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2006
November
Aloha State Championship
of BJJ
(BJJ & Sub Grappling)
August
Hawaiian Open of
BJJ
(BJJ & Sub Grappling)
Icon Sport 46
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
8/26-27/06
International
Masters & Seniors Championships
(BJJ)
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
7/22-30/06
CBJF World
Championships
(BJJ)
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
7/20-24/06
CBJJO World Championships
(BJJ)
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
7/?/06
RAZE MMA Fight Night 2
(MMA)
(San Diego, CA)
5/26/06
Icon Sport 45
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
5/20/06
3rd Maui Jiu-Jitsu Championships
(BJJ & Sub Grappling)
(Maui War Memorial Gym, Wailuku)
4/29/06
RAZE MMA Fight Night
(MMA)
(ipayOne center , former San Diego Sports Arena
San Diego, CA)
4/21/06
Rumble on the Rock
11: Grand Prix
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
4/15/06
UFC 59: Reality Check
(MMA)
(Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, CA)
4/7-9/06
2006
Pan-American Jiu-Jitsu Tournament
(BJJ)
(California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA)
4/6/06
Ultimate Fight Night on Spike TV
(MMA)
(Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV)
4/1/06
Punishment in Paradise
(Kickboxing)
(Sea Life Park)
3/25/06
Garden Island Cage
Match #3
(MMA)
(Kapaa H.S. Gym, Kapaa, Kauai)
Valley Isle MMA Event
(MMA)
(Maui War Memorial Gym, Wailuku, Maui)
3/18/06
Extreme Wars X-1
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
3/11/06
Hawaiian Championship
of BJJ
(BJJ & Sub Grappling)
(St. Louis H.S. Gym)
Full Contact Showdown
(MMA)
(Kahuna's Sports Bar & Grill, Kaneohe Marine Corps Base)
3/4/06
Kickin It 2006
(Kickboxing)
(Filipino Cultural Center, Waipahu)
UFC 58: USA vs Canada (MMA)
(Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, NV)
2/26/06
Pride
31: Unbreakable
(MMA)
(PPV)
NAGA Hawaii State Championship
(BJJ & Sub Grappling)
(Honolulu)
*Cancelled
until Summer*
2/25/06
Icon Sport 44
(MMA)
(Blaisdell Arena)
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March 2006 News
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Fight
To Defend Mixed Martial Arts In Hawaii!
The Hawaii Government is trying to ban or restrict MMA in Hawaii.
Please
contact your local representative and let them know that you
support MMA in Hawaii. Click the link below to look up your Representative
and his contact info!
HB3223
has been passed with Amendments. Basically the bill has been
rewritten to create a MMA Commission to regulate MMA in Hawaii
and passed on to the Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
and the Judiciary Committee for further hearings.
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all the details concerning the two MMA Bills by clicking here
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Quote
of the Day
"Happiness
is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't
even remember leaving open."
Rose Lane, 1886-1968, American Author and Journalist
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Video
Press Release on San Diego's First World-Class MMA event:
http://gofish.com/userVideoPlayer.gfp?gfid=30-1019652
PRESS RELEASE
Contact:
Patrick Freitas
RAZE MMA FIGHT NIGHT
Media & Sponsor Relations
(808) 375-1645
razemma@yahoo.com
RAZE M.M.A.
FIGHT NIGHT COMING TO SAN DIEGO
March 10, 2006 Honolulu, HI Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is the fastest
growing sport in America. Many would argue that it is the world’s
most exciting athletic competition. With an understanding of
the safety, legitimacy, and popularity of this flourishing sport,
the California State Athletic Commission opened its doors to
this flourishing sport in December 2005.
On Saturday, April 29th, 2006 Southern California will experience
its first world-class event as the promoters of two of the United
States’ oldest and most established MMA promotions –
Hawaii-based Icon Sport and Iowa-based Extreme Challenge –
come together for their collaboration, RAZE MMA FIGHT NIGHT.
This first-ever event will take place at ipayOne Center (formerly
San Diego Sports Arena) in the heart of San Diego.
More RAZE MMA FIGHT NIGHT updates will be distributed in the
coming week.
WHO: RAZE MMA FIGHT NIGHT
WHAT: San Diego’s First World-Class MMA Event
WHEN: Saturday, April 29th, 2006
WHERE: ipayOne center (San Diego Sports Arena)
Source: Patrick Freitas
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STRIKEFORCE:
Gracie vs. Shamrock
The HP Pavillion, California
March 10, 2006
A pretty amazing scene is ready to take place tonight as the
first ever MMA show in California will be held in San Jose. Promoter
Scott Coker is putting on the first ever MMA show under the Strike
Force Promotion Banner featuring Frank Shamrock against Cesar
Gracie.
Last
night the weigh-in's took place in what may have been the longest
weigh-in in the history of MMA. A three hour weigh-in was held
as the California State Commission took their time going over
paper work, paper work and more paper work, which frustrated
some fighters who had to wait three hours to just weigh-in.
After
the lengthly delay most of the fighters made weight. (A few of
them will weigh in this morning) The HP Pavillion is housing
the first ever show in California and has opened additional seating.
It's believe that 15,000 tickets have already been sold and a
few event coordinators told MMAWeekly.com last night that they
will open the arena to hold it's capacity of 17,000 seats.
Jimmy
Lennon Jr, who was the Master of Ceremonies, told the weigh-in
crowd that the event already has become the largest North American
crowd in attendance in MMA history with the tickets pre-sold.
One
other interesting note about tonight's event is the fact that
it's a coming out party for many former UFC fighters. Eugene
Jackson is returning to the fight game for the first time in
two years. Mike Kyle is looking to get back in the heavyweight
mix facing Krzysztof Soszynksi. Josh Thomson makes his return
to 155, while former WWE wrestler Daniel Puder makes his second
apperance in MMA.
Gilbert
Melendez looks forward to defending his Shooto title next month
in Japan by getting a warm up fight against Harris Sarmiento
tonight in San Jose, while Cung Le makes his MMA debut. Nathan
Diaz, the brother of Nick Diaz is also on tonight's card.
A
very confident Frank Shamrock looks to be in incredible shape
against Cesar Gracie. Gracie who was announced having a record
of 14-0 at the weigh in, tipped the scales at 181, while Shamrock
stepped in at 185.
WEIGH-IN'S
Official
Fight Order:
Prelims:
- Scott Graham - 195 vs Chris Yee - 198
- Anthony Juarez - N/A vs Nathan Diaz - N/A
- Jose Palacios - N/A vs Sean Bassett - 154
Main
Card:
- Crafton Wallace - 185 vs Ray Routh - n/a
- Harris Sarmiento - 155 vs Gilbert Melendez - n/a
- Daniel Puder - 222 vs Jesse Fujarcyk - 211
- Brian Ebersole - 185 vs Matt Horwich - 185
- Mike Kyle - 237 vs Krzysztof Soszynski - 250
- Eugene Jackson - 183 vs Jorge Ortiz - 182
- Josh Thomson - 155 vs Clayton Guida - 155
- Cung Le 183 - vs Mike Altman - 183
- Frank Shamrock - 185 vs Cesar Gracie - 181
Source: MMA Weekly
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HAWAIIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
OF BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU
Tomorrow
Saturday, March 11,
2006
Saint Louis School Gymnasium
3142 Waialae Ave - Honolulu, HI
Start Time: 10:00 AM / Rules Clinic
FORMAT: Gi & No Gi Sport BJJ Rules; Single Elimination /
DIVISIONS: Various Age, Rank and Weight
This year we're expecting some Pan American caliber medals, great
T-shirts as usual, and awards also going-out for 3rd place finishers.
The Hawaii Institute of Massage Therapy will be back to provide
all athletes with complementary massages.
REGISTRATION:
$60 Adults / $30 Kids (Applications available at weigh-in) -
fee provides entry to multiple divisions.
WEIGH-IN & REGISTRATION for Oahu Residents is FRIDAY, March
10th at: Site A) UH Athletic Complex Studio #4 / Noon-1pm, and
again at 7:30-8:30pm; or Site B) HKF Martial Arts Center (Waipahu)
@ 94-295 Pupuole St., 2nd Fl., 7:30-8:30pm (NOTE: All Oahu residents
expecting to weigh-in on Saturday could be turned away or assessed
a $10 late fee). Registration for Outer-Island Residents is SAT.,
March 11th at Tourney Site 7:30-9:00 am.
CONTACT:
223-9363 / 392-8330
or visit Website at www.brazilian-freestyle.com
E-mail: info@brazilian-freestyle.com
Source: James Tanaka
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Tickets
Almost Sold Out On Kauai!
Tickets are going fast, remember this is once in a lifetime event,
First ever womens MMA ever on Kauai
First ever outdoors MMA on Kauai
Largest card ever, 16 fights
Also
getting this much UFC/Icon Fighters to attend was a tremendous
feat with all their busy schedules.
Autographs,
weigh ins, Kukui Grove, March 24th 5pm
Event, Hanapepe Stadium, March 25th 5pm
See
you there!
Source: Event Promoter
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CUNG
LE READY FOR CALI'S FIRST MMA EVENT
by Mick Hammond
Since the announcement that California State Athletic Commission
had finally approved MMA rules for events outside of Native American
casinos, the community has been buzzing about the first state-sanctioned
event taking place this weekend in San Jose. Among the featured
fights on the undercard of highly anticipated showdown between
Frank Shamrock and Cesar Gracie is the MMA debut of San Shao
superstar Cung Le.
Le,
who had shot to fame through K-1 PPVs and via exposure on Martial
Arts specials produced by the likes of the Discovery Channel,
will be entering into a cage for the first time in his fighting
career to take on an old adversary in front of his hometown crowd.
Recently MMA Weekly caught up with Le as he finalized preparations
for his match to discuss the fight and his future inside and
outside the combat arena.
MMA
Weekly: It’s almost here, you’re just a few days away
from making your MMA debut, how are you feeling Cung?
Cung
Le: I’m very nervous but excited. I feel my preparation
has been well balanced from the stand up to the ground to the
takedowns. I’ve been working with the guys over at AKA (American
Kickboxing Academy), especially Javier Mendez working with my
boxing and Garth Taylor with my Jiu-Jitsu. I’ve got a lot
of good sparring partners there and all my students/fighters
who have stepped up and given me rounds.
MMA
Weekly: I understand you’re quite familiar with the opponent
you have lined up in this fight.
Cung
Le: Yes, I fought him back in 1999, he took a San Shao fight
against me on short notice. He’s a tough fighter out of
Houston named Mike Altman. I don’t know much about him as
an MMA fighter but I know him as a San Shao fighter. He’s
got really heavy hands and good takedown defense. He’s been
begging for a rematch for the longest time, ever since he took
the San Shao rules fight with me a couple years ago at the last
minute. He’s definitely looking for revenge.
MMA
Weekly: So we can definitely expect a real war with him wanting
revenge and you wanting to make a good showing in your debut?
Cung
Le: Yeah definitely, I feel that he’s going to come swinging
for the fences. He will be better shape this time, so he says,
and he doesn’t think I’m going to be able to take him
down, so we’ll see. I’m just looking forward to fighting
in the cage in front of a huge crowd. I hear that over 14,000
tickets have been sold, from my gym alone we’re probably
going to hit $80,000 worth of ticket sales for Scott Coker (K-1/ISKA
Promoter).
MMA
Weekly: How important was it for you to want to be a part of
this historic MMA card in your hometown?
Cung
Le: Very important, that’s a big reason I stepped up and
took this fight on because it’s history in the making. It’s
the first CSAC sanctioned MMA cage fight in California. Plus
it’s going to be in San Jose and so I want to get out there
and try it out and give the fans something to cheer. I’ve
always been a big fan of MMA, I always enjoy watching it and
going to the live events, so here’s the chance for me to
get in there and have a little fun.
MMA
Weekly: All right, let’s talk a little about what’s
going on with your career away from the sport for a minute. I
understand you’ve had a lot going on in your business life
lately.
Cung
Le: Business-wise the school is doing really good, the gym is
doing well, but what’s taking off for me is my acting career.
I was in Vietnam coaching the US National San Shao team, which
under my coaching, 10 fighters earned six medals, 2 silver and
4 bronze, which was the most we’ve ever brought home, when
I was told to call this guy about a movie.
Basically
my mother had called me at like 2 in the morning telling me to
call this guy, which I thought was crazy because I was coaching
the finals the next day, but she pleaded with me so I called
him. Two days later I was on a flight from Saigon to Hong Kong
to Chicago to Toronto and 25 hours later I was being driven to
the location of the set and was told I was the star of the movie.
MMA
Weekly: What can you tell us about that project?
Cung
Le: I’m not sure what the name is exactly because it’s
in Russian, but translated it means “The Final Fight.”
It’s going to open throughout the country in Russia and
will probably come out here on DVD. I became the main actor,
the hero of the movie, and my supporting cast is David Carradine,
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa who was the villain in Mortal Kombat, Eric
Roberts, Gary Busy, Oleg Taktarov (UFC vet), and Bolo (Yeung)
who’s worked with Bruce Lee. They’re already talking
to me about the next project we might be working on.
MMA
Weekly: With all the traveling did you have any chance to train?
Cung
Le: It was hard to be in New York for one week because it was
during the blizzard time, but I did get a chance to do a lot
of running and springs. One of my fighters came out to do a fight
scene and they basically let us spar for like three hours without
any gear while they were filming. It was pretty full contact
so I did get my sparring in and came home banged up [laughs],
so I got my work in.
MMA
Weekly: What about your fighting career, what do you see for
yourself in that part of your life this year?
Cung
Le: I’m going to take one fight at a time. There’s
a lot of great fighters in the MMA world and I’m just starting
on the bottom in this new arena with a big name already, but
I’m going to take one fight at a time and see what direction
the lord takes me to. I’m always going to be a San Shao
fighter at heart but once I cross into the MMA arena I would
hope the fans would consider me an MMA fighter.
MMA
Weekly: So we’ll be seeing you do this for quite some time
to come huh?
Cung
Le: I don’t want to jinx myself, I enjoy it but I’m
already 33 years old. So I don’t know how long I’ll
be it for, I mean I look up to Randy Couture, but I don’t
want to be fighting when I’m 40 years old [laughs].
MMA
Weekly: Understandable. Thank you so much for your time Cung,
we appreciate it. Is there anything you’d like to say as
we close out the interview?
Cung
Le: The first thing I’d like to say is I’d like to
thank all fans for their support not only to me but the world
of MMA and Martial Arts in general. I’d like to thank my
sponsor Xyience for taking care of me and giving me a chance
to train full time as a fighter and also giving me unlimited
supplies of NOX and supplements which helps in my training and
progression as an athlete and hopefully an MMA fighter.
I’d
like to thank Sprawl shorts for the shorts and support they’ve
given me and Cobb 28 as well. I want to also thank you and MMA
Weekly for the interview and for your support of me over the
last couple of years. I want to let the fans know that I’m
going to go into that cage and I’m going to fire both guns
and once the smoke clears I’m sure they’re going to
be happy with the fight that I’m going to put on.
For
more information on Cung Le and his USH! Fight Team and gear
please visit his official website www.CungLe.com.
Source: MMA Weekly
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Shogun
out of Pride GP Openweight
All
the expectation around the participation of Maurício Shogun
at Pride GP Openweight is now finally finished. Shogun went yesterday
morning to the doctor that is taking care of his injury, Dr.
Carlos do Vitta, and he said Shogun needs about two or three
months to get healed. Shogun got hurt during the fight against
Mark Coleman, at Pride 31. "I need to stay at home for about
45 or 60 days. I won't even take care of my physical condition.
The first stage of the GP takes place on May 5 and will be very
hard to me to be able to participate. I think that I'm out -
said Shogun, who after falling down he broke a bone of his right
arm.
Source: Tatame
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Quote
of the Day
"Optimism
means expecting the best, but confidence means knowing how to
handle the worst. Never make a move if you are merely optimistic."
The Zurich Axioms
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HAWAIIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
OF BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU THIS SATURDAY!
Saturday, March 11,
2006
Saint Louis School Gymnasium
3142 Waialae Ave - Honolulu, HI
Start Time: 10:00 AM / Rules Clinic
FORMAT: Gi & No Gi Sport BJJ Rules; Single Elimination /
DIVISIONS: Various Age, Rank and Weight
This year we're expecting some Pan American caliber medals, great
T-shirts as usual, and awards also going-out for 3rd place finishers.
The Hawaii Institute of Massage Therapy will be back to provide
all athletes with complementary massages.
REGISTRATION:
$60 Adults / $30 Kids (Applications available at weigh-in) -
fee provides entry to multiple divisions.
WEIGH-IN
& REGISTRATION for Oahu Residents is FRIDAY, March 10th at:
Site A) UH Athletic Complex Studio #4 / Noon-1pm, and again at
7:30-8:30pm; or Site B) HKF Martial Arts Center (Waipahu) @ 94-295
Pupuole St., 2nd Fl., 7:30-8:30pm (NOTE: All Oahu residents expecting
to weigh-in on Saturday could be turned away or assessed a $10
late fee). Registration for Outer-Island Residents is SAT., March
11th at Tourney Site 7:30-9:00 am.
CONTACT:
223-9363 / 392-8330
or visit Website at www.brazilian-freestyle.com
E-mail: info@brazilian-freestyle.com
Source: James Tanaka
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UFC
58 : Full Report
By UFC.tv - Thomas Gerbasi
LAS VEGAS – It was supposed to be Rich Franklin’s toughest
test yet, but after a five round battering of courageous challenger
David Loiseau at UFC 58 – USA vs Canada before 10,362 at
the Mandalay Bay Events Center, the only question has to be,
who has a legitimate shot to challenge the UFC middleweight champion?
The
unanimous five round decision read 50-42 twice and 50-43 for
Franklin, who defended his crown for the second time and did
it with a broken left hand - and possibly a broken foot and right
hand - from the second round on.
“It’s
the first fight where I’ve gone to a decision, so I’m
very displeased with myself,” said Franklin, who could now
be dubbed ‘The Punisher’ after his dominating performance.
Kicking
was the weapon of choice early on. Loiseau missed his first high
kick, but landed his second, producing nary a pause from Franklin,
who responded with a kick of his own that was in turn answered
by ‘The Crow’. Both decided to test their hands moments
later, and though Loiseau’s handspeed was superior, it was
Franklin who jarred the challenger and sent him sprawling into
the fence briefly. Loiseau answered with a flush shot of his
own, but Franklin took it well. With under 1:30 to go, Franklin
picked up his pace a bit, though many of his shots were deflected
or avoided by Loiseau. The respect both fighters had for each
other was obvious though, and it appeared that the combatants
were settling in for a long battle, something that almost didn’t
happen when Franklin put Loiseau on the deck at the bell with
a right to the jaw.
Looking
to follow-up on his good fortune from the previous round, Franklin
aggressively pursued Loiseau, who refused to engage when the
champion attacked. Loiseau then suffered a delayed reaction to
a punch from Franklin and the champ pounced and put the challenger
on the mat. Once the two rose, Loiseau, with a nasty knot over
his right eye and a bloody nose, was even less amenable to trading
with the champ, even turning his back on Franklin on a few occasions.
With under two minutes left, Franklin continued to dominate from
corner to corner as Loiseau’s legs didn’t even seem
to want to hold him anymore. With less than 30 seconds left,
Franklin went for the finish, slamming Loiseau and pounding him,
but the bell intervened.
Loiseau
opened up with some kicks to start the third round and make a
charge for the title, but again it was Franklin with a quick
takedown that turned into a sequence where he got Loiseau’s
back and looked to end the bout. ‘The Crow’ survived,
but when he rose, the knot over his right eye worsened and he
was cut over both eyes. After the doctor allowed the fight to
continue, Loiseau finally struck paydirt, knocking Franklin to
the mat with a left hook and suddenly putting the Cincinnati
native in trouble.
“I
wasn’t hurt, I wanted to create a little drama,” joked
Franklin. “That’s a lie. Dave clipped me.”
Franklin
was able to buy some time along the fence though, and he again
put it on the Montreal native, whose face was battered beyond
recognition. Loiseau, who was obviously having trouble seeing,
started to paw with his arm to at least touch Franklin and know
where he was, undoubtedly a bad sign, but he was able to survive
the third stanza.
At
the start of the fourth, the two combatants again touched gloves,
this time even smiling at each other in appreciation of the courage
both were showing. By the end of the opening minute, Franklin
again got Loiseau’s back and battered the courageous Canadian,
who refused to give in. A slam by ‘Ace’ at the three
minute mark didn’t help matters, and referee John McCarthy
was watching the fight closely, but when Loiseau rose, he was
ready to fight again. Franklin, way ahead at this point, took
the pace back a bit as looked to reload his guns for another
run in the final round.
