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MURRAY
GOES INTO DETAIL ABOUT STABBING
'Lightning' Lee Murray spoke publicly for the first time exclusively
to MMAWeekly.com about the September 28th altercation outside
of a London nightclub that resulted in multiple injuries to Murray
and left him fighting for his life.
MMAWeekly:
Lee, first of all, it's nice to talk to you. That's something
that I think a lot of people didn't think would ever happen with
everything going on with you. Talk about your situation and what
happened to you in the streets of London.
Lee
Murray: I was at a nightclub. I was with a few of my friends...went
to a casino and gambled and went to the club. Did a bit of partying.
Come out of the club and there was a big fight that broke out
outside the club between a group of guys and some guy that was
with a friend of mine. One of my friends got involved in the
fight. I tried to help him because about six or seven guys was
on one of my friends. That's when I got stabbed. I got stabbed
in the head first. I thought it was a punch. When I felt the
blood coming down my face, I just wiped the blood and just continued
to fight. Next, I looked down at my chest and blood was literally
shooting out of my chest. I looked down, and I knew I had been
stabbed in the heart by the way the flow of the blood was coming
out of my chest. It was literally flying out of my chest like
a yard in-front of me.
MMAWeekly:
You just thought you were getting punched? You didn't even realize
you were stabbed until you saw the blood just pouring out of
your body?
Murray:
Yes. I didn't feel nothing. I didn't feel nothing at all. When
I saw the blood on my head, I thought someone had punched me
in the head because there was about four or five of them on me,
and one of them obviously had a big knife. When he stabbed me
in the head the blood just came racing down my face. I wiped
the blood out away from my face to get it out of my eye and just
continued punching. It wasn't until I looked down at my chest
that I see the blood squirting out of my chest that I knew I
had been stabbed in the heart. I took my shirt off and put my
shirt in the hole and tried to stop the bleeding. I just run
off down the road and jumped into some car. I think there was
two girls getting into the car leaving the club, and I just jumped
in their car and said get me to a hospital quick. I've been stabbed
in the heart. I didn't know these girls, and these girls just
drove off. These girls saved my life. I went to jump into a taxi
first, and the taxi driver, he locked his doors and just raced
off. He wouldn't let me get into his car.
MMAWeekly:
So you get with these two girls, you have no idea who they are.
They take you to the hospital, and you actually died. Correct?
Murray:
Yes. I died three times. What happened was when I jumped in the
girls car, they didn't take me to the hospital because they didn't
know where the hospital was because because they were in central
London. What they done, they rung up for an ambulance and the
person on the end of the phone said you're going to have to get
to somewhere where we can pick him up from. The girls said they
worked in a casino in central London, I'll take him to the casino
and just meet me there. The ambulance met at this casino. The
police turn up, and the police were there. The ambulance turned
up and they got me out of the car. I was out at this time. I
lost so much blood that I was out. I couldn't remember being
there. Then I remember waking up in the ambulance with masks
on my face, and I tried to rip the masks off. I didn't know what
was going on. I blacked back out again, and then I woke back
up in the hospital on the operating table. One of my friends
come charging through and they were shouting at him to get out
because the danger of getting an infection. The next minute I
was out again, and I woke up in intensive care about two days
later.
MMAWeekly:
Unbelievable. So, you told me the longest you were dead was for
four minutes.
Murray:
Yes. I think it was the last time I died. I died three times.
The last time I died I was dead for about four minutes. The surgeon
said to my family and stuff, he said look because he's been dead
for longer than three minutes, I think, if he recovers there's
a good possibility that he's going to be brain damaged.
MMAWeekly:
Man. And here you are, seriously, weeks later talking to us.
The recovery is unbelievable. I mean somebody is looking out
for you man because you shouldn't even be talking to us right
now.
Murray:
I know. They said to me, if it was the average person they'd
be dead. They would have never survived it. They said because
you're an athlete and all the training you put your body through,
that's what saved your life.
MMAWeekly:
Usually when you go through something like that you have a life
changing, you know, mentally you start seeing the world in a
different way. Have you changed your ways now because I know
you've had hundreds of street fights?
Murray:
I think it's made me stronger mentally. I think it's made me
stronger as a person. I think when I comeback, people were thinking
he ain't going to be able to fight again, and he ain't going
to be as strong as he was. I think I'm going to comeback stronger
from this. I think it's going to make me train harder. All this
time I've trained, I never put 100% in my training. If I had
a fight coming up I'd train eight to ten weeks before the fight,
and after the fight I'd go out partying for two months and I
wouldn't train...I never put 100% into my training. I think now,
once I'm recovered and I can train properly, I'm going to put
100% into my training. And I think I'm going to comeback as a
stronger fighter and a person.
MMAWeekly:
We knew you coming into this. You were kind of a legend on the
streets being known as a street fighter. Does that keep you away
now? I mean are you going to have anymore fights on the street?
Murray:
I've done that a lot. That's me. That's how I was brought up.
It's going to be hard for me to change that.
MMAWeekly:
Even after all of this? I mean you almost died. That still doesn't
change you?
Murray:
The day is written for when I'm going to die. My day is already
written for when I'm going to die, and that's the way I believe.
It's not changing what I do in my life. I think my day is already
written for when I'm going to die and that's that. I don't think
I can change the way I am. That's me. If I wasn't like that I
wouldn't be the fighter I am, and I wouldn't be who I am.
MMAWeekly:
Lee, let me ask you, so rumor has it you're already training.
Are you crazy?
Murray:
I'm going training in about, I'm leaving my house in about an
hour for training.
MMAWeekly:
Wow man. That's unreal. So what do you do training right now?
What are you physically able to do?
