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2006
Grappler's Quest Hawaii
(Submission Grappling)
(TBA)
2005
12/10/05
Proving
Grounds -
ROTR
Qualifer
(MMA)
(Hilo Civic Center)
11/19/05
ROTR 9
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
11/14/05
3rd American National BJJ Championships
(Torrance Unified School District, Torrance, CA )
10/29-30/05
Brazilian Team Titles
(Equipes)
(Brazil)
10/05
Proving
Grounds -
ROTR
Qualifer
(MMA)
(Lahaina Civic Center, Maui)
9/05
Proving
Grounds -
ROTR
Qualifer
(MMA)
(Kauai)
8/27-28/05
International
Masters & Seniors BJJ Tournament
(Tijuca Tenis Clube, Tijuca, Brazil)
8/6/05
Hawaii Grappling
Grand Prix
(BJJ & Sub Grappling)
(TBA)
7/29/05
ROTR
8
(MMA)
(Aloha Stadium)
7/23-31/05
World BJJ
Championships (Mundial)
(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
(Jun Fan
Jeet Kune Do, Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima, and Muay Thai concepts)
(HMC)
7/9/05
Proving
Grounds -
ROTR
Qualifer
(MMA)
(Hilo Civic Center)
7/3/05
Warriors Quest 11
(MMA)
(Kapaa H.S. Gym, Kapaa, Kauai)
Super Braw: Full Contact Showdown 4
at Bayfest
(MMA)
7/2/05
Extreme Wars X-1: Hawaii's Top Team vs. Next Generation's Top
Team
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu)
7/1/05
Dan "The Beast" Severn Seminar
(Farrington H.S. Gym)
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Quote
of the Day
"Vision doesn't usually come like a lightening bolt. Rather,
it comes as a slow crystallization of life challenges that we
one day recogize as a beautiful diamond with great value to ourselves
and others."
Michael Norwood, Author, THE 9 INSIGHTS OF THE WEALTHY SOUL
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SAKAKIBARA
TALKS FEDOR VS CRO COP
It's been a long time in the making, some believe too long. Fedor
Emelianenko and Mirko Cro Cop are on a collision course for August
28th at Pride's GP Finals Event.
If
this sounds familiar it is. In the UFC, Chuck Liddell chased
Tito Ortiz for a couple of years before getting his shot in the
Octagon. Now it appears Mirko Cro Cop will finally get his wish
to face long time rival, Fedor Emelianenko, on August 28th. In
what was expected to be announced at a press conference on Monday,
the day after the Pride GP event, the CroCop Fedor fight was
announced in the ring after Cro Cop's fight. Cro Cop called out
Takada to come into the ring, as the crowd responded to Cro Cop's
brashness. Cro Cop told Takada that he wanted Fedor, so Takada
took the mike and called for Fedor to enter the arena and the
ring with his championship belt. fedor marched in with belt over
shoulder and accepted the fight.
Sakakibara
said "Mirko has at last, having gone the long way round,
got his long sought after chance. I mean he's really wanted and
sought after this long and hard road, the right to challenge
for the heavyweight title on August 28. And I really don't think
anyone can dispute it. Fedor is not running away and can't run
away--he's also determined to do this fight. So, at last we will
be able to have the heavyweight fight of the century on August
28."
Both
fighters have had to wait for this match-up because of injuries.
Fedor assures everyone he will be healthy enough to fight by
August. Cro Cop's corner just wanted to make sure Mirko got out
of this past weekend's fight unscathed. Sakakibara said mission
accomplished. "I spoke to Mirko after the fight and apart
from the instep on his kicking leg hurting a little, he has said
there is no damage, so over the next two months he'll be training
hard and getting ready for this century's--well, this century
has really just started, but as far as Pride is concerned, we
expect this to be a truly history-making fight..."
Source: MMA Weekly |
SCHULTZ
WAITING FOR HIS SHOT
Respect, it’s a simple concept that all of us can understand.
We all want to get respect for our hard work and be rewarded
accordingly to our merits and achievements.
In
the MMA world there is often a lot of respect for the people
at the top, but there is an increasing amount of fighters who’ve
achieved a lot but still lack the push they deserve to get their
shot at the top. For one such fighter, Ryan Schultz, his upcoming
bout at Sportfight 11 is all about getting respect and moving
on to the upper echelon of the lightweight division.
On
July 9th Schultz, a product of Team Quest, will be matched up
with American Top Team standout Gesias “JZ” Calvancanti
in a fight of two of the most highly regarded young lightweight
fighters in the US. For Schultz however, the hype surrounding
Calvancanti isn’t anything that impresses or intimidates
Ryan.
“I
don’t know much about him other than I’ve heard he’s
pretty good and the next whatever, big thing or something,”
Schultz told MMA Weekly. “To me he’s just like any
other guy. I’m going to show up, do what I do and put him
down.”
Calvancanti
has received a lot of his attention for his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
skills coming out of the ATT. Schultz on the other hand is known
for his relentless aggression, hard hitting, and patented Team
Quest wrestling skills, which should make the fight extremely
interesting if it goes to the ground.
When
it comes to strategy, Schultz isn’t one to waste time getting
fancy, “I think I’ll go in with just the basic same
style as always, pound him hard until he’s out. I’m
aware that he has good BJJ and for the most part I don’t
mess around there anyway, but I do know those guys don’t
like being thumped hard when they are on their back, and that’s
what I do.”
Schultz
continued, ”If he wants to stand on his feet with me that’s
fine. If I have to take him down I will, but I like to bang.
He better expect to trade upstairs because he won’t take
me down.”
This
will be Schultz’ first fight since this past February in
the USA versus The World edition of Euphoria, in which Ryan got
back on winning track dominating Japan’s Hiroyuki Abe. According
to Schultz he is looking forward to building off the momentum
of the victory, “Since my last fight in Euphoria I’ve
been training hard since and improving all the time. I feel I
keep getting better and I’m looking forward to facing better
competition in the future.”
Ryan
had been scheduled to face off against Jorge Gurgel at an IFC
event in Ohio for their Lightweight Championship, but the fight
was called off because word has it that Gurgel became involved
in the second season of the UFC and Spike TV’s The Ultimate
Fighter reality series.
“I
was looking forward to fighting him,” said Schultz. “Other
things came up so the fight didn’t happen. I know he’s
a tough fighter and (Gurgel’s Manager) Monte Cox spoke highly
of him when we were at Euphoria. I was looking forward to a good
challenge. He’s got a decent record and I’ve seen him
fight and I think it could have been a good fight. Maybe we can
make it happen sometime in the future.”
For
Schultz it’s been a rewarding and frustrating time over
the last year. While he continues to gain fan and media support
as he racks up victory after impressive victory, he’s still
been denied his shot against top 10 ranked opponents.
“Nobody
in the big game wants to fight me and it’s frustrating,”
exclaimed Ryan. “If they don’t want to fight me in
a smaller show it’s fine, but they can’t keep avoiding
me. I would love to fight Yves (Edwards), Rich (Clementi), or
Hermes (Franca). I feel I’m a top fighter and I could beat
those guys if I got the chance. I mean I respect them and understand
why they don’t want the fight, they don’t want to take
chances. Maybe they would want me in the UFC or Pride, I’m
not sure, but they know I’m dangerous so maybe that’s
why they’re not fighting me.”
Ryan
knows if he wants to finally get his shot in the major MMA shows
he’s got only one course of action right now, keep winning
and make it so promotions can’t afford to not have him on
their shows. “I’m going to KO this kid (Calvancanti)
and go right down the line and earn my shot,” exclaimed
Schultz. “There’s too much politics in fighting. I
just want to fight and that’s just what I’m going to
do, that’s what I’m in this sport for, to fight the
best and become the best in the world.”
Source: MMA Weekly |
MIGHTY
MO AND BOTHA AT MIRAGE
K-1 “Battle at Bellagio III” tournament champion “Mighty
Mo” Siligia(26-3 (20 KO’s) will collide with former
world boxing champion Francois “The White Buffalo”
Botha (46-11-2 (30 KO’s) during a three-round K-1 “Mayhem
At The Mirage” Superfight on Saturday, August 13th.
Expected
to be a duel dominated by punching power, the matchup between
the 265 pound Siligia and the 250 pound Botha will mark the first
time ever that the two will have met in competition.
Siligia
is coming off his single greatest triumph in the squared circle,
a hard-fought, Superfight victory over reigning K-1 king Remy
Bonjasky at Las Vegas, Nevada’s Bellagio on Saturday, April
30th.
A
considerable underdog, Siligia patiently waited to close the
distance between his long legged opponent and him and, upon finally
doing so in the third and final scheduled round of action, struck
Bonjasky down with a short, but vicious right hand. Bonjasky
recovered, but the knockdown gave Siligia a slight edge on the
judges’ scorecards and a victory via split decision.
Since
he made his introduction to K-1 last February, Siligia, a protégé
of trainer Eddy Millis, has become recognized as a force amongst
martial arts fighting’s best, one who recently expanded
his arsenal to include a heavy roundhouse kick. During what was
only the second tournament start of his career on August 7th
of last year, the
stocky, heavy hitter defeated three straight opponents to capture
the K-1 “Battle at Bellagio III” tournament championship.
A
former International Boxing Federation (IBF) world heavyweight
crownholder, Botha undertook a new challenge in “The New
Fighting Sport” a year and a half ago. After coming up short
in his first few attempts, the South African native abruptly
turned his fortunes around towards the close of last year when
he scored back to back knockouts on two of the sport’s most
accomplished figures in Peter Aerts and Jerome LeBanner in September
and December, respectively.
Botha’s
only four defeats in the world of boxing came at the hands of
Michael Moorer, Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, and Wladimir Klitschko,
all of whom were present or former world champions at the time
Botha faced them.
Tickets
for K-1 “Mayhem At The Mirage” will officially go on
sale on K-1 North America’s website, www.k-1usa.net, on
Friday, July 1st. Tickets will be priced at $300, $200, $100,
and $50, respectively.
The
remainder of the lineup for the August 13th K-1 event has yet
to be announced, but the names of participating fighters will
be revealed gradually over the course of the next several weeks.
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: MMA Weekly |
Quote
of the Day
"The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings
can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind."
William James, 1842-1910, American Psychologist, Professor, Author
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ROCK
BAND SALUTES UFC
Rock music and MMA have always gone together. Throughout the
history of the sport, fighters have come out to fist pounding
tunes to get them and the crowd pumped up before a fight. It
seems impossible to think about a live MMA experience without
hard rocking tunes.
Last
year the UFC came together with various record labels to produce
their first official soundtrack album, Ultimate Beatdowns Vol.
1: Metal. The album featured some of the most respected and heavy
acts in music today including Fear Factory, Sepultura, Damageplan
(featuring the now sadly deceased Dimebag Darrell, RIP), Zuffa
Records’ own Stemm, and the reason for Chuck Liddell’s
signature mohawk, Slayer.
The
album seemed to a perfect way to introduce fans of heavy music
to the sport of MMA, but one thing was missing from the compilation,
of all the songs on the album, none of them actually incorporated
MMA into their themes/lyrics. Now one year later, rock band Adema
have penned a homage to the sport, and specifically the UFC,
with their song “Enter the Cage” off their brand new
third release Planets. The band, whose self-titled major label
debut album sold over 200,000 copies in the US alone, hopes to
have the song featured in future UFC projects, including live
shows and possibly even become the theme song to the upcoming
second season of Spike TV’s The Ultimate Fighter. MMA Weekly’s
Mick Hammond spoke to Adema drummer and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fanatic
Kris Kohls about MMA, the band’s new album, and Kris’
connection to the legendary Gracie family.
MMA
Weekly: First off Kris tell us about the song “Enter the
Cage.” The lyrics are obviously inspired by the UFC and
their trademark Octagon. How did the idea come up to include
a song like this on the new album Planets?
Kris
Kohls: I’ve always been into martial arts, MMA, and especially
the UFC. From the beginning watching Royce Gracie in the first
shows I became a huge fan of what he did. I’ve been training
in BJJ for about three years and have a blue belt from Rorion
Gracie. I’ve done competitions and love everything about
BJJ. So basically the song came about from my love of the martial
arts. It’s about getting into the cage, what a fighter must
do, it's about mastering his fears and overcoming. You know eventually,
even at 33 years old, I want to have a cage fight someday. I
know some people want to jump out of airplanes, drive fast cars,
but I want to cage fight (laughs).
