06/14/09

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 Brazilian Jose Aldo took home a US$ 10,000 check for the best knockout, for his 8-second flying-knee win over Cub Swanson, in addition to his $17,625 purse. Seth Dikun took a considerable raise by winning submission of the night for his flying triangle on Rolando Perez, on top of his $3,940 purse. And headliners Urijah Faber and Mike Brown each took $10,000 bonuses for fight of the night, for their title-bout.

 The complete list is as follows, not counting bonuses:

 Mike Brown: US$ 25,256
Urijah Faber: US$ 25,790

 Jose Aldo: US$ 17,625
Cub Swanson: US$8,940

 Donald Cerrone: US$ 17,682
James Krause: US$ 1,692

 Josh Grispi: US$ 17,381
Jens Pulver: US$ 31,253

 Manny Gamburyan: US$ 26,960
John Franchi: US$ 3,108

 Rafael Rebello: US$ 3,650
Kyle Dietz: US$ 1,840

 Anthony Pettis: US$ 3,302
Mike Campbell: US$ 2,950

 Antonio Banuelos: US$ 9,8oo
Scott Jorgensen: US$ 5,530

 Frank Gomez: US$ 3,962
Noah Thomas: US$ 2,350

 Seth Dikun: US$ 3,940
Rolando Perez: US$ 2,890

Source: Gracie Magazine

Combat Sambo is a popular Russian sport which combines throws with limited striking and submissions.

Fedor had defeated Ivanov in February and with the signing of Ivanov, World Victory Road is wishing that the two could meet down the line in a rubber match under MMA rules.

Fedor's camp said last month that Fedor is in negotiations to fight with a promotion in Japan but did not reveal which one.

Ivanov's opponent, Fujita (15-7-1), is an experienced MMA fighter and pro wrestler. Fujita is arguably the fighter closest to beating Fedor. At PRIDE 26 in June 2003, Fujita dazed Fedor with a right but would end up succumbing to a rear-naked choke.

Source: MMA Fighting

by Steven Marrocco

Randy Khatami says Kimbo Slice is ready for the 15 heavyweights who want a piece of him.

Beatdown 10 This Saturday!
Hilo Civic Auditorium
Fights Start at 7 PM

O2's Kaleo Kwan vs Raymond Castro!

Marcelo Garcia and Sergio Moraes’ Gentleman’s Agreement

Sergio Moraes and Marcelo Garcia decide the winner of the middleweight division via rochambeau. Photo courtesy Stephen Hall.

 It’s been in the jiu-jitsu news often recently: the controversial gentleman’s agreement, where two Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitors who train together are the last remaining athletes in a division at a tournament, and they decide the winner amongst themselves instead of competing. The practice makes sense if you are one of the two remaining athletes and you want to avoid the sweet of bringing home a new medal combined with the sour of it being at a close friend’s expense. However from the point of view of just about everyone else in the room, the gentelman’s agreement is unpopular because it robs the spectators the opportunity to watch the two best competitors in a division compete against each other.

 The BJJ community is deeply divided on the topic. In a recent poll here on The FightWorks Podcast.com, 54% of respondents said they were in favor of gentleman’s agreements being permitted, and 46% were against gentleman’s agreements.

 Many were wondering whether last weekend’s 2009 BJJ World Championship might be soured (from the spectators’ point of view) by gentleman’s agreements. For those who were concerned, the outcome was not so bad: in the black belt divisions of both genders, there was only one, which took place between Marcelo Garcia and Sergio Moraes, two Alliance athletes who closed out the hyper-competitive black belt middleweight division together.

 So how did these two elite athletes decide who would bring home the gold medal? Would they use the traditional method of basing the decision on seniority, which still leaves the possibility of one competitor feeling shafted? The guys from Alliance eliminated the possibility of such resentment. As first spotted here and as shown in the photo above, the decision over who would win the gold and who would win the silver medal between Sergio Moraes and Marcelo Garcia was decided in the most neutral manner: by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Whatever your feelings are on the gentleman’s agreement in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, you have to enjoy the fun that Moraes and Garcia had with the situation.

 Make sure you tune in to this coming Sunday’s episode of The FightWorks Podcast to hear Fabio Gurgel discuss the gentleman’s agreement between his Alliance competitors Sergio Moraes and Marcelo Garcia.

Source: Fightworks

Gomi coming to America?
by Jake Rossen, Sherdog.com

After winning his most recent fight, Takanori Gomi is ready to take the U.S. by storm.

 If all goes according to plan, Takanori Gomi may be stepping on to American fight soil for the first time. MMAWeekly reports that Gomi is in negotiations with Affliction to appear on its Aug. 1 show.