Murray:
They want me to start a bit of ground work. At the moment all
I've been doing is pad work and stuff, and some light running,
and some light cardio work, body weight exercises. I can't really
doing any heavy weight training at the moment because of my chest,
because they broke my sternum. I've got a scar all the way down
my chest where they broke my sternum to get to my heart. It will
probably be after Christmas, the new year before I'll be able
to do some weight training again. -- I've lost twenty pounds.
I only weigh 170 now. On the night I got stabbed I weighed 188-190,
and now I weigh 170.
MMAWeekly:
As far as fighting goes, and I almost hate to ask this question
since you almost died, but let me ask you; obviously you're training
to get into shape, but I'm sure you want to fight again. What
are you thinking as far as a time table, a time-line to fight
again?
Murray:
I want to be fighting April, July.
MMAWeekly:
Are you sure?
Murray:
I'll definitely be fighting in July on the Cage Rage.
MMAWeekly:
You are crazy Lee. What weight will you be fighting? I know you
lost a lot of weight.
Murray:
185. 185. After Christmas, once I start weight training again
and doing a bit of heavy weights my weight will go back up. That
won't be a problem. It may take me eight weeks to put the muscle
back on properly.
MMAWeekly:
You said you aren't going to change any of your ways. You're
still kind of a street fighter. That's kind of who you are and
what you are. Aren't you concerned for your family? Aren't you
worried about what happens to you if this happens again and you're
dead for more than four minutes?
Murray:
Yes. Obviously I've been thinking about it. I've got kids and
stuff, and it wouldn't be nice for them to grow up without a
dad. Every time I get into a fight on the street, it's usually
when I go out to nightclubs, back to the nightclubs and I usually
end up in a fight. Usually it ain't my fight. It's one of my
friends or someone else and I'm sticking up for someone and I
end up getting dragged into the fight. The way I see it, the
only way street fighting for me is going to stop is I'm going
to have to stop going out to nightclubs which I haven't gone
out to no nightclubs apart from on my birthday. I went out to
a club and there was no trouble. I stayed out of trouble. I think
the only way for me to not get into a street fight is for me
to stop going out clubbing on the weekend.
MMAWeekly:
Lee, what does your body physically look like right now? I mean
what kind of scars do you have?
Murray:
I look like Frankenstein. I look like I've been put back together.
I've got a scar all the way down my chest. I've got another scar
down from my abdominal muscles. I've got like a big round hole,
it looks like a gunshot hole, underneath my armpit. I've got
one on my nipple where I got my nipple cut off. I got stabbed
outside the club the week before.
MMAWeekly:
Did you just say your nipple got cut off?
Murray:
Yeah. I got into a fight outside the same club the week before
and got stabbed twice.
MMAWeekly:
Lee, what the heck are you doing man? We need your manager to
step in, lock this guy up and not let him into nightclubs. You
got stabbed twice the week before?
Murray:
I got stabbed outside the same club the week before. When my
mom heard that I went back to the same club, she went crazy.
She went, you got stabbed outside the week before and you went
back to the same club? She went, you're nuts!
MMAWeekly:
You are nuts Lee. I'm telling you. Your mom thinks you're crazy.
I think you're crazy man. Look at you. Oh man. So Lee, as far
as fighting goes, you'll probably take a tuneup fight in April
or whatever, who do you want to fight? When you are 100%, when
you come back 100%, I know a lot of fans want to see you fight;
who do you want to fight?
Murray:
When I come back, they'll probably give me someone, not someone
in the top ten. They'll probably give me probably a warm up or
tune up fight first and then my next fight Matt Lindland. He
comes screaming and shouting his mouth off saying he wanted to
fight, calling me out, and stuff. I think it would be a good
fight for me as well. I think his style is perfect for me.
MMAWeekly:
Can you fight in the States, or are you restricted? I know you
had visa problems.
Murray:
It's going to be hard for me to get back out there. I've got
people planning and planning. The police won't let me out there.
They won't let me in the country.
MMAWeekly:
That's what I heard.
Murray:
It's the police. Look. My criminal record ain't really that bad.
Stuff I've been convicted for really isn't that bad. The last
time I was convicted of something was about five or six years
ago.
MMAWeekly:
Well, I hope it all works out for you.
Murray:
I'll keep applying. What it was, when I fought in the UFC, in
UFC 46, I was on trial for charges for attempted murder...I didn't
tell them that I had charges outstanding when I went to America.
When I come back and I reapplied, they went crazy. They said,
you didn't tell us you were on trial for murder and attempted
murder...I said to them so what? I didn't get charged for it.
I got brought to the police station and questioned about it.
I said, why have I got to tell you about that for? It ain't something
that I've been convicted for. Then I got acquitted of all the
charges like a month later.
MMAWeekly:
Gotcha. That makes sense then. So they've still got to keep you
there for now?
Murray:
I'm going to reapply soon to see if I can get back to America.
I'm just going to say look, I want to go to America for and see
what they say.
MMAWeekly:
Lee, seriously, I'm glad I'm glad everything is going OK. I know
so many people on our SoundOff Forum and other forums really
was hoping everything would be OK.
Murray:
Yeah. I want to say thanks to all the people. The fans were great.
They were supporting me. There were thousands of people supporting
me, praying for me, and I really appreciate that. I really appreciate
that.
MMAWeekly:
Lee, good luck to you. It's always a pleasure. One of my favorite
moments of the MMAWeekly SoundOff Radio was when Phil Baroni
came on and he was talking...
Murray:
I was supposed to fight Phil in December.
MMAWeekly:
Really?
Murray:
I think they signed the night I got stabbed. I think they signed
the fight that night or the night before for me to fight Phil
in Cage Rage December 1st.
MMAWeekly:
Really?
