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3/5/02
The Second Annual Maui Jiu-Jitsu Open
BJJ tournament
(BJJ)
(Maui War Memorial Gym, Wailuku, Hawaii)
11/13/04
SUMA 2
(Kickboxing)
(Hyatt Regency Waikiki Ballroom)
November
Rumble On The Rock
5
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
Pride
Bushido 5
(MMA)
(Yokohama Arena, Japan)
10/22/04
UFC 50: 'The War of '04'
(MMA)
(Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, NJ)
10/16/04
Super Brawl
(MMA)
(Hawaiian Waters Water Park, Kapolei)
10/20/04
Punishment in
Paradise 7
(Kickboxing & MMA)
(Kapolei HS Gym)
10/2/04
Kickin' It Again IV
(Kickboxing)
(Nanaikapono Elem)
September
Ring
of Honor 6
( Kickboxing/MMA)
(Kauai)
Tentative
9/18/04
NAGA
Hawaii State
Grappling Championships
(BJJ & Sub Grappling)
(Farrington High School)
Proving
Grounds 2
(MMA)
(Kona Kekuaokalani Gym, Kona, HI)
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September 2004 News
Part 2
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Quote
of the Day
The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit
of it. You have to catch up with it yourself."
Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher,
Diplomat
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The
Second Annual Maui Jiu-Jitsu Open
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament
Maui War Memorial Gym, Wailuku, Hawaii
March 5, 2005
This will be a traditional BJJ tournament (Gi only) for kids
and adults, men & women. The promoter promises this tournament
will be much better than the already great first one. Lots of
old and new teams have already said that they are ready to support
the tournament, Gracie Oahu, Longman Jiu-Jitsu, BJ Penn's MMA,
Kamole Jiu-Jitsu, North Shore Jiu-Jitsu and many more schools.
The host school Maui Jiu-Jitsu will of course have a massive
presence. There will be lots of prizes and the best in Jiu-Jitsu
will be there for the one day event.
Please mark it down on your calendars and start planning the
trip to Maui. Invitation is open to all Jiu-Jitsu schools or
any other school that trains with the Gi. More information can
be found at www.mauijiujitsu.com.
Good luck and we will see you in Maui!
Source:
Event Promoter
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USA
Boxing Hawaii Events for the rest of the year!
USA-Boxing
Hawaii events tentative schedule:
Oct.
9 Saturday, 6PM at Palolo gym, Smoker.
Oct. 23 Saturday, Pro-Am event at Kapiolani Park (old Kodak Hula
Show). There should be a couple of Professional Bouts pending
approval from State Boxing Commission.
There
will also be two boxing events in November. Once more information
is available it will be posted. Presently, Maui and Palolo gym
just received sanctioning and insurance.
There
will also be a boxing event in December.
Source:
Bruce Kawano |
KICKIN
IT 2004 - PART IV
AMATEUR KICKBOXING
NANAIKAPONO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OCT. 2, 2004
DOORS OPEN AT 6:00P.M.
110
SAGE YOSHIDA (HMC) vs. ALAKAI AKAKA (ADVANCED KENPO)
170
THOMAS ROGERS (HSD) vs. STEVE FARMER (TEAM PERCEPTION)
190
JON TEXIERA (TEAM BAD INTENTIONS) vs. ALLAN ULIP (ANIMAL HOUSE)
165
BEN RODRIGUES (HSD) vs. TOBY AMBA (TEAM PERCEPTION)
180
KOA AWONG (ANIMAL HOUSE) vs. CONRAD PAFFI (ADVANCED KENPO)
150
RANDY RIVERA (HMC) vs. JUSTIN DANO (HSD)
SUPERHEAVYWEIGHT
BOB ATISANOE (HSD) vs. BENJAMIN (TEAM PERCEPTION)
190
JOSH VERSOLA (ADVANCED KENPO) vs. TBA
115
TRAVIS WILLIAMS (HSD) vs. JEFF NATIVIDAD (HOUSE OF PAIN)
AND OTHER EXCITING BOUTS. MATCHES MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT
NOTICE. PRE-SALE TICKETS AND THE DOOR WILL BE ONLY $15.00.
ONLY 250 PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED INSIDE DUE TO THE CAPACITY RESTRICTIONS.
TICKETS MAY BE PURCHASED THROUGH DOUG (PROMOTER) CALL 721-6019
AND GET YOUR TICKETS BEFORE YOU GET LOCKED OUT. THE LAST EVENT
WAS INSANE. THIS EVENT IS BEING HELD ON THE WESTSIDE WHERE
INSANITY DWELLS (AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW - NOW YOU KNOW). BE
THERE.
Source:
Event Promoter |
Rodrigo
Gracie
Changing Organization
When
Rodrigo Gracie announced choice by K-1 over Pride, lots of people
didn't understand the reasons of the changing. From his residence
in United States, Renzo Gracie's cousin conceded an exclusive
interview to team TATAME, where he talks about his leaving from
Pride. He also comments about his future in Japan, his training
in US and what did Renzo said when he first knew about him and
K-1.
In
the end of 2003 you switched Pride by K-1. What did happen?
I
was having problems with my manager in Japan and decided to move
on. Now I hired Mike Kogan, from K-1. Over there I do have a
better life and they will pay me better also.
Why
haven't you fight from the new organization?
It
seems like K-1 Romanex ended. So they will do another event,
but is kind of a secret. K-1 would getting together with another
group and I am sure in early November it must happen something
good. On the last one, when Royler fought Genki Sudo, they also
called me, but it was kind of late..., two weeks before the show.
By that time I was handling a new academy and I was not ready.
I I decided to not do the fight.
How
long have you been living in Unites States? How is your preparation?
I
live here since 1991 and I train at my gym, in Limbrook, with
my students. I practice Muay Thai in Brooklin and train Boxing
and also do physical preparation in New Jersey. Three times a
week I go to Manhattan to train my cousin Renzo.
When
you switched Pride by K-1, people were saying you hid the information
from Renzo...
When
I first thought about moving, the very first thing I did was
inform Renzo. Then I looked after Royce, who also is my cousin.
He helped me to close a new deal with K-1. I've never cheated
anyone. The only one that didn't understand was the Pride Japanese,
because they don't know about my situation with my ex manager.
How
things are between you and Pride?
No
way! I want to make it clear I've never had problems with Pride.
My problem was my manager. Pride always treated good.
Source: Tatame |
ANOTHER
EXECUTION:
HOPKINS KO'S DE LA HOYA IN NINTH ROUND
Bernard 'The Executioner' Hopkins solidified his hold on the
distinction of being the best boxer, pound-for-pound, on the
planet, by becoming the first man to knock out the 'Golden Boy,'
Oscar De La Hoya, with a blistering left hook to the body followed
by a left hook to the head, at 1:38 of the ninth round in their
fight Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. With his
stunning knockout victory, the Philadelphia-based-Hopkins not
only retains his WBA, WBC, and IBF middleweight crowns, but also
adds the WBO title to that list, also becoming the first fighter
to hold titles from all four of these sanctioning bodies.
Hopkins,
39, is now 45-2-1 with 32 KOs, while De La Hoya, 31, falls to
37-4 with 29 KOs.
The
first eight rounds of this fight were, frankly, not the stuff
legends are made of. De La Hoya stood his ground early, seemingly
winning several of the opening rounds, as the taller and stronger
Hopkins struggled to adjust to De La Hoya's unexpected strategy
of standing in front of him. But after a few rounds of little
action, a cautious Hopkins slowly but surely adapted to De La
Hoya's tactics and began landing regularly both with right hand
leads and left jabs.
Even
though Hopkins seemed to have the momentum on his side, at the
end of eight rounds it was still a relatively close fight, at
least on the official judges' scorecards. Two of the judges had
Hopkins ahead by lopsided scores of 79-73 and 78-74, but the
third judge had De La Hoya leading, 77-75.
All
that became academic in the ninth round. Hopkins began relentlessly
to press De La Hoya, and then closed the show, seemingly out
of nowhere, with his vicious body shot and, as a sort of insurance
shot, his left hook to De La Hoya's head. The 'Golden Boy,' whose
three previous losses were close decisions, twice to 'Sugar'
Shane Mosley and once to Felix 'Tito' Trinidad, crumpled to the
canvas and could not arise from his hands and knees as referee
Kenny Bayless counted to ten for the knockout.
History
will record this as the first time De la Hoya has ever been stopped.
This was only his second fight at middleweight, after having
won belts at 130, 135, 140, 147, 154, and in June at 160. Hopkins
has fought virtually his entire career at middleweight.
For
those who missed this pay-per-view broadcast, in the U.S. this
fight will be replayed next Saturday night, Sept. 25, on HBO,
before the light heavyweight fight between Roy Jones Jr. and
Glen Johnson. After Saturday night's fight, Hopkins once again
said that he would like to fight Jones, who was the last fighter
to beat him, back in 1993.
Source: ADCC |
Quote
of the Day
"It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's
life is made up of nothing but the habits he has accumulated
during the first half."
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, 1821-1881, Russian Novelist
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Sandra
Tsukiyama de Oliveira Performs Brazilian Music Today!
Some of you have been asking so here it is. Hope you will join
us for some musical moments.
UPCOMING
SCHEDULE:
What:
Easy listening Brazilian music in proper, cultural setting.
Where:
Tudo de Bom Brazilian Bar-B-Q buffet restaurant, McCully Shopping
Center,
1660 Kapiolani Blvd. #204, ph 942-0267
When:
Beginning this coming Sunday, 9/19 1-4 pm & every Sunday
afternoon
Who:
Sandy on vocals w/Aaron Aranita on keyboard
The
liquor license came through so you can now try the typical Caipirinha
Brazilian national drink, (made with cachaça rum, mashed
w/lemon & sugar on ice)
http://www.tudodebombbq.com
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SPOILER;
RESULTS:
Bernard Hopkins KO's De La Hoya
A body shot KO's (Lefthook to the body) Knocks out Oscar De la
Hoya. Stopped at 1m.39 Round 9.
De
La Hoya doesn't beat the 10 count.
A
Liver shot wins it for Bernard Hopkins.
After
Fight Quotes:
Bernard
Hopkins: "I wanted to show everybody that I could box,"
Hopkins said. "I came light so I could be faster and lighter
and still have my power. I was boxing early so I could figure
Oscar out, to show that I could outbox him. I think I did."
De
La Hoya: "I felt perfect. He just caught," De La Hoya
said. "He threw the body shot and he caught me. I tried
getting up. I couldn't do it. I couldn't breath."
Source:
Dog House Boxing |
Super
Brawl 37 Announced!
Mayhem and the "The Machine Gun"!
Super
Brawl will see a change of venue and a stellar main event Saturday
night October 16th. The first annual Super Brawl "West Side
Pa'ina" will be held outdoors at the Hawaiian Waters Adventure
Park in Kapolei, Oahu. Atlanta's Jason "Mayhem" Miller
will challenge Hawaii's own Ronald "The Machine Gun"
Jhun in the Main Event. Super Brawl Promoter T. Jay Thompson
will be putting the 170lb Title Belt on the line for this exciting
bout. "We've only had two championship titles in Super Brawl's
nine year history...we reserve titles for very special occassions.
The Jhun - Miller fight is certainly deserving of this."
Jhun,
one of Super Brawl's most popular fighters, will be looking to
show the Hawaii fans once again, that he is one of the most dangerous
fighters in the sport.
With
his cocky swagger, brash self-promotion, and scrappy style, Miller
may be the most hated athlete ever to compete for the Super Brawl
fans. But Miller is more than just talk as he is undefeated in
the Super Brawl ring, with his biggest success coming against
Egan Inoue in Super Brawl 32. "After punishing Egan (Inoue),
I told the Hawaiians that I'd fight their toughest guy. Anytime.
Anywhere. I'm not sure why their sending me Jhun. They may call
him the "Machine Gun," but after October 16 all he'll
be shooting is blanks," boasted the confdent Miller of his
October 16 date with the Jhun.
Jhun
saw the Milller - Inoue fight up close as he was the event's
referee. "Yeah, I heard Miller call out any Hawaii's fighter
after Egan lost to him. He didn't have to look far 'cause I was
standing right there..."
More
details about Super Brawl 37 at the Hawaiian Waters Adventure
Park on October 16 to follow...
Source:
Event Promoter |
Brazilian
Beat is up on Full Contact Fighter's site.
Check
it out.
Source:
FCF |
ADCC
North American Trials
The Road to ADCC 2005 Begins Today!
ADCC North American Trials
Sept. 18th 2004 - 10:00 am
Location:
Preist Valley Gym
3409-35th St.
Vernon, B.C., Canada
'Five
men will take a step towards the 2005 World Championships starting
this weekend' states ADCC spokesperson Miguel Iturrate. 'The
competitors are weighed and all systems are GO!.'
UNDER
65.9 KG:
Rami Boukai v. Matt Leo
Alberto Crane v. Steve Granieri
Jeff Glover v. David Yi
Javier Vazquez v. Rob Dicenso
66-76.9
KG:
Cameron Earle v. Eric Koble
Mark Bochek v. Marty Armendarez
Scott Schilling v. Kurt Pelligrino
Tyrone Glover v. Tyson Griffin
77-87.9
KG:
Justin Garcia v. Ryan Harvey
Corey Macdonald v. Craig Sloan
Marcos Avellan v. Nick Ring
Richard Macauley v. Amal Easton
88-98.9
KG:
Asa Fuller v. Eliott Marshall
Rick Migliarese v. Brandon Vieira
Jamal Patterson v. Rob Vanderbeuken
Jason Macdonald v. Brandon Ruiz
99
KG +:
Shawn Geris v. Karim Byron
Rob Constance v. Bill Mahood
Evolution
Grappling Tournament - Sept. 19th 2004 - 10:00 am
The weekend will also feature the 1st EVOLUTION GRAPPLING tournament,
an open tournament for competitors of all levels to compete in.
Would
you like to compete? Cost for Evolution Grappling Tournament:
$30.00 competitor receives entry for: His/her weight divsion
in both gi and non gi.
$50.00
competitor receives entry for: His/her weight division in both
gi and non gi with entry into Absolute Division.
Cost
for spectators @ ADCC Finals: $10.00 (Tickets are available at
the door)
Source:
ADCC |
UFC
heavyweight champion Frank Mir was seriously injured last night
in a motorcycle accident.
While riding his motorcycle, he was hit by a car and knocked
off the bike, and flew 70 feet off his motorcycle, breaking his
femur upon landing. Probably the only thing that saved his life
was he landed on grass, and suffered no other serious injuries.
He underwent surgery to repair the large bone in his leg, which
was cracked in two, this afternoon in Las Vegas. The estimates
UFC officials have is that he will be out of action for about
one year.
No
decision has been made regarding the championship that Mir was
scheduled to defend in Japan in December against Andrei Arlovski.
Source:
mmanews.com |
ROYCE GRACIE A POSSIBILITY
FOR 2005 GRAND PRIX
To the delight of MMA fans all over the world, Pride resurrected
the Grand Prix format in 2003 and has continued it since. Last
year was the Middleweight tournament and this year the Heavyweight,
switching between the two every year.
So who will be in
the 2005 Middleweight GP tournament? No one knows of yet, but
Pride has an interest in bringing Royce Gracie back into the
mix.
MMAweekly spoke
to PRIDE officials about whether they had interest in bringing
back Royce Gracie for the 2005 GP and they said," Yes, we
do. Also, we are interested in having any big names from outside
of Pride like 2003."
So there is an interest
in Royce, who fought Sakuraba in the first Pride GP in 2000 and
lost. It would be great to see how Royce would compete with the
top fighters today in a tournament format again. But we just
have to wait and see.
"Big names
from outside of Pride" could mean many things, probably
an interest in Randy "the Natural" Couture or some
other UFC fighters, or maybe some K-1 fighters, like Mark Hunt
or Stefan Leko who have recently fought within Pride.
Source: MMA Weekly |
UFC
TO HOLD HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT
Will Tank Abbott return for the Tournament?
Coffee
Guy, our man on the inside has told us that the UFC intend to
hold a Heavyweight Tournament that will determine an Interim
Heavyweight Champion. The winner will defend the title until
Frank Mir returns to the scene, upon which a fight between the
two champions will take place. The tournament will be held over
at least two seperate UFC events. It is not known how many competitors
the tournament will include, the idea itself is all thats really
been 90% confirmed at this stage. In our opinion ZUFFA really
have an opportunity to turn this into something really big. Hopefully
it wont be some low key four man tourney, hopefully it will at
least be an eight man tournament and it will have some decent
talent amongst the competitors.
Source:
Fight Sport |
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MINOTAURO
TO K-1 ?
Minotauro
not happy about Fedor retaining the title.
The
Japanese media have been reporting that Nogueira Rodrigo Minotauro
may be leaving Pride and joining the K-1 organisation. Reports
are saying that Minotauro is displeased that Pride did not award
victory to him in his fight against Fedor at the Heavyweight
Grand Prix which was stopped due to a major cut received by Fedor.
This along with poor negotiations with DSE over conditions has
lead to Minotauro looking towards K1, the reports suggest.
Officially
BTT are refusing to confirm any such rumors. They say they are
still negotiating a rematch with Fedor which will be billed by
Pride as a Super-Fight.
Source:
Fight Sport |
PULVER
FACES TOUGH COMPETITION IN SHOOTBOX TOURNEY
Jens Pulver will makes his Shootboxing debut this weekend entering
the promotion’s S-Cup 2004 tournament. Pulver has been testing
himself a lot as of late. He made the transition to boxing and
did very well. He hasn't lost since his return to MMA over the
past year, but now he is taking another step into the unknown
in kickboxing.
This
isn't just any kickboxing tournament, this features some of the
best. Albert Kraus, who beat both Genki Sudo by decision and
knocked out Duane Ludwig is one of the favorites.
For
those that don’t know, Shootboxing has been around for many,
many years; well before the UFC in the United States or Pride
in Japan. The rules of shootboxing keep very strict limits on
any ground fighting, which basically force the fight back to
the feet for most of the bout. You can think of it as, basically,
standing mixed martial arts as there are so many limits to the
ground game, but submissions are allowed on the feet.
Pulver’s
debut in the promotion is no cakewalk. His first bout is against
an unknown Chinese fighter, Dai Jyouan. But should he move on
in the tournament, the competition could get very stiff indeed.
Some of the competition includes fighters such as former K-1
Max Champion Kraus, Thai fighter Changpuek Chorsepasert, and
Danish kickboxer and Alex Gong protege Ole Laursen. Katel Kubis
is Minotauro Nogueira's Muay Thai coach, while Andy Sauwer (
94-3-0 ) is the defending Shoot Boxing S-Cup Champ. Let's just
say Pulver is a HUGE underdog, but it will be interesting to
see how he performs this weekend.
The
prize for the eight-man tournament is 5,000,000 Yen or a little
more than $45,000 U.S. Also featured on the card in a single
bout is Chute Boxe fighter Nilson de Castro.
SHOOTBOXING
LINE-UP
September 19th 2004
Tokyo - Japan
Opening
matches:
1. Ishikawa (Cesars Gym-Shootboxing) vs TBA
2. Utagawa (UWF) vs TBA
S-Cup
Matches
3. Andy Souwer (Holland - Shootboxing) vs Ole Laursen (Denmark-Muay
Thai)
4. Jens Pulver (USA - MMA) vs Dai Jyouan (China - San Da)
5. Albert Kraus (Holland - K-1) vs Changpuek Chorsepasert (Thailand-Muay
Thai)
6. Kenichi Ogata (Japan - Shootboxing) vs Katel Kubis (Brazil
- Muay Thai)
Reserve
Match
7. Hiroki Shishido (Japan - Shootboxing) vs Bruce McPhee (Australia-MuayThai)
8. Winner fight 3. vs Winner fight 4.
9. Winner fight 5 vs Winner fight 6
Special
Match
10. Nathan Corbett (Australia - Shootboxing/Muay Thai) vs Nilson
de
Castro (Brazil - Chute Boxe)
11.
(Shootboxing Welterweight fight) Hiroyuki Doi
(Japan - Shootboxing) vs Fikari Tiarchi(Holland - MuayThai)
S-Cup
Final Match
12. Winner fight 8 vs Winner fight 9
Rounds:
3 rounds 3 minutes each. 1 minute break
Winners
purse: 5 000 000Yen
Second place purse: 500 000Yen
Extra for KO: 250 000Yen
Extra for win by Tap/Throw/Submission: 100 000Yen
Source:
MMA Weekly |
Quote
of the Day
"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather
strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the
business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm,
and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles
unto death."
Thomas Paine, 1737-1809, Anglo-American Political Theorist, Writer
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All
Women's Hook "N" Shoot
Heather Soderquist will be competing at Hook "N" Shoot
on the 6th of November. The show will be an all women's MMA event
that features some of the best female MMA fighters today. This
is a preliminary list with some changes sure to come in the upcoming
weeks:
ERICA
MONTOYA vs. MEGUMI FUJI 125LBS
JUDY NEFF vs. LINDA LANGERAK 135LBS
KERI CROTHERS vs. JULIE KEDZIE 140lbs
KELLY KOBOLD vs. GINELLE MARQUEZ 135lbs
TARA
LAROSA vs. TBA 135lbs
TEVI SAY vs. LISA WARD 125LBS
SARA BOYD vs. ADRIENNA
JENKINS
135LBS
AMANDA BUCKNER vs. HEATHER SODERQUIST 135lbs
RIKKI BURNETT vs. JAN FINNEY 135lbs
KELLEN HUEHN vs. MANDY STEWART 130LBS
Source:
Gracie Fighter
|
De
La Hoya vs. Hopkins
Saturday, September 18, 2004
The
Golden Boy" Oscar De La Hoya weighed in at 155 pounds. Bernard
"The Executioner" Hopkins weighed in at 156 pounds.