MMA
Weekly: Are your bandmates (vocalist Luke Caraccioli, bassist
Dave De Roo, and guitarst Tim Fluckey) into MMA and the UFC as
well?
Kris
Kohls: The thing with the rest of the band is they get sick of
me talking BJJ all the time and taking their backs and choking
them (laughs). They’re fans of the UFC, that’s basically
all we watch when we are touring. Either on the bus or at the
hotel I’m usually watching the UFC or instructional videos.
They are aware of the styles and they recognize grappling, they
know what an armbar is, what a rear naked choke is from being
around me, but none of them train. Actually the opening band
out with us touring right now I’m teaching them submission
wrestling.
MMA
Weekly: You mentioned watching Royce Gracie in the early UFCs
and you’ve trained under Rorion Gracie, what is it about
BJJ that got you hooked?
Kris
Kohls: I remember seeing Royce fight Kimo at UFC 3, it blew my
mind and I instantly became big fan of Royce. The whole reality
it’s a proven fact that BJJ gives a smaller opponent a true
chance at all times is what really got me into it. Seeing Royce
control bigger guys and tapping them out was unbelievable. Growing
up watching kung fu and Bruce Lee movies it seems like that’s
the goal, you want to be the Zen Master beating your opponent
with all those fancy punches and kicks, but in reality it’s
different. With BJJ you have a real fighting chance as long as
you’re awake and not sleeping (laughs). To me BJJ is the
most effective style of martial arts, period.
Because
of Royce I started studying in 2002 after touring on Ozzfest
all summer. One day I just realized it’s something I wanted
to learn and that clicked. I was living in San Pedro at the time
and I drove by the Gracie Academy and went in and started from
there. I tend to be obsessive-compulsive about things so I was
training 6 days a week for nine months, I became really addicted
to it and it changed my life. I stopped drinking and my mindset
out on the road changed. Instead of partying, the main thing
on my mind is “Where is the next BJJ school?” so I
can roll. Before it was a hobby and now it’s an obsession.
I’ve already competed in the Pan-Ams, Copa Pacifica, and
have won tournaments. I take it very seriously and I still have
a long way to go, I would love to eventually get my black belt.
MMA
Weekly: Getting back to the song “Enter the Cage,”
I understand that your management is looking to get the song
featured on the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter. Tell
us what it would be like if that could happen for you?
Kris
Kohls: That would be huge, it would be a total dream come true
at this point, obviously getting our song out to them would be
huge. It’s so cool because I just heard they are submitting
song to UFC and if everything goes well maybe it could be the
theme song for the TV show. I have trained with Eddy Bravo, he’s
a good buddy of mine, and he loves the song. We’ve played
it for Joe Rogan and he loves it too and we’re hoping we
can get it played for Dana (White, UFC President). The song was
definitely written for the UFC, it’s premier cage fighting
organization in the world. I’m really hoping it happens.
Everything going on with the UFC right now is amazing, the sport
is getting bigger and more popular, you know it’s best sport
in the world.
MMA
Weekly: I understand you guys just got back from Iraq and you
had the opportunity to roll with some of the unarmed combat instructors
over there, tell us what that was like and how you did against
the soldiers?
Kris
Kohls: I did, I rolled with the instructors over there and it
was awesome. We had such a great time over there; it was a real
highlight of my life for me. I went to a gym in Iraq with an
MP named Trinity because we had armed guard go with us and fallow
us around everywhere to keep us safe. At the gym they mats laid
out and literally 30 troops in gym watching us grapple so it
felt like a tournament. I tapped both of the instructors three
times, so I can at least say I was undefeated in Iraq (laughs).
MMA
Weekly: To kind of get off subject for a moment, I know the war
over there a very important subject to people here in the States.
Can you give us an idea of what it was like being with the troops
in Iraq?
Kris
Kohls: This may be hard for people to understand but we became
instant brothers and sisters over there. Before I went over there
I wasn’t sure what to expect or what my view on war really
was. Now that I’ve been over there I think no matter your
view is of it; you have to respect soldiers and everyone over
there. In our visit over there they made us feel great, welcome,
and safe. It’s crazy, at the base we were at in Mazul you
could hear mortars going off not too far from where we are sitting.
We were literally from stone’s throw away from where things
were happening. The show we played over there is the most meaningful
to me of my time in the band. Hanging with the soldiers was just
so unbelievable. They were totally thankful for that one hour
we played because they got to forget about their worries and
enjoy themselves. To us, performing, it’s our job, we love
it, we play rock shows to have a good time, but that experience
over there just made it so much more meaningful.
MMA
Weekly: Let’s talk about your band Adema right now. Your
third album Planets was just released and it’s a time of
renewal for the band. You’ve got a new album, a new singer,
and a new label, tell us how Adema circa 2005 is compared to
the past.
Kris
Kohls: It feels great, we are a much better, stronger band now.
We get along great and we’ve been having blast on the road.
We’re better on stage now than ever before and having a
great time out there performing. The only thing is missing is
it’s hard to find places to train while on tour (laughs).
Both of the changes, singer and label, have been for the better,
one hundred percent.
MMA
Weekly: Tell us about your change in record label and how that’s
effected the band.
Kris
Kohls: We were on a major label (Arista) and now on an independent
label (Earache). To be honest, being on an independent is so
much better. They let us produce our own record with the help
of Nick Forcillo; we never could do that on a major label. Earache
had faith in us; they let us make the record we wanted to make,
that’s the cool thing about them. The biggest thing is communication,
with this label I can call the main guy with the company whenever
I want. When you need something to get done it gets done; you
don’t have to talk to 20 people like we did on a major.
MMA
Weekly: Planets is the first release with your new singer Luke
(who replaced Mark Chavez, half-brother of Korn’s vocalist
Jonathan Davis), what’s it like having him in the band?
Kris
Kohls: Our new singer Luke is awesome. He was a marine for five
years and is the main reason we went to Iraq. I’ve been
getting him into BJJ and he’s letting me show him some stuff.
He’s a great singer, a great person, and we have great chemistry
as friends and musicians. We all rock hard every night because
we want to do our best. It’s because of the other three
guys’ energy that makes me want to go play my heart out.
We’re more energetic live now than we ever were before.
MMA
Weekly: Before we go, I’ve got one last MMA question for
you. It was announced recently BJ Penn will be facing off against Renzo Gracie
at Rumble on the Rock.
To steal a line from Pardon the Interruption, who ya got?
Kris
Kohls: Oh man that’s a tough one to answer. That’s
going to be a really tough fight. I’m a huge Gracie fan
and a huge BJ fan, his BJJ is amazing, but I’m going to
have to say Renzo. I saw him at Abu Dhabi and he looked good.
You know Renzo is always in there to fight hard and when he’s
healthy and in shape Renzo is as good anybody.
MMA
Weekly: Thanks a lot for taking the time off your touring schedule
for the interview Kris. As we close out the interview is there
anything you’d like to say?
Kris
Kohls: I want to make sure to mention Matt Baker, he’s been
a great teacher to me over the last few years. I started out
with the Gracies and got my blue belt but now that I’m back
in Bakersfield I’ve been training the last couple years
at Bakersfield Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with Matt. He’s a brown
belt under Jean-Jacques Machado and hopefully with his help I
can get my purple belt within the next year or so. I’d like
to be the first rock musician to fight in the UFC someday, so
hopefully we can make that happen. I want to tell everyone to
go check out our new album Planets. Along with “Enter the
Cage” there’s a song on the album called “Bad
Triangle” that’s about being caught in a triangle choke.
Thanks to everyone for supporting Adema, long live MMA and Rock
& Roll.
Source: MMA Weekly
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COFFEE
GUY EXCLUSIVE: 'THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER' SECOND SEASON DISASTER
By Coffee Guy
UFC
President Dana White in what may be a retouched photograph.
Before
reading any further, please read our disclaimer first.
The
following exclusive report was sent to us by our Zuffa informant
called 'Coffee Guy':
"Sources
associated with 'The Ultimate Fighter' television program confirmed
today that three of the eight contestants in the 170-pound division
have been severely injured during taping.
All
three of the injured contestants have been removed from the fighter's
house and are off the show. As a result, Spike TV officials have
been scrambling all week to find replacement fighters. The current
plan calls for the replacement fighters to show up next week
and begin the competition immediately, though officials briefly
discussed scrapping everything and starting over. Taping for
the show has been ongoing for nearly three weeks, so the influx
of new fighters will be awkward, and Spike TV fears that the
show will suffer as a result.
At
least one of the injuries was sustained during a Randy Couture-created
competition. Spike TV officials are said to be very displeased
with Couture's competitions, as they feel that they make for
bad television and create unnecessary risks for the fighters.
The relationship between Zuffa and Spike TV has suffered because
of Couture's presence and influence."
As
usual, stick to Fightsport.com for hard hitting reporting and
exclusives you won't find anywhere else. Must credit Fightsport.com
when discussing this story.
Source: Fight Sport |
RAY
MARDO: 'HOW I TOOK DOWN THE UFC'
Hello.
My name is Raymond A. Mardo III. Most people simply call me,
'raymardo'.
Thank
you for stopping here to see how I took down the UFC. This is
not an attempt to brag. It is merely to show that the little
guy need not be afraid of the big guy, even if it is the big
guy's job to kick ass for a living! When you are right and prepared,
you will win.
The
UFC needed to prove three key points in their case against me.
The one which proved to be their downfall was:
Registering
the domain name with bad intentions.
This could not be proved by the UFC or it's high powered attorneys
because it was not true. I never tried to sell the URL for profit.
I also registered the domain name two full years before the new
owners of the UFC, Zuffa LLC, even bought the fledging and financially
challenged company. I had interest in the UFC before Zuffa.
What
follows is a press release outlining most of the details of this
case between the UFC and myself. I hope you enjoy the results
of this case.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -
For
Additional Information Contact:
Ray
Mardo at
LGRE
(973) 703 3568
No
Kill Date
Screenwriting
DJ Wins Ultimate Fighting Championship
Ray
Mardo, a professional DJ and screenwriter is a former freestyle
wrestling champion who has recently scored a major victory over
the UFC, an international no holds barred fighting organization
that has served as the launching pad for professional wrestlers
Ken Shamrock, Dan "The Beast" Severn, and Tank Abbott
into the WWE & WCW.
The
UFC attempted to wrestle the domain name "ultimatefightingchampionship.com"
away from Mardo but appears to have been choked out by Mardo,
the savvy screenwriting DJ who is in negotiations with Hollywood
makeup artist Louis Lazzara about the movie rights to this interesting
tale of a former amateur wrestler who defeats an international
no holds barred fighting organization.
"I
registered ultimatefightingchampionship.com after interviewing
Vince Mcmahon's daughter, Stephanie, and speaking with WWE champion
and 1996 Olympic gold medallist, Kurt Angle," says Mardo.
"Like myself, Kurt wrestled in amateur tournaments. I decided
to put together tournaments for professional wrestlers and have
all of the winners face each other in a tournament called the
ultimate fighting championship. Ultimate fighting is a generic
term that means; no holds barred. It's basically hardcore professional
wrestling."
At
this time Mardo also registered the domain names extremechampionshipwrestling.com
and worldchampionshipwrestling.com, since both of the WWE's competitors,
ECW & WCW, were on the verge of bankruptcy and were looking
to sell their organizations. Ray saw it as a way of giving former
wrestlers from these organizations the opportunity to compete
in his ultimate fighting championship tournament.
"The
UFC was struggling financially and was sold by Rob Meyrowitz
to Zuffa, LLC. Rob had no interest in the domain name so I bought
it well before Zuffa purchased the UFC and had it for nearly
two years before they filed an internet domain name dispute against
my company," adds Mardo. "Today's wrestling scene is
radically different then it was years ago. The WWE employs the
now defunct ECW's former owner, Paul Heyman and they bought WCW
from Ted Turner. These two events changed my plans for the wrestling
tournaments and I was considering transferring the name to Zuffa,
but when they tried to intimidate me, I decided to apply a submission
hold and make them tap out."
