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2006
Grappler's Quest Hawaii
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(TBA)
2005
12/10/05
Proving
Grounds -
ROTR
Qualifer
(MMA)
(Hilo Civic Center)
11/19/05
ROTR 9
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
11/14/05
3rd American National BJJ Championships
(Torrance Unified School District, Torrance, CA )
10/29-30/05
Brazilian Team Titles
(Equipes)
(Brazil)
10/15/05
Gracie Nationals
(BJJ/Grappling)
(Columbus, Ohio)
10/7/05
UFC 55: Fury
(PPV)
10/05
Proving
Grounds -
ROTR
Qualifer
(MMA)
(Lahaina Civic Center, Maui)
9/24/05
NAGA 2005 Hawaiian State
Championships
(Submission Grappling & BJJ)
(CANCELLED,
POSSIBLY TO BE HELD IN FEBRUARY)
2005
American National Jiu-Jitsu Championship
(BJJ)
(Torrance, CA)
9/17/05
So You Think You Tough
(MMA)
(Kona Gym, Kona)
9/16/05
So You Think You Tough
(USA Boxing)
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9/13/05
Rumble
On The Rock 8
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
Tuesday Night Fights
(Kickboxing)
(Central Pacific Athletics, Hilo)
9/10/05
Full Contact
Showdown
Super
Brawl Qualifer
(MMA)
(Kahuna Bar & Grill, Kaneohe Marine Corps Base)
9/6/05
"Night
of the Hawaiian Punch!"
(Pro Boxing)
(Neal Blaisdell Arena)
9/05
Proving
Grounds -
ROTR
Qualifer
(MMA)
(Kauai)
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August 2005 News
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Quote
of the Day
"You have to learn how to turn the tables on the ego. The
only way to forgive what is within is to forgive what seems to
be without."
From Gary Renard's book The Disappearance of the Universe
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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Patrick Freitas
Super Brawl / Icon Sport
(808) 375-1645
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Falaniko
Vitale vs. Jason “Mayhem” Miller…Its On!
Labor
Day Press Conference Announced.
Honolulu,
HI August 30, 2005 – The most anticipated match-up in Icon
Sport (formerly Super Brawl) history is official. Falaniko Vitale
and Jason “Mayhem” Miller will meet in the middleweight
(185-lb) main event of Icon Sport: Opposites Attract on Friday,
October 28th at the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu. Although the
victor will earn the opportunity to challenge current Middleweight
champion Robbie Lawler for the belt, neither Vitale nor Miller
are looking past their October match-up.
Both
fighters are wary of the other’s talents and abilities.
Miller will look to nullify Vitale’s amazing athleticism
and devastating power; Vitale will be forced to guard against
Miller’s skillful submissions, cunning offensive tactics,
and intimidating head-games.
Icon
Sport President T. Jay Thompson commented on the main event of
Opposites Attract:
“It’s
a fascinating match-up because Niko and Mayhem (Miller) represent
two contrasting ends of the spectrum…they are elite fighters
with polar opposite fighting styles, personalities, and outlooks.
Fans are guaranteed an unpredictable, exciting, edge-of-your
seat fight.”
Jason
“Mayhem” Miller burst onto the local mixed martial
arts scene at the June 2003 Super Brawl event, Collision Course.
Since then, he’s tallied six consecutive victories in Hawaii,
including impressive wins over talented local fighters Shawn
Taylor, Egan Inoue, Ronald Jhun, and, most recently, Mark Moreno.
Perhaps no other “away” athlete has mesmerized, impressed,
and entertained local fans while beating the “home team”
as Jason “Mayhem” Miller.
Falaniko
Vitale will train for his match-up with Miller at the AMC Martial
Arts Center in Kirkland, Washington. Vitale will be trained
by the center’s legendary owner / president, Matt Hume.
Known as "The Wizard" by fans and peers, Hume is widely
considered to be one of the most talented and versatile mixed
martial arts instructors in the world. He is also a successful
promoter, sanctioning body president and founder, major event
referee, major event judge, pay per view television commentator,
M.M.A. journalist, and M.M.A. reporter. Hume, who invited Vitale
to his training center after witnessing his loss to Robbie Lawler
in Super Brawl: Icon, said of Vitale:
“I
see an unpolished gem in Falaniko. He has as much potential
and raw talent as I’ve ever seen. My job is to train him
physically, technically, and tactically…but more, to make
him believe in himself.”
Vitale’s
two-month training under Hume begins Tuesday, September 6. Removed
from family, friends, and his 808 Fight Factory, Vitale will
live in a simple studio apartment next door to the AMC Martial
Arts Center. Vitale will return to Hawaii on October 24, 2005.
FALANIKO
VITALE – JASON “MAYHEM” MILLER
MAIN
EVENT PRESS CONFERENCE:
2
p.m., Monday (Labor Day), September 5, 2005
Eastside Grill (Pucks Alley @ University Avenue)
THIS
EVENT IS OPEN TO ALL MEDIA AND GENERAL PUBLIC
Source:
Icon Sports |
Master:
Gurgel wins weight & absolute
Founder
of Alliance Team, BJJ black belt Fábio Gurgel has conquered
the weight and the open class gold medals at International of
master and senior 2005. The event was held at BJJ temple in Rio
de Janeiro Tijuca Tênis Clube on August 27 and 28. At the
age of 35, Gurgel submitted all his three opponents at heavyweight
division until getting the medal. Over the open class division,
he had more troubles, defeating Rômulo Reis (Rillion Gracie)
by a take down, then José Eduardo (Gracie Barra) by referee's
decision. After defeating Daniel Freitas (Macaco Gold Team) and
Eduardo Marinho (Clan JJ) over the semifinals, Gurgel defeated
Paulo Streckert (Orlando Saraiva) by advantages and got the gold
medal. "That was my last title as Master. Next year I'll
fight as Senior," he promises.