De La Hoya (37-3, 29 KOs) faces Hopkins (44-2-1, 31 KOs) Saturday
night at MGM Grand in Las Vegas for the Undipsuted World Middleweight
Champioinship.
Source:
HBO
|
KRAZY
HORSE VERSUS GOMI TOPS BUSHIDO 5 FIGHTCARD!
by: Turi Altavilla
LOS ANGELES, California ¡V The fightcard for BUSHIDO VOLUME
5 has been announced and topping the bill will be Japanese star
Takanori Gomi versus American Charles 'Krazy Horse' Bennett.
Other fighters scheduled on the card include Carlos 'The Ronin'
Newton, Hayato 'Mach' Sakurai, and Crosley Gracie. BUSHIDO VOLUME
5 will take place from the Osaka Castle Hall in Osaka, Japan
and is scheduled to debut on North American pay per view via
iNDEMAND, DIRECTV, DISH Network, and TVN on Friday, November
19th, 2004 at 10:00pm EST, 7:00pm PST. The countdown show begins
at 9:30pm EST, 6:30pm PST.
The
main event of BUSHIDO VOLUME 5 features Takanori Gomi versus
Charles Krazy Horse¡¨ Bennett. Representing the Kiguchi
Dojo, Gomi has established himself as one of the worlds elite
fighters at 155 pounds. With KO power and an incredible ground
game this Japanese star boasts a record of 16-2 and is undefeated
in BUSHIDO (with wins over Jadsen Costa, Ralph Gracie, and Fabio
Mello). Fighting out of Ocala, Florida, Charles 'Krazy Horse'
Bennett arrives in Japan as a highly regarded up and coming star.
Though this will be his BUSHIDO debut, Bennett has made a name
for himself in the American mixed martial arts promotion, 'King
of the Cage'. Exciting, aggressive and unpredictable, 'Krazy
Horse' is known for his crowd-pleasing body slams as well as
his celebratory post-fight back flips. Gomi versus Bennett ¡K
two contrasting fight styles ¡K who will be victorious?
PRIDE
FC: BUSHIDO VOLUME 5 (Fight Card Subject To Change):
Takanori
Gomi (Japan) vs. Charles 'Krazy Horse' Bennett (USA)
Hayato 'Mach' Sakurai (Japan) vs. Crosley Gracie (USA)
Ikuhisa 'The Punk' Minowa (Japan) vs. Tatsunori Ueyama (Japan)
Ryo Chonan (Japan) vs. Carlos Newton (Canada)
Yasuhito Namekawa (Japan) vs. Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua (Brazil)
Henry 'Sentoryu' Miller (USA) vs. Mal 'Twin Tiger' Foki (Australia)
(Fight Card Subject to Change)
More
matches will be announced soon!
BUSHIDO
VOLUME 5 will be available at a reduced rate of $19.95. For
additional replay times, please contact your pay per view provider
or
pridefc.com.
For
more information on PRIDE FC, visit pridefc.com!
Source:
ADCC
|
K-1
"Best Bouts" Premieres On Pay-Per-View September 26th
K-1 will showcase a collection of the most memorable ring wars
that have occurred over the course of its 12-year existence during
a three-hour Pay-Per-View television broadcast beginning at 8
PM Eastern Standard Time (5 PM Pacific Standard Time) on Sunday,
September 26th. InDemand, DirecTV, and TVN will all carry the
special television event.
"Best
Bouts" will include contests that took place between competitors
in the sport's Superheavyweight (200 pounds and above) division
between 1993 and the first eight months of 2004. Fights featuring
legendary champions Ernesto Hoost, Peter Aerts, and Andy Hug
as well as superstars Jerome LeBanner, Ray Sefo, Remy Bonjasky,
and Alexey Ignashov will be shown. The matchups that will air
are expected to be announced over the course of the next three
weeks.
The
program is a rare opportunity for fans in The United States to
take in a series of historical bouts that were staged during
previously non-televised K-1 events overseas.
The
"Best Bouts" television broadcast will mark K-1's third
United States Pay-Per-View endeavor of this year. On December
4th, the sport will return to pay television and present the
"World Grand Prix Finals" year-end finale live from
Tokyo, Japan's Tokyo Dome.
K-1
is a martial arts fighting sport that derives its name from its
inclusion of a wide array of combat disciplines, including Karate,
Kung-Fu, and Kickboxing ("K"), and its intent to determine
one champion in one ring ("1"). After being staged
for the first time in Japan in 1993 under the direction of founder
Master Kazuyoshi Ishii, it later evolved into the country's most
popular sport and achieved popular culture status there as its
athletes turned into larger-than-life celebrities.
Source:
K-1
|
BTT
does not confirm K-1 dealing
The Japanese press has been talking a lot about the relationship
between K-1 and Pride heavyweight Interim champion Rodrigo Minotauro.
The idea was featuring Minotauro at December 31's event. The
end of his contract and BTT disagreement with the Pride GP decision
would be the reasons for this change, according to the Japanese
press. However, the Brazilian Top Team official position stands
that they might deal a renovation of his contract and also close
a super fight with Russian Emelianenko Fedor.
Besides
this fact, BTT admits the dealing with Dream Stage Entertainment
has not moved forward. Japanese pressures and exposed a proposal:
They might face each other on next December 31, during the Man
Festival 2. BTT and Rodrigo Minotauro are not pleased with Pride
decision to not continue the Pride GP heavyweight.
Source:
Tatame
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N.
Marquardt Awarded BJJ Black Belt
Few weeks ago, Nathan Marquardt played host to a seminar at his
school, High Altitude Martial Arts. The seminar featured the
highest ranking Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt to ever visit
the state of Colorado, 7th degree Master Ricardo Murgel. While
Murgel was in town to do seminars at a couple other local martial
arts schools, the highlight of his trip to Colorado had to be
the promotion of five time King of Pancrase Nathan Marquardt.
Pancrase USA's newest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt, Marquardt
was awarded his belt following an intensive 3 hour test conducted
personally by Master Murgel. Master Murgel stated that he was
extremely impressed with Marquardt's skill level and feels he
has world-class abilities.
To
schedule a Murgel seminar contact Pancrase USA at: (303) 589-3394
or email: sportmasters@webtv.net.
Source:
Tatame
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Pé
switches Wrestling to Black Belt GP
Besides being confirmed at Interior Open Games, which happen
in São Paulo until September 26, Márcio Pé
de Pano will no longer switch his gi by Wrestling clothing. According
to BJJ World champion, he received a call two nights ago to fight
at Black Belt GP, scheduled to next October 9, in Maresias beach
(SP). "I want to be focused for this BJJ tournament. I've
been into a Wrestling competition before and I was excited to
fight, but I really want to get ready for this GP," guaranteed
the black belt, who also said he will not attend to Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu Cup, which will be held at Botafogo gymnasium, in Rio
de Janeiro.
Besides
Pé de Pano's absence, other BJJ fighters are being awaited
in Barretos. According to the Luta Olímpica Federation
of São Paulo, Elizio Macambira, BJJ stars are on the way
to fight Luta Olímpica this weekend. "BJJ champions
Frédson Paixão and Letícia Ribeiro will
be there. Besides them, Carlos Cleiton Mangueira, Renato Babalú,
Marcelo Dourado and Zulú are confirmed," stated Elizio.
The Luta Olímpica dispute happens this Saturday and Sunday
at ADPM gymnasium.
For
more information, please visit www.jogosabertos.barretos.sp.gov.br.
Source:
Tatame
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SIMS
BACK ON COURSE FOR UFC TITLE
Wes Sims, the talented heavyweight who has thrilled fans with
his exploits in the cage, chalked up yet another victory at Extreme
Challenge this week. After a freak loss at Apex:Genesis only
last week, Sims bounced back to defeat a tough 350lb monster
from the midwest. Big Wes dominated the standup and the ground
fighting and looked to be a man on a mission, a man with a title
belt in his sights. Sims was heard later to have said he wants
another shot at UFC Heavyweight champion Frank Mir. Sims was
beating Mir in their first fight but was disqualified for using
Pride rules. With impressive performances like his most recent
one, it shouldn't be long before his wish to fight in the UFC
again comes true.
Source:
Fight Sport
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NEWTON
LOOKING TO RE-ESTABLISH HIMSELF AT BUSHIDO
With Pride Bushido 5 just around the corner on October 14 the
card continues to shape up as MMA Weekly’s Mick Hammond
talked with Carlos Newton who will be returning to Japan to face
U-File Camp fighter Ryo Chonan in a bout taking place near the
185 lb weight range.
When
contacted about the fight Newton said, “I’ve been training
hard for my October 14th fight against Chonan. I have seen his
fight against Ricardo Almeida (at Bushido 3) and it looked like
Ricardo took him down and was just holding him there, so I expect
Ryo to fight me like he did Sakurai, to stand up and keep coming
and coming.”
Newton
continued the conversation by commenting on moving up in weight
to 185 lbs and how it’s effected his performances, “I’m
still getting used to the new weight. In the (Daiju) Takase fight
(at Bushido 3) I was tentative and wasn’t sure if I was
going to feel alright. When I fought against Charuto Verissimo
in the UFC things were completely off as I wasn’t able to
get below 170lbs for the fight and to be honest I’ve never
felt that weak in a fight ever. I’m back on track now and
I realize that 185lbs is the place for me and is a fresh start
for my career. I’m looking forward to fighting a lot of
good fighters at 185lbs and would like to come back to the UFC
in the middleweight division and take on guys like Matt Lindland
and Phil Baroni.”
The
conversation finished out with Newton continuing on the subject
of changing weight divisions, “I think a lot of welterweights
are going to be moving up this next year. A lot of guys in the
division are around my age (28) and we just get bigger and grow
with age. I’ve gotten larger as I’ve gotten older and
am still filling out. I feel healthy and I think a lot of other
fighters once they get used to the change will find they feel
the same. Proportionately I think I’m faster now than I
was compared to the welterweight division and I was a pretty
fast welterweight. Now I’m just a bit bigger and am going
to completely out-speed the larger competition.”
Source: MMA Weekly |
RILEY
BACK IN STATES FROM BRAZIL
by Jeff Cain
Aaron Riley has fought twenty nine professional MMA fights in
his career with a record of 21-7-1. All of those fights were
at 170 pounds. After a career of fighting at a weight that he
pretty much walked around at, Aaron has dropped down a weight
division.
Riley
recently got back to the States after fighting and winning in
Brazil in his first fight at 155 pounds. MMAWeekly spoke with
him about fighting in Brazil, his new weight, and what the future
for him may hold.
Aaron
Riley's trip to Brazil was everything he thought and was told
it would be. He had a great time and can't wait to get back there.
He fought Maycon Alarcao in Absolute Fighting Championships'
first event held in Brazil and came away with the win. Riley
said, "The show went really smoothly for the first time
there," and added that the crowd was really good. "It
was a great experience. It's kinda like the motherland, so to
speak, for MMA," stated Aaron.
Riley
trains at American Top Team and said training there is a "great
experience." They have a lot of fighters who train there
and fighters from Brazil always coming and going. This week,
Minotauro Nogueira was at their facility.
Some
fighters are affected by competing in a foreign land but Riley
isn't one of them. He said, "For me it doesn't really matter
so much. You know, a fight's a fight." He may even fight
in another AFC event in Brazil in fact. Right now though, he
is "just taking things as they come." This particular
fight took place in a ring. Riley has no preference what so ever
whether he fights in a cage or a ring.
As
previously mentioned, this was Aaron's first match at his new
weight. It isn't easy for him to make 155. He said he loves to
eat and to make that weight was, "like death." "It's
all about keeping a healthy lifestyle," he said. He doesn't
think he loses any of his power by dropping the weight and hasn't
ruled out competing in the UFC at 155 pounds. It just depends
on what comes up.
He's
had a couple of epic battles with Yves Edwards and many would
love to see another one. Aaron did more than held his own at
170 and would no doubt make an impact in the 155 pound division.
The UFC is always looking for fighters who are exciting and can
finish. Aaron Riley could be just that guy to spark some interest
in the Lightweight division.
Source: MMA Weekly |
INTERVIEW
OF THE WEEK: SHELBY WALKER
Shelby Walker could be on the verge of making history. She and
Erica Montoya could be the first two women ever to compete in
the UFC octagon at UFC 51. MMAWeekly talked with Shelby this
week about what it would be like to be the first women's fighter
in the famed Octagon.
MMAWeekly:
Shelby, how are you?
Shelby
Walker: Good, how are you?
MMAWeekly:
I'm good. Thanks. First off, got to be some exciting things,
I know nothings been signed yet, but I know there's been talk
about this first women's fight. If this does come off, what would
it be like for you to be able to fight in the octagon? The first
woman ever.
Shelby:
Of coarse, it's a dream come true. I think every girl gets into
this sport with high hopes that they get a big break and the
fact that it's just on the horizon is huge for me. I'm very excited.
I've worked very, very hard. The first ever female athletes,
you know, we just need a break. I hope something good comes out
of this. I think Japan's the perfect spot to have this fight.
MMAWeekly:
Yeah, it sounds like it. Being able to fight in Japan, it's already
well accepted. People like it. Let me ask you. I think there's
a lot of pressure on you because it is the first women's fight
but more importantly, I think other women are going to want the
opportunity to fight in the octagon and it probably puts some
pressure on you guys to be exciting just so we can see future
women's fights. Do you feel that way or how do you feel about
the situation?
Shelby:
I feel, I'm honored to be, to even be offered this fight, to
be offered the opportunity to take it. I've never been in a boring
fight. I have a very pressing, aggressive style. I don't think
it's possible for this fight to come out bad.
MMAWeekly:
Shelby, do you honestly think that right now women are ready
to make that next big jump into a huge event like the UFC and
be ready to fight on that kind of level? You are an amazing fighter.
You two, you and the opponent they have for you, are better skilled
than probably 65-70% of guys I've seen fight in the organizations
around here. You have some incredible skills but do you honestly
think that women are ready to make that step into the UFC next?
Shelby:
Yes I do. Women have been around in this sport for longer than
people think. Just because it's events they've never heard of,
people don't hear about it too often. Women's fights are very,
very popular in Japan and women's boxing is getting huge in the
United States. Myself and Erica Montoya have already fought in
Japan. We've already been marketed over there. I've fought for
a world boxing title. The Featherweight world boxing title. I
lost. That's another show. We've both been marketed over there.
I think it's a great fight to put together. I think it'll sell
the seats and I think it will sell pay-per-views too.
MMAWeekly:
Shelby, it's an interesting point that you mention. You've been
in Japan. You've seen the people embrace it. How do you feel
people will be in the States? You know how it is. We've been
to enough UFC's, especially, you know, back East when it goes
to the ground you hear people booing and things of that nature.
Of coarse you won't face that in Japan but once it's shown in
America, how do you think women will be perceived in Ultimate
Fighting?
Shelby:
I think that it also depends on how this fight comes off in Japan.
I don't think that they should have this fight in Atlantic City
in the next UFC. I think the waters need to be tested a little
bit of coarse. I think once people see the skills that Erica
and I have, you have to be very careful which girls they back
up. I think that the main purpose is that on paper, the striker
verses the ground fighter. It's a great match up. I don't think
there's any way to go wrong with this fight.
MMAWeekly:
It should be very interesting. I know the fans are looking forward
to it. Let me ask you. As far as when you tell people, I mean
people off the street. They ask you, "Hey, what do you do,"
and you tell them you're a professional fighter, what do they
say to you?
Shelby:
Well, I usually try to let that be the one of the last things
that comes out of my mouth because I don't want to be perceived
as, a lot of people don't understand it. Usually I say I'm a
professional boxer and then if they press me more, usually I'll
come out and say that I'm a Mixed Martial Arts fighter. Usually
tell them I'm an Ultimate Fighter because that's what people
understand. I get different reactions from different people.
Usually it's disbelief and then once they start talking about
it, they are full of questions. They can't stop asking them.
They're really interested in it. I've gotten good response from
people. You know, shock and disbelief but I think that that's
good.
MMAWeekly:
Shelby, here's the interesting question. I think with women fighting,
I think with average fan, It's going to be interesting to see
if they take this seriously. Just because. I don't mind saying
this, most men fight fans are pigs. They like certain things
about it. They root for the ring girls. People say, bottomline,
women should be in the cage as a ring card girl, not fighters,
blah blah blah. They'll comment, "will Shelby fight in a
thong?" Some of these guys have one thing on their mind.
Shelby:
Every village has an idiot. There's going to be people like that
out there but for every one person like that, there's going to
be the people that respect me as an athlete. You take the bad
with the good and just keep pressing on.
MMAWeekly:
I'm a big women's sports fan. I like women's sports within itself.
I'm a big softball fan, a big volleyball fan. When I was in college,
I loved women's sports. I'm also a big proponent for Title 9.
Do you think that with the addition of women into fighting that
it will become another hot topic for politicians and media and
what have you that it's not a legitimate sport because now you
have women fighting in it? It's still just a fantasy, like a,
lack of a better term, a WWE style event where you have two rather
attractive women that understand how to fight. Do you think that
this is going to be the type of event that's going to bring us
more heat than it will bring us notoriety?
Shelby:
I hope not. Of coarse I'm hoping for the better of the two. That's
why I think Japan's the perfect place for this fight to take
place. It's a great place to test the waters. This fight definitely
has to happen. This fight is a great fight. It has to happen
and Erica Montoya works for the UFC. She does the Spanish commentating.
I have made a lot of friends in the UFC. I just don't think you
can go wrong with this fight in Japan. I think maybe we could
get some negative feedback if we tried it out first in the United
States but that's not what we're shooting for.
MMAWeekly:
Shelby, you mention your opponent, Erica Montoya. If this fight
happens, it's going to be a great fight. You mentioned the contrast
of styles. Tell me about this fight. What do you expect? What
do you think is going to happen?
Shelby:
I think with her teammates that her stand up has gotten a lot
better. That's great. If Erica wants to stand up and bang with
me, that would be great. That would make for an exciting twenty
seconds or however long it lasts. My thoughts are, she's going
to try to shoot right in so I'm going to be doing a lot of, showing
my new wrestling skills and maybe even some of my new Jiu-Jitsu
skills at American Top Team. The amount of talent at my new academy
is so unreal. I'm blessed to even, I'm the first girl that's
ever been on American Top Team and I feel really blessed. I've
been given a lot of, I don't know, I just feel really lucky.
MMAWeekly:
How long have you been with American Top Team?
Shelby:
I've been here three months.
MMAWeekly:
That's got to be amazing to work out with the guys that are there.
What have they shown you that maybe you didn't know before you
got there?
Shelby:
So much. So much. I mean, you think you know everything and then
you realize you really don't know shit. I'm learning more of
the stuff that, these guys are unbelievable. We've got twenty
three black belts. You're on the mat training with one and then
when you get done, you train with the next one. It's unbelievable.
I can't even put it to words. I don't even know what to say.
MMAWeekly:
Shelby, do you feel this fight will be signed very soon? What's
the latest with regards to this up coming fight?
Shelby:
It's still just being talked about. I really have a good feeling
about it. That's all I can say. I really don't want to say too
much because I don't want to scare Dana off.
MMAWeekly:
[laughs] I understand. I know it's been talked about but nothings
been signed. Shelby first of all, I want to say thanks. It's
good to finally get a chance to talk with you. We'd love to see
history. I hope this all comes off and I hope it all works out
for you.
Shelby:
Thank you very much.
Source: MMA Weekly
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Quote
of the Day
"I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our
unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of
life than on the nature of those events themselves."
Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt, 1767-1835, German Statesman, Philologist
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En
Fuego Caters the NAGA!
En
Fuego Grill & Poke will be running the consession stand at
the NAGA this Saturday at Farrington High School Gym.
There will be garlic chicken, mochiko chicken, fresh fish plates,
fresh ahi poke, musubis, fish bentos, and other items.
www.enfuegohawaii.com
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Two
Hawaii Boxers Invited to
2004 National Championships
Two Hawaii Boxers have received invitations for the 2004 Under-19
National Championships to be held on Sept. 20 - 27 in Allentown,
Pennsylvania. Jeffrey Pelen Jr from Waianae at 141 lbs and Keenen
Pahio from the Kakaako Boxing Club at Superheavyweight will participate.
Bruce Kawano will be Team Manager and Coach. Lodging, meals,
etc. will be paid by USA-Boxing.
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Punishment
In Paradise "BRAGGIN RIGHTS"
IS HEATING UP!!
October 10, 2004
Sarimento
to replace Pestana
Kickboxing
Champion Tommy Pestana will not be fighting Perrin like we all
hope for, instead teammate & Kick'in It Champion, Harris
"HITMAN" Sarimento of 808 Fight Factory will be stepping
in. For those who don't know the history both fought a year ago
with Perrin taking a last minute fight against Sarimento and
loss by a decision. Since then Perrin has been training hard
hoping this day would come. Can Perrin revenge a his only loss
or will Sarimento stay UNDEFEATED, we will see OCT 10.2004
REMATCH!!
Bryson
"The Kid" Kamaka (808 Fight Factory) Vs. Alvin Yulip
(Animal House)
These
two warriors will come back and go once again toe to toe for
the vacant Light Heavyweight Championship Belt. Kamaka took the
first fight with 8 hours notice to take a place of a fighter
that pulled out. Now Kamaka has time to prepare for the bout.
Mark
Oshiro (Bulls Pen) Vs. Kaipo Gonzales (Eastsidaz)
Oshiro
will put once again his UNDEFEATED record on the line as he will
face EASTSIDEZ' Gonzales. For those that don't remember Gonzales,
he fought Domi Lopez for the Lightweight Belt and lost but left
a big impression when he stunned Lopez twice in that fight. Will
Oshiro submit another fighter or will Gonzales' STRIKING prevail.
