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2005
11/14/05
3rd American National BJJ Championships
(Torrance Unified School District, Torrance, CA )
10/29-30/05
Brazilian Team Titles
(Equipes)
(Brazil)
8/27-28/05
International
Masters & Seniors BJJ Tournament
(Tijuca Tenis Clube, Tijuca, Brazil)
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)
5/7-8 & 14-15 & 21-22/05
Brazilian National BJJ Tournament
(Youth, Adult, Master & Senior)
(Tijuca Tenis Clube, Tijuca, Brazil?)
4/1-3/05
Pan American
& Team Title USA vs Brazil BJJ Tournament
(BJJ)
(California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA)
3/05
SUMA
(Kickboxing)
(Hyatt Waikiki)
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
So You Think You Tough 7
(Boxing, MMA)
(Kauai)
2/27/05
2005 Hawaiian Championship
of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
(BJJ & Submission Grappling)
(Saint Louis H.S. Gym)
2/5/05
UFC 51: Super Saturday
(MMA)
(Las Vegas, NV)
1/29/05
Kid's BJJ Tournament
(BJJ)
(Relson Gracie Main Academy, Honolulu)
1/22/05
Punishment In
Paradise 9:
Hawaii vs. Mainland
(MMA, Kickboxing)
(Kapolei H.S. Gym)
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"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."
Milton Berle, 1908-2002, American Comedian known as "Uncle
Miltie"
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BLOODLINE
Presents
PUNISHMENT
IN PARADISE
"GAME TO THE END"
Middleweight Class A (3x5 Minute Rounds)
Shigetoshi
Iwase (#8 Ranked Shooto, Japan) Vs. Ronald “Machine Gun”
Jhun
Light
Heavyweight Class B (2x5 Minute Rounds)
Kaimi
Santiago (Puna Boyz, Hilo) Vs. Casey Daniels (Team MMAD, Kailua)
Middleweight
Class B (2x5 Minute Rounds)
Sugar
Shane Nelson (BJ Penn MMA, Hilo) Vs. Kaleo Kwon (Eastisdaz, Waimanalo)
145
LBS. Class B (2x5 Minute Rounds)
Iwi
Akano (BJ Penn MMA, Hilo) Vs. Kevin Delima (Bulls Pen, Kalihi)
135lbs.
Class B (2x5 Minute Rounds)
Jamar
(808 F.F, Waipahu) Vs Mark Oshiro (Bulls Pen, Kalihi)
145lbs.
Class B (2x5 Minute Rounds)
Kean
Vesa (BJ Penn MMA) Vs. Maluhia Kuahiwinui (Puna Boyz, Hilo)
160lbs.
Class B (2x5 Minute Rounds)
Rob
Villapondo (808 F.F, Waipahu) Vs. Dean Lista (HMC, Kalihi)
135lbs.
Class B (2x5 Minute Rounds)
Precio
Nierras (Freelance, Kalihi) Vs. Ryan Lee (Bulls Pen, Waipahu)
Light
Heavyweight Class B (2x5 Minute Rounds)
Kimo
Wolfel (Eastsidaz, Waimanalo) Vs. Steve Byrnes (Bulls Pen, Kalihi)
160lbs.
Kickboxing (3x1 ½ Minute Rounds)
John
Menedez (California) Vs, John Kalaheo (Koden Kan, Waimanalo)
172lbs.
Kickboxing Bout (3x1 1/2 Minute Rounds)
Alan
Kekahuna (Freelance, Mililani) Vs. Walter Hao (Animal House,
Ewa Beach)
Exhibition
Bout (3x1 Minute Rounds)
Hansen
Apo (Koden Kan, Waimanalo) Vs. Henry (Bulls Pen, Kalihi)
123lbs.
Kickboxing (3x11/2 Minute Rounds)
Bruce
Niimoto (Jesus Is Lord, Waipahu) Vs. Koichi Tanji (HMC, Kalihi)
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UFC
REALITY SHOW FLOPS ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY RATINGS
The
UFC's supposedly homo-erotic promo for their reality show.
Reports
have come out that the UFC reality show on Spike TV, entitled
'The Ultimate Fighter', drew a measely 31,000 viewers in the
city of Los Angeles. Just to give you an idea, the city of Los
Angeles has a population that is just over 10 million people.
It's
not known yet what the surrounding areas in California did, but
the preliminary figures are not a good sign.
Almost
all of the NHB/MMA fanbase complained vehemontly that the show
catered to much to the homosexual demographic. In fact, many
marketing experts have claimed that the show seems to be aimed
to the homosexual demographic as well.
Regardless
of pitifully low ratings or whether the show seems to aim to
the homosexual demographic or not, UFC president (and former
boxercize aerobics instructor) Dana White believes the show will
still be a success. White told the following to the media:
"It's
a real good TV show. I really like it. I'm happy with the way
it came out. Going into it, we knew it was the right concept...."
-Dana White
Source: Fight Sport
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CUNHA
HELPING TO TRAIN 'PELE' AND ANDERSON SILVA
Brazilian
magazine 'Tatame' reports that former long-time Chute Boxe trainer
and athlete Sergio Cunha will be helping to train former teammates
Jose 'Pele' Landi-Jons and Anderson Silva.
Cunha
recently left Chute Boxe to start his own team and concentrate
on the SHOOTO Brazil promotion which he helps to co-promote.
Cunha's team will be known as 'SHOOTO Brazil Dojo'.
Cunha
told Tatame that he, Pele, and Anderson Silva all have their
own teams, and he is only training them with their Muay Thai.
Source: Fight Sport
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PRIDE
29 NEWS
Below
are three matchups and some fighters that DSE/PRIDE will most
likely announce for their PRIDE 29 card on February 22nd:
Unofficial
matchups:
Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic vs. Mark Coleman or Mark Hunt
Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson vs. Rogerio 'Minotoro' Nogueira
Ryan Gracie vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Possible
participants (both official and unofficial):
Ricardo Arona
Mario Sperry
Paulo Filho
Sergei Kharitonov
Alistair Overeem
Hirotaka Yokoi
Akira Shoji
Source: Fight Sport
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Quote
of the Day
"A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she
is until you put her in hot water."
Nancy Reagan, Former First Lady of the United States
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FIRST
EPISODE OF ULTIMATE FIGHTER REACTION TO THE SHOW
Personally,
I thought the show was great. It had an American Chopper feel
(another show that I love). It did show another side of the sport
that many people don't see, professional level training and conditioning
as well as various personalities of fighters. These personalities
range from party animals, disciplined students of the game, quiet
tough guys, and unsure self-conscious people just trying to belong.
