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By Tape Lord

Bob Sapp

Hello my friends, my postal connections in the K-1 oragnization are telling me that there is a very strong possibility the following fighters will compete on their MMA show, which is scheduled for April:


Bob Sapp
Rickson Gracie
Pedro Rizzo
Kimo Leopoldo
Alexey Ignashov
Kazuyuli Fujita
Kosei Inoue
Enson Inoue
Shinsuke Nakamura
Sylvester Terkay
'Montanha' Silva
Genki Sudo

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Jake Rossen

Below is an unaltered screenshot of the e-mail that former comic book reviewer/MMA internet journalist/known gambler Jake Rossen sent in to Fightsport.com, with the request that it be posted on this newspage.

His e-mail shows that he clearly made a $USD3,000 wager to Shiloh McIver, which Fightsport.com posted on this newssite on July 22nd, 2003. McIver then accepted the wager the very next day, which Fightsport.com posted on July 23rd, 2003.

Both the Rossen wager and McIver's acceptance of the wager can be viewed in the Fightsport.com archives by clicking here. Once there, scroll down to the articles for July 22nd to July 23rd.

To view the e-mail screenshot below in its entirety (recommended), click here



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Yuki Kondo

Light heavyweight KOP Yuki Kondo announced to the Japanese media that he would involved directly in negotiations with DSE/PRIDE, as opposed to going through Pancrase.

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Super Brawl 33
February 7th, 2003
Oahu, Hawaii


SuperBrawl has announced the following matchups so far for their show on February 7th:

Falaniko Vitale vs. Dave Menne
Jens Pulver vs. Eddie Yagin
Justin Eilers vs. Harry Moskowitz
Ron Jhun vs. Kyle Brees

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Masato

K-1 Max champion Masato announced to the Japanese media that he plans to compete in K-1 for two more years, before moving on to other projects such as modeling and acting.

Masato also said that he will most likely be on the K-1 Max show in Las Vegas in October.

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HDNET has made it known that they show a third installment of the WEC 9: 'Cold Blooded' event. An official date has not been announced yet, but the third broadcast is expected to air in about 2 weeks.

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Pancrase 2004 Brave Tour
Friday, February 6th, 2004
Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan


Kazuo Misaki defeats Kiuma Kunioku by TKO at 1:31, RD 2.
Osami Shibuya defeats Art Santore by majority decision.
Heath Sims drew with Koji Oishi.
Kenji Shimada defeats Manabu Inoue by majority decision.
Keigo Takamori defeats Sehaku by KO at 1:25, RD 1.
Hur Sung Jin defeats Alex Roberts by TKO at 1:22, RD 1.
Miki Shida defeats Mitsuhisa Sunabe by unanimous decision.
Atsushi Yamamoto defeats Reiji by unanimous decision.

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The Fight Factor is the newest on-line MMA radio show, and it debuts on Sunday, February 8th, at 7:00 PM GMT-ET Time.

The inaugural show will be 30 minutes long, and will feature Bas Rutten as a guest. To listen to the show, go to TheFightFactor

For more information on The Fight Factor, e-mail Contactus@thefightfactor.com

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The first broadcast of WEC 9: 'Cold Blooded' has been playing on HDNet since the show took place. The second broadcast of the event on HDNet is scheduled to air tonight at 10 PM EST (7 PM PST).

Yves Edwards/Deshaun Johnson, Olaf Alfonzo/John Polakowski, and Alex Stiebling/Joe Riggs fights are currently confirmed to for the second broadcast. Both broadcasts are one hour long.

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By Tape Lord


Hello my friends, Zuffa informant 'Coffee Guy' tells me that Zuffa ha finallys come to terms with cable network Spike TV on a television deal that will give the UFC a weekly TV show.

As our fans will remember, Fightsport.com first broke the news of the UFC and Spike TV many months ago. We are now the first to report that it is a done deal.

Expect Zuffa to officially announce this in a few days.

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Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (right)

Looking to fill the heavyweight void on their roster, the Chute Boxe team is considering moving Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua up to the heavyweight division.

Chute Boxe manager and head trainer Rudimar Fedrigo explains, "He (Shogun) is already weighing 97 kg (213 pounds), and he has a very large frame which is suited for the heavyweight division".

