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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
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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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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 Nathan Marquardt are
both deserving of a title shot. Marquardt of course tested positive
for a banned substance for his bout with Ivan Salaverry, but
then retested negative just days later. With Marquardt's fighting
future still unsettled, Loiseau looks to be the obvious choice
as Franklin's next opponent.
Some
criticize 'The Crow' for his brutal use of elbows, saying he's
only trying to cut his opponents. Loiseau responded to the critics,
"Has anyone talked to Evan Tanner or Gideon Ray about the
elbows that I threw? They might have been cut, but the cut was
just a little factor. I hit them so hard with them that when
they stopped the fight, Evan just looked down, sat down and didn't
say anything. He wasn't complaining. You know what I mean? It's
not like he was ahead and then there was a cut and then he was
knocking me out, and I just cut him...People have to realize
I don't throw them to cut an opponent. It's to knock people out.
They happen to cut the guys, but if you watch the Gideon Ray
fight, I miss his head, and I hit canvas. You hear a big boom.
I put my whole body behind the elbow. I throw it with everything
I have."
Loiseau's
on a five fight win streak, but can he beat Rich Franklin? According
to him, "Yes. I can beat him. Of course...I think I can
beat anyone in the division. This division is so stacked that
it could go either way. I respect Rich a lot. I've known him
for a long time. Yea, I believe I can beat him, but we're so
much alike. We're both explosive. We've both got good grappling,
wrestling, striking; it's going to be a very, very, very tough
fight man."
Questioned
if he has better stand up than Rich Franklin, Loiseau replied,
"Yes. Yes. Well, you know what? It's not that it's better,
it's just that strategy wise, I'm just so good strategy right
now, like game plan and sticking to my game plan that's it's
not personal with Rich. It's just like I don't think anyone in
the division can beat me."
David
added, "Seriously. I've been thinking about it for a little
bit. I thought at first it was kind of odd because man I love
Rich man. He's like, I've known him for like five years. We're
buddies and stuff like that, but it's business. You know? I didn't
think it would get to that point, but it did. He came down to
middleweight and stuff like that, so we're going to have to fight
eventually for sure, but man, what a fight it's going to be.
What a fight...We're both gentlemen outside the ring, but you
know we're going to throw down in there. We've both got killer
instincts when we've got an opponent hurt. And I know he's thinking
the same thing. What a war it's going to be. We're both going
to be ready. We both train hard. We're both consistent. We're
both disciplined."
Loiseau
has heard he'll be next to get a shot at Rich Franklin. He wants
the next shot at Rich Franklin, and feels he deserves it. He
commented, "I deserve a title shot. Where I'm at, what I
did, I believe Nate [Quarry] didn't deserve it the way that I
did. I beat the former champion. I beat the last guy to have
the belt before Rich."
There's
no doubt that David Loiseau deserves the next title shot in the
UFC middleweight division. The only question is will he get it?
Closing out the interview, 'The Crow' said, "Whenever I
fight for the title, you know I'm going to come out swinging."
Source:
MMA Weekly
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Quote
of the Day
"There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant
day."
Alexander Woollcott, 1887-1943, American Columnist and Critic
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Kickin
It 2005 Kickboxing Championships Results!
Kickin It 2005 "The Sequel" Kickboxing Championships
Ilikai Hotel Ballroom, Honolulu, Hawaii
November 25, 2005
By Chris Onzuka - Chris@Onzuka.com
The
resurgence of kickboxing in Hawaii started by Kickin' It culminated
in this mega championship event where almost every fight was
a championship bout and many of them pitted champion against
champion. From kids at the tender age of 8 years old battling
it out up to semi-pros, every fighter came prepared and laid
it all on the line. As expected with equally skilled opponents,
most of the fights went to a decision, but there was a spectacular
KO. The fight of the night had to be Shaison Laupola taking on
Tim Lapitan. Both fighters had great exchanges with Laupola pressing
the fight early. Lapitan regrouped and came back and pitted his
hands against Laupola's powerful kicks. In the end Laupola's
powerful kicks and combinations earned him the decision. A heated
match came to a head when Edmund Li sent Red Davis into the ropes
and to the ground and in the heat of battle, Li kicked Davis
in the head. Davis' corner man quickly jumped into the ring.
Kickin' it's quick acting security jumped into the ring to quell
the situation before it escalated. The referee stated that he
could have disqualified both fighters, but chose to go to the
score cards. Li's corner man, Haru Shimanishi requested the fight
be called a draw and the fighters settle it at the next event.
Another great battle was the semi-main event pitting Ikaika Choyfoo
against Shanen Kira. Choyfoo is impressive. He has quick, accurate
striking with power behind it. Kira kept it competitive by pressing
the fight at times, but Choyfoo picked apart Kira to capture
the title. The main event was appropriately titled the King of
the Giants. These two big boys battled it out with Billianor's
accurate striking picking apart the much larger Atisanoe for
the win.
Kids Championships
8 Yrs. Old 55# Title
Triston Kamaka (808 Fight Factory) def. Kona Meyers (HSD)
Unanimous decision [(30-27), (30-27), (30-27)] after 3 rounds.
8-10
Yrs. Old 60-65# Title
Jesus Santos (HMC) def. Dahwen Bright (HSD)
Unanimous decision [(29-28), (29-28), (28-28)] after 3 rounds.
Atomweight
Title
12 Yrs. Old Girls 98 - 103
Jacelyn Kim (Ewa Beach Fight Club) def. Jazlin Kim (Goodsport
Kickboxing)
Unanimous decision [(30-25), (30-26), (30-26)] after 3 rounds.
Featherweight
Jr. Title
120 - 124
Darryl Labrador (1-2, HSD) def. Justin Piamonte (2-1, Animal
House)
Unanimous decision [(29-28), (29-28), (29-28)] after 3 rounds.
9
Yrs. Old, 70# Title
Micah Abcede (Ewa Beach Fight Club) def. Kylie Romero (HMC)
Unanimous decision [(29-28), (29-28), (29-28)] after 3 rounds.
Light
Heavyweight Title
167 - 174 #
Benji Rodrigues (4-1, HSD) def. Dale Kamai (2-1, Team Soljah)
KO in Round 2.
210-220
#
Kawika Hong (Goodsport Kickboxing, Maui) def. Justin Lucero (New
Ministries, Waipahu)
TKO, verbal submission due to injured shoulder in Round 2.
12
Yrs. Old
Atomweight Title 98 - 103
Robbie Ostovich (2-0, Jesus Is Lord) def. Bubu Akau (HSD)
Unanimous decision [(29-28), (30-27), (29-28)] after 3 rounds.
Super
Welterweight Title
147 - 152 (Leg kicks allowed)
Vinnie Delasantos (2-1 Team Soljah) def. Derek Minn (3-2 Laupahoehoe
Muay Thai)
Split decision [(28-29), (29-28), (29-28)] after 3 rounds.
10
Yrs. Old 65# Title
Kai Kamaka III (1-1, 808 Fight Factory) drew Justly Laquihon
(2-0, HMC)
Draw [(27-29), (28-28), (29-27)] after 3 rounds.
Middleweight
Title
Hans Lee (Animal House) def. Ikaika Brown (Team Submit)
Unanimous decision [(30-24), (30-25), (30-24)] after 3 rounds.
Bantam
Weight Title 110 #
Fred Wagner (HSD) def. Sage Yoshida (HMC)
Split decision [(28-29), (29-28), (29-28)] after 3 rounds.
Super
Welterweight Jr. Title
147-152
Shaison Laupola (3-0, Jesus Is Lord) def. Tim Lapitan (2-1, Bullspen)
Majority decision [(29-28), (28-28), (29-27)] after 3 rounds.
Semi-Pro
Welterweight Title
140-146
David Balicao (9-1, HSD) drew Brandon Visher (4-0, Goodsport
Kickboxing)
Majority Draw [(28-28), (28-28), (29-27)] after 3 rounds.
Lightweight
Title
130 - 134 # (Leg kicks allowed)
Tavis Kagawa (3-3, Laupahoehoe Muay Thai) def. Nui Wheeler (3-1
Team Soljah)
Unanimous decision [(30-27), (30-27), (30-27)] after 3 rounds.
Super
Lightweight Jr. Title
135-139
Red Davis (2-1, Animal House) drew Edmund Li (1-2, HMC)
Draw in Round 2 due to illegal kick to a downed opponent by Li
and illegal entrance of Davis' cornerman, so it was declared
a draw. A rematch to settle this match will be planned for the
next event.
Super
Heavyweight
Kaika Aki (HSD) def. Jay Westbrook (Soljah)
Split decision [(28-29), (29-27), (29-28)] after 3 rounds.
Middleweight
Title
153 - 159 (Leg kicks allowed)
Kaika Choyfoo (2-2, Jesus Is Lord) def. Shanen Kira (2-0, Team
Mixbreed)
Unanimous decision [(30-27), (30-27), (30-27)] after 3 rounds.
Main
Event
King Of The Giants Title
251 And Over
Anthony Billianor (2-2, Goodsport Kickboxing) def. Bob Atisanoe
(3-0, HSD)
Majority decision [(28-28), (29-24), (27-26)] after 3 rounds.
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Its
Go Time For The 808 Fight Factory!
Dec. 2,
2005 King Of The Cage (Saboba,Ca)
Ed Newalu will be facing Manny Tapia for the 135 KOTC world title
on PPV
Harris Sarmiento takes on Erik Paulson fighter Cub Swanson who
is 3-0.
We are also giving other local boys a shot to get there name
out we will be taking Kaleo Kwan, from the Eastsidaz, as he will
be facing Dave Rivas.
Dec. 3,
2005 King Of The Cage (Canada)
Niko Vitale and Ron Jhun will also be heading to Canada for KOTC.
Ron Jhun will headline the card against Mario Stapel from Germany.
Dec. 10,
2005 Warriors Of The Ring (Maui)
Aaron Rose vs. Sidney "Submission" Silva
Dec. 10,
2005 Fury (Guam)
Robert Villapando and Bryson Kamaka will be heading to Guam
Source: Kai Kamaka, 808 Fight Factory Head Trainer
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Tuesday
Night Fights at the Plaza Returns with a Double Header!
Next Tuesday,
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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COFFEE
GUY EXCLUSIVE: REAL REASON UFC SIGNED PENN, TITO, AND SHAMROCK
By Coffee Guy
The following exclusive report was sent to us by our Zuffa informant
called 'Coffee Guy':
"Apparently,
Lorenzo Fertitta was embarrassed after UFC 55, and according
to people close to the situation, he seemed to feel that Dana
White was losing the plot and stepped in to fix a few things
that were broken.
In
order to fix things, he decided that they needed to re-sign B.J. Penn, Tito Ortiz, and Ken
Shamrock, regardless of Dana's problems with Penn and Tito.
But
an even more then just the ineptness of the former Boxercize-instructor-turned-UFC-president
Dana White, Zuffa felt very threatened by the revelation that
Don King was getting involved in MMA, and that he was going to
be working with the WFA and planned to sign Tito Ortiz as their
poster boy.
Source:
Fight Sport
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'NINJA'
MOVING DOWN TO 185-POUND DIVISION
Murilo "Ninja" Rua
Brazilian
magazine 'Tatame' reports that Murilo 'Ninja' Rua is dropping
down to the 185-pound division.
Other
sources in the Brazilian media report that the possible matchup
of Murilo 'Ninja' Rua vs. Paulo Filho may be taking place on
the PRIDE card on December 31st or some time next year.
Furethermore,
Chute Boxe plans to enter Ninja in the PRIDE 185-pound GP that
is being planned for 2007.
Source:
Fight Sport
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BARNETT,
FRANK SHAMROCK,
COMPETE IN JAPAN WRESTLING
Frank
Shamrock, Josh Barnett, Luiz Azeredo and James Thompson were
the notable MMA names that competed in a Pro-Wrestling type of
event in Japan this week. Here are the full results sent in my
MMAWeekly Reader Yoki Nagamata.
1.
Katsuhisa Fujii defeated Kyosuke Sasaki in 7 minutes, 48 seconds
by point-out (from a German Suplex).
2.
Wataru Sakata defeated Hiroyuki Ito in 10 minutes, 6 seconds
by tap-out from a crab hold after a full-nelson suplex.
3.
2x2 Cross Bout: Yasuhito Namekawa & Luiz Azeredo defeated
Kazuki Okubo & Hidehisa Matsuda in 12 minutes, 8 seconds
when Namekawa forced Matsuda to tap-out.
4.
James Thompson defeated Ricardo Morais in 10 minutes, 1 second
by KO.
5.
Frank Shamrock defeated Daisuke Nakamura in 12 minutes, 56 seconds
with an ankle lock for the tap-out.
6.
Toshiaki Kawada defeated Ilioukhine Mikhail in 4 minutes, 44
seconds with a front neck lock.
