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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Self-Defense Techniques
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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu : Theory & Technique
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The Essence of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
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Marco Ruas Vale Tudo Method
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Frank Shamrock's Ultimate Fighting Method
In the UFC match, Shamrock took the fight to Lober standing up and on the ground until he made Lober admit defeat and wanted to stop. Shamrock also knocked out Enson Inoue with a vicious knee. An awesome match which showed a smaller Shamrock going toe-to-toe with a larger Inoue. Shamrock also gassed Tito Ortiz, a much bigger opponent. Shamrock pretty much rang the show and went after Tito standing up and on the ground. Shamrock revealed that his conditioning and self-pacing allowed him to dictate the match since he was never gassed. Tito was left gasping for air and clinging onto Shamrock's ankle while Shamrock pretty much slapped at Tito's head. Our Price: $16.95
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Judo in Action: Throwing Techniques
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Kodokan
Judo
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Judo : Techniques of East and West
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Three
Budo Masters : Jigoro Kano (Judo, Gichin Funakoski)
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Armlocks
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Master : Combat for Street Defense and Competition
Kill-As-Catch-Can
: Wrestling Skills for Streetfighting
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Winning
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Fast Wrestling for Fighting : The Art of San Shou Kuai Jiao
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Champions'
Boxing Guide
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Dirty Tricks and Outlaw Killer Punches
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Streetfighting : Boxing As a Martial Art
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Boxer's Workout
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Science of Boxing : Rules and Articles on Training Generaliship in the
Ring and Kindred Subjects
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Fighting : Stompings, Maimings, and Other Things to Avoid When a Fight
Goes to the Ground
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Knives,
Knife Fighting, and Related Hassles : How to Survive a Real Knife Fight
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Inside
the Lion's Den
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Tau Pankration : Concepts and Skills of 'All-Powers' Combat
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Thai Boxing Dynamite : The Explosive Art of Muay Thai Muay Thai : the most distinguished art of fighting Muay Thai Kickboxing Tao
of Jeet Kune Do
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Jeet
Kune Do : Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way (The Bruce Lee Library,
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Bruce
Lee's Fighting Method : Basic Training
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Bruce
Lee's Fighting Method : Skill in Techniques, Volume 3
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Bruce
Lee's Fighting Method : Advanced Techniques, Volume 4
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This is a documentary covering the Vale Tudo Championship which showcased Rickson Gracie. It's a great documentary about Rickson and the locker room banter and strategizing is comical as well as enlightening. The footage of Rickson sparring at his school and his preparation is fascinating. It is a historical record of Rickson Gracie, who represents the last of his generation where Jiu-Jitsu was the fighting art of the ring and for self defense in the rough streets of Brazil. Vale Tudo means "Anything Goes." It's not a sport to Rickson but a testing ground for his family art. Our Price: $19.95
Pride FC 1 - From the Tokyo Dome (2001)
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Pride FC - Fighting Championships: Grand Prix Finals
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Pride FC 2 - From the Yokohama Arena (2001)
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Pride FC 4 - From the Tokyo Dome (2001)
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Pride FC 5 - From the Nagoya Rainbow Hall (2001)
Rickson and Royler spar with gi's on and also does a presentation. The footage is amazing and shows why Rickson is such a great grappler.
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by Royce Gracie, Charles Gracie, Kid Peligro (Contributor), Tom Page (Photographer)
This guide to the self-defense techniques taught in the classes of Royce Gracie, one of the biggest figures in the world of jiu-jitsu, provides lessons that anyone—regardless of strength or size—can learn to neutralize an attacker in seconds. It offers a variety of defenses to use against knife and gun attacks, as well as escapes from headlocks, choke holds, and other situations that attackers use on the street. Advice on practicing, falling and rolling, and following a specific diet make this book the next best thing to taking the classes that are popular with the United States military, police academies, and women's self-defense schools.
by Renzo Gracie, Royler Gracie, Kid Peligro (Photographer), John Danaher
The Brazilian jiu-jitsu style stems from the premise, garnered from analysis of actual street fights, that the outcome of any fight is decided on the ground. While most martial arts deal only with the initial punching and kicking stages of combat, Brazilian jiu-jitsu concentrates on ground combat. This guide shows how to use Brazilian jiu-jitsu to increase combat effectiveness. Photographs and step-by-step instructions show how to master the techniques used in this exciting new form of combat. Beautiful production & pictures. Tons of techniques. Excellent. Highly recommend.
by Rigan Machado
Rigan Michado, one of the most knowledgeable Brazilian jiu jitsu practitioners in the world, introduced for the first time in published form his famous "Machado Jiu Jitsu" techniques. This book encompasses an enormous variety of techniques, including arm locks, chokes and leg locks.
by Marco Ruas
Vale Tudo is the original "no-hold-barred" style of fighting, developed over many years and hundreds of full-contact competitions in Brazil. Marco Ruas is one of the world's best vale tudo fighters and here he demonstrates his favorite techniques. From stand up fighting, to takedowns, groundfighting and submissions, this book has it all! Ruas tied with Brazilian Black Belt, Pinduca, in their match in Brazil. It's on the Gracie In-Action tape. It was the Luta Livre vs. BJJ showdown.
by Frank Shamrock's
Frank Shamrock is perhaps the world's greatest no-hold-barred, full-contact fighting champion. He was won mixed-martial arts and anything-goes competitions all around the globe. This book is the first publication written by the man himself about his training methods, mental preparation and favorite fighting techniques. This is a complete guide to fighting, without rules, at any distance, as well as standing up or on the ground. A must for any serious martial artists or full-contact competitor, regardless of style. Shamrock defeated John Lober in the UFC after John had taunted Shamrock since Lober originally defeated Shamrock in Shamrock's first NHB fight.
by Isao Inokuma, Nobuyuki Sato
Two top judo players teaches the
foundations of Judo to top level techniques. Lots of pictures of techniques.