Murray:
Yeah. I was stabbed and had to pull out of the fight. They replaced
me with Mark Weir, and now I think Baroni has pulled out of the
fight for some reason. I'm not sure.
MMAWeekly:
Would you like to fight Phil?
Murray:
Yeah. No problem. Once I'm 100% again, yeah.
MMAWeekly:
That would be a fun fight man.
Murray:
It's one of those fights that has got to happen. Everyone wants
to see it, and it's going to happen whether it be in Cage Rage,
Pride, the UFC, whatever.
MMAWeekly:
I'd love to see it. Hey Lee, seriously, I'm glad you're OK man.
I hope everything goes well for you.
Murray:
Thanks. Take care. Bye.
Source: MMA Weekly
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MEDICAL
SUSPENSIONS HANDED DOWN
Mixed martial artists put their bodies on the line each and every
time they compete, as reflected in the medical suspensions that
were handed down after three recent UFC events.
Zuffa
doesn't have anything to do with the length or type of medical
suspension that any given fighter receives, as these decisions
are left up to the doctors of the various athletic commissions,
in this case the Nevada State Athletic Commission. These medical
suspensions were given out after various TUF 2 fights that were
taped between June 15th and July 12th, the Ultimate Fight Night
show on Spike TV back on October 3rd, the live TV finale of The
Ultimate Fighter 2 on November 5th, and the UFC 56 pay-per-view
on November 19th.
Medical
Suspensions Stemming from Ultimate Fighter 2 Pre-Taped Fights
-Rob
MacDonald was medically suspended indefinitely due to a torn
left labrum and a torn left bicep
-Dan
Christison was medically suspended indefinitely due to nasal
and facial fractures
-Jorge
Gurgel was medically suspended indefinitely due to a torn left
ACL
Notes
and Analysis:
-In the case of all three of these fighters, they will all need
to get medical clearance from a doctor before they can fight
again. What is so disheartening about these injuries is something
that I've written about before, and that is the way in which
these fighters were treated and portrayed on the show.
Dan
Christison was portrayed as someone who "just didn't step
up" and perform as well as he should have in his loss to
Seth Petruzelli. The reality show would have led you to believe
that he either gassed out or just didn't have the heart and desire
to be there. In fact, he suffered multiple fractures to his nose
and face. You'd think that tidbit of information would have been
mentioned on the show, but it apparently made more sense to bury
a fighter who was on his way out of the show at that point.
Jorge
Gurgel was treated as a warrior who tried to gut it out despite
having a torn ACL, which is a very serious knee injury. At the
same time, Rob MacDonald was portrayed as a bum and a coward
despite the fact that he stepped into the Octagon and fought
with a torn labrum, which is a very serious shoulder injury.
Not only that, but in the process of fighting with a torn labrum,
MacDonald also tore his bicep. Everyone involved in the show
who made disparaging remarks about MacDonald should be ashamed
of themselves, from the people who made the comments in the first
place, to the editors of the show who put a strong emphasis on
them.
Beyond
the fact that fighters who didn't deserve it were disrespected
on national television, TUF 2 also brought back up the issue
of fighters who go into fights knowing that they have a major
injury, and the fact that this has repeatedly managed to elude
the attention of the athletic commissions.
How
exactly is it that Jorge Gurgel was allowed to fight with "no
ACL in his knee," as he put it? How exactly is it that Rob
MacDonald was allowed to fight with a torn labrum? Either the
athletic commission knew that they had these serious injuries
and still allowed them to fight (which would be wrong), or the
fighters lied to the athletic commissions and/or failed to disclose
their serious injuries (which would also be wrong).
This
is not just limited to TUF 2.. How did Ken Shamrock get medical
clearance for his fight at UFC 40 when he had a torn meniscus
in his knee going into the fight? How did Ken Shamrock get medical
clearance for his fight at UFC 48 when he had a torn rotator
cuff in his shoulder going into the fight? How did Forrest Griffin
get medical clearance for his fight at UFC 55 when he had a torn
rotator cuff and a torn ligament in his knee going into the fight?
The
various athletic commissions, whether it's the Nevada State Athletic
Commission, New Jersey State Athletic Commission, or Mohegan
Tribe Athletic Council (since those are the only three jurisdictions
in which the UFC regularly holds events), need to band together
and do everything in their power to make sure that their pre-fight
examinations are thorough enough to discover serious injuries
even if a fighter wants to keep his injuries hidden.
One
other note on the TUF 2 medical suspensions is that the doctors
didn't hand out anywhere near as many suspensions as they normally
would for twelve fights, largely because short-term medical suspensions
were unnecessary under the circumstances. As part of the exhaustive
agreements that they had to sign to be on the show (which included
a multi-million-dollar fine if they told anyone about the fight
results), all of the fighters involved in TUF 2 were already
barred from fighting again until TUF 2 was done airing. Therefore,
the doctors had no need to give out a bunch of short-term medical
suspensions where they otherwise would have.
Medical
Suspensions Stemming from the Ultimate Fight Night show on October
3rd
-Evan
Tanner was medically suspended for eight weeks due to multiple
large lacerations on his scalp and face
-Jay
Hieron was medically suspended for eight weeks due to a large
laceration on his forehead
-Josh
Koscheck was medically suspended for six weeks due to punishment
taken in his TKO loss
-Fabiano
Scherner was medically suspended for six weeks due to punishment
taken in his TKO loss
-Brock
Larson was medically suspended for four weeks due to a facial
laceration
Notes
and Analysis:
-There
were no long-term medical suspensions on this card, which is
a rarity for a sanctioned MMA event. Only five of the fourteen
fighters who competed on this event were given any medical suspensions,
and three of those were due to cuts.