7.
Kiyoshi Tamura defeated Josh Barnett in 16 minutes, 10 seconds
by tap-out (arm submission). All fights were exhibitions (worked)
Source:
MMA Weekly
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Alexandre
Pequeno: Pequeno evaluates
The most important Shooto fighter ever, Alexandre Pequeno recovers
from a knee intervention done on November 2nd. While he can't
train, the seven times Shooto champion is studying Gilbert Melendez
game for the title dispute in March 2006 and he is also working
on another Shooto Brazil, being held on December 3rd. In an exclusive
to TATAME.com, Pequeno talks about Melendez, his contract with
Hero's and also about the Shooto Brazil production, that will
have his brother, Leonardo Nogueira, on the most important fight
of his short career, against the Gracie Barra Combat Team fighter
Aloísio Dado Barros.
You've
just an intervention on your knee. How are you now?
I
tore the meniscus due to my training. The intervention was on
November 2nd and it was great. It still hurts, but the doctor
said it's normal and I'm doing physiotherapy. I'm just doing
physics for a while, doing some underwater fishing, which is
good for the knee. I believe that in a month I will be back to
the trainings.
How
about your situation with the Shooto organization? You had to
defend your belt at the end of this year.
The
belt dispute is scheduled to March, against Gilbert Melendez.
I can't train now, so I'm just studying his game. There's a friend
of mine in Tokyo who sent me some fighting tapes and I'm watching
it. Melendez is a tall guy, with 1,80m and 65kg. When I was with
Naoya Uematsu here in Brazil, he told me he had a lot of problems
with Melendez on his guard. The guy is also on the ground, he
trains with the Gracies in US, and he likes to throw some knees
and high kicks.
In
this case, what's the best tactic to bring the belt back to Brazil
once again?
I've
to take him to the ground, lock his game and submit him. If he
does something wrong, I'll submit him by guillotine.
You
have three months for this fight. Do you think it's enough for
you to be 100% for this fight?
Of
course! When I don't fight for a long period, I feel myself gassy
and not much confident. Now that I have three months to train,
I'll get more confidence and I'm sure I'll be 100% for this fight.
You
fought Hero's GP first round. How about your situation with Hero's?
I've
an open contract and I've two more fights to do. Hero's called
me to fight on December 31st, but I couldn't accept. I no longer
do what I did at the first round, when I fought with the knee
injured. I couldn't fight well and I lost.
At
the end of this year, we will have two GP decisions. At Hero's,
Norifumi Kid Yamamoto faces Genki Sudo and at Pride, Takanori
Gomi fights Hayato Sakurai. Who wins these two fights?
I
think Yamamoto takes Hero's title. He's a fast fighter, very
dynamic on his blows. He tries to surprise his opponents and
he is also an Olympic wrestler. His opponent, Sudo, likes to
joke on his fights and this is not good against Yamamoto. At
Pride, I think Gomi wins. He's in a good moment and he's very
experienced. Sakurai needs to loose 10kg for this fight and he
probably will have problems with his gas still at the first round.
In
the beginning of December, your brother Leonardo Nogueira will
fight the most difficult combat of his short career, against
Aloísio Dado Barros, at Shooto Brazil. Later, he faces
the BJJ black belt world champ Eduardo Pessoa, in a Submission
fight at Copa Cyclone. Is he prepared for these two challenges?
He's
on the best moment of his career and he must take benefit of
it. He had an amazing Submission fight against Rodrigo Damm at
Copa Rip Dorey, when Leo won by points. Leo is going to change
punches with Dado. He's doing a lot of Boxing and Muay Thai and
he had trained also at Marcio Cromado's. At Copa Cyclone, Dudu
is a very technical fighter and this fight will be amazing.
Shooto
Brazil is going for its third edition this year. How is the production?
Unfortunately,
it's difficult for us to do more than three editions per year,
because we don't have sponsors. But we will do our best for this
show and we will count on the support of the TV cable channel
BandSport. Shooto Brazil is launching a lot of new names and
we intend to be sending them to fight in Japan. Sérgio
Cunha now is living in Japan and he has a good contact with the
Shooto president Sakamoto. For the next year, we intend to be
producing a Shooto Brazil tournament on each three months.
Source:
Tatame
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Quote
of the Day
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man
has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have
some."
Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British Novelist
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BJ
PENN AND
QUADROS JOIN MMAWEEKLY RADIO TODAY
MMAWeekly Radio continues an amazing week as BJ Penn talks about his return to the UFC
and the Fight Professor also joins the show.
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BJ Penn and Stephan Quadros join the show today.
BJ
Penn returns to the UFC for the first time in a couple of years.
Penn will talk about why he is returning to the UFC, what happened
to change his mind, when will he fight Matt Hughes and who will
his first fight be against? Get the answers today exclusively
on MMAWeekly Radio.
Also
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Quadros. Quadros is gearing up for next week's Cage Rage event
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Source:
MMA Weekly
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Kickin
It 2005 "The Sequel" Tonight!
WHAT : KICKIN IT 2005 "THE SEQUEL"
KICKBOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS
WHEN : NOVEMBER 25, 2005 (FRIDAY 6PM - 10PM)
WHERE : ILIKAI HOTEL BALLROOM
MAIN EVENT
BOB ATISANOE (3-0) KING OF THE GIANTS TITLE (2-2) ANTHONY (TONY)
BILIANOR
HSD 251 AND OVER GOODSPORT KICKBOXING
BOB AND TONY WILL BE FIGHTING FOR THE KING OF THE GIANTS TITLE
WHICH MUST BE DEFENDED IN ORDER TO HOLD ON TO IT. TONY IS A MAUI
BOY WHO HAD A FLAWLESS VICTORY AGAINST JAY WESTBROOK A COUPLE
OF MONTHS AGO. BOBS FIGHTS HAS NEVER MADE TO THE 2RD ROUND BUT
TONY MIGHT BE THE MAN TO TAKE IT THERE. BOTH FIGHTERS ARE ABOUT
THE SAME HEIGHT, SAME STANCE, AND THE SAME POWER. WITH THE WEIGHT
ADVANTAGE GOING TO BOB WHO IS 300 PLUS POUNDS, BUT THIS BIG BOY
CAN MOVE. WILL THE BELT STAY IN OAHU OR TRAVEL BACK TO MAUI?
DAVID "BANGA"BALICAO (9-1) SEMI-PRO WELTERWEIGHT TITLE
(5-0) BRANDON VISHER
HSD 140-146 GOODSPORT KICKBOXING
NUI WHEELER (3-1) LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE (3-3) TAVIS KAGAWA
TEAM SOLJAH 130 - 134 LAUPAHOEHOE MUAY THAI
VINNIE DELASANTOS (2-1) SUPER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE ((3-2) DEREK
MINN
TEAM SOLJAH 147 - 152 LAUPAHOEHOE MUAY THAI
KAIKA CHOYFOO (2-2) MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE (2-0) SHANEN KIRA
JESUS IS LORD 153 - 159 TEAM MIXBREED
DALE KAMAI (2-1) LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE (4-1) BENJI "ENDLESS"
RODRIGUES
TEAM SOLJAH 167 - 174 HSD
DUE TO A COUPLE OF LAST MINUTE PULL-OUTS, DALE KAMAI AND BEN
RODRIGUES WILL NOW FACE EACH OTHER. BEN (2004 SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT
JR. CHAMPION) WILL NOW HAVE TO STEP UP A WEIGHT DIVISION TO EARN
A BELT. AND HE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE TO EARN IT AGAINST DALE.
FOR DALE HAS FLOORED HIS LAST TWO OPPONENTS WITH HIS STRAIGHT
LEFT. BOTH FIGHTERS ARE FROM THE WESSIDE SO YOU KNOW THAT THEIR
PRIDE WILL NOT CALL IN SICK ON NOV. 25TH. WE'LL FIND OUT WHO
CARRIES MORE PRIDE, THE SOLJAH OR THE 2004 CHAMPION.
TEENAGER CHAMPIONSHIPS
SHAISON LAUPOLA ((3-0) SUPER WELTERWEIGHT JR. TITLE (2-1) TIM
LAPITAN
JESUS IS LORD 147-152 BULLSPEN
RED DAVIS (2-1) SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT JR. TITLE (1-2) EDMUND LI
ANIMAL HOUSE 135-139 HMC
JUSTIN PIAMONTE (2-1) FEATHERWEIGHT JR. TITLE (1-2) DARRYL LABRADOR
ANIMAL HOUSE 120 - 124 HSD
KIDS CHAMPIONSHIPS
SAGE YOSHIDA (2-1) 11 -13 YRS OLD BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE (1-0) FRED
WAGNER
HMC 110 - 114 HSD
KONA MEYERS 8 - 9YRS. OLD 55# TITLE TRISTON KAMAKA
HSD 808 FIGHT FACTORY
THIS FIGHT WILL BE INTERESTING FOR BOTH FIGHTERS ARE VERY SKILLED.
WITH THE QUICKNESS GOING TO KONA AND THE POWER GOING TO TRISTON.
BOTH OF THESE FIGHTERS WILL PUT ON A GREAT SHOW.
KAI KAMAKA (1-1) 10-11 YRS. OLD 65# TITLE (2-0) JUSTLY LAQUIHON
808 FIGHT FACTORY HMC
JORDAN 9 YRS. OLD 70# TITLE KILEY RAMIRO
EWA BEACH FIGHT CLUB HMC
ROBBIE OSTAVICH (2-0) 12 YRS. OLD ATOMWEIGHT TITLE BUBU AKAU
JESUS IS LORD 98 - 103 HSD
IN ANOTHER LAST MINUTE REPLACEMENT, BUBU WILL STEP IN TO FACE
ROBBIE WHO LEFT HIS LAST OPPONENT A BLOODY MESS. BUBU WHO HAS
ONLY A FEW WEEKS OF TRAINING IS ALL BALLS NO BRAINS. ROBBIE HAS
BEEN TRAINING FOR A WHILE IN THE GUIDANCE OF HIS COACH AND HIS
FATHER (BOB-O ) WHO IS ALSO A FIGHTER. WILL ROBBIES BLOODLINE
BE TO STRONG FOR BUBU?
JACELYN KIM 11-12 YRS. OLD GIRLS ATOMWEIGHT TITLE JAZLYN KIM
EWA BEACH FIGHT CLUB 98 - 103 GOODSPORT KICKBOXING (MAUI)
DAHWEN BRIGHT 8 - 10YRS OLD 60-65# TITLE JESUS SANTOS
HSD HMC
KAIKA AKI SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT JAY WESTBROOK
HSD TEAM SOLJAH
JUSTIN LUCERO 210 - 230 # KAWIKA HONG
NEW HOPE WAIPAHU GOODSPORT KICKBOXING
ALL PARTICIPANTS AND MATCHES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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Joe
Rogan Chokes a DJ
Joe Rogan, star of Fear Factory and great color analyst for the
UFC, as well as being an avid BJJ practioner shows the effectiveness
of a mata leao (rear naked choke) to a DJ.
Check
out this link. It's pretty funny.
http://www.break.com/articles/roganfaint.html
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Team
GracieFighter Shines at California Open
Northern California's best grapplers were pitted against each
other today at Half Moon Bay's, California Open. For the 2nd
year in a row our team outpointed the field and won the overall
team competition. At the end of the 2-day event it was time for
the 8-man professional division.
In
the first round Paragon's Bill Cooper faced off against #1 ranked
Shooto fighter, Gilbert Melendez. The 2 men put on a show of
outstanding technique that had the crowd on their feet. With
the match tied, Melendez got to Cooper's back and sunk in the
hooks to secure a great win over a very talented grappler.
Next
to compete was tournament regular and fan favorite, Jeff Glover.
Jeff is a multiple time Grappler's Quest winner. He would be
facing Nathan Diaz from our academy. The 2 traded sweeps for
points and at 6 minutes in and 4 points up, it seemed as if Glover
had another win guaranteed. Diaz however was able to tie the
score up and sink in a deep choke that forced Glover to tap out.
Fight
#3 had Vini Magalhaes defeating Claudio Franca representative,
Paul Schreiner, by the score of 6-0.
In
the fourth match Jake Shields faced off against Half Moon Bay's
best grappler, Raul Castillo. Castillo fought valiantly however
he had no answer for Shields and eventually succumbed to a tight
armbar.
The
second round saw all four Cesar Gracie fighters in the semis,
with Shields defeating Diaz by points and Magalhaes armbarring
Melendez at the very end of a highly contested match.
The
finals were set: Shields vs. Magalhaes.
This matchup was a technical fight with Magalhaes displaying
an excellent guard and Shields incessantly trying to pass. With
a few minutes left Shields passed and eventually mounted to take
the match and the $1,500 prize money.
