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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 | |