TOKYO, October 12, 2005 -- On a card replete with elite talent, Dutch fighters continued their dominance of things K-1 as Andy Souwer and Albert Kraus both won at the K-1 World Max '05 in Tokyo. The one-match showcase event, held at the Yoyogi Olympic Complex, also saw impressive performances from Greek slugger Mike Zambidis and Lithuanian dynamo Remigijus Morkevicius.
HAMMOND, IN - On Saturday, November 19th, diehard fight fans will visit the pumps and pay good money to fuel up in preparation for a ritual trek from all corners of the Midwest to a common destination in Hammond, Indiana. Once again, the Hammond Civic Center will host the annual Ironheart Crown full-contact submission prize-fighting event, sanctioned by the International Shooto Commission based out of Tokyo, Japan. In this year's show, the recently established Shooto Americas chapter, covering North, Central, and South America, will crown its first-ever champions in the Lightweight and Featherweight divisions.
TOKYO, October 11, 2005 -- The 20 fighters who will do battle in the K-1 World Max '05 in Tokyo weighed in and met the press today at the New Takanawa Hotel in central Tokyo. All fighters made the 70kg limit, and looked to be in great shape for the all-star showdown, which is set for tomorrow evening at the Yoyogi Olympic Complex in Tokyo.
Six years ago, Englishman Alex Roberts traveled to Japan in search of the traditional fighting arts, and on November 5th, the heavyweight prospect will proudly represent the Land of the Rising Sun as part of Mixed Fighting Championship 5: USA vs. Japan live from the Trump Tal Mahal Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
New Episode Premieres Sunday, October 16th at 9:00 PM Local Time From Dream Stage Entertainment October 10, 2005 LOS ANGELES, California – A new episode of PRIDE FIGHTING’S FSN series will premiere this Sunday, October 16th at 9:00 pm local time. Hosted by Jay Glazer and Bas Rutten, “The PRIDE Fighting Championships” program looks back at some of the most exciting fights in PRIDE’S history. Included in this upcoming episode are such PRIDE Fighting stars as Kazushi Sakuraba, Ken Shamrock, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Fedor and Aleksander Emelianenko, James “The Colossus” Thompson, and Kevin “The Monster” Randleman.
MMA News Written by Benoit Lelievre, Photo's by Etienne Simard
Saturday, 08 October 2005
Last Friday, the Pierre-Charbonneau Center was home of TKO 22 in the beautiful city of Montreal. Once again, TKO proved why they are the number one promotion in Canada, handing out a very professional show, with a great level of talent Eight fights was a bit short, but it didn't finish too soon and the intermissions weren't too long. Hats off to Stéphane Patry! Here is my recap of the fights.
Andrei Arlovski defeated Paul Buentello with a KO at 0:15 of R 1 Branden Lee Hinkle defeated Sean Gannon by TKO at 4:14 of Rd 1 Forrest Griffin defeated Elvis Sinosic by TKO at 3:22 of thRd 1 Joe Riggs defeated Chris Lytle by TKO at 2:00 of Rd 2 Renato Sobral defeated Chael Sonnen with a tapout at 1:20 of Rd 1 triangle choke. Jorge Rivera defeated Dennis Hallman Unanimous Decision Rd 3 Marcio Cruz defeated Keigo Kunihara by tapout (Rear Naked Choke) at 1:02 Rd 2 Ron Faircloth vs. Alessio Sakara No contest due to an accidental kick to Sakara's groin.
OSCEOLA, Iowa -- They left the sport for different reasons, but Jason Black and Rich Clementi will make their return on the same night... both looking to win Extreme Challenge championships. Black, who owns the sport's best record at 18-0-1, retired from the sport after beating Keith Wisniewski on Aug. 7, 2004. After getting married and starting a family, Black admits to missing the sport and returns to face Kyle Jensen (32-8) of River Falls, Minn., for the EC welterweight championship.
With all of the negative talk surrounding the MMA community over media bans, etc. it was nice to watch a show where money, fame, and fortune were not the main reasons the fighters competed. Instead, at the ICE show which is an amateur event, fighters fought for pride and for the chance to step inside the cage in front of family and friends and compete in the sport they love. Promoters Kerry Schall and Monte Cox brought the ICE show back to the Metropolis nightclub, offering local and regional amateur fighters this opportunity to compete. Here was the quick rundown of the fights that took place.
