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SB 40 - SuperBrawl 40
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Organization SuperBrawl
Date April 30, 2005
Location Hammond, Indiana
1 John Kolosci Mike Todorovic TKO 2:10 2
2 Jason Guida Ron Fields Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 4:05 3
3 Spencer Fisher Henry Matamoros TKO 2:48 1
4 John Strawn Brandon Adamson Submission (Keylock) 2:46 1
5 Brian Gassaway Trevor Garrett Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 2:36 1
6 Bart Palaszewski Andrew Chappelle Decision (Unanimous) 5:00 3
7 Miguel Torres Mike French Submission (Triangle Choke) 2:44 2
8 Jeff Curran Luke Spencer Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 2:34 2
AFC 12 - Absolute Fighting Championships 12
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Organization Absolute Fighting Championships
Date April 30, 2005
Location Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
1 Fabiano Capoane Stu Hesselmeyer Submission (Armbar) 1
2 Rick Delvecchio Rafael Santos Decision 5:00 2
3 Brian Geraghty Eduardo Martinez KO 1
4 Luigi Fioravanti Manuel Garcia TKO (Corner Stoppage) 5:00 1
5 Matt Hamilton Rafael Rebello Decision 5:00 2
6 Diego Vitosky Ben Saunders Draw 5:00 2
7 Dustin Denes Pat Healy Decision 5:00 3
8 Nick Thompson Marcel Ferreira TKO 3
9 Jorge Masvidal Joe Lauzon TKO 2
This was the best card put together and produced the best event in the history of the sport, I could go on for days about why this GP was the most amazing event ever but it would not do it any justice, therefore if you have not seen this Event, finish reading this article and then go watch it, because it will blow your mind.
Amazing matches
Vanderlei Silva defeats Hidehiko Yoshida by split decision.
A lot of people are giving WAND a lot of slack for how he fought against Yoshida, these are the same people that Do Not give Yoshida any respect at all. Yoshida proved not to be a complete idiot and backed out of his plan to STAND & TRADE with WAND after taking wand’s very first few punches. One thing that we all knew about Yoshida was that he was a tough Japanese Judoka who has never been KO’ed even though he has fought guys such as Hunt, and Wanderlei Silva once before. Let’s get one thing straight, if Silva had gone in GUNG-HO and started throwing bricks at Yoshida, he (wand) would be playing right into Yoshida’s game plan and would have been taken down quite quickly much like in their first fight. WAND knew that Yoshida would try and stall on the ground and play a UFC-style lay n’ pray fight once he realized that there was no other way to win against WAND. Therefore Wand was ready for the takedown at ALL TIMES and once got caught with it a couple times and not only survived the ground, but also made several submission attempts in the form of armbars from the guard. Silva pressed the action throughout the fight and Yoshida seemed very reluctant to do anything accept try and clinch very briefly and go for throw’s followed by unsuccessful attempts at GI-chokes. Make no mistake about it, WAND won this one easily, and PRIDE/DSE should be ashamed of themselves for employing such biased judges, this should have been an unanimous decision, not to mention the fact that the ref would not standup Yoshida and give him a yellow card for tying up Silva’s gloves blatantly and making a consistent effort to stalemate the action. Silva dominated but was unable to finish due to how Yoshida wanted the fight to go down, a game fighter would not be so lucky to go the distance with WAND. If there is a third match between these two I would hope that Pride MAKES Yoshida not wear a GI if he plans to use it how he did against WAND in this last fight, that is as a tool for survival.
I lost a lot of respect for Yoshida in this fight and felt he really let down his Jap fans by fighting the way he did. At least Kondo had the balls to stand with Silva and let their fists fly regardless of the result….all because he had said this is what he was going to do. Yoshida on the other hand said he was gonna do one thing and did the opposite, demonstrating that he is not the present day samurai that PRIDE once made him out to be. Wand will beat either of the BTT members easily if PRIDE sets up that match, but I would much rather see Silva Vs Alistair or Silva Vs IGOR, but those may be pretty tough fights to give the defending champ, BUT I am SURE Wand is up to it…. ‘in the end after all there can be only one’
Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua defeats Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson by KO (Tard-strength Soccer kicks), RD 1.
