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Grappler's Quest Hawaii
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2005
12/10/05
Proving
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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)
9/25/05
NAGA 2005 Hawaiian State
Championships
(Submission Grappling & BJJ)
(Leilehua
High School, Wahiawa)
9/05
Proving
Grounds -
ROTR
Qualifer
(MMA)
(Kauai)
8/27-28/05
International
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8/6/05
Hawaii Grappling
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7/29/05
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7/23-31/05
World BJJ
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(Tijuca Tenis Clube, Tijuca, Brazil)
7/23/05
Super Brawl 40: Icon
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
7/21-23/05
World Cup of BJJ
(BJJ)
(São Paulo, Brazil)
7/16-17/05
Richard Bustillo 2 day Seminar
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7/15/05
Kickin It 2005 Part III
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7/9/05
Proving
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(Hilo Civic Center)
7/3/05
Warriors Quest 11
(MMA)
(Kapaa H.S. Gym, Kapaa, Kauai)
Super Braw: Full Contact Showdown 4
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(MMA)
7/2/05
Extreme Wars X-1: Hawaii's Top Team vs. Next Generation's Top
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(Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu)
7/1/05
Dan "The Beast" Severn Seminar
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Quote
of the Day
"Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay
for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never,
ever the same."
Unknown
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Super
Brawl: ICON on K5
Super Brawl / Icon Sport to air 30-minute TV show: "Super
Brawl: ICON" on K5 The Home Team.
Super Brawl / Icon Sport will air its 30-minute program, Super
Brawl: ICON, on K5 The Home Team from Monday, July 11 through
Friday, July 22 (program times below). Super Brawl: ICON is
a preview of the upcoming MMA event of the same name, which will
be held on July 23rd at the Blaisdell Arena. The TV program will
air the following fights:
Falaniko Vitale vs. Masanori Suda
...the first ever FREE broadcast of Falaniko's flying KO punch.
Robbie Lawler vs. Tiki Ghosen
...Niko's nasty opponent...video highlights courtesy of the U.F.C.
Mark Moreno vs. Kevin Barber
...the other KO at April's Super Brawl: DESTINY event.
Jason "The Mayhem" Miller vs. Shawn Taylor
...from Super Brawl 31...the fight that put The Mayem on the
map. "Egan, come out to play!"
Jason "The Mayhem" Miller vs. Egan Inoue
...from Super Brawl 32...where The Mayhem snatched victory from
Egan Inoue.
Super Brawl: ICON will feature other highlights of Falaniko Vitale
and classic interview moments with Jason "The Mayhem"
Miller. This special program should not to be missed by any
sports fan in Hawaii!
Super Brawl: ICON airs on the following times and dates on K5
The Home Team:
11 pm Monday, July 11
11 pm Tuesday, July 12
11pm Thursday, July 14
11 pm Friday, July 15
11 pm Saturday, July 16
1 pm Sunday, July 17 (special afternoon broadcast)
11 pm Monday, July 18
11 pm Tuesday, July 19
11pm Thursday, July 21
11 pm Friday, July 22
If you have any questions about this event-preview TV program,
please call or email Patrick Freitas, Super Brawl / Icon Sport
/ Full Contact Showdown Director of Promotions. 375-1645 superbrawl21@yahoo.com.
Source: Super Brawl |
MIR
TO RETURN TO UFC
MMAWeekly.com has learned that Frank Mir will not only fight
again, but will fight most likely in October it could be December.
MMAWeekly talked trainer Ricardo Pires tonight and Pires told
MMAWeekly's Ryan Bennett that "Frank is doing surprisingly
well, much better than I would have ever imagined."
Pires
continued, "I thought his career could be over, it's amazing
to see how fast he has healed and he is training." Originally
the thought was that Mir would fight in October but as of tonight,
it still could be December.
"We
should have a better idea tomorrow night. He will be going in
for his final exam tomorrow night on his leg and if it goes well
then he will fight in October. If not then we will probably have
to push it back to December" Pires told MMAWeekly. There
was plenty of talk the past few weeks that he may retire and
never fight again. That is not the case.
His
return fight won't be an easy one by any means, as Andrei Arlovski
has become one of the most feared fighters in the UFC. Arlovski
has acquired the current Interim UFC Heavyweight Belt and will
try to unify the belts in October at UFC 55.
Frank
Mir hasn't fought since June of 2004. Mir then defeated Tim Sylvia
at UFC 48 by arm bar as Mir broke Sylvia's arm in the win. It
will have been 16 months since Frank last appeared in the Octagon
if he fights in October.
Source:
MMA Weekly
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Wanderlei
& Ruas challenge Rickson
'Rickson if you think Vale-Tudo is at a low technical the level
nowadays why don't you come fight me on Pride? I challenge you
to fight me for middleweight belt on December 31st'. This explosive
statement was made last week in Japan by Pride Middleweight Champion
Wanderlei Silva, after reading the last edition of Tatame Magazine
that had Rickson Gracie on the cover. In the 7 page interview
the Gracie family's head honcho summarized his career, telling
for the first time about his Vale Tudo debut on the Rio de Janeiro
streets and impressed the fans with controversial statements
like: 'I'm cheering for Ricardo Arona in this Pride GP'.
Rickson
also promised to fight once or twice before retirement: 'I don't
have any proposal right now but that's my plan. I really would
like to do one or two fights before I stop', said the Gracie.
But the most controversial part of the interview was when he
said Minotauro's guard for Vale-Tudo is weak and also that he
considers all Vale-Tudo fighters nowadays at a low technical
level: 'Sometimes I'd rather see a beautiful K-1 fight than one
of those bad Vale-Tudo fights', said Gracie in a statement that
turned into the main subject of all Brazilian fighters encounters
in Tokyo in the days before Pride GP.
Considered
the no1 rival of Rickson in Brazil during 80's, Marco Ruas (who
came to Japan to support his students Pedro Rizzo) also complained
about the part of the interview when Rickson told of day that
he invaded Luta-Livre HQ to challenge Luta-Livre people. 'He
said he challenged me and I asked four months to train. That
was not true because I was 100% ready that day, but he said he
was looking for Luta-Livre guys, not me. Everybody in Brazil
always dreamed of seeing this fight. I think we finally could
make it. We are about the same age. It would be a great pleasure
for me to make a retirement fight against Rickson', said Ruas.
