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Saturday, February 14, 2004

PRIDE BUSHIDO 2 CARD

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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posted by Fightsport #11:27 PM

PANCRASE CARD

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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posted by Fightsport #11:27 PM

K-1: 'BURNING 2004' CARD

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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posted by Fightsport #11:27 PM

KOTC CARD

KOTC: 'After Shock'
Friday, February 20th, 2003
Soboba Casino
Soboba, CA

Doors open: 6:30PM
Fights start: 8:00PM

This card will air on a one week delayed Pay-Per-View on February 29th, 2004, available on Dish Network, Direct TV, TVN, and Bell Express VU:

Main event matchups:
Dan Severn vs. Jerry Verbanovic
Joe Stevenson vs. Joe Camacho
Bobby Gamboa vs. David Rivas
Shad Smith vs. Charles Bennett
Thomas Denny vs. Jake Gomez

Other fighters scheduled to participate:
Romi Aram
Wander Braga
Mike Seal
Bryan Pardoe
Brian Sesma
Logan Layton
Dale Breese
Michael Penalber
Chad Davis
Randy Velarde
Richard Solis
Matt Stansell
Chad Washburn
Manny Tapia
Jorge Periera

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posted by Fightsport #11:27 PM

K-1 MAX CARD

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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posted by Fightsport #11:27 PM

AFC 7 CARD

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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posted by Fightsport #11:27 PM

TKO 15 CARD

TKO 15: 'Unstoppable'
February 28th, 2003
Pierre Charbonneau Center
Montreal, Canada

David Loiseau vs. Jeremy Horn
Steve Vigneault vs. Chris Fontaine
Mark Hominick vs. David Guigui
Yan Pellerin vs. Bill Mahood
Stephan Potvin vs. Kyle Sanford
Mark Cambier vs. Todd Gouwenberg
Stephane Vigneault vs. Troy Quesnelle
Mark Colangelo vs. Mark Bocek
Kajan Johnson vs. Stephane Dube
Thierry Quenneville vs. Phillipe Lagace
Jonathan Goulet vs. Alex Gasson

Any fighters still owed money by TKO president Stephane Patry, can contact him at:

Stephane Patry, President/CEO
TKO Communications Inc.
Tel: (450) 445-8886
TKOZone.tv

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posted by Fightsport #11:26 PM

KOTC CARD

KOTC
February 28th, 2003
Canton Civic Center,
Canton, Ohio

Kerry Schall vs. Jimmy Westfall
Jason Keaton vs. Aitor Canup
Tony Sylvester vs. Brain Peoples
Angelo Popofski vs. Jon Torrh
Josh Souder vs. Brad Mohler
Jeremiah Pocock vs. Eddie Sanchez
Jason Dent vs. Matt Brady
Forrest Petz vs. Mike O'Donnell
Drew Longshore vs. Dorian Price
Josh Hendricks vs. Jonathan Westfall
Jeff Cox vs. Mike Russo
Jamie Tony vs. Fred Parrish

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posted by Fightsport #11:26 PM

'RUSSIAN INVASION' CARD

Jeff Monson

Euphoria Entertainment presents: MMA 'RUSSIAN INVASION'
March 13th, 2004
Trump Taj Mahal
Atlantic City, NJ

Below is the complete card of the 'Russian Invasion' MMA show, which is being promoted by Euphoria Entertainment. The theme of the show is USA vs. Russia, with many up-and-coming American fighters facing off against fighters from the Russia's premier MMA team 'Red Devil'.

The fighters representing the USA will come from the following American MMA teams: American Top Team, Team AKA, Strasser's Freestyle Academy, Team Renzo Gracie, and Team Extreme.

Card Subject To Change:

Jeff Monson vs. Roman Zentsov
Moacyr 'Boca' De Oliveira vs. Andrei Semenov
Derrick Noble vs. Musail Alaudinov
Ben Rothwell vs. Ibragim Magomedov
Joe D'Arce vs. Denis Komkin
Trevor Prangley vs. Arman Gambaryan
Ron Faircloth vs. Sergei Kaznovski
Jason Maxwell vs. Serguei Goliaev
Justin Eilers vs. Mikhail Bogdanov
Tom Muller vs. Alexei Veselozorov

For more information call:
(609) 449-1000
(800) 825-8888

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posted by Fightsport #11:26 PM

