| David
Bielkheden 
David
with Rikard by
Carl Fisher 18 June 2003 Can
we start with your recent trip to LA, at the Pan Ams? David
Bielkheden : Yes, I won my first fight with an arm bar and I lost the second fight
to advantage; I was in the —85K purple belt division. I don’t remember
the guys names but they were both Americans and I lost the second fight, the guy
tried to flip me and I stopped the flip, but he got the advantage. Were
you pleased with the outcome? David
Bielkheden : Yes I was pretty pleased, as I had not fought BJJ for about six months
and Rickard won the brown belt masters division, which was very impressive and
we had a few other guys who did well taking second place in their weight division. Was
this the first time in LA? David
Bielkheden : Yes it was, it was kinda like the Mundials you know, lots of people
there eight mats on the go and a great buzz to be fighting there in front of so
many people — we had a great time, it was my first time there and we stayed
the first night in Beverly Hills and the other nights we stayed in Santa Barbara. Did
you manage to get any training in whilst you were there? David
Bielkheden : No we just competed. Any
more BJJ comps lined up? David
Bielkheden : I don’t know yet, maybe the Mundials I am not sure; Rickard
will be going there and a couple of other guys. How
many comps have you done this year? David
Bielkheden : I was in the ADCC Qualifiers in January in Finland, the Shooto Cold
War, Exhale BJJ in Vasteras and the Pan Ams. I came third in the ADCC event, I
beat Jess Liaudin first match with kimura, second fight with Yka Leino and lost
on advantage. Then I fought Martijn De Jong and put him in a triangle within a
minute. The Scandinavians
have done well this year in Sao Paulo, especially Jon Einemo; how do you feel
about the progression of the Nordic fighters? David
Bielkheden : I think it’s very good and am very pleased for Einemo, what
can you say about the guy, he beat some top names out there and still only a purple
belt. How many VT fights
have you done? David
Bielkheden : The first one was in Finnfight 5 against Arben Latifi, a pretty god
fight but I didn’t have too much time to prepare as I was sick, so my cardio
wasn’t the best — he won on judge’s decision and one of my hardest
fights. The second was this year at Shooto Cold War, the guy was a Thai champion
and I won with TKO in one and a half minutes. Any
more Shooto fights planned? David
Bielkheden : Yes I hope so, I really like to fight in Shooto over BJJ and I am
trying to talk to Marko Leisten to fix me up with something and maybe fight some
Superfights — Joachim Hansen has opened the door I think to the guys back
here with his great wins over the last few months. Would
you like to fight in the UK? David
Bielkheden : Yes I would; I like the single fights and concentrate on one fight,
maybe a Superfight aand see how good the English are (laughs). Well
I will leave it there David, thanks for the time David
Bielkheden : Thank you
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