Congratulations
to our entire team and everyone that competed.
Source:
Gracie Fighter
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Coach
of the Year Awarded
Recently,
Andre Vinicius Aurnheimer Ferreira , also known as Benkei, was
honored by the North America Grappling Association in 2005 as
The Mixed Martial Arts Conditioning Coach of The Year. He has
been awarded for his outstanding preparation, training, and coaching
tactics with his numerous fighters.
In
2005 his athletes triumphed in 90% of their fights. The fighters’
success was influenced tremendously by Benkei’s vigorous
physical training, and prominent "ground & pound"
technique. He also coached many MMA TOP FIGHTERS like: Denis
Kang(PRIDE), Marcus Aurelio (PRIDE and ZST), Alexandre "Pequeno"
(HEROES K1 and SHOOTO Champion), Buscape (SHOOTO, MFC and PRIDE),
Milton Vieira (DEEP, PRIDE, SHOOTO and MFC), Thiago "pitbull"
Alves (UFC, SHOOTO), Mike Brown (DEEP and UFC), Hermes Franca
(UFC, MFC, HEROES K1, SHOOTO), Paulo Filho (DEEP and PRIDE) Alan
Goes (UFC, PRIDE), Charles McCarthy (UFC and AFC). For these
and many other accomplishments, Andre was honored as NAGA's Conditioning
Coach of The Year for 2005.
THE
GRAPPLING HALL OF FAME
Grappling
has grown at an extraordinary pace over the past decade. In order
to recognize the efforts that made it possible, the Grappling
Hall of Fame has been inaugurated.
The
mission of the Grappling Hall of Fame is to honor men and women,
past and present, who by their deeds as fighters, trainers, officials,
and/or contributors, and by the example of their lives, personify
the great sport of Grappling, and to enshrine such individuals
in the National Grappling Hall of Fame.
Class
of 2005
Romero
“Jacare” Cavalcante
Renzo
Gracie
Royce
Gracie
Master
Llyod Irvin
Bob
Schirmer
Danny
"Tiger" Schulmann
Andre
Vinicius Aurnheimer Ferreira a.k.a "Benkei"
Source: Maxfighting
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Schilt
Unstoppable at K-1 World GP '05 Final
TOKYO,
November 19, 2005 -- Dutch fighter Semmy Schilt turned aside
three challengers to win the K-1 World Grand Prix '05 Final at
the Tokyo Dome tonight. The 32 year-old Seidokaikan Karate fighter
recorded a convincing unanimous decision in his first bout against
Ray Sefo, and went on to KO Defending Champ Remy Bonjasky in
the semis, then Glaube Feitosa in the final to emerge triumphant.
Schilt's
karate background affords him superior speed and stamina -- he
won the WGP in Paris this May, and coming into today's Final
he was widely regarded as the best of K-1's big fighters (height
212cm/6'11"; weight 121kg/267lbs). Schilt becomes the fourth
Dutchman to win the K-1 World GP, and the first Karate fighter
to wear the crown since the late great Andy Hug in 1996. Along
with fightsport's most prestigious Championship, Schilt picks
up US$400,000 in prize money.
The
eight-men-in-one-man-out K-1 WGP Championship tournament is the
culmination of scores of fight events held round the world over
the last year. All fights were contested under regular K-1 rules
-- three rounds of three minutes each. The judges -- from Japan,
the United States, France and Holland -- could call for a possible
tiebreaker round in the event of a draw, and for two possible
tiebreaker rounds in the final.
The
card's first matchup pitted two-time Defending K-1 WGP Champion
Remy Bonjasky of Holland against Hong-Man Choi of South Korea.
A
former Silum wrestling Champion, Choi debuted in K-1 this year
and came into the Final undefeated in six matches, having used
his size more adeptly than some other K-1 behemoths. Choi is
a national hero in Korea, and a sizable contingent of fans flew
in from Seoul to cheer him on today. The sleek and lethal Bonjasky,
meanwhile, is known for his spectacular flying knee and kick
attacks. But his fans had to be wondering if he could get those
up and in on the 218cm/7'2" Choi.
Bonjasky
mostly eschewed the fancy stuff here in favor of a smart and
precise attack built on low kicks. From the bell the Dutchman
was light on his feet, kept his guard high and close, and snapped
in hard low kicks. Choi led with his left jab and was solid on
counters, and early on corralled Bonjasky into the corner to
pump in some fist. Late in the first, Bonjasky saw a kick answered
aggressively by a charging Choi, but neither fighter dominated
in the round, which was scored a draw on all three cards.
The
second saw Bonjasky launch a flying kick, only to have Choi answer
again with punches. Bonjasky's low kicks were working better,
and looked to be stinging Choi now. But the Korean used his reach
well to control the distance, and again Bonjasky could not mount
sustained pressure. In the third Bonjasky was the aggressor again,
working the hit and run low kick attacks before landing a high
kick to the left side of Choi's head. Choi's game was all counters,
and he was not half-bad with these -- judges however liked Bonjasky's
superior aggression and awarded him a slim but unanimous decision
and a trip to the semis.
The
second bout saw Schilt take the first step toward his Championship
in a contest with Ray "Sugarfoot" Sefo of New Zealand.
Schilt towered 28cm/11" above Sefo, but the Kiwi warrior
hoped to counter that with techniques acquired while sparring
with the also very tall Jan "The Giant" Nortje. An
iron-jawed slugger, Sefo came into the tournament as many experts'
pick to win.
Alas,
it was not to be, as an all business Schilt took the fight to
Sefo, who really did not look his usual self here. Schilt initially
used front kicks and jabs to control the distance, and when Sefo
stepped in with the fists Schilt went to the clinch and brought
up the knees. Schilt got five knees to Sefo's head in the first
round alone. And then it got worse.
In
the second Schilt had low kicks working well, and although Sefo
made some contact with a dandy spinning back punch and a right
overhand, he was rattled badly when Schilt followed a left high
kick with a straight punch. By the start of the third Sefo was
bloodied and all but beaten, but to his credit Sugarfoot kept
calling Schilt in, hoping against hope that he might get a hook
round and in to score a down. But Schilt was in control, with
all manner of kick and punch attacks. Sefo took a standing eight
near the end of this one, which went to Schilt by unanimous decision.
The
third quarterfinal was a showdown between a couple of K-1 veterans,
French fighter Jerome Le Banner and Peter Aerts of Holland.
LeBanner
brings preternatural aggression to the ring, tagged by many as
the best K-1 fighter never to win the WGP. Aerts meanwhile is
the consummate cool customer, a technical fighter with great
kicks who has won the WGP three times. Incredibly, Aerts has
appeared in each and every K-1 Final since the sport's inception
(13 straight, a record that probably will never be broken). In
the three previous meetings between these two, Aerts had the
edge, 2-1.
LeBanner
the southpaw got the best blow through in a tepid first, snapping
Aerts' head back with a right straight punch. In the second LeBanner
came alive with the fists, backing Aerts onto the ropes and finding
his spots with deadly precision. Aerts' low and middle kicks
were not enough here, as LeBanner began to take charge.
But
Aerts picked up his pace in the third, and connected with middle
kicks in the early going. LeBanner threw some kicks of his own,
but half-heartedly -- as he clearly was more comfortable with
his fists. The highlight of the round occurred when both fighters
connected at the same instant with right hooks -- and LeBanner's
mouthpiece went flying. Aerts won the third on all cards, but
judges saw the fight too close to call, and so a tiebreaker round
was prescribed.
Here
both fighters looked fatigued, but it was Aerts -- the oldest
guy in the tournament at 35 -- who launched more attacks, striking
with the legs and bringing up the knees. The huffing and puffing
LeBanner didn't have any more gas in his tank, and that sad fact
was noted by the judges. They gave the decision to Aerts, and
now all three Dutch fighters were in the semis.
In
the last quarterfinal matchup, it was Japan's favorite son, Seidokaikan
fighter Musashi, taking on 22 year-old wunderkind Ruslan Karaev
of Russia.
Musashi's
steady hard kicks earned him runner-up honors in the last two
WGP Finals, while K-1 newcomer Karaev has overwhelmed opponents
with his lightning quick, non-stop attacks. Karaev did high altitude
training in Karuizawa, Japan in preparation for this fight, with
a mind to improving his breathing and stamina.
The
Russian dynamo came out like a loaded gun, pelting Musashi with
kicks. Karaev kept the pressure up with a mixed bag of attacks
including a spinning back kick, and some blistering punch and
kick combinations. Musashi was good with his blocking and evasions,
though, and always there with the low kicks. The second saw a
more confident Musashi holding his ground, landing a right hook
on a counter and good with the low and middle kicks, while Karaev
connected with a right uppercut and a spinning back punch.
The
third followed a pattern -- Karaev in with punches, Musashi ably
blocking then countering with hard low kicks, but in the final
seconds pattern suddenly disappeared and the boys went instead
to a slugfest, and Karaev might have got the best of that wild
exchange. Judges saw a draw and called for another round.
Here
Musashi worked the hard low kicks and these stung Karaev. A break
was called when Karaev accidentally head-butted Musashi, and
after resumption we had another frenzied finish. Karaev made
contact with a left straight punch and a spinning back kick while
Musashi kept his legs busy to the end. A close fight which went
to Musashi by decision.
The
first of the semis saw Bonjasky fight his second big opponent
-- and a more daunting one -- in Semmy Schilt.
This
one lasted scarcely two minutes, as Schilt took the initiative
from the bell, pumping in punches, kicks and knees while Bonjasky
remained on the ropes, closed up in defense. Schilt's power got
him through the defenses easily enough, and after a left knee
to Bonjasky's head left the Champion badly shaken, Schilt followed
up with punches and a hard front kick to score a down. Only 30
seconds after resumption, it was a knee to the abdomen that felled
Bonjasky for a second time, ending the bout and putting Schilt
through to the final.
Before
the second of the semis it was announced that slotted fighter
Peter Aerts had suffered cracked ribs and could not continue
in the tournament, and so his place would be taken by the winner
of the first reserve match.
That
bout had Brazilian Kyokushin Karate master Glaube Feitosa fighting
Trinidad and Tobago tough guy Gary Goodridge.
Goodridge
had worked the body blows from the start, while Feitosa kept
his guard high and countered with adroit legwork. Feitosa dislodged
both Goodridge's tooth and mouthpiece with a frontkick in the
second, and added fists to his arsenal here. For his part Goodridge
initiated very little through the round, and was bleeding badly
from the nose and mouth. Goodridge did step in with punches in
the third, but Feitosa settled into a defensive posture to ride
out the round and collect a comfortable unanimous win.
And
so it happened that the victory got Feitosa a spot in the semis
against Musashi.
The
two were tentative from the start and the first round was about
even -- a technical fight with the two kickers predictably trading
kicks, neither able to dominate. But suddenly, just seconds from
the bell, Feitosa surprised Musashi with a quick right straight
punch to the kisser, and scored a down.
Seeing
his chance, Feitosa was uncharacteristically aggressive in the
second, charging in with kicks and punches, pushing Musashi across
the ring not once but twice before finishing with a perfect flying
knee to the nose to drop the Japanese fighter hard. Musashi didn't
even try to beat the count, and that was that -- in an improbable
scenario, Feitosa was now the man who would face Schilt in the
final.
The
final was a rematch of the Osaka Elimination bout between these
two in September. Feitosa lost that fight by decision, and the
Brazilian had no more luck tonight, as his Cinderella run was
abruptly stopped by a Schilt knee in the first round.
Schilt
did not give Feitosa a chance to work his magic, coming in fast
and hard from the bell with punches and knees. Feitosa strived
to counter from close in with overhand punches, but it was no
use, as Schilt got his left knee up and dropped his opponent
hard just 48 seconds into the round. A convincing victory to
finish a perfect tournament for Schilt.
"I
want to thank all my fans and friends who supported me,"
said a beaming Schilt, who picks up US$400,000 in prize money
along with the crown. "I was motivated to win and I did
it! I'm also glad I could give the fans some good fights! My
goal is to keep the title next year!"
In
the second reserve we had another thrilling bout, between Croatian
Kickboxer Stefan Leko, making his return to K-1; and Badr Hari
of Holland, making his K-1 debut.
After
parading blissfully through what seemed the most protracted ring
entrance in K-1 history, the lanky Hari got down to business,
snapping up high kicks and threading in an excellent body blow
in the first. Meanwhile, Leko stayed back and looked for chances.
But surely Leko -- a technical fighter who has been all but deified
by K-1 purists -- was going to pick it up in the second?
Well,
no. What did happen in the second is Hari wheeled off a brutal
spinning back kick and smacked Leko hard on the jaw with his
heel. Leko was out cold even before his limp body crashed to
the canvas. A highlight reel blow and a terrific win for Hari,
who showed good sportsmanship by helping Leko to his feet some
minutes later, when the dazed German had finally opened his eyes.
