Khem Training with Lucien Carbin to Prepare for Petrosyan
by Fraser Coffeen on Feb 8, 2010 9:40 PM EST
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With only one month to go before meeting arguably the best fighter in the world in Giorgio Petrosyan, Muay Thai champion Khem Sitsongpeenong is expanding his training. Normally training out of Thailand, Khem is currently spending time in Amsterdam training with the legendary Lucien Carbin. Carbin has had a hand in making many big names out of The Netherlands, including Alistair Overeem, Gilbert Yvel, and Tyrone Spong among others.
An extensive photo galley can be seen here, and click here for a video of Khem and Carbin working the pads.
For Khem, this is an interesting change. He's has already made a recent move, publicly switching from the Fairtex gym not long ago. There's no indication that this time with Carbin is anything other than a temporary move, but it is intriguing to see Khem expanding his repertoire in preparation for the biggest international fight of his career.
Despite being a decorated veteran, this is probably a good move for Khem, who has gained the majority of his experience in Thailand. While Petrosyan also brings a style chiefly based on Muay Thai, he does possess more of a European based style to complement his Muay Thai skills. Perhaps some time training with one of the best in Europe will better help Khem prepare for Petrosyan.
Khem Sitsongpeenong v. Giorgio Petrosyan takes place March 13 in Milan, Italy for It's Showtime. This is quickly shaping up to be the first huge fight of 2010, and the first test of Petrosyan's new status as perhaps the #1 pound for pound kickboxer in the world.
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The poster for Yoshida's new ASTRA promotion.
Results: Paris Grand Slam 2010 (Judo)
by EKP on Feb 8, 2010 11:30 AM EST
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This past weekend, the International Judo Federation made their first stop on the Grand Slam tour circuit with an event in Paris France.
The French fans packed Bercy with over 10,000 in attendance and were not disappointed when their biggest star was crowned again: Teddy Riner, only 20 years old, won his third consecutive title in the heavyweights at the IJF Paris Grand Slam.
Elco van der Geest (100kg), who now competes under the flag of Belgium after a life long time fighting for Holland. won his first medal in the Paris tournament.
Still in the male divisions, Takashi Ono (JPN) reigned in the 90kg category, his third consecutive Grand Slam win (after Moscow 2009 and Tokyo 2009). In Paris 2009, he won silver.
In the 70kg Woman's division, Lucie Decosse of France continued her stellar career performance. The gold won on the mat in the home country was the sixth for her collection, as she already has the ones from 2001-04-06-08-09.
Out of 226 fights, 132 ended with ippon (58%) in the male divisions, while out of 142 combats, 91 finished by ippon (64%). Seven contests were decided by hansokumake (disqualification) due to leg grabbing. A total of 19 countries (out of 55) won medals.
The full results can be found here. You can watch video here of the +100kg Mens Finals, 100kg Mens Final and -90kg Mens Finals.
The next IJF World Circuit event will be the Grand Prix in Dusseldorf/GER, on the 20-21 February.
| Weight Class | Final Standings (Men) |
|---|---|
| +100kg |
1. RINER, Teddy (FRA)
2. VUIJSTERS, Grim (NED) 3. KIM, Sung-Min (KOR) 3. PADAR, Martin (EST) |
| -100kg | 1. VAN DER GEEST, Elco (BEL) 2. SAMOYLOVICH, Sergey (RUS) 3. PETERS, Dimitri (GER) 3. TSIREKIDZE, Irakli (GEO) |
| -90kg | 1. ONO, Takashi (JPN) 2. CHORIEV, Dilshod (UZB) 3. BENIKHLEF, Amar (ALG) 3. CAMILO, Tiago (BRA) |
| -81kg | 1. GUILHEIRO, Leandro (BRA) 2. TSIKLAURI, Levan (GEO) 3. STEVENS, Travis (USA) 3. JEANNIN, Antoine (FRA) |
| -73kg | 1. WANG, Ki-Chun (KOR) 2. AKIMOTO, Hiroyuki (JPN) 3. AWANO, Yasuhiro (JPN) 3. IBRAGIMOV, Rinat (KAZ) |
| 60kg | 1. KIM, Joo-Jin (KOR) 2. SANJAASUREN, Miaragchaa (MGL) 3. HASHBAATAR, Tsagaanbaatar (MGL) 3. LAROSE, David (FRA) |
| -60kg | 1. ASUMBANI, David (GEO) 2. SOBIROV, Rishod (UZB) 3. DRAGIN, Dimitri (FRA) 3. FUKUOKA, Masaaki (JPN) |
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Hidehiko Yoshida to Promote His Own Retirement; ASTRA on April 25th
by D.W. on Feb 8, 2010 2:14 AM EST
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Only in Japan would a Mixed Martial Artist decide after being one of the feature attractions in one of the most watched fight cards in the past few years that it was not only time to retire, but to form their own promotion to promote said retirement bout. That is exactly what Hidehiko Yoshida has announced.