With
his big victory over the UFC, Mardo is at work on the screenplay
for the movie. "Hollywood sees this as the classic tale
of the big guy with money and strength trying to bully the little
guy around. It's an abuse of power. Sometimes the underdog can
win if he is right and is prepared," Mardo stated with smile.
"This is a story of motivation for the average Joe. I feel
like Rocky Balboa. Yo Adrian, I did it!"
Mardo
is also scheduled to set a DJ world record for Guiness, and has
his second cd is coming out soon possibly through Dave Sanchez
at Madonna's old boyfriend's label; Jellybean Records.
Source: Fight Sport
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Quote
of the Day
"A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you
fail to make the turn."
Unknown
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Pride
Viewing Times in Hawaii!
Don't even think of mentioning anything about the results to
me. I am trying to stay away from the results pages until the
first when I can watch the fight.
Mike
Date Time Channel (Oceanic Digital)
7/1/2005 4:00PM 701 IN1
7/2/2005 12:00PM 701 IN1
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7/6/2005 1:00AM 702 IN2
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PEDRO
VS SERGEI IN HEAVYWEIGHT BATTLE
The
last time fans set eyes on Pedro Rizzo was in a very uninspired
victory over Ricco Rodriguez at UFC 45 in November of 2003. Rizzo
pulled out the decision, but in winning what many thought was
a boring fight from start to finish, he also lost his spot in
the UFC heavyweight division. The UFC was the only major MMA
organization that Rizzo had fought for up to the point when it
was announced that the Marco Ruas prodigy would finally make
his return to professional competition to face rising star, Sergei
Kharitonov in Pride on June 26th.
Pedro
Rizzo has always been one of the most dangerous strikers to ever
set foot into an MMA ring or octagon, but he seems to struggle
when the spotlight is solely on him. He was able to take out
Tank Abbott, Mark Coleman, and Tsuyoshi Kosaka before getting
in line for his first title shot against Hammer House product,
Kevin Randleman at UFC 26. Rizzo didn’t seem able to work
his game against the former NCAA champion wrestler and he lost
a decision to Randleman.
Again
Rizzo fired back, this time defeating UFC Hall of Famer Dan Severn
and knocking out Josh Barnett in a classic battle. The Brazilian
was then set up to face Randy Couture for the UFC Heavyweight
title at UFC 31. The fight was very close throughout but again
Rizzo faced defeat and lost a decision to Couture and his second
shot at a title fell by the wayside. Rizzo received a rematch
against Couture at UFC 34, but this time lost by TKO when the
former Olympic wrester took the fight to the ground and pounded
him out in the third round.
Rizzo
did come back to the UFC for another string of fights, in the
process getting a KO victory over now UFC heavyweight champion
Andrei Arlovski, but then lost to both Gan McGee and a much smaller
fighter in Vladimir Matyushenko. Rizzo managed to get wins over
an aging Tra Telligman and the afore mentioned Ricco Rodriguez
match, but Rizzo then faded out of the UFC and now he will make
his return to mixed martial arts this time in a Pride ring.
Sergei
Kharitonov is a fighter who seemingly came out of nowhere when
he was selected to fight in Pride’s heavyweight Grand Prix.
In the first round of the tournament, Kharitonov showed that
he belonged among the best in the world when he took out dangerous
striker and Chute Boxe member, Maurilo “Ninja” Rua.
Although Rua was out of his normal weight class, he still posed
a definite threat to the Russian, but a definitive reach advantage
and excellent punches throughout showed that Sergei was the real
deal.
In
the second round of the Grand Prix, Kharitonov would then square
off against a man who seemed in the exact opposite end of the
spectrum of the fighter that Kharitonov had just defeated. Semmy
Schilt, who stands at an intimidating 6’11” tall, was
already a very dangerous kickboxer and MMA fighter and posed
a serious threat to Kharitonov continuing on in the tournament.
Despite the height difference, Sergei was able to take Schilt
out of his game and win a TKO stoppage over the Dutch fighter
in the first round.
Kharitonov
took on perennial favorite and Brazillian Top Team member, Antonio
Rodrigo Nogueira in the semi-finals, and the Russian’s talent
wasn’t quite enough on that night. The fight was very close
throughout but Nogueira was able to pull out the victory with
a judges’ decision and Kharitonov was handed his first ever
defeat. Sergei made a return to his winning ways knocking out
Choi Mu Bae in the first round in Pride in February.
Pedro
Rizzo will be fighting for the first time in over a year and
a half and his challenge is none too easy. Sergei Kharitonov
has been shown to be more than a dangerous opponent both on the
ground and standing on the feet. Rizzo is a classic counter puncher
and that has come back to bite him in many of his fights as fans
and critics have accused him of never really pushing the pace
and going for the win. Although Pedro Rizzo’s style has
managed to get him wins over many quality opponents, his tentative
nature has cost him in many other fights. The best thing with
the match-up that Rizzo has going for him is the fact that Kharitonov
has been aggressive in all of his fights.
Sergei
Kharitonov has pushed the pace in every fight that he’s
had in Pride and this fight probably won’t be much of an
exception. The Russian fighter has shown tremendous stand-up
skill, but has an arsenal of ground weapons as well. For Kharitonov
to win this fight, he may be best served to feel out with his
jab and take the fight to the ground. Rizzo has shown a great
sprawl against many outstanding wrestlers throughout his career,
but has also had trouble when fighting on the ground.
This
is an interesting match-up for both fighters for a number of
reasons. First, Rizzo’s greatest attribute has been his
ability to counter punch a fighter and keep them off guard with
devastating leg kicks. Kharitonov is a straight ahead fighter
who swings heavy and hard and won’t stop pressing the fight.
Pride has not given Rizzo an easy fight for his first time out,
but they did give him a fighter that his style matches up very
well with. Second, Kharitonov has shown the ability to hang with
many of the best in the world, but he has not defeated a veteran
fighter with as much skill as Rizzo yet in his career. If Kharitonov
wants his name mentioned along side fighters like Fedor Emelianenko,
Mirko CroCop and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira a win over Rizzo would
be a great stepping stone.
For
a first fight back, Rizzo will have to be ready to face off against
one of the top heavyweights in the sport in Sergei Kharitonov.
Whoever comes out victorious, one thing is for sure, it will
be a war in the ring.
Source: MMA Weekly
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SPIKE
TV READY TO LAUNCH SHOW ON JULY 25TH
Spike TV has annoucned that it will officialy air the fights
you did not see for the season finale of the Ultimate Fighter
in July.
On
July 25th, Spike TV will have a one hour special of these specific
fights. Sam Hoger vs Bobby Southworth, Chris Leben vs Jason Thacker,
Lodune Sincaid vs Nathan Quarry, Alex Karalexis vs Josh Rafferty,
Josh Koscheck vs Chris Sanford and Mike Swick vs Alex Schoenhauer.
Almost
all of the matches will be shown in their entirety, a couple
of the matches that went very long could be chopped down a bit.
Spike
TV confirmed to MMAWeekly that July 25th is the day that they
will air the one hour special of the Ultimate Fighter Finale
of the fights that have never seen before on television.
Source: MMA Weekly
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Chris
Leben is Off to the UK
Cage Rage 13 "No Fear"
Wembley Conference Center
September 10th
Ian
"The Machine" Freeman vs. TBA
Sol
"Zero Tolerance" Gilbert vs. Chris Leben
Mike
"The Count" Bisping vs. Evangelista "Cyborg"
Santos
Antony
Rea vs. Jason DeLucia
James
"The Colussus" Thompson vs. TBA
Alex
Evans vs. Tulio Palhares
Melvin
Manhoef vs. Pierre Guillet
Ross
"The Boss" Mason vs. Dexter Casey
Mark
"The Beast" Epstein vs. Ross Pointon
Abdul
Mohammed vs. Paul "Hands of Stone" Jenkins
Source: Maxfighting
|
Quote
of the Day
"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what
you have to do."
Epictetus, 50-120, Stoic Philosopher
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Assuerio
Silva Preparing for UFC 54
On
August 20th at UFC 54: Boiling Point in Vegas, former Chute Boxe
fighter Assuerio Silva will be stepping into the UFC octagon
for the first time in his career. Staring back at him from across
the canvas will be the former Heavyweight champ Tim Sylvia.
Silva,
originally from Curitiba, the location of the famed Chute Boxe
gym, is currently 10-3 in mixed martial arts competition. He
possesses a background in thai boxing and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu,
but that is not all he will be bringing to the octagon. "The
principal style that I will represent [in the UFC] is Seiwakai
Combat Karate," says Silva, in regards to training he has
done in recent months with Brazilian karate legend Ademir da
Costa. "I'll also bring my jiu jitsu and Muay Thai to the
octagon."
Coming
off back-to-back wins, over Fabiano Scherner and Alessio Sakara
respectively, in Antonio Inoki's Jungle Fight promotion, Silva
has no plans to change from his usual game plan of striking mixed
with BJJ. "I will approach the fight the same way that I
always train before a fight," says Silva in regards to the
bout with Sylvia.
Silva,
also a former member of Muay Thai Dream Team, another club in
Brazil centered around thai boxing - like Chute Boxe, does have
more international experience than Sylvia,as he has competed
globally three times with his Pride appearances.
His
first bout in Pride was at Pride 15 in July 2001. He submitted
Valentijn Overeem with a heel hook, just a little under three
minutes into the bout. Silva looked very slick on the ground,
a testament to his purple belt in jiu jitsu.
Two
months later he fought and defeated former RINGS star Yoshihisa
Yamamoto at Pride 16, as Silva flew out of the gate and destroyed
Yamamoto in only 11 seconds, taking the fight by TKO.
His
final fight in Pride would be his only loss in the organization.
Silva found himself on the wrong end of a split-decision against
Aleksander Emelianenko at the first Bushido show in October 2003.
He has not been back in Pride since that point.
The
loss was only one of three in Silva's career, with the other
two happening early on in Brazil against Charles Gracie via submission
and Russian fighter Mikhail Avetisyan via doctor stoppage.
Silva
is known primarily as a striker, but you can certainly say the
same about Tim Sylvia, who is an excellent boxer by MMA standards
and has a tremendous reach advantage with his 6'8" frame
towering over the vast majority of his opponents.
When
asked if Sylvia's reach advantage worried him at all for their
fight, Silva, who is only 5'11" (meaning that there is a
difference of nine inches in height), simply stated: "No,
I do not."
Assuerio
Silva is back and he's ready for the UFC. He signed a three-fight
deal with the promotion and is looking forward to making some
big things happen. "I am available to fight with anyone
who the UFC determines," he says. "I am working very
hard for this fight and to make the American people very happy."
Source: Maxfighting
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SHOOTO,
July 3rd - Kultar Gil as Main-Event
Friday, June 24, 2005
The
8-2-0 Kultar Gill is making his Japanese fighting debut as the
main-event for the July 3rd SHOOTO card in Nagoya, Japan. Gill
trains under former SHOOTO 183 lbs contender and UFC veteran
Lance Gibson, and he has asserted a reputation as one of those
undiscovered talents at155 lbs who is just one big win away from
breaking through. Early in his caree he lost to Yves Edwards,
but he has rallied since then to defeat quality opposition such
as David Ouimet of TKO fame, and recently Harris Sarmiento - the Rumble on the
Rock 8-man tournament champion... both by choke-submission. SHOOTO is known
for the lighter weight classes, so this can be big opporunity
for Kultar to get that break-through performance that he craves...
However,
Daisuke Sugie will be determined to derail Gill's ambitions as
he too is trying to make his way at 155 lbs. Having performed
inconsistently against tough opposition, Sugie - known as "Amazon",
has pulled together a 6-5-1record. Now, a strong showing against
a respected international fighter, can help Sugie get things
on track and make a name for himself.
Also
scheduled is the always dangerous Hideki Kadowaki, known for
his superb submission talents having submitted American fighter
Bao Quach, taking on the up-and-coming Hatsu Hioki. At 6-1-0,
Hioko is becoming a player in SHOOTO's 143 lbs division (arguably
the most competitive division in MMA), and he is looking to follow
up his TKO victory over Miletich Fighter - Joe Pearson.
