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12/3/05
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Longman Jiu-Jitsu Open
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11/19/05
ROTR 9
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(Blaisdell Arena)
(Rumored
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UFC
56: Full Force
(MMA)
(MGM Grand
Garden Arena)
11/14/05
3rd American National BJJ Championships
(Torrance Unified School District, Torrance, CA )
11/12/05
Full Contact
Showdown
Super
Brawl Qualifer
(MMA)
(Kahuna Bar & Grill, Kaneohe Marine Corps Base)
Aloha
State Championships of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
(BJJ/Grappling)
(Saint Louis School Gym)
11/5/05
Rumble On The Rock
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(MMA)
(Edith Kanakaole Tennis Stadium, Hilo)
10/29-30/05
Brazilian Team Titles
(Equipes)
(Brazil)
10/28/05
Icon Sport 43
(formerly Superbrawl)
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
10/15/05
Gracie Nationals
(BJJ/Grappling)
(Columbus, Ohio)
10/11/05
Tuesday Night Fights
(Kickboxing)
(Central Pacific Athletics, Hilo)
10/7/05
UFC 55: Fury
(MMA)
(PPV)
ROTR: Proving Grounds
(MMA)
(Lahaina Civic Center, Maui)
X-1 Battleground At The O Lounge
(MMA)
(O-Lounge, Ala Moana Shopping Center)
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"Change before you have to."
Jack Welch, American Businessman and Former CEO of General Electric
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For
Immediate Release
Icon Sport:
Opposites Attract Card Guarantees Fireworks!
News
Media and Fans Invited to Press Conference.
October
19, 2005 Honolulu, HI – Icon Sport, the new face of Super
Brawl, is excited to announce the complete card of the highly
anticipated Friday, October 28 event, Icon Sport: Opposites Attract.
The main event will feature Falaniko Vitale (808 Fight Factory),
returning from his two-month training at the elite AMC Pankration
academy in Kirkland Washington, against the outspoken submission
expert, Jason “Mayhem” Miller (Team Punishment-Huntington
Beach, CA.). The winner of this match will face current Middleweight
Champion, “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler, in the February
2006 Icon Sport event.
In
the co-main event Japan’s Pride Fighting Championship Lightweight
K.J. Noons (City Boxing-San Diego, CA.) returns for his third
Icon event against one of Hawaii’s top talents, Harris “Hitman”
Sarmiento (808 Fight Factory). Noons literally destroyed his
opponents in his two prior Icon appearances, dazzling audiences
with laser-guided precision and explosive knockout power. At
the July 23rd Icon event, Noons folded Sarmiento’s teammate,
Bryson Kamaka, with a devastating high kick. Sarmiento seeks
to revenge this loss on Friday, October 28.
Nick
Ring (AMC Pankration-Kirkland, WA.), also of the Pride organization,
returns to Icon to match Mike Malone. Ring, a muay-thai kickboxing
specialist, submitted Kimo Woelfel via rear naked choke at the
July 23rd Icon event. Malone, Woelfel’s coach at Windward
Oahu’s Eastsidaz Gym, is coming off a big win at the K-1
World Grand Prix event held at earlier this year at Aloha Stadium.
Members
of the local armed forces are buzzing about Hawaii Marine and
war-veteran, Sergeant Steve Byrnes (Team M.M.A.D.-Kaneohe), as
he makes his Icon debut on Friday, October 28. Byrnes, a very
popular martial arts instructor at Marine Core Base Hawaii –
Kaneohe Bay, is undefeated in Icon Sport’s amateur event,
Full Contact Showdown. Byrnes currently holds the title belt
in that event’s Middleweight (185-lb) division. Byrnes will
be put to test by seasoned Icon veteran Bob “Bob-O”
Ostovich of the Jesus is Lord Gym in Waipahu.
Fight Card:
185-lb:
Falaniko Vitale (808 Fight Factory) vs. Jason "Mayhem"
Miller (Team Punishment)
170-lb: K.J. Noons (City Boxing) vs. Harris "Hitman"
Sarmiento (808 Fight Factory)
185-lb: Nick Ring (AMC Pankration) vs. Mike Malone (Eastsidaz)
185-lb: Steve Byrnes (Team MMAD) vs. Bob "Bob-O" Ostovich
(Jesus is Lord)
170-lb:
Kimo Woelfel (Eastsidaz) vs. Wayne Perrin, Jr. (808 Fight Factory)
135-lb:
Harvey Nakamura (Grappling Unlimited) vs. Ryan Lee (Bulls Pen)
205-lb:
Lyle Nicely (Team M.M.A.D.) vs. Billy Hall (HMC)
145-lb:
Chico Cantiberos (Eastsidaz) vs. Kevin DeLima (Bulls Pen)
155-lb:
Brain Wiehle (Team M.M.A.D.) vs. Jose Fernandez (JKD Unlimited)
155-lb:
Makana Albino (Grappling Unlimited) vs. Bryce Martinez (Bulls
Pen)
155-lb:
Kaika Choy-Fu (Jesus is Lord) vs. Lorenzo Moreno (Bulls Pen)
155-lb:*
Makoa Hanaike (Team M.M.A.D.) vs. Bronson DeLima (Bulls Pen)
*stand-by match
Mark
Oshiro vs. Ed Newalu has been postponed as Oshiro is tending
to the recent passing of family member.
News
media and fans are invited to meet the fighters at the press
conference/autograph session at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, October
26 at the Eastside Grill (Pucks Alley-University Avenue). Media
credentials will be distributed at that time for the October
28 event.
Source:
Icon Sport
Contact:
Patrick Freitas
Icon Sport
Director of Promotions
808 375-1645
superbrawl21@yahoo.com
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Glover
is the best at Grappling Impact
Great
BJJ bouts were seen at Kitazawa Town Hall, in Tokyo, Japan, during
the October 16th's edition of Grappling Impact. There were two
weight tournaments: featherweight and lightweight. The great
featherweight champion was Jeff Glover, who submitted Hiroshi
Umemura by rear naked choke and then defeated Baret Yoshida by 4x2. Over the lightweight division,
Bill Cooper defeated Naoyoshi Watanabe by points, and then he
defeated Hiroshi Tsuruya by 6x0. At the special bout of the night,
the champions meet each other and Glover got the best. He defeated
Copper by 4x2. Take a look below at the results:
COMPLETE
RESULTS:
Grappling
Impact
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Kitazawa Town Hall - Tokyo, Japan
-
Hiroko Arai defeated Mayumi Hashiba;
- Jeff Glover submitted Hiroshi Umemura by rear naked choke;
- Baret
Yoshida
defeated Katsuya Toida by 4x0;
- Hiroshi Tsuruya defeated Daizo Ishige by 2x0;
- Bill Cooper defeated Naoyoshi Watanabe by 2x1;
- Testu Suzuki submitted Emerson Azuma by rear naked choke;
- Hirono Takeyasu defeated by Hiroaki Yoshioka by 2x1 (advantage);
- Jeff Glover defeated Baret Yoshida by 4x2;
- Bill Cooper defeated Hiroshi Tsuruya by 6x0;
- Jeff Glover defeated Bill Cooper by 4x2.
Source: Tatame |
The
Gore the Merrier:
Fight Promotion Goes Old School
The
sounds of impact are so intense that you’ll wince in pain
for the fighters! In some cases you’ll turn away. The first
match resembled a violent car wreck. 10 absolutely brutal encounters.
Is
that Art Davie circa 1995, gleefully providing ad copy for a
cassette cover? Nope. That’s Jeff Osborne (Pictures) channeling
the Marquis de Sade to trumpet his newest DVD release, a repurposed
HooknShoot gym tournament titled “Bare Knuckle Beatdown
Volume #1.”
For
those of you curious to see what happens when a “skinhead-turned-Minister”
locks horns with a “real estate agent,” as Osborne
promises to deliver … boy, does he have a deal for you.
Need
your desensitization in regular intervals? There’s always
TJ Thompson’s Super Brawl video subscription. His TV spots
— from the folks who brought you “Girls Gone Wild”
— punctuate every strike with cartoon sound effects, every
submission with what sounds like a celery stick snapping in half.
As
de Sade might say: What hath Kimbo wrought?
The
very sort of carnival barker copy that got this industry blacklisted
in the 1990s is coming back in a big way, and it’s not limited
to independent promoters like Osborne and Thompson.
When
media gab shows like The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch come calling
for B-reel footage, Zuffa is all too happy to oblige with their
most grotesque lowlights: Hughes pinning Newton’s arms down
and beating his face in; men getting pummeled on the mat, defenseless.
Spike’s TV spots for their UFC content promise bloody melees.
The InYaFace sensibility has returned, apparently none the worse
for the wear.
“I
thought Art Davie was full of complete (crap) when he said the
worst thing that can happen is the UFC becoming a sport,”
Osborne relates.
Now
he’s not so sure.
“About
three years ago, I quit reading and catering to MMA forums and
fans with both my DVDs and live events, He said. “Now, I
sell more DVDs than ever before and our shows have had three
consecutive sellouts without any coverage from MMA media. If
someone wants to disagree with the way I market anything, so
be it.”
No
longer image-conscious, Osborne has taken this tact in the face
of even more significant government morality movements than what
got the sport nearly rubbed out in the last century.
There’s
ominous talk of the cable television industry falling under FCC
regulation, despite the fact that we pay for the content; Janet
Jackson’s boob had some onlookers catatonic, but for all
the wrong reasons; blithely idiotic bits from Howard Stern’s
radio show that he performed in 1995 can’t be replayed 10
years later because of “objectionable content.” The
religious right has us barreling toward Pleasantville, USA, and
assuming the safe existence of a violent fringe sport seems ridiculously
optimistic.
To
hear Dana White tell it, NSAC sanctioning has provided all the
safety net they need to promote their business how they see fit.
When asked last spring how he imagined healing a PR black eye
over the signing of Sean Gannon, White stated that he had no
concerns, that since sanctioning was in place, there was nothing
anyone could do.
Perhaps
true, perhaps not. While the NSAC and the Fertittas wield a degree
of influence in Las Vegas, no entity exists that’s beyond
the government’s reach. Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) has
talked extensively about setting up a federal commission to oversee
boxing. Does anyone have any doubt what bastard child of brawling
McCain would choose to exploit if this pursuit ever becomes a
reality?
Image
is everything in any business, and MMA’s new fetish to rely
on the kind of superficial stereotypes that once caused a firestorm
of controversy is ominously shortsighted. You’ll attract
the mouth-breathers for a time, but do they actually have the
interest or patience to become returning customers?
Osborne
thinks the problem is reversed. “In the last four years,
our vastly shrinking audience of hardcore fans has dropped from
about 40,000 to about 3,000 people who steadily follow the sport,”
he reasons. “TJ Thompson took major criticism from the industry
when he re-released his Super Brawl DVDs through mainstream and
direct marketing ads. I'm sure he can tell you it was the best
investment of his life. Once things started rolling, he truly
didn't care what anyone thought.”
It’s
hard to imagine that those same thoughts didn’t surround
SEG’s production offices when the UFC was pulling in a quarter-million
buy rate. Before the roof caved in.
Zuffa’s
UFC seems to perceive Nevada as the last lap toward acceptance,
that their blessing is some kind of gold standard that negates
page after page of negative copy and gives them an impenetrable
flak jacket against … well, flak. And smaller promotions
seem to agree, as evidenced by the damning text on Osborne’s
online store.
No
one seems particularly concerned that this could once again blow
up in everyone’s face, despite the fact that very recent
history has proved otherwise. The almighty dollar has seduced
a fresh crop of promoters, impatient with the selling of the
sport as a technical contest between professional athletes.
Hypocritically,
the industry becomes peeved when the mainstream media gets it
“wrong.” Florida columnist Ray McNulty was the most
recent recipient of fan wrath when he erroneously reported that
UFC contestants weren’t allowed to quit. It was a factual
misstep awash in an article that took umbrage to the sport’s
very existence.
What
is McNulty supposed to think? His exposure to the sport involved
him staring at two men imprisoned in a fence, with the hapless
Sean Gannon being bludgeoned into a bloody heap in the middle
of the canvas. If he chose to research the sport further, he’d
be likely to run across some of this relentless hyperbole. It’s
Thunderdome, Vegas-style.
For
every Nevada that’s given its blessing, there’s a New
York that practically dry heaves at the thought of welcoming
this type of competition into its territory. For every Max Kellerman
who champions the sport, there’s an MSNBC burial airing
in regular rotation. We as an industry are still on precipitously
thin ice: a kind of cultural probation. There are undoubtedly
people waiting for us to fail as a viable entity.
And
the solution is to summon the ghosts of SEG’s past?
I’ll
accept the Chicken Little label. Eventually, this kind of meathead
hype is going to attract the wrong kind of attention … again.
This sport’s identity crisis is going to prompt a vicious
recoil … again. Are these guys talented pros or backyard
brawlers? Are we supporting elite-level competition or primal
thrills straight out of Rome? We can’t have it both ways.
Even
if, in fairness to Osborne, I am interested in seeing a real
estate agent get his ass kicked.
Source: Sherdog |
Scorpion
Survives Early Knockdown in Return to MMA
CAMPO,
Calif., Oct. 15 — Jeremy Jackson had been away from the
sport of mixed martial arts for 23 months and it showed early
as he was sent to the canvas in the opening exchange of his bout
with a very game Christian Vargas (Pictures).
After
the two men touched gloves Vargas proceeded to knock off a bit
of the ring rust Jackson had accumulated while on hiatus with
a kick to the UFC veteran’s head.
“The
Scorpion” rode out the initial burst from Vargas —
who had deposited Jackson back to the mat as quickly as he had
stood up from the knockdown — and began to mount his comeback
with a nearly secured armbar attempt from the bottom position.
After missing on the submission, Jackson made his way back to
his feet and scored a takedown of his own only to see Vargas
escape back to the standing position.
Jackson
then scored a pretty trip takedown from the clinch that landed
him in side-control. After a precise elbow, the Team Freedom
product advanced to the mount and started to unload. The tough
Vargas rolled back and forth trying to avoid the unavoidable
— eating punches while mounted and defending the rear-choke
when giving up his back.
