On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie
Goldman speaks with the Maximum Fighting
Championship lightweight champion, the
always-outspoken Antonio McKee.
He will be defending his title against Brazilian
submission expert Luciano Azevedo on Friday,
September 10, in the co-main event of the MFC 26:
Retribution card at the River Cree Resort and
Casino, just outside Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. This
mixed martial arts card will be televised live on
HDNet Fights throughout North America.
The 40-year-old Antonio McKee, who has an extensive
background in wrestling, has not lost a fight in
over seven years. However, he has won most of those
fights by decision, by taking his opponents down,
outwrestling them, outstriking them both standing
and on the ground, but not finishing them. Some
people have criticized this effective and technical
style as not exciting, so he has vowed to retire
after this fight if it is perceived as being a
"boring" decision, even if he wins the fight.
We thus spoke with Antonio McKee Saturday about this
fight and what to expect. He critiqued the
prevailing culture in mixed martial arts, especially
in North America, which has labeled his winning
style as "boring". He also explained why he believes
that he has to retire if his September 10 fight is
once again criticized as such, and what his plans
are for coaching and training athletes. He ripped
into what he believes to be a very prevalent double
standard for Black athletes in mixed martial arts,
both in terms of compensation, perception, and
opportunities. He also recounted his experiences
with the now-defunct International Fight League, and
much more in a very candid interview.
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie
Goldman speaks with American Top Team mixed martial
arts fighter and Sengoku middleweight champion Jorge
Santiago (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000652002748).
In a fight being hailed as epic, historic, and a
certainty for the 2010 MMA fight of the year, Jorge
Santiago successfully defended his title by stopping
Kazuo Misaki in the fifth and last round of the main
event of Sengoku 14 on Sunday, August 22, 2010, in
Tokyo, Japan.
After being down on the scorecards, Jorge Santiago
came back with a furious attack at the very end of
the fourth round and all throughout the fifth round,
forcing the corner of Misaki to throw in the towel
with only about 30 seconds remaining in the fight.
This fight was originally broadcast live in the U.S.
on HDNet, and has also been posted on YouTube. This
see-saw, non-stop battle was a rematch of their
first fight from January 2009, which was also won by
Jorge Santiago with a come-from-behind performance
in the fifth round.
We spoke Friday afternoon about this great fight,
and analyzed its many highlights and ups and downs.
While he has long been a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black
belt, we discussed his development as a standup
fighter and the notable improvements in his
striking. We also discussed the differences between
fighting in the U.S. and Japan, and how fighters are
allowed to "do more" in terms of utilizing various
grappling and striking techniques in Japan than in
the U.S. He reviewed his growth as a fighter since
fighting in UFC in 2006 and Strikeforce in 2007, and
stated that he once again wants to fight in the
U.S., where he has lived for many years, while still
fighting in Japan. And we discussed when he wants to
return to action, and much more.
STARS
TRAINING CENTER - Open Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
09-04-2010
Broomfield, CO
Stars
will be open for all regularly scheduled classes
during the Labor Day weekend.
PANCRASE
2010 PASSION Tour - Final Fight Card
09-04-2010, Denver, CO
Event date: Sunday, September 5, 2010. Doors open at
3:00 pm, event starts at 4:30 pm.
Venue: Differ Ariake, Tokyo, Japan
Website:
http://www.pancrase.co.jp/tour/2010/0905/index.html
Pro Bout
#1 - Welterweight, 2x5 min rounds:
Kentaro Abe vs. Kusa・MAX
Pro Bout
#2 - Featherweight, 2x5 min rounds:
Hideo Matsui vs. Masaomi Saito
Pro Bout
#3 - Featherweight, 2x5 min rounds:
Kenji Arai vs. Soyu Tanabe
Pro Bout
#4 - Lightweight, 3x5 min rounds:
Daisuke Hanazawa vs. ERIYA
Pro Bout
#5 - Welterweight, 3x5 min rounds:
Masahiro Toryu vs. Akihiro Yamazaki
Pro Bout
#6 - Flyweight, 3x5 min rounds:
Mitsuhisa Sunabe vs. Shinpei Tahara
Pro Bout
#7 - Pancrase Athena Rules, 52.5kg 2x5 min rounds:
WINDY Tomomi vs. Monica Lovato
Semifinal - Bantamweight K.O.P. title defense, 3x5
min rounds:
Manabu Inoue vs. Tashiro Akai
Main Event - Light-Heavyweight, 3x5 min rounds:
Ryo Kawamura vs. Yuji Sakuragi
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie
Goldman previews the important Joe Soto-Joe Warren
Bellator featherweight title fight, discusses the
Giovanni Segura-Ivan Calderon fight of the year
candidate in boxing, explains the unity of all the
combat sports, and analyzes more recent events in
the combat sports.