The newly-formed promotion, ASTRA, will promote Hidehiko Yoshida's retirement fight on April 25th at the Nippon Budokan, an arena that has been known to hold up to 15,000 fans. Yoshida, of course, knows how to go out in style in the great arena built for Judo. Over the course of the weekend there have been rumblings of J-ROCK starting their own Mixed Martial Arts promotion, so ASTRA comes with little shock value. Of course leading up to Dynamite!! 2009 Yoshida was quite outspoken with how displeased he was with Sengoku's compromising of their values and working with FEG's DREAM promotion. Of course the management changes in SRC and change of sponsor with less money on the table didn't help, either. This at least confirms that Yoshida Dojo fighters will no longer be working with SRC or DREAM for the time being.
That means that Makoto Takimoto, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Takashi Nakakura and Michihiro Omigawa will all be competing on the ASTRA event as well, with no further announcements made at this time as to who will be participating. Yoshida did not rule out potentially fighting a foreigner as well, as he mentioned an interest in retiring in a bout with Wanderlei Silva. Of course, Silva is still under contract to Zuffa and is a pet favorite of Dana White's, so do not expect to see him competing for a rival in Japan any time soon.
The event website can be viewed at http://www.astra-official.com/
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Results: Pancrase 2010 Passion Tour 1
by EKP on Feb 7, 2010 9:38 AM EST
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Pancrase ran their first event of the year Sunday February 7th from the Differ Ariake in Tokyo.
In the headliner, veteran Yuki Kondo defeated Takenori Sato via decision (30-28 by all 3 judges) to win the interim Middleweight King of Pancrase. With that victory, Kondo will meet Ichiro Kanai to unify the interim and regular middleweight King of Pancrase titles on April 29, back at Differ Ariake. Also featured on that card will be the welterweight King of Pancrase bout between champion Takuya Wada, and Kengo Ura, who won a title eliminator over Shingo Suzuki earlier in the evening.
Kiyotaka Shimizu avenges his loss from his pro debut, back in June 2008, when he lost to Mitsuhisa Sunabe down in Okinawa and with that becomes the new Flyweight champion. It was a close fight and Sunabe was stunned when the judges gave the 2-0 decsion to Shimizu (29-29, 29-28, 29-28).
"The Former Super High-school Student" Tetsuya Yamada landed a big up-kick to the chin of Takafumi Ito midway through the 2nd round giving him the victory and the previously undefeated Grabaka fighter Shigeyuki Uchiyama lost his first fight to Tomonari Kanomata.
