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Rising Sun 32 Preview In our first matchup of the night you will see Sean Ripgut vs. Akio Daisuke at 265. This is a good matchup of a striker vs. a grappler although Ripgut isn't your typical striker. While he can strike at a distance he is most deadly in the clinch where if his opponent isn't ready they will get worked over. Daisuke has more grappling experience so I expect him to utilize that when possible in this fight. This will be a great matchup of talented heavyweights starting off our night of action. Next up will be two welterweights with Matthew Murdock taking on Godric Westbrook. There's not much questioning where this fight will take place as we have two prolific strikers going at it. They are a combined 5-0 and these up and comers have certain knockout power in their strikes. For Murdock he relies more on his muay thai kicks while Westbrook has his deadly fists. Murdock will come into the a solid 8 centimeters taller and 10 pounds heavier than his opponent so let's see if he can use that to his advantage. Following those two you will see Tixarian Kane vs. Jebediah Stewart in a matchup of lightweights. This fight will certainly be decided by who can dictate where the fight takes place. If Kane can secure a takedown then Stewart is in trouble as his blue belt is no match for Kane and his brown belt. With that said if Stewart can stuff any takedown attempts I don't expect it will take too long to put his opponent on the mat. He is 2-0 with two knockouts and will certainly be looking for number 3 in this fight. Either way I highly doubt this fight will reach the judges. The next fight will be between Sid Vicious and Kai Kasem at 170. These two guys are pretty evenly matched with a decent ground game but where they excel is standing up. Vicious has very good boxing with a good muay thai game to complement that while Kasem has tremendous muay thai. If these two decide to turn this into a slugfest the crowd will be in for a real treat. I expect that at the end of the night someone will be looking up at the ceiling wondering what just happened. After that we will have Bimbo Lice vs. Nabil Yanar at 135. These two guys both have great wrestling backgrounds and really have some good boxing to back that up. Lice will certainly try to remain standing in this one and look to knock his opponent out. Yanar on the other hand could choose to stand and bang or try to get a takedown and work ground and pound that has been quite effective in previous fights. Following that will be two heavyweights battling with Michael Angel vs. Too Fast. These two guys are both very well rounded with good standup and both have purple belts in jui jitsu so they are not uncomfortable on the ground. Fast has great boxing and all 4 of his wins have been knockouts where his opponent hasn't even survived the first round. Angel on the other hand has good boxing and great muay thai but he has shown some good grappling ability and I wouldn't be suprised to see him try to utilize that in this matchup against a great striker in Fast. Next up we have Ryan Gracie taking on Richard Bravo at 170. Both of these fighters have some okay striking but it's no secret where they excel and that is in the grappling game. They both have purple belts and are incredibly dangerous once the fight hits the mat. They work quickly and efficiently at targeting a limb and trying to rip it off or going in for the choke until their opponent turns purple. The only big difference I see is Gracie has twice as many professional fights as Bravo and that experience could turn out to be critical in this one. After that you will see two lightweights going at it with Arsene Wenger taking on Jackson Scholes. These two guys are pretty well rounded but I expect this one to turn into a grappling match from the very beginning. These two brown belts are among the best you will see with both their grappling technique and mental ability to plan two steps ahead on the ground. They are prepared for anything so I expect this to be back and forth until someone finally locks in a submission and leaves with their hand raised. In our Co-Main Event we will have Akira Sakurai vs. Craig Mason at 170. These two top welterweight contenders should put a show on. Sakurai is a recent signing and big addition to the division but don't overlook Mason as he is more than ready for this matchup. They are both incredibly well rounded and are ready to fight standing or on the ground. I also wouldn't expect this one to reach a decision as in their combined 22 professional fights only 4 of those have gone to decision. This fight should electrify the crowd and really help to sort out the top of the 170 pound division. For our Main Event you will see the Heavyweight champ Kamuto Hierowato defend his title against Steve Beane. These two guys are nearly mirror images with tremendous striking ability and a good sprawl to help keep the fight standing. Although they both have purple belts from what we've seen in the past that is mainly for defensive purposes as they always have finished with their hands. They both have remarkable boxing with tremendous knockout power and very quick hands. Beane will have a decent height advantage but I still find it hard to bet against the champ in what would appear to be a slugfest. Let's see if Hierowato can continue his dominance or if we will crown a new heavyweight champ.

Rising Sun 31 : Jizen Brought to you by Chris Partridge Rising Sun 31 Jizen Venue – Hard Knocks – Tokyo (3000) Date – March 28th 2010 Tokyo, Jap (TAP) - Our main event of the evening was a featherweight bout for the Rising Sun featherweight belt between the champion, 7-0 Ryo Nakamura and the challenger, 5-0 Shinichi Fuujin. The action started surprisingly as on two separate occasions Fuujin was able to take the fight to the ground and control the action very well, stealing the first round from the champion. Unfortunately it went all downhill from there for the challenger as Nakamura was able to put on a clinch clinic for the next four rounds on route to a very easy 49:46 unanimous decision victory. The dominating performance is Ryo Nakamura’s third straight title defence and improves his record to the perfect 8-0. Despite having the much better boxing, Shinichi Fuujin was unable to utilize that as he was stuck in the clinch for the majority of the fight, dropping his record to 5-1 with his first loss within Rising Sun. Our Co-main event of the evening was a bantamweight bout for the Rising Sun bantamweight belt between the champion, 8-2 striker Raimo Pukki and the challenger 5-0 Demian Almeida who entered the bout truly overmatched in almost every area despite being 3 years the elder of the champion. The first round went as perfect for the champion as it could have as he put on a striking clinic, completely avoiding any damage and eventually late in the round scoring a knockdown where he rocked the challenger with a huge right hand. Despite Raimo not being able to finish the fight in the first, he couldn’t have ended it any sooner in the second, landing a jab-overhand right combo forcing the referee to stop the fight. With the victory, Raimo Pukki improves his record to 9-2 and remains perfect in Rising Sun with a 4-0 record, defending his belt twice now. With how young he is I expect the belt to stay in his hands for a very long time as he gets better and better. The loss for Demian Almeida snaps his perfect record at 5 wins and his low energy entering the fight compounded with his poor primaries likely were big factors in his poor performance. The last undercard fight of the evening was a lightweight bout between 4-0 striker Count Chocula and 4-2 Spencer Fisher. Seeing as he had the worse striking Fisher chose to take the fight to the ground seconds in. After an exchange of submission attempts the fight returned to the feet for a brief period before Fisher took the fight right back down to the ground. After attempting a huge ground and pound, Fisher was caught in a triangle and after he slipped out Chocula transitioned to an armbar and finished the fight at 3:44 of round 1. The impressive victory shows that Chocula isn’t just a one dimensional striker and proves that he can definitely be a force in the lightweight division after improving his record to 5-0. The loss however drops Spencer Fishers record to 4-3 snapping his 3 fight win streak within the Rising Sun organization. In other undercard action we had a light heavyweight bout between the very well rounded, 4-3 Akio Hideyoshi and the very experienced, 8-7 Diziz Sparta. At no time was this fight ever close as right off the start Hideyoshi put on a striking and clinch clinic, rocking Sparta early and finishing the fight with further strikes from the clinch via TKO at 1:03 of round 1. The speedy finish improves Akio Hideyoshi to 5-3 while subsequently dropping Diziz Sparta’s record to an even 8-8. Another undercard bout pitted two bantamweight fighters against each other, 3-4 Muay Thai specialist Billy Butler squaring off against 2-2 Kenshiro Kitase. Right off the bad this fight was an absolute clinch war. The fight stayed in the clinch for nearly the entirety of the first two rounds with the two fighters exchanging a plethora of knees and elbows from the clinch. Late in the third round however Kitase was finally able to take the fight to the ground after 29 attempts and on his third submission attempt he was able to lock in a deep rear naked choke at 3:27 of round 3. The impressive submission victory improves Kenshiro Kitase’s record to 3-2 whilst dropping Billy Butler’s record to 3-5. In other action... Marco Ruas (9-4) won a hard fought unanimous decision victory over Kwame Moto (8-9) but despite having the better ground game was never able to finish the fight. Yrjo Pieru (7-5) executed a dominating ground performance over William Porthaven (3-1) on route to a unanimous 27:30 decision victory. Akio Hideaki (4-0) landed a ridiculously quick kimura at 0:18 of round 1 on Makoto Nagano (6-2) giving him the victory. Justin Yanagida (3-2) was able to land an impressive armbar at 4:23 of round 1 on his opponent Kenta Sazuki (2-5) declaring him the victor. Senki Gudo (2-2) won a fairly boring ground match over D Lo Brown (4-3) with a 28:29 unanimous decision victory. And with that Rising Sun 31 Jizen and the weekend comes to an end. Surprisingly despite having no title fights, the earlier Rising Sun Fight Night event scored a higher event rating than Rising Sun 31 Jizen. Contributing to this was several uneventful decision fights and a few very early finishes that had no other action. Regardless, overall it was a good weekend for Rising Sun and now we have next week’s heavyweight title fight between the very exciting champion, Kamuto Hierowato who has won 10 of his 11 wins via TKO or KO squaring off against one of his toughest challengers to date, Steve Beane who has won 9 fights with 8 of those coming via TKO or KO. With the stand-up pedigrees the two have it is very likely this fight doesn’t go to decision and will likely contribute to a very exciting overall card. That’s all from me, I’ll see you all next week!