All
in all, a super Final, which attracted a crowd of 58,213 to the
Tokyo Dome. The event was broadcast live in Japan on the Fuji
Television Network and Fuji Satellite TV; in South Korea on MBC/ESPN;
and on Canal+ in France. It will be delay-broadcast on EuroSport
across Europe, on ProTV in Romania, ViaSat Sports in Denmark,
GroboSat in Brazil and on TV New Zealand. In total, the K-1 WGP
'05 Final will be seen in some 90 countries -- check with local
broadcasters for scheduling details.
Visit
the K-1 Official Website (www.k-1.co.jp) for the official results and full
coverage.
Source: Maxfighting
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Quote
of the Day
"If you put limits on what you can do, physical or anything,
you might as well be dead. It will spread over into your work,
your morality, your entire being. There are no limits, only plateaux.
But you must NOT stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills
you, it kills you!"
Kenny Florian, MMA fighter
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Kickin
It 2005 "The Sequel" Weigh Ins Today!
WEIGH - INS WILL BE HELD AT THE ILIKAI HOTEL (MEETING ROOM) NEXT TO THE TANAKA OF TOKYO RESTAURANT
AT 10:00
A.M. ON NOV 24, 2005 (THANSGIVING DAY).
WHAT :
KICKIN IT 2005 "THE SEQUEL"
KICKBOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS
WHEN : NOVEMBER 25, 2005 (FRIDAY 6PM - 10PM)
WHERE : ILIKAI HOTEL BALLROOM
MAIN EVENT
BOB ATISANOE (3-0) KING OF THE GIANTS TITLE (2-2) ANTHONY (TONY)
BILIANOR
HSD 251 AND OVER GOODSPORT KICKBOXING
BOB AND TONY WILL BE FIGHTING FOR THE KING OF THE GIANTS TITLE
WHICH MUST BE DEFENDED IN ORDER TO HOLD ON TO IT. TONY IS A MAUI
BOY WHO HAD A FLAWLESS VICTORY AGAINST JAY WESTBROOK A COUPLE
OF MONTHS AGO. BOBS FIGHTS HAS NEVER MADE TO THE 2RD ROUND BUT
TONY MIGHT BE THE MAN TO TAKE IT THERE. BOTH FIGHTERS ARE ABOUT
THE SAME HEIGHT, SAME STANCE, AND THE SAME POWER. WITH THE WEIGHT
ADVANTAGE GOING TO BOB WHO IS 300 PLUS POUNDS, BUT THIS BIG BOY
CAN MOVE. WILL THE BELT STAY IN OAHU OR TRAVEL BACK TO MAUI?
DAVID "BANGA"BALICAO (9-1) SEMI-PRO WELTERWEIGHT TITLE
(5-0) BRANDON VISHER
HSD 140-146 GOODSPORT KICKBOXING
NUI WHEELER (3-1) LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE (3-3) TAVIS KAGAWA
TEAM SOLJAH 130 - 134 LAUPAHOEHOE MUAY THAI
VINNIE DELASANTOS (2-1) SUPER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE ((3-2) DEREK
MINN
TEAM SOLJAH 147 - 152 LAUPAHOEHOE MUAY THAI
KAIKA CHOYFOO (2-2) MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE (2-0) SHANEN KIRA
JESUS IS LORD 153 - 159 TEAM MIXBREED
DALE KAMAI (2-1) LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE (4-1) BENJI "ENDLESS"
RODRIGUES
TEAM SOLJAH 167 - 174 HSD
DUE TO A COUPLE OF LAST MINUTE PULL-OUTS, DALE KAMAI AND BEN
RODRIGUES WILL NOW FACE EACH OTHER. BEN (2004 SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT
JR. CHAMPION) WILL NOW HAVE TO STEP UP A WEIGHT DIVISION TO EARN
A BELT. AND HE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE TO EARN IT AGAINST DALE.
FOR DALE HAS FLOORED HIS LAST TWO OPPONENTS WITH HIS STRAIGHT
LEFT. BOTH FIGHTERS ARE FROM THE WESSIDE SO YOU KNOW THAT THEIR
PRIDE WILL NOT CALL IN SICK ON NOV. 25TH. WE'LL FIND OUT WHO
CARRIES MORE PRIDE, THE SOLJAH OR THE 2004 CHAMPION.
TEENAGER CHAMPIONSHIPS
SHAISON LAUPOLA ((3-0) SUPER WELTERWEIGHT JR. TITLE (2-1) TIM
LAPITAN
JESUS IS LORD 147-152 BULLSPEN
RED DAVIS (2-1) SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT JR. TITLE (1-2) EDMUND LI
ANIMAL HOUSE 135-139 HMC
JUSTIN PIAMONTE (2-1) FEATHERWEIGHT JR. TITLE (1-2) DARRYL LABRADOR
ANIMAL HOUSE 120 - 124 HSD
KIDS CHAMPIONSHIPS
SAGE YOSHIDA (2-1) 11 -13 YRS OLD BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE (1-0) FRED
WAGNER
HMC 110 - 114 HSD
KONA MEYERS 8 - 9YRS. OLD 55# TITLE TRISTON KAMAKA
HSD 808 FIGHT FACTORY
THIS FIGHT WILL BE INTERESTING FOR BOTH FIGHTERS ARE VERY SKILLED.
WITH THE QUICKNESS GOING TO KONA AND THE POWER GOING TO TRISTON.
BOTH OF THESE FIGHTERS WILL PUT ON A GREAT SHOW.
KAI KAMAKA (1-1) 10-11 YRS. OLD 65# TITLE (2-0) JUSTLY LAQUIHON
808 FIGHT FACTORY HMC
JORDAN 9 YRS. OLD 70# TITLE KILEY RAMIRO
EWA BEACH FIGHT CLUB HMC
ROBBIE OSTAVICH (2-0) 12 YRS. OLD ATOMWEIGHT TITLE BUBU AKAU
JESUS IS LORD 98 - 103 HSD
IN ANOTHER LAST MINUTE REPLACEMENT, BUBU WILL STEP IN TO FACE
ROBBIE WHO LEFT HIS LAST OPPONENT A BLOODY MESS. BUBU WHO HAS
ONLY A FEW WEEKS OF TRAINING IS ALL BALLS NO BRAINS. ROBBIE HAS
BEEN TRAINING FOR A WHILE IN THE GUIDANCE OF HIS COACH AND HIS
FATHER (BOB-O ) WHO IS ALSO A FIGHTER. WILL ROBBIES BLOODLINE
BE TO STRONG FOR BUBU?
JACELYN KIM 11-12 YRS. OLD GIRLS ATOMWEIGHT TITLE JAZLYN KIM
EWA BEACH FIGHT CLUB 98 - 103 GOODSPORT KICKBOXING (MAUI)
DAHWEN BRIGHT 8 - 10YRS OLD 60-65# TITLE JESUS SANTOS
HSD HMC
KAIKA AKI SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT JAY WESTBROOK
HSD TEAM SOLJAH
JUSTIN LUCERO 210 - 230 # KAWIKA HONG
NEW HOPE WAIPAHU GOODSPORT KICKBOXING
ALL PARTICIPANTS AND MATCHES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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HOOKnSHOOT:
2005 Women's Grand Prix
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Evansville, Indiana
Congratulations to
Hawaii's own the "Molliator" who looks like she destroyed
her first two opponents before losing a split decision in the
finals of this tournament.
COMPLETE
RESULTS:
8-women-tournament:
- Julie Kedzie defeated Missy Karr by punches;
- Jan Finney defeated Mystee Blackwood by KO;
- Lisa Ward submitted Kellyn Heuhn by guillotine;
- Molly
Helsel
defeated Kellyn Heuhn by submission;
Semifinals:
- Julie Kedzie defeated Jan Finney by unanimous decision;
- Molly
Helsel
defeated Lisa Ward by triangle choke;
Finals:
- Julie Kedzie defeated Molly Helsel by split decision.
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Punishment
In Paradise
Department of Corrections!!
Yesterday 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:
Promoter |
Tuesday
Night Fights at the Plaza Returns with a Double Header!
Next Tuesday,
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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DEJA
VU ALL OVER AGAIN IN LHW
When
'The Huntington Beach Bad Boy,' Tito Ortiz, and Ken Shamrock
stepped into the octagon at UFC 56: 'Full Force,' and were announced
as 'The Ultimate Fighter' season three coaches, I suddenly had
the feeling of deja vu. The Ultimate Fighting Championship's
(UFC) light-heavyweight picture became crystal clear and oddly
familiar. Tito Ortiz is back in the UFC, and in a big way. Ken
Shamrock finally gets the one fight he's been asking for every
since his loss to Ortiz back at UFC 40: 'Vendetta' in November
of 2002. It's been three years, and the more things change the
more they stay the same.
Tito
Ortiz will be fighting Ken Shamrock with a bout against Chuck
'The Iceman' Liddell looming in the future. Sound familiar? The
biggest obstacle in the way of Ortiz' and Zuffa's plans to have
'The Huntington Beach Bad Boy' and 'The Iceman' rematching for
the UFC light-heavyweight title is Randy 'The Natural' Couture.
The same Randy Couture that threw a monkey wrench in the exact
same plan two and a half years ago at UFC 43: 'Meltdown,' in
June of 2003, when he defeated Liddell in dominant fashion, and
then went on to defeat Ortiz in an equally dominant display of
game plan and skill.
This
is the fight game and anything can happen. Forrest Griffin and
Ken Shamrock will try their best to prevent the sequel of Liddell
vs Ortiz from happening, but let's be honest; Ortiz will probably
be the heavy favorite going in to both of those matches. The
biggest players in this made for television drama is: Chuck Liddell,
the current UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion, Tito Ortiz, the former
five time defending UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion, and Randy
Couture, the former two-time UFC Heavyweight and Light-Heavyweight
Champion. The names and faces may be the same, but their roles
have certainly changed.
Tito
Ortiz is no longer the champ, Chuck Liddell is. Randy Couture
is not making his debut at light-heavyweight. Since then he's
won the light-heavyweight title, lost it, won it back, and lost
it again. Randy's role is the same now as it was then, the spoiler,
the wild card; the one guy who's made a career out of ruining
Zuffa's best laid plans. It's hard to tell how Renato 'Babalu'
Sobral, Stephan Bonnar, James Irvin, and Mike Van Arsdale fit
into the ensemble that is the UFC light-heavyweight division,
but it looks like they'll have to settle for being members of
the supporting cast.
Source: MMA Weekly |
PRANGLEY
FEELS SLIGHTED BY JUDGES
It seems no matter good happens there is always controversy following
a major MMA event. Most recently at this past weekend’s
UFC 56 it came in the form of the Trevor Prangley VS Jeremy Horn
match where Horn was awarded a unanimous decision victory when
most felt it should have gone to Prangley.
Trevor
spent most of the fight on top of Horn on the ground, avoiding
Jeremy’s dangerous ground game, while conversely giving
as good as he got standing, yet all three judges saw it 29-28
in favor of Horn. MMA Weekly was able to catch up with Prangley
in Las Vegas following the fight to get his thoughts on what
happened and why it was Horn, not Trevor that got the victory.
MMA
Weekly: Obviously the first question is what did you think of
the decision?
Trevor
Prangley: I’m not all that happy with it. I thought it was
a close fight, but I definitely feel I pulled it out. It isn’t
the UFC’s fault, it isn’t Jeremy’s fault, I don’t
blame any of them, but the judges, I don’t know what criteria
they were judging on. I think the fault is with the judges, I
don’t think the judges are trained (on what to look for).
MMA
Weekly: Do you think you were able to execute your gameplan enough
to win the fight?
Trevor
Prangley: I did, up to the point where I could have capitalized
a couple of times on something and maybe didn’t. But regardless
of whether I did or didn’t, I did enough to pull off the
victory. I mean I believe even Jeremy Horn and his corner may
have thought I won the fight, it certainly looked like it.
MMA
Weekly: Has there been any thought into petitioning the NSAC
to look into the fight and maybe change the ruling?
Trevor
Prangley: No, I’m just going to take it and go forward.
Everything happens for a reason, so I have to look at it that
way.
MMA
Weekly: Going into this fight you were the underdog. Do you feel
that in this fight you were able to show people what you could
do and maybe change people’s minds?
Trevor
Prangley: Yeah I did, my last two fights in the UFC one I was
out of shape and the other was short notice, so I did what I
had to do to win the fights. I held him (Curtis Stout) down for
a while until I could get the submission, and with Travis (Lutter)
I wanted to show my overall game, but we went to the ground a
lot mostly on his accord. I was in shape for the Lutter fight,
but I wasn’t able to showcase my stand-up with him. Against
Jeremy I finally got the chance to show what I’m about,
I think I showed I have good stand-up and have good takedowns
and great submission defense. I think I showed I’ve got
an all-around game and what I can bring to the table. I think
I won a lot of fans and sometimes that’s more important
than the victory itself.