 Pancrase Passion Tour 2010 Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo Japan February 7th, 2010 |
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| Interim Middleweight King of Pancrase - 83.9kg - 3R x 5min | ||
| Yuki Kondo (50-23-7) WIN 3-0 Decision |
vs. | Takenori Sato (9-6-5) |
| Flyweight King of Pancrase - 57 kg - 3R x 5min | ||
| Mitsuhisa Sunabe (11-5-3) (c) | vs. | Kiyotaka Shimizu (4-3-1) WIN 2-0 Decision |
| Bantamweight - 3R x 5min | ||
| Seiya Kawahara (8-2-0) WIN 2-0 Decision |
vs. | Tashiro Nishiuchi (12-5-10) |
| Middleweight - 3R x 5min | ||
| Keiichiro Yamamiya (36-24-9) | vs. | Yuji Hisamatsu (14-17-5) WIN 2-0 Decision |
| Lightweight - 2R x 5min | ||
| Takafumi Ito (35-29-10) | vs. | Tetsuya Yamada (3-2-0) WIN via KO (R2 2:23) |
| Featherweight - 2R x 5min | ||
| Tomonari Kanomata (14-4-5) WIN 2-0 Decision |
vs. | Shigeyuki Uchiyama (8-0-0) |
| Lightweight - 2R x 5min | ||
| Isao Kobayashi (5-0-0) WIN via TKO (R1 1:00) |
vs. | Hiroki Aoki (4-3-0) |
| Flyweight - 3R x 5min | ||
| Isao Hirose (6-1-0) WIN via RNC (R2 1:34) |
vs. | Takuma Ishii (3-4-1) |
| Middleweight - 2R x 5min | ||
| Ryuji Ohori (3-5-0) | vs. | Hoon Kim WIN via Armbar (R1 3:36) |
| Welterweight - 2R x 5min | ||
| Daisuke Watanabe (17-28-4) WIN via 2-0 Decision |
vs. | Kosei Kubota (24-32-11) |
| Welterweight - #1 Contender Match - 3R x 5min | ||
| Shingo Suzuki (3-2-1) | vs. | Kengo Ura (7-5-1) WIN via TKO (R1 1:43) |
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Results: ColliZion K-1 MAX Europe GP in Hungary
by EKP on Feb 6, 2010 8:22 PM EST
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The K-1 ColliZion event took place on Saturday February 6th from the 12,500 seat Papp Laszlo Sport Arena in Budapest Hungary. The Frenchman Philippe Salmon won the K-1 ColliZion MAX Europe Grand Prix with a victory over Romanian Mihai Barbu in the tournament finals. Salmon knocked out Vörös Roland in the 1st fight to advance to the finals. Mihai Barbu had defeated Croation Frane Radnic in his opening fight.
In K-1 Super Fights, 2008 WKN Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion Catalin Morosanu (20-4-2) defeated American Deutsch N. Pu'u. Dutch fighter Revanho Blokland beat Patrick Berger and Andreas Hoftun got the win over Croatian Stipe Perisa.
In the single MMA fight on the card, Aubéli Ottó defeated Christian Bauer and in the Pro Boxing Match it was Hungarian Kótai Mihály defeating Thomas Hengstberger of Austria. Nagy Tibor won the WPKC European Championship title with a TKO win over Croatian Petar Jukic.
Full Results after the jump.
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HKL on Kickboxing: Kazuyoshi Ishii's Dream, the Formation of K-1
by D.W. on Feb 6, 2010 6:31 PM EST
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There has been some rumblings of late of people who want to know more about K-1's history and style; how it differs from regular kickboxing as well as some of the roots. Unlike promotions like UFC, where fans have been following it closely for years and have seen its history online, in books, on TV, etc., K-1 remains a mystery to a lot of fans. I am in the camp of K-1 being the premier kickboxing league in the world today, while some kickboxing purists will beg to differ due to rule disputes and the mission statement, so if I intertwine kickboxing and K-1 understand where it is coming from.
Unlike many of the other of the collected art forms in Mixed Martial Arts, kickboxing and Muay Thai remain somewhat of a mystery. Fans are adept enough to know that most of the stand-up fighting they see in MMA or learn in a MMA gym is more of a baseline when it comes to kickboxing than it is a definitive knowledge of the techniques and history. Since K-1 is the premier league for kickboxing, it would be a good idea to explain what and why K-1 exists.