Rising Sun Fight Night 9 Brought to you by Chris Partridge Rising Sun Fight Night 9 Venue – Hayashi’s Lounge – Tokyo (1737) Date – March 27th 2010 Tokyo, Jap (TAP) - Our main event of the evening was a heavyweight bout between 11-7 ground fighter Daniel Johansson and 5-1 Jason Jones. Johansson entered the bout with the better wrestling and it was expected he would use that to control the action on the ground and eventually get a submission locked in or finish him with strikes. Unfortunately for Jones that’s pretty much what happened. After draining his energy from preventing his submissions he was able to unleash his hands leading to a devastating TKO loss at 1:48 of round 1. The fantastic ground finish from Daniel Johansson improved his record to 12-7 overall and 1-1 in Rising Sun. The loss drops Jason Jones’s record to 5-2. The last undercard fight of the evening was a featherweight bout between two guys with fantastic names, 7-1 Freiherr Albrecht Alexander Von Altenburg and 5-0 striker Kite Winchester. The first round between the two was fairly uneventful since Winchester entered the bout with low energy and because of that he gassed incredibly quickly. Less than a minute into the round he was taken down and controlled for almost the entire round. The second round was slightly more exciting as after the four minutes of Altenburg controlling him on the ground they went back to the feet where they had a solid exchange of punches. The third round however was where Altenburg showed his class, earning an early knockdown with a left and finishing the fight with a Kimura at 0:25 of round 3. The dominant win improves Freiherr Albrecht Alexander Von Altenburg record to 8-1. The loss snaps Kite Winchesters perfect record and drops him to 5-1. In other undercard action we had a light heavyweight fight between 5-3 Tony Big and 4-0 Mongo Malone. This fight didn’t last long with both fighters having solid striking abilities and 1:12 into round 1 Malone caught Big with a massive head kick and threw more strikes after the knockdown until the referee finally ended the fight. The speedy win improves Mongo Malone’s record to 5-0 and drops Tony Bigs record to 5-4. Another undercard bout pitted two lightweight fighters against each other, 4-0 Franz Ritter and 5-1 Paul Paulson. Early into the fight Paulson used his far superior Muay Thai to take the fight into the clinch where he was able to keep the fight there for a little over a minute but was unable to land any sort of damage from the position and it cost him. At 4:29 of round 1 after a long stand-up exchange Paulson was caught with a nasty right hand and finished with a slick punch combination that knocked him out. The nasty KO improves Franz Ritter’s record to 5-0 and wins his Rising Sun debut. The loss however dropped Paul Paulson’s record to 5-2. In other undercard action we had a light heavyweight bout between 5-3-1 Ares Constantinides and 8-5 Tyson Trinidad. Entering the fight Constantinides had the much better overall ground game and it showed throughout the entire fight. He was able to land an early takedown and after the two exchanged submission attempts Constantinides was able to just let his hands go and after landing on 20 of 20 ground strikes was able to rock Trinidad and knocked him out with further strikes at 4:23 of round 1. The impressive ground performance improves Ares Constantinides’s record to 6-3-1 whilst dropping Tyson Trinidad’s record to 8-6. In other action... In light heavyweight action Fleegle Bananasplits (8-4) absolutely dominated the fight on the feet for three rounds on route to beating Jeff Make You Deaf (5-4) with a 26:30 unanimous decision victory. In middleweight action we had Okina Miyamoto (4-0) fighting Moses Kippo (4-1). Miyamoto dominated the fight in all aspects and Kippo just wasn’t able to keep up on route to Miyamoto scoring a 30:27 unanimous decision victory. In welterweight action Dr Francoise Petit (5-2) squared off against Ricky McBride (5-3). Petit was able to control the action and dominate the fight on the ground before it was returned to the feet. From there he used his much more superior boxing on route to a nasty hook KO victory at 4:33 of round 1. In the opening undercard bout of the evening we had two middleweight fighters, Bobby McGrath (6-6) squaring off against Marc Tong Panong (5-5). After a very close first round, McGrath was caught in an armbar at 3:03 of round 2 by Panong which was even more impressive due to McGrath having a brown belt and Panong only having a purple belt. And with that Rising Sun Fight Night 9 comes to a close. Despite no title fights being on the card there was an absolute plethora of KO and submission finishes and several 100% rated fights leading to a very solid 128.35 event rating. All in all it was a fantastic way to start the weekend and a good event to lead into tomorrow’s Rising Sun 31 Jizen where Ryo Nakamura looks to defend his Featherweight belt for the third time against Shinichi Fuujin. With both fighters having impressive stand-up skills it is very expected that the bout will either end in a KO or TKO finish or an all out 5 round war decision. In our other title fight we have the bantamweight title up for grabs with the Champion Raimo Pukki squaring off against undefeated newcomer Demian Almeida. I personally don’t see Pukki giving up his belt as he is better than Almeida in all areas and i personally expect him to keep it standing and get an early second round KO. Almeida’s pedigree is the ground game but in this case he has the inferior ground game and i expect that being put out of his element will not be good for the contender. Anyways, that’s all from me, I’ll see you all tomorrow!