Rudimar added, "We are also looking at other possibilities too. There are a lot of people who are interested in joining our team, and we are very happy about that".

Anyone who is interested in Chute Boxe can contact Rudimar Fedrigo directly at rudimarfedrigo@ig.com.br

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Cristiano Marcello

Brazilian magazine 'Tatame' recently interviewed Chute Boxe's head BJJ instructor Cristiano Marcello. Here's what Cristiano Marcello had to say (interview by Marcelo Alonso):


Tatame: What is the daily training you prepare for Chute Boxe?

Cristiano Marcelo: They start wearing the gi, training at least 50 minutes. I look to teach everyone, and try to correct their deficiencies. If there's a guy not good enough on on the bottom game, I put him on the bottom to learn how to do the guard. If the fighter has never trained BJJ, just Muay Thai, I start teaching the defenses.

Tatame: Ninja won by submission in the last PRIDE...It seems that BJJ is another option for the strikers from Curitiba, Brazil...

Cristiano Marcelo: Chute Boxe doesn;t need just have Muay Thai to decide a fight now. From now on, it'll always like that: if the fight can;t be won on the feet, then take it to the ground and look to finish. Ninja is a very technical fighter, and he has all the skills to take the fight to the ground, as he did against (Alexander) Otsuka.

Tatame: Besides Ninja, who are the most technical fighters on the team?

Cristiano Marcelo: Shogun is exceptional. I started teaching him as a blue belt. Now he's a brown belt, and if you put him in the BJJ championships, he'll submit everybody. He's a very talented guy and has great stamina. I'm just teaching them what I learned. There's also Vanderlei Silva, who recieved his black belt, Maurício Veio, Michael and Jadyson Costa. The guys are very professional.

Tatame: Would they be able to compete in a BJJ tournament?

Cristiano Marcelo: Of course, and they'd be able to make things difficult for anyone. They have trained BJJ before, but the guy who taught them didn't show them all the techniques. He was afraid the guys could defeat a BJJ athlete one day... But I always had an open mind and I knew the sport will become professional.

Tatame: How was your first training sessions at Chute Boxe?

Cristiano Marcelo: It was tough. My shin looked like a big ball full of blood. But that's how it goes, 'no pain, no gain'.

Tatame: Who gave you your black belt, Royler or Rickson Gracie?

Cristiano Marcelo: Rickson gave me my brown belt, and Royler gave me the black one. I lived almost three years with Rickson. He would teach Rockson, who was my best friend, and I learned along with him. But I learned much more as a man than as a fighter. Rickson is a very evolved person, much more then everyone else.

Tatame: Did anyone complain with you about Vanderlei recieving a black belt?

Cristiano Marcelo: No, but aside from that, they have to understand that Vanderlei will always carry the flag for jiu-jitsu. In reality, he's demonstrated a better ground game than many people. Not only him, but all of the athletes at Chute Boxe. Actually, I think Minotauro is the only guy to demonstrate mainly jiu-jitsu. The jiu-jitsu guys should look the Chute Boxe fighters in another way, without indifference. They are all jiu-jitsu athletes and are representing the art.

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Jens Pulver

SHOOTO announced that former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver will make his SHOOTO debut on their March 22nd show in Tokyo against Naoya Uematsu. The fight will be in the 145-pound division.

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Pancrase 2004 Brave Tour
Friday, February 6th, 2004
Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan

Kiuma Kunioku vs. Kazuo Misaki
Osami Shibuya vs. Art Santore
Eiji Ishikawa vs. Nathan Quarry
Koji Oishi vs. Heath Sims
Sehaku vs. Keigo Takamori
Miki Shida vs. Mitsuhisa Sunabe
Kenji Shimada vs. Manabu Inoue

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Super Brawl 33
February 7th, 2003
Oahu, Hawaii


SuperBrawl has announced the following matchups so far for their show on February 7th:

Falaniko Vitale vs. Dave Menne
Jens Pulver vs. Eddie Yagin
Justin Eilers vs. TBA

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Vanderlei Silva

PRIDE Bushido 2
February 15th, 2003
Yokohama Arena
Yokohama, Japan

Below are some of the matchups that DSE/PRIDE has announced for their PRIDE Bushido 2 show, scheduled for February 15th:


Chute Boxe vs. Japan matchups:
Vanderlei Silva vs. Ikuhisa Minowa
Mauricio Shogun vs. Akihiro Gono
Jadyson Costa vs. Takanori Gomi

Regular matchups:
Mirko 'CroCop' Filipovic vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Mario Sperry vs. Mike Bencic
Hayato Sakurai vs. Rodrigo Gracie
Sean Sherk vs. Ryuki Ueyama
Daiju Takase vs. Chris Brennan
Yasuhito Namekawa vs. Egidijus Valavicius

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Yoshiro Maeda

Pancrase 2004 Brave Tour
Sunday, February 15th, 2004
Place: Umeda Stera Hall
Osaka, Japan

Yoshiro Maeda vs. Alexandre Carneiro
Takafumi Ito vs. Yuji Hoshino
Satoru Kitaoka vs. OTOKO ! Tokuoka
Yuji Oba vs. Satoshi Watanabe
Daisuke Hanazawa vs. Takuo Miyata
Yohei Tagami vs. Naoji Fujimoto

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SHOOTO Brazil 4: 'Road to The America's Title'
April 2004
Tio Sam gymnasium
Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Class-A Bouts:
Hudson Rocha vs. Arlison Melo or Andre Roubert
Fabio Melo vs. TBA
Danilo Cherman vs. Johnny Eduardo
Luiz Besouro vs. TBA
Tales Leites vs. Ivan Batman
Marola vs. Gustavo
Walter Aba vs. Andre Matos

Class-B Bouts
Marlon vs. Daniel Mexicano
Paulo Boico vs. Mongo
Careca vs. TBA
Xandinho vs. TBA
Marreta vs. Andrezao

Class-C Bouts:
Rafel Primo vs. Rafinha
Faisca vs. Rodrigo Damm

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Jake Rossen

The downfall of former comic book reviewer, MMA internet journalist, and known gambler Jake Rossen has been dramatic, but a recent gambling debt has seemed to bring Rossen down to new levels.

Late last year Rossen offered a USD$3,000 wager to MMA insider Shiloh McIver, in which Rossen stated that he would give McIver the money if Tito Ortiz signed to fight Chuck Liddell before the end of 2004.

McIver agreed to the wager. Both the offer by Rossen, and the acceptance of the wager by McIver, were both posted here on the Fightsport.com newspage and can be found in our archives.

Ortiz has now officially signed to fight Liddell, and the fight will take place on April 2nd, 2004. This makes McIver the winner of the bet, as Ortiz has signed to fight Liddell before the end of 2004.

Rossen has refused to pay McIver, and refuses to accept that he made the wager. As many fans will recall, Rossen already lost USD$1,000 a few months back in another careless internet wager.

Fightsport.com has the actual e-mail that Rossen sent to us to post on our newssite. In it, he makes the wager offer for USD$3,000. We will be taking a screenshot of this e-mail and posting it right here on the newssite within the next day.

Stay tuned for this ongoing saga, and let's hope Jake Rossen can finally try to take care of his obvious gambling problem.

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Randy Couture

UFC President Dana White announced today that the rubber match between Randy Couture and Vitor Belfort will take place at UFC 48 in June in Las Vegas.

White added that The winner of Tito Ortiz vs. Chuck Liddell will face the winner of Couture/Belfort 3 in UFC 49, scheduled for September in Las Vegas.

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Vanderlei Silva

PRIDE Bushido 2
February 15th, 2003
Yokohama Arena
Yokohama, Japan

Below is the card that DSE/PRIDE has announced for their PRIDE Bushido 2 show, scheduled for February 15th:


Chute Boxe vs. Japan matchups:
Vanderlei Silva vs. Ikuhisa Minowa
Mauricio Shogun vs. Akihiro Gono
Jadyson Costa vs. Takanori Gomi

Regular matchups:
Mirko 'CroCop' Filipovic vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Mario Sperry vs. Mike Bencic
Hayato Sakurai vs. Rodrigo Gracie
Sean Sherk vs. Ryuki Ueyama
Daiju Takase vs. Chris Brennan
Yasuhito Namekawa vs. Egidijus Valavicius

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Dan Henderson

Dan Henderson spoke with the Japanese media and stated that he is scheduled to fight on the opening round PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix card, scheduled for April 25th.

