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(All events on Oahu, unless noted)
2008
1/26/08
NAGA Hawaii
(BJJ & Sub Grappling)
(Location TBA)
Tentative
2007
11/24/07
Kickin It
(Kickboxing)
(Dole Cannery Ballroom)
11/18/07
The Quest for Champions 2007 II
(Sport-Pankration, Submission-Grappling, Continuous Sparring)
(St. Louis High School Gym)
11/10/07
Aloha
State Championship of BJJ
(BJJ/Sub Grappling)
(Klum Gym UH Manoa)
10/26/07
Kickin It / Got Skills
(Kickboxing, Varios)
(Filcom Center, Waipahu)
X-1 Presents
Fight Club Meets The Night Club
(MMA)
(O Lounge Night Club, Honolulu)
9/28/07
Kickin It / Got Skills
(Kickboxing, Varios)
(Filcom Center, Waipahu)
9/15/07
Icon Sport: Fearless
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
September
Gracie Fighting Championships
(MMA)
9/8/07
UFC
75
(02 Arena in London, England)
(PPV)
Hawaii Fighting Championships
(Kickboxing & MMA)
(Dole Cannery Ballroom)
8/31/07
Fighters Journey
Pro-Am MMA Event
(MMA)
(tba)
X-1 Presents
Fight Club Meets The Night Club
(MMA)
(O Lounge, Honolulu)
8/25/07
UFC
74: Respect
(Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada )
(PPV)
8/23-25/07
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Championshihps
(BJJ)
(The Pyramid, Long Beach, CA)
8/12/07
Punishment
In Paradise 17
(MMA & Kickboxing)
(Hawaiian Waters, Kapolei)
***Postponed***
8/10/07
Hawaii's Most Wanted
(Filcom Center, Waipahu)
8/4/07
X-1
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
Island Warriors Fighting Championship
(MMA)
(Maui War Memorial Gym, Wailuku, Maui)
7/28/07
Maui
Jiu-Jitsu Tournament
(BJJ & Sub Grappling)
(Maui War Memorial Gymnasium, Wailuku, Maui)
7/21/07
Garden Island Cage Match 6: Caged Fury
(Kickboxing, MMA)
(Hanapepe Stadium, Kauai)
Palolo Boxing Club & Kawano Boxing Club
presents amateur boxing
(Boxing)
(Palolo Gym)
7/14/07
Patriot Fighting Championships
(MMA & Kickboxing)
(Kaneohe Marine Corps Base)
***Postponed***
7/13/07
Hawaii Fighting Championships: Stand Your Ground 3
(Kickboxing & MMA)
(Dole Cannery Ballroom)
7/8/07
Dan Henderson Seminar
(MMA)
(O2
Martial Arts Academy, Aiea)
7/7/07
UFC
73: Stacked
(PPV)
7/1/07
Mike Swain Seminar
(Judo)
(O2
Martial Arts Academy, Aiea)
6/30/07
Icon Sport: Fearless
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
***Postponed
to 9/15***
6/29/07
MMA Contendors: Conflict - The Beginning
(MMA)
(Farrington H.S. Gym)
X-1 Presents
Fight Club Meets The Night Club
(MMA)
(O Lounge Night Club, Honolulu)
6/23/06
Ultimate Fight Night
(BJ Penn vs Jens Pulver)
(Spike TV)
6/23/07
Hawaiian
Open of BJJ
(BJJ/Sub Grappling)
(Klum Gym UH Manoa)
6/22/07
Got
Skills
(Kickboxing/MMA)
(Waipahu Filcom)
6/16/07
UFC 72: Victory
(PPV)
6/12/07
UFC
Fight Night
(MMA)
(Spike Oceanic 559)
6/3/07
The Quest for Champions 2007
(Sport-Pankration, Submission-Grappling, Continuous Sparring
and Sport-Jujitsu)
(Saint Louis High School Gym)
5/27/07
Benefit Concert for the 2007 Hawaii Junior Olympic Boxing Team
(Ewa Ranch, Ewa Beach)
5/26/07
UFC
71 Liddell vs Rampage
(MMA)
(PPV Oceanic 701)
Memorial Day Mayhem
(Kickboxing)
(Kalaheo High School Gym)
5/19/07
Kickin it
(Kickboxing)
(Waipahu Filcom Center)
5/12/07
Punishment In Paradise: Untouchables
(Kickboxing)
(Hawaiian Waters, Kapolei)
USA-Boxing Hawaii Fundraising Event
(Boxing)
(Palolo Gym)
5/5/07
ROTR Qualifer: Beat Down 3
(MMA)
(Hilo Civic Center, Hilo)
4/28/07
Pride
Fighting Championships:
(PPV)
(Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV)
Maui MMA Event
(MMA)
(Maui)
K-1 World GP
(Kickboxing)
(Honolulu)
4/27/07
XMA
(MMA, Kickboxing)
**Cancelled**
4/24/07
Professional Boxing
(Boxing)
(Waipahu Filcom Center)
4/20/07
Kickin It 2007 Part 3
(Kickboxing)
(Filcom Center, Waipahu)
4/7/07
Got Skills
(Kickboxing)
(Waipahu Filcom Center)
Papakolea Jiu-Jitsu Club Tournament
(BJJ & Sub Grappling)
(King Intermediate, Kaneohe)
4/6/07
Hawaii Fighting Championships: Stand Your Ground 3
(MMA)
(Dole Cannery Ballroom)
4/5/07
Ultimate
Fight Night
(Spike TV)
3/31/07
Icon Sport
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
3/25/07
Kickboxing Benefit Event for Mrs. Faagai
(Kickboxing)
(Waianae H.S. Gym)
3/24/07
Garden Island Cage Match
5
(MMA)
(Kauai)
The 2007
Hawaii State/Regional Junior Olympic Championships (Boxing)
(Palolo District Park)
UFC:
Tito Ortiz vs. Dana White boxing match
(Nevada)
*Cancelled*
3/17/07
X-1
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
Island Warriors
(MMA)
(Maui War Memorial)
3/13/07
Ultimate
Fight Night
(Spike TV)
3/10/07
Hawaiian Championship of BJJ
(BJJ/Sub Grappling)
(Klum Gym UH Manoa)
3/3/07
UFC 68
(PPV)
(Columbus, Ohio)
Kickin It
(Kickboxing)
(Waipahu Filcom)
2/24/07
Pride Fighting Championships:
(PPV)
(Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV)
2/17/06
Got
Skills
(Kickboxing/MMA)
(Waipahu Filcom)
2/16-17/07
USA-Boxing Hawaii State & Regional Championships
(Boxing)
(Palolo District Park Gym)
2/16/07
Punishment
In Paradise 15
(MMA & Kickboxing)
(Hawaiian Waters)
2/9/07
Icon Sports
(MMA & Kickboxing)
(Blaisdell Arena)
2/3/07
UFC
67
(Lutter vs Silva)
(PPV)
2/2/06
Got
Skills & Kickin' It
(Kickboxing/MMA)
(Waipahu Filcom)
1/23/07
Ultimate
Fight Night
(Spike TV)
1/20/07
IFL
(MMA)
1/14/07
NAGA Hawaii
(BJJ & Sub Grappling)
(St. Louis H.S. Gym)
1/13/07
USA Boxing Amateur Boxing
(Boxing)
(Palolo Gym)
1/12/07
K-1 Dynamite
(MMA)
(PPV, 5:00 PM Ch: 701)
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August 2007 News
Part 1
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Casca Grossa Jiu-Jitsu
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We are also offering Escrima (stick fighting) on Monday nights
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Quote
of the Day
"One
of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that
you can't utter."
James Earl Jones, American Actor
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HAWAII'S
MOST WANTED TODAY!
THE GOT SKILLS EVENT NAME HAS BEEN CHANGED TO HAWAIIS MOST WANTED.
THOUGH THE NAME HAS BEEN CHANGED, THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE
THE SAME. IT WILL FEATURE SOME OF THE 2007 GOT SKILLS CHAMPIONS
LIKE VAN SHIROMA, JUSTIN WONG AND SOME KICKIN IT CHAMPIONS LIKE
CHAD PAVAO AND HANS LEE. AND IT WILL ALSO FEATURE A 20 FOOT HEXAGON
CAGE THAT THE HAWAIIS MOST WANTED FIGHTERS WILL BE BANGING IN.
BE SURE TO SEE HOW SOME OF THESE AMATEUR FIGHTERS WILL REACT
FIGHTING IN A CAGE. ANYWAY, HAWAIIS MOST WANTED BELONG IN A CAGE.
HAWAII'S MOST WANTED
WAIPAHU
FILCOM CENTER
FRIDAY
AUGUST 10, 2007
DOORS
OPEN AT 6:00 PM
HANS
LEE (ANIMAL HOUSE) 175 WALTER WALKER (HSD)
KOLOA
KAHALEWAI (TEAM ANILAND) 220 SHAWN NIAO (NATURAL BORN KILLAZ)
KAILIN
CUREN (ANIMAL HOUSE ) 125 TISHAWN TAYLOR (NATURAL BORN KILLAZ)
ISAAC
ADAMS (ANIMAL HOUSE) 140 JARRID IHA (KODENKON)
ANDREW
GANABAN (FREELANCE) 145 VANCE SHIROMA (HMC)
EMILIO
LINQUESTOR (ANIMAL HOUSE) 160 BRYSEN VIVAS (HMC)
KAPENA
VALENTINO (VALENTINO KICKBOXING) 155 RYAN CLAY (HMC)
BILLY
TAKEUCHI (BULLSPEN) 125 SONNY ORTIZ (KUAPA FIGHT CLUB)
JUSTIN
KAHALEWAI (TEAM ANILAND) 95 JASON HANASHIRO (HMC)
JAY
BOLOS (ANIMAL HOUSE) 135 CHAD PAVAO (HMC)
CASEY
POKAKAA (HAMMA HOUSE) 130 SHAWN ORTIZ (KUAPA FIGHT CLUB)
NYE
DELASANTOS (MAILI SOJAHS) 185 CARL BARTON (HMC)
JUSTIN
(ANIMAL HOUSE) 175 KAINOA (HSD)
KAHALEWAI
(TEAM ANILAND) 50 ZION LISTA (HMC)
BLU
MONTEZ (HMC) 200 YANCE (HSD)
JOEY
(BULLSPEN) 105 SHAWN FIGUERO (NATURAL BORN KILLAZ)
RICHARD
HIT TOO HARD BERNARD (HSD) 150 JUSTIN WONG (HMC)
ALL
MATCHES AND PARTICIPANTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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Boxing
Event at HTC on August 25th!
Aloha Everyone,
We will be hosting another Boxing Event at our small facility.
Attached is a copy of the fact sheet for this event and we hope
you can come and participate.
I haven't had the chance to update all of your fighter's records,
so when calling in your fighters age, birthdates, weights and
experience, please be sure to add in most recent bouts as well
as their records. I would like all bouts to be fair with everyone.
Having an uneven match is not a challenge at all for anyone,
and I must say, safety comes first no matter what.
Goodluck
to all and have a safe week.
Chanelle
#520-5826
August 2007
Hawaii Training Center
Match Event
For Males, Females, Seniors and J.O.(s)
Fact
Sheet
Dated: August 3, 2007
Introduction:
Hawaii
Training Center, "Home of Evolution Boxing Club," will
be holding a match event on August 25, 2007 Saturday, 7 pm at
94-547 Ukee Street. Suite 203/209, Waipahu, Hawaii 96797.
Weigh
in:
Oahu
Date: August 23, 2007 Thursday
Location: Hawaii Training Center and Palolo B.C.
Time: 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Maui
Date: August 23, 2007 Thursday
Location: Jeff McKee's gym
Time: 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Big
Island Kauai
Please weigh in on Fight Day. Please weigh in on Fight Day.
No Weight Master assigned for this island
No Weight Master assigned for this island
Drawings:
Location: Hawaii Training Center
Date: August 23, 2007
Time: 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Ph #: (808) 676-2020 or (808) 520-5826 (cell #)
Boxers
competing in this match event must be registered with USA Boxing
prior to the weigh in.
Should
you have any questions regarding this match event please feel
free to call Chanelle Valdez at (808) 520-5826. We hope that
all the clubs are able to participate and we look forward to
serving all of Hawaii Boxer and Clubs.
Aloha,
Hawaii Training Center, Inc.
Management
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No
Deals Signed, Says Fedor's Manager
Rumors of the biggest free agent signing in mixed martial arts
history are not true said Vadim Finkelstein, who spoke on behalf
of Russian heavyweight star Fedor Emelianenko.
Speaking
with Evgeni Kogan, Finkelstein denied that his fighter signed
a five-fight deal with Fight Entertainment Group, which promotes
K-1 kickboxing and HERO'S, rumored to pay him $5 million.
The
manager, who also promotes Russia's M-1, said that negotiations
with K-1 are ongoing, but that he was also speaking with Zuffa
and was going to talk with UFC representatives Thursday evening.
Emelianenko's
services have been on the market since Zuffa purchased the PRIDE
Fighting Championships from Dream Stage Entertainment in March.
Source: Sherdog
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Randy
Couture: 100% Natural on Spike TV
Spike TV has lined up an assortment of Randy Couture-related
programming to promote Couture's heavyweight title bout against
Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74: Respect.
The
four-hour block titled "Couture: 100% Natural," will
air Thursday, August 23 from 10:00pm ET to 2:00am ET.
-
10:00 pm ET - "UFC Unleashed," featuring Couture's
win over Tim Sylvia for the UFC heavyweight championship.
-
11:00 pm ET - "Countdown to UFC 74," a behind-the-scenes
look at the pay-per-view.
-
12:00 pm ET - "UFC All Access," an entire episode looking
at Couture's life outside the Octagon.
-
12:30 pm ET - "UFC Unleashed," featuring Couture's
Anaconda choke submission over Mike Van Arsdale.
-
1:30 pm ET - "Pro vs. Joes," where three regular Joes
will challenge Couture in a wrestling match inside an Octagon.
Source: MMA Fighting
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Pitbulls
at full force for finals
Fabio Leopoldo back for decision
Set
for September 20, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino,
in Hollywood, Florida, the grand finale of the 2007 season of
the IFL team tournament already has its matches posted on the
organization's official website. After contributing decisively
to defeating the Sabres, thus qualifying for the final, Dan Miller
and Keividas Taurosevicius, winners of last Thursday's event,
may give their spots to starters Erik Owings and Fabio Leopoldo.
The third modification should be Jamal Patterson’s coming
in in the place of Tim Boetsch.
It is worth remembering that Renzo Gracie has the final word,
and more changes may take place in the team.
The
Silverbacks have only presented one modification in relation
to the cast that eliminated the Anacondas. Stater Ryan McGivern
will enter in the place of Gerald Harris.
The announced card is below (subject to changes):
IFL Finals
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Silverbacks
vs Pitbulls
Bart
Palaszewski vs Erik Owings
Rory Markham vs Delson Heleno
Ryan McGivern vs Fabio Leopoldo
Mike Ciesnolevicz vs Jamal Patterson
Ben Rothwell vs Bryan Vetell
Source: Gracie Magazine
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Quote
of the Day
"Every
thought we think is creating our future."
Louise
L. Hay, American Self-Help Author and Founder of Hay House
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Punishment
in Paradise This Weekend Is Postponed!
Due
to high number of fighters withdrawing themselves from the fight
card due to injury, Punishment In Paradise has decided to postpone
the event instead of holding an event that did not meet the promoter
or fan’s expectations. You can be sure that we will make
it up in the next event
Source:
Event promoter |
Matt
Hume Seminar this Saturday!
Any questions?
Shoot an email to: info@razegear.com
Source: The
Vince
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ICON
SPORT / PATRICK FREITAS / 808 232-3481
Attn: Hawaii
Sports Reporters
There are rumors flying right now about the status of Icon Sport's
ownership and the plans for our September 15th event. We plan
to answer all these questions, as well as make some major announcements,
at a press conference tentatively planned for next week. Suffice
to say, big things are happening in the world of Hawaii MMA.