Source:
Event Promoter |
UFC
50 Full Lineup
150, $75 and $35, are on sale now at the Boardwalk Hall box office
in Atlantic City, at all Ticketmaster locations, www.ticketmaster.com
or by calling 1-800-736-1420. For general information, call 609-348-7000.
Tickets are subject to transaction fees. Trump Plaza Hotel &
Casino, Trump Marina and Trump Taj Mahal are hosts of the event.
For
Ortiz (11-4-0 in mixed martial arts) from Huntington Beach, Calif.,
the former UFC light heavyweight champion, and Mezger (44-13-6)
from Dallas, TX, their main event battle will be the continuation
of a war that began May 30, 1997, at UFC 13: The Ultimate Force,
resumed March 5, 1999, at UFC 19: Young Guns and eventually led
to one of the biggest fights in UFC history, Ortiz’ match
up with Mezger’s mentor Ken Shamrock November 22, 2002,
at UFC 40: Vendetta.
Both
own a victory. Mezger in the first fight by guillotine choke
amid wild controversy when Ortiz thought Mezger had tapped out,
and Ortiz by massive punches in a revenge-filled re-match that
included post-fight antics and a T-shirt message that had Shamrock
attempting to jump over the Octagon to get at Ortiz while vowing
“I’ll never retire from the UFC until I fight him.”
That
became reality in the main event of UFC 40 when Ortiz, then the
UFC light heavyweight champion, was victorious by technical knockout
after three rounds. Now, the stage is set to settle the score
with Mezger. And yes, Shamrock will be in his corner again. Ortiz
needs a victory to get back in the light heavyweight title chase
and Mezger would definitely improve his rank in the division
with a win.
“Tito
is a tremendous athlete with more experience now. He will be
favored. But, I am a warrior and have beaten many favored fighters
in the past because I always figure out a way to win. I really
expect this to be the UFC’s best fight of the year,”
Mezger said.
Ortiz
advises that Mezger had better be in shape. “This fight
will not go the distance. It’s going to be punishment and
I plan to stop him once and for all,” he said.
The
battle lines are clearly drawn for the Hughes-St. Pierre welterweight
title fight. Hughes (37-4-0) from Hillsboro, Ill., was the UFC
welterweight champion until he tried a reversal move in the first
round at UFC 46: Super Natural and was caught in a rear naked
choke by BJ Penn. He lost his belt, but rebounded with a dominating
three-round unanimous decision over Renato Verissimo at UFC 48:
Pay Back!
Hughes
is one of the strongest pound-for-pound fighters in MMA who is
renown for his wrestling skills and ability to slam opponents
and deal out brutal damage on the ground. He is driven to re-gain
the title and prove he is one of the best welterweights in the
world. But St. Pierre (7-0-0) from Montreal, Canada, is the undefeated
Canadian welterweight champion who is equally dangerous standing
or on the ground. He impressed everyone in his debut at UFC 46
with a unanimous decision over judo expert Karo Parisyan followed
by a first-round knockout of Jay Hieron at UFC 48.
Hughes
knows that St. Pierre is talented. “But, it’s too soon
for him to be taking me on,” he said.
“He
doesn’t know what’s coming. This is my time,”
St. Pierre counters.
Three
middleweight matches, a welterweight bout, a light heavyweight
match and a heavyweight fight will complete the card.
With
two of the UFC’s most talented young fighters moving to
middleweight, the division now rivals the light heavyweights
for competitive action.
“Ruthless”
Robbie Lawler (8-2-0) from Davenport, Iowa, who introduced his
explosive knockout power as a welterweight, moves up to face
veteran Evan Tanner (31-4-0) from Gresham, Ore. Lawler quickly
established a reputation as one of MMA’s most dangerous
strikers with impressive wins over Aaron Riley, Steve Berger,
Tiki and Chris Lytle, the last three by KO. Just 22, Lawler is
still developing and now makes his debut as a middleweight. Tanner,
a member of UFC Light Heavyweight Champ Randy Couture’s
Team Quest Fight Club, reeled off six victories as a light heavyweight
before he dropped down to middleweight and continued his win
streak with two consecutive victories over highly regarded Phil
Baroni. Tanner makes no bones about the fact he wants to be the
UFC’s next middleweight champion.
Another
middleweight newcomer will be powerful Rich Franklin (17-1-0)
from Cincinnati, Ohio. He is moving down from light heavyweight
to face one of the UFC’s best all-around fighters, Jorge
Rivera (9-2-0) from Milford, Mass. Franklin, an outstanding striker
with excellent submission skills, won his last two UFC fights
by TKO in the first round as a light heavyweight. He pummeled
Tanner at UFC 42: Sudden Impact in Miami, Fla., and then defeated
Edwin DeWees in just 3:35 at UFC 44: Undisputed in Las Vegas.
He will be formidable as a middleweight. But Rivera is a hardnosed
striker who likes to move forward and keep the pressure on opponents.
While striking is his strength, he has all the tools to become
a top middleweight contender. Rivera made an impressive debut
at UFC 44 with a unanimous decision win over tough Canadian David
Loiseau.
The
card’s third middleweight match will pit grappler Trevor
Prangley (8-1-0) from Couer D’Alene, Idaho, against Ivan
Salaverry (8-3-1) from Seattle, Wash. Prangley, a native of Cape
Town, South Africa, is a world-class grappler, but is not afraid
to stand and strike with opponents. In his last UFC appearance,
he defeated Curtis Stout at UFC 48: Payback! with a neck crank
at the 3:51 mark of round two. Salaverry is strong on the ground
or standing up. He defeated Andrei Semenov by TKO at UFC 37:
High Impact.
The
welterweight bout will have an East Coast flavor because Frank
Trigg (11-2-0) grew up in Rochester, N.Y., although he now lives
and fights out of El Segundo, Calif. His opponent, “Charuto” Verissimo (5-1-0) is from Hilo,
Hawaii. Trigg is world-class wrestler who is always in top condition
and he has added striking and submission skills to complement
that wrestling ability. In his last UFC fight, he defeated wily
veteran Dennis Hallman by first-round TKO with strikes on the
ground at UFC 48. Verissimo is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt
who made an impressive debut at UFC 46: Super Natural in January
with a unanimous decision victory over former welterweight champ
Carlos Newton. In his next match, he nearly submitted Hughes
at UFC 48 before losing a close decision. Also of note is the
fact Verissimo trained and coached Penn when he defeated Hughes
for the welterweight title.
In
the light heavyweight prelim match, Canadian Patrick Cote (5-0-0)
from Rimouski, Quebec, will make his UFC debut against talented
Marvin Eastman (7-3-0) from Las Vegas, Nev. Cote holds the TKO
Canadian Light Heavyweight championship and is a power puncher
who has knocked out some of Canada’s toughest fighters.
His TKO belt will not be on the line in this fight. Eastman has
an extensive wrestling background and is a quick striker who
never backs down. In his UFC debut, he stepped up at UFC 43:
Meltdown and took on former light heavyweight champion Vitor
Belfort. Although Belfort won the fight en route to winning the
title, Eastman gave him all he could handle.
No
fight card is complete without a heavyweight bout and UFC 50:
War Of 04 will not disappoint fans when John Marsh (12-4-0) from
Redondo Beach, Calif., makes his UFC debut against veteran Tra
Telligman (15-4-1) from Ft. Worth, Tex. Telligman, one of the
best strikers in the heavyweight division, has fought some of
the best fighters in MMA and is renown for two incredible wars
with Pedro Rizzo. Telligman is not afraid to throw down with
anyone and feels it is time to establish him self as one of the
top UFC heavyweights. Marsh is a very aggressive heavyweight
who has excellent submission and striking skills. His biggest
weapon is a powerful right hand and he said although Telligman
is experienced, “he will make a mistake and I will take
advantage of it.”
Historic
Baoardwalk Hall, which first opened in 1929, received a $90 million
renovation to transform the building into a modern special events
arena capable of variable seating for up to 13,800. The facility
is the home of the ECHL’s 2003 Kelly Cup Champion Boardwalk
Bullies, in addition to hosting an array of other events including
concerts, boxing, family shows and Atlantic City’s signature
event, Miss America. For more information, visit www.boardwalkhall.com.
Boardwalk Hall is an SMG-managed facility.
Source:
Sherdog |
DSE/PRIDE
announced some match ups of PRIDE BUSHIDO VOLUME 5
PRIDE
BUSHIDO VOLUME 5
Date : October 14th 2004
Place: Osaka Castle Hall
Takanori
Gomi (Kiguchi Dojo) vs Charles"Crazy Horse"Bennett
(Free)
Hayato Sakurai (MACHA Dojo) vs Crosley Gracie (Ralph Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
Academy)
Ikuhisa Minowa (Free) vs Ryuki Ueyama (U-FILE CAMP.COM)
Ryo Chonan (Free) vs Carlos Newton (Team Ronin)
Yasuhito Namekawa (Free) vs Mauricio Shogun (Chute Boxe Academy)
Sentoryu (Free) vs Mal"THE TWIN TIGER" (Shindo Gym)
Source:
Booker K |
PRIDE
BUSHIDO NEWS
Sportsnavi and Kakuto.com are reporting that PRIDE has announced
that the next Bushido show, slated for October 14th, will have
a Japan vs. the World theme. Some names being mentioned for the
event include.....
Takanori
Gomi, Hayato 'Mach' Sakurai, Ryo Chonan, Sentoryu, Ikuhisa 'The
Punk' Minowa, Yasuhito Namekawa, Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua, Carlos
Newton and possibly a Gracie.
MMAWeekly's
Scott Petersen reports that Shonie Carter is supposed to be in
the mix as well as he told MMAWeekly two weeks ago that he was
scheduled to be on the card.
In
the Japanese press on Wednesday, DSE boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara
made it a point to stress that he was ready to prepare for Antonio
Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Emelianenko Fedor on 12/31 for the Man Festival
2 show.
If
you recall, the press for the last couple of weeks was that if
Mirko Cro Cop defeated Josh Barnett on 10/31 in Saitama, that
it would be Mirko who would get the shot against Fedor.
With
the recent rumblings of K-1 wanting to acquire Nogueira for their
New Year's Eve show, we have been told by one source that the
Brazilian Top Team recently either received or signed an offer
with DSE for renewal.
Obviously,
a re-match between Fedor and Nogueira needs to happen, but the
interesting aspect is that K-1 may have been used as a bargaining
chip to ensure the Fedor/Nogueira re-match.
So
what will happen for the Mirko vs. Barnett match on 10/31 in
Saitama? If Mirko wins, he probably won't get a fight against
Fedor until 2005. If Barnett wins, nobody knows what will happen.
Source:
MMA Weekly |
TERRELL-
TOUGH ROAD AHEAD IN JAPAN
David Terrell wants to honor the remainder of his Pancrase contract
and with the UFC's blessing he will starting in December in Japan.
MMAWeekly's Tom Call has learned who Terrell's next opponent
is in Pancrase and it's not an easy one by any stretch of the
imagination.
MMAWeekly
has learned that Terrell will fight Keiichiro Yamamiya of Japan.
Yamamiya's record is 31-18-8; including, a recent win over Team
Quest's Chael Sonnen by decision back in July.
Yamamiya
has fought a ton of top fighters in MMA with many notable wins
including wins over Chris Lytle, Denis Kang, Nathan Marquardt.
His losses include Yuki Kondo, Bas Rutten, and Eugene Jackson;
not to mention, a draw with Jeremy Horn.
It
should be a very interesting fight indeed. Terrell would like
to fight at the beginning of the new year back in the UFC, but
for now will focus on this upcoming fight for Pancrase in Japan.
Source:
MMA Weekly |
VASQUEZ
ON COMEBACK TRAIL
by Jeff Cain
When
people talk about fighters they use terms like toughness, heart,
desire and dedication. These words are thrown around like a frisbee
in the park but sometimes a fighter personifies these words.
Javier Vasquez is one of them.
In
February of 2002, at King of the Cage 21, Javier went to battle
with Alberto Crane and just moments into the bout Vasquez blew
out his knee. For most that would have been it, but not Javi.
He sucked it up and pressed on. He would take Crane the distance
only to lose a very close, even questionable, split decision.
Athletes
are able to come back and compete after tearing their ACL, especially
in this day and age of modern medicine. Athletes that tear that
same ACL for a second time usually call it quits. It is unheard
of for an athlete to come back after tearing the same ACL three
times. Nobody must have told Javier because he is doing just
that, coming back after blowing out the same knee three times.
This
weekend, in Canada, Vasquez will attempt to qualify for Abu Dhabi.
When he fought MMA, he fought at 155 pounds but was always one
of the smaller guys for that weight. He walked around and 157
when most would cut down from 170 or more. This weekend he will
compete at 145. It's been a personal, lifelong goal of his to
compete in Abu Dhabi. He said, "I want to prove to everyone
that I'm one of the best grapplers in the world."
The
qualifier is an eight man tournament so Javi will have to win
three matches in the same day to advance. A fighter can advance
without winning it all if his performance is impressive enough
but Javier doesn't want to leave it up to the judges. He wants
to win it to guarantee his spot in. He hasn't seen the brackets
and doesn't know who he will be facing but knows who he'd like
to face. His old rival, Alberto Crane, has entered and Vasquez
feels like he and Crane are the guys to beat.
"I
can't wait to get my hands on him," said Vasquez. After
beating Javier back in 2002, Alberto did an interview with none
other than MMAWeekly where he said some not so kind things about
Javier. Still to this day, Vasquez remembers. Javier commented,
"He's going to sleep." He added, "I hope he doesn't
tap. I just hope he doesn't tap." As much animosity as Vasquez
has toward Crane, he did say, "He's a very good grappler.
He's a very good competitor, He's a good fighter.....The guy's
legit."
Javier
has recovered nicely from his last surgery and, for the most
part, he feels pretty good. He said, "I just have to be
careful. I've trained everyday. I've just got to be careful is
all." Win or lose, advance or not, Javier is an inspiration.
He is the personification of toughness, heart, desire and dedication.
Source:
ADCC |
US,
the new Chute Boxe's Eldorado
Right after conquering Japan with Wanderlei Silva at Pride and
release a brand new gym in Tokyo, Chute Boxe gets ready to invade
another great MMA polo: United States. The commander of this
new step will be Roberto Picinini, who is on his way to California.
The new Chute Boxe training center will be located at the Beverly
Hills Jiu-Jitsu Club. Picinini will take care of Muay Thai classes
and BJJ black belt Marcus Vinícius de Lucia will handle
Jiu-Jitsu's classes.
In
fact, going to US is further more then a single TC. After having
Wanderlei Silva and José Pelé Landy, Chute Boxe
wants to come back to the Ultimate cage with a new representative.
Rumors says that Murilo Ninja would switch Pride for UFC. The
middleweight fighter, who fought Pride GP Heavyweight would be
followed by Luiz Azeredo.
Source:
Tatame |
OLYMPIC
GOLD MEDALIST WRESTLER CAEL SANDERSON FINISHES SECOND IN VOTING
FOR USOC MALE ATHLETE FOR AUGUST
by: Eddie Goldman/ADCC Wrestling Editor
Each month the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) conducts voting
for the top men's and women's athletes of the month as well as
the top team of the month. August, of course, was not a normal
month for the USOC, as it was the month when the 2004 Olympic
Games were held in Athens. Thus the competition for this month's
awards is that much more crowded.
Cael
Sanderson, who captured a gold medal at 84 kg/185 lbs. in freestyle
wrestling in his first Olympic appearance, and was the only American
wrestler to win a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics, has finished
second in the USOC's voting for male athlete of the month, according
to a USOC press release. He was only bested by star swimmer Michael
Phelps, who won six gold and two bronze medals at the 2004 Olympics,
becoming the first American and only person in a non-boycotted
Olympic Games to win eight Olympic medals at a single Games.
Sanderson
was the only wrestler or combat sports athlete to finish in the
top three in the voting in any category or receive any first-place
votes.
It
appears that at least for now Cael Sanderson has decided to take
a break from wrestling. For how long remains to be seen. But
he will stay active in the sport. Expect him to participate in
some capacity at the taping of the first season's matches for
Real Pro Wrestling in October.
Here
is the section of the press release on Cael Sanderson, as well
as the voting in the men's athlete category:
Taking
second place on the men's ballot was Cael Sanderson (Ames, Iowa).
Sanderson claimed a gold medal at 84 kg./185 lbs. in men's freestyle
wresting at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece., Aug. 27-28.
He was the only U.S. gold medalist in wrestling, and one of six
Americans to win a medal in Athens. Sanderson won five matches
on the way to the title, and he defeated 2000 Olympic silver
medalist (76kg) Moon Eui Jae of Korea in the gold-medal finals,
3-1. Sanderson scored two takedowns in the second period to put
the match away and bring home a gold medal for the United States.
His semifinal victory was a thrilling 3-2 decision over 1999
World Champion and 2000 Olympic silver medalist (85kg) Yoel Romero
of Cuba. Sanderson scored two second-period takedowns for the
margin of victory. He had lost his previous two meetings with
Romero prior to the Olympic showdown. In an exciting quarterfinal
match, Sanderson stopped 2002 World bronze medalist Majid Khodaei
of Iran, 6-5. Sanderson fell behind and battled back with some
outstanding wrestling late in the match. He also captured two
matches in his pool competition, beating Magomed Kurguliev of
Kazakhstan, 4-2, and Siarhei Borchanka of Belarus, 9-1.
Results
(first place votes in parentheses)
MEN
1. Michael Phelps 76 (24)
2. Cael Sanderson 28 (1)
3. Jeremy Wariner 23 (0)
Also receiving first place votes: Matt Emmons
Source:
ADCC |
Quote
of the Day
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more
useful than a life spent doing nothing.
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish-born British Dramatist
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PENN
TALKS UFC LAWSUIT, PULVER AND FUTURE
BJ Penn was the featured guest on MMAWeekly SoundOff Radio Friday.
For those of you who missed the show, you owe it to yourself
as an MMA fan to go to the archive and listen to it.
Penn
spoke about his lawsuit with the UFC over being stripped of his
Welterweight title, what his future plans are and who he wants
to fight.
BJ
won the UFC Welterweight title at UFC 46 by submitting Matt Hughes
in the first round. Following the fight, Penn decided to accept
an offer by K-1 to fight Duane "Bang" Ludwig.
Dana
White said on MMAWeekly Radio before hand that if BJ fought for
K-1, he would be stripped of his UFC title. Dana held true to
his word and Penn was stripped. BJ maintains that he didn't break
any contract with the UFC by fighting in K-1 and feels that he
was "illegally stripped." Now both parties will settle
the dispute in court.
At
UFC 50, Zuffa plans on putting the Welterweight title on the
line when Matt Hughes takes on George St.Pierre. Penn has sought
to get an injunction to prevent that from happening. Whether
or not the injunction will be enforced will be known before the
bout between Hughes and St.Pierre takes place. BJ expects to
find out by the end of this month. Penn said, he'll "just
wait and see what happens."
Looking
back on the situation, BJ said it was a "clash of personalities"
and, "a miscommunication." Penn wanted to do one thing
and Dana White wanted him to do another was the gist of it. Even
with the impending lawsuit, BJ still wants to fight in the UFC.
He
said he always had a good time fighting for them and was, "well
taken care of." Penn said he wants to be a fighter that
fights the best fighters in the best organizations. "I want
to fight in every organization," stated BJ. Every organization
worth fighting in that is, with the UFC being one of them.
Penn's
future is kinda up in the air right now. He is scheduled to be
on K-1's New Year's Eve card but doesn't know against who. He
did say that it won't be against Genki Sudo however.
There
is one fight out there that BJ really wants. He wants to fight
Jens Pulver. Jens beat Penn for the UFC Lightweight title at
UFC 35 and BJ would love to avenge that majority decision loss;
the only loss on his impressive professional record. "Any
professional athlete would want to get a chance to get back in
the ring with someone thats beat them before," stated BJ.
BJ
commented that Jens said he would fight BJ anytime, anywhere
and would do it at 170 pounds. Penn went on to say that Pulver
says he wants to fight but hasn't made any attempt to actually
put the fight together. BJ feels now is the time to do just that.
BJ
doesn't feel as if Jens is avoiding a fight with him. He just
thinks that he may not be number one on Jens' list to fight right
now but Jens sure seems to be number one on BJ's list. Penn is
walking around at about 175 right now and said he would drop
some weight to fight Pulver.
Although
Jens said he would fight BJ at 170, BJ said he would take a fight
with Jens at 155. He just needs time to drop the weight properly.
More than likely, if this fight ever comes off, it will take
place at a negotiated weight much like the Penn and Ludwig fight
did in K-1. Like said before, if you missed Fridays radio show,
do yourself a favor and listen to it in the archive.
Source: MMA Weekly |
PULVER
CALLS IN RADIO SHOW TALKING PENN
Immediately after BJ Penn's appearance on MMAWeekly SoundOff
Radio Friday, Jens "Little Evil" Pulver called up to
respond to Penn's comments about fighting him. In the impromptu
interview, Jens gave his word the he'd give Penn a rematch after
the first of the year.
Jens
said he is contractually obligated to fight up through December.
"I had to do what I had to do to fight, to make a living,"
said Pulver. He said he isn't "ducking" anyone and
that he and Penn can line something up after he has fulfilled
his three fight obligation. Right now Jens is on a mission that
doesn't include BJ Penn.
Pulver
wants to be the first fighter to win major titles in both the
U.S. and Japan. He has got himself in a position to do just that
in Shooto. Jens commented, "I'm on a race with Randy Couture
right now. Someone's got to be the first ever to win a big title
in the U.S. and a big title in Japan." Jens wants Nogueira's
Shooto title but said the minute he gets past Nogueira, a rematch
with Penn can happen.