Far
behind, Loiseau went for broke in the fifth, still throwing leg
kicks with brutal power. Franklin was just too strong at this
point in the fight, and he easily took ‘The Crow’ down
again. Loiseau tried to fight his way out of trouble, but Franklin
put him right back in a precarious spot and got his back once
again – usually a sure way to end a fight, but it was as
if Loiseau got it in his head that he would not give in at any
cost.
He
didn’t. And even though he lost his fight for the UFC middleweight
title, David Loiseau definitely earned the crown as the toughest
fighter in the world.
Georges
St. Pierre was the spitting image of a 9 to 5 businessman when
he entered the UFC Octagon at 5:08pm local time to warm up in
a suit, tie, and no shoes. But once he returned to fight former
UFC welterweight champion BJ Penn, he was all fighter, as he
survived a bloody pounding in the first round to win the next
two on two of the three judges’ cards and earn a split decision
in the highly anticipated bout that actually lived up to the
hype.
Scores
were 29-28 twice and 28-29 for St. Pierre, who earned a rematch
against current UFC welterweight king Matt Hughes with the win.
Penn, who entered the bout wearing the championship belt he never
lost in the Octagon, was disappointed with the verdict.
“I
just feel that I probably did more damage,” said Penn. “But
he fought well.”
Penn
- making his first UFC appearance in two years after a contract
dispute and lawsuit kept him out of the Octagon - was barely
able to contain himself as he awaited the opening bell, and the
roar of the crowd was ear-splitting. Penn came straight out at
his foe, looking to land a bomb, but St. Pierre kept his cool
in perhaps the biggest fight of his life. A flurry by Penn left
St. Pierre blinking his eye from an inadvertent thumb, but also
left his nose bloodied. “I “saw two BJ Penns,”
said St. Pierre.
At
the three-minute mark, the two clinched and St. Pierre walked
Penn to the fence and tried to work his knees. Penn responded
with knees of his own and fought off St. Pierre’s takedown
attempts. After a break, the two traded, and St. Pierre picked
up his pace with punches and kicks. Penn calmly stood in the
pocket though and picked at his opponent with accurate shots
that opened a cut under St. Pierre’s right eye.
“This
is the first time in my career I bled a lot and I learned a lot,”
said St. Pierre, who fought much of the fight with his face covered
in crimson. “I was really hurt in the first round.”
Looking
to turn the tide, St. Pierre came out fast in the second, shooting
out jabs and kicks that surprised Penn. After locking up again,
St. Pierre was finally able to put Penn on the mat, where he
worked from inside the Hilo native’s guard briefly before
standing and landing a couple of shots on the prone Penn. With
a little over three minutes left, both fighters stood and St.
Pierre was able to bully Penn back to the fence for a moment
before ‘The Prodigy’ fought his way back to the center
of the Octagon. Again, St. Pierre was able to land kicks, but
his strikes were having little effect on Penn, whose hands were
considerably heavier, though not as active. With under a minute
to go, Penn opened up a bit more with his back to the fence,
but it was St. Pierre who ended the round the strongest when
he took Penn down to the mat just before the bell sounded.
With
the fight seemingly up for grabs, the third began with both fighters
looking to trade, but it was St. Pierre who was able to outland
Penn, an amazing feat given the way the bout began and with the
amount of blood lost by the Montreal fighter. With under four
minutes left, St. Pierre scored his biggest takedown, picking
up Penn and slamming him to the mat. Penn was able to work his
way back to his feet, but St. Pierre put him right back against
the fence. At the 2:15 mark Penn went for his first takedown
of the fight, but St. Pierre avoided it adroitly and again smothered
Penn against the Octagon fence before taking him down again with
just under a minute left in the fight. Penn, a jiu-jitsu ace,
looked to submit St. Pierre in a last ditch effort on the ground,
but it was not to be.
“Do
the fans want to see me fight for the title?” asked St.
Pierre.
Yes
we do.
Middleweight
Mike Swick was forced past the 30 second mark for the first time
in the UFC but he still didn’t see round two yet, as he
submitted Quebec’s Steve Vigneault in the opening stanza
of their swing bout.
“I
gave him all the respect in the world and I trained like I never
trained before,” said Swick, a member of the cast of the
first season of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ reality show.
Swick
looked to make it three sub-25 second KOs in a row, but Vigneault
smothered his foe’s attack and held on until referee Steve
Mazzagatti broke the two. After another flurry that didn’t
hit the sweet spot, Vigneault again clinched until a break. Swick
was able to then land a flying knee, and while Vigneault held
the knee and brought Swick to the canvas, ‘Quick’ immediately
sunk in a guillotine choke and forced a tap out at 2:09 of the
opening round.
“That’s
a Swickotine,” said Swick. “It’s a little quicker
and stronger.”
In
another middleweight battle, Wyoming native Nathan Marquardt
outlasted Manitoba’s Joe Doerksen in a quality bout between
two of the most seasoned veterans in the sport.
All
three judges scored the bout 30-27 in a bout that was a lot closer
than the judges’ scores would indicate.
Marquardt,
looking to erase the memory of his less than compelling debut
win over Ivan Salaverry, immediately remedied that problem by
scoring with punches and kicks and almost securing a guillotine
choke, but Doerksen weathered the early storm and traded with
Marquardt evenly until the two tumbled to the mat with a little
over a minute to go. After a lull in the action, the fighters
stood and looked for openings on the feet, with Doerksen scoring
effectively with a couple of leaping punches to the head.
Doerksen
started off the second round much the way Marquardt began the
first, and he took his foe to the mat. Marquardt quickly got
out of trouble though and soon reversed his position on the ground
before the combatants stood again and traded for a bit before
another trip to the floor. This time around, Marquardt was able
to land a couple of strikes when Doerksen allowed him breathing
room, and continued his good fortune when on the feet moments
later. But just as soon as that line was written, Doerksen briefly
stunned Marquardt with a bomb to the chin, but was unable to
follow up. After the two wrestled on the mat, Marquardt stood
and had his bearings back, and he ended the round behind some
strong striking.
“He’s
got a tough chin,” said Marquardt. “I’ve caught
a lot of guys not as hard as that and they went down.”
In
the third, both fighters came on strong, with Marquardt gaining
the upper hand after sending Doerksen’s mouthpiece flying
with heavy shots and then putting him on the mat. After a brief
respite on the ground, referee John McCarthy stood the fighters
up, and again Doerksen was rocked by Marquardt. To his credit,
Doerksen stood in the pocket and fought back hard before tumbling
to the mat with ‘Nate The Great’ in tow. With the fight
apparently sown up, Marquardt ran out the final minute of the
bout, and moved to 2-0 in UFC action.
Mark
Hominick had plenty on his mind entering his UFC debut against
one of MMA’s pound for pound best, Yves Edwards, but with
his father’s fight against cancer inspiring him, the Ontario
lightweight upset the heavily favored Texan, submitting him in
the second round of a scheduled three rounder.
Both
lightweights immediately got to business, with Edwards landing
knees in the Thai clinch and Hominick fighting him off effectively
and continuing to stalk his foe. ‘The Machine’ was
cool under the pressure of his first UFC bout, and he was able
to land uppercuts while in Edwards’ clinch. Edwards remained
the consummate pro though, waiting for his opening while still
being busy enough to score points. Hominick appeared to gain
confidence with each passing second and aggressively pursued
the Texan, but Edwards showed the little extras that don’t
always appear in heavier weight bouts, including slick defense
and body punching with both hands.
In
the second, Edwards looked for the takedown, but Hominick fought
it off and responded with a flurry of shots that stunned his
opponent and put him on the defensive. Hominick’s aggression
allowed Edwards to succeed on a second takedown attempt, but
once on the mat, Hominick was able to sink in a triangle choke
that forced Edwards to tap at the 1:53 mark of the second frame.
In
undercard action…
In
the first lightweight bout in the UFC since 2004, Sam Stout showed
his ‘Hands of Stone’ as he pounded out a close three
round split decision over Spencer Fisher in a bout that showed
why the lightweight division has the most exciting fighters in
mixed martial arts.
Scores
were 29-28 twice, and 28-29 for Stout, who was scheduled to fight
Kenny Florian until a back injury forced Florian out and brought
Fisher in on three days notice.
The
bombs went flying instantly, landing with a thud, and after a
brief trip to the mat, the lightweight bombers got back to throwing
heavy shots. One minute in, Fisher scored a beautiful takedown,
but Stout immediately jumped up to this feet. Fisher walked forward
with little regard for Stout’s punching power and landed
a couple of flush shots before scoring another takedown. Fisher
effectively worked his ground and pound on the mat, but Stout
hung tough as he worked to better his position. Fisher stood
and scored with a kick to the chest, but that decision also allowed
Stout to get back to his feet and trade with his foe until the
bell.
Stout
opened the second round effectively, mixing in punches and kicks
from long range as Fisher pursued. Fisher’s face started
to show the wear of battle and he seemed to also be showing the
effects of being forced to drop to the 155 pound weight limit
from welterweight in just two days. ‘The King’ kept
moving forward though, scoring well with a knee on the inside
that caught Stout by surprise. The action didn’t let up
throughout the round, and Stout’s strong round brought the
first chants of ‘Canada, Canada.’ In the final minute,
Fisher got Stout to the mat again and almost sunk in a heel hook,
but the London, Ontario native escaped.
With
the fight's result hanging in the balance, both fighters stood
and looked for the shot that would turn the tide. Stout worked
punches and kicks well from long range, and Fisher tried for
the takedown but paid for getting inside by getting nailed with
quick 1-2s. With a little under three minutes left in the fight,
Fisher got his takedown, with Stout working his way out by the
two minute mark. When the fight went to the mat again with 1:30
left, Stout scored with some strikes, but Fisher soon worked
his way into side control. A move to full mount was avoided as
Stout pushed his tired foe off and jumped to his feet, where
the bout ended with a rousing cheer from the crowd.
The
wait to get to the UFC was a long one, but for Jason ‘The
Punisher’ Lambert it was worth it, as he submitted ‘The
Ultimate Fighter’s Rob MacDonald in less than two minutes
in a light heavyweight bout.
Long
Beach, California’s Lambert – who owns wins over UFC
vets Marvin Eastman and Travis Wiuff - immediately came out looking
for the takedown, but MacDonald sprawled his way out of trouble.
Not for long though. Lambert slammed MacDonald to the mat, and
though the TUF 2 alum fought his way back up, Lambert dropped
him a second time and this time quickly secured a kimura, forcing
a tap-out at 1:54 of the opening round.
“It
was so tight I though I was gonna rip it off and take it home
with me,” said Lambert of the submission lock that ended
the bout.
In
the heavyweight opener, Tom Murphy, a cast member of season two
of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ reality show, got his first
UFC victory with a dominating third round stoppage of late replacement
Icho Larenas, who took the fight on one day’s notice after
original opponent Christophe Midoux was forced out with a hernia.
Looking
to make a good impression in his Octagon debut, Murphy struck
first, bulling Larenas into the fence and following up with a
loud takedown. From there, the Vermont resident worked on a ground
and pound strategy as Larenas simply tried to stall enough to
force a restart. He got his chance with 2:15 left, and both quickly
locked up and traded inside the Thai clinch and a clash of heads
left both men cut, with Larenas getting the worst of it as he
emerged with a nasty gash on his forehead. Murphy quickly pounced
and dropped Larenas to the mat again, where he opened up with
his right hand until the bell rescued the Montreal native.
The
second saw more of the same, with Larenas showing no defense
at all for Murphy’s takedowns. And once on the ground, the
TKO heavyweight champ was unable to deal with Murphy’s ground
and pound. After a standup by referee Yves Lavigne, the bout
was halted briefly to have the ringside physician check the cut
on Larenas’ hairline, but when action resumed, Murphy put
Larenas back on the canvas. After another standup, Larenas attempted
to show some offense as he swung for the fences, but after a
wild miss it was the same story as Murphy put Larenas down, got
side mount and opened up with an array of forearms.
The
chants of ‘USA, USA’ went up between rounds, and the
third round began the same way the other two started. Murphy
made a concerted effort to finish though, and after another series
of unanswered shots, Lavigne finally called a halt to the one-sided
bout at the 1:59 mark.
Source: Maxfighting
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Puder
Feeling ‘Tough Enough’ For
Shamrock vs. Gracie Challenge
New
York, NY….World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) “Tough
Enough” reality show winner, Daniel Puder (1-0), will return
to his roots when he faces Jesse Fujarcyk (2-0), in a heavyweight
contest during “Shamrock vs. Gracie,” California’s
historic first mixed martial arts fight card that will take place
on Friday, March 10th at San Jose’s HP Pavilion.
“I
want to beat down a lot of people (laughs), but I haven’t
set specific goals yet because I want to get past this first
fight,” said the 6 foot 3 inch, 235 pound Puder, whose blonde
hair, blue eyes, and surfer’s tan give him the All-American
look that the sport has sought in an effort to further its mainstream
appeal. A former protégé of “Shamrock vs.
Gracie” main event constituent, Frank Shamrock, the 24-year-old
has since been taken under the wings of American Kickboxing Academy
trainers Javier Mendez and “Crazy” Bob Cook as well
as Jiu-Jitsu expert Dave Camarillo. “It would be nice to
knock him out in the first minute or two or armbar him. I don’t
care if he takes me down or if he wants to stand up.”
The
pinnacle of Puder’s run on the UPN-televised reality show,
which aired between October and December 2004, came when he was
granted the opportunity to grapple with 1996 Olympic Gold medalist
and professional wrestling legend, Kurt Angle. To the amazement
of WWE officials and the millions of TV viewers looking on, Puder
successfully placed Angle in a “kimura” submission
hold, bringing about a tremendous upset victory for the young
contender.
Puder’s
first place finish on the show earned him a one-year contract
with the WWE, which he completed in October. “I probably
learned more doing WWE for one year than I did in five years
of my life just because I was on the road so much, I was by myself,
I got to read the Bible a lot,” he noted. “I got to
talk to a lot of my friends on the phone, but I wasn’t around
too many people, so it was a good time.”
To
date, Puder remains the only professional athlete officially
endorsed by Myspace.com. According to the fighter, his presence
on the wildly popular business and social networking website
helped him capture the attention and gradually win the affection
of “Tough Enough” viewers whose votes cast after each
episode influenced the process by which competitors were eliminated
from the show.
Puder’s
big heart holds more than his love for sport combat, which explains
why he dedicates a great deal of his leisure time to helping
the youth of Northern California. His two non-profit organizations,
“Puder Strength Training” and “Tough Enough Kids,”
the second of which sends him on hospital visits to lift the
spirits of terminally ill children, have had a significant impact
on the community. “It’s a big reason why I’m doing
professional sports,” he said. “Its nice to go into
to a hospital where there’s a dying 12 year-old sad as hell
and, when I walk in, he couldn’t be happier.”
Before
he became a recognizable TV star and hero, Puder made his professional
mixed martial arts debut in Japan on September 6, 2003. He earned
a three round unanimous judges’ decision over fellow American
Jay McCown.
The
13 bout “Shamrock vs. Gracie” card will be headlined
by the long-awaited showdown between bitter rivals Shamrock (20-7-1)
and Cesar Gracie (14-0) as well the mixed martial arts debut
of Cung Le (16-0), who will face seasoned veteran, Mike Altman
(19-8). Rising stars and former collegiate wrestling standouts
Josh “The Punk” Thomson (10-1) and Clayton Guida (19-3)
will square off with each other while undefeated prospect, Gilbert
Melendez (10-0), will do battle with Harris Sarmiento (18-12).
Fan favorite, Eugene “The Wolf” Jackson (12-7-1), will
make his long-awaited return to action when he meets Jorge “The
Naked Man” Ortiz (7-2). In the event’s other heavyweight
matchup, Mike “Mak” Kyle (14-4) will take on Krzysztof
“The Experiment” Soszynski (9-4).
Tickets
for “Shamrock vs. Gracie” are officially on sale and
can be purchased at all Ticketmaster (408-998-TIXS) outlets and
Ticketmaster online (www.ticketmaster.com) as well as at the
HP Pavilion box office (408-287-7070). Fans can also purchase
tickets by logging on to the official “Shamrock vs. Gracie”
website, www.shamrockvsgracie.com, and clicking on the “Tickets”
link where a ticket order form is located. All completed forms
should be returned for processing to Ms. Julie Lin either via
fax: 408-863-0153 or email: juless8000@aol.com. Ticket prices
start at $30.
Doors
to the event will open at 5 PM Pacific Standard Time on March
10th. The first preliminary bout will begin at 6 PM.
The
“Shamrock vs. Gracie” bill is being promoted and produced
by Silicon Valley Sports and Entertainment (SVSE, www.svse.net),
a leading producer of major sporting and entertainment events
and the exclusive producer of such events for San Jose, California’s
largest entertainment arena, the HP Pavilion. SVSE’s many
properties include “Miller Lite Fight Night,” world
championship boxing; the National Hockey League’s San Jose
Sharks; and the annual ATP men’s professional tennis “SAP
Open” event.
Source: Maxfighting
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UFC
is a "Joke" and a "Shame"
Charles:
Here’s my take on the UFC USA vs Canada. I have watched
every UFC to date as well as all the PRIDE events. UFC 58 is
a joke... the match ups suck except for BJ coming back. Also
the 205 lbs class sucks for the UFC, and PRIDE has the top 205
lbers in the world. Liddell would lose to Shogun, Silva, little
Nog and Arona, and if anyone says he wouldn't... “F”
them and “F” the Iceman.
Brazilian top team rules and Liddell is the champ in weak 205
lbs class beside Babulu. (note: letter received prior to UFC
58 actually taking place).
Editor:
Hey Charles... Typically, Smokin Joe is our resident angry fan,
but your attack on the UFC is welcome nonethe less. We are about
exploring different views and drilling down on the issues. However,
I dop want to say, I am not sure that I follow your point. I
suppose your letter is just a general rant, which is fine. If
so, I will just say that UFC 58 was a fine card on paper. BJ
Penn returning was indeed something to watch, as is St. Pierre
no matter who he faced. Franklin/Loiseau was something I was
looking forward to, not to mention the return of the 155 lbers.
Also the chance to see Mike Swick back in action and if Nathan
Marquardt can get back on track to prove himself, both provide
us with some fights of value. I have always said, we don't need
8 main-event fights on one card... The main-event, a couple of
features, and some up-and-comers on the undercard is the right
formula... That is pretty much what we got. Some results were
expected, some were unexpected... For me, the Hominck/Edwards
fight was the biggest upset of the night. Congrats to Hominick
even though I personally could not see how he could win it. Good
stuff I would say.
Then what's with the redirection on the Chuck Liddell attack???
While it may be true that he is the top dog in a weak field of
205 lbers in the UFC, he has paid his dues against some tough
opposition and is worthy of a top 5 status. I have said this
before also... A Silva/Liddell fight is a pickem, and I feel
the same about Shogun, little Nog and Arona. Those guys could
beat Liddell, and he could most definitley beat them as well...
but then again, "F" me, right?
Bobby Lee
Rich, Excellent article you wrote on the UFCs questionable practices!!!
You covered all the questions that an educated fight fan asks
regarding the sad state of affairs that the fight game is in
today, especially the UFC. The first thing that jumps to mind
as far as current fights go is "How the hell are B.J. Penn
or GSP not fighting Matt Hughes for the title and Riggs is!!!!!!?
Even worse, how is B.J. Penn not still the champ after whipping
Huges' ass in convincing fashion!!!!?"
You'd think the most widely known MMA organization would try
to have some structure about it, but for every knowledgeable
fight fan there are 20 that just don't care what they see as
long as they see two guys going at each other. Quantity NOT quality
is the UFCs motto. What a shame! Keep up the excellent work.
Editor:
Hello Bobby, thanks for your letter. I am glad that you have
found some value in my previous letter responses. You may notice
from my response above (to Charles), I do think that the UFC
occassionally puts a together a show properly, and I have no
problem saying it and even defending them under those circumstances.
But that is just one show, and there is so much more that needs
to be done for the larger picture. As I have stated in other
articles, their overall direction is off, especially if one considers
them as the leader of MMA in the USA. I am not sure what any
of us can do to make a difference, but time will tell.
About the Welterweight Title picture. We know that BJ was stripped
of the belts so of course he did not come in as the champ. However,
I have illustrated why it really doesn't matter since the UFC
belt is merely an award that the UFC brass can pass around to
whomever they choose (the mentality seems to be, why not give
Riggs a title bout, since it essentially protects the champ and
gives him another title defense to tout). Really, what may have
been a more appropriate course, and this is a discussion I had
with another maXfighting reader, was that there should have been
a BJ/Hughes rematch for the title... then St. Pierre would be
in line as the next contender. This makes sense, even in the
murky world of the UFC Championship scene. But that is not how
it happened, and that is not how things work apparently. Logic
be damned, because Hughes is the TUF Coach this season, and we
can't have him potentially losing the "title" just
now.