MMA
Weekly: So what are your plans now for the remainder of the year,
are you going to try to fight again or take some time off?
Trevor
Prangley: You know, I’ll just wait until next year. I had
the Lutter fight and then this one; I had a seven or eight week
training camp for both of them, so I’d like to take the
rest of the year off. I feel like I lost the decision but won
the fight so I’m not so disappointed that I want to get
in there and fix whatever I did wrong, I think I did what I had
to do.
MMA
Weekly: What goals do you have set for yourself for 2006, is
there anyone in particular you want to fight?
Trevor
Prangley: I just want to get in there and have a fight that will
put me in title contention. I believe I beat Jeremy and I believe
that would have put me in title contention, but for some reason
it was taken away from me and I want to get back there. They’re
all tough fights now, so there’s nobody I’d like to
fight more than anybody else. Looking at it that way there’s
no a guy that I’m gunning for but whoever is going to put
me in title contention is who I want.
MMA
Weekly: But you definitely feel that you’ll be back with
the UFC next year?
Trevor
Prangley: I would have to think so, I mean even Zuffa (the ownership
company of the UFC) had to know that was a bad call.
MMA
Weekly: Thanks for taking the time for this interview Trevor.
Is there anything you’d like to say as we close this out?
Trevor
Prangley: I want to thank my sponsors, Ameritech Capital, Cobb
28, Sean Monty and Sprall, and Pain Inc. Without them I wouldn’t
have been able to train as hard as I did for seven weeks down
in California. I want to also make sure to thank the fans for
their support afterwards. I felt bad for Jeremy because it wasn’t
his fault; the judges called it the way it was. Coming out they
were booing for me and chanting for him, and leaving they were
cheering for me, so it was nice to see the fans supporting me.
Source: MMA Weekly
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Minotouro
wins Boxing trial in Brazil
Olympic
Boxing team from Bahia will count on a great back-up during the
Brazilian Boxing Championship. Pride fighter Rogério Minotouro
got qualified this Sunday to represent the country at super-pesado
division. Over the trials, Rogério defeated Eliomar Conceição
by points. From the eight athletes who form the Olympic Brazilian,
five are from Bahia: Pedro Lima, Daniel, Alex Oliveira, Elber
Passos e Washington Silva, who in the weight top 8.
BRAZILIAN
BOXING TEAM FROM BAHIA
[-48kg]:
Welton Oliveira (Esporte Total);
[-51kg]:
Robson Santos (São Cristovão);
[-54kg]:
Elder Oliveira (Champion);
[-57kg]:
Daniel Gonçalves (Esporte Total);
[-60kg]:
Eduardo Conceição (Camaçari);
[-64kg]:
Josias Santana (Champion/Madre de Deus);
[-69kg]:
Pedro Lima (Champion);
[-75kg]:
Elbr Passos (Champion);
[-81kg]:
Washington Silva (Champion);
[-91kg]:
Tarcisio Nery (Champion);
[+91kg]:
Rogério Minotouro (Champion);
BRAZILIAN
FEMALE BOXING TEAM FROM BAHIA
[-46kg]:
Erica Silva (Champion);
[-48kg]:
Edilene da Hora (Champion);
[-50kg]:
Ivana Ribeiro (Esporte Total);
[-52kg]:
Ana Paula Sampaio (Champion);
[-54kg]:
Taiana Simões (Camaçari);
[-57kg]:
Eliana Dantas (Dias Davila);
[-60kg]:
Adriana Santos (Champion);
[-63kg]:
Carla Freitas (Champion);
[-66kg]:
Andrea Lima (Esporte Total);
[-70kg]: Mariana Rasta (Champion).
Source: Tatame |
Quote
of the Day
"An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's
in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots."
Charles F. Kettering, 1876-1958, American Inventor and Engineer
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For
Immediate Release Contact:
Patrick Freitas
Icon Sport
Director of Promotions
Icon Sport,
Jason “Mayhem” Miller Agree to Six-Digit Multi-Fight
Contract
November 22, 2005 Honolulu, HI – Icon Sport, the new face
of Super Brawl, has reached an agreement with Jason “Mayhem”
Miller that will keep the charismatic mixed martial arts athlete
competing exclusively in the organization’s Hawaii events
throughout 2006. “Mayhem’s” match against current
Icon middleweight (185-lbs) champion, “Ruthless” Robbie
Lawler, on February 18, 2006, will be the last fight of his current
three-event deal. After the Lawler match, “Mayhem’s”
new contract goes into effect, guaranteeing four fights and six-digit
earnings potential.
Icon Sport President T. Jay Thompson, speaking on Jason “Mayhem”
Miller:
“’Mayhem’ has shown fans of mixed martial arts
that he is the real deal. He’s one of the toughest and most
talented fighters – mentally and physically – that
I’ve ever seen. He’s a student of the game who never
stops improving. And he competes with a passion and joy that
simply draws fans to him. “Mayhem” never quits, he
always entertains, and he respects his opponents, the fans, and
the sport. That is why we are so proud to have him as part of
the Icon family in Hawaii.”
Jason “Mayhem Miller, speaking earlier today of his new
contract:
“I’m full of joy. Icon Sport has always been good to
me. They’ve given me great opponents and greater opportunities.
I just want to show all the Hawaii fans that I can be their champion.
I think 2006 is going to be the ‘year of Mayhem’ in
the Islands. ”
Atlanta-born “Mayhem” first gained notoriety in Hawaii
with an impressive win over fellow welterweight (170-lbs) Jay
Buck in the June 2003 Super Brawl event, “Collision Course.”
Virtually unknown at the time, “Mayhem” quickly won
over the Hawaii fans’ backing with his scrappy, never-say-quit
style and his witty post-fight interviews.
“Mayhem” returned to Super Brawl twice in 2003, scoring
dominant victories over Hawaii’s Sean Taylor and former
Super Brawl champion Egan Inoue. In 2004 “Mayhem” overpowered
and submitted Hawaii’s top welterweight, Ronald Jhun, winning
the then-vacant Super Brawl Middleweight Title. “Mayhem”
crushed former Hawaii Golden Gloves boxer Mark Moreno in his
first title defense at Super Brawl “Icon” in July 2005.
Immediately after his victory over Moreno, “Mayhem”
relinquished his welterweight title so that he could pursue the
middleweight belt, which Hawaii’s Falaniko Vitale lost to
“Ruthless” Robbie Lawler later that same evening.
“Mayhem’s” popularity reached a crescendo when
he faced off against Falaniko Vitale in the recent Icon Sport
event, “Opposites Attract.” An organized “Mayhem”
fan group – the “Mayhem Monkeys” – which
came into existence via internet community sites and “Mayhem’s”
frequent online “blog” entries, arrived at the event
dressed-up as their mixed martial arts idol. Hundreds wore “Mayhem’s”
familiar red hair stripe, kung-fu attire, and sinister mask.
Thousands more chanted and cheered “Mayhem’s”
name as the main event took place.
With the encouragement of his substantial Hawaii fan base and
the wild Mayhem Monkeys, “Mayhem” escaped both Vitale’s
powerful striking and a near-fight-finishing rear-naked-choke
submission attempt in the first round of their match. In the
second round, “Mayhem” took control of the contest,
taking Vitale to the ground and forcing submission with his own
rear-naked-choke. After the fight, a visibly tearful Jason “Mayhem”
Miller paid respect to the supportive Hawaii fans and his opponent.
Tickets for the Jason “Mayhem” Miller versus “Ruthless”
Robbie Lawler Icon Sport World Championship go on sale late December
2005. Icon Sport will be holding a press conference for this
championship main event in mid-December 2005.
WHO: Jason “Mayhem” Miller
WHAT: Four-Fight, Six-Digit Contract with Icon Sport
WHEN: 2006
WHERE: Icon Sport – Honolulu, Hawaii
Source: Icon Sport |
PUNISHMENT
IN PARADISE
EAST vs. WEST II
KWAN HEADLINES
SHOWDOWN!!
Kaleo
Kwan (Eastsidaz, Kailua) Vs. Kevin Smith (Team Bigdogs, Waianae)
SUMA
8 Man Tournament & ROTR Runner Up Kaleo Kwan will Lead Team
East in a Showndown aganist Team West. Kwan will face off aganist
Punishment in Paradise Kickboxing Champion Kevin Smith of Waianae,
Smith who represents Team Bigdogs of the West. Both fighters
were supposed to meet but an injury forced Kwan to get sidelined.
Two BAD Kickboxers squaring in MMA style equals only one thing...
KNOCK OUT!
David
Padilla (Jesus Is Lord, Waipahu) Vs. TBA(Team MMAD, Kailua)
Shooto
ranked fighter Padilla will come back from a long lay off to
once again take a challenge. He is slated to face a member of
TEAM MMAD, but due to details not finalized we decided to leave
the name at TBA. Remember all 155lbers of TEAM MMAD are undefeated!
Kimo
Wolfel (Eastsidaz, Kailua) Vs. Wayne Perrin III (Team Bigdogs,
Waianae)
Talented
raising star Wolfel who lately has been making waves with his
no scared um attitude has taken on whoever the promoters put
in front of him. He faces off aganist Punishment In Paradise
Kickboxing and Superfight Champion Perrin. Perrin, who has made
a name for himself, quickly finds himself across of a slugger
in Wolfel.
We
have 16 fights on this card. All are confimed bouts that will
be announced soon.
Fighters
& Schools Particpating PJ Dean,William Armstrong, Domi Lopez,
Animal House, Team BJ Penn, Mixed Breed, 808 Fight Factory, Koden
Kan, Eastsidaz, Team MMAD, Team Bigdogs, Jus Rush & More
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MaXreview:
UFC 56
By Jeremy Wall
UFC
56 was a combination of bad fights and big news. In fact, the
big news coming out of the event actually overshadowed anything
that happened in the octagon as UFC reveals itself as being closer
to pro wrestling than many people involved with MMA would care
to admit.
After
the first fight of the night, Dana White entered the octagon
and announced that Chuck Liddell would be defending the Light-Heavyweight
title against Randy Couture. This will be the rubber match between
the two. White then announced Frank Mir has returned from injury.
Mir instantly becomes the favourite to face Andrei Arlovski in
2006 for the heavyweight title that he never lost in the ring.
White also announced the return of BJ Penn, another former champ
(welterweight) who never lost his belt in the ring.
But
the biggest news was the dual return of both Ken Shamrock and
Tito Ortiz to the UFC at the same time. Actually that wasn't
even the biggest news. Beyond that is the fact that Tito Ortiz
will be facing TUF 1 champ Forrest Griffin in his first bout
in the UFC in a year. Actually that wasn't even the biggest news,
believe it or not. Ken Shamrock and Tito Ortiz will also be the
coaches of season three of The Ultimate Fighter, and will meet
in a rematch of their then-box office record setting fight from
UFC 40 after the TUF 3 season finishes.
Both
Tito and Ken are under three fight deals. If Tito defeats Forrest
Griffin and Shamrock, he will likely get a rematch against the
winner of Liddell-Couture for the Light-Heavyweight title. Ortiz
is almost a lock to defeat Shamrock, and he has better than even
odds of defeating Forrest Griffin.
Shamrock-Ortiz
should mean big business, even though the fight is realistically
a year too late. Tito was offered the fight against Ken in the
main event of the first Ultimate Fighter Finale, a position that
eventually went to Rich Franklin (who destroyed Shamrock quickly).
That booking looked bad then and it looks worse now, since Shamrock
got destroyed when UFC should have been protecting him, especially
now that his aged feud with Tito will be expected to draw big
ratings and a big pay per view buyrate when the rematch happens.
The
weltweight situation is a little more murky. Georges St-Pierre,
BJ Penn and Karo Parisyan all have rights to the next title shot
against Matt Hughes. Penn defeated Hughes in his last UFC fight
and is the linear champion. Parisyan should have gotten his title
shot at UFC 56 but was injured. St-Pierre has been dominant against
top competition and nearly beat Hughes the first time they fought.
A decent scenario would have Hughes defending against St-Pierre
with BJ Penn getting the winner, or the reverse, with Hughes
defending against Penn with St-Pierre getting the winner. Parisyan
may have to wait a bit.
Hughes
was one of two main events for UFC 56, the first show for both
he and Rich Franklin coming off season two of The Ultimate Fighter.
Hughes was originally booked to defend his belt against Parisyan.
Karo, however, pulled out of th efight with a leg injury sustained
in training. So he was replaced by Joe Riggs. Riggs, a heavy
welterweight who had his first fight in that division against
Chris Lytle just a little awhile ago, could not make weight,
coming in at 172 pounds. The fight was allowed to continue but
as a non-title match.