Henderson added that he would like to participate in the heavyweight GP, and that the chances of this are good. If he is not included in the GP however, he will be on the card in a single fight matchup.

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Lee Murray

The following quotes are from an interview with Lee Murray by Ryan Bennett:


Lee Murray on his streetfight with Tito Ortiz at the UFC 38 aftershow party in London, England: "(Laughs). He's not even a man. He can't even admit to what happened. He has to come up with all this bullshit lies, saying, I had slippery shoes on. Hey, next time he comes to fight me, make sure he doesn't wear dress shoes. He ain't even man enough to say what happened. He said he got jumped by five guys or ten guys. The guy comes running at me, the guy come at me. Must have thought I was an idiot and come running at me throwing punches and thought I wasn't going to do nothing about it. What did he think, I was gonna run away? On the street, I got two, three, four hundred street fights, I've been street fighting all my life and this guy's got ten or twenty fights in the octagon and thinks he's gonna scare me off."

Lee Murray explains the sequence of events leading up to the altercation with Tito Ortiz: "I was speaking to him at fight, in the club, we was chattin. Pat and a few other guys were talking. We went outside and there was some commotion. I couldn't really see what was going on. Me and my friend were trying to break it with Pat and a few others and it kicked off. One guy tried to hit my friend and I jumped in and that's when Tito jumped in on me. I think the guy I stepped in on was one of his friends. Then he is coming to me. Pat and three other guys stepped between us. Then, his friend got knocked out cold. I was laughing, he seen me and took his jacket off. I took my jacket off, my watch off and put it in my pocket. He come running at me throwing punches and I smacked him up."

Lee Murray comments on Tito's excuse that he was drunk during their street fight: "We was both drinking. Tito was drunk, what about me? I was drinking vodkas and champagne all night. I was drunk as well. What does he think, I was sober and just finished a couple of rounds of shadow boxing and was ready? I was drinking all night and had dress shoes on as well. Dress shoes, what kind of excuse is that? If he was half a man, he'd come up with a better excuse than that. If that was me, you know what I'd have said? I'd have said, ah yeah, I was drunk, I scraped with a fighter and got a whaping. I wouldn't say I had dress shoes on and got rushed by ten guys."

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B.J. Penn

The Hawaiian promotion known as 'Rumble On The Rock' (ROTR) has announced that it is trying to put together a rematch between between newly crowned UFC welterweight champion B.J. Penn and former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver.

The fight would take place at the next ROTR event, with both fighters weighing in at 155 pounds.

ROTR also announced that Penn's former Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor, Ralph Gracie, may also participate on the card.

ROTR is promoted by B.J. Penn and his brother J.D..

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IFC Battleground
January 31st, 2003
Lake Tahoe, NV


Justin Eilers defeats Rocky Bastastini by TKO, RD 1.
Tim McKenzie defeats Kenny Kingsford by TKO at 2:02, RD 2.
Joe Riggs defeats Chris Kiever by KO at 0:49, RD 1.
Randy Spence defeats Josh Buck by triangle choke, RD 1.
Spencer Fisher defeats Eddie Ellis by TKO at 3:10, RD 2.
Gabe Ruediger defeats Cory Reeves by TKO at 2:40, RD 1.

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By Tape Lord

Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic

Hello my friends, my postal connections within the DSE/PRIDE organization have relayed to me the following card that they would like to put together for the opening round of the PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix.

Below are nine matchups, but only eight will take place. One of the matchups listed below will either be changed around or turned into a qualification match. The opening round will feature sixteen fighters, and is scheduled for April:


Rodrigo 'Minotauro' Nogueira vs. Don Frye
Mirko 'CroCop' Filipovic vs. Yoshihiro Takayama
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Sergei Karitonov
Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Mark Coleman
Heath Herring vs. Semmy Schilt
Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Vanderlei Silva vs. Yuki Kondo
Royce Gracie vs. Hidehiko Yoshida
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Kiyoshi Tamura

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Vanderlei Silva in training.

The PRIDE website provides us with the following picture of Vanderlei Silva in training for his fight against Ikuhisa Minowa, scheduled for the PRIDE Bushido 2 card on February 15th.