The
challenge were filmed by Team Tatame crew and will be on the
air next Friday at www.tatame.com.br/tv.
Source:
Tatame
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UPDATED
K-1 GRAND PRIX TOURNEY PAIRINGS
On Friday, July 29th, K-1 and Rumble on the Rock are teaming
up to bring possibly the largest crowd ever to a martial arts
event in North America. The event is a K-1 World Grand Prix tournament,
which is to be held at the 50,000 seat Aloha Stadium.
One
of the three super fights scheduled is to feature Hawaii’s
own BJ
Penn battling
his second Gracie under mixed martial arts rules. He defeated
Rodrigo Gracie by unanimous decision at Rumble on the Rock 6
in November of last year and now steps in to face Rodrigo’s
cousin, long time veteran Renzo Gracie. Another of the super
fights will indeed feature a “huge” fight as 6’8”,
484-pound Akebono looks to make Oahu
quake when he locks horns with 7’2”, 353-pound Hong-Man
Choi from Korea in a K-1 rules kickboxing bout. Four-time K-1
Japan Grand Prix tournament winner Musashi will face Swedish
fighter Richard Nordstrand in the third super fight.
As
with almost every fighting event plans change over time and MMAWeekly
has learned that there has been an update to the tournament portion
of the fight card. As you heard it first here on MMAWeekly, Wesley “Cabbage”
Correira
is still set to fight “Big Daddy” Gary Goodridge, but
the rest of the tournament line-up has been slightly modified.
The
following is the current line-up according to our sources:
SUPERFIGHTS
BJ Penn vs. Renzo Gracie
Akebono vs. Hong-Man Choi
Musashi vs. Richard Nordstrand
EIGHT-MAN
TOURNAMENT
Gary Goodridge vs. Wesley
“Cabbage” Correira
Carter Williams vs. Hiromi Amada
Marcus Royster vs. Butterbean
Yusuke Fujimoto vs. Scott
Junk
Source:
MMA Weekly
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Quote
of the Day
"The real art of conversation is not only to say the right
thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing
at the tempting moment."
Dorothy Nevill
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TANK:
'TIM SYLVIA HAS NOTHING FOR ME,
DRUG FREE OR JUICED UP'
"Tank" Abbott
'Tank'
Abbott recently participated in a Q&A session with some of
his fans on an internet site. When asked about Tim Sylvia, here's
what Tank had to say:
Question:
Tank, at the UFC 41 post fight press confrence it seemed like
Tim Sylvia was less then impressed with your presence and comments.
Do you have any heat with Tim Sylvia, and if so why?
Tank:
Yes, but he's not on steroids anymore, so he probably won't remember.
He can bring the heat on, there's nothing he can do to me drug
free (or juiced up). Step up Timmy.
Source: Fight Sport
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SHANNON
"THE CANNON" RITCH RESPONDS
In another MMAWeekly exclusive, Shannon "The Cannon"
Ritch responded to Jeff Weller's allegation that his fight with
Dan Severn over the weekend was a work. If you didn't hear what
Weller had to say on today's broadcast, listen to the show in
the radio archive.
Shannon
Ritch wasn't happy with what Jeff Weller had to say. He made
that clear. "That guy's an asshole man." Ritch told
MMAWeekly. When asked point blank if the fight with Severn was
a work, Shannon responded, F#%k no that wasn't a work!"
Further
commenting, Shannon said, "I haven't heard the interview,
just people have been calling me telling me that my fight was
a work, and that I'm a bum, and all this other stuff. That's
some bullshit dude. My fight with Dan Severn was real. That was
a legit fight. I went out there to win. I had him in a heel hook.
I cranked it harder than I've cranked it on anybody. He almost
tapped if you look at the tape. His hand, he almost tapped. As
far as I know, that was a real fight."
Ritch
added, "On my end, I wasn't involved in a work. You know
what I mean? I came to fight. They paid me to fight, and I showed
up, and I fought. I did my best to win that fight. You know I
could have stopped in the first round because Dan Severn threw
me, and I hurt my back. I mean physically I was, I even told
my corner man I was hurt. My back hurt. They were like dude you're
winning the fight, keep going, so I even continued into the second
round. So all these people that tell me hey you know Shannon
Ritch, the first sign of injury, he quits, hey man I went through
that, and I kept fighting. You know what I mean? I went to the
second round."
Weller
didn't only say Ritch's fight with Severn in Hawaii was a work,
but that their first bout in Alaska was a work as well. Shannon
said, "No. That was not a work. This isn't the WWF man.
This is MMA."
Shannon
urges people to watch the fight. He cited how hard his leg kicks
were being thrown and the bruising to Severn's legs. "I
caught him in a triangle, I'm punching him in the face as hard
as I can. I mean you tell me." He continued, "That's
what's funny because I've been getting phone calls all day. Hey
man every body's saying your fight was a work, and I'm like dude
that was a real fight. That's why I took the fight because it
was a rematch, because I thought I was winning the first fight,
and they asked if I wanted a rematch. Hell yeah I want a rematch
because I can beat Dan."
Ritch
went on to say, "I think Jeff Weller's just a little pissed
off because at the after-fight party he got caught smoking a
joint, and the bouncers threw him out. It kind of embarrassed
him because everyone else, all of the fighters were inside. Jeff
Monson, myself, and some other people, and he's smoking some
joints, you know, some marijuana, and gets kicked out of the
club, so that kind of ruined his time. So who was there? Shannon
"The Cannon," so what does he do? He has to go and
start talking shit about me. That's not cool."
Closing
out the interview, Shannon reiterated that the fight was not
a work. "That fight was definitely a real fight. I've done
one work in my entire career, and that was a pro wrestling match
in Japan against Matsui. Obviously everybody knows that who watches
pro wrestling. That was a work. That's pro wrestling."
