Brazilian Notebook
Gleidson Venga Aug 3, 2007
The cold winter currently punishing some states in Brazil hasn't
been felt inside gyms during mixed martial arts competitions.
Curitiba, for example, was boiling last weekend during Storm Samurai. And coming up Saturday in the cold city of Teresopolis, located in the hills of the state Rio de Janeiro, the fourth edition of Fury FC hopes to electrify the crowd with the second half of its 183-pound tournament.
Last week Eduardo
Pamplona (Pictures) ruled out of the tournament after
suffering an injury; Andre
Mikito has taken Pamplona's spot. Four eliminating bouts are
scheduled, with the winners advancing to the finals at the end of
this year when they will fight twice in the same night to crown the
tournament champion.
Experienced fighters such as Daniel Acacio (Pictures), Fabio Negão and Flavio Moura join rising athletes Rousimar Palhares and Leandro Batata to make the tournament brackets unpredictable.
Saturday's super-fights include anticipated bouts featuring Danilo Cherman (Pictures) against Rafael dos Anjos. Cherman trains daily at the Nova União gym -- home for Vitor Ribeiro (Pictures) and Thales Leites (Pictures) -- and he is a Cage Rage veteran, beating Jean Silva (Pictures) in a real battle. Dos Anjos is one of the new names from Gordo JJ's team (formerly GBCT) and is the reigning champion of a tournament promoted by XFC in Brazil. The tough Fabricio Monteiro (Pictures), a local boy from Teresopolis, promises to bring his fans to the audience.
The biggest teams from Brazil -- BTT, Chute Boxe, Nova União, Black House and Gordo JJ -- will have athletes fighting at this Fury FC.
Tournament
Andre Mikito (De La Riva) vs. Juliano Belgine (Brasa JJ)
Daniel Acacio (Pictures) (Chute Boxe) vs. Gil Freitas (Barbosa Team)
Rousimar Palhares "Toquinho" (BTT) vs. Flavio Moura (Gordo JJ)
Fabio Negao (Pictures) (Lotus MMA) vs. Leandro Batata (Nova União)
Super fights
Jorge Michelan (Brasa JJ) vs Rodrigo Ximbica (GB Pitbull)
Jair Sorriso (Nova União) vs Thiago Medeiros (Black House)
Danilo Cherman (Pictures) (Nova União) vs Rafael dos Anjos (Gordo JJ)
Fabricio Monteiro (Pictures) (Gordo JJ) vs Mohamed Khacha (Pictures) (Black House)
Heavyweights in action at Storm Samurai
Last Saturday in Curitiba the opening round of Storm Samurai's heavyweight tournament took place. Competing in a UFC-sized octagon and using the same rules found throughout North America, Fabiano Scherner (Pictures), Angelo Araujo and Julio Cesar Jamanta emerged victorious, and now are the top names to become champion.
Scherner, a UFC veteran, needed just 23 seconds to KO his opponent -- this event, by the way, was full of knockouts.
Full Results:
Sidney Silva (Pictures) def. Rafael Waslov guillotine choke R1
Maiquel Falcão def. Diogo Silveira KO R1
Silvão Santos def. Edson Conterrâneo decision
Samuel Madimbu def. Jéferson Silva KO R2
Fabiano Scherner (Pictures) def. Marcelo Barbosa KO R1
Julio Cesar Jamanta def. Salvador Minutti KO R1
Antonio Conceição def. EdCarlos Monstro TKO R2
Angelo Araujo def. Walter Marzukipars KO R2
Minotoro scores boxing bronze at Pan-Ams
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (Pictures) had a great performance at the Pan-American Games in Rio de Janeiro, boxing his way to a bronze medal in the super heavyweight class.
Nogueira defeated opponents from Trinidad and Tobago as well as Venezuela by a wide margin before losing in the semifinals to a Cuban athlete by the score of 4-0.