COMPLETE
RESULTS:
International
of Master and Senior 2005
Saturday
and Sunday, August 27 and 28, 2005
Tijuca
Tênis Clube, Rio de Janeiro
Master
Black Belt
Pluma:
Rodrigo Pagani (Gracie Humaitá)
Pena:
Omar Salum (G. Humaita)
Leve:
Daelcy Carvalho (Barbosa JJ)
Médio:
José Eduardo (Gracie Barra)
Pesado:
Fábio Gurgel (Alliance)
Meio-pesado:
Jorge Patino Macaco (Macaco Gold Team)
Super-pesado:
Flavio Riscado (Alliance)
Pesadíssimo:
Antônio Damasceno (Rocian Gracie)
Absoluto:
Fábio Gurgel (Alliance)
Source: Tatame
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YOSHIDA
AND NAKAMURA TO BE ON 'BDSSP'
Hidehiko Yoshida
The
Japanese media reports that Hidehiko Yoshida and Kazuhiro Nakamura
are scheduled to appear on an upcoming episode of the 'Best Damn
Sports Show Period' on FSN.
Source: Fight Sport
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POSTAL
CONNECTIONS: HUNT VS. KHARITONOV
Hello
my friends, my postal connections in the DSE/PRIDE organization
are telling me that the matchup of Mark Hunt vs. Sergei Kharitonov
will most likely take place on the PRIDE GP card in October.
The
winner will most likely be next in line to challenge Fedor Emelianenko
for his heavyweight belt.
Source: Fight Sport
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Quote
of the Day
"Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success.
A whole clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!"
Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, American Industrialist, Philanthropist
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Fighters'
Club TV Episode 32 TONIGHT!
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 (MMAD) vs. Thiago Gonsalves (ATT)
-
Ryan Fukuda (Academia Casca Grossa de Jiu-Jitsu/808 Fight Factory)
vs. Edmund Li (HMC)
-
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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TUF
2 WEEK 2: THE TEAMS ARE PICKED
Melvin Guillard, the first welterweight eliminated in a fight.
Of
course, the show kicked off with a recap of last week. Then,
as Dana White explained, with two heavyweights having left on
Week 1 (Kerry Schall due to injury and Eli Joslin quitting),
a replacement needed to be selected to even out the team numbers.
They chose Dan Christianson, a 277-pound behemoth from New Mexico.
Christianson
arrived on Day 6, the last day that the fighters would have to
work out and impress before the coaches select their respective
teams. During the workouts, welterweight fighter Jorge Gurgel
went down with an injury. Jorge revealed that he had actually
suffered a severe injury just four weeks prior to the start of
the show. He said that he has no ACL in his left knee and his
patella keeps slipping out of place, especially when kickboxing.
Jorge
went to have his knee looked at by the doctor, who drained the
fluid that had built up around his knee and advised him that
he was risking serious injury if he continued on the show. Jorge
responded by saying, “I don’t care if I have to have
a knee replacement later. I’m not getting out of that house
until somebody beats me in a fight,” which had to be music
to Dana’s ears after the first episode.
At
this point of the show, everyone was complaining about how Melvin
Guillard was getting on everyone’s nerves. Apparently, Melvin’s
favorite topic of discussion was Melvin and everyone was getting
sick of it.
This
led us up to Day 7 and the selection of the teams. Rich Franklin,
coach of the green team, won the coin toss and chose first, alternating
selections with blue team coach Matt Hughes. After the selection
process, the teams filled out as follows (in order of selection):
Rich’s
Green Team – Keith Jardine (heavyweight), Jorge Gurgel (welterweight),
Seth Petruzelli (heavyweight), Marcus Davis (welterweight), Rashad
Evans (heavyweight), Anthony
Torres (welterweight),
Melvin Guillard (welterweight), and Brad Imes (heavyweight).
Matt’s
Blue Team – Joe Stevenson (welterweight), Mike Whitehead
(heavyweight), Josh Burkman (welterweight), Dan Christianson
(heavyweight), Sammy Morgan (welterweight), Tom Murphy (heavyweight),
Rob McDonald (heavyweight), and Luke Cummo (welterweight).
On
Day 8, the fighters are treated to the first challenge. Ahem…
excuse me… that would be the first Right Guard Extreme Challenge
and we are treated to some of the new advertising tie-ins and
product placements this season.
Randy
Couture arrives in his hummer to introduce the “Capture
the Dummy” challenge. The welterweight teams were each lined
up in their own respective end zones on a field marked out for
the challenge. They were then required to either bear crawl or
move on their knees to the center of the field to capture a dummy
and drag it back to their own end zone.
The
fighters met in the middle and attempted to hold each other back
from the dummy. In the end, it was Luke Cummo (of the blue team)
that held one fighter in his guard and grabbed another with his
hands that allowed the Hughes team to drag the dummy back to
their end zone and win the challenge.
With
the win, the blue team was allowed to select a welterweight from
each team to fight and earn their spot on the show. After some
deliberation, Dana white called all of the fighters together
and announced that the blue team chose Josh Burkman to face Melvin
Guillard of the green team.
After
giving a speech that included him saying, “I’m not
in there to give hugs and kisses. I’m in there to knock
’em out,” Melvin made a surprising move. He went in
to Dana’s office to announce that, “this ain’t
for me man, I just wanna go home.” At which point, you could
have knocked Dana over with a feather as his jaw dropped to the
floor.