"That's
my response. Point blank quote from Shannon 'The Cannon' is know
that fight was real. It was not a work. Watch the fight, and
you guys decide for yourself...A worked fight is not what MMA
is about. A worked fight is pro wrestling, so that's my viewpoint
on that."
WELLER
CALLS SEVERN FIGHT A WORK
MMAWeekly Radio Exclusive
In an MMAWeekly Radio exclusive, Ring Announcer Jeff Weller,
known as the "Voice of the Cage", worked the Extreme
Wars X1 Promotion in Hawaii this weekend. Weller believes the
Dan Severn vs Shannon Ritch fight last weekend was "a work".
The fight was as bad as "any WWE match" is what Weller
said on MMAWeekly Radio.
If
you missed the interview you need to check it out on the radio
archive. Weller called Ritch vs Severn as the new "work
squad" saying he believes the same thing happened a few
weeks earlier in Alaska.
MMAWeekly
tried to call Severn but he is out of town but a member from
his camp said he would call MMAWeekly later today.
Weller
called the fight "Complete unprofessional bullshit."
Weller said, "It was plain as day. It was insulting...It
was disgraceful. It was a real slap in the face to MMA."
Although
Weller was 100% sure the bout was a work, the X-1 organization
wasn't aware of it. He had nothing but good things to say about
the new Hawaiian promotion. The work allegation was placed squarely
on the fighters. "All I've got to say to anybody that refutes,
what I'm saying, and what the crowd saw here, all you've got
to do is look at the tape. The tape doesn't lie."
According
to Weller, not only was the fight scripted, but the fighters
were "whispering" to each other. He added, "It
was just bad MMA, and that's exactly what MMA does not need."
To hear the interview in it's entirety, click on the radio archive.
Pretty amazing show today.
Source: MMA Weekly
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MMAFighting.com
Weekly Wrap-Up
By Hibbert, July 4, 2005
Welcome
to the Weekly Wrap-up. On behalf of the folks at MMAFighting.com,
we wish you a Happy Fourth of July!
Last
week (June 27-July 3):
Cro
Cop and Fedor Emelianenko signed!
PRIDE held a ceremony to celebrate the official signing of the
championship match between Mirko Cro Cop and Fedor Emelianenko.
The long awaited match will take place at PRIDE Final Conflict
2005 on August 28.
Critical
Countdown
Critical Countdown aired on pay per view Friday after a week
delay. Wanderlei Silva, Alistair Overeem, Ricardo Arona and Mauricio
"Shogun" Rua advanced to Final Conflict to determine
the 2005 grand prix champion. If you are borderline when it comes
to ordering the replay, our polls have 83.3% of our forum members
giving the show a thumbs up.
Fox
News covers the UFC
This Sunday July 10, FOX News Channel will have a segment about
the UFC. "Fox Magazine" is on at 11pm ET on Sundays.
Extreme
Wars X-1
On Saturday, Extreme Wars X-1 was held in Hawaii and featured
some big names on the card. Dan Severn won his fight over Shannon
Ritch by choke. Severn beat Ritch a month ago by keylock submission.
Ricco Rodriguez fought a match he called practice by submitting
Ruben Villarreal. Chris Brennan and Jeff Monson won their matches.
Dave
Menne headlines Extreme Challenge
Former UFC middleweight champion Dave Menne will go for his sixth
straight win when he faces Team Quest's Ed "Short Fuse"
Herman at Extreme Challenge 63 on July 23. Extreme Challenge
63 will feature an eight-man middleweight tournament.
Pride
Bushido 8 Completed Lineup
Pride confirmed 9 bouts set for Bushido 8 on July 17. Lineup:
Ryo Chonan vs. Phil Baroni, Imanari Masakazu vs. Joachim Hansen,
Kazuo Misaki vs. Daniel Acacio, Jyutaro Nakao vs. Marcus Aurerlio,
Takanori Gomi vs. Jean Silva, Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Luis Buscape,
Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Kimo, Denis Kang vs. Andrei Semenov and Setoryu
vs. James Thompson. The pay per view will be broadcasted in the
US on Friday, July 22.
Tito
Ortiz joins Freedom Fight 2005
Freedom Fight 2005 announced that Tito Ortiz will take Chuck
Liddell's team USA captain spot. The reason given was that Liddell
had a prior contractual obligation.
Duane
"Bang" Ludwig back in K-1
Ludwig has two fights lined up for K-1. The first will be on
July 20 in Tokyo when he faces Ramon Dekker in a K-1 super fight.
The second will be on August 13 in Vegas against Remy Bonnel..
Rumina
Sato's opponent
Shooto is working on putting together a showdown between Rumina
Sato and Cesar Gracie's Gilbert Melendez for their August 20th
show. The winner of this match would go on to fight Alexandre
"Pequeno" Nogueira for the Shooto lightweight title
Source: MMA Fighting
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LESNAR
RECONCILE WITH WWE ENDING POSSIBILITY OF MMA CAREER
by Ivan Trembow
WWE is believed to have re-signed Brock Lesnar, causing both
sides to drop their lawsuits against the other. Brock Lesnar
had sued WWE to get out of the six-year no-compete clause that
he signed when he left WWE and unsuccessfully tried out for the
NFL in 2004. Lesnar expressed in his lawsuit a desire to either
wrestle for other pro wrestling promotions, or compete in mixed
martial arts, which he would not be able to do until June 30,
2010 under the terms of his WWE no-compete clause. WWE had counter-sued
Lesnar for supposedly breaching his contract by appearing this
past January as a member of the audience at a pro wrestling event
in Tokyo, Japan.
This
news comes approximately one week after Lesnar basically threw
in the towel verbally in a newspaper interview, saying that he
just wanted to go back to work in WWE and was willing to drop
his lawsuit.
Lesnar
has not been paid any of his WWE salary since March 2004, and
in addition to that, WWE had cut Lesnar off from all back-pay
merchandising revenue when they claimed he breached his contract
in January 2005. Combine that with the fact that he had no other
income, had very little money saved, owed a six-figure amount
to the IRS in back taxes, and had to pay lawyers to fight WWE
in court, and WWE knew it was just a matter of time until Lesnar
ran out of money. To top it all off, when Lesnar finally did
run out of money recently, his fiance Rena Mero (formerly known
as Sable in WWE) left him.