People are people and some of the comments below are aiming on
trying to make people in to all courteous good representatives
of MMA. Let the fighters be themselves which are fun to watch
as long as they don't go on the street and beat up people for
no reason. Keep the fighting in the ring and you as long as you
are not hurting anyone, let them be themselves. After the one
episode, I am hooked and can't wait until the next episode comes
on.
Also,
another show that was great as well was Untold which was a expansion
on the Smashing Machine show and elaborates more on Mark Coleman
as well.
Mike
Fight fans had to wait a little longer than they first thought.
The WWE went over about 10 minutes, so it's unknown if some people
tuned in at 11, didn't see the show and turned it off. The other
surprise was the fact that on the west coast the show aired at
8pm, not 11pm like many thought.
The
good news was the fact the WWE show went seemless into the Ultimate
Fighter tv show, meaning no commercials. Hopefully that would
keep the wrestling crowd and introduced them right into the show.
Hopefully they were hooked from the beginning.
The
MMA fans were hooked months ago when they heard there would be
MMA on Free TV and the UFC delivered. We saw it all. Chris Leben,
Team Quest fighter, getting drunk...then wizzing on the bed of
one of the competitors, while falling asleep at 2:30 in the morning.
What was more amazing was to see Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture
wake up the guys at 5:00 am and Leben still performing well in
training.
We
already have our villian in Leben. We have some good guys, we
have drama and we have fighters. Should be an interesting show
over the next few weeks. What did you guys think of the show?
Here's some of your opinions off the Soundoff Forum.
-
I thought the show was well produced. I was amazed to see fighters
on the show that I have heard before. Names like Forrest Griffen,
Chris Leben, Mick Swick, Bobby Southworth, Nathan Quarry and
others was really cool to see as I thought it was going to be
a bunch of guys no one ever heard of before. Some of these guys
have the look and personality to go far in the show. It has the
feel of that WWE tough enough but seeing the training that they
go through, it looks a lot tougher. There has to have been a
couple of fights because i can see some of these guys lose their
cool. I will definitely being watching this every week. - Drankakeg
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This was the first show. They have to lay a little groundwork
first and introduce us to the people in the house. Randy and
chuck appear to be more " head coaches" who lead the
teams while the three guys concentrate in actual specific area's.
I think the drama is great. I want to get to know the fighter's.
If you just want to watch fights put your greatest hits DVD in.
My only complaint would be that I'm no nearer to understanding
grappling. The usual "ADD" jump cuts made the training
sequences hard to comprehend. But this is the FIRST show. there
is still plenty of time to get into clearer footage of fighters
training. - Dratz
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This show just set the sport back. Wasn't the goal to promote
the UFC as legit? I thought we wanted to showcase the best athletes
that are well spoken. We gave national TV a couple of buffoons.
I think Zuffa forgot what they orginially wanted to promote.
- Chris T
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Overall the show was great. Seems as though Randy is the lead,
which I was a little dissapointed in. Thought Chuck would have
more to say but it is just the first episode and Randy is older
and seems more comfortable in the coaching role. Pissing on a
guys pillow seems totally stupid and I would love to see Leben
get his ass handed to him for it but I don't see the canadian
doing it.It does however open up plenty of room for criticism
from the general public to dismiss US as mindless childlike brutes.Leben
reminds me of clowns from High school but I guess thats what
the UFC wanted to achieve. Seems like they want him remembered....for
whatever reason.
Whatever
the reason to have that girl in the body suit take charge of
the gym and have Randy and Chuck get all the fighters to come
around and listen to her....I hate it! I see no neeed for T-N-A
to sell the UFC. Edit her! Does anyone even look her in the eye
or are they constantly staring at her ass. Want to make it interesting.
Send her out on a date with Leben. Really get a kick out of the
Chuck and Randy giggles at the fighters.Thought that was pretty
funny. Don't see Chuck beating Randy in the next fight because
it seems as though Chuck sees him as an older teacher or something.
Too much respect. Maybe I'm reading too much into this! Overall......Great
show,looking foward to next week. - Harberratt
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I didn't like it. If the concept was to draw in a new fan element
it failed IMO. The first twenty minutes were critical, and they
screwed it up. Instead of introducing the UFC, Chuck and Randy
as the pinnacle to which these guys achieve, they started a b.s.
heel/babyface storyline with Leben and that poor guy from Canada.
I find it troubling that the first twenty minutes involved these
aspiring athletes immediately breaking out the booze, engaging
in pillow tussles and pissing on one another's bedding.
The
training stuff saved the day, but even then Randy and Chuck were
more like potted plants than engaged trainers/coaches. I'll personally
give the show one more week (although I see from the preview
clip that next week's episode has some drama around anti-hero
Leben again as well as some stupid stunt competitions). I fear
that this show is not going to do very well in either highlighting
the more serious and professional MMA warriors or in the ratings.
Actually, Steve Irwin is doing as much grappling on Conan O'Brien
right now as we saw from the 16 competitors tonight. - Walt
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Next
Show Time: Friday January 21, 12:00 AM (ET/PT)
The Ultimate Fighter Upcoming Episodes
Fri,
January 21 @ 12:00 AM Sat, January 22 @ 7:00 PM Sun, January
23 @ 5:00 PM Mon, January 24 @ 11:00 PM Fri, January 28 @ 12:00
AM Sat, January 29 @ 7:00 PM Sun, January 30 @ 5:00 PM
Source: MMA Weekly
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FIRST
A TV SHOW....MOVIE IS NEXT
The UFC launched a TV show yesterday on Spike TV called the Ultimate
Fighter. TV isn't the only thing Zuffa has been working on. Get
ready for UFC the Movie to begin taping in the upcoming months.
UFC
President Dana White told MMAWeekly "We are not really in
negotiations anymore. We did the (movie) deal. John Hurtsfeld
is going to be the director and writer of the movie...."
So
who will star in the lead row for the movie? The UFC President
said "As far as actors go, I've been friends with Mark Wahlberg
for a long time and John Hurtsfeld is friends with him too. So,
he and I are both pushing for Wahlberg to be the lead in the
movie but we don't have a deal with him yet."
So
how much money is it going to cost the UFC to produce? Nothing
according to White. "This movie isn't' costing us a dime.
It's a studio deal."
There
are two studios right now negotiating to be the studios to get
the opportunity to make the movie.