Not
wanting to feel the wrath of the Pres, Melvin quickly gave up
the goods and told Dana that he was just kidding, as his coach,
Rich Franklin, entered the office about to keel over with laughter.
Both
fighters made weight without much fan fare, leading up to the
first elimination fight of the season.
With
Herb Dean as referee, Josh and Melvin squared off in the Octagon,
each looking to send the other packing. [Enter another big sponsor
of this season as the U.S. Army presented the Tale of the Tape.]
Another change this season is that all of the elimination fights
consist of three 5-minute rounds.
In
the first round, Josh was able to consistently move in and take
Melvin down, but it was Melvin that had Josh in serious trouble
not once, but twice, each time with a deep guillotine choke.
Josh escaped the first choke, but the second appeared as if it
might be in deep enough to finish the fight. Josh relaxed and
held on as time ran out in the round.
Starting
off round two with a little standup, Josh eventually was able
to take Melvin down again. Most of the round was spent on the
ground with Josh controlling the positioning and working a plodding
ground and pound strategy.
The
final round was similar to the second, albeit with a bit more
standup action to start off the round, which Melvin appeared
to get the better of. But again, Josh continued with the takedowns
and maintained control for most of the ground action, working
strikes to the body and head, but also looking for the rear naked
choke.
It
was a solid fight to start off the season. Both fighters were
trying hard with several attempts to finish. In the end, Josh
won a unanimous decision, while Melvin had to say goodbye.
Melvin
apparently broke his hand in the second round, but did not use
it as an excuse. In fact, he didn’t even mention it to his
corner. He left the show in style, humbly stating, “All
my life I wanted to fight in the UFC and when I got my chance,
I just froze.” He gave it a good go though and was right
on when he said, “I didn’t quit. I left with my head
held high.”
Coming
Up On Week 3:
After winning his fight with Melvin, Josh shows up at the house
with his arm in a sling and a surprise announcement. Then, it’s
the heavyweights’ turn as they face a challenge in the pool
and the first heavyweight elimination bout.
Source: MMA Weekly
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NOT
SO TUF? WHY DID ELI JOSLIN BAIL?
Season 2 TUF competitor, Eli Joslin, shocked millions of viewers
Monday night when he walked away from the opportunity of a lifetime;
the chance to compete for a six-figure contract with the UFC
and perform in the octagon, the premiere proving ground for MMA
fighters on the planet!
Eli
Joslin is the 26 year-old American Bulldog breeder out of Yosemite,
CA with a professional MMA record of 1-0. Joslin competed in
the Gladiator Challenge in March 2005, defeating Anthony Vera
via TKO 10 seconds into the first round.
Joslin,
an avid Oakland Raiders fan and former linebacker at Mariposa
High School is a self-professed modern day gladiator who claims
he has been fighting his entire life. Joslin’s confidence
in front of the Spike TV cameras during the opening minutes of
The Ultimate Fighter (episode one) which aired Monday night,
bordered on pure arrogance at times. He told fellow competitor,
Marcus Davis, that he was going to be “slinging ‘em
and he could take a punch, too” and “if they could
weather his storm, more power to ‘em!”
Joslin
even shared a little story with the Spike TV cameras regarding
his first time in the ring! He said, “I looked over at the
guy across the ring like his f**kin’ head was a piñata
and I went over there and started smashing his head until the
candy came out!”
Wow!
Could Joslin be the Tank Abbott of 2005? Did the UFC finally
have another bad-ass heavyweight in their grips who liked to
“sling dogs” and punish his opponents? I was hopeful,
but it turns out Joslin was… well… hopeless!
After
just one day of training, Joslin called Dana, Matt and Rich to
the fighters’ house for a closed door meeting… and
quit! His reason? He “couldn’t take all the cameras
in his face; they were freaking him out!” Seems the experience
was, “too much like being in jail” and he was too anxiety
stricken to continue. He wanted to be clear with Dana and the
coaches, however, that he wasn’t quitting because he couldn’t
cut it… and he didn’t want them to think he was a being
“a bitch!”
All
three of them tried to talk Eli into staying for at least a few
days and assured him the anxiety over the cameras would lessen.
He obviously had his mind made up because later that night, Eli
called his housemates together, said his goodbyes, and left.
They were visibly pissed off because Joslin had basically been
a waste of time and a waste of space. He took a spot on the show
that could have gone to someone else more worthy of the opportunity,
and he gave up after just one day.
When
Joslin started his “don’t think I’m a bitch”
speech with Dana and the coaches, I was hoping Dana would fire
back with something like, “Not another f**kin’ bi-polar
fighter!” Now, I bet Dana’s pimp hand is strong, so
he could have followed up that line with a swift smack that would
have just slapped the taste out of Eli’s mouth for wasting
his time, as well as his dime! Too bad “you can’t always
get what you want!”
Viewer’s
blanketed cyberspace with comments about episode one and I ran
across some pretty interesting and colorful opinions about Mr.
Joslin! Seems no one was buying the explanation that a trash
talker like Eli could develop a love/hate relationship with the
cameras that quickly! There had to be more to his story than
he and Spike TV were willing to share. Somebody had to know something!
Last
night, I found a thread on the TUF forum that had been created
by one of the season 2 fighters, addressing some of the “behind
the scenes” things viewers missed. One of the things Spike
TV didn’t air was the real reason Eli Joslin bailed! Seems
Mr. “Modern Day Gladiator” didn’t quit because
he couldn’t take all the cams… he bolted ‘cause
he couldn’t take all the slams!