The bottom-line is, and you hit it right on the head, for every
"educated" fan that is pained by these issues, there
are droves of casual fans and blind supporters who are satisfied
just to see the action (honestly, I think your 1 to 20 ratio
is a bit low, because even a number of long-term {I don't say
"educated" fans for this group} are willing to swallow
this stuff just because there are fights on regular TV... hooray!!!
Thanks again for your letter.
Source: Maxfighting
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Reports
are Buzzing Over the International Fight League's Debut
By Sean McClure
It is being reported that the International Fight League’s
(IFL) inaugural live event date has been confirmed to be held
at the Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey on April 29,
2006
Four
teams will compete in the first LIVE event. Each team will consist
of five fighters, one representing each weight division of the
International Fight League (lightweight, welterweight, middleweight,
light-heavyweight and heavyweight), and one head coach.
Team
Name / Coach
#1
The Silverbacks / Pat Miletich
#2
The Pitbulls / Renzo Gracie
#3
The Anacondas / Bas Rutten
#4
The Tiger Sharks / Coming Soon
Tickets
go on sale TODAY at 12pm EST and are available through Ticketmaster
Online!
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/02003C62CECF932F
http://www.ifl.tv
Source: Maxfighting
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Quote
of the Day
"The
successful person has the habit of doing the things failures
don't like to do. They don't like doing them either necessarily.
But their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their
purpose."
E.M. Gray
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Extreme
Wars X-1 2 Fight Card
Blaisdell
Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii
March 18, 2004
Fights start promptly
at 7:00 PM so come early!
MMA: 145lbs - 2 Rounds x 3 Minutes
Kevin Delima (Bulls Pen) VS Dave Moreno
MMA:
165lbs - 2 Rounds x 3 Minutes
Bryson Kamaka (808 Fight Factory) vs. Peter "Boy" Kahananuui
MMA: 210lbs - 2 Rounds x 3 Minutes
Randy Leuder vs. Derik Thornton
MMA:
145lbs - 3 Rounds x 3 Minutes
Albert Manners (BJ Penn's MMA) VS Lorenzo Coca
X-1
135lbs Championship Match:
MMA: 135lbs - 3 Rounds x 5 Minutes
Ed Newalu (808 Fight Factory) VS Lafayette Barelo
MMA:
145lbs - 3 Rounds x 3 Minutes
Eddie Yagin (Grappling Unlimited) vs. Donald Gonzalez Jr.
MMA:
160lbs - 3 Rounds x 3 Minutes
Jamal Perkins (808 Fight Factory) VS "Sugar" Shane
Nelson (BJ Penn's MMA)
MMA:
Open - 3 Rounds x 3 Minutes
Shane Carwin Vs Matt Nelson
MMA:
185lbs - 3 Rounds x 3 Minutes
Jay Carter (BJ Penn's MMA) vs. Joshua Ferriera
MMA:
205lbs - 3 Rounds x 3 Minutes
Walter Saliss Vs Jr Sua
MMA:
185lbs - 3 Rounds x 3 Minutes
Daniel "Death Roll" Higgins VS Fernando Gonzales
MMA:
Open - 3 Rounds x 3 Minutes
Miles Tynannes VS Reuben "Warpath" Villareal
Open
XMA: 3 Rounds x 2 Minutes
Mike Malone (Eastsidaz) VS Tupu AluAlu (Gee Yung)
X-1
155lbs Championship Match:
MMA: 155lbs - 3 Rounds x 5 Minutes
Harris Sarmiento (808 Fight Factory) Vs Kola Koka (Team MMAD)
MMA:
235lbs - 3 Rounds x 5 Minutes
John "The Bull" Marsh (228 St Gym) Vs John "Big
J" Kailiuli
X-1
170lbs Championship Match:
MMA: 170lbs - 3 Rounds x 5 Minutes
Ross "Da Boss" Ebanez (BJ Penn's MMA) VS Mark Moreno
(Bulls Pen)
Main
Event:
MMA: 210lbs - 3 Rounds x 5 Minutes
Marcelo Tiger VS John "The Machine" Lober
Source: X-1
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PRIDE
FC official statement regarding pay per views
PRIDE FC released a statement today addressing untelevised fights
and mismatches.
Here
at Dream Stage Entertainment we are looking for ways to improve
our products and services for you, the fan. We're always committed
to the goal of providing you with the best possible product,
whether through our live PRIDE Fighting events, pay per view
broadcasts, or through our line of merchandise. The information
that our fans provide us with helps us in our continuing process
of improving our quality of products and services.
In
the past, we have received complaints about all fights on the
card not being televised. To address this issue, we have a disclaimer
in our advertisements that states that all fights many not be
shown due to a limited three hour time slot set by the PPV company.
In addition, the order of the fights as they appear on the card
may not always be the same as the actual live event because the
fight order may not be preferred by Japan or the rest of the
world.
As
far as "mismatched fights" are concerned, mixed martial
arts is not limited to fighting in the same weight class as your
opponent. We allow practitioners of different sizes and weights
to compete against one another to prove who is more skilled and
which fighting styles are better.
Our
ultimate aim is to create action packed PPV's that our fans will
never forget. Keep in mind that we are reading all your emails
and taking them into account.
For
more information on PRIDE FC, visit pridefc.com!
Source:
MMA Fighting
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The
mentor, part 1
The story of grandmaster Carlos Gracie, the first Gracie to ever
learn Jiu-Jitsu
The Gracies’ first archenemy was no Japanese, but one tough
native. In the early 1900s, little Carlos, grandson of a Scottish
immigrant who had set up his home in Para, Belem’s capital,
didn’t think twice before challenging a wide-eyed, sharp-nailed
opponent. One would often see the kid play catch with an alligator
that lived in the river nearby. Gracie would always take the
edge: curious and owner of a keen sense of observation, Carlos
had noticed the reptile couldn’t see under water, only swam
in a straight line, and had to stick its head out in order to
make turns. By simply getting out of the direction of the animal’s
teeth, Carlos would always win.
This
and many stories were rescued by daughter Reyla Gracie and will
for the first time appear on the book where she wishes to tell
the story of the man born September 14th, 1902, and the first
family member to make contact with the martial art that, in all
of the blooming century, would be bound to the name Gracie. Jiu-Jitsu,
thus, was Carlos’s life (and vice versa) ever since his
father, Gastao, trying to canalize the energy of the boy who
seemed limitless, made him learn a new fight style with a Japanese
friend of his, Mitsuyo Maeda, a.k.a. Count Koma. At 14, thus,
Carlos began a saga that, to the whole world’s surprise,
would pervade academies and rings across the planet. Or could
anyone guess? “Out of all pupils Koma taught, and they weren’t
few, as he used to travel the world teaching, only one fully
understood the grandeur of that knowledge, adopting Jiu-Jitsu
as a profession. I believe my father had, since the very beginning,
a good idea of the thing he was learning. No wonder he created
a school that’s been lasting 80 years,” says Reyla,
who has been working on the book since 1999 gathering interviews,
press clippings, books and documents on the subject.
Indeed,
when Carlos became acquainted with Count Koma’s techniques,
in 1916, the young Gracie was still a developing personality,
much like Belem, which worked as an entrance to Brazil, with
influence of European and Japanese cultures, and on the other
hand was nearly wild, with Indians, woods and rivers where the
fearless would play. “Jiu-Jitsu gave my life a direction”,
Carlos used to say. Dedicated to the trainings and interested
in the techniques, it didn’t take long for Carlos to stand
out among the students. “Once, Count Koma needed a volunteer
to demonstrate a type of choke, and Carlos offered himself. The
professor declined and asked for another pupil, and afterwards
told dad: ‘You are going to be a champion, and are not here
to be choked,’” says black-belt Rilion, one of the
21 children of the patriarch. Despite Maeda’s constant travels,
Carlos kept his training rhythm stable, by beginning to practise
with another one of the count’s students, local entrepreneur
Jacinto Ferro. “The astonishing thing is neither Ferro nor
Loma set up an academy there, no pupil kept it up, and Jiu-Jitsu
pretty much vanished from the state of Para. The person who took
it back there, decades later, was someone who had learned at
the Gracies’ school in South-Eastern Brazil,” Reyla
recalls. With the family’s increasingly hard economic situation,
the father took Carlos, along with younger brothers Osvaldo,
Gastao, Jorge and Helio (the latter, 11 years younger than Carlos),
to try and make a living in Rio de Janeiro, then Sao Paulo and
then Belo Horizonte. At age 22, Carlos Gracie started to make
a living out of Jiu-Jitsu. It was the time of challenges published
on newspapers (“Want a broken rib? Look for Carlos Gracie,”
one of them read), of the search for opponents, of the birth
of mixed martial arts and of the suspicion by practitioners of
other styles. “He didn’t look like a fighter, but like
a chess player. He’d go to training in police academies.
As they thought nothing of him, he had to demonstrate the efficiency
of the art he believed in, that Jiu-Jitsu could do miracles and
that he himself was a good fighter,” says Rilion. Sister
Reyla adds: “Carlos was always against associating Jiu-Jitsu
with violence. Of course, in the beginning Carlos would place
the ads and challenge those huge stevedores because, in the 1930s,
there was the need of establishing an identity. That was when
such comments began: ‘The Gracies are invincible.’
‘The Gracies settle businesses with their bare hands,’”
she says amongst laughs. “But each historical moment is
different. When, in the seventies, Jiu-Jitsu became a sport,
there was no more need to prove anything. It’s like today,
when fighting or not fighting m.m.a. starts being a personal
choice; there is no longer the need there was in the times of
my father and Helio, when they had to prove Jiu-Jitsu’s
efficiency in the ring,” she concludes.
The
influence Carlos had over his children and siblings was, therefore,
much greater than fans can imagine nowadays. The old Gracie was
a teacher, a strategist, a promoter, an idealizer and the clan’s
creator – which Reylar intends to show in her book. “There
is the man and the work. My father’s work was Jiu-Jitsu,
family and nutrition, intertwined by his life story. The family
is also a legacy he idealized, a product of his mind. Simply
because the very project of making Jiu-Jitsu what it is today
depended on the family, so that it would be possible to perpetuate
the art,” says Reyla.
To
Rilion Gracie, the ten years without Carlos indeed left a few
gaps and many heritages: “One of the greatest heritages
he left was the power of discipline and will. I never saw my
father go by a day without exercising, and once he spent six
months going every day to see the sunrise at Cristo Redentor
[the gigantic statue of Christ atop a hill in Rio de Janeiro],
where he’d meditate. Every day, never missed it,” the
son recollects. “He was the family’s reference point,
the nucleus, and in the 80s, at the end of each tournament, everyone
gathered to evaluate each person’s performance, the rights
and wrongs. I felt when he died that changed a little. And he
never hit a child, nor said ‘Go, motherf., kick his ass,’
in front of opponents. He only let good things through. That’s
priceless,” he says.
Nothing,
however, deserved the family’s gratitude more than the nutrition
method elaborated by Carlos Gracie, for years, based on studies
and thousand of experiments. After making his children, nephews
and grandchildren listen to their bodies and eat exclusively
what is beneficial to the organism, it’s no exaggeration
today to say that the last half decade meant 50 years of success
of the Gracie Diet, whose basic principle is to avoid the excessive
acidity in the nutrition, which to its creator was the main cause
of the organism’s deterioration and consequent malfunction
of organs. Thus the diet endeavours to keep the meals’ PH
as neutral as possible, balancing substances by using the right
combination. Notwithstanding, reducing Carlos’ science to
this would be disregarding much of his work – one of the
things Reyla most worries about in preparing her father’s
story: “He anticipated many of the much-divulged discoveries
of today, like carotene’s beneficial role, a substance found
in the papaya and the carrot, the concept of free radicals and
orthomolecular medicine, not mentioning his pioneering role regarding
the habit of consuming acai, watermelon juice, coconut water,
vitamins,” she stresses. “And, when nobody spoke of
nutrition, he noticed how useful it was to cut off red meat before
Helio’s fights, since meat gives you explosion power, but
not long term resistance. The proof of the efficient didn’t
take long to ensue: didn’t uncle Helio fight a much younger
Valdemar Santana for 3h40m in 1955?”
The
interest for life and nutrition, like everything else in the
descendant of Scottish, was not random. Together with growing
suspicion toward traditional medicine, the specialist of the
blooming art noticed the need to, with the diet, look after the
main work tool, the body. Carlos Gracie, indeed, made four or
five famous fights, the last of which against Rufino, in 1931,
whose picture Reyla keeps with her life, and another one –
pure vale tudo (or ‘no rules,’ if you will) –
in Rio de Janeiro, against capoeira practitioner Samuel. “At
one point Samuel saw himself with no choice but to grab dad’s
testicles,” Rilion recollects. The most famous one, nevertheless,
was another Japan vs. Brazil classic, held in Sao Paulo, in 1924.
Against Geo Omori, self-proclaimed Japanese Jiu-Jitsu representative,
Carlos made his most memorable fight. Nearing the end of the
third three-minute round, Gracie gave the foe’s arm an inexorable
lock and looked at the referee, who told him to go on. Carlos
broke the opponent’s arm, but the latter paid no heed and
gave an unfocused Carlos a takedown, before the end of the fight,
which ended with a draw and mutual respect by the contenders,
in a time when fighters only lost bouts by tapping or passing
out.
Legend
has it, however, that the most unforgettable scene was played
by rooters from Sao Paulo, who threw their hats into the ring
as soon as the Brazilian broke the foe’s limb. “He
excelled at the armbar,” says a proud Rilion. “For
one thing is to apply it when the other guy is unfocused, but
Carlos would warn beforehand, ‘I’m going to beat you
by armbar,’ and the opponent would shrink their arm. Then
he developed a technique of getting to the arm when the adversary
knew they were gonna be armbarred. The way I see it, that was
the beginning of the perfecting of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, characterized
by leading the foe to erring, where the weaker can defeat the
stronger.”
Source: Gracie Magazine
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TRA
AND SPRATT IN CHUCK NORRIS' WCL
Chuck Norris’ WCL (World Combat League) is set to make their
Las Vegas debut this coming Friday, March 3rd at The Orleans
Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Among the talent involved in this
innovated new combat sport are MMA veterans Guy Mezger (coaching),
Pete “Secret Weapon” Spratt, and Tra “Trauma”
Telligman.
Below
is the line-up for the evening’s action which features team-based
involving five men and one women combat split up by weight division
in two three-minute rounds of action. This guarantees fast and
furious action in the WCL’s unique circular ring with no
ropes, cages, or any other obstructions, which allows the crowd
to see all the action!
DENVER
DESTROYERS (Jesse Finney) VS DALLAS DRAGONS (Guy Mezger)
Tim
“Irish Pride” Connors (Kickboxing and Golden Gloves
Champion)
VS
Luis Nazario (USA Extreme Champion)
Colby
Snyder (Kickdown Striking Champion)
VS
Freddie Poole (International Kickboxing Champion)
Kevin
“Hitman” Engle (2-Time National Kickboxing Champion)
VS
Pete “Secret Weapon” Spratt (MMA Veteran & International
Kickboxing Champion)
Travis
“Great One” Johnson (3-Time National Kickboxing Champion)
VS
Charles “Wolverine” Baines (North American Kickboxing
Champion)
Dusty
“Rhino” Miller (Pan-Am Champion)
VS
Tra “Trauma” Telligman (World MMA Champion)
Angela
“The Bomb” Hayes (Karate & Kickboxing Champion)
VS
Marily Martin (Tae Kwan Do Champion)
LA
STARS (Colin Van Deusen) VS LAS VEGAS GATORS (Dale Cook)
Hector
Santiago (World Karate Champion)
VS
Angel Huerta (3-Time World Karate Champion)
Randy
“Good Times” Pogue (World Kickboxing Champion)
VS
Thomas “Thunderkick” Longacre (Kickboxing Champion)
Mike
Pombeiro (World Karate Champion)
VS
Ryan “The Lion” Madigan (World Rated Kickboxer)
Raymond
Daniels (World Karate Champion)
VS
Ronnie “The Kid” Copeland (3-Time World Kickboxing
Champion)
Steven
Stienbeiss (K-1 Veteran)
VS
John “The Panther” James (Full Contact Tournament Champion)
Alicia
“Slick” Ashley (World Kickboxing & Boxing Champion)
VS
Jeri Sitzes (World Kickboxing & Boxing Champion)
Go
to www.WorldCombatLeague.com for further event info, video and
everything WCL.
Source:
MMA Weekly
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Quote
of the Day
"The
girl who can't dance says the band can't play."
Yiddish Proverb
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Fighters'
Club TV Episode 37 Airs Today!
Fighters' Club TV Episode 37 is cut and submittted to Olelo Programming.
This episode will air in our normal timeslot at 9:30pm, Tuesday
nights on Oceanic Ch. 52 (Olelo - Oahu).
It will also be available to order on Akaku in Maui from February
21st.
Episode
37 features:
-Highlights
from Icon Sport
- Jason "Mayhem" Miller vs Mark Moreno (+ interview
with Jason)
- KJ Noons vs Bryson Kamaka (+interview with KJ)
- Falaniko Vitale vs "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler
(+ interview with both fighters and special report by Tommy Dakota)
Technique
of the Week:
- Mauricio "Shogun" and Murilo "Ninja" Rua
demonstrate a Chute Box Clinch
(Translations from Tatame Magazine's own, Eduardo Alonso)
-
Footage from Icon's press conference with Jason Miller and Niko
Vitale
And
not to forget, Hawaii's two favorite FCTV hosts, Mark "Special
K"
Kurano and Mike "the Icon" Onzuka shooting on location
from the "Kicking it Up" event.
Comments,
Questions, Suggestions?
Please email us at: fctv@onzuka.com
MAHALO!
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Interview
with the Eastsidaz' Kaleo Kwan
By Brennan Kamaka
Were sitting here talking with Kaleo Kwan P.I.P Champion, How
is trainning going for your fight..
RIGHT ON SCHEDULE. IN THE GYM EVRYDAY TRAINING HARD.
Rumors
has that your opponent Zack Rapal is starting to become the publics
favorite going into this Main Event.
WHO YOU BEEN TALKING TO? NAH,…….. I`M REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO THIS FIGHT AND THAT`S JUST MORE FUEL TO MY FIRE...
EVEYTIME I GET IN THE GYM THAT`S GONNA GET ME TRAINING EVEN HARDER..
THANX.
Zack
fought SUPERBRAWL Veteran Eddie Yagin, And basically shocked
alot of people with his skills, Do you think his boxing will
cause problems in this fight for you..
THIS FIGHT IS RIGHT UP MY ALLEY, RIGHT WERE I WANNA BE, STANDING
AND BANGING. BOXING ISN`T NEW TO ME ,IT`S WHAT I LOVE TO DO…
Have
you been doing anything different for this fight knwoing his
a boxer and his coming in hunger...
FOR THIS FIGHT I`VE BEEN GETTING BACK TO MY ROOTS,REALLY HITTING
UP THE BOXING GYM HARD.AND HUNGERY, THAT`S MY MIDDLE NAME
You
signed a year with P.I.P how is that going, And what direction
you feel P.I.P is taking for 2006...
WELL THIS IS GONNA BE MY FIRST FIGHT ON THAT CONTRACT AND I`M
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR.WE GOT SOME GOOD EVENTS LINED
UP ALREADY TO KEEP ME BUSY..THE LAST EVENT WAS SOLD OUT AND I
WAS ABLE TO FIGHT IN MY HOMETOWN SO THAT WAS A PLUS FOR ME. I
FEEL THIS YEAR P.I.P IS JUST GONNA GET BIGGER AND BETER.
Any
predictions on your fight...
I REALLY DON`T KNOW ZACK OR HOW HE FIGHTS BUT IF HE`S AS GOOD
AS EVERYONE SAYS, IT`S GOING TO BE A WAR. EXPECT FIREWORKS CAUSE
I`M IN IT TO WIN AND I`M SURE HE IS TO.
You
wanna say anything to your opponent or fans
GOODLUCK DOGG, AND LIKE I TELL ALL OF UM “HOLD ON TO YOUR
SOX CAUSE IT`S GONNA BE A BUMPY RIDE” TO THE FANS THANX
FOR COMING OUT AND SUPPORTING THE LOCAL FIGHTERS DON`T FORGET
TO SUPPORT THE COMPANYS THAT SUPPORT THE SPORT. THEY ALLOW US
TO CONTINUE TO TRAIN AND FIGHT…ALOHA
Source: Brennan Kamaka
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UFC-IFL
Draw: Judge Denies Injunction, Extends TRO
by Greg Savage
LAS VEGAS, March 2 — Judge Valerie Adair of the Nevada District
Court issued a ruling extending the temporary restraining order
against the International Fight League (IFL) pending the resolution
of a narrowly crafted order between counsel for the plaintiff,
Zuffa LLC, and attorneys for the IFL.