Once considered to have a legitimate claim to be the best in a murky 160-ish weight class, Gomi has seen his stock drop recently with consecutive losses in Sengoku. He won his past fight, which may not sound like much but sure is one hell of a lot better than a three-fight losing streak.

 Affliction vice president Tom Atencio later told Fanhouse that Gomi will not meet rumored opponent Brett Cooper. Whether he'll fight -- and against whom -- is still TBA.

Source: ESPN

UFC 98 purses released

'This is just the beginning'

Before the eyes of 50 black belts, cousin Rickson and a large number of other people who packed the new Gracie Barra America branch in Irvine, CA, Renzo Gracie holds the red-and-black belt of his master, Carlos Gracie Junior.


Carlos Gracie Jr receives red and black belt and promises new endeavors

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Kauai Technical Institute Relson Gracie Jiu Jitsu
SCRAPPLER FEST TOURNAMENT RESULTS

 2nd Relson Gracie 74 pts. 

3rd Kamole 45 pts.

 Gracie Humita 18 pts.

 Redemtion Fighters 13 pts.

 Brazilian Freestyle
Maui Grappling 18 pts.

 Nova Uniao 2 pts.

 Rk Sports
Kihei Kompound
Freelance 0 pts.

Josh Barnett: Next fight is in August
By Zach Arnold

So sayeth Daily Sports in Japan, which says that Barnett hasn’t decided which offer to take yet - the Inoki booking at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, an Affliction booking, or a Pancrase/Sengoku booking. Prediction time - if Affliction offers him a deal less than his previous fights, he’ll take the Sengoku 8/2 Saitama Super Arena booking and work the IGF show. May as well do it.

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 "With a title fight against Cung Le nowhere on the horizon Nick will probably be going back down to the 170lbs division. I know there's been speculation about a rematch with Robbie Lawler, but Diaz will be dropping weight as he picks up his running and cardio training.

 As far as a return to lightweight is concerned, forget it. Unless BJ Penn or some other mega fight comes up he won't return to that weight class. It just isn't healthy. He was having terrible performances against B-level fighters. The weight drop was causing lots of health related problems and he wasn't performing to his ability. If you put Anderson Silva at lightweight he'd get crushed cause he'd enter the cage half dead. Now we got guys that are running around bragging about how good they did with Diaz when he was a lightweight.

 After this fight we'll have Nick drop back down to 170lbs and probably stay there unless Strikeforce has something interesting for him."
-Cesar

Source: Gracie Fighter

 Royce Gracie, Renzo Gracie, Rickson Gracie, Ricardo Libório, Fabrício Werdum, Demian Maia, Thales Leites, Vitor Shaolin, Fábio Leopoldo, Rolls Gracie. This real Dream Team of the Jiu-Jitsu is in Beijing to watch from the first row the 12th Edition of Art of War, which will happen this Saturday in the Olympic Sports Center. The Brazilians head the list of nearly 200 celebrities from the world of MMA and Jiu-Jitsu, brought by the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who has just organized the first professional world cup of the sport and now pretends to officially announce his entry in the MMA world.

 "Neither in Pride times we could see so many celebrities together and in a so friendly climate", commented, today, at breakfast, the American journalist Stephen Quadros, who divided the table with Rickson Gracie, Ricardo Libório and Fabrício Werdum, minutes before the arrival of Tim Sylvia, Demian Maia and Thales Leites. "We brought almost 200 invited among journalists and fighters from around the world, not forgetting the plane with the delegation from Abu Dhabi, which arrived today in Beijing with more than 300 people”, revealed first-hand the organizer of the event Konrad Pi, beside his brother and partner Andy Pi, who, for security reasons, didn’t want to reveal if the Sheik will be at the event. "We brought the greatest judge of the Pride, the greatest judge of the UFC, the first champions of Pride (Rickson) and UFC (Royce) and the main journalists of the MMA world. All I can say is that we’ll make an excellent show, and later we’ll have five more in 2009", Andy told us.

 At the meeting of rules, realized this Thursday just after lunch, the 24 fighters of the event were told that the fights will be disputed in a round of 10 minutes plus a five minutes round, mixing rules of the Pride (stomps and soccer kicks) with the ones from the UFC (elbows will be allowed without restrictions). The only Brazilian in the card will be Rolles Gracie, son of the legendary Rolls, who will face the Russian Baga Agaev. Today, Rolles, showing excellent shape, met his cousin Rickson, who had just arrived from almost 20 hours of travel. Stay tuned on TATAME.com for more news about the event.