-Not
coincidentally, when a cut is bad enough during a fight that
the doctor advises the referee to stop the fight, it's usually
a bad enough cut to warrant a medical suspension, as was the
case on this event with Evan Tanner and Jay Hieron.
-At
the same time, you can be medically suspended due to a cut even
if that cut didn't end the fight. Brock Larson fought the entire
three rounds on the non-televised undercard of this event, and
lost via decision to Jon Fitch, but he was still given a four-week
medical suspension due to a cut.
-Josh
Koscheck and Fabiano Scherner were both medically suspended due
to the fact that they took some clean shots at the end of their
respective fights (both of these fighters lost by TKO). Koscheck
in particular was not only knocked into a state of semi-consciousness,
but was then choked out while in that state, causing him to lose
for the first time in the UFC.
Medical
Suspensions Stemming from the Ultimate Finale show on November
5th
-Kit
Cope was medically suspended for six months unless he can get
his shoulder and clavicle injuries cleared by an orthopedic doctor
-Sam
Morgan was medically suspended for six months unless he can get
his orbital and nasal fractures cleared by a doctor
-Kerry
Schall was medically suspended for six months unless he can get
his left knee and right hand injuries cleared by a doctor
-Marcus
Davis was medically suspended for eight weeks due to an eyebrow
laceration
-Diego
Sanchez was medically suspended for six weeks due to an upper
eyelid laceration
-Nick
Diaz was medically suspended for six weeks due to facial bruises
and a scalp laceration
-Rashad
Evans was medically suspended for six weeks due to the heavy
amount of punishment that he took in his slugfest decision victory
-Brad
Imes was medically suspended for six weeks due to the heavy amount
of punishment that he took in his slugfest decision loss
-Joe
Stevenson was medically suspended for six weeks due to punishment
taken in his decision victory
Notes
and Analysis:
-This
event was the complete opposite of the October 3rd Spike TV event
in terms of the number of major injuries that were sustained
on this card. There wasn't a single fight that didn't result
in at least one of the fighters being medically suspended, and
in total nine of the fourteen fighters who competed were medically
suspended. There were also three major, long-term suspensions,
which just goes to show the risk that these fighters take every
time they step in the Octagon.
-After
his loss to Kenny Florian in the opening televised bout, Kit
Cope made reference to the fact that he went into the fight with
shoulder and clavicle injuries, and he wasn't kidding. It's courageous
for a fighter to want to go ahead with a scheduled fight despite
being injured, but the question has to be asked yet again: Why
did the doctors not detect Cope's major injuries in their pre-fight
physical examination of him?
-Three
of the four biggest medical suspensions came from the non-televised
undercard, including the six-month suspension handed down to
Sam Morgan. It's hard not to feel bad for Morgan, who knocked
out Duane "Bang" Ludwig in an MMA match on the very
same night that the TUF 1 finale was taking place earlier this
year (April 9th). Viewers had just seen Morgan lose an exciting
fight in the TUF 2 semi-finals to Luke Cummo, a fight that had
just aired a few days earlier but originally took place on July
11th. Just a few days after that fight aired, Morgan was knocked
out in the first 30 seconds of his undercard bout against Josh
Burkman. A nasal fracture is bad enough, but an orbital bone
fracture is even worse and usually prevents a fighter from doing
any contact training for several months.
-The
knee injury that Kerry Schall suffered shortly after arriving
at the TUF 2 filming in June was re-aggravated during his undercard
fight against Keith Jardine on November 5th. To make matters
worse, Schall also suffered an injury to his right hand in the
Jardine fight.
-Marcus
Davis suffered a cut near his eyebrow during his fight against
Melvin Guillard that was severe enough to cause his fight to
be stopped and to warrant an eight-week medical suspension.
-Diego
Sanchez and Nick Diaz went through a classic 15-minute war, and
both fighters were pretty banged up after the fight. Sanchez
had a big cut near his eyelid that would have likely caused the
fight to be stopped if the fight were five minutes longer, which
would have caused him to lose by TKO even though he was winning
the fight by a fairly wide margin. Meanwhile, Diaz had several
bruises and cuts on his head, causing him to get the same six-week
medical suspension that was given to Sanchez.
-In
their three-round, back-and-forth slugfest, Rashad Evans and
Brad Imes did not suffer any specific injuries that concerned
the doctors, but they did take a huge amount of punishment and
also fought in an exhausted state for most of the contest. Though
Evans came out on top via decision, both fighters were given
six-week medical suspensions. In response to those who have asked,
Tony Weeks was the one judge who had Imes winning the fight on
his scorecard, while Nelson Hamilton and Abe Belardo had Evans
winning.
-In
another reminder that winning or losing doesn't necessarily have
any impact on whether you will be medically suspended, Joe Stevenson
was actually given a medical suspension after his victory over
Luke Cummo, while Cummo was not given a medical suspension. In
a competitive fight between the two, Stevenson dominated the
positioning game and also came close to finishing the fight with
submissions on more than one occasion, but it was Cummo who landed
the more punishing blows in the stand-up. The doctors do not
necessarily give stand-up striking exchanges any more or less
regard than ground-and-pound striking exchanges, but in this
particular case they chose to give Stevenson a six-week medical
suspension, while not giving Cummo any medical suspension.
Medical
Suspensions Stemming from the UFC 56 event on November 19th
-Nate
Quarry was medically suspended for six months due to multiple
nasal fractures suffered in his KO loss (if his nose is cleared
in the next six months, Quarry will still be medically suspended
for a minimum of two months)
-Trevor
Prangley was medically suspended for six months and must have
his right hand X-rayed and cleared by a doctor
-Sean
Sherk was medically suspended for eight weeks due to a nasal
laceration and punishment taken in his TKO loss
-Keith
Wisniewski was medically suspended for eight weeks due to punishment
taken in his decision loss
-Ansar
Chalangov was medically suspended for six weeks due to punishment
taken in his TKO loss
-Kevin
Jordan was medically suspended for six weeks due to an upper
lip laceration
Notes
and Analysis:
-This
event had a significantly lower amount of medical suspensions,
with only six of the sixteen fighters getting medically suspended.