To view the entire gallery of Silva training pics, here

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Enson Inoue

K-1 matchmaker Sadaharu Tanigawa announced his intentions of having Enson Inoue participate on the K-1 Japan series in April. No mention was made whether it will be in an MMA or K-1 rules fight.

In related news, Todd Atkins reports from Japan that Enson Inoue may also be fighting in Hawaii in April.

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Tito Ortiz

Witnesses have come out to say that they saw Tito Ortiz actually run and hide when he saw Lee Murray and his 'Woolwich Massive' gang show up at the UFC 46 aftershow party. Ortiz supposedly attempted to leave through the back door, before finally finding a way out.



Below is an eye witness account:

"a phone call i recieved this morning ahs got me wondering. why did tito run and hide at the aftershow party, my friend was wondering, then when he turned to see The battling Brit 1/0 in the ufc Lee Murray and his woolich massive crip walking into the club. i here tito tried to leave through the back door, and ran away with his huge noggin bobbing." -Ross from the UK



As most fans already know, Tito Ortiz has already had an altercation with Lee Murray back at the UFC London aftershow party last year, when Ortiz was supposedly knocked to the ground by a combination of Murray strikes.

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Lee Murray

The Milford Daily News featured the following piece regarding the Lee Murray vs. Jorge Rivera fight in UFC 46:


DOWN BUT NOT OUT
By Christopher J. Marshall / News Staff Writer
Monday, February 2, 2004


LAS VEGAS -- It was the night's fastest fight, and it left a stunned Jorge Rivera in disbelief.

London's "Lightning" Lee Murray made quick work of the Milford resident in Saturday night's opening main card match of the Ultimate Fighting Championship 46, beating Rivera by submission less than two minutes into the fight.

In the first minute Rivera pushed the heavy-handed Murray against the fence, and quickly took him down on the mat forcing the fight to the ground. Murray, lying on his back, caught Rivera in a triangle choke hold involving the legs.

As Rivera attempted to escape Murray caught a hold of his arm and would never let go. With both fighters having barely broken a sweat Rivera struggled to break loose. Murray cranked up the pressure leaving Rivera two choices; suffer a hyper-extended elbow or tap out.

At one minute and 45 seconds into the first round, Rivera tapped out to Murray's armbar, suffering the second loss of his career and his first by submission.

Shocked at the outcome, Rivera immediately walked to the side of the Octagon, threw his hands on top of the cage and put his head down in disbelief.

A sizeable British crowd waving United Kingdom flags and wearing Lee Murray T-shirts erupted for the victorious Murray. Following announcer Bruce Buffer's reading of the results, Rivera congratulated Murray on the victory and left for the lockers.

"I got caught," Rivera said after, noting he did not respect Murray's ground fighting abilities. "He got me in a triangle and I left my arm unprotected. It's part of the game, but I'll be back."

The fight, expected to be an all out war with two renown knockout artists trading blows, was anything but as only a handful of punches were thrown during the match.

"That just shows how unpredictable this sport is," said UFC matchmaker Joe Silva. "Anything can happen with this sport."

As for Rivera's future in the UFC, Silva, noting he is a tough fighter, said, "We'll have to see. I'll definitely try to make a space to bring him back."

The bout took place before a sellout crowd of 11,400 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Fans included St. Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk, Chicago White Sox first baseman Frank Thomas, New York Yankee Jason Giambi, and actors Michael Clark Duncan, Jason Statham and Forrest Whitaker.

The night proved to be one of the more unpredictable UFC events, as the main event fight of Oregon's Randy Couture vs. Brazil's Vitor Belfort lasted less than a minute. Referee "Big" John McCarthy stopped the fight 40 seconds into the bout as Couture suffered a gash in a lower eye lid after Belfort inadvertently clipped it with his hand.

Heavily favored and six-time defending welterweight champ Matt Hughes was also defeated in the first round by Hawaii's B.J. Penn after submitting from a choke hold.

At the post-fight press conference several fighters, Silva, and UFC President Dana White spoke about the wild night.

Speaking of Murray, White said, "He came in against a tough, tough guy in Jorge Rivera. The last thing anybody expected was Lee Murray by submission."

Murray, talking in a thick British accent, said he wanted a different result as well.

"I was hoping for the knockout, but the victory is the most important," he said. Pointing out the UFC has been his goal since he started training five years ago, Murray said his next step is for the title.

