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2007
2/9/07
Punishment In Paradise
18
(MMA & Kickboxing)
(Dole Cannery)
4/27/07
Punishment In Paradise
17
(MMA & Kickboxing)
(Dole Cannery)
7/13/07
Punishment In Paradise
16
(MMA & Kickboxing)
(Dole Cannery)
10/6/07
Punishment In Paradise
15
(MMA &
Kickboxing)
(Dole Cannery)
1/14/07
NAGA Hawaii
(BJJ & Sub Grappling)
(Location: TBD)
2006
November
Aloha State Championship
of BJJ
(BJJ & Sub Grappling)
RWE Qualfiers
(MMA)
(Kauai)
11/25/06
Kickin' It
(Kickboxing)
(Dole Cannery Ballroom)
11/24/06
Punishment In Paradise 14
(MMA &
Kickboxing)
(Dole Cannery)
10/21/06
Pride Fighting Championships:
The Real Deal
(PPV)
(Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV)
10/14-15/06
Pacific
Island Showdown
International Invitational Ultimate Full-Contact Stickfighting
Championship
(Stickfighting)
(Filipino Community Center Ballroom, Waipahu)
10/13/06
RWE & PXC
(MMA)
(University of Guam Fieldhouse, Mangilao, Guam)
October
Rumble On The Rock
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
10/6/06
X-1 Battlegrounds
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
September
ROTR Qualifers
(MMA)
(Maui)
9/16/06
Kickin' It
(Kickboxing)
(Waipahu Filcom Center)
9/9/06
Punishment In Paradise 13:
Unfinished Business
(Kickboxing, MMA)
(Dole Cannery Square Ballroom)
9/2/06
Icon Sport 47
(MMA, Kickboxing)
(Blaisdell Arena)
August
Icon Sport 48
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
8/26-27/06
International
Masters & Seniors Championships
(BJJ)
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
8/26/06
Got Skills 3
(Kickboxing/Boxing & Takedowns/Submission Grappling)
(Ilima Intermediate, Ewa Beach)
Palolo Gym Smoker
(Boxing)
(Palolo Gym)
UFC 62
(MMA)
(PPV)
8/21/06
UFC 62 Countdown: Liddell vs. Sobral
(Spike)
UFC: All Access Renato "Babalu" Sobral
(Spike)
8/18/06
Kickin' It
(Kickboxing)
(Waipahu Filcom Center)
8/17/06
Ultimate
Fight Night 4
(MMA)
(Las Vegas, NV)
The Ultimate Fighter 4:
The Comeback Premiers
(Spike)
8/12/06
Hawaiian Open of
BJJ
(BJJ & Sub Grappling)
8/5/06
Rumble On The Rock
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
Garden Island Cage Match 4
(MMA)
(Kauai)
Island
Warriors Fighting Championship
(MMA)
(War Memorial Gym, Wailuku, Maui)
7/28/06
RWE & PXC
(MMA)
(University of Guam Fieldhouse, Mangilao, Guam)
7/22/06
RWE Qualifiers
(MMA)
(Hilo Civic Center, Hilo)
7/22-30/06
CBJF World
Championships
(BJJ)
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
7/21/06
Punishment In Paradise 12
(MMA, Kickboxing)
(Dole Cannery Ballroom)
7/20-24/06
CBJJO World Championships
(BJJ)
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
7/?/06
RAZE MMA Fight Night 2
(MMA)
(San Diego, CA)
7/8/06
Ring of Honor
(MMA & Kickboxing)
(Waianae H.S. Gym)
7/7/06
Kickin' It
(Kickboxing)
(Waipahu Filcom Center)
UFC 61
(MMA)
(Las Vegas, NV)
7/3/06
Got Skills 2
(Kickboxing/Boxing & Wrestling/Sub Grappling)
(Pagoda Hotel Ballroom)
s 2006 Tournament
(Sport-Jujitsu, Sport Pankration, Sub Grappling, Extreme Sparring)
(St. Louis H.S. Gym)
7/1/06
Pride
(MMA)
(Saitama Super Arena)
6/24/06
The Ultimate Fighter 3 Finale
(MMA)
(The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV)
6/17/06
RWE Qualifiers
(MMA)
(Afook
Chinen Civic Auditorium, Hilo)
USA-Boxing Hawaii
(Boxing)
(Palolo District Park)
6/10/06
X-1 Battlegrounds 4
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
6/4/06
PRIDE Bushido 11: 'Bushido
Survival '06'
(PPV)
6/3/06
X-2 Extreme Wars:
Bay Area Brawl
(MMA)
(Oakland Alameda Coliseum, Oakland, CA)
2006 Relson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Associations Gi Tournament
(BJJ)
(Gracie Main Academy)
5/27/06
UFC 60:
Royce Gracie vs. Matt Hughes
(PPV)
5/26/06
Icon Sport 45
(MMA)
(Blaisdell 6Arena)
5/20/06
3rd Maui Jiu-Jitsu Championships
(BJJ & Sub Grappling)
(Maui War Memorial Gym, Wailuku)
5/13/06
Got Skills Fighter Event
(MMA)
(Pagoda Hotel)
4/29/06
RAZE MMA Fight Night
(MMA)
(ipayOne center , former San Diego Sports Arena
San Diego, CA)
4/21/06
Rumble on the Rock
11: Grand Prix
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
4/15/06
UFC 59: Reality Check
(MMA)
(Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, CA)
4/7-9/06
2006
Pan-American Jiu-Jitsu Tournament
(BJJ)
(California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA)
4/6/06
Ultimate Fight Night on Spike TV
(MMA)
(Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV)
4/1/06
Punishment in Paradise
(Kickboxing)
(Sea Life Park)
3/26/06
3rd Maui Jiu-Jitsu Championships
(BJJ & Sub Grappling)
(Maui War Memorial Gym, Wailuku)
3/25/06
Garden Island Cage
Match #3
(MMA)
(Kapaa H.S. Gym, Kapaa, Kauai)
3/11/06
Hawaiian Championship
of BJJ
(BJJ & Sub Grappling)
(St. Louis H.S. Gym)
Full Contact Showdown
(MMA)
(Kahuna's Sports Bar & Grill, Kaneohe Marine Corps Base)
3/4/06
Kickin It 2006
(Kickboxing)
(Venue TBA)
2/26/06
NAGA Hawaii State Championship
(BJJ & Sub Grappling)
(Honolulu)
*Cancelled
until Summer*
2/25/06
Icon Sport 44
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
2/4/06
Kick it Up
(Kickboxing)
(Pagoda Hotel Ballroom, Honolulu)
UFC 57:
Liddell vs. Couture 3
Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, NV
(PPV)
1/27/06
So You Think You Tough
(MMA, Kickboxing)
(Kona Gym, Kona)
January
Grappler's Quest Hawaii
(Submission Grappling)
(TBA)
***Cancelled*** |
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The Toughest Show On
Teleivision
Tuesdays at 7:00PM
***NEW TIME***
Olelo Channel 52 on Oahu
Akaku on Maui
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Fight
To Defend Mixed Martial Arts In Hawaii!
The Hawaii Government
is trying to ban or restrict MMA in Hawaii. Please contact your local representative and
let them know that you support MMA in Hawaii. Click the link
below to look up your Representative and his contact info!
HB3223 has been
passed with Amendments. Basically the bill has been rewritten
to create a MMA Commission to regulate MMA in Hawaii and passed
on to the Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee and the
Judiciary Committee for further hearings.
Get
all the details concerning the two MMA Bills by clicking here
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Please
Help Me Sell My House in Pacific Palisades!
Warning:
Shameless personal plug which has nothing to do with martial
arts. Sorry,
I forgot the most important part, the listing price $579,000.
I (Chris) am selling my house due to my divorce. I need to get
the house sold so I can get out of my marriage! If you know anyone
that is interested or any real estate agents that you know that
can help get the word out to generate interest in my house, I
would really appreciate it!
This
is the house that I planned on growing old and dying in, so it
is a great property, has a lot of sentimental value and a hell
of a lot of sweat equity put into it. It is in a great neighborhood,
with great neighbors and is priced under other listed comparables
in Palisades, even though the house and the land area are larger.
Please
email or call me (381-5959) if you have any questions or if you
know of anyone that would like to arrange a viewing.
We are
holding an Open House next week Sunday, August 6th, from 2-5PM
(please check the Honolulu Advertiser to confirm).
Here
are some of the details:
2255 Amokemoke Street
Pearl City, Hawaii 96782
Listing
Price: $579,000
In Pacific
Palisades
1,698
sqft living area
200
sqft covered work area
8,998
sqft land area
Perimeter
lot with view of the valley, mountains, city, and ocean
New
exterior paint on the house, car port and surrounding hollow
tile walls.
New
cement walkways and large concrete slab for BBQs, kids bikes
or general entertaining
Retaining
wall recently installed to create a large usable front yard
Tangerine,
mango and lime trees in the back yard.
Hollow tile wall surrounds the house
All
exterior doors were just replaced with fiberglass doors and deadbolts
Security door recently installed
Security
bars on the windows for added security, also recently painted
Home
Security system
Pool
table
2
- 8,500BTU air conditioning wall units for the bedrooms, less
than 1 year old.
Wall to wall carpeting and ceramic tile floors
Off
the major street (Aumakua Street) in Palisades, so it is close
to bus stops, but not a lot of passing cars
Great
neighbors
$35
Annual Community Association dues, with no restrictions on house
color, hanging clothes, etc like many other communities.
2
comparable homes, four houses away selling for $43,000 &
$100,000 more.
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Hawaiian
Open of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Results
St. Louis High School, Honolulu, Hawaii
August 12, 2006
Team Results
1) Team Relson Gracie
2) Brazilian Freestyle
Jiu Jitsu / HMC
3) Gracie Kailua / Central Oahu / North Shore
Youth
Gi Division
6
and Under
1. Kaua
Nishigaya, Papakolea FIGHT club
2. Isaiah Feary, Papakolea FIGHT club
7 Open
1. Teniya Alo, Kaneohe Team
2. Kamaehu Suzuki-Scott, Kaneohe Team
8 Open
1. Tishiya Alo, Kaneohe Team
2. Hikina Gaughen, Kaneohe Team
9-10 Light
1. Canaan Kawaihae, Kailua Jiu-Jitsu
2. Indica Dilder, North Shore
9-10 Middle
1. Brandon
Saiki, Casca Grossa
2. Zorick
Palimo'o, Kaneohe Team
9-10 Heavy
1. Paihi Pestano, Kaneohe Team
2. Kawika Hattori, HMC
11 Light
1. Kaile Heredia, Maui Jiu-Jitsu
2. Jacob Palimo'o, Kaneohe Team
12-14 Light
1. Sage Yoshida, HMC
2. Brennan Garcia, Maui Jiu-Jitsu
12-14 Heavy
1. Derrick Lizame, Kendal Goo Jiu-Jitsu
2. Jacob Hoshino, HMC
15-17 Light
1. Kena Gugudan, Relson Main
2. Daniel Bryant, Maui Jiu-Jitsu
15-17 Middle
1. Keola Knight, Kailua Jiu-Jitsu
2. Kawai Ching, Kaneohe Team
15-17 Heavy
1. Josh
Asperilla, Papakolea FIGHT club
2. Alaka'I
Kim-Davis, Kaneohe Team
Youth
No-Gi Division
6
& under
1. Kaua
Nishigaya, Papakolea FIGHT club
2. Spike Kahawai, Papakolea FIGHT club
7 Open
1. Teniya alo, Kaneohe Team
2. Kamaehu Suzuki-Scott, Kaneohe Team
8 Open
1. Tishiya Alu, Kaneohe Team
2. Hikina Gaughen, Kaneohe Team
9-11 Light
1. Bobby Castle
2. Canaan Kawaihae, Kailua Jiu-Jitsu
9-11 Heavy
1. Paihi Pestano, Kaneohe Team
2. Makana Valdez, Relson Main
12-14 Light
1. Kevin Conley, North Shore
2. Brian Perelta, Kaneohe Team
12-14 Light
1. Sage Yoshida, HMC
2. Keanu Ching, Kaneohe Team
12-14 Heavy
1. Jacob Hoshino, HMC
2. Derrick Lizame, Kendal Goo Jiu-Jitsu
15-17 Light
1. Jordan Factora, Animal House
2. Rusty Rivera, Kaneohe Team
15-17 Middle
1. Keola Mayural, Kaneohe Team
2. Taylor Sadler, Kendal Goo Jiu-Jitsu
15-17 Heavy
1. Alaka'I Kim-Davis, Kaneohe Team
Women's
Gi Division
White-Blue
Belt
1. Tracy Goodell, North Shore
2. Kimberly King, Maui Jiu Jitsu
No-Gi
1. Sarah Aoki, Jesus is Lord
2. Heather Eischens
Men's
White Belt Division
123-135
lbs
1. Sean Skiendal, Brazilian Freestyle
2. Ken Ito, Brazilian Freestyle
3. Rey Ang, Brazilian Freestyle
136-148 lbs
1. Sadhu Bott, HMC
2. Rod Smith, Kahaluu Jiu Jitsu
3. Bowen Medeiros, Maui Jiu Jitsu
149-161 lbs
1. Jay-Ar
Sagario, Team HK
2. Jason
Murata, Grappling Unlimited
3. Kyle
Matsuoka, Papakolea
162-174
lbs
1. Marshall Harvest, Animal House
2. Travis Kashiwa, Team HK
3. Matt Gorman, North Shore
175-187 lbs
1. Gram Kovarik, Kauai Technical
2. Tyson
Suzuki, Papakolea
3. Clayton Apana, Papakolea
188-201
lbs
1. Tyler
Bailey, Casca Grossa
2. Kenneth Gusman, Papakolea
3. Joshua Lindsey, Casca Grossa
202-214
lbs
1. Shane Lum, Kaneohe Team
2. Dustin Roche, Gracie Kailua
3. Sueng
Min Lee, Papakolea
215+ lbs
1. Jacob Mata, Kaneohe Team
2. Sam Streep, Maui Jiu Jitsu
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Men's
Blue Belt Division
123-135
lbs
1. Daniel Morales, Brazilian Freestyle
2. Matt Higa, Team HK
136-148 lbs
1. Desmond
Thain, Papakolea
2. Masaya
Sato, Brazilian Freestyle
3. Regi Morales, Brazilian Freestyle
149-161 lbs
1. Verne Schank, Team HK
2. Kawika Tahere, North Shore
3. Turner Au, BJ Penn
162-174 lbs
1. Brooks Navarez, Gracie Kailua
2. Daniel Espinoza, Gracie Kailua
3. Keith Inouye, Brazilian Freestyle
175-187 lbs
1. Marcelo Kaminski, Gracie Kailua
2. Matt Mancuso, North Shore
3. Paul Champlin, Brazilian Freestyle
188-201 lbs
1. Hiroshi Tominaga, Brazilian Freestyle
2. Russell Morita, Kendall Goo JJ
3. James Craig, North Shore
202+ lbs
1. Michael Tengan, Kaneohe Team
2. Godfrey Kaonohi, Kahaluu JJ
3. Llewellyn Akiona, Maui JJ
Men's
Purple Belt Division
136-148
lbs
1. Syrus Melandish, Kendall Goo JJ
2. Shaka Ferreira, Gracie Barra
149-161 lbs
1. Kyle
Snyder-Olivares, Casca Grossa
2. Rafael
Santos, North Shore
3. Joel Patchen, North Shore
162-187 lbs
1. Pono Pananganan, Kauai Technical
2. Gabriel Igawa-Silva, BJ Penn
3. Dean Lista, HMC
188+ lbs
1. Jake Mapes, Maui JJ
2. Ray Seraille, Grappling Unlimited
Men's
Brown Belt Division
Open
Weight
1. Rylan Lizares, Grappling Unlimited
2. Mark Bonilla, BJ Penn
Men's No-Gi Novice
123-135
lbs
1. Jay
Bolos, Casca Grossa
2. Casey Dunga, Casca Grossa
136-148
lbs
1. Chad
Sagaysay, Casca Grossa
2. Kevin Brown, Papakolea
3. Bryan
Nakahara, Brazilian Freestyle
149-161 lbs
1. Paul Lopes, Jesus is Lord
2. Dale Balsis, Brazilian Freestyle
3. Timothy Moon, Baret Submission
162-174 lbs
1. Stuart
Kam, Team HK
2. Mike
Cuban, Central JJ
3. Danny Mabalot, Brazilian Freestyle
175-187 lbs
1. Lars
Chase, Casca Grossa
2. Ryan Lee, Papakolea
3. Joshua
Adams, Jesus is Lord
188-201 lbs
1. Tyler
Bailey, Casca Grossa
2. Kenneth Gusman, Papakolea
202-214
lbs
1. Angel Santiago, Kamole
2. Dustin Roche, Gracie Kailua
3. Gabriel Bazell, Eastsidaz
Men's
No-Gi Intermediate
123-135
lbs
1. Daniel Morales, Brazilian Freestyle
2. Rex Ang, Brazilian Freestyle
135-148 lbs
1. Cliff
Park, Casca Grossa
2. Regi
Morales, Brazilian Freestyle
3. Rob Smith Kahaluu JJ
162-174
1. Brooks Navarez, Gracie Kailua
2. Marshall Harvest, Animal House
3. Kyle Miyahana, Team MMA
175-187 lbs
1. Keith Inouye, Brazilian Freestyle
2. Paul Champlin, Brazilian Freestyle
3. Alex Cezar, Kauai Technical
Men's No-Gi Intermediate - Master
Lightweight
1. Kevin Yoshida, HMC
2. David Hattori, Brazilian Freestyle
Men's
No-Gi Advanced
139-150
lbs
1. Brandon
Bernadino, Casca Grossa
2. Kyle Synder-Olivares, Casca Grossa
3. Andrew Kawada, Casca Grossa
162-174
lbs
1. Rylan Lizares, Grappling Unlimited
2. Dylan Clay, Brazilian Freestyle
3. Pono Pananganan, Kauai Technical
175-187 lbs
1. Kaipo Miller-Kalama, Team MMAD
2. Sidney Silva, Brazilian Freestyle
3. Phillip Espaniola, BJ Penn
Open Weight
1. David Chew, Relson Gracie
2. Saban Santiago, Central JJ
3. Scott Junk, Gracie Kailua
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Source: Jeff Tsuzuki
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Mr.