Promoted
by Alive
Fukiage
Hall
Nagoya,
Japan
July
3, 2005
Full
card - subject to change
***All
records listed are from SHOOTO records and reflect SHOOTO participation
Class-B
/ 154 lbs - WW
Takashi
Ouchi (2-4) vs. Kenichi Hattori (1-2-1)
Class-B
/ 154 lbs - WW
Takahiro
Kajita (3-2) vs. Ken Omatsu (2-5)
Class-B
/ 132 lbs - FW
Akira
Kibe (3-4-1) vs. Hiroyuki Tanaka (3-1-1)
Class-B
/ 183 lbs - LHW
John
Valuri (2-0) vs. Masahi Yozen (2-0)
Class-B
/ 132 lbs - FW
Hiroshi
Umemura (2-8-3) vs. Manabu Kanou (0-5)
Class-B
/ 123 lbs - BW
9th
ranked Takeyasu Hirono (2-8-3) vs. Keisuke Kurata (4-2)
Class-A
/ 143 lbs - LW
Hideki
Kadowaki (9-4-1) SHOOTO World Rank 10 vs. Hatsu Hioki (6-1) SHOOTO
Pacific-Rim Rank 10
Class-A
/ 154 lbs - WW
Daisuke
"Amazon" Sugie (6-5-1) SHOOTO Pacific-Rim Rank 8 vs.
Kultar Gill (debut)
Source: Maxfighting
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Quinton
Jackson Bets on Shogun
The
TATAME crew was able to steal a few moments with Quinton "Rampage"
Jackson while in the audience of ADCC 2005. During the conversation
with the Pride fighter, Jackson mentioned his opinion regarding
the Pride Middleweight GP: Critical Countdown, which takes place
this weekend in Japan. “Mauricio Shogun is a tough man and
he throws knees very well... I felt it and Wanderlei Silva better
watch out!” Quinton added, “Shogun could beat Wanderlei.
If he knees him like he did to me and fights Wanderlei the way
he fought me... I think he will be able to defeat Wanderlei and
win the whole Pride GP,” says the American fighter.
The
full video interview is available at TATAME TV (www.tatame.com.br/tv) . Along with the
Quinton Jackson interview is a number of exclusive videos from
ADCC 2005, Jungle Fight 4, which took place in Manaus (Amazon)
on May 21st, and Storm Samurai, which happened in Curitiba (Paraná),
June 11th.
Source: Tatame
|
Quote
of the Day
"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that
one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome
while trying to succeed."
Booker T. Washington, 1856-1915, American Black Leader and Educator
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BOUT
ORDER ANNOUNCED FOR PRIDE FIGHTING’S
CRITICAL COUNTDOWN 2005
From Dream Stage Entertainment
June 22, 2005
TOKYO, Japan –
The
bout order has been announced for PRIDE FIGHTING’S next
event, CRITICAL COUNTDOWN 2005.
FIGHTCARD:
(Shown
in order from first to last)
Sergei
Kharitonov (Russia) vs. Pedro Rizzo (Brazil)
Mauricio
“Shogun” Rua (Brazil) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
(Brazil) *
Igor
Vovchanchyn (Ukraine) vs. Alistair Overeem (Holland) *
Mirko
“Cro Cop” Filipovic (Croatia) vs. Ibragim Magomedov
(Russia)
Makoto
Takimoto (Japan) vs. Kiyoshi Tamura (Japan)
Antonio
Rodrigo Nogueira (Brazil) vs. Pawel Nastula (Poland)
Kazushi
Sakuraba (Japan) vs. Ricardo Arona (Brazil) *
Wanderlei
Silva (Brazil) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (Japan) *
*
Tournament Match
(Participants
and Matches Subject to Change)
PRIDE
FIGHTING’S 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix Tournament spans
three events … TOTAL ELIMINATION (opening round), CRITICAL
COUNTDOWN (Second Round) and FINAL CONFLICT (Semi-Finals and
Finals). The date for FINAL CONFLICT will be announced soon.
CRITICAL
COUNTDOWN 2005 premieres on North American pay per view via iNDEMAND,
DIRECTV, DISH NETWORK, UrbanXtra, TVN1, VU!, and Viewer’s
Choice Canada on July 1st at 10:00pm EST, 7:00pm PST (including
a countdown show at 9:30pm EST, 6:30pm PST). For additional replay
times, please contact your pay per view provider or pridefc.com.
For
more information on PRIDE FC, visit pridefc.com!
Source: MMA Weekly |
UNO
OUT OF HERO'S SHOW
MMAWeekly's
Scott Petersen reports from Japan that Caol Uno is out of the
upcoming Hero's show scheduled for July 6th.
MMAWeekly
has learned that Uno was originally scheduled to fight Duane
"Bang" Ludwig for the show but an undisclosed injury
will pull Uno out of the show.
The
promotion announced that the show will feature Jerome Le Banner,
Peter Aerts, Yoshihiro Akiyama, and Rodrigo Gracie in MMA matches.
They
also announced a middleweight tournament that will feature Kid
Yamamoto, Royler Gracie, Pequino Nogueira, and more....
Here
is the breakdown for the upcoming tournament...
Middleweight
Tournament: Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto vs.
Ian Schaffa (Australia)
Middleweight
Tournament: Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Arslan
Magomedov (Russia)
Middleweight
Tournament: Royler Gracie vs. Koji
Yoshida (aikido/boxing)
Middleweight
Tournament: Alexandre Franca "Pequeno"
Nogueira vs. Hideo Tokoro (ZST)
Middleweight
Tournament: Hiroyuki Takaya vs. TBA
Middleweight
Tournament: Remigijus Morkevicius vs. TBA
Source: Tatame
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Marco
Ruas
Before
Pedro Rizzo departing to Japan, where he will fight Russian Sergei
Kharitonov on next June 16, in Japan, Ruas Vale-Tudo athlete
received an important help during his training. Master Marco
Ruas flew from United States to help him out to fight at Pride
GP. Ready to debut at Pride, Marco Ruas stayed in Brazil for
a week preparing him to this big challenge. We caught up with
'The King of The Streets' and discovered what to expect of Rizzo
in Pride.
This
time you didn't come back to Brazil on vacation, right?
Not
this time. I came to help Pedro Rizzo, because he is going to
fight on June 26th in Pride. I left my academy there in the US
and came here to give him some help.
Pedro
himself recognizes that you are the person who teaches him the
most and that you are very important in his training.
We
always trained together; it's a relationship of many years. So
I know his qualities and his flaws, his strong and weak points,
so that helps. I think he has more good qualities, so we develop
this. I've already seen his opponent fighting and I really trust
in Pedro for this bout. I think this Russian guy is an excellent
opponent for his beginning in Pride.
What
did you think about Pedro the training sessions you led with
him here in Brazil?
I
think he is ready to go. He was already training for other fights,
which were delayed. This actual fight was announced a short time
ago, so I think it is actually good, because in this way he will
not feel over trained. He was 'about to fight' several times
and it didn't happen. This time he closed the deal with a one
month and a half left, so he will achieve his peak for fighting
quickly.
And
how are the expectations?
We
have big expectation. This fight is very important for him, because
of the amount of time he stayed without fighting, and because
it is his Pride debut, but we are confident. We're expecting
his come back to be strong, and I believe he will come with full
strength.
This
period that Pedro stayed without fighting can work against him?
No,
because he was training and I think this time without fighting
can give him more will to win. It is like a new opportunity,
like you're going to start your career fresh. When I started
in Ultimate, I had the opportunity to be recognized in the United
States. Now Pedro has the opportunity to be recognized in Japan,
in an event which today is the highest level one in the MMA world.
So he will go with that 'hunger', when you are about to enter
in an event like this one, you have to go with confident.
What
did you think about Kharitonov's fights that you see?
I
think he is a tough guy. He is strong, like all the Russians
he has a lot of will to win, has good boxing. He has his qualities.
When you talk about an opponent and say his name, everybody speaks
well about him. He fought against Minotauro and lost by points,
his is coming with a winning streak. So he is not an ordinary
opponent. I think this value and when Pedro wins this match,
this is going to value a lot his victory. I think it's an excellent
adversary, because of his qualities and because of the people
who values him. He has a great fighting style for Pedro, he is
going to accept the standing fight and will make a great fight.
You
are considered a great strategist in MMA, tell us a little about
this...
I
think it is important nowadays. Even more in a match with a short
time period like this one, where you can not waste your time
with unnecessary things. I try to direct things to the right
point, like in this Pedro fight. I will shape the guy based on
his opponent.
How
is the future you see for Pedro in Pride?
I
think in the kind of rules that are adopted in Pride, he is going
to be the champion, we will catch this belt. I think now he is
coming to explode. The rules, the ring, it has everything for
him to become the champion. With Pedro letting go there, I don't
see anyone who to stop him.
Source: Tatame
|
Quote
of the Day
"Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be
content with what you have."
Doris Mortman, Author
|
MIKE
SWICK TO FACE KEITH ROCKEL
Riding high off of the success of The Ultimate Fighter and a
devastating 20-second knockout of Alex Schoenauer on the show’s
finale, Mike Swick returns to the Octagon on August 6th. Breaking
the news on MMAWeekly Radio’s SoundOff, Swick is set to
face two-time UFC veteran Keith Rockel at Ultimate Fight Night,
the first broadcast of a new multi-show contract between the
Ultimate Fighting Championship and SpikeTV.
Rockel
is co-founder of the Massachusetts Submission Academy. He has
earned his Black Belt in Judo and Brown Belt in Brazilian Jiujitsu
under Gracie Black Belt Patrick Barbeiri.
With
over six years of experience in mixed martial arts, Rockel is
also part of Team Elite, which includes fellow UFC veterans Mike
Brown and Jorge Rivera. He returns to the Octagon having lost
his debut to Eugene Jackson at UFC 35, but winning his return
bout at UFC 45 by choking out Chris Ligouri.
Rockel
has a solid record of 11-4-1, with his only losses being to some
fairly solid fighters in the aforementioned Jackson, Canadian
standout Denis Kang, Pancrase mainstay Sanae Kikuta, and UFC
veteran Charles McCarthy. He is also the current Ring of Fury
Middleweight Champion.
A
big theme of this first Ultimate Fight Night show is taking fighters
from The Ultimate Fighter series and matching them up with UFC
veterans. Some of the other pairings include: Josh Koscheck vs.
Pete Spratt, Chris Leben vs. Patrick Cote, and Nate Quarry vs.
Pete Sell. These should make for some very exciting matchups
and serve as litmus tests for the up-and-coming fighters from
the show.
Swick
is no slouch himself, training with Crazy Bob Cook and a tremendous
stable of fighters at the American Kickboxing Academy in San
Jose, California. He carries with him a stellar 5-1 professional
record with his only loss, ironically, being to fellow Ultimate
Fighter competitor Chris Leben at World Extreme Cagefighting.
Like
the other bouts on Ultimate Fight Night, Swick’s fight with
Rockel should be a tough test for him and show the world where
he stands as a UFC fighter.
Source: MMA Weekly |
TRIGG'S
TAKE ON ALISTAR VS IGOR
MMAWeekly SoundOff Radio co-host and UFC welterweight contender,
Frank Trigg, breaks down the Pride Middleweight Grand Prix match
up between Alistair Overeem and Igor Vovchanchyn. Trigg's in-depth
expert analysis is exclusive to MMAWeekly.com.
Discussing
Igor Vovchanchyn, Frank Trigg said, "He's not a very big
heavyweight. I think he does better at 205. I think he's in better
shape at 205 because he has been concentrating on his diet...I
like him better at 205. I think he can stand to lose even a little
bit more weight. I don't think he's a great heavyweight, and
I think he's a lot better 205 pounder."
Trigg
added, "If you lose the weight correctly you're going to
have the same muscle mass, but less fat which means he's going
to be able to move his fist with the same amount of power, but
faster because it's lighter. It's less weight behind it. You
know what I'm saying? There's less fat on it, so it's going to
be just as powerful hitting a lighter guy."
Switching
gears to Alistair Overeem Trigg commented, "He's from a
Dutch camp. You know he's from Amsterdam, and you know he's got
great kickboxing skills. He, reportedly, he's not scared to be
on the ground. He's not scared to fight off his back...But he
hasn't shown it that much, so we really don't have a good scouting
report on him."
