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MMA News Written by Arnold "The Sushiboy" Lim
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Thursday, 24 July 2003 |
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The Adrenaline Fighting Championships opened it’s inaugural event sporting a lineup that featured such American standouts as Chris “The Westside Strangler” Brennan and Canadian stalwarts Ulysses Castro, Jason McDonald and Jason “The Sumo Samurai” St Louis. His main events proved to be the best fights of the night and the remaining card was solid throughout mixed in with an amateur or two. The crowd seemed a little thinner than first hoped, but those that were in attendance were treated to a solid night of action that saw it’s main events live up to the hype. |
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MMA News Written by MMARR
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Thursday, 05 June 2003 |
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With the death of the President of the Pride organization, shadows of doubt had crept into the once strong feeling of invincibility the show had garnered after their very strong Pride Shockwave show. With the money that the Pride organization has thrown around in past years it was obvious that they were capable of putting on super shows with enormous upsides, unfortunately some shows have not turned out that way. |
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MMA News Written by Amy Milburrow
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Thursday, 15 May 2003 |
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The main event started quickly with both fighters exchanging hard blows to the head and body and both fighters looking spry and moving well despite their monstrous frames. Much of the fight was spent against the fence with Christiansen pinning him against the fence and both fighters exchanging knee's to the body. Larry Landless had to restart the fight 3 times, for inactivity and the third time was the charm for Pele, he was able to land a crippling right hook on the chin of Christiansen that wobbled the his knee's and sent him to the canvas. Eric Pele def Dan Christiansen 4:50 R1 by TKO |
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MMA News Written by Chaitu Satbhai
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Friday, 11 April 2003 |
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Saturday night in Shooto Holland: "Holland vs the World," fighters from various nations battled hard for a possible spot in Shooto Japan. Also billed as "The Road to Tokyo", the event provided the audience with displays of some stunning groundwork, heavy knockouts and some ruthless ground and pound. The pre-show consisted of some amateur Shooto bouts that gave the upcoming fighters from local Dutch gyms as well as foreign gyms to get some ring experience. |
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MMA News Written by Chaitu Satbhai
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Wednesday, 09 April 2003 |
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Martijn de Jong will be putting on Shooto Holland: "Holland vs the World" this Saturday in Culemborg, Holland. The event will consist of a single muay thai bout and 11 professional Shooto bouts starring fighters from eight different nations. Also, the event will start off with a pre-show featuring some amateur Shooto bouts. The most interesting fight of the night has to be between the ADCC Europe Heavyweight champion Mika Ilmen and the latest Golden Glory star Murad Chunkayev who defeated Andrey Semenov in only his third mixed martial arts fight. To top things off, former Pride heavyweight champion Antonio "Minotauro" Nogueira will be present as a special guest. |
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MMA News Written by Arnold "The Sushiboy" Lim
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Thursday, 03 April 2003 |
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Just a few short months ago the Vancouver Athletics commission did not allow MMA shows to take place in their jurisdiction. The WFF and their promoter, David Lea set off to change that with WFF 3, they showed the commission how safe and professional the sport of MMA really was,... |
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MMA News Written by MMARR
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Thursday, 13 March 2003 |
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March 13th 2004, The Xtreme Fighting Organization, which was originally scheduled to take place in Illinois, held its inaugural event in Fontana due to recent legal woes which forced the migration north of the border. No matter, migration or no migration, solid co-main events and an evenly matched undercard set the stage for a night of fights that kept a capacity crowd on their feet. |
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MMA News Written by MMARR
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Tuesday, 11 March 2003 |
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The brass at Dream Stage have put together a stellar card, minus one match, at Pride 25. Amidst all the turmoil that seems to be enveloping the MMA powerhouse over the last few months, it appears that they are finally emerging from the smoke with a strong stance moving through 2003. Rumors have been flying about that they might be closing up shop, selling to new owners, or restructuring their business.... |
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MMA News Written by Arnold "The Sushiboy" Lim
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Thursday, 20 February 2003 |
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The biggest show in the history of the KOTC was decimated by injuries In what turned out to be an injury fest as much as an MMA card. The KOTC did good job of doing what they could to fill out a card that was rapidly filling the local hospices with injury riddled fighters that would not be able to compete in the KOTC on this day. In fact almost every fight was in some way, involved in some sort of injury to a fighter. The unfortunate events inevitably took its toll on the Card. |
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MMA News Written by Arnold "The Sushiboy" Lim
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Saturday, 04 January 2003 |
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Upsets are in, at Adrenaline
The fastest growing MMA promotion in Canada had finally signed the highly anticipated fight between Jens Pulver and Duane Ludwig. The fight that many thought would never happen was finally a reality and the Pierre Charbonneau center was ripe with the excitement that only Montreal fans bring. Would Jens “Stand and Bang” or would he “Ground and Pound”? The question was on the lips of everyone in the arena and boy would they ever find out. |
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MMA News Written by Arnold "The Sushiboy" Lim
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Friday, 22 November 2002 |
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Riding the high of the great UFC 40 show the day before, John Lewis, John Huntington and the World Fighting Alliance were ready to jump into the fray and give their take on the MMA story with a twist. Their slogan of “Where the fight club meets the Night Club” was as honest and accurate a slogan you can find... |
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MMA News Written by Corey Parker
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Thursday, 31 October 2002 |
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November 1st, 2002, Silver Legacy Reno, Nevada was home to King of the Cage "Sudden Impact." On a cold Fall night, things quickly heated up as a sold-out crowd waited anxiously to watch a line-up filled with veteran competitors as well as, up and comers. Even though the original main event was to be Pele vs. Bobish, with Pele failing his eye exam, the new main event between heavyweights Paul "Headhunter" Buentello vs. Mike "Mak" Kyle didn't disappoint fight fans. |
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MMA News Written by Arnold "The Sushiboy" Lim
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Thursday, 24 October 2002 |
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Something far bigger then any single MMA event was on display at the historic Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver British Columbia Canada. Unknown to the litany of innocent passersby and the people in the streets that walked by the building that day, |
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MMA News Written by Arnold "The Sushiboy" Lim
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Thursday, 10 October 2002 |
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With only a few short days left before the biggest event in UCC History was to take place, The UCC suffered a crippling string of injuries that robbed it of some of the biggest names on the card and left it without three of it's main events. John Alessio injured his hand and would be unable to compete in an anticipated match between another up and coming future star in the sport, Jason Black. Steve Vigneault then injured one of his fingers and would be unable to lace them up against two time UFC veteran Anthony "The Freak" Fryklund. |
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MMA News Written by Arnold "The Sushiboy" Lim
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Friday, 23 August 2002 |
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Pride has always been an organization that has placed the value of a sporting event in the excitement, and the excitement alone. The Common logistics that are involved in promoting a big time sports event have never been the same factor it has been in some other organizations. The concept of Number one contenders, rankings, and Belts have never settled into a comfortable niche in Pride. No time was that more evident then during the PPV broadcast of the Pride Shockwave event three days after the actual event took place in Japan. |
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