo Guillobel of Machado
Jiu-Jitsu defeated Fight Factory's Frederico Sabbatini in a very
action packed match, while Eduardo Telles used a very strange
'on-all-fours-guard' to defeat a very game Rafael Lavato Jr.
via arm-bar.
In
the Women's Pro Division, JJ Machado Brown Belt Felicia Oh pulled
off a last minute victory over Brown Belt Siggi Schoen of Solis
Martial Arts to win by a score of 5-2.
Of
note, Rickson Gracie was in attendence to coach his team and
his son Kron, who took golds in the Blue Belt Junior Middle Weight
and Open Divisions.
Whenever
you try something new, you get a little nervous about how it
will work out. Well, we're happy to report that conducting weigh-ins
on the mat like the Pan-Ams or Mundials and using electronic
scoreboards worked fabulously. Competitors and coaches gave us
very positive feedback about the innovations to our tournament.
Finally,
we we're able to donate $1,311.50 to our charity the Children's
Care Coalition of California. Thanks to all the spectators that
paid the entry fee to watch the tournament.
We
already have a date for next year's tournament. Save the date
for October 22-23rd, 2005, when we host the 10th Annual U.S.
Open. We plan on making the 10th a grand event, so don't miss
it!
Feel
free to send any comments or feedback to blackbelt@claudiofrancabjj.com.
Once
again, thanks to everyone that came out and supported the U.S.
Open IX Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournament, and we'll see you next
year.
Claudio Franca
Source: ADCC |
Heavy
Weight Black Belt Challenge
Desafio Black-Belt GP 2004, the Heavyweights
October
30th Maresias Beach Arena
Black
Belt GP: 'Napao' takes the nº 1 status
FIRST
ROUND
Marcio 'Pe de Pano' Cruz (Gracie Barra) beat Luiz 'Big Mac' (Impacto)
by 3-0 advantages]
Ricardo
Bastos (Nova Uniao) beat Roberto Godoi (Godoi JJ CLub) by 2-0
Gabriel
'Napao' Gonzaga (Macaco Gold Team) beat Eduardo Ladin (Gracie
Barra-SP) by 9-0
Leonardo
Leite (Brasa) beat Paulo Streckert (Maromba JJ) by 2-0
Xande
Ribeiro (Gracie Humaita) beat Artur Cezar 'Gogo (UGF) by 1-0[advantage]
Roberto
Tozzi (BTT) beat Roberto Taz (Cia Paulista) by 3-0
Gabriel
Vella (Gracie Barra-SP) beat Bruno Bastos (Nova UNiao) by 4-0
Alexandre
'Cafe' Dantas beat Diego LaTorre (Macaco Gold Team) by 13-0!
Quarter-Finals
'Pe de Pano' beat Bastos by 3-0
Tozzi beat Xande by 2-0[advantages]
'Napao' beat Leite by 2-0
Vella beat 'Cafe' by 1-0[advantage]
Seimifinals
Tozzi beat Vella by 1-0[advantage]
'Napao' beat 'Pe de Pano' by 3-0
GrandFinal
'Napao' beat Tozzi by 2-0
Note:
Besides winning the tournament, 'Napao' was the real warrior
as he resisted a triangle choke sunk by 'Pe de Pano' for an unbelievable
50 seconds. Pano complained saying that 'Napao' had tapped out
and because of it 'Pe de Pano' didn't dispute the third place
against Gabriel Vella.
Source: ADCC |
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