"Anyone that steps in my way is going to get knocked out," he said.

As for Rivera, he said he wanted to thank everybody who came out to support him, including all his sponsors and those back in Milford.

"I'm sorry I let them down, but I'll be back," he said.

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Pancrase 2004 Brave Tour
Friday, February 6th, 2004
Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan

Kiuma Kunioku vs. Kazuo Misaki
Osami Shibuya vs. Art Santore
Eiji Ishikawa vs. Nathan Quarry
Koji Oishi vs. Heath Sims
Sehaku vs. Keigo Takamori
Miki Shida vs. Mitsuhisa Sunabe
Kenji Shimada vs. Manabu Inoue

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Super Brawl 33
February 7th, 2003
Oahu, Hawaii


SuperBrawl has announced the following matchups so far for their show on February 7th:

Falaniko Vitale vs. Dave Menne
Jens Pulver vs. Eddie Yagin
Justin Eilers vs. TBA

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Vanderlei Silva

PRIDE Bushido 2
February 15th, 2003
Yokohama Arena
Yokohama, Japan

Below are some of the matchups that DSE/PRIDE has announced for their PRIDE Bushido 2 show, scheduled for February 15th:


Chute Boxe vs. Japan matchups:
Vanderlei Silva vs. Ikuhisa Minowa
Mauricio Shogun vs. Akihiro Gono
Jadyson Costa vs. Takanori Gomi

Regular matchups:
Mirko 'CroCop' Filipovic vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Mario Sperry vs. Mike Bencic
Hayato Sakurai vs. Rodrigo Gracie
Sean Sherk vs. Ryuki Ueyama
Daiju Takase vs. Chris Brennan
Yasuhito Namekawa vs. Egidijus Valavicius

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Yoshiro Maeda

Pancrase 2004 Brave Tour
Sunday, February 15th, 2004
Place: Umeda Stera Hall
Osaka, Japan

Yoshiro Maeda vs. Alexandre Carneiro
Takafumi Ito vs. Yuji Hoshino
Satoru Kitaoka vs. OTOKO ! Tokuoka
Yuji Oba vs. Satoshi Watanabe
Daisuke Hanazawa vs. Takuo Miyata
Yohei Tagami vs. Naoji Fujimoto

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Remy Bonjasky

K-1: 'Burning 2004'
February 15th, 2004
Okinawa Convention Center
Okinawa, Japan


Remy Bonjasky vs. Tsuyoshi Nakasako
Musashi vs. Stefan Gamlin
Kimo Leopoldo vs. Hiromi Amada
Shingo Koyasu vs. Petr Vandrachek
Yusuke Fujimoto vs. 'Montanha' Silva
Nobu Hayashi vs. Fabiano
Hiraku Hori vs. 'Big' Mo

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K-1 World Max 2004
February 24, 2004
Yoyogi Stadium
Tokyo, Japan


Super fight:
Albert Kraus vs. Takashi Ono

Tournament:
Takayuki Kohiruimaki vs. Hayato
Kozo Takeda vs. Ken'ichi Ogata
Kazuya Yasuhiro vs. Serkan Yilmaz
Takehiro Murahama vs. Norifumi 'Kid' Yamamoto

Reserve fight:
Toshio Matsumoto vs. Tomo

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Absolute Fighting Championships 7
Friday, February 27th, 2004
War Memorial
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Doors Open: 6:30 pm
Fight Start: 7:30 pm


Card Subject To Change:

Marcel Ferreira vs. Izuru Takeuchi
Jorge Santiago vs. Takuya Wada
Edson Diniz vs. Hiroki Kotani
Thiago 'Pitbull' Alves vs. Nuri Shakir
Charles McCarthy vs. David Bielkheden
Crafton Wallace vs. Antony Rea
Gesias Calvancanti vs. Justin Wisniewski
Efrain Ruiz vs. John Wood
Sauli Heilimo vs. Carlo Prater
Hugo Berto vs. TBA

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Randy Couture

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Randy Couture announced to the media that he is recovering fine from eye surgery performed yesterday in Las Vegas. He is expected to make a full recovery, and will be able to resume training in about two weeks.