Jens
said he would fight BJ at 170 pounds and that he is a man of
his word and will do that if need be. He will need time to put
on the weight and stated that the two can meet somewhere in the
middle, like at 160 where he has to gain weight and BJ has to
cut some. Pulver stated that he doesn't care about the weight
and that is something for the managers and promoters to work
out.
Jens
said, "I can't ask for rematches if I'm not willing to give
rematches." He went on to say that if anyone deserves a
rematch, it's BJ Penn. He went so far as to say, "I won't
set anything up after December until he and I set something up."
It looks like we will get to see a rematch between the two sometime
early next year.
Source: MMA Weekly |
Blind
(Up)Date:
Flirtatious Fighters Nab Coveted November Sweeps Week
By Loretta Hunt
Is
M-M-A fast becoming America's latest F-A-D? It would appear so
with all the added attention the fledging sport has been getting
via the small screen.
In
recent months, mixed martial arts hopeful Josh Hayes was featured
on the hit MTV series "True Life" training and then
competing in his first pro fight in the WEC. On a separate episode,
cameras followed Muay Thai and part-time MMA fighter Kit Cope
to Thailand for his "true life" experience. Let's not
forget "The Ultimate Fighter," the UFC's reality show
set to premiere this January on Spike TV.
Next
on that growing list, reality dating show "Blind Date"
has also jumped onboard for some MMA-centric programming. The
long running series, which pairs strangers together through a
host of engaging activities in the hopes of catching a love connection
(or repulsion) on air, shot five separate episodes with Ultimate
Fighters Tim Sylvia, Wes Sims, Josh Thomson, Pete Spratt, and
Tiki Ghosn last July in Las Vegas.
Apparently,
higher-ups have been so pleased with the episodes as they've
been edited that "Blind Date" executive producers,
in correlation with NBC/Universal officials, have decided to
air them during TV's coveted "sweeps week," set for
November 15th through 19th.
"The
UFC is obviously very hot these days, so we're taking advantage
of that through sweeps week," says "Date" producer
John Pepper. "We definitely save the best for that slot.
That's when the most viewers, the most eyes will be looking at
Blind Date, so we wanted to save our absolute best for it."
"Date"
reps were especially impressed with heavyweight Wes Sims' encounter
with his date, described as a young woman who was quite nonplussed
by the 6'8" giant's antics and chosen profession. It's reported
that Sims' time went so rocky, that the outgoing fighter ended
up at a Vegas strip joint by night's end, his defiant date in
tow.
Blind
Date has enlisted "specialty" contestants before for
themed weeks, from Tropicana showgirls to WWE characters. This
will be their first collaboration with UFC fighters.
Source: FCF |
WILL
SILVA FINALLY GET THE CALL TO AMERICA
The
UFC has made it clear that they want to create a championship
belt very quickly in the 185 division and now it looks as though
if they want to get the top fighter in the world, his name could
be Anderson Silva.
Silva
followed up his win over Jeremy Horn with another impressive
win this weekend beating UFC veteran Lee Murray in the UK this
weekend in the Cage Rage promotion. Silva knocked down Murray
in the first and third rounds and was impressive in the win.
Now
it seems as though the UFC could bring an exciting explosive
fighter in Silva who is a free agent as of now. Here are the
results from this weekend's event which also saw UFC Veterans
all have success in Mark Weir, James Zikic and Leigh Remeidos.
Source: MMA Weekly |
JUNGLE
FIGHT PRESS RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE
"Jacare¨
Ronaldo Souza, Vladimir Matyushenko, Shinsuke Nakamura, Carlos
Baretto, "Macaco¨ Jorge Patino, Katsuyori Shibata, "Wildman¨
Thomas Denny, "The Bear¨ Mark Smith, Bobby Hoffman,
Bibiano Fernandes, Ebeneezer Braga, Assuerio Silva and other
top stars are set to square off in the greatest international
MMA event in the Western Hemisphere!
Never
before has Brazilian jiu-jitsu had such a great mixed martial
arts card,¨ says Wallid Ismail, co producer with Antonio
Inoki of Jungle Fight Championship. Every fighter is going to
plant a tree to symbolize the need to protect the Amazon rainforest.
Every guest will also plant a tree. This is the goal of Mr. Inoki.
He
has a love of nature and wants to raise public awareness of this
very beautiful yet endangered region. He has plans to hold Jungle
Fight Championship fights all over the world, and have an Amazon
rainforest exhibition at each event to teach people what they
can do to help preserve it. Mr. Inoki has been involved in many
worthy causes over the years. For example, he went to Africa
to take food to the children there. He also went to Iraq during
the first Gulf war, personally talked to Saddam Hussein, and
helped win the release of hostages. Saving the Amazon rainforest
is his latest worthy cause.
In
order to make people more aware of this, we have put together
a great fight card that will attract fans from all over the world.
Because of his extensive charitable work, Mr. Inoki is the perfect
spokesman for the Amazon rainforest and was asked by Brazil to
be a worldwide ambassador for Amazon rainforest preservation
and conservation.¡¨
The
entire city of Mauaus is behind the show and it has attracted
nearly 5,000 people. ¡§The Jungle Fight Championship
broke the record for MMA pay-per-view events in Brazil, and this
includes Pride and UFC,¨ says Ismail, Jungle Fight Championship
III will have press coverage in 65 countries and will again have
live pay-per-view coverage throughout Brazil, Japan and Portugal.
Any fighter who competes in Jungle Fight will gain instant worldwide
recognition.¨
The
Jungle Fight Championship III is being held at the Tropical Eco
Resort in Manaus, Brazil and is fully supported and endorsed
by the local, state and national governments. The Tropical Resort
is between the Amazon river, the rainforest and the city. It
is a five-star resort in every sense of the word. Not only will
spectators be able to see the fight, but there is also a zoo
inside the hotel, a huge swimming pool, trips to the jungle,
river sports, and countless other activities available.
There
are also trips to explore the native Amazon Indian culture. The
Amazon one of the most unique places on Earth and an incredible
place to visit. People could plan their entire vacation around
the Jungle Fight Championship, come back every year for ten years,
and still not see even one tenth of all the sights. There are
very affordable package deals to see the Jungle Fight Championship
which includes airfare, hotel, and tickets its an incredible
experience.
There
will also be a jiu-jitsu seminar after each event, with the world¡¦s
top submission fighters. Jungle Fight Championship III's special
guest instructor will be Ronaldo ¡§Jacare¡¨
Souza and coach Henrique Machado. Jacare recently won the Pan
Ams, the World Cup, and the Mundials in both his weight and Absolute
class without having a single point scored on him.
This
is the first time in history this has ever been done. Antonio
Inoki and Wallid Ismail have made Jungle Fight Championship one
of the most important events in the world. Not only will you
be seeing a great no-holds-barred show and be able to personally
meet and talk to many top stars, but youll also be helping out
the worthy cause of saving the Amazon rainforest. Now thats an
offer that you can't refuse!
Source: MMA Weekly |
SHOOT
BOXING WORLD TOURNAMENT S-cup 2004
Yokohama Culture Gymnasium (Kanagawa, Japan)
September 19th 2004
open: 3:00PM
start: 4:00PM
CARD
SUBJECT TO CHANGE:
1st
Match
Tsuyoshi ishikawa (Ceser Gym) vs TBA
2nd
match
Akifumi Utagawa (UWF Snakebit Japan) vs Wanrop Weelasakreck (Weelasakreck
Muay thai Gym)
3rd
match S-cup Tournament Ist round
Andy Souwer (Ling-Ho Gym/Holland) vs Ole Laursen (KRS Gym team
Ole/Denmark)
4th
match S-cup Tournament Ist round
Jens Pulver (Team Extreme/USA) vs Daj Jyouan (Chaina Bujutsu
Asosiation)
5th
match S-cup Tournament Ist round
Albert Kraus (Super Pro Gym/Holland) vs Changpuek Chorsepasert
(ISS Gym/Thailand)
6th
match S-cup Tournament Ist round
Kenichi Ogata (Ceser Gym) vs Katel Kubis (CWB sports/Brasil)
7th
Match S-cup Tournament reserve Match
Hiroki Shishido (Ceser Gym) vs Bruce Macfie (Five.Rings.Dojo/Australia)
8th
match S-cup Tournament Semi Final-1
9th
match S-cup Tournament Semi Final-2
10th
match Special one match
Nathan Corbett (Five.Rings.Dojo/Australia) vs Nilson de Castro
(Chute Boxe Academy/Brasil)
11th
match Special one match
Hiroyuki Doi (Ceser Gym) vs Fikri Tijarti (Mousid Gym/Holland)
12th
match S-cup Tournament Final
Source: Booker K
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Denis
Kang Wins Spirit MC Grand Prix Tournament
Seoul, Korea -- In what can be described as nothing less than
a life defining moment, Denis Kang has successfully completed
his ambitious campaign to become the #1 ranked Mixed Martial
Artist in the country of his origin. Returning to Korea for the
fifth time this year, Kang stepped up to compete in the prestigious
Spirit MC Grand Prix against a deep field of both Korean and
Japanese talent.
Round
1 saw Kang facing a very skilled and dangerous opponent in the
Japanese striker, Hamada Junpei. Kang was quick to launch a devastating
series of strikes that bloodied and stunned the clearly overwhelmed
Japanese opponent. Once on the ground Kang positioned himself
in a side control position where he quickly disposed of his opponent
with a key lock submission.
Round
2 would be a match up against Team Tackle Heavy weight, Kim Jae
Young. Young, attempting to stand and trade, was able to exchange
a few combinations but was taken out of his game plan by a massive
kick from Kang that opened up the Korean to be taken to the mats.
Immediately taking Young’s back, Kang delivered further
punishment and secured a rear naked choke submission.
Round
3 would prove to be the most exciting and technical matches of
the evening as Kang faced the Korean Neo-Fight champion, Yang
Jin Ho. Delivering heavy strikes and working inside of the clinch,
Kang bombed his opponent with a barrage of both knees and elbows.
After inflicting an incredible amount of punishment on his opponent,
Kang knocked out Ho with a massive knee to the head.
Through
securing this victory, Kang has established himself as the leading
Korean Mixed Martial Artist of his generation. Surrounded by
his coach, Marcus Soares and his team mate, Garett Davis, Kang
received the Spirit MC belt and was crowned the King of Korea’s
premiere Mixed Martial Arts organization. Along with his national
sporting distinction and exploding widespread stardom, Kang is
currently receiving numerous endorsement and entertainment offers
as well as engaging in initial conversations with several leading
Japanese fight organizations. The future is wide open for this
incredible young athlete.
Check
out http://www.EpicMMA.com.
for more on Kang, as well as http://www.Deniskang.com.
Source: ADCC
|
Quote
of the Day
"There are powers inside of you, which, if you could discover
and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined
you could become."
Orison Swett Marden, 1850-1924, American Author, Founder of Success
Magazine
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Rumble
Vision Tonight
BJ Penn at Round Table Pizza
for the Show!
Channel 5 (K5)
10:30 PM
Fights from Rumble on the Rock will be shown on K5 (Channel 5)
tonight at 10:30 PM.
RUMBLE
AT ROUND TABLE
Beer, pizza, fights, What more could a man ask for?
Join us Wednesday nights at Round table Pizza in Waikiki, the
official home of Rumblevision.
BJ Penn
will be in the house for this week's show! The action starts at 9:30 pm with specials and
giveaways from Budweiser and Fokai running throughout the evening.
Round
Table Pizza is located inside the Ohana East Hotel @150 Kaiulani
Ave. (Across Perry's Smorgy). Validated parking available inside
the Hotel.
For
more info call (808) 944-1199.
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2004
HAWAII STATE GRAPPLING CHAMPIONSHIP
This Saturday!
September,
18, 2004
WALLACE RIDER FARRINGTON HIGH SCHOOL GYM BLDG. Q
Address: 1564 North King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
Rules start at 9:30 AM, fights starts 10:00 AM so come early!
Coming
off H-1 west bound - Houghtailing exit, left at the light, take
a right on N. King Street and the school is on the immediate
right hand side. Follow NAGA Signs around corner to side entrance
to building Q
PRE-REGISTER ONLINE WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD
NAGA
RETURNS TO HAWAII:
The North American Grappling Association (NAGA) is America's
largest mixed grappling tournament circuit with over 13,500 competitors
worldwide. On Saturday, September 18th, 2004 the NAGA returns
to Honolulu, Hawaii for its 5th Annual NAGA Hawaiian State Grappling
Championship Gi & No-Gi tournament. Come as an individual
or as a team to compete. Watch as the best teams in Hawaii compete
for the NAGA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP CUP!
SAMURAI
SWORDS TO ALL ADULT 1st PLACE WINNERS
The NAGA will be handing out 32 custom engraved SAMURAI SWORDS
to all 1st Place Adult Winners (Novice through Advanced) for
both the NO-GI & GI winners
EARLIER
START TIME: (10:00 AM for KIDS & TEENS, 10:30 AM for ADULTS):
Many competitors fly in from other Hawaiian Islands to compete
at the NAGA event. It's imperative that the event end earlier
this year in order for them to make their flights home the same
day. This year we will be starting the NAGA event much earlier
than in past years. Kids & Teens Divisions will start at
10:00 AM Sharp, please arrive before 9:30 (Rules Meeting). Adult
Expert, Advance, Masters and Women's No-Gi Divisions will start
at 10:30 AM Sharp! Please arrive early if you're in these divisions!
Doors open at 9:00 AM
GI
& NO-GI DIVISIONS THE SAME DAY:
One of the unique advantages of NAGA events is the ability for
fighters to compete in both Gi & No-Gi competition the same
day for no extra cost. We will be holding all 54 divisions on
Saturday so you can save some cash (Pre-Reg only $55 to fight
in both Gi & No Gi competition)
GRAPPLING
MAGAZINE COVERAGE:
If you did not get a chance to look at the 2003 coverage of the
NAGA Hawaii tournament in Grappling Magazine don't worry, we
are bring about 50 copies with us. Again in 2004, Grappling Magazine
will be covering the NAGA Hawaii State Grappling Championship.
Grappling Magazine is a full color magazine (similar to Black
Belt Magazine). Your pictures and full results will be in this
magazine!!!
ADVANCED
DIVSIONS GO FIRST:
After the Kids divisions end in the morning we immediately begin
the Masters, Women & Men's No-Gi Expert Divisions. We then
run all Advance through Novice skill levels, working down. All
No-Gi Divisions will go 1st then the Gi divisions will follow.
We do this to give fighters plenty of rest between their No-Gi
and Gi matches. If you are not sure what skill level you should
fight in (i.e. Beginner or Novice) then by competing up a level
1st, in the more advanced division, this will help you determine
which is best. If you place in the top 3 of the harder level
division, then you you should not fight down a skill level.
REMOVE
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE BEGINNER KIDS (Ages 14 & Under):
The NAGA and the sport of submission grappling are growing at
a phenomenal rate. We want to attract as many new grapplers to
the sport and our competitions as possible, especially the children.
We feel there are many kids that would like to compete however
the submission component may be a little too much for them at
this early stage of grappling competition. Children NO-Gi &
Gi Beginner Divisions will be with "No Submission Points".
Points will still be awarded for Take Downs, Guard Passes, Sweeps
and Positioning. Every child's match will go the entire 3 minutes.
We will also be removing NECK CRANKS in the Kids & Teens
Divisions.
EVENT SCHEDULE
9:00
A.M.
DOORS OPEN to general public (Registration & Weigh-in begins
and lasts all day)
9:30
A.M.
to
5:30
P.M.
OPENING
CEREMONIES (NAGA Rules Reviewed) 9:30 AM
NO-GI
GRAPPLING DIVISIONS Begin at 10:00 AM (Rings 1 through 4)
1.
Kids, Teens, Women & Masters Grappling Divisions
2.
Men’s Expert & Advanced No-Gi Grappling Divisions
3.
Men’s Intermediate No-Gi Grappling Divisions
4.
Men’s Beginner No-Gi Grappling Divisions
5.
Men’s Novice No-Gi Grappling Divisions
GI
GRAPPLING DIVISIONS: Begin around 2 PM (Rings 1 through 4)
6.
Women & Master Gi Competition
7.
Men’s Purple Belt & Above Gi Divisions
8.
Men’s Blue Belt Gi Divisions
9.
Men’s White Belt Gi Divisions
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Wanderlei
Silva: 'Quinton Jackson is a flabby ass!'
After
knocking out Yuki Kondo and stopping in the USA to watch UFC
49, Wanderlei Silva is back in Brazil. For more on his next challenge,
his enemies and much more, read ahead.
If
I´m not wrong, you seemed more calm than usual when you
replied to the challenge made by Randy Couture at UFC? Actually,
he is very smart, he is a polite guy, so when he saw me, and
we made eye contact, he gave me his hand smilling. I took it
and greeted him. But that is not the type of challenge I like,
I appreciate intimidation!
Talk
about your fight against Yuki Kondo. I played my game in that
fight, because I wanted to play standing. In the beginning, I
was studying him, I was wondering what would happen. He was able
to hit me with some blows during the fight, a strike and a jab.
I hit him with a right cross. By the time of the
stomps, the referee had come to stop the fight.
Did
you get surprised when he accepted to exchange punches with you?
Actually he´s a tough man, very courageous, brave, and
he´s a skillful guy, with many matches. So I think he was
brave, he didn´t try to hold me or anything, he agreed
to fighting standing, he has his own merits.
And
how about your next fight which will be against Quinton Jackson...
Well, he´s a flabby ass. I´ve been getting prepared
to face the way he fights, I know he will play a very tight game
with me, he will give his best. I´ve been getting prepared
for his game and he will get surprised with me. Surprises are
coming, and if he misses out I will submit him.
After
defeating Kondo at Pride you went to the USA. How was your trip
there? I was there to watch the Ultimate and I was really surprised,
because since 1999 I hadn´t been to the USA, so I didn´t
know people would recognize me there. I was glad that I have
as many fans there as I have in Brazil! Everywhere there were
people that recognized me, came to talk to me, they knew about
the fight game. And at the tournament was real fun since people
were coming over to me more than the American fighters. I got
really happy with the reception from my fans in United States.
What
did you think about the fight between Couture and Vitor Belfort?
Actually, Couture did his game which is the only one he knows
how to do. And Belfort, tried to defend himself in the first,
in the second and third he gave up, his spirit left. Some guys
were teasing me saying “Damn, Wanderlei was saying he was
going to yellow”, and he did it, he didn´t do anything,
he was there grabbing the entire fight and after that he came
to say he had gotten a headbutt. I, particularly, didn´t
see any headbutt, that´s a weak excuse.
And
what did you think about the result of the fight between Minotauro
and Fedor? That fight had lots of nuances. The Russian seemed
like a madman, he was rolling his head the whole time. The headbutt
occurred, I saw that, but I don´t agree with the NO CONTEST
stuff. He was winning that fight, but he was the one who couldn´t
keep going, so they should have given the victory to Minotauro.
By
the end of the year, could we watch you facing Cro Cop again?
I´m crazy as hell to face that guy. This time there won´t
be any special rules, and I will drive him crazy. I´ve
been focusing on an intensive preparation to face Quinton Jackson
and at the end of the year anyone can come, I don´t even
want to know who it is.
How
are plans for Chute Boxe for the end of the year? I think Shogun
and Daniel Acácio may be fighting in Pride Bushido, for
October. We´re looking to introduce one of them to the
Ultimate since Dana White came to talk to me and asked us to
put an athlete of ours there. Maybe we may put more than one,
perhaps, Luiz Azeredo, we want to put our athletes in the main
events worldwide. I hope these new guys will bring belts for
our academy.
Source: ADCC
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Carlos
Gracie Jr exclusive UK interview!
By
Carl Fisher 10 February 2004
In
all the years on the reporting front, I’ve carried around
a top ten list of people in the grappling world that I have wanted
to interview; I’ve been fortunate enough to tick a large
number of people off my list (most notably at the ADCC 2001 championships)
yet BJJ has always been my main passion and being a Gracie Barra
student, the most sought after interview would have to be with
Carlos Gracie Jr.
Unable
to conveniently hop on a plane to Brazil to achieve this dream,
I placed the number one name on the back burner, striking it
off as a pipe dream……until now. As growing testament
to the rise of Gracie Jiu Jitsu in the UK, Carlos took time out
of his busy schedule and dropped in to London after the highly
successful European BJJ tournament in Lisbon, the previous week.
The
overall head of Gracie Barra held a one off seminar on Saturday
6th February and I can now cross that number one name off my
list as I present to you, Fighting Photographer’s first
2004 interview - Carlos Gracie Jr.
Carlos,
are you looking forward to the seminar today?
Carlos
Gracie Jr : Of course Carl, yes I am.
How
long are you in England for?
Carlos
Gracie Jr : Just for the weekend to do the seminar as Roger invited
me over to open his new school and he called me and said you
have to see the new place and meet all the Gracie Barra students.
Is
this your first time in the UK?
Carlos
Gracie Jr : It is yes
Will
you be coming here again?
Carlos
Gracie Jr : Sure; my plan is to arrange a tournament in Europe
every year and it will make me come back here and spend more
time in the UK, as I spent a lot of time in Portugal just now.
I have some business to sort out in Brazil, but next time I hope
to be here again this year.
How
long did you stay in Portugal?
Carlos
Gracie Jr : I stayed about twenty days and we organised the tournament
together with the guys from the Portugal academy; there were
many countries competing over the weekend. I organised the event
and directed the people on how to organise the event, I didn’t
referee any matches.
What
did you think about the competition?
