MMA no Maracanazinho

MMA is getting a serious businnes in Brazil. After the first shows late 40’s and 50’s the sport became one of the top audiences around the world 5 years ago and the country where the sport was born is getting organized.

2x Absolute BJJ World Champion Amaury Biteti is hosting his show Bitetti Combat IV on September 12th at Maracanazinho Stadium (beside the famous Maracana Soccer Stadium) supported by Brazil Government (Federal and State) and also by RIO-2016 committee. The venue with 11.800 seats is brand new and renwed. Since late 60’s volley Maracanazinho used to host important and international events such as volley ball, judo, and late 80’s the anthologic combat with Rickson against Zulu.

More informations soon.

ADCC 2009 e seus atletas

The time has come and ADCC 2009 edition is closer than ever. This week the organization released the list of athletes. As you can see the stars of BJJ world will face each other at the biggest grappling event in the world in Barcelona.

Super luta:
Roger Gracie x Robert Drysdale

Masculino:
Até 65,9kg:
– Rani Yahya
– Kouhei Yasumi
– Rafael Mendes
– Nicolas Renier
– Timo-Juhani Hirvikangas
– Ryan Hall
– David Marinakis
– Jayson Patino

Até 76,9kg:
– Marcelo Garcia
– K-taro Nakamura
– Murilo Santana
– Marcelo Azevedo
– Toni Linden
– Don Ortega
– Rodney Ellis
– Enrico Cocco

Até 87,9kg:
– Demian Maia
– Kazuhiro Nakamura
– André Galvão
– Kassim Annan
– Trond Saksenvik
– Jason Selva
– Igor Praporshchikov
– Chris Weidman

Até 98,9kg:
– Xande Ribeiro
– Ukiya Nato
– Glover Teixeira
– Radek Turek
– Andreas Olsen
– Rafael Davis
– Anthony Perosh
– Gerardi Rinaldi

Acima de 99kg:
– Fabrício Werdum
– Kouji Kanechika
– Antoine Jaoude
– Tomasz Janiszewski
– Janne-Pekka
– Asa Fullar
– Denis Roberts
– Tom DeBlass

Feminino:

Até 60kg:
– Kyra Gracie
– Sayaka Shioda
– Megumi Fujii
– Michelle Tavares
– Laurence Cousin
– Ina Steffensen
– Hillary Willams

Acima de 60kg:
– Hannette Staack
– Penny Thomas
– Hitomi Hiraiwa
– Rosângela Conceição
– Ida Hansson
– Shanti Abelha
– Lana Stefanac

MMA feminino para todos aplaudirem

The undefeated Carano (7-0) and her top rival, Cyborg (7-1), are slated to battle five, 5-minute rounds in the first-ever fight for the STRIKEFORCE Women’s 145-Pound World Title.

The most-desired matchup in the history of women’s MMA is also one that is undeniably the most dangerous assignment to date for a pair regarded as the preeminent female fighters in the world.
Carano, who will be trained for this fight by MMA legend Randy “The Natural” Couture, has achieved larger than life status over the course of the last year. In a Yahoo! online poll that named the “Top 10 Influential Women of 2008,” the 27 year-old Las Vegas resident ranked fifth, placing ahead of First Lady Michelle Obama and famed journalists Katie Couric and Barbara Walters. Carano has also been featured in the pages of Maxim and profiled by ESPN’s newsmagazine show E:60.
Confident of ruining Carano’s eagerly awaited return to the cage is the rugged 23-year-old Cyborg, who has been known to devastate foes with brute strength and has been calling out Carano for several months. Cyborg, along with her husband and fellow Strikeforce competitor Evangelista Cyborg, is a member of Brazil’s famed fight squad, Chute Boxe.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (June 15, 2009) – Tickets for  Strikeforce: “Carano vs. Cyborg,” the mixed martial arts (MMA) mega fight card that will be highlighted by the long-awaited showdown between superstar Gina Carano and Brazilian brawler and powerhouse Cris Cyborg at HP Pavilion on Saturday, Aug. 15, are officially on sale.

