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10/29-30/05
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10/15/05
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9/25/05
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8/22/05
The Ultimate Fighter Season 2 debuts on Spike
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8/20/05
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UFC 54
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8/13/05
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7/29/05
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7/23-31/05
World BJJ
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7/23/05
Super Brawl 40: Icon
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7/21-23/05
World Cup of BJJ
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7/16-17/05
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7/15/05
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7/9/05
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7/3/05
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Super Braw: Full Contact Showdown 4
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7/2/05
Extreme Wars X-1: Hawaii's Top Team vs. Next Generation's Top
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(Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu)
7/1/05
Dan "The Beast" Severn Seminar
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ANALYSIS
OF THE QUARRY-SELL STOPPAGE &
Onzuka.com's Question of the Week!
Please
read below because the article makes some interesting points,
but I still disagree with the stoppage. I'm all about safety
for the fighters, but for all the training that they do, give
the guy a chance to recover after a flash knock down. Maybe he
was out for a second, maybe not. Maybe Pete Sell himself can't
even tell you. I also am the first to admit that being a ref
is probably one of hardest jobs in all of sports because you
are alone there with all these different facets of the game (standing,
clinching, ground) that can occur at any given time. My recommendation
is that let Sell have a few more seconds to see if he could immediately
recover or be defensive. If he was hit with a couple more punches
and did not defend himself, by all means stop the fight. Many
fights encounter this same occurance. Some times, the fight clinches
and hangs on until he recovers. I was just watching the Couture/Rizzo
fight on Spike last night and Couture was hurt in the second
round and hung on to dominate the third round. Give the fighter
a fighting chance. Let him see if he can come back.
I
hate to say it, but I think this is a direct result of having
a boxing judge referee a MMA fight. Maybe no one will say it
(maybe people are saying it because I don't read the forums),
but I am not aware of Cecil Peoples' education of ground work.
I am confident that he knows about boxing and people getting
knocked out. As stated below, the author states that Sell was
KO'd, but he did sit up and try to grab Quarry. I also believe
the Gideon Ray was knocked out numerous times and kept coming
to while being punched.
I
know the UFC and other organizations need to have a good pool
of referees to pull from, but it seems to me that Peoples was
just in there to say that he refereed a MMA fight. I feel the
same about Doc Hamilton. How are these older guys stopping these
huge powerful athletes that are going full bore? The painful
answer is that they will not and may cause more damage to the
fighters that need the fight to be stopped immediately or to
themselves if they stick themselves between the fighters. A few
referees are more concerned about showing the crowd that the
fight is over by waving their hands instead of pulling the winning
fighter off of his opponent.
I
feel that the fight was stolen from Sells. I am also the first
to say that Quarry could have finished him off with a few more
punches, but Sells should have at least have had the opportunity
to see if he could come back or survive. Hey, everyone makes
mistakes. I just feel that this fight was an early stoppage and
an error by the referee. If he admits it was a mistake, even
if he told it only to Sell, I would stand behind him 100%. I
know that if he legitimately thought that Sells was out, they
he should feel that he made the right decision, but there are
always flash knock outs.
Onzuka.com's
question of the week is:
Do
you think the Quarry/Sells fight was an early stoppage based
on the assessment below or what I stated above? Shoot us an email and we may post your
comments.
Mike
If you want to see for yourself whether the stoppage in the Nate
Quarry-Pete Sell fight was legitimate or premature, I would recommend
that everyone go back and look at the tape.
Go
to the point at which they showed the instant replay from the
angle where you can see Pete Sell's eyes the whole time (not
the angle that switches to a reverse shot after Sell goes down).
Watch carefully, and keep your eyes on Sell's face.
He
gets punched, he goes down... that alone doesn't warrant stopping
a fight. However, in the few seconds it takes Quarry to pounce
on him on the ground, Sell's face is completely blank, his eyes
are rolled back in his head, and there is NO awareness that there's
a man right above him who is getting ready to punch him in the
face. In those seconds, there is no awareness of anything in
his eyes.
Anytime
you see a fighter with that look in his eyes, and especially
when that fighter is getting pummeled with haymakers or is about
to be pummeled with haymakers, you have to make a split-second
decision as a ref.
Sell
was grasping on for dear life by the time the ref jumped on them,
but the same can be said of the Gideon Ray vs. Mike Swick fight...
should that fight have also not been stopped?
The
difference, and what makes one stoppage initially appear to be
BS while the other seems fair, is that Sell recovers pretty quickly
once the punching stops, while Ray doesn't. However, that really
doesn't make a difference.
In
that split second, the ref does not have the benefit of knowing
how quickly the semi-conscious fighter would recover if the punches
stopped. If you see a fighter with his eyes rolled back in his
head and a blank look on his face, and his opponent is unloading
on him, you stop the fight.
Period.
If,
as a matter of policy, you consistently let fights continue in
that situation until the fighter in danger is completely unconscious,
just so there's no doubt in anyone's mind, a certain percentage
of those fighters will die, as in boxing.