Bellator featherweight champion Joe Soto will defend
his title against Bellator featherweight tournament
winner Joe Warren Thursday, September 2, in San
Antonio, Texas, on a card which will air live in the
U.S. on Fox Sports Net. The 33-year-old Warren, a
2006 world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, is 5-1
in mixed martial arts, and has the edge in level of
competition in mixed martial arts and
accomplishments in wrestling. But Soto, at just age
23, is unbeaten in mixed martial arts at 9-0,
winning four of his fights by submission and four by
knockout. This is a fight which mixed martial arts
fans should not miss.
Many people likely missed another fight of the year
candidate in boxing this past Saturday, August 28,
as Giovanni Segura knocked out previously-unbeaten
Ivan Calderon to unify two 108-pound belts. We
discuss this all-action fight, which took place in
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
We also compare the Royce Gracie-Art Jimmerson fight
at the first Ultimate Fighting Championship in 1993
to the Randy Couture-James Toney fight this past
Saturday, analyze the rise of fighters from Russia
and Eastern Europe in mixed martial arts, preview
important boxing matches this weekend involving
105-pound champion Roman Gonzalez of Nicaragua and
130-pound champion Roman Martinez of Puerto Rico,
note the Pacquiao-Margarito media tour and what this
fight is doing to boxing, discuss the first-ever
SportAccord World Combat Games which are underway in
Beijing, and much more in the world of combat
sports.
In one
of the most anticipated main event match ups in the
history of the Kick Down MMA promotion undefeated
Travis Peak will face Ultimate Fighter season 5 and
UFC veteran Brandon Melendez when Peak defends his
title at the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds on August
28. The 10 bout fight card will feature 3 title
bouts and the staple of the Kick Down-the showcase
of new talent. Fighters from all over the region
will compete including participants from Colorado,
Nebraska, Kansas, and Russia.
Fight
Card: 1. Travis Peak VS Brandon Melendez
2. Shaun Ogle VS TJ Nunnaley
3. Kris Carroll VS Taylor Montoya
4. Randy Speiser VS Zack Yamabushi
5. Don Larkin VS Anthony Nunnenkamp
6. Larry Lloyd VS Pete Stanonik
7. Jeremy Boillot VS Tony Yakoboski
8. TJ Hansen VS Brandon Hauser
9. Brandon Skinner VS Michael Ranalletti
10. Mihai Cotruta VS Dedrick Hamilton Jr.
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UFC
118 "Edgar vs. Penn 2" - Tonight in Boston
08-28-2010, Denver, CO
Event
Date: Sat., August 28, 7PM/10PM PT/ET Live Event PPV
Venue:
TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts
After a back-and-forth instant classic at UFC® 112
in April, which saw Frankie Edgar shock the mixed
martial arts world and take the UFC lightweight
strap from around BJ Penn’s waist, the two will
square off again on Saturday, August 28 at UFC 118:
EDGAR VS. PENN 2, which is live from the TD Garden
in Boston, Massachusetts and presented by TapouT®.
