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Nuclear Moose vs Kirk Goddard, St. Kitts CUFF fight night

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:07:27 +0000

The Caribbean is getting a MMA fight scene, and its called CUFF – Caribbean Ultimate Fist Fighting.

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North American Challenge 27 Fight Results

admin — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:54:42 +0000

No	Style	Win	Def	Loss	Reason
1	Mma 135 lbs	Cesar Cortes, Universal Martial Arts, Vancouver BC	Def.	Matt Spiff-e Shannon fight team 604, Burnaby BC	By referee stoppage at 2:50, ground and pound. Total domination by Cortes.
2	Kickboxing, super welterweight, 150lbs	Siavosh Fard, SKA Burnaby BC	Def.	Karen Vrar, Bisla Martial Arts Surrey BC	Went to the judges. Fard had dynamite spinning back kicks and spinning hook kicks, but we also saw a late kick after the round 2 bell. A close fight, and one judge gave it to Vrar while the other two gave it to Fard for the majority decision.
3	Boxing, Junior Light weight, 130 lbs	Asif Anwary, Fight Team 604, New Westminster BC	Def.	Leo Samarelli Wolf’s Den, North Vancouver BC	Win by majority judges decision.
4	Muay Thai, junior welterweight 145lbs	Jay Hosseini Universal Martial Arts Maple Ridge BC	Def.	Jordan Gieble Canada’s Best Karate Victoria	Hosseini came out hard and fast and aggressive from the start. He put in a leg kick so hard Gieble was given a standing count. Gieble had to favor the leg for the rest of the match until the referee called stoppage, and TKO win for Hosseini.
5	Muay Thai, Welterweight 147 lbs	Lute Ganief WKX Surrey BC	Def.	Terrance Viloria Mendoza Fight Team Surrey BC	Unanimous judges decision, to Lute Ganeif. Viloria faded a bit in round 3 after being well matched and aggressive throughout the fight.
6	Kickboxing super middleweight 165 lbs	Kevin Lam Posener’s Muay Thai Vancouver BC	Def.	Dev Havoc Rakkar independent, Vancouver BC	1:53 ref stoppage, Rakkar did not respond well, did not keep his gloves up, and was schooled quickly out of the fight.
7	MMA bantamweight 118lbs	Jamie Gonzales Charlies Combat Club, Everett WA	Def.	Nicola Hicks Team Denarius New Westminster, BC	Nicola got Gonzales on the ground quickly and owned mount until referee stoppage at 45 seconds.
8	MMA welterweight 170 lbs	Adriano Digiacinto Wolfe’s Den North Vancouver BC	Def.	Justyn Rackstraw fight team 604 Maple Ridge BC	Rackstraw, who apparently was seen in Coquitlam on Wednesday eating a kfc double down and smoking a cigarette was stopped from continuing by the referee at about 2:00 of round 1.
9	MMA, Pacific Northwest Welterweight Title	Leo Xavier Universal Martial Arts Vancouver BC	Def.	Marquez Bryant Crisis MMA Olympia Wa	Initial parrys led to Leo Xavier getting the upper position and eventually was able to work it into a full mount – but not without a fight from Bryant. Leo transitioned into an armbar from mount and as Bryant was making every effort to escape, he turned it into a triangle. Nice show of skills for a 1:51 round 1 win by triangle choke.
10	Muay Thai Middleweight 160 lbs	Andrew Lewis Nak Muay Duncan Island BC	Def.	Bruce Khademi WKC Surrey BC	Lewis showed awesome persistence with high kicks in a very evenly contested matchup. He would get the majority decision from the judges.
11	MMA middleweight 185 lbs	Kyle Warman Gracie Barra Arts Kelowna BC	Def.	Tyrone Anderson Tactics MMA Vancouver BC	Both warriors in this matchup battled massively in the first round to no real outcome. They both deeply depleted their gas tanks and had to demonstrate deep resolve to fight the next 2 rounds of 3 minutes each The judges would give it unanimously, 29 – 28 to Kyle Warman, despite that Warman spending so much time in round 3 under mount.
12	MMA Light heavyweight 190 lbs	Kiarash Moghaddam Versus Training Center Vancouver BC	Def.	David Correa Crisis MMA Olympia Wa	Kiarash Moghaddam managed Correa well enough on the ground to take the side arm choke position and finish the fight at 1:30 of round 1.
13	Muay Thai, Pacific Northwest Welterweight Title	Josh Jauncey WKX Surrey BC	Def.	Jason Hinds Pound 4 Pound Markham Ontario	An exciting well matched fight that showed lots of sweeps, the fighters ramped up their efforts with each round. Jauncey pulled out ahead in round 5. He even showed some flashy ducking and weaving and a round kick resulting from being swept. Judges would give the fight unanimously to Jauncey.