I'm
not suggesting for a minute that's what would have happened to
Pete Sell if the fight had been allowed to continue, since he
did recover quickly once the punches stopped and didn't appear
to have suffered a concussion.
What
I am saying is that in that situation, you have to stop the fight.
Go back and look at the tape if you don't believe me. I thought
it was a BS stoppage as it happened, but that was because I couldn't
see Pete Sell's eyes. If you look at Pete Sell's eyes in the
instant replay and see how
out of it he truly was, that changes everything.
Source: MMA Weekly
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TITO
ORTIZ INTERVIEW
Tito Ortiz hasn't competed in Mixed Martial Arts since February,
but when he spoke with MMAWeekly's Jeff Cain, Ortiz held no punches.
The former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion addressed everything
you could possibly want to know about his future in fighting,
and much more. "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" was candid,
and spoke exclusively to MMAWeekly.com.
MMAWeekly:
First of all Tito, how have you been?
Tito
Ortiz: Good man, really good. I've been training. You know getting
back in shape. I've been training now for the last month just
pretty much toning up man, getting my weight down to normal.
I think I've gotten the heaviest I've gotten in my career. 227
I weighed in three weeks ago, so my weight's back down to 217
where my normal weight is, and now I feel really good. I'm just
getting to the basic stuff of wrestling again, boxing. It's time
to perform, and give the fans what they want to see, and that's
Tito Ortiz man.
MMAWeekly:
You've had a pretty busy weekend. Friday you were at King of
the Cage where your clothing company, Punishment Athletics, sponsored
"Razor" Rob McCullough. How was that?
Tito:
It was awesome man. Rob McCullough, Razor, is a really good friend
of mine. I've known him since high school. We've been training
together now for almost nine years man. We've been working a
long time with each other. He made the cross over to doing MMA.
Fighting in King of the Cage this last Friday, knocked the guy
out in 45 seconds. He's a really vicious striker starting to
get good wrestling skills, and it just seems like he's getting
better and better. We're reforming Team Punishment all over again,
and we're trying to bring some of the old guys back with Ricco,
Rampage, myself, Tiki, Justin McCulley, possibly Dean Lister,
and a few other guys. We're just trying to build it to what it
once was before of being a powerhouse team.
MMAWeekly:
Nice. Saturday night you were in attendance for the Ultimate
Fight Night there in Vegas in support of Ivan Salaverry. Let's
just talk about the fight first.
Tito:
Yeah well I mean the fight itself Ivan just seemed like he didn't
pull the trigger man. He was waiting the whole time, waiting,
waiting, waiting. I think he gave a little too much respect to
Nathan Marquardt, and Nathan, don't get me wrong. He's a really
tough fighter. He's a good wrestler with great stand up skills.
I mean I've watched the kid. I've watched a lot of his tapes
before, and he's a great fighter. It just seemed like Ivan just
never pulled the trigger. He never pushed it on him, and Ivan's
a lot better fighter than what he showed on the show Saturday
night.
MMAWeekly:
I'd agree with that 100%.
Tito:
Ivan's a really tough, tough fighter. It's just he needs the
right guys pushing him at the right time to bring the best out
of him it seems like. A couple of weeks before, when I was training
with him, during training man he was picking up some really good
stuff, and it was too bad that I wasn't in his corner. I was
supposed to be in his corner, and Dana White said if you want
to fight for the UFC, you will not have Tito Ortiz in your corner.
I don't want Tito Ortiz to do anything with the UFC. Tito Ortiz
will no longer fight in the UFC as long as I'm president. And
you know what? I had a chance to have given Ivan a nice load
of money to sponsor him for his fight, and Dana White pretty
much said Punishment Athletics will not sponsor any UFC fighter.
You know what? Between me and Dana White, there was some personal
stuff. Actually there wasn't any personal stuff. It was strictly
business, but once he got into my business of Punishment Athletics,
trying to stop us from doing that. It hindered my company, and
now it's personal. My back can only be pushed so far into a corner,
and this is as far as I can go, so now it's just taking a step
forward, and I will no longer fight for the UFC. That's what
Dana says, and that's pretty much the way I'm treated. It was
a complete disrespect because people got to understand that I
was the world champion before Zuffa even owned the company. I
was in the UFC when it was at the lowest it possibly could be.
When it got kicked off cable. It got kicked off pretty much everything,
and I stuck into it, and you know I used my image and my charisma
to make the company as far as it is til now. It seemed like once
they got to the mainstream they dropped me like a bad habit.
They pretty much just got rid of me. When I started asking for
a little bit more money they said the hell with you. We made
you, and we can break you, and that's what Dana's trying to do
right now I guess. I don't think it's anybody in the company
besides Dana, and to him it just seems like he's a mob guy man.
He takes feelings really hard. He's a guy who's really personal,
and he really holds grudges really bad. You know my back can
only be pushed against a corner so far until I start firing back,
and now the time has come.
MMAWeekly:
I know in the past Punishment Athletics logos have been on the
octagon canvas correct?
Tito:
Yes.
MMAWeekly:
Now they will not allow Ivan Salaverry to have it on his shorts?