Carlos
Gracie Jr : It was very nice, it went well, it wasn’t so
big with number of participants but it was the first event of
it’s kind in Europe, but it will grow little by little.
It was clean and fast and I think the people enjoyed the event.
Do
you plan to open more academies in Europe?
Carlos
Gracie Jr : Yes I do, I’m looking to organise a Gracie Barra
organisation and it’s now time to invest in Europe and organise
as many as possible.
Mauricao
has been working hard here in the UK, establishing Gracie Barra
in the UK?
Carlos
Gracie Jr : Yes, he’s a very serious guy and is working
hard and I think through his hard work, this country is one of
the strongest in Europe for jiu jitsu.
Are
you pleased with Roger’s progress?
Carlos
Gracie Jr : He trains hard and is keen and am very restrictive
to give a black belt to a fighter, as I have two kinds of students,
one who wants to be a fighter and the others just want to train
and enjoy life, so they don’t have to be pushed too hard,
they have other jobs and cannot spend as much time on the mat
as they would like. The fighters can put the hours in on the
mats and I push them hard and Roger trains hard and now he’s
opening a school and being professional in his teaching, so this
will take up a lot of his time and energy, so choices have to
be made and after he’s settled things here, he can come
back to Brazil and start hard training again.
Renzo
was scheduled to attend the seminar today, yet he’s not
here now?
Carlos
Gracie Jr : That’s right he was due here, but my nephew
Rodrigo is due to fight in Pride and he said it was going to
be very difficult to attend here, so he said he will come next
time.
Gracie
Barra now has a Vale Tudo team doesn’t it?
Carlos
Gracie Jr : Yes a lot of people in my school when they get the
black belt, they say they want to fight vale tudo, so we now
have a team that trains and I put somewhere in the academy to
take care of that and now it’s growing a lot and this year
the guys will fight more and they are training hard. We have
some guys over from Cuba to teach the wrestling and some kickboxing
trainers.
Do
you still get time to go on the mats in Brazil?
Carlos
Gracie Jr : Yes I try to every day or night to spar with my students
and take a class, as I don’t want to lose contact with jiu
jitsu and the time I feel happiest is when I am on the mats,
it’s the best time for me.
Who
else helps you with the CBJJ?
Carlos
Gracie Jr : In the school, Marcio Feitosa is the chief instructor
in the academy and for the CBJJ we have Marcelo, we call him
Siriema, which is a bird with long legs (laughs), everybody knows
him by this name (laughs).
The
Mundials are growing each year, would you agree?
Carlos
Gracie Jr : Yes the foreign participants continue to grow and
I think the level is very high, there are a lot of tough guys;
I see in a couple of years there will be many good foreign fighters.
How
did you feel about Roger and Pe de Pano facing each other in
the finals, as team mates do not usually fight each other?
Carlos
Gracie Jr : Most of the time the eldest fighter have the title,
as they’ve been longer in the black belt, but the television
were coming to me and we need to record the finals and we want
the guys to fight and they pushed me a lot, so I said OK let’s
go and make a fight, we don’t care who wins we have to fight
and they went and fought.
Gracie
Barra has new kimonos in stock now?
Carlos
Gracie Jr : We want to start a uniform and everyone use the same
gi’s, so when the tournaments are on you can see who’s
with Gracie Barra and on the back we’ll have the name of
the teachers on the back but the man who makes the kimonos does
not have the time yet to do it, he’s very busy. They will
be available in the UK soon.
Where
do you see Gracie Barra in five years time?
Carlos
Gracie Jr : I give a lot of my time to the federation and to
spread jiu jitsu around the world and Gracie Barra is growing
naturally and now I want to make it work like a company and become
a strong organization.
What
keeps you motivated to keeping the flame alive?
Carlos
Gracie Jr : I think I have a legacy of my family, my father had
the first job and I was born in a place in the family that had
ideas to spread jiu jitsu and I think it is very important in
my life and it’s been so good in my life that I want to
pass it to other people so they can enjoy it and bring people
together and make their life more healthy.
Source: Total Grappling |
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Braulio
Estima
Braulio
Estima is a man that requires no introduction on the UK BJJ scene;
having wiped out the opposition in the recent ADCC Scandinavian
Qualifiers in January this year, Braulio is back in the UK teaching
in Birmingham and touring the UK for master classes and seminars.
I had the pleasure of hosting my first seminar with Braulio at
the new Barra Manchester HQ in Bolton and after the dust had
settled, I managed to grab a few words with the main man.
Carl
Fisher: Your first time at GB Manchester Braulio, what are your
thoughts on the club and the day?
Braulio
Estima : Very impressive how soon the seminar filled up and the
club is in a very good location with plenty of mat space to train
on and the guys were very nice as well. The seminar went well,
I showed some nice takedowns which could be used for both the
whites and the blues and I showed sequenced moves so people did
not become confused. I did the same in the no gi part of the
class and showed a sweep from the guard and a nice defence from
the sweep where you take the back and of course we all sparred.
Carl
Fisher: It was also nice to see Rick Young support the event.
Braulio
Estima : Oh yes, Rick is a very good friend of mine and it's
always nice to see him and train with him and I am off on Tuesday
to do a seminar for Rick in Edinburgh.
Carl
Fisher: You're very busy this year travelling the UK doing master
classes and seminars; what do you think of the standard in the
UK, another year down the line?
Braulio
Estima : I go to Bradford, London, Dudley, Coventry and many
other places and the jiu jitsu is growing a lot. If you look
back three years ago, there were not many blue belts but now
we have many and I am looking forward to the SENI championships
where there will be great competition and it's very important
for Gracie Barra.
Carl
Fisher: You had a great trip out to Sweden earlier this year
and won the ADCC Qualifiers in fine style; what are your thoughts
on the event?
Braulio
Estima : Now I have an idea how much I need to train and what
I need to train and I was very happy with my first event without
the gi and my focus is now the Mundials and then I'm looking
forward to competing in Finland next year for the next part of
the ADCC trials.
Carl
Fisher: Braulio, that's all Iove time for, we have to leave the
building; thanks for the quick interview and thanks for a great
seminar.
Braulio
Estima : Thank you Carl, it was a pleasure for me to teach and
I wish you the best of luck for the club's future.
Source:
Total Grappling |
Double
impact seminar Seminar
Carlson Gracie in the UK! by Carl Fisher
BJJ
continues to grow and expand in the UK and instructors in other
disciplines are fast becoming aware of the effectiveness of the
techniques and are adopting them into their training syllabuses.
The latest instructor to do this is Wing Chun Master Samuel Kwok,
who teamed up with BJJ legend Carlson Gracie to present the Ultimate
Double Impact System Seminar. Held at the Y Sport Club, Manchester
on Feb 21st and Crystal Palace National Sport Centre on Feb 22nd,
Master Kwok introduced his students to a completely new realm
of martial arts fighting, one that works in tandem with their
own Wing Chun.
The
seminar was packed out with over sixty students, with Master
Kwok taking the first half of the seminar; Kwok demoed his unique
brand of fighting on Paul Smith, head of the Scottish Wing Chun
Organisation and as I was there as attendee and participant I
thought I’d give it a whirl, in for a penny in for a lap
sau, as they say. Using Wing Chun methodology, I was shown how
to close the combat range and get into grappling range and go
for the takedowns. This being my first ever time in Wing Chun,
I found it hard to adjust at first and just kept shooting in
for the clinch but after an hour or so I started to get the hang
of things and would like to say carried myself off as a decent
novice in the art.
First
part over, it was time for lunch and onto the ample sized mats
courtesy of the Wrestling Club over at Great Clowes Street, Salford
and into the hands of Carlson Gracie. Carlson had travelled across
with Phil Nearing and Dave Baura(?) and the emphasis was on Vale
Tudo style attacks from the ground and the session started off
with a basic guillotine defence. From here, the students went
on to practice arm bars and kimuras from the guards and got to
grips with rear choke attacks. Arm bar drills followed and bearing
in mind this was for many their first ever exposure to BJJ, most
of the students picked up the techniques pretty quickly.
As
ever, the fun came to an end way too soon and the session ended
with the usual Q+A’s before photographs and autographs galore.
Billy Davidson and Dave Mc Keown ensured that the day went according
to plan and between them all, they aim to be bringing Carlson
back for more seminars in the near future.
For
more info email Billy on chingmoschool@aol.com or Dave on northwestwingchunkuen@ntl.com.
Special thanks to Dave Mc Keown for allowing me to use his pictures
from the day, brought about by the death of my old laptop.
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It
been great pleasure i been asked to Interview Grandmaster Carlso
Gracie (The Legend Of brazilian Juitisu).
Interviewed
by Master Danny Khalid 21.02.04
On
the 21 and 22 February 2004, Grand master Carlson Gracie, the
"Legend of Brazilian Jujitsu", visited the UK by personal
invitation from Grandmaster Samuel Kwok, for a series of groundbreaking
'Double Impact' seminars. Combining the skills of two great Masters,
himself, and Grandmaster Samuel Kwok, of Yip Family Wing Chun..
I had the great honour, along with Grandmaster Kwok of spending
some time with him at the lancaster hotel,and at the Manchester
seminar the following day.
My
initial reaction to him (Grandmaster Gracie) was "What a
scary looking guy!!!". (until he smiled, that is....). He
is a great big bear of a man, with an easy, approachable demeanour.
Initially we discussed why he was here, and what the seminars
were to be about, translated by Sifu Phil Nearing, GrandMaster
Kwoks' representative in Chicago. Carlson, he said, became involved
quite by accident .
(Phil
Nearing) : I think before we start we should address one or two
questions that people might be having in the UK, such as "Why
are Wing Chun people doing a seminar with BJJ people"? "Why
is this"?, and of course, there can be positive and negative
aspects, so why not concentrate on the positive. A lot of ground
fighters will be saying that BJJ can't be complete or it wouldn't
need Wing Chun and Wing Chun people have been saying obviously
GrandMaster Kwok's Wing Chun lacks groundwork capabilities. Rather
than get into political things, lets just say that the seminar
was the result of one or two chance encounters. A friend/colleague
(Jeff Neal) used to train Wing Chun, and we had a young Judo
instructor in our school about the time that the whole Vale Tudo
thing came to life In the course of his training with the young
Judo instructor (Leo Valdez), Jeff wanted a little more so he
went out and made connections with Carlson Gracie, and brought
the Carlson Gracie team to town, with some very high ranking
fighters.
Eventually
the result of Jeff's hard work was that the Carlson Gracie direct
approach to things hit Chicago. About two and a half years ago,
I hadn't spoken to Jeff in several years, but he came to my studio
and we had a coffee, (a latte), and we discussed training Vale
Tudo. But we encountered the same resistance and questions.
People
are doing one thing or people are doing another. I think there
are a lot of ways to fight, however I think that we felt it was
a good idea to start using some of the very effective things
in WC in the Vale Tudo arena, though obviously there are some
techniques you can't use, for example eye gouges, chopping in
the throat and things like that, these aren't very sociable and
I'd like to think we haven't sunk to that level yet. What I think
is important is things like continuation of attack (fon sau),
breaking the hands free, getting into that range where you can
take down, Wing Chun lives there. Also use of the different angles.
We
did some preliminary work and have been training some guys for
Vale Tudo who should be ready in the next 6 months. This was
all done very casually in one sense and very seriously in another,
for example, I've gone to the trouble of taking up JJ myself
at the age of 50 (mumble) years so I can coach better. We have
the privilege of working with Carlson Gracie, one of the great
teachers of all time. He's also a great Vale Tudo teacher. So
we arranged for him to see some Wing Chun whilst Samuel Kwok
was in town.
We
brought Carlson by the seminar and Grandmaster Sam Kwok did a
beautiful aggressive demonstration, (as only Sam can do), and
Carlson thought ....'this is marvellous, this is great stuff'
and said, 'These 2 systems together, Vale Tudo..............?'
Within several months we established a more aggressive program,
with a very small group of people. We are dealing with 5 or 6
people here, that, you know, have good Chi Sao, good fighting
skills, stand up, clinch, ground. Hard work, everybody's suffering,
everybody's contributing, everybody's making commitments, you
know?
A
few of these guys pulled me aside and said I want to make a commitment
to Vale Tudo fighting and I want to work with Jeff Neal and Carlson
Gracie, that's what I want to do. Carlson showed them what to
do,( train hard and prepare). It's pretty serious, and he was
very impressed with Grandmaster Kwok's demonstration, and so
we talked about doing a seminar in the UK, we even toyed with
the idea of going to Germany with some of the guys in the association
but one thing at a time. Grandmaster Sam Kwok is the guy that
organised these seminars." When we got a little further
into the conversation it was suggested to me that "we wait
for Rufus to translate" Sifu Nearing agreed as he wanted
the words to be Grandmaster Gracie's words, not a clumsy translation
from his limited knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese.
We
all then adjourned to the "Sultan of Lancaster" Restaurant,
for a memorable nights food and conversation. The proprietor,
Mr Naim (very close friend of mine), laid a banquet out for us.
The surroundings, a converted chapel, were absolutely beautiful,
and the conversation deep and inspiring.. The next day at the
Y Club Manchester, Grandmaster Gracie and I were able to spend
a little time talking again, translating through Rufus I was
able to talk to him at greater depth..... I asked Carlson to
tell me in his own words, now that we had a translator, what
exactly was behind these seminars and how this fusion of skills
had come about
(Carlson
Gracie)..."nowadays all the people, they know many martial
arts and enter all these competitions and if you just know one
or two, you're not going to do very well. Nowadays you need to
have knowledge of all martial arts or as many as possible, if
you are a boxer and someone just grabs you and throws you on
the floor, like a JJ man would, you are stuffed! JJ has many
different parts to it and I believe some of the best fighters
in the world are JJ fighters. If you just have legs you are at
a disadvantage, if you just have hands you are at a disadvantage,
if you mix many arts to take advantage of a certain set of rules
in a certain arena then you have a greater chance of winning.
You have to have an understanding of all martial arts in order
to have good fighting and be successful in martial arts competitions"
(Danny
Khalid)... What qualities would you look for in a personal student?
(CG)....."
Primarily,obedience! If I say do something I expect them to do
it, train like this, train like that, you see? And discipline,
if you don't train properly, don't get proper sleep, don't eat
properly, don't smoke, don't take drugs, all these things are
very important. If they don't do these things, then I won't accept
them as students, they have to be dilligent. They have to look
after themselves and be of good character" (Dk) and loyalty....?
(CG)
"great importance!!!..... it is very important, loyalty,
to me, and if I see someone 'scooting' off and messing around
with other people, and it's not all right with me, and they haven't
asked permission, then I do not look well on it!. There's a lot
of rivalry in BJJ, that's why loyalty is so important to me.
I have been let down before by people betraying me and playing
political games and I still feel it, it does not go away. People
abuse me and betray me and I can never forgive them.... It's
finished! I don't even want to talk about them!. As far as I
am concerned, they are no more"
(DK)
Have MMA competitions had the greater influence over BJJ, or
has its developement been influenced more by practical 'street'
encounters?
(CG)..."MMA
and Brazilian JuJitsu are intimately linked. We basically started
off in competition, it's hard really to remove one from the other
because all the time its evolved in the context of MMA competition,
but real life has also had a lot of influence"
(DK)
what I mean is that Gracie JJ is known as a pretty 'in your face
system', is this more down to the famous 'real life' encounters
or from experience gained in the arena?
(CG)"it's
real, yes it's real. It has worked in all the competitions in
the world, the whole world can see it but, there's no doubt in
my mind that it's a very functional martial art. It is not fake.
It works! "
(Dk)
how much has BJJ changed since it's conception, with Relio, and
Maeda. Are you worried that now that it is so big it may stop
being a dynamic martial art and stagnate as some other large
organisations have and maybe turn into a 'belt factory'?
(CG)..."Carlson
Gracie's Brazilian JuJitsu is the JuJitsu of my father, Carlos
Gracie. Helio is my uncle"
(DK)...
this is what you were saying yesterday? this is not just BJJ,
this is Carlson Gracies JJ?
(CG)....."Brazilian
JuJitsu, and this style, were created by Carlos Gracie, my father,
but yes, it has changed, everything changes, that's the way of
the world. For example, 20 yrs ago you would not have dreamed
that you could stand in a street in Manchester, England, and
place a phone call to Japan on a mobile phone, it would have
been inconceivable. Change is the order of all things and Brazilian
JuJitsu is no different. It has evolved a lot in the last 20
years and will continue to do so. I am not worried at all that
it is changing, as far as I can see there is no problem with
it being a dynamic martial art, it's getting better all the time.
I'm still open to anything, so it's not so much changing as improving,
and if I see something good I'll take from it, to make my JuJitsu
better"
(DK)...thank
you Grandmaster Gracie for your time and patience and your great
honesty in answering these questions.
(CG)
"It has been my pleasure, thank you very much for your interest."
.......
and so ended my interview with a great, yet surprisingly down
to earth man. At this point Grandmaster Gracie made his way to
the matted area to begin his contribution to this 'double impact'
seminar, undoubtedly one of the best, most exciting and inspiring
seminars that this humble Wing Chun Sifu has ever attended.
As
a footnote to this article, GrandMaster Kwok would like to express
his heartfelt thanks to all who helped out on the day to make
this seminar the resounding success that it was.Also Thanks go
also to Manchester Olympic Wrestling Academy for the loan of
their superb mats, the Y Club for the use of their excellent
facilities. At the end of the day, the final judgement on whether
the seminar was a success or not goes to the students of Wing
Chun, Jujitsu, Capoiera, and many other martial arts who attended.
Judging by the enormous smiles on every ones faces as they left,
I would say it was a success. Grandmaster Carlson Gracie is looking
Forward to come to uk end of the year .
Source: Total Grappling |
WRESTLERS
PATRICIA MIRANDA AND TOCCARA MONTGOMERY RING N.Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
OPENING BELL; STOCKS HIGHER ALL AROUND
NEW YORK, Sept. 13 -- Two of the top women wrestlers in America
and the world were given the honor Monday of ringing the opening
bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
At
precisely 9:30 AM EDT, Olympic bronze medalist and two-time world
silver medalist Patricia Miranda was joined by Olympic teammate
Toccara Montgomery, herself also a two-time world silver medalist,
and Olympic coaches Townsend and Tricia Saunders and Terry Steiner,
on a special raised platform on the floor of the NYSE, to open
the trading day.
With
most stock prices up Monday, perhaps the NYSE should invite more
wrestlers to commence the day's trading.
Toccara
Montgomery, originally from Cleveland and now studying at Cumberland
College in Williamsburg, Kentucky, remarked with a laugh, 'I
never thought I'd be ringing the bell.' She added, 'It was really
great. I enjoyed it a lot. I have a knack for pushing buttons,'
laughing again.
Both
Montgomery and Miranda were also honored at a breakfast before
the ceremonial bell ringing sponsored by the law firm Wolf Haldenstein
Adler Freeman & Herz. Both were also besieged by numerous
fans and admirers requesting autographs.
Patricia
Miranda, though, was in a rush to leave right after the festivities.
She had a train to catch back to New Haven, Connecticut, where
she just has begun her first year at Yale Law School. Some professor
insisted that she not miss class today, so she had to race out
of the NYSE to make it to the train.
Miranda
is quite proud of winning her bronze medal and being one of that
first group of women wrestlers who ever competed at an Olympic
Games. 'It was very exciting. I feel very lucky,' she said.
With
a couple of weeks' reflection after the Olympics behind her,
she now can better put it all in perspective.
'Obviously
not winning the gold was a little bit painful,' said Miranda.
'But when I got to be on the podium and see the American flag
raised, that brought me so much happiness and thankfulness that
I got to be a part of that experience. I just don't think I could
ever say 'Thank you' enough to everybody that let me have the
neat experience of warming up for an Olympic match, and getting
to bang heads with the best in the world. I'm just really thankful
for my time and place there.'
Now
that she has finally begun Yale Law School, which she put off
for a year to train for the Olympics, she will have to make a
decision regarding her relation to the sport of wrestling.
'I
think that that is undecided,' she said. 'I'm the type of person
that I don't like to be half into anything. So I want to put
my best foot forward in my studies.' She added that she will
only come back to compete on the international scene if she can
train with the commitment and dedication she knows are required
of her.
'So
it's sort of up in the air,' she explained. 'I'm letting myself
embark on a new chapter. But it's undecided.'
Don't
expect Miranda to compete at any of the upcoming fall and winter
tournaments. 'I won't be competing for a while,' she stated.
But she also added about her future wrestling plans, 'I'm going
to let the answer come to me.'
She
is well aware of the Yale wrestling club's activities. 'I've
researched some of the club,' she said. 'There are other clubs
in the area that I'm going to go visit.'
But
she also has many other things on her mind right now besides
wrestling.
'I've
actually been to orientation and two days of class, and went
back to be with Sara,' referring to Olympic teammate Sara McMann,
who was injured in a recent tragic auto accident that killed
Steve Blackford, McMann's boyfriend. 'And I'm going to be spending
a lot of my upcoming months I hope with her,' said Miranda. McMann,
she told us, is 'with Steve's parents and she is traveling off
and on. I'm going to be there to support her.'
So
it is indeed a new chapter in the life of Patricia Miranda. Whether
or not she returns to active competition, she has already made
her mark as one of the pioneers of women's wrestling. And for
that, all supporters of wrestling should tell her a big 'Thank
you' from the bottom of our hearts.
Coming
up: Toccara Montgomery speaks on her Olympic experience and her
future plans.
Source:
ADCC
|
Quote
of the Day
"When one door closes another door opens; but we so often
look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we
do not see the ones which open for us."
Alexander Graham Bell, 1847-1922, British-born American Inventor
of Telephone
|
Fighters'
Club TV Tonight!
