Kid Peligro Jiu-Jitsu News . . . BJJ goes off in China - CheckMAt and Emirates Team - Report and photos

No Holds Barred: Tadashi Tanaka on the Decline of MMA in Japan

2012-02-03

Eddie Goldman

On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with our long-time colleague and friend, the Japanese mixed martial arts and puroresu (Japanese pro wrestling) journalist Tadashi Tanaka. He currently works for the Japanese web site Miruhon.net (http:// miruhon.net).

Tadashi Tanaka is the journalist who broke the story in 2006 in the Japanese magazine Shukan Gendai (Weekly Gendai)

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Fight Life Announces Film Premiere in Portland, Oregon, February 3-9; Highly Anticipated Documentary Gives Rare, Raw Look into the Life of an MMA Fighter

2012-02-03

Eddie Goldman

From Fight Life:

February 1, 2012 – PORTLAND, ORE. – After three years of producing what is already creating buzz as one of the most important documentary films about Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) to date, Filmmaker James Z. Feng and his team at RiLL Films

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Bellator & MTV2 come to Laredo as Lightweights battle for a World Title Shot at Bellator 62 on March 23rd

2012-02-02

Eddie Goldman

From Bellator Fighting Championships:

CHICAGO, Ill. (February 2, 2012) — Bellator Fighting Championships returns to The Lone Star State on Friday, March 23rd for Bellator 62 live from Laredo, Texas at the Laredo Energy Arena.

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Randy “The Natural” Couture and Ryan Couture Host Kountermove Fantasy MMA “It Ain’t Chemo” Charity Tournament

2012-02-02

Eddie Goldman

From Kountermove:

San Francisco, CA. – February 2, 2012 – Kountermove is very proud to announce that Randy “The Natural” Couture and his son Ryan Couture will be hosting a Kountermove charity tournament during UFC® 143 to benefit the ‘It Ain’t Chemo’ foundation.

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Angelo Dundee: Ledgendary Boxing Trainer Passes Away

2012-02-02

FIGHTWORLD

The boxing world was stunned today with the passing of one of the sport’s most influential trainers. Angelo Dundee passed away earlier today at the age of 90 in Tampa, Florida.

Dundee is known for being the trainer of champions over multiple decades and multiple championships.

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Rebello returns to face Stewart in CES

2012-02-02

Keith Mills

(Greg Rebello)

One of the north-east’s top light heavyweights Greg Rebello returns to the cage this weekend to face Mike Stewart in CES MMA “Extreme Measures”. This show February 3rd will be the ninth show for the Rhode Island-based promotion, no word is available on distribution at this time.

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The Fight For The Million Dollars Continues - Game On!

2012-02-02

Eddie Goldman

From Dare Championship:

The time is coming!

We are happy to announce the next two DARE events, as follows:

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NJ’s Real World Mixed Martial Arts In Denville Now Offers Women’s Only Boot Camp

2012-02-02

Eddie Goldman

From Real World Mixed Martial Arts:

Real World Mixed Martial Arts—Northern New Jersey’s premier school for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, MMA, kickboxing and more—has announced they have launched their Women’s Only Boot Camp.

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Andrew Punshon vs. Matt Howard, Jason Ball vs. Colin Fletcher, Nick Nembhard vs. Leeroy Barnes for GoDaddy Presents BAMMA 9, March 24

2012-02-02

Eddie Goldman

From BAMMA:

SATURDAY 24TH MARCH
BIRMINGHAM NIA ARENA
(NATIONAL INDOOR ARENA)

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King of the Cage “Reckless Abandon” 2-2-12

2012-02-02

Eddie Goldman

From King of the Cage:

Magnaflow Exhaust Products, San Manuel Casino, and King of the Cage, Inc present, King of the Cage “Reckless Abandon” Thursday, February, 2nd at San Manuel Casino. Doors open at, 6:30 PM, 1st fight starts at, 7:30 PM.

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Kid Peligro Jiu-Jitsu News . . . BJJ goes off in China - CheckMAt and Emirates Team - Report and photos

2010-09-03 — Kid Peligro

(Main arena)

BJJ Goes off in China Demo with teams from CheckMat and Emirates Team

The largest Martial Arts demos-expos, the "Expo Shanghai 2010", took place on August 30 & 31, 2010 in the city of Shanghai, China. Each pavilion was incredibly large and were built especially for this expo each with a design that represents a Country. The expo gets 300 - 400 thousand visits each day ! And they expect to have a total of 70 million visitors during the next 6 months!

The WJAJC (Wrestling Judo Association Jiu Jitsu Community) organized a martial arts demonstration that included Kung-Fu and Jiu Jitsu. The Jiu-Jitsu demo was conducted by Checkmat BJJ athletes (Leo Vieira, Chico Mendes & Marcelo Andreoli) and by a team from the United Arab Emirates (total of 15 members) including Michel Maia, Marcelo Motta, Oscar Junior, Maico Reiter, Bruno Lopes, and others.

The CheckMat team spent 4 days doing Expo function and they were stoked to see how teams from Brazil, China, UAE and Japan got along. The event was broadcast live to China on national TV and all newspapers and media had extensive coverage. The Federation has been doing an incredible job expanding and exposing BJJ in China .

Congratulations to all involved especially the Federation.

(Chico and Leo goofing off)