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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)
10/05
Proving
Grounds -
ROTR
Qualifer
(MMA)
(Lahaina Civic Center, Maui)
9/05
Proving
Grounds -
ROTR
Qualifer
(MMA)
(Kauai)
8/27-28/05
International
Masters & Seniors BJJ Tournament
(Tijuca Tenis Clube, Tijuca, Brazil)
8/05 (tentative)
ROTR 8
(MMA)
(Las Vegas, NV)
7/23-31/05
World BJJ
Championships (Mundial)
(Tijuca Tenis Clube, Tijuca, Brazil)
7/21-23/05
World Cup of BJJ
(BJJ)
(São Paulo, Brazil)
7/9/05
Proving
Grounds -
ROTR
Qualifer
(MMA)
(Hilo Civic Center)
5/7/05
ROTR 7
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
5/7-8 & 14-15 & 21-22/05
Brazilian National BJJ Tournament
(Youth, Adult, Master & Senior)
(Tijuca Tenis Clube, Tijuca, Brazil?)
4/16-17/05
2005 Junior
Olympic Male and Female State / Regional Boxing Championships
(Boxing)
(Palolo Boxing Gym
/ Rec Center)
4/15 or 16/05
Punishment In
Paradise 10
(Kickboxing, MMA)
(McKinnley H.S. Gym)
4/2/05 or 4/9/05
Super Brawl
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
4/1-3/05
Pan American
& Team Title USA vs Brazil BJJ Tournament
(BJJ)
(California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA)
3/26/05
Proving
Grounds -
ROTR
Qualifer
(MMA)
(Lahaina Civic Center, Maui)
3/25/05
Shooto Hawaii: Pro/Am
(MMA)
(Blaisdell - Hawaii Suite)
3/18 or 3/19/05
Super Brawl: Full Contact Showdown 2
(MMA)
(Kahuna's Sports Bar & Grill, Kaneohe MCBH)
3/12/05
The Second Annual Maui
Jiu-Jitsu Open
BJJ tournament
(BJJ)
(Maui War Memorial Gym, Wailuku, Hawaii)
3/6-7/05
Hawaii State High School Wrestling Championships
(Blaisdell Arena)
3/5/04
SUMA
(Kickboxing)
(Hyatt Waikiki)
So You
Think You Tough 8
(Boxing, MMA)
(Kauai)
Proving Grounds -
ROTR
Qualifer
(MMA)
(Honolulu)
3/4-6/05
Arnold
Schwarzenegger Gracie World Submission Championships
(BJJ & Submission Grappling)
(Columbus, Ohio)
2/27/05
2005
Hawaiian Championship of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
(BJJ & Submission Grappling)
(Saint Louis H.S. Gym)
G-3
(Kickboxing)
(Palama Settlement Gym)
2/26/05
So You Think You Tough 7
(Boxing, MMA)
(Kona Gym, Kona)
2/19/05
Kickin' It
(Kickboxing)
(Kapolei High School)
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PUNISHMENT
IN PARADISE
News Alert
Welterweight Class B Shooto
David Padilla (Jesus Is Lord, Hawaii)
Vs.
Ryan Kronwritter (Meat Truck Inc, Indiana)
Padilla who made a comeback in December will make his way back
and try once again to climb the Shooto Rankings as he faces Meat
Truck Inc Kronwritter. I have spoken with some promoters up on
the states, Quoted them by saying "That Kid Ryan comes to
fight."
Middleweight Class B Shooto
Ikaika Chou Foo (Jesus Is Lord, Kailua)
Vs.
Kevin Smith (Team Bighdogs, Waianae)
Two season kickboxers will collide Shooto style should be interesting
to see if both fighters will try to stand or surprise us with
some ground.
Source: Event Promoter
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PRIDE
29: 'Fists of Fire' Today
February 20th, 2005
Saitama, Japan
Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic vs. Mark Coleman
Sergei Kharinotov vs. Choi Mu Bae
Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson vs. Murilo 'Ninja' Rua
Rogerio 'Minotoro' Nogueira vs. Alistair Overeem
Igor Vovchanchin vs. Yoshiki Takahashi
Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua vs. Hiromitsu Kanehara
Fabricio Werdum vs. Tom Erikson
Mario Sperry vs. Hirotaka Yokoi
Stefan Leko vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Makmud Aliyev
Source: Fight Sport
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PRIDE
ANNOUNCES LEKO, SAKURABA, YOSHIDA AND KONDO IN GRAND PRIX
DSE President, Sakakibara, spoke to the media in Tokyo Japan
about Pride 29 which takes place on Sunday in Tokyo. He said
that every fighter's motivation is good for tomorrow's show.
He also said that Mirko's main training has been on his ground
technique. He was thinking about his fight against Fedor, so
before this fight he wanted to fight with Coleman because Coleman
has fought against Fedor. He also pointed out that tomorrow's
fight for the Japanese fighters is very critical for them to
win and that Pride is glad that Tamura has come back to Pride.
Rogerio
Nogueira's mainly been training on his striking. His striking
seems better than his older brother's, Rodrigo. What is even
more interesting to note is that Sakakibara said that Rogerio
said that he wants to strike with Overeem. Could this be a fatal
mistake for the ground specialist, using his new found techiniques
against a well versed striker?
Talking
about the Middleweight GP that will take place in a few months.
Sakuraba, Yoshida and Yuki Kondo will fight in the Middleweight
GP. But, Pride is waiting to see how Yokoi and Tamura do in their
fights to see if they will participate in the Middleweight GP.
Stefan Leko wanted to fight in the Middleweight GP, so Pride
said that if he could drop the weight from heavyweight then he
could fight in the GP. So, Leko dropped his weight to 93 kg,
so he will fight in the Middleweight GP.
Translation
by: Kayoko Yamasaki
Source: MMA Weekly
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COLEMAN
FEELS DISRESPECTED IN FIGHT TONIGHT
MMAWeekly reports from Japan that Mark Coleman is not happy at
the way Mirko Cro Cop has been acting. Coleman feels disrespected
by the Croation fighter entering this fight.
Cro
Cop flew in yesterday with only a day in between his fight, when
most of the fighters flew in on Tuesday/Wed. Cro Cop also didn't
attend the press conference or rules meetings because of the
late arrival. Coleman feels that Cro Cop is gearing up for Fedor
and overlooking him this weekend. Coleman feels that Cro Cop
doesn't see him has a threat.
And,
maybe Cro Cop is overlooking the past UFC champion. In a press
conference today, SportsNavi reports that Mirko Cro Cop said
that he will win tomorrow against Coleman. He also said that
Coleman is a good experienced fighter amongst the Pride fighters.
Cro Cop feels that having hard fights is a way to get into perfect
condition- mentally and physically. About the possibility of
Coleman beating Cro Cop and getting the right to fight Fedor,
Cro Cop responded that it is impossible. Cro Cop is very confident
that he will win tomorrow.
Cro
Cop did say on his website that he was doing some late training
and that is the reason why he arrived to Japan late. Coleman
is the big underdog for this fight as the latest line has Cro
Cop as the big favorite at Mirko 'Cro Cop' is -500, while Mark
Coleman is at +300.
