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Quest for Champions 2006 Tournament
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3rd
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War Memorial Gym, Wailuku, Maui
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The
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The Quest for Champions 2006 Tournament
Hosted by Kempo Unlimited
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Sunday, June 25, 2006
Source: Event Promoter
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POSTAL
CONNECTIONS: SAPP POSSIBLY TO PRIDE
By Tape Lord
Hello my friends, sources in Japan are telling me that the real
reason Bob Sapp suddenly left the K-1 show in Holland is because
he has recieved an offer from DSE/PRIDE that would supposedly
multiply his current K-1 salary by at least 5-6 times.
DSE/PRIDE
is basically at war now with the K-1 organization for signing
away Kazushi Sakuraba from their promotion, and they intend on
trying to sign as many of K-1's biggest stars as they can.
I
will have more news on this subject in a few days.
Source: Fight Sport
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Interview
with PRIDE Bushido GP Fighter
Joey Villasenor
By Bernie Calderon
Joey Villasenor has risen through the ranks of King of the Cage
to become its Middleweight champion. He is even hailed as pound
for pound, one of KOTC’s best fighters. Joey has not only
gotten the attention of KOTC fans, but of other fight organizations.
As Joey reveals in this interview, he has been invited to fight
for Pride in a Welterweight Grand Prix. This is Joey’s chance
to prove to the world that he has the skills and ability to fight
with the world’s best welterweights. Joey took time out
from training for his next fight and the tournament for an interview
with MMAFighting.com and me.
BC: Let us get to know Joey Villasenor. How did you get started
in the fight game?
Joey
Villasenor: I’ve always been an athlete, played baseball,
football, and track. When I graduated high school, I took a look
at UFC 3 and from that point I was hooked. At 19, I started submission
fighting. I’ve been training since then.
BC:
What fighter inspired you to get into MMA?
JV:
I would have to say the fighter that inspired me and I think
inspired everybody was Royce Gracie. Royce worked technique that
was foreign to Americans and it inspired me. It basically rang
a bell in my head that strengths and strikes are just one aspect
of the game. I was just inspired by his technique as I’m
sure everyone was.
BC:
Speaking of Royce, do you have a prediction for his match against
Matt Hughes?
JV:
Wow that’s a tough one. It’s really hard to call that
one. I really think that Matt Hughes is no doubt one of the best
ever, so is Royce. Man that’s tough… my heart is with
Royce, but I think Matt Hughes has the overall better skill.
But Matt Hughes does have a problem with straight out Jiu Jitsu
guys… so it’s hard to call. I would call it a draw.
Yeah Imma call it a draw (Laughs).
BC:
When is your next fight and against who?
JV:
Well, I just talked to Pride and I will be fighting in the Bushido
Welterweight Grand Prix, the 16 man. (As to whom I’m fighting)
I don’t think I can release that information right now,
so I really can’t say who I’m going to fight. But I
got called just now and told who my opponent was so I’m
just going to let them be the ones to tell everybody. I don’t
want to get in trouble (laughs).
Editor's
Note: Villasenor's opponent will be Ryo Chonan.
BC:
When you read articles about the best middleweights in MMA, you
may read about Rich Franklin, Matt Lindland, and Dan Henderson.
Your name is rarely mentioned. Do you often feel disrespected
at times even though you are a champion?
JV:
No, not disrespected. I just haven’t had the big fights
they’ve had. Right now I’m getting my opportunity with
Dan Henderson being in (Pride) tournament. So I wouldn’t
say disrespected, its more understandable. I haven’t been
given a chance to get a fight like this. So now that I’ve
got this opportunity, I just gotta make the best out of it.
BC:
I recently read on the KOTC website that you have a fight coming
up in July. Will this be your last fight for KOTC before going
to Pride?
JV:
It really depends on what Terry (Trebilcock) wants to do. I signed
a two fight contract with him, but we’ve discussed openly
that if I were to God willing, take this tournament, then that
would make me Pride Champion. How could I fight for KOTC? I don’t
think Pride would let me. So it all depends on this tournament.
BC:
What was your thought process in wanting to go to Pride? Was
this something you’ve wanted to do for awhile now?
JV:
Of course. It’s been a dream of mine to fight in either
Pride or UFC. I’ve been KOTC world champion, and it’s
been nothing but good to me. I am honored that I’ve had
the opportunity to be their champion. So many of their fighters
have gone on to do bigger and better things. I have about 4-5
teammates that fight in the UFC and none of us have crossed over
into Japan yet, so basically I’m looking to open the doors
for my teammates and have a great performance so we can have
top 2-3 organizations running through our gym.
BC:
Your last fight was with Yuya Shirai for DEEP in April. Tell
us about that fight. (Win by unanimous decision)
JV:
It was a pretty technical fight. It didn’t have the explosive
fireworks that I’m usually known for. I think one of those
(reasons) was jetlag. It was my first experience fighting across
seas with such a time change and having being there a day and
a half before the fight. Cutting the weight and the jetlag I
think played a major factor. I just didn’t have the killer
instinct in me. When I watch the tape, I have bags under my eyes.
I got a double shot of coffee before the fight to stay motivated.
Other than that, I had his back at one moment to finish the fight
with a rear naked choke. I had mount numerous times. I controlled
him pretty decently. On the ground he held me down quite a bit.
When I was on top of him, he would just lock his hands and hold
me down which made for some stalling. Striking, he was real unorthodox
and it was kinda hard to get the timing on him. It wasn’t
until late in the second round is when I started timing him,
but it was only two five-minute rounds. I’ll go ahead and
take the unanimous decision, I’ll take the experience and
information we gathered from that bout and look forward into
using it this next bout.
BC:
What would you say are your biggest strengths and weaknesses?
JV:
I would have to say my biggest strengths are my teammates and
my coaches. Also a God given ability to learn techniques. Weakness…
I wouldn’t call it a weakness as much as learning experiences.
This is gonna be my 25th fight and I learned a little something
from each one.
BC:
What do you want people to think when they hear the name Joey
Villasenor, the Dream Smasher?
JV:
I want them to think of a dedicated athlete. Someone who eats,
lives, breathes the sport. Somebody that loves the sport and
is really trying to make a difference out there in the sport.
I want to be known as one of the greatest middleweights ever.
At 30 years old, I feel I’m just getting into my prime.
I just want people to recognize me as one of the best.
BC:
What is your ultimate goal in MMA?
JV:
Hopefully the goal is just to be successful. (A goal) is to motivate
underprivileged kids. I think I was one of them. I quite often
go to schools and speak to kids around my neighborhood. I really
want to make a difference in someone’s life. I wanna become
a champion in all major organizations. I’d love to become
the Pride Champion, UFC Champion someday. I’ve already became
and held KOTC championship. Basically I want to be a champion,
to seek greatness.
BC:
I noticed you touched upon being more socially responsible. Do
you feel fighters should be more active in their community and
be out there and be role models?
JV:
I definitely do. The public is starting to come around now. They
are starting to understand the sport. To most people our sport
looks brutal and they don’t see hard work and ethics. They
don’t see the respect, all they see is brutality. But I
think we are a fine example of all three of those traits. So
I think its our responsibility to tell people fighting on the
street isn’t that you want to do, but having a work ethic
and training hard in a team, is very positive.
BC:
Is there anything you would like to say in closing?
JV:
Yes, I’d like to thank my sponsors Warrior Wear, Defined
Fitness, Fitness Massage, all my teammates and coaches, friends
and family. And last but not least I would like to thank Project
240.
BC:
On behalf of MMAFighting.com and myself, thank you for taking
time out of your schedule for this interview. Good luck on your
fight in July and good luck on the Pride Bushido Tournament.
JV:
Thanks Bernie I appreciate it.
Source: Maxfighting
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Quote
of the Day
"Peace,
like charity, begins at home."
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1882-1945, 32nd President of the United
States
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X-2
Sports Presents
Extreme Wars: Bay Area Brawl
Oakland Alameda Coliseum
June 3, 2006
Carter “The Beast” Williams
K-1 Superstar
VS
Terrell Dees
K-1, Ceser Gracie Camp
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UFC,
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Special First time women’s match Lana Stefanac (2006 Pan
Am Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Champion) vs. California’s Martha
Salazar who is the current WIBF World Champion Boxer. What a
fight!!! Plus Carter Williams K-1 Champ, Carlos Conduit, John
Lober,
Antonio
Mckee, Tim “the Wrecking Machine” McKenzie, Daniel
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Source: Event Promoter
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WANDERLEI
SILVA REPLACES FEDOR IN PRIDE GP
by Ivan Trembow
Dream Stage Entertainment has announced on its Japanese web site
that Fedor Emelianenko has been forced to withdraw from the Pride
Open Weight Grand Prix, and his replacement will be none other
than "The Axe Murderer," Wanderlei Silva.
Dream
Stage had hoped that Fedor would be ready to fight in time for
the second round of the Grand Prix when it takes place on July
1st, but the surgery to repair Fedor's severely damaged hand
has a very long recovery process. Fedor's doctor stated that
the metal plate in Fedor's hand would not be ready to be surgically
removed until June at the earliest, which would make it impossible
for Fedor to fight on July 1st.
Pride
Middleweight Champion Wanderlei Silva will now get the first-round
bye that was originally given to Fedor as the Heavyweight Champion,
and will complete what is arguably the best "final eight"
in any tournament in the history of MMA. The eight quarter-finalists
are Wanderlei Silva, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Mirko Cro Cop,
Mark Hunt, Hidehiko Yoshida, Josh Barnett, Kazuyuki Fujita, and
Fabricio Werdum. The quarter-final match-ups will be announced
in the coming weeks.
The
announcement that Silva will be competing in the Pride Open Weight
Grand Prix brings to an end, at least temporarily, a contract
dispute between Silva and DSE that had lasted for several months.
Silva's contract with DSE expired after his split decision victory
over Ricardo Arona on New Year's Eve, and he had been working
out the terms of a new contract with DSE ever since. There was
also considerable interest in Wanderlei Silva as a free agent
from the rest of the MMA community at large, but it's not known
if the UFC in particular ever seriously pursued Silva with the
kind of money that it would take to sign him.
The
Wrestling Observer reported a few weeks before the first round
of the Pride Open Weight Grand Prix that DSE wanted to make the
match-up of Wanderlei Silva vs. Mark Coleman for the first round,
and that Silva and Coleman agreed to fight each other, provided
that they could each come to financial terms on their respective
Pride contracts.
Silva
didn't reach a financial agreement with DSE on his contract,
so the fight never happened. As for Coleman, DSE President Nobuyuki
Sakakibara inexplicably said at a press conference that he could
have chosen Mark Coleman or Zulu, Jr. to fight Antonio Rodrigo
Nogueira in the first round of the tournament, and he said that
he made the decision to go with Zulu, Jr. instead of Coleman
because, "Zulu, Jr. is like the Brazilian Bob Sapp."
While
the fact that Silva is participating in the Pride Open Weight
Grand Prix means that he is no longer a free agent at this moment,
that may or may not be the case a few months from now. The specific
terms of Silva's contract, such as how many fights are on his
new Pride contract, were not disclosed by DSE.
If
Silva's new contract is a long-term deal, then he'll be staying
with Pride for the forseeable future. If it's just a contract
for Silva to participate in the Open Weight Grand Prix and nothing
more, then he could be right back to being a highly sought free
agent a few months from now.
Source: MMA Weekly
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Interview
with UFC 60 Fighter:
Fabiano "Pega-Leve" Scherner
By Takimoto
The Brazilian heavyweight Fabiano Scherner, a Tres Passo's native
who lives nowadays in Amsterdan-Holland is going to face another
Brazilian in UFC 60. Scherner already stepped in the UFC's octagon
at UFN 2, when heavy shots from Brandon Vera finished Scherner's
night by KO. Now, on May 27th, Scherner has extra responsibility
on his shoulders to capture a victory and keep himself in the
UFC's plans.
MaxFighting:
Which are you main titles in submission, BJJ and MMA and what
is your background?
Fabiano Scherner: Inside BJJ I captured several awards in a short
period of time, I won in all belts. In BJJ I got 6x Brazilian
Championship and World Championship(Absolute). In submission
I got the awards in Copa RFT, Copa America (absolute), runner-up
in ADCC Brazilian Trials 2003 and winner of first phase of ADCC
Brazilian Trials 2005, and at MMA I am North-America IFC heavyweight
champion. My weight is 118kg and I was born in June 20th-1974
at Tres Passos-Rio Grande do Sul.
MaxFighting: Why do you have this nick-name (take it easy)?
