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Masakatsu Funaki! A Legend Returns
2007-07-19 21:31:00 On Monday the first round of the 2007 Hero’s Middleweight GP started and a couple of results during the event did most likely not go the way FEG wanted. Those results were Hideo Tokoro and Kiyoshi Tamura losing. Tokoro seemed too afraid of Mamba’s striking and when it went to the ground he went for ... More About: Legend , Turn , Katsu , Kats
Final Post! Battle In The Typhoon
2007-07-15 15:00:00 This will be the last post before the Hero ’s event tommorow, and it will be updated as much as possible until the event starts, here we go. More About: Post , Final , Typhoon , Battle
Sik Injured! The Replacement Is Melvin Manhoef
2007-07-14 17:30:00 Yoon Dong Sik is injured and won’t fight Bernard Ackah on Monday, instead the Dutch Melvin Manhoef will replace him, this was posted in the kakutougi forums. Melvin Manhoef last fought in a K-1 Rules fight in Amsterdam on June 23rd where he quickly destroyed Ruslan Karaev, see for yourselves: More About: Lace , Injured
New Information! September Is The Month Of Returns
2007-07-14 11:48:00 A new Hero’s article was posted on sherdog.com a few minutes ago, here is the new information that it contains: Sources close to Gomi ’s camp told Sherdog.com that the popular fighter, who still holds the PRIDE 161-pound title, will be present at the event Monday, when he’ll more thank likely make his participation in future HERO’S ... More About: Information , Sokoudjou , Format , September
Sokoudjou To Hero?s?! Visa Keeps Him Out Of Monday Fight
2007-07-14 08:13:00 thefightnetwork.com are reporting that Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou was going to face either Melvin Manhoef or Alistair Overeem on Monday ’s Hero ’s card but that visa issues kept him out of the fight. He is still going to Japan this weekend to discuss a multi-fight contract with FEG though. To strengthen this, here is what Dave Meltzer on ... More About: Fight , Visa
Calvan Gets A Bye Into The Semifinals! But If He Is Still Injured?
2007-07-13 06:14:00 Artur Oumakhanov vs. Andre Dida will be a super fight and it has now been said that defending champion J.Z. Calvan is getting a bye into the second round, but! If Calvan’s right hand hasn’t recovered until the semifinals in September the winner of Oumakhanov and Dida will get the spot. Calvan himself said that ... More About: Hero , Fina , Semifinal , Injured
Oumakhanov Vs. Dida Not A Tournament Fight! What Is The Meaning Of This?
2007-07-12 21:56:00 On both the English K-1 site and the Japanese Hero ’s site it says that Artur Oumakhanov vs. Andre Dida is a super fight and not a Middleweight Tournament fight. Does this mean that Calvan is getting a bye into the second round? We’ll have to wait and see. More About: Fight , Meaning
J.Z. Injured! Undefeated Russian Takes His Spot?
2007-07-11 17:59:00 According to this article by MMAWeekly.com J.Z. Calvan has pulled out of his Hero ’s Tournament quarterfinal fight against Andre Dida on Monday. The expected replacement is the undefeated Russian , Artur Oumakhanov. Oumakhanov’s last fight was in the beginning of June when he defeated Japanese Wataru Miki by split decision in the quarterfinals of the Cage ... More About: Spot , Feat , Undefeated
The Man With The Red Pants Returns! Gomi To Hero?s?