Antoine Jaoude (Pictures) was injured and couldn't continue to the end in the wrestling tournament. He defeated a wrestler from El Salvador in his first match, but lost to a Venezuelan athlete and was forced to drop out due to injury. Jaoude hoped to heal up soon enough to fight in the International Fight League's World Grand Prix Nov. 3 in Chicago, Ill.
Sperry speaks about Cage Rage win
Zé Mario Sperry (Pictures) enjoyed Cage Rage 22, where the veteran Brazilian defeated English kickboxer Lee Hasdell (Pictures) in less than two minutes.
"I think this fight was very good for my career," Sperry said. "I needed this action. I needed to fight, and everything went well. Thank God I won."
Days after his fight, Sperry was in Jefferson Silva (Pictures)'s corner for a fight against Aaron Rosa (Pictures) live on Showtime. Sperry has remained in the U.S., where he plans to stay for the time being and open his own gym.
Though Sperry said this project would keep him busy, he wants to fight again this year.
"I'm open to negotiations," he said. "I will fight under 205 pounds; I fought in this weight class before and I felt very comfortable. This will be my weight class forever."
News and Notes
Gleison Tibau (Pictures) returns to the octagon in London. The Brazilian will face Englishman Terry Etim (Pictures), who is undefeated in nine fights. The event will be held Sept. 8 and Tibau looks for his third UFC victory, this time on the under card of the mega-fight between Quinton Jackson (Pictures) and Dan Henderson (Pictures). …
After beat Kazuyuki Miyata (Pictures) in the opening round of HERO'S lightweight tournament, Vitor Ribeiro (Pictures) spent five days in Europe. "Shoalin" gave seminars in Belgium, Luxemburg and England, all in his students' gyms. While visiting the Queen's land, the dominant lightweight went to the south, where he ended his trip by celebrating victory with a barbecue at one of his student's home. …
Johil de Oliveira (Pictures) is determined to find a new direction in his career. For this, the veteran fighter confirmed his participation in a four-man tournament at 161 pounds on the fourth edition of Real Fight, set for São Jose dos Campos on August 18. Training in the academy of his friend Marcelo Aguiar in Niterói, de Oliveira affirmed that he wants to prove to everybody that he is "alive." Real Fight will also have a four-man tournament at 205 pounds.
Curitiba, for example, was boiling last weekend during Storm Samurai. And coming up Saturday in the cold city of Teresopolis, located in the hills of the state Rio de Janeiro, the fourth edition of Fury FC hopes to electrify the crowd with the second half of its 183-pound tournament.
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Experienced fighters such as Daniel Acacio (Pictures), Fabio Negão and Flavio Moura join rising athletes Rousimar Palhares and Leandro Batata to make the tournament brackets unpredictable.
Last year Fury FC held a light heavyweight tournament that saw
Thiago Silva (Pictures) become champion, which ultimately
led him to the gates of the UFC.
Saturday's super-fights include anticipated bouts featuring Danilo Cherman (Pictures) against Rafael dos Anjos. Cherman trains daily at the Nova União gym -- home for Vitor Ribeiro (Pictures) and Thales Leites (Pictures) -- and he is a Cage Rage veteran, beating Jean Silva (Pictures) in a real battle. Dos Anjos is one of the new names from Gordo JJ's team (formerly GBCT) and is the reigning champion of a tournament promoted by XFC in Brazil. The tough Fabricio Monteiro (Pictures), a local boy from Teresopolis, promises to bring his fans to the audience.
The biggest teams from Brazil -- BTT, Chute Boxe, Nova União, Black House and Gordo JJ -- will have athletes fighting at this Fury FC.