International shines in Season 4 opener
By Sean McClure
Dana White lays out the premise of the show to the viewers at
home. The fighters in the house are ones who had good chances
at greatness, but fell short. This is their chance at redemption.
The winners in the welterweight and middleweight divisions get
title shots in the future.
The
coaches are introduced. Randy Couture, Georges St. Pierre, and
Mark DelaGrotte are the coaches for both teams. There are no
dedicated coaches to each team as there was on the previous seasons.
Lots
of mutual respect and friendship is displayed. I was very surprised
at this. It shows the maturity that these guys have acquired
from years of fighting, winning, and losing.
The
teams are picked by the fighters drawing jerseys out of boxes.
Dana tells them that they have to pick names for the teams. The
grey team is now called Team Mojo and the blue team is Team No
Love.
Training
sessions are shown as always for each team.
The
welterweights get to fight first and the blue team gets to pick
the fighters.
In
training, Shonie Carter struggles to keep up. He pushes himself
and ends up being our first throw up shot of the season.
Rich
Clementi is announced as the blue team's fighter and he chooses
Shonie Carter. Dana then recaps the UFC careers of each fighter
giving good insight and a history of both.
Inside
the house, Shonie repaints the UFC logo red and yellow convincing
Matt Serra and others that he has issues.
Both
fighters make weight and it is time to fight.
Rich
gets an early takedown, but Shonie reverses manages to stand
back up.
Shonie shows he has good striking skills and lands some really
good shots on Rich. Shonie gets a nice takedown and dominates
the ground work. The first round ends in a clinch position up
against the cage.
Rich
gets another takedown and attempts an armbar that Carter reverses
and then gains side control. He lands some good elbows and eventually
the fight makes it back to the standing position with Shonie
landing more good punches and clearly dominating all aspects
of this fight. Matt Serra's cornering of Carter proved invaluable
here because what he was telling Shonie to do seemed to work
every time.
Winner
of season four's first fight: Shonie Carter
Rich
Clementi tells Dana that he was too slippery and Dana tells him
that these things happen and that he may still get a chance.
Rich
Clementi is sent home as the first fighter eliminated.
Source: Maxfighting
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Holyfield
wins in return fight
By Zach Arnold
Fox Sports Net had a live telecast of the Evander Holyfield vs.
Jeremy Bates fight from Dallas, Texas at the American Airlines
Arena on Friday night. Holyfield defeated Jeremy Bates by TKO
(referee stoppage) at the end of R2. The crowd was very large
at the Arena and strongly supportive of Holyfield, chanting his
name very early on in the fight. Whenever Holyfield managed to
get a spurt of punches going, the crowd really erupted. Holyfield
looked OK — just as you would expect, nothing more or nothing
less. Rich Marotta & Sean O’Grady tried their best to
put over Holyfield on TV commentary.
Source: Fight Opinion
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PRIDE
32: The Real Deal
Fedor vs. Coleman and "Shogun" Rua vs. Randleman
Earlier tonight, PRIDE held a "PRIDE Fight Night" fan
session at the Fox Sports Grill in Irvine, California to announce
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Mark Coleman and Mauricio "Shogun"
Rua vs. Kevin Randleman.
Mike
Tyson was in attendance. There is talk of him boxing in exhibition
bouts on future PRIDE events.
Other
fighters expected to fight in PRIDE 32: The Real Deal are:
-
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic
- Josh Barnett
- Phil Baroni
- Kazuhiro Nakamura
- Kazuyuki Fujita
- Pawel Nastula
General
public tickets go on sale Sunday, August 20th. Call 1-866-US
FIGHT for more details.
The
price for the pay per view will cost $39.95.
Source: MMA Fighting
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Rosters
announced for IFL World Team Championships in Moline
Press Release
The highly-anticipated Renzo Gracie vs. Pat Miletich Superfight
tops an exciting night of fighting at the International Fight
League World Team Championships at The MARK of the Quad Cities
in Moline, Ill. on September 23, beginning at 8 p.m. The Pitbulls
team, coached by Gracie and based in New York, takes on Miletich’s
host Silverbacks, who won the inaugural World Team title in June.
Two new squads, both recent additions to the IFL, will battle
in the other quarterfinal, as Frank Shamrock’s Razorclaws
of San Jose and Carlos Newton’s Dragons, based in Toronto,
square off.
The
card is scheduled to include many of the top IFL performers.
For the Pitbulls, Marcio Feitosa (Brazil), Andre Gusmao (Brazil),
Delson Heleno (Brazil) Bryan Vitell (Jamaica, N.Y.) and one fighter
to be determined will battle the likes of the Silverbacks’
Mike Ciesnolevicz (Williamstown, Pa.), Rory Markham (Bettendorf,
Iowa), Ryan McGivern (Bettendorf, Iowa), Bart Palaszewski (Wonderlake,
Ill.) and Ben Rothwell (Kenosha, Wis.)
The
event will also feature the first IFL fights for the Razorclaws’
Dwayne Compton (Tucson, Ariz.), Raphael Davis (Torrance, Calif.),
Brian Ebersole (San Jose, Calif.), Josh Odom (San Jose, Calif.)
and Ray Steinbeiss (Tempe, Ariz.), as well as the Dragons’
Brent Beauparlant (Montreal, Quebec), Rob Di Censo (Woodbridge,
Ontario), Joe Doerksen (Winnipeg, Manitoba), Wojtek Kaszowski
(Toronto, Ontario) and Claude Patrick (Mississauga, Ontario).
“As
we gear up for our full Championship season in 2007, the IFL
World Team Championship event at The Mark is an outstanding showcase
of two of our founding teams as well as two new squads,”
said Gareb Shamus, IFL president. “Pat Miletich and Renzo
Gracie are two of the biggest names in the history of mixed martial
arts, and I know fans are excited to see them in the ring next
month.”
The
winning teams will advance to the semifinals, where they will
take on the squads which emerge victorious in the other World
Team Championship quarterfinal matches in Portland, Ore., on
Sept. 9. The date and location of the semifinal matches will
be announced shortly.
Tickets
for the Moline event retail from $28.50 to $148.50 and are available
at all Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com, charge by
phone at (563) 326-1111, and The MARK of the Quad Cities Box
Office.
IFL
World Team Championships, The MARK of the Quad Cities, Moline,
Ill., Sept. 23, 2006
Pitbulls
vs. Silverbacks
155
lb. Marcio Feitosa (Brazil) vs. Bart Palaszewski (Wonderlake,
Ill.)
170 lb. TBA vs. Rory Markham (Bettendorf, Iowa)
185 lb. Delson Heleno (Brazil) vs. Ryan McGivern (Bettendorf,
Iowa)
205 lb. Andre Gusmao (Brazil) vs. Mike Ciesnolevicz (Williamstown,
Pa.)
265 lb. Bryan Vitell (Jamaica, N.Y.) vs. Ben Rothwell (Kenosha,
Wis.)
Razorclaws
vs. Dragons
155
lb. Josh Odom (San Jose, Calif.) vs. Rob Di Censo (Woodbridge,
Ontario)
170 lb. Ray Steinbeiss (Tempe, Ariz.) vs. Claude Patrick (Mississaauga,
Ontario)
185 lb. Brian Ebersole (San Jose, Calif.) vs. Joe Doerksen (Winnipeg,
Manitoba)
205 lb. Raphael Davis (Torrance, Calif.) vs. Brent Beauparlant
(Montreal, Quebec)
265 lb. Dwayne Compton (Tucson, Ariz.) vs. Wojtek Kaszowski (Toronto,
Ontario)
Superfight
Renzo
Gracie (Holmdel, N.J.) vs. Pat Miletich (Bettendorf, Iowa)
Source: MMA Fighting
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Quote
of the Day
"Not
in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves are
triumph and defeat."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882, American Poet
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PIP
TICKETS ON SALE
PUNISHMENT IN PARADISE: “UNFINISHED BUSINESS”
Sat Sept 9,2006
Dole Cannery Ballroom
TICKETS
ON SALE
Sorry
for the delay we just had to fix some things on it before letting
it go. We had 16 Confirmed Fights that night Hawaii’s toughest
stand up fighters will go at it K-1 Rules style. Last event was
SOLD OUT so you won’t want to miss this one.
Fighters
Participating
Ronald
“Machine Gun” Jhun, Harris “The Hitman” Sarimento,
Kaleo Kwan, Wayne Perrin III, Domi “Dominator” Lopez,
K-1 Veteran James Martinez(31-3 Record), Bronson Mohika, Duke
Saragousa, John Visante Jr, Zack Rapal, Kaipo Cayetano,Lorenzo
Moreno and Hawaii Kickboxing Champion Tony “The Tiger “Rodiques
Plus Many More
Advance
Ticket Price
General
Admission $30.00
Ringside
$50.00
For
ticket outlets and Fight Info 590-3824
Buy
it online at www.PIPHAWAII.com
Source: Event Promoter
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L.
Azevedo: "I want to do a great job"
Confirmed
by the Dream Stage Entertainment to face the Japanese Hayato
Sakurai, Luciano Azevedo is still thinking about his strategy
for his fight on August 26th, at Pride Bushido 12. "We are
still thinking in the strategy for this fight. We are studying
a lot Sakurai's game, but my first strategy is to attack him
with my gas", guaranteed Luciano, who is worried of fighting
well to have other opportunity in the Pride.
-
I am not worried and I will submit or KO. I want to do a great
job. If I fight well, the victory will come naturally. He is
more experienced and a tough fighter. Facing Sakurai in the first
fight is the worst thing, but at the same time this is a great
opportunity. So, I want to thanks the B-Tough agency to made
my dream of fighting at Pride true - said the Luta-Livre black-belt.
Other Brazilian confirmed in the card of Pride Bushido was the
JJ professor of Chute Boxe Cristiano Marcello, who faces the
Japanese Mitsuhiro Ishida.
COMPLETE
CARD (subject to change):
Pride
Bushido 12 - Welterweight GP
Nagoya City Rainbow Hall, Nagoya - Japan
Saturday, August 26th, 2006
GP
Welterweight
- Dan Henderson vs. Kazuo Misaki;
- Akihiro Gouno vs. Gegard Mousasi;
- Ryo Chonan vs. Paulão Filho;
- Denis Kang vs. Amar Suloev;
Other
Bouts
- Takanori Gomi vs. adversary to be defined;
- Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Eric "Butterbean" Esch;
- Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Cristiano Marcello;
- Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs. Luciano Azevedo;
- Jeff Curran vs. Hioki Hatsu;
- Shin'ya Aoki vs. Jason Black;
- Gilbert Melendez vs. Nobuhiro Obiya;
- Tatsuya Kawajiri vs.Chris Brennan.
Source: Tatame
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Patrick
Smith returns to MMA against Justin Eilers
Patrick Smith returns to mixed martial arts on September 16th
at the Denver Arena in Denver, Colorado. His opponent will be
Justin Eilers, who is currently on a three-fight win streak after
three straight losses in the UFC.
Patrick
Smith should be a familiar face to fans who followed the early
UFCs. Smith lost to Ken Shamrock in the first UFC. Smith bounced
back in the second UFC to defeat three fighters before losing
to Royce Gracie in the finals.
Kit
Cope will be a conducting a seminar the day before the show and
will be providing commentary for the show.
Current
Fight Card:
Patrick
Smith vs. Justin Eilers
Richard Hess vs. Joey Welch
Kevin English vs. Aaron Pervais
John Kronk vs. Rich Mascowitz
Anthony Johnson vs. JT Taylor
Winner of Johnson vs. Taylor vs. winner of Kronk vs. Mascowitz
Source: MMA Fighting
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BJJ
World Championships' organizer responds to claim that Mike Fowler
was robbed
There
was controversy at the BJJ World Championships this year when
Daniel Moraes reportedly used an illegal slam to escape an arm
bar attempt from American competitor Mike Fowler. A lot of Americans
complained that this was the typical type of favoritism that
Brazilians received in Conferderation of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
competitions.
In
years past we never heard a response to similar complaints. But,
Denis Martins from OnTheMat got a chance to interview Marcelo
"Seriema" Araújo, the organizer of the World
Championships, and asked himsome tough questions:
DM: Talking about good job, well did you hear what people talked
in internet about the fight involving Mike Fowler x Daniel Moraes?
MA:
Yes, I did.
DM:
What can you state about that fight?
MA:
I think this situation was the worst thing that happened in our
event. Mansur (chief referee) and I didn't see the fight, but
it is recorded and we're going to study this. Carlos Jr watched
the fight and he said that Moraes' movement characterized an
illegal one (the slam) and Moraes should be disqualified. We
need to see if this was a clear mistake, and if it does, we'll
warn the referee. We're working to develop a World system of
referring fights, so we can't let gaps for big mistakes.
By
what I saw on internet, they commented that the American fighter
comes to Brazil to be robbed on the mat, and it let me sad. We're
working hard and we know the effort these fighters do to come
to Brazil and compete. Our intention is to develop the BJJ in
the World, and if we have a foreign champion of Mundials in black-belt
is very important. I'd be very happy if Fowler was champion;
he's a good fighter and deserved that. If we have a lot of foreign
champions this is a signal that our job is going well due to
what we make outside Brazil. Another fact was they talked this
tape of the match Fowler x Moraes would be lost, but this fight
will be on the dvd of Mundials 2006 and everybody will watch
it, we don't have the why to hide anything.
Admitting the mistake now is nice, but it does not give Fowler
a chance to compete for the championship. Nevertheless, this
kind of direct, open response is a step forward - and necessary
if the CBJJ wants to attract a truly international field.
Another
intresting development at this year's championship was that competitors
were disqualified for stalling. In my opinion this is a much
welcomed improvement, and here is what Araújo had to say
about it:
DM: Still at the Mundials, we had a lot of disqualifications
this year. Do you think it will happen more often from now on?
MA:
I remember three disqualifications: Carlos "Escorrega"
Lemos, Daniel Moraes and Carlos Holanda and Dai Yoshioka in the
same fight. I think it needs to happen and this is the future
of our sport, no place for stalling. We need to attract more
fans for this sport, so the matches need to have more dynamism.
I think the fighters learned from this and we'll have more good
matches now. This was not the first time we disqualified two
fighters in same match, at Brasileiro 2006 in Roberto Tozzi and
Cyborg (semifinals), both were disqualified too, and after this
they talked to us, please we'll fight now, don't disqualify us.
Well, this was too late for this allegation.
DM:
The main problem in that semifinal involving Holanda and Yoshioka
was that both didn't understand they got disqualified, mainly
Yoshioka who doesn't speak English or Portuguese either. Is there
any work of CBJJ to make the things clear for fighters as Yoshioka?
MA:
We're elaborating a rules' dvd and it will launched in all languages,
so fighter will not have problem on the moment of understanding
the rules
There is lots more in the interview, so be sure to check it out.
Update
8/14: The Fightworks Podcast has interviewed both Mike Fowler
and Daniel Moraes about their match. Fowler's interview and Moraes's
side of the story.
Source: Whaledog
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Alexandre
Pequeno:
Looking at the next confrontations
By Joana Carvalho
The Shooto king Alexandre Pequeno didn't have the same performance
of Shooto in the K-1 Hero's, where he has two bouts and two defeats.
According to him, this situation could change soon. In the last
day August 5th, Pequeno lost for the Japanese Koutetsu Boku by
unanimous decision of the judges, but the athlete believes that
this fight did teach him and he also guarantees that this is
just the beginning of his career in that competition. In exclusive
interview to site TATAME, Pequeno evaluated his fight against
the Japanese, talked about his expectations for the next events
and also told us about the almost participation of his brother
Leonardo Nogueira in the K-1 Hero's. Check out now the complete
interview:
What
did you think about your fight against the Japanese Koutetsu
Boku at the K-1 Hero's?
I
think I drew with him. I know I did a good fight, especially
in the first round. I had a good first round and just in the
second one the Japanese got better, so I though the fight was
equilibrated. But the judge's decision was that.
Do
you think that something in his game did disturb you?
He
is bigger than me and before the event he was with 69kg and in
the day of the competition he was with 80kg. He is a great Muay
Thai fighter, he has experience. In the second round, he started
to neutralize me, I wasn't so good as the first round.
What
do you need to improve in your game to win in the Hero's?
For
now I just have two bouts and two defeats, so it is early yet
to say if I did something wrong. But I think it is fine to lose,
this was my second fight in the event and we will see what happens
later I think it is important some defeats in your career, so
you can what your mistakes, see what you are making wrong and
train more and more.
Do
you already have a fight to do? Which are your plans now?
Not
yet, I am waiting people tell me. For now, I will train hard
as always here in my Training Center in Rio de Janeiro and train
my pupils.
Is
that true that your brother, Leonardo Nogueira, was one of the
candidates to fight with Melvin Manhoef, who was with no adversary
in the competition?
It
is true. They had to choose Melvin's adversary at the last time,
because his adversary, Carlos Newton, said that got an injury.
They though about Rani Yahya, my brother and Crosley Gracie.
So they choose Crosley, but if wasn't him, they would send my
brother, that was there as my corner.
People
say that your brother stayed there to train with Melvin, that
they become big friends. Can you tell me about that?
They
become friends and Melvin Manhoef already liked his ground game,
so he invited Leozinho to train in Holland. Melvin needs a good
ground base for his possible confrontation against Sakuraba so
he called my brother. They are in Holland right now and in September
they are going to Holland to train Muay Thai and ground game.
Source: Tatame
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Quote
of the Day
"Love
takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know
we cannot live within."