Rising Sun 31 : Jizen Preview In our first fight of the night you will see D Lo Brown vs. Senki Gudo at 205. It's hard to find an area where Brown will have an advantage as his opponent Sudo appears to be slightly better across the board. If it stays standing Gudo has a bit more boxing experience that should help him win a slugfest and if it hits the mat Gudo's purple belt should be able to take care of Brown who only has a blue belt. If Brown can find a way to win this one it will go to show just what heart he has. After that we will have Justin Yanagida and Kenta Sazuki in a featherweight bout. It's pretty clear where each man will want this fight to go as Yanagida has a huge edge if this fight hits the ground with his extensive jiu jitsu background. Sazuki however may have a slight edge standing and could look to utilize the clinch with his muay thai ability. It should be interesting to see if each man comes out looking to finish or if they are cautious trying to feel each other out. Next up we have two bantamweights going at it with Billy Butler taking on Kenshiro Kitase. Butler's record really doesn't do his talent justice as he among the best muay thai specialists you will see. Kitase is no fool and knows his only chance at victory is to take Butler down. Kitase is not a bad striker but he is simply no match in this fight and needs to do everything he can to get his opponent to the ground. Once on the mat it is anyones guess how these two blue belts will fair. Following that you will see Makoto Nagano vs. Akio Hideaki at 135. This is a clear contrast of styles as Nagano is a pure striker with a great boxing background while Hideaki is a jiu jitsu ace who already has his brown belt in the art. If Nagano can stay on his feet he should have no problem separating Hideaki from his conciousness but that is no easy task. Hideaki has a pretty large edge in wrestling that he should be able to exploit to bring this one to the mat and once he is there I expect his opponent to be tapping in no time at all. The next fight will feature William Porthaven and Yrjo Pieru at 170. These two welterweights are true examples of mixed martial artists. Although neither of them specialize in any one area it is also hard to find a weakness for either of them. They are dangerous whether standing or grappling so this one could end at any time. Pieru has an edge in experience so we'll have to see if that plays a role in this one or not. Next up will be Marco Ruas vs. Kwame Moto in a middleweight battle. They both have extensive experience with a total of 28 fights to date. Ruas appears to have a slight edge in striking and should have a comfortable advantage on the mat. Ruas will undoubtedly look to secure the takedown and then go to work trying to submit his opponent but Moto is no pushover. He has decent striking and although he doesn't yet have his brown belt in BJJ he is still a very dangerous grappler and should not be looked over by Ruas. After that you will see Akio Hideyoshi and Diziz Sparta in a clash of Light Heavyweights. Although Sparta is not a bad striker at all if he wants to win this fight he will need to try and get a takedown as quickly as possible. Sparta has good boxing but Hideyoshi has good boxing that is complemented by superb muay thai ability. If Hideyoshi can remain on his feet he is very dangerous and it's very possible for him to knockout his opponent at any moment. Following that will be two lightweights fighting with Count Chocula going against Spencer Fisher. Chocula comes in being 4-0 with 3 of those wins by knockout so you know he is a scary striker. Fisher has good boxing but may be better off avoiding a slugfest and trying to get a takedown in this fight. Fisher does have 2 wins by submission already even though he is only a blue belt. Let's see which one of these guys can get a big win in this fight. In our Co-Main Event we have the Bantamweight belt on the line with Raimo Pukki defending against the top contender Demian Almeida. Even though Almeida comes in undefeated it is pretty hard to find an area where he will have an edge in this fight. His best chance will surely come in a grappling match as his purple belt makes him pretty dangerous but Pukki also has a purple belt and we have seen in the past that he is not uncomfortable on the mat. With that said Pukki certainly would like to stay standing in this one as he has a huge edge striking. He also has better wrestling so I expect Pukki to be able to dictate where the fight takes place and make his opponent fight his fight. Finally we get to our Main Event where Ryo Nakamura will defend his featherweight belt against Shinichi Fuujin. Both these guys are undefeated and this will surely be the toughest fight in Nakamura's career. He is usually the most feared striker heading into a fight but in this one his opponent Fuujin will at least have equal ability but some would argue Fuujin even has an edge standing up. Nakamura may suprise us and change his usual strategy by going for a takedown but something tells me he wants to prove to the world how dangerous his hands are. This one could easily turn into a slugfest where I have no doubt that someone will get knocked out it's just a matter of who and how long it will take.

Rising Sun Fight Night 9 Preview Opening up our night of action you will see two middleweights going at it with Bobby McGrath taking on Marc Tong Panong. These two guys are both pretty experienced fighters with a combined 20 fights to their credit. Panong is a bit more well rounded with wins by both submission and TKO while McGrath makes it pretty clear where he likes to fight with 5 submission victories. If this hits the mat I expect McGrath to be successful because although Panong is a good grappler McGrath is great. Standing it's hard to say who has the edge but I would lean toward Panong. The next fight will be between Dr. Francoise Petit and Ricky McBride at 170. They both have purple belts in jiu jitsu so if this fight ends up on the ground it's hard to see a clear edge for either man but it could be a great display of grappling ability. Standing the two have a contrast in styles with Petit having very good boxing ability while McBride has great muay thai. This could become a war and if it does the fans will surely be in for a treat. Following those two will be Ares Constantinides vs. Tyson Trinidad at 205. Looking at their skills it would appear these are two very similar and evenly matched fighters but I think if you look at their record it tells a better story. While they both have great boxing and purple belts in BJJ, Constantinides has the majority of his wins by TKO while Trinidad has most by submission. Constantinides has the edge in wrestling so we'll see if he wants to keep it standing or if he trusts his grappling enough to take down Trinidad. Next up we will have two lightweights going at it with Franz Ritter taking on Paul Paulson. Ritter comes in at 4-0 but this is a tough matchup for him. The two have nearly identical grappling backgrounds so that could end up canceling each other out while although Ritter has very good boxing Paulson has decent boxing and a very strong muay thai game. This will be a great test for these two to see how they deal with fighting top notch competition. After that you will see Okina Miyamoto vs. Moses Kippo at 185. Kippo looks to be your stereotypical sprawl and brawler who uses his strong wrestling to keep the fight standing and his boxing ability to end the fight quickly. Miyamoto on the other hand has a bit more well rounded game where he has great standup but also has the ability to take someone down and then ground and pound his way to a victory. I wonder which method he will choose in this one and whether Kippo can avoid takedowns could be key. The next fight will feature two Light Heavyweights with Jeff Make You Deaf taking on Fleegle Bananasplits. These two guys have some very interesting names but they also have the skills required to fight in the cage. From their previous fights I would assume that this one will continue the trend and turn into a grappling match. These two purple belts really have tremendous skills once the fight hits the mat and this one could be a great technical display of BJJ. After that we have Tony Big vs. Mongo Malone at 205. Tony Big is very well rounded with solid boxing skills and a good grappling game with a purple belt. Malone is a bit more one dimensional but that doesn't necessarily mean he is at a disadvantage in this matchup. Malone clearly has the edge in striking with a tremendous ability to mix up classical boxing with muay thai strikes. Big would be much better off trying to get a takedown and then using his advantage on the mat to try and get a submission. Following that you will see Freiherr Altenburg and Kite Winchester in a featherweight matchup. If Winchester wants to win this one he will have to hope his sprawl is stronger than ever as his white belt will be no match for the purple belt if this turns into a ground battle. If he can keep this standing it looks to be a fairly even matchup with both men having significant knockout power. This one should be a great one for the fans. In our Co-Main Event you will see two Light Heavyweight contenders going at it with Rankka Ankka going against Niko Berg. This one will definitely come down to who has the better wrestling ability and can control where the fight takes place. If Ankka can keep the fight standing I'm sure he likes his chances at getting another knockout victory however if Berg can secure a takedown he should be able to put another submission victory to his credit. For our Main Event we will have Daniel Johansson vs. Jason Jones at 265. These two brown belts are incredible grapplers who have the ability to submit you anywhere at anytime. If this fight hits the mat it could have the fans thinking they are watching a jiu jitsu match as their ability in that area is nothing short of spectacular. Neither man has tremendous striking ability so I think it will be a race for the takedown and then a chess match until it ends with someone tapping, napping, or snapping.