Main
Card: 1. Frankie Edgar (c) (154) vs. B.J. Penn (154)
2. Randy Couture (220) vs. James Toney (237)
3. Kenny Florian (156) vs. Gray Maynard (156)
4. Marcus Davis (170) vs. Nate Diaz (171)
5. Demian Maia (184) vs. Mario Miranda (185)
Undercard: 6. Joe Lauzon (156) vs. Gabe Ruediger (155)
7. Nik Lentz (155) vs. Andre Winner (154)
8. Dan Miller (185) vs. John Salter (185)
9. Nick Osipczak (171) vs. Greg Soto (170)
10. Amilcar Alves (171) vs. Mike Pierce (171)
LOCAL
NEWS - Colorado MMA
RING OF
FIRE
39: "Summer Brawl 2" - Results
08-29-2010
Denver,
CO
From the
Fillmore in Denver, CO
Main
Card: 1. Eliot Marshall defeated Josh Haynes by
unanimous decision
2. Brandon Thatch defeated Danny Davis by rear-naked
choke at 4:12 of rd 1
3. Angelo Duarte defeated Ron Muir by unanimous
decision
4. Bruce Reis defeated Vellore Caballarro by TKO
(punches) at 0:27 of rd 2
Amateur Bouts:
5. Michelle Blalock defeated Mariciea Allen by TKO
(strikes) in rd 3
6. Todd Meredith defeated Tyrone Wright by verbal
submission (rib injury) in rd 1
7. Chasen Finkelstein defeated Howie Spratte by
unanimous decision
8. Zach Walsh defeated Olajuwon Rodgers by
submission in rd 2
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie
Goldman speaks with the Olympic gold medalist and
two-time world champion freestyle wrestler, and
former mixed martial arts fighter, Kevin Jackson,
who is the head wrestling coach for the legendary
Iowa State Cyclones.
Two of the top-level wrestlers he trained while at
the U.S. Olympic Training Center, "King" Mo Lawal
and Bobby Lashley, both suffered their first
professional defeats in mixed martial arts on the
August 21 Strikeforce card.
We thus spoke on Thursday afternoon about what went
wrong in their fights. Coach Jackson explained the
technical errors they made in their fights, what may
have been mistakes they made in their training in
preparation for these fights, and why a seminar for
elite wrestlers who have become mixed martial arts
fighters would be helpful. He also argued that the
wrestling community should regard these former
wrestlers who are now fighters as "heroes", how an
opportunity to do so has thus far been lost, and
more.
April 2010 -
Phoenix Men Charged in Money Laundering and Tax
Fraud Scheme
WASHINGTON – Gino Carlucci and Wayne Mounts,
both residents of Phoenix, were indicted today on
money laundering and tax related charges, the
Department of Justice and Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) announced.
Carlucci was charged with conspiracy to commit
money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the United
States, filing a false income tax return, and
witness tampering. Mounts was charged with
conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy
to defraud the United States.
According to the indictment, Carlucci and Mounts
created a scheme to defraud a tax return preparer
named Joseph Flickinger as well as his taxpayer
clients of funds and assets by operating a
fraudulent casino investment scam. Carlucci and
Mounts caused wire transfers from Flickinger and his
clients to be made to bank accounts controlled by
either Carlucci and Mounts that were purportedly
related to an investment in a casino in Antigua.
Carlucci and Mounts diverted these funds to
themselves by using cash withdrawals, cashiers’
checks, and by otherwise causing their associates to
give them the money.
According to the indictment, Carlucci filed a false
income tax return for 2004 that failed to report any
of the money he received in the scheme and used for
his own benefit. Mounts failed to file a tax return
for 2004 despite receiving substantial income from
the scheme. Carlucci and Mounts used some of the
money to buy a luxury boat that they hid from the
government.
An indictment is merely a formal charge by the grand
jury. Each defendant is presumed innocent unless and
until proven guilty in a U.S. District Court.
If convicted, Carlucci faces a maximum potential
sentence of 48 years in prison and a maximum fine of
$1,250,000. If convicted, Mounts faces a maximum
potential sentence of 25 years in prison and a
maximum fine of $750,000.
The case is being prosecuted by Tax Division
attorneys Richard Rolwing and Monica Edelstein. The
case was investigated by the IRS - Criminal
Investigation Division.
Additional information about the Justice
Department’s Tax Division and its enforcement
efforts may be found at www.usdoj.gov/tax/.
The
Pancrase Commissioners Office is pleased to announce the
following belt rank promotions.
Brown
Belt of MMA:
Jarod
Card, effective August 16, 2010 (2-time XFC
Champion)
Blue
Belt of MMA:
Marcel Fucci, effective August 16, 2010 Bill Dyer, effective August 16, 2010 Wilmer Berrio, effective August 16, 2010 James Boyette, effective August 16, 2010
Recipients were promoted by Pancrase Black Belt II
Jerry Roeder with additional recommendations from
Mr. James Wright.
PANCRASE
North Carolina - Affiliate News
08-21-2010
Denver,
CO
July 31,
2010, Jacksonville, NC - North Carolina
Pancrase fighter James
Wright (42 year old) has first professional
bout.