According
to fellow heavyweight, Seth Petruzelli, this is what went down:
“Well
the real reason Eli quit was because the 1st day of training…
the hell day, we (me and him) were paired up for live takedowns
and submissions. Let’s just say I never had so many slams
and subs in 1- 30min session! Then later that day… cause
it was 2 a day (workouts), he was paired up with Keith Jardine…
Keith did the same thing to him. Eli then told us “wow,
you guys were throwin’ me around like a rag doll,”
then started coughing and acting like he was getting sick or
something. The next thing we knew, he was leaving ‘cause
of the “cameras!” lol
A
TUF forum member posted a comment about 15 minutes later stating,
“I knew it wasn’t the cameras. I knew he thought he
was gonna get stomped. He could at least lose and not go out
like a bitch, though, or get cut or w/e, go out like a man. Stupid
Eli stole a place of a real fighter.”
Seth
followed up to this post with:
“Yea,
we all hated him after he left cause everyone knew what Keith
and I did to him… he should of stayed and got beaten like
a fighter.”
Well,
there you have it, folks! Eli didn’t bail because of the
cams… it was because of the slams! Thanks to Mr. Petruzelli,
the mystery is solved!
Fans
of TUF and the UFC can check out theultimatefighter.tv and pay
a visit to your favorite fighters “forum fan club!”
Quite a few of the season 1 and 2 cast members are on the threads
everyday and appreciate hearing what the viewers have to say.
Dana and the coaches have fan clubs, too! See you there!
Source: MMA Weekly
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VINCE
MCMAHON INFURIATED BY UFC COMMERICAL
WWE Chairman Vince McMahon was furious when he saw the UFC commercial
during his own TV show, WWE Raw, saying that pro wrestling is
not "real," according to a report in the Wrestling
Observer. The commercial, which is still running on Spike TV
programs other than WWE Raw, features an announcer saying, "What's
real? Pro wrestling? No! Boxing? Not anymore! The UFC is real!"
I'd love for the UFC to explain specifically how boxing "is
not real anymore," but as you might have guessed, that wasn't
the part of the interview that sent Vince McMahon over the edge.
With
WWE set to leave Spike TV at the end of September, and with Spike
TV now relying on the UFC as its number one provider of original
programming, the Observer reports that the relationship between
WWE and Spike TV has "turned very cold."
The
Observer adds, "Among the specifics was Vince McMahon apparently
going nuts about the UFC commercial that implies pro wrestling
is not real, that was being played so often on WWE programming.
Spike TV made a new version of the commercial that only implies
boxing isn't real anymore, and makes no mention of pro wrestling.
This is hilarious because WWE has spent the last several years
insisting that pro wrestling isn't real, and now they get all
worked up when someone else says it. The UFC and Spike are still
airing the commercial saying that pro wrestling isn't real on
all shows other than WWE, but they cut a new version of the commercial
just for WWE programming."
As
the Observer report alluded to, the irony in Vince McMahon's
rage about the UFC commercial is that when WWE was recently faced
with perhaps its biggest media scandal ever due to its extremely
tasteless terrorism storyline (which aired on the same day as
the real-life London terrorist bombings), the company's defense
consisted largely of, "Pro wrestling isn't real! It's just
entertainment!" In general, whenever the media or a Wall
Street analyst questions something that WWE does, the response
is always that it's not real and it's just entertainment.
Source: MMA Weekly
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Quote
of the Day
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.
The pessimist fears it is true."
J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1904-1967, American Physicist
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Pride
Replays on PPV
PRIDE Fighting Championship: Final Conflict 2005
Format Below is Date, Time, Channel (on Oceanic Digital)
8/29/2005 2:00PM 701 IN1
8/30/2005 1:00AM 702 IN2
8/30/2005 4:00AM 702 IN2
8/30/2005 7:00AM 702 IN2
8/30/2005 10:00AM 702 IN2
8/30/2005 1:00PM 702 IN2
8/30/2005 4:00PM 702 IN2
8/30/2005 7:00PM 702 IN2
8/30/2005 10:00PM 702 IN2
8/31/2005 11:00AM 701 IN1
9/1/2005 3:00AM 702 IN2
9/1/2005 6:00AM 702 IN2
9/1/2005 9:00AM 702 IN2
9/1/2005 12:00PM 702 IN2
9/1/2005 3:00PM 702 IN2
9/1/2005 6:00PM 702 IN2
9/1/2005 9:00PM 702 IN2
9/2/2005 12:00PM 701 IN1
9/3/2005 1:00AM 701 IN1
9/3/2005 2:00PM 701 IN1
9/4/2005 9:30AM 701 IN1
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Fedor
Beats Mirko, Shogun Wins It All!
PRIDE: 'Final Conflict 2005'
August 28th, 2005
Saitama Super Arena
Saitama, Japan
Single
matchups:
Fedor Emelianenko defeats Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic by unanimous
decision.
Hidehiko Yoshida defeats 'Tank' Abbott by choke at 7:40, RD 1.
Fabricio Werdum defeats Roman Zentsov by triangle choke at 6:01,
RD 1.
Kazuhiro Nakamura defeats Igor Vovchanchyn by unanimous decision.
PRIDE
GP semifinals:
Ricardo Arona defeats Vanderlei Silva by unanimous decision.
Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua defeats Alistair Overeem by TKO at 6:42,
RD 1.
PRIDE
GP final:
Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua defeats Ricardo Arona by KO at 2:54, RD
1.
Source: Fight Sport
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BJJ:
Fábio Gurgel fights at Master
Despite the fact he didn't fight last year at International of
Master and Senior due to a contusion, Alliance's leader Fábio
Gurgel says he will be seen on the mats of Tijuca Tênis
Clube, this weekend. 'Last year I got my ribs injured and ended
out of the competition. But at this year I will be fighting the
heavyweight division and also the open class. The idea is taking
both medals to São Paulo with me,' says the 34 years old
fighter.