Rising Sun 30 : Kibou Brought to you by Chris Partridge Rising Sun 30 Kibou: Buck Norris retains in his belt in a hard fought 5 round stand-up war! Venue – Hard Knocks – Tokyo (2854) Date – March 20th 2010 Tokyo, Jap (TAP) - Our main event of the evening was welterweight title bout between the champion, the dangerous 10-4 striker, Buck Norris squaring off against the challenger 7-1 Furio Giunta. Right from the start the champ absolutely took it to Giunta completely controlling the action with the clinch and he actually managed to rock him 3 minutes into the fight on a nasty head kick. After recovering Norris attempted a armbar from the ground but was unable to secure it. The second and third round were much the same with Norris completely controlling the pace and using the clinch and his stand-up to completely negate anything Giunta attempted. In round four however, Norris chose to keep the fight on the ground where he attempted to utilize his superior Bjj but was unable to actually lock anything in despite 5 submission attempts. Yet again in round 5 it was much of the same as the early parts of the fight with the clinch and stand-up from Norris completely controlling Giunta and preventing him from mounting any sort of offense. The masterful performance from the Rising Sun welterweight champion helped him in retaining his welterweight title with a 50:45 unanimous decision improving his record to 11-4. The victory was Norris’s second title defence and in both fights he was able to absolutely dominate his opponent with his incredibly well-rounded stand-up game. The loss however snaps Furio Giunta’s three fight win streak within Rising Sun and drops his record to 7-2. The last undercard fight of the evening was a heavyweight bout between two dangerous strikers, 4-2 Jeff Miller and 7-6 Janno Kivessoo. Right from the start Kivessoo was able to utilize his superior Muay Thai game to cut Miller on two occasions and the strikes he threw from the clinch clearly took something out of him as he walked right into a nasty head kick knocking him out instantly at 0:43 of the first round. The vicious knockout from Janno Kivessoo improves his record to 8-6 whilst dropping Jeff Millers record to 4-3. In other undercard action we had a heavyweight bout between 2-0 ground fighter, Charles Landsman and 4-3 striker Marmuro Takamura. Despite being three years the younger of his opponent, Landsman had much better primary skills and they were clearly displayed throughout the fight. There was very little to say about this fight on a round to round basis as each round was essentially identical to the previous one. Landsman’s superior wrestling was shown very quickly as he was able to take the fight down almost instantly and was able to keep it there for essentially the entire fight. From there he put on an absolute ground and pound clinic, landing 73 of 77 strikes from the ground that must have reconfigured Takamuras face to some degree. After mauling his face for three rounds, Landsman was able to latch onto an exposed arm and did everything but snap it off with a slick armbar finish at 4:22 of round 3. The sensational performance from Landsman improves his perfect record to 3-0 and he has dominated each and every one of those fights by a wide margin. Look out for Charles Landsman in the future. The loss on the other hand drops the badly named “The Bear Slayer” Marmuro Takamura to 4-4 and he subsequently retired after the fight. Guess the bear slayed him. Another undercard bout pitted two light heavyweight fighters against each other, 5-2 Durden Tyler and 2-0 Mirohito Murokuppi. The first round went fairly well for Murokuppi with him cutting Tyler on two different occasions with solid striking before getting taken down and kept there for the remainder of the first round. In the second round however, Murokuppi was able to use his superior stand-up and after a flurry of strikes Tyler finally acknowledged that he was getting dominated and tapped out from the strikes at 1:09 of round 2. The impressive stand-up display extends Mirohito Murokuppi’s perfect record to 3-0 overall and 2-0 within Rising Sun. The loss for Durden Tyler however drops his record to 5-3 overall and 0-2 within Rising Sun. In other undercard action we had a middleweight bout between 3-3 ground fighter, Zippi Duudi and 0-1 wrestler Eric Cartman. The first round of the fight went very well for Cartman as he was able to cut Duudi very early on and despite getting taken down he was able to control the superior Bjj fighter before getting the referee stand-up. Back on the feet Cartman was able to land several more good strikes before the round ended. The second round was more of the same with Cartman completely dominating the round and cutting Duudi on three separate occasions almost stopping the fight. Despite the adversity Duudi showed a lot of heart getting through the round but unfortunately after more strikes in the third round the referee finally called a stop to the fight at 0:47 of round 3 as Duudi’s cut became too much of a problem. The impressive stand-up display from Eric Cartman improves his record to 1-1 whilst dropping Zippi Duudi’s record to 3-4 and extending his losing streak to 3 straight. In other action... In a light heavyweight bout, Lewis Tsushima (7-2) won a hard fought 29:28 unanimous decision victory over Sam Samuels (5-2). In welterweight action, Dave Mustaine (3-0) absolutely dominated his opponent Min Hong (1-1) utilizing a masterful clinch and ground and pound display on the way to a 26:30 unanimous decision. In a lightweight bout, Taka Osatoko (5-1) caught his opponent, Drake Winchester (4-2) in a slick guillotine submission at 4:01 of round 2. In heavyweight action, Huima Sisu (1-1) caught Glenn Kabayan (2-2) with a speedy armbar at 1:34 of round 1. In the first undercard bout of the evening, Kano Jigoro (3-1) completely controlled and dominated his opponent Huimempi Huima (1-3) on route to a unanimous 30:26 decision. And with that Rising Sun 30 Kibou and the weekend comes to a close. Throughout the two weekend events we saw three title fights, with all of them being very exciting. Outside of the title fights we saw a ridiculous amount of submission victories with 9 of 20 fights ending by submission. Next week we can look forward to Rising Sun: Fight Night 9 with several intriguing matchups as well as Rising Sun 31: Jizen in a battle of undefeated fighters, 7-0 Ryo Nakamura looks to defend his featherweight belt against dangerous striker, 5-0 Shinichi Fuujin. Co-headlining the event is 8-2 bantamweight champion, Raimo Pukki, who is looking to defend his belt against the perfect, 5-0 ground fighter Demian Almeida. Hopefully both of these bouts live up to the hype and the rest of the event will follow their example. See you next week!

Thats one hell of a preview and worth the read!

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The guy is negative in his account because the gym was deleted and now he has the huge debt from the gym/loans.

You could not launder enough money to keep that gym afloat for as long as it has been around with those coaches. It's losing 70k+ a week. Only a nice alliance, a big org, a top nutrition company or one of about 10 people could afford it.

just because of Mike saying that the best probably are more secondary based, i am throwing these 2 long term training projects names out there. they have to have something going for them secondary wise. my favorite choice is Matt Mac's guy http://www.mmatycoon.com/fighterprofilepublic.php?FID=175 I mean, #175 and he finally fought=P Next would be Amy D's project http://www.mmatycoon.com/fighterprofilepublic.php?FID=580 They both have been training forever and i would imagine being part of a great gym for so long, they got to have good secondaries.

The last discussion i had with him was on March 7th, he was getting fed up with the burmese internet and was thinking about closing Choke and taking a break until this summer. We were going to work something out to keep Choke going, and help him out, but then he disappeared the following weekend. I hope everything is ok with him, but it does not look good. Heck, even when he had the avian bird flu, he got in touch with everyone and let them know what was going on...so either the internet in Burma crapped out completely, or he just got fed up with it. My guess is he got tired of it....he will be back eventually as he was supposed to move back this summer.

A one-of-a-kind event, congrats on almost hitting the 500 barrier and shattering your previous high rating.