2007-07-10 21:30:00 Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Kin Taiei FEG have announced a new fight for their July 16th Hero ’s card. Kiyoshi Tamura will face Seido Kaikan Karate fighter Kin Taiei. Both of these fighters had their last MMA fights in NYE of 2006 and both won when Tamura brutally defeated Minowaman with soccer kicks and Taiei high kicked Tokimitsu ... More About: Pants , Gomi , Turn , The Man
Ricardo Almeida! Return Of The 4th Middleweight KOP
2007-07-07 12:48:00 Retirement On July of 2004, 2 months after defeating Ryo Chonan at Pride Bushido 3, Ricardo Almeida (27 years old at the time) retired from MMA competition to focus more on teaching Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. At that time he was the 4th Middleweight King Of Pancrase after a fight with Nathan Marquardt in 2003 that ended ... More About: Return , Turn , Return of the , Eight
Nagata! The Legend Of The Two Wrestling Brothers
2007-07-03 21:27:00 Olympic Silver Medalist Katsuhiko Nagata was a successful amateur wrestler and a 2000 Olympic silver medalist in Greco-Roman Wrestling , but he may be more known in Japan for being the younger brother of famous Professional Wrestler, Yuji Nagata. More About: Brothers , Hero , Legend
Updated Hero?s 16/7 Card
2007-07-02 21:17:00 Olympia Hero ?s 2007: Middleweight GP 1st Round Date: 16/07-2007 Place: Kanagawa, Japan Middleweight GP (3 Rounds, 5 Minutes): Caol Uno vs. Katsuhiko Nagata J.Z. Calvan vs. Andre Dida Vitor “Shaolin” Riberio vs. Kazuyuki Miyata Hideo Tokoro vs. Black Mamba Super Fights (3 Rounds, 5 Minutes): Katsuyori Shibata vs. Ralek Gracie Dong-Sik Yoon vs. Bernard Ackah Alexandre Franca Nogueira vs. Shuichiro Katsumura All card updates and ... More About: Card
K-1 MAX Final Elimination Videos
2007-06-30 08:57:00 No need for post event quotes when you can watch the fights for yourselves. Elimination Fights: Mike Zambidis vs. Drago Virgil Kalakoda vs. Albert Kraus Yoshihiro Sato vs. Denis Schneidmiller Andy Souwer vs. Ole Laursen Soo-Hwan Lee vs. Artur Kyshenko Buakaw Por. Pramuk vs. Nicky Holtzken Masato vs. J.Z. Calvan More About: Videos , Final , Fina , Mina
Countdown To K-1 MAX Eliminations
2007-06-26 21:18:00 All updates, news and multimedia on the card will be updated on this post until Thursday. Update #1: I uploaded an old Nicky Holtzken fight (vs. Richard Jones). He is fighting Buakaw on the MAX event. Video is here (you can download it there also if you want). More About: Countdown , Mina
K-1 Amsterdam N.O.B. Post Event Quotes
2007-06-26 20:38:00 On the GP: “Some boring and some decent fights. I’m glad that Bjorn Bregy didn’t win the GP this year again. Slowinski looked good during his fights and had the best strategy against Bregy throwing a lot of different strikes, especially legkicks. So Slowinski will head to the eliminations in Korea. The two best fights on ... More About: Event , Post , Quotes , Amsterdam , Vent
Kimbo Slice Vs. Ray Mercer Video
2007-06-26 19:53:00 (more…) More About: Video , Kimbo Slice , Merc , Kimbo , Slice
Strikeforce/EliteXC N.O.B. Post Event Quotes
2007-06-24 09:42:00 On Victor Valenzuela vs. Edson Berto: “Edson Berto had a good gameplan and did not take any chances by fighting in Valenzuela’s world, a quick heel hook gave him the victory, impressive performance for taking the fight on such short notice.” On Paul Buentello vs. Carter Williams: “Carter Williams looked very out of shape. Williams was ... More About: Event , Post , Quotes , Elite , Strikeforce
Countdown To Strikeforce/EliteXC
2007-06-20 21:47:00 All updates, news and multimedia on the card will be updated on this post until Friday (I can’t make new posts every second the CSAC decides to clear and deny fighters). Update #1: Sherdog.com are reporting that Phil Baroni (was also rumored to be out of the card) and Murilo Rua are now cleared by the ... More About: Elite , Strikeforce , Countdown , Strike , Elitexc
Kimbo Vs. Mercer = Exhibition Match
