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MMA news: February 2008
Dream 1 preliminary fightcard
Fights announced for the Lightweight Grand Prix and single bouts participants on Dream 1 scheduled for March,15
MFC 15: Rags to Riches results
The results of Maximum Fighting Championship 15 hold on February,22
Fedor Emelianenko to hold seminar in the Netherlands
On Saturday March,1 Special Sports Arena in Amstelveen will experience an open seminar under Fedor Emelianenko foregoing the M-1 Challenge inaugural event (see the news).
Present during the seminar will be Ernesto Hoost (4x K-1 Grand Prix champion), Peter Aerts (3x K-1 Grand Prix champion), Remy Bonjasky (2x K-1 Grand Prix champion)
M-1 Challenge
M-1 Challenge is a series of events planned to be held in different places of the Earth where 10 best MMA clubs compete against each other.The Challenge introduced by Vadim Finkelstein presents an international team competition among young prospective fighters who aspire to gain more experience and prove themselves at the international level. The most talented ones will earn an opportunity to be chosen to partake in major M-1 events. The teams consist of 5 athletes (in every weight class), one trainer and one coach. Every participating country brings two complete teams which then compete against each other. Every team members fights at least 4 times totally. As of yet, 2008 Challenge has been started and the Grand Finale is scheduled for the end of the year.
The teams are split into the two groups:
Group A: 1.Russia (Red Devil), 2.France, 3.Korea, 4.Finland, 5.USA.
Group B: 1.the Netherlands, 2.Spain, 3.Russia (Legion), 4.Japan, 5.World Star Team.
M-1 Challenge schedule will set the teams to compete against every other team put in the same group. The winners of the brackets will collide in the finals and only one team crowned as the M-1 Challenge winner will be awarded with considerable money prizes and, of course, M-1 Global contracts.
EliteXC - Street Certified results
EliteXC - "Street Certified"
WEC 32 results
The results of WEC 32 held on Wednesday, Feb. 13 in
Santa Ana Star Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico
M-1 Team Challenge - SLAMM Nederland vs Thailand IV
M-1 Global is launching a new project - M-1 Challenge that will show the best teams all over the world battle it out against each each other. The events will take place in different countries. Each team will consist of 5 MMA-fighters competing in the following weight categories: 70, 76, 84, 93, +93
WEC 32
Weigh-ins results for WEC 32 set to take place on Wednesday, Feb. 13
in Santa Ana Star Center, Albuquerque, N.M.
New project of team Yarennoka!
The Yarennoka production team press-conference will take place today and will announce that Yarennoka team will help K-1 MMA (Hero's) and start new league.
Congratulation for new organization by Yarennoka team that will start soon in Japan, and I hope we can work together and have great event in Japan again. M-1 will also work with Yarennoka team for M-1 challenge project, which is the global MMA project.
KOTC “Warlords” results
Here are the results of King of the Cage held on Saturday February, 9 in Ute Mountain Casino, Towaoc, Colorado
Russian Combat Sambo Championship 2008 photos and video
Here are the photos of the both tournament's days + final bout (under 90 kg) of Red Devil's own: Mikhail Zayats vs Vyacheslav Vasilevskiy
Fedor’s official open letter to the UFC president Dana White
Fedor Emelianenko on Dana White's statements and Randy ‘The Natural’ Couture
Russian Combat Sambo Championship. Day one.
Today Saint Petersburg has experienced the first day of Russian Combat Sambo Championship.
Red Devil Sports Club was represented by 4 fighters participating in two weights
Red Devil prepares for the fights and Combat Sambo
UFC 81 results
BodogFIGHT results
The results of yesterday's BodogFIGHT - Nick Thompson vs John Troyer, held in Las Vegas
HCF 'Destiny' Weigh-in Results
Weigh-ins for today's HCF were held in Calgary. All the fighters including such veterans as Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, David Loiseau and Gegard Mousasi made weight.
Updates: February 2008
UFC 82: Pride of a Champion - Main Event Preview
On Saturday the UFC will arrive at the Nationwide Arena, in Columbus Ohio, not only to find out who's the best middleweight fighter in MMA as the UFC middleweight champion Anderson "The Spider" Silva will face off with the former PRIDE middleweight champion Dan "Hollywood" Henderson, but also to unify both titles. Also we'll see a refocused Heath "Texas Crazy Horse" Herring taking on a highly confident Cheick Kongo
van Os Gym
mixfight.ru / m1mixfight.com in collaboration with our friends from mixfight.nl continues the series of info/photoreviews of the Dutch Martial Arts gyms.
The fifth review is dedicated to van Os Gym
Fabricio Werdum in interview
GRACIEMAG.com spoke with the two-time Jiu-Jitsu world champion about his hopes for the fight, Brandon Vera and training
Takanori Gomi in interview
Takanori Gomi had an interview with a Japanese MMA magazine, Kamipro. Translated from japanese by Suki
Nick Thompson in interview for Sengoku
Nick Thompson's interview for Sengoku which posted on February, 14. Translated from japanese by Suki
Josh Barnett in interview
Barnett's interview from the Sengoku official site posted on February, 10. Translated from japanese by Suki.
Hidehiko Yoshida's interview
Yoshida's interview which was posted on February, 10 on the Sengoku official website. Translated from japanese by Suki
M-1 Yarennoka: 2 more fights!!!
On the New Year's Eve in Japan some of the best MMA fighters took part in M-1 Yarennoka! to find out who is superior. Saitama Super Arena experienced an incredibly exciting fightcard.
