- Posted by Razor on August 6, 2008
World Victory Road confirmed that 1996 Judo Olympic gold medalist Pawel Nastula will fight Korean wrestler Yang Dong Yi. Yi trains out of CMA Korea and is 14 years younger than Nastula. He has fought just two professional MMA fights in DEEP, made finish by TKO in the first round in both fights.
SENGOKU 4
Date : August 24th, 2008
Place : Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan
Fight : - Pawel Nastula vs Yang Dong Yi [Heavyweight]
- Takanori Gomi vs Bang Seung Hwan [Lightweight]
- Makoto Takimoto vs Frank Trigg [Middleweight]
- Peter Graham vs Moise Rimbon [Heavyweight]
- Lightweight GP Series 2008 1st Round :
- Satoru Kitaoka vs. Clay French
- Eiji Mitsuoka vs. Rodrigo Damm
- Kazunori Yokota vs. Bojan Kosednar
- Mizuto Hirota vs. Ryan Schultz
- Posted by Razor on July 19, 2008
Great news. Fuel TV will be airing a live broadcast of the highly anticipated Silva versus Irvin bout on Sunday the 20th July at 11am EST. Courtesy of the UFC, this is a first for Australian cable/sattelite TV, and is a great opportunity to increase exposure of Mixed Martial Arts in Australia for those of you who have not yet watched the Pay Per Views.
The fight card is as below:
Silva vs Irvin
Brandon Vera vs Reese Andy
Hermes Franka vs Frank Edgar
Cain Velasquez Vs. Jake O'Brien
Anthony Johnson Vs. Kevin Burns
Jesse Taylor Vs. CB Dollaway
Tim Credeur Vs. Cale Yarbrough
Brodie Farber Vs. Rory Markham
Nate Loughran Vs. Johnny Rees
James Giboo Vs. Brad Blackburn
Dale Hartt Vs. Shannon Gugerty
- Posted by Razor on July 16, 2008
According to
Yahoo Sports, former UFC Light Heavyweight Champ Quinton Jackson was arrested late Tuesday afternoon following an incident in Costa Mesa, California.
The Costa Mesa police department claims that Jackson was seen driving with a flat tire whilst talking on his cell phone (which recently became illigal while driving in California). The police attempted to pull him over, but Rampage ignored the officers and continued driving. It is believed that Rampage had struck other vehicles before and during the pursuit. During the chase Rampage weaved in and out of traffic, and at one point was driving on the wrong side of the road, and even on a sidewalk.
A tire on the car eventually blew out and came off the rim, forcing Rampage to pull over, where he was arrested at gunpoint (picture courtesy of TMZ.com). He is currently being held on $25,000 bail after being charged with hit-and-run driving, felony evading and reckless driving.
- Posted by Razor on July 15, 2008
A press release to MMA Razor from World Victory Road has confirmed that former Olympic Judo gold medalist Makoto Takimoto is fighting in Sengoku IV. His opponent will be Frank Trigg in the middle weight division.
The event is set to take place on the
24th of August, 2008 at the Saitama Super Arena.
Other featured fights included Australia's own Peter Graham who is squaring off against Moise Rimbon, along with a list of exciting fighters including:
Eiji Mitsuoka, Karunor Yokota, Satoru Kitaoka, Duane "Bang" Ludwig and Rodrigo Damm.
- Posted by Razor on July 7, 2008
After a 5 round bout Forrest Griffin came out on top with a unanimous decision over Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. According to Sherdog however, Jackson's Coach, Juanito Ibarra, has stated that he feels Rampage was unfairly robbed of a victory, and has hinted at an appeal to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Randy Couture however, coach and training partner of Forrest Griffin, believes that the fight was close but the decision was still correct. Couture based his logic on the fact that Griffin controlled the centre of the Octagon and appeared to be the aggressor for the majority of the fight. Forrest openly requested a rematch immediately after the fight, and although Rampage was gracious in defeat, he had no reservations in stating that he thinks he won the fight later at the post fight press conference.