James Baldwin, 1924-1987, American Author
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Kickin'
It Up Tonight!
August
18, 2006
Waipahu Filcom Center
Doors open at 6:00 PM
KELA NIXON 60 MATT
UPRISING FIGHT TEAM TEAM RUTHLESS
WESLEY DENIGO 90 ALIKA
BULLSPEN HSD
JENNIFER KUKIO 125 ALEX AREVALO
LAUPAHOEHOE MUAY THAI ANIMAL HOUSE
PEN DAO 105 KAWIKA HATTORI
BULLS PEN HMC
ALAN ALCARAZ 155 ANTHONY MURAKAMI
JESUS IS LORD TEAM ISLAND THUNDER
RIN DAO 110 PAUL VARQUEZ
BULLS PEN EWA BEACH GRAPPLING
NALU COMBIS 160 HIAPO KOLO
TEAM DEVASTATION PAPAKOLEA FIGHT TEAM
JAMAL BENITEZ 140 RICHARD BERNARD
EWA BEACH GRAPPLING HSD
PENI TAUFAAO 145 GEORGE CRUZ
EASTSIDE TEAM DEVASTATION
MARCUS MARTINEZ 145 DAVID LUI
BULLSPEN HMC
JULIO MORENO 125 BRYSON KEALOHA
BULLS PEN TEAM DEVASTATION
KENJI SAITO 270 JUNIOR CHAVEZ
ANIMAL HOUSE HSD
BILLY TAKIUCHI 125 ARNOLD BERDON
BULLS PEN TEAM DEVASTATION
RYAN CARVALHO 215 KENNETH GUSMAN
ANIMAL HOUSE PAPAKOLEA FIGHT TEAM
FELISI MATAAFA 280 NIVA TUPUA
BULLS PEN UPRISING FIGHT TEAM\
DEREK MINN SEMI PRO DAVID BALICAO
LAUPAHOEOHOE MUAY THAI 140 HSD
MIKE THE MAD CUBAN SEMI PRO CHAD GUSMAN
UPRISING FIGHT TEAM 170 PAPAKOLEA FIGHT TEAM
ALEX ZARIELLO SEMI PRO BINO
PALOLO VALLEY MUAY THAI 160 FREE LANCE
MATCHES
AND PARTICIPANTS MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Source: Event Promoter
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UFC
Fight Night Results
Hawaii's
Anthony Torres Wins!
Thursday, August 17, 2006
From the Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada
PRELIMINARY
BOUTS:
Fight
#1 - Welterweight Bout
Pat Healy (170 lbs) vs. Anthony Torres (170.5 lbs)
Torres wins via rear naked
choke submission in the first round.
Fight
#2 - Welterweight Bout
Sammy Morgan (170.5 lbs) vs. Forrest Petz (170 lbs)
170 lb:
Petz wins via unanimous decision after 3 rounds.
Fight
#3 - Heavyweight Bout
Jake O'Brien (231 lbs) vs. Christophe Midoux (224 lbs)
O'Brien wins via referee stoppage (strikes) in the second round.
Fight
#4 - Welterweight Bout
Joe Riggs (170 lbs) vs. Jason Von Flue (170 lbs)
Riggs wins via triangle choke submission in the first round.
Fight
#5 - Middleweight Bout
Martin Kampmann (185 lbs) vs. Crafton Wallace (184.5 lbs)
Kampmann wins via rear naked choke submission in the first round.
TELEVISED
BOUTS:
Fight
#6 - Welterweight Bout
Josh Koscheck (171 lbs) vs. Jonathan Goulet (170 lbs)
Koscheck wins via submission (strikes) in the first round.
Fight
#7 - Middleweight Bout
Dean Lister (185 lbs) vs. Yuki Sasaki (185 lbs)
Lister wins via unanimous decision after 3 rounds.
Fight
#8 - Middleweight Bout
Chris "The Crippler" Leben (186 lbs) vs. Jorge Santiago
(185 lbs)
Leben wins via KO in the second round.
Spike
TV airs the Joe Riggs vs. Jason Von Flue fight.
Fight
#9 - Welterweight Bout
Diego "Nightmare" Sanchez (169.5 lbs) vs. Karo Parisyan
(171.5 lbs)
Sanchez wins via unanimous decision after 3 rounds.
Source: MMA Fighting
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Marcelo
Tigre
From poverty to MMA stardom - Part 1
By Luca Atalla and Gustavo Aragao
“It really doesn’t matter if it’s Tom Erikson
or Mark Kerr, they’ll have to kill me to beat and to kill
me they’ll have to exchange blows.” – Marcelo
Tigre in 1999
Briefly
prior to his debut as a fighter, Marcelo Alves Eneas Dantas used
to spend his nights outside his shack in Natal, the capital of
northern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte. He used to entertain
himself with the spinning of Mother Luzia lighthouse. Many times
he didn’t know what he was going to eat the next day but
he chose to occupy his mind with something else: “I’m
going to be a MMA champion,” he dreamed.
Nowadays, as a recognized fighter, with more than 40 fights,
only three defeats and as the holder of the Extreme Wars belt
after snapping John Lober’s arm Marcelo steps in for a MMA
fight the same way he used to play as goalkeeper on soccer games
in his high school, in Natal.
That
attitude maybe explains his sucssess: “They don’t know
my story, the history of the people from the northeast of Brazil.
To be slaped in the face for a few minutes is nothing to us.
It’s a piece of cake for those who fight 24/7 for its survical,”
he explains. “The dirt water that I drank from the wells
gave me the gas to go to the end of the fights and the work with
a blunt hoe gave the stamina that I need to throw my opponents
to the ground.”
Ignorance
from the cradle
Things
were looking grim for Ms Maria Dantas in the capital city of
Rio Grande do Norte back in 1984, so she decided to move with
her son to Varzea Grande, a little town in the northeast inland,
where her father lived. “It was a lot of trouble. We picked
cotton and waited for the government truck that brought water,
butter and beans,” remembers Tigre that was 11 at the time.
“The house, made of clay, had no floor and the bathroom
was the backyard of the small farm. We would go far away to use
the latrine,” reveals.
Meeting
with the family in Santo Antonio do Salto da Onca. ”Where
I became a tough guy.”
Today,
his grandfather Ze is dead but the house remains. “It´s
all new now, we even have a cemented floor,” he says (this
story was published in 1999). The conditions improved a bit but
the pictures of Frei Damiao and Padre Cicero (religious icons
from the northeast of Brazil) still hang on the wall.“We
spent one year living in Varzea Grande and then moved to Santo
Antonio do Salto da Onca, a more developed town, where the rest
of our family lived.
It
was there that my life begun, it was there that I begun to turn
into a tough guy,” reveals the fighter. “My family
is too ignorant and for that I thank them a lot and also have
much anger,” he confesses. “When I was 12, while I
helped the family to build our house I plunged the shovel in
my foot. Blood gushed out and as I started to cry, my uncle Ze
da Conceicao yelled: ’Are you a fag of some kind? Throw
some sand on the wound and get back to work. You’ll get
beaten if your mother has to take you to the hospital.’
I have the scar until this day,” he says.
That
was, as he says, small potatoes. Once, when I was 13, things
got much more complicated. “A boyfriend of my mother spread
that I had stolen money from him. My family gathered and asked
if it was true. I assured it was not and they gave me a large
knife and told me to go kill the guy. I shook but had to go on.
If I said no, the dead would be me,” he bets. “We set
a stake out for the guy and when he arrived I asked him if it
was true that he was calling me a thief. He got on his knees,
begged me not to kill him and apologized. My cousins pressured
me to kill him but I managed to convince them. ‘I’m
no coward. I can’t kill a guy on his knees,’ I argued.
Once I was alone I sat on the floor and cried.”
Life
went on and things didn’t get better. “We starved,
really starved,” he remembers. There was a time when I got
a girlfriend and I used to go to her house backyard everynight.
She woukd feed me sweet potatoes hidden from her family. She
would throw it out the window and I would have to fight for the
potatoes with a dog that would bit my leg and threw to the ground.
I would get home all scratched and bitten but with a full belly.
It happened so often that the dog eventually became my friend.”
It
was still in Santo Antonio that Tigre thought about being a fighter:”I
took Tigre to Ze Arnaldo’s ‘Full Contato’ academy,”
remembers Marcio, a helper in the gym at the time and Tigre’s
first martial arts teacher. “I warned him: if you get in
trouble I’l beat the crap out of you.” around that
time, his mother lost her job and began having troubles to support
her son, so Tigre decided to try his luck: “ I left at five
o´clock in the morning, with only a pair of underwear and
the clothes I was wearing. I hitchhiked the milk truck up to
Natal and payed the trip helping him on the way. I was in search
for my destiny,” he remembers.
Source: Gracie Magazine
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Interview
with Pride's next big star? Denis Kang
By Denis Martins
MaxFighting: In Amar Suloev you're fighting a style similar to
Murilo "Ninja" Rua; so are you keeping your training
the same for this fight?
Denis Kang: Yes I'm keeping a similar training plan. I'm focusing
a little more on wrestling because I know Amar has good takedowns
defense.
MaxFighting:
Do you see similarities between their games? Is this good or
bad for you?
Denis Kang: They are both standup guys but I think Amar is more
technical and Ninja is more aggressive. Amar fights mostly with
counter attacks.
MaxFighting:
That fight against Rua surprised a lot of fans due to the quick
outcome. Were you surprised too?
Denis Kang: It surprised me as well, I know how tough Ninja is
and I was expecting it to go to a decision. Thank god luck was
on my side that night.
MaxFighting:
What did you have in mind for your fight against Ninja?
Denis Kang: I wanted to fight him the same way as Paulo Filho
on the ground, and use my straight punches and kicks for standing.
MaxFighting:
From what you watched from the event, what do you think about
the fighters who won their fights. In your opinion, is Filho
the most dangerous?
Denis Kang: To make it in this tournament it's impossible not
to be good. For sure Filho is one of the toughest guys there.
But Dan Henderson and Kazuo Misaki are also on that list.
MaxFighting:
And what about a possibility of a fight against Filho?
Denis Kang: It's inevitable in a tournament. Everyone knows we're
friends but we are both professionals and would handle it as
such. We are two athletes competing together. It's not a fight
on the street.
MaxFighting:
And what about the fighters who lost, which suprised you the
most?
Denis Kang: I personally thought that Joey Villasenor beat Ryo
Chonan and that Murillo Bustamante would defeat Suloev on the
ground.
MaxFighting:
What did you think about the fight between Murilo Bustamante
and Amar Suloev?
Denis Kang: I was surprised by Suloev's footwork and defense.
I don't think that Murillo was expecting that from him.
MaxFighting:
Can you take anything from that fight to study for your fight?
Denis Kang: Of course, no fighter is perfect. Amar has many weaknesses
that I can exploit.
MaxFighting:
I'm sure Suloev paid attention to your performance against Rua,
so do you think that even as a strike he'll be cautious?
Denis Kang: It's difficult to say because I have won fights in
Pride using punches and my Jiu-jitsu. I think he will primarily
try to play the same game he did against Murillo. But that's
ok because I will be ready.
MaxFighting:
Do you like this Bushido tournament's formula with the fights
spread out?
Denis Kang: I like it, but I don't mind fighting more than once
on the same night. I have done it many times before. It's hard,
but at the end of the night you get a great feeling of accomplishment.
Like you KNOW that
you worked hard.
MaxFighting:
The next stage should include two fights in one night, are you
ready?
Denis Kang: I think that it is confirmed for November. I'm ready
to fight 5 times in one night if I have to. I'm excited.
MaxFighting:
Thanks for your time and what can the fans expect from you at
Bushido 12?
Denis Kang:Action!!! I always come to push the fight. I want
to thank all my fans around the world, and thank my sponsors
www.moneybets.com, www.cagefuryfighting.com www.cytosport.com,
www.xyience.com, www.omnicomdesigns.com.
Source: Maxfighting
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TKO
27: Reincarnation
TKO 27 takes place from the Bell Center in Montreal, Canada on
September 29th. This event marks the first time TKO will use
an octagon cage instead of a ring.
-
FW: Mark Hominick vs. Ivan Menjivar
- LW: Sam Stout (TKO Lightweight Champion) vs. TBA
- HW: Icho Larenas (TKO Heavyweight Champion) vs. Krysztof Soszynski..
- WW: Chris Clements vs. Ian Major
- LW: Chris Horodecki vs. Samuel Guillet
- LHW: Martin Desilets vs. Todd Gouwenberg
- FW: Damacio Page vs. Stephane Vigneault
Last
Friday, TKO President Stephane Patry held a press conference
to announce Mark Hominick vs. Ivan Menjivar and a TKO reality
tv show similar to The Ultimate Fighter. "New Gladiators"
will document ten fighters and ten ring girls in a house.
Source: MMA Fighting
|
Quote
of the Day
"Books,
the children of the brain."
Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745, English Essayist/Novelist/Satirist |
Hawaii's
Anthony Torres on UFC Fight Night this Thursday (Hopefully)!
5:00 PM
Hawaii Time Oceanic Digital 559
Followed by the Ultimate Fighter Season Premier
In case
you guys weren't aware, our very own Anthony Torres is fighting
in the UFC's Ultimate Fight Night tomorrow (Thurs), which airs
on Spike TV. Anthony is fighting Pat Healy in the Welterweight
Division. Here are pics from the weigh-in earlier today. I spoke
with the UFC and they said that Anthony's fight may or may nor
appear in the broadcast. Go to UFC.com and lookup Ultimate Fight
Night 8-17-06.
ULTIMATE
FIGHT NIGHT 6 WEIGH-IN RESULTS
Las Vegas, NV – The Ultimate Fighting Championship®
(UFC®) organization today held the weigh-in event for UFC®
Fight Night™ live from Red Rock Resort, Casino & Spa.
All the fighters featured on the card, including main event fighters
Diego “The Nightmare” Sanchez, Karo “The Heat”
Parisyan, Chris “The Crippler” Leben, Josh Koscheck
and Joe “Diesel” Riggs stepped on the scales at approximately
4:00pm PT.
UFC®
Fight Night™ takes place tomorrow, Thursday, August 17,
2006 live from Las Vegas inside the Red Rock Casino, Resort &
Spa. Doors open at 2:00pm PT with the first preliminary bout
starting at 2:30pm PT. UFC® Fight Night™ will also telecast
live nationally on Spike TV starting at 8:00pm ET. The first
episode of the hit reality series The Ultimate Fighter® Season
4 “The Comeback” will premiere on Spike TV immediately
follow the fight.
Following
is the list of fighters and official weigh-in results:
PRELIMINARY
CARD:
Welterweight
Bout
Pat Healy (26-10)
6’0”/170 lbs.
vs.
Anthony
Torres (4-1)
5’10”/170 lbs.
Welterweight
Bout
Forrest Petz (17-2)
5’10”/170 lbs.
vs.
Sammy Morgan (18-7)
5’11”/170.5 lbs.
Heavyweight
Bout
Christophe Midoux (9-5-0)
6’1”/224 lbs.
vs.
Jake O’Brien (7-0)
6’3”/231lbs.
Welterweight
Bout
Jason Von Flue (13-6-1)
6’1”/170 lbs.
vs.
Joe Riggs (27-8)
6’0”/170 lbs.
Middleweight
Bout
Crafton Wallace (11-1-1)
6’0”/184.5 lbs.
vs.
Martin Kampmann (9-1)
6’0”/185 lbs.
MAIN
CARD
Welterweight
Bout
Jonathan Goulet (16-6)
6’1”/170 lbs.
vs.
Josh Koscheck (8-1)
5’10”/170 lbs.
Middleweight
Bout
Yuki Sasaki (20-12-1)
6’2”/185 lbs.
vs.
Dean Lister (8-4)
6’1”/185 lbs.
Middleweight
Bout
Jorge Santiago (11-5)
6’1”/185 lbs.
vs.
Chris Leben (15-2)
5’11”/186 lbs.
Welterweight
Main Event
Diego Sanchez (17-0)
5’11”/169.5 lbs.
vs.
Karo Parisyan (23-3)
5’10”/171.5 lbs.
*Bouts
subject to change.
Source: MMA Weekly
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Kickin'
It Weigh-Ins Today
WEIGH INS
WILL BE HELD AT THE RESULTS FITNESS CENTER IN EWA BEACH TODAY
AT 6:30 PM
1 NAINOA 60 MATT
UPRISING FIGHT TEAM TEAM RUTHLESS
2 WESLEY DENIGO 90 ALIKA
BULLSPEN HSD
3 JENNIFER KUKIO 125 ALEXIS
LAUPAHOEHOE MUAY THAI ANIMAL HOUSE
4 FIN 105 KAWIKA HATTORI
BULLS PEN HMC
5 ALAN ALCARAZ 155 ANTHONY MURAKAMI
JESUS IS LORD TEAM ISLAND THUNDER
6 RIN 110 PAUL VARQUEZ
BULLS PEN EWA BEACH GRAPPLING
7 NALU COMBIS 160 HIAPO
TEAM DEVASTATION PAPAKOLEA FIGHT TEAM
8 JAMAL BENITEZ 150 RICHARD BERNARD
EWA BEACH GRAPPLING HSD
9 ANTHONY ALTOMARE 145 GEORGE CRUZ
GEE YUNG TEAM DEVASTATION
10 MARCUS MARTINEZ 145 DAVID LUI
BULLSPEN HMC
11 KAI 180 KIMO KEKAHUNA
HOUSE OF PAIN TEAM DEVASTATION
12 KENJI SAITO 270 JUNIOR CHAVEZ
ANIMAL HOUSE HSD
13 BILLY TAKIUCHI 125 ARNOLD BERDON
BULLS PEN TEAM DEVASTATION
14 RYAN CARVALHO 215 KENNETH GUSMAN
ANIMAL HOUSE PAPAKOLEA FIGHT TEAM
15 FELISI MATAAFA 280 LEVI
BULLS PEN UPRISING FIGHT TEAM\
16 DEREK MINN SEMI PRO DAVID BALICAO
LAUPAHOEOHOE MUAY THAI 140 HSD
17 MIKE THE MAD CUBAN SEMI PRO CHAD GUSMAN
UPRISING FIGHT TEAM 170 PAPAKOLEA FIGHT TEAM
18 ALEX ZARIELLO SEMI PRO SHELDON KIRA
FREELANCE 160 TEAM MIXBREED
Source: Derrick Bright |
Got
Skills
August
26, 2006
Ilima Intermediate
Doors open at 6:00 pm
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K1
Hero's GP Partcipant and ADCC standout: Rani Yahira
By Denis Martins
MaxFighting: How do you compare your first fight in Japan to
this last one at HERO'S 6?