8:30 PM Channel 52
Episode 23 is and and submitted to programming. It will air August
10, 17, 24, and 31 at our new time slot, 8:30pm, Tuesday nights
on Oceanic Channel 52.
This
Episode features:
-Highlights
from Superbrawl 36 155 lb Tournament—Kolo Koka, Mike Aina,
Harris Sarmiento, Deshaun Johnson, Justin James, Bart Palaskewski,
Roger Hueta, and Ryan Schultz plus interviews with Ryan "The
Lion" Schultz and BJ Penn—Mike Aina’s trainer
-Also
from Super Brawl 36, Niko Vitale vs. Yushin Okami with interview
with Niko
-Technique
of the Week—Shaolin Ribeiro demonstrating a wicked leglock
from the half-guard
-Interview
with Ronald Jhun on training and his upcoming UFC debut plus
his fight w/ Andrew Chapelle in “Ring of Honor 2”
as
always with Hawaii’s favorite FCTV heart throbs, Mike and
Chris, “the infamous” Onzuka Brothers, and “that
other guy” Mark Kurano in their most animated segment yet.
Comments,
Questions, Suggestions, (Girls, wanna be famous? Resumes with
pics please) to:
fightersclubtv808@hotmail.com |
Paiva,
Barretinho, Macaco and more in the sixth edition of Jiu-Jitsu
Master and Senior International Championship
Two
of the athletes known for technical skill in the 90’s, Alexandre
Paiva and Renato Barreto, “Barretinho”, won their matches
with terrific submissions in the sixth edition of Jiu-Jitsu Master
and Senior International Championship was held last August 28th,
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Paiva
was the champion of the category black-belt middle-weight Senior
1, and Barretinho won the black-belt middle-weight Master. Jorge
‘Macaco’ and Givanildo Santana also had great performance
in the tournament. They made the middle-weight Master black-belt
final, Macaco attacked more and won the gold medal.
Fighting
between equals with the brazilians atlhetes, the Japanese Iroshi
Tsuruya won the first place of the category brown belt light
Master. Tsuruya was the only Japanese who stepped into the higher
place of the VI International Master and Senior Championship
podium.
The
championship team results:
1°
- Gracie Humaita
2°
- Alliance - EOFC Integração
3°
- Gracie Barra
Source: ADCC
|
Sapp
Filming Big Budget Comedy With Sandler, Rock
[September 8, 2004] In the wake of his motion picture acting
debut, K-1 megastar Bob “The Beast” Sapp has jumped
back in front of the cameras to film a remake of 1974 hit film
The Longest Yard. The former NFL lineman turned martial arts
fighter has been cast alongside a star-studded lineup that includes
hit comics Adam Sandler and Chris Rock as well as award-winning
actors Burt Reynolds and Gary Oldman.
”I’m
getting into Hollywood more and more and it’s been great,”
said the 6 foot 4 inch, 360-pound Sapp, whose role in the new
production ironically sees him return to the gridiron. “The
person that I’ve been hanging out with most is Burt Reynolds.
We’ve hit it off altogether. He’s really given me insight
into Hollywood and it’s been a lot of fun.”
Slated
for release on Memorial Day of next year, the comedy focuses
on a retired NFL quarterback (Sandler) who is serving time in
prison. After being asked by the warden to field a team of inmates
capable of challenging the facility’s prison guards in a
game of football, Sandler’s character, Paul Crewe, does
so and enlists the help of a former college champion and coach
(Reynolds) to guide the team of inmates to victory. Sapp plays
a member of Crewe’s squad and, according to the big man,
a central figure in the picture. “Everyone’s jealous
of the role I have,” he laughed.
In
addition to the roster of Hollywood talent assembled, the film
also casts former NFL greats Michael Irvin, Brian Bosworth, and
Bill Romanowski; hip-hop superstar Nelly; and professional wrestling’s
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin.
According
to Sapp, his colleagues on the set of The Longest Yard have taken
notice of K-1 since he joined their company. “They never
knew about K-1 until everyone started talking about me. Now,
everyone knows about K-1 and they’re really getting excited
about the fighters,” Sapp said. “People have been watching
the fights on video while they’re in their trailers and
really getting into the action.”
Recently,
Sapp wrapped up his work on the set of Elektra, a spin-off of
the 2003 motion picture adaptation of Marvel Comics title, Daredevil.
The leading publisher of comic books has since decided to manufacture
a limited, collectors’ edition of bracelets that are replicas
of those worn in the film by Sapp’s character, “Stone.”
The collectors’ item will be available to the public immediately
following the February 2005 release of Elektra.
In
addition to the pair of Hollywood silver screen acting roles
that he scored this year, Sapp has starred in two Japanese films.
He has also shot 10 commercials and appeared on 24 television
shows in 2004. Last month, HBO’s hit documentary series,
“Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel,” ran a featured segment
on the famed athlete.
Sapp’s
last appearance in the squared circle came on June 26th when
he faced 2000 World Grand Prix Finals runner-up, Ray Sefo, during
a K-1 card in Japan. Although his future in the sport is up in
the air, Sapp has continued to pursue his martial arts training.
His trainers, former K-1 and Muay Thai champion, Maurice Smith,
and Ivan Salaverry, have been overseeing the big man’s workouts
while spending time with him on the set of The Longest Yard.
Source: Maxfighting
|
Real
Pro Wreslting and Pax TV Debut Olympic Style-Wrestling
LOS ANGELES (Sept. 9, 2004) - Real Pro Wrestling and PAX TV today
announced the national television debut of the first Olympic
style-wrestling league. Real Pro Wrestling will launch its national
television debut on February 13, 2005 on PAX, the week following
Super Bowl Sunday. Real Pro Wrestling and PAX have teamed to
create a 15-week series, including 14 hour-long shows with the
15th final episode lasting two hours in duration.
The
first 14 episodes will be aired nationwide starting Sunday, February
13, 2005 at 4-5pm EST/PST and 3-4pm CST. Wrestlers will compete
for the championship and $250,000 in prizes and money and additional
incentive based winnings. PAX network airs in 96 million or 88
percent of U.S. households, with 23 of their top-27 programs
being sports-related events.
Each
episode also will contain special segments designed for sponsors
to better position their brand during the telecast. Opportunities
are still available and include, Background Stories (reserved
for Title Sponsor), Tale of the Tape, Tech Moment, Move of the
Day, Official Drink, Official Apparel and Official Footwear.
All special segments will air during each of the 15 episodes.
Historically
known as one of the most popular sports of the 20th century,
wrestling is set to make its professional TV debut in the beginning
of the 21st century as Real Pro Wrestling showcases the
talents
of the elite athletes combining Freestyle and Greco-Roman rules
and techniques. Real Pro Wrestling provides wrestlers an opportunity
to compete beyond collegiate and Olympic competition in a professional
atmosphere comparable to leagues such as the NFL, MLB and NBA.
Founded
in 2002, Real Pro Wrestling is based in Ashland City, Tenn. and
is the creation of two former Northwestern collegiate wrestling
teammates, Toby Willis and Matt Case, and former Olympic hopeful
Kenny Johnson.
“Finally,
the world’s best wrestlers can earn a living at what they
do best,” said Willis, co-founder and CEO. “Wrestling
fans deserve to see their heroes compete against the best in
the world.”
According
to the National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA), more
than one million wrestlers participated in collegiate and high
school programs in the United States in 2003 with an additional
20 million individuals currently living in America having participated
in the sport of wrestling in the past. Studies by National Federation
of High Schools (NFHS) show that wrestling is the sixth highest
participant sport in America despite not having a professional
league or marketing efforts.
The
league consists of eight teams from around the country made up
of seven different weight classes ranging from 55 kg/125 lbs.
to 120 kg/250 lbs. Regional teams will include the New York Outrage,
California Claw, Chicago Groove, Iowa Stalkers, Oklahoma Slam,
Minnesota Freeze, Pennsylvania Hammer and the Texas Shooters.
Team line-ups and coaches will be announced at a later date.
Fan
favorite and 2004 Olympic bronze medallist Rulon Gardner will
headline the cast of Olympic wrestlers, including Dan Gable (Wrestling
legend and Olympic Gold Medallist), Cael Sanderson (2004 Olympic
gold medallist), Cael’s coach Bobby Douglas (Wrestling legend
and Olympic coach), and Steve Abas (2004 Olympic silver medallist),
as they gear up for the inaugural season of the first Olympic
style wrestling league. Real Pro Wrestling, the gimmick-free,
script-free Olympic style-wrestling league, will be taped in
front of a live studio audience on October 8-9 at the Los Angeles
Center Studios.
Matches
will take place atop a specially designed elevated circular wrestling
mat in a 360-degree Roman coliseum-inspired arena. A total of
eight cameras will capture the action on the mat to present the
live audience and television fans alike the greatest viewing
experience. Live heart pounding music will increase the already
intense atmosphere surrounding the event.
The
one-hour weekly episodes will be comprised of two complete matches
of up to 10 minutes each in length and highlights from other
matches. Special segments concerning the history of the sport,
little known facts and explanations of the rules will also punctuate
the time between matches, as well as the biographical vignettes.
Negotiations
are underway for a team of commentators that will include a major
television sports personality as well as a former world champion
wrestler or coach for the color commentary.
PAX
TV Dates
2005
Season Sunday 4-5pm EST
Week
1 February 13
Week 2 February 20
Week 3 February 27
Week 4 March 6
Week 5 March 13
Week 6 March 20
Week 7 March 27
Week 8 April 3
Week 9 April 10
Week 10 April 17
Week 11 April 24
Week 12 May 1
Week 13 May 8
Week 14 May 15
Week 15* May 22
*Two hour Championship episode
**Check with local provider for station information .
Source: Maxfighting
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Terrell
to Fight for Pancrase
Coming off of a huge win over Matt Lindland, David Terrell's
next fight won't be in the UFC, but will come under the Pancrase
banner. The Cesar Gracie student is scheduled to fight Pancrase's
November 7th show in Tokyo. This is not a real surprise as Terrell
has fought and won twice before for the Japanese promotion.
So
who does Terrell fight once he's defeated the number one fighter
in the 185-pound weight class? Our friend Zach Arnold at PuroresuPower.com,
very accurate on all things Japan despite his jabs at our spelling
skills, is speculating that Terrell could be facing either Sanae
Kikuta or Yuki Kondo in the main event of the Pancrase show.
Either
would be a formidable opponent. Kikuta is the number one ranked
fighter in the Pancrase light heavyweight divsion and Kondo is
the 3rd Light Heavyweight King of Pancrase. Kikuta is coming
off of a win over UFC veteran Keith Rockel earlier this year,
while Kondo is coming off of a loss to Wanderlei Silva in Pride.
Kondo though had won his previous four fights in a row including
wins over Kikuta, Mario Sperry and Terrell's teammate Steve Heath.
Apparently,
Terrell is not in the plans for the UFC's December 12th show
in Japan, but would seemingly return to the promotion early in
2005.
Source: MMA Weekly
|
QUICK
RESULTS: SHOOTO GIG CENTRAL Vol.6
SHOOTO GIG CENTRAL Vol.6
Nagoya Public Hall - Nagoya - Japan
September 12th, 2004
C0mplete
Results:
Class-B
-
Kenichi Hattori (ALIVE Komaki) def. Toshikazu Iseno (PUREBRED
Omiya) by Judges Decision
-
Koetsu Okazak (Cobra Kai) def. Takahiro Hosoi (PARAESTRA Matsudo)
by 2-0 Split Decision
-
Takeshi Matsushita (ALIVE) def. Masanori Sugatani (Chokushin
Kai) by Round 2 TKO (Due to a cut over right eye) 2:03
-
John Veluri (Australia) def. Yosuke 'MD' Mikami (Mimura Dojo)
by Round 1 1:41 TKO
-
Akira Kibe (ALIVE) def. Yasuji Numa (V.T.L.) by Round 1 1:48
Submission
-
Kenji Osawa (WKSS) def. Hiroshi Umemura (ALIVE) by Judges Decision
-
Hatsu Hioki (ALIVE) def. Tsutomu Shiiki (Chokushin Kai) by Judges
Decision
Class-A
- Daisuke 'Amazon' Sugie (ALIVE) def. Shogun Kawakatsu (PUREBRED
Omiya) by Judges Decision
Source: ADCC
|
Abu
Dhabi Canadian Pre-Trials Silver Medallist Scott Schilling
Oakville,
Ontario -- The level of competition continues to rise in Canada
as evident at the 2004 Toronto Showdown Grappling Open &
Submission Wrestling tournament held on August 14. A qualifier
for the Abu Dhabi North American Trials, the Toronto Showdown
featured some of today’s best Canadian grapplers vying for
their spot in the September 18 Vernon, British Columbia, tournament.
We
look at Scott Schilling in final segment of a four part series.
Schilling won the silver in the 76.99 KG division and received
an invitation to the North American Trials. The 35-year-old started
training in submission grappling in October 1995. Schilling earned
his BJJ black belt from Professor Sylvio Behring on June 19.
This was the first Abu Dhabi competition for 25 year martial
arts veteran.
JC:
When did you start training in submission grappling? SS: On October
29, 1995 (Royce and Rorion Gracie Seminar) in Richmond, Canada.
JC:
Where do you train? SS: At the Schilling/Behring Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Academy
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
JC:
Who is your instructor? SS: Presently Professor Sylvio Behring.
I have trained with Royce and Rorion Gracie. Rickson and Renzo
Gracie. Joao Roque and Wagnney Fabiano from Nova Uniao. There
are so many others that I could not list them all, but I would
like to thank all of them. At this time I continue to do my own
research and teach at my academy in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
JC:
Are you ranked in Gi? SS: Yes. I earned my BJJ black belt on
June 19 from Professor Sylvio Behring.
JC:
How did you train for the Pre-Trials? SS: Cardio: Bike, Swimming,
BJJ and Wrestling. Mat Time: BJJ and Wrestling with students.
JC:
How are you feeling about your performance? SS: Very Good. Fast
and explosive and didn’t get tired. I am a finisher; not
necessarily a points player unless necessary.
JC:
What has been your most memorable career match? SS: There are
so many. I would have to say my recent win over Jon Stutzman
at the Grappling Classic Pro No-GI Invitational in Michigan,
on January 24, 2004. I finished Stutzman with my new move I made
up on the spot. The “Linger” pronounced like “Ginger.”
No one has ever seen this submission before. The submission was
named by my good friend Mark Bocek.
JC:
What was your overall experience in BJJ? SS: Training in martial
arts for over 25 years has been an amazing journey and BJJ has
changed my life.
JC:
Will you train differently for the Trials? SS: Yes, much harder
then ever before.
JC:
Is there anything you’d like to say? SS: I look forward
to competing with the best the United States has to offer. Since
I am a duel citizen of both Canada and the United States it should
be interesting. Since I have lived in Canada for the last 10
years after moving here from New York after finding my birth
parents. I feel proud to represent Canada.
Schilling
is the Chief Instructor at the Schilling/Behring Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Academy in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Their telephone number
is 905-847-2652.
Source: ADCC |
Quote
of the Day
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who
can do him absolutely no good."
Ann Landers, American Advice Columnist
|
Minotauro
talks about Fedor´s amusement at a Japanese park
On
August 15th an accidental headbutt ended the match between Rodrigo
'Minotauro' Nogueira and Fedor Emelianenko, leaving a No Contest
declared by Pride promoters. In the wake, the news appears that
the two fighters had completely different reactions to the episode
during the Heavyweight GP final. Pissed off, the Brazilian Nogueira
stayed in Japan for almost a week trying to convince the promoters
he deserved to be declared the champion since he was medically
cleared to fight.
Meanwhile,
the Russian, with nine stiches in his forehead, went to a park
and had lots of fun with some friends. Fedor´s attitude
made 'Minotauro' even more angry. 'If he was able to go to the
park the day after our fight, why didn´t he put a band-aid
on his forehead and get back in the ring? If he is so tough...'
said Minotauro.
On
his official website, the Russian Fedor Emelianenko published
some photos of his journey to the park. You can check it out
at www.fedor.bel.ru. On the main page,
there is an ironic phrase which insinuates that Nogueira couldn´t
hurt Fedor. 'Nothing threatens health of the world champion …'
says the website.
About
the No Contest, DSE President Nobuyuki Sakakibara, considered
it the correct call, however, a special rule could be adopted
in the future in case this sort of a medical stoppage happens
again. Minotauro and Fedor should face each other on December
31st during the Pride Special New´s Year event. To the
Brazilian, there is nothing to do but train.
Source: ADCC |
Wanderlei
launches his own motorcycle
One
month after getting a sponsorship from Yokohama, the famous japanese
tire company, Pride middleweight champion Wanderlei Silva, was
invited by a Honda branch in Curitiba (Cabral Motos), to put
his 'WAND' logo on a limited series of cycles: Twister (CBX 250),
Titan (CG 150) and Biz (C 100).
Last
month, One day before leaving for Japan to face Yuki Kondo, Wanderlei
filmed the advertisement that has being broadcast on Parana tv
since last Saturday.
'Our
idea is show that 'Wand' motorcycles have the same qualities
of the champion - strength, endurance and power' stated Victor
Spindola, the creator of the advertising campaign. Besides the
logo on the tank, the limited series of bikes will have a special
helmet, copying the famous tattoo that Silva has on his head.
'I´m
very proud that important companies like Honda and Yokohama are
are starting to believe in our sport. I hope this is a first
step for many other fighters' a proud Wanderlei Silva told us
after his return from Tokyo, where he ran over Yuki Kondo in
the last Pride Final Conflict, held on August 15th.
Source: ADCC |
EUPHORIA
MFC -
'Road To The Titles' Tickets on Sale Now!
TROPICANA
CASINO, ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY
Friday Night, October 15th, 2004
Go
to TICKETMASTER's OFFICIAL SITE . Keywords: Euphoria Mixed Fighting
Championships
'Tickets
are finally on sale!' states Euhoria matchmaker Miguel Iturrate.
'We have endured a venue change, several delays with marketing,
etc. Euphoria is now ready to start the 'ROAD TO THE TITLES'.
On paper, this has a chance at being one of the best cards of
the year'.
TOTAL
SEATING: 2500 seats
BLEACHER SEATS-GEN'L ADMISSION: US $55.00
ORCHESTRA LEVEL: US $100.00 - US $125.00
MEZZANINE LEVEL: US $55.00 - US $75.00
2nd MEZZANINE LEVEL: US $35.00
ROAD
TO THE TITLES 1 - First Round of Heavyweight and Lightweight
Tournaments
'We
have 3 alternate bouts, and then the first round of 2 eight man
tournaments for a total of 11 MMA matches' describes the matchmaker.
'The Heavyweights always are crowd pleasers, and the Lightweight
tournament features some of the premiere fighters in the weight
division. The winners will return to Euphoria on December 11th
to compete in the 2nd round of the ROAD TO THR TITLES. By the
February event, we will be down to 2 finalists and Euphoria's
Champions will be crowned. This event features World Class talent,
and it is the first installment of a stellar series.'
The
complete card appears below - all fights are subject to approval
by the New Jersey State Boxing Commission.
CARD
SUBJECT TO CHANGE:
FIGHT
#1: WEIGHT: 155 LBS (ALTERNATE BOUT)
RYAN SCHULTZ (TEAM QUEST, PORTLAND, OR) v. DAVID GAONA (SHOOT
SPAIN, Valencia, Spain)
FIGHT
#2: WEIGHT: HEAVYWEIGHTS (ALTERNATE BOUT)
JOHNATHAN WIEZOREK (Valdosta Karate, Valdsota, Georgia) v. BEN
ROTHWELL (Miletich Fighting Systems, Bettendorf, IA.)
FIGHT
#3: WEIGHT: 155 LBS (ALTERNATE BOUT)
JAY IRELAND (Team TAP or SNAP, Detroit, MI.) v. KURT PELLEGRINO
(Team Renzo Gracie, NYC, NY
FIGHT
#4: WEIGHT: 155 LBS (CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT BOUT)
ALBERTO CRANE (KOTC CHAMPION) v. RICH CLEMENTI (TEAM EXTREME,
New Orleans, LA)
FIGHT
#5: WEIGHT: 155 LBS (CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT BOUT)
HERMES FRANCA (ATT, Ft Lauderdale, FL) v. PHIL JOHNS (Silverbacks,
Canton IL)
FIGHT
#6: WEIGHT: HEAVYWEIGHTS (CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT BOUT)
JEFF MONSON (ATT, Ft Lauderdale, FL) v. TBD
FIGHT
#7: WEIGHT: HEAVYWEIGHTS (CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT BOUT)
ULISSES CASTRO (CANADA) v. Kerry ’Meat Truck’ Schall
(Team EXTREME, Cinncinnati, OH)
FIGHT
#8: WEIGHT: 155 LBS (CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT BOUT)
SERGEI GOLYAEV (RED DEVIL, St Petersburg, Russia) V. JOACHIM
HANSEN (Team Scandinavia, Oslo, Norway)
FIGHT
#9: WEIGHT: 155 LBS (CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT BOUT)
NAOYUKI KOTANI (Rodeo Style, Tokyo, Japan) v. YVES EDWARDS (Thugjitsu,
Houston, TX)
FIGHT
#10: WEIGHT: HEAVYWEIGHTS (CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT BOUT)
TRAVIS WIUFF (Team Extreme, Minneapolis, MN) v. IBRAGIM MAGOMEDOV
Red Devil, St Petersburg, Russia)
FIGHT
#11: WEIGHT: HEAVYWEIGHTS (CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT BOUT)
ROMAN ZENTSOV (Red Devil, St Petersburg, Russia) v. ANTOINE JOAUDE
(Ruas Vale Tudo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Source: ADCC |
Vegas
Grapplers Quest - GRACIE vs. LAIMON plus Two 4-Man Tournaments
6th
Grapplers Quest West Submission Grappling Championships
'Don't
miss The West Coast's Largest Grappling Tournament and the Superfight
of the Year LIVE'
Ryron
Gracie vs. Marc Laimon at Grapplers Quest West in Las Vegas on
November 6th
When:
Saturday, November 6th, 2004
Where:
Durango High School
7100 West Dewey Drive
Las Vegas, Nevada 89113-1104
Weigh-Ins Start at 8:00 AM, Children/Teen Divisions Start at
10:00 AM
Superfight
to feature the return of the 1st ever Grapplers Quest West Absolute
Superfight Champion, MARC LAIMON vs. the pride of the GRACIE
family, grandson of Master Helio Gracie and Gracie Jiu Jitsu
Black Belt, RYRON GRACIE plus (2) 4-Man Superfight Tournaments!