Tito:
Correct, and it was a big chunk of money I was going to give
to Ivan, and it was actually more money than he was making just
to show up for his fight. It's too bad for Dana just to make
it personal. I mean between me and him it's fine, but when it
comes to another fighter making money, it's just really, really
bad.
MMAWeekly:
Do you feel betrayed by the UFC?
Tito:
Completely. I mean they can say I completely betrayed them, but
they've got to understand they're a multimillion dollar company.
I haven't even made a million dollars from them yet, and I have
a family. I have a little son that I have to take care of, and
I want to make sure I give him everything I never had. It just
seems like for him to do that, he's taking away from my son.
It ain't hurting me because I'm going to make something no matter
what, but it's just taking away from my son, and it's not right
to do that to a person's family. You know? Dana is no longer
the Dana that I used to know. Now that he's got the power, and
he's a superstar because he's been on The Ultimate Fighter, and
he's not a president man. He's a celebrity now, and I think the
power has gone to his head.
MMAWeekly:
You bring up The Ultimate Fighter. How do you feel, about these
TUF fighters, do you think they're getting stardom too quick,
and not having to pay dues that say maybe you and others had
to pay?
Tito:
I think so completely. I mean these guys are being built on,
you know they're C fighters to me. Even B fighters. I don't see
them as really that good of fighters to me. All of a sudden they're
put on a pedestal, but don't take nothing away from them. These
kids are young, and there's guys who'll fight in the UFC for
free it seems like. You know? They just want to be in the UFC,
and that takes away from a lot of the bigger fighters who've
been in here for a long time. You know this is our living. It's
not a hobby. This is our living. This is our career. This is
what we do for a living to make money, and guys that come in
and pretty much fight for free. I mean to fight for 1500 bucks.
Are you kidding me? I mean what if they get hurt? I mean that's
not even going to take care of training let alone paying for
food for the two months they're training. These guys are just
pretty much fighting for free, and I don't even have to say anything
myself. You can watch The Ultimate Fighter, and each and every
one of those guys says I'll do anything the UFC tells me to do.
You know what it comes down to? These guys are just cronies it
seems like man. They're just programed by the UFC, but you know
what? More power to them. I mean I wish nothing but success to
them. It just seems like the fighters now aren't the fighters
that there once used to be. The Frank Shamrocks, the Ken Shamrocks,
you know, the Royce Gracies, the Tito Ortiz'. You know? Guys
like us that pretty much helped build this where it is now. Those
guys are no longer in there. Pretty much the yes, yes people,
and not the guys who stand for what they believe in.
MMAWeekly:
So with the UFC being a past chapter in your life, what does
the future hold? What do you have coming up?
Tito:
Like I said, my back's been pushed against the wall as far as
possible, and it's time for competition for Mixed Martial Arts.
There's not going to be one big show anymore, and I'm going to
make another company. I'm going to make it no matter what. I
can't really say anything just yet. I mean within the next two
weeks you guys will see it on my website, www.TitoOrtiz.com. I'll put a big release,
and there's going to be another company made.
MMAWeekly:
Another fight promotion?
Tito:
Yep, another fight promotion. It's going to be a big one. It's
going to be here in States, and Las Vegas is the first place
we're looking to make it happen. A while back when I first started
Tito Ortiz' Rumble on the Reservation, Dana White said don't
ever bring your company to Las Vegas, and I wasn't going to because
we were friends, but we are no longer friends, and it's personal,
and I will bring it there.
MMAWeekly:
I don't know how much of this you can talk about, or are willing
to talk about, but can you say anything about the Vegas Channel?
Tito:
Yeah the Vegas Channel. Actually it will be a new entertainment
channel pretty much on everything that happens in Las Vegas;
entertainment, fights, reality shows. You know? It's going to
be just like E channel, and I'm one of the executive producers.
I'll pretty much do the sports chapters of it, maybe some of
the entertainment chapters also, so we're just going to see what
happens in the future. Our first release will be January 1st,
2006, and it's going to be a huge company.
MMAWeekly:
It looks like the future is bright for you in multiple directions
right now.
Tito:
Yeah. Like I said I was going to make it with the UFC, or without
them man. And they pushed my back in the corner as far as possible.
For Dana to make a statement saying I will never fight in the
UFC, well the page has been turned, and I'm on to the next chapter
in my life, and I'm going to make it happen.
MMAWeekly:
So when can we expect to see you fighting again? You're back
training. Surely it's for something.
Tito:
Yeah. Well I mean like I said, the next couple of weeks I'll
find out 100% for sure. There's a possibility of me fighting in Hawaii
for a tune up fight. Not sure the opponent yet, but more than
anything I think it's just for the Hawaiian fans out there that
want to see me live. They never get a chance to do that, and
I'd love to go to Hawaii, and give them a chance to see myself
in an octagon competing. That may be happening within the next
month and a half or so.
MMAWeekly:
Can you say in what promotion yet?
Tito:
I'm not 100% sure. I
can't say the promotion, but it will be in Hawaii. You know it just comes
down to seeing who's going to have Tito Ortiz fight there.