It
was a bad match on paper for Riggs, although he had little to
lose and lots to gain. Early in the fight Hughes looked better
standing up than I had expected. He took Riggs down and was able
to work quickly towards a kimura despite the fact that Riggs
had him in half-guard. Hughes scored the submission and the victory,
not surprising.
In
the other main event, Rich Franklin defeated Nate Quarry with
a brutal knockout. Quarry was challenging for the middleweight
belt, but like Riggs he was moved up to the spot too quickly
after UFC fired top contender Matt Lindland over sponsorship
issues and both Ivan Salaverry and Nathan Marquardt put on a
terrible performance on Spike TV earlier this year. Quarry is
a good striker, but Franklin was beyond out of his league in
terms of skill. Franklin destroyed Quarry with a vicious left
hand. Quarry ended up stiff as a board and was knocked out right
away. He looked dead. It was the second knock down of the fight
for Franklin within two and a half minutes. The fight was over
in less than three minutes.
OTHER
RESULTS:
Nick
Thompson defeated Keith Wisniewski via unanimous decision. This
match took place before the pay per view began.
Thiago
Alves stopped Ansar Chalangov at 2:25. This is Alves' second
win in the UFC. This fight took place before the pay per view.
Sam
Hoger submitted Jeff Newton with a rear naked choke at 2:05 of
the second round. Important win for Hoger to keep him on track
in the UFC. Newton has heavy knockout power which he has displayed
in the past in King of the Cage. He had not fought in a long
while before this match, though. This also took placed before
the pay per view.
Jeremy
Horn defeated Trevor Prangley via unanimous decision (29-28,
29-28, 29-28). The crowd booed the judges' decision. Horn said
after the fight he thought Prangley had won. It was a slow fight.
Horn won the first round nearly submitting Prangley with a guillotine
choke. Prangley controlled the rest of the fight by taking Horn,
who is a terrible wrestler, down and laying in Horn's guard.
In the brief stand-up action Horn displayed his excellent defense
drawing back on his endless in-ring experience. I felt Prangley
won rounds two and three. Eddie Bravo gave the second round to
Horn; presumably so did the judges. I feel Prangley won the second
round based on the cuts on Horn's face from the Prangley g'n'p.
Prangley may have officially lost the decision but seems to have
won points with everyone else besides the judges who saw this
fight. Another disappointment from Horn although this was a tough
match for him on paper.
Georges
St-Pierre stopped Sean Sherk at 2:51 of round two. St-Pierre
again looked incredible. This guy is one of the most talented
fighters on the planet. Sherk is one of the best takedown artists
at 170-pounds and has a frame totally designed for freestyle
wrestling. Despite that, St-Pierre was able to completely avoid
the takedown and in fact took Sherk down and pounded him to close
round one. St-Pierre did much of the same in round two, and was
able to stop Sherk and seemingly break his nose with a flurry
of punches and elbows. St-Pierre's reach advantage also gave
Sherk problems during stand-up. St-Pierre got on his knees after
the fight and asked UFC for a title shot. Total domination. Unreal
talent.
Gabriel
Gonzaga knocked out Kevin Jordan at 4:39 of round three. This
was Gonzaga's UFC debut, and what a terrible debut it was. Jordan
was brought back based on his performance in a losing effort
against Paul Buentello earlier this year. Gonzaga controlled
the first round, taking Jordan down and mounting him. The second
and third rounds were ridiculously bad. Both guys circled each
other and did nothing for the rest of the fight. Crowd was royally
pissed. Herb Dean had to step in and admonish these two guys
near the end of the second round for the inaction. However, it
continued in the third round. This was largely Jordan's fight,
because Gonzaga is primarily a groundfighter and he was gassed
in the second round. Jordan should have been able to push the
pace in the second round, but clearly did not have the cardio
to do so. Gonzaga came up with a knockout punch out of nowhere
in the final thiry seconds of the match. Worst fight of the year.
Neither of these guys should be brought back.
Source: Maxfighting
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Ultimate
Fighter 2 Finale Delivers
By Jeremy Wall
The
finale for season two of The Ultimate Fighter was one of the
best shows in UFC history. It is no wonder the event was such
a ratings success on Spike, as three of the best fights in the
octagon took place this year as Rashad Evans and Joe Stevenson
won their divisions of The Ultimate Fighter, and Diego Sanchez
looked brilliant in an outstanding performance against Nick Diaz
in the main event.
The
Rashad Evans-Brad Imes match was the fight of the night. Both
of these guys were underdogs at the beginning of the series,
unlikely to go far based on how they were both portrayed in early
episodes. Evans looked mentally weak in early training sessions;
the fact that Imes just started in MMA in August 2004 was hammered
home.
But
when they locked horns at the finale, they looked anything but
mentally weak and inexperienced. That fight becomes a late nomination
for fight of the year, going to a split-decision with numerous
knockdowns and knockout punches that wobbled both men but did
not cause them to crumble.
Both
Imes and Evans without a doubt are new stars. Evans hinted in
a post-fight interview with Joe Rogan that, because of the size
differnce between himself and gigantic heavyweights like Imes,
that he will likely cut down to compete at 205 pounds in the
future. This means matches between Evans, Forrest Griffin, Stephan
Bonnar, Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell can all draw big money.
Imes
could become the poster boy for the UFC at heavyweight. They
need a heavyweight star, and they needed the second season of
The Ultimate Fighter to create that star for them. Imes is their
man, as everyone is expecting him to fully develop since he is
already this good with barely over a year with of training under
his belt. However, I remember when everyone said that about Bob
Sapp after he fought Nogueira in Pride and looked what happened
there. Imes is in a different situation than Sapp, though, and
should continue to improve to the level of being a flagship star
for the promotion.
Joe
Stevenson won the welterweight division, although it was his
opponent, Luke "The Guy That Nobody Wanted" Cummo,
that has become the star. Cummo has been positioned as the geeky
underdog who had the heart to go all the way, a story stolen
from the pages of a kazillion Hollywood screenplays. But no matter,
because people like the story and despite the fact that Stevenson
soundly defeated Luke via unanimous decision, people like Luke.
Stevenson, Cummo, Jorge Gurgel, Melvin and Jason Von Flue should
all become stars out of the fighters who competed in the welterweight
division of this season's show.
Diego
Sanchez silenced a lot of critics by winning the biggest fight
of his career against multi-faceted top welterweight contender
Nick Diaz. Sanchez, although the bigger name of the two, was
the underdog going into the fight from an insider perspective
since all of his competition in the UFC had been against weaker
opponents whereas Diaz had proven multiple times in the octagon
that he is the real thing. But Sanchez busted out, controlling
the skilled grappler Diaz on the ground and won a unanimous decision
victory. This win moves Sanchez, still undefeated in the UFC,
up the welterweight ladder and could set up fights with stars
from TUF 2 down the line, including welterweight champ Matt Hughes
(although that fight is still a ways off).
Joe
Stevenson finally proved his mettle against Luke Cummo. The first
round was a case of a fight being exciting not because what was
happening in the ring, because not much was happening in the
ring, but because of the implications of the fight and the personalities
of those involved. Stevenson was able to control Luke on the
ground for the most of the round, although Luke showed tenacity
in avoiding any submission attempts by Stevenson. Despite this,
Stevenson still won the round.
Cummo's
popularity was more evident than ever in the second round, as
people were cheering for him when he'd escape from submission
attempts by Stevenson, even though at this point, on the ground,
Stevenson was controlling the fight and ahead on points. Cummo's
massive reach advantage over Stevenson did come into play a couple
of times during the round. About twenty seconds in, Cummo rocked
Stevenson with a right hand, and then in the thick of the round
they were standing and Cummo was pushing the action. Again, though,
Stevenson was still dominant enough on the ground to win this
round.
In
the third round, Cummo needed to finish to win the fight, despite
the fact that the live crowd at the Hard Rock was clearly on
his side with heavy chants of "Luke". Cummo controlled
the first half of the round, which was more even. He delivered
a solid pounding on Stevenson from the top position on the ground,
but Stevenson was able to gain position back by the end of the
round. This round was closer but I think it went to Cummo.
Stevenson
of course won the decision, 29-28, 30-27 and 29-28. I had it
29-28. Dana White said after the fight that he thought this was
Bonnar-Griffin but on the ground.
Evans-Imes
was the fight of the night. In the first round, Rashad Evans
looked out of place early on as Brad Imes' incredible size and
reach advantage gave Evans troubles. Imes was able to land knees
in the clinch and controlled Evans on the ground briefly until
late in the round when Evans rocked him with two lefts and a
right. Imes must have a pretty damn good chin because Evans unloaded
on him and although Imes went down and was in trouble, he was
not knocked out and recovered to survive the round. Great first
round.
The
second round was all stand-up and it was all exciting. Both guys
ate a lot of shots but neither would go down. By the end of the
round both guys were totally gassed. Hard to say who won the
round because both were landing shots and both displayed a lot
of heart, but Imes was pushing forward more and seemed less gassed
by the end of the round.
Moments
into the third round Imes got rocked and went down fast, and
Evans ended up on top of him trying to finish the fight but wasn't
able to do it. They ended up back on their feet. Imes was able
to take Rashad Evans down about halfway through the round and
pounded on him in half-guard. Evans showed a lot of heart in
battling back to his feet while eating a knee to the end in the
process. Evans won the round, as it was the knocked down just
seconds into the match that got him the 10-9.
I
had Evans at 29-28. It could have easily been Imes winning that
fight had Rashad not rocked him at the beginning of the third
round. Evans of course won a split-decision with 29-28, 28-29,
29-28.
I
had my suspicions about Diego Sanchez, but after seeing him against
Nick Diaz I'm convinced that, at least on the ground, he is the
real thing. The first round saw Diego Sanchez come out strong,
as Diaz had a hard time avoiding Sanchez's takedowns and ended
up being controlled on the ground by Sanchez in a somewhat surprising
display. Diaz showed very good flexibility and defense on the
ground, but Sanchez was constantly moving and going for something
different and won the round.
The
second round saw more of the same, with Sanchez countering Diaz's
strikes with takedowns. He was able to put Diaz on the canvas
and control him there. During the brief stand up action and at
certain points on the ground Diaz showed better striking. He
was able to kick Sanchez hard in the face from his back and displayed
better stand-up ability, but simply could not avoid the takedown
and ended up back on the ground in a defensive position fighting
away from Sanchez's ground control.
In
the third round, both fighters ended up cut badly and Diaz came
out stronger than he did in the earlier rounds. Sanchez was still
able to control Diaz on the ground, but toward the last couple
minutes of the round they exchanged positions in an exciting
display. Sanchez was on top at round's end.
Sanchez
showed great takedown ability and ground control, and Diaz showed
excellent defense, ability in the guard and good striking in
brief glimpses. Sanchez was far more active in the fight, though,
and controlled a large chunk of it on the ground attempting submissions
leaving Diaz in a defensive position for much of the fight.
I
had it 30-27 for Sanchez, as did all three judges. Sanchez was
far better than I, along with most people, expected as I had
figured Diaz would be too versatile of a fighter for Sanchez
as Sanchez is inexperienced against that level of competition.
However, Sanchez proved with this fight that he deserves to be
among the top level of competition in the welterweight division.
Excellent fight all around with both fighters battling like it
was their last night on Earth.
Source: Maxfighting
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Quote
of the Day
"Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next."
Jonas Salk, 1914-1995, American Microbiologist
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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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"The
Quest For Champions II" Results!