SHOOTO CARD

SHOOTO
March 22nd
Kourakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan

Class-A Bouts:
Jens Pulver vs. Naoya Uematsu
Kaoru Uno vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri

Class-B Bouts:
Akitoshi Tamura vs. Eiji Murayama
Heat Takeshi vs. BJ

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posted by Fightsport #11:26 PM

K-1 CARD

Ernesto Hoost

K-1 World GP 2004 Japan
March 27th, 2003
Saitama Super Arena
Saitama, Japan

K-1 announced the following matchups and fighters that will be participating on their March 27th show. The full line-up will be announced sometime next week:

Confirmed matchups:
Ernesto Hoost vs. Remy Bonjasky
Mark Hunt vs. Akebono or Ray Sefo

Fighters confirmed to participate:
Shannon Briggs
Carter Williams
Alexey Ignashov
Jerrel Venetiaan
Cyril Abidi
Mike Bernardo
Jan Nortje

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posted by Fightsport #11:26 PM

SHOOTO GIG CENTRAL VOL. 5 CARD

SHOOTO GIG CENTRAL Vol.5
March 28th, 2003
Tsurumai Public Hall
Nagoya, Japan

Class-A Bouts:
Ryan Bow vs. Daisuke 'Amazon' Sugie

Class-B Bouts:
Naoki Matsushita vs. Ganjo Tentsuku
Hiroshi Umemura vs. TBA
Hatsu Hioki vs. Yohei Nanbu
Hiroyuki Tanaka vs. Akira Kibe
Takahiro Kajita vs. Toshikazu Iseno
Kenichi Hattori vs. Masaaki Yamamori
Atsushi Takeuchi vs. Takashi Yamamoto
Hayate Usui vs. Takeshi Matsushita

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posted by Fightsport #11:26 PM

UFC 47 CARD

UFC 47: 'It's On!'
April 2nd, 2004
Mandalay Bay
Las Vegas, NV

Below are the matchups that are most likely to take place in UFC 47:

Officially confirmed:
Tito Ortiz vs. Chuck Liddell
Tim Sylvia vs. Andrei Arlovski

Unofficially confirmed:
* 'Tank' Abbott vs. Ken Shamrock
** Robbie Lawler vs. Nick Diaz
Wes 'Cabbage' Correira vs. Mike Kyle
Jonathan Wiezorek vs. Wade Shipp
Chris Lytle vs. Tiki Ghosn
Yves Edwards vs. Josh Thompson
Genki Sudo vs. Mike Brown

Fighters who may be on the card:
Duane Ludwig

* The Tank/Shamrock may take place in UFC 47 or UFC 48.
** This matchup may not take place if Zuffa can sign Penn vs. Lawler for UFC 48.

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posted by Fightsport #11:25 PM

SUDO VS. BROWN

Genki Sudo

Genki Sudo announced to the Japanese media that he will be facing Mike Brown in UFC 47, scheduled for April 2nd.

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posted by Fightsport #11:25 PM

Friday, February 13, 2004

'CRO COP' MEETS WITH JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER

Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic, who recently became a member of Croatian parliament, met with Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi at the prime minster's official residence. To read the article in its entirety, click here

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posted by Fightsport #5:10 AM

POSTAL CONNECTIONS: K-1 MMA NEWS UPDATE

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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posted by Fightsport #5:10 AM

HEAT FC NEWS

Brazilian journalist and Heat FC co-promoter Eduardo Alonso reports the following on the Heat promotion:

HEAT FC, the second edition of the fastest growing show in the Southern hemisphere debuted on Brazilian Pay-Per-View on February 7th, through NET/SKY on the Premiere Combat channel. This was the first time a HEAT show was televised anywhere in the world.

In the meantime, final details regarding the DVD production for America are taking place, and the promoters are starting to work on HEAT FC 3, scheduled for either April 15th or April 16th.

Despite what was originally planned, the show will once again take place in the city of Natal, and some fights will be announced mid-February.

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posted by Fightsport #5:10 AM

VANDERLEI READY TO GO

Vanderlei Silva (center)

PRIDE champion Vanderlei Silva gave the following comments to Brazilian magazine 'Tatame' during the final days of his training for his upcoming fight against Ikuhisa Minowa in the PRIDE Bushido 2 show opn February 15th:

Vanderlei on training all the way until almost a few days before the fight: "I respect all my opponents in the same manner. Fighting is my job, so I have to be in my best condition when I step into the ring."