Brought to you by Chris Partridge Rising Sun 29 Shinnen: Two new champions were crowned in an action packed night of Submission and TKO victories. Venue – Saku Dome – Tokyo (6133) Date – March 20th 2010 Tokyo, Jap (TAP) - Our main event of the evening was a Super Heavyweight title match between two ground specialists, 10-1-1 Lei Wulong and 13-1-1 Antonio Santiago. This is the second of two fights between the fighters with the first ending by majority draw. Right from the get go the bout had all the action an mma fan could ask for. The first two rounds stayed predominantly on the feet where Wulong utilized his better overall striking skills and completely dominated Santiago. The third round however showed the ground dominance Santiago had over Wulong with him getting the early takedown and controlling the rest of the ground but Wulong showed impressive defensive grappling and was able to withstand the barrage of submission attempts. After another similar round in the fourth we came to the fifth and final round with Wulong clearly leading on the score cards and Santiago desperately needing a finish to the fight. Feeling the pressure Santiago took the fight to the ground yet again but unlike his other forays on the ground, on his third submission of the round he was finally able to lock in a Americana submission to secure the victory at 1:59 of round 5. The very taxing fight declared Antonio Santiago the new Super Heavyweight champion increasing his record to 14-1-1 and in the process settling the score of the majority draw him and his opponent shared a month prior. Lei Wulong on the other hand drops to 10-2-1 but showed a lot of heart and skill in the bout and will no doubt have success in whatever organization he ends up in. Our co-main event of the evening was a lightweight title match between the champion, 11-2 wrestler Greg LaFleche and the challenger, 9-3 Muay Thai specialist Charlie Chase. Despite the fight going 5 rounds there really wasn’t much to say in this bout. LaFleche had a great start getting a relatively quick takedown and proceeding to avoid takedowns and land some vicious strikes that may have knocked out a fighter with a worse chin. Despite the impressive first round it was the beginning of a horrible fight for the champion who entered the bout with only 70% energy. Chase was able to capitalize on this energy differential and he proceeded to use his very well rounded striking game to completely dominate the champion who entered the fight 5 years the elder of his opponent. Throughout the 4 round domination Chase clearly wore down his opponent with an array of body and leg kicks and punches. The result was a 46:49 unanimous decision victory for Charlie Chase declaring him the new Lightweight champion and improving his record to 10-3 in the process. The loss however snapped Greg LaFlehche’s 3 fight win streak within Rising Sun dropping his record to 11-3. The last undercard fight of the evening was a heavyweight bout two completely different fighters, Mike Cades the 7-3 striker squaring off against 9-3 ground specialist Andres Aguinaldo. Despite having much superior wrestling than his opponent Aguinaldo was only able to land on two takedowns out of 11 attempts and the fight was very quickly returned to the feet on both occasions. For the large majority of the fight it stayed on the feet where Cades showed his absolute domination of the stand up game. Cades cut his opponent on several occasions in the first two rounds with his solid striking game and was able to push the cut to the point where the fight was stopped at 2:20 of round 3 via TKO (cut). The win bumped Mike Cades’s record to 8-3 whilst dropping his opponent, Andres Aguinaldo’s record to 9-4. The fight was also Mike Cades’s first within Rising Sun. In other undercard action we had a middleweight bout between two very well rounded fighters, 9-5 Bogdon Haze and 3-1 Kauno Kaalikorva. On paper it was likely the fight was going to end on the ground in some form with both fighters having solid Bjj and wrestling. As anticipated Kaalikorva scored a very early takedown and was able to avoid a scary triangle attempt from his opponent before attempting 7 of his own with the 7th ending with an armbar finish at 4:03 of the first round. The victory improves Kauno Kaalikorva’s record to 4-1 with all 4 coming via submissions while subsequently dropping his opponent’s record to 9-6 with the loss. Another undercard bout pitted two heavyweight fighters, 4-2 striker Roberto Saki and 2-0 Lorenzo Von Matterhorn who entered the fight with sensational wrestling and great well rounded skills outside of that. Seeing as how he is the fighter of my Boss I give this fighter my stamp of approval. Anyways onto the fight, Von Matterhorn clearly outmatched his opponent in the wrestling game by a very wide margin and was able to take the fight to the ground on his third attempt. From there he attempted two submissions to no avail but showed uncanny accuracy in his ground strikes and on his fifteenth ground strike he finally ended the fight with a TKO finish that came at 4:03 of the first round. The story of the fight was definitely the fact that the now 3-0 Lorenzo Von Matterhorn had 100% accuracy on his ground strikes and his unrelenting pressure on the ground clearly made his opponent, now 4-3 Roberto Saki uncomfortable and he was unable to put his purple belt to good use. On further investigation it appears Von Matterhorn is still yet to miss on any strike whether it be ground or stand-up and none of his three fights have left the first round. Definitely will be someone to watch in the future. The opening fight of the card was a featherweight bout between 4-4 Takanori Sakurai and 4-2 Cyrus Plague. With both fighters having solid ground skills it was anticipated that the fight would likely go there and stay there for the entirety of the fight. As expected Plague was able to utilize his superior wrestling to take the fight to the ground less than a minute into the fight. After three straight failed submission attempts from Sakurai the fight was returned to the feet where yet again Plague was able to score an easy takedown. After three more submission attempts that visibly took the wind out of Sakurai, Plague was able to lock in a painful kneebar securing the submission victory at 3:23 of round 1. The victory on Cyrus Plagues first Rising Sun fight improves his record to a solid 5-2. Meanwhile the loss drops Takanori Sakurais record past the .500 mark to 4-5 with him still being unable to string more than a single win together. In other action... Randy Orton (8-3-1) was able to utilize a his superior Muay Thai in the clinch to score a 30:26 unanimous decision over Yuuri Yushima (6-3) Osanti Herod (10-5) was able to score a hard fought 29:28 unanimous decision victory over Danger Takeshi (9-8) Manny Pacman (7-5-1) was able to utilize his superior ground skills on the way to a 2:31 Armbar submission victory in the first round over Dak Ishii (9-5) Ground specialist Nikolai Putin (6-1) landed an Americana submission victory at 3:51 of round two, defeating Tetsuya Nakashiba (5-6). And with that Rising Sun 29 Shinnen comes to a close. The event was chockfull of submission victories with two new champions being crowned. Hopefully you join us tomorrow for Rising Sun 30 Kibou where the welterweight title is up for grabs in a fight between the champion, 10-4 Buck Norris and the challenger, 7-1 Furio Giunta. With both fighters having excellent stand-up skills it is very likely it’ll be an absolute war with an inevitable KO or TKO finish. Will that actually transpire? Tune in tomorrow to find out.