MMAWeekly:
So let's talk about your clothing company, Punishment Athletics,
and your website, www.PunishmentAthletics.com. You guys have
some new stuff coming out?
Tito:
Yes. Actually in 2006 it will be put in some retail stores. We're
going to start off here in Southern California first. Somewhere
like Hot Topics...stuff like that, and then we're just going
to go across the United States and see if more and more companies
will hold it. It just seemed like when I first started in 1999,
I needed to build the quality of the clothing. We had a lot of
problems with the flamed shorts. Of course a lot of guys who
bought that, they understand the problems that I went through,
and they stuck by me no matter what, and now that the quality
of the clothing is where it's at now, and some of the designs
that we've got, you know we're just pushing it to the next level.
It's not just going to be for Mixed Martial Arts. It's for motorcycle
riders, for the extreme sports. You know? For snow boarding,
surfing, everything like that, so it seems like pushing it to
the extreme sports is the next step, and not just sticking strictly
to Mixed Martial Arts. You know everything that I'm going to
wear, that I'm going to promote, I'm going to make sure that
it's top level stuff. As far as the T-shirts and everything,
and there's stuff that doesn't shrink. The logos don't fall off
the shirts. I see a lot of companies that do have that problem.
MMAWeekly:
You know there's been a lot of talk. Anytime it's dealing with
Tito Ortiz there's a lot of speculation, there's a lot of talk,
and I think a lot of people may have written you off, but basically
you're going to form a new company, you're going to have a fight
coming up, you're involved with the Vegas Channel. Does that
pretty much cover it?
Tito:
Yeah that pretty much covers everything. Restarting Team Punishment
again. I think that's a huge thing to get my team to what it
once before was.
MMAWeekly:
Did you say that Rampage is apart of the new Team Punishment?
Tito:
Yep. We're working on that right now. Rampage is actually training
with us full-time right now at Ultimate Training Center in Huntington
Beach. So like I said, we just need to get some right stuff done,
so no feelings are going to be hurt like there was last time.
All the guys are training together, Ricco Rodriguez of course.
We're all working together to make the power house team we once
had before.
MMAWeekly:
Could you give an update on Ricco? What's his status right now?
Tito:
Actually Ricco's just training right now. I think he should be
getting ready for a fight in the next couple of weeks in a smaller
show. I think because Ricco has a lot of timing to work on for
his boxing, and his Jiu-Jitsu. He had a little time off after
his knee injury, and he got surgery, so now he's 100%.
MMAWeekly:
Tito, do you want to take this opportunity to thank any of your
sponsors?
Tito:
Yeah for sure. I want to thank one of my biggest sponsors, Pikos
Pikosos, one of the spices that I cook with all the time. I mean
I wouldn't be a cook the way I am. It's something that I use
all the time. I mean it's some of the best stuff on the market
right now. Of course the Vegas Channel, Victoria over at the
Vegas Channel helping me and giving me the chance to be one of
the executive producers, and use my mind you know to do some
of the sport things that we want to do for the company itself,
and Punishment Athletics, of course my company, and all the fans
that have supported me this far. You know they stuck next to
me no matter what, and they want to see me fight, and they're
going to see me fight in an octagon soon. I mean I want to thank
all the guys that have supported me. Everybody on my website,
TitoOrtiz.com, I want to thank all of the support. I've been
going on there lately doing chat lines, and I think we had up
to about, I don't know, 35 people last night on there at once.
MMAWeekly:
You mention that. Is that going to be a regular occurrence?
Tito:
Yeah I'm going to start doing that again. I mean I think I've
got to go back to the basics of being there for the fans that
I was when I first started. When I first started Tito Ortiz what
I really wanted to do was, you know, build an icon, and the fans
are the ones that helped me build my name, so I mean I've got
to be there for them. They've been there for me for so long.
I think I'll be doing that at least two to three times a week
during the nights after my training. Hop on the computer and
just say hello to them, ask the questions that they want to hear.
MMAWeekly:
Thank you for the time, and good luck in all of your ventures.
Tito:
Thank you very much, and to everybody out there, stay tuned.
Source: MMA Weekly
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Gracie
Nationals
The Gracie Nationals will be held on October the 15th, 2005 in
Columbus, Ohio
This year the event will feature both a Gi and No Gi competition.
Winners in the No-Gi competition will qualify for the 2006 Arnold
Gracie World Submission Championships-Combat Sports will award
Championship belts to all 1st place finishers!
New-
The Gracie Nationals will host "The Gracie Fighting Challenge"
a professional M.M.A. event, which will be held on Saturday evening
at 7:30 p.m.!
For
more information on all of the events, please visit our website
at:
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KOSCHECK
SHOWS WORLD HE IS THE "REAL DEAL"
Becoming A True Mixed Martial Artist
Josh
Koscheck shows the world what he’s learned since the “Ultimate
Fighter”
By
Damon Martin, MMAWeekly.com
Being
a NCAA champion wrestler may have previously been the highlight
of Josh Koscheck’s life, but getting a win in the first
ever full event for the UFC on free television has to rank right
up there. On Saturday night in front of a packed house inside
the Cox Pavillion, Josh Koscheck stepped into a fight that a
great many people thought was a very bad match-up for the former
wrestler from Edinboro University.