Vargas
committed the fatal mistake when he stood up with Jackson securely
latched to his back. In a matter of seconds the rear-naked choke
was deeply sunken and there was no choice but for Vargas to submit
or go to sleep. He tapped out at 3:56 of the first round, giving
Jeremy Jackson the victory in his return to MMA.
“I
thought it was a straight right, I wasn’t expecting that,”
Jackson said after the fight. “I studied his video —
I was looking for a straight right the whole time ‘cause
that’s all he threw. So I was watching for that and I guess
a kick hit me.
“It
actually dazed me a little — but it wasn’t enough,
it was just a little.”
Jackson
had more to say when asked to critique his performance and where
he wants to take his now resurrected career. “It’s
awesome cause I was really nervous, I didn’t know how I
was going to perform,” he said. “I didn’t know
if I was going to be rusty. I didn’t know if I was warmed
up enough. I am really glad with the outcome. I would have much
rather had a knockout. I wasn’t really planning on a submission
but since he caught me at the very beginning, I was kinda dazed,
I wanted to recover.”
So
where does the future lie for Jeremy Jackson?
“Cage
fighting,” he answered. “And I want to fight Robbie
Lawler (Pictures) next. I want some of the best strikers out
there.”
Eddie
Sanchez survived his slugfest with Julian Rush (Pictures) and
took home the win when Rush could not continue after a first
round that was reminiscent of a Toughman contest.
Both
men traded big blows throughout the action-packed round and when
the horn sounded after the five minute mark neither man seemed
to know where their corner was. After locating their stools it
became apparent Rush would not be able to answer the bell and
Sanchez notched the victory at 5:00 of the first round.
Alex
Garcia (Pictures) won the fighter of the night award after dismantling
Jeff Harwell. It was a high-altitude Garcia slam followed by
a slew of punches that prodded Harwell’s corner to throw
in the towel at 1:30 of the first round.
Veteran
fighter Toby Imada (Pictures) made quick work of an overmatched
Tim Carey, garnering the victory via rear-naked choke at 2:25
of the first round.
In
what was probably the best fight of the evening Brandon Magna
got the nod over Colin Oyama pupil Jared Rollins (Pictures) after
Magna was on the receiving end of an illegal knee to the head.
Magna had already been on the wrong end of a number of strikes,
including a vicious elbow from the bottom by Rollins that slashed
open a cut outside of Magna’s left eye and nearly ended
the fight.
Midway
through the second frame, Rollins, much to the dismay of his
corner, including Oyama, landed the disqualifying blow as Magna
scrambled to his feet. Magna’s hand was clearly on the mat
and when he could not continue Rollins was tagged with a loss
at 2:57 of round two.
Josh
Griggs defeated Ulysses Cortez by rear-naked choke at 1:49 of
the first round.
Chris
Davis scored a submission win over Daniel Vasquez with a textbook
armbar at the one-minute mark of round one.
Patrick
Speight took it to Brandon Adams right from the get go. Speight,
working from the mount for most of the fight, pounded away on
his opponent until the referee mercifully put an end to the affair
at 1:24 of the second round.
Brent
Stuchlick battered Eber Saulido right from the opening bell until
the referee stopped the fight due to strikes at 1:30 of the first
stanza.
Corn
Zwicker overwhelmed his opponent Tom Hubert with strikes and
scored the doctor’s stoppage victory at 1:54 of round two.
Brett
Cooper took home a TKO win (strikes) over Cody Culkin (Pictures)
at 1:38 of the first round.
Ruben
Vera needed just 59 seconds to cinch a fight winning rear-naked
choke over Daniel Torres.
Grant
Winstorm dueled Ryan Purwick for three rounds of back-and-forth
action before taking home the decision win.
Source: Sherdog |
Quote
of the Day
"He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand
and walk and
run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying."
Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German Philosopher
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Longman
Jiu-Jitsu Open Date Moved!
December
4, 2005
Veterans Center (just 2 minutes away from the Airport)
Bruno Ewald of Longman Jiu-Jitsu is hosting an end of year tournament.
He says that he has kids that are ready to compete so if your
youngsters are looking for a competition, Kauai will have some
action for you!
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K-1
Max TV Ratings
The
October 12th K-1 Max show, headlined by a number of fights between
foreign and Japanese talent along with an angle by Genki Sudo
and Norifumi Yamamoto to build for their New Year's Eve fight
(I can't believe it is almost New Year's Eve again), drew a 14.8
rating on TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting, where K-1 Max shows have been
airing for years now).
The
peak rating for the show was the Yoshihiro Sato vs. Kaoklai Kaennorsing
bout, which drew a 19.7 rating, which is a nice step up from
the show's composite rating. Sato ended up defeating Kaennorsing
via decision (2-0). Maybe Kaennorsing is better suited in the
underdog position of fighting huge heavyweights like Mighty Mo.
Source: Maxfighting |
ULTIMATE
FIGHTER REVIEW
Tonight the Ultimate Fighter is on Spike TV. Here is a quick
preview of what you can expect tonight. "After his victory,
Luke goes on a binge. Brad quickly learns how different training
is over at Team Hughes. And a heavyweight must live up to everyone’s
expectations."
If
you missed last week's episode, here's MMAWeekly's very own Ken
Pishna with his recap.
On
last week’s show, the evil side of Matt Hughes continued
to manifest itself. Following Jason Von Flue’s win over
Jorge Gurgel on the previous show, Matt seemed to have no interest
in congratulating Jason, actually preferring to play solitaire
instead. When Dana announced that Matt had to give up a welterweight
to Rich, Matt didn’t skip a beat in sending Jason “on
over.” [Shameless stab at sarcasm.] At the end of the show,
Seth Petruzelli sent big Dan Christianson home, winning a unanimous
decision over his friend.
While
Week 7 featured the height of this season’s drama, and that
isn’t saying too much, this week’s episode was the
opposite. This week’s episode had about as much drama as
trying to decide between chocolate or vanilla ice cream. The
dramatic highlight was a water balloon and food fight, which
ended up with Anthony
Torres
getting pantsed.
Even
this week’s challenge was pretty lame. I know, I know, blasphemy.
This week, two welterweights from each team were chosen to play
“Randy Says.” Each team had a punching bag to perform
techniques on the bags (emblazoned with the likenesses of Matt
and Rich, respectively) called out by Randy. Team Hughes won
and earned the pick of the welterweight crop to fight for their
spots on the show, as well as a handful of video games and other
prizes from one of the shows sponsors to breakup the monotony.
Meeting
back at the house, Dana announced that Team Hughes chose to pit
Luke Cummo against Team Franklin’s Anthony Torres. In a
less dramatic move than on past shows, Dana also announced the
Rich had to send one of his heavyweights over to Matt’s
team. Rich chose Brad Imes, most likely due to the fact that
Brad has been struggling with an injured knee and is thus perceived
as the weakest link in Franklin’s heavyweight chain.
One
good side effect of a lack of drama and quick challenges on the
show is we get more time on the fights. Without much fanfare
surrounding the weigh-ins, much of tonight’s show was spent
on the fight, which went the distance.
Actually,
for how this season’s fights have been progressing, this
was one of the better ones. It was fairly one-sided for the most
part, but still entertaining. It was another classic battle of
grappler (Anthony) vs. striker (Luke).
The
first round started off with Anthony looking to establish where
the fight was headed. They spent a lot of time clinched with
Anthony ending up with a takedown. While Anthony was on top for
most of the round on the ground, it still seemed that Luke was
the one getting off the better strikes, even from his back. Towards
the end of the round, Luke reversed position and continued to
dominate the striking with some solid ground and pound.
Luke
started off the second round with a different outlook on the
bout, instituting a much more aggressive strategy than he employed
to start the first round. They clinched again, but Luke quickly
began outpacing Anthony, working his knees and elbows particularly
well. But just as it seemed that Anthony was a deer caught in
the headlights, he managed to drag Luke to the ground, get to
his back and lock in a rear naked choke. Impressively, Luke stayed
calm and didn’t waste any time in reversing position to
once again dominate the rest of the round with his striking.
To
finish off the fight, Luke continued his dominance through the
third round. The confidence in his striking unleashed a brutal
attack on Anthony and Luke even started landing high kicks to
the head. The round was stopped at one point to check a cut near
Anthony’s right eye. Although the cut was deep, the doctor
said it was lateral and didn’t seem to interfere with his
vision, so the fight continued. For his part, Anthony never gave
up and showed a lot of heart and determination just to keep pushing
on to the end of this fight. He even made various attempts to
fire back, but didn’t appear to have the steam behind his
strikes to have much affect on Luke at this point.
When
all was said and done, Luke walked away with a unanimous decision
victory. He did cover the gamut in scoring though. Tony Weeks
scored the bout 30-26, Cecil Peoples scored it 30-27, but somewhat
surprisingly, Dalby Shirley scored the bout 29-28. I honestly
didn’t see a round I would have given to Anthony. (I had
actually scored the bout with Weeks at 30-26.) He landed the
rear naked in the second, but Luke defended well and quickly
and also dominated the rest of the round. I guess that’s
why there are three judges.
Matt
Hughes earned back some of his All-American image, giving credit
to Anthony for being a great fighter and showing a lot of heart.
He just felt that it was a bad match-up for Anthony.
As
much as I have disagreed with Dana White’s judgments of
late, I have to leave you with a quote from a great speech that
he gave regarding Anthony’s performance, “In every
fight, there’s going to be a winner and a loser. There’s
nothing wrong with losing. Everybody loses, it happens. But there’s
something wrong with losing if you don’t give 100%. Anthony
gave everything he had, he fought a great fight, he can walk
out of hear feeling good about himself.”
Source: MMA Weekly |
SYLVIA,
LIDDELL AND PULVER IN MOVIE
Three MMA fighters will be appearing in an upcoming moving starring
Paul Walker and Laurence Fishburn. Walker has been in movies
such as the Fast and the Furious as well as Flag of Our Fathers.
The
three fighters who will be participating in the movie are former
UFC Champions Tim Sylvia and Jens Pulver and current Champion
Chuck Liddell.
Sylvia
told MMAWeekly Radio last week that they will tape the movie
in Baja, Mexico. This will be his movie debut. Tim will be there
for fifteen days along with UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck
"The Iceman" Liddell and Jens "Little Evil"
Pulver. The three have been cast to play roles as white supremacists
in the film.
This
is just the latest instance of MMA fighters crossing over into
the mainstream arena of movies. Randy Couture appeared in a film
on HBO with Gary Busey and Pamela Anderson and many fighters
have made cameo appearances on the HBO hit series Oz.
Source: MMA Weekly |
For
Immediate Release
Contact:
Patrick Freitas
Icon Sport
Director of Promotions
808 375-1645
superbrawl21@yahoo.com
Icon
Sport: Niko vs. Mayhem
Preview Show on K5 The Home Team
October 13, 2005 Honolulu, HI - Icon Sport, the new face of Super
Brawl, is proud to announce that it will air the thirty minute
documentary Icon Sport: Niko versus Mayhem on K5 The Home Team
television. The program will be broadcast every night at 11 p.m.,
October 16 through October 27, with University of Hawaii athletics
preemptions on Thursday, October 20 (Wahine Volleyball) and Saturday,
October 22 (Warrior Football). Icon Sport: Niko versus Mayhem
is the most ambitious video program ever produced by the Icon
Sport management team. It is a gripping, exciting, and entertaining
look at Hawaii's two highest profile mixed martial arts (MMA)
athletes as they prepare to face off in the Friday, October 28
event, Icon Sport: Opposites Attract.
The
story of Falaniko
Vitale
is familiar to most sports fans in Hawaii, from his early University
of Hawaii Football days to his dramatic Middleweight World Championship
knockout victory of Japan's Masanori Suda at Super Brawl: Destiny
in April 2005. Vitale lost the Icon Sport belt in July to seven-time
U.F.C. veteran "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler in one of the
sport's most exciting back-and-forth battles.
After
his painful loss, Falaniko was invited by legendary trainer and
former world champion "The Wizard" Matt Hume to join
him in an eight-week training camp at his elite AMC Pankration
training academy in Kirkland, Washington. Icon Sport: Niko versus
Mayhem is there as Falaniko endures the grueling trials of Hume's
mixed martial arts "boot camp." The show also captures
an emotionally weakened Falaniko Vitale, as he yearns for his
wife, children, family, and friends in Hawaii.
Jason
"Mayhem" Miller has simply captured the adoration of
Hawaii sports fans. An Atlanta, Georgia native who trains in
Las Vegas, this "Haole" - as he proudly calls himself
- is adored by legions of loyal local fans who refer to themselves
as "Mayhem Monkeys." Mayhem is one of the most quick-witted,
charismatic, and eccentric athletes ever to compete in Hawaii.
But don't let his antics fool you. Mayhem, undefeated against
local fighters, is one of the toughest, never-say-die warriors
in MMA. Icon Sport: Niko versus Mayhem looks at the futuristic
fighting machine known as Jason Mayhem Miller as he prepares
for the biggest fight of his life against Falaniko Vitale.
WHO:
Icon Sport, The New Face of Super Brawl
WHAT: Icon Sport: Niko versus Mayhem 30-minute Preview Show
WHEN: *11 p.m. Every Night; Sunday,
October 16 - Thursday, October 27 (no broadcast Oct 20 &
22)
WHERE: K5 The Home Team, KFVE Channel 5, Honolulu
Source:
Icon Sport
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Quote
of the Day
"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves
of strength
that will endure as long as life lasts."
Rachel Carson, 1907-1964, American Biologist/Ecologist/Author
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MaXpreview:
Pride Fully Loaded
PRIDE
Fully Loaded (couldn't they have come up with more original name
than that) takes place on October 23rd in Japan, and is headlined
by the return to PRIDE of Ken Shamrock, as the battered warrior
takes on another equally battered warrior in Kazushi Sakuraba.
Mirko Cro Cop will also participate in his first fight since
losing to Fedor Emelianenko, as he is rematched with the returning
Josh Barnett.
