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 Welcome everyone, I'm Phil Conners and I'm here to bring you another episode of "The MMA Today Show" where we bring you some of the best fighters in Los Angeles and explore what they are all about. Today we will be visiting with Mauricio "Pitbull" Calvancante, Mauricio is one of the best fighters in the game when it comes to fighting on the ground. Ladies and Gentlemen, give it up for Mauricio...PITBULL...Calvancante.
[Mauricio enters the set wearing an Armani suit, smiling, and waves to the crowd]
Phil: Welcome to the show Mauricio.
[Mauricio ignores Phil, and continues waving and bowing to the audience]
Phil: Thanks for coming on the show today.
Mauricio: Yeah, yeah cut the crap and lets get on with the interview.
Phil: Whoa down boy, be easy on me. I guess I know why they call you "Pitbull" now [chuckles]. So...Pitbull, at least you LOOK nice today. Tell me, where does all that anger come from, and is that what helps you win fights?
Mauricio: Well, I'd say that the name nickname Pitbull describes both my fighting style and personality. I was given the name
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 Greetings everyone and welcome to the inaugural event put on by Montreal’s newest Organization LEGACY! Our first event under the LEGACY Banner LEGACY 1 will come to you live from Montreal’s Expo Arena where 6,000 rabid fight fans are expected to make their presence felt and heard. LEGACY is very excited to make their debut in the Montreal fight scene and hope to start things of with a big Splash at LEGACY 1 beginning the journey we all hope will lead us to greatness.
Preliminary Matchups
135 lbs Urijah Faber vs Kevin McArthur 170 lbs Eddy Maiden vs Juan Pablo Green 265 lbs Kenrick Nikil vs James McCullen Destro 205 lbs Mathurin Kerbouchard vs Roberto Klinkhammer 155 lbs Rory Diaz vs Sergei Simenkov
Main Card
185 lbs Cup Tea vs Ali Seyedi
Cup Tea comes into this matchup on a 2 fight winning streak showing he can wi
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 To quote the Last Emperor: "One who never falls never gets up", and some have truly fallen. Vanilla Ice Cold, once an owner of 16-1 record (14 KOs, 1 Sub) is 0-3 in his last three fights. Prior to hitting this snag Ice Cold was ranked #4 in his weight class and appeared nearly unstoppable, suffering his only loss via submission, a loss that was attributed to Cold's manager's inexperience.
After signing with UPG, an organizatio laden with bantamweight talent, Ice Cold's level of competition doubled in its abilities and experience, and the results have shown: KO loss to #1 Rafa Silva, followed by two decision losses to Microscopic Hunt and Gegard Houllebecq, ranked 35th and 22nd respectively.
Cold's last fight took place on April 5th, 2013; since then Ice Cold h
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 King Of The Ring Promotions is a brand new fighting organisation based in London. We currently have a few fighters with contracts signed and are always looking for more fighters to sign contracts with us. We are a fight promotions which at the moment is focusing on up and coming, promosing fighters to help them start off and build their careers in a sold organisation which strives to host great, fair matched fights.
King Of The Rings 1 is the first event to be hosted by King Of The Ring Promotions on the 15/06/2013 at Paddy O'Malleys Bar in London. The event will be conducted under full MMA rules in a cage. There will be 6 bouts on the event and will include the main event fight which will have the King Of The Rings 145lbs Title for its first ever champion to be crowned.
This is certainly not an event to be missed and is one to be getting your up and coming fighters on!. |
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 Throwdown Fights: Gaara, first off, welcome to the Bantamweight division of Throwdown Fights. How do you feel about the competition?
Gaara Ryusan: Thank you. The division is still young, and everyone is still trying to prove themselves. There's been two champions so far, and both have been grapplers, I'm looking to change that.
TDF: Mikhail Maeda recently won the title from Jamie Lawlor by using his superior BJJ. If you're able to become a top contender, do you think you could handle a Brown Belt?
Ryusan: He has the better ground game, that's for sure. He needs to get in close to take me down though, and he's not going to like that. I've been training my sprawl, and I'm the best striker in the division.
TDF: That's a pretty big claim for someone who hasn't fought yet, care to elaborate?
Ryusan: The Bantamweight division is filled with wrestlers and BJJ practitioners. I've been boxing for over a decade, and none of them have gone up against anything like that. I'm going to overwhelm them.
TDF: There is one other fighter in the division who prefers to keep it standing up, and that is 0-3 Jackie Lee. Have you watched h
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 Throwdown Fights: Throwdown Fights here with Super Heavyweight Champion Dan "The Tank" Thompson. Thanks for joining us today.
Dan Thompson: My pleasure.
TDF: So to start off, lets talk about some of your accomplishments. You're the first Super Heavyweight Champ in TDF, The first champion to successfully defend his title, recipient of a Fight of the Night award, and currently undefeated at 2-0. Not to mention you're currently ranked 7th pound for pound in the organization. How does that all feel?
Thompson: It's surreal. I got lucky getting chosen for that first fight for the title. I came out and proved the better fighter to get on top and now that I'm here, I don't plan on leaving any time soon.
TDF: Speaking of your first fight, your opponent Johnny DeMarco called you out for a rematch.
Thompson: That's right. Claims I got lucky with the arm triangle.
TDF: You accepted the fight, though under some odd circumstances.
Thompson: I have no problem fighting the man again, if he wants to get beat, I'll dish the beating every time. But he hasn't earned a title shot, and TDF doesn't just give title shots to whoever runs their mouths. So I got together with Mr. Naccarato and DeMarco and we talked it out. We decided to make it a non title fight, three rounds deal.
TDF: Do you feel that this was the ri
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 Welcome everyone, I'm Phil Conners and I'm here to bring you another episode of "The MMA Today Show" where we bring to you some of the best fighters in Los Angeles and explore what they are all about. Today we will be spending some time with Kari Parisyen, Kari is a young up and coming fighter in the UPF-LA who will be fighting for the bantamweight title belt on June 14th. Ladies and Gentlemen, give it up for Kari Parisyen. [Kari's song, "KPARISYEN" starts blaring on the studio sound system]
[Kari waves to the audience as he walks over to Phil, shakes his hand and takes his seat]
Phil: Welcome to the show Kari.
Kari: Thank you Phil, its great to be here...
Phil: So Kari, you've had quite a month, you've won "Fighter of the Month" for May, with two impressive victories. Now you will be starting off June with a shot at the championship. What has it been like all of the attention, have you prepared yourself for it?
Kari: First off, I would like to thank UPF-LA for giving me this shot, and also my mentor,KRAD. It’s truly difficult to describe the experience. This is where I expected to be, but it has come faster than I expected. My
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 Empire 45 - Recap and Bonus Awards
The 2nd June marked the occasion of Empire 45 in Los Angeles, only available on PPV, here's a quick recap of all the action and the results of the bonus awards as we go over a great night of fights!
205 lbs - Gristle McThornbody vs Ignatius Reilly
McThornbody controlled this one for the majority of the fight, cutting open Reilly early on and never really allowing him to work his way into it. McThornbody was throwing more and landing more throughout the rounds, working some tidy boxing along with some heavy low kicks to the leg and body. Reilly tried to stay competitive bur with his hands struggling to land he was restricted to only really having any success with leg kicks and with both guys nullifying each other in the clinch, it made it a comfortable decision victory for McThornbody
Winner – Gristle McThornbody via Unanimous Decision (30:27 on all scorecards)
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