Pete
“The Secret Weapon” Spratt is a very highly regarded
striker who is slick on his feet, and the general opinion was
that his hands would probably end up being more than Koscheck
could handle. To the contrary, Spratt looked like the more tentative
fighter when the two came to the center of the octagon. Instead
of keeping Koscheck at bay with a straight jab, he seemed to
respect the fact that he was fighting a master of takedowns,
and backed up almost instantly against the cage.
Koscheck
shot in on the UFC veteran and took him to the ground. Within
a few seconds of working from within Spratt’s guard, Koscheck
was able to move around and take the back of the more experienced
fighter. Spratt managed to stand up but Koscheck already had
his hooks in and although no one would confuse him with a Brazillian
Jiu-Jitsu expert, Koscheck took advantage of the position and
locked in rear naked choke. Spratt battled valiantly trying to
withstand falling back to the ground, but eventually gravity
took over and with the choke sunk in even deeper, he had no choice
but to tap out and live to fight another day.
With
his win, Koscheck was able to show a few things that we may not
have known before…
First
off, Koscheck was able to stave off the pride that sinks a great
many fighters when they try to prove themselves in a fight against
an opponent with a contrasting style. He knew that his striking
wasn’t on par with Spratt, so instead of baiting him and
trying to stand-up with him, Koscheck pushed forward and immediately
shot in for the takedown and pushed Spratt against the cage.
Next,
Koscheck showed that he has been learning a lot since season
1 of the “Ultimate Fighter” ended. He started to prove
he had more in his game than just takedowns in his official debut
versus Chris Sanford in the finale in April. But in his fight
with Spratt he got the dominant position and even though no one
would confuse Koscheck with a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu expert, he
did submit a very tough competitor.
Lastly,
in his post fight interview with Joe Rogan, Koscheck dispelled
so many rumors and ideas brought upon him from his portrayal
as an arrogant kid on the “Ultimate Fighter” by being
nothing but humble and respectful with his comments. He showed
this side recently in his interview with Ryan Bennett on MMAWeekly
radio, and again showed that he is still learning this game and
acknowledged those who got him where he’s at now.
Koscheck
is joining an already stacked 170lb weight class, but with heart
and determination, he could be a major player in the welterweight
division in the coming years.
Source: MMA Weekly
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Quote
of the Day
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn
the game."
Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Statesman, Prime Minister
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'THE
ULTIMATE FIGHTER' SEASON 2 PARTICIPANTS
Hawaii's Anthony
Torres is on TUF Season 2!
The
UFC announced the participants for the second season of 'The
Ultimate Fighter' on Spike TV starting on August 22nd.
Heavyweights:
Kerry Schall
Seth Petruzelli
Keith Jardine
Brad Imes
Rashad Evans
Rob Macdonald
Mike
Tom
Eli
Welterweights:
Jorge Gurgel
Joe Stevenson
Josh Burkman
Melvin Guillard
Anthony
Torres
Marcus Davis
Sammy
Kenny Stevens
Luke
Coaches:
Rich Franklin
Matt Hughes
Source: Fight Sport
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Rich
Franklin’s brother, Greg to turn pro?
Greg
Franklin is attempting to follow the footsteps of his UFC champion
brother. Saturday, Aug. 13, Greg Franklin will end his amateur
career in style by facing Detroit's Terry Davinney in the main
event of ICE 16 at the Metropolis Nightclub. The event. Scheduled
for 15 rounds, begins at 8:30 p.m. with doors opening one hour
earlier. Of course, his brother Rich Franklin be on hand to serve
as the cornerman.
Source: Maxfighting
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Banni
Fight Club launches new DVD
The
event which drove the audience nuts at Serejinho gymnasium, on
last June 16 fits now in your television. It will be launched
on next August 12, the DVD Fight Club Tournament at Banni Fight
Club academy, in Taguatinga, Brasilia (DF). The night will feature
a autograph night gathering together local fighters as Marcelo Tigre, rappers and beautiful
ring girl Bia Freitas. If you are in Brasilia by this time, you
cannot miss it!
Source: Tatame
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Quote
of the Day
"Nothing average ever stood as a monument to progress. When
progress is looking for a partner it doesn't turn to those who
believe they are only average. It turns instead to those who
are forever searching and striving to become the best they possibly
can."
A. Lou Vickery
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UFC:
'Ultimate Fight Night' Results
August 6th, 2005
Las Vegas, NV
Nathan
Marquardt defeats Ivan Salaverry by unanimous decision.
Chris Leben defeats Patrick Cote by split decision.
Stephan Bonnar defeats Sam Hoger by unanimous decision.
Nathan Quarry defeats Pete Sell by TKO at 0:14, RD 1.
Josh Koscheck defeats Pete Spratt by rear naked choke at 1:53,
RD 1.
Mike Swick defeats Gideon Ray by TKO at 0:22, RD 1.