Beyond
those two fights it is not much of a card. Quinton Jackson also
returns for the last fight on his current contract with PRIDE,
taking on Hirotaka Yokoi. Sergei Kharitonov and Murilo "Ninja"
Rua are also in action, and Kharitonov's fight with Fabricio
Werdum should actually be interesting.
Let's
get to the fight-by-fight breakdown:
Mirko
Cro Cop vs. Josh Barnett: The last time they fought, Mirko won
by submission when Barnett was injured just moments into the
bout. Now Barnett is back and Mirko is coming off a loss. It
is an important fight for both and although Mirko is the bigger
star in Japan, I believe it is more pertinent for Barnett to
win because Pride needs challengers for Fedor's heavyweight title
as there are not many out there. It is grappler vs. striker.
Barnett has been knocked out before, by Pedro Rizzo and Mirko
could do it. On the ground, Barnett has a heavy advantage. This
is a good matchup because anything can happen, but I have to
pick Barnett by decision if he is fully healed and ready for
a fight of his calibre.
Pick: Barnett via decision
Kazushi
Sakuraba vs. Ken Shamrock: The cornerstones of Pride and UFC
history do battle here. Without Ken there may be no modern UFC
and without Saku there certainly would be no modern Pride. Other
than that, there isn't much to this fight. Sakuraba is giving
up an awful lot of weight and strength here, but what else is
new. Sakuraba is the better striker. Sakuraba is also the better
wrestler, but Ken's size may be too much for him here. Both are
trained in old-time Japanese submission wrestling so that's another
perspective to this fight. The gimmick here is a Sakuraba comeback
win over a guy with name value, and he'll probably pull it off.
You'd be amazing at the amount of emails I get from new MMA fans
that still think Ken Shamrock, who is the most overrated fighter
in MMA right now, is still the shit.
Pick: Sakuraba via decision
Sergei
Kharitonov vs. Fabricio Werdum: Very interesting fight. Kharitonov
brings his sambo and boxing skills against Werdum's submission
skills. Kharitonov was too good to be submitted by Antonio Rodrigo
Nogueira and will not be submitted here. Werdum probably does
not have the stand-up ability to match Kharitonov, which could
lead to a knockout win by Kharitonov. No matter how it ends Kharitonov
is taking this one home to setup a fight with Fedor Emelianenko.
Pick: Kharitonov via TKO
Quinton
Jackson vs. Hirotaka Yokoi: Yokoi is known for hanging with Nogueira
until the second round in their fight from awhile back, and that's
it. Jackson has looked like crap for the last year or so and
is in the last fight of his contract. He could end up resigning
or going to the UFC. Yokoi showed no standup ability against
Heath Herring in a previous fight and Jackson should wipe him
out. That is, if he is up to the task.
Pick: Jackson via TKO
Murilo
Ninja vs. Murad Chunkaev: Who? Chunkaev is from Chechnya, and
is another European pickup for Pride, fighting for Team Golden
Glory with a 5-1 record. This should be a good striking fight,
although Murilo Rua with the more experience should pull this
one out. Chunkaev's one loss was via submission, though, so it
is not like he's been knocked out before.
Pick: Ninja via TKO
James
Thompson vs. Alexandru Lungu: Lungu is a freakshow from Romania,
and weighs in at an obese 368 pounds. Thompson is no midget himself,
standing at 6'4" and weighing 265 pounds. Lungu holds a
bunch of judo and sambo titles. If Thompson is real he should
mop the floor with him.
Pick: Thompson via TKO
Henry
"Sentoryu" Miller vs. Zulu: More freakshow non-sense.
This will be a brawl and end in a knockout
Pick: Miller via TKO
Yoon
Dong Sik vs. Makoto Takimoto: Dong Sik is the guy that was brought
into this year's Grand Prix to be the first round tomato can
for Sakuraba. Now, he gets the chance to be the tomato can for
the struggling Makoto Takimoto, whom I'm sure Pride would like
to build into a star considering his sports pedigree in Japan.
Takimoto will submit him, but I don't see this as a star (or
restart) of a star in the making with Takimoto.
Pick: Takimoto via submission
Source: Maxfighting
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Ultimate
Fighter Journal: Episode 8
Not
much to the episode this week as they are just getting down to
the final few shows and the semi-final fights. They talk a bit
about the previous week's fight, where Seth defeated Dan. Dana
White says he thinks Seth could have finished the fight. Rich
Franklin tells his team that he is likely going to have to send
one of their heavyweights over to Team Hughes since the teams
are uneven again.
He
ended up giving up Brad Imes later in the show. Imes later said
it was to his advantage to work with all the heavyweights on
both teams and to be coached by both Franklin and Hughes. Despite
all that I think it is unlikely that Imes is going to be the
heavyweight winner for TUF 2. Mike Whitehead, despite some bad
nerves shown in this episode when talking to Joe Stevenson about
Dan's poor performance in the octagon, I think could pull it
out although I think Keith Jardine has to be the strong public
favourite.
The
competition for the welterweights this week was a spin on the
kid's game "Simon Says", where Randy Couture called
out MMA moves to be completed by the participants of course only
if "Randy says". At least this challenge is MMA related.
Team Hughes ends up winning. They would end up pairing Luke and
Anthony, which would end up being an interesting fight.
They
present this as a grappler vs. striker matchup. Anthony Torres
has the wrestling ability whereas Luke can strike. However, because
of Luke's bizarre behaviour some might be mystified about his
actual skill in the octagon. I actually believe Luke is a serious
underdog to win the welterweight division, although Joe Stevenson
has looked like one of the easy favourites since day one and
his stock has to have soared now that Jorge Gurgel is long gone.
Anthony
was able to control the first round of the fight by taking Luke
down and controlling him on the ground, although he ate a lot
of strikes in the process. The second round was more in favour
of Luke, as he landed the elbow shots, although Torres went for
a choke at one point in the frame.
Round
three saw more elbows and knees from Luke, opening a cut on Anthony's
face close to this eye. Luckily for Anthony it was not above
the eye and only to the side, so he could continue to fight.
Unluckily for Anthony, though, was that Luke was on fire with
the strikes and ended up winning a unanimous decision when the
match went to the time limit. This puts Luke in the weltweight
semi-finals with Jason Von Flue, Sam Morgan and the heavy favorite,
Joe Stevenson.
Source: Maxfighting |
A
Night of SUPERSTARS In Canada's MMA Capitol
MONTREAL
(CANADA), October 18th, 2005 – TKO Major League MMA is thrilled
to announce their line up for TKO 23: EXTREME™ to be held
on November 5th, 2005 at The Colisee Des Bois-Francs in beautiful
Victoriaville, Quebec. This marvelous fight card will be headlined
by a co-main event in which Canadian superstar, Jonathan Goulet
will square off against the crafty veteran, Shonie Carter. Also,
TKO’s new Lightweight Champion, Sam Stout, will rematch
former champion, Donald Ouimet. These two electrifying fights
will cap off a night of extreme mixed martial arts action!
Fresh
off his victorious UFC debut, JONATHAN GOULET (14-5-0) continues
to fight the best welterweight competition in the world as he
collides with the always dangerous, SHONIE CARTER (31-13-6).
Goulet comes into this fight riding a very impressive nine fight
winning streak which includes dominating performances over John
Alessio, Tony Fryklund and Kyle Jensen. He recently fought Jay
Hieron in the UFC’s Ultimate Fight Night 2 on Spike TV.
His exciting fight could not be shown on television as it looked
“like a horror film” per the words of UFC President,
Dana White. It was reportedly even more brutal than his fight
against Fryklund. Goulet landed devastating punches and knees
which opened up several nasty cuts on Hieron’s forehead
leaving the octagon looking like an animal had just been slaughtered.
Carter is not intimidated; he’s been in the ring with the
best mixed martial arts has to offer. Carter’s unorthodox
standup and excellent wrestling skills will test Goulet to the
fullest. Can Goulet continue to steamroll the competition on
his way to international fame? Or, will the wily veteran, Carter,
prove once again why he is so highly regarded in the fight game?
These two impeccable athletes are set to brawl in this contest
of momentous importance!
The
two best Lightweights in the history of Canadian mixed martial
arts are set to go at it again! The young phenom, SAM STOUT (7-1-1)
won a razor thin split decision victory over DONALD OUIMET (10-4-0)
in their first encounter at TKO 21. Ouimet immediately requested
a rematch and Stout was more than happy to oblige him. In their
first fight, neither fighter showed much interest in taking the
fight to the ground. Instead, they chose to treat the sell out
crowd to a very entertaining and tremendously technical standup
clash between a traditional Muay Thai fighter, Stout, and a seasoned
boxer, Ouimet. The stakes don’t get any higher as this fight
will solidify who the best Lightweight in Canada is!
Team
Tompkins’ newest sensation, CHRIS HORODECKI (1-0-0) will
challenge DAVE GOULET (6-3-0) in a fight that promises colossal
fireworks! Most TKO fans are still buzzing from Goulet versus
Stout at TKO 18 which many consider one of the best fights in
Canadian mixed martial arts history. This fight has all the markings
of being on the same epic proportions! Horodecki will undoubtedly
attempt to use his stunning Muay Thai skills to overwhelm his
opponent. But, Goulet has shown numerous times that he has the
heart of a lion. His only losses have been to the current and
former TKO Lightweight Champions, Stout and Ouimet. He will use
his crisp boxing skills on his feet and his ever improving ground
and pound technique on the mat in an attempt to derail this new,
young phenom’s ascension through the ranks. This match-up
has “show stealer” written all over it!
No
fight card is complete without some bad blood and controversy
surrounding it. THIERRY QUENNEVILLE (8-3-0) versus MAX MARIN
(5-6-0) will provide the bad blood and controversy for TKO 23!
Marin was livid after the referee’s stoppage at 2:46 of
round one in their first fight, only one month prior, at TKO
22. Quenneville was taking the fight to Marin and was in the
midst of a seemingly brutal ground and pound when the referee
decided to halt the contest. Marin, apparently unaffected by
the punishment quickly jumped to his feet and pleaded his case.
At TKO 23, Marin will get the opportunity to avenge his loss
and prove his point. Quenneville, on the other hand, will look
to shut Marin up and move one step closer to his long awaited
title shot.
Order
your tickets now through the TKO Ticket office (1-866-445-8886).
COMPLETE
FIGHT CARD:
WW
Main Event: SHONIE CARTER vs. JONATHAN GOULET
TKO
World LW Championship: DONALD OUIMET vs. SAM STOUT
LW
Superfight: CHRIS HORODECKI vs. DAVE GOULET
HW
Superfight: KRZYSTOF SOSZYNSKI vs. MARTIN DESILETS
LW
Superfight: SPENCER FISHER vs. FABIO HOLANDA
SLW
Superfight: MAX MARIN vs. THIERRY QUENNEVILLE
SLW
Superfight: GREG COMPTON vs. STEPHANE VIGNEAULT
SLW
Superfight: DAN RATIU vs. DAVE PARISEAU
WW
Preliminary: AARON TREGEAR vs. DANY LAFLAMME
SLW
Preliminary: JAMES HAOURT vs. SYLVAIN CLOUTIER
Source: Maxfighting
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Quote
of the Day
"Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil
the intellect."
Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian Painter and Sculptor
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Gracie
Fighter Confirms Shields Rumor
Shields in ROTR Super Tournament
Jake Shields is confirmed to participate on a stacked Rumble
On The Rock GP tournament. The tournament was originally slated
for the 19th of November, however it has now been rescheduled
to take place sometime in early December.
Also rumored to be on the card are the following fighters: "Charuto"
Verissimo, Frank Trigg, Dennis Hallman, Chris Brennan, and Matt
Serra. Stay tuned for upcoming developments.
Source: Gracie Fighter
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Babalú
celebrates Pé-de-Pano's debut
Márcio Pé-de-Pano made his MMA debut at UFC 55,
last October 7, submitting the Japanese Keigo Kunihara by rear-naked-choke.
The victory was celebrated by his teammate, the experienced Renato
Babalú, who also won at UFC 55. "Pé-de-Pano
was great. Debuting on UFC in that way, submitting, is awesome.
He was great inside the octagon", Babalú says. He
also loved to face Chael Sonnen.
-
I wanted to face Chael Sonnen for a long time. He was talking
some stuffs about me I didn't like and I solved it now. The guy
did a wrong movement and I submitted him by triangle. It was
a fight to make me more confident and to bring me back to the
octagon after an absence due to an injury - Babalú states.
Now, the Gracie Barra Combat Team star will take a little vacation
from the octagon. "My vacations will be on the mats, training
Jiu-Jitsu. But at the Jiu-Jitsu, I'm just a white belt",
he says.
Source: Tatame
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K-1
World Max - Full Results
TOKYO,
October 12, 2005 -- On a card replete with elite talent, Dutch
fighters continued their dominance of things K-1 as Andy Souwer
and Albert Kraus both won at the K-1 World Max '05 in Tokyo.
The one-match showcase event, held at the Yoyogi Olympic Complex,
also saw impressive performances from Greek slugger Mike Zambidis
and Lithuanian dynamo Remigijus Morkevicius. Meanwhile, Japanese
newcomer Yoshihiro Sato upset the trimmed-down Kaoklai Kaennorsing,
a former K-1 World GP Tokyo Dome Finalist making his World Max
class debut here.
The
fights were contested under regular K-1 Max Rules -- three rounds
of three minutes each, with one possible tiebreaker round; with
the card's first two bouts conducted under Hero's Mixed Martial
Arts Rules.
Shooto
Boxer Andy Souwer took on veteran Japanese kickboxer Kozo Takeda
in the main event. Souwer captured the 2005 World Max crown by
beating three opponents at the final in Kanagawa this July, while
32 year-old Takeda packs a record of 39 wins (30 by KO) in 57
fights.
Takeda
started by firing in four unanswered low kicks, and kept the
attacks focused through a fast-paced first. By midway through
the round, Souwer was in trouble, clearly favoring his left leg.
But the second saw the Dutch fighter back Takeda to the ropes
and lay in with punches. Souwer threw a dozen before Takeda attempted
to counter with a left, leaving himself open for the split-second
Souwer needed to connect soundly with a left hook, felling Takeda
for the KO victory.
"I
wanted to mix it up more," said Souwer post-bout, "but
he hurt my leg early and I couldn't put any power behind my kicks.