Fabiano Scherner: It started when I was training in BTT academy,
and I was still a purple-belt. So in that day Rodrigo "Minotauro"Nogueira
arrived to train and talked to Ricardo Liborio: -"Can you
"take easy" with me today" I am very-tired"…
Liborio answered him back: "I have a new student here and
he will take easy to you". I loved the opportunity because
I was in BTT during only one week and I was going to support
the trainings of Minotauro. In that period he was going to face
Mark Coleman, so we used a head-protector(helmet similar to the
goalkeeper of Hokei), but when we started on training hardly,
the perspiration did the head-protector to dim and Minotauro
was in bad position where I got to land a lot of strikes. When
the training-sessions finished, Minotauro turned to Liborio and
said:-"Hey Linborio, wouldn't you put a guy to take easy
to me?" So the teammates who were watching the training
talked looking to me: -"This is the pega-leve(take easy)".
So they started on nickname me like that.
MaxFighting: After UFN 2, you were supposed to fight in Europe.
Why didn't that fight happen?
Fabiano Scherner: I would fight in last December 17th at Ultimate
Nokaute in Croatia, but a few days before the show, the Croatian
government decided to prohibit professional MMA fights inside
the event and I could not fight.
MaxFighting: Are you living in Holland now? How has adapting
to life there been?
Fabiano Scherner: Yes, I do. I am here since last year- the adaptation
is not a hard task because people speak English pretty well here.
The Dutch citizens are like the Brazilian, no prejudice and very
hospitable.
MaxFighting: Are you still an ATT member anymore?
Fabiano Scherner: The team I am here has a partnership to ATT,
they send Muay Thau coaches to ATT and ATT sends BJJ coaches
to Europe. In one of these exchanges I came to train here, when
I arrived here I realized my Muay Thai was terrible. So I asked
Liborio if I could spend more time here to improve it. There
was no way of become a top fighter using only my BJJ.
MaxFighting: How have you been improved training in Holland?
Fabiano Scherner: I do not think I improved, when I think I got
some evolution, a light kid comes to train with me and lands
me to the canvas(laughs). So I have to have more training and
patience, because I can not improve quickly inside an aspect
that the guys here train during a lot of years.
MaxFighting: Who are you main teammates in Holland?
Fabiano Scherner: In Muay Thai there are a lot of them. Here
in Holland is fantastic, they've fighter since 50kgs until 130kgs.
The most known fighters are Kass, Drago, Melvin Manhoef, Lloyd
Van Dams, Badr Hari and a few others. In BJJ I have Thiago Tavares,
Thiago Jambo, Marcello Salazar and my brother Cristiano. Sometimes
Gesias "JZ" Cavalcanti, and Alexandre Lobinho from
Ataque-Duplo come here to support us. Ataque-Duplo was the academy
where I started my trainings in Brazil and I will never forget
them.
MaxFighting: When you lived in USA, you fought 5 times there.
Which are the main differences between fighting MMA in America
and Brazil?
Fabiano Scherner: At USA the fighters do not place the matches
like personal challenges such as in Brazil. In USA it is faced
like a job. In Brazil anyone looks to yourself such as a expert
in all- in Brazil there is not the second place(runner-up), the
mentality in Brazil is that the second-place is the first loser.
I expect to fight in Europe too, because I felt that here people
want to see good-shows, and doe not matter the final result of
it.
MaxFighting: Of those five fights in American, your only lose
was to Brandon Vera. Do you have a lot of frustration over that
fight?
Fabiano Scherner: Yes I do. I was very confident to that fight
and I stayed nervous for fighting at UFC. The first impression
I had of that show is that its size feared me. I meant the things
happened to me very quick in 2005. I left from Brazil with only
two fights in my resume, so in 6 months I captured the IFC belt
when I had only 5 years of BJJ and only 2 years training MMA.
SO when I saw myself at UFC, it was a little hard to control
expectations in a short period of time.
MaxFighting: What did you think about Brandon?
Fabiano Scherner: I felt he was nervous o the day of that fight,
but he got to "find himself" during the match, because
he realized I was making a wrong strategy to fight him. He is
a nice guy, we had a chat prior our fight, and he did not seem
to be arrogant. But he did a nice marketing of himself inside
the octagon.
MaxFighting: Do you think you had good moments that you missed
in that fight?
Fabiano Scherner: Yes, I took him down and I should pressure
him against the face and use my forearm to hurt him. But I was
not used on work with my forearms, I should have take him down
more times too.
MaxFighting: You mentioned a point I wanted to ask you. Brandon
is a known kickboxing specialist, so do you think it was risky
to stand with him?
Fabiano Scherner: We committed a mistake at elaborating a strategy
against Brandon, we studied his grappling and bjj fights, and
people had talked to me he was USA Wrestling champion. So you
can not believe in how my face stayed when Bruce Buffer announced
that Brandon ha d a lot of awards in Kickboxing. Other fact was
that all time I got to connect a strike, he felt, so I motivated
myself on fighting stand. His knees at my body harmed my cardio,
when we came back to our feet I did not get to breath and the
rest of the story everybody already knows.
MaxFighting: Was that fight(even you lost), the most important
of your life until then?
Fabiano Scherner: Sure, by the simple fact I was in UFC. I believe
if I had beaten Brandon I would be in a nice position to become
a heavyweight contender.
MaxFighting: Brandon and Assuerio Silva will fight at UFC 60
too. You fought both so, what's your opinion about this fight?
Fabiano Scherner: I think it will be a great fight, very-well
booked, I do not have a favorite to pick, but I will root for
Silva.
MaxFighting: Talking finally about your match at UFC 60 against
Gabriel "Napao" Gonzaga. Would you like to face a foreign
fighter or it does not matter to you?
Fabiano Scherner: I would prefer to fight a foreign, but I am
professional and I fight against anyone the promoters put in
my front.
MaxFighting: Do you think that several Brazilian versus Brazilian
matches will occur in UFC?
Fabiano Scherner: I do not know, I think UFC is testing the Brazilians,
like they test everybody. The good will stays and the loser will
not be interesting for the show.
MaxFighting: Gonzaga beat you at ADCC Brazilian Trials 2005.
What did you think about that fight and can you take some piece
of that to this UFC meeting?
Fabiano Scherner: In that day he was better, he fought well under
the ADCC rules to beat and he won. Now the story is going to
be different, I am going to win and to put our "personal
score" in 1-1.
MaxFighting: What do you intend to do on this your second fight?
Fabiano Scherner: I intend to make my game and please the crowd
with a good show. I will sweat blood if necessary. I have a very
good training with wrestler from Russia here in Holland and I
expect to make the differential with it.
MaxFighting: You mentioned you are training a lot of Muay Thai
in Holland, while Gonzaga comes from a KO victory at UFC 56.
So can we expect good trade of blows on the feet?
Fabiano Scherner: I learned a lot from my last fight, and I do
not intend to risky myself in a field that I am not specialist.
I am focused on beating him where I am good, it is the ground.
MaxFighting: But you are not limiting your game on just fighting
on the ground?
Fabiano Scherner: In any MMA match everything can happen. I want
to fight on the ground, but I do not know if it will run like
I am talking to
you.
MaxFighting: Final statements?
Fabiano Scherner: I would like to say thanks to the teammates
of Ataque-Duplo, mainly to Murillo Rupp, Tonicao and Ze Marcello.
Thanks also to BrazilianFightWear which supports me.
Source: Maxfighting
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RIVERA
TO BE IN 'THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER' SEASON 4
The
following news was sent in to us by the MMA insider known as
'Ted Johnson':
"I
talked with Jorge Rivera the other day and he let me know that
he is going to be on the fourth season of 'The Ultimate Fighter'.
He claimed to not know any of the others who are going to be
on, but he did confirm the Jake R. scoop that Tim Sylvia and
Georges St. Pierre are slated to be the coaches.
He
also said that he is flying to Las Vegas this Friday. Rivera
stated that he is to be kept in a hotel room until early Saturday
morning, at which time he will have to turn over anything that
links him to the outside world, including cell phone and the
like. Rivera said that each contestant will stay in the hotel
room and not be allowed to leave it at all for any non-emergency
reason, until it's time to to go to the home.
Jorge
said that they told him that the winner of the 185-pound class
gets a shot at Rich Franklin. Jorge said that he thinks he'll
have a shot at beating Franklin this time, because it's going
to be Franklin's first fight back from the injury.
I
personally don't think he realizes that Franklin had trouble
making weight for their fight at UFC 50. Franklin is a better
fighter than Rivera faced last time, though it's true that he
could be rusty.
Shooting
starts this Saturday. First fight is one week from this Friday.
TUF 4 premieres in September."
Source: Fight Sport
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Quote
of the Day
"Failure
is the condiment that gives success its flavor."
Truman Capote, 1924-1984, American Author
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Kickin
It Schedule of Events!
July
7 2006 - Filcom Center, Waipahu
August 18 2006 - 2006 - Filcom Center, Waipahu
September 16 2006 - Filcom Center, Waipahu
November 25 2006 - Dole Cannery Ballroom, Honolulu
Source: Event Promoter
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K-1
explains Sapp's absence
To All Press,
In
regards to the incident in which Mr. Bob Sapp didn’t fight
in the Amsterdam Arena on May 13th, there have been conflicting
reports including that he had been unwell. The K-1 organization
would like to set the record straight regarding the no-show:
Mr.
Bob Sapp still has the exclusive long-term fighting contract
with the K-1 organization. Based on the contract, Mr. Sapp arrived
in The Netherlands on May 10th, attended the event press conference,
the Fuji Television event promotion, and the event opening ceremony.
However, before the event Mr. Sapp made demands which were absolutely
impossible to meet. Even though we did everything possible to
persuade him to stay, he suddenly left the venue just before
his fight sporting a bandage.
We consider his behavior as both unprofessional and disappointing.
In order to prevent such incidents, we will do our best to handle
our fighters better and arrange fights more carefully.
Lastly, we would like to express our great appreciation to Mr.
Peter Aerts and his devotion to
K-1 as he did us the greatest favor of accepting the fight against
Mr. Hoost with only one hour's notice before the fight. And also
we would like to extend our most sincere apologies to the 20,000
fans who came to see the Ernesto Hoost versus Bob Sapp bout,
and to the millions of fans around the world who were looking
forward to this match-up.
Sincerely,
K-1
Event Producer
Sadaharu Tanikawa
Source: Maxfighting
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Fedor
Emelianenko
Fedor Emelianenko was recently interviewed by the PRIDE website.
Here's what Fedor had to say (translation by Igor S.):
Interviewer:
What was your impression of the May 5th event?
Fedor:
Firstly, I feel bad that Aleks lost, very disappointed. That
is my first impression. Zentzov winning is my only consolation.
The results of the other fights were basically as expected.
Interviewer:
What was the cause of Alexander's loss?
Fedor:
Perhaps I think something was lacking in the preparation phase.
Also, what I want to say is that in the first round Josh Barnett
seemed to be rubbing something into his eyes and called for a
break in the action. That stopped the fight and there was a doctor
to check him, but the results were fine. It was apparent that
there was nothing wrong with the eye, so I don't understand why
he did that.
Interviewer:
Afterwards Josh pointed at you and provoked you.
Fedor:
I think that sort of demonstration is a very good thing (laughing).
Josh is a good fighter, a strong fighter, but he was defeated
twice by Mirko Cro Cop. Comparatively, I think Josh is less than
Mirko, and he will fail when faced with a fighter of that level.
Of course I respect him as a fighter.
Interviewer:
Is Josh worthy of fighting you, having defeated your brother?
Fedor:
It's not a matter of worthiness or not. I defeated Mirko, although
it was not without hard work. Considering that he lost to Mirko
twice, it's apparent that there is still a gap between us. But
I am ready to fight anyone, so I don't underestimate anyone.
Interviewer:
How about the comments by Mr. Sakakibara that he wants Fujita
or Yoshida to go against you, if you are able to participate
in the second round of the GP?
Fedor:
I feel Fujita-san is a good fighter. However, it took a while
for him to beat Thompson. I thought Fujita could've ended the
fight earlier. Yoshida, well this matchmaking was lucky for him.
Interviewer:
Did Fujita seem to have improved since fighting with you?
Fedor:
To be honest, it seemed he has not improved, although we haven't
seen him fight much so I don't know. He seemed weaker than the
time when he fought me.
Interviewer:
One year ago you said you were interested in fighting Yoshida,
as he is a gold medalist. What is your feeling now?