Rising Sun 30 : Preview In our first fight of the night you will see Kano Jigoro taking on Huimempi Huima at 265. It's very clear in this one that whoever can dictate where the fight takes place should be victorious. Jigoro is the much heavier fighter and has a huge edge in the ground game so if he can get a takedown and put his weight on his opponent he should wear him down quickly and get an early submission. If Huima can stay standing I expect him to knockout Jigoro without too much trouble. Next up will be two heavyweights with Huima Sisu going against Glenn Kabayan. It's amazing that we have two wrestlers with this much ability going head to head. They both have wonderful wrestling but the difference is that Sisu complements that with a brown belt in jiu jitsu. Kabayan on the other hand has some decent striking and a blue belt. If Kabayan can stay standing he has a small edge but he needs to avoid being taken down at all costs because if Sisu gets you into a grappling match he will walk out on top. Following that will be Zippi Duudi vs. Eric Cartman at 185. Although Duudi has a tremendous edge in jiu jitsu I find it hard to believe that he will get a chance to show that off. Cartman has some great wrestling and should have no problem fending off any takedown attempts. If Cartman can turn this into a slugfest he should be victorious because Duudi's standup game needs work. You never know though as if Duudi does get a takedown the tables turn significantly and he should like his chances at a win. After that we will have two Light Heavyweights matching up with Durden Tyler taking on Mirohito Murokuppi. Tyler is a perfect example of a mixed martial artists with pretty good striking and a strong grappling game. Murokuppi is no slouch either although it is more clear what his gameplan will be. With good boxing and a decent sprawl to back that up he would probably prefer to stay standing although Tyler may have something to say about that. We'll have to see what Tyler will look to do in this one. The next fight will be between Drake Winchester and Taka Osatoko at 155. This one will certainly be decided based on wrestling ability where at least on paper it appears Winchester has the edge. Winchester has always looked to show off his crisp boxing and in order to do that in this fight I expect he will need to show off a good sprawl ability as well. Osatoko has decent striking but he has a huge edge in jiu jitsu so if this fight hits the mat it shouldn't be long before he has Winchester tapping. After that you will get a chance to see Charles Landsman vs. Marmuro Takamura at 265. Takamura is a dangerous fighter and I don't mean to undersell him but it would appear he is going up against a superior opponent. Landsman has comparable striking and has a huge edge in both wrestling and BJJ. If he looks for the takedown as I expect him to do he will almost surely get it and it won't be long before he has his opponent tapping. If Takamura wins this one it will truly show what kind of heart he has. Next up will be Ming Hong and Dave Mustaine in a welterweight battle. Hong has an incredible boxing background but unfortunately for him that's about all. He has very poor wrestling and an almost equally as bad jiu jitsu game. Although Mustaine has some very good striking and usually relies on that I wouldn't be shocked to see him switch it up and try to work the ground game against Hong. We'll have to see if he trusts his striking enough to try to stand and bang with him. The next fight will feature two heavyweights with Jeff Miller going against Janno Kivessoo. Both of these guys are well rounded and are more than capable in all areas of mixed martial arts. Kivessoo has a very well rounded striking game with good muay thai as well as good boxing, all 7 of his wins have been via knockout. Miller has good striking but probably likes his chances on the ground a bit better and I wouldn't be suprised to see him look for a takedown. In the Co-Main Event we have two up and coming Light Heavyweights with Lewis Tsushima vs. Sam Samuels. They are both incredibly talented with very good boxing, wrestling and some amazing grappling ability. If these two brown belts do happen to hit the mat they could put on a display of jiu jitsu that most fans never get the chance to see. No matter where this fight takes place it could end at any second so be sure not to leave your seats during this one. Now we get to the Main Event where the Welterweight champion Buck Norris will look to defend his belt against Furio Guinta. The champion certainly looks to have the edge just about everywhere in this matchup but that doesn't mean Guinta will be a cakewalk. Guinta has good punches and he most certainly has the stereotypical "punchers chance". It only takes one clean shot to get the upset although Norris is probably confident no matter where the fight takes place. He has the clear edge in jiu jitsu and has even better boxing than his opponent. This should be a fun one to watch as Guinta will undoubtedly come out swining as he knows that's his only chance.

Rising Sun 29 : Preview Opening up our night of action you will see Takanori Sakurai vs. Cyrus Plague at 145. Sakurai is a tremendous grappler with all 4 of his wins by submission but there are also holes in his game. His opponent in this matchup, Cyrus Plague, should be looking to keep this fight standing. Although he has shown an ability to grapple it appears he is outclassed in this one and should exploit his advantage in the standup in pursuit of a knockout. Whoever controls where this fight takes place should win. Next up will be two welterweights going at it with Nikolai Putin taking on Tetsuya Nakashiba. From their previous fights it is clear these two guys are grapplers through and through. The one question we still dont know the answer to is if Nakashiba wants to keep with that strategy or looks to change it up. It looks as though he could have an edge standing but it can be hard for a grappler to go away from the ground game. If he does try to get to the mat with Putin he could be playing with fire but you never know who will come out on top. After that we will see Roberto Saki against Lorenzo Von Matterhorn at 265. Both these guys have an ability to finish no matter where this fight takes place. Matterhorn arguably has the best wrestling background in this division being a former collegiate champion. It should be interesting to see if he looks to take this fight down and show off his vicious GnP or if he chooses to stand and bang. Saki is so versatile however he may be comfortable fighting anywhere and is certainly dangerous at all times. The next fight on the night will be between two middleweights with Bogdon Haze going against Kauno Kaalikorva. Haze has multiple wins by both submission and knockout so he should be fine with wherever this fight ends up. Kaalikorva on the other hand will probably be looking to get into a grappling match. He has good striking but all 3 of his wins have been by submission and with his brown belt he is a very dangerous grappler. This one should end long before the judges get involved. Following that will be Manny Pacman vs. Dak Ishii in a bantamweight bout. This looks to be a clash of styles even though they both appear to have good all around skills. Pacman has always leaned on his boxing background to finish fights with 4 ko's on his record. Ishii on the other hand has the majority of his wins by submission. They appear to be even in wrestling so it's anyone's guess if this will turn out to be an allout war on the feet or if they will be grappling looking to finish. After that we will have Osanti Herod taking on Danger Takeshi in a battle of heavyweights. This is a fight between two very experienced fighters with a total of 30 fights already to their credit. Herod has always been a dangerous grappler with 7 of his 9 wins by submission. Takeshi should be looking to sprawl early and often as he no doubt looks to have an edge in striking. If Takeshi can fend off the takedown attempts I like his chances at victory but we have seen in the past that Herod can have some good takedown ability. Next up will be two bantamweights with Randy Orton going against Yuuri Yushima. On paper it would appear Yushima really on has one route to victory and that's by getting this fight to the mat and using his edge in jiu jitsu however that may be hard to come by because he doesn't have a lot of wrestling ability in his arsenal. If Orton lands a clean shot on Yushima's chin I find it hard to believe that he would still be standing. Either way these two guys will surely be looking to finish and keep the judges out of this one. Following that fight you will see Mike Cades vs. Andres Aguinaldo at 265. These two up and coming heavyweights certainly know what is on the line in this fight as a win over a tough opponent would be huge for their credibility. For Cades it's clear that he has the edge in the standup and should look to exploit that early and often. That may be hard to do however because Aguinaldo is a tremendous wrestler and he complements that with a great grappling background. I expect that if this fight hits the ground Aguinaldo will walk away victorious. In our Co-Main Event of the night you will see the Lightweight title on the line with Greg LaFleche defending his crown against Charlie Chase. This should be interesting because LaFleche has always relied on his great takedowns to control his opponents while working some ground and pound and looking for submissions. In this one he may be playing with fire however because Charlie Chase should have the better grappling game. Chase needs to be aggresive on the ground because LaFleche usually wins if it gets to the judges scorecards so if Chase wants the belt he needs to finish. Now for our Main Event where you will see a huge rematch with two superstars. Antonio Santiago and Lei Wulong went a full 5 rounds in their last bout and it ended in a majority draw. This one should be exciting because I know both guys don't want to take the chance of going to the judges again. They are so evenly matched however it's no suprise to hear that they had a draw in their last fight. It really is anyone's guess as to who could have an edge, the only thing we know for sure if that these two have tremendous skills and back that up with a huge amount of experience. Their combined record is 23-2 not counting their last draw so the fans shouldn't leave early on this night.