M-1 Yarennoka: Hidehiko Hasegawa vs. Hayato Sakurai
M-1 Yarennoka: Shinya Aoki vs. Bu-kyung Jung
M-1 Yarennoka: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Kazuo Misaki
On the New Year's Eve in Japan some of the best MMA fighters took part in M-1 Yarennoka! to find out who is superior. Saitama Super Arena experienced an incredibly exciting fightcard.
Fabricio "Pitbull" Monteiro in interview
Pitbull told about his upcoming fight against Nick Thompson, training for this fight and the expectation of fighting in the upstart but promising Sengoku
Combat Sambo - President's Cup (+ PHOTO, VIDEO)
February, 16: The second edition of Russian President's Cup was held in Moscow.
Sem Schilt in exclusive interview (+Photo, Video)
While visiting Moscow to hold a seminar, Sem Schilt gave an exclusive interview to m1mixfight.com in which he told about the evolution of Martial Arts in the Netherlands, revealed the plans for the future and shared his feelings about some big battles against Russian MMA-fighters.
All three Fedor's Combat Sambo Championship 2008 bouts
New high quality video is added in our multimedia section.
All three Fedor Emelianenko's bouts en route to become Russian Combat Sambo +93 kg champion.
Final bout of Mikhail Zayats who has conquered Combat Sambo championship as well.
George St.Pierre in interview
MMACanada Quick One on One with Georges "Rush" St. Pierre on UFC 83 in Montreal
Prater Ready to Play Spoiler
JZ Calvan in interview
Mark Coleman's interview
Mark Coleman reveals what he's been up to all this time and when he intends to come back in action
Golden Glory
mixfight.ru / m1mixfight.com in collaboration with our friends from mixfight.nl continues the series of info/photoreviews of the Dutch Martial Arts gyms.
The third review is dedicated to world famous Golden Glory
Igor Vovchanchyn in exclusive interview
February,8, Kharkiv, Ukraine. The finals of the Chest Voina (Warrior's Honor) Tournament.
Bogdan Khmelnitskiy had an opportunity to catch up with legendary Ukrainian fighter Igor Vovchanchyn. Bogdan asked Igor some pretty interesting questions. Unfortunately the interview is not exhaustive but nevertheless:
Nobuhiko Takada talks about Yarennoka!
Takada had an interview with the Japanese MMA magazine, Kakuto Tsushin.
Overview: Oleg Taktarov's career
A long time before a certain Fedor Emelianenko made his name as one of the most feared in the world, there has already been a russian sambo-combatant, who caused furore on the international MMA scene, Oleg Taktarov. A multitude of submission-holds, fantastic condition and maybe the most acrobatic takedowns and judo throws of all times made "The Russian Bear" a very dangerous competitor.
VIDEO: Fedor Emelianenko vs Stanislav Shushko
Russian Combat Sambo Championship 2008. The finals
Mauricio Shogun Rua's interview
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua started 2008 in a new home.
The fighter left Chute Boxe and, along with three former Chute Boxe teammates, created the Universidade da Luta. With the structure of his new team almost set, Rua spoke with Sherdog.com about his plans for the year ahead, which includes a showdown against former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell.
The next big thing or only another Wrestler?
In this article we'll take a look at the present situation around Brock Lesnar and try to analyse the next possible steps for him including potential future opponents.
M-1 Yarennoka: Luiz Azeredo vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri (VIDEO!!!)
On the New Year's Eve in Japan some of the best MMA fighters took part in M-1 Yarennoka! to find out who is superior. Saitama Super Arena experienced an incredibly exciting fightcard.
Joachim Hansen's exclusive interview for www.m1mixfight.com
Joachim Hansen gave an exclusive interview for our site
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira - Grande Campeao
“I played his game for almost three rounds”...
Frank Mir – Déjà vu All Over Again?
The win was quick, decisive, and career-altering for Frank Mir, a talent-laden prizefighter who had proved that he needed a little adversity to truly show what he could do when the bell rang in the Octagon.
The Natural Picks for the 81-th
A regular segment on The Fight Network’s original TV series’ “Before The Bell” and “After The Bell,” Randy Couture has his “Natural Picks” for this Saturday’s UFC 81 “Breaking Point” - live from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas - locked in.
Ortiz vs. Machida, Tito's nail in the coffin? What's next for Ortiz...
Former UFC light heavyweight Tito Ortiz has confirmed that he will fight Lyoto Machida at UFC 85. This is really a double-edged sword for the UFC and for Ortiz himself (MMA Analyst)
Nate 'The Great' Marquardt's interview
MMA Madness Executive Editor recently spoke with Nate 'The Great' Marquardt in order to catch up on his preparation for UFC 81, his last fight against Silva, and the magic of training with Greg Jackson
Tyson Griffin – The Highlight Reel Kid Begins 2008 with Test against Tibau
UFC 81: Breaking Point - Preview
Tonight, the UFC arrives at the Mandalay Bay to ascertain who'll be crowned as the new Heavyweight champion, as Tim Sylvia and the former PRIDE Heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira will collide. Also we'll see Brock Lesnar who is looking to start a new career in MMA and makes the crossover from Pro-Wrestling to the Octagon. His opponent, Frank Mir, hopes to impress the fans again by showing us a bit of the old Frank Mir that was able to capture the UFC Heavyweight title at one point.