Seidokaikan's Formation
Kazuyoshi Ishii is a Seidokan Karate master who was best known for his success as a bareknuckle "knockdown" or Kyokushin karate career. Japan has always taken its martial arts seriously, as reflected in a culture where Sumo Wrestling still exists as a viable sport and Karate tournaments are still taken very seriously, even with K-1 and MMA's existence. At the time there was no K-1 or MMA, so karate tournaments were what fans were attracted to in its stead. In 1979 Ishii distanced himself from Kyokushin tournaments and followed Hideyuki Ashihara who was looking to found his own style of karate. This did not last long, as Ishii saw more of a future for himself being in control of his own destiny and making himself a name. In 1980 Ishii established his own Seidokan Karate schools, forming along with the Seido Kaikan (Seidokan governing body) a tournament system to establish the greatest fighters. Masaaki Satake was the first breakout star made by these tournaments.
Rise of Kickboxing and K-1's Formation
By the early 90's professional wrestling started getting more "real" with the help of self-proclaimed shooters like Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada and the need for karate tournaments was less and less, with a fascination of more "realistic" professional wrestling, which was full of big characters and hard hitting action. Kickboxing was becoming more popular in Japan, with the All Japan Kickboxing Federation being established in 1987 and focusing more on the strict rules of kickboxing than the knockdown karate style Ishii was using. Ishii became fascinated with Akira Maeda, a former New Japan wrestler who worked for his own promotion UWF and later RINGS, one of the first companies to promote MMA fights. Maeda, who is still a big name in the fight game today, was full of personality and was known for making pro wrestling "real" by doing things like getting frustrated with pro wrestling star Riki Choshu during a predetermined bout and kicking him in the face full blast, giving him a concussion. (Continued...)
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Results: DEEP X 05 (Feb.6.2010)
by EKP on Feb 6, 2010 1:43 PM EST
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DEEP X 05 took place on Saturday at Shinjuku Face in Japan with a theme of "3 vs. 3 - Japan versus the U.S.A". After it was all said and done, Japan came out on top winning two out of the three featured bouts.
In the main event, 2009 ADCC World Championship semi finalist K-taro Nakamura defeated American Paul Schreiner in the 2nd round using an arm lock submission. Baret Yoshida got the only win for the U.S when he defeated Kouhei Yasumi via triangle choke. Takashi Yamada beat last years ADCC 3rd place Ryan Hall.
The Women's 2007 ADCC World Champion Sayaka Shioda was victorious in her bout and K-1 fighter Singh Jaideep lost his match in a decision to Hideki Sekine.
BULL TERRIER presents DEEP X 05
Place: Shinjuku FACE, Tokyo, Japan
Date: Saturday, February 6th, 2010
[ ★ 81.5kg ★ 1R 4 minutes, 2R 4 minutes, 3R 2 minutes ]
K-taro Nakamura (18-4-2) beat Paul “El Technico” Schreiner (R2 1:44) via Arm Lock
[ ★ 68kg ★ 1R 4 minutes, 2R 4 minutes, 3R 2 minutes ]
Baret Yoshida (5-6-1) beat Kouhei Yasumi (6-7-2) (R1 3:38) via Triangle Choke
[ ★ 73kg ★ 1R 4 minutes, 2R 4 minutes, 3R 2 minutes ]
Takashi Yamada beat Ryan Hall (R2 1:30) via Front Choke
[ ★ 56kg ★ 2R +2 mins ]
Sayaka Shioda (3-1-0) beat Rikako Yuasa (R1 0:22)
[ ★Openweight ★ 1R 4 minutes, 2R 4 minutes, 3R 2 minutes ]
Marquinhos Souza vs. KOTETSU - Cancelled (Due to injury)
[ ★ 85kg ★ 1R 4 minutes, 2R 4 minutes, 3R 2 minutes ]
Motoki Miyazawa (6-1-0) beat Yuji Arai (0-1-0) (R1 2:13) via Rear Naked Choke
[ ★ Openweight ★ 2R - 1.2 R4 minutes ]
Taijiro Ui beat Yuichi Ozono via Decision (scored 8-2)
[ ★ Openweight ★ 2R - 1.2 R4 minutes ]
Hideki Sekine (1-0-0) beat Singh “Heart” Jaideep via Decision (scored 27-1)
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