Rani
Yahira: Talking about the technical part and game-plan, coincidentally
they were similar. I submitted both guys by choke from north/south
position. The only difference I can mention is that I'm more
comfortable after each fight, so nowadays when I arrive in Japan
to fight, I'm very calm and confident.
MaxFighting:
What did you know about Kazuya Yasuhiro?
Rani
Yahira: I knew he was a good striker, with reasonable performances
at K-1 Max and other striking events. I had watched a one of
his fights against Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto with special
rules. This fight had the first and third round only with striking
and the second one was MMA. He dominated the first round with
a knockdown over Kid and the second Kid took him down and submitted.
So this fight made it clear for me that I couldn't keep this
fight on the feet and that I needed to try to clinch quickly.
So I trained until defense of knees and kicks very hard.
MaxFighting:
Once again you performed perfectly on the ground and submitted
quickly. What can you say about that choke?
Rani Yahira: This is an option that I have when I'm on the ground
and on the top. This is a variation that I reach from that side
control to the north/south position when the opponent allows
me. In reality, I have already finished a lot fights from that
same movement, but that isn't my specialty, although it works
MaxFighting:
You also sunk a tight ankle-lock. How did it feel and how did
Yasuhiro not tap?
Rani Yahira: I positioned my hands in the correct place and I
stretched my hip out to make Yasuhiro tap. I heard his ankle
popping, but the Japanese fighters are warriors and they resist
until their limits, so I felt a little danger from that position
and looked for other submission attempt.
MaxFighting:
You last five opponents have not been easy fighters to get footage
of. How are you managing with this?
Rani Yahira: I agree. I think to study the opponent is very important.
You need to spend a part of your preparation to watch the footage
and absorb the weakness and the strong points of your opponent.
In those fights we mentioned I didn't have time to do it, I only
watched something when I arrived in Japan. So I don't think it's
good to watch for strengths of a fighter when you've only got
a day to prepare, so my strategy was to impose my techniques
and to be confident in all of them.
MaxFighting:
Before this fight at HERO'S 6 you fought at a U event UAGF in
California against Eben
Kaneshiro.
What can you say about that event?
Rani Yahira:
Fifteen days after HERO'S 5, I fought at UAGF on May 20th, and
my intention was to correct some small mistakes I had in the
fight of HERO'S 5 against Ryuki Ueyama. I'm not talking about
the technical part, but all the pre-thoughts during the week
of the fight. Kaneshiro was a tough fighter and I had a hard
match-up where I could play on the feet and do a little of ground'n'pound,
before submitting him in round 3.
MaxFighting:
Were you worried about injuring yourself and not fighting at
HERO'S 6?
Rani Yahira: It could happen, but I didn't think on it. Because
my next fight wouldn't be for 80 days.
MaxFighting:
Kid and Genki Sudo are not fighting in the GP of this year. What
do you think about?
Rani Yahira: These are two fighters who display a show inside
the ring, and their presence would add more excitement to the
show, no doubts. Anyway I don't believe the event will be less
exciting due to their absences. All the fighters fought frankly
without too much action at this last stage. For me, if I fought
Kid or Sudo in a future, it would be very important and great
opportunity.
MaxFighting:
Gesias "JZ" Cavalcanti and you are performing well
at HERO'S Middleweight GP. Do you believe if you two don't face
each other at the next staged you'll meet in the finals?
Rani Yahira: I'm rooting for it, a final fight with two Brazilians.
I'm giving my best for it (laughs).
MaxFighting:
You trained with Rickson Gracie last year, what were the most
important things you learned from him?
Rani Yahira: Rickson really has a special technique. I can't
describe what I learned from him inside the mats, this is very
complex. What I can tell you is that I was training with him
with my mind opened and looking for capturing each detail, and
I'm very satisfied with the results.
MaxFighting:
You're classified as a ground fighter, so how do you surprise
your opponents who are already expecting for your shoots to take
the fight down?
Rani
Yahira: Well, this is not what happens all the time. In these
last fights, this happened because my strategy was to face strikers.
So I didn't have to fight on the feet if I could simply take
them down and submit them. However I feel I have resources to
fight on the feet too, because I'm worked on this for along time.
I've already competed in amateur boxing and muay thai tournaments.
When I do need to trade punches on the feet, you'll see that
happening naturally.
MaxFighting:
We talked about Rickson, but in reality you main mentor and master
is Athaide Jr. So what can you tell to the fans about your fight
instructor in Athaide Jr?
Rani Yahira: Athaide Jr is the guy who I started training with,
and I'm with him until nowadays. He's the person who I trust
to be in my corner. The BJJ that I fit in my MMA fights I learned
from him, and of course the time I stayed with Rickson was important
too.
MaxFighting:
Are you definitively living in America now?
Rani
Yahira: I'm in America now, but I was in Brazil before HERO'S
6 and I trained there. Besides that I train in Hawaii and in
Dana Point, located in Southern, CA. I train everyday, I wake
up around 5am, so I look to the sun and go to train, and I always
am sleep around 8pm. All places chosen for me to train are prone
to keep a high level training system. I believe in a complete
and absolute balance between the place that we train and nature,
so I'm in a good place to develop my style.
MaxFighting:
Who are you training with?
Rani Yahira: I 've already trained with top fighters such as
BJ Penn, Josh Barnett and
the guys from Team Quest. My team is Athaide Jr.
MaxFighting:
When are you returning to the training and do you have any idea
about your next opponent?
Rani Yahira: I'm already preparing myself to reach 100% of my
conditioning in the next stage. I really don't have any idea
about my next opponent, so I'm preparing myself for all of them.
This is a Grand Prix, and I can't expect easy fight anyway.
MaxFighting:
Thanks for your time.
Rani Yahira: I only have a bit of words to say to the American
fans. Their country was very friendly to me and I'm happy ostaying
here. Due to the passion they're developing for this sport, the
MMA is reaching the place it deserves around the World. I hope
they continue to make MMA grow.
Souce: Maxfighting |
UFC
ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN EXPANSION
On Monday, the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced the hiring
of Marshall Zelaznik, former Vice President of Programming for
iN Demand Networks. Zelaznik joins Zuffa (the UFC’s parent
company) in the newly created position of President of their
UK Division.
With
the announcement of Zelaznik, the UFC stated that the fundamentals
of his job will be “exporting and managing the UFC brand
overseas to the United Kingdom and other parts of English and
non-English speaking Europe.”
It
had been believed for quite some time that the UFC would be making
a return to Japan in the near future. That isn’t necessarily
out of the question, but given the formidable presence of both
Pride Fighting Championships and K-1 in Japan, it makes sense
for the UFC to go after the United Kingdom and the rest of continental
Europe first.
While
mixed martial arts has seen tremendous growth in Europe, especially
in the United Kingdom, neither Pride nor K-1 have taken any real
steps to establish themselves there. With the UFC on an extremely
successful run right now, they could take this opportunity to
expand their operations to more of a world-wide presence without
having to work in tandem with either Pride or K-1.
The
UFC had announced a fight between their 205-pound champion, Chuck
Liddell, and Pride’s champion, Wanderlei Silva, which promised
to usher in a new era of cooperation between the organizations.
But UFC President Dana White’s recent comments in a Canadian
interview – “I don’t even know if Silva’s
going to happen… the Japanese are very hard to do business
with and you never know what's going to happen” – seems
to put such a relationship in doubt.
Perhaps
the UFC’s move into the U.K. and Europe is a move by the
company to position itself farther away from any need to rely
upon the major Japanese promotions.
Source: MMA Weekly |
Marcelo
Tigre
from poverty to MMA stardom - Part II
September
27th 1997 was the day Rio de Janeiro held Pentagon Combate, which
is the most remembered MMA event of the 90’s. Mainly because
of the riot among Jiu-Jitsu and “luta-livre” fans that
interrupted Renzo Gracie, Eugênio Tadeu’s fight and
nearly destroyed the venue. It was precisely then that Marcelo
Tigre launched himself to MMA stardom: “I proved him that
I am much more of a man than he is,” said Marcelo to a tv
show camera right after applying a rear naked choke on Buda.
Few
people knew at the time, but Buda was part of Marcelo’s
past. It was him who led Marcelo towards Jiu-Jitsu, when both
worked as bouncers in a nightclub in Natal. “Before our
quarrel, Buda was my friend and I went training with him,”
admitted Tigre. “The only problem was that he missed a lot
of classes so I went training with Buda’s master Banni Cavalcante,”
he reveals.
“We
used to call Tigre Marcelo ‘Alemão´[German]
and he impressed me as soon as a white-belt,” remembers
black-belt Banni, formed by master Carlson Gracie, who now gives
out classes in Brasília, the nation’s capital. “One
time, it was going to happen in Natal a MMA event that was going
to put face to face 5 guys from Jiu-Jitsu against 5 from kung-fu.
Marcelo asked to fight one of the guys, a guy called Assis ‘Carniceiro’
[the butcher], who woud fight my purple-belt lexandre Henrique.
I said: ‘You quit being so insolent and go train.’
He insisted and said that he was willing to dispute the spot
with Alexandre. I said ok and told Alex to beat Tigre hard in
order to tame his insubordination. Minutes before the fight,
Tigre gave up.
I
was so pissed with him, but when I went to his house to scold
him I found out that Alexandre had offered him money for him
to give up. Marcelo eventually fought Carniceiro and hit so hard
that the guy nearly died. That was his first MMA fight with only
6 months of training,” tells the teacher.
The
will power of Tigre had impressed his teacher but to become famous
in MMA world was another thing. “I wanted to go to Rio but
who would trust in a “nordestino” [the man born in
the northeast region Brazil] good in fights?” asks Tigre.
“That’s when Banni called me to travel around Brazil
going at it,” reveals Tigre. Banni explains the idea: “When
I was 17 I traveled around the country with Fidelão, Aderval
Bezerra and Ivan Gomes, always doing the preliminary fight. So
I wanted to go back doing that with my pupils.” And they
did from 1991 and 1993, Banni, Edson, Tigre, the giant Ricardão
Moraes and the monster Reginaldo King Kong, weighing 330 lbs,
traveled and beat Brazil upside down.
Whenever
they arrived to a new town they would challenge the local tough
guy and offer the show. Sometimes they would get only gas and
food as payment. There are many stories about that time. “Once
we were in Timbauba dos Batistas[state of Pernambuco] to fight
the son of the most powerfull man there. Six guys sowed up in
our hotel threatening to kill us if we didn’t lose. We looked
for the police but the sheriff said that the father of the guy
was the boss. He couldn’t do anything.
When
the moment came, King Kong accepted to lose but Tigre kicked
the guy’s ass and his companions started to shoot upwards,
the lights went out and the ring was invaded. We ended up in
the city hall scorted by the police,”remembers Banni. That’s
not all: “Tigre and I once slept in a pig stile. There was
once when the fight promoter tried to run away with the money.
I noticed and ran to intimidate him but his security guard pointed
a gun to my head. So my cousin came from behind and took the
gun away. We got our money,” tells Banni with a smile to
his face. This was the daily routine of the gang that sometimes
would fight on the hard ground with the ring limited by the circle
of spectators around. The hardest opponent he ever faced was
a guy called Alvaro, in Guarabira, state of Paraiba.
Tigre
and his gang were having lunch when a car pulled up in front
of the restaurant and a guy came out saying that he wanted to
fight Tigre right away. “I said alright, without taking
my eyes out of the plate. As soon as we finished lunch we went
to the gym and moved the apparels to the side. We fought without
mat, on the hard ground,”tells the fighter. Ricardo explains
the drama: “The guy punched Marcelo on the stomach and he
turned green.
I
thought he was going to die but he eventually mounted on the
guy and won with an armlock. We tried to stop the fight but the
guy’s arm broke,” remembers the giant. “It was
my hardest fight so far. It looked like I was fighting myself.
He was tuff as nails. The more I bent his arm the morew he screamed
‘Go on and brake it!’,” celebrates Marcelo.
The
team split in 93, despite the fame they gathered throughout Brazil:
King Kong went to Natal and became a taxi driver; Ricardo traveled
to Rio and later even fought sometimes in Russia and Japão.
He then settled in the ADCC`s team. Banni and Tigre went to Brasilia.
While
living in Brasilia, Tigre started to go often to Rio. “I
trained with Carlos Gracie and improved my Jiu-Jitsu. I was also
digging for some fights.” The opportunity finally came in
97: “He came to Rio to be my sparring during the trainings
for the Pentagon. A spot appeared and Marcelo took it with class.
He won by choke in a fight that he started being hit hard,”
remembers Ricardo.
Tigre’s
international career began in 1999,in Hawaii. The Superbrawl
12 was the door of entrance for him. Egan Inoue was the favorite
and had the audience support. Once again Tigre started out badly
and recovered during the fight.
Unfortunately
he was disqualified by kicking the oopponents head while he was
on the ground. Since that, Tigre fought 11 times and lost only
two. He now is also a fighting promoter. The Fight Club had its
second edition in 2006 and is the main MMA event in Brazil’s
capital.
Source: Gracie Magazine |
MARTIAL
ARTS EXPERTS GET TESTED
World Champion Martial Arts Masters Meet Cutting-Edge Technology
To Test the Most Complex Weapon on Earth – the Human Body
National
Geographic Channel’s Fight Science Builds Extraordinary
Studio-Laboratory to Measure and Map the
Impact, Range, Speed and Force of Martial Arts Moves
(WASHINGTON,
D.C. – August 2, 2006) It strikes four times faster than
a snake. It kicks with more than 1,000 pounds of force. And it
can rival the impact of a 35 mph car crash. It’s the most
complex weapon ever designed – the human body.
Now,
the National Geographic Channel (NGC) brings together a dream
team of scientists, motion-capture specialists and CGI animators,
along with a cross-section of champion martial arts masters,
to analyze the world’s greatest fight techniques. The tests
are designed to separate fighting fact from martial arts myth
and provide unprecedented insight into their astounding strengths
and capabilities. The results will be presented in the two-hour
world premiere special Fight Science, Sunday, August 20, at 9
p.m. ET/PT.
For
the first time, Fight Science brings together members of the
crash-test industry, the sports biomechanics industry and the
Hollywood animation industry – applying their combined expertise
and technology to a diverse range of martial arts techniques,
including karate, kung fu, jiu jitsu, tae kwon do, muay Thai
and wushu, among others. The results reveal the comparative strengths,
advantages and limitations of the various martial arts styles.
And in a breakthrough combination of technologies, scientists
are able to peer inside a fighter’s body in real time.
Fight
Science tests and films world-renowned martial artists, hand-picked
to represent various disciplines, in a custom-built combination
dojo (a school for training in the various arts of self-defense),
high-tech lab and film studio that took over a year to design
and build. Are the legends true? Is there such a thing as a death
punch? How much force does each fighter exert? With 32 infrared
motion capture cameras, three high-definition cameras and three
ultra-high-speed cameras, the studio allows the crash test and
biomechanics scientists to measure and map the speed, force,
range and impact of muscles and bones in the fighters’ bodies.
The
motion-capture technique, requiring reflective markers over the
fighters’ entire bodies, allows for sophisticated real-time
three-dimensional models (seen in films like King Kong, Lord
of the Rings, and The Polar Express). These results are combined
with other data to create separate sophisticated animations of
the fighters’ bones, muscles and nerves. Fight Science juxtaposes
the fighters’ movements with their animated selves for unprecedented
insight into exactly how the body generates each move.
The
lab, administered by engineer Randy Kelly – an expert in
automotive testing and human-injury studies – also records
data received by the recipient of the fighter’s strikes,
a $150,000 government-certified crash-test dummy known as the
“Hybrid III anthropomorphic test device.” Outfitted
with sensors and measurement capabilities created especially
for this research, it allows scientists to measure the impact
of blows, throws and kicks, providing data that frequently astounds
Kelly and the other scientists. In addition, special sensors
– originally developed for NASA spacesuits – take data
from inside the fighters’ shoes to see how martial artists
– especially ninjas – are able to maintain catlike
balance no matter what the obstacle.
“In
my research, I have seen car crashes, I have seen impacts on
the football field,” said Tim Walilko, an engineer working
with Kelly who studies impact trauma. “I have never seen
feats of strength like this in any of the other disciplines that
I’ve done research in.”
For
the filming, live-action moves were recorded with high-speed,
high-definition cameras. While typical film speed is 24 frames
per second (fps), the producers utilized film speeds as high
as 1,000 fps to capture lightning-fast kicks or to track the
extraordinary force that breaks through layers of cinderblock.
The results yielded crystal-clear images of remarkable energies
at work.
“I’ve
been training for 25 years and everything that I’ve been
doing up until now has been based on hearsay,” says ninjitsu
expert and stuntman Glen Levy in the film. “To me, it’s
exciting to actually have data… it makes it more real.”
Over
the centuries, martial arts fighters have supplemented their
techniques with instruments like staffs, swords and nunchaku
developed to magnify death-dealing potential. Fight Science also
explores how the designs and techniques of weaponry can exponentially
increase an already fearsome fighter’s impact, control and
range.