Vanderlei when asked about Minowa's loss to Quinton Jackson: "I haven't had the opportunity to see Minowa and Quinton, but I know Minowa is really technical on the ground. I trained a lot on my cardio, and also my ground skills. The new comers to Chute Boxe, Macaco and Daniel Acacio, have improved our ground training a lot."

Vanderlei on Vitor Belfort winning the UFC light heavyweight belt: "Some people are saying that he did not win. This is not fair, I think he won. If it was fate or not, it doesn't matter. He scored with a punch and won, and he has the belt. I see his fight against Couture being just like my fight against him...there was no fight. Someone made a mistake, and the other one capitalized on it."

Vanderlei Silva on a possible rematch with Vitor Belfort: "PRIDE choses my opponents, and I will fight against anyone, anytime. Personally, I think a rematch between Belfort and me would be good for the sport."

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posted by Fightsport #5:10 AM

PRIDE BUSHIDO 2 CARD

posted by Fightsport #4:51 AM

PANCRASE CARD

posted by Fightsport #4:50 AM

K-1: 'BURNING 2004' CARD

posted by Fightsport #4:50 AM

Thursday, February 12, 2004

K-1 CARD

posted by Fightsport #4:20 AM

Wednesday, February 11, 2004

BRIGGS TO MAKE K-1 DEBUT

Shannon Briggs

K-1 announced to the Japanese media that former heavyweight boxing champion Shannon Briggs will be making his K-1 debut on the March 27th show at the Saitama Super Arena.

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posted by Fightsport #11:54 PM

SHOOTO CARD

posted by Fightsport #11:52 PM

NEW MMA RADIO SHOW

The Fight Factor is the newest on-line MMA radio show, and it will be having its second show this Sunday at 7:00 PM GMT-ET Time.

This week's show will feature Frank Shamrock 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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posted by Fightsport #9:40 PM

HUNT VS. AKEBONO

Mark Hunt

K-1 announced to the Japanese media that they want to put together a K-1 rules matchup between former K-1 champ Mark Hunt and retired Sumo champion Akebono.

The fight would take place on K-1's March 27th show at the Saitmama Super Arena. K-1 added that if they could not sign this matchup, that Mark Hunt would take on Ray Sefo instead.

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posted by Fightsport #6:14 AM

EDWARDS VS. FRANCA NOW A POSSIBILITY

Yves Edwards (left)

The word out of the Yves Edwards camp is that the supposed Yves Edwards vs. Josh Thompson matchup, scheduled for UFC 47 on April 2nd, may not happen. It appears that Thompson has not agreed to the fight as of yet.

If Thompson does not take the fight, Edwards's camp is saying that Hermes Franca has been offered as his new opponent.

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posted by Fightsport #6:10 AM

KELLERMAN DONE WITH ESPN

Max Kellerman (center)

USA Today reports that negotiations on a new contract fell through between boxing analyst Max Kellerman and ESPN. According to USA Today, Kellerman is heading to Fox Sports Net.

As most MMA fans will attest, Kellerman seemed to be the one guy at ESPN who understood the UFC and MMA.

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posted by Fightsport #6:08 AM

PRIDE BUSHIDO 2 CARD

posted by Fightsport #5:35 AM

Tuesday, February 10, 2004

MIKE TYSON CLAIMS TO HAVE ONLY USD$5,000 LEFT IN BANK

Mike Tyson

Former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson, who earned more than USD$250 million in fight ourses during his professional career, had USD$5,553 left in cash on December 31, according to papers filed with the US Bankruptcy Court.

To read the entire article on this story, click here

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posted by Fightsport #9:35 PM

PRISCILLA BELFORT UPDATE

As of today, Vitor Belfort's sister, whose name is Priscila Vieira Belfort, is still missing since the morning of Friday, January 9th.

Brazilian journalist Eduardo Alonso gives us the following update:

"At this point it's very unlikely that she ran away, and she had no reason for it. Also, it has been a month already and if she had ran away someone would already have seen her somewhere, with the massive media appeal asking for help. I mean, her picture is on national TV everyday, in all sorts of shows and her family asks for help all the time.