Source: MMA Weekly
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The
Ring's Boxing Rankings
Hopkins Tops The Pound For Pound Ranking
For Period Ended February 10, 2005
POUND-FOR-POUND
1. BERNARD HOPKINS
Middleweight
2. FLOYD MAYWEATHER
Junior Welterweight
3. KOSTYA TSZYU
Junior Welterweight
4. WINKY WRIGHT
Junior Middleweight
5. MANNY PACQUIAO
Featherweight
6. JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ
Featherweight
7. MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA
Junior Lightweight
8. ERIK MORALES
Junior Lightweight
9. GLEN JOHNSON
Light Heavyweight
10. ANTONIO TARVER
Light Heavyweight
HEAVYWEIGHTS
Weight Unlimited
Champ: VITALI KLITSCHKO
Ukraine 35-2 (34)
1.
CHRIS BYRD
Flint, MI 38-2-1 (20)
2. JOHN RUIZ
Methuen, MA 41-5-1 (28)
3. HASIM RAHMAN
Baltimore, MD 40-5-1 (33)
4. JAMES TONEY
Ann Arbor, MI 68-4-2 (43)
5. MONTE BARRETT
Queens, NY 31-3 (17)
6. ANDREW GOLOTA
Poland 38-5-1 (31)
7. FRES OQUENDO
Puerto Rico 24-3 (15)
8. JAMEEL McCLINE
Port Jefferson, NY 31-4-1 (19)
9. LAMON BREWSTER
Los Angeles, CA 31-2 (27)
10. SAMUEL PETER
Las Vegas, NV 22-0 (19)
CRUISERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 200 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1.
WAYNE BRAITHWAITE
Guyana 21-0 (17)
2. JEAN-MARC MORMECK
France 30-2 (21)
3. JOHNNY NELSON
England 44-12-2 (29)
4. O'NEIL BELL
Atlanta, GA 23-1-1 (22)
5. KELVIN DAVIS
Reno, NV 21-2-1 (16)
6. CARL THOMPSON
England 33-6 (25)
7. STEVE CUNNINGHAM
Philadelphia, PA 16-0 (9)
8. DALE BROWN
Canada 33-3-1 (21)
9. VIRGIL HILL
Bismarck, ND 49-5 (23)
10. PIETRO AURINO
Italy 31-2 (14)
LIGHT
HEAVYWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 175 pounds
Champ: GLEN JOHNSON
Miami, FL 42-9-2 (28)
1.
ANTONIO TARVER
Orlando, FL 22-3 (18)
2. ZSOLT ERDEI
Hungary 21-0 (13)
3. ROY JONES
Pensacola, FL 49-3 (38)
4. JULIO GONZALEZ
Huntington Beach, CA 37-2 (23)
5. DARIUSZ MICHALCZEWSKI
Germany 48-1 (38)
6. CLINTON WOODS
England 36-3-1 (22)
7. FABRICE TIOZZO
Franco 46-2 (30)
8. PAUL BRIGGS
Australia 23-1 (17)
9. THOMAS ULRICH
Germany 27-1 (19)
10. RICO HOYE
Detroit, MI 18-0 (14)
SUPER
MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 168 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1.
JOE CALZAGHE
Wales 38-0 (30)
2. MIKKEL KESSLER
Denmark 35-0 (27)
3. ANTHONY MUNDINE
Australia 23-2 (18)
4. ANTWUN ECHOLS
Davenport, IA 31-5-1 (27)
5. DANNY GREEN
Australia 19-1 (18)
6. JEFF LACY
St. Petersburg, FL 18-0 (14)
7. MADS LARSEN
Denmark 45-2 (37)
8. ROBIN REID
England 37-4-1 (27)
9. MARKUS BEYER
Germany 31-2 (12)
10. MANNY SIACA
Puerto Rico 18-5 (16)
MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 160 pounds
Champ: BERNARD HOPKINS
Philadelphia, PA 45-2-1 (32)
1.
HOWARD EASTMAN
England 40-1 (35)
2. OSCAR DE LA HOYA
Los Angeles, CA 37-4 (29)
3. FELIX STURM
Germany 22-1 (10)
4. FELIX TRINIDAD
Puerto Rico 42-1 (35)
5. JERMAIN TAYLOR
Little Rock, AR 22-0 (16)
6. ROBERT ALLEN
Atlanta, GA 36-5 (27)
7. MASELINO MASOE
New Zealand 26-2 (25)
8. KINGSLEY IKEKE
Canada 21-1 (11)
9. SAM SOLIMAN
Australia 29-7 (11)
10. WILLIAM JOPPY
Washington, D.C. 34-4-1 (25)
JR.
MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 154 pounds
Champ: WINKY WRIGHT
St. Petersburg, FL 48-3 (25)
1.
KASSIM OUMA
W. Palm Beach, FL 21-1-1 (13)
2. SHANE MOSLEY
Pomona, CA 39-4 (35)
3. VERNO PHILLIPS
Aurora, CO 38-9-1 (20)
4. DANIEL SANTOS
Puerto Rico 29-2-1 (20)
5. TRAVIS SIMMS
Norwalk, CT 24-0 (18)
6. JAVIER CASTILLEJO
Spain 58-5 (40)
7. RODNEY JONES
Lafayette, LA 34-3 (22)
8. KOFI JANTUAH
Las Vegas, NV 28-2 (18)
9. BRONCO McKART
Monroe, MI 47-6 (31)
10. ALEJANDRO GARCIA
Mexico 28-1 (28)
WELTERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 147 pounds
Champ: ZAB JUDAH
Brooklyn, NY 33-2 (24)
1.
ANTONIO MARGARITO
Mexico 30-4 (21)
2. CORY SPINKS
St. Louis, MO 34-3 (11)
3. THOMAS DAMGAARD
Denmark 34-0 (26)
4. MANUEL GOMEZ
Mexico 27-10-1 (19)
5. KERMIT CINTRON
Reading, PA 24-0 (22)
6. JAWAID KHALIQ
England 23-1-1 (13)
7. CARLOS BALDOMIR
Argentina 40-9-6 (12)
8. COSME RIVERA
Los Angeles, CA 27-7-2 (19)
9. DAVID ESTRADA
Chicago, IL 18-1 (9)
10. SEBASTIAN LUJAN
Argentina 22-1-1 (14)
JR.
WELTERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 140 pounds
Champ: KOSTYA TSZYU
Australia 31-1 (25)
1.
ARTURO GATTI
Jersey City, NJ 39-6 (30)
2. VIVIAN HARRIS
Brooklyn, NY 25-1-1 (17)
3. FLOYD MAYWEATHER
Grand Rapids, MI 33-0 (22)
4. SHARMBA MITCHELL
Washington, D.C. 55-4 (31)
5. MIGUEL COTTO
Puerto Rico 22-0 (18)
6. RICKY HATTON
England 38-0 (28)
7. DeMARCUS CORLEY
Washington, D.C. 29-3-1 (16)
8. LOVEMORE NDOU
Australia 39-7-1 (25)
9. OKTAY URKAL
Germany 34-3 (10)
10. JUNIOR WITTER
England 30-1-2 (19)
LIGHTWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 135 pounds
Champ: JOSE LUIS CASTILLO
Mexico 51-6-1 (45)
1.