SPORT-PANKRATION DIVISION:
-------------------------------------------
Jr. Division---Jarred Miyamoto(Millilani Martial Arts) def. Jacob
Fears(Bullspen)
Men's Lt Wt(-162)---Sadhu Bott(HMC) def. Neal Morishige(Freelance)
Men's Lt Wt(-162)---Ryan
Fukuda(Casca Grossa)
def. Viterbo Tabaquin(Kempo Unlimited)
Men's Lt Wt(-162)---Justin Wong(HMC) def. Troy Tamashiro(Kempo Unlimited)
Men's Lt Hvy Wt(-202)---Gavin Koa(Eastsidaz) def. Andrew Rosenberg(Freelance)
Men's Hvy Wt(+202)---Nickolas Agricola(HMC) def. Frank Kuamoo(Seras
Kajukenbo)
Men's Hvy Wt(+202)---Tyler
Bailey(Casca Grossa)
def. Adam Omalley(Eastsidaz)
Men's Masters(-173)---Trent Sera(Seras Kajukenbo) def. Steve
Farmer(Al Dacoscos Kuen do)
SUBMISSION GRAPPLING:
-----------------------------------
Jr. Division---1)Jarred Miyamoto(Millilani Martial Arts) 2)Jacob
Fears(Bullspen) 3)Tim Pader(HI Chinese Kempo)
Men's Lt. Wt.---1)Troy Takara(808 Fight Factory) 2)Robert Lafradez(Central
Oahu Humaita)
3)Dave Maeda(Inner Circle Grappling)
Men's Hvy Wt---1)Kyle Takao(HMC) 2)Kapua Galletes(Inner Circle
Grappling) 3)Fernando Nebreja(HI Chinese Kempo)
Men's Open---1)Tyler
Bailey(Casca Grossa)
2)James Rhodes(HMC) 3)Mauricio Torres(808 Fight Factory)
SPORT-JUJITSU:
----------------------
Boys 4-5 yrs. old---1)Logan Luke(Kempo Unlimited) 2)Trent Shiraki(Kempo
Unlimited) 3)Kylan Tomita(Kempo Unlimited)
(A)-Boys 6-7 yrs. old---1)Bradley Constantino(Kempo Unlimited)
2)Tyler Remington(Millilani Martial Arts)
3)Jacob Saito(Millilani Martial Arts)
(B)-Boys 6-7 yrs. old---1)Bronson Luke(Kempo Unlimited) 2)Nick
Koki(Kempo Unlimited) 3)Christian Lee(Millilani Martial Arts)
Boys 8-9yrs. old---1)Joshua Pokraka(Kempo Unlimited) 2)Julian
Hang(Kempo Unlimited) 3)Joshua Muneno(Kempo Unlimited)
Girls 8-9yrs old---1)Miranda Oda(Kempo Unlimited) 2)Kody Remington(Millilani
Martial Arts) 3)Jodee Sakamaki(Kempo Unlimited)
Boys 10-11yrs old---1)Nathan Goo(Kempo Unlimited) 2) Sterling
Gascon(Wahiawa Kodenkan) 3)Jessica Clanton(Millilani Martial
arts)
Adults(-162lbs.)---1)Jarred Miyamoto(Millilani Martial Arts)
2)Jim Roberts(Advance Kempo) 3)Scott Yamamoto(Advance Kempo)
EXTREME CONTINUOUS SPARRING
------------------------------------------------
(A)Children(-66lbs)---1)Jacob Saito(Millilani Martial Arts) 2)Logan
Luke(Kempo Unlimited) 3)Aaron Tomita(Kempo Unlimited)
(B)Children(-66lbs)---1)Angela Lee(Millilani Martial Arts) 2)Tia
Cdeardi(Advance Kempo) 3)Jodee Sakamaki(Kempo Unlimited)
(C)Children(-66lbs)---1)Dannen Dano(Advance Kempo) 2)Nick Koki(Kempo
Unlimited) 3)Bronson Luke(Kempo Unlimited)
Children(-77lbs)---1)Justin Kahalewai(Family Martial Arts) 2)Joshua
Muneno(Kempo Unlimited) 3)Kiley Ramino(HMC)
Children(-88lbs)---1)Joshua Pokraka(Kempo Unlimted) 2)Ulysses
B(Advance Kempo) 3)Nathan Goo(Kempo Unlimited)
Children(-99lbs)---1)Jessica Clanton(Millilani Martial Arts 2)
Efren Peralta(HI Chinese Kempo)
Children(+100lbs)---1)Matthew Argel(Advance Kempo) 2) Julian
Hang(Kempo Unlimited)
Juniors(+100lbs)---1)Calford Pader(HI Chinese Kempo) 2)Salomone
Pula(Advance Kempo) 3)Daniel Madayagi(HI Chinese Kempo)
Juniors(+100)---1)Rayn Celestino(Kempo Unlimited) 2)Alakai Akaka(Advance
Kempo)
Juniors(+100)---1)Jenna Koseki(Kempo Unlimited) 2)Adrianna Sheridan(Shiois
Kajukenbo)
Adult(-154lbs)---1)Landon Ramos(Millilani Martial Arts) 2)Naptali
Bordaje(Advance Kemp) 3)Lannen Chun-Ming(Kempo Unlimited)
Adult(-154lbs)---1)Jarred Miyamoto(Millilani) 2)Trace Otani(Advance
Kempo) 3)Lance Sylva(Suzuis Shootfighting)
Men's Heavyweight(+200)---1)Robert Hema(Advance Kempo) 2)Frank
Kuamoo(Seras Kajukenbo)
Men's Heavyweight(+200)---1)Daniel Rivera(Advance Kempo) 2)Mauricio
Torres(808 Fight Factory)
Womens Lightweight(-154)---1)Valerie Lorenzo 2)Pualani Amantiad(Shiois
Kajukenbo)
Mens Executive(-174)---1)Gary Okuhara(Shiois Kajukenbo) 2)Bill
Muneno(Kempo Unlimited) |
Shields
vs. Menne
Former UFC Middleweight Champion, Dave Menne, has signed to fight
Jake Shields in Hawaii at the Rumble On The Rock on January 20th. The fight will be
the first round of ROTR's Middleweight GP, with the winner advancing
to the 2nd round on April 7th.
Menne
comes into this fight with an outstanding record of 38- 12-2
and the distinction of being the UFC's first Middleweight Champion,
a title he attained after having won a unanimous decision over
Jake's former teammate, Gil Castillo.
Shields
enters the fight with a record of 12-4-1. He is the former Shooto
World Champion, having been the first American to have ever won
that title. We expect a brutal fight and a true rumble on the
rock!
This fight is the first announced matchup on the card with other
matchups being announced in the following days.
Source:
Fight Sport
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Stevenson
is the ultimate fighter
by Tim Haran
Joe Stevenson landed in Las Vegas and put himself in position
to achieve greatness.
Not
with a lucky pull of a slot machine or a natural blackjack, but
by fighting his way to the top.
Television
cameras had chronicled the lives of Stevenson and a handful of
other mixed martial arts contenders over the past several months.
Millions viewed their journeys each week on Spike TV and now
even more would watch as the "Ultimate Fighter: Season 2"
live finale crowned its champions.
Only
one more win and reality television would help Stevenson's dreams
become real.
"I
wouldn't have done it if I didn't think I could win," said
Stevenson, less than a week after earning a unanimous decision
over Luke Cummo for the Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight
title.
The
victory gained Stevenson a six-figure UFC contract and a Toyota
Scion, according to a UFC news release, and helped to put the
sport in the spotlight.
"It's
primarily a melting pot of all forms of martial arts competing
against each other," Stevenson said. "We've found this
new hybrid of mixed martial arts. It's well-rounded."
Stevenson,
a former wrestler for Silverado, recently moved to Las Vegas
to work on earning his black belt in Jujitsu. He is planning
to buy a house for himself and his three children.
"This
show has been able to grant me some financial capabilities,"
he said.
Throughout
the duration of the reality show, fighters trained and competed
in an elimination bout each week. Those still standing took a
break before the live finale.
"Right
now I'll be at different events to keep my face in the limelight,"
said Stevenson, who's been fighting professionally since age
16. "But as soon as (UFC) tells me who I'm going to fight,
I'll get back on the horse and work to be a 10-times better fighter."
Stevenson
said he visits friends in the High Desert about once a month
but anticipates continuing his career and life in Las Vegas.
"The
reality show gave me my 15 minutes of fame," Stevenson said.
"But now I know I have to work even harder to remain successful."
Stevenson,
23, previously helped coach Victor Valley's wrestling team and
worked at a Goodyear tire plant before signing up to compete
on "The Ultimate Fighter."
The
reality show brought together several fighters to compete in
in various weight classifications. The contestants spent several
months living and training together under the watchful eye of
Spike TV cameras.
Stevenson
— characterized as a grappler rather than a
striker — utilized his wrestling background
to battle three rounds against Cummo in the Nov. 5 live finale
at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
"Joe
pretty much controlled the fight, although Luke surprised him
by giving him a battle," read a Spike TV recap. "Joe's
ability to take Luke down with ease helped him rack up the points
and earn the victory."
The
finale, which was seen by more than 2.6 million viewers, brought
back fighters for one last bout after a hiatus while the reality
series aired.
"The
toughest thing was keeping it a secret," Stevenson said.
Source:
Daily Press
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Conquering
the world: Wallid Ismail
By Alexandre Lobo
After a week in Brazil, Wallid Ismail is struggling to produce
the fifth edition of Jungle Fight, scheduled to November 26th,
in Manaus (AM). Wallid's promise is for another high level international
show, with fighters from all over the world, in a show inside
and outside the ring. In an exclusive to TATAME.com, Wallid talks
about the Jungle's compromise with the Amazon Forest, the difficulties
of making the Jungle's card and his pleasure of seeing the Jungle's
stars fighting at shows like UFC and Pride.
Since
the first edition, Jungle impressed the audience due to its super
production, uncommon at the MMA shows in Brazil. What are you
working on for this show?
This
time, we are coming with the story of the native Ajuricaba, a
local hero who resisted to the pressures of the white man. People
always ask me why the Amazonian fighters are so brave. So, I
chose this theme to prove where this fame comes from. The Amazonian
is the number one in the BJJ world. On the last two years, the
Open-weight champ at BJJ Worlds came from Amazon. At Rickson
Gracie's Budo Challenger, five of the six final bouts had Brazilians
and three of them were Amazonian.
What
are you expecting for with this fifth edition?
Jungle
is always a spectacle. When Formula 1 goes to São Paulo,
it's a week of celebration in the city and Jungle Fight does
the same in Manaus. Besides all the celebration, this edition
will be also beneficent, with half of the amount raised with
the show donated to the people that live on the Amazon River
banks and suffered with an unexpected drought. The other half
we will donate to APAE, an institution that takes care of people
with Down's syndrome.
Gabriel
Napão was one of the starts of the first two JFs and now
he's debuting at Ultimate Fighting Championship. And so is Fabrício
Werdum, who now is a Pride fighter. Is Jungle exporting fighters
to the most important shows around the world?
Actually,
the guys keep tuned on who will be fighting on JF. They know
who fights on JF is such a warrior. I belong to it, man. Jungle
is also made by fighters. for fighters. I was born in the Vale-Tudo
and I grew up on it, I know what I'm doing. Nobody has dedicated
his life to the sport as I did. Besides, black belt fighters
as Marcus Vinícius de Lucia (from Beverly Hills Jiu-Jitsu
Club) and Carlão Barreto (from Brazilian Top Team) help
me a lot. Jungle has nothing to prove. The best fighters in Brazil
without a contract of exclusivity with other shows are fighting
at JF.
It
seems that you're having problem to make the card of this edition...
It's
true. Everybody is calling me to fight at Jungle. There are fighters
that couldn't fight at Jungle 5 and went to fight on shows like
UFC and Cage Rage... They know Jungle is going to be spread all
around the world and that's why the demand increased a lot.
The
Cage Rage Heavyweight champ Antonio Pezão Silva is scheduled
to fight, but his opponent is to be announced. Are you having
problems to find an opponent to Pezão?
I
want a tough opponent for him, a fighter for a good fight. I
had two options. One got injured and the other one. I don't know
what happened.
Do
you think the guy didn't want to fight the BTT giant?
That
usually happens. It's a funny thing. But it doesn't bother me.
Today, the last four fights of JF5's card could be the main event
of any show in the world!
You
had promised to produce the Jungle Fight 5 in Las Vegas, but
it didn't happen. Have you changed your mind?
No,
no way! Next year, I will send the Jungle to Italy, Slovenia,
Japan and US. We are conquering the world. I spend 24 hours in
an eternal war, working all day long to spread the sport and
the Amazon state to the world.
So
there will be no Jungle Fight in Brazil in 2006?
Of
course it will be. We will always produce at least two shows
in Brazil, always in the Amazon state. I already had some proposals
to take the JF to other states in Brazil, but I don't want it.
The Jungle Fight belongs to the Amazon state.
The
night entrepreneur and MMA producer Oscar Maroni announced he
will take his Showfight to Las Vegas. What do you think about
the competition between the MMA shows in Brazil?
I'm
very happy to have so many shows in Brazil. But who fights on
JF expects for an international production, with fighters from
different countries. You can't compare the JF with the other
shows in Brazil. Today, Jungle Fight has better fights than UFC.
And the show also has the support of the local authorities.
The
big shows have the title disputes. What does Jungle Fight need
to have its own champions?
Actually,
the tournament needed a regular calendar and that's what I'm
working on for the next year. I want also to increase fighters'
commitment with the tournament.
Source:
Tatame
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Quote
of the Day
"It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according
to what he is,
not according to what he has."