We are considering holding this press conference at the Blaisdell
Arena on Thursday, Aug 16 at 2pm.
TV reporters: Does this fit your schedule? I hope we are not
in conflict with any UH Football stories. Please advise, as we
would like to get all four stations' cameras to this very special
event. We can move up or back, depending on your needs and camera
availability.
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PRESS
RELEASE
Contact:
Patrick Freitas
Icon Sport Promoter
(808) 232-3481
superbrawl21@yahoo.com
Hawaii
MMA Athlete “Charuto” & Icon Sport on National
TV
August 7, 2007 Honolulu, HI. Hilo’s Renato “Charuto”
Verissimo, a veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC),
Rumble on the Rock, and Icon Sport, will be prominently featured
in the Versus Network’s hit mixed martial arts (MMA) program
“TapouT.” The episode follows Charuto as he prepares
to compete in the March 31, 2007 Icon Sport: Epic event. “TapouT:
Charuto” debuts on Wednesday, August 8th on Versus (showtimes
below). The TapouT television program is an entity of Zuffa,
LLC, the parent company of the UFC.
The TapouT program is described on the Versus website (www.versus.com) as follows:
"TapouT" follows Mask, Punkass, and SkysKrape, the
men behind the premier gear and clothing company in the Mixed
Martial Arts world. They are constantly on the lookout for up
and coming fighters to sponsor and wear their TapouT clothes…Once
they find a fighter that has the kind of heart and determination
they're looking for, they sign him up and take him to his next
fight.
Below is Versus' program information about the Charuto episode:
The TapouT crew travels to Hawaii to sponsor Charuto who is BJ
Penn's jiu-jitsu instructor. Charuto is on the fence about whether
to focus on instructing or fighting. He hopes that with TapouT's
help he'll make his mark at the Icon Sport MMA event in Honolulu.
WHO: Renato “Charuto” Verissimo & Icon Sport
(Pronounced: hay-NAH-tow shah-RU-tow vair-ISS-ih-mow)
WHAT: Charuto and Icon to appear on “TapouT” television
program
WHERE: Versus Network. Cable channel 47; Digital 210; Dish 151;
DirectTV 608.
WHEN: Wednesday, Aug 8 7pm – 8pm Debut
Thursday, Aug 9 10pm – 11pm Encore
Sunday, Aug12 4pm – 5pm Encore
Sunday, Aug 12 7pm – 8pm Encore
Monday, Aug 12 10pm – 11pm Encore
Monday, Aug 13 4pm – 5pm Encore
Monday, Aug 13 11pm – Midnight Encore
Wednesday, Aug 15 5pm – 6pm Encore
Sunday, Aug 19 3pm – 4pm Encore
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HAWAII'S
MOST WANTED WEIGH IN
THURSDAY 8/9/07
ILIMIA INTERMEDIATE
6:30 PM
WEIGH INS TODAY, AUG 9 2007, 6:30 PM AT ILIMA INTERMEDIATE. FIGHTERS
UNDER 18 MUST BRING THEIR PARENTS. NO PARENT - NO FIGHT
HAWAII'S
MOST WANTED
WAIPAHU
FILCOM CENTER
FRIDAY
AUGUST 10, 2007
DOORS
OPEN AT 6:00 PM
MAIN
EVENT
JAY
BOLOS (ANIMAL HOUSE) 135 CHAD PAVAO (HMC)
JAY
AND CHAD WILL BE THE MAIN EVENT ON THIS CARD. JAY WHO IS THE
WELL ROUNDED MMA VETERAN WILL SEE IF HE CAN MAKE IT PASS THE
FIRST TWO ROUNDS AGAINST CHADS FLAWLESS STAND UP GAME. THIS WILL
ALSO BE CHADS FIRST TIME FIGHTING WITHOUT A HEADGEAR. SO BE SURE
NOT TO MISS OUT ON THIS MAIN EVENT.
HANS
LEE (ANIMAL HOUSE) 175 WALTER WALKER (HSD)
KOLOA
KAHALEWAI (TEAM ANILAND) 220 SHAWN NIAO (NATURAL BORN KILLAZ)
ISAAC
ADAMS (ANIMAL HOUSE) 140 JARRID IHA (KODENKON)
ANDREW
GANABAN (FREELANCE) 145 VANCE SHIROMA (HMC)
BRYCEN
YANO (VALENTINO KICKBOXING) 160 BRYSEN VIVAS (HMC)
KAPENA
VALENTINO (VALENTINO KICKBOXING) 155 RYAN CLAY (HMC)
BILLY
TAKEUCHI (BULLSPEN) 125 SONNY ORTIZ (KUAPA FIGHT CLUB)
JUSTIN
KAHALEWAI (TEAM ANILAND) 95 JASON HANASHIRO (HMC)
CASEY
POKAKAA (HAMMA HOUSE) 130 SHAWN ORTIZ (KUAPA FIGHT CLUB)
NYE
DELASANTOS (MAILI SOJAHS) 185 CARL BARTON (HMC)
JUSTIN
KONIA (ANIMAL HOUSE) 175 KAWIKA (TEAM ANILAND)
TAZ
KAHALEWAI (TEAM ANILAND) 50 ZION LISTA (HMC)
BLU
MONTEZ (HMC) 200 YANCE (HSD)
JOEY
(BULLSPEN) 105 SHAWN FIGUERO (NATURAL BORN KILLAZ)
ELIAS
(ANIMAL HOUSE) 150 JUSTIN WONG (HMC)
ROCKY
GAMMIT (ANIMAL HOUSE) 185 KAINOA (HSD)
KAILYN
CURREN (ANIMAL HOUSE) 125 TISHAWN TAYLOR (NATURAL BORN KILAZ)
THIS
WILL BE THE FIRST HAWAII'S MOST WANTED GIRLS MATCH. EVERYONE
WILL FINALLY GET TO SEE IF FEMALES GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO FIGHT
IN THIS CAGE. BE THERE.
AUSTIN
(TEAM I-RUSH) 200 KEVIN GRACE (HMC
ALL
MATCHES AND PARTICIPANTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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X-1
World Events: Grand Prix
Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii
August 4, 2007
MMA:
2 Rounds - 3 Minutes: 190lbs
Rob Hesia (Team M.M.A.D.) def. Brennan Kamaka
TKO via referee stoppage due to strikes at 1:25 in Round 1.
Grand
Prix Tournament Quarter-Finals:
MMA: 1 Round - 5 Minutes
Michael Brightmon (Gorilla House) def. Cory Gifford (Freelance)
Unanimous decision [(10-9), (10-9), (10-9)] after 1 round.
Grand
Prix Tournament Quarter-Finals:
MMA: 1 Round - 5 Minutes
Derek Thornton (Team Ronin) def. Robin Clark (Hell's Fire)
Submission via triangle at 3:22 in Round 1.
Grand
Prix Tournament Quarter-Finals:
MMA: 1 Round - 5 Minutes
Chris Bernard (Team Uprising) def. Kimo Lani (Bull's Pen)
Submission due to strikes from the guard at 3:58 in Round 1.
Grand
Prix Tournament Quarter-Finals:
MMA: 1 Round - 5 Minutes
Maui Wolfgramm (Team M.M.A.D.) def. Andre "Shaolin"
(Team Tiger)
Unanimous decision [(10-9), (10-9), (10-9)] after extra 3 minute
round.
Grand
Prix Tournament Semi-Finals:
MMA: 1 Round - 5 Minutes
Michael Brightmon (Gorilla House) def. Derek Thornton (Team Ronin)
Unanimous decision [(10-9), (10-9), (10-9)] after extra 3 minute
round.
Grand
Prix Tournament Semi-Finals:
MMA: 1 Round - 5 Minutes
Andre "Shaolin" (Team Tiger) def. Chris Bernard (Team
Uprising)
Andre "Shaolin" replaced an injured Maui Wolfgramm.
Submission via guillotine at 4:00 in Round 1.
MMA:
2 Rounds - 5 Minutes: 205lbs
Tait Fletcher (Jackson's Gym) def. Augie "The Warrior"
Padeken (Waianae Valetudo)
Split decision [(10-9), (9-10), (10-9)] after extra 3 minute
round.
MMA:
2 Rounds - 5 Minutes: 170lbs
Brenton Wolf (Team M.M.A.D.) def. Bu Nahiwawa
TKO via referee stoppage due to punches from the mount at 2:36
in Round 1.
MMA:
2 Rounds - 5 Minutes: 170lbs
Brandon Wolf (Team M.M.A.D.) def. Shu Nahiwawa
TKO via referee stoppage due to punches from the mount at 3:02
in Round 1.
Grand
Prix Tournament Finals:
MMA: 1 Round - 5 Minutes
Michael Brightmon (Gorilla House) def. Andre Shaolin (Team Tiger)
Unanimous decision [(10-9), (10-9), (10-9)] after 1 round.
Michael Brightmon is the X-1 Grand Prix Tournament Champion.
MMA:
3 Rounds - 5 Minutes: 170lbs
Mark Moreno (Bull's Pen) vs. Ross "Da Boss" Ebanez
(BJ Penn's MMA)
No contest due to punches after a break in the match.
MMA:
3 Rounds - 5 Minutes: 185lbs
Falaniko Vitale (808 Fight Factory) def. Steve Renaud (No Limits)
TKO via referee stoppage due to punches at 0:43 in Round 1.
MMA:
3 Rounds - 5 Minutes: 205lbs
Marcelo Tiger (Team Tiger) def. Vernon "Tiger" White
(Lion's Den)
TKO due to an injury (broken hand) at 3:26 in Round 1. |
"Eh
you Dakine" Covers Cage Match!
You can
catch the show "Eh you Dakine", It will have a segment
on the Cage Match in March along with our Ainofea Clothing line!
Wednesday:
2pm and 8:30pm
If
you're not at home you can watch it online at:
www.oc16.tv
Let
all your friends on the mainland or anywhere around the world
know.
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CONDIT
TALKS VICTORY OVER LARSON
On
Sunday night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas,
“The Natural Born Killer” Carlos Condit defended his
WEC welterweight title for the first time. He defeated the highly
regarded Brock Larson by submission when he pulled off an armbar
in the first round of their match-up.
For
Condit, this is just another win in a series, solidifying him
amongst the best 170lb fighters in the world.
Condit
spoke to MMAWeekly Radio less than 24 hours removed from his
victory over Larson and was still feeling the effects of such
a defining win in his career.
“I’m
on top of the world,” said Condit about the victory.
Going
into the bout with Larson, many speculated that this would be
a classic grappler vs. striker fight with Condit hoping to stand
with the strong wrestler from Minnesota, but it was the ground
where the New Mexico native picked up his win.
The
gameplan, Condit says, went just as planned.
“I
expected him to be real aggressive and be strong and he was,
but I was able to capitalize on one of his mistakes.”
The
armbar that Condit locked onto Larson was outstretched and looked
fully extended for quite some time before his opponent finally
submitted to the hold. Condit had no intention of letting go
until the fight was stopped.
“If
he didn’t tap, I was going to render him useless in there,”
said Condit.
When
Condit spoke to MMAWeekly Radio just prior to the fight, he quoted
former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes when saying that
a champion is made when he defends his belt. Condit feels after
defeating Brock Larson and defending his title for the first
time, he’s just achieved the biggest win to date of his
young career.
“Winning
the title was awesome,” said Condit. “It’s a benchmark
in your career winning your first title. Going into this fight
against this opponent who is as tough as probably any guy I’ve
ever fought, this one was probably more satisfying.”
Now
Condit will head back to training in New Mexico and await his
next opponent. Whoever it may be will definitely have their hands
full with the “Natural Born Killer.”
Source:
MMA Weekly
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WEC
29 FIGHTER SALARY BREAKDOWN
MMAWeekly has obtained the fighter salary information for WEC
29, which took place on August 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The
event was the WEC's fifth since being purchased by UFC parent
company Zuffa, and it was also the WEC's second live event on
cable television channel Versus.
The
following figures are based on the fighter salary information
that Zuffa and the WEC are required by law to submit to the state
athletic commissions, including the winners' bonuses.
Although
MMA fighters do not have collective bargaining or a union, the
fighters' salaries are still public record, just as with every
other major sport in the United States. Any undisclosed bonuses
that Zuffa and the WEC also pay its fighters, but do not disclose
to the athletic commissions (specifically, pay-per-view bonuses
for the top pay-per-view main event fighters, which would not
apply since this event was not on pay-per-view), are not included
in the figures below.
In
the listings below, "Title Match & Main Event Fighters"
are defined as fighters who compete in the main event of a show
and/or compete in a title fight on a show. "Main Card Fighters"
are defined as fighters whose fights appear on the main card,
but not in title fights or in the main event. "Preliminary
Match Fighters" are defined as fighters whose matches take
place before the live broadcast goes on the air, regardless of
whether or not those matches end up airing on the TV broadcast.
Not
all of the fighters on this card had identical amounts for their
"win money" and "show money," so we have
noted any differences next to each fighter's salary.
Title
Match & Main Event Fighters
-Paulo
Filho: $50,000 (1st fight in WEC after 8 fights in Pride; includes
$15,000 win bonus; defeated Joe Doerksen)
-Joe
Doerksen: $30,000 (1st fight in WEC after 4 fights in UFC; win
bonus would have been $5,000; lost to Paulo Filho)
-Carlos
Condit: $26,000 (3rd fight in WEC; includes $13,000 win bonus;
defeated Brock Larson)
-Brock
Larson: $12,000 (3rd fight in WEC after 2 fights in UFC; win
bonus would have been $12,000; lost to Carlos Condit)
Main
Card Fighters
-Jamie
Varner: $14,000 (1st fight in WEC after 2 fights in UFC; includes
$7,000 win bonus; defeated Sherron Leggett)
-Jeff
Curran: $10,000 (2nd fight in WEC after 1 fight in Pride; includes
$2,000 win bonus; defeated Stephen Ledbetter)
-Stephen
Ledbetter: $5,000 (1st fight in WEC; win bonus would have been
$5,000; lost to Jeff Curran)
-Sherron
Leggett: $4,000 (2nd fight in WEC; win bonus would have been
$4,000; lost to Jamie Varner)
Preliminary
Match Fighters
-Antonio
Banuelos: $8,000 (9th fight in WEC; includes $4,000 win bonus;
defeated Justin Robbins)
-Eric
Schambari: $8,000 (2nd fight in WEC; includes $4,000 win bonus;
defeated Logan Clark)
-Hiromitsu
Miura: $6,000 (2nd fight in WEC; includes $3,000 win bonus; defeated
Fernando Gonzalez)
-Steven
Cantwell: $6,000 (2nd fight in WEC; includes $3,000 win bonus;
defeated Justin McElfresh)
-Logan
Clark: $6,000 (2nd fight in WEC after 1 fight in UFC; win bonus
would have been $6,000; lost to Eric Schambari)
-Tiki
Ghosn: $5,000 (4th fight in WEC after 4 fights in UFC; win bonus
would have been $5,000; lost to Blas Avena)
-Blas
Avena: $4,500 (2nd fight in WEC; includes $2,000 win bonus; defeated
Tiki Ghosn)
-Justin
McElfresh: $3,000 (2nd fight in WEC; win bonus would have been
$3,000; lost to Steven Cantwell)
-Fernando
Gonzalez: $3,000 (4th fight in WEC; win bonus would have been
$3,000; lost to Hiromitsu Miura)
-Justin
Robbins: $2,000 (1st fight in WEC; win bonus would have been
$2,000; lost to Antonio Banuelos)
Disclosed
Fighter Payroll: $199,500
Source:
MMA Weekly
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DANA
WHITE ADDRESSES SHERK SITUATION
UFC president Dana White spoke with MMAWeekly about the Sean
Sherk situation and what Zuffa will do with the UFC Lightweight
Title if Sherk's one year suspension is upheld by the California
State Athletic Commission.