I had to switch to the punches and go all out, and it worked!"
Also
highly anticipated was the penultimate bout pitting Kaoklai Kaennorsing
of Thailand against challenger Yoshihiro Sato of Japan. This
was Kaoklai's debut in World Max -- the Thai fighter shed eight
kilograms to make the weight class, actually tipping the scales
in with room to spare at 69kg. Kaoklai became the only fighter
ever to compete in both K-1 and World Max weight classes, but
the quick-slim might have taken its toll on his power and stamina.
Kaoklai
had the low, middle and high kicks working, but they were not
as hard as they have been in the past, and Sato displayed solid
blocking throughout. Both fighters had their chances, Kaoklai
going with the fists some, Sato always cool and bringing the
knee up well. The fighters engaged with similar styles and this
frequently brought the bout to the clinch.
In
the end, neither fighter dominated and one judge saw a draw,
but Sato squeaked out a majority decision.
"I
know Kaoklai only got this fight a couple of weeks ago,"
said Sato in his post-fight interview, "and I think having
to lose all that weight so quickly meant that he was not 100%
tonight. But I'm happy with the result, after my last fight [a
loss by decision against Virgil Kalakoda], I felt like I let
down my fans, so I wanted to make it up to them this time with
a win."
It
seems like only yesterday that Albert Kraus of Holland became
the first-ever World Max Champion, and the 25 year-old World
Max "veteran" showed tonight that he still has what
it takes, notching a convincing win against 35 year-old former
Japan Super Welterweight Champion Akira Ohigashi.
Kraus
used his legs plenty tonight, looking a more complete K-1 fighter
with an arsenal that included his punches of course but also
included hard low kicks, high kicks, knees, and even a spectacular
overhead flip. It was the low kicks that did most of the damage,
and Ohigashi was limping badly by the end of the first. In the
second Kraus scored a down with a low kick to his opponent's
left leg, and really the Japanese fighter should have thrown
in the towel at this point, because it was clear their man was
suffering and almost immobile. Instead, all Kraus had to do was
fire in another low kick for another down, and then do the same
thing a third time to end the fight.
Said
Kraus afterward: "I didn't plan a specific strategy for
this fight, I wanted to improvise. Ohigashi has great spirit,
but speed-wise I think I was better and that made the difference!"
Mike
Zambidis of Greece turned the body blow machine on early in his
bout, pummeling Japanese boxer Satoru Suzuki. The Greek fighter
then surprised many with a series of good hard low kicks and
flying knees. Having added some new tricks to his attacks, Zambidis
too looked a more complete K-1 fighter, and although Suzuki got
one or two combinations working, he was outclassed here. Zambidis
wore down the Japanese fighter's left leg with low kicks, forcing
a referee stop in the second for the KO win. Where many fighters
might have pumped there fists in the air in victory, Zambidis
showed superior sportsmanship as he stepped in on Sato, who was
wobbling and about to fall, and pulled the fighter back to his
feet with a congratulatory embrace.
Remigijus
Morkevicius of Lithuania came out like a loaded gun against Japanese
fighter Kazuya Yasuhiro. Morkevicius was fast and just relentless
with his punching and kicking, fighting in the terrifically exciting
go-to manner of a Ruslan Karaev. Yasuhiro has a great chin and
is no slouch -- the Seidokaikan fighter made some good efforts
in the second and late in the third -- but this about was as
one-sided as a fight can be. Twice in the first the Lithuanian
Muay Thai stylist downed Yasuhiro, and twice in the second did
the same. In the third, again, Yasuhiro hit the canvas twice.
Scored 30-21 on all cards for Morkevicius.
Australian
Muay Thai sensation John Wayne Parr has been working on his boxing,
not only training but also competing, putting together a decent
10-3 record in pugilistic pursuits since 2002. Here he used those
skills to beat Japanese Muay Thai fighter Kinami. This was a
fast-paced fight, Parr always faster with his straight punch
and low kick combinations to take a well-deserved unanimous decision.
Jiu-jitsu
fighter Ian Schaffa of Australia used hooks to score a couple
of quick first round downs and hung on to beat Muay Thai fighter
Akeomi Nitta of Japan by unanimous decision.
Making
his K-1 debut, Indian fighter Black Mamba used a left straight
punch to score a first round down against kickboxer Hayato, but
the Japanese fighter rallied impressively in the second, recording
a down with a right backhand blow just 15 seconds in, then finishing
the Indian Muay Thai fighter off with a right hook just seconds
after resumption.
In
the Hero's mixed martial arts rules bouts, Yoshihiro Akiyama
of Japan worked the ground-and-pound on Michael Lerma of the
United States, forcing a referee stop just midway through the
first round; while Japanese fighter Hideo Tokoro needed barely
a minute to submit American Gabriel Lemley with a triangle.
In
undercard K-1 Max Rules action, Kazuki Hamasaki KO'd Hakuto;
Yuya Yamamoto beat Ash-Ra by unanimous decision; and Shinro Garyu
beat Samir Berbachi by second round TKO.
Source: Maxfighting |
Quote
of the Day
"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished,
but by what you should have accomplished with your ability."
John Wooden, Hall of Fame American Basketball Player and Coac
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FSN's
Beyond The Glory Featuring the UFC
Today,
Sunday, Oct. 16
From Fox Sports Net:
Sun.,
Oct. 16: BEYOND THE GLORY: ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP. FSN's
documentary show looks at the best mixed-martial arts organization
in the world. BTG shows how UFC rose from local brawls to an
international phenomenon that made UFC fighters household names.
BTG: UFC airs at 6:00 PM local.
Source: MMA Fighting
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Rumble
Heads Back to Hilo
Not only does Rumble head back to Hilo, but it also returns to
the venue that started it all, Edith Kanakaole Tennis Stadium.
The event is scheduled for Saturday, November 5th.
The event will be called "Just Scrap."
Mike Bickers (BJ Penn's MMA) vs. Ashton Castro (Young Guns Clube
de Luta)
Buddy Betts (BJ Penn's MMA) vs. Maluhia Kuahiwinui (Puna Boyz)
Albert Manners (Puna Boyz) vs. Gavin Mata
Justin "Merc" Mercado vs. David Mareno
Tama vs. Scott Spencer
"Sugar" Shane Nelson (BJ Penn's MMA) vs. TBA
Kaleo Padilla (Kona Boxing) vs. Sean Castro
Jay Carter (BJ Penn's MMA) vs. Jason Daquel (Team Mixbreed)
Ross "Da Boss" Ebanez vs. TBA
Wesley "Cabbage" Correira (BJ Penn's MMA) vs. TBA
Source: Event Promoter
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Longman
Jiu-Jitsu Open On November 26th
Longman head instructor, Bruno Ewald is putting together another
tournament on the island of Kauai. The location is still pending,
but will be known in a few days. The tournament will feature
gi and no gi divisions. The no gi division will have two divisions,
Intermediate and Advanced.
Please call Bruno at (808) 645-1265 for more information.
Source: Bruno Ewald
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Brasa
Team fights the Budo in USA
Brasa academy will have some of its main athletes fighting at
Budoo, event of super-fight programmed for October 19, in California,
United States. The BJJ world champion Leonardo Vieira, Ronaldo
Jacaré and Robert Drysdale are confirmed on the card.
"We are training hard for this competition and we have great
possibilities to come back to Brazil with the first place",
comments Drysdale, champion of the I Mundial Faixa Preta and
the X Campeonato Mundial de Jiu-Jitsu. Budo will have awarding
in money and the fights will have three rounds of three minutes
each.
Source:
Tatame
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FEDOR
FEATURED IN MAINSTREAM RUSSIAN NEWSPAPER
The following article appeared in The St. Petersburg Times, which
is Russia's biggest english-language daily newspaper:
Russian
Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Wins Fame and Fortune in the Caged
Rings of Japan
By Yuriy Humber
He
is one of Japan's most famous sporting heroes. Fans beg to know
the smallest details of his diet, or how he met his wife. For
millions, he is the modern embodiment of a samurai: strong, faithful,
skilled, and contained. And he's Russian.
Fyodor
Yemelyanenko (Fedor Emelianenko) , 29, has ruled the mixed martial
arts cage of PRIDE, Japan's most popular combat tournament, for
the last two years - its reigning champion since March 16, 2003.
Yet, the man nicknamed "The Last Emperor," for he leaves
the ring last - its ruler and its champion - is virtually unknown
in his native country, though he says citizens of Stary Oskol,
a town of some 200,000 people in central Russia where he was
born, often stop him to shake hands.
In
the PRIDE tournament, where bleeding noses are as regular inside
the ring as popcorn is in the stands, the mere addition of Yemelyanenko's
name to a fighting bill can guarantee crowds of over 50,000 people
at the Tokyo Dome, even if entrance tickets start at $65 and
cost up to $900 for VIP seats. Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro
Koizumi counts himself a fan. And the country's young businessmen
turn woozy and girly in Yemelyanenko's presence and beg for his
autograph.
When
Yemelyanenko walks down Nevsky Prospekt he can relax. The fighter,
1.83 meters tall (6'0) , weighing 106 kilograms (233 pounds)
and wearing a navy-blue tracksuit, is unlikely to draw much attention
on the main street of St. Petersburg, a city the champion is
about to move to from Stary Oskol.
"I
don't mind that," Yemelyanenko said in an interview. "It
makes life easier."
After
all, his entry to the mixed fighting arena was not motivated
by a search for fame, Yemelyanenko says. His motivation was far
more basic.
"I
had financial problems. I was in the Russian national squad for
sambo and judo. But, we were facing severe financial restrictions;
professional sport had absolutely no backing in terms of money,"
he said.
Years
of training in self-defense and judo as a teenager, then weights,
cross-country runs and extra workouts on top of army exercises
during the obligatory two years of service, had molded Yemelyanenko
into a top national athlete, winner of the European Sambo Championship
in 1997, a runner-up and bronze medalist at three international
judo tournaments in 1999.
"I
entered my first competition, literally, a week out of the army,"
the fighter said. Within a couple of years Yemelyanenko earned
the official Master of Sport qualification in judo and sambo,
a Russian martial art that is close to judo.
"But
after three years competing at the top level, the financial rewards
were nothing to speak of. So, I had to search a little."
By
then, Yemelyanenko had an extra motivation to spur on the search.
In 1999, the athlete had decided to marry his childhood sweetheart,
Oksana, and later in the same year became a dad, nursing a baby
girl, which the couple named Maria. The fighter's personal story
- tying the knot with a girl he met during a Pioneer summer camp,
where Oksana acted as brigade leader and the teenage Yemelyanenko
competed in a sports event - had much to do with propelling the
fighter to celebrity status in Japan.
"The
image of a caring father, which sometimes runs contrary to the
traditional idea of a Japanese salaryman who is forever at work
or at meetings with clients until late into the night, has been
very important in capturing Asian audiences," said Yekaterina
Korsakova, the Russian representative of Dream Stage Entertainment,
or DSE, the company that has organized PRIDE since 1997.
"Japanese
viewers see Fyodor (Yemelyanenko), watch the way PRIDE's combatants
express their emotional side in the ring, and it fascinates them,"
she said.
"It's
not just a fight pure and simple. The fighters' backgrounds play
a vital role in telling the audience who it is that they are
watching. Then, what unfolds in the huge arenas is an entertainment
of a very high level, with multimedia, a wind-up of emotions,
and of course the showdown. And that last part is definitely
real. Just look at the blood," Korsakova said, pointing
to one the magazines DSE publishes to promote the tournament
in Japan and abroad.
Contrary
to the barbaric image mixed fighting has inadvertently attracted,
PRIDE maintains that their tournament has strict rules, "attempting
to mimic the realities of an actual fight in the form of a legitimate
and honorable sport," DSE says on its official web site.
The
tournament, the most popular of several similar competitions
running in Japan, presents fighters of mixed national and sports
backgrounds, practicing a variety of styles from jujitsu to wrestling,
in "a match that is still ultimately a sport."
Fighters
ranging from the 2000 gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling,
Rulon Gardner, to Brazilian Muay Thai champion Wanderlei Da Silva
compete for three rounds, the first lasting 10 minutes, the last
two 5 minutes, attempting to win with a technical knockout, through
a judges' decision or an opponent's submission.
According
to PRIDE rules, punching, kicking, wrestling, grappling, and
choking are in. Biting, eye thumbing, head butting, attacking
the groin, elbows to the head, pulling hair and attacking the
back of the head are out.
In
practice, Yemelyanenko said the rules are prone to "some
digressions." After a pause, he adds, "in fact, quite
often.â€"
"There
are some contestants that fight dirty, even attracting attention
to themselves on this very basis," he said.
For
fighters and wrestlers of traditional Olympic sports, in which
illegal moves are strictly controlled and mean automatic disqualification,
the biggest challenge in the caged ring is confidence, Yemelyanenko
said. "Coming over to mixed fighting means starting from
zero, means learning attacks and how to deliver blows,"
he said.
In
2000, after being spotted by Japanese scouts at a judo championship
in Tula, which Yemelyanenko won, he was invited to take his wrestling
skill to a Tokyo-based mixed fight tournament called RINGS, also
managed by DSE. The RINGS event allows younger fighters and those
with less experience to test their prowess in "a more sporty
mixed martial arts tournament, [in which] you can't hit the opponent
in the face," Yemelyanenko said.
For
mixed fighting, the sambo champion studied new techniques. "I
had to learn boxing, which was a completely new discipline for
me. For a wrestler it is hard to accept. All life you grapple
(with opponents), and then you have to switch to working in a
lot of punches," Yemelyanenko said, speaking in a soft monotone.
When
the fighter arrived for his first match in Japan, in May 2000,
months of learning, training, exhaustive repetition of new maneuvers
culminated in just a 12-second combat appearance. The fight involved
one three-blow combination.
"When
I walked out onto the ring I sensed that the opponent was a worse
fighter than me. He moved slowly, kept his hands on his belt
like a karate kid. I went in with a first attack and it was a
knockout," he said.