WWE
now has a story on its web site claiming that Brock Lesnar will
be meeting with WWE management tomorrow to negotiate a possible
return. That is false. In fact, Lesnar has had meetings with
WWE for the past week, and the meeting tomorrow is expected to
simply be the place where the final paperwork will be signed.
This is simply another example of WWE taking a real-life situation
(ie, negotiations with Lesnar) and trying to turn it into a storyline.
Rather than just announcing on WWE.com that they have signed
Brock Lesnar, WWE is going to get a few days' worth of huge web
site traffic in order to make the announcement slowly over a
period of time.
Partially
as a result of Lesnar re-signing with WWE, and partially as a
result of the fact that their new TV deal with USA Network is
nowhere near as lucrative as their Spike TV deal, WWE is undergoing
massive lay-offs to cut expenses, even as the company continues
to make over $30 million per quarter in net profit. In addition
to lay-offs among front office staff, WWE has laid off a total
of 18 wrestlers in the past 24 hours, with several more cutbacks
expected in the coming days. When Lesnar does return to WWE,
he will likely face a large amount of resentment from the locker
room, not only due to the circumstances under which he left WWE
last year, but also because his salary will be viewed as a contributing
factor to so many wrestlers being released.
As
for how successful or unsuccessful Lesnar would have been in
mixed martial arts, it's likely that we will never know. Unless
the rigors of being on the road for WWE prove to be too much
for Lesnar (as was the case in 2004), it looks like he will be
spending his forseeable future as a pro wrestler.
Source: MMA Weekly
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Rua
throws a BJJ Black Belt???
By Takimoto
PRIDE GP's big question: Why was Minotoro thrown by Shogun so
easily?
If
you watched Pride "Critical Countdown" that went down
on June 26th, certainly you expected the fight between Mauricio
"Shogun" Rua and Antonio Rogerio "Minotoro"
Nogueira to be one of the most, if not... the most entertaining
of the night. This was a clash of styles and academies, with
Minotoro representing BTT and Shogun coming out of Chute Boxe.
We all know that MMA is composed by a mix of styles and you can
adapt your skill set to develop a complete game. But we also
realize that BTT is most well known for its BJJ pedigree, while
Chute Boxe for its stand-up Thai style of Vale Tudo.
So,
we may have expected expected to see Minotoro executing the grappling
techniques and Shogun focusing on making it a stand-up fight.
However, they seemed to have reversed roles with Minotoro openning
up with strikes early and Shogun was able to pass Minotoro's
guard during the entire fight. We all saw several throws executed
by Shogun on the BJJ balck belt, Minotoro. Shogun used a basic
throw which managed to put Minotoro on the mat. Well, to say
the least, I was surprised by this, thus I sought some reasoning
behind these developments. I caught up with the man who is not
just a wrestling expert, but the also the wrestling coach for
BTT - Darrel Gholar. He shared his observations:
'I
think that Minotoro's strategy wasn't good for this fight. He
thought Shogun would simply punch and kick, so he didn't train
a lot for wrestling. Shogun adopted a better strategy because
he knew that Minotoro would try to take him [Shogun] down. Minotoro
trained too much Boxing and Muay Thai for this fight'. stated
Gholar
Takimoto-
If you were in Minotoro's corner, how would you change that situation?
Darrel
Gholar- For sure I'd tell him the two ways to defend that. Those
takedowns that Shogun used are easy to defend.
Takimoto-
Do you have any idea about why Minotoro didn't try to defend
the throws?
Darrel
Gholar- I think he didn't know how and nobody in his corner told
him how to defend it.
Takimoto-
But he had a good strategy against Dan Henderson, so why wasn't
Minotoro repeat it?
Darrel
Gholar- I agree, but he knew that Henderson would wrestle so
Minotoro developed a strategy for it, and trained for it everyday.
Minotoro didn't believe that Shogun would approach the fight
the way he did. In my opinion, Shogun hard a very smart gameplan.
Source: Maxfighting
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Semenov
Talks
By Scott Mallon
From the Mix Fight M-1 Website
Q:
Andrei you preparing for this fight, please tell us something
about your trainings and tactics. It's your first fight in a
Pride Bushido event and from the results of this fight, do you
think many things will become available in your fighting career?
A.S.:
I try to be differently ready to this fight. I will be ready
mentally and physically. I and my trainer, we also work together
on my tactic on fight.
Q:
You already fought with Denis Kang with draw. What do you think
he will do and what you will do in this fight?
A.S.:
Last fight against Kang I was in not best physical condition
and underestimated my opponent. But now I'm ready. I think he
prefers submissions techniques.
Q:
You to prefer grappling technique in this fight?
A.S.:
No, I will be read for different situations in this fight. I
hope my calisthenics will not be a good surprise for him.
Q:
What you think about your opponent?
A.S.:
So, Denis Kang is a serious opponent, very experienced and a
highly skilled fighter. But if I am ready in this fight tactically
I think I can defeat him. But how will the developments in the
ring unfold, I can't predict this.
We
wish you good luck and win in this fight!
A.S.:
Thanks a lot, I hope I justify your hopes! I will try to do one's
best!
Source:
Maxfighting
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Quote
of the Day
"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you
may be the world."
Origin Unknown
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NAGA
2005 HAWAII STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
WHEN: Sunday, September 25, 2005
TIME: Doors open at 8:00 a.m.
WHERE: Leilehua High School, Wahiawa, HI
WHAT: 108 Gi & No-Gi Divisions!
RANKED: This event is Nationally Ranked
PHONE: 860-632-2753
EMAIL: President@nagafighter.com
WEBSITE: www.NAGAFighter.com
INFO:
For further information, including registration, travel, and
lodging, please visit HERE.
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Doors open at 8:00 a.m.
Leilehua High School, Wahiawa, HI
108 Gi & No-Gi Divisions!
This event is Nationally
860-632-2753
President@nagafighter.com
www.NAGAFighter.com
For
further information, including registration, travel, and lodging,
please visit HERE.