Fedor:
I still want to fight against Yoshida-san, because I always want
to fight against the wonderful player who has captured an Olympic
medal. Because Yoshida is the type of fighter who fights thinking
how to show a great technique. Fighting him is very interesting.
Interviewer:
T.K. Kohsaka retired after his fight. What did you think?
Fedor:
It was very strange to see that T.K. did not show his usual high
level technique. He dared to fight strike-for-strike with Hunt,
which is Hunt's strong point. I thought that being defeated by
Hunt without showing his own strong points was very strange.
Why did T.K.-san do that? Why were his good techniques not shown
and opportunities not taken? I think it was possible to show
the techinques in which he had more advantage.
Interviewer:
Do you have a message for T.K.?
Fedor:
That fight is only a strange impression for me, rather than any
feeling about retirement. I think T.K. could have put out his
strong points and shown his merit quickly. It is not necessary
to bravely show your weak points. Why did he not use his multiple
techniques, even in the mount? I am baffled.
Interviewer:
Since you fought against T.K., do you have any feeling about
his retirement?
Fedor:
No. If a professional athlete chooses to retire, there is no
special feeling about it.
Interviewer:
I see, then what do you think about Hunt's statement that he
will overthrow you in the second round?
Fedor:
He is a good fighter, but it is very doubtful that he can win
in the second round. I think he will possibly be defeated by
someone.
Interviewer:
Who then becomes the most formidable opponent for you in the
second round?
Fedor:
The fighter who has improved the most, especially with new techniques
that have not been used before. There are many fine fighters
and the results were roughly as expected, but no one showed any
new techniques or considerable growth. Therefore I don't think
there is a most formidable opponent for me. Perhaps I will get
to face such an opponent, but the fact is that for many of them,
this will be their second defeat by my hand. However, Noguiera
is there, but we have fought twice and he lost both fights. So
with that in mind, I don't think there is a significant foe.
If Nogueira has acquired some new skills then he might be a wonderful
opponent, but after seeing the first round I don't think he's
shown any considerable growth.
Interviewer:
That is a confident statement! What is the state of your right
hand now?
Fedor:
The doctor has seen it again, but nothing can be said at the
current stage. There is still a metal plate in it now.
Interviewer:
Will you be able to participate in the second round?
Fedor:
I want to participate very much. I will fight in July or whenever
the hand heals.
Source: Fight Sport
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IFL
Clears Proving Ground For
Wes Sims VS Daniel Gracie Grudge-Rematch
By Cindy
Ortiz
The Wes “The Project” Sims VS Daniel Gracie main event
Super-Fight rumored to be on the IFL’s June 3rd “Legends
Championship” card was confirmed this afternoon. According
to IFL Commissioner Kurt Otto, “A request was made for the
IFL to allow these two heavyweight warriors another opportunity
to go at it because neither one of them felt their first fight
determined a definitive winner. We made adjustments to our June
3rd “Legends Championship” line up in order to accommodate
this grudge fight/grudge rematch… whatever you want to call
it because the fighters wanted it and the fans wanted to see
it. I’m expecting World War III when these two step inside
the ring!”
MMA
fans may recall the first time Wes “The Project” Sims
and Daniel Gracie faced off was at the Gracie Fighting Championship
in March in conjunction with the Arnold Sports Expo in Columbus,
Ohio. The much anticipated main event officially resulted in
a draw and Wes Sims was carried out of the convention center
on a stretcher. Spectators witnessed Gracie pile-drive three
illegal knees to the face of his opponent in response to Sims
landing what was deemed to be an intentional head-butt to Gracie
earlier in the fight.
After
the judges subtracted points for the fouls committed, as instructed
by the referee, the fight was declared a draw. In the aftermath,
Sims and his management filed an appeal with the Ohio State Athletic
Commission to have the result of Sims VS Gracie changed to a
disqualification of Gracie for the intentional knees that sent
Sims to the hospital. The request was denied Sims attorney has
filed an appeal to have the case reviewed at a higher level.
Sims
and Gracie both declared their interest in fighting the other
again, each citing they are positive they would reign supreme
if granted a rematch. Since it is not yet known if the Gracie
Fighting Championship will return to Columbus, Ohio as part of
the Arnold Sports Expo in 2007, a request was made asking the
IFL to consider featuring the rematch of Sims VS Gracie as part
of the upcoming event.
June
3rd “Legends Championship” Fight Card:
Silverbacks
VS Tigersharks for the IFL Team Championship Finals
Silverbacks LW Bart Palaszewski 20-7-0 VS Tigersharks LW Rafael
Dias 6-1-0
Silverbacks WW Rory Markham 6-1-0 VS Tigersharks WW Brad Blackburn
8-7-0
Silverbacks MW Ryan McGivern 7-1-0 VS Tigersharks MW Dennis Hallman
36-11-2
Silverbacks LHW Travis Wiuff 40-8-0 VS Tigersharks LHW Reese
Andy 2-0-0
Silverbacks HW Ben Rothwell 17-5-0 VS Tigersharks HW Devon Cole
5-1-0
The
IFL is also finalizing several “Super Fights” which
at this time will feature New York-based Erik Owings (1-0-0,
Covington, KY), Alex Schoenauer (9-4-0, Yakima, WA), New Jersey
native Jamal Patterson (1-0-0, Hoboken, NJ) and Long Island’s
son Jay Hieron (8-2-0, Freeport, NY). Additional details will
be announced shortly.
The
main event Super-Fight will feature the much anticipated rematch
of Wes “The Project” Sims VS Daniel Gracie!
Fox
Sport Net (FSN) will televise the June 3rd finals on June 4th
at 6PM (EST), the third installment of IFL special programming
produced and directed by Emmy award-winning producer Peter Lasser,
who has worked on several Olympic telecasts as well as with ESPN,
NBC Sports, NFL Films and FSN, among others. According to insiders
who have gotten a “sneak peek” of Lasser’s work
on the first two segments slated to air on FSN May 21st and May
28th, the production is spectacular and the action is non-stop!
Tickets
are on sale now for the IFL “Legends Championship”
taking place on Saturday, June 3 at 8pm at the Trump Taj Mahal
in Atlantic City. Tickets are priced from $35 - $150 and available
at all Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com (1.800.736.1420),
and the Taj Mahal Box Office.
Source: Maxfighting
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Quote
of the Day
"The
greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches,
but reveal to them their own."
Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Statesman and Prime Minister
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Don
"The Predator" Frye's return
to America ends in a draw
Don "The Predator" Frye returned to fight in America
yesterday night in the main event of King of the Cage at the
Apache Gold Casino in Arizona.
Frye
spent the last 10 years competing in Japan for PRIDE FC and K-1.
His last bout in America was at UFC: Ultimate Ultimate 1996,
where he defeated Gary Goodridge, Mark Hall and Tank Abbott in
one night.
Frye
battled Ruben "Warpath" Villarreal to a draw after
3 rounds. The final scorecard was 88-89, 88-83, and 88-88.
In
the other featured bout, Urijah Faber retained his banthamweight
title against Charlie Valencia with an arm bar submission in
the first round. In Faber's three previous fights, he has defeated
Krazy Horse, Ivan Menjivar and Cole Escovedo.
Results:
- Don Frye and Ruben Villereal went to a draw.
- Urijah Faber def. Charlie Valencia by arm bar.
- Bobby Hoffman def. Victor Vincelette by arm triangle choke.
- Brett Sloane def. Bryan Pardoe by KO.
- Matt Dell def. Matt Verhalen by split decision.
- Jacob Chagolla def. Kyacey Uscola by TKO.
- Bob Calnin def. David Carrasco by tap out due to strikes.
Source: MMA Fighting
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POSTAL
CONNECTIONS: MORE INFO ON SAKURABA LEAVING DSE/PRIDE
By Tape Lord
Hello
my friends, sources in the DSE/PRIDE organization, the K-1 organization,
and the Japanese media are all telling me some of the reasons
for the abrupt departure of Kazushi Sakuraba from DSE/PRIDE to
K-1.
From
what I've been told, Sakuraba left DSE/PRIDE because he had a
falling out with Nobuhiko Takada. The reasons for the fall-out
are the following:
1.)
Sakuraba has felt for quite some time that he should have been
getting paid similar amount of money to what Hidehiko Yoshida
and Naoya Ogawa were making for their fights in PRIDE. According
to insiders, both Yoshida and Ogawa make high 6-digit to 7-digit
figures for most of their fights, especially on the New Year's
card, where it was rumored they each made almost USD$2 million
each. Sakuraba was supposedly making lower to mid 6-digit figures
for most of his fights.
2.)
Sakuraba basically had had enough of Takada matching him up against
the top heavyweights in the world and getting him almost crippled
in some instances, while getting underpaid and ruining what legacy
he had left.
3.)
Sakuraba supposedly wanted very much to enter last year's PRIDE
183-pound GP, but Takada didn't put him in it.
Source: Fight Sport |
WFA
Reborn?
Rampage vs. Lindland Headlines July 22 "King of the Streets"
Event
By Loretta Hunt
LOS
ANGELES, May 15 -- With a stroke of their pens, Quinton "Rampage"
and Matt Lindland put to an end rumors they would fight one another
in the re-launched World Fighting Alliance. Agreeing to meet
at 205 pounds for July 22's "King of the Streets" event
at The Forum in Inglewood, California, Jackson and Lindland headline
a card that will include Brazilian-Japanese K-1 standout Lyoto
Machida and former UFC middleweight contender Ivan Salaverry
among others.
The
WFA, once owned by fighter John Lewis and :"Club Rubber" traveling nightclub
magnate John Huntington, ran a trio of Las Vegas MMA events between
2001 and 2002 before funding for the promotion ran dry. It is
unclear if either Lewis or Huntington still have a connection
with the organization's reinvention.
"We
will be the premiere mixed martial arts organization in the world,"
WFA CEO Jeremy Lappen confidently relayed to an audience of selected
media in its LA offices. "We are a 'fighters first' organization.
We're going to be building our brand off the fighters themselves,
off their stories, off their personalities, off their unique
backgrounds they bring into play."
To
punctuate Lappen's words, Jackson was asked to unveil a sampling
of the WFA's billboard marketing campaign. Titled "Rampage
Reborn," the ad featured the chain-necklaced former PRIDE
personality Jackson in a menacing pose.
"Ka
Ching," Jackson voice spiked when asked why he chose the
WFA over a handful of rumored offers, which included the UFC...
"The WFA offered me the most money. All of these other so-called
'big companies' deals were lacking, they were kinda small, and
I knew the WFA would promote me the way I wanted to be promoted."
"The
more they take care of me, the more I'll take care of them,"
Jackson continued. "All the years I've been fighting in
these other shows, they've been pretending like they've been
treating me good, but backstage they've been dogging me to my
face."
"They're
a 'fighter first' organization," Lindland concurred. "They're
doing a great job of promoting the fighters, so we're gonna go
out there and provide a great show for the fans."
Lappen,
who has managed Jackson, Randy Couture, Jens Pulver, and Bas
Rutten in the past, refrained from commenting on his new position
with the promotion. Along with Lappen, the WFA's management and
ownership group also includes Las Vegas attorneys Ross Goodman
and Louis Palazzo, and retired businessman William McFarlane.
WFA
"King of the Streets" Announced Line-Up
Quinton
Jackson vs. Matt Lindland
Ricco Rodriguez vs. Ron Waterman
Lyoto Machida vs. Vernon White
Ivan Salaverry vs. Art Santore
Kimo Leopoldo vs TBA
Rob McCullough vs. TBA
Jason Miller vs. TBA
Source: FCF
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KONDO
OUT OF PRIDE 183-POUND GP
DSE/PRIDE
announced that Yuki Kondo will not be participating in this year's
PRIDE 183-pound Grand Prix, which begins on June 4th.
According
to DSE/PRIDE, doctors did not clear Kondo to fight on the card
due to the knockout he suffered against Phil Baroni.
Source: Fight Sport
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Quote
of the Day
"In
life you can never be too kind or too fair; everyone you meet
is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing
kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling
of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens
everyone is struggling with."
Brian Tracy, American Trainer/Speaker/Author
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Ron
Jhun Fights For Shooto Pac-Rim Title!
PUNISHMENT IN PARADISE: EAST vs. WEST 3
JULY 21, 2006@ Dole Cannery
Ron
Jhun in Dream Fight!
To
some fighters they have a goal a dream in were they want to be
one day. Hawaii’s own Ron ‘Machine Gun” Jhun dream
has come to reality. After fighting the BEST out their in his
weight class and showing the HEART of a WARRIOR. This will be
history in the making an Hawaii base event holding a Shooto Championship.