DIEGO CORRALES
Las Vegas, NV 39-2 (32)
2. JOEL CASAMAYOR
Miami, FL 31-3 (19)
3. JUAN LAZCANO
El Paso, TX 33-3-1 (25)
4. JULIO DIAZ
Coachella, CA 30-2 (22)
5. JUAN DIAZ
Houston, TX 27-0 (13)
6. ACELINO FREITAS
Brazil 36-1 (31)
7. JAVIER JAUREGUI
Mexico 49-11-2 (34)
8. ARTUR GRIGORIAN
Uzbekistan 37-1 (23)
9. JULIEN LORCY
France 56-4-2 (41)
10. LAKVA SIM
Mongolia 19-4-1 (16)
JR.
LIGHTWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 130 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1.
MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA
Mexico 59-4 (41)
2. ERIK MORALES
Mexico 47-2 (34)
3. JESUS CHAVEZ
Mexico 40-3 (28)
4. YODSANAN NANTHACHAI
Thailand 43-2-1 (35)
5. CARLOS HERNANDEZ
Bellflower, CA 41-4-1 (24)
6. JORGE BARRIOS
Argentina 42-2-1 (30)
7. CASSIUS BALOYI
South Africa 30-1 (16)
8. MIKE ANCHONDO
La Puente, CA 25-0 (18)
9. ROBBIE PEDEN
Australia 24-2 (13)
10. MZONKE FANA
South Africa 22-2 (8)
FEATHERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 126 pounds
Champ: MANNY PACQUIAO
Philippines 39-2-2 (30)
1.
JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ
Mexico 43-2-1 (33)
2. INJIN CHI
South Korea 30-2-1 (18)
3. ROCKY JUAREZ
Houston, TX 22-0 (15)
4. SCOTT HARRISON
Scotland 23-2-2 (13)
5. VICTOR POLO
Colombia 34-4-3 (24)
6. MANUEL MEDINA
Mexico 63-14 (29)
7. ZAHIR RAHEEM
Tulsa, OK 25-1 (15)
8. MICHAEL BRODIE
England 35-2-1 (23)
9. CHRIS JOHN
Indonesia 34-0-1 (19)
10. SPEND ABAZI
Denmark 31-1 (10)
JR.
FEATHERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 122 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1.
OSCAR LARIOS
Mexico 55-3-1 (35)
2. MAHYAR MONSHIPOUR
France 26-2-2 (17)
3. ISRAEL VAZQUEZ
Mexico 37-3 (28)
4. JOAN GUZMAN
Dominican Republic 22-0 (17)
5. JOSE LUIS VALBUENA
Venezuela 24-3-1 (14)
6. JORGE LACIERVA
Mexico 26-5-5 (18)
7. SALIM MEDJKOUNE
France 43-5-1 (21)
8. YODDAMRONG SITHYODTHONG
Thailand 41-2-1 (18)
9. DANIEL PONCE DELEON
Mexico 22-0 (21)
10. WAYNE McCULLOUGH
Las Vegas, NV 27-5 (18)
BANTAMWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 118 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1.
RAFAEL MARQUEZ
Mexico 33-3 (30)
2. VEERAPOL SAHAPROM
Thailand 46-1-2 (32)
3. RATANACHAI VORAPIN
Thailand 59-8 (40)
4. GENARO GARCIA
Mexico 32-4 (20)
5. CRUZ CARBAJAL
Mexico 24-12-1 (20)
6. TOSHIAKI NISHIOKA
Japan 24-4-3 (14)
7. SILENCE MABUZA
South Africa 17-0 (15)
8. RICARDO VARGAS
Mexico 36-10-3 (11)
9. JHONNY GONZALEZ
Mexico 26-4 (24)
10. JULIO ZARATE
Mexico 21-2-1 (13)
JR.
BANTAMWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 115 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1.
KATSUSHIGE KAWASHIMA
Japan 28-3 (18)
2. MARTIN CASTILLO
Mexico 27-1 (16)
3. LUIS PEREZ
Nicaragua 22-1 (14)
4. IVAN HERNANDEZ
Mexico 19-0-1 (13)
5. ALEXANDER MUNOZ
Venezuela 25-1 (24)
6. MARK JOHNSON
Washington, D.C. 44-4 (28)
7. JOSE NAVARRO
Los Angeles, CA 21-1 (9)
8. MASAMORI TOKUYAMA
North Korea 30-3-1 (8)
9. FERNANDO MONTIEL
Mexico 29-1-1 (23)
10. ERIC MOREL
Madison, WI 35-1 (18)
FLYWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 112 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1.
PONGSAKLEK WONJONGKAM
Thailand 55-2 (29)
2. LORENZO PARRA
Venezuela 25-0 (17)
3. VIC DARCHINYAN
Australia 22-0 (17)
4. MZUKISI SIKALI
South Africa 29-4-2 (17)
5. IRENE PACHECO
Colombia 29-1 (22)
6. OMAR NARVAEZ
Argentina 18-0-2 (12)
7. ROSENDO ALVAREZ
Nicaragua 33-2-2 (21)
8. BRAHIM ASLOUM
France 17-0 (6)
9. HUSSEIN HUSSEIN
Australia 27-1 (21)
10. BRIAN VILORIA
Waipahu, HI 16-0 (10)
JR.
FLYWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 108 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1.
JORGE ARCE
Mexico 38-3-1 (28)
2. VICTOR BURGOS
Mexico 37-13-3 (22)
3. BEIBIS MENDOZA
Colombia 29-3 (23)
4. NELSON DIEPPA
Puerto Rico 22-1-2 (13)
5. PICHIT SIRIWAT
Thailand 30-2 (14)
6. FAHLAN SAKKREERIN
Thailand 50-4-2 (20)
7. JOSE AGUIRRE
Mexico 33-2-1 (20)
8. KERMIN GUARDIA
Colombia 35-4 (21)
9. ULISES SOLIS
Mexico 14-1 (10)
10. ROBERTO VASQUEZ
Panama 18-1 (15)
STRAWWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 105 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1.
YUTAKA NIIDA
Japan 17-1-3 (8)
2. MUHAMMAD RACHMAN
Indonesia 49-7-3 (21)
3. DANIEL REYES
Colombia 34-2-1 (29)
4. IVAN CALDERON
Puerto Rico 21-0 (4)
5. ISAAC BUSTOS
Mexico 24-6-3 (13)
6. EAGLE KYOWA
Japan 13-1 (5)
7. JUAN LANDAETA
Venezuela 15-3-1 (13)
8. CHANA PORPAOIN
Thailand 51-2-3 (17)
9. NOEL ARAMBULET
Venezuela 20-3-1 (10)
10. RODEL MAYOL
Philippines 20-0 (16)
Source: Dog House Boxing
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Quote
of the Day
"All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed.