"The
script isn't even done yet." White said. "The premise
of the movie is just hanging around with the fighters and an
inside glimpse into the fight world. The director will be flying
out to spend a couple of weeks with the Miletich Camp and has
already visited the R-1 Training center."
Source: MMA Weekly
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BUENTELLO
PROMISES STAND UP FIGHT VS EILERS
Paul Buentello will make his UFC debut at UFC 51 when he enters
the octagon to face Justin Eilers. Buentello was the featured
guest on MMAWeekly SoundOff Radio Monday and the most recent
edition to our 18 fighters in 18 days segment. Paul talked about
the hand injury that kept him off the UFC 50 card and his fight
with Eilers.
Paul
broke his hand back in December of 2003. He re-injured that hand
and was forced to pull out of his scheduled fight with Tra Telligman
at UFC 50. "It was very frustrating," said Buentello.
"I've been in this sport going on almost eight years now
and waiting on that call to get there (to the UFC). It's pretty
devastating when, you know, you want to go fight no matter how
bad my hand was hurting. It was hurting pretty bad but I wanted
to suck it up and do it." Buentello was advised by his management
and trainers to not "suck it up and do it."
Paul
looked back on it all with an optimistic point of view. He said,
"Then again, there's are reason for everything. I think
this is it because, you know, really the show fell apart, UFC
50. This UFC 51 looks like a better shot, a better show. You
know, there's going to be a lot of hype behind it so, I'm looking
real forward to it."
The
only thing different in training for Buentello since the most
recent hand injury is he now attends a sport clinic to receive
therapy on his hand. Paul explained, "The issue was that
I had a lot of scar tissue built up. You know, around the fingers
and around the break and stuff. So, at sport club, they do a
treatment called Active Release Treatment and they release all
that scar tissue and get my flexibility back. That was the problem,
I didn't have enough flexibility in him hand to throw a punch.
When I would land a punch, it would flex my fingers back into
my palm and it gave a little sharp pain.....that's what we worked
out of my hand was the scar tissue."
Looking
at his opponent, Buentello had this to say about Justin Eilers.
"His game is, he comes really hard. Most times I look at
a fighter and I know I have to weather his storm. You know, like,
weather his storm and then pull it out and go for the win but
with Justin, he has no quit. He has a lot of heart. He comes
very hard. He's not going to stop. We could be in the third round
and he's still going to throw his punches just as hard as he
did in the first round. And, he doesn't back up at all."
Some
fighters don't like to tell their game plan going into fights.
Buentello isn't one of them. "If you look at my track record,
I don't go for any shots. I don't go for any double legs. I haven't
taken anyone down in my whole career....I don't look for the
shot. I stay to my bread and butter which is standing."
He added, "My whole motto is, let the hands go and see what
happens."
Discussing
the fight itself, Paul commented, "Me and Justin are going
to come in there, you know, he's never been dropped. I've never
been dropped. His fights really haven't gone the distance. My
fights haven't been to the distance. He goes toe-to-toe and I
go toe-to-toe. It's going to be an awesome fight. I just hope
the UFC puts it on the main card and let people see what heavyweights
are like today. You know, let us go, let us get in there and
let us show the public."
Further
commenting on the fight, Buentello said, "I don't see it
going to a judges decision. I tell you that right now. I know
he doesn't want it to go the judges and I don't want it to go
to the judges because two strikers that throw big bombs, if it
goes to the judges decision, it's going to be a hard fight to
call. I know he's expecting it not to go to the judges and I'm
not either."
Source: MMA Weekly
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Quote
of the Day
"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That
word is love."
Sophocles, 496 BC - 406 BC, Greek Tragic Dramatist
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2005
Hawaii State/Regional Boxing Championship Results
Kawano/Tiki Ent. Boxing Club won 4 out of the 8 weight classes
in the 2005 Hawaii State/Regional Boxing Championship. Winning
their respective weight classes were
119lbs- Amadeo Ezzo-White (Kawano/Tike Ent. B.C.),
132- Isaac Arasato (Palolo B.C.),
141- Jeffrey Pelen Jr.( Waianae B.C.),
152- Brent Rodrigues (Palolo B.C.),
165- Shawn Murphy (Ohana B.C.),
178- Filipo Toelau (Kawano/Tiki Ent. B.C.),
201- Ryan Bolen (Kawano/Tiki Ent. B.C.),
201+ -Tinei Su'a,
Female Champions are
101- Colleen Loo (Pearlside B.C.),
132- Ilima Vicente (Team Ricans),
145- Tiana Over (Southside, Maui B.C.),
154- Jenna-Lyn Oda (East Oahu Waimanalo B.C.),
165- Chanelle Valdez (Evolution B.C.).
Outstanding Awards went to- Sportsmanship Award- Phillip Ramirez
(Kalakaua B.C.),
Outstanding Bout- Shawn Murphy -vs- Zach Ilarraza (Wailuku, Maui
B.C.),
Outstanding Boxer- Brent Rodrigues,
Team Championship- Kawano/Tiki Ent. Boxing Club.
Champions
advance to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO.
on March 13 to the 20th. for the 2005 U.S. Championships (Men
and Womens).
Any
Questions Email me back or call me at 808-542-1181 cell.
Source:
Bruce Kawano
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Quarry
talks Ultimate Fighter
As the premier of Spike TV's "The Ultimate Fighter"
quickly approaches MMA Weekly's Mick Hammond managed to speak
to one of the show's participants, Nathan "Rock" Quarry,
about the upcoming show. Quarry, a member of Team Quest, is one
of 3 individuals from Quest to be appearing on the show along
with Green Team Leader Randy Couture and fellow middleweight
contender Chris Leben. Quarry took the time to discuss the reality
show and his thoughts on many issues surrounding it.
With
all shows on television there comes casting, the process of bringing
in individuals to fit the needs of the show. Quarry discussed
his thoughts on how he felt Spike TV cast the series, "They
were definitely looking for people who could be contenders with
polished skills and work ethic. They were also looking to showcase
personalities and show people that we are not just mindless barbarians.
We are regular people like anyone and like all reality shows
they brought in personalities to showcase different ways people
are."
Prior
to the casting of the series, many of the fighters may have known
who the others were within the community but few knew each other
on a personal basis. For Quarry he had an already established
connection with Leben and Couture, but he also knew one of the
other competitors, Forrest Griffen, "He's from Hardcore
Gym, which is part of Straight Blast (a team that Quarry was
associated with prior to Team Quest). I met him with Roy and
Adam Singer when I had gone down for a seminar with Matt Thorton,
they are good people, really nice people."