It helps that there were no fights on this card that resulted
in both fighters getting medically suspended, and there were
two fights that resulted in neither fighter being medically suspended
(Matt Hughes vs. Riggs, and Sam Hoger vs. Jeff Newton).
-Due
to the brutal nature of his knockout loss at the hands of Rich
Franklin, it is likely that Nate Quarry would have been medically
suspended for at least a few months even if he didn't suffer
any injuries. However, Quarry's suspension was lengthened to
six months due to the doctors' belief that Quarry suffered multiple
fractures to his nose in the fight. If a doctor subsequently
determines that Quarry's nose has healed and decides to medically
clear him sometime in the next six months, Quarry will still
be medically suspended for a minimum of two months due to the
fact that he was knocked out in such a brutal fashion.
-Trevor
Prangley is believed to have broken his right hand at some point
during his fight against Jeremy Horn, which Prangley lost via
decision. All three judges (Marcos Rosales, Nelson Hamilton,
and Glenn Trowbridge) had Horn winning the first two rounds and
Prangley winning the third, resulting in a 29-28 victory for
Horn on all three judges' scorecards.
-Sean
Sherk took a lot of punishment in his surprisingly one-sided
loss to Georges St. Pierre, and also had a fairly big cut on
his nose, resulting in an eight-week medical suspension. Kevin
Jordan was given a six-week medical suspension under much the
same circumstances, with a big cut coming alongside a TKO loss.
-To
demonstrate that the manner in which you lose doesn't necessarily
have anything to do with the length of your medical suspension,
look no further than the cases of Keith Wisniewski and Ansar
Chalangov. Chalangov was TKO'ed in his fight, while Wisniewski
lost his fight via decision. On paper, you would think that Chalangov
would get a longer medical suspension, but you would be wrong.
Due to the fact that Wisniewski took a lot more punishment over
the course of his three-round decision loss than Chalangov did
in his TKO loss, Wisniewski was medically suspended for eight
weeks, while Chalangov was only suspended for six weeks.
Source: MMA Weekly
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THOMPSON
DENIES THERE IS A FIGHT SIGNED
There have been a few internet reports that Nick Thompson will
face Joe Riggs in an upcoming UFC. Not so according to Thompson.
Nick told MMAWeekly.com quote "My camp has not been offered
this fight" in regards to a fight with Joe "Diesel"
Riggs. Thompson said he would love the opportunity to face a
guy like Riggs but it has not been offered despite published
reports on a few other MMA sites.
Thompson
last fought in the UFC at the last even in Las Vegas. Thompson
defeated Keith Wisniewski by decision at UFC 56. Thompson has
a record of 22-8 and has won six fights in a row. We will have
more on the story at MMAWeekly.com your industry leader in MMA.
Source: MMA Weekly
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Quote
of the Day
"Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy."
Jacques Maritain, 1882-1973, French Philosopher
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Fighters'
Club TV Episode 35 Tonight!
Fighters' Club
TV Episode 35 is cut and submitted to programming.
Airdates as follows: Nov 15, 22, and 29--Tuesday nights at 930pm
on
Oceanic Ch.52 (Olelo on Oahu)
Episode
35 features:
-Highlights from ROTR qualifier fight between:
--Ronald "The Machine Gun" Jhun vs Thales Leite (plus
intvw w/
Thales--this guy's a bad ass and BJ Penn's sparring partner)
Think you're a true MMA fight fan. Do you know who Randy "the
Natural"
Couture is? How about Jens "lil Evil" Pulver? Find
out what Randy's
feelings are on TUF2, the UFC, and Steroids. Jens talks about
the Pride
GP he just fought in and his severe eye injury--did you know
he's been
blind in one eye since his fight? Find out these things and more...
And
of course, Hawaii's favorite FCTV personalities, Chris "the
Handsome
One" & Mike "the Icon" Onzuka, and Mark "Special
K" Kurano (aka. "the
other guy")
Don't miss the outtakes over the credits where our true talent
is
showcased!
questions,
comments, suggestions?
email us at: fightersclubtv808@hotmail.com
If you have
not checked out the Fighters' Club TV website, check
it out.
The show is still on every Tuesday night at 9:30PM on Channel
52 and on Akaku in Maui.
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Tuesday
Night Fights at the Plaza Returns with a Double Header!
Tonight,
November 29th In Hilo!
Check
out the radio commericial!
After a successful inaugural event, Tuesday Night Fights returns
for two events in one month! November will be a busy month for
fight fans as Toughman Hawaii hosts its popular event two weeks
apart from each other. The events will be held at the Academic
& Athletic Training Center. The previous event took place
on November 15th, and now the second part of the double header
takes place on:
Tuesday, November
29, 2005
Visit Central Pacific A.C.'s Academic and Athletic Training Center
for tickets.
More
details including the fight card will be coming soon!
Source:
Event Promoter
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SHAMROCK
TALKS TUF 3
Things can change quickly in the world of Mixed Martial Arts
(MMA). The week before the UFC 56: 'Full Force' announcement
that Ken Shamrock and Tito Ortiz would be 'The Ultimate Fighter'
season three coaches, Ken was aggressively pursuing a rematch
with Kazushi Sakuraba in Pride and had written off any chance
of participating in the Spike TV reality show.
"It's
been pretty exciting, and at the same time it kind of took me
off guard a little bit." Shamrock said as he spoke with
MMAWeekly SoundOff Radio about what unfolded in the days leading
up to UFC 56 that made it possible for he and Ortiz to land the
high profile coaching positions.