Who's
the better striker? According to Trigg, "The better, technical
striker is definitely Overeem. He's definitely a better striker,
but Vovchanchyn is more violent with it. The knockout factor
has got to go with Vovchanchyn." Trigg further stated, "Here
is how I see it. Overeem will hit you five times, Vovchanchyn
will hit you twice, and when you get hit twice you're going to
fall down."
From
the clinch, who will be better? Frank feels, "In the clinch,
I think Vovchanchyn is better in the clinch of his size, and
his bully ability. He bullies you around in there. He forces
his power upon you. He forces his will upon you. I don't think
Overeem will be able to handle that."
The
ground game according to Frank was, "It's kind of a toss
up because neither one of these guys seem to do very well on
the ground although Vovchanchyn has a couple of more submissions
on the ground than Overeem does. I tell you what, I think Vovchanchyn
is better. I really do. I think he's better on the ground even
though Overeem really isn't scared to be down there. I just think
Vovchanchyn has better technique on the ground."
Trigg's
final analysis was, "We are trying to pick apart two fighters
that we're not really sure. Anybody can do anything when they
get in there, but I've got to tell you what. I think that Vovchanchyn
can step right inside and start banging Overeem on the inside."
Trigg's
picked Igor in this match up. He said, "I'm going to go
out on a limb and say Vovchanchyn."
Source: MMA Weekly |
BAS
THOUGHTS ON GRAND PRIX
Bas Rutten breaks down remaining Grand Prix match-ups. "El
Guapo," leaves for Japan today to commentate the second
round of the Pride Middleweight Grand Prix this weekend. Before
taking flight, Bas spoke with MMAWeekly SoundOff Radio about
the quarterfinal match ups, and gave his breakdown of this weekend's
action.
There's
no question who the favorite to win the tournament is. The long-time
Pride Middleweight Champion, and winner of the 2003 middleweight
Grand Prix, Wanderlei Silva, has to be, but excluding him, who
would be the next favored fighter to win it all? Rutten stated,
"I think the Mauricio 'Shogun' and Nogueira is going to
be an unbelievable fight. The winner between those two has a
real good chance to win the whole thing. Everybody. It's difficult.
'Shogun' I think is doing really good. Alistair is doing really
good, but then again Vovchanchyn, 'Shogun,' Nogueira, Arona,
it's a difficult one."
Wanderlei
faces off against Kazuhiro Nakamura to move one more step closer
to defending his Grand Prix title. Asked what Nakamura brings
to the table that might help him defeat Silva, Rutten replied,
"Only his youth and wildness. He's as wild as Wanderlei
is. As his teacher, Yoshida, he will exchange bombs with Wanderlei.
That's what he's known to do. Wanderlei still has this suspect
chin although he regroups like unbelievable. He needs one good
hit. Now I'm not going to say Nakamura's going to hit him, but
he's been training hard on his striking, but striking you don't
learn in a couple of months. Wanderlei should have this one in
the bag normally, but in Mixed Martial Arts, and in any Martial
Arts, it's one little mistake...I would say Wanderlei is going
to take this fight, but you never know."
Discussing
Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Alistair Overeem, Bas stated. "I don't
know if that's a good match up for Vovchanchyn." Bas told
MMAWeekly. He added, "I think if Alistair is going to stay
at a distance, and he uses those long legs with the flying knees,
he has a very good chance of winning this fight, but if Igor's
going to fight in close where his punching power comes to life.
You know, and he needs to fight in close because he's smaller.
That's where his strength is, so if Igor hits him, it could be
over for Alistair, but then again if Alistair drops one flying
knee with the height difference, and the knee is going to be
on the head...it's going to be a problem for Igor, so that fight
is going to be a fireworks fight."
Rutten's
final comments on the Overeem and Vovchanchyn bout were, "On
the ground they're evenly matched up. On the feet it's all about
distance. Who's going to fight at the right distance is going
to take this fight."
Ricardo
Arona vs. Kazushi Sakuraba may be a more interesting fight than
some are making it out to be. Rutten commented on how Sakuraba
would pull of the win. "The only way I can see him pulling
it off is make Ricardo tire. I don't know how he's going to do
it, work circles around him because Arona is so powerful and
strong. His striking is not super crisp, but he only needs to
connect. Once he connects you will go down. I mean there's so
much aggressive power behind it. Sakuraba, he just knows how
to move. If Ricardo takes it to the ground, we saw Sakuraba fighting
other guys, 205 guys, good guys, and beat them, so I don't know
if Arona is going to have this one in the bag or not."
The
upset of the night according to Bas was, "The upset will
be Alistair of course because he's still kind of underrated,
and that would be an upset. Everybody would go whoa. I mean Mauricio
'Shogun' wouldn't be an upset because we know he's very good
now, but all the other fighters too. I know that Alistair is
still very good too, but he still doesn't have that really big
win, so that could be a big upset." "This whole card,
it's difficult to say who's going to win this fight. Very difficult."
Source: MMA Weekly |
Quote
of the Day
"There is no point at which you can say, 'Well, I'm successful
now. I might as well take a nap.'"
Carrie Fisher, 1956-, American Actress, Novelist
|
Mass.
goes to extreme:
Controversial fights OK in Bay State
America's
Bluest State may have alienated the nation's heartland with gay
marriage and Sen. John Kerry. But when it comes to controversial
extreme fighting sports, Massachusetts is as down-home as pork
rinds and Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Though
New York, Michigan and Rhode Island have enacted bans on ``mixed
martial arts'' cage battles, Massachusetts legalized the shocking
sport, aligning itself with some of the reddest states in the
union - places like Texas, Oklahoma and Virginia.
Although
critics have called it a vicious blood sport, ``MMA'' officials
insist that Massachusetts has not taken the low road and is instead
on the cutting edge of one of the world's fastest-growing sports.
``It
was a lot different than it is now. It's far more regulated and
far safer,'' said Chris Huston, spokesman for the Ultimate Fighting
Championship, which is the sport's top professional league.
``I
think people are still going based on that old image of it. No
one's dying and no one's getting seriously hurt. It's no different
than any other combat sport.''
Often
referred to as extreme fighting or by the brand name Ultimate
Fighting, MMA, which mixes boxing, wrestling and martial arts,
was legalized in Massachusetts in 2002 in a 2-to-1 vote by the
state Boxing Commission. Under state law, promoters, fighters
and referees must be licensed and more than 30 moves are banned,
including throat and groin strikes and eye-gouging.
Despite
state approval, Boston and Taunton officials recently banned
an MMA event called ``The Colosseum,'' saying the promoters needed
special permits - even though both cities have held such fights
in the past. The promoter, Mike Varner, finally held the event
Friday in Worcester and has vowed future Boston battles.
Massachusetts
Boxing Commission chairman Nicholas Manzello, who voted against
legalizing MMA, praised the state's regulation of the sport and
vowed increased vigilance.
``Our
job is public safety, to protect the fighter,'' said Manzello,
who attended Friday night's Worcester fight. ``I think we're
doing a good job. I guarantee we'll be monitoring it very closely.''
In
its infancy, the sport was often billed as ``no holds barred,''
but that potentially deadly style is outlawed in the United States.
Increased government regulation has helped the sport explode,
making UFC fights pay-per-view windfalls that frequently outdraw
boxing matches in Las Vegas and Atlantic City.
Still,
Massachusetts is the only New England state with specific rules
permitting and regulating professional MMA matches.
Nationally,
laws permitting and regulating the sport exist in 17 states,
including Florida, which put in rules after a 33-year-old woman
died in an unsanctioned bout.
Supporters
say bans and public outcry are the result of ignorance.
``They're
not used to seeing people fight without (boxing) gloves,'' Huston
said. ``It really goes back to our primal roots of fighting and
I think people are shocked by that because they're used to seeing
boxing.''
Source: MMA Weekly |
MORE
B.S. FROM BOSTON HERALD
by Ivan Trembow
Many
of you may remember the Boston Herald recently publishing many
negative and untrue things about MMA, including attributing deaths
to MMA that actually took place on boxing events, Toughman Contests,
and even a pro wrestling event in the New England area.
Now
the Boston Herald has continued to defame MMA with another article
that has major factual errors. On page two of that article, it
says, "Nationally, laws permitting and regulating the sport
exist in 17 states, including Florida, which put in rules after
a 33-year-old woman died in an unsanctioned bout."
This
is apparently in reference to Stacy Young, who died after a Toughman
Contest event in 2003. A couple of problems:
A)
The event in question was a Toughman Contest event, but resembling
MMA in any way,
B)
The event in question was previously written about in the Boston
Herald as an "MMA death," and they received tons of
letters from MMA fans alerting them to the fact that it was a
Toughman Contest event, and they even published several of those
letters on their web site, and yet the same exact mistake gets
made again, that doesn't seem like an accident to me,
C)
Florida regulated MMA long before 2003, so they can't even try
to claim that a Toughman death in 2003 indirectly led to MMA
regulation after the death,
D)
To show how much research they did, they even got the woman's
age wrong. She was 30 years old, not 33, which could have been
corrected by a 30-second Google search if anyone actually cared
about fact-checking at the Boston Herald.
At
this point, one can only speculate why the Boston Herald has
a continuing agenda to defame and slander the sport of MMA as
much as possible. We do know that the author of the newspaper's
MMA stories, Dave Wedge, was previously found guilty of slander
for writing that a Superior Court Judge had said that a rape
victim should "get over it," when in fact the judge
never said that.
Even
still, the fact that these articles are from an unreliable author
doesn't fully explain the sheer level of incompetence. I just
don't think you can make that many factual errors without some
of it being intentional.
As
for why they would intentionally print lies about MMA, it's just
speculation, but the two things that jump to mind are:
A)
We know Dana White was originally from the Boston area, so perhaps
someone at the Boston Herald has a beef with Dana White from
years back and is "getting back at him" by defaming
MMA, and
B)
We know that the big newspaper in Boston, the Boston Globe, has
treated MMA with respect in the past, including a lengthy and
excellent article about Kenny Florian right before the finale
of The Ultimate Fighter, so perhaps it's sour grapes between
two competing local newspapers, with the Herald trying to defame
something that the Globe has said is a legitimate sport
Those
two possible reasons are pure speculation on my part, but I just
can't believe that a newspaper could make that many factual errors
without it being at least partly intentional.
Any
response from MMAWeekly Forum visitors, please post it here,
and please send a POLITE e-mail to the Boston Herald at letterstotheeditor@bostonherald.com
(anyone
who sends an e-mail with cursing in it, or is otherwise blatantly
rude, will only reinforce their ignorant views about MMA in their
minds, so don't do that).
Source: MMA Weekly |
PRESIDENT
OF FIGHT NETWORK GOES ONE ON ONE WITH MMAWEEKLY
In
another MMAWeekly exclusive, the CEO and President of the new
Fight Network, Mike Garrow goes one on one with the CEO of MMAWeekly.
Ryan
Bennett sat down with the man who will launch the first fight
network in North Americ a, Mike Garrow in our Interview of the
Week.
MMAWeekly:
Mike you broke the story on MMAWeekly last Monday that The Fight
Network has struck a deal with PRIDE FC as part of your MMA programming
line up. Can you tell our readers a bit more about The Fight
Network, its launch plans in Canada and what other types of programming
they can look for on the channel?
Mike
Garrow – The Fight Network is a cross-platform media company
with interest in television, radio, print and online content
offerings; we are prepared to launch our 24/7 combatant sports
television specialty service into the Canadian market (summer
of 2005.) Our channel is dedicated to delivering the best of
boxing, wrestling, mixed martial arts and related movies, documentaries
and news twenty-four hours a day.
The
Fight Network Inc.... Ryan was granted a Category 2 broadcast
license to operate in Canada a twenty-four hour specialty channel
to be billed as; TFN-The Fight Network.
This
license was approved by the Canadian Radio and Television Commission
("CRTC") which is the governing body in Canada that
legislates and approves the operating of broadcast services.
We
where thrilled to announce our programming agreement with PRIDE
FC last week. As you know and I know your readers do, PRIDE is
a world class organization. The fact that our viewers in Canada
will be able to view PRIDE events on a more frequent bases on
our channel each month adds a great lift to our MMA line up.
MMAWeekly:
What is your goal for this new network?
Garrow:
The goal for The Fight Network is really about the building of
a brand; that over time consumers will come to identify us as
a multi-platform media leader in the world of combatant sports.