Unless
both parties can come to a satisfactory arrangement regarding
said order prior to March 15, both parties could be back in the
Eighth Judicial District Court for a status check on the order.
UFC
President Dana White and UFC Chief Operating Officer/general
council Kirk Hendrick attended Thursday’s hearing on the
plaintiff’s side, while IFL founders Gareb Shamus and Kurt
Otto, as well as former Zuffa employees Keith Evans and Steven
Tornabene, sat on the defendant’s side of the aisle.
Adair
opened the 40-minute hearing with general comments regarding
where proceedings stood and set the table for the litigants’
representatives to address her concerns.
Addressing
Zuffa’s contention that valuable trade secrets were purposely
taken by former Zuffa and current IFL employees Keith Evans and
Steven Tornabene, Adair declared: “Truthfully, it seems
a little unlikely to me that this information is something that
these gentlemen, Mr. Evans and Mr. Tornabene … would have
just had as part of their job and working at home, nights, what
have you.”
As
for the scope of what Zuffa claims are “trade secrets,”
Adair made it clear that she had no problem figuring out the
target demographic for an Ultimate Fighting patron, one of the
broad assertions outlined by the Las Vegas-based promoter in
its complaint.
“When
this came in,” she told the court, “my law clerk came
to my office and she said ‘OK, how old do you think the
average [Ultimate Fighting patron] is?’ I got every single
one correct except for the age, which I guessed was a 24-year-old
male as opposed to a 26- [to] 30-year-old male. And so, you know,
I don’t know that a lot of this — let’s face it,
we’re not talking about the secret ingredient to Pepsi.”
This
is not to say she failed to believe there was some merit to Zuffa’s
claim that proprietary information was included in the materials
taken by Evans and Tornabene. Adair alluded to certain types
of information she felt were possibly protected, including “pricing
information.”
After
little discussion, Adair suggested that in lieu of a preliminary
injunction she would issue an order enjoining the IFL from using
any of the information in question. Dennis L. Kennedy (lead attorney
for the IFL) and Ike Lawrence Epstein (lead attorney for Zuffa)
agreed, but not before ironing out a couple of points.
Kennedy’s
concern resided in his belief that the IFL would be the target
of continued harassment by Zuffa if the order was not narrowly
worded.
“That
order will be used as a competitive weapon, as sure as I am standing
here,” he told the judge.
To
remedy this possibility, Adair barred Zuffa from using the extension
of the temporary restraining order in further business dealings
between now and the March 15 hearing.
Epstein,
in turn, alluded to the fact that his client’s suit is barely
a month old and that Zuffa is still in the early stages of research.
In what seemed like an effort to prepare the court for the possibility
that more evidence could be forthcoming, Epstein offered some
specifics of the ongoing investigation.
“We
have literally gone through thousands and thousands of records,”
he said,” and we haven’t even come close to finishing
all the forensic investigation we need to do.”
Zuffa’s
lead counsel went on to explain that he could not rule out a
return to the court.
“We
may be back in front of you, Your Honor, because we really have
not completed this investigation,” Epstein declared. “I
mean, literally, this really is the proverbial tip of the iceberg.
Adair’s
ruling allows Zuffa to keep the umbrella of protection offered
by the temporary restraining order. However, for at least the
time being, she opted against granting the preliminary injunction
sought by Zuffa.
Source:
Sherdog
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K-1
MMA... Could Be / Should Be Bigger?
By Takimoto
Mixed Martial Arts events are happening everywhere and often.
A large number of great fighters, are coming out of what is perhaps
the largest Martial Arts prize-fighting company inthe world...
K-1. But it is not just stand-up fighters like you may see on
cable TV, but it is also MMA with its show called K-1 "HERO'S."
So with the big hit that MMA is becoming all over, why isn't
K-1 really hitting the spotlight outside the Orient? The stand-up
(kickboxing style) fights have made it to many countries around
the world, with National Grand Prix's (Tournaments) leading to
the World Grand Prix tournament. These events are even broadcast
on TV in a number of countries... But not K-1's MMA format...
Why???
This
is a question that has come up several times for me. Even though
I am MMA sports writer, I still have several questions every
time I look into the media and what is happenning behind the
scenes. I ask why isn't K-1 getting enough exposure despite that
face it is the biggest fight promotion in the world. Please,
do not look at me wrongly - I am not disregarding any other good
fight promotion... I only would like to understand why K-1 does
not have an intense focus that in my opinion the other major
events do. Recently I tried to investigate the "why of it",
and my conclusions were that the lack of more international fighters
in the MMA version of K-1 has made the product less palpable
for fans and TV executives around the globe, as compared to the
K-1 Grand Prix (GP) events.
Brazil
is known like the land of MMA, and the US has been airing the
UFC and PRIDE on cable... with the creation of "HERO'S"
by K-1, I would thought there would be some big things happenning.
But the events are not available on PPV in either country just
mentioned, even t thought PRIDE is (a Japanese MMA promotions)
and despite the fact that K-1 Kickboxing is on ESPN somewhat
regularly. Has K-1 not pushed the matter with foreign media outlets
and cable networks??? Or have they been shut down due to lack
of an international representation in HERO'S???
For someone like the promoters, and fighters, and of course the
real enthusiastic fans the chance to see K-1 "HERO'S"
in more places will likely take some time. K-1 has been cooperating
with Rumble on the Rock, and perhaps there is an effort to penetrate
this market. As an up note, things do have the tendency of changing,
and we may see K-1 "HERO'S" hitting more foreign markets
soon (hopefully within the next 12 months). This will add yet
more competition for the MMA TV product, which will only benefit
all of us. One step in the right direction, is the broadcast
of a K-1 documentary in Brazil telling the story of K-1 since
1993 to nowadays. So if the things pickup in Brazil and are successful
(one of the main lands for MMA popularity) then we may see things
tune up in other places like the US, as well. We need to keep
an eye out for what is one of the most important and exciting
fight-promotions in the World... and hope that the globalization
of is MMA format occurs soon.
Below take a look-back in the results of K-1 GP held in Asia
on February 25th. The winner of this GP, Chin Bin Lim of Republic
of Korea, is automatically scheduled for K-1 World Max of April
5th. And also see, the line-up of K-1 Oceania World GP in Auckland
– New Zealand
K-1 ASIA GP:
February 25th at Busan - SOUTH KOREA
Reserve
Fight:
Sang-Soo Lim over Jung Hwan Jung by decision (3-0)
Asia GP Quarter-Finals:
Chi Bin Lim over Jong Yoon Choi by decision (3-0)
Sung Hwan Park KO'd Ulzikhutga Gantumur at '57 of R2
Soo Hwan Lee KO'd Jae Sik Choi at '24 of R1
Jung Woong Moon over Shingo Garyu by decision (Ext.R Decision
3-0)
Super Fight 1:
Virgil Kalakoda over Tae Woong Shin Bi (Ext.R Decision 2-1)
Semifinals:
Lim over Park by decision (3R Decision 2-0)
Moon KO'd Lee at 1:53 of R1
Special Fight / ITF Tae Kwon Do:
Andrey Krilov over Nikolay Petrov Kehayov by decision
Super Fight 2:
Andy Souwer over Pan Soo Kim by decision (3-0)
Final:
Lim TKO'd Moon at 1:30 of R3
K-1 WORLD GP 2006 in AUCKLAND:
March 5th in Trusts Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
Reserve
Fights:
Ben Edwards x Jay Hepi
Sydney Asiata x Matt Samoa
Super Fights:
Semmy Schilt x Peter Aerts
Ray Sefo Francois x "The White Buffalo" Botha
Oceania GP:
Poul Slowinski x Rony Sefo
Badr Hari x Peter Graham
Pola Mataele x Jason Suttie
Ciryl Abidi x Hiraku Hori
Source:
Maxfighting
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Maurício
Shogun "I want to fight with him again"
By Eduardo Ferreira
Maurício Shogun is already in Brazil to recover from his
injury (suffered during the fight against American wrestler Mark
Coleman at Pride 31). Shogun fell in his arm when Coleman put
him down and now waits the doctor opinion to know how long he
will have to stay away from the rings. "I was with my both
arms hurt and when I fell down my arm was out of his place. I
broke one bone and more some things. I did this week some exams,
but the doctor said that doesn't know yet how long it will take",
said Shogun in exclusive to TATAME.com. Read the full interview
below.
What
really happened to your arm? What the doctor said?
I
was with my both arms hurt and when I fell down my arm was out
of his place. I broke one bone and more some things. I did this
week some exams, but the doctor said that doesn't know yet how
long it will take. I need to do these exams for the doctor can
see better my case, so now I will wait for next week I can take
this out of my arm and I will start doing some physiotherapy
to get better soon.
Your
last fight was the one in the final of the GP in August of 2005.
During this period you taught seminars, rested and commemorated
the title. Do you think this disturbed you in your preparation?
How long time did you train to face Coleman?
In
any moment this factors disturbed me in my preparation. After
the GP I had some rest and I was back to help Wanderlei (Silva)
in his preparation for the Pride of the end of the year against
Ricardo Arona. After that, I spent two weeks in US doing some
seminars and I spent three weeks training hard to face Coleman.
I was in my best physical condition and for the first time I
fought without needing to lose some weight. I always have to
lose about 10 kilos and that time I didn't need that. I don't
think that it happened because of my preparation, which was a
fatality. I'm sure that I would make a great fight against him,
but I had bad luck.
Do
you think you could make something else to defend yourself when
he put you down?
Absolutely,
but at the time everything is so fast. When he came with his
leg I was waiting to attack, but he used the other leg and I
hadn't got any base and I fell down really bad. I saw lots of
people have been talking bad things about me, saying that I can't
defend myself, but I think that this is jealous of who doesn't
like the Chute Boxe and the union we have. By the way, I would
like to leave a message for all my fans, can I do that?
Sure
Shogun, do it...
I
want to say thanks to all my family, the Chute Boxe family and
to all my fans for all the support that they always gave me.
They make me fell strong to win all my difficulties and to conquer
all my objectives. They pass me this positive energy for I can
make all my dreams true. That is what I wanted to say. I want
to thank them all.
After
the fight, have you seen Coleman?
Yes,
we met. And he came to apologize me, but we didn't accept that
and master Rudimar (Fedrigo) took me to the hospital, because
I was feeling too much pain and I didn't see anything else. But
it seems that was a mess out of the ring. The energy in the ring
is huge, but he said a lot of bad things after the fight and
was very impolite in the ring.
Do
you wanna fight Coleman again?
Of
course that I want another fight against Coleman. When I'll be
feeling better, I will train to do this fight.
Source:
Tatame
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Coleman
accepts fighting Chute Boxe
Mark Coleman guaranteed that the confusion with the Chute Boxe
team after the fight between Maurício Shogun and him is
something from the past. During a press conference after the
Pride 31, Coleman remembered that everybody was hot because of
the dispute, "they were a little bit upset with what happened"
and understood Murilo Ninja, that went to the ring to protect
his brother. But the veteran of the Hammer House didn't forget
the possibility to face someone from Chute Boxe in a next Pride.
-
They will want to face me, I don't care. Let's do it in the ring,
professionally, for money. If Wanderlei wants to fight, let's
do it. If Ninja wants, let's do it. If Shogun wants another fight
against me, that's fine. These things happen and for me it isn't
a problem. I like Chute Boxe. Problems happens in this world,
but this is the time to life continue - remembered him.
The
problem between Hammer House and Chute Boxe happened just after
the Pride judge have difficulties to interrupt Coleman, that
wanted to continue the fight even after Shogun have bawled of
pain because of his hurt arm. Unhappy because of the American's
attitude, Wanderlei Silva and Murilo Ninja went to the ring and
they need to be hold by the Japanese security. "Phil Baroni
went to the ring as well, this happens. It wasn't the first time
that he made it for me, and I don't think it will be the last
one", said Coleman.
Source: Tatame
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Quote
of the Day
"Happiness
is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it."
Bernard Meltzer, American Law Professor
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Posted
on: Sunday, March 5, 2006
Saint Louis'
Low captures record 4th crown
By Wes Nakama
Advertiser Staff Writer
Saint
Louis senior Brandon
Low joined
Patrick Higa and Jonathan Spiker as the only four-time boys champions.
ANDREW
SHIMABUKU | The Honolulu Advertiser
After
one last set of blood, sweat and tears, Saint Louis senior Brandon
Low stepped into Hawai'i high school wrestling history last night
by becoming the first to win four individual state championships
at four different weight classes.
Low,
competing at 130 pounds, fought off two-time state champion Daniel
Morita of Kahuku, 8-4, before a screaming crowd of 2,484 at Blaisdell
Arena. Low won despite suffering a cut under his left eye midway
through the first period.
"It's
a huge relief," said Low, who joins Iolani's Patrick Higa
(1983-1986) and Saint Louis' Jonathan Spiker (2000-2003) as the
only four-time boys champions in the 40-year history of the state
tournament. "It's a fairy tale ending, it's everything I
could ever ask for."
Low
won his first state title three years ago by beating Morita,
8-4, at 112 pounds. Low then won the 119 crown as a sophomore
and the 125-pound championship last season. Morita had defeated
Low in a preseason tournament when both were freshmen, but they
had not met since the 2003 state final.
"I
felt I had a good chance to win, but he got that takedown (late
in the first period) and just won it from there," said Morita,
who won the 125-pound title in 2004 and the 135-pound championship
last year. "He played me smart; he knew I was a good outside
guy and I was trying to get a good five-foot gap (between us),
but he would always close it. It was a good match; I lost to
him my freshman year and hadn't lost to any Hawai'i wrestler
since, so I have a lot of respect for him. Win or lose, I think
we respect each other. He won, so he's the best."
Morita
did get to take home a gold medal, as Kahuku won its second team
state title in three years despite not having an individual champion.
The Red Raiders scored 188.5 points, outdistancing Punahou (166),
Saint Louis (144.5), Lahainaluna (130) and Kamehameha (117).
Kahuku
had four runners-up, three wrestlers in third place, one in fourth
and three in fifth.
"It
was a true team effort," Red Raiders coach Reggie Torres
said. "We didn't have any individual champions, but we placed
11 guys, and that was the biggest thing. They all displayed a
lot of heart. They're all hard workers, and even when they lost,
they battled, so I'm very proud of them."
Morita
advanced to the finals by defeating Punahou's Brendan Whitt,
6-2, in the semifinals earlier in the day. Whitt beat Low in
a preseason match last December.
"(Whitt)
gave me a good match, that was the most tired I was this season,"
Morita said. "But it was a good burn. I felt strong (going
into the finals)."
Morita
showed that energy immediately, attacking Low and scoring a takedown
20 seconds into the match to go up, 2-0.
"I
knew he was good on his feet, so I was looking to take him down
early and work from there," Morita said.
Low
said Morita was quicker than he remembered.
"He's
very fast, and very strong," Low said. "He almost has
the same style as before, but technically he's a much better
wrestler now."
Low
closed it to 2-1 with an escape, then got a takedown with 40
seconds remaining to go up, 3-2. Low suffered a cut below his
left eye after the two butted heads, and the match was delayed
while trainers examined the cut.
"It
actually motivated me more," Low said of the cut, which
caused blood to drip down his left cheek. "It was an intense
match already, but that made it even more intense."
Morita
said he did not believe Low would be affected by the cut.
"Every
wrestler will tell you, you don't feel the pain with that,"
Morita said, "especially in a match like this."
Low
went up, 4-2, with an escape early in the second period, then
took a 6-2 lead with a late takedown. Morita got an escape at
the end of the period to close it to 6-3, then got another escape
to close it to 6-4 early in the third period. That's how the
score remained until six seconds left, when Low scored a takedown.
Low
said the first-period takedown proved to be the key points of
the match.
"After
that takedown, the crowd got really loud and I felt it was my
match from then on," Low said. "I think that was the
turning point for me."
Low
improved his career record to 136-6. Higa and Spiker each won
at three different weight classes.
Ka'u's
Dylan Rush also joined elite company, winning his third individual
state title with a 3-1 victory over Mid-Pacific's Russell Fisher
at 275 pounds.
"When
I was in the seventh grade, I told my dad I want to be remembered
as the best wrestler ever from the Big Island," Rush said.
"He told me, 'Well, no wrestler from the Big Island has
ever won three state championships.' I finally did it, so it
feels great."
Waiakea's
Landon Kurata, Mililani's William Smithe and Kamehameha's Gerritt
Vincent each won their second state championship. Kurata (125
pounds) defeated Lahainaluna's Michael Viloria, 9-5, in a rematch
of last year's 119 final. Smithe defeated Maui's Jonathan Los
Banos, 4-2, in the 152-pound finals; he won the 145-pound title
last year. And Vincent defeated Kahuku's Clellan A'alona, 4-1,
at 189 pounds; he won the 171-pound title last year.
Source:
Honolulu Advertiser
Kahuku
boys win as a team
By Paul Honda
phonda@starbulletin.com
Midway
through the boys finals, contending coaches had already conceded.
The
highly anticipated drama between evenly balanced title contenders
was done early. Kahuku, they knew and confessed, ruled the roost.
The Red Raiders, without a single individual champion, rolled
up 188.5 points to win the Chevron/HHSAA Wrestling State Championship
last night at Blaisdell Arena.
"It's
good to win as a team. They've worked so hard," longtime
coach Reggie Torres Sr. said.
"Some
of them lost (in the finals), and it was heartbreaking, but it
was ultimately a team effort."
Punahou,
champion of the Interscholastic League of Honolulu, was runner-up
with 166 points. Saint Louis (144.5), Lahainaluna (130) and Kamehameha
(117.5) rounded out the top five.
"Between
us, Saint Louis, Punahou, Lahainaluna and Kahuku, everybody could
have won," Kamehameha
coach Chris West
said. "It was just a matter of who showed up. Reggie Torres
is an incredible coach."
Kahuku
got second-place performances by Daniel Morita (130 weight class),
Richard Torres (135), Nevin Kamakaala (145) and Clellan Aalona
(189).
Daymon
Carr (152) and Kaeo Alo (215) placed fourth in their divisions
to fill out a balanced Red Raider performance.
Punahou
fared well after winning its first ILH boys crown in 28 years.
The
Buffanblu crowned individual champions Bryson Fukushima (103),
Daniel Chow (135) and Mike Egesdal (171).
Brandon
Low of Saint Louis was spectacular, becoming the first wrestler
to win four championships in four different weight classes. Low
took the 130-pound championship with an 8-4 decision over Morita.
Low
finished the season with a 30-1 record.
"Now
I can eat a plate lunch," he said of the battle to stay
at 130 pounds. "I want barbequed chicken from Yummy's, and
some birthday-cake ice cream from Coldstone."
Dylan
Rush became a three-time state champion by outlasting Russel
Fisher of Pac-Five/Mid-Pacific in the 275 finals. Rush was a
two-time champ at 215 while at Konawaena. He transferred back
home to Ka'u for his senior wrestling season because he didn't
have a training partner to work with at Konawaena.
Rush
fought off the previously unbeaten Fisher and scored the winning
points in the final minute for a 3-1 decision.
Rush
became Ka'u's second individual champion ever. The first was
Andrew Louis, who won the state 119 title in 1978, and was present
for last night's Trojan win.
Lahainaluna
enjoyed the efforts of Travis Okano and Bailey Ball, who won
titles in the 119 and 140 divisions.
Team
standings
1. Kahuku, 188.5;
2. Punahou, 166;
3. Saint Louis, 144.5;
4. Lahainluna, 130;
5. Kamehameha 117.5;
6. Pearl City, 63;
7. Waipahu, 58; t
8. Mililani, Waiakea, 51.5;
10. Iolani, 48;
11. Castle, 45;
12. Konawaena, 42;
13. McKinley, 41;
14. King Kekaulike, 40.5;
15. Maui, 39.5;
16. Molokai, 35;
17. Baldwin, 32;
18. Moanalua, 30;
19. Roosevelt, 28;
20. Kealakehe, 27;
t21. Aiea, Kau, 26;
23. Mid-Pacific, 25;
t24. Damien, Radford, 21;
26. Nanakuli, 20;
27. Campbell, 18;
28. Hilo, 14;
29. Kaiser, 10;
30. Farrington, 9;
t31. Kapolei, Leilehua, 8;
33. Pahoa, 6;
t34. Kalaheo, University, 5;
t36. Hawaii Baptist, Honokaa, Kalani, Kamehameha-Hawaii, Kamehameha-Maui,
Waianae, Word of Life, 4;
t43. Maryknoll, Waialua, 3; t45. Hawaii Prep, Kaimuki, 1.