The
deal came together only days before the UFC 56 pay-per-view broadcast.
What changed from just a week before? Shamrock said, "Well
one, Dana [White] actually called me and asked me to be on the
show. Prior to that, Dana never called me. Nobody ever said anything
to me about the show. As far as I knew they were moving in a
different direction, and I was moving in a different direction."
Discussing
the contents of the conversations with UFC president, Dana White,
Shamrock divulged, "Dana gave me a call and said, hey, how
would you like to come back to the UFC? And I was like sure.
What do you got? I thought he had somebody that he wanted me
to fight or something. He goes well, how would you like to be
a coach on the reality show? And I said well, it was offered
to me the first season, but I wasn't able to do it. I said, it
sounds good, but you have to explain what are we doing here.
I'm not just going to show up. He goes, you wouldn't believe
who I've got for the other coach. Immediately I'm thinking, well
I know Royce Gracie is out of the question, and I know Tito Ortiz
is out of the question. He goes, nope, Tito Ortiz. And I was
like OK man, sign me up. I'm there."
Ken
continued, "At first I was like no, not really. He goes,
no, we've got Tito. I was like how did you get Tito? He goes,
we just signed him. I said, well if you've got Tito, I'm thinking,
well if you've got Tito then I'm there."
Shamrock
and Ortiz have a long history. The feud between Tito and the
Ken Shamrock run 'Lion's Den' dates back to UFC 13: 'The Ultimate
Force' where Ortiz lost to the Ken Shamrock trained Guy Mezger.
Ortiz went on to defeat the 'Lion's Den' fighter Jerry Bolander
at UFC 18: 'Road to the Heavyweight Title,' and then won a rematch
with Mezger at UFC 19; 'Young Guns' where he paraded around after
the bout with a t-shirt that said, "Gay Mezger is my Bitch,"
taunting Mezger's corner including Ken Shamrock.
It's
no secret that Shamrock and Ortiz don't like each other. They've
exchanged words in and out of the octagon on numerous occasions.
No one seems to be able to get under Ken's skin like Ortiz has
been able to in the past. Asked if he hates Tito Ortiz, Ken replied,
"Hate is a strong word, and I am a very religious person,
so I know hate is a bad thing, but I do hate what he does very
much. Him as a person, I've never really got to know him. I know
people that do know of him, and they basically all said that
Tito's a good guy, but I don't see it. I just don't see it."
The
third season of 'The Ultimate Fighter' will begin with pre-existing
drama between Shamrock and Ortiz. The purpose of the reality
was to build up unknown fighters to be UFC competitors. Has that
changed? Is Ken concerned at all about what might ignite between
he and Ortiz on national television?
Ken
said, "I am a little concerned with it, but at the same
time, I'm going to go in there and do the best job I can for
these fighters because this is a great opportunity for these
guys to really shine, and I do not by any means want to take
anything away from these guys. I don't even want to try to get
in the way of their opportunity. This is big time for them. It's
probably a once in a lifetime opportunity. I do not want to be
the one that screws it up for them, but at the same time, I'm
not going to stand in the corner and be punked out or be pushed
around. I will come out throwing, and as much as I want to make
sure this is all about the Ultimate Fighters, and these guys
get a great opportunity, at the same time I've worked way, way
too long in my career and I'm the type of person that's not going
to stand around and let someone be disrespectful, or try and
punk me out, or even punk people out that I'm trying to work
with."
At
the conclusion of the next season of 'The Ultimate Fighter,'
Ken Shamrock will get his long awaited rematch with Tito Ortiz.
Ken was asked what he'll do different this time around to make
sure he comes away with the win. He answered, "I think it's
the same thing that I've been working on since I had the ACL
replacement and I had the shoulder replacement. It's just getting
healthy, and then when I get healthy, it's getting into the outstanding
conditioning. I was in very, very good shape for the Sakuraba
fight. I really believe that that's where I was peaking is right
there, and it got stolen out from under me. I really believed
everything was there. If I come in the same way that I came in
for the Sakuraba fight, and leave out the technical stuff. You
know? And just go out there and turn this into a damn street
fight I will beat Tito Ortiz."
Ken
continued, "I'm an aggressive person. I've been probably
fighting on the streets since I was ten years old. That was part
of my ability when I didn't have all the problems that I had
was that I was an aggressive fighter. I've kind of steered away
from that a little bit because of some of the injuries that I've
had, trying to protect them and still get the win. When I fight
Tito Ortiz, I ain't worrying about anything. I'm healthy. I'm
going to get in good shape so that I can go three hard rounds
throwing nothing but hands, feet, taking him down, smashing him
with elbows, and then going for submissions. I will be very,
very focused on this fight, and I will be in very good conditioning."
Shamrock's
deal with the UFC is for two fights with one of them being Tito
Ortiz, but who else would Ken like to fight after his rematch
with 'The Huntington Beach Bad Boy?' Ken commented, "It's
all been about Tito for the past four of five years...It's hard
to even think past that. I haven't thought about it."
Season
three of 'The Ultimate Fighter' will be interesting with Ortiz
and Shamrock as opposing coaches, that much can be guaranteed.
Ken gets his rematch with Ortiz, and Tito is back in the UFC.
Stealing a line from Tito Ortiz, to see how it all unfolds we'll
just have to "stay tuned."