It may seem grand but we are in this for the long haul.
MMAWeekly:
We have heard so many rumblings of new
networks coming about, you will be the first 24 hour
fight network launched in North America. What other
programming will be on the network?
Garrow:
As I understand it we (The Fight Network) will be the first come
August upon our Canadian launch. The fact that we are combining
all various disciplines and genres makes us differ from others
that have discussed in the media their versions of a “fight
channel”, but at the end of the day I think it will be all
the auxiliary business models that The Fight Network have planed
for our brand that will set us apart.
MMAWeekly:
Pride of course was the first MMA
organization you signed, what about other
organizations?
Garrow:
We will be making other announcement in the coming weeks regarding
other organizations we will be working with and the events we
have acquired. As you know Ryan; each MMA promotion brings something
a little different to the table in terms of their shows so we
want to let the additional announcements stand on their own.
I’m sure however when it comes time to rolling out the info
we will look to MMA Weekly as a way to get the message out to
readers/viewers regarding the rest of our MMA line up.
MMAWeekly:
The Canadian fans are obviously thrilled with the announcement,
but the fans in America are obviously jealous. When will we see
the Fight Network comes to the States?
Garrow:
We have had many American consumers hit our site asking us that
very question, and I’m sure when they see our new site that
is scheduled to roll out with the channel launch in early July
many more request will come.
All
I can say at this time is we are working on it. The US is certainly
a larger marketplace but if MMAWeekly (readers) want to request
The Fight Network from their local MSO’s, Satellite and
IPTV providers simply let them know about us and we will keep
our American friends up to date on our progress via our new website.
MMAWeekly:
What are going to be the biggest obstacles you will face launching
a new fight network?
Garrow:
Well in terms of the Canadian marketplace we have certainly passed
a major one by being granted our 24 hour broadcast license by
the Canadian government, but in terms of other challenges I think
it will be just getting the word out that this service is up
a running, but I also think we will work through that like any
other new product coming to market, its about being creative
and getting the message out not only through traditional media
buys but grass roots and focused outlets like this interview
thanks to MMA Weekly.
MMAWeekly:
Talk about your background. How did you get involved with the
Fight Network and what is your favorite sport that you will televise
on your network?
Garrow:
My background is from the interactive world, how I got involved
in this is when they launch many of the new digital television
channels in Canada I was heading up some of the WebTV application
for some other companies looking to launch new services. I came
up with the idea that I pitched to my buddy’s from my recreational
hockey team. A 24 hour channel that showed All Fights, All the
Time “The Fight Network,” they loved the idea I loved
the idea so I went about it. As it turned out one of the guys
on my team was a financer (Sandy Winick) he liked the idea as
well. I guess you could say it was a meeting over beer and wings
that got this whole thing rolling. Two years later we are getting
ready to launch, it is some what surreal.
In
terms of my favorite sport (entertainment) we will be airing
pro wrestling, always loved it as a kid growing up, but I do
have to say that having now attended some live MMA events and
looked at a lot more shows that our programming department is
pulling in I can see why people get hooked on this stuff so quickly
its right up in your face, something that I’m hoping our
channel will be like when it hits the airwaves this summer.
MMAWeekly:
We appreciate the time and can't wait to see your future which
we hope includes programming in the U.S....thanks Mike.
Garrow:
Thank you Ryan, we are looking forward to Getting it On!
Source: MMA Weekly |
Quote
of the Day
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the
past or the present are certain to miss the future."
John F. Kennedy (1917-63)
|
PRIDE's
Noons, Glover, and Ring to Fight in Superbrawl
LOS ANGELES, California – Karl-James Noons, Tyrone Glover,
and Nick Ring, three of the four winners selected from the PRIDE
FIGHTING U.S. AUDITIONS last November, will be competing in SUPERBRAWL
“ICON,” scheduled for July 23rd from the Blaisdell
Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. Yuji Shimada, PRIDE’s executive
rules director, will also participate in the event as a referee.
165
lbs. KJ Noons vs. Bryson
Kamaka
160 lbs. Tyrone Glover vs. David Padilla
185 lbs. Nick Ring vs. Bob Ostovich
After
surviving the auditions, Noons, Glover and Ring were all sent
to Seattle, Washington to train at AMC Pankration, under the
supervision of coach Matt Hume. Now each of them will put their
training to the test at SUPERBRAWL.
Noons
was raised in Kona, Hawaii. During his amateur career, he was
the ISKA amateur international title winner and as a boxer went
to the semi finals of the western trials for the Olympics in
2004. In addition, he is black belt in American Kenpo Karate.
Noons currently trains and fights out the City Boxing gym in
San Diego, California.
Tyrone
Glover is a native of San Antonio, Texas, but like Noons now
trains and fights out of the City Boxing gym in San Diego, California.
He is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, but also boats skills
in wrestling, boxing, and Muay Thai. He is 3-0 in mixed martial
arts.
Nick
“Wonder” Ring was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa, but now
fights out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is the Intercontinental
Muay Thai Champion (WKA) and boasts a record of 23-4 in Muay
Thai competition. He is 4-0 in mixed martial arts competition.
The
auditions were held on November 20th, 2004 from the UCLA campus
in Los Angeles. Contestants attended from all over the world
and were given an opportunity to showcase their skills in front
of PRIDE’s judges and main decision-makers. Final decisions
were made based upon each participant’s audition, interview,
and highlight reel. Besides Noons, Glover, and Ring, the fourth
selected winner was Jake Draves of Ohio.
Super Brawl: ICON
will feature four title matches:
World Middleweight (185-lb) Title Match:
Falaniko
Vitale
v. Robbie Lawler
World Welteweight (170-lb) Title Match:
"The Mayhem" Jason Miller v. Mark Moreno
North American Lightweight (155-lb) Title Match:
Kultar Gill v. Kolo
"Son of Polynesia" Koka
Hawaii Featherweight (135-lb) Title Match:
Mark Oshiro v. Ed Kelii Newalu
The card will feature at least 12 matches, including Mixed Martial
Arts (MMA) and Kickboxing action.
Super Brawl / Icon Sport will also air its half-hour television
program, "Super Brawl: ICON," on K5 The Home Team (Channel
5) at 11pm on each of the following dates: July 11, 12, 14, 15,
16, 18, 19, 21, 22. The program will also air on 9:30 a.m., Sunday
morning, July 17 on K5. This 30-minute program is a preview of
the Niko v. Lawler and Miller v. Moreno match-ups.
Super Brawl: ICON is sponsored by Steinlager, TapouT, Revolution
Motor Sports, Dreamworld Tattoo, Hawaiian Chopper Magazine, and
Fitness & Nutrition.
For more information contact Patrick Freitas, Super Brawl / Icon
Sport Director of Promotions at (808) 375-1645 or email superbrawl21@yahoo.com.
Source: Sherdog & Super Brawl |
MORE
B.S. FROM BOSTON HERALD
by Ivan Trembow
Many
of you may remember the Boston Herald recently publishing many
negative and untrue things about MMA, including attributing deaths
to MMA that actually took place on boxing events, Toughman Contests,
and even a pro wrestling event in the New England area.
Now
the Boston Herald has continued to defame MMA with another article
that has major factual errors. On page two of that article, it
says, "Nationally, laws permitting and regulating the sport
exist in 17 states, including Florida, which put in rules after
a 33-year-old woman died in an unsanctioned bout."
This
is apparently in reference to Stacy Young, who died after a Toughman
Contest event in 2003. A couple of problems:
A)
The event in question was a Toughman Contest event, but resembling
MMA in any way,
B)
The event in question was previously written about in the Boston
Herald as an "MMA death," and they received tons of
letters from MMA fans alerting them to the fact that it was a
Toughman Contest event, and they even published several of those
letters on their web site, and yet the same exact mistake gets
made again, that doesn't seem like an accident to me,
C)
Florida regulated MMA long before 2003, so they can't even try
to claim that a Toughman death in 2003 indirectly led to MMA
regulation after the death,
D)
To show how much research they did, they even got the woman's
age wrong. She was 30 years old, not 33, which could have been
corrected by a 30-second Google search if anyone actually cared
about fact-checking at the Boston Herald.
At
this point, one can only speculate why the Boston Herald has
a continuing agenda to defame and slander the sport of MMA as
much as possible. We do know that the author of the newspaper's
MMA stories, Dave Wedge, was previously found guilty of slander
for writing that a Superior Court Judge had said that a rape
victim should "get over it," when in fact the judge
never said that.
Even
still, the fact that these articles are from an unreliable author
doesn't fully explain the sheer level of incompetence. I just
don't think you can make that many factual errors without some
of it being intentional.
As
for why they would intentionally print lies about MMA, it's just
speculation, but the two things that jump to mind are:
A)
We know Dana White was originally from the Boston area, so perhaps
someone at the Boston Herald has a beef with Dana White from
years back and is "getting back at him" by defaming
MMA, and
B)
We know that the big newspaper in Boston, the Boston Globe, has
treated MMA with respect in the past, including a lengthy and
excellent article about Kenny Florian right before the finale
of The Ultimate Fighter, so perhaps it's sour grapes between
two competing local newspapers, with the Herald trying to defame
something that the Globe has said is a legitimate sport
Those
two possible reasons are pure speculation on my part, but I just
can't believe that a newspaper could make that many factual errors
without it being at least partly intentional.
Any
response from MMAWeekly Forum visitors, please post it here,
and please send a POLITE e-mail to the Boston Herald at letterstotheeditor@bostonherald.com
(anyone
who sends an e-mail with cursing in it, or is otherwise blatantly
rude, will only reinforce their ignorant views about MMA in their
minds, so don't do that).
Source: MMA Weekly |
Brazilians
will watch Pride GP live
For
the first time a Pride edition will be aired live in Brasil.
After asking subscribers what they wanted the most, Premiere
Combate - pay-per-view channel NET/Sky - will air the second
round of Pride GP Middleweight 2005, on next June 26.
-
Our audience is very demanding. We've realized they like to watch
as fast they can images of biggest events. That's the main reason
we are investing on it - said Manduka Nogueira, channel manager.
According to the channel's web site, the event starts to be aired
at 4am (Brazil).
On
the card, besides the GP fighters, Rodrigo Minotauro fights Judo
newcomer Pawel Nastula and Pedro Rizzo debuting in Pride against
Sergei Kharitonov. If you are in Brazil and may watch it, please
visit www.net.tv.br or www.sky.tv.br for more information.
COMPLETE
CARD (subject to change):
Pride
GP Middleweight 2005 - Critical Countdown
Tokyo Dome, Tokyo - Japan
Sunday, June 26, 2005
-
Ricardo Arona enfrentará Kazushi Sakuraba;
- Wanderlei Silva enfrentará Kazuhiro Nakamura;
- Mauricio Shogun enfrentará Rogério Minotouro;
- Igor Vovchanchyn enfrentará Alistair Overeem;
- Rodrigo Minotauro enfrentará Pawel Nastula;
- Pedro Rizzo enfrentará Sergei Kharitonov
- Kyioshi Tamura enfrentará Makoto Takimoto;
- Mirko Cro Cop enfrentará Ibragim Magomedov.
Source: Tatame |
US
Embassy supports Jungle in Vegas
Before
he goes to US to work on another negotiations round for Jungle
Fight Las Vegas, producer Wallid Ismail received another important
support for this first Jugle Fight international edition. Last
Thursday, American Embassador John Danilovich had Wallid and
Brazilian Senator Arthur Virgílio for a meeting in Brasília
(capital of Brazil).
During
the meeting, Mr. Danilovich complimented Wallid for his initiative
to join Amazon Forest problem to a MMA show. After knowing Jungle
Las Vegas will have also an Amazon photo gallery, Mr. Danilovich
stated United States appreciates the coming of an event like
Jungle on its territory, a show which spreads sports and an ecological
awareness and presents Amazon Forest for all over the world.
After
meeting, Wallid told us that with Jungle Fight presence on international
scenario, he will launch a campaign to create a new logo for
his show. The competition will be opened only for Manaus artists
and all details will be presented next week. 'We will conquer
the world and take the Amazon Forest and Brazil with us', Wallid
promises. Jungle Fight 5 will be held in Las Vegas on September
9th.