Source: Tatame

05/19/09

World Pro JJ Cup winners list

Black belt categories have champions

The champions of the five black belt categories at the World Pro JJ Cuphave been defined. The finals are over in done in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Under 65kg

In the third meeting between the two, Rafael Mendes finally managed to overcome three-time world champion Rubens Charles. In a back-and-forth final, the Ramon Lemos student, from Rio Claro, managed a takedown with 10 seconds left till the end and took gold with a score of 6 to 4. “In the two fights I lost, I played defense and this time I went on the attack,” Rafael said in summing up his strategy.

Under 75kg
 

In a same-academy final, there wasn’t much action. The decision to allow two teammates to face each other in the final didn’t favor combativeness. Michael Langhi and Marcelo Garcia had a monotonous match that ended 0 to 0 even in advantage points. The ref handed it to Langhi, who played guard the whole time. Garcia was visibly put off by the outcome.


Under 85kg

Tarsis Humphreys was the bane of the Estima family in Abu Dhabi. In the absolute, he overcame Braulio and at weight beat Victor. In the final, a sweep concluded the category. “Victor has a dangerous guard, always on the attack. I played my game well, I managed to sweep and not mess up, since in six minutes there’s no coming back,” assessed Tarsis, between laughing fits.

Under 95kg

 
Another of the evening's most hard-nosed was Rodolfo Vieira, the black belt hunter. First he beat up Braulio in the semifinal and in the decisive match he left no room for Antonio Peinado to work. In a hotly-disputed match, the threats of passing guard guaranteed three advantages and a gold medal for the brown belt. “I suffered an injury just two weeks ago and even I didn’t believe I had a chance, but with the support of my family and partners from GFT, I did it,” celebrated Rudolf.

Over 95kg
 

There was no revenge. In the sequel to the final of the Brazilian qualifiers, in March, Alexandre de Souza once again got the best of Gabriel Vella, a sweep at the start followed by two near mounts in quick succession paid out in two points and two advantages. Vella reciprocated with a sweep, but it was too little too late to turn the tables.
Brazilian Nationals: Gurgel comments on absolute shut out

The World Pro JJ Cup had a gala night this Saturday. Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan paid a visit to the Zayed Sport City Tennis Court and celebrated from the stands, most vocal after the victory of Yahya Mansoor, a soldier from the UAE army, who snatched gold against Egyptian Tarek Mattar.
Check out the photogalleries from the event by clicking here and here.

More coverage of the World JJ Cup to come here on GRACIEMAG.com
 

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ADCC American Trials sign-ups open
Anyone can try for a spot in the main tournament

 Imagine having the opportunity to share the spotlight with some of the biggest names in world submission grappling. This dream may be more attainable than most people think. Organized by the same team responsible for successfully holding IBJJF championships, the ADCC American Trials are already open for sign-ups and all are welcome to participate.

To keep competitors from having to travel great distances, two events will be held as trials, one on each coast of the United States.

The first will be held on the 23rd and 24th of May, on the campus of the California State University Dominguez Hills.

Now on the 13th and 14th of June the ADCC Trials lands on the East Coast, and will have as a venue the J Collins Arena, at Brookdale Community College.
The main ADCC 2009 competition will take place in September, in the city of Barcelona, Spain. Stay tuned to GRACIEMAG.com and we’ll be back with more information on the event.

Source: Gracie Magazine

Barcelona to host ADCC 2009
Event to be held in September

 After much mystery from the organizers of the ADCC a date and location has finally been defined for the 2009 chapter. Unlike the last two installments, held in the United States, this time Barcelona, Spain plays host to the world’s premiere grappling-fest .

 Kid Peligro broke the news on ADCCnews.com.

 The exact dates have not yet been released, but the championship is expected to take place at the end of September.

According to the event’s organizers, the decision to take the event to Europe came about due to the massive growth of the ADCC on the Old Continent, as well as Barcelona’s proven capacity for receiving big events, like the’92 Olympics.

 Stay tuned for more on the ADCC 2009.

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WORLD JIU-JITSU CHAMPIONSHIP 2009

The eyes of the sport Jiu-Jitsu world are turned to the Walter Pyramid Gymnasium at the Cal State university Long Beach, Long Beach,  California, where the 2009 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship is set to take place.

The most important Jiu-Jitsu event in the World, is open for sign-ups.

As it is now the tradition, the International Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) has designated deadlines with different sign-up prices.
Friday, May 15th is the last chance  to sign-up at  the reduced price of U$111.  From May 16th to May 26th the price will be US126.

Click here to sign up.

The tournament will take place on June 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th in California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, EUA.

California State University, Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90840

05/06/09