Source: MMA Weekly
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JUNGLE
FIGHT - Full Results
Jungle FC 5th quick results
Arena
at 5 Stars EcoResort Hotel in Manaus - AMAZONAS, Saturday, 26th
|1st|
Beto Ninja front-choke on Sandro Bala in R2
|2nd|
Ivan Batman unanimous decision over Fabio Tigrao, after 3 rounds
|3rd|
Luciano Azevedo rear-naked-choke on Jose Aldo Jr. at R2
|4th|
Miodrag "Pele" Petkovitch guillotine-choked Alessandro
Coelho at R2
|5th|
Alexandre "Cacareco" Ferreira choked-out Julio Cesar
"Jamanta" at R1
|6th|
Edson Draggo KO'd Helio Dipp ar R1
|7th|
Fredson Paixao got the rear-naked-choke on Miljan Djursnovic
at R1
|8th|
CYBORG TKO'd Michael Matrela at R2
|9th|
Jose "Pele" Landy-Johns won the split-decision over
Alexander Shlemenko, after 3 rounds
Source: Maxfighting
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Quote
of the Day
"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late."
William Shakespeare,1564-1616, English Poet/Dramatist/Playwright
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Mike
and Mark on Icon Sport Radio This Morning
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BARONI
AND PENN ALMOST FIGHT EACH OTHER IN BAR
"After
the UFC show on 11/19, many of the fighters went to Pure, a night
club in Caesar's Palace. Phil Baroni was there, and apparently
way out of control. He saw Chris Leben, who UFC was attempting
to match him up with, but it fell through, largely because Baroni
was under contract to PRIDE.
Baroni,
pissed off and angry, approached Leben. Leben, seeing the state
Baroni was in, stayed very calm. Baroni asked Leben if he wanted
to fight him, and Leben said, "No, you would probably kill
me," smartly diffusing the situation.
However,
Baroni then saw a MMA website reporter who apparently had made
a lot of cracks about Baroni and steroids, and punched the guy
in the face. The reporter was sitting with B.J. Penn, who stepped in and told Baroni to
cool it. Baroni, who was holding a drink, put his drink down
and then challenged Penn to go at it.
Unlike
Leben, Penn was ready, but it was broken up by security because
a punch had been thrown (at the reporter) and Baroni was out
of there."
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SILVA
TRAINING FOR ARONA
While waiting for the official Pride confirmation, Wanderlei
Silva continues his preparation to the fight against Ricardo
Arona, which might take place at December 31st's Pride.
The
dispute will decide who is the best Middleweight champion of
Pride, once Wanderlei holds the title. Wanderlei has been dedicating
his training during the afternoon for his physical preparation,
with the special support of the trainer Rafael Alejarra, disciple
of Paulo Caruso. The trains are being done at his house, in Curitiba
(PR), and Wanderlei have been working his resistance, explosion,
with gradual load increase.
Source:
MMA Weekly
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Jungle
Fight in Brazil
With
no explanation as to why this event is not in Las Vegas, as was
declared after Jungle Fight 4, this sensational fighting event
returns to the five stars EcoResort Hotel arena. Top local Brazilians
are set to take on several mysterious European fighters. There
have been A few cancellations from the original card like the
absence of Care Rage super-heavyweight champion Antonio "Pezao"
Silva, former UFC title contender Jorge "Macaco" Patino
and the former King of the Cage standout Gustavo "Ximu"
Machado all have had to bow out of the competition. Fans may
think that the card is left without its real star power, but
in looking at the line-up, one may see that there are some bouts
that hold a great deal of promise. There are several interesting
clashes of style, and a few undiscovered talents that could really
make there ark on he Mixed Martial Arts world.
Keep
an eye on Jose Aldo (Nova Uniao) taking on Luta-Livre's Luciano
Azevedo (RFT) in a fight that will not likely go the distance.
It is a classic Striker vs. Grappler confrontation. In another
match, we see yet another chapter in the rivalry between BTT
and ChuteBoxe ufold as Cacareco takes on Jamanta. Jamanta's teammate
and recent Storm Samuari winner, CYBORG, faces the undefeated
and skilled Polish fighter Michal Materla. He is a left-hand
striker that will provide an interesting challenge for CYBORG.
Other
TOP Brazilians such as Pele Landy, Fredson Paixao and Montenegro
will be in against some vert tough unknown fighters who will
not let this chance to kick start their career escape. Pay close
attention in Djurasinovic x Paixao, Shlemenko x Pele Landy and
Petkovitch x Montenegro.
The
under-card shows us many great confrontations of Brazilian up&comers
in Reny x Ninja, and the return of Carlson Gracie Team's Ivan
'Batman' Jorge versus Fabio Tigrao.
Full card for Jungle Fight 5:
Luciano Azevedo versus Jose Aldo Jr
CYBORG versus Michal Materla
Alexandre "Cacareco" Ferreira versus Julio Cesar "Jamanta"
Fredson Paixao versus Miljan Djurasinovic
Helio Dipp versus Marcus Sursa
Leopoldo Montenegro versus Miodrag "Pele" Petkovitch
Jose "Pele" Landy-Johns versus Alexander Shlemenko
Beto Ninja versus Sandro Reny
Ivan Jorge "Batman" versus Fabio Tigrao
Source:
Maxfighting
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Quote
of the Day
"Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve
it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence
of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense."
Thomas A. Bennett
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BJ
Penn to Fight Georges St. Pierre
Rumor has it that part of the deal that BJ Penn requested concerning
his return to the UFC was to fight the winner of the Georges
St. Pierre-Sean Sherk fight. Could the thought be to "introduce
himself" to all the new UFC fight fans that have come aboard
from The Ultimate Fighter TV series, which would pump up the
rematch between him and current champ Matt Hughes?
Or could it be that BJ wants to eliminate all doubt by beating
UFC's number one contender and then beating the champ? Knowing
BJ...he is probably doing it for both reasons.
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Punishment
In Paradise
Department of Corrections!!