Second, it is violently opposed.
Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."
Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German Philosopher
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KICKIN
IT 2005 (AMATEUR KICKBOXING)
TONIGHT!
KAPOLEI HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM
(DOORS
OPEN AT 7:00 PM)
FEB. 19, 2005 (SATURDAY)
MAIN EVENT
SUPER WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
NICK CORREA 147-150# ALEX ZARRIELLO
HSD (2-2) GEE YUNG (2-1)
SEMI MAIN
JUSTIN DANO 160-165# KAIKA TROYFU
HSD JESUS IS LORD
TONY PEREIRA 115-119# KOICHI TANJI
WAIANAE KICKBOXING HMC
CLINT K 140-145# SHYSTEN
FREELANCE JESUS IS LORD
PAULO SHERIDAN 195-200# MIGUEL ASUNCTION
MASTER BRO. ABE ANIMAL HOUSE
KONA KEAALOHA 80-85# ROBBY OSTAVICH
HSD JESUS IS LORD
JOHN HOSOKAWA 135-140# AIKA SAMSON
GEE YUNG ANIMAL HOUSE
DENVER GONSALVES 185-200# BENJI PIWKO
HSD TEAM PERCEPTION
GORDON BERRY 170-175# WALTER HAO
HAWAII TRAINING CENTER ANIMAL HOUSE
KEA HUALATON 160-165# ALAN ALCARAZ
HAWAII TRAINING CENTER JESUS IS LORD
DARREN JOSE 145-150# BRANDON GANITANO
HSD HAWAII TRAINING CENTER
BRYAN INGRAM 170-175# ALAN ULIT
HAWAII TRAINING CENTER ANIMAL HOUSE
SHANE DULLATRY 105-110# JUSTIN PIAMONTE
JESUS IS LORD ANIMAL HOUSE
ALL MATCHES MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
COME DOWN AND CHECK OUT THESE FIGHTS ON SATURDAY NIGHT FOR A
LOT OF THESE GUYS ARE FIRST TIME FIGHTERS TRYING TO BUILD UP
THEIR RECORDS AND SKILLS TO FIGHT FOR BELTS AT THE END OF THE
YEAR. THE MAIN EVENT IS ALMOST AS EVEN AS IT CAN GET FOR BOTH
FIGHTERS ARE ALMOST 6 FEET TALL, THEIR RECORDS ARE ALMOST THE
SAME, AND THIS FIGHT WILL INCLUDE LEG KICKS. DONT MISS OUT FOR
IT ALL STARTS HERE. THE SWINGING WILL BE INSANE AS IT ALWAYS
IS ON THE KICKIN IT CARDS. GO-TIME WILL PROBABLY START AT 7:15PM
SO COME EARLY.
CAUSE DAS HOW WE KICK IT
Source: Event Promoter
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The
New Maui Jiu-Jitsu Academy Opens Its Doors!
Maui
Jiu-Jitsu Academy
343 Hanamau Street
Kahului, Hawaii 96732
Luis
“Limao” Heredia invites everyone to the new Maui Jiu-Jitsu
Academy featuring 3,384 square feet of mat space. There is a
main mat room that has a 55 piece mat area and a private/small
group room that has 25 piece mat area. There are a lot of other
amenities that have to be seen to be appreciated.
Maui
Jiu-Jitsu is hosting their 2nd Annual Maui Jiu-Jitsu Open on
March 12, 2005. If your school is interested, please email Lee
Theros at Mauibadboy@aol.com or Luis Heredia at
lfheredia@aol.com for tournament information
or to have a registration packet sent to you.
The
Relson Gracie Casca Grossa Team will be there and we hope to
see all of you there! They also have some cost saving suggestions
to help your team afford to attend the tournament, please feel
free to contact them about it.
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The
Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Enrollment Forms Are Available Online!
The
tournament will take place on April 1st, 2nd and 3rd in California
State University Dominguez Hills, Carson - California.
The
Pan American Jiu jitsu 2005 is realized by American Jiu-Jitsu
Confederation.
California
State University, Dominguez Hills
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, California 90747
(310) 243-3696
Get
the enrollment form at: www.cbjj.com.br/english/pan2005.htm
Source:
IBJJF
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DOES
PARISYAN DESERVE A TITLE SHOT?
Fresh off a dominate win over Chris "Lights Out" Lytle,
Karo "The Heat" Parisyan wants a shot at the UFC welterweight
title. "The Heat" spoke with MMAWeekly about his fight
with Chris Lytle, earning an opportunity to fight for the belt,
and a possible rematch with George St.Pierre, who defeated Karo
at UFC 46: Super Natural by unanimous decision.
Parisyan
was prepared to go to war with Chris Lytle. It didn't turn out
to be such a war though. Parisyan turned it into a one-sided
fight. Going in, Karo thought it was going to be tougher than
it turned out to be. He commented, "I actually thought it
would be a little tougher fight....You know what, I just went
in there, and I just put the heat on him. I honestly thought
it might be a little tougher, but it really didn't. I don't know
how or why it happened, but I'm glad it happened."
Parisyan
feels he should be in line for a title shot after this impressive
victory. He said, "I think, honestly, that I do deserve
a title shot. I mean, you know, Frank [Trigg] is fighting Hughes
next, and that will be a great fight. I honestly, I've told people,
I think Frank's going to beat Hughes. I don't know, for some
reason I think Frank's going to beat him. On the other hand,
I think I should fight for the title. I should fight the winner
of whoever wins."
Further
commenting, Karo said, "I think I deserve a title shot.
I've beat Nick [Diaz]. I beat Lytle. I came off a loss before
that with St.Pierre, you know, but I got back up and I beat Shonie
[Carter], and I beat Diaz, and I beat Lytle now, and I think
I deserve a title shot."
Right
now, Karo is a free agent. He only had a one fight contract with
the UFC for the Lytle fight. About his future with the UFC, he
said, "These guys don't give me a contract. Only a single
fight contract. I don't know what I have to do to prove to Dana
White, or any of these guys, that give me a three fight contract
or something. You know? I mean, I've beaten real tough guys in
the UFC. I'm not saying I'm real tough or anything, but then
again, I think I'm in with the big guys now. I think I deserve
a three fight contract."
Parisyan
was asked if he'd like a rematch with George St.Pierre to avenge
the loss. Karo responded, "Yeah, I'll fight him. First of
all, like I said, right now, I think I deserve a title shot.
After the title shot, I could fight anybody. I'd like to fight
a champion, and I want to fight for that belt."
Source:
MMA Weekly
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WERDUM
READY FOR ERIKSON
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, Mauricio Behring, and Fabricio
Werdum.
Fabricio
Werdum recently spoke with Brazilian magazine 'Tatame' regarding
his upcoming fight against Tom Erikson on the PRIDE 29 card on
February 20th.
"We're
studying what will be the best tactic for my fight. I've trained
a lot of ground game, with Mirko (Filipovic) in charge of my
standup training. I am feeling better each time about facing
any adversary", said Werdum
Werdum's
teammate, Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic, is scheduled to face Mark
Coleman on the same card.