According
to the event's organization, Master division starts on Sunday,
at 12pm. Besides Gurgel, other great BJJ fighters will be on
the mats as: Aparecido Bill, Marcos Norat, Omar Salum, Eduardo
Galvão, Jorge Patino, Muzio de Angelis and others. Senior
division starts at 2pm with Wellington Dias (Megaton), Juquinha,
Alexandre Paiva, Fernando Gurgel, Lioyd Irvin, Laerte Barcelos
and many others. Keep tuned at TATAME.com to all information
of International of Master and Senior 2005.
Source: Tatame
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Matt
Lindland Fired from the UFC???
By Jeremy Wall
MaXfighting has confirmed reports made elsewhere that top middleweight
contender Matt Lindland will likely soon be fired by Zuffa.
Lindland's
termination is due to controversy over his sponsorship. The issue
is that Lindland is sponsored by Sportsbook.com, a popular offshore
gaming company. There is fear in Zuffa that the Fertittas, who
of course have a gaming license in Nevada for Station Casinos,
could get in trouble with the state for featuring an offshore
gambling company on their pay per view broadcast. Another issue
is that it is common knowledge for UFC fighters not to accept
sponsorships from offshore gaming companies, and other fighters
may have been upset over Lindland being sponsored by Sportsbook.com
when they have turned down lucrative sponsorship deals from offshore
gaming companies because of the sponsorship rules imposed by
Zuffa.
It's
also said that Lindland has been warned about this before, and
that imposing a fine on Lindland for this would be pointless
because Sportsbook.com could easily pay that fine for Lindland,
and just allow him to continue to wear their shirts as they pay
whatever fines Zuffa throws at Lindland. This leaves Zuffa with
no recourse but to terminate Lindland's contract.
This
throws the middleweight division for a loop because Lindland
had clearly established himself as the top contender for Rich
Franklin's middleweight championship after defeating Joe Doerksen
at UFC 54 and being promised a title shot by Dana White from
awhile back.
Without
Lindland, UFC has no quality challenger for Rich Franklin's belt.
Nathan Marquardt would be under consideration for the shot, despite
the fact that his win over Ivan Salaverry was such a bad fight
that it had Zuffa throwing fits, but Nathan is involved in a
controversy of his own with the Nevada State Athletic Commission
in regards to steroids use. That means Marquardt is probably
out of the picture for the time being as well, until his issue
is sorted out.
Beyond
them, the top fighters at middleweight at this point would likely
be David Loiseau and Nathan Quarry. Loiseau is booked to face
Evan Tanner at UFC 55, and should he defeat Tanner, he may wind
up as Franklin's first challenger. UFC does not want to rush
Nate Quarry into a title situation so quickly because they feel
he may not be ready, plus he is a teammember of Team Quest, the
team ran by Lindland and Randy Couture... but they may be left
with little option. This has developed into a very tedious situation
for everyone involved.
Source: Maxfighting
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Rorion
Gracie: Brazil-California 05
Mr. Rorion Gracie, President of the Gracie Academy and chairman
of the Gracie Museum in Los Angeles, will be the recipient of
the Brazil-California Chamber of Commerce's 2005 Southern Cross
Merit Award during its annual gala dinner to be held on Saturday,
October 22nd, 2005 at the Westin Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
Mr.
Gracie is being honored for bringing the Brazilian style of Jiu-Jitsu,
an ancient form of martial arts, to the United States over 20
years ago. Today Brazilian, or Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, is known throughout
the United States and Mr. Gracie is recognized as the driving
force behind its popularity. Mr. Gracie and his team currently
train several branches of the US government including the Navy
Seals, the FBI, and the Los Angeles Police Department in this
pioneering martial arts style. Mr. Gracie was also the creator
of the successful Ultimate Fighting Championship and has been
a martial arts trainer to several Hollywood celebrities.
Since
2003, Brazil-California Chamber of Commerce has had a tradition
of honoring members of the community who have excelled in promoting
Brazilian business, arts, sports and culture-within California
and throughout the United States. Former recipients of the Southern
Cross Merit Award include Mr. David Neeleman, President and CEO
of JetBlue (2003) and Mr. Amauri Soares, CEO of TV Globo International
(2004).
Brazil-California
Chamber of Commerce was established in 1996 as a non-profit organization
to promote business relations and commercial trade between Brazil
and California, providing a forum for the promotion of cultural
exchanges and social interaction between both countries. Membership
is comprised of representatives of the Brazilian business community
in California and various professionals, entrepreneurs, and large
and small companies. The Chamber is a valuable source for Brazilian
and American executives, businessmen and politicians in providing
information about trade, commerce and investment leads between
California, the United States, and Brazil.
Source: Tatame
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Quote
of the Day
"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play
in and pray in,
where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul."
John Muir, 1838-1914, Scottish-born Environmentalist and Naturalist
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Marcello
Garcia Seminar Today!
Just a reminder to everyone that BJJ and Abu Dhabi World Champion
MARCELO GARCIA will be conducting a two-day seminar in two weeks.
The seminar will be held at the Palolo Hongwanji at 1641 Palolo
avenue, just up from Waialae Avenue in Kaimuki. The seminars
will be held Saturday, August 27th from 3-6 pm, and Sunday, August
28th from 3-6 pm. The cost to attend both days is $165. You can
split this with a friend if you want to attend one day, and your
friend wants to attend the other day. Call JKD Unlimited today
864-1620 to reserve your spot, or to ask any questions. You can
also purchase tickets at Fighter's Corner on King Street.
Saturday from 3-6 pm
Sunday from 3-6
Palolo Hongwanji.