Ron
Jhun dream was to fight for a Shooto Championship and come July
21, Jhun dream will come reality. Jhun will fight for Shooto
Vacant Pacific Rim Championship against a top ranked Japan fighter.
We
have 10 confirmed fights and closing in on the card so if you
want to get in email me bdkamaka@comcast.net.
Source: Event Promoter
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POSTAL
CONNECTIONS: MORE PRIDE 183-POUND GP MATCHUPS
By Tape Lord
Hello
my friends, my postal connections in the DSE/PRIDE organization
are telling me that the following matchups will most likely take
place in the PRIDE 183-pound Grand Prix on June 4th:
Murilo
Bustamante vs. Murilo 'Ninja' Rua
Paulo Filho vs. Phil Baroni
Hector Lombard vs. Amar Suloev
Source: Fight Sport
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Jake
Shields vs. Saulo Ribeiro
Jake Shields will be taking on multiple BJJ World Champion, Saulo
Ribeiro in a submission grappling match scheduled for the 26th
of May. Ribeiro comes in with an impressive grappling record
including a 1st place showing at the ADCC World Submission Wrestling
Championships. In his only competition event ever with the gi,
Shields won the Pan American purple belt championship and has
placed third at the ADCC Championship. His claim to fame however
has been made primarily in the MMA arena where he is one of today's
most accomplished fighters. He is a former Shooto World title
holder and is currently the reigning Rumble on the Rock GP World
Champion. This match up should be one of the best of the evening.
Source: Gracie Fighter
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K-1
HOLLAND RESULTS
Peter Aerts vs. Ernesto Hoost
K-1
World GP 2006 in Amsterdam
May 13th, 2006
Amsterdam Arena
Amsterdam, Holland
Single
matchups (K-1 rules):
Ernesto Hoost defeats Peter Aerts by majority decision.
Remy Bonjasky defeats Jerome Le Banner by unanimous decision.
Semmy Schilt defeats Lloyd Van Dams by unanimous decision.
Ray Staring defeats Drago by unanimous decision.
Joeri Mes defeats Ramon Dekker by unanimous decision.
Rodney Faverus defeats Jon Delgado by majority decision.
Gokhan Saki defeats Rani Berbachi by unanimous decision.
Morad Deleski defeats Fikri Duabate by TKO, RD 1.
Single
matchups (MMA rules):
Hakeem Goran defeats Dave Darius by armlock, RD 1.
Europe
GP quarterfinals (K-1 rules):
Naoufal 'Iron Leg' defeats Attila Karacs by KO at 2:10, RD 1.
Bjorn Bregy defeats Freddy Kemayo by KO at 1:10, RD 3.
Tatsufumi Tomihira defeats Melvin Manhoef by KO at 2:10, RD 1.
Alexey Ignashov defeats Petr Vondracek by KO at 2:08, RD 2.
Semifinals:
Bjorn Bregy defeats Naoufal 'Iron Leg' by KO at 1:40, RD 2.
Gokhan Saki* defeats Alexey Ignashov by unanimous decision.
Final:
Bjorn Bregy defeats Gokhan Saki by KO at 1:44, RD 1.
*
Injury replacement
Source: Fight Sport
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Immediate Release:
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Gladiators Fighting Series
ProKarateweekly.com
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Fight
Nite in the Flats 2 Update
Madigan
to make MMA debut
5/14/06
– Cleveland, OH: The countdown to Fight Nite in the Flats
2 has begun as less then thirty days remain until four new champions
are crowned in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to what is already
a stellar fight card, the Gladiators Fighting Series announced
this week that kickboxing champion Ryan “The Lion”
Madigan will be making his pro MMA debut on June 10th. Madigan,
who is currently ranked #3 in the world by the IKF and is unbeaten
in two World Combat League appearances, will look to make the
transition to mixed martial arts as a welterweight. “I am
still very focused on my goal of becoming a world kickboxing
champion and excelling in the WCL but having the opportunity
to fight in front of my home fans was something I could not pass
up” said Madigan about his upcoming bout.
Coming
off a first round submission win on May 6th, UFC and Pride veteran
Dan “The Bull” Bobish will look to capture the GFS
Super Heavyweight title when he takes on three hundred pounder
Erik Knox in the night’s main event. Bobish, the former
King of the Cage Super Heavyweight Champion is looking forward
to fighting in Cleveland where he resides and plans on showing
the world that “The Bull is back”!
Cleveland’s
own Jeff Cox, a team mate of Bobish, will enter the cage for
the last time as a fighter when he faces Chris Myers for the
GFS Welterweight Title. Cox, who is coming into his June 10th
bout with a record of 12-3 as a professional has decided to retire
while still on top of his game and turn his attentions to training
the next generation of “Strong Style” fighters.
In
a highly anticipated welterweight match-up, two of the top amateur
gladiators will square off in a featured preliminary bout. Philadelphia’s
Josh McBride, who is coming off an impressive but hard fought
win over Team Griffon Rawl’s AJ Pulling last weekend at
Caged Fury, will face one of his toughest opponents to date in
Team Strong Style’s “Smokin” Joe Heiland who is
unbeaten in two fights. McBride and Heiland are currently ranked
#1 and #2 by the North American Amateur Fight Series and will
both be looking to take another step up in the GFS. In other
amatuer action, current ICE Light Heavyweight Champion, Terry
“The Punisher” Davinney (5-3) of Michigan battles West
Virginia’s Jason “The Wrecking” Ball Jones (5-2).
Both fighters are riding two fight win streaks and have their
sites set on a future GFS title shot.
Tickets
for Fight Nite in the Flats 2 are now available and going fast.
VIP Table Tickets (seats 10 max, includes waitress service) are
$100.00 per person, VIP Booth Tickets are $55.00 per person with
a 2 ticket minimum (VIP Booths seat 4 max), Reserved Floor Tickets
are $55.00 and General Admission tickets are $30.00 in advance,
$35.00 at the door. To purchase tickets in advance, log on to
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the official Fight Nite in the Flats 2 wagering odds this week
which will be available on site.
Updated
Fight Nite in the Flats 2 Fight Card
Title
Fights/Main Events
Super
Heavyweight Title Fight – Dan “The Bull” Bobish
(12-8) Team Strong Style vs Erik Knox (8-8) Lancaster, OH
Heavyweight
Title Fight – Josh “Heavy” Hendricks (13-4) Team
Strong Style vs Patrick “The Bear” Barrentine (4-2)
Team George Gurgel
Light
Heavyweight Title Fight – Rob “The Bullrider”
Wince (14-6) Team Hammer House vs Allan Weickert (8-3) Peak Submission
Fight Team/Team BOF
Welterweight
Title Bout – Jeff Cox (12-3) Team Strong Style vs Chris
Myers (16-7) Team Impact
Featured
Bouts
155lbs
– Jason “Dynamite” Dent (17-6) Team Griffon-Rawl
vs Luke “The Apostle” Spencer (10-6) Next Level Fight
Team
155lbs
– Jason “Steeltown” Taylor (3-0) Team BOF vs Donnie
Walker (5-2) Team Griffon-Rawl
195lbs
– John Soeder (3-0-1) Team Strong Style vs Todd Seyler (16-8)
Modern American MMA
155lbs
– Torrance “The Tyrant” Taylor (2-2) Team BOF
vs Toby “Tiger Heart” Grear (2-1) Dayton, OH
170lbs
– Ryan “The Lion” Madigan (0-0) Team BOF vs TBA
120lbs
– Kellyn Huehn (2-1) Team George Gurgel vs Mystee Blackwood
(7-4) Tempe, AZ
Preliminary
Bouts
170lbs
– “Smokin” Joe Heiland (2-0) Team Strong Style
vs Josh McBride (3-1) Northeastern Pummeling Den
205lbs
– Jason “The Wrecking Ball” Jones (5-2) Infinity
Fight Team vs Terry “The Punisher” Davinney (5-3) Team
Shoot
155lbs
– Brent Amon (1-2) North Eastern Pummeling Den vs Tommy
“Gun” Ridenbaugh (1-4) Team Impact
170lbs
– Dominic Siricolo (0-0) Team Strong Style vs Dustin Bloom
(2-2) Team AirGadfly
155lbs
– Tyler “Superman” Combs (6-10) Dayton, OH vs
Marcus “Maximus” Keith (1-1) Peak Submission Fight
Team – St. Mary’s, OH
205lbs
– Dave Osborne (0-0) Team Griffon-Rawl vs TBA
*All
bouts subject to change*
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Quote
of the Day
"Forget
the resolutions. Forget control and discipline... too much work.
Instead try experimenting. Go in search of something to fall
in love with... something about yourself, your career, your spouse."
Dale Dauten, Nationally Syndicated Columnist and Author
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/ Military Nutrition, and Dreamworld Tattoo.
Source: Icon Sport
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Congrats
to "Scoop" Olivares
Academia
Casca Grossa de Jiu-Jitsu member and father of ACGJJ stud Kyle
Snyder-Olivares has accomplished his first goal on his new career
path. He just graduated this weekend with honors! Congrats to
Onzuka.com's contributing writer and interviewer, hence the "Scoops"
moniker.
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Garden
Island Cage Match 3 DVD Available at Borders Kauai!
Hi All,
You can now get your copy of the DVD at Borders
Kauai. For those of you on the other islands you
still can order online at www.ainofea.com
Thank
you all for the support!
Mahalo
Vance
Source: Vance Pascual |
Leozinho
vs. BJ on DVD!
How much is a DVD featuring 2x Abu Dhabi Champion Leo Viera
sparring with BJ Penn Worth? What if you throw in an entire seminar
by Leo? The sparring itself is worth $29.95, so support top level
athletes coming to Hawaii to share their techniques by ordering
this DVD. See the details below.
Leo
Vieira Seminar in Paradise
2
X ADCC World Champion and BJJ World Champion Leozinho Vieira
Seminar in Hawaii.
In
this 1 hour DVD Leo covers both Gi and No-Gi featuring guard
passing. Considered one of the greatest guard passers in the
game, Leo shows his incredible passing technique in a progessive,
step by step way.
In
the Gi section Leo covers guard passing including side control
and choke.
In
the No-Gi section Leo goes over takedowns, his trademark No-Gi
guard passing and other techniques.
DVD
bonus includes a friendly training session between the World
Champions Leo & BJ Penn. Watch as the two top fighters play
like cats demonstrating their mastery of guard passing and defense.
The bonus footage is worth the DVD price alone!
A
must have DVD
Order
it by going to www.bjjmart.com.
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Extreme
Wars "Bay Area Brawl"
By X-2 Sports Press Release
X-2 SPORTS, EXTREME WARS is proud to present the toughest mixed
martial artists in the world to California’s toughest city.
The Oakland Arena will be the home of “The Bay Area Brawl”
on June 3rd 2006. Oakland California is in for a night of complete
and total destruction. X-2 has put together the most competitive
card California has seen to date. As always with Extreme Wars,
the weak need not apply.
The
main event pits UFC & PRIDE veteran John “The Bull”
Marsh up against K-1 superstar and striker extraordinaire, Carter
“The Beast” Williams. Grappler-ground and pound master
against a phenomenal striker. You can’t go wrong with this
one.
MMA
Bad boy John “Machine” Lober will take on the Headhunter
Bristol Marunde in what is sure to be an epic battle at 205 lbs.
Ron
“H2O” Waterman's protégé, the massive
6’4” 285 lb Big Shane Carwin will stroll into the arena
to light it up against Team VooDoo’s Justice “The Monster”
Smith. Smith at 6’10” tall and 290 lbs. is reason enough
to reinforce the ring.
Hold
on tight Oakland! “Lethal” Lana Stefanac, the 2006
Pan American Women Heavyweight Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Champion is
coming to the arena to show everyone what the term “You
fight like a girl” really means. Lana will put her perfect
7-0 MMA record on the line. Lana has submitted every opponent
she has met by submission in less than one minute. You can bank
on Extreme Wars to give her the toughest test she has faced yet.
Hawaiian
legend Ronald
“Machine Gun” Jhun gets his chance to avenge his UFC loss to none
other than Chris “Lights Out” Lytle.
808
is coming to Oakland to represent. In addition to Ron Jhun, his Hawaiian stable
mates from the infamous 808 Fight Factory will come to show what
a Hawaiian Beat Down really is. X-1 145lb Champion Ed Newalu and also Hawaiian
power house, 165 lb Jamal
Perkins
will be pitted against the top mainlanders in their weight classes.