According to Black Belt Jerry Roeder, "he completely
outclassed his opponent (Joseph Sullivan) opening
the fight with leg kicks that his Sullivan had no
answer for. After several blistering kicks
frustrated him, Sullivan rushed Jim with a flurry of
punches, all slipped and ducked. On Sullivan's
second combination attempt, Jim clinched, kneed, and
earned a clean takedown to side mount. Within
seconds of securing control, he moved to
north/south, and secured a reversed guillotine (or
Monson choke, or whatever anyone else calls it) for
the first round submission.
He's got a great group of guys out there in Eastern
Carolina's only true professional MMA school."
MAIN
CARD:
1. Dominick Cruz defeated Joseph Benavidez by split
decision (47-48, 48-47, 49-46)
2.
Anthony Pettis defeated Shane Roller by triangle
choke at 4:51 of rd 3
3. Chad
Mendes defeated Cub Swanson by unanimous decision
(30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
4. Scott
Jorgensen defeated Brad Pickett by unanimous
decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
5. Bart Palaszewski defeated Zachary Micklewright by
TKO (punches) at 0:31 of rd 2
PRELIMINARY CARD (Not Televised):
6. Maciej Jewtuszko defeated Anthony Njokuani by TKO
(punches) at 1:36 of rd 1
7. Javier Vazquez defeated Mackens Semerzier by rear
choke at 1:32 of rd 2
8. Ricardo Lamas defeated Dave Jansen by unanimous
decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
9. Bryan Caraway defeated Fredson Paixao by split
decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
10. Danny Castillo defeated Dustin Poirier by
unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Event
date: Aug-18-2010 9 pm ET/6 pm PT, Versus - Live
Event
Venue:
The Pearl, Nevada
On
Wednesday, August 18, Joseph Benavidez gets another
crack at Dominick Cruz, who handed Benavidez his
first and only professional loss last in their
three-round battle last August. Benavidez will
challenge Dominick Cruz for the bantamweight title
in a hotly-anticipated summer showdown.
This epic summer event will be held in conjunction
with the MAGIC trade show, the men’s fashion
industry’s premier convention – held at The Las
Vegas Convention Center and The Mandalay Bay
Convention Center, August 17-19.
Tickets for WEC: Cruz vs. Benavidez are available at
The Pearl box office, online at ticketmaster.com,
all Ticketmaster locations, or charge by phone at
1-800-745-3000. Ticket prices do not include service
charges.
Cruz vs. Benavidez will be televised nationally live
on VERSUS beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT.
All of the network’s live WEC events are presented
in HD and Spanish language SAP where available. For
more information and how to find VERSUS in your
local viewing area, visit http://www.versus.com/findversus.
MAIN
CARD (Versus):
1. WEC Bantamweight Championship: Champ
Dominick Cruz vs. Joseph Benavidez
2. Shane Roller vs. Anthony Pettis
3. Chad Mendes vs. Cub Swanson
4. Scott Jorgensen vs. Brad Pickett
5. Zach Micklewright vs. Bart Palaszewski
PRELIMINARY CARD:
7. Anthony Njokuani vs. Maciej Jewtuszko
8. Javier Vazquez vs. Mackens Semerzier
9. Ricardo Lamas vs. Dave Jansen
10. Bryan Caraway vs. Fredson Paixao
11.
Danny Castillo vs. Dustin Poirier
No Holds
Barred:
Daniel Cormier, MMA Marathon Man
08-18-2010
Denver, CO
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie
Goldman speaks with Daniel Cormier (http://twitter.com/Cormier2010),
the 2007 world bronze medalist and two-time U.S.
Olympian in freestyle wrestling, who is 4-0 with
three knockouts and one submission victory as a
heavyweight mixed martial arts fighter.
In a schedule reminiscent of the early days of
boxing, he has scored victories in fights on July 31
and August 13, and will fight again this coming
Saturday, August 21.
On July 31, Daniel flew to Australia to score a
first-round TKO over Lucas Browne, and capture the
XMMA heavyweight title. Two weeks later, on August
13, in Mescalero, New Mexico, he defeated Tony
Johnson with a first-round rear naked choke
submission to win the King of the Cage heavyweight
title. And on August 21, he will face Jason Riley
(9-3) at the Strikeforce show at the Toyota Center
in Houston, Texas.