1641 Palolo Avenue
Park on the right side of the temple, and go underneath to the
hall.
Get there early.
For more details email Burton by clicking here.
Source: Burton Richardson
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PRIDE
Fighting Championships Today!
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan
August 28, 2005
PPV
Premiere Date: Sunday, August 28th, 2005
Premiere Time: 9:00 pm EST, 6:00 pm PST
Count
Down show: 8:30 pm EST, 5:30 pm PST
Delivery: Satellite
PPV price: US$29.95
Availability: iNDEMAND, DIRECTV, DISH Network, and TVN
The
MMA world awaits PRIDE FC's 'FINAL CONFLICT 2005' this weekend.
The long awaited heavyweight showdown between Fedor Emelianenko
and Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic as well as a 4 man tournament featuring
the top MMA lightweights in the world today. Above is North American
PPV details, but we will carry results live on Sunday morning!
The
complete card appears below.
FIGHTCARD
(Subject To Change):
The Semi-Finals and Finals of the Middleweight Tournament:
Wanderlei Silva (Brazil) vs. Ricardo Arona (Brazil)
Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua (Brazil) vs. Alistair Overeem (Holland)
Winner Silva/Arona vs. Winner Rua/Overeem
Heavyweight
Championship Match
Fedor Emelianenko (Russia) (Champion) vs. Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic
(Croatia) (Challenger)
Additional
Matches:
David 'Tank' Abbott (USA) vs. Hidehiko Yoshida (Japan)
Igor Vovchanchyn (Ukraine) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (Japan)
Fabricio Werdum (Brazil/Spain) vs. Roman Zentsov (Russia)
Source: Fight Sport
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FEDOR'S
HAND STILL INJURED
Fedor Emelianenko spoke with the Japanese media today, and stated
that his hand is still not fully recovered.
Fedor
added that it is be hard for him to punch, but that he trained
with Ernesto Hoost and is healthy enough to give the fans a good
fight.
Source: Fight Sport
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Nippon
Joho: PRIDE Days Away,
Bushido Fighters Predict Winners
by Stephen Martinez
TOKYO
— Probably the most anticipated tournament of this year
started to become reality when all four fighters schedule to
participate in the PRIDE Middleweight tournament finals arrived
in Tokyo.
A
little early, Alistair Overeem (Pictures) showed up at Narita
Airport on Monday with the best wishes to engage this weekend
with the Chute Boxe representatives. “I would like to face
Silva in the finals because in this way I can beat both Chute
Boxe fighters,” he told the Japanese press.
“I’m
aiming to win both fights by knockout in the first round and
later challenge the UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell
(Pictures) and avenge my loss from two years ago,” Overeem
continued.
In
the other side, Ricardo Arona (Pictures), the “King of Jiu-Jitsu,”
as the Japanese press likes to call him, arrived Wednesday along
with his main trainer Mario Sperry (Pictures) and other BTT teammates.
The Japanese press was quickly to intercept the Brazilian fighter
near the official PRIDE Hotel in Shinjuku to get his first impressions
regarding the Sunday’s event.
Arona,
smiling but with a secure tone, told the press: “I feel
100 percent and I’m ready to become the champion.”
About fighting Silva in the semifinals, Arona said, “If
I’m a tiger, Silva is like a hyena.”
When
asked to elaborate Arona said, “Wanderlei is a very strong
fighter with good stamina and more likely ready to win the tournament
again, but now I understand Silva’s weak point. I didn’t
train anything specifically for this fight but I’m looking
to submit him. Yoshida was not able to do it because he’s
a judoka, but I’m a jiu-jitsu fighter. Jiu-jitsu is more
effective on Silva than Judo. Besides, I’m the only person
who can win over Silva.
“My
goal for this tournament is to break Silva in the semifinals
and break Shogun in the finals.”
Both
Mauricio Rua (Pictures) and Wanderlei Silva (Pictures) arrived
with the rest of the Chute Boxe team on Thursday. Later DSE held
a training session with the whole team that was open to the press.
Silva told the press a final between Shogun and he is almost
a sure thing.
“My
main priority for this tournament was to work my stamina with
running, swimming and training always hard,” Silva said.
“I’m not young anymore so I need to focus in my stamina
to succeed against the other younger fighters in the tournament.”
Next
to his teammate and possible rival, Rua told the press that he’d
improved both his jiu-jitsu and Muay Thai.
About
his semifinal opponent Overeem, Rua stated, “He’s been
training his ground game, especially the guillotine technique,
however his striking is also very good.”
From
here both Shogun and Silva answered the eternal question about
meeting in the finals. Their response: “We will fight seriously.”
Bushido
Fighters Debate the Grand Prix Finals
Japan
is currently getting hit with another typhoon and while some
people might say “there is calm after the storm” this
doesn’t seem to be the case with DSE.
Right
after the Grand Prix finals another “MMA Storm” would
be ready to hit the fans with the upcoming Bushido welterweight
and lightweight tournaments. With this in mind DSE asked Ryo
Chonan (Pictures), Ikuhisa Minowa (Pictures), Tatsuya Kawajiri
(Pictures), Akihiro Gono (Pictures), Ryuta Sakurai (Pictures)
and Masanori Suda (Pictures) to pick the winners from both the
heavyweight match between Mirko Filipovic (Pictures) and Fedor
Emelianenko (Pictures) and the winners in both the semifinal
and final matches of the middleweight tournament.