At this point there's some new clues that are leading to believe she was taken by mistake by some kidnappers, who were willing to take someone else and ask for money, and the likes. The thing is that she didn't go to work at her regular schedule in the day she disapeared, instead she went to work in a different time.

Since she was working at a goverment building, it could be that the kidnappers were looking for someone else and took her by accident. Now, what happened when they found out the mistake is the big question mark, as this can lead to either a disaster or a better outcome." -Eduardo Alonso

Any information on the whereabouts of Priscila Vieira Belfort can be reported to the following numbers: 0800-156315 or (21) 22531177.

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posted by Fightsport #9:29 PM

'MINOTAURO' TRAINING HIS BOXING IN CUBA

Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira

Rodrigo 'Minotauro' Nogueira is currently with the Brazilian national boxing team in Cuba, training his boxing technique with the Cuban national boxing team.

Just two weeks ago, the word was that Minotauro looked so impressive when he started training with the Brazilian national boxing team back in Brazil, that he was invited to try out for the national team, with the hopes of representing Brazil at the 2004 Olympics this summer in Athens, Greece.

But Minotauro's teammate and manager Mario Sperry told Brazilian magazine 'Tatame' that that is not the case. "Minotauro is not going to fight in the Olympics. He is currently training with the Olympic boxing team to improve his boxing technique. He doesn;t have any intentions of participating in the Olympics", stated Sperry.

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posted by Fightsport #1:41 PM

LEKO POSSIBLY IN PRIDE HEAVYWEIGHT GP

Stefan Leko

The Croatian media is reporting that K-1 veteran Stefan Leko has signed a 7-fight deal with DSE/PRIDE. The first fight of his contract will supposedly be in the PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix opening round, scheduled for April 25th.

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posted by Fightsport #6:30 AM

PRIDE ADDS SUMO WRESTLER 'SENTORYU' TO HEAVYWEIGHT GP

Sentoryu

34-year old sumo wrestler 'Sentoryu', otherwise known as Henry Miller, has been added to the PRIDE Heavyweight GP opening round, scheduled for April 25th.

Miller will be training at the Takada Dojo for his fight. An opponent has not been announced yet.

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posted by Fightsport #6:28 AM

FUJITA TO PARTICIPATE IN K-1 MMA

Kazuyuki Fujita

The Japanese media reports that Kazuyuki Fujita will participate on the K-1 MMA show, which is scheduled for April.

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posted by Fightsport #6:28 AM

SAPP VISIT TO YOKOTA AIR BASE A SUCCESS

Bob Sapp (left)

Estripes.com reports that Bob Sapp's visit to the Yokota Air Base in Japan was a resounding success. To read the article in its entirety, click here

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posted by Fightsport #6:20 AM

BARNETT RE-SIGNS WITH NEW JAPAN

Josh Barnett

Josh Barnett announced that he has re-signed a contract renewal with New Japan. Aside from being a pro-wrestler and part-time MMA fighter, his duties will include being an event producer and technical trainer.

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posted by Fightsport #6:20 AM

INOKI 'BOM BA YE' NEWS

Antonio Inoki (right)

Anotnio Inoki announced to the Japanese media that his next show will be in the summer, and will be called Inoki 'Bom Ba Ye Gladiator'.

Inoki had originally planned to have a show in Las Vegas in April, but it now seems that will not be happening.

Inoki had no comment when asked about the supposed scandal involving Seiya Kawamata, Miro Mijatovich, and the missing money from the December 31st Inoki 'Bom Ba Ye' show. However, Inoki did add that anyone who has any problems with him regarding that show should contact him in New York,(indicating that they should stop bothering Nippon TV).

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posted by Fightsport #6:19 AM

RODRIGO GRACIE SPEAKS

Rodrigo Gracie

The following interview was conducted by Kid Peligro:

Kid Peligro: You are back in Bushido, this time against 'Mach' Sakurai, what do you think of him?

Rodrigo Gracie: I think he is a very good fighter, with a lot of experience. He is good on the ground, after all he was the runner up in ADCC and has very good strikes as well. IT si going to be a very tough fight!

Kid Peligro: Sakurai has fought many times in Shooto and even U.F.C. What is his most dangerous characteristic?

Rodrigo Gracie: He is very good standing. Very explosive and likes to trade blows. He is a very complete fighter as I said, but I am coming prepared to challenge him. It is going to be fun!

Kid Peligro: Are you changing your training for this fight?