We spoke with Daniel Cormier Monday about this
marathon schedule and all these fights. He is signed
to fight for Strikeforce, and we discussed his plans
to work his way up to a title shot in their very
talented heavyweight division. He explained just how
developed he thinks he is as a mixed martial arts
fighter, and when he believes he will be ready for a
title fight. As a world-class wrestler, and arguably
the best wrestler currently fighting in mixed
martial arts, he also discussed what techniques he
needs to improve to become a world-class mixed
martial arts fighter, and much more.
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie
Goldman speaks with former world kickboxing
champion, former UFC and Extreme Fighting
matchmaker, and our senior correspondent, John
Perretti, about the Jean Pascal-Chad Dawson and Cris
Arreola-Manny Quezada fights from this past weekend.
After falling behind on the scorecards, Chad Dawson
stepped up his attack against Jean Pascal in the
eleventh round of their fight on Saturday, August
14, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Dawson landed a solid left uppercut that staggered
Pascal, who then tried to retreat. A little later in
the round, Dawson, a left-handed fighter, and
Pascal, a right-handed fighter, clashed heads,
opening a wide and bloody cut over Dawson's right
eye. On the advice of the ringside physician,
referee Michael Griffin, who had ruled the head butt
accidental, stopped the fight, and by rule it went
to the scorecards.
Few were surprised that all three judges had it for
Pascal, who, with this technical decision,
successfully defended his WBC light heavyweight
title and improved his record to 26-1 with 16 KOs.
This was the first professional loss for Dawson,
whose record fell to 29-1 with 17 KOs.
But was this fight-ending head butt accidental, or
was it intentional by Pascal, as Dawson and his camp
charged after the fight? The latter verdict would
have meant that the popular, Montreal-based Pascal
would have been disqualified in his hometown and in
a fight he was winning through the first ten rounds.
John Perretti argues that not only was the head butt
by Pascal "premeditated" to save himself from losing
or even being knocked out, but that he "drags it and
points his forehead across that eye and cuts him
wide open."
We discuss this fight and the controversy
surrounding it in-depth, as well as another week of
atrocious announcing by the HBO "dinosaur" crew.
Also, on Friday, August 13, heavyweights and
training partners Cris Arreola and Manny Quezada
fought at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in
Ontario, California, in the main event on ESPN2's
"Friday Night Fights". With both fighters coming off
losses, this fight seemed designed to showcase
Arreola and get him another major fight following
losses to WBC champ Vitali Klitschko and former
cruiserweight champ Tomasz Adamek.
While Arreola did win a unanimous 12-round decision
against the smaller and older Quezada, and up his
record to 29-2 with 25 KOs, once again he looked
unimpressive and out-of-shape, and even displayed
little power.
What does this all mean for the boxing career of
Arreola, and the sport of boxing in America? We
discuss these issues as well, offering conclusions
that are dire about the future of this declining and
self-destructing sport.
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie
Goldman speaks with Mark Pavelich, the owner and
president of the Maximum Fighting Championship (MFC)
(http://www.maximumfighting.com/), about the news,
announced Saturday, August 14, by the Ministry of
Consumer Services of Ontario, Canada, that "Ontario
is taking steps to allow professional Mixed Martial
Arts (MMA) events in the province." The first
sanctioned event in Ontario is expected to be held
in 2011.
We spoke by phone Saturday afternoon, just hours
after this announcement was made public, about the
significance of this development for Ontario, the
most populous province in Canada, and Canada as a
whole. We discussed what political and legal steps
must still be taken for mixed martial arts events to
become sanctioned and actually take place in
Ontario, and the role of the Ontario Athletic
Commission and its head, Ken Hayashi, who has been a
long-time opponent of mixed martial arts. The
always-outspoken Mark Pavelich also explained why,
when mixed martial arts is finally sanctioned in
Ontario, it will be the Maximum Fighting
Championship which will probably run the most events
in that province. And we commented upon some of the
politics within mixed martial arts, the highly
questionable and controversial positions taken by
regulators in Quebec and Vancouver towards mixed
martial arts, and more.
We also discussed the upcoming MFC 26: Retribution
card, which takes place Friday, September 10, in
Westman Place at the Keystone Centre in Brandon,
Manitoba, Canada, and will be televised live on
HDNet. On that card, MFC lightweight champ Antonio
McKee, who is unbeaten in the last seven years, will
face Luciano Azevedo. McKee has vowed to retire if
he does not win by submission, knockout, or TKO.