Ryo
Chonan (Pictures):
•
He thinks the key heavyweight bout lies in whether or not Fedor
can take down “Cro Cop.” With this in mind Chonan sees
“Cro Cop” scoring the high kick KO
• He thinks Silva will win via judge decision
• Overeem is dangerous in the beginning, especially with
the guillotine choke, but Chonan feels Shogun is going to win
by KO later
• Chonan sees Silva over Shogun in the finals
Masanori
Suda (Pictures):
•
Mirko will win via KO
• Silva over Arona via KO
• Shogun over Overeem
• Shogun over Silva in the finals
Akihiro
Gono (Pictures):
•
Mirko over Fedor via high kick KO round one
• Arona over Silva
• Shogun over Overeem via KO
• Shogun winning the finals
Tatsuya
Kawajiri (Pictures):
•
Silva over Arona by KO
• Shogun over Overeem by KO
• Silva over Shogun in the finals
• Mirko over Fedor by KO
Ryuta
Sakurai (Pictures):
•
Probably Fedor over “Cro Cop” by ground-and-pound if
Fedor can take Mirko down. However the question is, can Fedor
takedown Mirko?
• Silva over Arona by decision
• Shogun over Overeem by decision
• Silva over Shogun
Ikuhisa
Minowa (Pictures) (by far the most colorful and interesting character
in Bushido took some time to share his deep thoughts regarding
the outcome of the upcoming show):
•
About the winner of Mirko vs. “Cro Cop”: “I have
no idea … probably decision
• Winner of Silva vs. Arona: “I have no idea. I can’t
even imagine what kind of fight this will be.
• Winner of Shogun vs. Overeem: “I don’t know,
probably Overeem.
• Tournament winner: … I’ve no clue.
So
there you go betting fans. The Japanese fighters make a clear
consensus with “Cro Cop” over Fedor, while most agree
Silva will pass over Arona and Shogun over Overeem with the finals
going once again to Wanderlei Silva (Pictures). About Minowa,
it is probably safer to only bet Monopoly money on his picks.
OK
folks, this is all for today’s special edition of Nippon
Joho. Now I need to go and find my Deftones and The Escape Dillinger
Plan records to give me company on the train while traveling
to cover the weight-ins and main show for this weekend Grand
Prix tournament finals and heavyweight title match.
P.S.
Stay tuned to day-by-day weekend updates from Japan on Sherdog.com
regarding the PRIDE GP finals show from the evil Japanese twins
and myself.
Source: Sherdog
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Pe
de Pano & Jacare Win MMA Matches
Pe de Pano & Cabelino
Iron Man VT returns in November
Barely
ended the eight edition of IronMan Vale-Tudo, which took place
on last Saturday, August 20, in Macapá (AP), the organization
has announced the ninth edition to next November 5. The last
edition featured even super-fights and on the main one, local
athlete Mikito defeated Vítor Belfort's pupil Emerson
Ávila. The organization wants to count on Vítor
Belfort once again as referee. At this time, he refereed three
bouts. The main fight of IX IronMan has been already planned.
'I've talked to Vítor and I want to do a super-fight between
Mikito and Ronaldo Jacaré," said Magrão, the
event's promoter.
COMPLETE
RESULTS:
VIII
Vale-Tudo IronMan
Saturday, August 20, 2005
Sambódromo, Macapá (AP)
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Pé-de-Pano submitted Júnior Capoeira by Kata-gatame
(R3);
-
Preguiça defeated Dico by KO (knee) (R2);
-
Ary Mão de Pedra defeated Zezão by KO (kicks) (R2);
-
Jacaré defeated Cuba by referee's decision;
-
Guigui defeated Tedd Montanha by KO (R1);
-
Jimmy submitted Fúlvio by arm-lock (R2);
-
Mikito defeated Emerson Ávila.
Source: Tatame
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Bustamante
focused at Bushido GP
Meanwhile Ricardo Arona is in Japan ready to face Pride Middleweight
champion at the semifinals of Pride GP Middleweight, Brazilian
Top Team Murilo Bustamante has been working hard to do a great
show at Bushido GP against Light Heavyweight Shooto champion
Masanori Suda. 'I haven't seen his game, but I know he is a champ,'
says Murilo, who might fight on the same day Ikuhisa Minowa.
Instead of Middleweight GP, the second round will take place
on September 25.
Paulão
expects to enter in the game
In
Japan to help Ricardo Arona, Paulão Filho is concerned
about the Welterweight Bushido tournament. Paulão will
do an alternate fight against Ryuta Sakurai. 'I hope this gap
comes from the other side of the bracket. So Murilo and I have
a chance to do the final. Anyway, I have to defeat Sakurai first.
This will be a good fight for me, because he likes to exchange
punches,' says Paulão.
COMPLETE
CARD (subject to change):
Pride
Bushido GP - First round
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo, Japan
GP
Welterweight
1- Ikuhisa Minowa vs Phil Baroni;
2- Murilo Bustamante vs Masanori Suda;
3- Ryo Chonan vs Dan Henderson;
4- Akihiro Gono vs Daniel Acácio;
Semifinal
- Winner of fight 1 vs Winner of fight 2;
- Winner of fight 3 vs Winner of fight 4;
Alternate:
Ryuta Sakurai vs Paulão Filho.
Source: Tatame
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Quote
of the Day
"To be able to be caught up into the world of thought-that
is educated."
Edith Hamilton, 1867-1963, American Writer and Educator
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Marcello
Garcia Seminar Today!
Just a reminder to everyone that BJJ and Abu Dhabi World Champion
MARCELO GARCIA will be conducting a two-day seminar in two weeks.
The seminar will be held at the Palolo Hongwanji at 1641 Palolo
avenue, just up from Waialae Avenue in Kaimuki. The seminars
will be held Saturday, August 27th from 3-6 pm, and Sunday, August
28th from 3-6 pm. The cost to attend both days is $165. You can
split this with a friend if you want to attend one day, and your
friend wants to attend the other day. Call JKD Unlimited today
864-1620 to reserve your spot, or to ask any questions. You can
also purchase tickets at Fighter's Corner on King Street.