Previously, I announced David Padilla of Jesus Is Lord Gym was
fighting in one of the main events, Mr. Padilla didn't realize
his contract with ICON sports had a 30 day clause which he was
remind of from ICON represenative. We wish Mr. Padilla great
sucess in his fight Feb 11, 2006
Source:
Event Promoter
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Who
is the Number One Welterweight Contender?
By Jeremy Wall
Winning his fourth fight in a row against a top ranked contender,
on November 19th Matt Hughes again proved that he has been the
most dominant UFC champion in history. Although his win over
Joe Riggs was a non-title match, the outcome would have remained
the same whether or not Riggs had been able to make weight for
the fight.
Since
early 2001, Hughes has only lost once. Of course, that was an
infamous defeat at the hands of BJ Penn, who tapped Hughes out
quickly with a rear naked choke in January 2004. After taking
Hughes' belt, Penn left the UFC over a contract dispute, in the
meantime fighting for K-1 and in his home state of Hawaii. Now,
nearly two years later, he's back.
Should
BJ Penn get the next title
shot at Hughes? MMAWeekly.com is reporting that UFC wants Penn
to compete in one fight before he challenges for the title. Why?
It's not like BJ Penn was sitting at home reading comic books
and watching daytime TV during his time away from UFC. Since
defeating Hughes, he scored victories over Duane Ludwig, Rodrigo
Gracie (at middleweight) and Renzo Gracie. He also went to a
decision loss against the much larger Ryoto Machida, who is the
only fighter to hold a win over current UFC Middleweight champ
Rich Franklin. The only other loss in Penn's career was via majority
decision to Jens Pulver nearly four years ago. BJ Penn does not
need to prove himself. Did Riggs (regardless of the weight issue,
it was originally a title bout), or Nate Quarry??? How about
Eilers???
It
is true that UFC now has a log-jam of competitors at welterweight.
Penn, Georges St-Pierre and Karo Parisyan all have a legitimate
claim to the next title shot against Hughes. They also have a
legitimate chance of dethroning Hughes and taking the title.
UFC
has a couple of options here. If it is indeed true that they
want BJ Penn to wait for the next shot, then it would stand to
reason that St-Pierre will get the very next title match against
Hughes. St-Pierre is coming off two amazing performances against
former number one contenders Frank Trigg and Sean Sherk, and
deserves a title shot more than anyone. Anyone other than maybe
BJ Penn, which is the key issue here.
In
the meantime, Penn would face a high-level welterweight opponent.
Maybe it could be Karo, maybe it could be someone else. If Penn
wins, he gets the winner of St-Pierre vs. Hughes.
I
prefer to invert that idea. BJ Penn's last fight in the UFC saw
him defeat Hughes for the title. His first fight back is the
fight that everyone wants to see: the Hughes-Penn title rematch.
Penn should get the next shot at the belt, with St-Pierre getting
the winner. The problem with this idea is that St-Pierre may
have to fight in the meantime, which would mean that he could
blow a big title fight either by loss or injury.
In
either scenario Karo gets left in the dust, unless UFC decides
to place him ahead of St-Pierre in the pecking order. That of
course would be a bad idea because the St-Pierre-Hughes fight
is the far more interesting proposition.
Karo
will have to take another fight (or two) in the meantime, depending
on how long his injury lasts. The Hughes vs. St-Pierre, Karo
vs. Penn idea is certainly not a bad one, with the two winners
meeting over the title. It guarantees at least two solid welterweight
title main events, and three great fights.
The
flaw with this combination is that the biggest money fight is
Penn-Hughes, and there is a real chance that Karo (or whomever
else) could beat Penn. Remember, even though Penn did defeat
Hughes when they met, he is not known for being a clutch performer.
He has had three title fights in the UFC, and the fight against
Hughes was the only one which he was victorious. There is a chance
Penn could blow it and we never get the Penn-Hughes rematch we
want, or do get it but it ends up being too late.
This
is the primary difference between promoting MMA and pro wrestling.
In pro wrestling, you would book Penn in a comeback fight against
a top opponent, and he wins. You would book Hughes against St-Pierre
and he wins. Then you book Penn vs. Hughes and you get the two
big Hughes fights (against St-Pierre and Penn respectively).
You then book St-Pierre in a couple of big fights, he wins boths,
and becomes a contender again and maybe wins the title at that
point.
In
MMA you can't book the finishes (obviously). This means the philosophy
for when you do the money match is totally different from pro
wrestling. You have to do the big money fight when it makes sense
and when it is available. Penn vs. Hughes right now makes perfect
sense and it can happen if Zuffa wants it to. St-Pierre should
face the winner of that fight, and Karo will have to wait a few
more months. But it seems that scenario is one that will not
play out in the immediate future.
Source:
Maxfighting
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ANTONIO
SILVA VS. VILLAREAL
Antonio Silva
Brazilian
magazine 'Tatame' reports that the matchup of Antonio Silva vs.
Ruben Villarreal will take place on the Cagewarriors Strike Force
4 card on November 26th in Coventry, England. The bout will be
for the Cagewarriors super heavyweight belt.
Source:
Fight Sport
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TITLE
SHOT FOR LOISEAU?
by Jeff Cain
Who is next in line for an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
title shot is sometimes murky water. Who deserves one and who
gets one aren't always the same. David 'The Crow' Loiseau feels
he's next in line for an opportunity at the UFC middleweight
belt, but nothing is signed. Asked if he was fighting for the
title next, David answered, "I don't know. I don't know
yet."
"They
told me that's what they want to do, but they change their minds
all the time. You know?" Loiseau told MMAWeekly SoundOff
Radio.
When
UFC Middleweight Champion Rich 'Ace' Franklin spoke with MMAWeekly
on Monday, he commented that Loiseau and Nat | |