Even
without knowing many of the competitors ahead of time it was
easy for Quarry to make a strong connection to the other competitors
in his time on the show, "There were definitely some good
bonds made in those two months. I got a chance to meet good people
in the same direction with similar goals and work ethic. We all
went in with something in common, of course we had differences
in opinions, lifestyles, and the way we think, but for the most
part they are all really good guys. I've kept in contact with
a few of them, Mike Swick I've kept in contact with the most,
also Alex Karalexis, Alex Schoenauer, and just got an email from
Josh Rafferty the other day."
With
the show's premier just a few days away, Quarry seemed cautiously
optimistic in how he represented himself during shooting, "I
feel I conducted myself with dignity the entire two months and
set a good example for my daughter. I didn't want to embarrass
her or have actions that were less than exemplary. Lots of things
happened that were kind of personal and you can't be an automaton
24 hours a day, there were emotions that came out and knowing
those real emotions are totally out there and are going to be
shown around the world is an interesting thing. You're going
to be seeing parts of me that I don't show most people who know
me personally and it's going to be shown to complete strangers."
Quarry
continued, "I knew it was going to be a challenge being
around people 24 hours a day. I kept in mind I was representing
the sport and myself and I didn't want to be embarrassed by myself.
I want my daughter to look at this and be proud. I went in trying
to be myself but also be the best of myself. I really wanted
to keep the temper and anything else that could be negative to
minimal."
When
the subject of how the show could shape the opinions of viewers
who are unfamiliar with our sport, Quarry was enthusiastic with
how he felt about the prospect, "I'm excited to see where
this show is going to take us. I'm looking forward to the opportunities
it will provide and doors it will open. The production, viewpoint,
challenges, training depicted and interaction between all of
us as housemates and teammates will open people's eyes. I hope
enough people hear about the show to get to see it. Even if it
wasn't ultimate fighting it would still be phenomenal. Yes, it
is a soap opera sometimes, a few episodes especially, but that's
what makes people care about the sport in reality, the human
interaction we have and the personalities that come through."
Quarry
explained, "How many people know Joe Fraizer or others in
boxing? Ask anybody on the street about boxing and they will
say Mohammed Ali. He was great, but there was guys like Rocky
Marciano who was undefeated as a heavyweight. Many only know
Ali because of his character and they could relate. They don't
fall in love with promotions; they fall in love with fighters
who have personality. This show will showcase these fighters
as people with personalities, desires, dreams, and fears, fears
we overcome. That gives people someone to root for, which is
more than just interest in the sport, they will follow the individual
fighters."
"I
don't follow many sports, because I don't know the people involved.
If I had a friend who was playing a sport I would tune in and
root for him and have a connection with the sport through them.
Ultimate fighters haven't had that opportunity yet with people
knowing the individuals like they might in other sports. When
you ask people about our sport most say Royce Gracie because
Royce was the first person that people could see his struggle
and identify with. His size is what he overcame to become a champion,
imagine how great it would be for people to know about him personally
or his family and how he got to where he was," concluded
Quarry.
With
television exposure always comes an intimate connection many
viewers have with the people they watch on TV. They begin to
feel as if they know the people they are watching and with a
reality show it's a much deeper situation as the viewer is not
seeing a character, but rather the individual's true self. When
asked how he felt about the thought of people having this connection
with him Quarry said, "I'd be surprised if it would happen
with me. All I can say is I'll welcome it to the best of my ability.
I treat people like how I would like to be treated. I like to
make people feel comfortable. If people look at what I do and
it gives them motivation or whatever it's great. If they want
to come up to me I'd be all for it. I've seen people on TV every
night coming into my home and if I saw them walking down the
street I may do the same thing."
With
unscripted television there always comes a mass of editing to
take hours of footage and condense it into hour-long episodes.
With The Ultimate Fighter, participants were practically filmed
24 hours a day for two months, how Spike TV will cut the footage
down to 12 episodes had Quarry curious, "Hopefully it'll
come out on DVD and there will be extras. I don't understand
how they do it. They could have done a whole episode off of each
individual day. It's amazing they'll be able to condense it down
so much. It's such a big process the first episode could have
easily been 4-5 hours long itself."
Along
with editing the footage to jam two months worth of footage into
12 hours, there comes the possibility that the editing process
may mislead the viewer on the truth of situations. Quarry seemed
confident that the producers of The Ultimate Fighter would not
have any reason to "creatively edit" situations to
create more drama, "If that's the case I would be surprised.
To me that kind of sounds like they need some kind of magical
editing where they are trying to get something that really isn't
there, they have no reason to do that because believe me it's
all there. They didn't have to make any editing to make someone
look good, bad, grown up, immature, or someone is in over their
heads, it's all in the way we were chosen to be in the show.
We all fit a perfect role, it's going to come across perfectly,
our individual personalities and how people change for the better
or worse. I'm not too worried on how they edit me. I feel I did
the right thing in 99% of the situations. I didn't sense any
animosity with the production team so I don't think they are
looking to pull a fast one on us."
When
asked what his role on the TV show was, Quarry said, " I'm
a steadfast competitor, going in to do my best no matter what
came about and going in to do the right thing. That's what I
tried to do. While this is a game with a big prize at the end,
there is no amount of money that would make me sell myself, integrity,
and honor for. If they want me to do something that compromises
my moral fabric, I would leave, it's better to do the right thing
than do something sleazy to get ahead."
The
conversation concluded with Quarry reiterating his thoughts on
what this show means to the sport of MMA, "I want people
to really see what kind of athletes we are, how hard working
we are for our goals. Our sport is barely out of the womb, they
don't know us or how tough we are to undergo all this training
for no money. All for the love of the sport. We are the true
gladiators of today, we go in and fight and are entertainers.
I don't take it too seriously, I'm not a badass trying to show
how I like to beat up people, I want people to appreciate our
worth ethic and come away from this with a better idea of who
we are and what our sport is really about."
Source: MMA Weekly
|
CHONAN
INTERESTED IN UFC WELTERWEIGHT CLASS
Ryo Chonan
Ryo
Chonan recently made the following statement, when asked if he'd
one day like to compete in the UFC:
"I
hope to fight in UFC. The rule that allows elbows is very atractive
for me. It is said that PRIDE fighter has a weak point when an
opponent pushes him to the cage, but I found out how to escape
from it. This is my original technique.