Sherk
was granted an extension yesterday and will go in front of the
commission in October seeking to win his appeal, or at the very
least get a reduction in the one year suspension handed down
by the commission for his positive test for the steroid Nandrolone
following his UFC 73 lightweight title bout against Hermes Franca.
“I’ll
see what the Commission says and I’ll go from there,"
the UFC president told MMAWeekly.
Asked
if Sherk is suspended for a year, will he be stripped of his
title? White answered, "I don't know. I want to sit down
with him. I want to talk to him. He’s a good man. I want
to talk to him.”
White
continued, “He looked me in the eye and told me like a man,
‘I didn’t do it.’ I believe him. I don’t
think he’s a liar. I don’t think he’s a cheater.
He’s a good guy, he works hard and I’m going to take
his word for it.”
Sherk's
not the first UFC champion to test positive for steroids, and
the UFC does not necessarily have to strip him of his title.
There are a few different options the UFC could elect to use
that they have implemented in the past when dealing with champions
testing positive, not defending their titles or leaving the UFC
altogether.
There
have been two previous UFC champions that tested positive for
steroids following a title fight, and each situation was handled
differently.
Josh
Barnett tested positive for steroids, something he still denies
to this day, after defeating Randy 'The Natural' Couture at UFC
36 March 22, 2002. Barnett was subsequently stripped of his UFC
heavyweight title. Couture and Ricco Rodriguez then fought for
the vacant title at UFC 39.
Tim
Sylvia tested positive for steroids following his UFC 44 win
over Gan Mcgee September 26, 2003. Sylvia admitted guilt to the
Nevada State Athletic Commission and willingly relinquished his
belt. After serving his suspension, Sylvia fought Frank Mir for
the vacant title at UFC 48. Unlike the Barnett situation where
the number one and two contenders fought for the vacant title,
the UFC did not strip Sylvia, as Sylvia chose to relinquish his
title.
There
have been four other circumstances with UFC title holders that
forced Zuffa to take action, or not take action in two of the
cases.
Jens
Pulver obtained the UFC lightweight title by defeating Caol Uno
at UFC 30 February 23, 2001. He defended the belt two times before
leaving the UFC to fight in other promotions. Two years after
Pulver first won the belt BJ Penn and Uno fought to a draw for
the vacant title. The UFC dropped the lightweight division for
a brief period before bringing it back and crowning Sean Sherk
as champion at UFC 64 October 14, 2006. There wasn't a lightweight
champion in the UFC for nearly six years.
In
a similar situation, Murilo Bustamante became UFC Middleweight
Champion by defeating Dave Menne at UFC 35 January 11, 2002.
Bustamante defended his belt once before leaving the UFC to fight
in Japan. There wouldn't be another UFC middleweight title bout
for more than three years when Evan Tanner gained the middleweight
belt by defeating David Terrell at UFC 51 February 5, 2005.
Tito
Ortiz won the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship by defeating
Wanderlei Silva at UFC 25 April 14, 2000. After defending the
belt five times Ortiz was injured, was pursuing an acting career
and in contract re-negotiations with the UFC that resulted in
him setting out from competition for ten months. During that
time the UFC was pushing for the long awaited match up between
Ortiz and Chuck Liddell. When they were unable to put the bout
together, and negotiations with Ortiz were at a stand still,
the UFC lined up Liddell vs. Randy Couture at UFC 43 for the
UFC light heavyweight interim title. Ortiz then fought Couture
for the actual light heavyweight belt at UFC 44.
Frank
Mir won the UFC heavyweight title defeating Tim Sylvia at UFC
48 June 19, 2004. Mir didn't get a chance to defend his belt
due to a motorcycle accident on September 17, 2004 that broke
his femur in two places. While Mir recovered from his injuries,
the UFC created an interim title. Andrei Arlovski was crowned
the UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion when he defeated Tim Sylvia
at UFC 51 February 5, 2005. When Mir's recovery took longer than
anticipated, Mir was stripped of the belt after fourteen months
of inactivity. Arlovski was named the "undisputed champion"
later that year.
At
this point, the UFC doesn't know what they're going to do with
the lightweight title if Sean Sherk has to serve a year suspension
from competition. It's a waiting game, and clearly they have
a few different options. Sherk could be stripped, he could relinquish
the belt on his own, the UFC could crown an interim title or
they could leave the title vacant until Sherk's suspension runs
out or any duration of time they choose.
The
UFC doesn't have to make any decision until October when Sherk
will appear before the athletic commission to appeal his case.
White stated, “We’ll see what happens. We’ll see
what the Commission says.”
Source:
MMA Weekly
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MMAWEEKLY
WORLD MMA RANKINGS UPDATED
The latest MMAWeekly World MMA Rankings were released on Wednesday,
August 8. This system ranks the top ten MMA fighters from all
across the world in each of the six biggest weight classes, as
voted on by MMAWeekly.
This
week, the Featherweight fighters make their debut as part of
the MMAWeekly World MMA Rankings. The Featherweights are classified
as athletes that compete at a weight of 145 pounds or less.
We
take into consideration a fighter's performance in addition to
his win-loss record, head-to-head and common opponents, difficulty
of opponents, and numerous other factors in what is the most
comprehensive rankings system in the sport.
As
always, fighters who are currently serving drug-related suspensions
are not eligible for top ten consideration.
Here
are the current MMAWeekly World MMA Rankings, which are up-to-date
as of August 8.
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HEAVYWEIGHT
DIVISION (over 205 pounds)
#1
Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Fedor Emelianenko
2.
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
3.
Mirko Cro Cop
4.
Josh Barnett
5.
Randy Couture
6.
Gabriel Gonzaga
7.
Tim Sylvia
8.
Andrei Arlovski
9.
Fabricio Werdum
10.
Aleksander Emelianenko
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LIGHT
HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205-pound limit)
#1
Light Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Mauricio "Shogun"
Rua
2.
Quinton Jackson
3.
Chuck Liddell
4.
Dan Henderson
5.
Wanderlei Silva
6.
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
7.
Ricardo Arona
8.
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
9.
Tito Ortiz
10.
Kazuhiro Nakamura
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MIDDLEWEIGHT
DIVISION (185-pound limit)
#1
Middleweight Fighter in the World: Anderson Silva
2.
Paulo Filho
3.
Matt Lindland
4.
Rich Franklin
5.
Dan Henderson
6.
Denis Kang
7.
Nathan Marquardt
8.
Robbie Lawler
9.
Kazuo Misaki
10.
Frank Trigg
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WELTERWEIGHT
DIVISION (170-pound limit)
#1
Welterweight Fighter in the World: Matt Serra
2.
Georges St. Pierre
3.
Matt Hughes
4.
Josh Koscheck
5.
Karo Parisyan
6.
Diego Sanchez
7.
Jon Fitch
8.
Jake Shields
9.
Carlos Condit
10.
Akira Kikuchi
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LIGHTWEIGHT
DIVISION (160-pound limit)
#1
Lightweight Fighter in the World: Takanori Gomi
2.
Hayato Sakurai
3.
Gilbert Melendez
4.
Tatsuya Kawajiri
5.
Shinya Aoki
6.
Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro
7.
Joachim Hansen
8.
Mitsuhiro Ishida
9.
Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto
10.
Joe Stevenson
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FEATHERWEIGHT
DIVISION (145 pounds and under)
#1
Featherweight Fighter in the World: Akitoshi Tamura
2.
"Lion" Takeshi Inoue
3.
Antonio Carvalho
4.
Hatsu Hioki
5.
Urijah Faber
6.
Masakazu Imanari
7.
Tenkei Fujimiya
8.
Jeff Curran
9.
Yoshiro Maeda
10.
Daiki "DJ" Hata
Source:
MMA Weekly
|
FISHER
OUT, FLORIAN TO FACE THOMAS AT UFC FIGHT NIGHT
After a recent announcement by Miletich fighter Spencer Fisher
via his MySpace blog that he had to drop out of his upcoming
fight with Din Thomas due to a staph infection, MMAWeekly has
confirmed from sources close to the fight that Fisher’s
replacement will be Kenny Florian.
The
fight between Fisher and Thomas was set to take place as the
main event on the upcoming September 19th UFC Fight Night as
a lead in to the 6th season of the Ultimate Fighter show featuring
coaches Matt Serra and Matt Hughes.
Both
fighters were gunning for a potential #1 contender slot for the
UFC lightweight title and a bout between Kenny Florian and Din
Thomas should be no different.
Kenny
Florian, who last fought on July 7th when he defeated Alvin Robinson
at UFC 73, will be making his 3rd appearance in the Octagon in
under 6 months.
Din
Thomas has rejuvenated his career of late after appearing on
the Ultimate Fighter season 4 and has reeled off three wins in
a row since the show ended.
The
fight between Florian and Thomas would almost guarantee the winner
a top slot along with fighters like Joe Stevenson as top contenders
to the UFC lightweight title.
The
bout between Kenny Florian and Din Thomas will take place live
on Spike TV from the Palms in Las Vegas, NV on September 19th
at 9pm EST.
Source:
MMA Weekly
|
HERMES
FRANCA TALKS ABOUT CSAC HEARING
"In
the next few days, the results from the California Commission
will be released. The tests will show that I had a "banned
substance" in my system.
I
would like to apologize to my fans, the UFC, my students and
family. I offer only an explanation and not an excuse. I made
a decision during a difficult time in my training for the fight
that I regret.
…I
had not fought for 5 months. Fighting is literally how I put
food on my wife and child’s table and how I pay my bills.
As a fighter though, even at this level, I live a simple life
and I literally live from fight to fight. Not getting a paycheck
for another few months and losing my chance to fight Sean for
the title was overpowering. Fighting is the life I chose and
I love it.
…I
was desperate and needed anything I could to get my injury as
close to healing as possible and be able to recover from the
daily training regimen I was going through. I made the shortsighted
choice to hopefully accelerate the healing process and allow
me to keep training. Under the pressure of literally not being
able to pay next month’s bills, I made a choice. I had to
fight and did whatever I could to do so.
I
hope my fans, students, the UFC and the public accept my sincere
apology. Whatever punishment is dictated by the California Athletic
Commission, I will understand. I would like to get through this
very difficult time and the times ahead and get back to fighting.
All the best to my fans and much thanks to my family and friends
that continue to support me during these times.”
The
above excerpt is from a statement released by Hermes Franca and
published on MMAWeekly.com following information that he had
tested positive for the steroid Drostalanone. He was subsequently
fined $2,500 and suspended through the remainder of his licensing
year, which ends July 5, 2008.
On
Monday, August 6, Franca appeared before the California State
Athletic Commission, offering no further defense for his actions,
only taking responsibility for his choice and pleading for a
reduction in punishment.
Franca’s
request was denied, although he did receive assurances from the
Commission that he would still be allowed to apply for a license
in California to corner the fighters that he trains when they
fight in the state.
Unfortunately
for Franca, the next couple of fighters he wants to corner, Kurt
Pellegrino in the UFC on Aug. 25 and Rich Crunkilton in the WEC
on Sept. 5, are both fighting in Nevada.
In
the days following the hearing, Keith Kizer, the executive director
of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, confirmed to MMAWeekly
that although Franca could apply for a second’s (cornerman’s)
license in Nevada, current regulations wouldn’t allow him
to perform the usual duties of a cornerman.
Amongst
other limitations, Nevada regulation NAC 467.895 (6) bars a person
whose license has been suspended or revoked from “Communicating
in the arena or near the dressing rooms with any of the principals
in the contests or exhibitions, their managers, their seconds
or the referee, whether directly or by a messenger, during any
program of unarmed combat.”
Franca
could ask the NSAC for a waiver, but Kizer said that he “would
be opposed to the granting of such a waiver.”
Following
the hearing, Franca spoke in an interview, exclusively with MMAWeekly:
“I
am feeling so horrible. One more time, I would like to apologize
to my family, to all my fans. I learned my lesson. You guys have
no idea, I am so sad right now. I learned my lesson. I’m
going to stop [fighting] for a year. I’m going to come back
in a year.”
Source:
MMA Weekly
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BITTERSWEET
DAYS FOR IFL'S RADACH
It’s
not very often that an athlete can feel both elation and disappointment
in the same evening. It’s even more rare for MMA fighters,
but such was the case for Benji “Razor” Radach at last
week’s IFL Semi-Finals.
At
the event, Radach managed to raise his personal record to 4-0
in the promotion, but his team, the Los Angeles Anacondas, failed
to advance to the World Team Tournament Finals, suffering a crushing
4-1 defeat at the hands of their rivals, the Quad Cities Silverbacks.
“Well,
it kind of sucks, because I thought we should be in the finals,”
said Benji of last Thursday’s show. “We didn’t
have our whole team fighting, so, it’s just kind of a big
bummer that we weren’t able to go on and have the best chance
at the rings that we should have.”
Radach
continued, “My fight went really well and I ended up with
a win, so you’ve got to be happy that way, but unfortunately
not with the team.”
With
the win, Benji remains undefeated in his IFL comeback, after
years of frustrating setbacks due to injury.
“It’s
been awesome, more than I could have asked for,” commented
Radach on his return. “My first year back after years of
layoff and I’m finishing everybody. So, it’s been really,
really cool and I’m stoked about it.”
As
Benji explains, he’s been accomplishing all this while still
not back to full health, making it a scary prospect for future
opponents as he continues to heal.
“I
think I’m probably at about 85%,” admitted Radach.
“That’s just because my nerve injuries in my right
side, right tricep and pec [pectoral muscle] has affected other
muscles as well. So, it’s not as strong as it used to be,
but I think as time goes it will come back.
“I’m
gaining my strength back and becoming 100%, and it’s going
to come, hopefully, sooner than later. Nerve damage just takes
forever to heal up, but until then I’ll keep going in there
and just doing what I can,” further stated Benji.
Even
with the Anacondas’ elimination from this year’s World
Team Tournament, there’s still more IFL action in Radach’s
near future. He will be the top seed in the inaugural 185-pound
individual Grand Prix in just a couple months.
“I’m
in it for sure,” exclaimed Benji. “I’m the Number
1 seed in the tournament, [Brent] Beauparlant is Number 4, and
then [Matt] Horwich and Brian Foster are fighting Number 2 and
3 [seeds]. I’m stoked, excited and I want to go in there
and win that belt.”
Radach
continued, “I’ve been in a lot of organizations, but
I’ve never fought long enough in them to get a belt or get
a chance to get a belt. So, this is my first chance to get a
belt around my waist and I really, really, really want it. I’m
just going to go for it, train very hard and make sure I get
it.”
Although
he’s excited for his own personal prospects, Benji hasn’t
lost sight of what the Anacondas were able to accomplish this
year, and he’s proud to have been a part of it.
“I
think with this team, we had an awesome run at it,” said
Radach. “I think we lit a spark in the MMA world and I think
we did really well as a team. We could have done a little better,
but I’m happy with everybody for their great performances.”
“We
grew close as a team, made some good friendships and a lot of
other great things along the way, so I can’t complain,”
Benji further stated.
The
end of the IFL year is still far from off for Radach, however,
and he’s focused and determined to take the first title
of his career, and implores everyone to keep their eyes on him
at the upcoming Grand Prix.
“Just
look out for me in the tournament, I’m going to make sure
it’s exciting and I’m going to make it exciting and
put the belt around my waist,” concluded Benji. “I
want to thank Dan Lambert for helping me get back into MMA; Ricardo
Liborio and Dennis Hallman for helping me get back into shape
for this fight; and Hank Reed, a new guy I’ve got that’s
going to help me get some endorsements, so props to him also.”
Source:
MMA Weekly
|
Quote
of the Day
"Every
thought we think is creating our future."