„³$500
- 4-Man Welterweight Tournament (Under 175 lbs.):
(1) Cameron Earle, Ralph Gracie Black Belt
(2-4) TBD ¡V Send resumes to: President@Grapplers.com
„³$500
- 4-Man Middleweight Tournament (175 lbs.-205 lbs.):
(1) Rafael Lovato, Jr., Machado Black Belt
(2-4) TBD ¡V Send resumes to: President@Grapplers.com
Download
an event package complete with Tournament Details, Rules, Registration
Form, and Travel info at:
http://www.grapplers.com/article_images/gqwest6.doc
Save
$15 when you Register Online, plus Get Entered to Win a $2,000
ADCC World Championships Vacation Giveaway at:
http://www.grapplers.com/store/online_registration.cfm?id=92
Source: ADCC |
ZST
Vol 6. QUICK RESULTS
ZST Vol 6. QUICK RESULTS
ZEPP Tokyo, Japan
September 12th, 2004
Genesis
Bouts:
- Kazuhiro Hanada def. Kyousuke Nishikawa by Round 1 1:05 Armbar
-
Yukiyasu Ozawa drew with Ken Orihashi
-
Hideki Hasegawa fought to a Round 1 1:18 Non-Contest with Yuchiru
Yajima
-
Yuki Ito drew with Hirotaki Tomiyama
-
Shinya Oshima drew with Ryusuke Uemura
-
Masanori Kanehara def. Yuki Takaya by Round 1 2:36 Armbar
-
Sumio Koyano def. Yutu Watanabe by Round 1 1:36 TKO
-
Bart Palaszewski
(Team Curran) def.
Masayuki Okude by Round 1 2:27 KO
Main
Card:
- Takusane Murata def. Takahiro Uchiyama by Round 3 1:45 Choke
-
Darius Skiiaudyus def. Norimichia Isozaki by Round 1 0:45 KO
(Right Hook)
-
Shinya Sato drew with Mindaguas Smirnovas after 3 rounds
-
Hirotakya Miyakawa def. Andzej Kizinievc by Round 1 0:43 Heelhook
-
Jeff Curran
(Team Curran)
def. Masaori Oishi (K'z Factory) by Round 1 0:44 Front Choke.
-
Naoya Kotani (Rodeo Style) def. Hideo Tokoro (Stand) by Round
1 1:44 Heelhook.
Source: ADCC |
PAIN
PETERS - Catching Up With Canada's Most Controversial MMA Fighter!
Readers of ADCC News will probably remember the name 'Pain' Peters.
Two years ago he was the Tank Abbott of Canada, with a mixed
record but performances the fans loved and a persona that sold
tickets. Back then he fought at Welterweight, like the UCC photos
at http://malarky.udel.edu/~keith/2002/pain2.htm. After a fight against
Matt Hume in AFC he dropped to 155 where he last fought back
in November of 2003. Now he is fighting in October. We caught
up with Pain at APEX in Montreal.
KM:
Your next fight? PP: October 16th. The promoter out west want
to see me fight Ragin’ Cajun. I guess they think he can
beat me so I’m looking forward to going out there and prove
them wrong.
KM:
And this will be at 155?
PP: Yeah, 155. He has a hard time making 155. Make him suffer.
They are trying to get him a fight at 160 but no, 155.
KM:
This is going to be your third at 155?
PP: Second.
KM:
Then I did see your only one at 155.
PP: Yep. (Note: TKO November 29th, 2003. Photos at http://malarky.udel.edu/~keith/2003/various/tko112903.htm)
KM:
What have you been doing since that fight?
PP: Judo tournaments and stuff like that. I’ve done four
or five judo tournaments after my last fight because I kind of
got tired of ultimate fighting. I just got tired of it, I had
been doing it for a while. I took some time off and did some
judo tournaments and now I’m fighting in October. After
I beat this guy up I’ll see how I feel and if I’m still
into it I’ll do another fight and if not I’ll do judo.
Whatever peaks my interest. Just go by fight. I haven’t
fought in almost a year but don’t think I missed out on
much. For what I’ve been offered I didn’t miss out
on much in this area (Montreal). I just turned 30 which before
would have freaked me out. It doesn’t freak me out now.
Look at Randy (Couture). I have tons of time. My priorities just
change. Probably thinking more I need a better job because it’s
hard to get somewhere with ultimate fighting.
KM:
Without getting too personal in public is everything going okay
now?
PP: Now it is. For a while it wasn’t. When my ultimate fighting
career went down hill so did the rest of my life.
KM:
It seemed like cutting to 155 wasn’t just a turning point
in your career but in your life.
PP: Yeah. Everything started to turn around for the better. Before
that I was in a dark place for a long time with trusting the
wrong people and bad decisions and the whole fucking mess of
shit. I’ve been finding I like ultimate fighting a lot less
because of a lot of the bullshit behind the scenes. I got a manager…my
cousin is managing me and I trust him 100% and I don’t have
to deal with a lot of stuff. It makes a big difference to me.
KM:
You mentioned your opponent had trouble making 155. Did you have
trouble making 155 yourself?
PP: No, I was highly motivated to lose the weight and started
dieting before I knew I was even going to fight. I was motivated
to see if I could get smaller. I’m 165 now. I’ve been
eating bad the last few days. I get to 160 no problem and then
just cut five pounds. For my judo competitions I compete at 161
so I’m staying pretty small.
KM:
How did you do in judo?
PP: Not bad. I did good in Canada. Little tougher tournaments
out in the States. Good experiences.
KM:
So what do you think about your opponent in October?
PP: Not much to think about. I’m going to take him serious
and train hard, I wouldn’t want to lose to him, but it’s
in my favor.
KM:
Have you seen any of his fights?
PP: I’ve seen a couple.
KM:
How do you think you match up to him?
PP: I’m good at ground and pound and he has bad takedown
defense. He’s a better standup guy but I don’t think
he has much power behind his punches.
KM:
Are you training any differently because of your opponent?
PP: Just training more. I used to different for all of them.
I’m going to try to train the same way with my strengths
and what I like to do instead of changing everything 100 degrees.
I think it is better to do what I am good at and make it better.
KM:
So is this a comeback or something to occupy you between judo
tournaments?
PP: Honestly that is a good question. This is a fight I was offered.
I’m going to train hard and give it my best.
KM:
What happened to painpeters.com?
PP: It’s back up. My server went under so I found a free
web and built one myself.
KM:
You are also training a couple other fighters.
PP: I’m training mostly Linda (Langerak). It’s cool
with a female fighter because they go a lot further. She’s
doing a lot for herself, like last week she was Athlete Of the
Week for some TV station. She is in the news and the paper quite
a bit, really pushing herself. She’s a warrior. Really tough.
Monte Cox e-mailed me and asked if she would fight Jennifer Howe
on a week-and-a-half notice and she took the fight. Fought a
bloody war for two rounds and just gave up. I guess her face
was messed up. I wasn’t there all the way up in Alaska.
I look like a horrible manager like ‘do you want to fight
in Alaska against the best fighter in the world for probably
not much money’ and she said ‘yeah’. She’s
already training hard (for) HOOKnSHOOT now to fight Judy Neff.
KM:
I heard that was her attitude, that she knew who Jennifer Howe
was and who Judy Neff is and she wants to go for the throat of
the division. That impressed me.
PP: What impressed me is she did that and fought hard and she
is thanking me for giving her the opportunity to fight somebody
like somebody like Neff. That is where he boyfriend, her trainer,
is giving me shit, like ‘why are you putting her in a fight
like that’? (Both laugh).
KM:
All I saw was corner threw in the towel after the second round.
I think I saw one other fight on the internet but don’t
know anything about her. What can you tell us about her?
PP: Really tough. The thing is she is driven. She has that motivation.
It is unreal how hard she trains. Even now we are training with
this girl from my judo class who is also on the Canadian wrestling
team and national judo team. She has to drive an hour to go to
train with this girl for an hour and then drive an hour back
so that is three hours out of her way. Also Linda works a full-time
job. She is just driven and really training harder than I train
for most of my fights. She puts everything into every fight she
has. She is always in shape so when she fought Jennifer Howe
luckily we had been sparring anyway but she is always in shape
with her cardio. She is always ready.
KM:
Didn’t you mention someone else you train that is fighting?
PP: I have this fan of mine, I get this a lot, and he wanted
to fight. He trains at a local club so he started training with
me. It’s not that I taught him that much. I taught him what
it feels like to be in the ring and stuff like that. He was ready
physically and mentally up until he got in the ring and then
he just mentally wasn’t there and lost the fight by decision.
He froze. Now after the fight he regrets it. The thing I learned
from this is you can teach somebody how to fight but you can’t
make somebody a fighter. To me that was case in point right there.
KM:
Has that ever happened to you?
PP: To get scared like that? No, but I have fought a lot of fights
where I’m standing there and didn’t feel like being
there. Pushed into a situation I didn’t want to be in so
like why am I fighting when I don’t feel like it? I finished
the whole fight and probably took a beating and didn’t quit
but I probably shouldn’t have been there in the first place.
KM:
So what do you think the difference is between you and the fan
you were just talking about?
PP: I’m a natural fighter at heart. Some guys are athletes
but I’m a fighter. I’m a fighter first and now I’m
learning how to do it for the sport. If it was just fighting
I’d win all the time but now it’s a sport.
Unfortunately
as of this writing the name of the show, location, and rest of
the card Pain is on have not been verified. The HOOKnSHOOT card
he refers to is November 16th in Evansville, IN. Check out painpeters.com
for more info as it becomes available.
Source: ADCC |
Quote
of the Day
"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no
happiness without action."
Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Statesman, Prime Minister |
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Biggest
PPV Draws in UFC
Check out our friends at http://www.mmacrhronicle.com.
With
MMAChronicle.com's releasing of the pay per view buyrates for
UFCs 43, 44, 46 and 47 based on Zuffa's pay per view revenue
for each show as recorded by the Nevada State Athletic Commission,
we're going to take a look at the biggest pay per view draws
currently in the UFC.
Here
is a list of the buyrates for each UFC show since they came back
on cable starting with UFC 33 in September 2001. We don't have
buyrates for every show, and please take note that any buyrates
other than UFCs 43, 44, 46 and 47 are only rumored numbers, and
aren't anywhere close to official. The idea with presenting these
numbers, though, is to use them as a guide to help analyze who
and what draws and pay per view:
CHART
#1
EVENT NAME DATE HEADLINER BUYRATE
UFC 33 Sept 28 2001 Ortiz vs. Matyushenko 75,000
UFC 34 Nov 2 2001 Couture vs. Rizzo 45,000-60,000*
UFC 35 Jan 11 2001 Penn vs. Pulver 35,000
UFC 36 March 22 2002 Barnett vs. Couture 45,000-60,000*
UFC 37 May 10 2002 Lindland vs. Bustamante 45,000-60,000*
UFC 38 July 13 2002 Hughes vs. Newton 45,000-60,000*
UFC 39 Sept 27 2002 Rodriguez vs. Couture 45,000-60,000*
UFC 40 Nov 22 2002 Ortiz vs. Shamrock 150,000
UFC 41 Feb 28 2003 Tank vs. Mir 60,000
UFC 42 Apr 25 2003 Hughes vs. Sherk 35,000
UFC 43 June 6 2003 Couture vs. Liddell 49,000
UFC 44 Sept 26 2003 Couture vs. Ortiz 94,000
UFC 45 Nov 21 2003 Tank vs. Cabbage 40,000
UFC 46 Jan 31 2004 Couture vs. Belfort 77,000
UFC 47 Apr 2, 2004 Ortiz vs. Liddell 104,000
UFC 48 June 19 2004 Shamrock vs. Kimo 110,000
UFC 49 Aug 21 2004 Couture vs. Belfort N/A
*These
pay per views were figured as doing between 45,000 and 60,000+
buys
A
few notes on the above chart. UFC 37.5 isn't included on the
list because it was shown on tape delay on pay per view and was
set up as a TV taping for Fox Sportsnet. We don't have pay per
view figures for UFC 49, but, for the sake of argument, we'll
figure that the show will end up doing between 70,000 and 80,000
buys, same as UFC 46 which was also headlined by Couture vs.
Belfort. Also, although UFC 43 was presented as an 'all-star'
show, the clear headliner was Couture vs. Liddell for the interim
205-pound title. UFC 45's main event live was Hughes vs. Trigg,
which went on last that night, but Cabbage vs. Tank was the fight
that the show was built around in pay per view advertising. Same
thing with UFC 41 in regards to Tank vs. Mir and with Rodriguez
defending the Heavyweight title last that night against Tim Sylvia.
Also, Vitor Belfort was the original opponent for Ortiz at UFC
33 and pulled out late to be replaced by Matyushenko.
The
following fighters headlined more than one pay per view in the
above chart (the amount of shows they headlined is in parenthesis):
Tito Ortiz (4), Ken Shamrock (2), Randy Couture (7), Matt Hughes
(2), Tank Abbott (2), Chuck Liddell (2), Vitor Belfort (2). If
you count UFC 45 for Matt Hughes, then he's headlined three shows.
If you count UFC 33 towards Belfort (even though he didn't fight,
he was a late replacement), he's headlined three shows.
To
read the rest of this article, please visit www.mmachronicle.com
where you will find the article under the 'Columns' section.
Source: ADCC |
Eastman
Back in UFC 50
By Joe Hall
Preliminary
lineups for UFC 50 that floated through the MMA community had
Marvin Eastman on the card against Canadian Patrick Cote. Then,
suddenly, Eastman's name was replaced by Ivan Salaverry.
"The
Beastman" had indeed signed to compete in UFC 50, but was
pulled from the card a few days later when the UFC was unsure
whether he would be able to fight. The uncertainty stemmed from
Eastman's involvement in a post-fight scuffle following an Aug.
7 K-1 bout in Las Vegas.
Eastman
was stopped that night in the first round by Ray Sefo, but he
felt his opponent had fought dirty by hitting him while he tried
to touch gloves. Shortly after the match was stopped, a melee
ensued in the ring, much to the Nevada State Athletic Commission's
disapproval. Unsure of whether Eastman would be suspended and
unable to fight at 50, the UFC pulled him from the card.
It
was then Eastman realized the seriousness of his offense and
the breadth of the Nevada Commission's jurisdiction. One post-fight
altercation after a kickboxing match in Vegas and you can't kickbox,
box or fight MMA anywhere in the country (or beyond) that's regulated.
If you're suspended, that is. Eastman wasn't.
He
went before the Commission and assured them he'd walk away if
he found himself in a similar situation after a fight. They fined
him $500 and gave him the rest of his purse, which they had been
holding. "The Commission don't play around," says Eastman.
"I accepted the fine, thanked them and told them have a
nice day. I don't want to see them no more because it could have
been 20-30% of my purse."
Ivan
Salaverry had filled Eastman's vacancy to take on Cote in the
light heavyweight bout. Earlier this week, however, Phil Baroni
blew out the medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his knee, leaving
middleweight Trevor Prangley without an opponent. Immediately
after the UFC heard that Eastman wasn't suspended, he says, they
called his manager to see if he wanted back in. "I was like
hell yeah," says Eastman. "I told you I wasn't going
to get suspended."
Salaverry
then moved into Baroni's spot and will face Trevor Prangley in
a middleweight bout, and Eastman is now back on the card against
his original opponent, Patrick Cote.
Eastman
denies reports that he had been taken off the card due to a hand
injury. "It was simply because they didn't know if I was
going to get suspended," he says. "My mind is 100%
clear. I'll be able to fight like a monster, like I normally
fight."
Source: FCF |
Randleman
Inducted into Ohio State Hall of Fame
LOS ANGELES, California – PRIDE FIGHTING super star Kevin
"The Monster" Randleman has been inducted into the
Athletic Hall of Fame of his alma mater, Ohio State University.
Based on his impressive accomplishments as an amateur wrestler
for OSU, Randleman was voted in by the Ohio State Varsity "O"
Association. The class of 2004 will be officially inducted on
Friday, September 10th and then introduced to the public during
halftime of the Marshall-Ohio State football game in Ohio Stadium
on Saturday, September 11th. Since 1993 a total of 59 women have
been inducted; 210 men have been honored since 1977.
The
2004 class includes 12 new members (eight men and four women)
ranging in sports from swimming to football. Randleman's OSU
career spanned from 1991 to 1993 and he enters the hall of fame
as one of the finest amateur wrestlers in the history of the
university. His accomplishments include: being a two-time national
champion in the 177-pound weight class in 1992 and 1993 ... finishing
second in the nation in 1991 ... first two-time national champion
in the history of Ohio State wrestling ... three-time All-American
(1991, 1992, 1993) ... Ohio State's first three-time Big Ten
champion ... three-time All-Big Ten selection ... finished the
1992 season with a record of 42-0-3, becoming the second Buckeye
to record an undefeated season.
As
a member of Mark Coleman's "Hammer House" team, Randleman
translated this success as a wrestler into a career in mixed
martial arts. His first MMA match was in 1996 and he later joined
PRIDE FC in 2002. In 2004 he was invited to compete in PRIDE
FC's prestigious heavyweight Grand Prix. Though he did not win
the tournament, his knockout of Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic
during the first round remains as one of the lasting images of
the competition as well as one of the greatest MMA highlights
in recent years.
For
more on this story as well as photos, please visit the Ohio State
Buckeye's webpage.
Source: DSE |
Grapplers
Quest Superfight News for Sept. 25th
by: Brian Cimins
The
2004 Grapplers Quest North American Submission Grappling Championships
Saturday, September 25th, 2004
Marist High School
1241 Kennedy Blvd.
Bayonne, New Jersey 07002-2286
Two
major Superfights for Grapplers Quest North American Championships
on September 25th in New Jersey just signed...
Rafael
'Gordinho' Correa (World Black Belt Champion) vs. Todd Margolis
(Lloyd Irvin Black Belt)
Kurt
Pellegrino (Team Renzo Gracie 2005 ADCC Trials Rep) vs. Carlos
Neto (Brazilian Top Team Black Belt)
Don't
miss the No-Gi American debut of 'Gordinho' and 2004 No-Gi return!
PLUS
- $500 Advanced Absolute Division Championship Belt Challenge
- Open to ALL registered Advanced Competitors
ALSO
- Advanced Division fighters will be competing for 9 North American
Championship Belts!!!
Weigh-Ins
Start at 8:00 AM, Children/Teen Divisions Start at 10:00 AM
Download
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Form, and Travel info at:
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Source: ADCC |
Anderson
Silva Defeats Lee Murray
A MUAY THAI SHOW IN WEMBLEY!
By Marcelo Alonso/Team Tatame
After
all is said and done, Anderson Silva has won his bout against
Lee Murray at the 8th Edition of England's Cage Rage. Throughout
3 rounds of 5 minutes, the Brazilian showed almost 3 thousand
spectators who packed Wembley Conference Center that he is for
sure one of the best in the world in the under 85kg category.
In
the very first minute of fight, Anderson hit Murray with a hard
kick to the chin that knocked him down, but the tough Brit recovered.
In
the second round, the noisy cheering made Lee's confidencd grow
in the fight, but the better ground game and the amazing Muay
Thai skills of the brazilian, who got two more two knock downs,
did not leave any doubt with the judges.
After
the fight Murray recognized the superiority of the Brazilian,
going personally to his locker room to congratulate him for his
amazing technique and apologize for yesterday's incident at the
weigh ins. Complete results coming soon!
Source: ADCC |
CHUTE
BOXE waits for UFC invitation
by: Luca Atalla
One
of the most powerful MMA teams in the world, Brazil's Chute Boxe,
is ready to dominate a new ring, in this particular case, an
octagon. At the CB headquarters in Curitiba, the leader and manager,
Rudimar Fedrigo told us some initial contacts have been made
between Chute Boxe staff and Ultimate Fighting Championship president,
Dana White.
'During
Pride´s last edition, we had an opportunity to have a good
conversation with Dana White and we talked about some ideas we
had in common. We are ready to
be part of the UFC. We are just waiting for the official invitation.
We have fighters to fight in every weight they want' says Fedrigo.
The
Chute Boxe leader is anxious for a possible challenge between
Randy Couture - UFC light heavyweight champion – and his
pupil Wanderlei Silva, Pride middleweight champion. 'If it happens,
will be awesome. The oldest MMA event against the biggest MMA
event in the world.' declares Fedrigo.
Out
of the ring, the Chute Boxe team is expanding all around the
world. ‘We are spreading our roots in all continents. We
have people in Japan, Spain, United States and Brazil right now.
Look out for us’, celebrates Rudimar
Source: ADCC |
Belfort
- BTT Bound?
by: Marcello Tetel
Former UFC Lightheavyweight champion Vitor Belfort, who recently
lost his title to Randy Couture at UFC 49 has been in the news
a lot lately, stating that he wants a rematch. Vitor also revealed
in several interviews tht he was unhappy with parts of his support
team. The preparatory Big Bear training season were plagued with
problems described by Vitor as 'bad energy' from the Muay Thai
coach.