If
I diet down to the welterweight class, I can be on top of the
UFC. Come on everybody!!"
Source: Fight Sport
|
SHOJI
NEWS
Akira Shoji
The
Japanese media is saying that Akira Shoji will be on the next
PRIDE card in February.
Sources
in the Japanese media are saying that DSE/PRIDE has put pressure
on Shoji to win his upcoming fight or risked being dropped from
the promotion.
Source: Fight Sport
|
|
1/17/05 Happy Martin Luther King Jr.
Day! |
Quote
of the Day
"If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not
be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old."
James A. Garfield, 1831-1881, 20th President of the United States
|
Brazilian
Portuguese Language Classes!
The Farrington Community School for Adults' Brazilian Portuguese
class will start
on 2/05 so call & register.
They can go to website: Farrington Community School for Adults.
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We
need at least 2 more students to keep the class open. Registration
closed yesterday but they always accept more if they come in
right away. Otherwise I take another semester off & sleep
in on Saturdays.
It's
only a little more than $30 and $26 for books for a steal in
learning Portuguese in a relaxed environment. You need to jump
on this opportunity!
Saturdays
February 5, 2005 to April 16, 2005
8:30 am to 11:30 am
Farrington High School Room U202
CONVERSATIONAL
BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
NUTSHELL COURSE DESCRIPTION
With concentration on everyday, modern Brazilian usage, special
attention is paid to quickly gain understanding of polite, informal
and colloquial language, verb conjugations, past & present
tenses, masculine-feminine nouns & adjectives (big obstacles
in Romance language-learning) with goals of attaining native
pronunciation and fluency of speech. Brazilian regional variations
in proununciation and vocabulary are recognized.
This
class is ideal for:
1) Those interested in travel to Brazil
2) English speakers with Brazilian friends/spouses/partners
3) Practitioners of Brazilian martial arts (Capoeira, Jiu Jitsu)
4) Speakers/students of other Latin-derived languages.
ABOUT
THE INSTRUCTOR:
Sandy
Tsukiyama de Oliveira, a Honolulu native, was drawn to the musical
culture of Brazil while studying for her BA in Ethnomusicology
at UH Manoa in the 1970s. Portuguese language studies were at
UH-Manoa with Dr. Stefan Baciu, and at Windward Commnunity School
for Adults with Cecy de Souza Browne. Sandy worked as a Spanish
& Portuguese-speaking tour escort for over 10 years receiving
hands-on experience in the language locally while promoting the
Hawaii visitor industry.
She
lived in Rio de Janeiro, from 1980-83; spending the first year
at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Escola de Música
on Rotary International Post-Graduate Fellowship for International
Understanding, afterward working as a vocalist in upscale restaurant/bars
and teaching English.
Performing
in Brazilian music groups (The Rio Trio, Mistura, Banda Carioca)
after her return to Hawaii, Sandy maintained her contact with
Brazilian culture in the community while pursuing education in
simultaneous conference interpretation at UH Manoa Center for
Interpretation and Translation Studies. She then continued in
the field of Secondary Education, receiving certification for
Spanish and Special Education.
Sandy
has worked freelance as an English/Spanish/Portuguese interpreter/translator,
as well as in Federal and State courts, for the Honolulu Police
Dept., US Immigration and Naturalization Service, various international
conferences, is on staff for the Bilingual Access Line of Helping
Hands Hawaii and is a member of the Hawaii Interpreters and Translators
Assn. Currently a Special Education teacher at Roosevelt High
School, she has been teaching Portuguese at FCSA for the past
four years.
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The
Ultimate Fighter Is The Ultimate Risk
Oceanic
Channel 559 at 9:00 PM
January 17th could be the biggest day in UFC history and the
beginning of something very big, or it could be the worst and
the beginning of something very bad.
Either
way it's going to be a memorable date, because it's the debut
of UFC's reality show "The Ultimate Fighter" on Spike
TV, airing after WWE Raw at 11pm.
Realistically,
the show is the make or break move for the UFC. If this show
succeeds, it could lead to more television exposure on Spike
TV in the form of another TV deal, or it may lead to a show on
another network as the success of "The Ultimate Fighter"
could prove the UFC a draw on television, and anyone who has
watched just a tiny amount of television in their lives knows
that networks are always looking for the next big fad.
If
this show fails, it could lead to the UFC's demise. The reason
for this is because its failure may send a message to network
executives that the UFCis not a strong enough product to draw
television ratings. Everyone involved in mixed martial arts during
the past four years or so has seen how difficult it is to get
the UFC product on television and convince these network types
that the promotion has the capability to draw ratings. Imagine
how difficult it would be, then, to get back on TV after already
being there and failing.
Should
"The Ultimate Fighter" fail and make it nearly impossible
for the UFC to find another television deal, that would limit
how successful the company could be because the ultimate goal
of the UFC is to use a free TV show as a vehicle to hype fighters,
feuds and matches in order to expose the product to a wider audience
and thus generate far more money not only in pay per view revenue,
but in merchandising and licensing and TV rights fees or ad fees,
and so on and so forth. If you take out the possibility of free
TV, then Zuffa realistically has little to work towards but to
simply keep expenses down and try to promote UFC pay per views
on a tight budget, which is pretty much what they are doing now.
The
nuts and bolts of the show is that there will be sixteen fighters
divided up into two teams, one team coached by Randy Couture
and the opposing team by Chuck Liddell, and each episode will
feature a training challenge competition between the teams, with
the winning team controlling which combatants must fight and
face elimination. One fighter from each team will fight in each
episode, with the loser being eliminated from the show. The remaining
two fighters from each of the two weight divisions will fight
during a two-hour live special on Spike TV. The show runs for
fifteen episodes, ending in April.
April
is the same month for which UFC 52 with the rematch between Randy
Couture and Chuck Liddell for the Light-Heavyweight title will
take place. MMAWeekly has reported that the final episode for
the show will take place on Saturday, April 9th with UFC 52 taking
place a couple of weeks later. They are also reporting that Matt
Hughes vs. Frank Trigg could take place on the final episode,
as well, among other fights featuring current UFC competitors.
Trigg
against Hughes isn't set in stone, because I would assume that
nothing is set in stone for that show at this point in time.
My opinion is that, if it is possible, they should book a heavyweight
title match on the live finals as opposed to a welterweight title
match. Normally, I would think that's a bad idea, since generally
the heavyweight division is a draw in mixed martial arts (or
boxing or pro wrestling or whatever) and you don't want to give
away a fight on free TV that people will pay good money to watch
on pay per view. That's why having the light-heavyweight title
match between Couture and Liddell on free TV would be a terrible
move, and it's shrewd for Zuffa to have that fight on pay per
view because there's more opportunity with a major fight to make
money from pay per view revenue.