Brought to you by Chris Partridge Rising Sun 28 Taida: Tatu Tikki retains his middleweight belt in the form of a nasty TKO finish... Venue – Hard Knocks – Tokyo (3000) Date – March 14th 2010 Tokyo, Jap (TAP) - Our main event of the evening was a middleweight bout for the Rising Sun middleweight belt featuring the champion, 9-3-1 Tatu Tikki entering the fight on a three fight win streak squaring off against 6-1 Stari Starac. This was the first title defence Tikki has had. Right off the bat Starac attempted to negate Tikkis superior striking by taking the fight to the clinch. From there he attempted to take the fight to the ground but was unsuccessful. Tikki on the other hand was still landing strikes and managed to rock Starac with a quick punch and then caught him with a nasty uppercut that dropped Starac where he ended the fight with unanswered strikes giving Tatu Tikki the TKO victory at 0:46 of round 1. The victory for Tatu Tikki improves his record to 10-3-1 with 9 of those wins coming by TKO or KO and extended his win streak to 4 fights. Stari Starac however drops his record to 6-2 with both losses coming via TKO or KO. Fantastic way for Tikki to do his first title defence. Our co-main event of the evening was a light heavyweight fight between two fighters with perfect records, 5-0 Ham Xu and 4-0 Toni Huerta and with both fighters having extensive ground pedigrees it was very likely that the fight was going to end on the ground. The action started with Xu utilizing his superior wrestling to take the fight to the ground. From there Huerta did nothing but attempt submissions that were all easily defended and must have taken significant amounts of energy out of the fighter. After the 7th straight submission attempt Huerta was rocked by a big elbow landed from half guard and finished with two more hard shots that gave the ref no choice but to stop it. The win maintains Ham Xu’s perfect 6-0 record with 5 of the six victories coming due to TKO. The loss however snaps Toni Huertas perfect run at 4-0 dropping the fighter to 4-1. The last undercard fight of the evening was a featherweight bout featuring two fighters going in opposite directions. Keijo Kuosmanen entered the fight winning 5 straight and a total record of 5-1 while his opponent Bogie McGill entered the fight losing two straight with a total record of 5-2. Both fighters prefer the ground by far and it was expected that the fight would end there. In the first round Kuosmanen displayed his superior wrestling skills and was able to take the fight to the ground almost instantly. From there he attempted 10 unanswered submission attempts with several coming very close to ending the fight. Domination shown by Kuosmanen. The second round was more of the same with Kuosmanen taking the fight to the ground again where he attempted 9 unanswered submissions until finally with a second to spare in the second round Keijo Kuosmanen was able to take the back of McGill and end it with a slick rear-naked choke finish at 4:59 of the second round. The fight may have been over before it even began as McGill came into the fight with barely 60% energy and that clearly had an effect on his performance. The win improves Keijo Kuosmanen’s record to 6-1 whilst dropping Bogie McGill’s record to 5-3. In other undercard action we had a heavyweight fight between 5-1 Yedo Kim and 8-3 Johan Schwarzenbergersteiner. The first round Kim displayed his superior stand up game, landing on more than 90% of his strikes. Within the round he was able to cut and rock his opponent but was unable to finish the fight. The start of the second round however went better for Schwarzenbergersteiner as he was able to take the fight to the ground but was unable to do any damage before the fight was returned to the feet. From the stand-up Kim showed his dominance again rocking Schwarzenbergersteiner with a solid shot to the chin. From there he finished the fight with more strikes at 3:22 of round 2. The TKO victory increases Yedo Kim’s record to 6-1 whilst dropping Schwarzenbergersteiner’s record to 8-4. Another undercard bout pitted two lightweight fighters against each other. 2-2 Takumi Mayama squared up against 2-1 Jack Inhoff with both fighters having impressive ground and stand-up skills. The first round started with a brief exchange between the two fighters with only a single punch actually landing. After falling off balance Mayama was taken down into his guard. Unfortunately for Inhoff he lost his concentration for a brief second and was caught in a triangle choke at 0:53 of round 1 declaring the winner Takumi Mayama. The impressive submission victory increases Mayama’s record to 3-2 whilst dropping Jack Inhoffs record to 2-2. Our next fight was a bantamweight bout featuring 2-1 Ippo Makunouchi facing off against 5-6-1 Matthew Kurose. The first round went fairly well for Kurose with him taking the fight down quickly but despite having a purple belt, he was unable to submit his white belt opponent on 8 tries. Clearly attempting that amount of submissions took a lot out of Kurose as at 0:19 of round 2 he was caught with an absolutely vicious uppercut that instantly knocked the fighter out. The victory, which was Ippo Makunouchi’s first within the Rising Sun organization, increased his record to 3-1. The loss however which was his second in a row drops Matthew Kurose’s record to 5-7-1. It also drops his Rising sun record to 0-2 with both losses coming via either TKO or KO. In other undercard action, a middleweight bout took place between 1-2 strikers Ryuuken Hoshikawa and 4-3 I Hard. There wasn’t much to say about this fight as before Hard could even react he was caught by a slapping head kick that cut him which was then followed by another head kick that rocked and dropped the fighter. From there Hoshikawa finished the fight from the full mount with a big shot declaring him the winner via KO at 0:22 of round 1. The win improves Ryuuken Hoshikawa’s record to 2-2 and showed that his kicks are not to be taken lightly. The loss however which is I Hards second straight loss drops the fighter’s record to an even 4-4. The opening fight of the card was a featherweight bout featuring Filipino Assasin entering with a 0-0 record making his Rising Sun debut, squaring off against 4-3 Komatsu Akiaki. Assasin who entered the fight with the worst wrestling of the two was instantly taken down by Akiaki. Unfortunately for Akiaki who is only a blue belt in Bjj was immediately caught by Assasin in an armbar that forced the fighter to tap out at 0:46 of round 1. The win which marks Filipino Assassin’s first gives him a 1-0 record whilst dropping his opponent Komatsu Akiaki’s record to an even 4-4. In other action... A featherweight bout between Jake The Terror (6-1) and Mike Bennett (9-8-1) was ended by Jake the Terror at 3:03 of round 2 via TKO (Strikes). A lightweight bout between Leroy Green (7-4-1) and Takanori Gomi (3-0) went the distance in an absolute slugfest with over 100 strikes being thrown between the two. The judges scored the bout 27:30 unanimously giving Takanori Gomi the decision victory. And with that Rising Sun 28 Boushoku and the weekend comes to a close. The event was chockfull of finishes with only a single fight going the distance. The weekend as a whole was very exciting for any fight fan following Rising Sun and hopefully the weekends to come will be as phenomenal as this one was. Signing off again from Hard Knocks, Chris Partridge.

that made me smile, the picture that is=)

thread put in companies other thread where belong thats

Akiyo Nishiura (8-1) - 2x Current Choke Champion - FW Looking for a short term contract, will fight in any city if the money is right. Basically looking for 2-3 fight contract. Thanks.

Hitsomiru Tamaka - 7-1 (6 Fight Win Streak) - Will fight in any city I currently have 3 solid contract offers but he is keeping his options open until tomorrow when he will sign on some dotted line. If your interested send a contract, I will consider almost any city minus 1 or 2.

Pretty sweet idea, if my fighter reaches black in time, I would not mind getting in on this

Its looking nice, glad to see Buck taking part.