Yemelyanenko
went on to win the world crown of the RINGS tournament twice
in 2001 and was consequently invited to join the senior-class
PRIDE event. In less than five years, the Russian champion has
recorded 22 wins, 1 loss, and 1 "no contest," when
a match was annulled due to an accidental cut.
Yemelyanenko
won two matches despite having his finger broken during the contest.
"I thought it had been only sprained, and I didn't show
it to the ring doctors," he said. Mixed fighters in the
RINGS and PRIDE tournaments don't wear gloves as in boxing, but
wear pads on the outside of their arm that allow for very high-impact
blows. Cuts and bleeding noses are common.
Over
the last four to five years, Yemelyanenko has picked up Muay
Thai, kickboxing and persevered with boxing. Nonetheless, on
his fighter's card the style still reads: "judo and sambo."
"A
lot of what I learned from sambo and judo has stayed. Certainly
all of the throws. (The skills) have just adapted," Yemelyanenko
explained. "The main thing is that (mixed fight tournaments)
are not an arena for a street fight or a brawl. The fighters
involved are specialists in their field. And what they perform
is their art."
The
champion disagrees that such sporting entertainment necessarily
encourages violence or influences youngsters to take to street
brawls. The mixed fight tournaments pit "professional fighters
against each other," Yemelyanenko said. "The contestants
are thinking people with years of training behind them. They
try to catch the rival out, show an audience their class, their
style, and its specialty."
"In
Japan, you sometimes see people bring little two-or three-year-olds
to PRIDE matches. The sport has a lot of respect," he said.
Vadim
Finkelshtein, a St. Petersburg-based entrepreneur who is the
fighter's manager, said Yemelyanenko's success has brought recognition
and respect to sambo, lifting the prestige of the Russian martial
art around the world.
"Before
Fyodor, who rated sambo abroad? Everyone thought jujitsu was
the best martial art, because Brazilian fighters, (who regularly
top PRIDE rankings) used it. Now, sambo has won respect,"
Finkelshtein said.
Yemelyanenko
has not abandoned practicing his original style in its pure form.
The fighter plans to travel to the Sambo World Championships
in Prague this month, although admittedly it could be his last
appearance as an amateur sportsman.
"My
schedule with PRIDE is pretty full and takes away too much energy,"
Yemelyanenko said. This is also the reason the champion cites
for having little to do with promoting sambo and mixed fighting
tournaments in his native country.
"It's
hard for many Russian fighters to get somewhere in professional
tournaments such as PRIDE at the moment, which is why Fyodor's
achievement merits him a heroic status," said Finkelshtein.
"Most of the interested fighters are dotted around the country,
they have little access to proper gyms or consistent training."
Only
two mixed fight clubs operate in Russia: the St. Petersburg-based
Red Devil, which Yemelyanenko belongs to and which is run by
Finkelshtein, and Moscow-based Russia Top Team. Both clubs list
30 or more fighters, but very few are of tournament standard,
PRIDE's Korsakova said.
While
the success of Russian tennis players abroad has sparked off
mass popularity for the sport at home, combat sports, apart from
boxing, have had a slow response.
"The
first (problem) is Russian television," Yemelyanenko said.
"The media in Russia is not as developed as in Japan. There,
the fans are very supportive. They want to know about their idols.
They follow the sports very keenly - on TV, in the papers, on
the Internet.
"If,
in Russia, New Year is a time for broadcasting all kinds of glitz-glamour
evenings or musical concerts, in Japan the majority of channels
compete to show mixed martial art matches," he said.
Korsakova
notes that the slow spread of Japan-based fighting tournaments
to Europe and America is in part due to the caution with which
the entertainment companies behind the sport test new markets.
"With
the high cost of organizing a PRIDE fighting bill, it aims at
a mass audience. And, of course, our company realizes it cannot
immediately pack a Russian venue with 50,000 fans. That's if
a venue that size exists in Russia," Korsakova said.
Meanwhile,
the sport has found strong backing in North America, and is broadcast
on cable TV in 11 European countries, about 20 countries in the
Middle East and Africa, as well as New Zealand and parts of Southeast
Asia.
Recent
negotiations with Eurosport have resulted in the network agreeing
to cover mixed martial art tournaments co-sponsored by PRIDE,
which took place in St. Petersburg on Wednesday (Oct. 4) and
in Holland in November.
"Except
that Eurosport asked us for the fights to be held in a normal
ring, not in a cage. For them, if it's in a ring then it's a
real sport - in a cage it's not," Finkelshtein said. "Well,
that's fine with us. We'll do without the cage."
As
for Yemelyanenko, joined in the last few years in the PRIDE tournament
by Alexander, the oldest of his two younger brothers, the aim
is to continue competing and earn some more of the financial
stability he sought at the beginning. In Japan, product endorsement
and TV advertising revenues often double the wages of popular
sporting heroes, and Yemelyanenko has no qualms about letting
the years of tough fighting pay off handsomely.
"If
people know me, they want to see products with my name on them.
Globally, (Fyodor Yemelyanenko as a brand) has only started to
develop as an image and an industry."
"I
always dreamed of realizing myself as a sportsman," Yemelyanenko
said. "Now, I do work that I love and it pays."
Source:
Fight Sport
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Quote
of the Day
"Champions keep playing until they get it right."
Billie Jean King, American Tennis Player
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Tuesday
Night Fights at the Plaza Results
Academic & Athletic Training Center, Hilo, Hawaii
October 11, 2005
By Chris Onzuka - Chris@Onzuka.com
I apologize
for the delay in reporting the results, the traveling, day job
and Jiu-Jitsu Academy caught up with me, so please enjoy.
Shinsuke Tamaru & Kana Hyatt
Hilo's homegrown promotion called Toughman Hawaii breaks new
ground by "breaking in" Wally Carvalho's Academic &
Athletic Training Center by hosting its first spin off event,
called Tuesday Night Fights at the Plaza inside these doors.
The training center is by no means a small gym where chairs are
crammed into all available spaces. On the contrary, this gym
is the largest, and possibly the only one of its kind in the
state. In addition to the full size 24 foot boxing ring and 30'x30'
wrestling mat, the gym also contain a number of weight lifting
and cardio machines, a custom built punching bag rack that holds
23 various punching bags, a row of lockers and that does not
even include the "Academic" portion of the center.
Needless to say, over 600 fight fans comfortably fit in the training
center and there is a lot more room as this event grows.
Tuesday
Night Fights hopes to be regularly held event and from the popularity
of this event, it is well on its way. The event featured 12 matches
that kept the crowd thoroughly entertained. The Junior division
was kicked off with two young fighters just going after each
other for three rounds. Villanueva and Tampon exchanged punches
with neither fighter backing up or slowing down. The action continued
and led up to the showman, David Moreno who pumped up the crowd
by dancing his way to the ring. With that kind of entrance, you
had better walk the walk and Moreno did just that. He had a few
intense exchanges with Edward Williams and fired off some spinning
kicks narrowly missing Edwards. In the end, a solid kick to the
body knocked the wind out of Williams and Moreno finished him
off, causing the corner to throw in the towel. This was a great
lead in to the next fight. One of the best kept secrets in Hilo
is Kana Hyatt. Hyatt showcased speed, accuracy and power in his
fight against a tough Tamaru. Hyatt almost finished Tamaru in
the second, but Tamaru was saved by the bell. Tamaru recovered
and stayed in the fight taking Hyatt to a decision. Keep your
eyes on Hyatt; he will make bigger waves soon. The main event
was short and sweet. Raymond Castro landed punches when Nobriga
was on the way in, hitting him with leg kicks on the outside
and finished him off with a barrage of punches and vicious knees,
ending the event with a bang. Fight fans got their money's worth
with a number of fights, a lot of action and a well run event.
Junior
Division
3 Rounds - 1 Minute
Kevin Villanueva def. Ryan Tampon
Unanimous decision [(30-27), (30-28), (30-27)] after 3 rounds.
Junior
Division
3 Rounds - 1 Minute
Christian Ancheta def. Riquo Abadilla
Split decision [(30-27), (28-29), (29-28)] after 3 rounds.
Junior Division
3 Rounds - 1 Minute
Nephi Lancaster def. Daniel Friend
Unanimous decision [(30-29), (30-27), (30-27)] after 3 rounds.
Junior
Division
3 Rounds - 1 Minute
Cory Sanchez def. Conn Wallamen
Unanimous decision [(30-29), (29-28), (30-27)] after 3 rounds.
Toughman
3 Rounds - 1 Minute
Gavin Matta def. Jay R. Bautista
Unanimous decision [(30-27), (30-30), (30-27)] after 3 rounds.
Toughman:
Open Division (K-1 styled rules)
3 Rounds - 2 Minutes
Jon Estabillo def. Kristopher Moniz
TKO via verbal submission at 1:50 minutes in Round 1.
Toughman
3 Rounds - 1 Minute
Mathew Moniz def. Manu Nakaoka
Unanimous decision [(29-28), (29-28), (29-28)] after 3 rounds.
Toughman
3 Rounds - 2 Minutes
Ashton Castro def. Bradford Moniz
Unanimous decision [(30-27), (29-28), (30-28)] after 3 rounds.
Ashton Castro kneeing Bradford Moniz
Toughman
3 Rounds - 1 Minute
Paul Norman def. Steven Willis
Unanimous decision [(30-27), (30-28), (30-27)] after 3 rounds.
Toughman
3 Rounds - 1 Minute
David Moreno def. Edward Williams
TKO, corner threw in towel at 33 seconds in Round 1.
Semi
Main Event
Toughman
3 Rounds - 1 Minute
Kana Hyatt (Young Guns) def. Shinsuke Tamaru (Ahmete Japan)
Unanimous decision [(30-27), (30-27), (30-27)] after 3 rounds.
Main
Event
Toughman
3 Rounds - 2 Minutes
Vacant Middleweight Championship
Raymond Castro def. Nolan "Cowboy" Nobriga
TKO via verbal submission at 1:43 minutes in Round 1.
Raymond Castro captures the vacant Middleweight Championship
title.
Walter Carvalho Sr. putting the belt on Raymond Castro
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Kickin'
It's Next Show Is Already Put Together!
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 BILIANOR
HSD 251 AND OVER GOODSPORT KICKBOXING
DAVID BALICAO (9-1) SEMI-PRO WELTERWEIGHT TITLE (4-0) 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 (2-0) NICK TIQUI
TEAM SOLJAH 167 - 174 ANIMAL HOUSE
JUSTIN DANO (3-1) CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE (2-0) ALAN ULIT
HSD 175 - 183 ANIMAL HOUSE
TEENAGER CHAMPIONSHIPS
BEN RODRIGUES (4-1) SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT JR. TITLE (2-0) LORENZO
MORENO
HSD 158 -165 BULLSPEN
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
KONA MEYERS 8 YRS. OLD 55# TITLE TBA
HSD HMC
KAI KAMAKA (1-1) 10 YRS. OLD 65# TITLE (2-0) JUSTLY LAQHION
808 FIGHT FACTORY HMC
MICAH ABCEDE 9 YRS. OLD 70# TITLE KYLIE ROMERO
EWA BEACH FIGHT CLUB HMC
ROBBIE OSTAVICH (2-0) 12 YRS. OLD ATOMWEIGHT TITLE (0-0) WAYNE
SMITH
JESUS IS LORD 98 - 103 ANIMAL HOUSE
JACELYN 12 YRS. OLD GIRLS ATOMWEIGHT TITLE TBA
EWA BEACH FIGHT CLUB 98 - 103 GOODSPORT KICKBOXING
ALL PARTICIPANTS AND MATCHES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
ALL OF THESE MATCHES WILL BE FOR BELTS. THE FIGHTERS HAVE WORKED
HARD THROUGHOUT THE 2005 YEAR AND IT HAS NOW COME THE TIME TO
SEE WHO WILL EARN THE RIGHT TO SAY THAT THEY WERE THE BEST FOR
THEIR DIVISIONS IN KICKIN IT 2005 "THE SEQUEL". THE
HISTORY ON SOME OF THE FIGHTERS ON THE CARD WILL BE FOUND HERE
(DIFFERENT FIGHTERS EVERY WEEK).
TICKETS WILL HOPEFULLY BE AVAILABLE ON THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER.
BE SURE TO GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY FOR THE LAST SHOW WAS SOLD
OUT IN 1 1/2 WEEKS. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ALL PATICIPATING
SCHOOLS ($25.00 FOR PRE-SALE TICKETS).
Source: Event Promoter
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4
North American Promotions an
MMA Fan Should Know About
By Sean McClure
At the top of the MMA show food chain is sits the UFC and along
with it, millions of fans. Many people new to MMA frequently
ask me, “Are there any other MMA organizations in the United
States like the UFC”? My answer of course is yes. There
are quite a few that have a large and loyal fan base and some
of them could even be considered rivals to the UFC in some hardcore
fans eyes. Let us take a look at the most well known and where
to find them.
King
of the Cage (KOTC)
Besides
the UFC, this is the big one. Many well-known fighters have come
up through this organization to be signed by Dana White. Paul
Buentello is currently the King of the Cage champion, Forrest
Griffin and Diego Sanchez have seen KOTC action, and TUF 2 is
full of KOTC veterans. Keith Jardine, Joe Stevenson, Jorge Gurgel,
and Jason Von Flue are just a few of this year’s TUF reality
show contestants to have won in this organization. It has PPV’s
regularly that are significantly less expensive than the UFC
and they provide some good action for the bucks you have to shell
out. KOTC events have been held across the country from Indiana
to California and the promotion even has its own DVD’s out
for sale at local retail stores. The next KOTC event will be
held Saturday October 29, 2005 in the Silver Legacy Casino in
Reno, NV and will available for viewing on PPV.
World
Extreme Cagefighting (WEC)
The
WEC has had its share of UFC participants walk the gates of its
cage. Recently Brandon Vera, former UFC heavyweight champion
Ricco Rodriguez, Yves Edwards, Chris Lytle, Karo Parisyan, and
so many more appear on the talent rich roster of this organization.