With
the UFC heavyweight division actually being less popular than
the light-heavyweight division, I think having a heavyweight
title match on what will hopefully be a highly-rated free television
show may give the heavyweight division some exposure that it
could certainly use, as none of the current UFC heavyweight contenders
are breakthrough stars.
The
problem, however, in having a heavyweight title match on the
final episode of "The Ultimate Fighter" in April is
that the status of the heavyweight division is still murky. The
current champion, Frank Mir, may still be out due to complications
from injuries suffered in his motorcycle crash a few months ago.
Zuffa will be deciding on an interim champion in February in
a fight between Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski.
Now,
if Mir were back in time to train for a fight in April, a unification
match between Mir and the winner of the Sylvia-Arlovski fight
would be ideal for the Spike TV special. But with Mir's injury
status, that, at the moment, would seem unlikely. If Arlovski
wins, he could be pitted against Justin Eilers, who was impressive
in his UFC debut with a knockout win over Mike Kyle a few months
ago, and who will most likely be on the February card. Eilers
has a lot of potential as a star in the heavyweight division,
in my
opinion, but should Sylvia defeat Arlovski and Mir be unable
to fight at that point, Eilers being matched up against Sylvia
would be a bad idea because they both train together.
I
think if David Terrell were to fight and defeat Evan Tanner (or
whomever) for the UFC Middleweight title at UFC 51 in February,
a Terrell title defense on the final episode of the reality show
would be a better idea than a Trigg vs. Hughes match because
Terrell is a new fighter who is fresh who I also believe is very
marketable, plus there is a tremendous amount of depth in the
middleweight division so finding a decent challenger for Terrell
who, on paper, would have an exciting match, should not be too
difficult.
Zuffa
believes that having Trigg vs. Hughes on the final episode is
not a bad idea because their first match from UFC 45 was very
exciting, and odds are they are not going to have a boring match,
as most of Hughes' boring matches revolve around Hughes keeping
his opponent on the ground and not letting him move, as exemplified
in the second and third rounds of Hughes vs. Renato Charuto.
However, Trigg is too good of a wrestler to let Hughes keep him
down, although that doesn't mean they wouldn't have a boring
match, because Sean Sherk is a great wrestler too and his match
with Hughes, at points, was like watching paint dry. The first
Trigg vs. Hughes match was also so quick, that if it went five
rounds, it would be hard to gauge how
dull that fight could be.
The
success of "The Ultimate Fighter" will be measured
in its ability to draw television ratings and expose the star
power of Couture, Liddell and the winners of the show itself
to a wider television audience. It is not about educating people
who otherwise don't care about mixed martial arts as to the finer
points of the mechanics of submissions and striking and such.
If the show draws bad television ratings and it gets pulled by
Spike TV, then it has failed. If the show draws good television
ratings and either leads to an increase in pay per view buys
for the Liddell-Couture rematch, or leads to another TV deal,
or both, or more, then it has succeeded. It's that simple.
Many
people are pointing to the failure of Oscar de la Hoya's reality
show "The Next Great Champ" as a precursor to the failure
of "The Ultimate Fighter". De la Hoya's show drew poor
ratings right out of the gate, which stayed low until Fox pulled
it from its broadcast on their main network on prime time and
dumped the remaining episodes on Fox Sportsnet. The show was
also considered poorly produced and just an overall bad show
(which had nothing to do with the ratings failing since the show
did a bad rating for the first episode, and there's no way people
would know how bad the show was when tuning into the very first
episode), and was a complete flop.
That
particular show was predicated on the popularity of boxing in
mainstream television, but even more on the celebrity of Oscar
De la Hoya, who apparently is not as big of a star to the casual
television audience as Fox had thought.
"The
Ultimate Fighter" is not based on boxing and it's not based
on the celebrity status of any one particular person. Instead
of using someone's star power as a vehicle to generate television
ratings, it's looking to use television ratings as a vehicle
to create star power for the fighters on the show.
Watching
the show, it should be clear to someone who has never seen "ultimate
fighting" before that it is completely different from boxing.
Boxing has lost much of the youth and general mainstream audience,
which would seem like one of the reasons that "The Next
Great Champ" failed to draw interest. Boxing is old and
UFC is new, but that's certainly no guarantee that UFC will catch
on with anyone.
"Sixty-year-old
Sylvester Stallone may be looking for a contender, but the UFC
is looking for a champion," says Dana White in the UFC's
most recent press release regarding the show, as they are already
tying UFC in with boxing by making a comment regarding Stallone's
boxing reality show on NBC.
An
interesting question to look at is whether or not a boxing TV
show would be able to sustain the high rating captured by WWE
Raw by sitting in the 11pm timeslot after Raw is over. In 2005,
I think the boxing audience is very different now from the pro
wrestling audience. The pro wrestling audience has proven many
times in the past that it is only interested in watching pro
wrestling. It will be the pro wrestling audience that makes or
breaks this show, so if the pro wrestling audience is diverse
from the boxing audience and the UFC is more closely related
to a boxing product than to pro wrestling, that may spell trouble
for "The Ultimate Fighter". Zuffa claims to have performed
a poll sometime ago and found that UFC had more appeal with boxing
fans than pro wrestling fans. Well, since this show is airing
after the flagship WWE TV show, then I hope that this poll is
totally wrong.
There
is, of course, a different expectation for the ratings for "The
Ultimate Fighter", on a cable network, and "The Next
Great Champ", on Fox, which is a network that reaches 100%
of the television homes in America. To show the difference, a
3.0 rating for "Next Great Champ" would be terrible,
whereas as 1.0 rating for "Ultimate Fighter" would
be good. Spike TV was happy with the 1.0 that another reality
show called "The Joe Schmo Show" was able to draw at
one point. WWE Raw generally does well above a 3.0; the lesser
WWE shows on Spike generally fall below a 1.0. I don't know what
Spike TV executives are expecting out of this show in terms of
specific ratings, but if I think the overall average rating for
this show falls below the b-level WWE shows, it would be a failure.
What
the television special with the show finals will draw in April
will be interesting. Reality shows like to air the final episode
of their series live in order to keep the mystery of what happens
at the end.