Pre-register
click HERE.
Sunday,
September 25, 2005 NAGA returns to Hawaii. We have a new fantastic
venue this year, Leilehua High School which holds over 1700 spectators.
Come as an individual or as a team to compete. This event is
Nationally RANKED!
Championship
belts (sponsored by Fökai) to the No-Gi and Gi Absolute
Champions!
Samurai
swords to all other first place division winners!
Source: NAGA
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Congratulations
to Jonathan Moeller!
Longman
Jiu-Jitsu student, Jonathan Moeller was featured in The Honolulu
Advertiser (7/3/05) along with Hawaii's outstanding graduating
seniors who received Hawaii Rotary Youth Foundation 2005 Scholarships.
Jonathan graduated from Kapaa High School and will be attending
Westmont College.
Who says that Jiu-Jitsu guys are dummies?...
Source: Honolulu Advertiser
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Ken
Shamrock Goes Reality TV:
New Pilot Documents Lion's Den Reincarnation
By Derek Callahan
Independence Day weekend was a big one for Ken Shamrock. On Saturday
July 2nd, the UFC legend teamed up with Valor Fighting to promote
"Home of the Brave," an MMA event held on at the Diamond
Mountain Casino reservation in his hometown of Susanville, CA.
The next day, Shamrock held tryouts for his Lion's Den fight
team. During it all, cameras were rolling for a reality show
pilot about Shamrock and the Lion's Den.
Needless
to say, things have been bustling for Shamrock, who fulfilled
the last fight on his UFC contract with his April 9th loss to
Rich Franklin on Spike TV during the finale of The Ultimate Fighter.
"We're full cookin' it," said an optimistic Shamrock
of the yet-to-be-titled reality show, which began filming during
the weekend's events, and has no timetable for its wrap.
With
cameras continuing to capture the action on Sunday, eleven pre-selected
fighters turned out to undergo the grueling all-day, military-inspired
audition process Shamrock made famous in the 90's with his original
den of standouts in Lodi, California. Receiving over 120 submissions
from advertisements placed on www.KenShamrock.com, the Lion's
Den patriarch invited his eleven hopefuls to Susanville from
all parts of the country, with the farthest traveling applicant
coming all the way from Switzerland.
Standouts
for this first round of auditions included Rich Montoya, Philip
Wyman (5-2), and Ash Bowman (0-2), according to Shamrock, who
will hold four more separate auditions in the future to find
a total of six fighters for the show. Like the earlier days in
which Shamrock's stable ate, slept, and trained together, the
six finalists will all live together in a house in Susanville.
Shamrock says he may also select up to eight more fighters to
join the team as the program progresses.
With
the success of TUF only months in the past, and with a second
season in the making, it's inevitable that comparisons will be
made between shows. Shamrock, however, doesn't buy into the links.
"I don't want to try and compare what we're doing with the
UFC. The UFC has a different agenda, different aspects of the
reality show which is not ours," said the pioneer fighter.
"Ours is gonna be based around my lifestyle, the way that
I train fighters and live with my family being involved, and
then following the career of fighters as we lead up to a grand
finale at the end of the show."
In
addition, the series may also focus on the crew Shamrock has
assembled to mold his new young charges, many of them graduates
of what has been credited as the first "official MMA training
program" in America, and a prototype for the scores of fight
teams that have followed. "It's a possibility [that] we'll
be doing a life story of trainers and trainees from the Lion's
Den," said Shamrock.
With
producer Scott Messick of Survivor fame on board, Shamrock sees
a bright future for the show. "I think that we're in a good
spot. They've taken the time to make that huge first step to
actually come out to film it," he said.
As
for this past weekend's "Home of the Brave," the card
was Shamrock's second foray into both promoting and matchmaking.
"I'm learning a whole different side to the fighting world
and I'm enjoying it," he said. Thinking ahead, one integral
part of the show was the invitation extended to both the California
and Nevada State Athletic Commissions, who both gave the finished
product positive feedback, says Shamrock.
"We're
bringing [them in] so that they can see the type of event that
we're putting on so that when we do go to Nevada they are already
familiar with the way that we run things. We want to let them
see the professionalism of our show," said Shamrock.
The
event was a bang-up way to start filming for a reality show,
which followed into the high-energy Sunday tryouts.
"We're
looking for all the new faces that want to be a part of the Lion's
Den," said Shamrock. Shamrock sees the Lion's Den hopefuls,
as well as those on his promotion's fight cards as, "a lot
of young, good talent and that's mainly what I want to do, build
new talent."
Source: FCF
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HORN:
'LIDDELL HASN'T EVOLVED AS A FIGHTER'
Jeremy Horn
Jeremy
Horn was recently interviewed by an internet site regarding his
upcoming fight against Chuck Liddell on August 20th, and commented
that he feels Chuck Liddell hasn't evolved as a fighter since
the first time they fought.
Horn
defeated Liddell by choking him out in UFC 19 back in 1999.
Source: Fight Sport
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ROGERIO
'MINOTORO' SPEAKS
Rogerio "Minotoro" Nogueira
Rogerio
'Minotoro' Nogueira was recently interviewed by Brazilian magazine
'Tatame'. Here's what Minotoro had to say (interview by Eduardo
Ferreira, translated by Ricardo Alonso):
Tatame:
What is your evaluation of your fight against Mauricio "Shogun"
Rua?
Minotoro:
I think it was a good fight. I was very confident in my standup,
and I was able to utilize my boxing very well. I felt I was perfect
in the standup exchanges. The only thing is that I wasn't able
to put much pressure on him in the clinch. I don't know if it
was due to being tired or what. I also tired out my legs and
abdomen while I was fighting from my guard.
Tatame:
A lot of people are saying that you gave more attention to your
boxing then to your wrestling...
Minotoro:
During training I injured my neck while practicing takedowns.
After that, whenever I'd sprawl in training I'd feel some discomfort
in my spine. Due to that, I trained more in boxing and jiu-jitsu.
But now I will return to training in wrestling too.