A recent show featured Ricco Rodriguez vs. Ron Waterman in a
sensational fight that saw Waterman win three brutal rounds by
unanimous decision. In September of this year, the UFC’s
James Irvin won against a tough Doug Marshall by knockout from
a vicious knee and on the same card; Joe Riggs beat Rob Kimmons
by submission due to strikes. That card also saw Chris Lytle
beating Pat Healy by split decision and Jay Hieron defeating
Adam Lynn by unanimous decision. The WEC has put on some stellar
cards this year and from the looks of things, they appear to
be gaining on the King of the Cage for the 2nd place promotion
in the United States. The next show for the WEC is on October
14th and is called Halloween Fury 4.
SuperBrawl
Superbrawl
is a rising MMA player that held its last event, Superbrawl Icon,
July 23rd in its home state of Hawaii. The main event of the
evening was former UFC star “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler
vs. Falaniko Vitale. Lawler knocked out Vitale in the second
round and put himself back on the winning track. In the past
Brian Gassaway, UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin, Tim
Sylvia, Wes Sims, and Jason “Mayhem” Miller have all
fought in this exciting organization. It has consistently seen
big name American stars enter its ring and fight in front of
thousands in attendance.
TKO
Canada's
top promotion (formerly the UCC), TKO has set the standard for
MMA in the "Great White North. This Quebec based venue has
featured and developed some of the best fighters in the business,
like current UFC contenders Georges St. Pierre and David Loiseau,
as well as recognized talent Patrick Cote and Ivan Menjivar,
and some truly skilled promotion mainstays in Stephane Vigneault,
Mark Hominick, Donald Ouimet. Airing regularly on TV in Canada,
TKO has had the lion's share of the MMA attention in Eastern
Canada. There are some new promotions nipping on its heels, but
this promotion is where it is at for Canadian fighters and fans.
These
are but four of the top MMA promotions that call the North America
home. There are Rumble on the Rock (ROTR) - Hawaii, Absolute
Fighting Championship (AFC) - Florida, APEX Fighting - Canada
and Rage in the Cage (RITC) - American Southwest, just to name
a few. If you live close enough to attend one of these shows,
or any of the many local and regional venues often mentioned
on maXfighting then what are you waiting for! Get out there and
support these events because it can only help the sport in the
end and you are going to see some great fights from some hungriest
and most exciting fighters out there.
Source:
Maxfighting
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TITO,
QUINTON, RICCO TRAINING CAMP
The last time we saw a Super Training Camp it was back in July
when Randy Couture, Quinton Jackson, Frank Trigg and James Irvin
worked out together getting ready for various fights. The camp
was held in Sacramento as all fighters were preparing for big
fights. Now a few months later a new "super" camp has
been formed with some of the best fighters in the world training
together.
This
week in Huntington Beach, Tito Ortiz, Quinton Jackson, Karo Parisyan,
Jason "Mayhem" Miller, Ricco Rodriguez and Tiki Ghosen
all spent time working out getting prepared for various fights.
Jackson of course will be competing in next week's Pride Fighting
Championships. "I was winning when I worked out with Tito
and the guys...", Rampage told MMAWeekly.com.
"The
guys I worked out with were so small that I felt I needed to
get back to working with the bigger guys. So I'm getting back
to my old work out partners so I can get back to my winning."
Mayhem
Miller has a fight coming up next month at SuperBrawl against
Niko Vitale. When asked what advantages Vitale has over Miller,
Mayhem told MMAWeekly.com "Good looks and a sparkling personality."
Miller is getting into fight shape, working on his cardio for
the upcoming fight.
Karo
Parisyan also fights next month as he hopes to win the UFC title.
Parisyan will fight one of the most dominant champions in UFC
history in Matt Hughes. Parisyan is confident with his bigger
work out partners that he can simulate the strength and power
of Hughes as he hopes to pull off a huge upset next month on
pay per view. Also competing in the training camp was Tito Ortiz,
Ricco Rodriguez and Tiki Ghosen. With Tito working out it adds
to further speculation that he may be fighting in K-1 at the
end of the year. Ortiz didn't confirm anything about his future
in fighting, but it appears the Huntington Beach Bad Boy could
be fighting either at the end of the year, or maybe the beginning
of January with a new promotion. Ricco Rodriguez of course fights
tomorrow night at the WEC Halloween Fury 4 show in Lemoore, California.
Rodriguez hopes with a win over the former King of the Cage champion
that he will get back into contention for a fight with Pride
or the UFC.
Source:
MMA Weekly
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COFFEE
GUY EXCLUSIVE:
BARONI BANNED FROM LAIMON'S GYM
By Coffee Guy
The following exclusive report was sent to us by our Zuffa informant
called 'Coffee Guy':
"I
was talking to Marc Laimon last week, and I asked him if Phil
Baroni still trains there.
What
he told me, almost verbatim, was that he had to kick Baroni out
of the gym because Baroni was back on steroids, and, "he's
a very different person when he's on that shit."
I
asked him if anything specific had happened, and he said that
Baroni is back to being a 100% asshole and that he will never
allow him back at his place. He said that Baroni is by far the
biggest ass that has ever come to his place. He assured me that
there weren't any confrontations, and that Baroni always stayed
respectful of him.
Also,
Mark Coleman and others still train there and are still welcome."
Source:
Fight Sport
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Royce
Gracie's FIGHTFEST!
Featuring only professional, elite fighters from around the globe,
Royce Gracie’s “FIGHTFEST” is revolutionizing
the industry by merging the hottest alternative music acts today
with the fastest growing sport. Royce Gracie’s “FIGHTFEST”
is a competitive event pitting warrior against warrior in hand-to-hand
battles of skill, honor and art.
From
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to wrestling and Muay Thai boxing, all styles
are encouraged, but in order to consistently win, participants
must be well versed in every aspect of the fight game.
Royce
Gracie’s “FIGHTFEST”. It’s about punches,
kicks, elbows, knees, big knockouts, technical submissions, takedowns,
and strategy. It’s like no other sport you’ve ever
seen!
Royce
Gracie’s “FIGHTFEST” takes the sport to the mainstream.
The sanctioning of mixed martial arts by states such as Nevada
has brought credibility to the sport and the rest of the country
will find out what fight fans already know. There are rules to
protect the competitors and the sport is as safe, if not safer,
than many of the major league American Sports.
Which
style will reign supreme? Which man will be left standing?
For
the first time ever, Royce Gracie’s “FIGHTFEST”&
Skid Row!
Coming
to Evansville on Friday, December 9th, at 7 p.m. at Roberts Municipal
Stadium. Tickets go on sale at all Ticket Master locations on
November 17th.
Champion
Eric “Butterbean” Esch will enter the Octagon for a
no holds barred cage fight.
Skid
Row plays for the first time ever at a Mixed Martial Arts event!
Royce
Gracie’s “FIGHTFEST“ brings a high energy show,
mixing good old rock & roll with the most extreme sport in
the nation!
The
evening's main event will feature the “King of the Four
Rounders” and IBA Super Heavyweight Champion, Eric "Butterbean”
Esch fighting one of the Mixed Martial Arts (Bad Boys). Rich
Wilson.
Full
card to be announced at a later date.
Source:
Maxfighting
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Paulão
speaks out!
By André Araújo
Paulão Filho did one of the easiest bouts of his career
at last Pride Bushido's GP, which took place on September 25,
at Ariake Colosseum, in Tokyo, Japan. He did the alternate bout
against Japanese Ryuta Sakurai and did not have too much trouble.
"Definitely it was one of the easiest fights I've done in
Pride. It was really calm," he said. It was Paulão's
last contract fight with Pride, but he renewed with the Japanese
organization to do a new one until the end of 2005. ADCC asked
him five questions, which are placed below. Take a look at!
In
your fight against Ryuta Sakurai sounds like you didn't have
too much trouble with him. Were you concerned with him before
the fight?
He's
really heavy-handed. He tried a key-lock on the floor, but I
think he got afraid of me. I was really calm and on the ground
I tried a kimura and he escaped. Then I took him down with a
single-leg, he got scared, tried to release himself and gave
up his back. I punched him a little bit and then submitted him.
Absolutely it was one of the easiest fights I've done in Pride.
It was really calm.
After
beating your opponent, did you wish somebody gets hurt, so you'd
be able to fight?
I
didn't have any expectative. Pretty much. because if one of the
fighters got injured after fighting, the loser would replace
the one who got injured. So, to take a place at the finals, two
of the fighters had to get injured and it doesn't happen very
often.
Few
days ago, Chute Boxe's leader Rudimar Fedrigo said he and his
crew would root for Murilo Bustamante, at the final of the tournament.
What do you say about it?
I
think it's very nice of Rudimar Fedrigo. It is a good think he
would root for Murilo Bustamante at the finals. If it's for real,
I think it's great. I will not make any controversial statement
about it. Who does not like Murilo does not like anybody. Once
(Daniel) Acácio is not qualified to the finals, I don't
see a reason why he wouldn't root for the Brazilian guy.
You
usually fight as Middleweight. what do you feel fighting as a
Welterweight?
Well.
it does not matter for me. I fight well fighting in both welterweight
and middleweight divisions. My natural weight is 94kg but I felt
good fighting lighter. However, I prefer to fight in my natural
weight.
This
was your last fight by contract with Pride. What are your plans
now?
It
was my last bout of my contract with Pride. However I've signed
another contract and I must do another bout before the end of
the year.
Source:
Tatame
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Quote
of the Day
"Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty.
Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old."
Franz Kafka, 1883-1924, Bohemian-born Novelist
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Bad
Boy Gear Is Now Available In Hawaii
The hottest clothing
line in Brazil makes it to our islands. Mike Malone has brought
in a shipment of various bad boy clothing from gi's, grappling
shorts, shirts, bags, etc.
His inventory is going fast as the word gets out, so call him
at the numbers above to check out what he has left. He is planning
to keep a supply of all kinds of stuff, so you can even let him
know what you are interested in and if he doesn't have it, he
will get it.
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For
Immediate Release
Contact:
Patrick Freitas
Icon Sport
Director of Promotions
808 375-1645
superbrawl21@yahoo.com
Icon
Sport: Niko vs. Mayhem
Preview Show on K5 The Home Team
October 13, 2005 Honolulu, HI - Icon Sport, the new face of Super
Brawl, is proud to announce that it will air the thirty minute
documentary Icon Sport: Niko versus Mayhem on K5 The Home Team
television. The program will be broadcast every night at 11 p.m.,
October 16 through October 27, with University of Hawaii athletics
preemptions on Thursday, October 20 (Wahine Volleyball) and Saturday,
October 22 (Warrior Football). Icon Sport: Niko versus Mayhem
is the most ambitious video program ever produced by the Icon
Sport management team. It is a gripping, exciting, and entertaining
look at Hawaii's two highest profile mixed martial arts (MMA)
athletes as they prepare to face off in the Friday, October 28
event, Icon Sport: Opposites Attract.
The
story of Falaniko
Vitale
is familiar to most sports fans in Hawaii, from his early University
of Hawaii Football days to his dramatic Middleweight World Championship
knockout victory of Japan's Masanori Suda at Super Brawl: Destiny
in April 2005. Vitale lost the Icon Sport belt in July to seven-time
U.F.C. veteran "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler in one of the
sport's most exciting back-and-forth battles.
After
his painful loss, Falaniko was invited by legendary trainer and
former world champion "The Wizard" Matt Hume to join
him in an eight-week training camp at his elite AMC Pankration
training academy in Kirkland, Washington. Icon Sport: Niko versus
Mayhem is there as Falaniko endures the grueling trials of Hume's
mixed martial arts "boot camp." The show also captures
an emotionally weakened Falaniko Vitale, as he yearns for his
wife, children, family, and friends in Hawaii.
Jason
"Mayhem" Miller has simply captured the adoration of
Hawaii sports fans. An Atlanta, Georgia native who trains in
Las Vegas, this "Haole" - as he proudly calls himself
- is adored by legions of loyal local fans who refer to themselves
as "Mayhem Monkeys." Mayhem is one of the most quick-witted,
charismatic, and eccentric athletes ever to compete in Hawaii.
But don't let his antics fool you. Mayhem, undefeated against
local fighters, is one of the toughest, never-say-die warriors
in MMA. Icon Sport: Niko versus Mayhem looks at the futuristic
fighting machine known as Jason Mayhem Miller as he prepares
for the biggest fight of his life against Falaniko Vitale.
WHO:
Icon Sport, The New Face of Super Brawl
WHAT: Icon Sport: Niko versus Mayhem 30-minute Preview Show
WHEN: *11 p.m. Every Night; Sunday,
October 16 - Thursday, October 27 (no broadcast Oct 20 &
22)
WHERE: K5 The Home Team, KFVE Channel 5, Honolulu
Source:
Icon Sport
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WWE
DESTROYS UFC IN
HEAD-TO-HEAD RATINGS AGAIN
'The Wrestling Observer' reports that the ratings for this past
Monday night's head-to-head ratings war between the WWE and the
UFC:
WWE:
'Raw': 4.0
UFC: 'Unleashed': 0.9
UFC: 'The Ultimate Fighter': 1.2
Both
UFC shows went up against WWE: 'Raw', but could not manage to
get above the 1.1 mark combined, and came nowhere close to competing
with the WWE's phenomenal 4.0 rating.
Source:
Fight Sport
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Brazilian
Jiu Jitsu Globalization
By Takimoto
NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE OF NORTH AMERICAN BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU FEDERATION
November
12th, 2005. From 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
(Open to ALL Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academies, Owners and Instructors!)
Long
Beach Marriott Hotel
4700 Airport Plaza Drive, Long Beach, CA 90815
Phone: (562) 425-5210
Earlier
this year a significant meeting was held to begin the process
of truly organizing the sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as well
as all instructors and academies in the United States, Canada
and Mexico for everyone benefit.
That
meeting was attended by 34 (Black Belts) prominent people in
the sport who have been operating Jiu-Jitsu organizations in
the US an average of 5 -10 years.
The
intent of the organizers is to welcome all those who wish to
dedicate some of their time and ideas and skills to the betterment
of the sport and the advancement of the sport for all those who
practice the art. It will be an organization of, by, and for,
the people in the sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
The
importance of this meeting can not be overstated. Recently a
controversial announcement was made by a small group that could
actually impede the advancement of the interests of the sport
in this country due to the fact that it minimizes the benefits
of inclusion of many people who could assist greatly in this
effort to organize our sport in a credible way. It is also believed
by many to minimize the interest of the sport here for the sake
of initiating various formats of control that will not come from
domestic interests. We feel strongly that if structured properly
our entity will be accepted by the other established sports authorities
in America, an essential issue, that if not addressed, could
harm the future development of our sport here in North America.
