News Update:
September 14th, 2007
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UFC back in the UK in 2008?
(updated
14/09)
UFC 80 is rumoured to be taking place in
Newcastle in January 2008 - more news as this
develops.
UK's Harvey Harra & Zelg
Galesic to fight in K1 this monday
(updated
14/09)
J.Z. Calvan VS Vitor "Shaolin"
Ribeiro
Caol Uno VS Andre Dida
Kazuyuki Miyata VS Harvey Harra
Kazushi Sakuraba VS Katsuyori Shibata
Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto VS Bibiano Fernandes
Dong Sik Yoon VS Zelg "Benkei" Galesic
Minowaman vs Kevin Casey
Takenori Sato vs Kenji Nagai
Wataru Takahashi VS Tashiro Nishiuchi
Click here for more details
4th
Copa Bitetti BJJ Tournament - Nov 3rd
(updated
11/09)
IVth Copa Bitetti of BJJ on
Saturday, November 3rd at Battersea
Youth Centre-London.
For full details go to:
www.copabitetti.com
The Judo
Podcast #18 - Gene Lebell
(updated
11/09)
Today, Gene
and Mike met with the legendary “Judo” Gene LeBell.
Mr. LeBell talked about what he considers the
highlight of judo in the US, his personal history of
judo, and what he believes judo needs today.
Click here for
more
FILA World Champonships - UK Medallists!
(updated
10/09)
The 1st outing for Grappling
at the FILA World Grappling Games in Turkey saw the
UK come home with Bronze medals for Tom Blackledge,
Tom Barlow, Oliver Dew, Lisa Newton, Anna Mayne,
Kathy Gifford, as well as a silver for Lisa Newton
and Ireland's John Kavanagh. Congrats all round!
Click here for a blog and photos from the US Squad
Click here for full results
Dan Hardy wins @ Cage Force
(updated
10/09)
Dan Hardy beat
Hidetaka Monma by TKO in the third round of their
Welterweight Tournament Semi-Final at GCM: Cage
Force 4 this Saturday in Tokyo. He now
facesYoshiyuki Yoshida in the final at a future
event. Massive congrats to him from SFUK.
Click here to read more
UFC 75 - Champion vs Champion results
(updated
10/09)
An evening
that saw Cro-Cop continue to falter in the Octagon,
a dominant performance from London resident Jess
Liaudin, Rampage unifying the Pride and UFC LHW
belts and a highly controversial end to Hamill/Bisping
- Dana says a rematch is in the pipeline...
Jess Liaudin vs
Anthony Torres: Liaudin by TKO 4:10 Rd1
Naoyuki Kotani vs Dennis Siver: Siver wins by KO
2:04 Rd 2
Tomasz Drwal vs Thiago Silva: Silva wins by TKO 4:23
Rd 2
Gleison Tibau vs Terry Etim: Tibau wins by UD Rd 3
Houston Alexander vs Alessio Sakara: Alexander wins
by TKO 1:01 Rd 1
Marcus Davis vs Paul Taylor: Davis wins by Sub 4:14
Rd 1
Cheik Kongo vs Mirko Cro Cop: Kongo wins by UD Rd 3
Mike Bisping vs Matt Hamill: Bisping wins by SD
Dan Henderson vs Quintin Jackson: Jackson wins by UD
Click here to visit the UFC 75 mini-site
K1
and 10K Ground Clash on Eurosport tonight
(updated
10/09)
Eurosport,
11.30pm tonight sees the return of Fight Night UK, a
not to be missed Fighters Inc combat sports
showcase, presented by Will Vanders, which focuses
on the top fight cards across all disciplines
including Pain & Glory and the 10K Ground Clash.
Click here to read more
BMA turn their attention to MMA
(updated
10/09)
Unsuccessful so far in their
attempts to have boxing banned, the British Medical
association have decided to turn their own
particular brand of un-informed pseudo-scientific
nonsense to MMA.
Click here to read more
Roger Gracie wins
double Gold at the BJJ Mundials
(updated
01/09)
Many congratulations
to Roger Gracie who tore through his opponents at
the recent BJJ World Championships in Los Angeles
and finally took Gold in the Absolute division at
the 5th time of asking to go with his 4 weight
category victories. Roger is now a 5 time black belt
world champ.
For Results and
pictures, check out Graciemag.com
New Gracie Barra
Black Belt in London
(updated
01/09)
Marcio Mamazinho Laudier 3rd
Degree Black Belt under Carlos Gracie Jr. will be
teaching in Edmonton from September.
Click here for more details
UK Squad
for the World Grappling Games.
(updated
01/09)
The squad
is set and the UK team, led by Ebe Ghansah will be
heading out shortly to Tukey to compete at the
inaugural World Grappling Games.
Best of
luck to them!
Click here for more details on the squad
AMMA Title Fight Night 17th Nov
(updated
01/09)
After the over whelming success of the first two
shows, AMMA will present an end of year finale on
Saturday 17th November at Aston Villa Football Club.
Marc Goddard is still looking
for fighters, so get in touch with him if you are
interested.
Click here for more details
ANGRRR Management: 'Unlucky for
some' - Oct 13th
(updated
01/09)
ANGRRR
Management return to Kidderminster on Saturday 13th
October for their next fully professional card.
F's Freestyle, Team Supreame, Bristol Goshin Jutsu &
Team Fury help make this a stacked card of mixed
martial arts action. The ANGRRR events have proved
themselves to be popular with the viewing public and
fighters due in part to well matched card, and
competitive atmosphere. If you want tickets use the
links below, but all the VIP tables have gone
already!
Click here for more details
Braulio Estima DVD
Instructional Series
(updated
10/08)
Shipment is
expected around August 10.
Price $89.95 2 DVD Set
Braulio Estima is one of the greatest grapplers in
the world today. With numerous gold medals in the
Mundials (World), Pan American, ADCC, and European
Championships, he had established himself as the
grappler to beat. This DVD series explains his
winning technique.
http://www.bjjtapes.com/
2 great
preview clips to watch
here and
here
Cage
Rage 23: Unbelievable
(updated 01/09)
Gary Turner vs
Julius Francis
James Zikic vs Vitor Belfort
Alex Reid vs TBA
Mark Weir vs Paul Daley
Mustapha Alturk vs Tengiz Tedoradze
Ed Smith vs Roman Webber
Xavier Foupa Pokam vs Pierre Guillet
Domonic Ostich vs Neil Wain
Paul Kelly vs Ch'e Mills
Jason Barratt vs Lee Doski
Click here for more information
The History of BJJ in the UK
SFUK are
looking for the memories and pictures of anyone who
was around at the birth of BJJ in the UK in the late
'90's early '00s
Click here for more information
Gracie Invitational - Photo Galleries
(updated 21/05)
Some photos
from the Black Belt superfights and purple and brown
belt divisions (click on the photos below to access
the galleries).