The
“Natural Born Killer” Carlos Condit (FIT/NHB Albuquerque,
New Mexico) will be bringing his seek and destroy game to the
bay area. Carlos has just rolled off huge wins against Pete Spratt,
Charuto Verissimo and Frank Trigg. Its your chance to come see
the NKB in person.
Thomas
“The Constrictor” Schulte also of FIT/NHB, will face
off against World Class Muay Thai striker Doug “The Demon”
Evans. This one is going to be a barn burner, no doubt about
it.
This
bout will be contested at 170lbs.
If
that was not enough you will see 155 lb. Oklahoma Wrestling sensation
Matt “The Wolverine” Grice put his 7-0 MMA record on
the line against Fairtex San Francisco fighter Dan Marks.
Source:
MMA Fighting
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LE
BANNER VS. ARLOVSKI OR SYLVIA POSSIBILITY
Jerome LeBanner
Sources
in Japan are reporting that K-1 and the UFC have agreed to a
talent exchange, and that K-1 may possibly send over Jerome Le
Banner to face the winner of the upcoming Andrei Arlovski vs.
Tim Sylvia title fight.
Under
the agreement, the UFC will supposedly send some of its fighters
for an upcoming K-1 HERO's card in September.
Source:
Fight Sport
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Chute
Boxe's fightcamp in July!
The Chute Boxe Academy, one of the most important Academies of
MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) around the World will make its first
FIGHTCAMP in JULY, providing the interchange for some foreign
athletes and fans that want to train and learn with qualified
masters and professional athletes of high performance.
The
Program will take place from 15th until 30th of July in Curitiba,
the Academy hometown. The participants will have all the support
for lodging, feeding, translator and all the necessary assistance,
besides the chance to explore the experience of the main Masters
of the Academy: Rudimar Fedrigo and Rafael Cordeiro (Muay Thai
and MMA), Nino Schembri and Cristiano Marcelo (Jiu Jitsu) among
others.
"We
are making through an old dream that is to open the Academy for
foreigners who want to train with us; we've been receiving innumerable
requests around the World. I am proud of being able to show the
professionalism level that we've reached. Who knows we can find
a new fighter that tomorrow can be part of the Team? I strongly
believe in this interchange" said Rudimar Fedrigo.
Some
lessons will be shared with the Professional Fight Team, an unique
opportunity to train with Wanderlei Silva, Mauricio Shogun, Murilo
Ninja, Evangelista Cyborg and so many others professional fighters.
The complete schedule will be announced in the next few days.
More information and registration can be made through the email:
fightcamp@chuteboxe.com.br.
Source: Tatame
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Quote
of the Day
"Even
a small star shines in the darkness."
Finnish Proverb
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GOT
SKILLS FIGHTER EVENT RESULTS!
MAY 13,
2006
Pagoda Hotel C'est Si Bon Room
Doors Open at 6:00 PM
An overflow of people packed the Pagoda to see this first of
its kind event. There were great match ups and exciting fights
throughout the night. Round 1 was kickboxing. Round 2 was punching
with takedowns. If the fighter got three takedowns, it was a
10-8 round. Round 3 was submission grappling. The winner of the
points would get a 10-9 round, but if he submitted his opponent,
he would automatically win the entire fight. If any fighter was
under 18, then there were no toe holds, heel hooks, and knee
bars during round 3.
MAIN EVENT
Justin Wong (HMC) vs Chad Pavao (HSD)
Wong by armbar from triangle at 58 sec of round 3.
Ikaika Moreno (Bulls Pen) vs Kawena Corpuz (Team Submit)
Moreno by armbar from mount at 1:17 min of round 3
Abe "the hammer" Estocado (Team Submit) vs Bubba Pa'aluhi
(HSD, son of Kawika Pa'aluhi)
Pa'aluhi by rear naked choke at 1:43 min of round 3
Haven
Penitani (Team Sit You Down) vs Chavis Victoria (Animal House)
Victoria by KO at 34 sec of round 1 (kick/spinning back fist
combo)
Danny
Lopez (Bulls Pen) vs Noa Souza (Team Devastation)
Lopez by guillotine at 1:49 min of round 3
Kalahiki Dedeley (Hard Knocks) vs Preston Lee (Animal House)
Lee by TKO (Dedeley could not continue after round 2 due to an
injured shoulder)
Thomas
Sedendo (Bulls Pen) vs Kela Reyes (Team Submit)
Sedeno by guillotine at 1:34 min of round 3
Sadhu
Bott (HMC) vs Vinnie Delasantos (Team Soljah)
Bott by no gi ezekiel (forearm choke) from mount at 47 sec in
round 3
Makana
Fronda (Bulls Pen) vs Daniel Rada (Animal House)
Majority Draw (29-28) (28-28) (28-28)
Isaac Luke (Bulls Pen) vs Kalai Brown (Team Submit)
Luke by decision (30-26) (30-26) (30-26)
Mitchell Thomas (Team Sit You Down) vs Keo Doane (Animal House)
Doane by ref stop due to punching standing at 1:34 round 2
Kimo
Galon (Bulls Pen) vs Jaypheth Rebocan (Team Submit)
Galon by TKO (Rebocan had shoulder injury and could not continue
after round 2)
Julio
Moreno (Bulls Pen) vs Sam Fereirra (Team Sit You Down)
Moreno by majority decision (29-28) (28-29) (29-28)
Ricky Murillo (Team Devastation) vs Justin Dano (HSD)
Dano by unanimous decision (27-29) (27-29) (27-28)
Raymond Tran (Bulls Pen) vs Brysen Lee (Team Submit)
Tran by rear naked choke at 1:36 min in round 3
Jacob
Fears (Bulls Pen) vs Cory Freitas (Animal House)
Freitas by unanimous decision (27-30) (28-29) (27-30)
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808
Fight Factory Is On The Move!
One
of Hawaii’s top MMA gyms has got a full plate with their
fighters fighting all over the place. Good luck to all the boys!
June
3, 2006
In Oakland, CA
Ron Jhun vs. Antonio Mckee
Ed Newalu vs. Brian Carway
Jamual
Perkins
vs. Andy
Wang (BJJ
black belt and former Hawaii resident)
Strikeforce
June 9, 2006
Main Event: Alistair
Overeem vs. Vitor Belfort
Harris
Sarmiento
vs. Josh Thompson (AKA, former UFC, Shogun fighter)
June
28, 2006
John Crisostomo will be headling the
card in Guam
808
FF will also have fighter competing in KOTC and Gladiator Challenge
with more information coming soon!
From 808 Fight Factory trainer Kai Kamaka:
We would like to give a shout to the sponsors for making it possible;
Xyience for all our supplements and nutrition, Oica for our printing,
Sprawl for our fighters’ shorts, and Bloodline and IC Communications
for helping support local fighters and getting us where we need
to be.
Source:
Kai Kamaka
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PRIDE
SET TO SIGN CUBAN OLYMPIC JUDOKA
Sources in the Japanese and Australian media are reporting that
DSE/PRIDE is set to sign Cuban Olympic judoka Hector Lombard.
Besides
being an Olympic judoka, Lombard is also a 7-time Cuban national
champion in judo. Lombard now competes full-time in MMA and has
compiled a 9-0 record in the 185-pound division, with a recent
TKO victory over PRIDE and UFC veteran Daiju Takase.
Source:
Fight Sport
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The
Brazilian Notebook: Silva Discusses GP Absence
by Gleidson Venga
RIO DE JANEIRO — While several Brazilians flew to Japan
last week to fight in PRIDE, many, like Wanderlei Silva, kept
up their lives and followed their rhythm of training.
Silva
explains to Sherdog.com the reasons for his absence in the PRIDE
Open-Weight Grand Prix and what his plans are for now.
Wanderlei
talks about absence
Wanderlei
Silva’s absence in the Grand Prix is one of the most important
and noticeable for any fighter.
“I
wanted to fight, by the size of the event and stuff like that,
just to make money,” said the Chute Boxe star. “But
[PRIDE] didn’t want me to pay what I asked for. They offered
me another amount of money, and I didn’t take it. Actually,
I’m stressed. I wanted to have some time to spend with my
family, my wife and my son, to stay for a while with nothing
to do.”
The
middleweight champion said he doesn’t know what to expect
from the show.
“Actually,
the promoters have been setting some matches in order to make
possible to some guys to get to the second phase.” Silva
said. “I’m not seeing any classic on this first phase.
When two real good fighters are ready to fight, like ‘Minotauro’
and ‘Cro Cop’ — up to this moment I haven’t
seen any fight like those. I guess on the second phase things
would get better once it’s a real tough tournament.”
In
2006, one of Silva’s plans is to defend his title, which
could take place in the American edition of PRIDE, set for October
in Las Vegas.
“I
would really like to face Antonio Rogerio Nogueira,” he
said. “I think he must beat a top [fighter] to get his ‘credential.’
I feel it will be him, someone I really wanted to fight with,
because he’s courageous, just like his brother. He holds
the punches, gets into the game and I’m sure that I will
do with him a very technical fight, with lots of punches on the
face than the one I did with Arona. It will be a very exciting
fight. He’s definitely someone on my level.”
“The
Axe Murderer” also commented about the skirmish he had with
Mark Coleman and his team at PRIDE 31.
“Actually,
the problem with Coleman will be solved by Shogun himself,”
promised Silva. “This fight will happen again and he’s
gonna do what he was supposed to do on the first one for good,
which didn’t happen the first time. No doubt Shogun still
is one of the best fighters in the world.”
Source:
Sherdog
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Rodrigo
Minotauro: Ready for another round!
By André Araújo
Pride former Rodrigo Minotauro celebrated his victory at Pride
Open Weight, held on last Friday (5), at Osaka Dome, Brazilian
Rodrigo Nogueira Minotauro talking to TATAME. He defeated Brazilian
Zuluzinho, when submitted him in early round 1 and then traveled
to France, where on next May 13, will run few seminars in the
country. After taking some time off, Rodrigo Minotauro returns
to Brazil to intensify his trains. "I do respect all fighters
in the competition, but I will take this title to Brazil and
I will train hard to do it. This belt will be mine!" warns
the BJJ black belt. Read the full interview below:
Did
you expect Brazilian Zuluzinho so aggressive like that?
No,
he surprised me and gave no choices, but taking him down and
do my game. I was planning exchanging a little bit on the feet,
but he hit with a strong blow in my arm, which by the way is
sore, and I used my Jiu-Jitsu to beat him.
He
thre some heavy blows in the early seconds.if one hits you in
the chin, the underdog would had win.
To
he honest with you I train to protect myself and not be beaten.
so, there is no way out that blow hit me in the chin. I wouldn't
allow him to do it.
Is
it true DSE contact Zuluzinho a week before the fight. You traveled
to Japan without knowing who you'd fight with.
Yes,
he popped up in the last minute. I would prefer not to fight
a Brazilian as me, but I am a professional and I just did my
job. Before Zuluzinho I tough I would fight an American wrestler,
or Mark Coleman or even Brazilian Fabricio Werdum.
What
impressed you most during Pride Open Weight first round?
Hunt
exchanged great punches and applied good take downs... he definitely
has a dangerous game. In other hand, Josh Barnett also impressed
me a lot because he was getting beat by Aleksander Emmelianenko
and got recovered and won at the final. Werdum also showed a
great heart during this first phase and might surprise at the
second. But as I said at the show, I do respect all fighters
in the competition, but I will take this title to Brazil and
I will train hard to do it. This belt will be mine!
Who
would you like to fight in the second round?
Whoever
they put me with will be a great fight. As you could see, all
matches of this first round was so disputed no one was decided
by the referees or even reached the third round. But I think
I would like to fight Yoshida or Josh Barnett, because both of
them have a great ground skills and it would be a very technical
fight on the ground and also with action on the feet.
Source: Tatame
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Quote
of the Day
"Accept
that some days you are the pigeon and some days the statue."
Dilbert, American Comic Strip Engineer
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GOT
SKILLS FIGHTER EVENT TONIGHT!
MAY 13,
2006
Pagoda Hotel C'est Si Bon Room
Doors Open at 6:00 PM
Get your
tickets now!