State
Champions
103 Pounds
Bryson Fukushima
Punahou
Championship
match
Bryson Fukushima (Punahou) def. Bryson Morita (Iolani) 3-0
Fukushima was utterly defensive, outdueling Morita in a battle
of the ILH's top sophomores.
Fukushima had a simple game plan.
"My strategy was just going all out," the ILH 103 champion
said.
Third-place
match
Kirk Shiraki (Mililani) def. Jordan Lau (St. Louis)
Fifth-place
match
Robert Herbst (Baldwin) def. Roger Ramones (Kahuku)
112
Pounds
Brandon Mina
Waipahu
Championship
match
Brandon Mina (Waipahu) def. Reid Oshiro (Punahou) 5-4
Mina trailed 2-0 before pulling out a thrilling win in the final
minutes against Oshiro. With 35 seconds left, he went ahead for
good.
Mina, a junior, faced Oshiro in preseason action and won then
as well.
Third-place
match
Michael Kamiya (Kahuku) def. Nick Matayoshi (Iolani)
Fifth-place
match
Mark Caberto (Saint Louis) def. Cody Gomes (Kamehameha)
119
Pounds
Travis Okano
Lahainaluna
Championship
match
Travis Okano (Lahainaluna) def. Kelii Palencia (Kamehameha),
pin
Okano (24-3) posted the lone pin in the boys finals, defeating
Palencia of Kamehameha with 1:03 left in the second round.
"I just worked hard. I used a low fireman, then I half-nelsoned
him," said Okano, a sophomore.
Third-place
match
Richard Okinaga (Waiakea) def. Bobby Thompson (Saint Louis)
Fifth-place
match
Royce Madarang (Waipahu) def. Maika Nagata (Punahou)
125
Pounds
Landon Kurata
Waiakea
Championship
match
Landon Kurata (Waiakea) def. Mike Viloria (Lahainaluna), 9-5
Kurata (23-0) continued to defy the odds that have followed him
all his life, winning his second state title.
"I can't believe we did it," said Kurata, who was diagnosed
with epilepsy at a young age. "I just went off medication
a little while ago."
He won the 119 title last year.
Third-place
match
Kiani Nishigaya (Saint Louis) def. Jaysen Patao (Baldwin)
Fifth-place
match
Sadrian Chee (Kahuku) def. Young Sub Suh (Moanalua)
130
Pounds
Brandon Low
Saint Louis
Championship
match
Brandon Low (St. Louis) def. Daniel Morita (Kahuku), 8-4
Low (30-1) came out of his win over Morita bloodied and bruised,
but smiling. "He's been chasing me since freshman year,"
Low said.
Morita went on to win titles at 125 and 135, while Low had three
titles in all going into last night's final.
Third-place
match
Brenden Whitt (Punahou) def. Lee Inouye (Roosevelt)
Fifth-place
match
Jordan Tanoue (Castle) def. Matthew Higa (Aiea)
135
Pounds
Daniel Chow
Punahou
Championship
match
Daniel Chow (Punahou) def. Richard Torres Jr. (Kahuku), 5-0
Another Buffanblu sophomore, Chow, was superb in a win over Torres
Jr, the OIA champion.
"I knew he likes to do a spadle, and I know how the move
works, so to stop it I took my head to the outside," Chow
said. "And he had no control over me."
Third-place
match
Michael Fujiuchi (McKinley) def. Kamaehu Matsuoka (Konawaena)
Fifth-place
match
Reynell Transfiguracion (Kealakehe) def. Shane Ahlo (Saint Louis)
140
Pounds
Bailey Ball
Lahainaluna
Championship
match
Bailey Ball (Lahainaluna) def. Pat Eglinton (McKinley), 11-8
Ball, a senior, capped a perfect season with a decision over
Eglinton.
Ball (29-0) won their previous match in preseason, 8-7. "Last
time, I got caught in a head-arm (lock). He kinda tried to throw
it again, and this time, I slipped out," Ball said. "He
was probably waiting 'til I got tired."
Third-place
match
Vincent Domingo (Kahuku) def. Josh Plechaty (Punahou)
Fifth-place
match
Michael Feliciano (Konawaena) def. Chris Kardos (Saint Louis)
145
Pounds
Nicholas Pait
Pearl City
Championship
match
Nicholas Pait (Pearl City) def. Nevin Kamakaala (Kahuku) 7-6
In one of the most dramatic comebacks of the night, junior Pait
(16-3) rallied for a go-ahead point with 7 seconds left to down.
Kamakaala had gone ahead, 6-5, with 23 seconds left before Pait
came through.
Third-place
match
Lake Casco (Lahainaluna) def. Kekoa Rosales (Kamehameha)
Fifth-place
match
Kenny White (Punahou) def. Fernand Baldonado (Maui)
152
Pounds
William Smythe
Mililani
Championship
match
William Smythe (Mililani) def. Jonathan Los Baños (Maui)
4-1
Smythe, a three-time OIA champion, captured his second state
crown. Smythe won at 145 last year.
"We used to wrestle together at Waikele when we were little,"
Smythe said of his foe. "I used my underhooks and two-on-ones."
Third-place
match
Lowen Tynanes-Perez (Campbell) def. Daymon Carr (Kahuku)
Fifth-place
match
Garrett Cockett (Moanalua) def. Cole Loewen (Lahainaluna)
160
Pounds
Bryson Vivas
Kamehameha
Championship
match
Bryson Vivas (Kamehameha) def. Clinton Manley (Molokai) 3-1
Vivas fought off Manley in sudden-death for his first state title.
Vivas nearly won in regulation with a takedown at 9 seconds to
go, but was ruled out of bounds. With 26 seconds left in sudden-death,
he took the tough Molokai junior for a wallop, and Manley suffered
an ankle injury.
Third-place
match
Ira Casey (Kahuku) def. Christian Pavo (Pearl City)
Fifth-place
match
J.J. Dollopac (Maui) def. Kapena Roy (Kealakehe)
171
Pounds
Mike Egesdal
Punahou
Championship
match
Mike Egesdal (Punahou) def. Landon Kerbow (King Kekaulike), 6-5
Egesdal, a senior, scored on a breakout with 2 seconds left to
win 6-5 over Kerbow.
Egesdal fought back into the match after trailing, scoring a
point with 1:10 left to tie after an illegal hold was called
on Kerbow.
Third-place
match
Chas Albino (Molokai) def. Kelii Ahquin (Castle)
Fifth-place
match
Truman Chun (Kamehameha) def. Charles Burd (Moanalua)
189
Pounds
Gerritt Vincent
Kamehameha
Championship
match
Gerritt Vincent (Kamehameha) def. Clellan Aalona (Kahuku), 4-1
Vincent, last year's 171 champ, capped a strong senior season
with a win over OIA champion Aalona.
It was Vincent's second win over Aalona this season.
"It was my toughest match all season," Vincent said.
Third-place
match
Brandon Martin (Nanakuli) def. Justin Akau (King Kekaulike)
Fifth-place
match
Nelson Fernandez (Roosevelt) def. Harrison Flores (Aiea)
215
Pounds
Jared Silva-Purcell
St. Louis
Championship
match
Jared Silva-Purcell (Saint Louis) def. Kazden Ikehara (Kamehameha)
5-4
Silva-Purcell edged his longtime foe, Ikehara.
Silva-Purcell won all four of his battles with Ikehara this season,
but none were easy.
Silva-Purcell scored the winning point with 10 seconds left.
Third-place
match
Reid Moser (Lahainaluna) def. Kalani Rios (Castle)
Fifth-place
match
Kaeo Alo (Kahuku) def. Kristopher Palea (Hilo)
275
Pounds
Dylan Rush
Ka'u
Championship
match
Dylan Rush (Ka'u) def. Russel Fisher (Mid-Pac/Pac-Five), 3-1
Rush (23-0) brought home the school's first wrestling title since
1978, when Andrew Louis was the state's 119-pound champion.
Rush
defeated ILH champion Fisher (17-1) in a thriller.
"Man,
a lot of it was just scrambling around," Rush said. "He
got tired out eventually."
Third-place
match
Shannon Saili (Waipahu) def. Tyler Laulifi (Pearl City)
Fifth-place
match
Edward Williams (Damien) def. Kyle Otineru (Saint Louis)
Source:
Honolulu Star Bulletin
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UFC
58: USA vs. Canada Results!
Mandalay Bay
Events Center, Las Vegas, NV
March 4, 2006
- Tom Murphy defeats Icho Larenas at 1:59 of Rd 3 by TKO ref
stoppage
- Jason Lambert defeats Rob McDonald at 1:54 of Rd 1 by Kimura
- Sam Stout defeats Spencer Fisher by split decision
-
Mark Hominick defeats Yves Edwards by triangle choke at 1:53
of Rd 2
- Nathan Marquardt defests Joe Doerksen by unanimous decision
- Georges St. Pierre defeats BJ Penn by split decision
- Mike Swick defeats Steve Vigneault by Guillotine choke at 2:09
of Rd 1.
- Rich Franklin defeats David Loiseau to retain his UFC Middleweight
title by unanimous decision
Penn vs
GSP Fight Recap by MMA Fighting.com
Georges
St. Pierre vs. BJ Penn
Penn
enters wearing his old belt!!!
GSP
enters dancing and having fun. Penn looks all business.
Round
1
Penn
gets a huge fan ovation as does GSP. Fans know this fight is
the big deal of the night.
Penn
nails punchs while GSP ties kicks that miss. BJ chant by crowd.
Striking by both with BJ poking GSP's right eye. Ref should have
checked GSP right eye. Blood on the nose of Gsp. Spinning backkick
by GSP but no damage. Penn doing more damage and has GSP off
his game a little bit. Circling, clinch and GSP pushes penn into
cage but eats a couple of knees to body. Short knees by both
to body. GSP tries single leg but Penn shrugs him off. Penn has
GSP bloody on nose and maybe...eye. GSP looking bloody and getting
hurt. Penn is being surgical and looks very relaxed. GSP looks
ok but can't seem to dodge Penns left fist.. leg kick by G. Body
shot by Penn. Jab by GSP connects but no damage. GSP hits a spinning
back kick but no power. Clinch as the round ends. GSP is very
frustrated and bloodied up. Looks like a big gash under his right
eye.
Ref
should have checked GSP's eye. Looks like it might have been
a Chxck style thumb from Penn.
Round
2.
Both
thowing punchs and GSP tries kicks. Penn still connects on the
left jab. Clinch and GSP tries to take Penn down and finally
does on second try. GSP in Penns guard. GSP hoping for gnp but
not getting it. Some small jabs to Penn's ribs but no damage.
GSP stands up and comes down with 2 punches that connect to Penn's
face. Penn very relaxed on the ground and he hops right up. Penn
is connecting at will with punches even though GSP is defending--Penn
gets thru. GSP's face is beaten up pretty good. Clinch at the
fence, knee by GSP and fist by Penn. Penn is way more comfortable
on standup than GSP. Nice roundhouse by GSP as they clinch against
the fence again. Penn blocks knees by GSP. They separate the
punch big at each other before clinching back again. More punches
at fence as Penn connects, but no real damage by GSP. GSP takes
down Penn and is in his guard as the bell rings. GSP face looks
like a Ric Flair crimson mask. Penn looks very calm in his corner
as Lindland lays down the law to him.
I
have both rounds for Penn but Bravo thinks GSP won round 2. GSP's
face looks like hamburger.
Round
3
Low
kicks by GSP connect, punches by Penn. Both connect on punches.
Clinch at fence and both throw fists. GSP seems to be handing
on and tiring (or can't breathe through nose). GSP tries single
leg and slams Penn down like Hughes--best move by GSP all night.
GSP in Penn's guard as they grapple for position. Penn jumps
right up and they clinch again. Penn seems to be countering more
at this point and GSP is trying hard. Penn takes GSP down at
the fence but he gets up and they clinch at fence. Fist and elbow
by Penn. GSP more active so far as Penn is playing the coutner
game. Takedown by GSP. GSP might actually win by the number of
takedowns he has exectued. Penn tries shoulder lock and is punching
the hell out of GSP's face. Elbow by GSP. Penn trying Omo Plata
but GSP gets loose. End of round 3.
Penn
wasn't nearly active enough in round 3 so GSP might get the decision
for the takedowns. GSP looks worn out and bloody while Penn looks
like he just finished a light sparring match. Penn did way more
damage than GSP but GSP wouldn't quit and showed tons of heart.
Bravo is saying GSP wins rounds 2 & 3 and thus the fight.
Here comes the decision.
Split
decision for GSP! Hughes seems happy with that outcome.
Rogan
interviews GSP as fans are booing for some reason. GSP shuts
down the crowd and says they are all one and he loves everyone.
He didnt win for Canada, but for him and his son. He puts over
Penn and asks fans if they want to see him fight for the title?
They cheer. GSP wins the fans over in the end.
Rogan
talks to Penn and thinks GSP lost which has crowd booing. Penn
says GSP fought well, but he (Penn) did more damage. No real
talk of what's next.
Rogan
talks to Matt Hughes in his Xyience tee shirt as Michael Clarke
Duncan applauds. Matt thinks GSP won the fight too. Rogan asks
about Gracie and Matt wastes and opportunity to pimp the Gracie
fight (May 27) by barely talking. He needs to watch Tito on how
to build up a fight.
Source: MMA Fighting
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HAWAIIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
OF BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU
Saturday, March 11,
2006
Saint Louis School Gymnasium
3142 Waialae Ave - Honolulu, HI
Start Time: 10:00 AM / Rules Clinic
FORMAT: Gi & No Gi Sport BJJ Rules; Single Elimination /
DIVISIONS: Various Age, Rank and Weight
This year we're expecting some Pan American caliber medals, great
T-shirts as usual, and awards also going-out for 3rd place finishers.
The Hawaii Institute of Massage Therapy will be back to provide
all athletes with complementary massages.
REGISTRATION:
$60 Adults / $30 Kids (Applications available at weigh-in) -
fee provides entry to multiple divisions.
WEIGH-IN & REGISTRATION for Oahu Residents is FRIDAY, March
10th at: Site A) UH Athletic Complex Studio #4 / Noon-1pm, and
again at 7:30-8:30pm; or Site B) HKF Martial Arts Center (Waipahu)
@ 94-295 Pupuole St., 2nd Fl., 7:30-8:30pm (NOTE: All Oahu residents
expecting to weigh-in on Saturday could be turned away or assessed
a $10 late fee). Registration for Outer-Island Residents is SAT.,
March 11th at Tourney Site 7:30-9:00 am.
CONTACT:
223-9363 / 392-8330
or visit Website at www.brazilian-freestyle.com
E-mail: info@brazilian-freestyle.com
Source: James Tanaka
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PUNISHMENT
IN PARADISE
Direction of 2006
Punishment
In Paradise is moving in a POSITIVE direction for the year 2006,
We are starting Professional Kickboxing Circuit, Also bringing
back Shooto style fights. We are also helping Hawaii fighters
get in Mainland circuits. We have fighters in Randy Coulture
& Matt Linland show Sportfight (Oregon) and K-1 Affilate
Ring of Fire (Denver. We are doing this at no cost to the fighters,
Our goal is to get them out there so the world can see what Hawaii
has to offer.
David
Padilla was suppose to fight on the GRACIE vs. SHAMROCK card
in California's first MMA event after being legalized but due
to situations that recently occurred he cannot participate. David
will be in Oregon on April 8th for Sportfight. Kaleo Kwan and
David Padilla are also slated for Ring of Fire May.
If
you anyone is interested in fighting in mainland we would love
to help, with no cost to you. We believe by doing this we are
bringing out the talent from Hawaii to different events around
the U.S.. Again there are no fight finders fee and if managers
want promoters contact information they can also contact me or
John Kukahiko AND WE WOULD BE GLAD TO GIVE YOU THE INFO..
Brennan
Kamaka
808-590-3824 or bdkamaka@comcast.net
John
Kukahiko
808-351-4898
Source: Event Promoter
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10
Hawaii State Boxing Champions compete in the U.S. Championships
Ten Hawaii State Boxing Champions will compete in the 2006 U.S.
Championships to be held at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado
Springs, CO. on March 3 - 12. Top four finishers will make up
the National Select Elite Team to all International Competition.
The Hawaii Delegation consists of 106lbs- Keola McKee (Wailuku
Boxing Club), 112- Bruno Escalante (East Oahu Waimanalo B.C.),
119- Kawika Tangjian Jr ( Kawano/Tiki Ent. B.C.), 125- Amadeo
Ezzo-White Jr. (unattached), 132- Isaac Arasato (Palolo B.C.),
178- Filipo Toelau (Kawano/Tiki Ent. B.C.), 201- Gabe Aio (Kawano/Tiki
Ent. B.C.), 201+- Chad Davis (Fighters Unlimited B.C.), 95- Female-
Gina Ramos (Kawano/Tiki Ent. B.C.), 101- Female- Colleen Loo
representing the National P.A.L. Team Manager- Bruce Kawano,
Head Coach- Jeff McKee, and coach- Joey Kim will instruct the
team.
If you have any questions feel free to call me at 542-1181.
Thank You for Your Time!!
Bruce Kawano
2006 Regional Coordinator/Hawaii Team Manager.
USA-Boxing Hawaii Board of Dir./Gov.
USA-Boxing Hawaii Junior Olympic Chairman.
National Coaches Committee Appointed Member.
Source: Bruce Kawano
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“MaXimum
Exposure” with Matt Hughes
By Sean McClure
The UFC’s Welterweight Champion, Matt Hughes is one of the
most respected champions ever to step into the UFC’s Octagon.
He has been in some of the most memorable fights in UFC recent
history and his fights always entertain. He lost his title to
BJ Penn in a fight that left many people wondering if his run
as champion was over. Matt regained his belt and years later
is still the champion taking on all pretenders to his title.
At UFC 58 Georges St. Pierre will take on BJ Penn and the winner
most likely get a shot at the veteran Hughes’s title. A
man of few words, Matt was gracious enough to talk to MaXfighting
about Penn, Royce, his training, and more.
Matt,
many people ask me about your training. How you stay in such
good shape. The obvious answer is "hard work", but
can you give us a day in the life of Matt Hughes getting ready
for a fight?
Well
I train about 4-6 hours a day. It is broken down on my website,
Matt-hughes.com.
MaXfighting
Note from Matt-hughes.com : When Matt is training in Hillsboro,
he runs 30-45 minutes in the morning three times a week. His
diet consists of no sugars and is made up of good carbs and protein.
At 5:00 PM he runs another 30 minutes starting at level 6 on
the treadmill and then going up 1/2 a level every 5 minutes.
When
Matt is training in Iowa, he starts his day off the same with
the 30-45 minute run three times a week. From 8:30 and 9:30 AM
he lifts weights at the gym. After that he immediately goes into
a "light technique" workout which could be anything
from light treadmill work, grappling and striking, or sprints
outside. Matt takes the afternoon to let his body recover but
at 6:30 it is all business: Monday is sparring with takedowns,
Tuesday is grappling, Wednesday is sparring with 16oz gloves
and headgear, Thursday is grappling, and Friday is no practice
but Matt sometimes gets another run in at this time.
After
every workout Matt drinks Cytosport Musclemilk.
Matt,
can you tell us who you are training with right now? On a daily
basis?
Pat
Miletich, Jens Pulver, and about 15 other top fighters in the
Miletich camp.
Your
fight with Royce Gracie is one of the most talked about fights
in recent years. What was your initial reaction when this was
presented to you?
I
loved the match-up.
The
reason I ask this is that some fighters train the same for each
fight. Are you training / going to train any differently for
this fight than others?
I
seem to train to work on my weaknesses, and try to be more well
rounded.
BJ
Penn vs. Georges St. Pierre. The fight that many people have
wanted to see for a long time. You definitely have a vested interest
in this match-up. You are a totally different fighter than you
were when you first faced BJ Penn. Do you want to erase that
loss from memory by facing him again or does it matter to you
at all?
Well,
I do want to fight him again, but let me tell you I lose no sleep
on the loss to him.
If
you beat Royce what's next for you? Some people have suggested
facing BJ Penn and then moving up in weight. Would you ever consider
it?
I
think my next fight will be the winner of BJ and George. Yes,
I would move up in weight.
Is
there a fight this year that you are really excited to see?
None
that I can think of.
A
fighter you really like to see fight?
I
would love to see Pat Miletich fight again.
Matt,
you are the real deal and true champion. Thank you for taking
time out of your busy schedule for MaXfighting.
Thank
you.
Source: Maxfighting
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Quote
of the Day
"Biology
is the least of what makes someone a mother."