Tournament
Andre Mikito (De La Riva) vs. Juliano Belgine (Brasa JJ)
Daniel Acacio (Pictures) (Chute Boxe) vs. Gil Freitas (Barbosa Team)
Rousimar Palhares "Toquinho" (BTT) vs. Flavio Moura (Gordo JJ)
Fabio Negao (Pictures) (Lotus MMA) vs. Leandro Batata (Nova União)
Super fights
Jorge Michelan (Brasa JJ) vs Rodrigo Ximbica (GB Pitbull)
Jair Sorriso (Nova União) vs Thiago Medeiros (Black House)
Danilo Cherman (Pictures) (Nova União) vs Rafael dos Anjos (Gordo JJ)
Fabricio Monteiro (Pictures) (Gordo JJ) vs Mohamed Khacha (Pictures) (Black House)
Heavyweights in action at Storm Samurai
Last Saturday in Curitiba the opening round of Storm Samurai's heavyweight tournament took place. Competing in a UFC-sized octagon and using the same rules found throughout North America, Fabiano Scherner (Pictures), Angelo Araujo and Julio Cesar Jamanta emerged victorious, and now are the top names to become champion.
Scherner, a UFC veteran, needed just 23 seconds to KO his opponent -- this event, by the way, was full of knockouts.
Full Results:
Sidney Silva (Pictures) def. Rafael Waslov guillotine choke R1
Maiquel Falcão def. Diogo Silveira KO R1
Silvão Santos def. Edson Conterrâneo decision
Samuel Madimbu def. Jéferson Silva KO R2
Fabiano Scherner (Pictures) def. Marcelo Barbosa KO R1
Julio Cesar Jamanta def. Salvador Minutti KO R1
Antonio Conceição def. EdCarlos Monstro TKO R2
Angelo Araujo def. Walter Marzukipars KO R2
Minotoro scores boxing bronze at Pan-Ams
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (Pictures) had a great performance at the Pan-American Games in Rio de Janeiro, boxing his way to a bronze medal in the super heavyweight class.
Nogueira defeated opponents from Trinidad and Tobago as well as Venezuela by a wide margin before losing in the semifinals to a Cuban athlete by the score of 4-0.
Antoine Jaoude (Pictures) was injured and couldn't continue to the end in the wrestling tournament. He defeated a wrestler from El Salvador in his first match, but lost to a Venezuelan athlete and was forced to drop out due to injury. Jaoude hoped to heal up soon enough to fight in the International Fight League's World Grand Prix Nov. 3 in Chicago, Ill.
Sperry speaks about Cage Rage win
Zé Mario Sperry (Pictures) enjoyed Cage Rage 22, where the veteran Brazilian defeated English kickboxer Lee Hasdell (Pictures) in less than two minutes.
"I think this fight was very good for my career," Sperry said. "I needed this action. I needed to fight, and everything went well. Thank God I won."
Days after his fight, Sperry was in Jefferson Silva (Pictures)'s corner for a fight against Aaron Rosa (Pictures) live on Showtime. Sperry has remained in the U.S., where he plans to stay for the time being and open his own gym.
Though Sperry said this project would keep him busy, he wants to fight again this year.
"I'm open to negotiations," he said. "I will fight under 205 pounds; I fought in this weight class before and I felt very comfortable. This will be my weight class forever."
News and Notes
Gleison Tibau (Pictures) returns to the octagon in London. The Brazilian will face Englishman Terry Etim (Pictures), who is undefeated in nine fights. The event will be held Sept. 8 and Tibau looks for his third UFC victory, this time on the under card of the mega-fight between Quinton Jackson (Pictures) and Dan Henderson (Pictures). …
After beat Kazuyuki Miyata (Pictures) in the opening round of HERO'S lightweight tournament, Vitor Ribeiro (Pictures) spent five days in Europe. "Shoalin" gave seminars in Belgium, Luxemburg and England, all in his students' gyms. While visiting the Queen's land, the dominant lightweight went to the south, where he ended his trip by celebrating victory with a barbecue at one of his student's home. …
Johil de Oliveira (Pictures) is determined to find a new direction in his career. For this, the veteran fighter confirmed his participation in a four-man tournament at 161 pounds on the fourth edition of Real Fight, set for São Jose dos Campos on August 18. Training in the academy of his friend Marcelo Aguiar in Niterói, de Oliveira affirmed that he wants to prove to everybody that he is "alive." Real Fight will also have a four-man tournament at 205 pounds.
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