Just like I predicted Shogun showed why he is now among the top 5 most feared fighters in the world, if not the top 3. I am not a huge Rampage fan by any means but by the end of the fight you had to feel sorry for the guy, the fight was a vicious beat-down if there ever was one, Rampage was literally in shock from all that Shogun had to offer. Honestly Rampage looked like he was in a nightmare and praying to wake-up, but unfortunately for him he was very much awake, and was simply outclassed by fighter who is now ranked #2 @ LHW in my opinion ……EASILY!
Shogun has all the tools, Rampage tried in vain to take him down but got manhandled in the clinch and kneed in the ribs like he was one of those training dummies, and goddamn all the soccer kicks were just too much. IF anything that rampage learns from this, he should learn that he needs a new corner, the fact that OYAMA refused to let him lose with a at least a little dignity by throwing in the towel when he knew his man was in for a beating was a clear sign that rampage needs a new trainer. I respect Colin Oyama and all that he has done for Rampage(the fact he believes that his man can always come back from a beating), but his actions were in excusable, GP OR NOT Rampage could have died had it not been for a the Ref…(it was clear thru oyama’s desperate screams that he knew rampage was near his end, but he failed to throw the towel when it had to be done, for whatever reason that is)
A fighter CANNOT depend on the ref to save their ass, as we all know from watching brutal late stoppages, and I don’t understand how Rampage can go on fighting with a cornerman/trainer who refuses to let his man give up, even when the outcome is clear. IF rampage sticks with ‘the Oyama’ that we saw last night for the rest of his fighting days then he will not make it past 30 years old, mark my words.
As for shogun what can I say?...all the guys who said Rampage would expose Shogun as a young inexperienced fighter seem to be the same ones saying that he is now somehow better than Wanderlei…!!!!!!!
Gimme a fucking break! Shogun is an amazing fighter in my opinion he has what it takes to be the top HW, YES HW, in the world, not right now of course because he lacks the true amount of experience necessary to do so at this point, but eventually mark my words he will be at the top of the HW rankings.
Shogun enjoys physical benefits that WAND does not, but Wand is more well rounded and has a heart that is not of this world, which is something that no man can train to achieve no matter how hard they try.
Once all is said and done I have a serious hunch that WAND will fight SHOGUN in the final. And unlike other fighters who refuse to fight team-members because of some so-called ‘packt’ or inability to remain totally professional, Chute Boxe fighters wouldn’t’ think twice about fighting each-other since they do it all the time anyways in Curitiba, FOR FREE too!!
Shogun vs WAND would be a war, but in the end only one man would be left standing and that would be WAND…I could break it all down for you but it would take a over 1000 words (so you got to wait till it happens in finals), both fighters are great but Wand is the teacher and Shogun is the student, this fact will be obvious if they fight. Plus I could see this fight being fought exclusively out of the clinch, and while shogun’s knees are impressive…not one should clinch with WANDERLEI and I mean NO-ONE, no good can come of it…
Shogun would need to use his reach and height and size to have a chance of beating Wand, but wand already knows how his protégé fights and would know exactly how to beat him, whereas no one knows how to beat Wand IMHO
Kazushi Sakuraba defeats Youn Dong Sik by TKO, RD 1.
This fight was a good one for Saku, for once he got an easy match….perhaps a little too easy.
Next round there is no such thing as an easy match thogh, closest thing would be Nakamura, and that’s saying a lot. BUT unfortunately for SAKU there are only 2 Japanese fighters left in the GP and to make them both fight eachother would mean at LEAST one would be left,. This leaves DSE in a tricky situation deciding whether to give Saku the easiest match possible in Nakamura or split up the two Japanese fighters and increasing the chances that one or maybe both will advance. BUT then again maybe both will lose and there won’t be any Jap’s left, like I said this won’t be an easy decision for PRIDE …
Anyway you cut it Saku is in for a long fight next round. Perhaps Alistair may be DSE’s best bet for Saku
But then again in the GP everyone steps it up to the next level
Rogerio 'Minotoro' Nogueira defeats Dan Henderson by armbar, RD 1.