Awesome, keep it up, Konflikt starting to get warmed up down there in Sydney

Rising Sun 27 : Boushoku Brought to you by Chris Partridge Rising Sun 27 Boushoku: Shawn Aria Sr captured the light heavyweight belt with a slick submission victory in card that had several finishes and other exciting action. Venue – Saku Dome – Tokyo (5276) Date – March 13th 2010 Tokyo, Jap (TAP) - Our main event of the evening was a light heavyweight fight for the belt featuring the champion, Sven Jagermeister a very well rounded fighter, coming into the fight with a 9-1 record with 8 of those wins coming by TKO/KO, facing up against ground specialist Shawn Aria Sr coming into the bout with a 7-1 record with 6 wins coming via submission. On paper one of these fighters was very likely to be finished and thankfully for the fans it lived up to this hype. Right off the bat Aria attempted two takedowns and succeeded on the second one but the fight quickly returned to the feet with good wrestling shown by Jagermeister. The fight was then taken into the clinch by Jagermeister attempted several knees but Aria was able to pull guard and take the fight to the ground. From there the brown belt quickly went to work attempting a guillotine which was avoided easily but quickly transitioning into another guillotine where Jagermeister was forced to tap. The submission victory coming at 1:53 of the first round, awarded Sawn Aria Sr with the light heavyweight belt and his 8th victory while dropping the former champion Sven Jagermeister to a 9-2 record. Our co-main event of the evening was a welterweight belt between 11-3-1 Alex Andrews, up against 8-4 Jouichirou Daisuke with both fighters making their Rising Sun debuts. Despite both of the fighters being very solid boxers the fight was spent predominantly on the ground. After a small exchange of punches and kicks the overmatched Daisuke decided to mix it up and take the fight to the ground where it was much more even. Unfortunately for him he decided to immediately get right back up where after another exchange of strikes he was subsequently taken down by Andrews who managed to control the fight for the remainder of the round. The second round however maintained a much more exciting pace as the two fighters chose to stand-up and strike until the three minute mark where Daisuke managed to land a full-mount takedown on Andrews where no submissions or strikes were thrown as both fighters did nothing but control and counter. Yet again the third round was much of the same with an early flurry of strikes, followed up by Andrews landing a few takedowns with no real damage being done until the end of the fight. The relatively un-exciting bout brought Alex Andrews’s record to 12-3-1 whilst dropping Jouichirou Daisukes record to 8-5. Closer attention being paid to his energy coming into the fight may have increased Daisukes chances of winning the fight. The last undercard fight of the evening was a very exciting lightweight brawl featuring the Wonderful Boxer, Tyson Kawajiri entering the fight with a 5-1 record with all wins coming by TKO or KO, squaring off against another stand-up specialist in Dirt Magurt who entered the bout with a perfect 5-0 record with all wins coming via TKO or KO. Right off the bat Kawajiri showed his dominance in the Stand-up game managing to cut his opponent prior to himself getting cut. He continued to press the action, throwing four times the amount of strikes that his opponent threw. Eventually this torrential pace forced Magurt into making a bad decision and he ended up moving straight backwards instead of circling and was subsequently caught with a slick four punch combo that unsurprisingly dropped the fighter where the fight was ended at 00:56 of the first round, after a few unnecessary punches were thrown. The phenomenal finish brings Tyson Kawajiri’s record to 6-1 and extended his win streak to 3 fights. The loss however snapped Dirt Magurt’s perfect 5-0 record dropping him to 5-1. Phenomenal way to end the undercard bouts. In other undercard action we had the perfect 4-0 striker, Sean Sherk against the much more experienced 9-3 Kurisu Ikora in a lightweight bout. For the majority of the first round Ikora managed to a good game plan into action, getting a few quick takedowns where he was able to control the action and attempted a few sloppy submission attempts. The round was finished with two minutes of Sherk sitting on top of Ikora throwing strikes from everywhere, but he was unable to finish the fight. The second round was more of the same with Sherk taking the fight to the ground again and after avoiding two unimpressive submission attempts, he was able to rock Ikora and throw several more ground strikes to the point of Ikora being completely overwhelmed and eventually the ref was forced to stop the fight at 3:03 of round 2 declaring the winner via TKO, Sean Sherk. The win for Sean Sherk who was making his first Rising Sun appearance brought his perfect record to 5-0. The loss however dropped Kurisu Ikora’s record to 9-4 with 2 of his last 3 fights being losses. Another undercard bout pitted two Heavyweight striking specialists against each other, with the well rounded 4-0, 23 year old Mirian Cregov squaring off against the much younger 19 year old Kurt Meyer who entered the fight with a 4-1 record. Both fighters came into the fight with Granite Chins and excellent boxing which was a recipe for a tremendous fight. However Cregov entered the fight with a much better Muay Thai pedigree than his opponent and because of that was able to incorporate several kicks into his striking game, while Meyers was limited to predominantly punches. Because of this variety in striking, Cregov was able to throw 56 strikes to Meyers 27. Due to Meyers having a granite chin he was able to take the blows without going down but throughout the fight a cut opened by an early punch became progressively worse until eventually at 1:14 of the second round the fight was stopped by the referee as the cut was absolutely ghastly. The TKO victory increased Mirian Cregov’s record to a perfect 5-0 whilst dropping Kurt Meyer’s record to 4-2 and extending his losing streak to 2 fights after he started his career a perfect 4-0. The opening fight of the card was a middleweight bout featuring 4-1 Muay Thai specialist Matt Ono facing the 5-2-1 Paul Richards Jr. Despite being the better boxer, the lack of Muay Thai in Richards’s arsenal led to his inevitable demise. Right off the bat Ono was able to take the fight into the clinch where he threw 27 elbows, landing on 8 of them. The cut that appeared very early into the fight progressively became worse with each elbow strike until eventually the fight was stopped at 1:35 of the first round by the referee awarding the TKO victory to Matt Ono. The win increased Matt Ono’s record to 5-1, increasing his win streak to two fights. However the loss dropped Paul Richards Jr’s record to 5-3-1 and increased his losing streak to 2 fights. In other action... In a middleweight bout, 7-2 Tovio Halaus won a unanimous decision over 11-7 Wardor Warlovski bringing his record to 8-2 and dropping his opponent’s record to 11-8. In another middleweight fight, perfect 6-0 Gabriel Santos scored a 30:27 unanimous decision victory over 6-4 Ryosuke Takahashi, maintaining his perfect record at 7-0 whilst dropping Takahashi’s record to 6-5. In light heavyweight action, 5-3 Kazushi Yamazaki won a 30:27 unanimous decision over 6-4 Emils Heartman. The win brought Yamazaki’s record to 6-3 with him winning 4 in a row which in turn dropped Heartman’s record to 6-5, extending his losing streak to 4 fights. Finally in a bantamweight bout, 8-2 JJ Jung won a 30:26/30:27/30:25 unanimous decision over the 3-1 Ezio Machiavelli. The win, which was his 3rd in a row increases JJ Jung’s record to 9-2 which subsequently dropped Ezio Machiavelli’s record to 3-2. And with that Rising Sun 27 Boushoku comes to a close. The event featured numerous exciting finishes and wars that went the distance. Rising Sun 28 Taida however is coming right around the corner with Rising Sun’s middleweight champion, Tatu Tikki squaring off against the challenger Stari Starac. With both fighters coming into the bout with perfect energy and near equal skills it is sure to be a very exciting fight that I predict will likely end in a TKO finish for Tikki with him retaining his middleweight belt. Anyways that’s all from my end for the time being. I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow where hopefully the Rising Sun weekend will end with a bang.