Louise
L. Hay, American Self-Help Author and Founder of Hay House
|
HAWAII'S
MOST WANTED
THE GOT
SKILLS EVENT NAME HAS BEEN CHANGED TO HAWAIIS MOST WANTED. THOUGH
THE NAME HAS BEEN CHANGED, THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE THE
SAME. IT WILL FEATURE SOME OF THE 2007 GOT SKILLS CHAMPIONS LIKE
VAN SHIROMA, JUSTIN WONG AND SOME KICKIN IT CHAMPIONS LIKE CHAD
PAVAO AND HANS LEE. AND IT WILL ALSO FEATURE A 20 FOOT HEXAGON
CAGE THAT THE HAWAIIS MOST WANTED FIGHTERS WILL BE BANGING IN.
BE SURE TO SEE HOW SOME OF THESE AMATEUR FIGHTERS WILL REACT
FIGHTING IN A CAGE. ANYWAY, HAWAIIS MOST WANTED BELONG IN A CAGE.
HAWAII'S MOST WANTED
WAIPAHU
FILCOM CENTER
FRIDAY
AUGUST 10, 2007
DOORS
OPEN AT 6:00 PM
HANS
LEE (ANIMAL HOUSE) 175 WALTER WALKER (HSD)
KOLOA
KAHALEWAI (TEAM ANILAND) 220 SHAWN NIAO (NATURAL BORN KILLAZ)
KAILIN
CUREN (ANIMAL HOUSE ) 125 TISHAWN TAYLOR (NATURAL BORN KILLAZ)
ISAAC
ADAMS (ANIMAL HOUSE) 140 JARRID IHA (KODENKON)
ANDREW
GANABAN (FREELANCE) 145 VANCE SHIROMA (HMC)
EMILIO
LINQUESTOR (ANIMAL HOUSE) 160 BRYSEN VIVAS (HMC)
KAPENA
VALENTINO (VALENTINO KICKBOXING) 155 RYAN CLAY (HMC)
BILLY
TAKEUCHI (BULLSPEN) 125 SONNY ORTIZ (KUAPA FIGHT CLUB)
JUSTIN
KAHALEWAI (TEAM ANILAND) 95 JASON HANASHIRO (HMC)
JAY
BOLOS (ANIMAL HOUSE) 135 CHAD PAVAO (HMC)
CASEY
POKAKAA (HAMMA HOUSE) 130 SHAWN ORTIZ (KUAPA FIGHT CLUB)
NYE
DELASANTOS (MAILI SOJAHS) 185 CARL BARTON (HMC)
JUSTIN
(ANIMAL HOUSE) 175 KAINOA (HSD)
KAHALEWAI
(TEAM ANILAND) 50 ZION LISTA (HMC)
BLU
MONTEZ (HMC) 200 YANCE (HSD)
JOEY
(BULLSPEN) 105 SHAWN FIGUERO (NATURAL BORN KILLAZ)
RICHARD
HIT TOO HARD BERNARD (HSD) 150 JUSTIN WONG (HMC)
ALL
MATCHES AND PARTICIPANTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE |
Shooto:
Shooting Disco 2 Results
Shooto: Shooting Disco 2 Results
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan
Takumi
Ota def. Hidenori Nishino via sub (rear naked choke) - R2
Nobuhiro Hayakawa def. Kagerou via sub (rear naked choke) - R2
Ryuichi Miki and Heat Takeshi fought to a draw
Shintaro Ishiwatari and Hiroshi Nakamura fought to a draw
Ayumu Shioda def. Yosuke Ebihara via sub (rear naked choke) -
R2
Akihiro Murayama def. Akihiko Adachi via sub (armbar) - R2
So Tazawa and Tetsu Suzuki fought to a draw
Ganjo Tentsuku def. Mizuto Hirota via unanimous decision
Source:
MMAFighting.com
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K-1
Hong Kong: Fujimoto KOs Qiang to repeat Asia GP title
Japanese
kickboxer Yusuke Fujimoto won his second consecutive Asia GP
championship by besting Shin Hong Jian, Taiei Kin and Wang Qiang
in an eight-man elimination tournament August 5 at K-1's first-ever
event in Hong Kong.
Qiang
found himself in the finals with Fujimoto when Musashi and Kin
were too injured to take on the defending champion after their
semifinal fights.
K-1
claimed 10,634 in attendance at the Asian World-Expo Arena.
-
GP Reserve: Elhan Dennis def. Dong Wook Kim via KO - 0:23 of
R2
- GP Quarterfinals: Musashi def. Yong Soo Park via KO - 0:48
of R2
- GP Quarterfinals: Wang Qiang def. Randy Kim via KO - 1:32 of
R2
- GP Quarterfinals: Yusuke Fujimoto def. Shin Hong Jian via unanimous
decision
- GP Quarterfinals: Taiei Kin def. Sentoryu via KO - 1:43 of
R1
- Superfight: Peter Aerts def. Nicholas Pettas via KO - 2:34
of R2
- GP: Semifinals: Yusuke Fujimoto def. Taiei Kin via TKO - 1:59
of R2
- GP: Semifinals: Musashi def. Wang Qiang via forfeit - 2:00
of R2
- Superfight: Badr Hari def. Peter Graham via unanimous decision
- 5 rounds
- Superfight: Hong-Man Choi def. Gary Goodridge via KO - 1:34
of R1
- GP Finals: Yusuke Fujimoto def. Wang Qiang via KO - 2:49 of
R1
Source:
MMAFighting
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Storm
GP heavyweight has eight finalists
Despite
the cold night at Curitiba , Paraná, at July 28, Círculo
Militar was crowded for first round of Storm GP heavyweight.
Highlight for Angelo Araújo (BTT), that take down two
times and than knock out the Argentinean wrestler champion Walter
Marzukipars, that had a record of fifteen fights with no losses
and fifteen KO. Another highlight was Júlio Cesar Jamanta,
that with an offensive game knock Salvador Minutti out. Who made
an amazing performance was Fabiano Pega Leve, that take only
23 seconds to knock Marcelo Barbosa out. The promising newcomer
of the event was Samuel Madimbú, with 170kg, that conquered
the crowd with a high kick. After a bad moment at the first round,
Madimbú took 15 seconds at the second round to knock Jéferson
Silva out. The others four finalists are Silvão Santos,
Sidney Silveira, Antônio Conceição and Maiquel
Falcão.
Source:
Tatame
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Quote
of the Day
"If
I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time
a lack of success, to discourage me, I cannot see any way in
which I would ever have made progress."
Calvin
Coolidge, 1872-1933, 30th President of the United States
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Fighters'
Club TV Tonight!
Be sure
to tune in to the long anticipated new episode of FCTV tonight
at 7:00 PM on Channel 52.
We
preview the new Icon Sport Martial Arts and Fitness Center and
talk to their many instructors!
We
end the age old question of is it "Leeben or Layben"
for UFC Vet Chris Leben who is one of the head instructors at
Icon.
We
talk with local grappling star Rylan Lizares.
Lastly, we talk with the man behind the promotion and center,
T. Jay Thompson.
Make
sure you tell everyone that we are still on and on Channel 52
at 7:00 pm!
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Kapolei
Teen wins girl's world boxing title
Alyssa-Lende Kane Ringside World Champion
Alyssa's
proud Dad, Dave Kane, is an O2 Martial Arts Academy student who
has a mean standing loop choke!
The
2007 Ringside World Boxing Championships, held in Kansas City,
Missouri, from July 31 - August 4, concluded with 13 year old
Alyssa-Lende Kane of Kapolei capturing the championship title
in the girl's 13-14, 114 pound weight division.
Kane
earned her title by stopping defending World Champion Shelby
Bialkowski of Canada, halfway through the first round. The Ringside
World Boxing Championship is the world's largest amateur boxing
event, with over 1,000 amateur boxers competing.
The Myron B. Thompson Academy eighth-grader has been boxing for
9 months and found success in her first ever major tournament.
"I'm
still trying to take it all in, it's hard to believe I won my
belt by stopping her (Bialkowski) in the first round," Kane
said. "All my training and dieting was all worth it, I feel
good."
Kane
maintains a strict diet and exercise regimen that includes long
distance running and wind sprints. Boxing out of Kalakaua Gym
for Bruce Kawano's, Kawano Boxing Club, Kane catches the bus
from Kapolei to Kalihi three times a week. Kane also trains at
Waipahu Boxing Club, Ewa's 5-0 Boxing Club and Palolo Boxing
Club.
When
asked what she plans to do with her new world title, Kane responds,
"first…I want my lasagna and lots of ice cream."
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LIDDELL:
"I'VE NEVER HAND-PICKED AN OPPONENT"
When the possible match up with Wanderlei Silva for UFC 76 fell
through and Keith Jardine was named as Chuck Liddell's next opponent,
reports surfaced that the former UFC light heavyweight champion
picked Jardine as his opponent. Liddell recently spoke with MMAWeekly,
setting the record straight about how the fight with Jardine
transpired.
The
reports that surfaced last week stated that Chuck Liddell (the
#3 light heavyweight in the MMAWeekly World MMA Rankings) was
offered potential fights against Mauricio "Shogun"
Rua (the #1-ranked light heavyweight), Kazuhiro Nakamura (the
#10-ranked light heavyweight), Lyoto Machida, or Keith Jardine,
and that he chose to take on Jardine. Liddell emphatically denied
those reports.
Liddell
told MMAWeekly, "I've never hand-picked an opponent. I'm
not going to. There would be no reason to hand-pick Jardine.
The only time I've ever asked for a guy is when I asked to fight
Kevin Randleman because I wanted to fight a guy that had a name
at the time because they kept giving me guys as little known
as I was. I think that's the only time I've ever asked for someone
specifically."
"They
talked to me about fighting Wanderlei in September, and I said,
'Yeah, that's fine. Cool. Perfect.' Then I heard it fell out.
I assumed they were going to put me with Shogun [Rua] because
I knew he was on the same card. I figured they would put me with
Shogun, but they came to me and said they wanted me to fight
Keith. I'm not complaining. I don't argue with people about who
I'm going to fight. I fight whoever they tell me to," explained
Liddell.
He
added, "The way I've always done it is they ask me if I
want to fight on this day. I say, 'Yes, so by the way, who am
I fighting?'"
Source:
Tatame
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Werdum
next to Chute Boxe
BJJ
Mundial championship, Fabrício Werdum is next of having
a deal with Chute Boxe. “I was going today to Curitiba to
talk with Rudimar, but I got sick. I am going to try a deal,
watch some trainings and to meet the structure that they have
there. I train here with my friends, but I need a bigger structure
and I think that Chute Boxe is the biggest Team in the world.
I received invitation from others big teams but Chute Boxe is
near my house and I don’t want to stay far from my family”,
said Werdum.
Asked
about the Heavyweight visit at Chute Boxe, the lider of the team
Rudimar Fedrigo was very optimist. “ First of all he is
coming to participate from some trainings and to meet the team.
I hope that everything goes well, because it would be a nice
acquisition to Chute Boxe”, said Rudimar.
Source:
Tatame
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Fábio
Silva challenges Melvin Manhoef
During
the weight check for the last Hero' s, that happened at July
16 in Japan, the athlete of Chute Boxe, Fábio Silva, insist
in challenge Melvin Manhoef, while the dutch fighter was weighting
to later facing and knocking out Bernard Ackah. “I went
there, I looked in the deep of his eyes and called him to face
me at Hero' s. I challenged him, I want to put him to sleep.
I am going to strike him hard and I will go to this fight to
win”, said Fábio.
Come
of seven consecutive victories, Fábio was not intimidated
with the reaction of Melvin Manhoef. “He was mad with me
with me, but is his problem”, commented the athlete of Chute
Boxe, that intends to firm himself at 93kg category. “The
intention is to fight at 93 and to be in this weight”, finished
Fábio.
Source:
Tatame
|
Quote
of the Day
"Just
take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes.
Home plate don't move."
Satchel
Paige, 1906-1982, Hall of Fame American Baseball Player
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PENN
PLEADS NO CONTEST TO 2005 ARREST
In Honolulu on Friday, current UFC lightweight fighter B.J. Penn
pleaded no contest for reduced charges stemming from an assault
charge in 2005.
Originally
a felony charge, Penn was arrested after punching a police officer
in the face while a fight was taking place outside of a nightclub
in Waikiki.
The
new plea will drop from a felony to third degree misdemeanor
assault charges and as reported to KITV in Hawaii, Penn’s
attorney stated he doesn’t expect him to serve any jail
time when the sentence is handed down in December.
The
news comes just weeks after Penn was announced as the #1 contender
for the UFC lightweight title and he was expected to fight current
champion, Sean Sherk, in November for the title.
The
fight with Sherk is now in question due to Sherk’s steroid-related
suspension, which could keep him out of the sport for a year,
pending his appeal on Monday. Many have speculated that the champion
would likely be stripped of his championship if the suspension
remains intact.
As
previously stated, Penn will now face his sentencing for the
misdemeanor charges in a Hawaii court in December.
Source: The Hawaii Channel
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CONDIT,
FILHO DOMINATE WEC 29
The WEC on Sunday night ran its second live show on Versus. Two
title fights highlighted a solid card that gave the fans their
money’s worth.
In
the a much anticipated match-up, Carlos Condit successfully defended
his WEC Welterweight Championship for the first time, submitting
UFC veteran Brock Larson. Both fighters came out tentative on
their feet, but Larson quickly took the fight to the ground.
From the top, Larson began to rain down vicious ground and pound,
but the champion kept his composure. Larson got a little over
anxious from the top as he got caught in a deep armbar. Larson
tried to slam his way out of it, but Condit remained composed
and cinched it in even tighter to secure the submission victory
at 2:21 of the first stanza.
Pride
veteran Paulo Filho made his American debut as he took on UFC
veteran Joe Doerksen for the vacant WEC Middleweight Championship.
Doerksen from the onset wanted to keep this fight on the feet,
successfully defending Filho’s attempts at getting the fight
to the ground. Filho finally got it to the ground only to see
Doerksen get back to his feet. From this point on, Filho changed
his strategy and let his hands go. It paid off as he scored several
punches that hurt Doerksen who finally was overcome by the onslaught,
forcing referee John McCarthy to halt the fight at 4:07 of the
first round, crowning Paulo Filho as the new WEC Middleweight
Champion.
Jeff
Curran made his return to the WEC after a five year hiatus, winning
a decision over newcomer Stephen Ledbetter. Curran was the first
to strike, dropping Ledbetter with a right hand. He was unable
to capitalize as Ledbetter got back to his feet and scored a
takedown. The same tale would play out for the rest of the round
with Ledbetter getting another takedown following a stand-up.
The
same would be true for the second round as Ledbetter desperately
wanted the fight on the ground as Curran outscored him on the
feet. Towards the end of the round, Curran was able to lock on
a tight triangle choke, but Ledbetter managed to survive.
With
the fight even going into the final round, the veteran took over
as he punished Ledbetter on the feet with crisp punching combinations.
Ledbetter scored a takedown late in the fight, but was caught
in a reverse triangle choke for his efforts. He eventually escaped
just as the fight ended. When it was all said and done, the veteran
Jeff Curran won a unanimous decision.
Jamie
Varner earned himself a shot at the WEC Lightweight Championship,
beating Freestyle Academy lightweight Sherron “Rob Roy”
Leggett. Both fighters displayed excellent wrestling skills as
Varner was the first to strike, slamming Leggett on his back.
Varner was unable to keep Leggett down as he worked his way back
to his feet. Varner again slammed Leggett, only this time on
his head. Varner seized the opportunity, but got a little over
anxious and landed several illegal blows to back of Leggett’s
head. He was deducted one point before the bout resumed. Varner
wasted no time, landing a pair of head kicks. He then slammed
Leggett once again, securing his back and finishing the fight
with strikes at 4:08 of the first round.
Hiromitsu
Miura tasted victory for the first time in the WEC, finishing
up and coming middleweight Fernando Gonzalez in what turned out
to be the fight of the night. Both fighters came out aggressive
on the feet, but it would be Miura who would land the first big
blow, dropping Gonzalez and following him down. From there, Miura
worked his way to mount and secured a tight key lock, but Gonzalez
was able to escape and reverse position jus as the round ended.