Source:
Fight Sport
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Quinton
Jackson: Changed In and Out of the Ring
by Josh Gross
Days
before the biggest bout of his career, Quinton Jackson felt like
he was in the middle rounds of a far more important fight. This
was a lonely battle, and there weren’t many people with
whom he could speak.
Just
two months earlier, adrift in turbulent waters that tend to whirlpool
around men like him, the swear-word-loving Jackson’s closest
allies were sure he had either pulled a genius hoax or turned
mad.
Jackson
hoped they would come around to see that this change was not
a result of his doing. However, that did not happen and there
was no way they’d understand. Not now. Not on the eve of
his rematch with PRIDE middleweight champion Wanderlei Silva.
Then
he found what he thought was the answer:
Fast.
Don’t eat? For three days! I have no choice! I’m losing.
I have to. I have to.
“One
of the hardest things about being ‘born again’ is staying
that way,” Jackson told Sherdog.com before leaving for Japan
to fight Murilo “Ninja” Rua this Sunday. “I didn’t
want to go back.”
In
the middle of a late-summer night Jackson and his kindergarten-age
son D’Angelo woke up to separate, though eerily similar
dreams. Both were shaken, so much so that at 4 a.m. they had
to get out of their apartment.
To
Jackson, it was a sign.
“You
know how girls cry when they’re happy?” he said. “That’s
how I was. I think I felt Jesus’ love. I don’t know.
I automatically knew everything after I was ‘born again.’”
“God
fearing” would not have been the first phrase used to describe
him before that night. A product of southern churches as much
as Memphis’ streets, the African-American Jackson “tried
to follow the 10 Commandments,” even though he probably
“broke every one.”
Confused
and maybe a bit scared, he took the approach of someone getting
a new lease on life. Never before could he have imagined abstaining
from sex—“That’s like a heroin addict quitting
cold turkey.”—yet he did, intending to remain chaste
until marriage.
Concentrating
in the gym on his PRIDE middleweight title shot, the first month
flew by. He didn’t even look at women, he said. But then
things rolled into month two and he remembered his spirit and
body clashing something serious.
That’s
when Jackson came across the article on the Internet that suggested
fasting would help him “fend off the devil.” Three
days of avoiding food (water was fine) was recommended. Oh, and
he was supposed to keep the process to himself.
“It
helped me out spiritually a lot,” said Jackson, discussing
it for the first time. “But I didn’t know it was going
to take my energy. I thought I was going to be fine. I didn’t
think it was going to effect my fight at all because I was fighting
in four days.”
After
an impressive opening round in which he hurt Silva, the toll
of not eating for three days became obvious.
Colin
Oyama, Jackson’s trainer, noticed his fighter slowing five
minutes into the championship contest. Only later—after
Jackson endured a savage knockout that resulted in his being
suspended, unconscious, between the ropes—did Oyama find
out why his charge could not fight like he prepared.
So
upset was Oyama that it took “a while” before Jackson’s
trainer and friend could bring himself to speak with the fighter.
“I
think back and I’m kinda glad that I lost the fight,”
Jackson admitted. “I’m not happy I lost the fight the
way I did, but I was convinced God changed me so I could be champion.
That was so shallow and so selfish.
“I
learned a lot from it. You can’t take it back. Me, now,
I’ve learned everything happens for a reason.”
Upon
Reflection
With
the setback of losing to Silva and the “embarrassment”
of fasting behind him, he went about the business of trying to
figure out just what happened.
Jackson
always considered himself Christian, yet no longer did that simply
mean believing in something. He now knew and he began to recall
moments that, at the time, seemed trivial but now, in his mind,
were instances of God trying to help.
There
was the time at a restaurant when a woman walked up to him and
said he was a poor role model for his son. Jackson reacted as
many of us would. Now, upon reflection, he understood.
Then
there were the times when he would scrap because that’s
what he had to do. Now, upon reflection, that was God preparing
him for his life as a professional fighter.
And
then there was Jackson’s drug-using father, who disappeared
when Quinton was 10, only to return to his life two years ago
as an evangelical.
“I
was praying for my father to stop drugs and all that other stuff,”
he said. “When he finally did I was surprised. It’s
kind of weird how everything happened. My dad starting praying
for me when he was ‘born again.’”
Despite
his best efforts, however, Jackson soon fell victim to the sorts
of things that plagued his father. “I had sex with so many
different girls,” he said. “Sometimes I used condoms,
sometimes I wouldn’t—it depended on how drunk I was.
When you fight, you gotta take those blood tests. If something
would have happened to me, my career could have been over. I
was so foolish. I thought I was cool. All these cuss words I
used all the time and all these girls I messed around with and
all the clubs I was going to and getting drunk … I look
back at it now and I was foolish. I was destroying myself.”
When
Jackson remained behind in Tokyo to relax with friends after
knocking out Ricardo Arona in June 2004, a couple of weeks of
partying was enough for his life to get out of hand.
“I
never craved alcohol before then,” he said. “I knew
I had to try and slow down. I thought that to myself. The next
day, I was right back at the bar drinking again, hanging out
with my friends.
“Normally
I wouldn’t drink two days in a row … I started breaking
my rule.
“I
think I was heading for self-destruction the way I was. I think
I was turning into an alcoholic and I’m just thankful, man,
that things happened the way they happened.”
His
concerns didn’t stem from only the prospect of a ruined
fight career or the possibility at missed millions. Now, upon
reflection, there’s one explanation for the events of the
past six months: his son.
“I
think [God] wanted me to be a good father, because the road I
was going there was no telling,” Jackson said. “I could
have gotten AIDS, or died in a car accident drunk driving, or
got shot in the club. Anything. Where does that leave my son
now? Who would have taken care of him now?”
Being
a Father to His Boy
Jackson,
who met his son’s mother while attending Lassen Community
College in the California Northwest, took sole custody of D’Angelo
five months ago.
A
quiet kid with big, curious eyes, D’Angelo, who looks like
a miniature white chocolate version of Quinton, hardly spoke
with his father when the two first began living together. “He
was just there,” Jackson said. “I’d wake up in
the morning and feed him breakfast, brush his teeth and do all
that stuff. It was almost like having a pet.”
But
since returning home after the Silva rematch, Jackson and “D”
enjoy a healthier relationship. “Me and my son started talking,”
Jackson said. “He saw my face the way it was. We kind of
bonded a little bit. I started spending time with him. He started
laughing with me and joking. And he started talking to me.”
Today,
D’Angelo is a happy kindergartener. And Jackson is an even
prouder dad.
“I
think I was my son’s last hope,” said Jackson, who
claimed that D’Angelo’s mother used drugs during the
pregnancy.
As
he prepared for his bout against Rua—a win would place Jackson
in this year’s PRIDE middleweight Grand Prix—the highly-ranked
205-pounder attempted to balance being a father with doing the
things necessary to win a fight at the highest levels of MMA.
Recently,
the 26 year old became engaged to a Japanese woman named Yuki.
She lives in Irvine, Calif. with Quinton and D’Angelo and
has become immensely important in the lives of the Jackson men.