Just like I said, Dan couldn’t contend with Lil’ Nog’s submissions, in order for Dan to have won that fight he would have had to employ a Fedor style strategy of ground and pound while avoiding getting caught in NOG”s ground game at all, Nog’s boxing made Dan’s look weak and thus Dan became afraid to stand with him which IMO was pretty smart, however he stood for a little too long and ended up on his back, a place where Dan should never be, at that point Dan seemed to give up , almost as soon as his back touched the mat and NOG locked up the wrists. I didn’t see anyway that Dan could have won this without going to decision, and employing Fedor’s strategy for beating a ‘Minotaur’.
Alistair Overeem defeats Vitor Belfort by guillotine choke, RD 1.
I still am pissed at myself for picking VITOR, when I knew he would be the missing link that prevents Vitor vs WAND 2. the fact Alistair won doesn’t surprise me at all, however him winning by submission did surprise me quite abit, he locked up that guillotine sooooo smoothly I was quite impressed! But the way the fight played out Vitor seemed to have no way of winning this one, Alistair’s striking was clearly dominant to Belfort’s and Alistair was all too aware of every move Vitor was going for on the ground well before he even attempted it. I think it’s time for Vitor to get a better boxing coach and beat Chuck Liddell easily in a UFC title fight ,taking the Belt and wearing it while delivering near-fatal blows to backside of his beyond gorgeous Brasilian wife.
See I don’t feel sorry for Vitor at all, compared to a guy like Rampage or Kondo, because in the end no matter how bad it is for him he still goes home to an appropriately named ‘playmate’ every night, which in my opinion is better than getting soccer kicked and stomped and coming home to an empty house with no one but your son to greet you, especially when your brain is soo damaged due to soccer kicks that you can’t even remember your sons name (D’Angelo Jackson). So Vitor gets no pity from me.
As for Alistair I don’t see him getting past the next round unless he fights one of the 2 remaining Japanese fighters.
Igor Vovchanchyn defeats Yuki Kondo by unanimous decision.
One of the most technically fought matches I have seen in a long time, I was not surprised at all to see Kondo ROCK Igor several times during this fight causing IGOR to try and bring the fight to the ground where he could dominate. Kondo demonstrated once again why he is a warrior, he took all that Igor had to offer and still was able to withstand it all, and not only that but work through it as well for several submission attempts and positional escapes that made this fight extremely entertaining with lots of action, especially in the first round, a round which totally blew my mind.
However I think this showed that IGOR is being overrated at LHW by other MMA sites and forum’s in general, while the consensus here at FS 24-7 was that Igor was gonna have a very tough time with Kondo….and we were only partially right. Igor prevailed but it leads me to question how he will do in the second round, especially if he faces a good grappler more around his same size, like Arona or lil’ NOG, or even if he faces superb strikers like SHOGUN or WAND or (maybe ever ALISTAIR?)…
I’m not counting out IGOR by any means but he gonna have to step it up at least 2 notches if he wants to make to ‘FINAL CONFLICT’…Kondo no pushover but still I was expecting a finish to that fight for sure, especially when Igor had mount for as long as he did.
Dissappointing matches =
Ricardo Arona defeats Dean Lister by unanimous decision.
Kazuhiro Nakamura defeats Kevin Randleman by unanimous decision.
Quick thoughts=
- Ricardo ‘the pirate’ Arona didn’t punish himself too much, keeping himself healthy, somewhat for next round. Smart move in my opinion
-Randleman, went in confident and lost a fight that was his to lose…’the monster’ does best when he is the underdog IMHO
(e.g. prior matches against fedor, ninja, crocop- the first time, Bas Rutten)
TheAXE’s IDEAL 2ND ROUND MATCHUPS=
SHOGUN VS ALISTAIR
WANDERLEI VS Lil’ NOG
ARONA VS SAKURABA
IGOR VS NAKAMURA
DSE’s IDEAL 2nd round=
Shogun vs Arona
Wanderlei vs Lil’ NOG
Igor VS Alistair
SAKURABA vs Nakamura
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