Kenny Florian defeats Alex Karalexis by TKO at 2:52, RD 2.
Drew Fickett defeats Josh Neer by rear naked choke at 1:35, RD
1.
Source: Fight Sport
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Fighters'
Club TV Episode 32
This episode will run on Aug. 9 and 16 (Tuesday nights) at 9:30PM
on Channel 52.
Episode
32 features:
-
Highlights from Shooto Hawaii
-
Casey Daniels vs. Thiago Gonsalves
-
Ryan Fukuda vs. Edmund Li
-
Jim Kikuchi vs. Ryan Kronewitter (+interview with Jim)
-
Ray “Braddah” Cooper vs. Hermes Franca (+interview
with both fighters)
Tech
of the Week
- Fernando “Margarida” Pontes
Proving
Grounds
- The return of Marcelo Tigre vs. Joe Demeritt (+ interview with
Marcelo)
-
Interview with Sydney Silva on his encounter with a burglar—one
of those great “Jiujitsu in Action” stories, so don’t
miss it!
plus,
your two favorite FCTV hosts, Mike “the Icon” Onzuka
and Mark “Special K” Kurano
Don’t
forget to check out our website by clicking on our banner—cool
factoids.
Questions,
Comments? Email us: fightersclubtv808@hotmail.com
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Toughman
Hawaii Returns on August 13th in Hilo!
Toughman Hawaii
Hilo Civic Center, Hilo, Hawaii
August 13, 2005
The premier striking event on the big island returns and has
20, count 'em, 20 match ups featuring a ton of names that sound
familiar from the MMA world;
Justin
Mercado, Mike Aina, Jay Carter, Ashton Castro, and Aaron Carvalho.
Other fighters slated to be on the card are:
Raymond Castro, Abraham Kaleopaa, Kana Hyatt, Carlos Rincon,
Gavin Matta, Tyrone Ferriera, Chris Cissneros, Dave Mareno, A.J
Verieato, Tallon Torres, Miles Campbell, Edward Williams, Aaron
Castro, Donald Gonzales Jr, Kekoa Wong, Kalai Wong, Steven Willis,
Robert Midell
 
Aaron Carvalho Chris Cissneros
Aaron Carvalho and Chris Cissneros will both fighting for Title
Belts at Toughman Hawaii.
Waylan Silva
Keep your eyes on Waylan Silva , who there is big expectations,
will be making his amatuer debut in the Junior division
August 13th 2005 at the Hilo Civic
All about 20 match-ups all stand up fighting Amateur matches
1 minute rounds with headgear. In the Pro fights 1 1/2 Minute
rounds 10 ounce gloves no headgear every thing above the waist.
SEE YOU RINGSIDE!!
Source: Event Promoter
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Gracie
Barra black belt Daniel De Lima Is In Town!
The Brazilian academy that has brought such greats as Marcio
Feitosa, Pe de Pano, Cacharrao and the Machado's is none other
than Gracie Barra. A black belt from Gracie Barra is in Hawaii
to hang out. His name is Daniel De Lima and he is big. Daniel
is here with some friends, so show him some aloha if you run
across him.
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Shields
vs. Sakurai is Off
Negotiations for a rematch of Jake Shields vs. Hayato "Mach"
Sakurai have ceased and now Sakurai will be facing Shinya Aoki
in his return to Shooto.
Source: Gracie Fighter
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COFFEE
GUY EXCLUSIVE: ELVIS VS. BONNAR
By Coffee Guy
The
following exclusive report was sent to us by our Zuffa informant
called 'Coffee Guy':
"With
Stephen Bonnar winning tonight on the 'Ultimate Fight Night'
card, look for the matchup of Elvis Sinosic vs. Stephen Bonnar
to most likely take place on the UFC 55 card in October.
Zuffa
feels Elvis will be a good stepping stone for Bonnar. If Bonnar
loses to Elvis, then they might bring Elvis back to face Forrest
Griffin."
Source: Fight Sport
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Roger
may not fight BJJ Worlds in 06
Upset about the results of his fight with Ronaldo Jacaré,
at the final of open class division of X BJJ Worlds, Roger Gracie
might not fight more at CBJJ events. After another controversial
result against Ronaldo Jacaré, Roger expects changes in
refereeing or he will not fight at CBJJ. "I do not say I
will not fight at CBJJ, but if there are no chances, I rather
be out of it! Referee committed a terrible mistake when gave
two points. It was beautiful Jacaré move over me, but
it was not a take down. it was a advantage. Jacaré got
another advantage when tried to pass my guard and I got another,
when attacked his neck, but referee didn't point them - tells
Roger.
Source: Tatame
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Quote
of the Day
"Honor lies in honest toil."
Grover Cleveland, 1837-1908, 22nd and 24th President of the United
State
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Ultimate
Fight Night
Is Today!
Hawaii Times!
UFC Ultimate Fight Night Today!
At 6:00PM on Spike Channel 76
Contestants
from the first season of ``The Ultimate Fighter'' compete on
Spike and it is FREE!