Tatame:
Your roles seemed to reverse during the fight. You're a ground
fighter, yet you looked to fight standing, and Shogun, who is
a Muay Thai fighter, looked to fight on the ground...
Minotoro:
I was training a lot in the standup and felt confident. I wanted
to fight standing so that I could put on a show for the public,
and everyone liked it. He's very good on the ground, and he showed
that he can attack and defend well. He's no fool when it comes
to submissions too, but I also fought very well from the bottom.
I lost points on the takedowns. I think I was taken down six
or seven times during the fight. That was the only part of the
fight I left a little to be desired.
Tatame:
What has happened as a result of this fight?
Minotoro:
They said it was the best fight of the event, the best fight
of the year, and one of the best fights ever. Sakakibara (PRIDE
president) was left very happy, and has already promised me another
fight this year. I was down about the loss, but I was left very
satisfied with all the public praising my performance and saying
that I fought well. The loss doesn't discourage me one bit.
Tatame:
At what moment do you feel you lost the fight?
Minotoro:
I might've lost the fight because of the knockdown in the third
round. I wasn't hurt though, because if I was then I wouldn't
have been able to defend the kick he attempted right after. But
I think I really lost the fight in the clinch. I was taken down
three times in the last round, and I think that impressed the
judges, who probably thought he looked more complete then me.
Tatame:
You also knocked him down, but you looked like you got tied up.
Why didn't you come after him more after knockdown?
Minotoro:
I went to punch him instead of kicking him after the knockdown,
and he was able to get back up to his feet quickly and clinch
with me. I think I should'nt have tried to punch him right after
the knockdown, and could've just waited to catch him on the way
back up. When I tried to strike, he only leaned on me and rested
from the clinch.
Tatame:
At the time of the decision, do you think the judges could have
given you the victory?
Minotoro:
I wouldn't have been surprised if they had lifted my hand in
victory. I think the right result should have been a split decision,
and not a unanimous decision for him. But I respect the decision
of the judges. Shogun deserved the victory, he showed that he's
a tough guy.
Tatame:
Would you like a rematch with him?
Minotoro:
I would like very much to have that rematch. Who knows, maybe
they match us up on the PRIDE show on December 31st, or maybe
some time next year. It would be another good fight for sure,
and I'd do everything I can to try and produce a different result.
I would try to fight more forward the next time, now that I know
his game.
Tatame:
How do you think things will turn out amongst the PRIDE GP semifinalists?
Minotoro:
I believe that they will match Shogun against Arona. For me,
Arona will win the ground game, but the fight will go the distance.
If Vanderlei gets Aistair Overeem, he will have to be careful
in the first round because Overeem is very explosive and comes
forward with everything he's got. But I think that Vanderlei
would knock him out in the third round, and advance to the final
against Arona. That's a good fight for Arona because Vanderlei
likes to fight at a close distance, and that allows Arona to
take the fight to the ground and win it from there.
Source: Fight Sport
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K-1
offers open tryout in August
In an effort to acquire new blood for its world renowned martial
arts fighting circuit, the K-1 organization will stage its second-ever
open tryout at Las Vegas, Nevada’s Mirage Hotel and Casino
on Thursday, August 11th and Friday, August 12th, one day prior
to its “Mayhem At The Mirage” mega-card.
The
two-day trial will be open to all fighters who meet the weight
requirements of either of K-1’s two weight divisions –
the 154-pound limit “Max” class and the 200 pounds
and above, super heavyweight group.
Participants
will partake in various exercises that test a wide array of skills
including speed, power, coordination, flexibility, and knowledge
of the sport. They will also engage in sparring sessions with
one another.
During
its first open tryout in history last August, K-1 played host
to over 100 contestants who hailed from various regions of The
United States and whose combat sports training background included
experience in a wide range of disciplines ranging from kickboxing
to western boxing to wrestling. Both Max and super heavyweight
finalists were later enlisted to compete in K-1 events held in
Las Vegas, Hawaii, and Japan.
As
he did last time around, K-1 USA Fight Coordinator Sven Bean
will oversee and direct all activities during the two-day trial
period. A group of judges as well as executives from K-1 Japan
and K-1 USA will observe the tryouts and make recruiting decisions.
Last year, judges included legendary K-1 competitor Sam Greco
as well as three-time K-1 tournament champion, Michael McDonald,
and “Big Daddy” Gary Goodridge.
Those
who wish to register for the tryout should contact Mr. Bean via
email at beanz4@msn.com or should fax a request for an official
tryout application to 303-400-1756. Candidates will be required
to make their own arrangements for travel and stay in Las Vegas
during the tryout period.
Source: Mike Afromowitz
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Quote
of the Day
"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor
the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."
Charles Darwin
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Marcello
Garcia Seminar!
Friday, Aug 26 6-9 pm
Sunday, Aug 28 3-6 pm
For more details email Burton by clicking here.
Source: Burton Richardson
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BATTLEFIELD
KALI CLASS TAUGHT BY
BURTON RICHARDSON
This
class will focus on the techniques and training methods that
have proven most useful in all-out, limited protection stick
fights and "safety knife" sparring. (Nobody wants to
spar with real knives!) The primary goal of this class is to
develop fighting skill in a safe, fun environment. Although Burton
spent many years doing Dog Brother stick fights, this class will
have safety as the first priority.
Since the great majority of the training will be from the Filipino
Martial Arts, the history of the FMA will also be passed along
to ensure that it survives along with the art. Some Zulu Stickfighting
will also be introduced on some occasions. This class will be
fun, informative, and a great workout, while giving you real
life weaponry skills.
Burton
started his training in the Filipino Martial Arts in 1979. He
is one of the rare FULL INSTRUCTORS in the Filipino Martial Arts
under the legendary Dan Inosanto, and the only Full Instructor
in Hawaii.
Burton is one of the original 12 DOG BROTHERS, the group that
brought back full contact stick fighting in the United States
using heavy sticks and employing minimal protection.
In 1994, Burton became an instructor in Kali Ilustrisimo in Manila,
Philippines, personally certified by the late, great Grandmaster
Antonio Ilustrisimo. He also trained under the current heads
of the Kali Ilustrisimo system, Master Tony Diego and Master
Christopher Ricketts.