Tickets start at $30 and are available at the HP Pavilion box office (408-287-7070), all Ticketmaster locations (800-745-3000), Ticketmaster online (www.ticketmaster.com), and the official STRIKEFORCE website (www.strikeforce.com).

Mundial 2009 – um dos mais disputados

After 1 year of intensive training and other tough competitions BJJ stars were in California for 2009 Mundial this weekend.
Results and highlights:

rooster: Malfacine arm-bar Felipe Costa at semi-finals and faces at eh finals Caio Terra who submited Pitel before. Malfacine won by 3-1 points.

light feather: new sensation Gui Mendes cut weight and compete very well advancing to finals against a tough Gabriel Braga. Gui did a good job and won for the first time at this category.

feather: 3x world champion Rubens “Cobrinha” with Rafael Mendes were the favorites on this category. But renowed fighters such as Frazatto, “Megaton” and Mario Reis were there to give them a hard time. Final will be Cobrinha (won Mendes and Megaton) x Frazatto (won Reis). In very close fight without points Cobrinha won over Frazatto and now is 4th BJJ world champion like Royler Gracie.

light: new kid Langui did a strong campaing and advaced for the final against Gilberto “Durinho”. Langui won by 9-2.

medium: Garcia came back after 2 years and won his division with teammate Serginho. Also Kron, Lucas Leite, Finfou, Tiago Aleves among others deserves congratulations for their fights . This category was one of the busiest this year.

medium-heavyweight: an impressive Rômulo Barral came strong and focused this year. Qualified for Absolute finals he won impressive combats and will face Tarsis at the finals. At the end Barral won by judges decision.

heavyweight: Braulio Estima  x Alexandre de Souza. “Carcara” won by 2-0 and confirms his 3rd world title.

super-heavyweight: Roger Gracie x Ricardo “Demente”. As usual Roger score, mount and submit.

ultra heavyweight: Rodrigo Cavaca x Gabriel Vella. Vella is a grand slam medalist a long time and his timing prevailed against a tough Cavaca winning by advantages.

absolute: Roger Gracie x Romulo Barral (both Gracie Barra). Rominho starts pulling guard and Roger uses his weapons to pass. Score still 0-0 until 7min. Sudenly Gracie scores passing Barral’s guard and goes for mount. And………………….submits! Perfect championship for Roger! Now is a 2x Absolute BJJ World Champion.

Womens Division:

light feather: Leticia Ribeiro won over Michelle Nicolini her 4th world title as black belt

feather: Bianca Barreto arm-bar Shioda Sayaka

light: Luanna Alzuguir beats Kyra by points

medium: Hannette Quadros beats Monica Vanessa by points

light heavyweight: Penny Thomas chokes Valerie Worthington almost at the end

heavyweight: Lana Stefanac submits Luka Dias

absolute: Kyra Gracie x Lana Stefanac. Lana beats Kyra by 5-2 and now is ADCC 2009 for her.

Kevin Jackson Camp

Coach Jackson who has been recently named head coach of the Iowa State Cyclones who has accepted the Head Coaching responsibilities for the Iowa State Cyclones which was effective, May 1st 2009.
The Clinic will start at 9 a.m. and will feature personal instruction from the Olympic Gold Medalist Kevin Jackson.

The cost of the clinic, for Wrestlers is $75 on the same day of the clinic and will be discounted $70 if you bring the flyer. There is a team discount of $50 per wrestler (minimum of 10 wrestlers) with pre-registration on the website

http://warriorsrevenge.com/htmldocs/main.html

BJJ Mundials

The 2009 BJJ Mundials just began yesterday with blue belts. But the question is: Who will be the next absolute BJJ World Champion?
Our correspondents in California will update THEGRAPPLING.COM with fresh news and results. Stay tuned!