The
second round would be all Miura, as the Japanese fighter was
all over Gonzalez. Miura ended up mounting Gonzalez and almost
locked on a side choke, but Gonzalez persevered and escaped,
only to be mounted again. Miura this time got the job done and
forced Gonzalez to tapout to strikes at 3:35 of the second round.
Antonio
Banuelos returned to his winning ways with a rather lackluster
performance against the debuting Justin Robbins. Banuelos was
gun shy on the feet, not wanting to risk anything after being
knocked out in his last fight. He used the same formula throughout
the fight, taking Robbins down and landing occasional shots,
while nullifying Robbins’ offense from the bottom. At the
end of the day, Banuelos took home an easy unanimous decision.
Undefeated
middleweights Logan Clark and Eric Schambari waged a three-round
battle of attrition. Schambari wasted no time in getting the
fight to the ground, slamming Clark from the get go. He worked
some solid ground and pound from the top, while Clark was active
from the bottom with strikes and several submission attempts.
Clark nearly finished the fight with a triangle choke, but Schambari
narrowly escaped after some struggling.
The
rest of the fight would play out the same, Schambari getting
an early takedown and controlling the fight with excellent ground
work. In the final round, Schambari was able to mount Clark for
most of the round, but was unable to finish the fight. After
three rounds, Schambari took home a unanimous decision with all
three judges scoring it 29-28 in his favor.
In
a battle of light heavyweights, Steve Cantwell got off to a quick
start as he landed a crushing left hook that spelled the end
for Justin McElfresh. Cantwell followed up with a flurry of punches
that dropped McElfresh, landing several shots before referee
John McCarthy stopped the fight only forty seconds in.
Las
Vegas native Blas Avena wasted no time in his welterweight showdown
with UFC veteran Tiki. Avena quickly took Tiki down, mounting
him and after some struggling was able to sink the rear naked
choke at 1:01 of the first round.
The
WEC also announced their next event, scheduled for September
5, again returning to the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.
Source: MMA Weekly
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TITLE
CHANGE AND CONTINUED STREAK AT DEEP 31
Korakuen Hall, Tokyo – Tonight a new women’s lightweight
champ was crowned while another champion was soundly defeated
in a non-title match. It was an action packed night full of armbars,
knockouts, and TKOs at DEEP 31st Impact.
In
the main event, the still undefeated Dong-hyun Kim showed the
fans why he possesses an unblemished record. Not only has Kim
defeated all of his Japanese opponents, but has done so without
any injury to speak of. His weakness has yet to be exposed.
The
match began with Hasegawa charging in for the takedown, but due
to Kim’s superior strength and reach, Kim ended up with
the takedown instead. He stood while Hasegawa held his leg attempting
a leg lock, but Kim delivered a barrage of strikes to break the
hold.
Round
two saw Hasegawa attempt another takedown that Kim defended with
powerful strikes, forcing Hasegawa to pull guard. Kim utilized
his long legs to stomp into open guard position and deliver some
powerful pounding.
Round
three began with the champ visibly tired and attempting yet another
takedown. Hasegawa failed again and was forced to pull guard.
This time Kim stood and delivered a soccer kick that instantly
drew blood from the champion. Hasegawa showed the heart of a
true champion and stood to fight once more, but Kim set up a
shot with strikes, passed guard, and eventually caught Hasegawa’s
back. Kim delivered the final blows from back mount, ending the
match with Hasegawa broken and barely conscious.
The
two will likely rematch in October for much deserved title fight.
The
lightweight women’s title match did not fail to impress
either. Round one began with MIKU going right after the champ,
Watanabe, with a right straight and getting the takedown. Watanabe
immediately went after MIKU’s arms and held on until the
action was brought back to the feet. MIKU fired a good one-two
putting the action back on the ground. A scramble ensued and
Watanabe caught MIKU’s back, going for the choke. The challenger
fought for position and the champ once again attacked the arms
for a submission. MIKU was saved by the bell.
Round
two saw the challenger go after the champ vigorously, once again
catching Watanabe’s face with combinations. Watanabe attempted
a front choke, but MIKU landed in side position and eventually
got Watanabe’s back and the rear naked choke. Watanabe defended
well and escaped the submission attempt. The remaining time in
the match saw the champ go for some armbars, but it was too little
to late. MIKU controlled much of the match, walked away with
the split decision, and the champion’s belt.
Fighter
Anthony McDavitt failed to make weight and was replaced last-minute
by Minoru Tavares Tuchiya.
OFFICIAL
RESULTS:
Kim Dong-Hyun def. Hidehiko Hasegawa, R3 4:57 TKO
Miku Matsumoto def. Hisae Watanabe, Split Decision
Masakazu Imanari def. Kim-jong Man, R1 3:28 Submission (armbar)
Kazunori Yokota def. Minoru Tavares Tuchiya, R1 3:53 Submission
(armbar)
Barbaro44 def. Makoto Ishikawa, R 2 3:12 TKO
Ryuichi Murata drew with Sojiro Ohrui
Yang-dong Lee def. Keigo Takamori, R1 1:57 TKO
Yuya Shira def. Kozo Urita, R1 2:42 Submission (armbar)
Takeshi Yamazaki def. Toshiaki Kitada, Split Decision
Yusuke Kawaguchi def. Iro Zeki, R1 1:06 TKO
Source: MMA Weekly
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Quote
of the Day
"Sour,
sweet, bitter, pungent, all must be tasted."
Chinese Proverb
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NEW
OPPONENT FOR JESS LIAUDIN AT UFC 75
Anthony
Torres Is In!
by Lee Whitehead
It’s all change for the Jess “The Joker” Liaudin
at UFC 75 as he faces Anthony Torres from The Ultimate Fighter fame instead of his
originally scheduled opponent Anthony Johnson.
Torres
will be remembered from The Ultimate Fighter series having lost
to Luke Cummo, but has amassed a 5-0 record in professional competition
including a recent win over Pat Healey at UFC Fight Night 6.
(The Ultimate Fighter fights are deemed as “exhibition matches”
and do not count towards a fighters pro record.)
Liaudin
has really been pushing himself in training and has moved over
to the United States in preparation for this bout working extensively
on his wrestling to compliment his background in Jiu-Jitsu and
Muay Thai.
The
UFC 75 fight is scheduled to take place Sept. 8 at the O2 Arena
in London. The main event of the evening features the first ever
title unification bout between UFC Champion Quinton Jackson and
Pride Champion Dan Henderson in the light heavyweight division.
Source: MMA Weekly
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The
Quest for Champions 2007 II
Sport-Pankration, Submission-Grappling, Continuous Sparring
St. Louis High School Gym
Sunday, November 18, 2007
*Added Events:
"Submission-Grappling" (All levels: Novice, Intermediate
and Advanced)
"Sport-Pankration" (Children, Junior and Adult Divisions)
Source: Event Promoter
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Hawaii's
Most Wanted August 10th!
HAWAII'S MOST WANTED
WAIPAHU FILCOM CENTER
FRIDAY AUGUST 10, 2007
DOORS OPEN AT 6:00 PM
HANS LEE (ANIMAL HOUSE) 175 WALTER WALKER (HSD)
KOLOA KAHALEWAI (TEAM ANILAND) 220 SHAWN NIAO (NATURAL BORN KILLAZ)
KAILIN CUREN (ANIMAL HOUSE ) 125 TISHAWN TAYLOR (NATURAL BORN
KILLAZ)
ISAAC ADAMS (ANIMAL HOUSE) 140 JARRID IHA (KODENKON)
ANDREW GANABAN (FREELANCE) 145 VANCE SHIROMA (HMC)
EMILIO LINQUESTOR (ANIMAL HOUSE) 160 BRYSEN VIVAS (HMC)
KAPENA VALENTINO (VALENTINO KICKBOXING) 155 RYAN CLAY (HMC)
BILLY TAKEUCHI (BULLSPEN) 125 SONNY ORTIZ (KUAPA FIGHT CLUB)
JUSTIN KAHALEWAI (TEAM ANILAND) 95 JASON HANASHIRO (HMC)
JAY BOLOS (ANIMAL HOUSE) 135 CHAD PAVAO (HMC)
CASEY POKAKAA (HAMMA HOUSE) 130 SHAWN ORTIZ (KUAPA FIGHT CLUB)
NYE DELASANTOS (MAILI SOJAHS) 185 CARL BARTON (HMC)
JUSTIN (ANIMAL HOUSE) 175 KAINOA (HSD)
KAHALEWAI (TEAM ANILAND) 50 ZION LISTA (HMC)
BLU MONTEZ (HMC) 200 YANCE (HSD)
JOEY (BULLSPEN) 105 SHAWN FIGUERA (NATURAL BORN KILLAZ)
RICHARD HIT TOO HARD BERNARD (HSD) 150 JUSTIN WONG (HMC)
ALL MATCHES AND PARTICIPANTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Thank You
Source: Event Promoter
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North
Carolina ready to regulate MMA
The IFL enters into $12.7 million USD financing. Update: The
stock went down to $0.65 USD/share the morning after this news
was released.
Here
are the weigh-in results for the IFL show that will take place
tonight in New Jersey. If you haven’t already done so, head
on over to MMA Predictions and make your predictions for the
fights on tonight’s IFL event.
Does
anyone know if there is an audio or video ad for the IFL 9/20
Hard Rock show in Seminole available online?
The
North Carolina state Senate has passed regulation for MMA, pending
the Alcohol Law Enforcement division of DCCPP coming up with
the rules for MMA regulation. The bill number is H1786 and here
is a PDF of the bill (useful for writers like Jeff Hamlin to
take a look at). There is a web page with all of the voting information
in regards to the bill.
Source: Fight Opinion
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Fedor
must make concessions for UFC?
With due respect to both sides, this is really a bunch of needless
whining. I’m sure the UFC would like nothing more than to
throw a couple hundred thousand dollars at Fedor and have the
number one fighter in the world in their pocket, and at the same
time I’m sure Fedor’s people would love to get a stranglehold
on the exploding Russian MMA circuit. Neither of these things
is going to happen though, and its time for both sides to pony
up and start making some concessions. Fedor will be just fine
without the UFC and vice versa, but both sides will be better
off working with each other and they know that.
Let’s
see… Vadim Finkelstein is on good terms with Vladimir Putin.
Putin is a man who does business on his own terms. Russia is
a market known for certain politics. I’d say Vadim has a
pretty good grip on the Russian MMA scene right about now, even
if it’s a money loser.
Source: Fight Opinion
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Quote
of the Day
"The
whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person
you were intended to be."
Oprah Winfrey, American Talk Show Host/Actress/Entrepreneur
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X-1
Today!
Falaniko
Vitale to showcase X-1 show not just fighting for fans and himself
but to fight for what he believes in and that's his passion to
help at risk teens. He is donating his purse money to a foundation
that he is running with the support of Central Pacific Youth
a non profit organazation. Niko will be the be the point person
for the West Oahu Project.
X-1
world events and South Pac will also join the fight with Falaniko
Vitale and donate a portion of our proceeds to help build the
foundation (west oahu project) You can also join the fight along
with our X-1 participants.
MMA:
2 Rounds - 3 Minutes: 190lbs
Rob Hesia (Team M.M.A.D.) vs. Brennan Kamaka (Freelance)
Grand
Prix Tournament Quarter-Finals:
MMA: 1 Round - 5 Minutes
Cory Gifford (Freelance) vs. Michael Brightmon (Gorilla House)
Grand
Prix Tournament Quarter-Finals:
MMA: 1 Round - 5 Minutes
Robin Clark (Hell's Fire) vs. Derek Thornton (Team Ronin)
Grand
Prix Tournament Quarter-Finals:
MMA: 1 Round - 5 Minutes
Chris Bernard (Team Uprising) vs. Kimo Lani (Bull's Pen)
Grand
Prix Tournament Quarter-Finals:
MMA: 1 Round - 5 Minutes
Andre Shaolin (Team Tiger) vs. Maui Wolfgramm (Team M.M.A.D.)
Grand
Prix Tournament Semi-Finals:
MMA: 1 Round - 5 Minutes
Andre Shaolin (Team Tiger) Maui Wolfgramm (Team M.M.A.D.)
vs. Robin Clark (Hell's Fire) Derek Thornton (Team Ronin)
Grand
Prix Tournament Semi-Finals:
MMA: 2 Rounds - 5 Minutes: 205lbs
Tait Fletcher (Jackson's Gym) vs. Augie "The Warrior"
Padeken (Waianae Valetudo)
MMA:
2 Rounds - 5 Minutes: 170lbs
Brenton Wolf (Team M.M.A.D.) vs. Bu Nahiwawa (Team Tiger)
MMA:
2 Rounds - 5 Minutes: 170lbs
Brandon Wolf (Team M.M.A.D.) vs. Shu Nahiwawa (Team Tiger)
MMA:
2 Rounds - 5 Minutes: 265lbs
Wesley "Cabbage" Correira (BJ Penn's MMA) vs. Deutsch
"Samoan Nightmare" Puu (South Pac Fight Club)
Grand
Prix Tournament Finals:
MMA:
3 Rounds - 5 Minutes: 170lbs
Mark Moreno (Bull's Pen) vs. Ross "Da Boss" Ebanez
(BJ Penn's MMA)
MMA:
3 Rounds - 5 Minutes: 205lbs
Marcelo Tiger (Team Tiger) vs. Vernon "Tiger" White
(Lion's Den)
MMA:
3 Rounds - 5 Minutes: 185lbs
Falaniko Vitale (808 Fight Factory) vs. Steve Renaud (No Limits)
Source:
Promoter
|
Island
Warriors Fighting Championship On Maui
Today!
Source: Event Promoter
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Shields
VS Charuto
We are confirming that Jake Shields and "Charuto" Verissimo have signed to fight
each other on the ProElite card in Hawaii. The fight will be
taking place on the 15th of September and will be airing on the
Showtime network.
"He's
a tough guy and I've been looking forward to fighting him for
some time now. We were supposed to fight each other about a year
ago so I'm happy it's now finally going to happen." - Shields
Source: Gracie Fighter
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Harris
Sarmiento
fights valiently, but loses to Bart Palaszewski in 3rd Round.
IFL 2007: Renzo vs Miletich in final
Pitbulls and Silverbacks win and will decide title in Florida
By: Luca Atalla
Even
without three starting fighters, the Pitbulls barked the loudest
in their backyard and guaranteed a spot in the final of the 2007
IFL season.
Before
a crowd of 7,017 people that visited the home of the Nets, the
Continental Arena, Renzo’s team sent the Tokyo Sabres packing
after winning the first three fights of the best-of-three confrontation.
Backed by Antonio McKee’s strong takedowns and the experience
of Vladimir Matuyushenko, the team from Tokyo managed to take
the remaining two points.
"Yeah,
he brought it to me,” said shrugging his shoulders Delson
Pé de Chumbo, who only managed to push the pace in the
final round, and lost the split decision. Both of them should
meet again in the under 77kg division of the GP.
Owners
of the two titles disputed in the 2006 mini-seasons, the Silverbacks
will be back to decide the league, after the Anacondas’s
devestating revenge.
With
the exeption of Benji Radach, who simply ignored the tough Gerald
Harris (on loan from the Wolfpack to fill in during Ryan McGiven’s
honeymoon), the Anacondas were not up to par with the focused
gorillas, which also opened the lead by 3 to 0, with wins (easy
ones for the last two) from Mike Ciesnolevicz, Rory Markham and
Bart Palasewski.
It
was up to the heavyweight Ben Rothwell to bang the final nails
into the coffin, with a devastating, or “vicious” knockout,
as he likes to say.
Miletich
and his champions were almost left out of the semifinal, and
needed the help of the Pitbulls, who in the last regular season
meeting, beat the Dragons and carried the Quad-Cities team. Now
the two will meet in Florida, on September 20, to decide who
takes the ring.