“She
has helped me tremendously,” he said. “I can’t
even name all the things she does.”
With
her help, Jackson said he’s eating properly for the first
time in his life. His energy is at an all-time high and he feels
confident heading into this weekend’s fight.
Along
with Silva and UFC light heavyweight champion Randy Couture,
it’s safe to place Jackson among the best fighters at his
weight in the world. That won’t change, he promised, because
his new priorities have only served to make him “more focused
in training.”
“Maybe
one day I might deserve to be the champion and I can reflect
and look back from there,” he said. “And hopefully
I don’t get knocked down, knocked out or submitted too many
times before I get there.”
Source:
Sherdog
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POSTAL
CONNECTIONS:
THE REASON TANNER LEFT TEAM QUEST
Hello my friends, my postal connections on the west coast have
sent me the following info on why Evan Tanner supposedly left
Team Quest:
"Evan
Tanner became by Sportsbook.com sponsered in 2004.
After
a while, Matt Lindland became sponsered for his fight against
David Terrell, when he was knocked out. Shortly after that, Randy
Couture and Matt Lindland supposedly made a backroom deal with
a represenative from Sportsbook.com, named 'Jeremy', for Team
Quest to get all of the money alloted for MMA sponsership by
Sportsbook.com, which was in the 6-figures area.
In
this deal, which was made behind Evan Tanner's back, Couture
and Lindland were left in charge of all the monetary resources,
and they had to do virtually nothing to earn this money.
Part
of the money supposedly went to boost the SportFight promotion
that Lindland runs. And most of it supposedly went to Couture
and Lindland. Evan Tanner and Dan Henderson had previous deals
with Sportsbook.com.
After
this was approved, Couture and Lindland still demanded a percentage
of Evan Tanner's sponsership money as well. This is what caused
Tanner to sever his ties with Team Quest.
Sportsbook.com
officials are currently investigating this deal."
Source:
Fight Sport
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SOUTHWORTH
SOUNDS OFF
Bobby Southworth recently sounded off regarding the controversy
that occurred between him and Chris Leben on the fifth episode
of 'The Ultimate Fighter' reality series:
"YES,
I WAS IN THE WRONG!!!!
I
won't use being drunk as an excuse. I don't let other people
use that when they do stupid shit. I was sick of Chris, I wanted
to hurt him, and I crossed the line. It was very difficult living
with him. They don't show half of the shit he was pulling.
AGAIN
THIS IS NO EXCUSE!!!
In
life we all do things that we regret. Start casting stones if
you've never f---ed up. The edit monster is in effect again.
They don't show me owning up for what I did. That's all I was
doing in the meeting, was saying we were in the wrong and not
trying to use being drunk as an excuse. The EM is also trying
to make it look like my idea, which it wasn't!!
My
idea was to wet the ground around him(still wrong). I wasn't
the one spraying water directly on him. Chris also didn't run
right into the house and go crazy. He ranted at me for at least
a minute before he realized it wasn't me who doused him. Then
he went after Kos.
We
all learned a lot about ourselves from the xperience of being
on the show. I thought that I was more mature than that and I
was wrong. I thought I was above being petty and cruel, WRONG
AGAIN.
I
have to live with what I did. I never thought it would escalate
to the level it did.
All
I can hope is that I have grown since then.
All
I can do is try and become a better person.
One
Final Thought: I would only change what I said to Chris. I was
abandoned as a child and was lucky enough to be adopted by a
loving family. So, what I said to Chris was kind of hypocritical.
Yes,
that's KOS not ko's. No blows were thrown!!
I
won't say I was contrite(def.?)but Kos and I both were admitting
we were wrong.
Chris
din't drop the N bomb.
The
only thing is the timing was bad. We weren't trying to be mean.
We were trying to play a prank!! That's why I was laughing the
whole time.
LEBEN
NEXT TIME WE DRINK TOGETHER,
DON'T
PASS OUT NEAR A HOSE!!!
'CAUSE
YOU WON'T BE THE RED TERROR,
YOU'LL
BE "THE WET RED TERROR!!!!!!
Time
to wait for the hate!!!
-B.SOUTH"
Source:
Fight Sport
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What’s
up with Tito Ortiz?
By "Big Dog" Benny Henderson Jr.
A
burning question is on the minds of the media, the UFC as well
as other organizations and most of all the fans, what’s
up with Tito Ortiz? Where does the thirty year old UFC super
star go from here? After defeating Vitor Belfort February 5th
at UFC 51 the light heavyweight is now for the first time a free
agent and has the option to go and fight where he so chooses.
So where does Tito plan to go? Well Max Fighting caught up with
Bardia Ghahremani who is Ortiz’s manager and when asked
about what is next for Ortiz, Ghahremani had this to say to MAX
“Tito is going to take a month off and relax and be with
his family, as for what he will do next, after his time off,
Tito, his advisors and myself will sit down and look at the options
and decide what is best for Tito and his career, when we know
you will know.”
Tito Ortiz began his Ultimate Fighting career in 1997 as an alternate
in UFC 13: The Ultimate Force when fighter Enson Inoue won his
bout but couldn’t continue due to injury. So Ortiz filled
in and made quick work of his opponent Wes Albritton in his debut
defeating his opposition with strikes on the ground. In the tournament
final for the Lightweight Championship Tito faced Lion’s
Den fighter Guy Mezger. With in the first minute Ortiz trapped
Mezger in an inside cradle and was delivering knees to the head
when referee John McCarthy ordered the fighters to separate to
check out Mezger’s cuts and then to re-set the fighters.
Tito went in for the kill with a takedown but got caught in the
guillotine choke and was forced to tap out, thus losing the bout
but gaining the die hard Ortiz fans that still follow him to
day. After a lay off Tito returned to the No Holds Barred sport
and in UFC 18: Ortiz pummeled his opponent Jerry Bohlander and
in UFC 19: Tito got his revenge over Guy Mezger with a win by
TKO. Over the next six years Ortiz competed in eleven UFC events
battling out victories over Evan Tanner, Ken Shamrock and recently
long awaited octagon opponent Vitor Belfort but had defeats from
Frank Shamrock, Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell adding a UFC
total of (11-4) with two victories out of the UFC to a career
total of (13-4).
The
6’2” “Huntington Beach Bad Boy” has gained
a reputation of possessing good wrestling skills with a vicious
ground and pound attack with excellent conditioning, and with
the years of his competing in the UFC Tito has gained a legion
of loyal Ortiz fans. They can’t get enough of the flag waving,
punishing power high octane show the octagon gladiator has brought
to the Ultimate Fighting Championship in each and every event
he has attended, and the ongoing screams from the fanatic crowd
on hand is proof he is a major player in the UFC and hopefully
he will remain a major contributor to the growing sport. So what
will it take to keep Tito Ortiz as a UFC fighter? Ortiz is one
of the highest paid fighters in the UFC world at this time getting
a pay scale of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars to
fight, and a fifty-thousand bonus for a win totaling a rake in
of one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars for an octagon
victory. So what is Tito’s salary wishes to continue his
UFC run? His manager told MAX that they are looking for a three
hundred and fifty thousand dollar a fight payday to keep Tito
in the octagon, and they feel the former light-heavyweight champion
is well worth the money they are asking for.