Ultimately,
the tour de force that is Fight Science cedes its evaluations
to the place where training, power and grace reach their ultimate
balance: the heart, mind and spirit of a warrior, where fighting
techniques transcend skill to become a true, unequivocal art.
Martial
arts supervisor for Fight Science is James Lew, a renowned member
of the Martial Arts Hall of Fame. Participating on screen are
(in alphabetical order) tae kwon do master Bren Foster; undefeated
jiu jitsu champion Rickson Gracie; karate expert Mark Hicks;
three-time national wushu gold medalist Alex Huynh; Dan Inosanto,
one of the world’s leading authorities in jeet kune do;
Li Jing, famed practitioner of Chinese wushu; fight trainer,
choreographer, leading stuntman and ninjitsu expert Glen Levy;
Dean Lister, the “world’s greatest grappler”;
Melchor Menor, muay Thai kickboxing expert; Obata Toshishiro,
member of an elite group of martial artists and a descendant
in the samurai line of the Heike clan; undefeated professional
boxer Steve Petramale; Craig and Paul Pumphrey, master demonstrators
of breaking techniques and other outrageous feats of strength;
and Amir Solsky, founder and leader of Capoeira Los Angeles.
In
addition to Kelly, scientists include Dr. Cindy Bir, an expert
in ballistic and human body impacts; Dr. Tim Walilko, an impact
trauma and sports biomechanics expert; and Dr. Norman Murphy,
a leader in force and pressure data capture, analysis and interpretation.
Fight
Science is produced by BASE Productions, Inc. for the National
Geographic Channel. Executive Producers are Mickey Stern and
John Brenkus. Writer is Gary Parker. For National Geographic
Channel: Executive Producer is Jenny Apostol. Senior Vice President,
Production, is Michael Cascio. Executive in Charge of Production
is John B. Ford.
Source: MMA Weekly |
Quote
of the Day
"I
would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating."
Sophocles, 496-406 B.C., Greek Tragic Dramatist |
Bring
Ultimate Fighter Kendall Groves Home!
We are
looking for sponsors for Kendall and like to have support from
back home. If there are any interested sponsors or anyone who
might be inclined to be a sponsor, please contact us below.
My company is called Shogun MMA Management and we created this
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the big show. We just signed Kendall and once we get some financial
backing we are going to start trying to give our Hawaii fighters
options to further their careers. We all know how BJ got shafted
by the UFC and don't want this happening to any more of our future
prospects.We have set up a solid management entity and am currently
negotiating Kendalls future in MMA and in the UFC.
We
would appreciate any help in getting the word out and please
let the MMA community know that Shogun MMA is here for fighters
and is a company that looks at the fight game from a fighters
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We do have a proposal for any interested sponsor(s). Please forward
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Source: Ira Hookano |
Roger
Gracie debuts in MMA
The best active Gracie will fight Don Frye, a well known successful
fighter, 16 years older than the Brazilian.
Go
tell Don Frye: Roger is hungry. On November 4th the 40 years
old wrestler will face the young Jiu-Jitsu and submission prodigy,
who is currently in great technical and physical shape. But it’s
not all. Frye’s upcoming opponent is pissed and motivated.
He comes from a rough defeat. By the end of July, Roger Gracie,
24, was defeated by Xande Ribeiro (by a single advantage) at
the Open Class title decision during the 2006 BJJ World Championship,
losing, in the final, the title he pursuits for the last four
years. It is natural that after this kind of loss Roger is anxious
for a big victory and willing to make all the efforts necessary
to achieve that right on his next professional challenge: his
MMA debut.
Roger
and Don Frye already signed their respective contracts and will
step into a ring to face each other during three rounds of five
minutes each. The event will be promoted by MFC organization.
Untiring
submitter and one of the biggest titles collector in Jiu-Jitsu
history; 2005 ADCC open class champion, what makes him submission
number 1 athlete in the world; Roger goes to New York in early
September. In the Big Apple he will train with Renzo Gracie,
Roger’s cousin: “I think it will be pretty difficult
for him to submit me. I’m not underestimating anybody, it
is obvious that anything can happen, but will be hard for him.
The biggest risk I could take is to expose myself trying to get
him down or sweep him. In that case I may be hit by a dangerous
knee kick, an elbow or a kick right on my face”.
It
is worthy remembering that in 1996 Don Frye defeated Amaury Bitetti.
Despite the fact he had different weight, spread and techniques
than Roger, Bitetti was considered a Jiu-Jitsu top fighter back
then the same way the Gracie is nowadays (alongside with Xande
Ribeiro). There was another big similarity: Carlson and Osvaldo
Alves pupil was also looking for rehabilitation. Amaury was coming
from a disastrous defeat to a capoeira representative called
Mestre Hulk. His impetus was big, maybe more than enough. When
he rushed into Frye’s direction Bitetti was surprised by
a fighter with a solid base, an efficient ground and pound and
stylish mustache.
Ten
years later, the American fighter is now an MMA veteran with
the unavoidable retirement right around the corner. Owner of
a 16 victories, five defeats and one draw MMA record (and one
No Contest bout), Frye may count on his fighting experience to
beat his rookie antagonist. An athlete who spent the last decade
fighting has enough wisdom to impose himself against this Gracie
that wants to rock the MMA world right during his very first
fight. Go tell Roger: Frye intends to end his career as best
as possible.
Don
Frye is not Randy Couture and perhaps he should be considered
the underdog on this fight. Despite his lack of experience, Roger
has the MMA running in his blood. Talented and well prepared,
he might event have the gift of premonition. In 2003 he stated
during an interview to GRACIE Magazine: “I want to be the
best fighter in the world”. Go tell Don Frye that.
Source: Gracie Magazine |
LOISEAU
FACES SWICK AT UFC 63
The
middleweight division in the UFC is starting to get jam packed
with fighters like Anderson Silva, Nathan Marquardt, and of course
champion Rich Franklin among the ranks, and two of the top competitors
in the weight class are set to square off in Los Angeles at UFC
63 when former #1 contender, David “The Crow” Loiseau
takes on Ultimate Fighter veteran, Mike “Quick” Swick.
UFC
fans haven’t seen David Loiseau since the loss he suffered
in his title shot versus Franklin in March of this year, but
the always formidable striker from Canada will look to make an
impressive return against Swick.
“This
is my comeback fight and I’m very focused and motivated
to put on a great show,” said Loiseau about his match-up
with Swick.
Loiseau
is no stranger to stand-up fights having some of the best striking
skills in the division, not to mention a set of devastating elbows
that can end a fight at any moment. His mix of kickboxing and
unorthodox striking, like the spinning back kick that basically
ended Charles McCarthy’s night when he fought Loiseau at
UFC 53, are a dangerous combination for any opponent.
Swick
has started to gain a fairly notorious reputation as of late
for having such lightning quick hands, but Loiseau doesn’t
seem overly concerned.
“My
hands are just as fast as his or faster,” said Loiseau.
The
level of competition in the 185lb weight class is starting to
get very good and Swick’s name is starting to be mentioned
as a possible title contender, and a win over a top fighter like
Loiseau would do nothing but solidify that position. While many
have still questioned the level of fighters that Swick has defeated
since leaving the Ultimate Fighter show, his heart and desire
to climb up the ranks can’t be denied.
This
middleweight bout will serve as an undercard fight to the main
event at UFC 63 pitting current welterweight champion, Matt Hughes
versus Georges St. Pierre. Both Swick and Loiseau are currently
in training for what should be a spectacular fight at 185lbs.
Source: MMA Weekly |
Unifying
Jiu-Jitsu
More than taking the magazine to the reader, GRACIE Magazine’s
distribution system is going to help to tell the history of Jiu-Jitsu
in the world
The
plan is daring and very, very laborious. But it is also very
stimulating. Instead of distributing the recently launched GRACIE
Magazine in bookstores and newsstands out of Brazil, we decided
to assemble our very own network of sales-points. Which, in the
beginning, will consist of Jiu-Jitsu academies and a few related
businesses.
The
goal of this strategy is to go after the reader. But, in the
course of the effort to accomplish the mission, we are going
to do a much more important work: reveal the network responsible
for diffusing the art abroad.
We
know that Jiu-Jitsu is, today, one of the most practised martial
arts in the world. Anywhere on the planet, be it in New York,
London or Tokyo; Los Angeles, Melbourne or Vancouver; Miami,
Rio de Janeiro or Paris, there are Jiu-Jitsu academies. What
was never done is a meticulous work of listing, organizing and,
most importantly, investigating, recording and divulging the
story behind each school, each tutor, each person who collaborates
with the growth of this martial art.
Creating
the Association
Braulio
(L) and Xande (R) fight each other in the 2006 Pan-Ams. Estima
took the magazine to the UK; Xande's brother Saulo, chose to
sign up at the sunny San Clemente beach, before going back to
cold Ohio.
Ally
Almeida, Ricardo Cachorrão’s wife, warned us before
we even landed in the United States: “Bring 50 magazines.
They’re bought already.” She went beyond it. While
about 40 students practised positions at the Hamilton, New Jersey
academy, on the afternoon of April’s first Tuesday, we sat
down to listen to the myriad ideas she had for setting up the
system.
The
class ended, the conversation was transferred to the couple’s
house (with son Renzinho jumping on the piano) and went on to
end only on the following dawn. We’d go to the West Coast
with our first associate and a bunch of enhanced ideas for the
new organization.
Indeed,
when we arrived in Los Angeles, our list already had a new member:
Renzo Gracie academy, in Manhattan, NY, where the magazine had
started being distributed in advance, with no prior arrangements.
Renzo was in Abu Dhabi, and would settle his enrollment on returning.
Coincidentally,
the third to enlist was exactly someone who had lived for a few
years in the capital of the United Emirates: Nelson Monteiro,
who came back a couple of months ago to Encinitas, in Southern
California, where he began teaching Jiu-Jitsu in the early nineties.
Still
before the Pan-Americans, Jake and David, from Budovideos, joined
the team. All right that they are not Jiu-Jitsu teachers (at
least yet) and don’t own an academy. But what a reinforcement!
First, for the credibility their company has in the martial arts
market, with the most varied list of videos and books on the
market. Second, because besides selling the magazine and subscriptions,
they are helping us lower the price and raise the efficiency
of our delivery.
A
small chronologic jump, to include another founding member that’s
not an academy. We are talking about Jiu-Jitsu Pro Gear, of Gilberto
Faria, which made it official a few days later. But which in
reality was GM’s first representative in the US, long before
it was ever published in English. Besides reselling, Gilberto,
along with Koral Kimonos, handles the bureaucracy of the magazine’s
export from Brazil to the USA.
The
Pan-Americans’ list
While
athletes fought on the mats of Dominguez Hills University, during
the three days of the Pan-Ams, GRACIE Magazine International’s
stand was crowded, with the presence of Royce, Pé de Pano,
Saulo, Márcio Feitosa and a few dozen athletes who seized
the chance to subscribe to the new publication or buy issue #110.
It was also a place to find potentially new associates.
Former
King of the Cage champion Albert Crane didn’t even bother
to read the contract. He signed it and grabbed the pack of magazines
and the display to take them to his Santa Fe, New Mexico academy.
Amal Easton followed his example and didn’t hesitate in
putting Colorado on GRACIE Magazine’s map.
Luis
Limao's Hawaii
Luis
Limão comes in a hurry. He has just arrived from Maui
island, in Hawaii, and wasn’t signed up to the competition.
There was some time, however, for that man, who for many years
was Rickson Gracie’s main instructor, to stop by our stand,
fall in love with our new magazine in English and join the crew.
Right after that, Marcão, teacher of Gracie Barra Springfield,
was arriving. After filling in the blanks, he pulled his credit
card: it had The Simpsons’ characters. Saturday the 9th
was a busy day.
Fábio
Costa, who teaches in the huge Knucke-up academy, in Georgia,
was the following associate, and just after him came Tim Shears,
from Vancouver, Canada – who, besides subscribing, worried
about lowering our expenses: “I’ll give you guys an
address in Washington for you to send my packages monthly. If
you cross the border, the shipping gets more expensive.”
Former
UFC fighter João Pierini, from São Paulo, was bringing
his students from Half Moon Bay, in Northern California. He subscribed
and complained about the politics involved in Jiu-Jitsu. From
San Diego, Marcelo Pereira was next. He settled everything that
very Sunday, after becoming Pan-American champion for the fourth
time.
Many
other tutors chose to close the deal at the end of the Pan-Ams’
last day. But, as the open-weight decision took place long after
dark, the association had already closed its doors for the day.
Lake Forest, CA, the Monday right after the Pan-Ams. Time for
the Gracie Barra run by Carlos Gracie Jr. and Márcio Feitosa
to sign up as well; Roberto Maia, who owns an academy in Boston
and was visiting the matrix, followed the example.
On
the same day there was a graduation ceremony, and new black-belt
Rafael Ellwanger grabbed his own magazines to take them to the
capital of the United States. Maurício Gomes and Bráulio
Estima, who would fly to England within a few hours, seized the
chance to be the first to take the publication to the Old Continent.
Wow,
now GMA takes a breath. A quick one, since it’s already
time to hit the road.
From
Hell’s Angels to Outback’s drive-in
The
hot air warns, as you get out of the airport. You are in Phoenix,
Arizona, a place where, in the summer, the temperature goes over
105.F. Way over, actually. At least this early spring the situation
is a lot cooler. Although the heat is scary, the city was chosen
as a home by the leader of motorcyclists’ group Hell’s
Angels, Sonny Barger, and by the greatest participant in World
Jiu-Jitsu Championships as black-belt, Wellington Megaton. No,
Barger did not sign up, but Megaton did, and you can know all
about his story on GRACIE Magazine #112, maybe even with some
connection with the Angels. What matters right now is that he
signed up. And that nuclear doctor Demetrius Ramos, from neighboring
city Tucson, also did.
Now
run to California, for we need to put a pin on Ohio (huh?). Don’t
think it’s weird, dear reader – it’s just that
Saulo Ribeiro, who teaches way up North, will be enjoying the
sunny San Clemente for one more day before he gets back to work.
But, in the time between subjects discussed with former rival
Paulo Guillobel, he joined our founding members’ group.
Now
before getting back to Brazil, our last stop: Florida. For quite
a farewell, we might say. Invited by Pedro Valente, we met that
which is possibly the most successful Jiu-Jitsu academy in the
United States, with over 600 students. It’s in a commercial
center in a noble area of North Miami Beach, it’s got an
impeccable organization and some pretty good marketing tactics.
You will get to know the details on our next issues, but suffice
it to point out one outstanding trait of this founding member
of ours: many know it from the queue outside the close-by Outback.
It’s that, while they wait on the car to get a table, they
can watch, on a big-screen TV, scenes from some fighting event.
A free drive-in, how does that sound?
Back
to Brazil, we were more than glad to welcome Ted Stickel, from
Alaska, and Rafael Lovato, from Oklahoma, closing our group of
24 founding members. After we taste the fresh (and cold) salmon
and watch a Hornets game, we’ll talk about some traits of
those academies. Oh, by the way, Ted, I hope you don’t mind
if we only drop by in the summer.
Source: Gracie Magazine |
Quote
of the Day
"As
you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of
necessary.
Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist and Short Story Writer |
Fighters'
Club TV Today!
Fighters'
Club TV Episode 42 is cut and sent programming. It will air in
our new timeslot of 7pm,
Tuesday nights on Oceanic Channel 52. (Olelo-Oahu). This Episode will run
Aug. 15, 22, 29, and Sep. 5.
Please tell
everyone that we moved timeslots because people can't find us!
Episode
42 features:
-Highlights
from Mike Millers X1; Dylan Clay (Brazillian Freestyle JJ)
vs Kimo Woefel (Eastsidaz) + Interview with Dylan
-Highlights
from Niko vs Lawler II + Interview with both Niko and Lawler
-Highlights
from Mayhem vs Gamlin + Interview with Mayhem
-some
hot ring chics from X1
-Mayhem's
new training regime in Kalihi
-Technique
of the Week by the one and only, Mark "The Other Guy"
Kurano, demonstrating a reverse entry into the D'arce Head and
Arm
Choke
-and
of course, Hawaii's three favorite heart throbs: Mike, Chris,
and
Mark (the hanai'd Onzuka)
Comments,
Questions and Suggestions to fctv@onzuka.com please
|
PUNISHMENT
IN PARADISE
NEWS LETTER
Semi-Pro
Kickboxing Questions!!
Aloha
all Fans and Teams, I been getting a lot of calls and emails
about Semi -Pro Kickboxing. Some want to turn Semi Pro and asking
the rules difference and pay?
I
called every organizations that I could find on the internet.
They replied as there is no such thing as an Semi-Pro, Your either
Pro or Amateur. there is no difference between them it jus depends
what style your fighting Full contact, American or Muay Thai
or K-1 Rules. Because you fight with out head gear or pads doesn’t
make you a Professional. Its all depends on fight agreement between
Fighters, Managers or Experience. The difference between Professional
and Amateurs is that Professionals get paid and Amatuers don’t.
Don’t
be afraid to call these associations on the internet their always
willing to answer any questions about kickboxing. I hope this
helps everyone who inquired about this subject.
Source: Brennan Kamaka
|
Interview
with PRIDE star: Rodrigo "Minatauro" Noguiera
MaxFighting: Josh Barnett has displayed interest to fight you?.
Is this fight official for 9/10 Pride GP Openweight, and what’s
your take on this fight?
Rodrigo Nogueira: If Barnett wants Minotauro, he'll have Minotauro.
He knows this is not an easy fight for him; and the semi-finals
are booked as is for a reason. Wanderlei Silva against Mirko
"CroCop" Filipovic is a kind of re-match, and my fight
versus Barnett is a match all fans want to see. Barnett wants
to show that he's ready for everything, so he wanted to face
a fighter with a huge name in Pride. He wants to beat one of
the Pride stars, but it won’t be me.
MaxFighting:
This fight against Barnett has been anticipated since 2002, when
he challenged you after your war against Bob Sapp. But personally,
do you have a strong desire to fighting?