Henry Ward Beecher, 1813-1887, American Preacher/Orator/Writer
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Kickin
It 2005 "The Sequel" Kickboxing Championships
Ilikai Hotel Ballroom, Honolulu, Hawaii
November 25, 2005
6:00PM
8-10 Yrs. Old, 60-65 # Title
Dahwen Bright (HSD) vs. Jesus Santos (HMC)
12
Yrs. Old Girls Atomweight Title 98 - 103 #
Jacelyn Kim (Ewa Beach Fight Club) vs. Jazlyn Kim (Goodsport
Kickboxing, Maui)
12
Yrs. Old, 89-103 #
Atomweight Title 98 - 103
Robbie Ostovich (2-0, Jesus Is Lord) vs. Bubu Akau (0-0, HSD)
9 Yrs. Old, 70# Title
Jordan (Ewa Beach Fight Club) vs. Kylie Romero (HMC)
10-11 Yrs. Old 65# Title
Kai Kamaka (1-1, 808 Fight Factory) vs. Justly Laqhion (2-0,
HMC)
Kids Championships
8-9 Yrs. Old 55# Title
Kona Meyers (HSD) vs. Triston Kamaka (808 Fight Factory)
Kids Championships
11-13 Yrs. Old 110-114# Title
Sage Yoshida (2-1, HMC) vs. Fred Wagner (1-0, HSD)
Featherweight
Jr. Title
120 - 124
Justin Piamonte (2-1, Animal House) vs. Darryl Labrador (1-2,
HSD)
Super Lightweight Jr. Title
135-139
Red Davis (2-1, Animal House) vs. Edmund Li (1-2, HMC)
Super Welterweight Jr. Title
147-152
Shaison Laupola (3-0, Jesus Is Lord) vs. Tim Lapitan (2-1, Bullspen)
Teenager Championships
Super Middleweight Jr. Title
158 -165
Ben Rodrigues (4-1, HSD) vs. Lorenzo Moreno (2-0, Bullspen)
Cruiserweight Title
175 - 183
Justin Dano (3-1, HSD) vs. Alan Ulip (2-0, Animal House)
Light Heavyweight Title
167 - 174
Dale Kamai (2-1, Team Soljah) vs. Nick Tiqui (2-0, Animal House)
Middleweight Title
153 - 159
Kaika Choyfoo (2-2, Jesus Is Lord) vs. Shanen Kira (2-0, Team
Mixbreed)
Super Welterweight Title
147 - 152
Vinnie Delasantos (2-1 Team Soljah) vs. Derek Minn (3-2 Laupahoehoe
Muay Thai)
Lightweight Title
130 - 134
Nui Wheeler (3-1 Team Soljah) vs. Tavis Kagawa (3-3, Laupahoehoe
Muay Thai)
Semi-Pro Welterweight Title
140-146
David "Banga" Balicao (9-1, HSD) vs. Brandon Visher
(4-0, Goodsport Kickboxing)
Main Event
King Of The Giants Title
251 And Over
Bob Atisanoe (3-0, HSD) vs. Anthony Billianor (2-2, Goodsport
Kickboxing)
Source: Event Promoter
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ULTIMATE
WARRIORS COMBAT
Saturday, December 10, 2005
Lahaina Civic Center, Lahaina, Maui
Main
Event:
Thales Leites vs. Bristol Marunde
Co-Main
Event:
Mark Moreno vs. Tyson Coloma-Nahooikaika
Ray
"King Kong" Seraile vs. Dereck Thorton
Sidney "Submission" Silva vs. Aaron Rose
Trevor Burnell vs. Bronson Delima
Jason McCormick vs. Ken Parr
Sean Bardon vs. Michael Pedro
Lorrin Ishimine vs. Brian Wheely
Ermin Fergerstrom vs. TBA
Dylan Clay vs. TBA
More
fights to be announced
All fights subject to change
Source: Event Promoter
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COFFEE
GUY EXCLUSIVE: ROGAN VS. SNIPES UPDATE
It seems that John Hackleman is aggressively attempting to become
the MMA trainer for actor Wesley Snipes. Hackleman has phoned
Dana White and two additional UFC employees in order to try to
get word to Snipes that he wants to train the actor for his proposed
UFC bout against Joe Rogan. Hackleman told one employee that
he knows how to beat Rogan and that he guarantees that Snipes
will win if he trains at the Pit, Hackleman's training center.
Both
employees I spoke with (on condition of anonymity) expressed
surprise at the aggressive tone and manner with which Hackleman
is pursuing this. "He must fucking hate Rogan," one
mused.
ROGAN VS.
SNIPES POSSIBILITY
Joe
Rogan may be facing Wesley Snipes.
In
an ironic celebrity MMA matchup, UFC announcer and former tae
kwon do expert, Joe Rogan, confirmed that he is in negotiations
to face bigtime actor and martial arts practitioner, Wesley Snipes,
in an MMA match.
Here's
what Rogan had to say when asked about the potential matchup:
"I've
never met the guy. All I can tell you guys is I've never trolled
before, and I never will. I'm not really supposed to talk about
it, but it's real. As for Snipes motivation to fight, he wants
to rejuvenate his action movie career, and he supposedly owes
a ton of money in taxes.
This
isn't a troll, and as soon as everything is signed I'll give
more details. Until then, I can't talk about it." -Joe Rogan
Source:
Fight Sport
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Pe
De Pano Wins In MMA Again!
Thai Combat Vale Tudo
Satruday, November 5, 2005
Trem Desportivo Clube, Macapá - Amapá
Muay
Thai
- Mequias (Guiana Francesa) Vs Ricardinho (Macapá): No
Contest;
- Dimy (Macapá) defeated Francês (Guiana Francesa)
by unanimous decision;
MMA
- Pé-de-Pano (Macapá) submitted Nando (Macapá)
by armlock (R1);
- Demétrius (Oiapoque) defeated Torrinha (Macapá)
by verbal submission (R2);
- Guigui (Macapá) submitted Ari Mão-de-Pedra (Macapá)
by armlock (R1);
- Preguiça (Macapá) defeated Rogelson BA (Chute
Boxe) by KO (R2).
Source: Tatame
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Two
More Bouts Added to PRIDE NYE Card
by Sherdog.com Staff
Up the total of Japanese fighters on PRIDE's New Year's Eve card
from four to eight. Dream Stage Entertainment on Tuesday announced
two more bouts for its "Shockwave" card, as veteran
Yuki Kondo fights Kazuhiro Nakamura and Makoto Takimoto takes
on Sanae Kikuta.
Nakamura
returns to the ring for the first time since winning a unanimous
decision over Igor Vovchanchynin August. Though Nakamura's record
stands at 7-4, a closer look reveals the four losses have come
against some of the best fighters in the world: Antonio Rogerio
Noguiera (twice), Dan Henderson and Wanderlei Silva.
Kondo
may be perhaps Nakamura's most experienced foe to date, having
a documented 65 fights to his name. Yet the former "King
of Pancrase" is just 1-3 in PRIDE, the win coming in his
debut versus Mario Sperry. Unlike Nakamura, Kondo could not get
past Vovchanchyn, losing to the Ukrainian by unanimous decision
in April.
Takimoto,
like Nakamura, will wear the colors of the Yoshida Dojo. Takimoto's
participation means this card will feature two Olympic gold-medal-winning
judokas, joining his mentor Hidehiko Yoshida in that distinction.
This marks Takimoto's fourth fight in PRIDE; he'll enter the
ring at 2-1.
Sanae
Kikuta is also a world champion grappler, having won the top
prize in Abu Dhabi. His mixed martial arts background, however,
is far more expansive than Takimoto. At points during his career,
which spans 33 bouts, the founder of Team GRABAKA, has held the
light heavyweight King of Pancrase belt. Kikuta isn't a stranger
to PRIDE, having dominated Alexander Otsuka for 20 minutes to
win by decision in April 2002.
Source: Sherdog
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PRIDE
Fighter - Rogerio "Minotouro" Nogueira
By Takimoto
Takimoto- Many are wondering, when will you fight again? Is there
any one in special that you wish to fight?
Rogeiro
Nogueira- I would like to make the rematch against Mauricio "Shogun"
Rua, because I thought that fight very close and I made some
mistakes that I am sure this time I will not commit. And I'm
waiting for an answer if I will or will not fight in the Pride
News Years Eve card.
Takimoto- Do you think your loss to Shogun was fair?
Rogerio
Nogueira- I think that, at the minimum, it shouldn't be unanimous.
With certainty it is my priority to face him again.
Takimoto- What is the reason, if there is really one reason,
for Shogun to have so much easiness to take you to the ground?
What kind of trainings are you doing, at the moment, to fix this?
Rogerio
Nogueira- His take down at the clinch was really strong and I
should have tried others take downs with him; I kept trying the
same take down as him coming from the clinch. It was there when
he started to take advantage in the take downs. I'm doing a strength
work, especially in the legs and lumbar's region. I'm training
more Greco Roman wrestling, which is exactly this clinch part.
Takimoto- If you went to the final against Ricardo Arona, you
would do a real fight?
Rogerio
Nogueira- Of course. If it went to the ground we would work more
the submission part than to foot stomp each other. I think it
would be a technical fight.
Takimoto- You intend to challenge Wanderlei Silva for a title
fight? In a hypothetical fight against him, what would be your
strategy?
Rogerio
Nogueira- It is a fight that surely is my dream; it is hard to
talk about strategies before the fight, because at the time you
feel which is better. But with certainty I would try to explore
my ground and try to fight in a safe distance.
Takimoto- What fighters do you wish to fight soon?
Rogerio
Nogueira- I would like to make a rematch with Shogun and there
are many fighters in my weight class that I wish to fight. There
is Kevin Randleman, Tito Ortiz, who is full of arrogance, Chuck
Liddell and to fight for the middleweight title against Wanderlei.
Takimoto- Who do you consider the five best fighters in the division?
Rogerio
Nogueira- Arona, Wanderlei, Shogun, Liddell and I. But I really
like Renato "Babalu" Sobral's style as well.
Takimoto- What is missing for your brother to defeat Emelianenko
Fedor?
Rogerio
Nogueira- He needs to be a little bit more tactical, because
he fights to catch Fedor and Fedor fights to win by points. It
is like the Jiu-Jitsu fighters who want to win by advantages,
so it is hard to finish him. But if Fedor fell underneath him
in the beginning of the fight he will not going to recover because
his guard is not efficient. So I think the tactic is to put him
down.
Takimoto- What happened between Paulo Filho and the Chute Boxe
members in the Grand Prix finals? Was it only a healthy rivalry
inside the ring or were the differences really becoming personal
between BTT and Chute Boxe?
Rogerio
Nogueira- I think there were a lot of provocations inside the
ring; they like to keep provoking the adversaries to affect their
minds. In this provocation Filho didn't like it and started to
provoke too. The rivalry is inside the ring, there are a lot
of speculations outside it, but in a fight between a BTT and
a Chute Boxe guy we enter more motivated because we know that
in the other side, provocations will come from them.
Takimoto- What do you expect in the Murilo Bustamante versus
Dan Henderson fight in the Welterweight GP final?
Rogerio
Nogueira- I think Murilo will put Henderson down and dominate
the fight in the top position. I think that he will even submit
him.
Takimoto- Who is the best MMA fighter that you ever saw? What
do you think about Rickson Gracie?
Rogerio
Nogueira- My brother Minotauro is the best, I think he is the
most technical and the most intelligent. In his time, Rickson
was one of the bests, but I used to admire more Royce Gracie,
because he fought the toughest competition of the time.
Source: Maxfighting
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VITALI
KLITSCHKO VS. HASIM RAHMAN HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT IS POSTPONED!
Vitali
Klitschko's heavyweight title defense next Saturday against Hasim
Rahman is off because of a knee injury suffered by the champion
in training.
It
was the second official postponement of the fight, which was
originally scheduled for April 30.
Klitschko
was fitted with a knee brace, but he tried sparring in Los Angeles
and was not comfortable with going ahead with the fight.
Arum
said he was told about the injury Friday night (11/4/2005) by
Klitschko's handlers. Arum took Klitschko to orthopedic surgeon
Tony Daly, who diagnosed the injury as a sprain and fitted Klitschko
with the brace.
Klitschko
injured the knee while sparring Thursday in Los Angeles, Arum
said. The injury caused him balance problems, which Arum said
the brace will prevent.
Klitschko,
who hasn't fought since stopping Danny Williams in the first
defense of his WBC title last December, was first supposed to
have fought Rahman in April. But the fight was postponed when
Klitschko pulled a thigh muscle, and attempts to reschedule it
earlier fell apart when he suffered a back injury.
Rahman,
a former heavyweight champion, grew so tired of waiting for the
fight that he took a fight with Monte Barrett in August. He won
that fight on decision to become the WBC interim champion, which
meant he would be declared champion if Klitschko didn't fight
him.
Klitschko
(35-2, 34 knockouts) is getting the biggest purse of his career,
$7.8 million, while Rahman (41-5-1, 33 knockouts) will be paid
$4.2 million for the fight at the UNLV campus arena.
Source:
HBO
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