MAIN EVENT
CHAD PAVAO 145 JUSTIN WONG
HSD HMC
JOE WARNER 165 MIKE CUBAN JR
TEAM SIT YOU DOWN UPRISING FIGHT TEAM
SAM FERERRA 135 MR MORENO
TEAM SIT YOU DOWN BULLSPEN
KAWENA CORPUZ 155 TIM LAPITAN
TEAM SUBMIT BULLSPEN
KEO DOANE 140 NUI WHEELER
ANIMAL HOUSE TEAM SOLJAH
THOMAS SODENO 190 TBA
BULLSPEN
MAKANA SARONDE 155 DANIEL
BULLSPEN ANIMAL HOUSE
KIMO GALON 190 NOA
BULLSPEN TEAM DEVASTATION
JUSTIN DANO 160 RICKY MURILLO
HSD TEAM DEVASTATION
BUBBA PAALUHI 200 ABE "THE HAMMER" ESTOCADO
HARD KNOCKS TEAM SUBMIT
JACOB SEARS 130 BRYANT ANTONIO
BULLSPEN HSD
VINNIE DELASANTOS 155 SADHU BOTT
TEAM SOLJAH HMC
ISAAC LUKE 170 BEN SANTIAGO
BULLSPEN TEAM DEVASTATION
JOHN DUDOIT 190 MILLER UALESI
TEAM SUBMIT TEAM DEVASTATION
IKAIKA MORENO 150 KALAE "TWINKLE TOES"
BULLSPEN TEAM SUBMIT
CHAVIS VICTORIA 250+ THOMAS FERGUSON
ANIMAL HOUSE TEAM SUBMIT
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ICON
SPORT
"Mayhem v Giant Gamlin"
Here's
the complete card for Icon Sport, Friday May 26.
Highlights of this card:
- The highly-anticipated return of Jason "Mayhem" Miller.
- Icon Sport's first-ever open-weight bout between Mayhem and
Giant Gamlin.
- Heart-warming return of Tyson Nam, whose brother was murdered
less than two months ago.
- Anthony Torres' first bout since appearing on Spike TV's hit
show, The Ultimate Fighter.
- Return of heavyweight "King Kong" Seraille, who left
MMA for two years to craft his jiu-jitsu skills under master
instructor/competitor Baret Yoshida.
- Eleven MMA schools from Oahu participating.
ICON SPORT "Mayhem v Giant Gamlin"
FRIDAY MAY 26
BLAISDELL ARENA
Keiki Kickboxing 2 x 1
55
Tristan Kamaka 808 Fight Factory, Waipahu
vs
Nainoa Wahiawa Jiu Jitsu, Wahiawa
Kickboxing
125
Stephen Palling Jr Jesus Is Lord, Waipahu
vs
Devon Damu Animal House, Ewa Beach
3 x 1.5
3 150 John Honda Grappling Unlimited, Honolulu vs Isaiah Adams
Animal House, Ewa Beach 3 x 1.5
OPEN Jason "Mayhem" Miller Pig Hunters, Mt. Ka'ala
vs
Stefan "Giant" Gamlin Freelance, Peoria, AZ
3 x 5
170
Kimo Woelfel Eastsidaz, Waimanalo
vs
Mike Taniguchi Animal House, Ewa Beach
3 x 3
135
Ben Shrader Freelance, Honolulu
vs
Tyson Nam Grappling Unlimited, Honolulu
3 x 3
175
Anthony Torres Team MMAD, Kailua
vs
Jerry Hackney Charleston, WV
3 x 5
HW
"King Kong" Ray Seraille Grappling Unlimited, Honolulu
vs
Gary "Iron Bear" Myers Muncie, IN
3 x 5
170
Lawrence Shorter St. Louis, MO
vs
Sydney Silva HMC, Honolulu
3 x 5
155
Kaleo Kwon Eastsidaz, Waimanalo
vs
Marshall Harvest Animal House, Ewa Beach
3 x 3
170
Wayne Perrin Big Dog, Waianae
vs
Anthony Ornellas Jus Rush
3 x 3
HW
Pat Collins Team Papakolea, Honolulu
vs
Jarret Lindsey Bulls Pen, Honolulu
3 x 3
165
Kimo Lee Federation Koko, Honolulu
vs
Derek Stadler Bulls Pen, Honolulu
3 x 3
210
Ron Verdadero Jesus Is Lord, Waipahu
vs
Kenneth Gusman Team Papakolea, Honolulu
3 x 3
135 Jared Santos Bulls Pen, Honolulu
vs
Ikaika Silva Animal House, Ewa Beach
3 x 3
Source: Maxfighting
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Hawaii’s
David Padilla Comes Up Short in Shooto
SHOOTO:
'The Devilock'
May 12th, 2006
Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Takeshi
Inoue defeats Antonio Carvalho by TKO at 3:06, RD 1.
*Inoue captures Shooto title taken from Pequeno Nogueira.
Mamoru Yamaguchi defeats Setsu Iguchi by TKO at 2:45, RD 1.
Kenji Kawaguchi defeats Deividas Petrauskas by TKO at 2:05, RD
1.
Mizuto Hirota defeats Jin Kazeta by unanimous decision.
Tenkei Fujimiya defeats Akitoshi Tamura by KO at 2:10, RD 1.
Hiroyuki Abe defeats David
Padilla
by armbar at 3:15, RD 1.
Takeya Mizugaki defeats Takamaro Watari by TKO at 3:49, RD 1.
Source:
Fight Sport
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IFL
ON FOX SPORTS
The IFL announced that it will make its debut on FOX Sports Net
on Sunday, May 21st, at 6:00 P.M. local time.
The
second part of the show will will air the following Sunday, on
May 28th, at 6:00 P.M. local time.
Source:
Fight Sport
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PRIDE
OPEN WEIGHT GP NEWS
The Japanese media is reporting that the following matchups may
possibly take place in the second round of the PRIDE Open Weight
GP on July 1st:
Fedor
Emelianenko vs. Kazuyuki Fujita
Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic vs. Hidehiko Yoshida
Source:
Fight Sport
|
Quote
of the Day
"Home
wasn't built in a day."
Jane Sherwood Ace, 1905-1974, American Actress and Comedienne
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GOT
SKILLS FIGHTER EVENT
MAY 13,
2006
Pagoda Hotel C'est Si Bon Room
Doors Open at 6:00 PM
Get your
tickets now!
MAIN EVENT
CHAD PAVAO 145 JUSTIN WONG
HSD HMC
JOE WARNER 165 MIKE CUBAN JR
TEAM SIT YOU DOWN UPRISING FIGHT TEAM
SAM FERERRA 135 MR MORENO
TEAM SIT YOU DOWN BULLSPEN
KAWENA CORPUZ 155 TIM LAPITAN
TEAM SUBMIT BULLSPEN
KEO DOANE 140 NUI WHEELER
ANIMAL HOUSE TEAM SOLJAH
THOMAS SODENO 190 TBA
BULLSPEN
MAKANA SARONDE 155 DANIEL
BULLSPEN ANIMAL HOUSE
KIMO GALON 190 NOA
BULLSPEN TEAM DEVASTATION
JUSTIN DANO 160 RICKY MURILLO
HSD TEAM DEVASTATION
BUBBA PAALUHI 200 ABE "THE HAMMER" ESTOCADO
HARD KNOCKS TEAM SUBMIT
JACOB SEARS 130 BRYANT ANTONIO
BULLSPEN HSD
VINNIE DELASANTOS 155 SADHU BOTT
TEAM SOLJAH HMC
ISAAC LUKE 170 BEN SANTIAGO
BULLSPEN TEAM DEVASTATION
JOHN DUDOIT 190 MILLER UALESI
TEAM SUBMIT TEAM DEVASTATION
IKAIKA MORENO 150 KALAE "TWINKLE TOES"
BULLSPEN TEAM SUBMIT
CHAVIS VICTORIA 250+ THOMAS FERGUSON
ANIMAL HOUSE TEAM SUBMIT
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UPDATE
ON FRANKLIN'S INJURIES
Rich Franklin's injury rehab is coming along pretty well, according
to the champ himself. Franklin suffered two broken hands and
a busted-up ankle in his last fight against David Loiseau at
UFC 58 back in March.
Franklin
had a metal plate and seven screws inserted into his right hand
to repair the damage that he sustained.
The
champion had this to say on his web site, RichFranklin.com, about
his recovery and rehabilitation process:
"The
surgery on my hand seems to have taken well, and it is healing
rather quickly. We have begun an intense rehab program on my
ankle for stabilization purposes, and I have completed the rehab
program for my hand. I have been able to ride a bicycle and do
an elliptical machine, and will be clear to run and possibly
roll lightly next week. I can drill my jiu-jitsu and shadow-box.
I started using my hand for lifting last week, but I will not
be able to actually punch something until June."
The
UFC originally said that they expected Franklin to return to
action in September, and it looks like that timeframe might end
up being accurate. However, that's still just an estimate, and
a more precise return date will not be known by anyone until
Franklin is able resume full-fledged training and sparring.
Source: MMA Weekly
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PEQUENO
NOGUIERA STRIPPED OF TITLE
Alexandre Franca Nogueira, the man known as Pequeno, has been
stripped of his Shooto 143-pound championship. Nogueira had the
longest championship reign in modern MMA, holding the title for
just over six years.
Pequeno
has had ongoing knee problems, which have prevented him from
competing at the highest level for quite some time.
He
had been scheduled to defend his title on a couple of different
occasions against Gilbert Melendez and most recently, Antonio
Carvalho, but Pequeno had to pull out each time due to injuries.
Nogueira
last defended his title in early 2005. Carvalho is now scheduled
to face Takeshi Inoue for the vacant title.
Source: MMA Weekly
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EARLY
UFC ODDS FROM VEGAS
A few casinos in Las Vegas have released the early odds for the
upcoming UFC 60 card. The Venetian is among the casinos that
have put out the first lines for the event, which will take place
in Los Angeles on May 27th. Here is how it breaks down.
Royce
Gracie +250
Matt Hughes -330
-As expected, Matt Hughes opens as the solid favorite at -330.
What this means is that you would have to bet $330 dollars on
Hughes to win $100. If you like the underdog, Royce Gracie, then
you would have to bet just $100 to win $250.
Assuerio
Silva +150
Brandon Vera -180
-Vera opens up as just a slight favorite against Assuerio Silva.
Silva will out-weigh Vera in this fight.
Joe
Riggs +140
Mike Swick -170
-This is the closest line Mike Swick has ever had in his UFC
career. Swick is just a slight favorite over Joe Riggs at this
time.
John
Alessio +325
Diego Sanchez -450
-This fight was supposed to take place a couple months ago, but
Sanchez was so ill that his weight was all the way down to 162
pounds on the week of the fight. Ironically, the betting line
is about the same now as it was when it orginially opened a few
months ago.
Rick
Davis +190
Melvin Guillard -240
-The veteran of The Ultimate Fighter 2 opens as the solid favorite
at -240.
Leonard
Garcia +250
Spencer Fisher -330
-This will be Fisher's first fight since his loss against Sam
Stout, which was a fight that Spencer took on literally a few
days' notice. Fisher opens up as the solid favorite in this one.
Dean
Lister +120
Alessio Sakara -150
-This is the closest fight on the board, according to the oddsmakers.
They open with Sakara as a slight favorite against Lister.
Fabiano
Scherner +150
Gabriel Gonzaga -180
-It's Gonzaga who opens up as a small favorite against Scherner
in this battle of Brazilian heavyweights.
Chael
Sonnen +190
Jeremy Horn -240
-MMAWeekly broke the story a few days ago that Sonnen would be
stepping in for Evan Tanner and facing Horn for the third time
in his career. It's not a suprise that the man who has beaten
Sonnen on two prior occassions has opened up as the favorite
in this fight. Horn opens up at -240 to Sonnen's +190.
Source: MMA Weekly
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PRIDE
ANNOUNCES WELTERWEIGHT GP FIGHTERS
Nobuhiko Takada made an appearance with Shigeru Saeki and announced
14 of the 16 participants in the Pride Bushido Welterweight Grand
Prix. The first round of the event will take place on June 4th
at the Saitama Super Arena, which is a big stepping stone as
it will be the biggest venue ever for the Bushido series.
In
addition to the announcement of 14 participants in the 183-pound
tournament, Pride also announced two specific first round match-ups:
Makoto Takimoto vs. Gegard Mousasi, and Ryo Chonan vs. Joey Villasenor.
Fighters
in attandance at the press conference included Yoon Dong Sik,
Hector Lombard, and Kazuo Misaki.
Misaki,
who lost at the hands of Dan Henderson in April, wants revenge.
Misaki said, "I would like to have a fight against Dan Henderson
again on the final round, even though Henderson hasn't been finalized
yet as a participant."
Misaki
continued, "My goal is to reach to the top, and to settle
the fight with Dan... I know it is going to be hard for me, but
I am going to win on the final round with Japanese spirit in
my heart."