Rodrigo Nogueira: I was ready to fight the other two competitors
too(Silva and Filipovic). All of them are high-level fighters
and we need to stay ready. Sincerely I think Barnett is a big
mouth, he likes to market himself before his fights, but in a
few occasions his comments have looked silly.
MaxFighting:
Yes, he talked a lot before his two losses to Filipovic. However
he grew a lot in his last fights. What did you think about his
last fights?
Rodrigo Nogueira: I think his game isn't a good game for a guy
as like Filipovic, even though Filipovic isn't a ground specialist,
he dominated Barnett on the ground. I think Barnett was a little
fat in his first pride fights and in the recent ones he has been
in good shape.
Maxfighting:
What did you think about Barnett’s fight versus Mark Hunt?
Rodrigo Nogueira: I think what happened was what I expected.
Hunt is a tough fighter, he's a Pride star, but he still doesn't
have experience on the ground.
MaxFighting:
Can you study that fight to establish your game plan against
Barnett?
Rodrigo Nogueira: Barnett is a fighter who competed in ADCC and
his experience in MMA is larger than Hunt's one. We always can
collect a piece of a fight to study, but that fight wouldn't
help me much. As much as my fight against Fabricio Werdum would
be to Barnett.
MaxFighting:
Why so?
Rodrigo Nogueira: I had a tough match against Werdum, and I think
Barnett imagines he's better than Werdum. But I faced a top BJJ
black-belt in my last fight- I'm sure that fight will give him
the wrong impression.
MaxFighting:
Do you think you could've finished Werdum?
Rodrigo Nogueira: I sunk a good guillotine-choke in the half-guard,
and I believed he had real problems freeing himself. The people
who watched that fight can think that was a weak submission attempt,
but I finish a lot of teammates on the academy with that guillotine.
That submission was tight and he escaped. Well, the important
fact was that we fought tough and we proved
That BJJ black-belts can fight standing too.
MaxFighting:
You were a bit heavier in your fight against Werdum. Was it your
intention to stay heavier?
Rodrigo Nogueira: My Boxing coach, Luiz Doria, had a plan for
me and it was to make my punches heavier? The plan was to gain
weight and train hard. Werdum stated I punched harder than Filipovic.
So imagine hearing this from the mouth of a guy who trains with
a striker of Filipovic's caliber.
MaxFighting: Pride has had its named involved in a few scandals
in the last months. What are your thoughts?
Rodrigo Nogueira: I don’t believe them and if Fuji broke
relationship with Pride, I think that the problem is with Fuji
TV now. I think Pride has a huge name and the Pride staff can
find another TV deal. Here in Brazil, Pride is a huge success;
people aren’t fans of MMA watch Pride. This is a popular
show and it’s not going anywhere?
MaxFighting:
What are you thoughts on Pride in the USA?
Rodrigo Nogueira: They will be a huge success there and I expect
to compete in the USA in 2007. The US fans will have the opportunity
to watch the best show in the world.
MaxFighting:
Your goals now now are Barnett and then the OpenWeigt GP belt,
but is defeating Emelianenko Fedor your ultimategoal?
Rodrigo Nogueira: My main target is the belt, and if the champion
of this GP has the chance of facing Fedor- I'll fight him. I'm
focused on this tourney, and Fedor isn’t in it. I promise
my fans that I'm ready for this GP and if the fight against Fedor
happens, I’ll be happy.
Source: Maxfighting
|
Leko
Wins K-1 World GP '06 in Vegas
LAS VEGAS, August 12, 2006 -- German fighter Stefan Leko, who
remarked afterward the result was "never in doubt,"
powered his way to victory today at K-1 World GP '06 in Las Vegas
II tournament at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino. In Superfight
action on the card, Ray Sefo brutalized Azem Maksutaj.
The
event continues the last-chance repechage format that has become
a summer tradition for K-1 in Sin City. The year's tournament
runners-up, along with regional tournament winners and other
impact fighters competed in a classic eight-man elimination tournament
for the chance advance to Osaka and the 16-man Final Elimination
this September.
The
first tournament bout featured Alexey Ignashov of Belarus and
boxer Imani Lee of the U.S.
Ignashov
is K-1 superstar-in-waiting, a muay thai stylist who won the
Europe WGP '03 in Paris, but has been dogged by untimely injuries
and irregular performances since. Today, the Bellagio odds board
had Iggy at 8/5, making him the favorite to win the tournament.
Ignashov
started with low kicks, but Lee was good on the counters, punching
hard and reddening the Belorussian's right eye with a tight left
hook. A cautious second had neither fighter appearing willing
to commit, Lee surprising Ignashov with a couple of kicks, Iggy
answering in kind. Ignashov was listless again in the third,
this eliciting scattered jeers from the crowd. Finally Ignashov's
low kicks came in succession, and now Lee's leg was hurting.
Still, Ignashov did not go in for the kill, the only decisive
strike he attempted was a high kick that sailed over Lee's head.
To his credit Lee stepped in with punches throughout.
An
unusual tally -- 30-27 on the first judge's first card for Ignashov
, 30-27 on the second for Lee. The third card had it 29-28, Ignashov
advancing on the narrowest of split decisions.
The
second quarterfinal pitted perennial contender Michael McDonald
of Canada against Ariel Mastov of Israel.
A
popular fighter in Vegas, McDonald had already won three K-1
tournaments here, while fellow muay thai stylist Mastov was added
as a late substitute.
A
thrilling first round, McDonald's focus and positioning excellent,
the Canadian firing in the right straight punches, mixing it
up well and scoring a down with a left hook. Mastov had some
razzle-dazzle here, spinning in several back kicks, but McDonald
was good with his blocking and evasions.
McDonald
started the second with a high kick, and while Mastov showed
finesse with Kyokushin-style legwork, McDonald remained in control,
and got the hard right in again and again -- only Mastov's good
chin keeping him standing.
Further
creative kicking attacks from the Israeli in the third, but these
did not make contact. For his part, McDonald put the right when
he saw the chance but was mostly content to ride it out and advance
on points. This he did by unanimous decision to get to the semifinals.
Starting
the second tournament bracket it was Stefan "Blitz"
Leko of Germany and American Scott Lighty.
A
veteran kickboxer, Leko is the complete K-1 fighter -- technical,
fast and powerful. He won the Vegas GP in 2001, defeating Peter
Aerts in the finals with a right straight punch KO that has been
replayed numerous times on ESPN highlight reels. Leko was the
second favorite here at 5/2. Lighty, meanwhile, has emerged as
K-1 USA's great white hope. The no-nonsense muay thai fighter
came into the last Vegas event as a 22/1 longshot but used a
good all-round set of skills to make it to the finals. Lighty
was ranked significantly better at 8/1 this time.
A
fast and spirited first, both in with hard low kicks, Lighty
circling, just missing with a couple of high kicks, stepping
forward aggressively with the fists -- Leko also punching late
in the round. In the second Leko took the initiative, firing
low kicks and straight punches, stepping in to put the American
on the ropes and work the body blows.
Leko
kept the pressure on in the third, scoring an early down with
a left hook, chasing Lighty with a flurry of fists after resumption,
easily dropping him with the right for a second down and the
KO win.
The
last quarterfinal set Gary Goodridge of Canada by way of Trinidad
and Tobago, against Carter Williams of the U.S.
Goodridge
is a brawler and proud of it. Williams, meanwhile, is the street-kid-turned
K-1 powerhouse who won the USA GP in 2003.
Williams
did everything right in the first -- he was loose, quick, and
mixed it up with low and high kicks, power punches and knees.
But the American could not drop Goodridge. In the second Williams
stepped in and pumped in body blows, fired in the low kicks and
tight hooks and brought up the knees, but still could not drop
Goodridge.
And
then all hell broke loose. Goodridge planted a right atop Williams'
head, then snuck a tight left hook in for a down. Seconds after
resumption, Williams closed the distance and put a right hook
in to down Goodridge and equalize. The crowd went wild. Williams
kept the pressure up through the balance of the second, driving
three unanswered knees up, and in the third again the American
was more aggressive, connecting with knees, low kicks and a right
upper to stay in control.
A
great fight for Williams, who smiled repeatedly during the action,
looking to have overcome the nervousness that had hamstrung him
in the past. A unanimous decision putting Carter into the semis.
It
was announced that Alexey Ignashov had sustained an injury and
could not continue, and so under K-1 tournament rules Imani Lee
took his place against Michael McDonald in the first of the semis.
A
slow first round brought boos from the crowd before the pair
closed and mixed it up at the clapper, Lee smacking McDonald
with a right hook to the side of the head to score a down. Unfortunately
for Lee, he put an extra punch in on his prone opponent, and
this cost him a one-point penalty.
McDonald
circled, intent on staying outside in the second, but Lee cut
off the ring well, forcing McDonald into the corner then unleashing
a barrage of punches. McDonald escaped this time, and finally
found success with low kicks, stinging Lee bad. McDonald finished
with some power punches and knees but could not fell Lee.
McDonald
eschewed the low kicks through most of the third round before
he got to Lee late, rattling him with a right hook. This one
went the distance and was close, Lee had to curse his foul in
the first, for McDonald got the narrow but unanimous decision
to advance.
It
was Leko and Williams in the second semifinal. The contest started
tight, both fighters focused and intense. Leko missed with a
spinning back kick, and Williams made him pay by answering with
a spirited punch and knee attack that left the German's nose
bloodied. Both had their chances here but it was Leko who capitalized,
spinning another back kick in just past the midway point in the
round. The kick connected hard with Williams' right side, lower
ribcage, dropping the American to the canvas in a heap of pain.
Williams could not recover, so Leko had the KO win and a date
with McDonald in the finals.
Leko
and McDonald were tentative through the first, McDonald circling,
testing with the jab, Leko with his guard high and close, snapping
in the occasional low kick, but really neither fighter had good
chances here. The second, unfortunately, was not any more exciting.
Leko was determined to press here, and McDonald's response was
to close up and take the punches. Leko finished each attack with
a low kick, scoring points here while McDonald was looking increasingly
out of it. Then, suddenly McDonald responded to a Leko attack
by waving his hands in front of his face, shaking his head, and
turning away. There were gasps and boos from the crowd even as
Leko raised his hand in victory. That was that, the referee stopped
it as McDonald could not continue -- Leko had won.
McDonald
would explain later that he had aggravated an injury to his right
hand in the first fight, and the hand had got worse as the night
went on. "When I punched Mastov, I felt the pain shoot up
to my elbow," he said. "I want to apologize to all
my fans, this was not a Michael McDonald performance."
"It
was not a good way to win," said Leko in his post-event
interview, but I came here knowing there was no chance I would
lose today. I'm happy to be back in K-1, and I know this year
my place is in the final eight!"
With
his tournament victory Leko advances to the K-1 Final Elimination
tournament in Osaka next month. If he wins his single-elimination
bout there, he will get his wish, going to the Tokyo Dome as
one of the WGP '07 final eight.
In
Super Fights:
K-1
veteran slugger Sefo has power, a great chin, and an uncanny
ability to both read and unnerve his opponents. The Kiwi recently
bought a $2.6 million dollar home in Las Vegas, and said pre-event
he hoped to make a good impression on his new neighbors. His
opponent here was another KO-oriented fighter, Azem Maksutaj
of Switzerland.
The
two traded low kicks to test from the start, then got down to
business. Sefo's early spinning back kick got through to Maksutaj's
midsection, but the Swiss fighter shook it off. This was the
beginning of what would become a pattern -- Sefo punishing, Maksutaj
persevering. Sefo scored his first down countering a Maksutaj
low kick, smashing a right hook in on his opponent's jaw. Maksutaj
had combinations going, but Sefo's blocking was sound, and the
Kiwi charged in with a right straight punch late in the first
to score a second down. Maksutaj, of course, got up -- although
his face was badly bruised. It would get worse.
The
second saw Maksutaj once again quick and clean with the combinations,
Sefo absorbing it all in style and when he saw the chance, socking
Maksutaj with a right hook for another down.
Maksutaj
kept on coming, both fighters striking and smiling through the
third. Sefo repeatedly dropped his guard here to invite his opponent
in. When Maksutaj answered, Sefo floored him with a left hook.
In case you are counting, that was the fourth down for Sefo.
The fifth came seconds later, via a spinning back kick. Incredibly,
Maksutaj still wanted to get up. The referee decided the Swiss
fighter had shown more than enough tenacity, and called it at
2:02. A great effort by both fighters, a great win for Sefo in
front of his new hometown crowd.
"Azem
showed great spirit," said Sefo afterward, "he is a
real warrior. I'm happy to win, and now I'll be heading to Japan
to train for Osaka. I'm looking forward to the event, I'm going
to be 100% ready!"
Another
Las Vegas resident, Dewey Cooper, made his K-1 debut in Japan
seven years ago and is a regular participant in K-1 events in
Vegas. Here, the 31 year-old faced a tough challenge in Ruslan
Karaev of Russia, a dynamic fighter who won the K-1 in Las Vegas
last August.
Karaev
was the odds-on favorite to win this bout and did not disappoint,
immediately coming out with a low kick, then closing with the
fists and tossing up a high kick. He kept pushing through the
first and second rounds, while Cooper could only manage occasional
pressure with his counters -- doing best with a right hook midway
through the first and a couple of hooks soon afterward.
Alas,
for every strike that Cooper managed to get through, Karaev easily
put in two or more. The Russian was solid through the entire
three rounds, focused and always quicker and more powerful in
close to pick up a well-deserved unanimous decision.
In
a K-1 World Max (70kg/154lbs weight class) Superfight, it was
Americans Fernando Calleros, a kempo karate fighter; and Duane
"Bang" Ludwig, a muay thai stylist.
Early
in, Calleros forced Ludwig into the corner and brutalized him
with all manner of punches, and Ludwig was barely able to get
out of it. Ludwig began throwing in low kicks, but had his high
leg strikes blocked well. Midway through, Calleros put a left
then right hook in for a down. Ludwig rallied somewhat late in
the first and was the more aggressive fighter through the second,
throwing low and high kicks and always looking to get the knee
up -- Calleros shaking his head, "no," after all contact.
A
fast-paced third -- Ludwig frequently taking the initiative,
going mostly with knee and kick attacks, also pumping in a number
of body blows midway through. Calleros had his stuff on as well,
but was bleeding badly from the right eye by the end of this
one.
An
exhilarating contest, scored a unanimous draw on all three cards.
Ludwig grabbed the ring announcer's microphone, asking if the
crowd "would like to see us fight another round?" There
was a cheer of approval, and a smiling Calleros stepped to center
ring to oblige, but the fighters were promptly reminded that
it is officials and referees who are in charge of the rules,
not fighters.
In
a tournament reserve bout, American Steve Steinbeiss defeated
compatriot Dustin Hanning by unanimous decision.
In
undercard fights, it was Justin Smith over Sean O'Haire by KO;
Christine Toledo over Jennifer Nguyen by unanimous decision;
and Andreas Sprang beating Jamie Fletcher by majority decision
During
the event, famed American fighter Brock Lesnar entered the ring
to announce that he had come to an agreement to fight in the
first American production of FEG's popular mixed martial arts
"Hero's" fight series. The bout is expected to take
place in February, the venue and Lester's opponent will be announced
when finalized.
The
K-1 WGP '06 in Las Vegas II -- Final Elimination Quarterfinals
attracted a sellout crowd of 4,526 to the Bellagio Grand Ballroom.
All bouts were be contested under regular K-1 Rules.
The
event was broadcast live on the Fuji Television Network and Fuji
Satellite TV in Japan, and on MBC and MBC/ESPN in South Korea.
It will be time-delay broadcast on EuroSport across Europe, ProTV
in Romania, inDemand in the United States, Viewers' Choice in
Canada and GroboSat in Brazil. In all, it will be seen in over
100 countries, please check with local broadcasters for scheduling
details.
And
as always, visit the K-1 Official Website (www.k-1usa.net) for
complete post-event coverage
Source: Maxfighting
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Leozada
trains with Melvin in Europe
Alexandre Pequeno's brother, the athlete Leonardo Nogueira is
in Europe since the end of the K-1 Hero's, which was held in
Japan on August 5th. In the event, Leozada, who was at his brother
corner, met Melvin Melvin Manhoef, who invited him to train.
Leonardo Nogueira is in France since then and in September he
will be going to Holland, to train the ground and the Muay Thai
of Melvin, who could face great athletes as Sakuraba in the next
editions of the K-1.
"They become friends and Melvin Manhoef, who likes a lot
to train ground game, invited him to train in Holland. Melvin
needs a good ground base for his possible confrontation against
the Japanese Sakuraba and because of that he called my brother",
guaranteed Alexandre Pequeno in exclusive interview to site TATAME.
Leozada
was quoted to face Melvin in the Hero's, where his brother Pequeno
lost for the Japanese Koutetsu Boku, because the adversary of
the Holland fighter couldn't fight. But the organization choose
Crosley Gracie to face him. "Crosley did fight, but if wasn't
him, they would send my brother, that was there in my corner
and wanted to fight", guaranteed Pequeno.
Source: Maxfighting
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Quote
of the Day
"Success
is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."
George S. Patton, 1885-1945, American Army General during World
War II
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MAYHEM
VS. LAWLER ON SEPTEMBER 2ND
In
his first fight this year since a first round knockout victory
over Falaniko Vitale in February, Robbie Lawler returns to ICON
to face Jason Miller for the ICON World Middleweight Title.
Miller
returns to the big island after a dominating WFA-debut over former
Ultimate Fighter competitor Lodune Sincaid.
The
two will battle it out in one of the most highly anticipated
middleweight bouts of the year.
