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MMA News Written by MMARR
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Saturday, 05 March 2005 |
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TOKYO, Japan – Headlining PRIDE FIGHTING’S BUSHIDO VOLUME 6 card will be both Emelianenko brothers as heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko faces Japanese star and mixed martial arts veteran Tsuyoshi “TK” Kosaka and Aleksander Emelianenko takes on the 6’9, 270 pound Ricardo “The Mutant” Morais of Brazil. In addition is a four man middleweight tournament featuring Amar Suloev (Russia), Paulo Filho (Brazil), Dean Lister (USA), and Akira Shoji (Japan). The tournament winner must fight twice in one night … at stake, a slot in PRIDE’s 16-man Middleweight Grand Prix. Other fighters scheduled on the main card include Ikuhisa “The Punk” Minowa, Gilbert Yvel, Murilo Bustamante, and Daijyu Takase. |
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MMA News Written by MMARR
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Sunday, 20 February 2005 |
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From Dream Stage Entertainment February 21, 2005 TOKYO , Japan – representing Poland as well as the martial art of Judo will be legendary Judoka, Pawel Nastula. The 1995 and 1997 Judo World Champion and 1996 gold medallist at the Olympic games in Atlanta , Nastula brings his legendary Judo skills to the PRIDE ring to compete against the world's elite mixed martial artists. |
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MMA News Written by MMARR
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Monday, 14 February 2005 |
TOKYO, Japan –
Stefan Leko versus Kazuhiro Nakamura has been added to PRIDE FIGHTING’S FISTS OF FIRE fight card. Representing team Golden Glory out of Holland, the German-born Stefan “Blitz” Leko is a world-class kick boxer. He has garnered numerous kick boxing titles and championships and is now making the transition to mixed martial arts. Kazuhiro Nakamura represents the Yoshida Dojo and is the protégé of Judo legend and 1992 Judo Olympic gold medallist, Hidehiko Yoshida. Thus far in his career, Nakamura boasts victories over the likes of Daniel Gracie and Murilo Bustamante. |
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MMA News Written by DSE
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Wednesday, 09 February 2005 |
TOKYO, Japan –
Kiyoshi Tamura versus Aliev Makhmud has been added to PRIDE FIGHTING’S FISTS OF FIRE fight card. A mixed martial arts veteran, Tamura is one of Japan’s heroes and is making his return to the PRIDE ring. Makhmud is fighting out of Azerbaydzhan and boasts in impressive wrestling background. |
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MMA News Written by MMARR
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Thursday, 03 February 2005 |
TOKYO, Japan –
Three more matches have been announced for PRIDE FIGHTING’S FISTS OF FIRE fight card: Japan’s up and coming heavyweight, Hirotaka Yokoi, will take on the leader of the Brazilian Top Team, Mario Sperry … mixed martial arts veteran Hiromitsu Kanehara goes head to head with Chute Boxe star Mauricio “Shogun” Rua … Tom “Big Cat” Erickson makes his return to PRIDE versus newcomer Fabricio Werdum of Spain. |
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MMA News Written by MMARR
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Sunday, 30 January 2005 |
LOS ANGELES, California –
The winners of the PRIDE FIGHTING U.S. AUDITIONS have been selected.
Nick Ring … Middleweight … Canada
Jake Draves … Lightweight … Ohio, USA
Karl-James Noons … Lightweight … California, USA
Tyrone Glover … Lightweight … California, USA |
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MMA News Written by Marc Godin
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Friday, 28 January 2005 |
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Approximately 2500 fans were on hand to cheer the return of Georges St-Pierre, Patrick Côté and Mark Hominick at TKO 19. The card had been plagued with fight changes right from the beginning with the withdrawals of the Vigneault brothers and David Loiseau, it almost seemed that until the end, we didn't know who would show up for the show itself. In the end two more matches were cancelled at the last minute, leaving only seven bouts on the final card. Having this number of matches put us in a UFC like atmosphere, which is very different from the usual ten to sixteen matches per cards. Personally, I think it was a good thing, even though it would have been better for everyone to have eight matches in all. |
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MMA News Written by MMARR
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Friday, 28 January 2005 |
 This weekend was very special for the Chute Boxe Fighters, with the presence of the CEO of DSE, Mr. Nobuyuki Sakakibara. During the Saturday afternoon the Executive of PRIDE had the opportunity to see the professional structure that makes Chute Boxe one of the most important academy in the MMA worldwild. |
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MMA News Written by Mickey Suttirattana
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Friday, 28 January 2005 |
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A snowy Columbus , Ohio was in for MMA action as Promoter Bo Kimly brought the Xtreme Fighting Challenge to town. Even with a line up of 18 fights, few were sure of what to expect as there were only a few distinguished names on the amateur card. |
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MMA News Written by MMARR
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Wednesday, 26 January 2005 |
DSE/PRIDE announced some match ups of PRIDE 29 card on February 20 , Today.
Mirko Cro Cop vs. Mark Coleman
(Croatia/Team Cro Cop) (USA/Hammer House)
Qinonton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Murilo Ninja
(USA / Team Oyama) (Brazil /Chute Boxe Academy) |
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MMA News Written by Mickey Suttirattana
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Friday, 14 January 2005 |
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International Combat Events (ICE) returned to Metropolis Night Club, in search of restitution from the last Nov. show that had numerous fighters from NY pull out at the last second. Monte Cox and Kerry Schall returned with a new line-up that was sure to please the capacity crowd in attendance and with an unreal 20 fights on the card... |
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MMA News Written by Sportfight
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Friday, 07 January 2005 |
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Sportfight fans and Oregon fight fans have been waiting to see the promoter and UFC #1 middleweight Matt Lindland step in the ring and fight in his own promotion here in his hometown. Matt "The Law" Lindland will step into the Sportfight ring Jan. 8, 2005 at MHCC to fight Landon Showalter in the main event of Sportfight "Justice." |
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MMA News Written by MMARR
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Sunday, 26 December 2004 |
 Before the travel to Japan in the Christmas Day, next Saturday 25/12, World-wide Champion of PRIDE Wanderlei Silva intensifies his training at the Chute Boxe Academy in Curitiba to be ready for the Event of New Year day, at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo. |
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MMA News Written by Arnold "The Sushiboy" Lim
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Friday, 24 December 2004 |
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Kevin Randleman
There is so much raw ability in Kevin Randleman that it is almost sad to see him lose the way he did to Filipovic at Shockwave. I really feel he has the ability to beat many of the top tier fighters in the sport at LHW and even HW, but his style seems so dated that he can't seem to get past the ground and pound mentality. He has now lost 5 of his last 6 fights, with 4 of those losses by submission. If he could train with a top Submission guy and top striker for a year straight there is no telling how much he could improve. As it is he is just a face in the crowd, albeit a menacing one. It seems such a waste that a man with so much ability does not win more then he does. |
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MMA News Written by MMARR
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Monday, 20 December 2004 |
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The match-up of Ryo Chonan versus Anderson Silva has been added to PRIDE FIGHTING’s SHOCKWAVE fight card. Hailing from Japan, Chonan is a mixed martial arts veteran and is coming off of one of the biggest victories of his career (defeating Carlos Newton via decision at BUSHIDO VOLUME 5). Chonan’s opponent will be former Chute-Boxe team member, Anderson Silva (now representing the Muay Thai Dream Team). Silva is a 3-time PRIDE veteran and is coming off of huge wins over Lee Murray and Jeremy Horn. |
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