Source: Tatame |
Quote
of the Day
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the
past or the present are certain to miss the future."
John F. Kennedy (1917-63)
|
How
popular is mixed martial arts in Hawai'i?
Posted
on: Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Akebono, Penn on July 29 card
By Dayton Morinaga
Advertiser Staff Writer
The K-1 organization of Japan will put that to the test next
month when it attempts to draw a record crowd to Aloha Stadium.
Stadium spokesman Patrick Leonard confirmed yesterday that K-1
officials have secured July 29 for a card that is expected to
feature international stars of the sport. It will be the first
mixed martial arts event staged at Aloha Stadium.
Richard
Chou, a Hawai'i promoter who is assisting K-1 officials with
the event, said Hilo's
B.J. Penn
and former sumo grand champion Akebono of Waimanalo are scheduled to fight on the card.
"A
lot of contracts are still in the works," Chou said. "But
it could be the biggest thing in combat sports to hit the United
States, let alone Hawai'i."
Penn
is expected to face Brazilian jiu-jitsu master Renzo Gracie in
one of the "Super Fight" main events at 185 pounds.
Penn is widely regarded as the best "pound for pound"
mixed martial arts fighter in the world.
Gracie
is considered one of the legendary figures in the sport and he
runs several jiu-jitsu schools around the world.
Penn is currently involved in an assault charge against a Honolulu
police officer, but Chou said the ongoing case should not affect
the card.
Another
of the "Super Fight" main events will be a battle of
giants. Akebono, who is listed at 6 feet 8 and 485 pounds, is
scheduled to face Hong-Man Choi of Korea.
Choi
is listed at 7-2 and 353 pounds.
One more "Super Fight" is expected to be announced,
and an eight-man heavyweight tournament is also scheduled.
Chou said K-1 officials are hoping to draw 20,000 fans to Aloha
Stadium for the event.
The U.S. attendance record for a mixed martial arts event is
believed to be 14,562 for an Ultimate Fighting Championship card
in Las Vegas two months ago.
The
Hawai'i event is also expected to be televised nationally in
Japan.
Michael
Onzuka,
a jiu-jitsu instructor in Hawai'i and a mixed martial arts judge
and journalist, said the attempt at the attendance record could
depend on ticket prices.
"I
think you'll see a good crowd because Akebono is a huge draw
and Penn-Gracie is a big match-up," Onzuka said. "But
the only way they can get close to 20,000 is to offer tickets
at bargain basement prices. If not, I think 10,000 is still a
good number."
Ticket
prices have yet to be announced.
In a separate mixed martial arts event July 23, Waipahu's Falaniko
Vitale will defend his Super Brawl 185-pound championship against
Iowa's Robbie Lawler at the Blaisdell Center Arena.
Mixed
martial arts events have been drawing capacity crowds to the
Blaisdell Center Arena in recent years. A Rumble on the Rock
card featuring B.J. Penn against Rodrigo Gracie last November
drew a standing-room-only crowd of more than 8,000.
Reach
Dayton Morinaga at dmorinaga@honoluluadvertiser.com or 535-8101.
Source:
Honolulu Advertiser
|
CAN
SHOGUN WIN THE GRAND PRIX?
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua: Underrated or Overrated
By Damon Martin
When
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson crumbled under the powerful
shots of Mauricio “Shogun” Rua during the first round
of the Pride Middleweight Grand Prix, many fans and critics alike
started to notice the rising Chute Boxe star. His clinch was
very reminiscent of current middleweight champion and training
partner of Rua’s, Wanderlei Silva.
Throughout
the fight, Rua displayed confidence and skill against a man in
Jackson who is widely considered one of the top 205lb fighters
in the world.
After
the fight in which Rua dominated from start to finish, many people
started to see the talent in the young Brazilian. Rua, who is
still fairly young to the sport, has a 9-1 professional record
with his only loss coming to Renato “Babalu” Sobral
in the highly touted IFC tournament in 2003. For a long time
it was thought that Mauricio’s older brother, Murilo “Ninja”
Rua was going to be the next Chute Boxe star, but since coming
to Pride in 2004 the younger brother has started to make a name
for himself.
Now
with the next round of Pride’s Grand Prix set to take place,
Rua will ready himself for a fight with Antonio Rogerio Nogueira,
the younger brother of heavyweight star fighter Antonio Rodrigo
Nogueira. There have been many comments and articles that seem
to think that Rua may be the dark horse to walk out with the
Grand Prix title when the tournament ends. The real question
has to be is he deserving of that praise just yet?
Although
in defeating Quinton Jackson, Rua was able to beat a man that
has run through fighters like Ricardo Arona and Chuck Liddell,
he hasn’t had many other big wins against top notch talent.
His biggest fight up to the point when he took on Jackson was
probably against Babalu in which he was defeated by guillotine
choke in the third round. Rua has shown great finishing skill
winning all of his fights by either KO or TKO with only one fight
,beyond the Babalu loss, going past the first round.
Rua’s
potential is great and training with a team as good as Chute
Boxe can only make him better, but many people seem to think
that he is one of the top rated fighters ready to win the Grand
Prix. The top ten fighter and broadcaster’s list here on
MMAWeekly most recently rated Rua as the number 5 fighter above
such names as Tito Ortiz, Ricardo Arona, and Babalu Sobral.
The
opponent that Rua is set to face will give him a very good test
whether or not he is the real deal. Nogueira also trains with
an unbelievable cast of fighters at Brazilian Top Team and won’t
be an easy fight for Rua to win. Mauricio’s endurance hasn’t
been tested yet, but to his credit no one has been able to test
it as of late. If he expects to win this fight, Rua will need
to keep it on the feet for as long as humanly possible and try
to knock out his fellow Brazilian.
Mauricio
“Shogun” Rua definitely has a bright future in the
sport of mixed martial arts and should be a rising star within
the ranks of Pride, but it seems he is getting a few too many
accolades for so little accomplishment this early in his career.
He is the product of a great camp, but time will tell whether
Rua is worth the praise he’s received so far or if he’s
received too much too soon.
Source: MMA Weekly
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LYTLE
"LIGHTS OUT" GETS BOXING WIN
Chris
Lytle, the UFC veteran who continues to win in boxing may have
won his biggest boxing match of his career. Lytle, a heavy underdog
won by TKO after surprising middleweight prospect Omar Pittman.
Pittman
was 9-1 as a professional, but ended up losing a fight he seemed
to be in control of. It was Pittman who knocked Lytle down in
the second round, as Chris was nailed with some heavy shots through
out the round.
Lytle
withstood the barrage and went on the offensive landing some
vicious body shots and would later drop Pittman with a body shot
in the 7th round. Pittman had had enough as the referee called
an end to the bout midway through the 7th.
Lytle
now improves to 13-1-1 in boxing with 7 of those victories coming
by way of knockout ko's in boxing. A great win for Lytle.
Source: MMA Weekly
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Is
Buentello Ready For Arlovski
Paul
Buentello has positioned himself as a UFC heavyweight contender.
Coming off a submission victory over Kevin Jordan at UFC 53,
Paul's future fighting path could very well be paved through
UFC heavyweight champion, Andrei Arlovski. Buentello spoke with
MMAWeekly SoundOff Radio recently about his win over Kevin Jordan,
and the possibility of fighting Andrei Arlovski.
Paul Buentello got a first round submission win over Kevin Jordan
at UFC 53, but he found himself in a little bit of trouble in
the fight. Paul was asked if he took Kevin seriously. He answered,
"I definitely took it seriously. It's just that we didn't
have enough time to train. You know I only had five weeks notice.
Plus going out to Hawaii, just a different atmosphere and stuff
like that. I said in all my interviews you've got to expect the
unexpected, and I knew something was going to happen. He caught
me. It wasn't nothing new. You know anything can happen in this
game."
He added, "A win's a win, but the thing is though, what
made me worry about it was that the last fight I seen of him
was, it was Cabbage. It was like sixteen months old, so that's
the only video that I had, and on his past fights he comes in
at 245, and I said I'm not going to let this guy come in heavier
than me and put weight on me. I kept my weight at 250. I mean
I got down to 235 real easy, but Crazy Bob [Cook], my manager,
said you've got to stay kind of heavy. This guy's going to come
in heavy. We don't know anything about this guy. He goes go back
to the buffet, and keep eating so you can stay heavy, so that's
what I did."
Paul further stated, "I didn't want to be overweight on
the Kevin Jordan thing because he likes to lay and pray, and
put you against the fence and put a lot of weight on you, and
I wanted to be able to put a lot of weight on him. Make him carry
me, so I feel more comfortable at 235, 230. I feel a little faster.
This last fight I felt kind of sluggish. My legs felt a little
heavier. Probably because I got rocked right off the bat, but
nah, I want to say at 235."
Just how "rocked" did Kevin Jordan have Paul Buentello?
Paul's account was, "It was more like getting shocked because
when I watched the video I was coming forward pretty hard...that
short right. He stunned me for a split second. I go down and
I was looking at the floor, and I was like what the hell am I
doing down here? I came back up swinging, so it just kind of
shocked me. It didn't rock me too hard. It just made the body
go woah, what was that...I was totally conscience and everything.
I didn't black out or anything." Jokingly continuing he
said, "It's like Crazy Bob, he goes you did good that fight,
but lets don't depend on your chin to win your next fight alright?"
Many feel that UFC Heavyweight Champion, Frank Mir, won't be
able do defend his belt in October if ever. Paul was questioned
if he'd take a fight with Interim HW Champ Andrei Arlovski if
that were the case. Paul said, "I'd take the shot in a heartbeat.
You know? I'm healthy. Everything is good, but in the end it's
all with the management. What Crazy Bob feels, and what he thinks,
so I'm just a fighter. If they want me to fight him, as long
as they give me eight weeks notice, I'll be ready."
Commenting on Arlovski's win over Justin Eilers, a guy both have
defeated, Buentello said, "Honestly what impressed me is
he changed his style. He came in as a different fighter. You
know when he went against Tim Sylvia he was on the outside coming
in strong. When he went against Cabbage he was on the outside
coming in strong. Every time he's fought he always changes his
momentum. Either he's going to stand and bang, or against Eilers
he stood there like a boxer, just picked his shots. You know
didn't get out of control. He wasn't in danger, just felt comfortable.
He just totally changed this time. I think if he comes at me
with that attitude with Eilers, he stands in front of me I think
it's going to be a good fight. I think I'm going to put more
hands on him than Eilers did."
As far as what he'd have to do to beat Andrei Arlovski, Paul
commented, "Honestly, put pressure. Arlovski's real tough,
but every body's letting him get his hands off, so honestly work
on leg checks really good. Put a lot of pressure on him. I honestly
feel if you put pressure on him, and fire back, I think he's
going to have a hard time. Every body's letting him get off.
You know? Then again he might be even better putting pressure
on him. It's hard to say."
Paul Buentello is a fighter. He'll take what ever fight is put
in front of him, but if he had his choice he'd get in one more
fight before facing Arlovski. "Honestly what I feel comfortable
on is fighting one more fight, you know, before I fight Arlovski.
Arlovski, he's tough. I mean he's very, very tough...It would
be tough to go in there, and he's been in there what, nine times
now, seven times? From my point of view it would be nice, and
for the UFC it would probably be nice to fight one more fight
and build it, you know, where the people are demanding for that
fight instead of just having to be in there to fight him. I think
it would be more interesting if people were demanding it than
just to step in there and fight him."
Paul Buentello has an amazing story of sacrifice for the sport
he loves. He moved to California years ago to pursuit a dream
to fight in the UFC while his family remained in Texas. He's
realized that dream, and stated, "I'm really having fun
now. I mean everything is good. I've got my fights all on contract.
I know when I'm fighting. I know when I don't have to fight.
I've got a little bit of money. You know Joey Oddessa has really
helped out a lot."
Source: MMA Weekly
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Quote
of the Day
"Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock
and it shall be opened unto you."
the Bible
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Marcelo
Tigre Wins by Submission at "Fight Club"
Fight Club Tournament
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Serejinho gymnasium, Taguatinga, DF
Taguatinga
(satélite-city outside Brasília) hosted the first
edition of "Fight Club", with over 3,000 fans packing
in the Serejinho gymnasium, this past Thursday, June 16. None
of eight super-fights made it to the third round and there was
no referee's decision. The main event of the evening was Marcelo
Tigre keeping his undefeated record of 45-0 in MMA intact. Although
he forced Edson Godzilla to tap out due to a choke from the back
at 1:15 of the second round, Tigre had a hard time with Godzilla.