ICON
SPORT
Mayhem vs. Lawler
September 2, 2006
Blaisdell Arena
Tickets Available at www.ticketmaster.com
185lb
World Title Main Event
Jason Mayhem Miller
vs
Ruthless Robbie Lawler
155lb
Adam Bass (Team Wolfpack, Muncie)
vs
Kolo Koka (MMA Development, Kailua)
135lb
Ikaika Silva (Animal House, Ewa Beach)
vs
Tyson Nam (Grappling Unlimited, Honolulu)
185lb
Jay Jack (Academy of MMA, Portland, Maine)
vs
Ron Verdadero (Jesus Is Lord, Waipahu)
170lb
State Title
Kimo Woefel (Eastsidaz, Waimanalo)
vs
Sydney Silva (HMC, Honolulu)
135lb
Paul Gorman (Academy of MMA, Portland, Maine)
vs
Mark Oshiro (Bulls Pen, Honolulu)
155lb
Marshall Harvest (Animal House, Ewa Beach)
vs
Makana Albino (Grappling Unlimited, Honolulu)
145lb
State Title
Chico Cantiberos (Eastsidaz, Waimanalo)
vs
Kevin Delima (Bulls Pen, Honolulu)
205lb
Lowen Cabuag (Animal House, Ewa Beach)
vs
Kenneth Gusman (Team Papakolea, Honolulu)
170lb
Keoni Bryant (Jus' Rush, Kailua)
vs
Derek Stadler (Bulls Pen, Honolulu)
Heavyweight
Shaun Durfee (Academy of MMA, Portland, Maine)
vs
Thomas Ferguson (Hawaii Self Defense, Waianae)
155lb
Peni Taufaao (Eastsidaz, Waimanalo)
vs
Ricky "Hoku" Wallace (Grappling Unlimited, Honolulu)
Source: MMA Weekly |
BROCK
LESNAR JOINS K-1
Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada, Brock Lesnar of former WWE
fame climbed into the ring after being announced by Jimmy Lennon
that he has joined the K-1 organization. Lesnar said that he
has been wanting to do this for awhile and that he is excited
about the opportunity.
After
that announcement, Royce Gracie climbed into the ring telling
the crowd that he would be training Brock Lesnar, also mentioning
that it is an honor to be able to work with Lesnar. Royce said,
"K-1 asked me to train Brock, to build my own champion."
Royce continued, "He's a professional athlete and wrestler
so I will teach him some finishing holds. I have never worked
with anyone this size, since I don't have his physique I'll show
him what I know, as long as he promises not to come back and
fight me and my family later!"
Lesnar
has a legitimate background in collegiate wrestling were he won
the 2000 National Collegiate Athletic Association title, so Lesnar
has a legitimate chance of being successful in MMA with the proper
training. Lesnar said, "Training for mixed martial arts
is not easy, I have to learn striking, kicking, defense and submissions.
But I have Royce Gracie to help me, he's the man in mixed martial
arts so it's a no-brainer -- I'm honored to be working with him."
So
it's finally official after all the rumors. Lesnar will fight
in the HERO'S promotion of K-1 when it is tentatively planned
to have his first fight for HERO'S in February of 2007. Lesnar
said, "I was a takedown artist in wrestling, and I hope
to do that again. My goal is to get guys on the ground -- that's
what I'm comfortable with -- and then beat their heads in!"
Source: MMA Weekly |
"NEVER
SUBMIT" MOVIE TO FEATURE UFC FIGHTERS
UFC
Fighters To Be Featured In Imperia Entertainment’s Mixed
Martial Arts Movie “Never Submit” and High Profile
Executive Producer Announced
BEVERLY
HILLS, Calif.-(SportsWire)—August 2, 2006/ Imperia Entertainment
(Pink Sheets: IPRE) President James Hergott announced today that
he has received permission to use fighters from Ultimate Fighting
Championship (UFC) in the upcoming mixed martial arts movie entitled
Never Submit. Hergott and Never Submit Producer Cindy Ortiz met
with UFC President Dana White in his Las Vegas office on Friday
July 21st, 2006 to discuss the project and use of UFC contract
fighters in the movie.
Ortiz
comments, “The meeting went well. Mr. White and Mr. Hergott
share a lot of the same goals on how the sport of MMA should
be depicted on the silver screen and ensuring an accurate portrayal
was number one on both of their lists. I think Mr. White appreciated
the fact Mr. Hergott himself has been a martial arts practitioner
for nearly half of his life. Hergott’s passion for this
sport was obvious to me from the moment I read his script (Never
Submit). White was interested in helping the young director and
I feel his generosity in allowing us to showcase UFC fighters
in the movie will have a huge impact on the realism of the film.”
Hergott
comments, “As a former Judo competitor, I have closely followed
this sport and have been a fan of MMA since its North American
introduction in 1993. Mixed martial arts is gaining true mainstream
acceptance which in large part is due to the success of the UFC
and the Spike TV hit reality show The Ultimate Fighter that recently
completed filming its fourth season. Never Submit will appeal
to the hardcore fans as well as expose movie goers to this emerging
sport who may know very little, if anything, about MMA when they
enter the theater. My goal is to turn as many of them into fans
as possible by the closing credits.”
Hergott
continues, “It is my intent as writer and director to portray
the sport of MMA, the athletes competing in it and the fans supporting
it in a positive light. MMA isn’t a barbaric underground
blood sport like it has been depicted in the past by other filmmakers.
It’s a very intellectual sport; a physical chess match between
men. This movie will showcase the courage, integrity, commitment,
athleticism and sportsmanship found in these modern day gladiators
and I’m looking forward to telling their stories.”
According
to Hergott, “Dana is a true visionary as well as a great
business man who shares my dedication and passion for this sport.
I have wanted to do a movie about MMA since before Zuffa even
acquired the UFC, but I just wasn’t in a position to do
so until now. I very much admire what he has been able to accomplish
in this industry over the past few years and I recognize his
success is a direct result of the fact he never stopped believing
in this sport or his company.”
Hergott
continues, “I’m looking forward to working with fighters
from all three seasons of The Ultimate Fighter as well as those
competing in the live UFC events. Never Submit will provide great
exposure for these guys who want to experience what it’s
like being on the silver screen. Quite a few fighters aspire
to become actors and I appreciate the fact Dana has been proactive
in making this opportunity available to fighters representing
the UFC organization. He truly cares about who they are and what
they want to accomplish in their lives and he could have just
as easily said ‘no’ when approached about it.”
Ms.
Ortiz comments, “Mixed martial arts is regulated and sanctioned
by numerous state athletic commissions (20 so far in North America)
because they recognize it to be a legitimate sport just like
baseball, football and basketball. Professional fighters are
just as much professional athletes as the elite performers found
in other sports. I feel that Never Submit will be a movie with
widespread appeal and the action is going to keep movie goers
on the edge of their seats just like it does millions of spectators
flocking to live MMA events every year around the globe.”
Ortiz
continues, “The script doesn’t present MMA as the hobby
it is for some, nor does it focus on amateur level competitors.
Never Submit showcases the intensity of professional fighting
and takes you inside the world of this very controversial sport,
something James Hergott knows quite a bit about. It is a pleasure
to be involved with this project because I think it’s going
to succeed in helping fighters to gain the long overdue respect
and recognition they deserve as well as help solidify MMA as
a true sport in a mainstream environment.”
Source: MMA Weekly |
Quote
of the Day
"Life
is what happens while you are busy making other plans."
John Lennon, 1940-1980, British Rock Musician
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2006
Hawaiian Open of BJJ Part II Partial Results!
St. Louis
High School Gym
Saturday, August 12, 2006
There were some great matches and the BFJJ team gets out the
results very quickly, which will post as soon as we get them.
While we are waiting for the full results, here are some admittedly
biased, highlights from Team Relson Gracie - Casca Grossa.
Advanced No Gi Lightweight:
1st Place: Brandon Bernardino (Relson Gracie-Casca Grossa)
2nd Place: Kyle Snyder-Olivares (Relson Gracie-Casca Grossa)
3rd Place: Andrew Kawada (Relson Gracie-Casca Grossa)
(Team Relson Gracie-Casca Grossa closes out this division
by all 3 competitors winning every match and awards medals by
seniority)
Purple Belt 147-160lbs
1st Place: Kyle Snyder-Olivares (Relson Gracie-Casca Grossa)
188-202lbs - Gi White Belt
1st Place: Tyler Bailey (Relson Gracie-Casca Grossa)
3rd Place: Josh Lindsay (Relson Gracie-Casca Grossa)
161-174lbs - Gi White Belt
3rd Place: Eric Ragasa (Relson Gracie-Casca Grossa)
Kids division GI
1st Place: Brandon Saiki (Relson Gracie-Casca Grossa)
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“Prodigy” Could Return
on Ortiz-Shamrock III Card
In what would be his first trip back into the Octagon since a
close decision loss to Georges St. Pierre in March of this year,
B.J. Penn has verbally agreed
to square off against Japanese Shooto veteran Kuniyoshi Hironaka,
Sherdog.com has learned.
Sources
close to Penn’s camp stated that the fight, pending signed
bout agreements, would take place on the October 10 UFC Fight
Night card in Hollywood, Fla.
Penn
(10-3-1) recently stated his goal of capturing the 155-, 170-
and 185-pound titles in the UFC, and returns to the cage in the
welterweight division.
Standing
across from him will be the tough Hironaka (10-2), who has tasted
defeat only once — Shinya Aoki stopped him via cut this
past November — in the past four plus years.
In
his last two fights, Hironaka submitted Team Quest fighter Ryan
Shultz by armbar and finished Penn’s jiu-jitsu coach, Renato
Verissimo, with strikes.
Source: Sherdog
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Dana
says Liddell/Silva unlikely to happen
By Zach Arnold
CP (Canadian Press) reports that UFC is now postponing plans
for a fight in November between Chuck Liddell and Vanderlei Silva.
This news comes one month after Dana White announced on PPV (in
Las Vegas) that Silva would fight Liddell.
He
cited problems in dealing with the Japan-based Pride Fighting
Championships that is home to Silva.
So,
once again, PRIDE continues to talk big in the Japanese press
(like a pro-wrestling promotion would do over there) and Dana
White kills those imaginations with a dose of reality, similar
to how K-1 matchmaker Sadaharu Tanigawa claimed that UFC 60 did
800,000 buys — only for Mr. White to call that claim the
dumbest thing he had ever heard of.
Without
Liddell vs. Silva happening, any talk of a mutually cooperative
“interpromotional war” between PRIDE & UFC seems
false, as UFC isn’t acting as a willing partner. Furthermore,
Mr. White looks immensely idiotic for once again promoting the
competition (PRIDE) on national PPV and then not getting the
fight signed, sealed, and delivered.
Source: Fight Opinion
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K-1
& Lesnar in Las Vegas
By Zach Arnold
The promotion has a show this weekend at the Bellagio Hotel,
and Brock Lesnar is expected to appear at a press conference
to announce his participation in an MMA match for HERO’s.
8/12 Vegas card line-up here. I know that there were several
other promotions interested in his services, including one group
that was trying to get a hold of him but found him nearly impossible
to contact.
A
couple of other non-related items: Denis Martins has an article
about a recent 4-on-4 team challenge series between the Gracie
Barra Combat Team and BTT (Brazilian Top Team). Also, Koki Kameda
continues to face heat from Japanese fans about his win in last
week’s boxing match.
Source: Fight Opinion
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L.
Azevedo: "I want to do a great job"
Confirmed by the Dream Stage Entertainment to face the Japanese
Hayato Sakurai, Luciano Azevedo is still thinking about his strategy
for his fight on August 26th, at Pride Bushido 12. "We are
still thinking in the strategy for this fight. We are studying
a lot Sakurai's game, but my first strategy is to attack him
with my gas", guaranteed Luciano, who is worried of fighting
well to have other opportunity in the Pride.
- I am not worried and I will submit or KO. I want to do a great
job. If I fight well, the victory will come naturally. He is
more experienced and a tough fighter. Facing Sakurai in the first
fight is the worst thing, but at the same time this is a great
opportunity. So, I want to thanks the B-Tough agency to made
my dream of fighting at Pride true - said the Luta-Livre black-belt.
Other Brazilian confirmed in the card of Pride Bushido was the
JJ professor of Chute Boxe Cristiano Marcello, who faces the
Japanese Mitsuhiro Ishida.
COMPLETE
CARD (subject to change):
Pride
Bushido 12 - Welterweight GP
Nagoya City Rainbow Hall, Nagoya - Japan
Saturday, August 26th, 2006
GP
Welterweight
- Dan Henderson vs. Kazuo Misaki;
- Akihiro Gouno vs. Gegard Mousasi;
- Ryo Chonan vs. Paulão Filho;
- Denis Kang vs. Amar Suloev;
Other
Bouts
- Takanori Gomi vs. adversary to be defined;
- Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Eric "Butterbean" Esch;
- Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Cristiano Marcello;
- Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs. Luciano Azevedo;
- Jeff Curran vs. Hioki Hatsu;
- Shin'ya Aoki vs. Jason Black;
- Gilbert Melendez vs. Nobuhiro Obiya;
- Tatsuya Kawajiri vs.Chris Brennan.
Source: Tatame
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Quote
of the Day
"The
greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none."
Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, Scottish Author/Essayist/Historian
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2006
Hawaiian Open of BJJ Part II TODAY!
St. Louis
High School Gym
3142 Waialae Ave
(H-1 East and take the King St. Exit. Take the left fork to go
on Waialae)
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Tournament Starts at 10:00 am
This is a BJJ and Submission Grappling tournament
Want to fill out a registration form before you get there and
save yourself some time?
Click here for a PDF of the registration
form.
Weigh ins will be held on Friday, August 11, at the following
locations:
UH
Athletic Complex Studio 4 (between Stan Sheriff Arena and the
Pool).
Weigh in times:
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
7:30 pm to 8:30 pm
HKF Martial Arts Center
94-295 Pupuole St. 2nd Flr
7:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Outer Island residents ONLY
can weigh in on Saturday, August 12 at St. Louis from 7:30 am
to 9:00 am. Please do not show up on Saturday expecting to weigh
in late if you live on Oahu because you are impacting everyone
that is competing because it hinders the bracket completion.
Brazilian
Freestyle runs a very efficient tournament, but they can only
keep on time if all the competitors do their part by registering
early so they can do as much prep work prior to Saturday.
Entrance
Fee: $60 for adults and $30 for kids for multiple divisions.
Please pay at the weigh-ins.
Weight
classes:
110-122
123-135
136-148
149-161
162-174
175-187
188-201
202-214
Open weight
Time Limits:
Gi
Kids:
White - 3 min
Yellow - 4 min
Adults:
White: 5 min
Blue: 6 min
Purple: 7 min
Brown: 8 min
No-Gi:
Kids:
Novice: 3 min
Intermediate: 4 min
Adults:
Novice (under 1 year): 5 min
Intermediate (1-3 years): 6 min
Advanced (Over 3 years): 7 min
Note: Years are determined from the date of your first formal
exposure to grappling/wrestling/bjj in an instructional setting
regardless of your frequency or progress of training. Remember,
the objective of sport is to challenge yourself and not to guarantee
wins by competing against inferior or inexperienced opponents.
Contact
the following people for more info:
Romolo Barros 392-8830 (info@brazilian-freestyle.com)
or
James Tanaka 223-9363
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HBO
PPV TODAY:
HASIM RAHMAN VS. OLEG MASKAEV II
America's only current world heavyweight champion, Baltimore-born
Hasim Rahman, will defend his world title for pride, honor and
country when he takes on hard-punching No. 1-rated contender
and mandatory challenger Oleg Maskaev of Kazakhstan, at the Thomas
& Mack Center, Las Vegas, on Saturday, August 12.
Source: HBO
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Rodriques
Faces of aganist Moreno
Punishment In Paradise
"Unfinished Bussiness"
Sat Sept 9,2006 @ Dole Cannery
Rodriques Faces of aganist Moreno
Hawaii's Kickboxing Champion Tony "The Tiger" Rodriques
out of Waianae Boxing Gym will face off agnist undefeated Lorenzo
Moreno of Bulls Pen..
The Tiger is a veteran known for his awesome skills, with K.O
power both in his Hands and Legs. His last fight he K.O Morenos
teammate Ryan Lee..
Lorenzo Moreno is undefeated so far in his Kickboxing road, With
a big K.O win aganist Kick In Champion Ikaika Choy Fu. Morenos
like we all now his cousin Mark is known for Knocking out who
ever stands toe to toe!!
Source: Event Promoter
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The
Ultimate Fighter Season 4 Poster
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Shamrock
vs. Ortiz III
to be Shamrock's retirement fight
In an interview with the Lassen County Times, Ken Shamrock confirmed
that he will fight Tito Ortiz for a third and final time on October
10th. Whether he wins or loses, Shamrock will retire from mixed
martial arts following the fight.
Ken
Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz III will be broadcasted live as part
of The Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale on Spike TV. This fight on free
TV is Shamrock's way of making it up to the fans who bought the
UFC 61 pay per view and were dissatisfied with the quick outcome.
In
their first meeting at UFC 40, the fight was stopped in favor
of Ortiz after 3 5-minute rounds. In their second meeting this
past July, Ortiz pounded Shamrock against the cage, and the fight
was stopped after 78 seconds. Shamrock is looking to end his
career with a win over his nemesis and to avoid four consecutive
losses.
Source: MMA Fighting
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Two
New IFL Teams to Debut Septemer 9th
August 8, 2006 – Two new teams will make their International
Fight League (IFL) debuts on September 9 at the IFL World Team
Championship event at Memorial Coliseum at the Rose Quarter in
Portland, Ore., beginning at 8 p.m. The mixed martial arts event
will feature four squads, including Matt Lindland’s new
Wolfpack, based in Portland vs. Maurice Smith’s Tigersharks
of Seattle and Bas Rutten’s Anacondas, who train in Los
Angeles, vs. Antonio Inoki’s Sabres, another of the IFL’s
latest additions, from Tokyo. And, in a bonus match, Lindland,
the 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling, will
take on Jeremy Horn to highlight the 11-bout fight card.