Of
course, live television is tough, and anything can happen live,
so with Zuffa's past bad luck (reference: UFC 33), maybe live
television isn't such a great idea. It would look to be something
that Spike TV would want, since it's best to keep the ending
of the series under wraps, plus there's a level of excitement
for live television that isn't there (although I think that can
be pretty much replicated with live-to-tape), but the finals
simply being live isn't going to draw any extra viewers. It will
be the quality of the show and the intrigue of the product and
the personalities of Liddell, Couture and the show's competitors
that will keep people tuning in to the end, if the even start
tuning in at the beginning.
Revenue
generated by the show itself would be totally different from
"The Next Great Champ" as well, as advertisers pay
far more to air their commercials on a network that has 100%
TV clearance such as Fox as opposed to a less visible cable network
such as Spike. I don't know what Zuffa's agreement is with Spike
TV in regards to advertising revenue, or how much they are getting
paid to produce the show, but if the show generates money of
itself plus leads to more opportunities on free television plus
generates higher pay per view buyrates, then 2005 could become
a very profitable year and the time when UFC starts to reach
its potential as a popular
entertainment form under Zuffa.
Source: Maxfighting |
Ultimate
Fighter Article in Boston Herald
Reality knockout:
Spike TV's `Ultimate Fighter' pulls no punches
By Mark A. Perigard
Sunday, January 16, 2005
Sure,
folks on reality shows get testy with one another, even a little
punchy.
It's
part of the genre.
But
do you really expect to see men knock the bone marrow out of
each other?
Welcome
to the world of ``The Ultimate Fighter,'' a series (debuting
tomorrow at 11:05 p.m. on Spike TV) that makes Fox's short-lived
``Next Great Champ'' look like a game of tag.
Sixteen
aspiring mixed martial arts fighters gather in Las Vegas to train
and duke it out for two multiyear, six-figure contracts with
the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the leader in combat sports.
Those
involved with the show hope it will educate viewers that those
who brave the caged octagon are not blood-thirsty monsters.
``It's
not a bunch of thugs who like to beat people up,'' said series
coach Randy Couture, UFC light heavyweight champion, in a telephone
interview last week. ``It's a bona fide sport in the combat sports
genre.''
The
training isn't for softies, amateurs or armchair jocks. In the
opener, two men suffer injuries that leave them bloodied. Another
spews his breakfast after an intense cardio session.
``It
was definitely the most intense training I had gone through,''
said 27-year-old Whitman native Alex Karalexis, a 4-0 middleweight
fighter and one of three competitors with New England ties.
``The
competition level was set really high. There was always a lot
of pressure on you, a lot of eyes watching you,'' he said.
Elimination
comes not in the form of a vote off the island but a decisive
victory over an opponent in a match.
Couture
and fellow coach Chuck Liddell, UFC light heavyweight contender,
also wield the power to send someone home if they feel he is
not tough enough. The two divide the group of eight middleweights
and eight heavyweights into two mixed teams who will compete
in a series of physical challenges in the episodes to come.
In
typical reality TV fashion, the men must bunk together a la MTV's
``The Real World'' - guaranteeing drama and plenty of bizarre
moments.
During
their first night together, one drunken contender urinates on
a competitor's pillow.
He
later tries to defend his action by saying it was just a ``spritz.''
Another
claims to be a pacifist; one man trains by practicing yoga.
Living
in the house in some ways was more stressful than the actual
training.
``We
were totally sequestered,'' Karalexis said. ``We were shut off
from the outside world. With no television, no radio, no magazines
and no newspapers, we were stuck with each other. There were
no outlets; we were forced to interact with each other and there
was no escaping it.''
Karalexis
is now in Vegas training for his next fight as the series plays
out (all fighters have their licenses suspended for the duration
of the show, Karalexis said, to prevent anyone from figuring
out the show's outcome, which ends in a live two-hour finale
on April 9).
Karalexis,
of course, cannot talk about how he placed on the show. ``I'm
confident in my abilities. My focus was more on the opportunity
of the training and getting the most out of it. It was awesome.
``I
understand what I do isn't for everybody,'' Karalexis said. ``I'm
a licensed fighter and I'm tested and drug tested. . . . We're
not as brutal as some people would think. When people meet me,
say at a dinner table at a wedding, they often seem surprised
when I tell them what I do. `But you seem like such a nice young
man,' they tell me. Well, I am. I hope this educates people on
the sport and they develop some respect and appreciation.''
Source: MMA Weekly |
UFC
51 Odds Update
Joey
Oddessa, a consultant for sportsbook.com and has his brand new
website at BetOddessa.com has posted the latest news on how the
odds are moving on some of the fights. Including wagers on Phil
Baroni's new fight with Pete Sell. The first number is what the
numbers started at. The later of course is what it is now.
Vitor
Belfort -125 Tito Ortiz+105 ..............this bout currently
sits at the same number. There has been 2 way action thus far,
SLIGHTLY more on BELFORT , but NOT enough to move the line. BELFORT
-125/+105.
Andrei
Arlovski -120 Tim Sylvia -100 ........................TIM SYLVIA
is now the FAVORITE at -120/+100. Thre are smaller bets on ARLOVSKI,
but most big bets were on TIM SYLVIA. .
David
Terrell -140 Evan Tanner +120 ......The public criticized me
for opening Terrel the favorite, but it was the right move. TERREL
is being bet UP ALOT. Tanner has gotten some buyback, but TERRELL
is now -175/+155. I still like Tanner.
Nick
Diaz -230 Drew Fickett +190.............Short money on FICKET.
nothing significant , but went to -225/+185 on DIAZ.
Chris
Lytle -110 Karo Parisyan -110.........2 way action........great
line. Hasn't Moved since opening. PK -110/-110.
Joe
Riggs -185 David Loiseau +165 ..........Public money on Riggs....nothing
huge yet.......He moved to -200/+170. Despite public opinion,
I think Loiseau may well be able to pull off the upset of the
night. This line is gonna be interesting nearer to fight time.
Phil
Baroni -300 Pete Sell +250......Line hasnt moved a bit with Baronis
replacement. He is relatively unknown..........small bet on Underdog
may just be the guys taking a shot on the biggeest underdog on
the card.
James
Irvin -130 Mike Kyle +110...........Huge Money on Irvin.....the
newcomer to the UFC. Kyle looks like shit in training and insiders
are taking a shot at the newcoimer. IRVIN is currently the FAVORITE
at -175/+155.
Justin
Eilers -110 Paul Buentello -110 ...........A good amount of money
moving in on EILERS, possibly because he is better known of the
two after his KO win over Mike Kyle in UFC. EILERS sitting at
-145/+125 now.