- Posted by Razor on June 18, 2008
According to
MMA Junkie, the dominant UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva will make his light heavyweight debut at UFC Fight Night 14 on the 19th of July.
Hermes Franca and Frankie Edgar are also scheduled to fight on the card.
The fight is an interesting move for Silva, who's reach advantage in the middleweight division may not be such a factor against the taller fighters in the stacked Light Heavyweight class. He will also be facing many physically stronger fighters including Chuck Liddel, Quinton Jackson, Wanderlei Silva and Forrest Griffin to name a few.
- Posted by Razor on June 5, 2008
According to MMAYOU Affliction is set to announce its official partnership with Donal Trump at a press conference to be held at Trump Tower. Trump, who has been a long time fan of Mixed Martial Arts seeks to partner with Affliction and help the new company become a major player in the promotion of MMA.
“We
are very excited to be partnering with the most recognized and
accomplished business mogul in the world, “ said Tom Atencio, vice
president of Affliction. “Trump is a true visionary who shares our
belief in the future of MMA.”
“I
have been a fan of professional sports since childhood, and I am
particularly impressed by the athleticism, courage, and strength of
these disciplined athletes.” said Donald J. Trump. “This particular
sport resembles my business style of being fast paced, strategic, and
aggressive…remembering to never give up. I am particularly excited to
partner with Affliction and become a major player in promotion of MMA;
the youngest and fastest growing sport to emerge in the last century.”
The first event “Affliction
Banned” will be held this July in Anaheim California. It features a star-studded fight card with Fedor “The Last
Emperor” Emelianko (27-1), the former undisputed PRIDE® champion and
Russian M-1® legend, taking on former 2-time UFC® heavyweight
title-holder Tim “The Maine-iac” Sylvia (24-4), in the main event.
The
exciting four-fight undercard is loaded with Josh “The Baby Faced
Assassin” Barnett (22-5), of Seattle, facing-off stateside for the
first time in two years in a grudge match against the only opponent to
ever knock him out, Brazilian strongman Pedro “The Rock” Rizzo (16-7).
- Posted by Razor on May 28, 2008
Thanks to
MMA Junkie for the following:
B.J. Penn ($250,000) def. Sean Sherk ($35,000)
Wanderlei Silva ($150,000) def. Keith Jardine ($10,000)
Goran Reljic ($6,000) def. Wilson Gouveia ($18,000)
Lyoto Machida ($100,000) def. Tito Ortiz ($210,000)
Thiago Silva ($50,000) def. Antonio Mendes ($4,000)
Rousimar Palhares ($10,000) def. Ivan Salaverry ($20,000)
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou ($80,000) def. Kazuhiro Nakamura ($20,00O)
Rich Clementi ($40,000) def. Terry Etim ($10,000)
Yoshiyuki Yoshida ($12,000) def. Jon Koppenhaver ($8,000)
Dong Hyun Kim ($40,000) def. Jason Tan ($3000)
Shane Carwin ($12,000) def. Christian Wellisch ($10,000)
- Posted by Razor on May 21, 2008
Check out this double knockout. It happened between fighters Typler Bryan and Shaun Parker in an event called "Legends of Fighting" on May 16.
- Posted by Razor on May 19, 2008
According to
MMA Weekly, the UFC continues its global expanse by recently announcing its plans to hold events in Germany, Australia, and the Philippines. Following the success of the UFC in the UK and the recent debut in Canada, the UFC is confident of extending its brand which has single handedly popularized Mixed Martial Arts globally.
At the moment, the rumoured location for the first event in Germany is Berlin. Based on record breaking Pay Per View results and attendance for the recent event in Canada, the international popularity of the sport is evident, and it is clear that throught the popularity of MMA that the UFC offers something that transcends any cultural barriers.
As Dana White said “I take two guys and put them in the Octagon and they can use any martial art they want. It translates through all different cultural barriers, language barriers... people love fighting.”
He continued, “I think that this thing can be global. I think that this thing can be the biggest sport in the world. I already know it's the most exciting sport in the world.”