Replay is
on August 11th at 8:00PM
Ultimate Fight Night will make a great party at Cox Pavilion,
in Las Vegas, Nevada. On the card, eight bouts will show the
best of Nevada's MMA. On the main one, Nathan Marquardt fights
Ivan Salaverry. Check out the full line-up bellow:
COMPLETE
CARD (subject to change):
Ultimate
Fight Night
Saturday, August 6, 2005
Cox Pavilion - Las Vegas, Nevada
-
Gideon Ray vs. Mike Swick;
-
Josh Neer vs. Drew Fickett;
-
Alex Karalexis vs. Kenny Florian;
-
Pete Sell vs. Nate Quarry;
-
Sam Hoger vs. Stephan Bonnar;
-
Patrick Cote vs. Chris Leben;
-
Pete Spratt vs. Josh Koscheck;
-
Nathan Marquardt vs. Ivan Salaverry.
Source: Tatame
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Full
Contact Showdown
Pushed Back 1 Week to Sept 10
We have recently learned that the only MMA event on the Windward
side is pushing back its event to be held on September 10th,
instead of one week prior. Kahuna's Bar & Grill always gets
packed with our brave military servicemen and locals to watch
non-stop kickboxing and MMA action. The crowd gets pretty nuts,
so if you haven't checked out one of the FCS events, be sure
to make this one!
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Josh
Barnett - Is He Ready to Return???
By Mark Pickering
Pancrase Open-weight K.O.P. Josh Barnett will this week announce
his future plans, which could see a full-time return to MMA for
the American.
After
leaving UFC under controversial circumstances in 2002 Josh joined
the NJPW ranks, debuting on January 4th, 2003 at the Tokyo Dome.
Shortly after Josh started representing his new employers in
MMA.
At
NJPW's "ULTIMATE CRUSH" show, May 2nd '03, Barnett
competed in a Vale Tudo fight against former King of the Cage
Champion Jimmy Ambriz. Josh was victorious inside the first round
after the referee declared 'The Titan' was in no condition to
continue. This was an important victory for Josh as it handed
Ambriz his first career loss and come before 55,000 fans at the
Tokyo Dome. As NJPW continued to experiment, promoting Vale Tudo
fights Barnett had debuted in Pancrase and successfully defeated
Yuki Kondo at the Pancrase 10th Anniversary Show to become King
of Pancrase Open-weight Champion.
Since
then Josh has only competed in four MMA bouts. Each fight was
hand picked for Josh and arranged by NJPW. Of the four fights
only one ended in defeat, a clash with Mirko Cro-Crop at PRIDE
28, High Octane.
Barnett’s
name was originally linked to competing against Mirko by PRIDE
boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara at a news conference in August 2004.
Behind the scenes New Japan had set the wheels in motion with
DSE and opened negotiations with regards to Josh fighting at
PRIDE 28. Despite the fight being confirmed and made public Josh
was unaware of his upcoming PRIDE debut. He only found out through
the Internet when visiting PuroresuPower.com
On
July 15th Josh Barnett was announced as a surprise inclusion
in NJPW's annual G-1 Climax Tournament. Barnett had recently
recovered from a shoulder injury and was in the final stages
of his preparation for the tournament. Last Thursday Barnett
was suddenly dropped from the G-1 Tournament and replaced by
freelancer Toshiaki Kawada. New Japan cited the replacement was
due to Josh’s shoulder injury.
The
babyface assassin discovered his G-1 place had been taken by
Kawada from Japanese fighter Akira Shoji. Josh is yet to receive
any official notification from NJPW management and is considering
his future with the company.
Josh
is still under NJPW contract and getting paid but will this latest
act of unprofessionalism see Josh’s two year New Japan career
come to a bitter conclusion?
A
statement from Barnett is expected shortly at www.joshbarnett.tv
Source: Maxfighting
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DSE
Announces PRIDE Bushido
73- and 83-kg. Grand Prix Lists
by Stephen Martinez
TOKYO, August 4 — Dream Stage Entertainment, by word of
PRIDE’s Nobuhiko Takada (pictures), announced two lists
of fighters with possible names for the upcoming PRIDE Bushido
lightweight and welterweight Grand Prix scheduled for Differ
Ariake on September 25.
Japanese
star and PRIDE Bushido “ace” Takanori Gomi (pictures)
was announced as the first fighter officially included in the
73-kg. (160-lb.) lightweight tournament. This automatically leaves
seven spots open in the lightweight division to accompany Gomi
in the tournament intended to crown the best PRIDE Bushido fighter
at that weight.
Hayato
Sakurai
Tatsuya Kawajiri
Naoyuki Kotani
Dokonjonosuke Mishima
Jens Pulver
Yves Edwards
Ralph Gracie
Luiz Azeredo
Luiz Firmino
Charles Bennett
Joachim Hansen
Under
the same line, Takada presented to the Japanese media the official
list of candidates for the 83-kg. (183-lb.) tournament.