NAC 27 Saturday March 31

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:57:00 +0000

CKGSF MMA Fight Night Highlights

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:50:01 +0000

Some fight action from from the budding MMA fight scene in the Caribbean.

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You are jamming a hard bone into the throat

admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:19:14 +0000

Xtreme Couture Jiu-jitsu coach Neil Melanson came to Revolution Chilliwack over the weekend to teach a seminar on grappling for MMA. I am still going over my photos from the two day seminar – we drilled tons of techniques. One clever little trick is this choke. Call it “Front fist choke while cradling the head from the mount position”. Or, as Neil Melanson put it, “You are jamming a hard bone up into the throat”. Its a shocking little choke for sure and it is all the more nasty by the fact that, my lord, it takes almost no pressure at all to impose enough pain for a submission from your opponent.

Tija Stanley 4th round Kimura in St Kitts tonight

admin — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 07:38:38 +0000

4th round Kimura means you went long and held it through and found a way. Well done Tija Stanley!!!!

Bill is introduced into Canadian Federal Parliament to Legalise MMA

admin — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:51:40 +0000

Dave Deibert of Postmedia news has reported that Senator Bob Runciman has introduced a bill appending section 83 of the criminal code which only permits boxing as the only legal form of prize fighting. The amendment will add ‘fighting with hands and feet’. The existence of athletic commissions manages the matter of the difference in law, but the move will help bring order and credibility to the fastest growing sport in the world.

http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Bill+introduced+legalize+mixed+martial+arts+Canada/6332279/story.html

Mata-Leao MMA

admin — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 02:23:55 +0000

On a recent trip to Kamloops, and needing a place to roll, I came upon MMA fighter Matt Baker’s new gym, Mata-Leao MMA. For a measure of how much mixed martial arts is making inroads to our way of life, the new martial arts gyms are a far better example of how relevant it has become, rather than UFC on Fox. How nice it is to see the new generation of MMA fighters like Matt Baker already giving back to the sport they love by opening gyms, bringing the fundamental components of mixed martial arts to a new generation of young athletes who want to learn it and train it. I took mat away from his busy schedule to tell me a bit more about his fight background and his new gym.

Matt Baker is a Canadian MMA fighter with a 10-0 amateur and a 7-3 pro record, currently fighting for Battlefield Fight League. Matt is the only Canadian on Team Nogueira, out of Rio De Janeiro Brazil. His own martial arts education has given him the opportunity to roll and train with some heavy hitters like Minotaur Noguiera, Minotauro, Anderson Silva, Tony Mariano, the #1 ranked fighter in the world outside of UFC, Bigfoot Silva, ex Strikeforce champ, Rafael Cavalcante… Matt says the gym is amazing for fighting at 185, lots of light heavyweights and 185s. No doubt!

Matt explained that the name for the gym, Mata-Leao MMA, is from the Portuguese for ‘lion kills’, which is another name for the rear naked choke. The expression also comes from the legend of Hercules. In one of Hercules’ 10 quests, he defeated the Nemean Lion with its impenetrable skin by applying a rear naked choke.

Mata-Leao naturally has a kickboxing program, and a gi and no gi program. The Brazilian Jiu-jitsu gi program is run by Andre Taniguiti. Originally from Brazil, Taniguiti trained at Axis Jiu-jitsu in Japan. Matt says Andrey is a very good brown belt. Matt runs the mma and no gi side of things, as well as personal training sessions.

I asked Matt what was his personal approach to training and the kind of gym he was hoping to run. He said, “I like working with kids, I just get lost training in classes with kids, I have a gym in my home town because it takes me away from training at my fight camps, I relax, I do it for the fun, I don’t do it for the money… The gym is open since January 2012. It’s the first year in business and I already have over 30 students. I am taking down about 8 of my students to Tiger Balm 2012 this weekend. For 90% of them it’s their first tournament. Hopefully from there the gym is going to grow, the school is going to grow, and there will be more tournaments to come. If I can’t one day be a champion myself, I would like to coach a champion. That would be my ultimate goal. Hopefully one day, I’ll make it to the Kamloops Sports Hall of fame like Tom Laroche, my first sifu.

The Official MMA Fighter Database

admin — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:03:59 +0000

Have you ever tried your hand in the cage? Your name might be in here!

MixedMartialArts.com now runs the official MMA registry for ABC, making it the only official registry for the sport. Fighters and promoters should send in their results, and include this site for event announcements.

King of the Rock 3 Fight Photos

admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:04 +0000

Link to full photo set on flickr.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/superwebdeveloper/sets/72157629148002860/