Oprah Winfrey, American Television Talk Show Host
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State
Wrestling Championship Update 3:30 PM
I just
spent my morning and afternoon at the Blaisdell and for the 130
lb boys stacked division, the two favorites came through. Brandon
Low of St. Louis continued his dominance with a pin in the first
period to advance to the finals. So far, he is three wins, all
by pins. Daniel Morita of Kahuku (last year's 135 lb champ) had
a tough match with the third state champion in this weight class,
defending champ, Brenden Whitt of Punahou, but pulled away at
the end of the third period to win 6-2 (I think). So it will
be Morita looking for his 3rd state title vs Brandon Low trying
to make history and be only the third young man to win four state
wrestling titles and the first to win them in four different
weight classes.
Ashley
Jhun lost a tough battle in the semis via pin from the top seed
from Punahou who had a bye in the first round and I did not see
her match in the next round.
Shane
Ahlo Jr also of St. Louis lost a heartbreaker in the semis 5-4
and then got caught in an extremely unlucky position and was
pinned in his next match. I believe he has to win one more match
to fight for 5th.
Congratulations
to all the competitors and I'll be back tonight for the finals!
Posted on: Saturday, March 4, 2006
STATE TOURNAMENT
WHAT: Chevron/Hawai'i High School Athletic Association Wrestling
Championships (boys and girls)
WHERE: Blaisdell Arena
TODAY'S SCHEDULE: Semifinals at 10:30 a.m., with girls finals
at 4:30 p.m. and boys finals at 6:30 p.m.
ADMISSION (all day): $9 adults, $5 age 62 and older and students
K-12. Blaisdell Arena adds a 50-cent surcharge to every ticket
sold.
PARKING: $5
Kahuku's
boys, girls lead in team standings
Kahuku
leads the team standings in both the girls and boys tournaments
after the first day of the 40th Annual Chevron/Hawai'i High School
Athletic Association Wrestling Championships at Blaisdell Arena.
Heading
into today's semifinals, the Red Raiders are atop the girls standings
with 70 points, just ahead of Farrington (68) and Moanalua (65).
Kahuku leads the boys standings with 85.5 points, followed by
Saint Louis (75.5) and Punahou (75).
Saint
Louis senior Brandon Low stayed on track in his bid to become
only the third boy to win four individual championships, and
the first to win in four different weight classes.
Low,
competing in the 130-pound division, defeated Kaimuki's Thomas
Keisling in the first round and then beat Kapolei's Alex Shin
in the quarterfinals. Low, the Interscholastic League of Honolulu
champion and No. 1 seed, will face O'ahu Interscholastic Association
runner-up Lee Inouye of Roosevelt in today's semifinals, which
start at 10:30 a.m. (See above, he pinned Lee Inouye in the
first period this afternoon)
The
girls championship finals and consolation finals are scheduled
to begin at 4:30 p.m. and the boys championship finals and consolation
finals are set for 6:30.
Inouye
advanced with a quarterfinal victory over Maui Interscholastic
League champ and No. 4 seed Chris Kaleikini of Baldwin.
In
today's other highly anticipated 130-pound semifinal, Punahou's
Brenden Whitt — the ILH runner-up and defending state champion
— will face OIA champ and No. 2 seed Daniel Morita of Kahuku.
Morita was last year's state champion at 135 pounds. (See
above, Morita beat Whitt 6-2 today)
Whitt
advanced after a quarterfinal victory over Big Island Interscholastic
Federation champion and No. 3 seed Alan Nahale, and Morita won
his quarterfinal over Castle's Jordan Tanoe.
Five
other boys state champions advanced to today's semifinals: Iolani's
Nick Matayoshi (112 pounds), Waiakea's Landon Kurata (125), Mililani's
William Smithe (152), Kamehameha's Gerritt Vincent (189) and
Ka'u's Dylan Rush (275). Rush is trying for his third individual
state title.
Four
girls state champions advanced to today's semifinals: Iolani's
Carla Watase (103 pounds), Moanalua's Danica Kamakana (125),
Punahou's Kara Takasaki (140) and Kamehameha's Hoku Nohara (220).
Watase and Nohara are going after their third individual state
titles.
Posted on: Thursday, March 2, 2006
Low
has history in his grasp
By Wes Nakama
Advertiser Staff Writer
Saint
Louis senior Brandon
Low will
be trying to become the third boy to win four individual state
titles.
Saint
Louis senior Brandon Low is at the doorstep of Hawai'i high school
wrestling history, but he is not exactly standing on a welcome
mat.
Low
is two days and four victories away from becoming only the third
boy in the 40-year history of the Chevron/Hawai'i High School
Athletic Association Championships to win four individual state
titles, and the first to do it in four different weight classes
(112 pounds, 119, 125 and 130).
Threatening
to block his path into immortality are two other reigning state
champions, Daniel Morita of Kahuku and Brenden Whitt of Punahou.
All three seniors will be competing for the 130-pound crown,
starting with tomorrow's first round and quarterfinals and continuing
into Saturday's semifinals and finals at Blaisdell Arena.
"It's
certainly a unique situation," said longtime Punahou coach
Matt Oney. "There's been years when we had two state champions
going up against each other, but here you have one guy going
for his fourth state title, another (Morita) going for his third
and a third guy going for his second. It's pretty special, and
it should make for an exciting Saturday. They can't all win."
That
is true regarding Saturday's matches, but the three seniors have
a long tradition of winning that dates to when they were freshmen,
and they even have victories against each other. Morita defeated
Low at 112 pounds during a preseason meet their freshman year,
then Low came back to beat Morita, 8-4, in the state final.
They
have not met since, because Morita moved up in weight classes
his sophomore and junior seasons and won the 125-pound title
in 2004 and the 135-pound championship last year.
Whitt
defeated Low, 5-4, in December for the championship of the preseason
"Officials" Tournament. Low avenged that loss in the
regular season, 4-3, and then beat Whitt, 9-1, last Saturday
to win his fourth straight Interscholastic League of Honolulu
title.
"That
was the most confident I've been this season, the most mentally
prepared," Low said of Saturday's victory. "For three
or four weeks, I trained for his style. But he's definitely going
to be more hungry this week."
Whitt,
who is in Morita's bracket and will likely face him in the semifinals,
said Saturday's loss will serve as motivation.
"It
kind of put everything back into perspective," Whitt said.
"I think I let the crowd get to me. Now I just have to refocus
for states — it'll be the best going after the best, and
we all know what it takes to win. It'll bring out the best in
everybody."
Whitt
actually is the only one of the three who is returning at 130
pounds. After taking fourth in the state at 140 pounds in 2004,
he dropped to 130 last year and won the title with a 6-3 victory
over Roosevelt's Van Michael Shiroma.
Since
they have been in different weight classes, Whitt and Morita
have not faced each other since they were in the eighth grade.
"I
think that match is gonna go down to the wire," Low said.
"They're both great wrestlers who are strong and have good
technique. It's going to come down to who wants it more."
Whitt
and Morita have further motivation because Kahuku and Punahou
are strong contenders for the overall team championships. Kahuku
won its fourth straight O'ahu Interscholastic Association title
last Saturday, and Punahou won its first ILH crown in 28 years
earlier that day.
Morita
said team success is the main reason he changed weight classes.
"Last
year I wrestled at 135 for the team, because I wanted my friend
(Nevin Kamaka'ala) to wrestle at 130," Morita said. "I
never really grew out of 130, so I feel strong at that weight.
The big thing is, if I win or if Brenden wins, it's going to
help our teams. For me, that's my priority as a senior captain."
Some
expect Low's biggest pre-final competition to come from Roosevelt's
Lee Inouye, the OIA runner-up, and are predicting more energy
to be spent in the other semifinal. But Morita said he will have
more than enough left in the tank should he make it to the finals.
"I've
had tough semifinals before and still came out strong in the
finals," Morita said. "There's a lot of good competition,
and that makes me excited. I remember (the 2003 finals match
against Low) like it was yesterday. He beat me on foot. But all
of us are champions now, and none of us wants to lose. We know
that winning states is one of the best feelings in the world,
and the better man is going to win."
If
Morita had won that 2003 final, the spotlight may have been on
him this weekend. But now it is on Low, who also carries a 4.16
grade point average and is on track to graduate as valedictorian.
He
said he appreciates the rare feat he has a chance at achieving,
but is not consumed by it and is taking nothing for granted before
then.
"It's
definitely something special," Low said. "There's been
so many great wrestlers who have won three, so I'm just fortunate
to have this opportunity."
Source: Honolulu Advertiser
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Jhun
Reaches State Wrestling Semi Finals
I wanted to congratulate and let everyone know that Ashley 'Kainani"
Jhun daughter of UFC veteran Ron "Machine Gun" Jhun
reached the Hawaii State girls wrestling semi finals. Ashley
is only 10th grade and will face the returning State Champion
from Punahou. As an Uncle who is a former State Wrestling Champion,
I'm very PROUD of her and would like to wish her a GOOD LUCK
in the finals tommorrow.
GOOD LUCK!
Uncle Brennan
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Kickin
It 14 Tonight!
KICKIN IT 2006 PART 2 (AMATEUR KICKBOXING)
MARCH 4 2006 (DOORS OPEN 6:30 PM)
WAIPAHU FILCOM CENTER
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Source: Event Promoter
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State
Wrestling Championships Today!
Neil Blaisdell
Center
Friday, March 3 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Saturday, March 4 10:30 AM to 9:00 PM
The best high school wrestlers complete their season in the state
wrestling championships at the Blaisdell this weekend. The weight
class to watch will be 130 lbs. Three time state champion Brandon
Low will try to complete the sweep, but he has two other state
champions in this weight class. Morita is also a favorite so
who ever wins this weight class will have to be considered the
best wrestler pound for pound in the state since they are facing
the toughest competition.
The
finals will probably be 6 or 7 pm.
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UFC
58: USA vs. Canada Today!
The
complete UFC 58 card has been announced with a total of nine
bouts matching American fighters against Canadian fighters. The
show takes place on March 4th at the Mandalay Bay Events Center
in Las Vegas.
David
"The Crow" Loiseau (TKO Middleweight champion) vs.
Rich Franklin (UFC Middleweight champion)
Georges St. Pierre (TKO Welterweight champion) vs. BJ Penn
John Alessio (Former TKO Welterweight champion) vs. Diego Sanchez
(The Ultimate Fighter 1 winner)
*This match possibly scratched because Diego is sick
Sam Stout (TKO Lightweight champion) vs. Spencer Fisher
(Fisher replaces Kenny Florian, who dropped out due to back
spasms.)
Mark Hominick (TKO Super lightweight champion) vs. Yves Edwards
Steve Vigneault vs. Mike Swick
Joe Doerksen vs. Nathan Marquardt
Rob MacDonald vs. Jason Lambert
Christophe Midoux vs. Tom Murphy
Source: MMA Fighting
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Gracie
Fighting Challenge Results!
From Columbus,
Ohio.
Oceanic PPV Times!
3/3/2006
4:00PM 701 IN1
3/4/2006 11:00AM 701 IN1
3/7/2006 1:00PM 701 IN1
3/12/2006 11:30AM 701 IN1
Congratulations
on a great debut for Rhalan
Gracie (Relson's
son) in his debut fight against a tough Dustin Hazlett. The fight
was very close and could have gone either way. Rhalan showed
great take downs and poise that go well beyond his years and
experience. Great job! You made all the Relson Gracie academies
proud!
Gracie Fighting Championships: Team Gracie vs Team Hammer House
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
March 3, 2006
Ben Rothwell def. Dan Bobish via KO (Knee) in Round 1 at 4:20
minutes
Vitor Ribeiro def. Chris Brennan via Verbal Submission (Swollen
Eye) in Round 2 at 3:25 minutes
Dustin Hazelett def. Rhalan
Gracie via
SplitDecision [(27-30),(29-28), (29-28)] in Round 3 at 5:00 minutes
Mike Pyle def. Gustavo Machado via TKO (Punches) in Round 1
Forrest Petz def. Daniel Moraes via TKO (Wouldn't Stand Up From
Butt Scoot) in Round 3 at 2:33 minutes
Matt Lindland def. Fabio Leopoldo Submission via (Rear Naked
Choke) in Round 3 at 3:25 minutes
Daniel Gracie def. Wes Sims via TKO (Didn't Answer Bell) in Round
2 at 5:00 minutes
Unaired fights
Fredson Paixao armbarred Mike French in the second round
Phil Cardella def. Pat Horner
Michael O’Donnell def. Jon Koppenhaver
Unsure of results
- Carter Williams vs. Gary Turner (kickboxing)
- Steve Conkel vs. Brion Peoples
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Penn Pre-St. Pierre: "I
am the real champion!"
by Mike Sloan
All hail the return of the true UFC welterweight champion. Or
so B.J. Penn would have you believe. The welterweight Penn is
set to make his eagerly awaited return to action inside the Octagon
on Saturday versus Georges St. Pierre.
“Yes,
I am the real UFC welterweight champion,” a proud Penn declared
to Sherdog.com. “I feel as though this will be my first
defense of the title. I don’t care what anybody says: Matt
Hughes is just a paper champion. Hughes is not the true champion.
I am. He was given that belt. I am going to annihilate St. Pierre
and then for my second defense, I will allow Hughes the chance
to fight me for my title.”
“Hughes
is a great fighter, don’t get me wrong,” he added.
“But he is not the real champion. I am the real champion.
I look forward to proving to the world why I am the best and
why I am the real champion.”
Penn
isn’t the only person who agrees that the Hilo, Hawaii native
is the real champion in the welterweight division. Former UFC
middleweight contender Matt Lindland, who has been training with
Penn for his upcoming bout against St. Pierre, insists that Hughes’
title is only material.
“Let’s
face it, B.J. is the true champion of the UFC, not Matt Hughes,”
Lindland said. “This is nothing against Matt at all, but
he is not the true champion. He may hold a belt around his waist,
but we all know that B.J. never lost his title and that he is
true welterweight champion. I love Matt Hughes and he is a tremendous
warrior, but he isn’t the real champion. People may get
mad when they read this, but it’s true.”
Anybody
who follows the sport of mixed martial arts, particularly the
Ultimate Fighting Championship, knows full well what happened
between Penn and Zuffa, the company that owns the UFC, after
the Hawaiian took the title from Hughes on January 31, 2004.
Following
the fight, Penn and Zuffa butted heads on multiple issues. Penn’s
fight contract with Zuffa expired and he expected to re-sign
with the company, have a string of fights lined up and earn more
money.
But
when nothing immediately happened, he opted to defend his title
as the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter outside of the
Octagon. Penn craved a showdown with American Muay Thai star
Duane Ludwig and wound up duking it out with him inside the confines
of a K-1 MMA-ROMANEX ring. From there, things became quite sticky
as a stipulation in UFC contracts deemed any fighter who became
a champion in the organization would automatically come under
a new contract.
Penn
sought legal action against the UFC, verbal confrontations ensued
and the court battle was ignited. Just weeks before the parties
were to go to trial, the UFC settled out of court. And Penn eventually
signed a new lucrative contract with Zuffa. Once that occurred,
according to Penn, everything settled down between “The
Prodigy” and the UFC.
“There
isn’t any bad blood between me and Dana White anymore,”
the Hawaiian sensation professed. “He’s an alright
guy in person and he has actually been receiving a lot of flack
lately. He’s a good guy but I don’t want to get into
detail about our court case [that was settled]. It’s legal
stuff. We have a great case and it’s over, so there is really
no point in really going into details. That’s behind me
and I’m sure it’s behind Dana, too. All I know is that
[Dana and I] sat down, had a few conversations and we agreed
that I’d come back to the UFC. And I am back to defend my
title and then hopefully allow Matt Hughes to fight me for my
title.”
But
in order for Penn to square off against Hughes again he must
first get past the extraordinarily talented St. Pierre.
Penn-St.
Pierre is the chief support bout of UFC 58’s main event
between UFC middleweight king Rich Franklin and St. Pierre’s
teammate David Loiseau. Amid all the real/fake champion talk
involving Hughes, one must not think that Penn is looking beyond
St. Pierre.
“St.
Pierre is a really good fighter, but I think it will be the experience
of B.J. that will win the fight,” stated Renato Verissimo,
one of Penn’s main teammates. “St. Pierre has fought
some tough guys like Sean Sherk and Frank Trigg, but he hasn’t
fought anyone on the level of B.J. He has fought at 170 for a
long time, where B.J. has fought everywhere and beat some great
guys. He beat Renzo Gracie, Rodrigo Gracie and Takanori Gomi,
plus Matt Hughes. B.J. has done it all and he is ready for anything.
Let’s hope that St. Pierre is equally as ready because it
should be a great fight.”
Lindland
agreed with that notion and stated that he couldn’t begin
to think of a way in which St. Pierre would be triumphant.
“St.
Pierre looks like a guy who can become great,” admitted
Lindland. “From what I’ve seen of him, the guy is fantastic.
He’s strong, elusive and has a ton of skills. But I don’t
think he can win against B.J. St. Pierre is good, don’t
get me wrong, but he has lost to guys that B.J. submits in the
first round. The fight should be good, but I just don’t
see how B.J. can lose. I just don’t.”
Penn
stated that this recent training camp has been a tremendous success,
probably the best he’s ever had in his career, a prime example
of his concern with St. Pierre’s talents.
“BJ
is looking terrific,” Verissimo claimed. “He is focused
and has probably had the best training so far. He is very happy
when he trains. Very relaxed. We brought in some top guys like
Matt Lindland to help us out and I think B.J. is ready for anything
that happens.”
“I
am feeling really good for this fight and I feel great about
coming back into the UFC,” Penn quipped.
“B.J.’s
looking real good right now,” Lindland added. “I trained
with B.J. for about eight days and he’s incredible. The
guy just keeps improving every time out. I worked with him before
for when he was training to fight Matt Hughes and he is almost
a completely different fighter now. The guy is amazing. I’ve
never seen someone who can keep improving constantly. To be a
champion and keep improving is amazing.”
No
matter how well Penn has performed during training, however,
he still has to face St. Pierre, a fighter who is on the verge
of greatness. Fresh off of a spectacular demolition of powerhouse
Sherk and a slick submission over the durable Trigg, the Canadian
expects to challenge Hughes after the Penn fight, a move he hopes
will allow him to avenge the only blemish on an otherwise spotless
professional ledger.
Many
are predicting that St. Pierre is the future of the sport and
are putting their reputations on the line by predicting his victory.
St. Pierre is actually a slight favorite in the vast majority
of the sports books taking wagers on MMA, a surprising circumstance
considering Penn’s immense talents and legendary career.
“I
put money on him to win and not just because I have been training
with him,” Lindland said. “I don’t see how anyone
can think St. Pierre stands a chance against him. So, I laid
some money down and with B.J. being the underdog, this should
be some easy money for me.”
Both
Lindland and Verissimo predicted “The Prodigy” would
triumph over St. Pierre via vicious ground-and-pound. But Penn
was more reserved.
“I
don’t have any predictions about this fight,” he said.
“I am not going to say if I’ll knock Georges out or
submit because I don’t know. All I know is that I will win.
Believe me. But I can’t sit here and predict exactly how
I’ll do it. That’s not my style. I don’t like
guys who sit back, talk trash and make these wild predictions.
I just don’t do that.
“But
I will say this, however, Georges is a great guy. You probably
will never meet a nicer, more genuine guy than Georges St. Pierre.
He is friendly, doesn’t have a bad thing to say about anyone
and is very humble. He has fun doing this and he enjoys everything
about this sport, at least that how he seems to me. Georges is
a great guy. Just a good human being. He’s a very good fighter,
too, and it should be a good test for me. I look forward to fighting
him.”
Source: Sherdog
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Quote
of the Day
"You
can fool some of the people all of the time... and all of the
people some of the time...
but you can't fool Mom!"
Captain Penny's Law, by children's television host "Captain
Penny"
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State
Wrestling Championships Today & Tomorrow!
Neil Blaisdell
Center
Friday, March 3 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Saturday, March 4 10:30 AM to 9:00 PM
The best high school wrestlers complete their season in the state
wrestling championships at the Blaisdell this weekend. The weight
class to watch will be 130 lbs. Three time state champion Brandon
Low will try to complete the sweep, but he has two other state
champions in this weight class. Morita is also a favorite so
who ever wins this weight class will have to be considered the
best wrestler pound for pound in the state since they are facing
the toughest competition.
The
finals will probably be 6 or 7 pm.
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Gracie
Fighting Challenge Today!
Oceanic PPV Times!
From Columbus, Ohio.