The
14 announced participants are:
-Makoto Takimoto
-Gegard Mousasi
-Ryo Chonan
-Joey Villasenor
-Akihiro Gono
-Kazuo Misaki
-Yoon Dong Sik
-Denis Kang
-Paulo Filho
-Phil Baroni
-Murilo "Ninja" Rua
-Murilo Bustamante
-Amar Suloev
-Hector Lombard
The
first round of the tournament takes place on June 4th, and it
debuts that same day on North American pay-per-view.
Source: MMA Weekly
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LIDDELL
INTERVIEW WITH INJURY UPDATE
Seni 2006 is the UK's biggest Martial Arts show. The show covers
traditional, mixed, and exotic variants of martial arts, with
the emphasis on competitions and seminars. Who else would you
happen to bump into if you were here? UFC Light Heavyweight Champion
Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell.
Liddell
is in town courtesy of www.fightdvd.co.uk to run a seminar on
mixed martial arts, in conjunction with Cage Rage British Champion
Mark "The Wizard" Weir. Clearly in good spirits and
loving the chance to get out and mix with the crowd, Liddell
managed to catch up with us over a much-needed Subway sandwich.
Many
fans are wondering what is next for the champ. Well, the wait
is over. He will be facing Renato "Babalu" Sobral for
the belt in August.
Liddell
previously defeated Sobral by knockout in 2002. When asked what
Babalu brings to the table and what will be different from the
last time they met in the Octagon, Liddell had the following
to offer:
Chuck
Liddell: Well, firstly, I don't see this fight ending in anything
other than a KO. He's a dangerous fighter for sure, but he has
weaknesses in his wrestling, and his stand-up isn't at my level.
His Jiu-Jitsu is his main strength in this match, but he won't
be able to keep me down and he won't be able to submit me. All
it takes is one punch, from any angle, and that's it.
Lee
Whitehead: Not a lot of people know this, but you're a purple
belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, right? Will we see you rolling at
all in this fight?
Chuck
Liddell: I am a purple belt, but I have adapted and taken what
I need out of Jiu-Jitsu in order to make things work for my style
of fighting. Why fight someone else's fight? If you're a stand-up
guy and you get taken down by a Jiu-Jitsu guy, get back up. Don't
fight his fight, just get back up... so that's what I do. My
Jiu-Jitsu serves me well, but I won't be trying to submit him.
Lee
Whitehead: You have a Cal Poly wrestling background, too...
Chuck
Liddell: Yeah, Babalu's wrestling isn't where it needs to be.
For sure he has improved since our last fight and he is a dangerous
guy, but it will end like last time with me knocking him out.
Lee
Whitehead: Who else do you see yourself fighting after Babalu?
Anyone out there you want?
Chuck
Liddell: I have wanted Wanderlei [Silva] forever, and he's a
free agent now.
Lee
Whitehead: Do you think he will sign with the UFC, or do you
think the money Pride offers will keep him?
Chuck
Liddell: They don't earn more than us now. I know guys out there
and from what they tell me, I know they're not earning more.
I think the UFC could afford him, but I don't know...
Lee
Whitehead: On a one-fight deal?
Chuck
Liddell: They could sign him to a multi-fight deal. They have
the money, but I don't know... I wanna fight him, though, and
Rampage [Quinton Jackson].
Lee
Whitehead: Do you see Rampage [fighting] in the UFC? I know he's
doing color commentary for the WFA show...
Chuck
Liddell: Maybe. I think he will fight in the WFA... maybe build
him up a bit there and get a win rather than come into the UFC
straight away. I would like to fight him, though.
Lee
Whitehead: Tito [Ortiz]?
Chuck
Liddell: We will probably fight again, but it won't be any different.
[I'm] just gonna give him a beating again.
Lee
Whitehead: What about the TUF guys? Do you see any one [of them]
coming up through the ranks?
Chuck
Liddell: Nah. Forrest [Griffin] is good, but he isn't at my level.
If we fought now, he would get smashed. He's good, but he's not
ready. His stand-up isn't there, and it would be an exciting
first round, but it would be over quick with me knocking him
out.
Lee
Whitehead: So, tell us about what you have been doing since the
last fight.
Chuck
Liddell: PR, promo, loads of stuff like that. [I've] seen my
daughter, but not as much as I would like... more promo, just
keeping busy...
Lee
Whitehead: And during your free time, any holidays?
Chuck
Liddell: I don't have any free time! I am going to Puerto Rico
soon for one of my sponsors, but mainly promo stuff and training.
Lee
Whitehead: Tell us about your injury.
Chuck
Liddell: I originally thought I broke my [little] toe before
the Randy [Couture] fight and didn't think a doctor would do
much about it. [I thought] it was broke, so I taped it to the
other toe and fought. After a while, I got it checked and it
wasn't broken. It was dislocated, but because I left it, I stretched
the ligaments. So, I went in and had it done [with surgery].
They had to stretch the ligament that had shrunk and then pin
it... I had a pin popping out of my toe... and then leave it
for about four to five weeks. I basically couldn't do anything
on it. I couldn't shadow-box or anything, so they tell me, "Can't
I just change my stance?" but I won't start doing it wrong
and getting bad habits. It's healing now and I can train again,
so that's good.
Lee
Whitehead: And what's with the painted toe-nails? I know Matt
Hughes paints his as well...
Chuck
Liddell: I was with a girl I was seeing a while back, and we
were out, and she was going for a pedicure, and she said I should
get it done. My feet are disgusting, and I thought, "What
the hell."
Lee
Whitehead: But black and pink? Mind you, not a lot of people
are going to take the piss out of you...
Chuck
Liddell: Not really. The girls like it, though, when I'm out.
Lee
Whitehead: So, you go out clubbing bare-foot to show off your
painted toes?
Chuck
Liddell: Nah, but I do wear my flip-flops.
Lee
Whitehead: So is this a Pit thing? Seems like the kind of thing
Jason Von Flue would do.
Chuck
Liddell: Actually, Jason is the only one who doesn't. Besides,
Jason is mad and I wouldn't recommend doing anything Jason would
ever do.
Lee
Whitehead: Well, thanks for your time, Chuck. Hope you enjoy
your time in the UK and the Seni 06 seminar.
Chuck
Liddell: Thanks.
Source: MMA Weekly
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‘Revenge’:
Overeem Steps Up To Face Belfort In Strikeforce Main Event
By Mike Afromowitz
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
***For
Immediate Release***
For more information, contact Mike Afromowitz, (917) 566-8754
or muaythaimes@aol.com or visit www.strikeforceusa.net.
Overeem
Steps Up To Face Belfort In Strikeforce Main Event
May
10, 2006; New York, NY….Pride Fighting Championship superstar,
Alistair “The Demolition Man” Overeem, will replace
an ailing Kevin Randleman as the opponent of former Ultimate
Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight king, Vitor Belfort,
in the main event of the Strikeforce mixed martial arts cage
fighting mega-card that will take place at San Jose, California’s
HP Pavilion on Friday, June 9th. The headlining contest, which
will also serve as a rematch to last year’s meeting between
the two that Overeem won, has prompted Strikeforce promoters
to aptly re-title their event “Revenge.”
“We
are extremely pleased that we’ve been able to rectify the
unfortunate situation that had temporarily stripped us of a main
event and that our solution will allow us to give our fans the
world-class matchup that they expected in the first place,”
said Javier Mendez, Fighter Relations Consultant for Silicon
Valley Sports and Entertainment (SVS&E). Mendez was instrumental
in the swift acquisition of Overeem after Randleman’s camp
revealed that a shoulder injury would prevent their fighter from
entering the cage.
On
April 23rd of last year, Overeem and Belfort went to war during
Pride’s “Total Elimination 2005” card at Osaka,
Japan’s Osaka Dome. The bout came to an end 9 minutes and
36 seconds into the first round (Note: Pride Fighting Championship
schedules the first round of its bouts for 10 minutes) after
Overeem, a kickboxer with strong submission skills, slapped a
guillotine choke on Belfort.
Two
months after the victory, Overeem notched another career-defining
win inside of one round when he submitted Russian powerhouse,
Igor “Ice Cold” Vovchanchyn, with, interestingly enough,
the same choke as he had Belfort.
The
towering 6 foot 5 inch Overeem, who will celebrate his 26th birthday
next Wednesday, is a native of Holland and a member of Team Golden
Glory, one of martial arts fighting’s premiere competition
squads that boasts the likes of K-1 champions Semmy Schilt and
Chalid Arrab as members. The matchup in San Jose will mark “The
Demolition Man’s” debut in The United States.
The
29 year old Belfort’s return to the cage comes off the heels
of his successful debut in the sport of professional boxing that
saw him score a first round knockout of Josemario Neves during
an event in Salvador, Brazil on April 11th.
A
native of Brazil and a six-time veteran of the Japan-based Pride
Fighting Championship, Belfort burst onto the mixed martial arts
scene at age 19 in 1996 and quickly gained distinction for his
explosive punching prowess that outshined his superior Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu skills. Belfort’s hands led him to five consecutive
knockouts in his first five professional starts, earning him
the nickname “The Phenom.”
While
Belfort has claimed victories over a host of big names in the
sport including Randy Couture, Heath Herring, and Gilbert Yvel,
it was his stunning 44 second stoppage of Wanderlei Silva on
October 16, 1998 that remains his greatest conquest to date as
well as one of the sport’s most memorable moments. A technical
knockout was declared after Belfort unloaded an onslaught of
punches that forced Silva back from one end of the cage to the
other.
Belfort
is a former member of Brazilian Top Team, the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
squad founded by legendary and recently deceased trainer, Carlson
Gracie.
Tickets
for Strikeforce “Revenge” are on sale at the HP Pavilion
box office (408-287-7070) as well as at all Ticketmaster (408-998-TIXS)
outlets and Ticketmaster online (www.ticketmaster.com). An arena
seating chart can be easily accessed by visiting Strikeforce’s
official website, www.strikeforceusa.net, and clicking on the
“Tickets” link.
On
Friday, March 10th, Strikeforce made history twice over with
its “Shamrock vs. Gracie” event, the first sanctioned
mixed martial arts fight card in California state history. The
star-studded extravaganza, which pitted legendary champion Frank
Shamrock against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Cesar Gracie
at the HP Pavilion, played host to 18,265 fans, the largest-ever
attendance at a mixed martial arts fight card held in North America.
The
Strikeforce mixed martial arts event is being produced by Silicon
Valley Sports and Entertainment (SVS&E, www.svse.net), a
leading producer of major sporting and entertainment events and
the exclusive producer of such events for San Jose, California’s
largest entertainment venue, HP Pavilion. SVS&E’s many
properties include “Fight Night at the Tank” professional
boxing; the National Hockey League’s San Jose Sharks; and
the annual ATP men’s professional tennis “SAP Open”
event.
Bobby Southworth
returns to action
May
7, 2006; New York, NY….Light heavyweights (205 lb. limit)
Bobby Southworth and James Irvin will square off with one another
in the cage during Strikeforce’s second mixed martial arts
fight card that will take place at San Jose, California’s
HP Pavilion on Friday, June 9th.
No
stranger to the limelight, the 36-year-old Southworth introduced
himself to the masses two years ago after he became one of 16
fighters selected to compete on the premiere season of Spike
TV’s “The Ultimate Fighter.” Southworth finished
as runner-up amongst seven other light heavyweights on the 12
week reality series that sent one of its original 16 contestants
home each week and awarded its winner in each of two weight classes
a six-figure contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship
(UFC).
“I
know Bobby’s a solid ground fighter. I saw him on The Ultimate
Fighter just like everyone else. But, he hasn’t fought in
a year so I’m going to try to use that and my age to my
advantage,” said the 27-year-old Irvin, a three-time veteran
of the UFC. Irvin’s best showing in the octagon came on
August 20th of last year when he scored a thrilling second round
knockout on fellow contender, Terry Martin, with a flying knee
strike. “My best is still yet to come. I’m progressing
and evolving as a fighter every day.”
A
resident of Cirus Heights, California, Irvin has demonstrated
in competition a superior level of versatility, an attribute
that he credits to his training with both the Capital City Fighting
Alliance squad that specializes in submission wrestling and Fairtex
Combat Sports Camp where he has honed his striking skills under
Muay Thai master trainer, “Dr. Knee” Ganyao Phicheat
Arunleung. “I enjoy standing and kicking and punching. I
can use my athleticism a little more than I can on the ground,”
said Irvin. “Lets face it – it’s hard to catch
up to people who have wrestled their whole lives. So, that’s
my window of opportunity – to stand and knock people out.”