Rodrigo Gracie: I train differently for each opponent. Renzo and I already have a special strategy for him. I have been training at Renzo's Academy in Manhattan with his help and Royce, Ryan ,Igor, Rolls Jr, Daniel, Fabio Leopoldo, Shawn Williams, Joe D'Arce, Jay Hieron and doing kickboxing with Keith Trimble at Bellmore Kickboxing.. I am going to be ready to rock and roll! '

Kid Peligro: Let's fast forward to the end of the fight and you come out victorious. Would you liek to face Sakuraba and avenge the family?

Rodrigo Gracie: Absolutely, he should be next! I would like that VERY MUCH!

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posted by Fightsport #5:50 AM

PRIDE BUSHIDO 2 CARD

posted by Fightsport #5:50 AM

ROSSEN 'PAY UP' BANNERS

LukeBeston.net supplies us with the following banners of former comic book reviewer/MMA internet journalist/known gambler Jake Rossen, who still refuses to pay the USD$3,000 he owes to respected MMA insider Shiloh McIver.

For those who aren't familiar with the Rossen scandal/story, scroll down to our news on February 7th to read the article.

Download your favorite banner, and 'support the sport' by helping to bring the liars and phonies of MMA to justice:

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posted by Fightsport #5:50 AM

Monday, February 09, 2004

UFC 47 CARD

UFC 47: 'It's On!'
April 2nd, 2004
Mandalay Bay
Las Vegas, NV

Below are the matchups that are most likely to take place in UFC 47:

Officially confirmed:
Tito Ortiz vs. Chuck Liddell
Tim Sylvia vs. Andrei Arlovski

Unofficially confirmed:
* 'Tank' Abbott vs. Ken Shamrock
** Robbie Lawler vs. Nick Diaz
Wes 'Cabbage' Correira vs. Mike Kyle
Jonathan Wiezorek vs. Wade Shipp
Chris Lytle vs. Tiki Ghosn
Yves Edwards vs. Josh Thompson

Fighters who may be on the card:
Duane Ludwig
Genki Sudo

* The Tank/Shamrock may take place in UFC 47 or UFC 48.
** This matchup may not take place if Zuffa can sign Penn vs. Lawler for UFC 48.

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posted by Fightsport #4:36 AM

EDWARDS VS. THOMPSON

Yves Edwards (left)

Yves Edwards announced that he has verbally agreed to fight Josh Thompson in UFC 47 , which is scheduled for April 2nd.

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posted by Fightsport #4:00 AM

Sunday, February 08, 2004

PRIDE BUSHIDO 2 CARD

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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posted by Fightsport #10:04 PM

PANCRASE CARD

posted by Fightsport #10:04 PM

K-1 CARD

posted by Fightsport #10:04 PM

RITC 59 RESULTS

RITC 59
February 7th, 2004
Casa Grande
Pinal County, AZ

Shane Johnson defeats Roger Mejia by kneebar at 0:53, RD 1.
Mike Rainieri defeats Karl Perkins by TKO at 1:39, RD 1.
Mike Lightfoot defeats Chappo Montijo by choke at 1:06, RD 2.
Ed West defeats Carlos Ortega by unanimous decision.
Cory Timmerman defeats Lemuel Vincent by armbar at 0:46, RD 2.
Troy Tolbert defeats Noel Leija by choke at 2:46, RD 2.
Michael Perales defeats Mark Walters by unanimous decision.
John Bailey defeats Frank Sanchez by DQ at 0:13, RD 1.

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posted by Fightsport #9:59 PM

NEW MMA RADIO SHOW DEBUTS TODAY

The Fight Factor is the newest on-line MMA radio show, and it debuts today 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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posted by Fightsport #2:29 PM

PULVER SUSTAINED SERIOUS CUT IN TRAINING

Jens Pulver

Todd Atkins reports that Jens Pulver sustained a cut which needed to be superglued shut just days before his scheduled kickboxing exhibition against Eddie Yagin, which took place yesterday. Pulver lost yesterday's match due to a cut stoppage on the same cut.

As luck would have it, it was the same Eddie Yagin who Pulver was sparring with when he sustained the cut while training at Grappling Unlimited.

Pulver has an upcoming SHOOTO fight against Naoya Uematsu on March 22nd, and hopes to have the cut fully healed by then.