Now
Vitor is back in Brazil, focused on the baby boy he and his wife
have on the way. Belfort is also looking to make adjustments
for his upcoming fight, scheduled to be against Tito Ortiz. Vitor
is now rumored to be negotiating his return to Brazilian Top
Team! After a reported first round of conversations Vitor is
very close to a come back in order to shape himself for Ortiz.
Stay
tuned for further developments...
Source: ADCC |
Terrell
to Fight for Pancrase
Coming off of a huge win over Matt Lindland, David Terrell's
next fight won't be in the UFC, but will come under the Pancrase
banner. The Cesar Gracie student is scheduled to fight Pancrase's
November 7th show in Tokyo. This is not a real surprise as Terrell
has fought and won twice before for the Japanese promotion.
So
who does Terrell fight once he's defeated the number one fighter
in the 185-pound weight class? Our friend Zach Arnold at PuroresuPower.com,
very accurate on all things Japan despite his jabs at our spelling
skills, is speculating that Terrell could be facing either Sanae
Kikuta or Yuki Kondo in the main event of the Pancrase show.
Either
would be a formidable opponent. Kikuta is the number one ranked
fighter in the Pancrase light heavyweight divsion and Kondo is
the 3rd Light Heavyweight King of Pancrase. Kikuta is coming
off of a win over UFC veteran Keith Rockel earlier this year,
while Kondo is coming off of a loss to Wanderlei Silva in Pride.
Kondo though had won his previous four fights in a row including
wins over Kikuta, Mario Sperry and Terrell's teammate Steve Heath.
Apparently,
Terrell is not in the plans for the UFC's December 12th show
in Japan, but would seemingly return to the promotion early in
2005.
Source: MMA Weekly |
KOTC
to Debut Internationally in Australia
Christopher Cordeiro puts together international deal as King
of the Cage heads down under.
King
of the Cage is proud to announce that it has taken it's first
step towards expanding world wide. King of the Cage had several
options on where to launch the first international KOTC production,
and set the standard of future international ventures.
Terry
Trebilcock Jr. decided to support his middleweight world champion
Tony 'The Gun' Bonello in his home country of Australia. Bonello,
a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, is an undefeated MMA fighter.
With a record of 9-0, he has beaten all of his 9 opponents via
knockout in the 1st round.
Australia
has many talented MMA fighters without the ability to get exposure
internationally. With Bonello spending 4 years breaking all the
barriers internationally, he is not only the current KOTC world
champion, but wants to use his political power within the KOTC
to give Australian fighters the opportunity to make it to the
top like he has.
"A
few Australian fighters have fought overseas in shows like the
UFC and Pride, but those fighters have never gotten any other
Australians the opportunity to get paid well and given them a
clear road to a championship fight. My priority once I won the
KOTC world title was to open the doors for other Australians.
Hopefully in a short amount of time several guys from Australia
will be getting paid well and fighting on the big pay-per-view
shows. If I can make this a reality, then I am a true champion
because I used my influence to help others attain their goals,"
said Bonello.
The
new owner/president of KOTC Australia is John Pedro. Mr Pedro
will run a totally politically free event, opening the doors
to all Australian fighters irrespective of club or affiliation.
"There
are many matches the Australian public wants to see, but has
not eventuated due to the politics. KOTC is a totally independent
promotion. Our main goal is to get Tony Bonello versus Elvis
Sinosic or Jeremy Horn versus Elvis Sinosic 2," Pedro said.
"Both Tony and Jeremy have KOTC world titles and both are
very eager and happy to put up their belts to fight him. If Elvis
signs the contract to fight either guy, the true winner will
be the Australian public."
We
will also be doing 8 man tournaments in the heavyweight, middleweight
and lightweight divisions. The winner will not only receive the
biggest pay day of their careers, they will also be flown to
the USA and fight on a KOTC Pay-Per-View show, all expenses paid
for by KOTC Australia.
Source: KOTC |
G.
Feitosa Vs Hoost at K-1 semifinal
Brazilian Glaube Feitosa will have a big trouble in front of
him during the K-1 World GP 2004 semifinal, scheduled to next
September 25, in Tokyo. The karate fighter will face the 4 times
GP champion Ernesto Hoost. The competition will also feature
other six confronts under K-1 rules. The seven winners will join
the Grand Prix Japanese champion at the final tounament, held
in December, in Japan.
COMPLETE
CARD (subject to change):
K-1
World GP 2004 Final Elimination
Saturday, September 25, 2004
Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Tourney
(under K-1 rules)
- Jerome Le Banner (Boerboel & Tosa Gym) Vs François
Botha (Steve's Gym);
- Ray Sefo (Fight Academy) Vs Hiromi Amada (TENKA 510);
- Gary Goodridge (Freelance) Vs Mighty Mo (Shark Tank Gym);
- Alexey Ignashov (Chinuk Gym) Vs Kaoklai Kaennorsing (Muay Thai);
- Musashi (Seido Kaikan) Vs Cyril Abidi (Brizon gym);
- Ernesto Hoost (Vos Gym) Vs Glaube Feitosa (Kyokushin Kaikan);
- Peter Aerts (Team Aerts) Vs Michael McDonald (Freelance);
Super
fight
- Remy Bonjasky (Mejiro Gym) Vs TBA
Source: Tatame |
Quote
of the Day
"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude
from achieving his goal;
nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."
Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, Third President of the USA |
Onzuka.com
Remembers the fallen
On the third anniversary of September 11, 2001, Onzuka.com remembers
what happened on that day and wants to remind everyone that we
all need to stay strong and believe in America.
Election day is coming and it is important that we make sure
that the man that we elect or re-elect to the Presidency of the
greatest country in the history of mankind has the balls to stand
up and kick anyone and every one's ass that messes with the United
States of America or anyone of its citizens. It is our duty to
amke sure that an incident like 9/11 never happens again and
to do this, it is important to remember what happened and keep
it fresh in our minds.
God bless the USA.
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Please
help the Maulinator Realize a Dream!
Onzuka.com
does everything we can to help the local MMA community because
when it comes down to it, we are all one big family. And family
helps out family when it is possible. Lets all pitch in to help
Molly realize her dream and represent Hawaii.
We
are willing to start off the fund raising with a donation of
$50. Is anyone out there generous enough to match our donation?
Now don't be cheap, I know a lot of you guys spend $50 buying
a round of drinks or on things not nearly as important as this.
And for those of you that is on a tight budget, every little
bit helps. 5 people giving $10, or 10 people giving $5 adds up
to $50. So lets see what we can do to help in any way we can.
Chris & Mike Onzuka
Aloha,
My
name is Molly Helsel. I am a 26 year-old female no-holds-barred
(NHB) fighter living in Honolulu, Hawaii. I train with Jeet Kune
Do Unlimited and fighting is my passion in life. Unfortunately,
it has been very difficult for me to find fights here in the
state of Hawaii. Fortunately, I have been given the opportunity
to fight in the premier female NHB event in the world on November
6, 2004 in Evansville Indiana, under the stipulation that I pay
my own travel. Being invited to be on a card like this is like
going from high school football to the Superbowl for me.
I
am looking for sponsors to help me pay for my travel. Benefits
of sponsorship include endorsement in any magazine or DVD interviews
I may have and wearing of your logo to any fights or weigh in's
I attend. I will be sure to mention your name every chance I
get, including when posting on the various mixed martial arts
Internet forums. I want to make your sponsorship an investment
rather than just a handout.
Any
help you can give to reach this lifelong dream of mine will be
greatly appreciated, and I will do my very best to promote your
business. Please contact me at helselm001@hawaii.rr.com or jkdu@hotmail.com.
Donations can be mailed to:
Molly
Helsel c/o
Jeet Kune Do Unlimited
4224 Waialae Avenue, #5-128
Honolulu, HI 96816
Mahalo
in advance for any help you can provide. I promise to conduct
myself with the heart, class, and character that the world has
come to expect from Hawaii fighters.
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Jens
Pulver is Off to Japan & AJ has a fight in XFO
Jens Pulver is on his way to Japan to fight in a Shootboxing
tournament on September 16th and is trying to make a stop in
Hawaii on the way back. He is trying to get on the next SUMA
card.
AJ Jenkins has a fight on the XFO card, which Monte Cox and Jeff
Curran are promoting. She will be fighting Alisa Cantwell (4-1
record). We wish both of them the best of luck
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ENSON
INOUE IN UFC51?
Enson Inoue has expressed interest in fighting at UFC51 in Japan.
His interest was shown to fans when they told him that they would
love to see him fight in UFC51. At this time we are unable to
confirm any official interest from ZUFFA in utilizing Inoue,
but his huge popularity with the Japanese fans could be something
for them to consider. The fact that Inoue has a win against the
UFC's current Light Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture should
give them plenty of hype to work with.
Source:
Fight Sport |
FIFTH
ANNUAL GRACIE NATIONALS
Relson
Gracie & Phil Migliarese
The 5th Annual Gracie Nationals will be held October the 30th,
2004 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio!
The competition will feature an amateur Gi and No-Gi competition.
All winners in the No Gi competition will qualify for the Arnold
Schwarzenneger Gracie Worlds!
We
are also proud to announce that Redox Brands, Inc. ,“Biz”,
will award Cash prizes to the team with the most Gold Medals
(Gi) and First place finishers(No Gi)
Please
visit our website for all of the Tournament details www.gracieproamcircuit.com
or
call 1-800-765-6999 or email: gracienationals@aol.com
Rules
for the Tournament or contained in the attachment.
“For
Pre-Registration please mail money order to”:
Gracie
Pro-am Circuit-Nationals
P.O. Box 27453
Columbus, Ohio 43227
Make
all money orders payable to: John R. Cooper
Hotel
Information
“Best Value Inn” 4975 Sinclair Rd. Columbus, Ohio is
offering a great rate for all competitors and spectators. Located
just 5-8 min. from the tournament venue.
Double
Bed $45.00 per night
Please
call them directly at 614-431-3670 and mention you’re with
the Gracie Competition!
Source:
MMA Weekly |
BJ
PENN TALKS FUTURE, PULVER, UFC AND MORE
Today should be a very interesting day on MMAWeekly Radio. BJ
Penn, who was stripped by the UFC of his championship belt will
join hosts Ryan Bennett and Frank Trigg to talk about what he
has been up to and focus on the future.
There
have been some rumors lately about a possible fight between Jens
Pulver vs BJ Penn, so Penn will talk about if that fight will
ever happen, not to mention where he will fight next.
His
future is very much up in the air, since being stripped. He fought
over in K-1's MMA show, but it now appears that K-1's MMA future
is still up in the air.
Penn
will break it all down with hosts Ryan Bennett and Frank Trigg
today on MMAWeekly Radio. Catch it, as always, for free by logging
on at www.mmaweeklyradio.com at 9am Pacific/ 12 Noon eastern.
If
you have work or school today, don't sweat it. Check it out on
our radio archives at your convience, any day, everyday. 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week. It's there for you whenever you want to
listen.
Source:
MMA Weekly |
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SUMA’s
next event is scheduled for 11/13
The
K-1 styled tournament called Stand Up Martial Arts or SUMA has
just announced that they will follow up with their successful
debut event with their next event which is scheduled for November
13, 2004. It will be held at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Ballroom,
which is a great venue for an event. Mark this date on your calendar
and check it out. You will not be sorry.
More
information will be posted as it becomes available.
Source:
Event Promoter |
Changes
in Papucaia; Frédson fights
BJJ World Champion, Frédson Paixão has just confirmed
his name at Papucaia Fight MMA card, MMA event which happens
this Saturday (11) at 8pm, in Rio de Janeiro. Over his third
MMA fight, he is about to take on André Rodrigues Lobo
(Beto Padilha Team). Last time on the ring, Frédson had
a hard time at Pancrase and ended defeated by Japanese Yoshiro
Maeda by referee's decision.
Besides
Frédson Paixão, the other change adds another Muay
Thai bout, between Anderson Barreto (André Roubert) and
Rafael Vinícius. Alexandre Baixinho (GBCT), who would
take on Eduardo Cruz, its now fighting Valcenir Nicanor (Animal
King). Erinaldo Pitbull also will fight someone else. Now he
gets Eduardo da Silva (Beto Padilha Team). The tournament is
an attraction of Expoagro Papucaia/Cachoeira de Macacu.
COMPLETE
CARD (subject to change):
Muay
Thai
- Diego Braga (GBCT) Vs Ernani (Rafael Vinícius);
- Anderson Barreto (André Roubert) Vs Rafael Vinícius
(Rafael Vinícius);
MMA
- Erinaldo Pitbull (GBCT) Vs Eduardo da Silva (Beto Padilha Team);
- Eduardo Paxú (GBCT) Vs Flávio Bad Boy (Beto Padilha
Team);
- Luis Beição (GBCT) Vs Felipe Mongo (WFC);
- Alexandre Baixinho (GBCT) Vs Valcenir Nicanor (Animal King);
- Flávio Moura (GBCT) Vs Everton Gigante (NU/Campos/Shotokan);
- Danilo Motoserra (GBCT) Vs Rodrigo Riscado (Nova União/RVT).
Source:
Tatame |
Pequeno
trains for Shooto belt dispute
After spending eight months far from rings, Alexandre Pequeno
returns to Shooto to defend his lightweight title in December.
He does not know his opponent, but he already knows its gonna
be a good fight. "They will have a trial in Japan and the
winner will have a chance to dispute the Shooto belt with me,"
explained the actual champion. No time to waste, Pequeno has
been already training. "I have been training with my trainer
from Universo Atlético, André Vinícius and
I am sure it will be great," said the fighter who had a
little misunderstood with the Japanese organization during last
Shooto Hawaii. "It belongs to the past now. Shooto and I
are great and prove of this is the upcoming Shooto Brazil 4,
scheduled for next October 24," concluded.
Source:
Tatame
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Darrel
Gohlar is fine & already at home
American Wrestling trainer in Brazil, Darrel Gohlar left the
Miguel Couto hospital this weekend and he is already in his place,
in Rio de Janeiro. Darrel had serious time at the hospital. Doctors
were afraid the fighter was suffering from a brain aneurysm.
After many check ups, doctors detected a brain hemorrhage and
no more problems. Darrel is now okay and with his old man, who
came from United States to support his son.
Source:
Tatame |
SHAMROCK
VS FRYE IN JAPAN?
There are plenty of rumors circulating about when Ken Shamrock
will fight. He said last week that he does want to fight in Japan.
The big question is who will he be fighting against.
It
appears as though there seems to be some interest in bringing
back a fight between Don Frye and Ken Shamrock. MMAWeekly talked
with one of Frye's old training partners who said he felt Frye
would defintely come back to the fight game to face Shamrock,
not to mention Frye would "enjoy fighting for the new UFC."
At
this point it just seems like ideas are being thrown out there.
Shamrock seems interested in fighting Don Frye, and Frye seems
to enjoy the prospect of fighting Shamrock again. Either way,
the UFC as of yesterday has not signed Shamrock to fight in Japan,
but verbal conversations have been going on according to a few
reports.
Source:
MMA Weekly |
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"CRAZY"
BOB TALKS PRANGLEY, KYLE AND THOMSON
American
Kickboxing Academy fighter turned trainer, "Crazy"
Bob Cook was the featured guest on MMAWeekly SoundOff Radio on
Thursday. Cook spoke about Trevor Prangley's change of opponent
from Phil Baroni to Ivan Salaverry for the October 22nd, UFC
50 event. Also, discussed was Josh Thomson, Mike Kyle, and some
up and comers out of AKA that Bob feels will make their mark
in MMA in the near future.
As
reported yesterday, Phil Baroni had to pull out of his second
in a row scheduled UFC bout due to injury. His replacement has
been named. Ivan Salaverry will go up against Trevor Prangley
at UFC 50 in Atlantic City. Bob was questioned about the change
in opponents effecting Trevor's preparation for the fight. Bob
said, "I don't think it's going to change things all that
much."
About
Salaverry, Bob said, "Ivan's got good stand-up, good ground
game. He's well rounded. He's a solid guy." They will have
to watch some film on Ivan but Bob's first impression of this
fight was that Ivan's more technical but Trevor's more powerful
and, "They're going to have one hell of a fight."
Prangley
is one of those many fighters who has to balance a family and
a full time job with a fighting career. Cook commented that Trevor
is extremely powerful with a lot of potential. He called Prangley
a "stud." He added, Trevor's "really tough mentally.
There's no quit in him."
Trevor
walks around at about 200-205 and cuts down to 185 for fights.
He comes from a wrestling background and is no stranger to the
weight cutting game. Cook said Trevor can make weight and be
back up over 200 pounds before fight time the following day.
Ivan Salaverry pretty much does the same thing. Cook thinks this
fight will play out both standing and on the ground.
Cook
was asked about Josh Thomson's loss to Yves Edwards at UFC 49.
Bob said, "Josh is a risk taker and unfortunately it caught
up to him that night. If they fought another ten times, that
situation would probably never come about. That's how it goes.
Anytime, anything can happen."
Thomson
loves to fight and is "anxious" to get back in there.
Josh truly has a good time in the octagon/ring. Right now, his
future is up in the air. He is just waiting to see what offers
come in before any decision on his future will be made.
Mike
Kyle was also a topic of discussion. Kyle lost to Justin Eilers
on the same UFC 49 card that Thomson lost to Edwards. Cook said
Kyle wants to fight and will be on the next WEC card. Mike is
athletic and is always a threat to knock someone out. Cook said
he would like to see Mike Kyle in the gym "a lot more."
There is no telling how good Kyle could be if his training habits
were more focused.
Cook
confirmed rumors that Paul Buentello has pulled out of his fight
with Tra Telligman scheduled for UFC 50. Paul has a hand injury
that is going to take some time to heal but it isn't broken.
It is a tough situation because Buentello has wanted to fight
in the UFC for a long time now. Cook said Paul just has to get
healthy and "he'll be there."
To
hear all of what "Crazy" Bob Cook had to say, like
which AKA fighter he enjoys watching fight the most, which one
he likes to corner and if Bob himself has any plans to fight
again, get yourself a Premium Membership. For only five dollars
a month, you get access to the radio archive, our video section
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and press conferences. Not to mention, tips of the week from
the top fighters in MMA. Get that membership and start getting
the best MMA coverage on the net.
Source:
MMA Weekly |
NSAC
SILENCED ON UFC PPV FIGURES
Jeremy Wall of MMA Chronicle has reported the following.
"Marc
Ratner of the Nevada State Athletic Commission confirmed with
MMA Chronicle that the NSAC will not be able to give out any
more of the pay per view revenue figures for MMA events held
in the state of Nevada, which Ratner spoke directly to the Attorney-General
about. The numbers are confidential. We had revealed the pay
per view figures for UFCs 43, 44, 46 and 47 a few days ago, and
I had sent in a fax to the NSAC for the pay per view revenue
figures for UFCs 33, 34, 36, 37.5 and 40, but we won't be able
to get a hold of official numbers for those shows through the
NSAC."
Did
somebody throw yet another temper tantrum?
Source:
Fight Sport |
PORN
NEWS COVERS UFC49
AVN,
the news service for all to do with the porn industry have covered
UFC49 on their website. AVN traveled with director Rick Shameless
to UFC 49. Shameless works closely with Team Belfort, supplying
gear from the fighter's clothing sponsor, RVCA. A surf-and-skate
apparel company based in Costa Mesa, Calif., RVCA outfits several
professional athletes, including former UFC welterweight king
B.J. Penn.
To
see AVN's article Click here and to see their hot picture gallery
from UFC49 Click Here.
Only if you are over 18 though ;-)
AVN Touches
Base With Team Belfort at UFC 49
By: Dan Miller
LAS VEGAS - AVN traveled with director Rick Shameless to the
most recent Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC 49: Unfinished
Business, which pitted Brazilian superstar Vitor Belfort against
Randy Couture in a light-heavyweight title fight at the MGM Grand.
Shameless
works closely with Team Belfort, supplying gear from the fighter's
clothing sponsor, RVCA. A surf-and-skate apparel company based
in Costa Mesa, Calif., RVCA outfits several professional athletes,
including former UFC welterweight king B.J. Penn.
We
delivered the custom black robe that Belfort wore for his walk
to the Octagon on the night of August 21, and also brought his
fight team their limited-edition Belfort fight shirts.
Before more than 12,000 fans at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, reigning
champ Belfort, nicknamed "The Phenom," lost his title
to Couture when the referee stopped the bout in the third round
due to a cut above Belfort's eye caused by a head butt. Officially,
it was a TKO victory for Couture, the only two-division champion
in the UFC's 11-year history.
Belfort
is expected to return to action in December, facing former light-heavyweight
champion Tito Ortiz, from Huntington Beach, Calif., at UFC 51
in Japan. But first Ortiz will meet Guy Mezger for the third
time — they are 1-1 — at UFC 50 in Atlantic City, N.J.,
in October. Ortiz went to the event wearing a shirt under his
jacket reading, "Mezger Is My Bitch."
During
the trip, we also caught part of the latest round of competition
in the search for the first Palms Girl.
Source:
Fight Sport |
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COFFEE
GUY REPORT- MIKEY BURNETT IN UFC50
Our
friend Coffee Guy has told us the following,
ZUFFA
are trying to get former Lions Den fighter Mikey Burnette to
fight at UFC 50 next month. They are currently in negotiations
and both parties have almost reached an agreement. From what
I've overheard in the office, any announcement of a fight will
be made in the next 4 or 5 or days. Most of us here think that
this is the "big surprise" that Big D has been referring
to
Source:
Fight Sport |
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