Burton trained extensively with the late Punong Guro Edgar Sulite
of Lameco Eskrima, as well as with Grandmaster Leo Gaje of Largo
Mano, Grandmaster Diony Canete of Doce Pares, Grandmaster Bert
Labaniego of Lightning Arnis, and Grandmaster Leo Gaje of Pikiti
Tersia, Lucky Lucay Lucay and Ted Lucay Lucay of Villabrille
Kali. Burton has also trained with many other Grandmasters and
high-level instructors in the Filipino Martial Arts on seminars.
Burton has traveled to the Zulu Villages in South Africa on five
occasions to train in the extremely effective Zulu Stickfighting
method that has been passed down for centuries.
Classes are Tuesday and Thursday evenings (6:15 - 7:15) in the
Kaimuki area. Please call 864-1620 to schedule your free class.
All skill levels are welcome to come in and enjoy the training.
Aloha!
For more details email Burton by clicking here.
Source: Burton Richardson
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HEROS
Results
K-1
HEROS pulled off a mega show featuring the widest field of cross
talent that MMA has sen since Rings KOK. Fighters from all the
major Japanese venues converged to do battle. Stars from Pancrase,
SHOOTO, Pride, ZST, and of course K-1 where mixed and matched
to produce an excellent night of MMA action... with only 2 of
12 fights making it to the judges.
One
SHOOTO Champion goes down to a spinning back-fist, the other
elevates his game to win by TKO. ZST fighters go undefeated,
and the K-1 stand-outs perform as expected
Full
Results
Kazuyuki
Miyata vs. Arslan Magomedov - Miyata by RNC rd1
Hideo Tokoro vs. Alexandre
Franca "Pequeno" Nogueira - Tokoro by KO rd3
Koji Yoshida vs. Royler
Gracie
- Gracie
by JD (judges decision)
Takehiro Murahama vs. Remigijus Morkevicius - Morkevicius by
KO rd1
Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Jani Lax - Takaya by TKO rd1
Norifumi
'Kid' Yamamoto
vs. Ian Schaffa - Yamamoto
by TKO rd3
Bob Sapp vs. Alan Karaev - Sapp by KO rd1
Ray Sefo vs. Kim Min-Soo - Sefo by KO rd2
Peter Aerts vs. Wakashoyo - Aerts by TKO rd1
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Carl Toomey - Akiyama by Armbar rd1
Rodrigo
Gracie
vs. Kiuma Kunioku - Gracie
by JD
Katsuya Inoue vs. Akira Kikuchi - Kikuchi by TKO (Ref Stoppage)
rd1
Source: Maxfighting
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"I'LL
CHOKE HIM OUT"
Royler Gracie spoke to the press in Tokyo, Japan with the legend
Royce Gracie at his side. Royler will be fighting Koji Yoshida
at the upcoming HERO’S show on 7/06 in Japan. In a message
to his opponent, Yoshida, he said “ I hope we have a clean
fight. I hope he do his best, because I’m gonna do my best.”
But, how does he want to finish this fight. Royler said, “If
he give me a chance, I’ll choke him out.”
HERO'S
CARD
2x5
minutes with the possibilty of an extra round
Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Arslan Magomedov
Hideo Tokoro vs. Alexandre Franca "Pequeno" Nogueira
Koji Yoshida vs. Royler Gracie
Takehiro Murahama vs. Remigijus Morkevicius
Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Jani Lax
3x5
minutes.
Norifumi Yamamoto vs. Ian Schaffa
Bob Sapp vs. Alan Karaev
Ray Sefo vs. Kim Min-Soo
Peter Aerts vs. Wakashoyo
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Carl Toomey
Rodrigo Gracie vs. Kiuma Kunioku
Katsuya Inoue vs. Akira Kikuchi
Source: MMA Weekly
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HERO's
PRESS CONFERENCE
Make sure you check out today's photo gallery as Hero’s
held their Press Conference for their 2nd show today in Tokyo,
Japan. Maeda was on hand with his stable of fighters to launch
the opening of the Middleweight World Tournament. It’s been
since march that the newly formed Hero’s promotion has had
a show. Maeda wanted to make sure they were able to get quality
events before announcing the dates. He said that this era of
MMA is just the beginning and to enjoy the most excellent fights
at 70 kg in the world.
Maeda
made gave a speech saying how Japan is one of the originators
of martial arts and there are many philosophies, Japan’s
philosophy is Bushido. Through Bushido we have the samurai, and
when they go to the battlefield they don’t throw themselves
to the gods, but rely on themselves. He reiterated that he’s
certain that the samurai have religion and God, but that they
trust themselves. And, they have conversation with themselves
and God, “trust me” and “watch me”. I will
show you the real figure through the battlefield. Maeda ended
saying even if one samurai win or losses the fight, I hope they
show the beauty of the battlefield.
So
will we see the beauty unfold upon the battlefield tomorrow night.
We shall see. Koji Yoshida claimed,” I would like to knock
him out tomorrow.” In which his opponent Royler Gracie remarked,”
..if somebody say something he need to prove it in the ring.”
A
funny moment was when Bob Sapp’s opponent, Alan Karaev,
said “ I will knock him out.” And, Sapp responded jokingly,
“ I will break him, just kidding.” And Ray Sefo and
Peter Aerts who where sitting next to each other burst out into
laughter. Sapp continued, “ I will show everybody what the
new beast is all about.”
Sefo
riding the tide of joviality jokingly said,” I will seek
and destroy.” This is Ray Sefo’s first MMA fight and
he’s been looking forward to fighting MMA for awhile. About
it being a first for him Sefo said, “ There is only one
way to learn, just jump in there and give it hell.”
Aerts
who is also new to MMA will be fighting a sumo wrestler. Will
he continue in the sport? With a smile on his face, Aerts said,
“ I will tell you tomorrow, if I like it or not, MMA.”