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posted by Fightsport #12:31 PM

SUPERBRAWL 33 RESULTS

Super Brawl 33
February 7th, 2003
Oahu, Hawaii

Regular matchups:
Falaniko Vitale defeats Dave Menne by unanimous decision.
Ron Jhun defeats Kyle Brees by TKO at 4:40, RD 3.
Justin Eilers defeats Vince Lucero by TKO, RD 1.
Bryson Monterde defeats Ben George by TKO, RD 1.
Ed Nawalu defeats Harvey Nakamoto by unanimous decision.

Exhibition kickboxing match:
Eddie Yagin defeats Jens Pulver by TKO, RD 1.

155-Pound Tournament
Semifinals:
Kolo Koka defeats Paul Laga by TKO, RD 1.
Harris Sarmiento defeats Mike Bauer by unanimous decision.

Final:
Harris Sarmiento defeats Kola Koka by unanimous decision.

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posted by Fightsport #12:31 PM

EVIDENCE OF REFEREE LANDLESS ERROR

The picture above was supplied by the American Top Team, who argue that referee Larry Landless wrongfully interfered in the fight between ATT fighter Hermes Franca (pictured, far left) and Josh Thompson (pictured, on ground) which just took place in UFC 46 on January 31st.

The picture shows Larry Landless (pictured, right) jumping in and attempting to stop Franca from finishing off Thompson.

To those who may not have seen the fight, what happened next was perplexing as Landless then decided to do nothing and let the fight continue. Franca eased up his attack, thinking that Landless was stopping the fight.

Those few moments allowed Thompson to pull guard and regain his senses. Thompson would then go on to win a controversial majority decision, in which most experts had Franca winning two out of three rounds.

To view the entire sequence of pictures, click here

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posted by Fightsport #12:20 PM

FIGHTSPORT 24-7

Saturday, February 14, 2004

PRIDE BUSHIDO 2 CARD

PANCRASE CARD

K-1: 'BURNING 2004' CARD

KOTC CARD

K-1 MAX CARD

AFC 7 CARD

TKO 15 CARD

KOTC CARD

'RUSSIAN INVASION' CARD

SHOOTO CARD

K-1 CARD

SHOOTO GIG CENTRAL VOL. 5 CARD

UFC 47 CARD

SUDO VS. BROWN

Friday, February 13, 2004

'CRO COP' MEETS WITH JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER

POSTAL CONNECTIONS: K-1 MMA NEWS UPDATE

HEAT FC NEWS

VANDERLEI READY TO GO

PRIDE BUSHIDO 2 CARD

PANCRASE CARD

K-1: 'BURNING 2004' CARD

Thursday, February 12, 2004

K-1 CARD

Wednesday, February 11, 2004

BRIGGS TO MAKE K-1 DEBUT

SHOOTO CARD

NEW MMA RADIO SHOW

HUNT VS. AKEBONO

EDWARDS VS. FRANCA NOW A POSSIBILITY

KELLERMAN DONE WITH ESPN

PRIDE BUSHIDO 2 CARD

Tuesday, February 10, 2004

MIKE TYSON CLAIMS TO HAVE ONLY USD$5,000 LEFT IN BANK

PRISCILLA BELFORT UPDATE

'MINOTAURO' TRAINING HIS BOXING IN CUBA

LEKO POSSIBLY IN PRIDE HEAVYWEIGHT GP

PRIDE ADDS SUMO WRESTLER 'SENTORYU' TO HEAVYWEIGHT GP

FUJITA TO PARTICIPATE IN K-1 MMA

SAPP VISIT TO YOKOTA AIR BASE A SUCCESS

BARNETT RE-SIGNS WITH NEW JAPAN

INOKI 'BOM BA YE' NEWS

RODRIGO GRACIE SPEAKS

PRIDE BUSHIDO 2 CARD

ROSSEN 'PAY UP' BANNERS

Monday, February 09, 2004

UFC 47 CARD

EDWARDS VS. THOMPSON

Sunday, February 08, 2004

PRIDE BUSHIDO 2 CARD

PANCRASE CARD

K-1 CARD

RITC 59 RESULTS

NEW MMA RADIO SHOW DEBUTS TODAY

PULVER SUSTAINED SERIOUS CUT IN TRAINING

SUPERBRAWL 33 RESULTS

EVIDENCE OF REFEREE LANDLESS ERROR

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