"He
applied a take down that almost got my rib broken. Godzilla is
such a tough guy and I am glad I've imposed my game and submitted
him", Tigre Said. However, due to the injuries during Fight
Club, Tigre said he is probably going to be out of the Rumble on the Rock
coming in July,
where he was set to face Dan Severn. Godzilla lamented: "I
tried to do an anti-Jiu-Jitsu's game, but Tigre used his knees
very well and I didn't stand it so well. When I tapped out I
was feeling already lots of pain in my stomach," Godzilla
revealed. Now he wants revenge: "I will improve my ground
game and I might have a revenge in six months," he concluded.
From
Rio Grande do Norte, Buda applied the fastest submission of the
night. After taking José Baiano down with a "baiana",
Buda got mounted and imposed some devastating punishment. Baiano
did not have chance and had to tap out at 1:00 of round 1. Another
fight that drove the audience nuts was bettwen Wolverine and
Marcelo Demolidor. After exchanging punches, Wolverine ruled
the bout and ended round one mounted. During the second round,
Marcelo Tigre's pupil took Demolidor's back and submitted him
by rear naked choke at 30 seconds of the second round.
COMPLETE
RESULTS:
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Wolverine submitted Marcelo Demolidor by RNC at 30s in R2;
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Junior Lava submitted Agnes Oliveira by triangle choke at 3:00
in R2;
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Pezão derrotou André Shaolin by TKO (headbutt)
at 3:10 in R1;
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Getúlio Cavalcante submitted Rocha by RNC naked choke
at 2:02 in R1;
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Pitter Bul derrotou Tarso by TKO (punches from the mount) at
2:02 in R1;
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Moreno derrotou Akiles by verbal submission at 1:01 in R1;
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Buda submitted José Baiano by katagatami at 1:00 in R1;
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Marcelo Tigre submitted Edson Godzilla by RNC at 1:15 in R2.
Source: Maxfighting
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Interview
with Matt Lindland
Jeremy
Wall: How are you going to approach your fight with Joe Riggs?
Matt
Lindland: I'll fight pretty much like I do with all my fights.
I'll go in there and look to get the win.
JW:
Do you think Riggs' stand-up abilities will present a problem
for you in the fight?
ML:
I think I've fought guys with better stand-up with him before.
No. Not at all.
JW:
Is the fight already signed or does that still need to be done?
ML:
Yes. The bout agreements are signed.
JW:
So you've started training for the fight?
ML:
Yeah. I'm always training. I'm never really not training. Specifically
for Joe Riggs am I training right now? No. I'll get some tapes
later and I'll work on some strategy and some gameplan for him,
so no.
JW:
So you're not doing anything specifically for the Riggs fight
until you get to see some tapes?
ML:
Specifically? I don't know until I start watching the film. I
usually don't change my gameplan a whole lot. I mean, I think
people have seen me fight. I'm constantly improving my stand-up.
My ground game is getting better. Last fight I don't think people
expected me to choke out a black belt. So I think I'm improving
all around. That's the constant goal. Strive for improvement.
But for a specific gameplan against Riggs, I haven't got one
yet. I'll watch some film and come up with one.
JW:
Dana White promised you a title shot in the near-future, right?
ML:
He did.
JW:
If you beat Riggs, do you think they'll come through on that
promise?
ML:
I expect Dana to follow all his promises. I don't know when that
title fight will be, because Rich [Franklin] is the champion
and he's doing that reality show.
JW:
You'd probably be able to do a title fight late in the year at
the earliest. There are a ton of fighters right now crowding
the middleweight division.
ML:
At 185?
JW:
Yeah.
ML:
Yeah there are a ton of good guys.
JW:
Probably the top two contenders for the title right now would
be you and Ivan Salaverry.
ML:
And I've already beaten Ivan.
JW:
And he has to fight Nathan Marquardt, and he might not beat him,
it's hard to say.
ML:
Yeah he might not. Nathan's pretty tough. He's a good opponent
for Ivan, for sure. That's definitely a tough match.
JW:
And so if he beat Salaverry, you're probably more in line for
a title shot than Marquardt.
ML:
Yeah, I would say.
JW:
How would you approach a fight with Rich Franklin then?
ML:
It's too early to tell, until the thing is signed. I'd just fight
the guy. No big mysteries.
JW:
Is there any other opponent you'd want to face right now at middleweight?
ML:
No. Nobody in particular. I don't have it out for anybody. I
just want to get in there and do my job.
JW:
You issued an open challenge after your win over Travis Lutter.
Was that something you planned ahead of time if you won or was
that just something you did on the spur of the moment?
ML:
I think it was a statement that I should have been fighting for
the title, and not fighting Travis Lutter. But, you know, I actually
asked for that fight against Ken Shamrock. It wasn't offered
to me. I think that was more of what it was about.
JW:
How many fights do you have left with the UFC on your current
deal?
ML:
I just signed a new three-fight deal with the company. This is
the first fight on my new deal.
JW:
How do you think the Couture-Van Arsdale fight in August will
go? It's kind of a battle of top class wrestlers.
ML:
I think it's definitely not a walk-over fight for Randy like
I think some people are predicting. Mike is probably the most
athletic guy in the UFC if not the planet. That guy is very athletic.
So I think Randy has just gotta go in there and be more solid
than he is. Randy has a ton more experience fighting than Mike.
So I don't see it as being a battle of wrestlers. I see it as
coming down to who is the better fighter. So I think if Randy
goes in there with a solid game and a solid head on his shoulders,
he's going to take Mike out. If he gets sloppy, though... Mike
is a super athlete.
JW:
Anything you want to add?
ML:
I just want to thank all my sponsors. Sportsbook.com, Sprawl
shorts, Benchmate Knives, EX Drinks, Cobb 28. And I appreciate
all the support. I want to thank the guys out at the gym for
putting up with me and training with my everday. I want to thank
my family and God. I think that's everbody.
Source: Maxfighting
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MORE
ON SEASON II OF THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER
The
UFC has done a great job of keeping the Season II of The Ultimate
Fighter very quiet. Just like Season I, this season's fighters
had to sign a three million dollar confidentially agreement that
they would not divulge any information to press, family or friends.
They are currently taping the show right now as we speak, as
the coaches Matt Hughes and Rich Franklin hope to mold one heavyweight
and one welterweight out of 18 potential fighters as the next
best thing in the UFC.
MMAWeekly.com
had the story a month ago that Randy Couture would be very much
a part of the show as his primary role is to implement new challenges
on the show. So, no you won't see guys carrying couches into
the water and other strange challenges. Couture has the guys
working hard on cardiovascular exercises like the first training
exercise on the treadmill for the first show.
Couture
didn't only design the challenges for Season II, but he will
be the face of the challenges. The UFC decided not to bring Willa
Ford back as the host, that job will go to Couture as we told
you last month. He will instruct fighters on what the tasks are
and how to do the tasks.
One
major change this season will be the round systems. Rounds will
be THREE five minute rounds instead of two. You most likely will
see announcers on the upcoming broadcasts, ala Contender, which
will help educate the non-fan.
As far as the fighters go, not much information is being released.
MMAWeekly reported a few weeks ago that Joe Stevenson and Josh
Berkman are a couple of the fighters competing at 170 and we
should have some more names for you this week. The first show
for TUF Season II debuts on August 22nd on Spike TV.
Source: MMA Weekly |
Platinum
Limousine and Platinum Public presents
Extreme
Wars X-1
Hawaii's Top Team vs. Next Generation's Top Team
Neal Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii
Saturday July 2, 2005
Doors will open at 7:30pm
This is your chance to support Hawaii's greatest fighters as
they earn themselves a spot on Hawaii's top team. Watch them
battle Chris Brennan's Next Generation fight camp.
Hawaii's All Stars are Mark Moreno, Ronald "Machine Gun"
Jhun, Kaleo Kwan, Johnny "Gun" Sampaio, Sidney Silva,
and Harris Sarmiento.
Plus special super fighters including Marcelo Tiger, Jeff Monson,
Dan Severn, Ricco Rodriguez, and Tito Ortiz.
Tickets will be available for purchase this Saturday, June 18,
2005 at the Neal Blaisdell ticket box office, all Ticket Master
outlets, and all Times supermarket.
Ringside $100.00
Risers $65.00
Lodges $45.00
General $35.00
Source: Event Promoter
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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 10, 2005
Falaniko
Vitale
vs. U.F.C. Star “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler in Super Brawl:
ICON
 
Honolulu, HI. – There is little rest for Falaniko Vitale
these days. The celebration of his amazing aerial knockout of
Masanori Suda in Super Brawl: DESTINY has ended. Just seven weeks
out from his first defense of the Super Brawl Middleweight title,
all of his time is spent training at the 808 Fight Factory in
Waipahu.
After
his victory over Suda, Vitale insisted that Super Brawl President
T. Jay Thompson match him against the best fighters in the world.
Vitale is ready to compete against the world’s elite fighters;
there will be no more “tune-up” matches and certainly
no time to relax. Vitale has committed himself to proving to
fans what he already knows…that he is the best middleweight
in the world.
Today
Thompson confirmed the match-up of Falaniko Vitale vs. “Ruthless”
Robbie Lawler in the main event of Super Brawl: ICON on July
23, 2005 at the Blaisdell Arena. Lawler, one of the Ultimate
Fighting Championship’s (U.F.C.) marquee fighters, is currently
in the middle of a multi-fight contract with the organization.
Lawler accepted the match knowing that a loss to Vitale will
jeopardize his outstanding U.F.C. contract.
Robbie
Lawler is one of the top fighters at the world-famous Miletich
Fighting System in Davenport, Iowa. The school, run by mixed
martial arts legend Pat Miletich, earned its fame over the last
decade by turning Midwest wrestlers into world-champion mixed
martial arts athletes. Lawler trains daily with current world
champion Matt Hughes and former world champions Jens Pulver and
Tim Sylvia. Lawler is known for his explosive energy, powerful
striking ability, and strong takedown defense.
Lawler
and Vitale will appear at 1 p.m., June 16 on the main stage of
Eastside Grill for a special media-only main-event press conference.
JUST
IN: At 3 p.m. today Thompson confirmed the match-up of current
Super Brawl Welterweight World Champion and U.F.C veteran Jason
“Mayhem” Miller vs. Honolulu’s Mark Moreno in
the co-main event in Super Brawl: ICON. Miller turned down an
August 20th offer by the U.F.C. to defend his Super Brawl title
against Moreno.
WHO:
Falaniko Vitale & “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler
WHAT:
Main Event Announcement / Press Conference & Interviews
WHEN:
1 p.m. June 16, 2005
WHERE:
Main Stage, Eastside Grill (Puck’s Alley, University Avenue)
"Ruthless"
Robbie Lawler v Falaniko
Vitale
Icon
announces July 23rd Championship Fight.
"Ruthless"
Robbie Lawler v Falaniko Vitale
MMA fans in Honolulu Hawaii will be treated once again to a world
class MMA show on Saturday night July 23rd. Super Brawl Champion
Falaniko Vitale will put his shiny new belt on the line against
"Ruthless" Robbie Lawler.
"I
was thrilled to knock out (Masanori) Suda and win the belt. (Vitale
won the belt on April 9th with a thrilling flying punch K.O.)
I waited a long time for that opportunity" said Niko Vitale.
When asked why he did not take a "tune-up" fight, Vitale
responded, "The fans don't want to see me fight a tomato
can. The fans here in Hawaii are a big part of what I do. They
stood behind me on my way up and I don't want to disappoint them."
The
ever confident Lawler stated "I am very excited for this
fight. Niko is a big powerful guy but I plan on standing in front
of him and throwing some big powerful shots of my own."
When asked about fighting in Niko's hometown and a possible judges
decision Lawler replied "We don't need to worry about that.
This fight will not make it that far. Somebody will end up on
the canvas."
Contact
Patrick Freitas, Director of Promotions, at 808 375-1645 or superbrawl21@yahoo.com
to confirm attendance.
Source:
Super Brawl
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