Originally posted by Boomer187
Doesn't Dream put one on a lot in Japan? I have been seeing the middleweight one a lot on HDNet fights!
Yeah, they usually do a minimum of two per year. However, they aren't exactly one night tournaments like the old UFC. The preliminary round(s) occur on separate cards, and only the semifinals and finals are done on the same night.
Their welterweight tournament wrapped up a week ago, with Marius Zaromskis scoring two improbable upsets by high kick knockout. It was a great finish to the tournament, though the rest of that card was fairly lackluster.
They have two tournaments in progress, a featherweight tournament and a rather silly open weight "super hulk" tournament (in which 7'2" Korean giant Hong Man Choi beat Jose Canseco in the first round...) The final two rounds of both tournaments will occur on their Oct. 6 card, which will probably turn up on HDNet at some point (it may be broadcast live on HDNet as well, although that would be in the wee hours of the morning in North America.)
In other Japanese tournament action, the final two rounds of the World Victory Road featherweight tournament are coming up on Aug. 2 at Sengoku 9. The tournament is probably Hatsu Hioki's to lose, but Marlon Sandro is very dangerous and Michihiro Omigawa has looked impressive since dropping down to welterweight. I believe this will also be available on HDNet.
pkcRAISTLIN
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Originally posted by Arbiter
Yeah, they usually do a minimum of two per year. However, they aren't exactly one night tournaments like the old UFC. The preliminary round(s) occur on separate cards, and only the semifinals and finals are done on the same night.
Their welterweight tournament wrapped up a week ago, with Marius Zaromskis scoring two improbable upsets by high kick knockout. It was a great finish to the tournament, though the rest of that card was fairly lackluster.
They have two tournaments in progress, a featherweight tournament and a rather silly open weight "super hulk" tournament (in which 7'2" Korean giant Hong Man Choi beat Jose Canseco in the first round...) The final two rounds of both tournaments will occur on their Oct. 6 card, which will probably turn up on HDNet at some point (it may be broadcast live on HDNet as well, although that would be in the wee hours of the morning in North America.)
In other Japanese tournament action, the final two rounds of the World Victory Road featherweight tournament are coming up on Aug. 2 at Sengoku 9. The tournament is probably Hatsu Hioki's to lose, but Marlon Sandro is very dangerous and Michihiro Omigawa has looked impressive since dropping down to welterweight. I believe this will also be available on HDNet.
I think UFC pride fighting is a perfect environment for you to experience a “meaningful” failure.
lenazi
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Originally posted by Inertia
there's only one MMA gym in my country. i knew it had opened up, but didn't know where it was, and only the few people who had trained BJJ before did.
this is the video i found on youtube, which ultimately led me to the poster of it, who invited me to my first class:
damnit, when youtube went widescreen, this video got all choppy :whip:
i know i already posted it, but for what this damn place costs me in fees and for the classes i will give it face time until it makes me broke.
+ you can get private training for 30 bucks an hour. (extra to membership fees, if you aren't a member they charge 15$ a visit just to walk in the door.)
i'll peep dream :) will probably have to do internet because even the fight network does not carry it.
Inertia
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Originally posted by lenazi
i win:p
oh rly?
let's see.
my gym has:
BJJ, gi and no-gi
boxing
kickboxing
kali escrima filipino
judo
full contact TKD
conditioning routines
MMA
amongst the people who train/instruct are:
Marco Tiberi - awesome canadian dude, started out wrestling and boxing, moved on to CSW (trained with Erik Paulson) and then BJJ... also happens to be instructor rank in kali under... Dan Inosanto.
Martin Sanchez - boxing since he was a kid, but more notably, kyokushin karate blackbelt under Nakamura (was sent by Oyama to thailand, first non-thai to win in Lumpinee Stadium, and is the basis for RYU OF STREETFIGHTER)
Aristide Pizzo - 6 time italian flyweight boxing champ, 2 time european EBU champ
Hiroshi Matsunaga - son of Mamoru Matsunaga, kodokan 8th dan, legendary judoka round here
Jesus Yunen - probably the best boxer/kickboxer this country has produced. quit fighting due to diabetes. knocked the out of a US golden gloves when he was still ammy.
BJJ/TKD/MMA - specially these three, but the entire gym is overseen by my head instructor, Omar de la Cruz. 6 time national TKD champ. officially only a purple, but has choked out blackbelts like Seth Horn in competition, aside from completely MANHANDLING Abraham Marte (2008 Mundials Superheavy Gold). in the MMA world, came in 2nd in the BellatorFC welterweight tournament, coming in as the least favorite to win.
on conditioning - well, safe to say, i lost 60 pounds in three months just by training a little and dieting.
your gym may still be better equipped, or more advanced, or have more resources.
but the price of mine is about $32 US dollars a month.
and wanna know the best part? as of 2009, they basically told me to stop paying. i've brought in so many students, and am so generally broke, they stopped giving a whether i made my payments on time. :D :D
lenazi
gsp:p
my dad can beat up your dad:p
Arbiter
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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
I think UFC pride fighting is a perfect environment for you to experience a “meaningful” failure.
Been there, done that. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed competing and I'd do it more if I had time to train, but it's just a sport.
SuspicionVandit
open weight tournaments.
the best tournaments
Boomer187
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Originally posted by Arbiter
Yeah, they usually do a minimum of two per year. However, they aren't exactly one night tournaments like the old UFC. The preliminary round(s) occur on separate cards, and only the semifinals and finals are done on the same night.
Their welterweight tournament wrapped up a week ago, with Marius Zaromskis scoring two improbable upsets by high kick knockout. It was a great finish to the tournament, though the rest of that card was fairly lackluster.
They have two tournaments in progress, a featherweight tournament and a rather silly open weight "super hulk" tournament (in which 7'2" Korean giant Hong Man Choi beat Jose Canseco in the first round...) The final two rounds of both tournaments will occur on their Oct. 6 card, which will probably turn up on HDNet at some point (it may be broadcast live on HDNet as well, although that would be in the wee hours of the morning in North America.)
In other Japanese tournament action, the final two rounds of the World Victory Road featherweight tournament are coming up on Aug. 2 at Sengoku 9. The tournament is probably Hatsu Hioki's to lose, but Marlon Sandro is very dangerous and Michihiro Omigawa has looked impressive since dropping down to welterweight. I believe this will also be available on HDNet.
Yea I just watched the welterweight one. It was a pretty brutal KO at the final. I have never found the motivation to keep up with many of the Japanese productions tho.
pkcRAISTLIN
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Originally posted by Arbiter
Been there, done that. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed competing and I'd do it more if I had time to train, but it's just a sport.