So
will Tito Ortiz remain in the octagon?
After
the win over Belfort in UFC 51: which was his last contractual
bout with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Ghahremani told
MAX that the phones went to ringing and offers from other organizations
came in and they were fielding other offers. It seems that others
would like a piece of the draw that Ortiz seems to bring along
with him at any event he competes in. Ghahremani made it clear
that Tito Ortiz loves the UFC and the fans, and has nothing but
respect for ZUFFA and Dana White, but Ortiz wants to secure his
son’s future with bigger and better pay days. So at this
time he will set back and take a little R&R with the Ortiz
family and after a month he will look at the offers that are
on the table and sort out the best options for his career, but
hopes the UFC and he will reach an agreement for further business
together and continue to administer team punishment to the UFC
and its loyal Ortiz fans.
Stay
Tuned!
Source:
Maxfighting
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CAN
OVEREEM DEFEAT NOGUIERA?
by Ryan Bennett
He
may be one of the best kept secrets in MMA. How a fighter who
has won 15 out of his last 16 fights, has flown under the radar
for so long is basically unheard of, but welcome to Alistar Overeem's
world.
During
his huge win streak, his only loss during that time was the loss
to Chuck Liddell. Overeem going into this fight against Rogerio
Nogueira is not only the underdog, he's a HUGE underdog.
MMA
Premiere Oddsmaker, Joey Oddessa has made Noguiera the big favorite.
Rogerio 'Minotoro' Nogueira opened at -325, meaning you would
have to bet 325, just to win $100.
Alistair
Overeem is a big underdog at +250. Which means you would have
to bet 100 bucks to win $250. Does a guy who has won 15 of 16
deserve to be such a huge underdog?
When
your facing Rogerio Nogueira, maybe. Nogueira, the smaller of
the two Nogueira brothers, has won 9 of his first 10 fights.
His only loss was to Vladimir Matyushenko by decision in the
now defunct UFO organization.
When
you think of the name Nogueira, you think of submission wizard.
While Rogerio may be a sub machine, he hasn't had a ton of submissions
in MMA competition. Nogueira went to decisions in six of the
last seven fights. Two of those decisions were controversial,
as they were of the split decisions variety. Those split decisions
were over Kazuhiro Nakamura at Pride Bushido 4 and Guy Mezger
at Pride 24.
For
whatever reason, fighters have been able to solve Rogerio's submission
game and have not been caught tapping out. Overeem hopes to be
in that same company this weekend.
In
Overeems four losses, they were very early in his career. Overeem
is 19-4 overall and early in his career he was just 4-3 with
two of those losses by decision to Iouri Kotchkine. His only
other loss was to Bobby Hoffman.
During
the big win streak of 15 wins in his last 16 fights, seven of
those 15 wins were by submissions, so Overeem definitely has
a solid ground game as well. This is a very interesting match
up that seems a lot closer than what the oddsmakers have in this
fight.
In
our opinion this is a pickem type of fight. Overeem obviously
wants to keep this thing standing, but he won't be loss on the
ground like many people think. Nogueira wants this to be a ground
war, but remember the knock on both of the Nogueira brothers
is their take downs aren't very good at all. Will Rogerio be
able to take down Alistar at any point of this fight? That is
the question in this fight which will go a long way to determining
who moves on in the 205 division.
Source:
MMA Weekly
|
PRIDE
PREVIEW: CRO COP VS COLEMAN
by Ken Pishna
PRIDE 29: FISTS OF FIRE
MARK “THE HAMMER” COLEMAN VS. MIRCO “CRO COP”
FILIPOVIC
Mark
“The Hammer” Coleman has been successful throughout
his entire life. In wrestling, he was an NCAA champion, a Pan-Am
Gold Medalist, and an Olympic Team member. When he moved on to
mixed martial arts, Coleman again rose to the top. He won two
UFC tournaments, became the UFC Heavyweight Champion, and captured
the 2000 Pride Grand Prix title.
But
true to the roller coaster ride that is his life, Coleman has
also known the downside of competition. He made the 1992 Olympic
team only to finish seventh. After stepping in and taking the
UFC belt, Coleman then went on a four-fight skid before rekindling
his career at the Pride Grand Prix.
Over
the past four years Coleman has fought four times. Over that
span he has an up and down record of 2-2. Now 40 years old, if
Coleman is going to make another move in the heavyweight division,
this is his perhaps his last chance. It will be no easy task
as he faces one of the top fighters in the division, Mirko “Cro
Cop” Filipovic.
From
Croatia, Cro Cop is a former police officer and anti-terrorist
task force member. But along with his real world street experience,
he has competed for years in combat sports of various forms.
He has nearly 50 boxing bouts to his credit, more than 20 K-1
rules fights, and this will be his 19th MMA match.
Cro
Cop is one of the only K-1 fighters to make a serious attempt
at becoming a title contender in MMA. He rose quickly through
the Pride ranks before Antonio Nogueira derailed him in 2003.
Cro Cop started right back up the ladder before being knocked
out in a shocker by Kevin Randleman in the first round of last
year’s Middleweight Grand Prix.
Since
that loss to Randleman, Cro Cop has gone on a five-fight win
streak that has included a win over Josh Barnett and avenging
his loss to Randleman. On February 22nd, he will step into the
ring with Coleman, Randleman’s Hammer House teammate, to
see who will move back into contention for Fedor Emelianenko’s
belt.
Coleman
is the man that invented the ground and pound style that is so
prevalent in MMA today. He has always used his superior wrestling
skills to put opponents on their backs and then dominate them
with his relentless punches, forearms and knees. Like most wrestlers,
Coleman is stronger than most opponents his size. This has sometimes
worked in his favor, but at the expense of stamina. If the fight
goes out of the opening minutes, Coleman has a difficult time
keeping pace and has a penchant for gassing.
Though
he has stepped out of his comfort zone and started training with
Marc Laimon in Las Vegas, Coleman is not known to have a very
strong submission game outside of basic chokes and wrestling
neck cranks. He does have a lot of power in his punch, but has
never really impressed with his standup game either.
Cro
Cop, on the other hand, is well regarded as one of the best strikers
ever in MMA competition. He has refined his standup game with
his years of boxing and K-1 competition, but has been a wrecking
machine in MMA with his devastating kicks. In fact, Cro Cop has
knocked out nearly every opponent that he has beaten until recently.
He had a suspect submission victory over Josh Barnett before
choking out Randleman in their rematch.
At
times, Cro Cop has shown a decent sprawl and commands a solid
base when he gets top position on the ground. He is constantly
working to improve his ground game, but it’s still not one
of Cro Cop’s strengths. His conditioning, on the other hand,
has been good. Though he’s rarely called upon to go the
distance, Cro Cop has and he doesn’t carry as much oxygen-burning
muscle as Coleman.
Styles
make fights and unfortunately for Mark Coleman, he doesn’t
match up well against strikers. Each time that he has faced a
striker the caliber of Cro Cop, he has lost.