3/3/2006 4:00PM 701 IN1
3/4/2006 11:00AM 701 IN1
3/7/2006 1:00PM 701 IN1
3/12/2006 11:30AM 701 IN1
Support a couple of the boys Rhalan Gracie (Relson's son) in
his debut fight and Phil Cardella who started his Jiu-Jitsu career
at Casca Grossa as they help feed this killer card!
Team Hammer House vs. Team Gracie:
- Wes Sims vs. Daniel Gracie
- Matt Lindland vs. Fabio Leopoldo
- Mike Pyle vs. Fabricio Cames
- Forrest Petz vs. Daniel Moraes
- Jon Koppenhaver vs. Michael O’Donnell
- Dustin Hazelett vs. Rhalan Gracie
- Michael French vs. Fredson Pixao
- Chris Brennan vs. Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro
- Dan Bobish vs, Alexandar Ustinov (Ben Rothwell rumored but
unconfirmed to be replacing Ustinov)
- Carter Williams vs. Gary Turner (kickboxing)
- Steve Conkel vs. Brion Peoples
- Pat Horner vs. Phil
Cardella
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Ohio
Announces Format Change at GFC Weigh-In
by Mike Fridley
COLUMBUS,
Ohio, March 2 — Nationwide Arena, home of the NHL's Columbus
Bluejackets, played host to GFC's "Team Gracie vs. Team
Hammer House" weigh-in Thursday.
Ohio
Athletic Commission Executive Director Bernie Profato shocked
all in attendance, including the fighters, when he announced
that Thursday's weigh-in was actually the first of two, with
the latter coming prior to the event's kickoff at 7:15 EST tomorrow
evening.
"You
cannot be more than 10 pounds heavier than what you weighed-in
tonight," Profato told the fighters. He fielded several
questions regarding the weigh-in policy, but no disputes arose.
All
fighters on Friday's card save Fredson Paixaomade weight in their
first attempt. Gracie Barra Combat Team's Paixao, a bantamweight,
had two hours to shed down to 146 from 148; the Ohio Athletic
Commision allows athletes one pound over the limit. According
to GFC promoter John Cooper, Paixao made weight with just five
minutes remaining in his alloted time.
Main
event fighters Wes Sims (249.5 lbs.) and Daniel Gracie (234 lbs.)
avoided contact with each other as they gracefully parted after
stepping off the scales.
GFC
"Team Gracie vs. Team Hammer House" weigh-in results:
Patrick Horner (171) vs. Phil Cardella (165.5)
Steve Conkel (Pictures) (270) vs. Brian Peoples (Pictures) (274)
Ben Rothwell (Pictures) (277) vs. Dan Bobish (Pictures) (330.5)
Vitor Ribeiro (165) vs. Chris Brennan (Pictures) (165.5)
Rhalan Gracie (180.5) vs. Dustin Hazlette (176.5)
Fredson Paixao (Pictures) (148) vs. Mike French (143.5)
Michael O'Donnell (169.5) vs. Jon Koppenhaver (Pictures) (171)
Daniel Moraes (167) vs. Forrest Petz (Pictures) (170)
Mike Pyle (Pictures) (175.5) vs. Gustavo Muchado (176)
Matt Lindland (Pictures) (186) vs. Fabio Leopoldo (Pictures)
(184.5)
Wes Sims (Pictures) (249.5) vs. Daniel Gracie (Pictures) (234)
Carter
Williams and Gary Turner did not step on the scale, as their
bout is being billed as a kickboxing exhibition.
Source:
Sherdog
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Kickin
It 14 Tomorrow!
Weigh-ins Today
KICKIN IT 2006 PART 2 (AMATEUR KICKBOXING)
MARCH 4 2006 (DOORS OPEN 6:30 PM)
WAIPAHU FILCOM CENTER
WEIGH-INS TODAY:
THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY CENTER
(NOT
CULTURAL CENTER, RIGHT NEXT TO GOLDEN COIN)
THE
SAME PLACE THAT THE FIGHTS WILL TAKE PLACE.
6:00 - 7:00 PM
MAIN EVENT
DALE KAMAI 175# HANS LEE
TEAM SOLJAH ANIMAL HOUSE
2005 LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT KICKIN IT CHAMPION VS 2005 LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
JR KICKIN IT CHAMPION. ANIMAL AGAINST SOLDIER, CHAMPION VS CHAMPION,
TITLE FOR TITLE
BILLY PINERO 75# TRISTON PEBRIA
TEAM DEVASTATION EWA BEACH FIGHT CLUB
TODD YOUNG 170# CLEMETTE HELEMANO
TEAM SOLJAH EWA BEACH FIGHT CLUB
KEOKI DAVIS SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT KEOKI GANDY
TEAM DEVASTATION THE UNKNOWN FIGHT TEAM
NYE DELASANTOS 165# OLA PLUNKETT
TEAM SOLJAH ANIMAL HOUSE
KAEO CANDENERO 75# KILEY RAMIRO
HSD HMC
NUI WHEELER 135# JAY BOLOS
TEAM SOLJAH ANIMAL HOUSE
TEARJA SELLERS 160# TIANNA HIGA
HSD TEAM ISLAND THUNDER
SAM PALOSAMI SUPERHEAVYWEIGHT TRAVIS
TEAM DEVASTATION ANIMAL HOUSE
RICKY MARILLO 145# KAIKA BULLOCK
TEAM DEVASTATION HSD
JORDAN SUA 125# DEVIN DAMO
FIGHTERS UNION ANIMAL HOUSE
KOICHI TANJI 125# EVAN QUIZON
HMC TEAM DEVASTATION
MILLER UALESEI 185# TBA
TEAM DEVASTATION HOUSE OF THUNDER
RICKI CASE 160# KONA AE
THE UNKNOWN FIGHT TEAM TEAM DEVASTATION
NATHAN NAKI 140# BRANDON AMANONCE
HSD TEAM DEVASTATION
ED PONTEZ 140 JUSTIN WONG
TTHE UNKNOWN FIGHT TEAM HMC
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Ultimate
Fighting Championship
vs.
International Fight League
Here
is a rundown of the UFC vs. IFL situation.
February
2, 2006
Zuffa
LLC (parent company of the UFC) filed a case against the International
Fight League. The hearing date is set for March 2nd at 9:30 AM.
Zuffa
believes and alleges that Kurt Otto and Gareb Shamus, the co-founders
of the IFL, solicited key employees of Zuffa and conspired to
obtain significant amounts of Zuffa's Confidential Information
and Trade Secrets. Zuffa also claims that Shammus and Otto obtained
unauthorized acess to UFC production facilities through improper
credentials. Zuffa believes that Shammus and Otto lured the former
UFC employees to join the IFL and bring along Zuffa's confidential
information (market research information, strategic plans, sales
histories, merchandising agreements and sponsorship information.
Zuffa is requesting to be compensated for damages, that the IFL
would stop interfering with Zuffa relationships and to stop using
Zuffa's Confidential Information and Trade Secrets.
February
3, 2006
The
IFL responded by filing a complaint. The IFL were prepared to
enter negotiations with Fox Sports Network until Zuffa intervened
with litigation threats that halted the television contract.
Zuffa threatended to sue FSN if FSN went through with the contract
to broadcast IFL events. The IFL is claiming that Zuffa's allegations
are all false and Zuffa wants to destroy the IFL since Zuffa
perceives IFL as a competitive threat. IFL The IFL believes that
Zuffa's allegations have harmed the IFL's business reputation,
damaged business relationships and caused financial losses.IFL
seeks an injunction to prevent Zuffa from interfering with IFL's
business relations., from making false misrepresentations to
the public, from unfair competition and monetary relief.
Zuffa
filed an ex parte application for temporary restraining order
and motion for primary injunction to stop IFL from conducting
any business using Zuffa's Confidential Information and Trade
secrets.
The
court granted the temporary restraining order and shortened the
time for hearing on motion for primary injunction.
February
21 , 2006
Kurt
Otto and Gareb Shamus's brief in opposition to Zuffa's motion
for primary injunction. Shamus claimed that Zuffa's true motivation
in the suit has nothing to do with protecting Confidential Information
and Trade secrets but to put the IFL out of business. Shamus
said that the IFL does not need Zuffa's confidential information
and the two former employees were not under contract with Zuffa
when the former employees seeked employment with the IFL.
Pat
Miletich* made a declaration to support IFL's opposition to Zuffa's
motion. Miletich said that during a phone call with Dana White
in January, White stated "he was going to fucking crush
these (IFL) guys." Miletich said that White threatened by
saying that anyone from his camp that ends up association with
the IFL will never be associated with the UFC. Miletich believes
that White contacted Ken Shamrock and Randy Couture with simliar
threats. In the declaration, Miletich stated that "I can
honestly say that Zuffa's intent in bringing this litigation
has nothing to do with protecting any confidential information.
Rather, I believe, this litigation is about one thing, and one
thing only -- stamping out legitimate and indeed, heathly, competition."
*Pat
Miletich agreed to coach a team and and send his fighters to
participate in the IFL.
March
2, 2006
Date
of hearing scheduled for today at 10:30 AM.
Source: MMA Fighting
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Tito
Ortiz and Jackson select talents
 
The new formation of the Team Punishiment, owner by Tito Ortiz
and Quinton Jackson, promises to make a market search to select
new athletes. One of the new trainers of the team is the Brazilian
Waldomiro Perez Junior, black-belt of Jiu-Jitsu responsible for
the formation of great fighters as Jorge Patino Macaco and Roberto
Godói. "The team is coming back stronger than never
and Tito and Jackson are loving Jiu-Jitsu now. They want to dispute
some Jiu-Jitsu event this year," said the Brazilian, also
telling that the team must announce new fighters soon, they will
select new talents.
Source: Tatame
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Quote
of the Day
"Writing
is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be
doing something else."
Gloria Steinem, American Journalist and Spokesperson for Women's
Rights
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BJ
PENN VIDEO
INTERVIEW:
"WORLD TITLE FIGHT"
Check out MMA
Weekly.com
for the interview
"This is a World Title Fight" says BJ Penn about his
upcoming bout against Georges St. Pierre this weekend at UFC
58. BJ wasn't one to mince words as he spoke with MMAWeekly TV,
"There is not anybody out there who would deny that this
is a world title fight who know, Dana White, Matt Hughes, everybody
else out there."
When
asked about if he feels if he is trying to regain the belt after
returning to the UFC, BJ said,"Dana knows I have the belt,
Matt knows I have the belt. Everbody else knows I have the belt."
BJ
also talks about
- St. Pierre and what he needs to do to beat St. Pierre.
- his training partners for this fight
- about his desire to fight for the Middleweight title and the
Lightweight title if the 155 division comes back!!!
- why he wants to fight for a 155 divison title
As
BJ said, "This is it. This is a world title fight. This
is important as hell, important as hell."
Source: MMA Weekly
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Registrations
for Pan-American of JJ
Registrations for the 12º Pan-American Championship of Jiu-Jitsu
are already opened. The competition will take place from day
7 to 9 of April, at California State University Dominguez Hills,
in California. Over the event, there is going to be the 4th Confrontation
of Jiu-Jitsu Selections, Brazil x US. For the first time that
will be disputed also the Pan-American Jiu-Jitsu Novices Championship,
on April 7, congregating white-belts athletes of the categories
adult and master masculine and just feminine adult. The registrations
for the competitions goes until March 29 and must be made in
the agency E&P Viagens and costs US$80.
Source: Tatame
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CAN
THE KING MAKE WEIGHT?
It looks as though the UFC will have a fight for Sam Stout after
all. Kenny Florian had to drop out due to back spasms today.
Now in comes Spencer Fisher who weighed 175 pounds this week
visting family in North Carolina.
"He
was drinking a coke when I called..." manager Monte Cox
told MMAWeekly. "We will have Billy Rush wave his magic
wand and fight." Fisher was thought to be a perfect replacement
because he had all of his medicals complete in the state of Nevada.
Now
the question becomes, can he make that kind of weight at Friday's
weigh in? "Spencer Fisher is a fighter period. He will take
on anybody at any time. Is it a dangerous fight this late? Absolutely.
But this kid loves to fight and we are confident he will make
weight and do well this weekend." Cox said.
Fisher
last fought in the UFC at Ultimate Fight Night 3 against Aaron
Riley on January 16th, 2006 as he won by TKO/Doctor’s Stoppage
after the first round. Fisher is now 2-0 in the UFC as he defeated
Thiago Alves at UFN 2.
Fisher's
professional record is sensational is he is now 17-1 in MMA as
a professional. Fisher's only loss was to Carlo Prater back in
May 14th, 2004 at the Freestyle Fighting Championships by decision.
Sam Stout is 8-1-1 and is the TKO Lightweight Champion.
Source: MMA Weekly
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5x
BJJ World Champion Fredson Paixao - Interview
By Takimoto
He is the Eight times Brazilian National Jiu Jitsu champion,
and five times Mundial (BJJ World) Champion. Fredson Paixao,
the black-belt from Gracie Barra, has earned these and many other
titles in his time. Now he is focusing on MMA where he first
tested his skills at Jungle FC 2. He collided with Rani Yahia
in May 2004 and earned a unanimous victory - avenging a defeat
suffered in a Submission match held the previous year.
"I like revenges, since I lost by points in Copa Cyclone
de Submission to Yahia, I wanted to face him again. I got this
by a nice way in my MMA debut, and I dominated a tough Yahia
during the three rounds"
After that glorious MMA debut, Paixao fought more 3 times within
the Jungle FC promotion; once at Papucaia Fight and once at Pancrase-Brave
7(August 2004) where he faced his first MMA defeat of his growing
career. It was to Japanese veteran, Yoshiriho Maeda.
"Maeda mauled (laughs). No doubts that he got to hit me
toughly. And I realized that after losing to him by unanimous
decision in a fight where I got controlled, that I can eat punches,
and survive (laughs)"
Even so Paixao is 5-1 in MMA, but he had to face some criticism
that insisted his fights were 'soft' as were his opponents.
"Once I heard that people had an idea that I was a Jungle
FC's boy, I did not care much about it. But I want to mention
that I fought against fighters who had more experience in MMA
than I do. And this was in a road of my first, and second fights
when I beat Yahia, and a Bushido and DEEP veteran in BTT's Fabio
Mello. So, if it is not a proof that I am fighting for real like
everyone else, I do not know what is going to be"
Paixao,
your last opponent (Miljan Djurasinovic) in Jungle FC 5 was not
as tough. Do you agree?
"Okay, can be. But it is not my fault, I know Jungle FC
is organized by people who are from my city, Manaus. But they're
not protecting me from tough fighters. In the last one(Jungle
FC 5), they did a great match between Jose Aldo Jr. and Luciano
Azevedo. And Azevedo won. Maybe they'll book me against him,
who already showed interesting on fighting me. I fight him, no
problems"
Scheduled
for fighting in Gracies x Hammer House challenge against Michael
French on March 3rd, Paixao shares his pre thoughts:
"(Laughs)
I only knew I was going to fight, and only it. I never know who
is gonna be me opponent, and this always worked. I am the last
person to know who is gonna be my opponent. If people see it
such as a bad way of conducting a career, I do not see it this
way. I do not worry myself with the adversary, I prepare myself
for a war on the ring, and I expect "my troop" overcomes
my opponent's "troop" on this war."
Before to be headlined again into the Gracies x Hammer house's
card, Paixao's teammate Gustavo Machado told me that even so
he expected to see Gracie Team to come across like the winner
of this challenge. He only could pick one winner in all fights,
and this was Paixao by the heavy hitter style. So Paixao, how
do you feel about it?
"If fighters such as Machado talks it about me, I am confident
to make my best to not disappoint only myself, but the teammates
who believe in me. Even so I have no idea what Machado meant
by heavy hitter style (laughs)"
Any
final message for the maXfighting.com readers?
Thank
you very much for the support. I know that the site is read by
Americans most than Brazilians, but even I am going to fight
against an American fighter in French, I want to thanks the American
fans who like my BJJ and MMA style. I would like also to thank
my sponsor Unamar Clube, Atama Kimonos and Governo do Amazonas"
Source: Maxfighting
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***For
Immediate Release***
For more information, contact Mike Afromowitz, (917) 566-8754
or muaythaimes@aol.com or visit www.shamrockvsgracie.com.
Krzysztof
To ‘Experiment’ with Kyle
at Shamrock vs. Gracie
March
1, 2006; New York, NY…. Heavyweight contenders Krzysztof
“The Experiment” Soszynski (9-4) and Mike “Mak”
Kyle (14-4) will lock horns with each other in a three round
preliminary bout during “Shamrock vs. Gracie,” California’s
historic first mixed martial arts fight card that will take place
at San Jose’s HP Pavilion on Friday, March 10th.
“This
is definitely the biggest fight of my career. I think its going
to be a really good matchup and I think, whoever is able to withstand
the longest, is going to win this fight,” said Soszynski,
28, who stands 6 feet 2 inches tall and tips the scales at around
257 pounds.
“I
look forward to fighting hard, fighting my fight, and leaving
it all out there,” stated the 6 foot 4 inch, 240 pound Kyle.
Originally from Boise, Idaho, the 25-year-old found a new home
in San Jose where he has become highly skilled in both Muay Thai
and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with the help of specialists at American
Kickboxing Academy.
Born
in Poland, Soszynski, along with his family, fled his then-communist
homeland for Canada when he was 10 years of age and has remained
there since. Soszynski dabbled in professional wrestling before
being introduced to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and, later, to kickboxing
by Shawn Tompkins.
“My
standup game wasn’t anywhere near what it is now since I
joined Team Tompkins,” said Soszynski. It was a simple ground
and pound strategy that carried him to victory during his first
few mixed martial arts matchups. “That’s the way I
started and I’m still comfortable with that, but I’m
also not afraid to stand up at all now.”
Soszynski’s
improvement helped him earn the four-man International Cage Combat
tournament championship in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 30,
2004.
For
both fighters, the meeting represents an opportunity to steer
their careers back on track after suffering recent losses in
fights that they accepted on short notice. Kyle’s defeat
came three days after he agreed to face Devin Cole on January
13th. Five weeks ago, Soszynski suffered a loss at the hands
of Brian Schall after the two engaged in a toe-to-toe war.
“He
didn’t hurt me in any way,” commented Soszynski of
his fight with Schall that was stopped at the three minute mark
of the third round. “It was just a matter of me being tired
and that’s why the ref stopped it – not because he
landed a really hard shot.”
Soszynski
noted that he feels 100 percent refreshed since the mishap and
will be at his best for the fight with Kyle. “I know he’s
got a really good right hand and a lot of power,” he said.
“His ground skills are okay, but I don’t know if they’re
better than mine. I feel really comfortable that, if I can take
Mike Kyle down, I can definitely do some damage to him.
The
13 bout “Shamrock vs. Gracie” card will be headlined
by the long-awaited showdown between bitter rivals Frank Shamrock
(20-7-1) and Cesar Gracie (14-0) as well the mixed martial arts
debut of Cung Le (16-0), who will face seasoned veteran, Mike
Altman (19-8). Rising stars and former collegiate wrestling standouts
Josh Thomson (10-1) and Clayton Guida (19-3) will square off
with each other while undefeated prospect, Gilbert Melendez (10-0),
will do battle with David Padilla (5-4). Fan favorite, Eugene
“The Wolf” Jackson (12-7-1), will make his long-awaited
return to action when he meets Jorge “The Naked Man”
Ortiz (7-2). The star-studded card will also see former World
Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) superstar and “Tough Enough”
reality show winner, Daniel Puder (1-0), make his return to the
world of mixed martial arts.
Tickets
for “Shamrock vs. Gracie” are officially on sale and
can be purchased at all Ticketmaster (408-998-TIXS) outlets and
Ticketmaster online (www.ticketmaster.com) as well as at the
HP Pavilion box office (408-287-7070). Fans can also purchase
tickets by logging on to the official “Shamrock vs. Gracie”
website, www.shamrockvsgracie.com, and clicking on the “Tickets”
link where a ticket order form is located. All completed forms
should be returned for processing to Ms. Julie Lin either via
fax: 408-863-0153 or email: juless8000@aol.com. Ticket prices
start at $30.
Doors
to the event will open at 5 PM Pacific Standard Time on March
10th. The first preliminary bout will begin at 6 PM.
The
“Shamrock vs. Gracie” bill is being promoted and produced
by Silicon Valley Sports and Entertainment (SVSE, www.svse.net),
a leading producer of major sporting and entertainment events
and the exclusive producer of such events for San Jose, California’s
largest entertainment arena, the HP Pavilion. SVSE’s many
properties include “Miller Lite Fight Night,” world
championship boxing; the National Hockey League’s San Jose
Sharks; and the annual ATP men’s professional tennis “SAP
Open” event.
Source: Mike Afromowitz
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Quote
of the Day
"Fire
is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men."