Lindland,
36, who sports an 18-4-0 record in MMA, will have the home crowd
with him as he battles the 31-year-old Horn, who has amassed
a 77-14-5 mark. Both are widely regarded as being among the top
five middleweights in the world; both are also true legends of
the sport.
Many
of the sport’s top names are scheduled to compete. The Tiger
Sharks feature Reese Andy, Brad Blackburn, Allan Goes, Sam Liera,
and Alvin Robinson. The homestanding Wolfpack roster includes
Devin Cole, Matt Horwich, Ryan Schultz, Aaron Stark, and Chris
Wilson. Competing for the Anacondas are Jay Hieron, Chris Horodecki,
Mike Pyle, Alex Schoenauer and Krzysztof Soszynski. The Sabres
include John Cole, Chad Dietmyer, Kazuhiro Hamanaka, Masayuki
Kono, and Ed West.
Fans
can purchase tickets at the Rose Quarter Box Office, all participating
Safeway locations, by phone at 877.789.ROSE (7673) or online
at www.RoseQuarter.com.
The
IFL’s two other new teams, Frank Shamrock’s Razorclaws
of San Jose and Carlos Newton’s Dragons, based in Toronto,
Ontario, will enter the ring as part of the World Team Championship
in Moline, Ill, on Sept. 23, joining Renzo Gracie’s Pitbulls,
based in New York and Pat Miletich’s Silverbacks from event
host Quad City.
Founded
in 2006 by Kurt Otto, a highly successful real estate investor
and a life-long martial arts participant and Gareb Shamus, chairman
of the comics empire Wizard Entertainment Group, the International
Fight League™ (IFL) and Pure Sport™ were created to
establish a centralized and structured organization that brings
the power and influence of the mixed martial arts industry together.
For more information and action, go to www.IFL.tv.
Source: Maxfighting
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Cristiano
Marcello will KO at Pride
BJJ teacher at Chute Boxe, Cristiano Marcelo will face on August
26th, the Japanese Mitsuhiro Ishida, who defeated the Brazilian
Marcus Aurélio in the last Pride Bushido. The JJ black-belt
did let the strategy with the team, but he guaranteed he will
exchange punches. "If he accepts I will exchange punches
and I will try the KO. I know that he likes to put me down and
to try the ground and pound, what is good for me too, because
my ground game is better when I play below. On the ground I will
try to submit him, but if he relaxes I will take him down",
said Cristiano Marcello, who will have Daniel Acácio in
his corner.
-
After the fight, Daniel and I will give some seminars in Nagoya
and in Tokyo and three days after that Wanderlei, Rudimar Fedrigo,
Rafael Cordeiro, Maurício Shogun, Nilson Castro and all
the Chute Boxe delegation came for the final of the Pride GP
Open Weight - said Cristiano.
Source: Tatame
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Korean
Star May Face Legal Troubles
by Jordan Breen
The path from the sand ring to the PRIDE ring now has a roadblock
for Dream Stage Entertainment's latest addition Lee Tae-Hyun.
The
6' 6", 300 plus pound wrestling giant announced on July
20 that he would be retiring from professional ssireum, a traditional
Korean sport similar to sumo, to "return to his private
life" and likely become a university lecturer.
However,
the ssireum star held a press conference in Seoul, South Korea
on Tuesday to announce his signing with Dream Stage Entertainment,
and his participation in the PRIDE Fighting Championship.
On
the heels of Tae-Hyun's surprise announcement, the 30-year-old's
former employer, Hyundai Elephants Ssireum, has announced that
it may seek legal action against the three-time ssireum champion.
Backed by Korean-based world industry giant Hyundai Heavy Industries
Co. Ltd., the Hyundai Elephants Ssireum is the professional ssireum
team on which Tae-Hyun formerly competed.
Representatives
of Hyundai Elephants Ssireum announced to the press yesterday
that they accepted Tae-Hyun's retirement despite being contracted
through 2012 under the notion that, as Tae-Hyun said three weeks
ago, he would be inactive from athletic competition and pursue
his goals as an educator. Now that Tae-Hyun has signed with Dream
Stage Entertainment and is scheduled to compete in PRIDE, the
Hyundai ssireum team may seek restitution.
Tae-Hyun's
contract with Hyundai Elephants Ssireum secured his services
until December of 2012. The contract paid Tae-Hyun an initial
fee of 40 million won, approximately $41,800, as well as an 80
million won yearly salary until its expiration. Under the regulations
of the Korea Ssireum Assocation, an illegal breach of contract
entitles the organization to damages of twice the initial fee,
80 million won in this case.
"We
will try to convince him to stay on the team one more time,"
said a representative from the Hyundai side.
"I
still intend to lecture at the university," said Tae-Hyun.
"But, when I applied, they didn't accept me due to my lack
of teaching experience. My goal is to begin lecturing after my
career in PRIDE. I intend to solve this matter with the Hyundai
ssireum team."
Source: Sherdog
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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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Mayhem
vs. Lawler Preview Show Coming to K5
See the TV commercial here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kwOEKNJF7g
PRESS RELEASE
Contact:
Patrick Freitas
Icon Sport
Director of Promotions
(808) 375-1645
superbrawl21@yahoo.com
Mayhem
vs. Lawler Preview Show Coming to K5
August 9, 2006 Honolulu, HI. Sports fans are buzzing about one
of the most anticipated events of 2006: the September 2nd Icon
Sport World Championship match-up of Jason “Mayhem”
Miller and “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler. Beginning August
21st, Icon Sport will take viewers behind the scenes with the
Mayhem vs. Lawler Preview Show on K5 The Home Team (KFVE-5).
This half-hour program reveals never-before-seen training footage,
interviews, and candid shots of Mayhem and Lawler. The show also
highlights the stars of the event’s undercard, including
grappler-phenom Sydney Silva, inspirational rising star Tyson
Nam, Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Jay Jack, blue-collar warrior
Kimo Wolfel, Indiana slugger Adam Bass, and fan-favorite “Son
of Polynesia” Kolo Koka. And, of course, the program contains
entertaining antics and wild commentary by the one-and-only Mayhem
Miller.
WHAT: Mayhem vs. Lawler Preview Show
WHEN: 11p.m. Monday, August 21
11p.m. Tuesday, August 22
11p.m. Wednesday, August 23
11p.m. Thursday, August 24
Friday: University of Hawaii Athletics
Saturday: University of Hawaii Athletics
11p.m. Sunday, August 27
11p.m. Monday, August 28
11p.m. Tuesday, August 29
11p.m. Wednesday, August 30
ENCORE 10 P.M. FINALE:
10 p.m. Thursday, August 31
WHERE: K5 The Home Team (KFVE-5)
Source: Event promoter
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Garden
Island Cage Match 4 DVD Is Coming!
HI All,
Thank you all for making Kauai Cage match 4 the biggest the island
has seen yet and its only going to get bigger!
Some
of you have been asking for DVD's, it is in the editing stages
right now and I will let all or you know once it is available.
Also
thanks for supporting our clothing line, the shorts and rashguards
was a big hit, for those who didnt get a chance to get it, check
out my 12 on Kauai and on Oahu, Razors at Pearlridge and Fighters
Corner.
Thanks
again all !!!
Aloha
Vance
Source: Vance Pascual
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Latest
Pancrase Official Rankings!
[Open-weight]
the 10th Open-weight K.O.P. Josh Barnett (U.S.A./New Japan Pro-Wrestling)
#1 Yuki Kondo (PANCRASEism)
#2 Ron Waterman (U.S.A./Team Impact)
#3 Yoshiki Takahashi (PANCRASE)
#4 Sanae Kikuta (GRABAKA)
#5 vacant
[Super
heavyweight(221lbs. and over)]
the 2nd Super heavyweight K.O.P. VACANT
#1 Mike Kyle (U.S.A./Team CroCop)
#2 Ron Waterman (U.S.A./Team Impact)
#3 Anthony 'Tatsuji' Netzler (TEAM Boon!)
#4 Alex Roberts (U.S.A./Kujuken Kaikan)
#5 vacant
[Heavyweight(199lbs.~under
221lbs.)]
the 2nd Heavyweight K.O.P. VACANT
#1 Poai Suganuma (TWIST)
#2 Lee Segak (Wajutsu Keishukai RJW)
#3 vacant
[Light
heavyweight(181lbs.~under 199lbs.)]
the 3rd Light heavyweight K.O.P. Yuki Kondo (PANCRASEism)
#1 Sanae Kikuta (GRABAKA)
#2 Akihiro Gono (GRABAKA)
#3 Nilson de Castro (Brazil/Chute Boxe Academy)
#4 Arbocius Tiger (Lithuania/Latvia Shidokan)
#5 Daijiro Matsui (freelance)
#6 Daisuke Watanabe (PANCRASEism)
#7 Gustavo Ximu (Brazil/Gracie Barra Combat Team)
#8 Fabio Leopoldo (Brazil/Renzo Gracie Jiu Jitsu Academy)
#9 Yuki Sasaki (GRABAKA)
#10 David Terrell (U.S.A./Cesar Gracie Academy)
[Middleweight(165.7lbs.~
under 181lbs.)]
the 5th Middleweight K.O.P. Nathan Marquardt (Pancrase U.S.A./H.A.M.A.)
#1 Izuru Takeuchi (SK Absolute)
#2 Kazuo Misaki (GRABAKA)
#3 Yushin Okami (Wajutsu Keishukai Tokyo Hombu)
#4 Eiji Ishikawa (GRABAKA)
#5 Yuichi Nakanishi (freelance)
#6 Hikaru Sato (PANCRASEism)
#7 Daisuke Hanazawa 13 (MMA Dojo Cobrakai)
#8 Yuji Hisamatsu (Wajutsu Keishukai TIGER PLACE)
#9 Osami Shibuya (Ingram)
#10 vacant
[Welterweight(152.5lbs.~
under 165.7lbs.)]
the Interim Welterweight K.O.P. Katsuya Inoue (Wajutsu Keishukai
RJW)
#1 Daizo Ishige (SK Absolute)
#2 Satoru Kitaoka (PANCRASEism)
#3 Carlos Condit (U.S.A./Fighters In Training) *IN!
#4 Hidehiko Hasegawa (SK Absolute) *DOWN from #3
#5 Koji Oishi (PANCRASEism) *DOWN from #4
#6 Heath Sims (U.S.A./Team Quest) *DOWN from #5
#7 Takuya Wada (SK Absolute)
#8 Hidetaka Monma (Wajutsu Keishukai A-3) *DOWN from #6
#9 Tatsunori Tanaka (Wajutsu Keishukai Hyogo Dojo)
#10 Robert Emerson (U.S.A./No Limits-Team Oyama)
[Lightweight(141.4lbs.~
under 152.5lbs.)] TBD
[Featherweight(under
141.4lbs.)] TBD
Source: Mr Oitate
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FRANK
MIR VS. "THE TRUTH" AT UFC 65
by Al Yu
Sources close to MMAWeekly have confirmed that former UFC Heavyweight
Champion Frank Mir will take on up-and-comer Brandon “The
Truth” Vera at UFC 65. This match-up, rumored to be scheduled
for UFC 63, has been moved back to add a marquee fight to the
UFC 65 card.
Mir
(9-2) is coming off of a victory over Dan Christison at UFC 61
‘Bitter Rivals’. The former champ came into the fight
unprepared and earned an uninspired decision over the former
Ultimate Fighter contestant. Having just fought in July, it’ll
be interesting to see if Frank will have the proper time to train
for this fight.
Brandon
Vera (7-0) will risk his undefeated streak against his toughest
test to date. “The Truth” is coming off of an impressive
submission win over the tough Assuerrio Silva at UFC 60.
A
win for Mir would revitalize his career and put him one step
closer to title contention. A loss could put him at a crossroads.
For Vera, this will be the significant fight that he’s been
seeking. If he is victorious, he would join Jeff Monson as top
contenders for current UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia’s
belt.
Source: MMA Weekly
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Renato
“Babalu” Sobral: The Persistent Challenger
By Sean McClure
When Zuffa and the UFC announced that Renato “Babalu”
Sobral would be facing “The Iceman” Chuck Liddell again,
I got very excited. My friends all remember the brutal TKO by
Chuck Liddell at UFC 40 by a very nasty kick to the head. Since
then, Chuck has claimed the light heavyweight title and defended
it against Jeremy Horn and Randy Couture. This will be Liddell’s
third title defense in a row against renowned grapplers. Renato
Sobral has been in the ring with Chuck before along with a host
of other top tier fighters. If you are one of those fans who
thinks Babalu doesn’t stand a chance against a fighter like
Chuck Liddell…think again.
Babalu
has bested some of the better fighters of our time like Maurice
Smith, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, and Jeremy Horn. He has
been able to go the distance with guys like Fedor Emilianenko,
Dan Henderson, and Kevin Randleman. Babalu is one of the best
MMA competitors to have ever stepped in to an MMA ring, cage,
or locker room for that matter. So why does this persistent challenger
not get the respect he rightfully deserves?
Babalu
was 13-2 from fights in the IVC, Brazilian Vale Tudo, and Rings
before he ever made the decision to step inside the Octagon.
He trained in Muay Thai and submission wrestling from the age
of 12, and earned multiple national championships in his teens.
Sobral’s star brightened in Denver, Colorado at the IFC's
high-profile light-heavyweight 16-man tournament. Babalu defeated
Trevor Prangley, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, and Jeremy
Horn to be crowned champion that night. He went on to win at
two Cage Rage and another Jungle Fight event, gaining momentum
and cementing a return to the UFC. At UFC 52 Sobral defeated
Travis Wiuff by armbar and carved his niche back in the UFC light
heavyweight division. Babalu then went on to defeat Chael Sonnen
at UFC 55 by triangle choke and Mike Van Arsdale by rear naked
choke at UFC 57.
Chuck
has stated that he is not looking past Sobral to his possible
fight with Wanderlei Silva. The fight has to be on his mind and
if The Iceman loses focus…there may be a new light heavyweight
champion.
Babalu’s
UFC history as provided by UFC.tv:
UFC
57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 (2/4/06) Sobral defeated Mike Van Arsdale
by submission (Choke) ar 2:21 of the first round.
UFC
55: Fury (10/7/05) Babalu defeated Chael Sonnen by submission
(Triangle Choke) at 1:20 of the second round.
UFC
52: Couture vs. Liddell II (4/16/05), Babalu defeated Travis
Wiuff by armbar at :24 of the second round.
UFC
40: Vendetta (11/22/02), Babalu was KO'd by a kick to the head
from Chuck Liddell in 2:59 of the first round.
UFC
38: The Brawl At Royal Albert Hall (7/13/02), Babalu defeated
Elvis Sinosic by unanimous decision.
UFC
35: Worlds Collide (1/11/02), Babalu lost to Kevin Randleman
by decision.
UFC
28: Defense od the Belts (11/17/00), Babalu defeated Maurice
Smith by unanimous decision.
Source: Maxfighting
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Hot
Links are Up!
Due to
popular demand (well actually Chris, Mark, and I just discussed
it on Sunday), it seems that most people viewing our news page
are not accessing the huge amount of content that Onzuka.com
has to offer. We put in a ton of hours to create the juggernaut
that is currently Onzuka.com. We would like everyone to make
use of it so that all our hard work is not in vain.
We
created a Hot Links section in the top left corner of this page so that you can immediately
jump to the most common areas that people question us about.
Main Page
(No Flash)
This is the actual main or intro page of Onzuka.com. All the
major links are located there as well as bios of Chris and I,
acknowledgments, our video archive, etc. Some people have been
wanting to jump directly to our main page to search for other
pages that we offer and avoid watching the flash intro so here
you have it.
Martial Arts
Schools
This is the page that we consider our contribution to the internet.
We feel that every web page should make one additional and useful
contribution to the internet. We searched various sources and
logged in all martial arts schools that we know of and catorgorized
them by island, and then by ethnic background. Please take a
look and see if the information we have listed is correct especially
contact information because we get many inquires about how to
find a school that offers certain style of martial arts. This
is a public service from us to the many martial arts practioners
and also the many people visiting Hawaii which is a Mecca for
martial arts. Please do not ask us to enter more information
than we already have there. This is not a web page for a school.
This is general information so that people can find your school.
Casca Grossa
JJ (Jiu-Jitsu)
This is a web page for our school. Many people want to check
us out or join up so this is how you can get the latest information
on our school such as tuition, class times, directions, you name
it, it is on the page. Any other questions after viewing the
page can be emailed to info@onzuka.com. This page is an advertisement
for our school, but this is our web page so we can do what we
want.
As
a sidebar, we do not accept guys training at other schools to
train with us mainly because we do not want to appear to be stealing
students. We have a great relationship with all the instructors
in the state and we feel that it is not worth threatening the
relationship that we built throughout the years over one student.
Our school is not our livelihood and we feel that we can get
enough students by word of mouth, our reputation, or our website
to keep us happy. We specialize in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and submission
grappling and although we have a few guys that come to our place
that fight MMA that we assist in training, we do not want to
become a total MMA school, at least not at this point in time
and in the near future. By the way, you can also click on our
own school banner above to go to our school's page.
To
advertise with us with banner ads, click on the first banner
on the top of the page or go to http://www.onzuka.com/advertise.html. You will find that
we are cheap and easy. Well, that did not come out quite right.
You get the picture.
Links Page
This is a page of all the useful web sites that are out there
and some that we just like to view ourselves. This page is in
dire need of revamping, but we will get to that when we have
time. This is also quick resource for a bunch of miscellaneous
web sites if you need to do research and also a place to stick
web sites we did not know where to put anywhere else.
Man Page
This is the page that we get the most compliments from. This
is a compilation of numerous email attachments and other bits
of information to keep us men from turning in to pussies. Others
can use the page as light reading or if they had a bad day. There
is nothing like reading some great material to turn a bad day
around. Please make sure to read the disclaimer on the top of
the page if you have any problems in regards to this page.
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