Irvin
is coming off a hard-fought victory over William Hill that he
earned during the International Fighting Championship (IFC) in
Sacramento, California on April 1st. After taking an unintentional
blow to the groin in the first round of action, Irvin rebounded
and gained the upper hand with a ground and pound strategy. His
gutsy effort convinced all three judges to award him the victory
after three rounds.
“At
the beginning of my career, I had a couple of ground and pound
wins, but no one liked it and no one seemed to want to see me
fight. So I started standing and knocking people out,” explained
Irvin. “That was the first time I’ve taken someone
down in a
long time and I actually had a good time in doing it. I still
like fighting on the ground so I think I may do it a little more
often.”
Tickets
for the Strikeforce mixed martial arts cage fighting event, which
will be comprised of 12 bouts, are officially on sale at the
HP Pavilion box office (408-287-7070) as well as at all Ticketmaster
(408-998-TIXS) outlets and Ticketmaster online (www.ticketmaster.com).
On
Friday, March 10th, Strikeforce made history twice over with
its “Shamrock vs. Gracie” event, the first sanctioned
mixed martial arts fight card in California state history. The
star-studded extravaganza, which pitted legendary champion Frank
Shamrock against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Cesar Gracie
at the HP Pavilion, played host to 18,265 fans, the largest-ever
attendance at a mixed martial arts fight card held in North America.
The
Strikeforce mixed martial arts event is being promoted and produced
by Silicon Valley Sports and Entertainment (SVS&E, www.svse.net),
a leading producer of major sporting and entertainment events
and the exclusive producer of such events for San Jose, California’s
largest entertainment venue, HP Pavilion. SVS&E’s many
properties include “Fight Night at the Tank” professional
boxing; the National Hockey League’s San Jose Sharks; and
the annual ATP men’s professional tennis “SAP Open”
event.
Source: Maxfighting |
Submission
wizard Dean Lister discusses his UFC debut
By Takimoto
Submission
wizard, Dean Lister, is finally debuting in the UFC, and on the
same card that has Matt Hughes vs. Royce Gracie, May 27th at
Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Lister has recieved
some recognition in the grappling world, including his recent
win in the 2005 Superfight at ADCC and winning the absolute division
in 2003. And now, with the opportunity of starting a new focus
in MMA at UFC 60, Lister chatted to us.
MaxFighting:
How is your training going?
Dean Lister: I am training good for the fight. I was very sick
until just now. I had an eye infection and almost lost my vision
but now I feel better so hard training can begin, too bad it
is so close to the fight.
MaxFighting:
What kind of impressions do you have of Alessio Sakara?
Dean Lister: He is very aggressive and likes to punch a lot.
He will be an aggressive style for me to deal with.
MaxFighting:
Are you focusing your training in boxing to block his main tools?
Dean Lister: I know he is a great boxer and my training is really
normal for MMA training. I train boxing, Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu
and wrestling. I need to use all of these to win in my fights.
MaxFighting:
You are a very well known fighter and have a lot of awards in
the fight-sport. However, you delayed a little to compete in
UFC. Why did it happen?
Dean Lister: I had a lot of personal/family problems recently
and finally found my desire to fight again. I feel very motivated
and very happy about finally fighting in the UFC. Before this
though I had already signed with Pride and of course was busy
there.
MaxFighting:
What do you think about lightheavyweight fighters in the UFC?
Dean Lister: I will drop to 185lb division after this fight.
In that division, of course- Rich Franklin is very proven, and
a tough adversary. In the 205 lb.
division Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz of course are on top of
their game. Renato "Babalu" Sobral has always been
good is even better now I feel so this division has a lot of
talent.
MaxFighting:
Last year, you had a few important fights in your career, one
of them was against Ricardo Arona at Pride. What can you tell
us about that fight?
Dean Lister: I really never wanted to fight Arona and by this
time I had already lost my fighting spirit(I have found it again
I promise). So against Arona I really did not want to fight him,
he was my friend and fate is strange sometimes in life. He is
very strong and explosive and they(BTT) obviously did study my
fights and had a good strategy using uppercuts against me. I
was angry when I hear a commentator from Pride say we had a "boring"
fight, it was "Mauro Ranallo who said it and he apparently
does not know anything about Jiu Jitsu with a comment like that.
Two ADCC champions in a fight are going to do a lot of "Jiu
Jitsu" and that is why I thought the Pride Management pressured
us to fight.
MaxFighting:
Other fights which attracted a lot of spotlight was the ADCC
Super-Fight versus the skilled Jean-Jacques Machado. Any interesting
commenting about this one?
Dean Lister: Jean-Jacques was always someone I looked up to and
admired. Having a match against him was an honor and he has a
very tricky style where I had to always be careful. But I was
not 50 pounds heavier! I was about 20 pounds heavier, of course
I give him a lot of respect that he always had from me.
MaxFighting:
Next year, you are going to fight Roger Gracie in super-fight
of ADCC 2007. Do you already think about it?
Dean Lister: I will focus on that when the time comes. Right
now; I must focus on MMA.
MaxFighting:
What do you expect from Royce Gracie x Matt Hughes fight at UFC
60?
Dean Lister: I wish Royce the very best in his fight against
Hughes. I have trained with him before many times and wish him
the best.
MaxFighting:
Any final message to your fans?
Dean Lister: Thanks for all of the support from those who have
always believed in my abilities. I have found my fighting spirit
and resolved a lot of life problems so now I am very excited
and ready to fight. For those who do not like me and say bad
things your negative energy also gives me strength. Thanks a
lot to my gym "the boxing club" and my Muay Thai trainer
Melchor Menor for a lot of hard work. Also my sponsors- Xyience
and Throwdown Fightgear.
Source: Maxfighting |
BJJ
Blackbelt's to clash at UFC 60
By Takimoto
Brazilian BJJers meet themselves at Hughes x Royce's UFC
The
surprises on the card of UFC's Hughes x Royce do not stop of
popping every opportunity we visit the UFC's official website.
After the confirmation of a 'classic' grappler vs. strike combat
in the match where Dean Lister will make his UFC debut against
Italian/Brazilian fighter "The Legionaire" Alessio
Sakara. We come across ourselves in an intriguing match involving
two Brazil representative fighters who are going to make their
second appearance in UFC. The fight will put Fabio "Pega-Leve"
Scherner, a BTT's product who fights nowadays under ATT's banner,
versus Gabriel "Napao" Gonzaga of MGT/ChuteBoxe- a
formed BJJ black-belt by Wander Braga's hands.
Last
UFC performances of these two fighters were very distinct, while
Scherner debuted at it by being KO'd by US's native Brandon "The
Truth" Vera in UFN 2; Gonzaga gave the same destiny to his
opponent(Kevin Jordan) in UFC 56. But his game did not please
the crowd who booed the fight in that opportunity. Even nobody
knew what was going wrong in the Gonzaga's slow-attitude in that
fight - later by internet statements - Gonzaga cleared-up the
reasons by informing the media that his wife and his two twin
daughters had health problems during the gestation-period what
culminate with the death of one
of Gonzaga's daughter.
While
Scherner moved, and started training in Holland- keeping himself
a little away of UFC. Gonzaga was scheduled to fight UFN 4 against
US's behemoth Brad Imes, however a visa-problem stopped his departure
to US and his second fight in the octagon.
Now
these two fighters will display their tools against each other
to erase defeats and bad performances of first fights in the
UFC. So do not expect a boring ground-fight between Scherner
and Gonzaga.
Just
as a final note, both fighters faced each other in ADCC Brazilian
Trials 2005, and Gonzaga came across like the winner in that
opportunity. Would it be extra-motivation to Scherner? Revenge?
Or will it a reason for Gonzaga, proving he is the best- and
it does not matter in what battle-field the fight goes?
Wait
and see...
Source: Maxfighting
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Pride
Open-Weight GP
By Takimoto
With
the results of first round of Pride GP Open weight already defined
with 8 fights that did not go the distance , the rumors about
the matches of second round have already started. By statements
in Japan, the two main men of Pride - Nobuhiko Takada and Nobuyuki
Sakakibara - have had different ideas about their personal desires
over the meeting of second stage of Pride Open Weight GP at July
1st.
Takada
would like to book Mirko Filipovic against Hidehiko Yoshida and
to put Fedor Emelianenko and Kazuyuki Fujita to battle in a rematch.
Mr. Sakakibara has other ideas, and at first he would intend
to render Fujita and Yoshida in a classic Japanese duel.
Sure
we are that DSE will hear what the fans would like to watch,
and we need to wait until the end of May and/or beginning of
June to hear about first combats of second round Open Weight.
Also
on5/6, one day after first round of OWGP, Sakakibara stated to
the media about how he felt betrayed by Kazushi Sakuraba's departure
to the HERO'S rings and how the idea of PRIDE FC going to America
is materializing itself, without mentioning much, he talked that
things can be ready to run in US' soil around October.
- PRIDE Open-Weight Grand Prix Results - 5/5
Roman
Zentsov def. Gilbert Yvel by KO - 4:55 [R1]
Fabricio
Werdum def. Alistair Overeem by armlock - 3:43 [R2]
Mark
Hunt def. Tsuyoshi "TK" Kosaka by KO - 4:15 [R2]
Josh Barnett def. Aleksander Emelianenko by keylock -1:57 [R2]
Kazuyuki
Fujita def. James Thompson by KO - 8:25 [R1]
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic def. Ikuhisa Minowa by KO-1:10
[R1]
Rodrigo
"Minotauro" Nogueira def. ZULUZINHO by armbar 2:17
[R1]
Hidehiko
Yoshida def. Yosuke Nishijima by triangle choke - 2:33 [R1]
Source: Maxfighting
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Interview:
Rodrigo Nogueira
By Ed Preuss / B-TOUGH
After
celebrating his victory at Pride Open Weight, held on last Friday
(5), at Osaka Dome, Brazilian Rodrigo Nogueira Minotauro was
found by Maxfighting crew at the hotel in Japan and conceded
this exclusive by phone. He talked about the fight against Brazilian
Zuluzinho, who he submitted him in early round 1 and his thoughts
on the event. Now he is on the way to France, where on May 13,
he will run few seminars in the country. After taking some time
off, Rodrigo Minotauro returns to Brazil to intensify his trains.
"I do respect all fighters in the competition, but I will
take this title to Brazil and I will train hard to do it. This
belt will be mine!" warns the BJJ black belt. Read the full
interview below:
MaxFighting:
Did you expect Brazilian Zuluzinho so aggressive like that?
Minotauro:
No, he surprised me and gave no choices, but taking him down
and do my game. I was planning exchanging a little bit on the
feet, but he hit with a strong blow in my arm, which by the way
is sore, and I used my Jiu-Jitsu to beat him.
MaxFighting:
- He threw some heavy blows in the early seconds? If one hits
you in the chin, the underdog would had win?
Minotauro:
To he honest with you I train to protect myself and not be beaten,
so there is no way out that blow would hit me in the chin. I
wouldn't allow him to do it.
MaxFighting:
Is it true DSE contacted Zuluzinho a week before the fight. You
traveled to Japan without knowing who you'd fight with?
Minotauro:
Yes, he popped up in the last minute. I would prefer not to fight
a Brazilian as me, but I am a professional and I just did my
job. Before Zuluzinho I tough I would fight an American wrestler,
or Mark Coleman or even Brazilian Fabricio Werdum.
MaxFighting:
What impressed you most during Pride Open Weight first round?
Minotauro:
Hunt exchanged great punches and applied good take downs... he
definitely has a dangerous game. In other hand, Josh Barnett
also impressed me a lot because he was getting beat by Aleksander
Emmelianenko and got recovered and won at the final. Werdum also
showed a great heart during this first phase and might surprise
at the second. But as I said at the show, I do respect all fighters
in the competition, but I will take this title to Brazil and
I will train hard to do it. This belt will be mine!
MaxFighting:
Who would you like to fight in the second round?
Minotauro:-
Whoever they put me with will be a great fight. As you could
see, all matches of this first round was so disputed no one was
decided by the referees or even reached the third round. But
I think I would like to fight Yoshida or Josh Barnett, because
both of them have a great ground skills and it would be a very
technical fight on the ground and also with action on the feet.
Source: Maxfighting
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3rd
Annual Maui Jiu-Jitsu Open Tournament
Saturday
May 20, 2006
War Memorial Gym
Wailuku, Maui
This will
be a GI Only event!
Fees
$55 Men
$45 Women
$30 Kids
For more info:
Luis (357-0657) or Lee (298-7698) or email mauibadboy@aol.com
Tournament director Lee
Theros is looking for brown and purple belts to compete so if
you are interested please contact the two guys above by phone
or shoot Lee an email at the link above! |
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