Source: MMA Weekly |
Quote
of the Day
"One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad."
Elbert Hubbard, 1859-1915, American Author and Publisher
|
MMA
Fans Get 10% Off at En Fuego's
at PIP's Meet & Greet
Come down, meet the fighters and taste some of the best food
in the state. The Onzuka brother's recommendation is the garlic
chicken with a side of poke.
Anyone who wears a martial arts related t-shirt (to show support
for the sport) to the Punishment In Paradise Meet and Greet on
Sunday 16th, at 3:00pm at En Fuego Grill & Poke in Kapolei
will receive 10% off their order.
Source:
Tanaka-san
|
FEDOR
VS. 'CRO COP' NEWS
DSE/PRIDE
announced that a heavyweight title fight matchup of Fedor Emelianenko
vs. Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic may take place in June.
However,
the Japanese media is saying that Fedor is now a free agent and
has still not re-signed with DSE/PRIDE.
Source:
Fight Sport
|
Back
in the States, Arlovski Prepares Again for Sylvia and UFC Title
By Loretta Hunt
Remember Andrei Arlovski? It's been about ten months since fight
fans have seen him fight, but with UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank
Mir still out of training with a broken leg sustained in a motorcycle
accident last September, the Belarusian boxer will get his first
go at an interim championship at February 5th‘s UFC 51 versus
former champion Tim Sylvia.
It
won't be the first time the two were scheduled to meet. Up till
a day before UFC 47, Arlovski had his sights set on Sylvia, who
ended up bowing out when he couldn't produce a clean urinalysis
in time following a previous suspension for steroid use. A negative
test came back the next day, while Sylvia watched cageside as
the lively Belarusian picked Hawaiian slugger Wesley "Cabbage"
apart on his feet with a successful "stick and move"
strategy. Was that performance meant for Sylvia? Prediction leans
toward the 6'3" Arlovski using a similar plan on the 6'8"
Sylvia, who will have a sizable reach on him. "That's what
his game plan's going to be," agrees Sylvia, "just
in and out on me. I intend to move just as much as he does."
Back
in Chicago training since November 23rd after a seven month stint
in his homeland, Arlovski has declined to comment on strategy,
yet he does admit for once to have a vested interest in his opponent.
"I am really happy that I have fight against Tim Sylvia,"
the reserved fighter says in English, "because once in interview
he said he [would] knock me out. It will be a great fight. I
like have a fight with guy who have more weight than me."
At
265 pounds, Sylvia is banking on his added twenty-plus pounds
to give him an advantage. "He's a good fighter, but when
he fights bigger guys he doesn't do so well," touts Sylvia.
"He lost against Ricco [Rodriguez at UFC 32] and Pedro [Rizzo
at UFC 36]. He'll lose against me."
"I
lost the fight against Ricco Rodriguez because when I come to
America I have a lot of fun," Arlovski remarks of the loss
some three years ago. "I'm not serious in the training.
I go to the nightlife. I'm not training too much. My fight against
Pedro Rizzo..," he pauses, "he's very tough guy for
UFC. I don't know. He's very good."
Currently
sporting long hair with blond streaks, Arlovski is not surprised
to hear that opponent Sylvia is again calling for the knockout.
"Ah, he said [again]? Of course," Arlovski nods knowingly.
"He has a chance. No problem. This is a fight in the sport.
I remember he said at UFC 47, he said he [could] kick my ass.
He has a chance. Why not? It's a sport. I training hard. I training
three times a day. I train hard and I'll show fans that I have
[been] work hard. I want to live in this country. I do everything
to show my fans I am a good fighter."
Source: FCF
|
COFFEE
GUY EXCLUSIVE: LUTTER VS. PRANGLEY
The matchup of Travis Lutter vs. Trevor Prangley will be taking
place in UFC 52. Both fighters are expected to sing for the fight
in the next few days.
Source:
Fight Sport
|
CHONAN
VS. CARNEIRO
The DEEP promotion announced the matchup of Ryo Chonan vs. Roan
'Jucao' Carneiro for their card on February 12th. Carneiro is
a Brazilian Top Team fighter.
Below
are some of main event matchups for the card that have been announced:
Ryo
Chonan vs. Roan 'Jucao' Carneiro
D. Mishima vs. Taisho
Yoshiro Maeda vs. Masakazu Imanari
Source:
Fight Sport
|
NEW
CAGEFIGHTING EVENT IN JAPAN
GCM
will be promoting a new MMA cagefighting show called 'D.O.G.'.
GCM is a promotion that is basically run by Keishukai (the gym
that Kaoru Uno belongs to).
GCM
promotes shows such as 'Contenders' and 'Demolition'. The First
D.O.G. event will take place on March 12 at Differ Ariake in
Tokyo.
The
matchups will consist of three 5-minute rounds, and some will
consist of two 5-minute rounds. The kicking of a downed opponent
will be allowed. Holding the fence and standing 8-counts after
knockdown will not be allowed.
Two
matchups have so far been announced for this event:
Katsuya Toida vs. Atsushi Yamamoto
Ken Ozawa vs. Miki Shida
Other
fighters scheduled to be on the card:
Eiji Mitsuoka
Yoshin Okami
Hidetaka Monma
Source:
Fight Sport
|
Melendez
Moves up in the MMA World
Gilbert Melendez is finally getting some of the recognition he
deserves. Despite going 8-0 and defeating top-ten stand outs,
Stephen
Paling and
Hiroyuki Takaya , Melendez managed to somehow stay under the
radar on most of the fight ranking's lists of top-ten contenders
as well as the actual event promotion's lists themselves. That
is until now. Shooto has recognized Melendez as their #1 contender
in the Pacific Rim division and as the #3 contender in their
World rankings. Hopefully the rest of the MMA world will soon
follow suit and take notice. Congrats Gilbert!
Source:
Gracie Fighter
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SHAQ SHOOTS UFC
COMMERCIAL
UFC President Dana White talked about NBA superstar Shaquille
O'Neal be used for a future UFC commercial. The shoot is scheduled
for this weekend. O'Neal, now with the Miami Heat was in Los
Angeles this weekend for the game between Miami and the Los Angeles
Clippers.
O'Neal made it public that he was a huge UFC fan when he was
quoted in last week's Sports Illustrated talking about who he
would pay to see in sports. He answered "Randy Couture....he's
an old dude that beats all the young guys asses..." O'Neal
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