We
want to encourage, especially, ALL AMERICAN professionals and
instructors to attend. Your involvement is crucial. This will
be, after all, the primary effort to provide a comprehensive
unifying organizational entity whose primary focus will be development
of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in North America for the interests of
those who practice the sport and art here.
To
establish an organization, independent of any other organization
in any other country, that holds the interests of the sport here
first and foremost in its Mission. Our intent is to maintain
our independence from other authoritative bodies and in that
way be perpetually positioned to advance the interest of those
here as opposed to being under the auspices of those who simply
want to profit from and or control what takes place in America
and the rest of North America.
We
think it is appropriate to restate an excerpt from the invitation
that was sent in the announcement of our last meeting:
"As
Jiu-Jitsu practitioners and instructors, you have a control over
the success and growth of the art and the sport. It is your influence
and experience that will shape the perception and determine the
quality of Jiu-Jitsu in this country. Because of this, we urge
you to take part in the planning and organizational efforts that
will shape the near and distant future of Jiu-Jitsu. This meeting
will be your chance to stop complaining and take hold of the
art that is your livelihood. Only through a unified effort, we
will be able to produce better tournaments, referees, and academies.
The path to sustainable development will be a bumpy one; therefore,
your support and participation is vital. The new federation will
be open to all Jiu-Jitsu practitioners regardless of race, nationality,
age, sex, religion, or academy affiliation."
While
the disconcerting announcement by the business venture mentioned
above in the second paragraph, has its own implications and concerns,
it serves simply as a greater impetus for the need for us all
to take the next step now.
There
will be a highly detailed mailing that will come to you specifically
detailing and beginning the communication with the outside business
group in the interest of clarifying the points of concern that
many have. We urge you to read that coming communication very
carefully. We would also appreciate, and encourage, some feedback
from you when you read it in detail.
In
the meantime, please place the meeting in this announcement on
your calendar and do whatever you can to attend.
*
Please, make sure that you contact us prior to the meting, in
order to get your ACCESS PASS to the meting room. Attention,
without the access pass you won't be allowed into the meting
room. NO EXCEPTION!
Let
us all rally around the flag of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and stand
united for our great sport. We are looking forward to accomplishing
a common goal. The union brings strength!
Contact
information:
Charles Gracie (650) 756-7579 email:
charles@charlesgracie.com
Ralph Gracie (925) 829-8387 email: frgracie@aol.com
Carlos “Caique” Elias (310) 618-8149 email:
besafe@caiquejiujitsu.com
Fabio Santos (619) 229-0022 email: snfsantos@juno.com
Warm
Regards,
Charles
& Ralph Gracie
North American Federation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Fabio
Santos & Carlos "Caique" Elias
California Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation
West
Coast Jiu-Jitsu Tournament 2005!
POSTPONED, NEW DATE TBA
Source:
Maxfighting
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IRONHEART
CROWN IX: PURGATORY
HAMMOND, IN - On Saturday, November 19th, diehard fight fans
will visit the pumps and pay good money to fuel up in preparation
for a ritual trek from all corners of the Midwest to a common
destination in Hammond, Indiana. Once again, the Hammond Civic
Center will host the annual Ironheart Crown full-contact submission
prize-fighting event, sanctioned by the International Shooto
Commission based out of Tokyo, Japan. In this year's show, the
recently established Shooto Americas chapter, covering North,
Central, and South America, will crown its first-ever champions
in the Lightweight and Featherweight divisions.
In
the Lightweight division, local hero and international fight
veteran Jeff Curran (27W-7L-1D) will take on one of his most
dangerous opponents to date in the form of a stone-faced Canadian
by the name of Antonio Carvalho (9W-0L-0D). Curran needs no introduction,
having fought the world over against top international opponents,
beating the likes of Baret Yoshida, Bao Quach, Ryan Ackerman,
and others.
While
not quite as seasoned, his opponent, Antonio Carvalho boasts
an undefeated record with all but one of his wins by smooth submission
or brutal TKO, a testament to his balanced fighting skills. Included
in his list of credentials is a second round TKO over Brian Geraghty
(14W-10L-1D), a first round triangle choke submission over Tommy
Lee (13W-5D-0L), and a recent decision win over one of Japan's
finest lightweights, Lion Takeshi (6-1-0). This Shooto Americas
Lightweight Division tile bout pits America's best against Canada's
finest. One will emerge victorious and claim the belt to become
the first ever regional champion in the Shooto Americas Lightweight
Division.
In
an equally heated battle, Miguel Torres (34W-1L-0D) and Ryan
Ackerman (12-7-1) will face off once again in a highly anticipated
rematch to determine the regional champion in the Shooto Americas
Featherweight Division. When these two last met in 2003, Torres
burned out after a strong first round and Ackerman quickly capitalized
to win a unanimous judges' decision. It was an exciting display
of standing exchanges punctuated by episodes of arduous ground
fighting. Undefeated ever since, Torres has been on a warpath,
destroying every one of the five opponents he's faced with a
newfound aggression that was never previously a part of his game.
While Ackerman remains confident and undaunted, Torres swears
that his game has grown exponentially since their last meeting,
and vows to avenge his only loss to capture the Shooto Americas
Featherweight belt.
In
addition to the two featured title bouts, multiple class A and
B matches will make up what promises to be an action-packed undercard.
Clay Guida of Gilbert Grappling seeks to continue his 12 fight
winning streak against a tough opponent in Antoine Skinner of
Team Wolfpack. Virgil Strzelecki of Team Oyama will face Jay
Estrada from the All-American (Combat-Do) Academy. Joao Herdy
of Team Monteirao will face his toughest opponent to date in
Joe Pearson of Miletich Fighting Systems. Juan Magana of Torres
martial arts will face Andre Kariosillas, training under former
IHC champion Jim Theobald. Jeff Serafin of McVicker's martial
arts will face Sean Sallee fighting independently out of Muncie,
Indiana. John Hossman of Team Oyama will face Eddie Wineland
from Duneland Valetudo. Otto Torriero of the Chicago Fitness
Center will face Miguel Gamez, Junior of the Carlson Gracie Team.
Ironheart Crown veteran Bill Hill will test his skill against
Matamoros protégé, Eric Shaefer. Several other
fights are still being negotiated. A total of fifteen bouts are
planned, all of which are sure to be dynamic exhibitions of fighting
skill, the likes of which have made the Ironheart Crown the most
highly respected venue for mixed martial arts competition in
the Chicago area.
The
lovely ladies of Coyote Ugly Chicago will be on hand distributing
programs and promotional materials, and there are rumors of guest
appearances by multiple UFC stars, including Andre Arlovski,
Shonie Carter, and Stephan Bonnar. In addition to this, several
girls from makemsweat.com will also make an appearance, signing
autographs and helping with the show.
After
the action-packed fights the fun will continue right at the civic
center as the ring is broken down to make room for a live band
that will play while fans are encouraged to socialized with IHC
fighters and staff at the official after-fight party right in
the arena. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages as well as snacks
and concessions will be available throughout the evening.
Don't
miss this landmark Shooto event, with the crowning of the first
two Shooto Americas division champions ever! Saturday, November
19th at the Hammond Civic Center Arena, located at 5825 Sohl
avenue in Hammond, Indiana, just 30 minutes outside of downtown
Chicago. Tickets are on sale now and a limited number of ringside
and VIP seats are available. Call now to reserve yours: 219-688-7363
or 773-793-6555. Or visit us online: www.ironheartcrown.net
Source:
Ironheart Crown
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'PEQUENO'
INJURY
The Brazilian media reports that Alexandre 'Pequeno' Nogueira
will have knee surgery for a torn meniscus.
He'll
be out of action for the rest of 2005, but will return to the
ring in early 2006 for his SHOOTO title defense against Gilbert
Melendez.
Source:
Fight Sport
|
Quote
of the Day
"A good picture is equivalent to a good deed."
Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch Painter
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MFC
5 - Kurt Pellegrino Ready for PRIDE Veteran
Yet
another American Top Team (ATT) standout will be looking to advance
in the mixed martial arts (MMA) ranks when Kurt “Batman”
Pellegrino faces PRIDE and DEEP veteran Kazuki Okubo at MFC 5:
USA vs. Japan on November 5th in Atlantic City, NJ. Pellegrino
took time out of his schedule and discussed his fight preparations
with maXfighting, and was not afraid to unleash his sense of
humor in the process.
While
some fighters pursued MMA after being awed by early UFC pay-per-view
fights, or exposure through traditional martial arts training,
Pellegrino became a fighter for one simple reason.
“I
like the way men look in tights and spandex,” he replied.
Training
with ATT does have advantages besides men in tight clothing,
and Pellegrino noted the high level of fighters he gets to work
with and learn from.
“I
wanted to get the best MMA training with the best guys in the
planet. It’s phenomenal. Man, I train with Marcus Aurelio,
Mike Brown, Hermes Franca, "Benki", Carlao, Liborio,
Pablo Popovitch, Daniel Valverde, Edson Diniz, Aaron Riley, Din
Thomas, and the list goes on,” he said.
Kurt
continued, “They treat you like a pro is supposed to be
treated and I can just be me…the coolest guy in the world!”
Pellegrino
has trained under Jiu Jitsu masters Renzo Gracie and Ricardo
Almeida, but feels his ground game has vastly improved beyond
what he absorbed from Gracie and Almeida.
“Well
I believe that they definitely made my grappling superb, but
if I could wrestle [against myself] in the ADCC trails [the way
I was then versus now] I would kill myself,” he said.
“I
beat Mark Bocek, who beat me when I was with them [as well as]
Rick McCauley, in the gi division, whom is a very tough opponent.”
This
interview was conducted prior to the announcement of the finalized
fight card for the MFC event. Nevertheless, Kurt was already
quite confident his fight with Okubo was official; if it had
not been, there would have been consequences and repercussions.
“Shit
yeah it’s confirmed,” he exclaimed. “It better
be or I'm beating Carlao (Carlos Diaz - member of the ATT management
team) and the MFC matchmaker.”
As
for preparing for Okubo specifically, Pellegrino is more focused
on his own training and his…wardrobe?
“I
know he is from Japan, and has fought in PRIDE, Deep, MFC…and
I hear that he is also cool looking. The only thing that I worry
about is what I'm going to wear that day and how I'm going to
beat him,” Pellegrino said.
Kurt
fought in a previous MFC event, MFC 4: USA vs. Russia. In that
contest he submitted Sergei Goliaev with a head and arm choke
in the opening round. But even without that experience and a
9-1 fight record, Pellegrino has a pre-fight routine to keep
himself calm and focused.
He
replied, “I'm very comfortable as long as I'm on the center
stage. I keep calm and ready singing and dancing backstage. I
don't hit any pads or warm up… I just wanna dance!”
Dancing
is not only part of his pre-fight ritual, but, he hopes, part
of a winning fighting strategy.
Discussing
how he would like the fight to go, he said, “First round
I would come out standing, take him down, break dance over him,
and submit him…of course smiling and happy.”
Assuming
his break dance submission pans out, Pellegrino hopes this will
lead to bigger opportunities, particularly a chance to fight
in the UFC. And Kurt feels ready to test himself on the biggest
stages of MMA.
“My
dream as a fighter is to enter the cage in the UFC; it’s
the reason I started this. I must fight there!!! I think that
I can measure myself pretty good; shit, I train with some of
the best. So I'm sure that I'm up there. I feel that given the
opportunity no matter whom I fight or where, I will shine either
way; as long as I keep training I will be the best."
Pellegrino
is not afraid of any adversity that comes with being an underdog
against bigger name opponents, saying, “Everyone that I've
fought [so far] I was supposed to lose [to], and I have 3 belts.
I don't want to say that I'm the best right now; [but] I want
to fight the best and beat them.”
All
kidding aside, Pellegrino is training intensely for his match
with Okubo, and finding time to teach the next generation.
In
discussing his training regimen, he stated, “I do 4 days
a week, [starting at] 5:30 am, [of] strength and conditioning,
boxing, wrestling, and at night [I do] BJJ. I love teaching kids
[as well], which helps me a lot to keep my technique sharp and
happy. I love the kids. I train everyday, but I like to get 2
months before a fight, that I think is a good amount of time
before the fight.”
Kurt
wanted to thank the following: “I would like to thank all
my friends that stood by my side, everyone American Top Team,
My cousin Kenneth, my fiancé Melissa and everyone else
you know who you are, sexy things!”
MaXfighting:
“Thanks very much for taking the time, and good luck!”
Pellegrino:
“Ok, no problem. Thank you guys, and the fans, and STAY
CLASSY!!!!!”
Source: Maxfighting
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Big
matchups wrestle up decent ratings for USA, Spike
USA
Network and Spike TV both have reasons to smile thanks to the
television ratings generated this week by their respective pro
wrestling and mixed martial arts programming.
In
its first telecast on USA after leaving Spike, World Wrestling
Entertainment's Monday Night Raw drew its largest audience (5.6
million viewers) in more than three years for a loaded three-hour
special.
But
Spike proved there is a sizeable audience for nonscripted action,
as an Ultimate Fighting Championships special drew 1.9 million
viewers for a live fight card that aired from 9 to 11 p.m. in
direct competition to Raw.
The
Ultimate Fighter reality show that followed also drew 1.9 million
viewers, with the male audience between the ages of 18 to 34
actually growing from the earlier UFC show to a season-best 718,000
despite a best-of-Raw special that aired concurrently on USA.
That Raw special also was a success with 3.4 million viewers.
Another
ratings winner was Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, which was
able to capture some of the audience drawn to UFC and WWE programming
for its debut on Spike. TNA's shows at 11 p.m. Saturday and midnight
Monday drew a combined audience of roughly 1.5 million viewers.