Saturday from 3-6 pm
Sunday from 3-6
Palolo Hongwanji.
1641 Palolo Avenue
Park on the right side of the temple, and go underneath to the
hall.
Get there early.
For more details email Burton by clicking here.
Source: Burton Richardson
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"Pit
Fighter" on Spike TV Today!
Hawaii Airing Time!
5:00-7:00PM on Oceanic Channel 76
The Ultimate Fighter Season 2 replay follows at 7:00PM
"Pit Fighter" will air again on Spike TV this Saturday,
Aug. 27th, at 5 PM (the film debuted on Spike TV Aug. 20th).
"Pit
Fighter" stars Dominiquie Vandenberg ("Gangs of New
York", "Mortal
Kombat"), Steven Bauer ("Traffic", "Scarface")
and Stephen Graham ("Snatch").
Mixed
martial arts aficionado Stephen Quadros, "The Fight Professor",
handles all the fight choreography and serves as 2nd unit director
on the movie.
Check
out the film that critics are calling..."The RAGING BULL
of martial arts choreography" (Mike Leader, IMPACT MAGAZINE).
"Pit
Fighter" was released on DVD in the US on June 7th, 2005
by Twentieth Century Fox Entertainment.
Source: MMA Fighting
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Pride
Grand Prix's Odds
It's one of the biggest mismatches on the card according to oddsmakers.
Sportsbook.com has Hidehiko Yoshida as the monster favorite this
weekend.
Yoshida
is -800 vs Tank Abbott who is +500. That means you would have
to bet $800 dollars just to win $100 on this fight. If you like
the underdog then there is plenty of money to be made on Tank.
You would have to bet just $100 to win $500 dollars.
Here
is the entire odds from our sponsor at Sportsbook.com for this
weekend's Pride event. It's interesting to see that Fedor is
the favorite vs Cro Cop, while Wanderlei Silva is the man to
beat in the Grand Prix.
Fedor
Emelianenko -210
Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic +170
Wanderlei
Silva -210
Ricardo Arona +170
Mauricio
Shogun Rua -160
Alistair Overeem +130
Fabricio
Werdum -1100
Roman Zentsov +700
Igor
Vovchanchyn -210
Nakamua Kazuhiro +170
Vitor
Belfort -260
Yuki Kondo +200
Hidehiko
Yoshida -800
Tank Abbott +500
Source: MMA Weekly
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UFC
55 CARD
Below are some official and unoffical matchups that are scheduled
for the UFC 55 card on October 7th. A total of eight matchups
is expected to take place on the card:
Andrei
Arlovski vs. Paul Buentello
Forrest Griffin vs. Ian Freeman
Matt Hughes vs. Karo Parisyan
Elvis Sinosic vs. Alessio Sakara
Renato 'Babalu' Sobral vs. Chael Sonnen
Evan Tanner vs. David Loiseau
Keigo Kunihara vs. TBA
Source: Fight Sport
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Din
Thomas vs. Tyrone Glover At DEEP
DEEP 20th Impact
Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan
September 3, 2005
-
Main Event: Jutaro Nakao (DEEP welterweight champion) vs. Eoh
Won Jin (Spirit MC champion)
-
Din Thomas (American Top Team) vs. Tyrone Glover (Pride audition
winner)
-
Takenori Sato (Takada Dojo) vs. Ken Hamamura
-
Jun Ishii vs. TBA
-
Satoko Shinashi vs. Noriko Okamoto
-
Kei Yamamiya vs. Kim Jin O
-
Kazunori Yakota vs. Hiroki Nagaoka
-
Hidehiko Hasegawa vs. Seichi Ikemoto
Source: MMA Fighting
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PRIDE
GP PRESS PICTURES AND VIDEO
ON MMA
WEEKLY
Fedor weighed in before the press on Friday afternoon in Shinjuku,
Japan before he fights Cro Cop on Sunday this weekend. Cro Cop
was a no show for the event in which both fighters where supposed
to be at. Fedor seemd calm and relaxed before his title defense
against Cro Cop, who has been itching for a shot at the title
for a long time.
Go to the photo gallery to see more pictures of Fedor and the
other fighters who will be fighting this weekend at the Saitama
Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
Source: MMA Weekly
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'CRO
COP' TAKES 'VITAMIN INJECTION'
FOR HIS BACK
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic
The
Japanese media reports that Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic has taken
a 'vitamin injection' for his back. The vitamin injection was
prepared for him by Dr. Stefan Bucan, who his personal doctor
who has traveled with him to Japan from Croatia.
Source: Fight Sport
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Quote
of the Day
"There are two kinds of people who never amount to much:
those who cannot do what they are told, and those who can do
nothing else."
Cyrus Curtis, 1850-1933, American Publisher and Philanthropist
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Marcelo
Garcia Is In Town!
Marcelo Garcia arrived in Honolulu Tuesday night, and has been
having a great time. We went to Baret Yoshida's school last night
to roll. He is just awesome, and a great person. Just a few days
left until the seminar, Saturday from 3-6 pm, and Sunday from
3-6 at the Palolo Hongwanji. The address is 1641 Palolo avenue.
Park on the right side of the temple, and go underneath to the
hall. Get there early.
Aloha,
Burton Richardson
864-1620
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BJ
Penn, Genius
or Fool?
by Marco Antico
This article is not meant to be condescending toward BJ Penn.
Rather, it’s intended to be an acknowledgement of BJ’s
unique stature in the sport.
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