Seneca, 3 B.C. - 65 A.D., Roman Philosopher/Statesman/Dramatist
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State
Wrestling Championships This Weekend
Neil Blaisdell
Center
Friday, March 3 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Saturday, March 4 10:30 AM to 9:00 PM
The best high school wrestlers complete their season in the state
wrestling championships at the Blaisdell this weekend. The weight
class to watch will be 130 lbs. Three time state champion Brandon
Low will try to complete the sweep, but he has two other state
champions in this weight class. Morita is also a favorite so
who ever wins this weight class will have to be considered the
best wrestler pound for pound in the state since they are facing
the toughest competition.
The
finals will probably be 6 or 7 pm.
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UFC
Update on Diego Sanchez and UFC 58
MaXfighting
has just learned that The Ultimate Fighter season 1 winner Diego
Sanchez is most probably out for UFC 58. Sanchez was reportedly
exhausted and dehydrated earlier this week from an illness and
had to report to the emergency room. The doctors have not cleared
as of today for the fight which means that John Alessio will
be without an opponent for UFC 58 unless the UFC can find another
fighter for him. This is disappointing to many, especially since
Sanchez is on a win streak and was looking to be in title contention
by the end of this year or early in 2007. Things may change but
as of right now Sanchez is out.
Source: Maxfighting
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Gracie
Fighting Challenge Oceanic PPV Times!
From Columbus, Ohio.
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Support a couple of the boys Rhalan Gracie (Relson's son) in
his debut fight and Phil Cardella who started his Jiu-Jitsu career
at Casca Grossa as they help feed this killer card!
Team Hammer House vs. Team Gracie:
- Wes Sims vs. Daniel Gracie
- Matt Lindland vs. Fabio Leopoldo
- Mike Pyle vs. Fabricio Cames
- Forrest Petz vs. Daniel Moraes
- Jon Koppenhaver vs. Michael O’Donnell
- Dustin Hazelett vs. Rhalan Gracie
- Michael French vs. Fredson Pixao
- Chris Brennan vs. Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro
- Dan Bobish vs, Alexandar Ustinov (Ben Rothwell rumored but
unconfirmed to be replacing Ustinov)
- Carter Williams vs. Gary Turner (kickboxing)
- Steve Conkel vs. Brion Peoples
- Pat Horner vs. Phil
Cardella
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Just
My Thoughts: PRIDE 31 “Unbreakable”
by Mike Sloan
I
think it’s safe to say that Sunday’s PRIDE event raised
a few questions about some fighters, answered questions about
others and set the stage for what could be the most heated rivalry
in MMA in a long time.
PRIDE
31, dubbed “Unbreakable” in the U.S. and “Dreamers
in Japan (which is also the weakest, lamest event surname in
history), also provided mixed martial arts fans a perfect segue
into the Japanese organization’s anxiously-awaited open
weight class grand prix, set to kick off in May.
Unbreakable
was a good show. It certainly wasn’t the best offering PRIDE
has ever given us, but it thankfully wasn’t exactly a reincarnation
of an event full of Larry Holmes vs. Butterbean fights. The event,
when all the dust settled, opened several cans of worms, though
— and luckily for those of you reading this column, I’m
about to go fishing.
Rizzo
needs to pack it in
I’ve
said this for quite some time now and after watching such a legendary
knockout artist dropped dead on his butt, knocked completely
cold, in 25 seconds, my opinion was reinforced: Pedro Rizzo is
a fighter I have always openly admitted as being one of my all-time
favorites, but “The Rock” has seen better times.
Every
dog has his day and I’m afraid Rizzo has had just a few
too many dog days.
The
last awe-inspiring victory the Brazilian Bomber had was way back
on March 22, 2002 on the UFC 36 card. In that bout, Rizzo knocked
out current UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski with a single
right hand. But in that battle, it took Rizzo 11 minutes and
45 seconds of dull, lifeless, plodding and boring nothing before
he iced “The Pitbull.”
He
looked terrible and before that, he won one out of his last three.
From the Arlovski knockout until the time he was lifted from
consciousness against unheralded Roman Zentsov last night, his
record was a paltry 2-3; he was stopped twice and his wins were
nothing to write home about.
Rizzo
struggled mightily against Ricco Rodriguez before winning a decision
in probably the second worst fight in UFC history and his other
win was a gift from the heavens (he was being pummeled by Tra
Telligman before a punch opened a severe laceration on “Trauma,”
thus ending the fight). Rizzo got credited with a TKO win, but
it truly wasn’t a victory.
I
remember fondly the days when Rizzo crushed his opposition with
crippling leg kicks and sinister punches. It was like Rizzo had
grenades that detonated on his foes’ jaws attached to his
gloves. His knockouts filled highlight reels until there was
no room left. His superb KOs of Telligman (the first time), Josh
Barnett , Tank Abbott, Vernon White and Tsuyoshi Kohsaka were
things of beauty.
But
Rizzo is much older and he has looked unsteady for years now.
Sure, the punch that ended his night would have knocked out a
zebra, but it’s seriously time for “The Rock”
to hang ‘em up. He is too passive when he fights and can’t
ever seem to pull the trigger when he needs to. He has taken
too many beatings lately and now he can’t even last for
half a minute. Rizzo, save yourself further punishment and train
young guns instead. You have given countless MMA fans enough
knockouts to last a lifetime and you have nothing else to prove.
Where
did that come from?
I
always thought Alistair Overeem was a talented, dangerous and
underrated fighter. But this was ridiculous. I didn’t think
he was going to last more than four minutes with Sergei Kharitonov,
a much bigger and stronger fighter than he — but boy did
Overeem make me eat my words. I’ve never seen Overeem look
so relaxed yet so explosive in my life and he made Kharitonov
look like an amateur.
Sure,
the Russian warrior injured his shoulder at the start of the
fight, but Overeem caved his head. Overeem dominated from the
start, never relented and gave Kharitonov a beating he’ll
never forget. Kharitonov, from what I know, is just as good on
the ground as Overeem and hits equally as hard, plus he’s
naturally bigger. But after watching Overeem decimate him for
five torturous minutes, it makes me wonder why on earth he never
captured a world title.
After
watching Overeem pull off the most impressive victory in his
lengthy career, don’t be surprised if he winds up as one
of the finalists in the open weight grand prix later this year.
Wow.
Source: Sherdog
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Quote
of the Day
"Writing
is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be
doing something else."
Gloria Steinem, American Journalist and Spokesperson for Women's
Rights
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MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Mar 04 1501 RICH FRANKLIN -300
8:30 PM 1502 DAVID LOISEAU +230
-The
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Mar 04 1503 BJ
PENN -115
8:00 PM 1504 GEORGES ST. PIERRE -115
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Mar 04 1505 NATE MARQUARDT -200
7:00 PM 1506 JOE DOERKSEN +160
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Mar
04 1507 MIKE SWICK -575
7:00 PM 1508 STEVE VIGNEAULT +275
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7:00 PM 1510 MARK HOMINICK +250
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04 1511 KENNY FLORIAN -150
7:00 PM 1512 SAM STOUT +120
- Kenny Florian started at -180 but some money is coming down
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Mar 04 1513 TOM MURPHY -160
7:00 PM 1514 CHRISTOPHE MIDOUX +130
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Christophe Midoux at +130 at BetEagle.com
WELTERWEIGHTS
Mar 04 1515 DIEGO SANCHEZ -525
7:00 PM 1516 JOHN ALESSIO +225
- The Nightmare Diego Sanchez has been bet heavily as this line
continues to go for Sanchez at BetEagle.com There is money to
be made if you like the underdog at BetEagle.com
Source: MMA Weekly |
Cyborg's
opponent debuts at Hero's
After
KOing Evangelista Cyborg at Cage Rage 15 and keeping the belt
Light-Heavyweight of the event, Melvin Manhoef is preparing himself
to debut in the Hero's. Manhoef will face Shungo Oyama on March
15 at the Japanese event, which will be disputed at Nippon Budokan,
in Tokyo. The show's theme will be Japan against the world, but
the card hasn't got any Brazilian yet. The expectation is because
of Royler Gracie's presence, who in interview to site TATAME,
in January, said that has a big possibility of he fights in the
event of March.
COMPLETE
CARD (subject to change):
Hero's
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
Nippon Budokan, Tokyo - Japan
-
Genki Sudo vs. Ole Laursen;
- Caol Uno vs. Rich Clementi;
- Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Karim Ibrahim;
- Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Ivan Menjivar;
- Yoshihisa Yamamoto vs. Kim Min-Soo;
- Shungo Oyama vs. Melvin Manhoef;
- Kiuma Kunioku vs. Antonio McKee.
Source:
Tatame |
PRIDE.31
"Unbreakable" Pre-Fight Interviews
Yes, I
know it's a bit late...
Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo, Japan
February 26, 2006
Pride replays
on Oceanic Digital Cable Channel 701
3/1/06 11:30 AM
3/1/06 3:00 PM
3/2/06 12:00 PM
3/2/06 6:00 AM
3/2/06 1:00 PM
3/4/06 2:00 PM
3/4/06 3:00 PM (Channel 703)
3/5/06 2:00 AM (Channel 703)
3/5/06 9:30 AM (Channel 703)
3/6/06 3:00 PM
3/8/06 4:00 AM
3/8/06 11:30 AM
MINOTAURO,
PRIDE SUPERSTAR - Prefight Interview
By Takimoto
Minotauro
was disappointed after being sidelined from PRIDE's New Year's
Eve show, when he was rumored to face an opponent (Josh Barnett)
in a highly anticipated match. However, for unknown reasons,
the fight did not happen. Now, Minotauro faced his second test
against U-FILE Camp's Kiyoshi Tamura, an 13-8 Japanese fighter
who is looking to stabilize his PRIDE career. See what Minotauro
had to say before the action took place.
Takimoto-
A possible match between you and Josh Barnett was rumored. Were
you disappointed when the fight was not scheduled?
Rodrigo
Nogueira: I would like to fight him soon, but I believe that
we will fight each other still this year. Probably in May. Anyways,
my next opponent is an excellent Japanese fighter (Kiyoshi Tamura)
and I guess we will have a good fight because I know he will
not adopt to the style of clinches. The fight will develop itself
well for the fans.
Takimoto-
Do you know the reason why Barnett vs. Minotauro was not booked?
Rodrigo
Nogueira- I think this was PRIDE's choice. I did not know that
Kazuhiro Nakamura was going to fight Barnett. I think the main
attraction of this upcoming event (PRIDE 31) is the collision
between middleweights and heavyweights.
Takimoto-
What do you think about this absolute division?
Rodrigo
Nogueira- I think it is good because middleweights are technical
fighters and they had an excellent spot in the GP last year.
This was a great idea, and the Japanese fighters will have opportunities
inside this new division.
Takimoto-
Barnett vs. Minotauro was a rumor, so did you fear that you would
not fight on the PRIDE 31 show after this was cancelled?
Rodrigo
Nogueira- I did not fear anything. If I did not fight, PRIDE
would have lost a good fight because I put my heart into the
matches and I fight very well. We from BTT display the best ground
technique in all fights and we proved that we are complete fighters.
If I did not get booked on this card, I was 100% certain that
I would be on the next show.
Takimoto-
You already submitted Tamura by armbar in the RINGS King of Kings
2000 tournament, so what do you expect from him in this upcoming
match on the PRIDE 31 show?
Rodrigo
Nogueira- Both of us improved our games. I think his ground and
striking game is better, but I think I have improved much more
than he has. I am mostly technically inside the ring, and I believe
that we will have a better fight than the KOK 2000 match.
Takimoto-
Are you talking about Tamura based on what you have seen of him
or what you have heard about him nowadays?
Rodrigo
Nogueira- I have watched his fights. This is not going to be
an easy fight. I can not hesitate on taking him lightly. I know
what kind of fighting I am going to do against Tamura. He is
left-handed and thanks to God, I already fought against him and
I trained with left-handed guys.
Takimoto-
Is Tamura's left-handedness his main characteristic?
Rodrigo
Nogueira-: Yes, I guess. The reach is different when you are
fighting a left-handed fighter. I need to use my bigger reach
against him and take advantage of every time that I close the
distance or connect a punch.
Takimoto-
You did not fight on the year-end PRIDE show. Did this bother
you?
Rodrigo
Nogueira- I think that not having the chance on the last show
of the year was harmful to me. I was almost booked, but they
did not find an opponent for me. I am a former champion and an
appearance on the year-end show would have been an award for
me. I spent two months of hard training for nothing and this
was extremely bad for my career. I think a fighter has a short
career and when you are going to keep high expectations for a
fight, it is not only the expectation that goes down when a fight
does not happen, but also your body suffers a lot with the training
punishment.
Takimoto-
How do you see your career after this fight against Tamura?
Rodrigo
Nogueira- This is going to be a good year for me. I am very well
prepared physically, and I fought at 102 kg last year and I am
now 107 kg. I am stronger, faster, and my cardio is 100% now.
I am confident not only for this fight against Tamura, but also
for my upcoming matches this year.
MARIO SPERRY,
BTT LEADER - Prefight Interview
By Takimoto
Takimoto-
Were you expecting to fight on the PRIDE 31 card in Saitama?
Jose
Mario- I was scheduled to fight at any moment. PRIDE sometimes
has important events like the two GP tournaments last year, so
I stayed a little sidelined but I was always training a lot,
looking for an opportunity. When the end of 2005 approached,
I realized that I would fight on the first event of 2006.
Takimoto-
Were not you worried about this delayed booking on a PRIDE card?
Jose
Mario- No, I did not, because we are here in the academy (BTT)
with top fighters who are without fights for a long time (Minotauro,
Minotouro, and Paulo Filho).
Takimoto-
When did you start preparing for this upcoming fight against
Tsuyoshi Kohsaka?
Jose
Mario- Since last November, I guess.
Takimoto-
Did this mean no year-end parties?
Jose
Mario- I am too focused as a fighter, so I do not enjoy parties
at all. This was not a problem for me, to not party at the usual
year-end events.
Takimoto-
A lot of Brazilians and commentators around the world talk about
the Arona vs. Silva and Henderson vs. Bustamante matches. Do
you have any words about these fights?
Jose
Mario- This is part of the past for us, so let's train more and
try to
get victories in future fights.
Takimoto-
Those fights saw two losses for BTT. Are you hungrier to get
a win
over Kohsaka because of this?
Jose
Mario- Well, we have to train more, and we need to look for victory
by all means possible with more aggressiveness and solidarity.
Takimoto-
This fight against Kohsaka is going to be a heavyweight match.
Do you like fighting in this weight division instead of the Middleweights?
Jose
Mario- I like the Middleweight division, as I feel comfortable
there. However, DSE offered me this fight and I am not in a position
of refusing and choosing the division that I would like to fight
in. I want to fight.
Takimoto-
You watched a lot of RINGS events from the past, which was the
home of Kohsaka. Plus, Minotauro and Minotouro fought him. Is
this an advantage for you going into this fight?
Jose
Mario- I observed a lot of his tactics. He is a complete fighter
with good positions in all aspects. I believe his ground game
is good, too. His experience in multiple MMA associations demands
some respective from his opponents. However, I will go ahead
and finish the fight as soon as possible.
Takimoto-
Kohsaka held the Pancrase Heavyweight title and he vacated the
belt 'to bet' everything in PRIDE. Does this make him more dangerous
than ever?
Jose
Mario- The will to win is a top goal in every fight. Fighters
who do not think like that do not deserve a spot on events like
PRIDE. I respect Kohsaka and I admire his attitude, but I am
training strong and I am prepared to give it my all during this
fight.
Takimoto-
Brazilian fans were happy when DSE announced Sperry vs. Kohsaka.
In your opinion, what do you have that is special that captures
the admiration of Brazilian fans?
Jose
Mario- I never refuse fights. I would like to thank these fans
and tell them that I have had the pleasure to fight. I am a guy
who is not ordinary due to my age in fighting, so I am living
my fighting career intensely.
Takimoto-
What do you think about the open-weight tournament concept?
Jose
Mario- I think it is good for fighters, as this is one more option
to test your skills. The fans want to see it and DSE is trying
to please the fans.
Takimoto-
What can you tell us about your feelings on the death of Carlson
Gracie?
Jose
Mario- I felt very sad. Carlson was an icon in the sport of Jiu-Jitsu
and he eveloped Jiu-Jitsu in a full way. He was the first of
the Gracie family who opened the doors of Jiu-Jitsu for family
outsiders. In the 80s and 90s, the Carlson Gracie Team dominated
the Jiu-Jitsu scene and this was the result of his great work.
This was a big blow not only to the people closest to him, but
for all people in the MMA and Jiu-Jitsu communities.
Takimoto-
Any final statement?
Jose
Mario- I want to fight and show a perfect performance on the
PRIDE 31 show. This fight will be a reason that I am invited
to PRIDE again, and it does not matter if they invite me for
their Absolute, Middleweight, or Heavyweight events, I will go
with all of my strength to fight whoever is in the opposite corner
facing me.
Source: Maxfighting
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Kickin
It 14
KICKIN IT 2006 PART 2 (AMATEUR KICKBOXING)
MARCH 4 2006 (DOORS OPEN 6:30 PM)
WAIPAHU FILCOM CENTER
MAIN EVENT
DALE KAMAI 175# HANS LEE
TEAM SOLJAH ANIMAL HOUSE
2005 LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT KICKIN IT CHAMPION VS 2005 LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
JR KICKIN IT CHAMPION. ANIMAL AGAINST SOLDIER, CHAMPION VS CHAMPION,
TITLE FOR TITLE
BILLY PINERO 75# TRISTON PEBRIA
TEAM DEVASTATION EWA BEACH FIGHT CLUB
TODD YOUNG 170# CLEMETTE HELEMANO
TEAM SOLJAH EWA BEACH FIGHT CLUB
KEOKI DAVIS SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT KEOKI GANDY
TEAM DEVASTATION THE UNKNOWN FIGHT TEAM
NYE DELASANTOS 165# OLA PLUNKETT
TEAM SOLJAH ANIMAL HOUSE
KAEO CANDENERO 75# KILEY RAMIRO
HSD HMC
NUI WHEELER 135# JAY BOLOS
TEAM SOLJAH ANIMAL HOUSE
TEARJA SELLERS 160# TIANNA HIGA
HSD TEAM ISLAND THUNDER
SAM PALOSAMI SUPERHEAVYWEIGHT TRAVIS
TEAM DEVASTATION ANIMAL HOUSE
RICKY MARILLO 145# KAIKA BULLOCK
TEAM DEVASTATION HSD
JORDAN SUA 125# DEVIN DAMO
FIGHTERS UNION ANIMAL HOUSE
KOICHI TANJI 125# EVAN QUIZON
HMC TEAM DEVASTATION
MILLER UALESEI 185# TBA
TEAM DEVASTATION HOUSE OF THUNDER
RICKI CASE 160# KONA AE
THE UNKNOWN FIGHT TEAM TEAM DEVASTATION
NATHAN NAKI 140# BRANDON AMANONCE
HSD TEAM DEVASTATION
ED PONTEZ 140 JUSTIN WONG
TTHE UNKNOWN FIGHT TEAM HMC
ALL PARTICIPANTS AND MATCHES MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
TICKET INFO. - CONTACT DOUG AT 721-6019
Source: Event Promoter
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Extreme
Wars X-1 2 Fight Card
Blaisdell
Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii
March 18, 2004
Fights start promptly at 7:00 PM so come early!
Walter Saliss Vs Jr Sua
Randy Leuder VS Derik Thronton
Jamal
Perkins (808 Fight Factory) VS "Sugar" Shane Nelson
(BJ Penn's MMA)
Peter
"Boy" VS Bryson Kamaka (808 Fight Factory)
Kevin
Delima (Bulls Pen) VS Dave Moreno
Albert
Manners (BJ Penn's MMA) VS Lorenzo Coca
Ed
Newalu (808 Fight Factory) VS to be announced
X-1
Title Fight
Jim Kikuchi (808 Fight Factory) VS Lafayette Barelo
Mike
Malone (Eastsidaz) VS Tupu AluAlu (Grappling Unlimited)
Gabriel
Kamakahi VS Jay Carter (BJ Penn's MMA)
Miles
Tynannes VS Reuben "Warpath" Villareal
Super
Heavy Weight
Shane Carwin Vs Matt Nelson
Danny"Death
Roll" Higgins VS Fernando Gonzalez
X-1
World Title Event
Harris Sarmiento (808 Fight Factory) Vs Kola Koka
X-1
World Title Belt
Ross "Da Boss" Ebanez (BJ Penn's MMA) VS Mark Moreno
(Bulls Pen)
John
"The Bull" Marsh (228 St Gym) Vs John "Big J"
Kailiuli
Marcelo
Tiger VS John Lober
Source: X-1
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