Ryo
Chonan
Ikuhisa Minowa
Akihiro Gono
Kazuo Misaki
Ryuta Sakurai
Yasuhito Namekawa
Akira Shoji
Daniel Acacio
Murilo Bustamante
Phil Baroni
Denis Kang
Paulo Filho
Yuki Kondo
Eight
fighters from the 83-kg list will comprise the welterweight tournament.
Both
the lightweight and welterweight tournaments begin in Ariake,
with the advancing fighters facing two bouts as part of the elimination
tournament.
The
finals will be held in December. Also PRIDE plans to crown the
Grand Prix winners plus the new lightweight and welterweight
division champions, leaving by the end of this year PRIDE with
four official divisions lead by their respective champions.
The
biggest surprise of the lightweight list is the exclusion of
American lightweight star Josh Thomson (pictures), who made an
amazing Bushido debut in July. Also other notable names missing
are Brazilian fighters Marcos Aurelio and Vitor “Shaolin”
Ribeiro. “Shaolin” is scheduled to fight Jean Silva
(pictures) at Cage Rage on September 10.
The
inclusion of Hayato “Mach” Sakurai, who is scheduled
to fight in SHOOTO a month before the Bushido tournament, and
the heavy rumor about Joachim Hansen (pictures) fighting in the
same SHOOTO show gives both fighters a little over a month to
get ready for the Grand Prix.
All
this plus another heavily rumored SHOOTO fight with the same
Hansen taking on Tatsuya Kawajiri (pictures) for the SHOOTO welterweight
(154 pounds) title in December places these fighters in serious
schedule conflicts for the upcoming months.
>From
the welterweight side the biggest surprise is the inclusion of
Yuki Kondo (pictures) as a possible candidate, since there are
heavy rumors about Kondo facing Vitor Belfort (pictures) in the
PRIDE Final Conflict show in August. Dennis Kang is another name
that jumps to mind since I clearly recall Kang telling the press
backstage at PRIDE Bushido 8 about his broken hand.
Two
more surprises are the inclusion of Akira Shoji (pictures) and
Yasuhito Namekawa (pictures) as possible candidates. With so
many good middleweights out there, one wonders why PRIDE needs
to include these two on the list since they have not accomplished
anything lately inside PRIDE.
Takada
told the press the reason why Gomi was automatically included
in the opening round is because, “Gomi has won everything,
he doesn’t need to prove anything until now.”
Also
The Japanese press asked Gomi who he wants to face in the tournament
finals. To everyone’s surprise he said, “I want to
fight with ‘Mach’ Sakurai in the tournament finals.
I respect ‘Mach’ from my days at amateur in SHOOTO
and I hold a good relation with ‘Mach’s’ brother
so I want to fight him out of respect.”
“I
want Gomi to perform strong in this tournament and follow Sakuraba’s
and Yoshida’s footsteps as the new ace in PRIDE,” Takada
said. To finish Takada also included this terrific statement:“Gomi's
new Bushido fight starts toward the achievement of the aspired
Wanderlei Silva (pictures) war later next year.”
Source:
Sherdog
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RIZZO
COMMENTS ON TRAINING WITH CHUTE BOXE
Pedro
Rizzo spoke with Brazilian magazine 'Tatame' about the two weeks
he just spent training with the Chute Boxe team. Here's what
Rizzo had to say (translation by Ricardo Alonso:)
"It
was excellent. The exchange between teams was a way to train
with different people. I was very well treated, and even though
I was an outsider, they treated me like one of their own. I felt
very welcomed.
The
training was very intense and specific. I trained with everyone...
with Vanderlei, Shogun, Cyborg. Everyone was very receptive.
I didn't get to train much on the ground because of an injury,
but I trained a lot of Muay Thai. I will now go to Holland to
train with Peter Aerts for four weeks, and when I return I want
to come back to train at Chute Boxe, and then go to the United
States to stay with Marco Ruas." -Pedro Rizzo
Source: Fight Sport
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"Minotauro"
Recovering from Surgery, Eyes October or December Fight
by Sherdog.com
Former PRIDE heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira is
in recovery mode after surgery last Saturday to an injured arm,
sources close to the Brazilian told Sherdog.com.
Part
of the healing process will see Nogueira spend time at Florida's
American Top Team.
Depending
on the progress of his rehabilitation, "Minotauro"
could fight former K-1 World Grand Prix champion Mark Hunt as
soon as October.
If
he is unable to step back into the ring by the fall, sources
in his camp indicate he'll face the winner of August 28's PRIDE
heavyweight title fight between champion Fedor Emelianenko and
challenger Mirko Filipovic in December.
Source: Sherdog
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POSTAL
CONNECTIONS: LAWLER POSSIBLY TO PRIDE BUSHIDO
By Tape Lord
Robbie Lawler
Hello
my friends, my postal connections in the DSE/PRIDE organization
are telling me that DSE/PRIDE is close to signing Robbie Lawler.
If
signed, Lawler will feature in an upcoming PRIDE Bushido card,
and may be included in the upcoming PRIDE 185-pound GP.
Source: Fight Sport
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Quote
of the Day
"The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up
in something that you forget to be afraid."
Lady Bird Johnson, Former First Lady of the United States
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