Couture says his eye injury last night at UFC 46 was caused by a seam on the outside of the commission issued gloves that grazed his left eye. The injury required three stitches to his lower eyelid, and five to his upper lid. There was also some retinal abrasion, as well as some irregularity with his pupil dilation that he was given eye drops for.

According to Couture, Zuffa has already started discussing a possible rematch with newly crowned light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort. Couture stated that he can be ready to fight again as early as April, although the month of June is more probable.

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By Tape Lord

Royce Gracie

Hello my friends, my postal connections in the DSE/PRIDE organization have relayed to me the news that Royce Gracie is being considered for the PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix.

DSE/PRIDE has had some recent talks with Royce regarding this, but nothing has been agreed to or signed just yet. If Royce signs on to participate in the GP, his first round opponent would most likely be Hidehiko Yoshida.

More news to come on this in the next few weeks.

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Vanderlei Silva

PRIDE Bushido 2
February 15th, 2003
Yokohama Arena
Yokohama, Japan

Below are some of the matchups that DSE/PRIDE has announced for their PRIDE Bushido 2 show, scheduled for February 15th:


Chute Boxe vs. Japan matchups:
Vanderlei Silva vs. Ikuhisa Minowa
Mauricio Shogun vs. Akihiro Gono
Jadyson Costa vs. Takanori Gomi

Regular matchups:
Mirko 'CroCop' Filipovic vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Mario Sperry vs. Mike Bencic
Hayato Sakurai vs. Rodrigo Gracie
Sean Sherk vs. Ryuki Ueyama
Daiju Takase vs. Chris Brennan
Yasuhito Namekawa vs. Egidijus Valavicius

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Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic

Mirko 'CroCop' Filipovic indicated during an interview last night that he would like to fight on the PRIDE Bushido 2 card, which is scheduled for February 15th. Possible opponents have not been mentioned yet.

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Fedor Emelianenko

The official website of Fedor Emelianenko reports that Fedor flew to Holland on January 28th, and will be training his Muay Thai technique with 4-time K-1 champion Ernesto Hoost.

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By Scoop McTroll


Joe Rogan (right) looking the worse for wear at UFC 46

UFC commentator and Fear Factor host Joe Rogan has lashed out at rumors suggesting he was involved in an altercation with former Pride commentator Stephen Quadros in Las Vegas last week. Rogan, who appeared on the UFC46 broadcast sporting two black eyes, has claimed that the damage was caused by two seperate BJJ training incidents earlier in the week. " Fear Factor had a shit fit, they had to call in a professional make up artist to try to cover it, but the UFC thought it was cool" said a beaten and battered looking Rogan.

According to a UFC employee, the rumor that Rogan was jumped by Stephen Quadros in a bathroom at a Vegas strip club has absolutely no substance. "I dont know where people come up with this stuff" they said.

At this point in time we have not been able to contact Stephen Quadros.

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PRIDE 27: 'Inferno'
February 1st, 2003
Osaka Castle Hall
Osaka, Japan


regular matchups:
Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic defeats Ron Waterman by TKO, RD 1.
Kazuhiro Nakamura defeats Dos Caras Jr. by unanimous decision.
Murilo 'Ninja' Rua defeats Alexander Otsuka by choke, RD 1.

PRIDE Heavyweight GP qualification matchups:
Heath Herring defeats Gan McGee by split decision.
Igor Vovchanchin defeats Dan Bobish by TKO , RD 2.
Yoshihisa Yamamoto defeats Mark Kerr by TKO, RD 1.
Sergei Karitonov defeats L.A. Giant by armbar, RD 1.

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UFC 46: Super Natural
January 31st, 2004
Mandalay Bay Events Center
Las Vegas, NV


UFC light heavyweight title
Vitor Belfort defeats Randy Couture by TKO, RD 1.

UFC welterweight title
B.J. Penn defeats Matt Hughes by rear naked choke at 4:39, RD 1.

Frank Mir defeats Wes Sims by TKO at 4:21, RD 2.
Renato Verissimo defeats Carlos Newton by unanimous decision.
Lee Murray defeats Jorge Rivera by armbar at 1:45, RD 1.
Matt Serra defeats Jeff Curran by unanimous decision.
Josh Thomson defeats Hermes Franca by majority decision.
Georges St-Pierre defeats Karo Parisian by unanimous decision.

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