Here
are some thoughts on each show:
WWE:
Fans who saw Steve Austin bickering with the McMahons and Hulk
Hogan being interviewed by "Mean" Gene Okerlund might
have thought they were in a time warp, as WWE owner Vince McMahon
relied heavily on nostalgia in hopes of getting off to a good
start on USA.
The
strategy paid dividends in terms of drawing a large audience
but didn't make much sense from a long-term business standpoint.
WWE squandered potential revenue and future story lines by jamming
the returns of Austin, Mick Foley, Paul "Triple H"
Levesque, and Shane and Stephanie McMahon into the same show.
UFC:
The normally high production values associated with UFC telecasts
were sorely lacking during their live fight card. The event looked
second-rate compared to WWE's production of Raw largely because
the former show was held in a much smaller venue after being
seemingly thrown together at the last minute by UFC management.
UFC's
main event was excellent, with David Loiseau recovering from
an early disadvantage to stop Evan Tanner via technical knockout
in the second round following a series of devastating forearms.
Fabiano Scherner, who fights for Coconut Creek-based American
Top Team, lost to Brandon Vera in the second round by technical
knockout on the undercard. Thiago Alves, who also fights for
ATT, lost to Spencer Fisher via submission in a non-televised
bout.
TNA:
The promotion tried cramming too many matches and wrestlers into
a one-hour show that required heavy editing. TNA did a nice job
of trying to establish itself as an alternative to WWE by presenting
younger performers and two high-flying matches. But the promotion
should strongly consider slowing things down and giving interview
time to its cruiserweights so the product doesn't just look like
a glorified stunt show.
Questions
and answers
Q:
It seems that Vince McMahon has reconciled with so many of the
old stars, except Randy Savage. Should we expect to see Randy
back in WWE at any time? -- Rob Bloom, Philadelphia, Pa.
A:
Tension remains between WWE and Savage, who left the promotion
in 1994 after a spectacular nine-year stint. But like Bret Hart
and The Ultimate Warrior, who also had bad splits with WWE, the
"Macho Man" could face a tough choice if the promotion
decides to produce a DVD about his career with the footage it
owns.
Hart
decided to work with WWE on the project, which will be available
next month, and was cast in a more favorable light than had he
opted against it. The Warrior didn't and was subsequently smeared
in a recently released DVD entitled The Self-Destruction of the
Ultimate Warrior.
Source: Maxfighting |
Cannon
is ultimately taken out
UNCASVILLE, Conn. - The end was bloody, and it came quickly.
Sean ``The Cannon'' Gannon, taken down early in the first round
by powerful Brandon Lee Hinckle, lost his Ultimate Fighting championship
debut by a TKO with 1:14 left in the round last night.
After absorbing repeated rights and elbows to the head and punishing
knees to the ribs, Gannon, the 35-year-old Boston policeman,
had a wide gash beneath his right eye.
Hinckle, a former collegiate wrestler who developed his mixed
martial arts skills in Korea and Japan, said, ``I showed I'm
the hardest puncher in the world.''
Judging
from the amount of Gannon's blood on the canvas, Hinckle was
being modest.
Gannon, fighting on the undercard of the UFC heavyweight championship
bout between defending champ Andrei Arlovski and Paul Buentello
at Mohegan Sun Arena, only hopes that his quick elimination doesn't
hurt his chance of receiving another bout.
``It's up to them,'' he said. ``I hope they do let me fight again
and give me the time I need to develop my skills. My grappling
is not up to the skills that they have at this level, but it's
still my dream. This is what I want.''
Though he wrestled in high school, the ground skills necessary
to survive in the UFC were not part of Gannon's arsenal last
night.
``(Hinckle) was too good a wrestler,'' Gannon said. ``He had
a lot of skills, and when he took me down, I couldn't keep him
off of me.
``But I still believe I can compete at this level. I just have
to pick myself up now and go back to the drawing board. I know
what it is that I have to do. I just hope they give me the time
to do it.''
In a major stunner, Arlovski floored the lunging Buentello 17
seconds into the fight for a knockout that had the crowd booing.
In another bout, Jorge Rivera, a 17-fight UFC veteran based in
Milford, pushed his record to 13-4-0 with a three-round unanimous
decision over middleweight Dennis Hallman. Rivera's superior
boxing skills took over almost from the start, after the wrestling-based
Hallman was unable to keep him on the mat. Though Rivera was
nearly caught in a submission ankle lock late in the third round,
all three judges scored the fight in his favor by a 30-10 edge.
Rivera's growing hope is for a shot at UFC middleweight champion
Rich Franklin.
``I'm ready to fight again, and I'm bringing the title back to
Massachusetts,'' he said. ``I'm fresh, so watch out.''
Source: Maxfighting
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Quote
of the Day
"Time is the greatest innovator."
Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, British Philosopher/Essayist/Statesman
|
Kauai's
Kendall Goo Receives His Black Belt!
Kauai
has one more black belt, 2 time world champion and former UH
football standout, Kendall Goo received his black belt from Royce
Gracie in Miami, Florida on October 1st. In attendence for the
promotion was Rodrigo Gracie, Pedro Valente and Guilherme Valente.
Congratulations to Kendall! |
Punishment
In Paradise Returns in January 2006
East Meets West is the theme of the event and PIP is looking
for fighters to represent their side of the island to do battle
with an opponent from the other side. Contact information will
be coming shortly. Please let any fighters that you think that
may be interested know about the upcoming event.
|
FEDOR
SPEAKS
Fedor
Emelianenko recently did a Q&A on his website with with his
fans. Here is the entire Q&A (translation by Igor S.):
Fedor:
Good afternoon! First I would like to thank all those who wished
me a happy birthday. I am ready to answer all of your questions.
Question:
How much longer do you plan on competing in MMA?
Fedor:
Until I have serious injuries and while my genetics allow me
to achieve new victories.
Question:
What are your thoughts on Andrei Arlovski?
Fedor:
We don't really know each other and that's why I can't say anything
specific. However, it feels good that a representative of the
former USSR is the UFC champion.
Question:
What is the future of MMA in Europe and the former USSR?
Fedor:
I think that in the near future MMA will grow in popularity throughout
Europe. Let's hope that MMA's popularity will grow in Russia
as well. By the way, Pride is planning to hold Bushido in Holland
this October and there are plans in the works to hold a similar
even in St. Petersburg.
Question:
After your rematches with Cro Cop and Nogueira, if you win, will
you consider dropping down to light heavyweight to seek out new
challenges?
Fedor:
In the first place, there has been no talk of rematches yet.
Second, I will not drop down to light heavy.
Question:
Who will win, Hunt or Kharitanov? Is the winner the likely number
one contender for your belt?
Fedor:
In my opinion, if Kharitanov picks the right strategy he will
win. As for the number one contender, that is up to Pride.
Question:
What are Fedja's (short for Fedor) plans in Pride?
Fedor:
To remain the champ. :)
Question:
Why is there no up and comers in Russia? Besides Kharitanov and
your brother, there are no famous Russian fighters that give
great promise?
Fedor:
There are up and comers and the new generation of boys are showing
great promise.
Question:
Will you have your own fight team?
Fedor:
A team is already forming. The home base will likely be in St.
Petersburg where a special sports complex is already on the way
to being built. The team will consist of fighters from Kislovodsk
and those from Tulisk that are not part of RTT. We are looking
for candidates from all of Russia.
Question:
After you beat Mirco, how did you thank your Dutch trainers?
Fedor:
My victory was the biggest thanks that I could give them.
Question:
Have there been any proposals from movie producers?
Fedor:
Yes, from a few Russian producers but just guest appearances.
If there is anything serious I will consider it.
Question:
What did the Pride Promoters have to say to you after your fight
with Mirco?
Fedor:
They congratulated me but were not very happy with the way the
fight went. Their smiles were fake.
Question:
Do you have any plans on teaching Sambo in the USA, Europe, or
Japan?
Fedor:
There have been offers but right now I only have time to conduct
brief seminars.
Question:
Were you ever asked to do a work for a huge amount of money?
Fedor:
No one ever asked me to do a work.
Question:
To fans recognize you on the street and rush upon you?
Fedor:
Yes, especially in Japan.
Question:
Where can I obtain the same t-shirt you wore while in France?
Fedor:
There is a magazine called Faitsport in France. It handles the
marketing of products with my brand.
Question:
You are golden boy of the entire nation. Any nation should be
proud to have people like you. Why do you only have one child?
Fedor:
Everything is still to come.
Question:
Did you get into many fights when you were a kid?
Fedor:
Yes, before I started training in Sambo and Judo. After that
there were a few fights while I was in the army.
Question:
In all of your fights, did you ever fight an opponent who bent
the rules?
Fedor:
Sure, just look at my last fight with Noguira and Mirko. Both
of them utilized foul strikes to the back of the head.
Question:
Will you visit Poland in the near future?
Fedor:
There was never any talk to set up any seminar in Poland but
I would be willing to go if someone would set it up.
Question:
I have read that you wish to ran as a candidate for the city
parliament. How will you balance that and your MMA career? Politics
do take up a lot of time.
Fedor:
Like any other member of the city parliament, I will have many
aids who, in my absence, will have the ability to decide all
the necessary questions.
Question:
Is there a fighter whom you would be scared to fight?
Fedor:
No.
Question:
How did you begin your MMA carrer?
Fedor:
I fought in Tuli, with a Georgian Fighter Livan Lagvilavom, in
a tournament of top Russian fighters agains top Georgian fighters.
Question:
Many of us saw the post card drawing which you made. Have you
ever painted a full sized painting?
Fedor:
No, I never tried to paint one.
Question:
After the fight with Cro Cop, who was the first one to call and
congratulate you?
Fedor:
Oh there were so many calls I can't remember who got through
first.
Question:
What is your favorite sport other than MMA?
Fedor:
As a spectator, I love the performance of any athlete as long
as he or she are of the highest level (Unlike the Russian soccer
team).
Question:
Will you shoot a documentary about your training and personal
life?
Fedor:
There is one such project in the works right now. An instructional
is also planned.
Question:
Will you shoot a documentary about your training and personal
life?
Fedor:
There is one such project in the works right now. An instructional
is also planned.
Question:
How did your hand surgery go?
Fedor:
It was postponed until January 2006
Question:
I read that you will run for the city parliament. What prompted
this move?
Fedor:
The administration of Stari Oskol wanted me to run.
Question:
When will your next fight take place?
Fedor:
Plans are for the 31st of December.
Question:
When is Alex's next fight?
Fedor:
9th of October in Rotterdam Holland
Question:
Earlier, you said that you plan to fight until you are 35 years
old. Does this still hold true?
Fedor:
Time will tell but thats the plan.
Question:
I read that Sergei Kharitanov stopped speaking to you. What is
the current situation between you two?
Fedor:
The situation is the same.
Question:
Will you give Mirco a rematch?
Fedor:
Whatever the promoters will decide. Personally, I would love
to.
Question:
In you opinion, what would be the strongest and most dangerous
opponent you could possible fight in MMA?
Fedor:
That would be my brother Alex.
Question:
Do you speak any English?
Fedor:
A little bit.
Source:
Fight Sport
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COFFEE
GUY EXCLUSIVE: UFC TRIED TO RUSH ROYCE
Before
reading any further, please read our disclaimer first.
The
following exclusive report was sent to us by our Zuffa informant
called 'Coffee Guy':
"The
UFC tried to rush Royce Gracie into accepting a fight on the
November Pay-Per-View card.
They
didn't offer a specific opponent. They just wanted him on the
card, and they even offered him a percentage of the Pay-Per-View
buys, in addition to a guaranteed purse.
Royce
turned them down in order to concentrate on his fight on the
K-1 card on December 31st.
As
I already reported exclusively to Fightsport.com on September
28th, it's rumored that Royce will be getting paid USD$2.5 million
for his K-1 fight."
Source: Fight Sport
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TITO
VS. LYOTO IN K-1 MMA
Tito Ortiz
Sources
in Japan are saying that the MMA-rules matchup of Tito Ortiz
vs. Lyoto Machida may be taking place on a future K-1 card, possibly
in November or on December 31st.
Source: Fight Sport
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Randy
"The Natural" Couture Seminar!
Randy Couture returns
to Honolulu!
UFC
great Randy Couture will return to Honolulu to do another seminar
at JKD Unlimited. Randy will teach a two-day seminar, October
Saturday, October 29th and Sunday, October 30th, from 3-6 PM
both days.
Randy will be covering the MMA specific techniques, tactics,
and training methods that have worked so well for him.
First priority for registration will be given to JKD Unlimited
members and those who attended the Marcelo Garcia seminar.
If the seminar is not full by October 15th, others will be able
to sign up for this exciting event. Cost is $150 for those JKDU
and those who attended the Garcia seminar, $199 for others. Call
today to sign up or have your name put on the waiting list.
864-1620
Aloha!
Burton
Richardson
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"The
Quest For Champions II"
Tournament 2005
Featuring:
Sport-jujitsu--Sport-pankration--Continuous Sparring--Novice(Jr./Adult)
division Grappling
When:
Sunday, November 20, 2005
*Action starts at 10:00am*
Where:
Hawaiian Mission Academy Gymnasium
1438 Pensacola Street
For more information Please contact Kempo Unlimited Hawaii
533-4466 or email kunltd@hotmail.com
Mahalo, Tommy Lam |
NAGA's
Hawaii State Championship's
Date Tentatively Announced!
It has been released in the NAGA e-newsletter that the Hawaii
State Championships, which was cancelled recently will be tentatively
set for Saturday, February 26, 2006
There will 130 Gi & No-Gi Divisions.
Source: NAGA
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Open
Mat training session every Sunday
in Hawaii Kai
Aloha,
I would like to invite anyone interested to a free Open Mat training
session every Sunday from 10am-2pm. I have 20x16 mat space in
my garage in Hawaii Kai (thanx to Todd at En Fuego!) that are
being used sparingly. I am not particular about who beats me
up, so all levels are welcome. Bring your own gear...I have a
fridge full of Gatorade. I will be sure to be home anytime between
10am-2pm so you can come alone or bring partners with you. The
address is 1311 Lunalilo Home Road. Just follow Lunalilo Home
Road all the way into the valley. It is one of the last houses
on the road.
T.Jay Thompson
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