2007-06-19 22:19:00 Kimbo Slice vs. Ray Merc er on June 23rd will be an exhibition match which means that if the fight goes the distance it will be declared an automatic draw and the fight will not be counted in their MMA records (like in TUF). Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett is out of his fight against Victor Valenzuela on ... More About: Match , Exhibition , Elite , Strikeforce
Kimbo Slice Training Footage
2007-06-18 21:41:00 On June 23rd the legendary underground street fighter Kimbo Slice will take on former Heavyweight boxing champion Ray Mercer. The fight will take place on the Cage Fury Fighting Championships 5 in New Jersey. Kimbo Slice is famous on the internet for the videos of his bare knuckle boxing street fights that are up on different ... More About: Training , Foot , Ice T
The Return Of Bob ?The Beast? Sapp
2007-06-18 18:06:00 After being scheduled for two fights and dropping out of both, the first only hours before the fight, Bob “The Beast ” Sapp is returning to K-1 on June 23rd when he faces Peter Aerts for the first time ever. More About: Return , The Return , Turn
Falaniko Vitale Replaces Murilo Rua
2007-06-17 20:56:00 A couple of days ago it was reported that Murilo “Ninja” Rua could not pass his physical by the CSAC and was taken off the June 22nd event by Strikeforce and Elite XC in California. His replacement will be Falaniko Vitale, the former Super Brawl Middleweight champion. The fight between Joey Villasenor and Falaniko Vitale will ... More About: Alan , Murilo Rua , Lani
Caol Uno Vs. Katsuhiko Nagata On Hero?s GP
2007-06-15 13:23:00 The first match-up of the Hero ’s Middleweight GP on July 16th has been announced. Last years tournament runner-up Caol Uno will take on the 2000 Olympic silver medalist Kats u hiko Nagata . Seven candidates for the GP were also announced (I’m not sure if the GP is 8-man or 16-man): J.Z. Calvan, Vitor “Shaolin” Riberio, Hideo Tokoro, ...
Upcoming K-1 WGP Events
2007-06-15 08:04:00 Cards and names have been released for K-1’s two next World GP events. On June 23rd K-1 will be in Amsterdam and on July 29th Hong Kong has been chosen for the Asia GP. Besides both events having GP’s they will also have one title fight each as Semmy Schilt defends his K-1 SHW title ... More About: Events , Vent , Upcoming , Ming
Shinya Aoki To Grapple On DEEP X
2007-06-14 18:30:00 On June 17th the grappling event DEEP X is taking place in Tokyo, Japan. Shooto champion Shin ya Aoki will grapple against BJJ black belt Pedro Akira on this event. They have grappled before in 2005 where Aoki won after only 1 minute and 18 seconds so this will be their second match against each other. More About: Deep , Shinya Aoki , Grapple , Shiny
Ole Laursen Replaces Ian Schaffa
2007-06-13 22:35:00 Changes have been made to the June 28th K-1 MAX card. Ole Laursen from Denmark will replace the injured Ian Schaffa in one of the elimination fights against Andy Souwer. Laursen’s most recent fight in K-1 MAX was on April 4th earlier this year when he lost to Masato. More About: Lace
Recent Signings By FEG
2007-06-12 18:45:00 A day before Dynamite!! USA FEG announced that they have signed grappling legend Marcelo Garcia and that he will make his debut on September 17th. The next official FEG signing has been reported on Korean newspapers. 31 year old Kim Young-Hyun is the name. Kim is a Ssireum stylist from Korea and is Hong-Man Choi’s rival ... More About: Recent , Signing
Hero?s Middleweight GP 2007
2007-06-10 09:23:00 On July 16th the 2007 Hero ’s Middleweight GP will commence and on the Hero’s website a list of fighters expected to participate has been put out. More About: Eight , Weigh
The Undefeated Cung Le
More articles from this author:2007-06-09 17:54:00 Strikeforce and EliteXC are putting on a mega card together on June 22nd in California when both organizations Middleweight titles are on the line. In the main event Phil Baroni and Frank Shamrock will fight for the Strikeforce Middleweight title and in the other title fight Joey Villasenor takes on Murilo “Ninja” Rua for the ... More About: The U , Feat , Undefeated 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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