Pitbulls
3 vs 2 Sabres
Alexandre
Soca student, Deividas Taurosevicius, of Lithuania, had the best
fight of the night, beating one to the IFL’s greatest stars,
the Sabres’s Savant Young, in the judges’ decision.
Dan
Miller substituted Fabio Leopoldo and, with the powerful choke
above, put Dave Phillips to sleep and set the pace for the Pitbulls's
triumph (In the photo at the top of the article, Dab celebrates
with Renzo and his team).
Bryan
Vetell knew how to use his weight to dominate Wayne Cole and
take the fight in the decision: Pitbulls 2 to 0.
Pé
de Chumbo’s sprawl was not enough to contain the takedowns
of Antonio McKee, who took the split decision.
Silverbacks
4 vs 1 Anacondas
Experienced,
Bart Palaszewski (in the yellow shorts) took the fight to Harris
Sarmiento cleverly until the opportunity to finish arose, in
the third round.
The
best heavyweight in the league, Ben Rothwell needed only 13 seconds
to take Krzysztof Soszynski to the canvas and make the score
4 to 1 for the Silverbacks.
Miletich
team star, Rory Markhan did not disappoint and knocked Chris
Clements out in only 1m17s.
Mike
Ciesnolevicz (in yellow) beat Alex Schoenauer and opened the
score 1 to 0 for the Silverbacks.
Benji
Radach showed how he is one of the men to beat 84kg, running
over Gerald Harris and scoring the point of honor for the Anacondas.
Preliminaries:
Muay
Thai coach for the Pitbulls, Joe Sanpieri (yellow shorts) could
not hold out against the better ground game of Jason Palacios
and was submitted from the back.
With
the event taking place in his hood, the Ricardo Cachorrão
student Dante Rivera punished Nissim Levy with knees and ended
up winning in the mount, after the referee’s intervention.
Results:
Silverbacks
4 vs. 1 Anacondas
Mike
Ciesnolevicz (Silverbacks) defeated Alex Schoenauer (Anacondas)
by split judges’ decision
Rory Markham (Silverbacks) defeated Chris Clements (Anacondas)
by TKO (punches) at 1min17s of R1
Bart Palaszewski (Siverbacks) finalizou Harris Sarmiento (Anacondas)
with a guillotine at 1min06 of R3
Benji Radach (Anacondas) defeated Gerald Harris (Silverbacks)
by TKO (punches) aos 3min03s of R1
Ben Rothwell (Silverbacks) defeated Krzysztof Soszynski (Anacondas)
by TKO (punches) at 13s of R1
Pitbulls
3 vs. 2 Sabres
Dan
Miller (Pitbulls) finalizou Dave Phillips (Sabres) with a guillotine
after 1min30s of R1
Bryan Vetell (Pitbulls) defeated Wayne Cole (Sabres) by unanimous
judges’ decision
Deividas Taurosevicius (Pitbulls) defeated Savant Young (Sabres)
by unanimous decision
Antonio McKee (Sabres) defeated Delson Heleno (Pitbulls) by judges'
split decision
Vladimir Matyushenko (Sabres) defeated Tim Boetsch (Pitbulls)
by judges unanimous decision
Source: Gracie Magazine
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Judo
with a touch of MMA
Canto’s rival trained Jiu-Jitsu for 2 years to beat him
After
a contusion that removed him from the Pan-American Games on July
21, Flavio Canto recuperates. Yesterday, upon returning to teaching
class at the Rocinha center of Instituto Reação
(“Reaction Institute"), with a sling on his right arm,
the judoka received the crew from “O Globo". As conveyed
by journalist Ary Cunha, Flavio spent four days locked in his
home, taking morphine-based medicine to relieve the pain in his
dislocated elbow, during the semifinal against Travis Stevens.
“I’ve
gone through my days of mourning and now want to fight. For me,
this Pan was like the Olympics. It was in my hometown, with lots
of dear people to me watching. I am aware that I will never be
in an atmosphere like that again during my career,” said
Canto to the Carioca newspaper.
The
influence of other martial arts was decisive in the Pan’s
judo results, stated Ary, reporter for “O Globo” who
covered judo at the Pan: “Wrestling to take Leandro Guilheiro
down and our own Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to surprise Flavio Canto.
When everyone thought Cuba would be the great rival, the United
States’ team kept the unpleasant surprises for the Brazilian
judokas (...)," wrote Cunha on the 22nd, one day after the
two favorites for the gold suffered dramatic defeats to American
athletes.
“I
practiced Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for two years in the USA. It was
fundamental for my battle with Flavio Canto. It's just that I
would have liked to have beat him in another way, without him
being injured," said Travis Stevens, welterweight gold medalist
(under-81kg).
Guilheiro
fell victim to Ryan Reser’s counter attack in the lightweight
(under 73kg) final and took silver. "He used a typical wrestling
technique. Judo is democratic and I have to be prepared for that.
It was an oversight on my part," admitted Leandro in "O
Globo", further citing countries in Asia and Europe as examples
of using other martial arts in judo. “The judokas of Mongolia,
for example, use sumo techniques. The Russians use sambo to defeat
their adversaries. The diffusion of these arts is changing judo."
Source: Gracie Magazine
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Karl
Gotch dead at age 82
July 28th, 2007
God
of Pro-Wrestling, Mr. Karl Gotch, dies — Yahoo Japan HP
Report
here. The Sports Navigator report on Yahoo quotes the Observer
as its source on the story.
It
is so important to stress what an important figure Gotch was
in the history of Japanese professional wrestling, which led
to the transition to Mixed Martial Arts in that country. He trained
wrestlers in Japan in the 1960s, worked New Japan’s first
ever card at Tokyo’s Ota-ku Gym in March of 1972, and would
eventually become linked with the UWF system of wrestling.
Catch wrestling
fever
A
message from Antonio Inoki’s MySpace account (there is one
for the IGF) on the death of Karl Gotch.
I
am very sad to hear that my dear friend Mr. Gotch has passed
away. He has was a teacher, a rival, and a friend for me. When
I first left with a few wrestlers from Japan Pro-Wrestling to
form New Japan Pro-Wrestling, we had problems booking foreigners.
NWA was powerful in the USA back then and they had alliance with
Japan Pro-Wrestling later into All Japan Pro-Wrestling. I simply
formed New Japan Pro-Wrestling to carry on the torch of my mentor
Rikidozan that the pro-wrestling is the ultimate form of martial
arts and that pro-wrestlers are the strongest. Mr. Gotch had
the same belief with me and has helped me book foreigners into
NJPW. He has also taught me many submissions and techniques and
has trained a lot together. Together we had a great match for
the main event going against each other for New Japan's first
event. He was there also as one of my cornerman against M. Ali
supporting me mentally and physically training me for that fight.
He has not only helped me but other wrestlers of New Japan like
Fujinami, Fujiwara, Kido, Maeda, Takada, Sayama, and etc. With
the current wrestling industry being very entertainment more
than sports, I will be sure to carry on our beliefs that pro
wrestlers are the strongest through IGF and its partcipating
wrestlers. We will all miss you very much.
--Inoki--
Simon Inoki also released a statement.
I
am shocked to hear the bad news that Mr. Karl Gotch has passed
away. He was a true legend of pro-wrestling. Mr. Gotch is the
father of "strong style" and also believed in the concept
that pro-wrestling is the ultimate form of martial arts. He has
joined New Japan Pro-Wrestling from day one and was the main
event opponent for Mr. Inoki. He helped bring in many foreigners
into New Japan and also helped develop other great wrestlers
such as Fujinami, Fujiwara, Takada, Sayama, Maeda, and etc. Without
him, New Japan would of not made it. Japanese pro-wrestling would
of not come this far without him. Thank you for everything that
you have done for the Japanese pro-wrestling industry. We will
all miss you.
Josh Barnett also posted a statement.
Yesterday one of the main principles behind MMA in Japan and
the person who first brough catch to the Japanese wrestlers,
Karl Gotch passed away. Known as "Kami no Puroresu"
or "God of Pro Wresling"
Gotch
brought the Wigan style of catch wrestling to the Japanese when
he was the head trainer of New Japan Pro Wrestling's dojo. His
teaching has highly influenced many of the pioneers of MMA such
as: Founder of Shooto Satoru Sayama, Founders of Pancrase Minoru
Suzuki and Masakatsu Funaki, Founder of RINGS Akira Maeda.
I
was fortunate enough to meet with him last year in his hom in
Tampa. He was very stedfast in his ideals of wrestling and always
believed in "Conditioning being your greatest hold".
I learned much from him in our short time and more than anything,
just wanted him to understand that without him I would not be
the fighter that I am and that catch wrestling would carry on
through us, his great grand students.
His
legacy will be carried on through his students and their students
and so on. Gotch taught those that would eventually teach my
trainers and I will do the same.
We
miss you but you will forever be on the mat and in the ring with
us. Through wrestling, you are immortal.
Josh
Osamu
Nishimura (via Joe Malenko in Tampa) revealed to Nikkan Sports
that the cause of death for Karl Gotch was due to a cardiovascular
aneurysm that ruptured. Nishimura told the press that Gotch was
hospitalized a couple of weeks ago in Tampa with an acute pain
in the back/waist area and had emergency surgery, but did not
recover.
Source: Fight Opinion
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Closure
for Ed Fishman lawsuit
By Zach Arnold
According
to public court records in Clark County, Nevada, an order of
dismissal with prejudice was issued in the Fishman Companies
vs. DSE Inc. lawsuit on July 25th (last Wednesday). It was a
five-page document. In other words, a settlement has been reached
and no further litigation will take place between the two parties
on matters brought up in the initial complaint.
Unless
a source close to DSE or Zuffa reveals how much UFC paid for
the PRIDE asset sale, we’ll never know what the business
figures were. Furthermore, no witness depositions took place
or were made public (which could have contained some interesting
information about true MMA insider hardball tactics).
Source: Fight Opinion
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STRIKEFORCE
MMA HEADS TO PLAYBOY MANSION
History-Making Event Brings Fastest Growing Sport To Illustrious
Home Of Entertainment Mogul Hugh Hefner
Beverly
Hills, CA; August 3, 2007…. Leading mixed martial arts federation,
Strikeforce, will produce a historic, first-ever mixed martial
arts event at the world-famous Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills,
California on Saturday, September 29th. Amongst those slated
for action at the home of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner
are undefeated Strikeforce world lightweight (155 lb. limit)
champion “El Nino” Gilbert Melendez and UFC and Pride
Fighting Championship veteran Josh “The Punk” Thomson.
The
10-bout fight card will also host the return of Strikeforce world
light heavyweight (205 lb. limit) champion and The Ultimate Fighter
season one runner-up Bobby Southworth as well as the return of
former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) star and Tough Enough
2 reality show winner Daniel Puder.
Loaded
with top caliber fighting talent, the one-of-a-kind affair will
also lavish each of its guests with a number of other memorable
experiences including a top-shelf open bar; a buffet-style gourmet
dinner; photo opportunities with Playboy Playmates; and a wine-tasting
party featuring the spirits of various gold-medal wineries.
A
poker tournament, open to a limited number of guests, will also
take place on the Mansion grounds on the evening of the event.
“This
is another leap forward into mainstream America for Strikeforce
and the sport of mixed martial arts,” said Scott Coker,
CEO of West Coast Productions, LLC, the parent company of Strikeforce.
For over 20 years, Coker has pioneered the growth of martial
arts in North America while presiding over his company that is
the exclusive provider of martial arts footage to ESPN and the
producer of some of the largest-scale fight cards in United States
history. In 2003, he was honored as “Man Of The Year”
by leading martial arts magazine, Inside Kung-Fu, for his ground-breaking
efforts to bring Japan’s K-1 fighting to audiences in Las
Vegas, Nevada twice annually. “We feel honored that Mr.
Hefner chose the Strikeforce brand to entertain an audience at
his home and we’re looking forward to putting on an incredible
show.”
The
event at the Playboy Mansion will be staged three months after
the Strikeforce co-produced “Shamrock vs. Baroni,”
extravaganza, the first mixed martial arts event to be distributed
live on SHOWTIME® PPV. Before a crowd of 10,850 at San Jose’s
HP Pavilion, former UFC middleweight champion and mixed martial
arts legend, Frank Shamrock, became the first Strikeforce middleweight
champion in history by choking out UFC and Pride veteran, “The
New York Badass” Phil Baroni, in the second round of the
star-studded fight card’s main event on Friday, June 22nd.
About
Strikeforce
Strikeforce
is a world-class mixed martial arts cage fight promotion which,
on Friday, March 10, 2006, made history 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 San Jose’s HP Pavilion,
played host to a sold-out, record crowd of 18,265. The rapidly
growing organization recently re-launched its website, www.strikeforceusa.net,
which boasts a bold new look and all-new features, including
video streaming capability. Since 1995, Strikeforce has been
the exclusive provider of martial arts programming for ESPN and,
after 12 years of success as a leading, world championship kickboxing
promotion, the company unveiled its mixed martial arts series
with “Shamrock vs. Gracie.”
For
More Information, Contact:
Mike Afromowitz
Strikeforce
(917) 566-8754
muaythaimes@aol.com
Source: Mike Afromowitz
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Quote
of the Day
"You
only have to do a very few things right in your life so long
as you don't do too many things wrong."
Warren
Buffett, American Investor/Businessman/Philanthropist
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JEFF
CURRAN FINDS A HOME IN THE WEC
On Aug. 5, Jeff Curran returns to the WEC after nearly a five-year
absence. Curran recently signed an exclusive 4-fight contract
with the Zuffa-owned organization. “I’m pretty stoked.
It’s been a long six weeks of training and dieting. Looking
forward to a couple of days rest and then I look forward to fighting
it up.”
Having
fought in Pride, UFC, ZST, and the IFL, Curran is one of the
most experienced featherweight fighters today. The Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu black belt has had almost 40 fights at just 29-years-old.
Jeff is the owner of Curran Martial Arts Academy in Crystal Lake,
Ill. and is also the owner/promoter of three smaller MMA organizations.
The former Shooto America Champion has faced some very tough
competition and remains as one of the busiest fighters in the
business.
“[I
have] an eighteen month contract for 4 fights. That’s not
as active as I normally am. I usually get like 6-7 fights a year
or so. I’m looking to slow down and take a little more time
in between and just take higher profile fights,” said the
Relson Gracie National Gold Medalist.
A
natural 145-pounder, Curran spent most of his career fighting
physically larger opponents. Now that the “Big Frog”
has found a home in the WEC’s featherweight division, he
can focus on future matches in his respective weight class. “When
I started fighting ten years ago, I was fighting 170-pounders,
185-pounders. The whole reason of taking fights at 155 the last
few years was better money opportunity and better exposure on
bigger shows,” explained Jeff. “I’ve always felt
like I’m giving up a little something. Now that the 145-pounders
are starting to explode because of the WEC, I definitely don’t
think I’m going to jump around. I’m going to hang tight
here and see where it takes me.”
As
one of the most dominant champions in the WEC’s history,
Urijah Faber has a large target on his back. The level of competition
in the lightweight division has increased with the recent acquisitions
of Jeff Curran and Jens Pulver. Alongside many up-and-comers,
Curran finds himself among the growing list of potential contenders
for Faber’s belt.
“I
think Faber is an awesome champ. Any organization couldn’t
ask for anyone better. He’s got the whole package and he
knows the game,” commented Curran. “The WEC can’t
go wrong having him as the champion; they have so much to gain
when they bring in other guys to fight him. The person who beats
Faber now is going to be the man.”
“I’m
confident in my own ability and match pretty well with him,”
added the Illinois resident. “He’s kind of a ground-n-pound
guy; his strongest point is to take guys down. My guard is one
of the better guards in the business. I don’t get beat up
from the back; I win most of my fights from my back when I’m
there. I’m good at getting back to my feet. I’m good
at sprawling and stopping takedowns even more than before.”