Coleman
couldn’t overcome Maurice Smith or Pedro Rizzo. And although
Antonio Nogueira and Fedor Emelianenko aren’t known as the
world’s foremost standup artists, they both have solid standup
games that took Coleman out of his rhythm and set up submissions.
Cro
Cop is the best striker that Coleman will have ever faced in
MMA and he has a sprawl to go with his striking. Cro Cop has
faced Kevin Randleman twice now and has broken the code. Though
Coleman possesses a better shot than Randleman, it would be surprising
if he is able to get Cro Cop down and keep him on his back. That
is what Coleman has to do
to win this fight, but Cro Cop has just gotten too good with
his sprawl and balance. And if he can’t take Cro Cop out
early, it just gets more and more difficult for Coleman as the
fight wears on. Cro Cop can keep going, but due to his muscle
mass, Coleman tends to fade quickly as the fight goes on. Watch
out for one of those lightning fast kicks to either take Coleman
out or set up one of his newfound submissions.
The
one thing that could make the difference in the outcome of this
fight is… heart. Tons and tons of heart. That is the one
thing about Coleman that is hard to quantify and factor into
his fights. Heart carried Coleman to that first tournament win
back at UFC 10. Heart powered Coleman to the Pride Grand Prix
title. And heart is what keeps Coleman coming back, year after
year, fight after fight. If he is to upset Cro Cop, Coleman will
have to look deep into his heart to find a way to win.
Source:
MMA Weekly
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HORN
OPENS NEW GYM
Jeremy Horn has a brand new gym. This was his official letter
to announce his gym opening.
"I
just wanted to let everyone know that I have finaly started my
own gym. We have a 40 x 40 wrestling mat, a boxing ring (possibly
two) and are getting a large selection of free weights soon.
We are going to be offering some training camp type deals in
the near future so anyone interested should email me at jghorn13@hotmail.com.
The
gym is location is: 990 south and 700 west in suite #4 salt lake
city 84104 phone 801 908 5355. I also have a toll free number
888 908 5355
We
are open from 10 am to noon and 6 pm to 8 monday - thursday and
saturdays from 11am to 1pm
Source:
MMA Weekly
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Chonan
Continues Streak;
Maeda and Imanari Battle to Draw
by Masa Fukui
TOKYO,
Feb. 12 – On Valentine’s Day weekend I told my girl,
who traveled 600-km to be with me, to stay home so I could pour
my love into another thing. Yes, that’s right, I’m
pouring my love into the sport you call mixed martial arts.
DEEP’s
eighteenth event was held at Korakuen Hall and featured PRIDE
Veteran Ryo Chonan against Roan Carneiro, who will represent
Brazil for the upcoming Abu Dhabi tournament. Also the card featured
undefeated fighter Yoshiro Maeda versus slick-as-oil grappler
Masakazu Imanari.
Chonan-Carneiro
was a classic match up between striker and grappler. This man
Carneiro has such fast takedowns that they’re almost indefensible,
especially with his long legs and arms.
Chonan
is a striker. He trains sprawl everyday. If he can’t sprawl,
he can’t win the fight. He does it all the time. But Carneiro’s
shot was way too fast to defend. When Chonan sprawled halfway,
Carneiro’s hands are already catching Chonan’s thigh,
and it looked like Carneiro would just run over Chonan.
But
here’s the key: I’m sure Carneiro is a great grappler,
yet as soon as he took Chonan down his offensive action slowed
down. Sure he dropped some bombs from Chonan’s guard. He
also passed Chonan’s guard several times, and even took
the mount position. But after he took Chonan down, his aggressiveness
seemed dialed down.
I
heard there are people blaming the referee of this fight. They’re
saying Carneiro got robbed? Well, I don’t have any problem
that Chonan won this fight. The last jumping knee gave enough
impact to shake Carneiro’s brain and he bled pretty badly.
Sherdog.com
photographer Stephen Martinez, who was only one yard away from
the scene, said, “Carneiro was out of consciousness a very
short time. Then Chonan pounded [him and] Carneiro kinda woke
up.”
I
saw Carneiro in back stage and his bleeding was slowed down.
But still he was putting a towel on the right eye area. Even
though I couldn’t see the cut, I don’t think he could
continue to fight.
Oh,
you’re talking about the referee helping Chonan by standing
them up too quickly? I agree. Referee Noguchi stood them up pretty
quick. I was at the media seat and other media guys were also
tilting their head. Yes, it was too quick, especially in round
three. Yes, Referee stood them up pretty quick but it’s
still acceptable level. How acceptable? Hmm, maybe it’s
acceptable, as this sport is not completely developed. Don’t
get me wrong, I’m not saying that referee’s commands
can be different from fight to fight. But in a process of founding
this sport as real sports, it could happen, just like any other
sports.
For
example, like soccer, baseball or other sports still have BS
they call “hometown” decision. But the thing is, Carneiro
lost the fight. However, he showed great skill.
Let’s
hear what Mr. Saeki, who promotes DEEP, said after the event:
“Carneiro is very strong guy. I was sweating [because, Chonan
was losing this fight]. Today, unfortunately he lost. But Carneiro
may fight very great with other guys too. So I’m looking
forward to it.”
That’s
a good sign for Carneiro. I don’t know if he wants to fight
in MMA before Abu Dhabi. But, hey, his fight caught the promoter’s
eyes. That’s something. And yeah all the spectators at Korakuen
Hall will remember how sharp his tackle was … amazing.
After
the fight, Chonan gave a comment to the media: “Carneiro
was very strong. As strong as Anderson Silva, who I fought on
New Year’s Eve. Carneiro’s tackle was very fast. I’ve
never had such a tackle in fight. My strategy was kneeing him
in the face when he comes to shoot. But he was too quick, and
I couldn’t even defend his shot in [the] DEEP ring, which
is smaller than PRIDE ring.
“He
has very long arm and pounded me good on the ground. So my left
cheek is swelling up like this. I didn’t feel that much
pressure about submission from him.”
Other
media asked him if the last knee was just lucky or not. “No
it wasn’t a lucky knee at all,” he replied. “I
train that knee a lot. If I hit it without training, that’s
a lucky knee. But I train that jumping knee really a lot. So
that is not lucky one.”
He
wrapped up his post-fight interview by saying, “Today, I
fought with the injury I got from New Year’s Eve fight.
And I hurt my left foot in today’s fight. I kicked Carneiro’s
knee. It’ll take couple of days to see if this injury is
real bad one or not. But at first I’d like to take a break
and take care of my injury.”
Next
up, Dokonjonosuke Mishima against Tomomi Iwama (Taisho). Not
too many things to write about this fight. Tomomi got pounded
on the ground for 15 minutes. Period.
Mishima
pounded Tomomi from the top, kind of like he did it to Marcus
Aureilo last summer in PRIDE Bushido. Iwama is a jiu-jitsu guy
who can actually exchange bombs on his feet. But when they face
each other, the body-size difference was so obvious. And Mishima’s
takedown is pretty sick. So Tomomi ended up fighting on his back.
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