‘Kid’
Norifumi Yamamoto
who used to be in Enson Inoue’s camp is a big star these
days in Japan. He and Masato (K-1 World Max) are the big stars,
more popular than Gomi. His fight tomorrow night is a superfight
with Ian Schaffa. The too produced the most tension by far at
the press conference as they stared each other down. Ian Schaffer
said,” there can only be one hero in this fight and that
hero will be me.” Tomorrow night we shall see.
Source: MMA Weekly
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Frank
Shamrock is Building a Team
Frank
Shamrock is holding try outs for his team, to be held on the
1st and 3rd Friday of every month at noon. No experience is required,
and anyone can attend. Also, he is looking for experienced fighters
or fighters that are looking to make a change in its team affiliation.
The
team needs a boxing, kickboxing coach and a wrestling coach for
the fighters. Dorms will be available soon. Anyone interested
can email Fallen Angel at frenchchoclit2003@yahoo.com.
Source: MMA Weekly
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Quote
of the Day
"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you
may be the world."
Origin Unknown.
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***For
Immediate Release***
For More Information and Fighter Interviews, Contact Mike Afromowitz,
(917) 566-8754 or mike@k-1usa.net.
Penn
Tackles Another Gracie In Hawaii
Mixed
martial arts superstar BJ Penn (9-2-1) will take on another member of martial
arts fighting's most heralded family in Renzo Gracie (10-5-1)
at Honolulu, Hawaii's 50,000 crowd capacity Aloha Stadium on Friday, July 29th. The bout, which will
be presented as a featured contest during the K-1 "World
Grand Prix 2005 in Hawaii" extravaganza, will premiere on
Pay Per View television along with the remainder of the card
on Sunday, July 31st.
Penn's
appearance in his home state will be his second in a period of
eight months. On November 20th of last year, he defeated Renzo's
cousin, Rodrigo Gracie, by way of unanimous judges' decision
at Honolulu's Blaisdell Center.
Penn's
latest challenger is an eight-time veteran of Japan's Pride Fighting
Championship and the owner of a fifth degree black belt in Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu, the style of combat founded by his grandfather, Carlos
Gracie. The matchup with Penn will mark Gracie's first start
since October 5, 2003 when he lost a split decision to former
UFC welterweight crown holder, Carlos Newton. During his 13 year
professional career, Gracie has claimed wins over the likes of
martial arts fighting legends Maurice Smith and Oleg Taktarov.
Last
year, Penn defected from The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC),
where he had reeled off six of his nine career victories, to
the K-1 organization that recently expanded its repertoire of
combat sports promotions to include mixed martial arts competition.
Penn's dramatic career move came shortly after he had made a
jump from the UFC's 154-pound limit division to its 168-pound
class and easily defeated the heavier weight category's reigning
champion, Matt Hughes, by way of rear naked choke.
K-1
"World Grand Prix 2005 in Hawaii" will also feature
an eight-man, single-elimination tournament and a pair of "Superfights"
that will be contested under the promotion's traditional, stand-up
fighting rules. Amongst the talent enlisted for the tournament
affair are 2003 K-1 USA champion, Carter Williams; UFC and Rumble
on the Rock veteran Wesley "Cabbage" Correira; and
"Big Daddy" Gary Goodridge. In Superfight action, four-time
K-1 Japan Grand Prix tournament winner, Musashi, will meet Sweden's
Richard Nordstrand while sumo wrestling legend turned K-1 fighter
Akebono will do battle with 7 foot 2 inch giant, Hong Man Choi,
who captured the K-1 Grand Prix tournament championship in Seoul,
Korea earlier this year.
K-1 is a martial arts fighting sport that derives its name from
its inclusion of a wide array of combat disciplines, including
Karate, Kung-Fu, and Kickboxing ("K"), and its intent
to determine one champion in one ring ("1"). After
being staged for the first time in Japan in 1993 under the direction
of founder Master Kazuyoshi Ishii, it later evolved into the
country's most popular sport and achieved popular culture status
there as its athletes turned into larger-than-life celebrities.
Source: Mike Afromowitz
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MaXpreview:
HERO'S
By Jeremy Wall
Monday, July 4, 2005
The
next HERO'S card, promoted by K-1, takes place this Wednesday,
June 6th at Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo. As usual when it
comes to K-1 MMA cards, it's a subpar card in terms of interesting
bouts and evenly matched talent. However, it does featurea one-night,
eight-man 70kg tournament and a number of superfights which can
be described as at least mildly interesting. The show will be
airing on network TV in prime time in Japan.
Bob
Sapp headlines the card, taking on arm wrestler Alan Karaev.
This is Sapp's first fight since winning the Japan Grand Prix
a few weeks ago. This fight is under MMA rules.
Peter
Aerts is also on the card, making his MMA debut against sumo
Wakashoyo. See what I mean when I described this as a subpar
card?
The
Superfights:
Bob
Sapp vs. Alan Karaev
This
is garbage MMA featuring two freakshow fighters with the idea
of drawing a high rating on television. I think that sentence
pretty much sums up K-1's mission statement for the last three
years. Karaev is huge and strong and all that stuff which applies
to a super-heavyweight arm wrestling champion, and he has one
fight in MMA under his belt. It was a loss to Gary Goodridge
of all people via submission at the HERO'S show in March. You
know you're not talented when you're being submitted by Big Daddy.
But that's not the point here, right?
Sapp
is a better fighter than Karaev. It's a freakshow brawl, and
Sapp's experience and higher skill level in comparison to Karaev
should carry him to a win seen by millions on TV in Japan. Depending
how deep Sapp goes in the Grand Prix Finals (or put it this way:
how deep K-1 wants Sapp to go in the Grand Prix Finals) this
could be the year of the Beast. Hopefully K-1 has learned from
past mistakes and will continue booking Sapp against lesser skilled
opponents who still have the (freakshow) appeal of getting the
masses in Japan to tune in their TV sets.
Pick:
Sapp via whatever
Peter
Aerts vs. Wakashoyo
Aerts
is the second greatest heavyweight fighter in K-1 history, with
only Ernesto Hoost holding more Grand Prix Finals championships.
He's a star, and this is his MMA debut, which means that K-1
is going to feed him an easy opponent.
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