Sunday
night, Jeff Curran will take his first step towards the WEC 145-pound
crown when he faces Hardcore Gym’s Stephen Ledbetter.
“I
really don’t know too much about him. I saw his most recent
fight against Steve Kinnison. Fighters can change their styles
from fight to fight. I don’t look past him at all; I take
him just as serious as the next guy,” stated Jeff. “Regardless
of who I’m fighting, my training doesn’t change. I
train hard; I work my standup, I work my ground, I work my conditioning.
I’m just going to go out there and let the cards fall where
they may.”
“I
am so happy,” elated Curran. “For years it's been ‘jump
from show to show’ and all I really wanted to do is have
a home; a place where I can work my tail off in order to become
a world champ. It makes me feel that all the 145’ers in
the world are going to get a main stage to show their stuff.
All in all, this just makes every fighter in my weight class
that much better and motivated to win. The quality is going through
the roof from here on out and I am happy as hell to be a part
of it.”
Source:
MMA Weekly
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Minotouro
won the bronze medal
Brazilian
hope to end with a long period without gold medal at Boxing in
Pan-American games, Antônio Rogério Minotouro Nogueira
was defeated yesterday by Robert Alfonso and won the Bronze medal.
Rogério Minotouro (+91kg) did not fight well as the other
combats, when he made a large distance at the score, with 17x2
against Enoch Romeo from Trinindad and Tobago and 18x6 against
Jonny Molina, from Veneuela at quarter-finals. Larger then Minotouro,
Alfonso controlled the fight and scored 4x0.
Source:
Tatame
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LONDON
CALLING: SATURATION POINT
We
are in a strange situation here in the U.K. The scene is suffering
from an over-saturation of shows, but without the attendees to
really push them forward. This point really hit home to me last
week when I was covering the Cage Warriors: Enter the Rough House
3 show up in Nottingham – the signs were there, but this
was the proof.
Traditionally,
most MMA show attendees were fighters, teammates, friends of
the fighters brought along via ticket sales and general fans
of the sport that usually train and attend whenever they can.
Cage Warriors were selling out places like the Coventry Skydome
back in 2005 with an attendance of roughly 3,500 people. At the
same time, Cage Rage was shifting the same amount of tickets
in the (now defunct) Wembley Conference Centre.
Cage
Rage sensed they were on to something big and re-evaluated their
business practices, moved into the 8,000-seat capacity Wembley
Arena venue next door, secured international talent, TV and PPV
support and really stepped up onto the international stage. Cage
Warriors were less fortunate and really struggled with venues
and local councils, forcing them to uproot their promotion and
find a new home in Sheffield, two shows in and they have to move
again because of Councils.
Bear
in mind that 2006 signalled the boom time in the U.K. for MMA
with shows popping up left, right and center; all clamouring
for talent, audiences and venues. Fighters were making their
debuts on shows having been training with established guys for
years, things looked rosy. But appearances can be deceiving…
What
you will ordinarily find, is that most people attending shows
in the U.K. tend to be the same people that were attending back
in 2005 (i.e. fighters, friends of fighters and teammates). Sure,
there has been a growth in these numbers, but it hasn’t
been a massive stride forward.
Now,
let me bring the UFC into this picture…
The
UFC is a global fight brand. It has been funnelling cash into
the U.K. scene and has really built itself a niche market, ironically,
one that steps slightly outside the usual attendees of the smaller
shows. You can’t move around the U.K. close to one of their
events and fail to see their advertising – this is exposing
their product to non-MMA fans, mainstream people shall we say.
And so, the UFC goes on to sell 14,500 tickets for one of their
events, made up of your traditional audience and the mainstream.
Still
with me? Good. Well, here is the problem: The mainstream audience
effect hasn’t trickled down to the smaller, start-up shows.
They are operating on a “build it and they will come”
basis and its not working. The attendees for these smaller shows
are the same as always and they don’t have the kind of disposable
income to attend every event and it’s getting to a point
where you can see an event every other week.
Case
in point being last week, we had Cage Warriors, Ultimate Force
and the cancelled Cage Boxing attempt all fighting for the same
attendees. Then we had a Muay Thai event in Nottingham featuring
fighters such as Paul Daley, Andre Winner and Wayne Buck –
guys that draw heavy ticket sales in that region. This impacted
on the previous weekend’s attendance, but spread the remaining
few across two shows. Were there any mainstream fans in attendance?
Not that I saw…
Back
to Cage Rage and how this affects them. Cage Rage is more fortunate
at being able to operate in the capital. They have a strong network
to tap into with a great deal of clubs based in the area and
their brand is starting to really pick up from a mainstream point
of view. They are the promotion most likely to benefit from the
mainstream pull the UFC is generating, although the last show
was down on attendance compared to normal (approx: 5,000 people).
It is more than likely to do with the timing of the show due
to summer holidays, school breaks and so on. But come September
we will see the full picture as it will be a busy month for MMA
in London with the UFC landing firmly in Cage Rage’s back
garden – this will be the true measure of were the U.K.
scene is at.
The
U.K. scene is fast approaching a turning point, one where it
needs to strike a balance between the amount of shows on the
scene and the market for attendees. The UFC is smart in that
it is securing an audience outside of the norm, but that is only
because they can afford to do so – and fair play to them,
its good business.
The
smaller shows need to really start working together to avoid
date clashes, share talent and spread their events out sensibly
so that they can avoid going under. The financial strain on the
hardcore MMA fan/fighter is too great to see all shows. Especially
if you factor into that equation the amount of money required
to train, afford supplements and equipment whilst maintaining
a job that in all honesty, probably doesn’t pay enough in
relation to the free time required to train to fight.
Source:
MMA Weekly
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Quote
of the Day
"If
my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the
baseball game."
Rickey
Henderson, American Baseball Player
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4th
Maui Jiu-Jitsu Open Tournament
July 28, 2007
For those who missed this tournament, we set an all time record
by finishing the tournament a little after 5 pm! The tournament
ran extremely smooth with at least 4 matches going at one time
and some times 6 matches going on during the Kid's division.
The staff did a great job at keeping the tournament moving and
the competitors put on a great show for everyone!
Don't
miss next year's event!
Results
Team
Competition Standings
1st
Place Maui Jiu-Jitsu 68 Points
2nd Place
Relson Gracie 44 Points
3rd Place Longman 38 Points
Brazilian Freestyle 22 Points
New Life Martial Arts 8 Points
KG Jiu-Jitsu 7 Points
Ka Mole Jiu-Jitsu 6 Points
Fight For Life 3 Points
BJ Penn 3 Points
Gracie Kailua 3 Points
Keiki
6-8yrs
1st
Place Josiah Patao (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
2nd Place Makoa Dasilva (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
1st
Place Maven Walker (Relson/Papakolea)
2nd Place Journey Enosara (Relson/Papakolea)
1st
Place Wailani Villas-Boas (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
2nd Place Imehana Villas-Boas (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
9-10yrs
1st
Place Micah Vanatta (Relson/Papakolea)
2nd Place Blake Cramer (KG Jiu-Jitsu)
1st
Place JD Walker (Relson/Papakolea)
2nd Place Noah Yap (Brazilian Freestyle Jiu-Jitsu)
1st
Place Micah Vanatta (Relson/Papakolea)
2nd Place Sunnie Saffery (Relson/Papakolea)
1st
Place Jeremiah Patao (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
2nd Place Blake Cramer (KG Jiu-Jitsu)
10-11yrs
1st
Place Slayden Lloyd (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
2nd Place Forrest Elmer (New Life Martial Arts)
10-12yrs
1st
Place Bobby Castle (KG Jiu-Jitsu)
2nd Place Edward Ai (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
1st
Place Neysha Laumatia (Relson/Papakolea)
2nd Place Sam Warren (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
12-13yrs
1st
Place Kaile Heredia (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
2nd Place Kobi Price-Bisera (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
1st
Place Bryan Peralta (Relson)
2nd Place Rex Hazuka (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
13-14yrs
1st
Place Hunter Hazuka (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
2nd Place Paul Pestana (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
14-16yrs
1st
Place Braden Rapozo (Ka Mole)
2nd Place Kainalu King (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
15yrs
1st
Place Aldene Sumic (New Life Martial Arts)
2nd Place Jacob Birch (New Life Martial Arts)
Adult
White
Belt
Super
Feather Weight (141 lbs.)
1st
Place Chris Aubrey (Longman Kona)
2nd Place Brandon Finley (KG Jiu-Jitsu)
Feather
Weight (154 lbs.)
1st
Place Chris Kono (Relson/Papakolea)
2nd Place Austin Rapozo (Ka Mole)
Light
Weight (167.5 lbs.)
1st
Place Darin Ho (Brazilian Freestyle Jiu-Jitsu)
2nd Place Luke Dumaran (Fight For Life)
Middle
Weight (181 lbs.)
1st
Place David Tirado (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
2nd Place Sulu Kahele (Longman Kona)
Med/Heavy
Weight (194.5 lbs.)
1st
Place Fredrick Puou (New Life)
2nd Place Aaron Moskua (Fight For Life)
Med/Heavy
Weight Masters (194.5 lbs.)
1st
Place Sage Spalding (Relson)
2nd Place Gilberto Castro (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
Heavy
Weight (207.5 lbs.)
1st
Place Kris Lieber (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
2nd Place August Zilisch (Fight For Life)
Super
Weight (221 lbs.)
1st
Place Anthony Chang (Longman)
2nd Place Richard Agdeppa (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
Open
1st
Place Anthony Chang (Longman)
2nd Place Andrew Francisco (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
Blue Belt
Super
Feather Weight (141 lbs.)
1st
Place Daniel Morales (Brazilian Freestyle Jiu-Jitsu)
2nd Place Kevin Kennedy (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
Feather
Weight (154 lbs.)
1st
Place Brian Pate (Brazilian Freestyle Jiu-Jitsu)
2nd Place Regi Morales (Brazilian Freestyle Jiu-Jitsu)
Feather
Weight Masters (154 lbs.)
1st
Place Robert Nagao (Relson/Kauai Technical Inst.)
2nd Place Sergio Lussich (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
Light
Weight (167.5 lbs.)
1st
Place Lindsey Arcangel (Relson/O2 Martial Arts Academy)
2nd Place Colin Messer (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
Middle
Weight (181 lbs.)
1st
Place Kawika Stewart (Longman)
2nd Place Brooks Navares (Gracie Kailua)
Med/Heavy
Weight (194.5 lbs.)
1st
Place Gavin Pamarang (BJ Penn)
2nd Place
Lars Chase (Relson/O2 Martial Arts Academy)
Super
Heavy (221 lbs.)
1st
Place Blane Dorton (Relson/O2 Martial Arts Academy)
2nd Place Russel Morita (KG Jiu-Jitsu)
Absolute
(222+ lbs.)
1st
Place Sam Streep (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
2nd Place Kelly Kobayashi (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
Open
1st
Place Blane Dorton (Relson/O2 Martial Arts Academy)
2nd Place J oel Bouhey (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
Women
Open
1st
Place Danyel Chirico (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
2nd Place
Nancy Kapiko (Relson/Papakolea)
Purple Belt
Feather
Weight (154 lbs.)
1st
Place Jake Scoval (Longman)
2nd Place Alfredo Vilas-Boas (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
Light
Weight (167.5 lbs.)
1st
Place Jonathan Moeller (Longman)
2nd Place Chris Andrion (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
Middle
Weight (181 lbs.)
1st
Place Pono Pananganan (Relson/Kauai Technical Inst.)
2nd Place Daniel Espinoza (Gracie Kailua)
Med/Heavy
Weight (194.5 lbs.)
1st
Place Alan Forsyth (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
2nd Place Kawika Ganancial (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
Open
1st
Place Jake Scoval (Longman)
2nd Place Jonathan Moeller (Longman)
Brown
Belt
Light
Weight (167.5 lbs.)
1st
Place Luke Hacker (Longman)
2nd Place Kaleo Lopez (Ka Mole)
Med/Heavy
Weight (194.5 lbs.)
1st
Place Jake Mapes (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
2nd Place Ermin Fergerstrom (Brazilian Freestyle Jiu-Jitsu)
Open
1st
Place Gilson De Souza (Brazilian Freestyle Jiu-Jitsu)
2nd Place Chris Nardi (Maui Jiu-Jitsu)
Black
Belt Exhibition match
Jeff
Glover (Las Vegas) defeated Aaron Moeller (Longman Kona)
Source:
Lee Theros |
SHIELDS
VS TRIGG? NOT YET
The rivalry between fighters Jake Shields and Frank Trigg is
something of MMA legend, but at this point fans are still going
to have to wait as current negotiations to get these two fighters
in the ring or cage together have stalled and as of now the fight
is not happening.
Jake
Shields spoke to MMAWeekly.com and commented, “I have the
contract in front of me and I signed it.”
The
contract is for a fight between Shields and Trigg that would
take place at a catch weight of 175lbs. Currently in the MMAWeekly
rankings, Shields is listed as a top ten welterweight, while
Trigg is ranked in the top ten at 185lbs.
When
reached for comment, Trigg responded that the fight with Shields
will not take place at 175lbs. because he simply is a 185lb.
fighter and the bout with Shields makes no sense for him at this
point in his career.
Shields
remains adamant that Trigg is avoiding a fight with him after
the two have verbally jabbed at each other since before the first
round of the Rumble on the Rock 175lb. tournament that took place
in January 2006.
Shields
advised MMAWeekly that he had the contract signed and ready to
go and had also spoken to Trigg’s manager, Rico Chipparelli,
about the fight.
At
this time, the fight remains unsigned and not happening unless
the two fighters can come to an agreement about a weight to fight
at.
MMAWeekly
will continue to follow this story as it happens.
Source:
MMA Weekly |
KEITH
KIZER, NSAC DRAW HARD LINE ON DRUG USAGE
Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer
recently spoke with MMAWeekly about drug use in mixed martial
arts. He specifically talked about the policies and procedures
of the commission on steroid use, recreational drug use, testing,
suspensions and fines as well as addressed specific positive
test situations that have occurred in the state of Nevada.
The
recent rash of positive drug tests in mixed martial arts with
fighters testing positive for an array for substances ranging
from steroids and methamphetamine to marijuana has raised the
question, how big of a problem are steroids and recreational
drugs in MMA?
"I
don't know. That's the problem I guess with any sport, you never
know how prevalent the drug use is within that sport. You do
your best to control it. You do your best to deter it, and that's
what we try to do and any other commission tries to do as well,"
answered Kizer.
Elaborating
on the dangers of steroid use in MMA and its prevalence, Kizer
said, "I don't know if there's a big distinction between
the sports. We've busted guys in kickboxing, mixed martial arts
and boxing with steroid use as well as recreational drug use.
It's definitely not limited to one sport.
“Now,
if it's more prevalent or not I don't know. I hear from people
that MMA because you have the wrestling aspect, you have the
grappling i.e. gripping, strength is important, that steroids
are more beneficial to a mixed martial artist than they are to
a boxer.
“Of
course we had the Fernando Vargas case which was the first big
time steroid case in boxing in Nevada. We had just recently Orlando
Salido who won the IBF featherweight championship in November
testing positive, so it happens in the other sports too. To me,
it doesn't really matter. To me, in all three of the sports we
regulate: kickboxing, boxing and mixed martial arts, one human
being is hitting another human being in the head and the body,
kicking them when it comes to MMA and kickboxing. That's the
difference I see. I don't see a distinction between boxing and
MMA or MMA and kickboxing.
“I
see a distinction between the unarmed combat sports that we regulate
and say track and field where you take steroids you run a little
faster, or you throw a javelin a little further, or in baseball
you throw a pitch a little further, harder or faster, you hit
a ball a little further. There's a world of difference between
that and hitting another human being in the head harder and I
wouldn't be surprised if one day if a fighter severely injures
his opponent, the winning fighter then test positive to steroids
and you see a district attorney file manslaughter charges against
the offending fighter. These guys have to realize this is serious
business."
Every
state has their own procedures concerning who will be drug tested
and Kizer explained how it's decided in the state of Nevada.
"Before July 1, which was our last budget, luckily we got
the legislature to give us more money to test more. What we did
was we tested every title fight and/or main event and we also
did some undercard bouts, nothing set in stone. I don't know
if random is the right word, but basically Marc Ratner and now
me as the director would go and pick two or three or four fighters
to test as well just based on luck of the draw, so to speak,
on these fighters. Now in some cases, like the first time I think
we had the UFC here, Marc tested everybody just because it was
a new sport and see what was going to happen with that, and we
go from there. I would say we probably test about twice as many
fighters as we did say two years ago. With this extra money we
have now it may be more as we go on. We definitely won't be testing
less."
After
the tests are administered, if an athlete's sample results in
a positive test the commission then has to decide what disciplinary
action to take. Kizer explained, "When we first started
testing for steroids we had kind of a period of leniency. It
wasn't amnesty by any means.
“It
was a situation where we first and foremost wanted to educate
the fighters that, look, regardless of what you hear, I still
see it on message boards on the Internet almost everyday some
knucklehead talking about steroids aren't bad for you and that
you can use steroids and perform if you do it the right way without
any short-term or long-term damage to you; that's just not the
case. Unfortunately a lot of these fighters believe that. There
are still a lot of myths and legends that fighters, be it boxers
or kickboxers or martial artists believe, some fighters still
believe you should drink only water. If you drink something other
than water it affects your performance negatively or vise versa,
so you want to educate the fighters and trainers first and foremost.
Then you have to do something to deter the use. We're not looking
to catch people on steroids. We're looking to deter the use so
that every test comes back with a legitimate negative, so part
of that process is testing, and if you find somebody, punishing
them. The most recent steroid suspensions have been nine months
from the day of the contest plus a fine from say 25% and 50%
[of the fighters' purse]."
Following
disciplinary action by the commission fighters can file an appeal
and a hearing date will be set. Discussing the appeal process
in Nevada, Kizer said, "We used to have a process about
a decade or so ago where the executive director, kind of like
California still does, the executive director would issue a penalty
and the fighter can appeal. I know if California, for example,
unfortunately some fighters appealed and Armando [Garcia] put
a one-year suspension on them and they appealed and the commission
greatly reduced that suspension, and now of course everyone is
appealing and hoping for leniency from the commission and hopefully
that trend will reverse.
“We
changed our regulations and statute years ago and to get around
that. I do not have the power to issue a suspension or fine.
The fighter comes into the hearing without anything against him.
It's a hearing. It's not an appeal process. It's the initial
hearing. They come forward and it's my duty as the executive
director to prove the case that they fought under the influence
of some sort of prohibited drug. Once that's proven than it's
up to the fighter to put forth some affirmative defense, hey,
you know I approve that someone slipped that into my drink the
night before unbeknownst to my knowledge, you know, a vindictive
former friend or trainer or something like that. We've never
had that raised, but I know it's been raised in track and field
before. Or they can come and say, look, I did it but I have some
mitigating factors and please be lenient on me and I throw myself
at the mercy of the court so to speak. That's the process that
comes out there.
“The
five commissioners then vote and they decided if there should
be a suspension. If so, how long? Should there be a fine? If
so, how much? Maybe it should be a revocation instead of a suspension.
They've also always said one of the conditions is you have to
provide a clean drug test before you can fight again in Nevada.
That's the process there. The fighter, if they lose the case,
they're free to appeal it to the district court."
Questioned
about retests after the fact, Kizer answered, "They're free
to do that, though I see no benefit of that. We had that with
Nate Marquardt. He did a retest I think about six days later
and it came back clean. All that means is you should have stopped
using steroids a week earlier. It would have been out of your
system. Your cycle was off by a week. Retests in that sense of
being a week later, or two weeks later, or three weeks later
is irrelevant. If you're using steroids, all that proves is you
probably did it intentionally. If you didn't know any better,
hey I was using a product and didn't realize it had steroids
in it, you should be very high in steroids when we test you.
It shouldn't be out of your system a week later. If it's with
you the day we test you and a week later it's gone, more likely
than not that means you intentionally took them and you just
messed up your cycle by one week.
“Again,
you don't stop taking steroids six months before the fight because
they don't help you then. You stop taking very close to the fight
where you want them to cycle out of your body. Best case scenario
for the cheater is if it gets out of their system the day before
the fight, or two days before the fight, so the retest in that
case makes no sense.
“In
fact, you could hurt yourself perhaps by doing that as I believe
personally, on a personal level, that Nate did in his case. Now,
on the flip side, retesting the same sample, the lab still has
the urine, I don't know how they do it in California, but I'm
assuming the urine they tested from Sean Sherk, the urine they
tested from Hermes Franca, there probably still is some of that
sample left. Now if a fighter wants that retested they're free
to do that. In fact, fighters have asked and have done that in
the past in Nevada. We have our lab send the sample to the third
party lab, a different lab, and they'll retest the fight night
sample. In all the cases we've done that, it's come back positive,
not surprisingly.
“That's
the situation there, but again if you're using steroids and you're
trying to cheat you'd be crazy to have it in your system a week
later. Of course you're crazy to have it in your system fight
night. That's what makes some of these cases like the [Royce]
Gracie case so strange to be such a high level. When we've busted
people for Nandrolone, their levels have been closer to Sean
Sherk's level than to Royce's level because arguably, I'm not
speaking for Sean, that's not our case, but arguably in some
of the cases we've had it looks like the fighter just missed
it by two days. Had he stopped taking steroids two days earlier,
he would have gotten away with it. That may have been the situation.
I'm not sure."
Marquardt
tested positive for steroids following his 'Ultimate Fight Night'
bout against Ivan Salaverry in August of 2005. There was a misconception
by many, including media outlets that it was a false positive.
That
was not the case. Setting the record straight, Kizer stated,
"Basically we've had two situations in there. We've had
the situation where fighters come in and they've been professional
after the fact like Stephan Bonnar and said, yes I used, and
Hermes Franca as I understand as well.
“We've
had other situations where fighters have come in like Nate and
said, hey I didn't intentionally take it. The same with Josh
Barnett, I didn't intentionally take it. It must have been in
some supplement I took. In Nate's case, he provided us with some
sort of andro-product he was taking. I typed the name of the
product into the Internet and I came back with I think Max Muscle's
website saying do not use this product in competition, you will
test positive for Nandrolone, so stop taking this well before
any competition. That was me typing it in Google search and I
think it was the number one or number two result coming back,
so if I can do it, the athletes can do it. That's my advice.
“Again,
we're not looking to catch athletes. We're looking to deter them
from using, so the athletes out there listening, use the Internet,
use your doctor, use your trainer. Find out if this stuff is
a banned substance or not. That's what happened with Nate, and
Nate came forward, and to his credit he provided the sample or
told us yeah I took this product. I didn't know it was banned
when I was taking it. So no, he intentionally used a product
that was banned though he didn't know that product was banned,
at least according to him. Again, it was kind of weird that he,
I still don't know why was it out of your system three days later?
If you were using this product, why wouldn't you have used it
up through your fight and then it would have been in your system
for several weeks later. His excuse, whether you believe it or
not was, well I didn't like what it was doing to me so I stopped
using it X amount of weeks out, which of course is roughly the
same amount of time you would stop using illegal steroids, so
you wouldn't get caught X amount of weeks out. So I don't have
a lot of sympathy for Mr. Marquardt, but none-the-less, he served
his time. He did his time, and we move forward with that."
Are
fighters who admit to their steroid use after testing positive
as opposed to denying it to the commission treated differently?
According to Kizer they aren't when it comes to fines and suspensions,
but it could be a factor in the future when attempting to have
their license reinstated.
"It
all comes into play. I've heard people say why don't you just
have an automatic suspension, an automatic fine? Well, you have
to take each case on a case-by-case basis. You've got to listen
to the mitigating factors, or in some cases the aggravating factors,
which could make it worse.
“I
can tell you for example, Fernando Vargas, he came in and said
I had no clue, and that could be. He may not have known exactly
that he was taking something that was banned, but he was in the
papers before the [Oscar] De La Hoya fight saying I've never
looked so ripped, I've never had this kind of definition before,
this is great, I'm in the best shape of my life. At the hearing
he's saying this guy I hired like three months before, he was
giving me a shake every morning, and he never told me what was
in it. I had no clue it was steroids. Come on. You know, he probably
didn't think, hey is this steroids, but he should have. And that
comes into play with the commission and it's decisions as well.
“I
think with respect to coming in and admitting it, it helps you.
I don't know if that necessarily gets you less of a suspension
because I'm not sure being brave and honest after you get caught
should really come into play as far as how much the fine and
how much the suspension should be for. However, it does come
into play going forward. When Mr. Bonnar comes back to Nevada,
just speaking for myself, I can't speak for the whole commission,
it's going to be a much more comfortable relationship than it
will if Mr. Nastula comes back to Nevada. It just depends. Every
year you go forward you get re-licensed and you've got to prove
your character. Coming forward and admitting your mistake, willing
to do whatever it takes to make up for it comes into play prospectively,
but I'm not sure it makes any difference retroactively."
New
supplements are being made and marketed every day, so what if
an athlete takes a product that is not on the banned substance
list, but it's use results in elevated Nandrolone levels?
"Yea,
that's the problem. We take the approach that you can only take
approved substances. So, just to get around that, you can't just
give someone a list of all banned products because like you said
new products are coming out all the time where they change one
little branch of an amino acid or something like that. If you
look at the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) prohibited list that
any athlete can go on www.wada-ama.org, you can find their prohibited
substance list for 2007, and it's very broad because of that,
to cover situations like that. The bottom line is, if you're
taking a product that tests positive for Nandrolone then you've
violated WADA's rules, you violated our rules, you violated the
California Commission's rules, you violated the New Jersey Athletic
board's rules; you're going to get punished."
Addressing
other specific positive test situations that have occurred in
Nevada, Kizer went on to say, "We've had a few athletes,
Josh Barnett, another guy I don't have a lot of sympathy for,
kind of had the same excuse. The third example, which I think
you're going to see with, it sounds like it's coming from Mr.
Sherk, which again may be a viable or not defense, we had with
Pawel Nastula. He came in with his attorney and said we looked
at the products he used. We checked them on the Internet. None
of them are banned substances, so they must have been contaminated
with some sort of banned substance unbeknownst to us. The problem
is they provided no evidence whatsoever.
“In
those cases, what happened was you don't test the sample you
have at home because then the athlete can open protein powder,
mix it with a bunch of steroids, take it and later say oh look
here's my product. Test it, you'll see it's mixed with steroids.
I don't know how it got in there. What you do is you get the
lot number, you contact the manufacturer, the manufacturer finds
some of the product he has that's opened. He sends it unopened
to a testing lab, they test it, and then they see whether or
not it got mixed unintentionally with some banned product. If
that's the case the athlete wins. That's happened in track and
field, and that may be the situation with Sean Sherk. I can tell
you in Nastula's case, his attorney said that but had no evidence.
I'm still waiting for him, he said that he's going to find what
Nastula's supplements were, contact a lab and have them test
it to see if they're contaminated or not. I've not heard back
from here and here we are almost a year later, so again I don't
give a lot of credence to that. If every athlete could just walk
in and say, shoot, my supplements must have been tainted. I have
no evidence of that, but they must have been tainted. If the
commission in turn says oh okay then we'll drop the charges against
you, obviously every athlete's going to say that, or there's
something wrong with them, when they get caught. That's an affirmative
offense that the athlete has to prove to us. If he can show that
I was taking protein powder which is not banned, or I was taking
Creatine which is not banned, and the lab made a mistake and
mixed it together with some steroids and I didn't know about
it, that's definitely a defense and we definitely want to hear
that. We've just never had that."
Nevada
was the first state to overturn a victory making it a No Contest
after Nick Diaz tested positive for marijuana use following his
Pride 33 match against Takanori Gomi. Asked about overturning
fight results based on positive drug tests and the reasoning
behind it, Kizer replied, "That's why we changed the rules.
The rule hadn't been there before and in most states it's not
there because the steroid testing is relatively new in all states.
I think we were the first to do it and it's only been four years
for us. In the past, the main reason steroids is illegal or prohibited,
just like marijuana, just like alcohol, just like aspirin to
take before a fight is because it puts the athlete at risk. It's
a danger to him. For example, aspirin can cause you to bleed
into your brain. Obviously marijuana and alcohol can change your
reflexes, slow them down, so you can get injured, or it could
numb the pain so you don't realize you're hurt. That's why we
don't let fighters, for example, to have cortisone shots into
their back or into their hand before they fight because they
can not realize they're hurt and they keep fighting and the next
thing you know they're permanently damaged. Obviously steroids
has negative health effects as well. If steroids were healthy
for every body we'd all be taking them just like we can take
a multi-vitamin which is healthy for you, but it's not, so that's
the first and foremost. But with steroids and some of these other
drugs you can affect performance as well, not just negatively.
Aspirin's not going to affect your performance one way or the
other, but it could affect your safety. These all could affect
your safety to the negative, but some of these drugs can affect
your performance, and steroids is an easy one."
Kizer
added, "We had a couple of guys get away with it, Nate Marquardt,
Josh Barnett, Tim Sylvia, but I think because of that the commission
decided, hey look, we have to ramp this up even more. We have
to deter it even greater. Taking away the win is probably the
best deterrent of all and more of a deterrent than the suspension
or the fine in some cases. It wasn't that long ago. Nate Marquardt
was the final straw, and we changed our regulations, and then
we were able to do it. But like you said, it's very rare that
someone on steroids actually wins the fight. They're taking steroids
because they think they need it to win the fight, and they're
usually right. It's going to be a rarity, but I can't imagine
a guy testing positive and the commission not taking away that
win. For other drugs I think it depends on a case by case basis.
With Nick Diaz' case, a very brutal fight, a fight where he was
able to retain his composure and deal with some pretty severe
injuries. Did marijuana help him deal with that, obviously it
didn't make him a better fighter, but did it help him keep his
composure? Did it help him with some of the pain issues? The
answer is who knows? At the end of the day do you resolve any
uncertainties in favor of the fighter who cheated, or on the
fighter who didn't cheat? The commission decided, no, we're going
to resolve any uncertainties for the fighter who followed the
rules, Mr. Gomi, and make it a not contest."
Keith
Kizer's stance on steroids in MMA is they're dangerous not only
to fighters' safety, but to his or hers long-term health. He
didn't hold back on his personal opinion about fighters who use
steroids when he commented, "The reason they do it is because
usually they're the underdog, or they don't have enough confidence
in themselves. They're cowards. They're cheaters, so they go
in there thinking oh my God I'm going to lose. How am I going
to feed my family if I lose? Or here's my chance to be world
champion, let me use steroids, or I want to retain my title so
I use steroids. We've had all these situations, so I don't think
they lost because they used steroids. I think they used steroids
because they're losers."
Source:
MMA Weekly |
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145lbs. Jacob Smith (Smith Taekwondo, Kaneohe) vs. David Rulloda
(Team Sit You Down, Waianae)
165lbs. Frank Kepa (Eastsidaz, Waimanalo) vs. Kia Hale-Gannigan
(Nakoa F.T, Waipahu)
130lbs. Taz Pave (Sit You Down, Waianae) vs. Kat (Team Ruthless,
Makaha)
185lbs. Alvin Kanehailua( Freelance, Nanakuli) vs. Josh Keanu
(Team Ruthless, Makaha)
Source: Promoter
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HFC's
Next Event Sept 8!
Our next
event is on Saturday, September 8, 2007 @ the Dole Cannery Ballrooms.
Doors open @ 5:30 and the show starts @ 6:00 p.m.
Take
Care and May God Bless you always.
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