There's groundwork techniques. Excellent. Highly recommended.
by by Kazuzo Kudo
Get out of print editions of this excellent classic on Judo throwing techniques. Very rare when I tried to get them years ago. Rolls Gracie, Rickson's mentor, had a training partner who pored over old Judo books to search for techniques. If you practice jiu-jitsu or Judo, you have to have it in your library. Excellent. Highly recommended.
by by Kazuzo Kudo
Get out of print editions of this excellent classic on Judo groundwork techniques. Very rare when I tried to get them years ago. Rolls Gracie, Rickson's mentor, had a training partner who pored over old Judo books to search for techniques. I wouldn't be surprised, if that training partner had this book. If you practice jiu-jitsu or Judo, you have to have it in your library. Excellent. Highly recommended.
by Jigoro Kano
By the founder of Judo himself.
by Peter Seisenbacher, George Kerr
Alot of throwing techniques. Lots
of variations from a former Olympic champ. Interesting discussion about
European Judo vs. Japanese Judo.
by John Stevens
Good small book. Has a section about
Judo and even Esai Maeda, the Judo black belt who went around the world
as a prize fighter. Maeda fought and did rather well in an European catchcan
wrestling championship. He settled in Brazil and Carlos Gracie was one
of his students. Really nice book to get. It's not expensive.
by Neil Adams
This excellent instructional book
is one in a series of top notch Judo instructional books all authored by
Olympic level Judo players. Adams is a noted groundwork specialists. This
book is all about armlocks and special variations from him and other olympic
level competitors. If you can't get it from Amazon.com, try Ippon
books. The entire Masterclass series consists of books written by top Judo
players in their field of expertise.
by Nobuyuki Sato
Footsweeps.
W R E S T L I N G B O O K
S
by Gene Lebell
Lebell gained fame by being a pro
wrestler, early western judo player, and stuntman. Allegedly, he got into
an argument with Bruce Lee on a set and pinned Bruce down.
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by Ned Beaumont, Holly Tuttle (Illustrator)
Catch-As-Catch-Can wrestling is
an old style of european wrestling which is pretty rare nowadays. Esai
Maeda competed in a European championship and fared well. The surviving
active legacy of this style of wrestling survives in Japan in the form
of shootfighting. Around 25 years ago, a German wrestler taught "shooting"
to a group of Japanese martial artists. The top wrestlers were known as
"hookers." They could hook or submit an opponent from numerous positions.
There are only a handful of men who know real catch wrestling. It's pretty
much a dying art. That's the "Kill-As-Catch-Can" reference. Brilliant turn
of phrasing huh?
by Mark Mysnyk, Barry Davis, Brooks
Simpson (Contributor), Dan Gable
by Shou-Yu Liang, Tai D. Ngo (Contributor),
Liang Shou-Yu
The Chinese have a martial art devoted
to grappling. It's rather similar to Japanese jujitsu. The Chinese art
is called "Shuai-Chiao." It relies on strikes to set up an opponent for
a throw. The opponent is thrown usually to inflict harm and once on the
ground, strikes follow. The Chinese have a sports version of it.
B O X I N G & M U A Y T H A I B O O K S
by Cappy Kotz
It's a good introductory book for
beginners. Hints and tips to get you started. I read it at a bookstore.
It's not a very thorough and complete book on how to box. But most boxing
books are not very thorough. An excellent book is by Edwin Haislet. The
book actually is a condensed version of an old US Naval boxing instructional
book. It's very good. Alot of detailed techniques. It pretty much covers
everything from training to defense to offensive techniques. It only costs
ten dollars.
by Stephen B. Acunto, Edward Whitman,
Claudia Acunto (Photographer)
There aren't alot of instructional
boxing books out there. This one looks good. I'll probably get it for my
library.
by Champ Thomas, Jay C. 'Champ'
Thomas, Holly Tuttle (Illustrator)
Check out what others have to say.
I came across an interesting comment concerning Muay Thai kickboxing. Some
older practitioners lamented the fact that with gloves, modern practitioners
punch a great deal. In the past, they wore cotton bandaging and hitting
an opponent's skull hurt and can damage the hand easily so they punched
with considerably less frequency. I haven't got the foggiest idea what
"outlaw killer punches are."
by Ned Beaumont
The reviews for this book looks
good.
by Doug Werner
Excellent introductory text. The
series are written by authors who actually go and learn the sports. I read
the book and it's quite good. It has an interesting diary where the author
comments on each boxing session. It's a good book on how to get into boxing
and covers defense, offense, and training. Great book to read about the
learning process.
by Peter Depasquale
The original "white-collar" boxing
instructional book. It's a decent book which tells you how to choose a
gym and who to train. Similar to the above book. The author got into boxing
and like the prior book, it's good to read if you want to get into boxing
as a beginner.
by Mike Donovan
It's an instructional book from
a fighter from the early days of boxing. It's rather interesting in terms
of techniques and how they trained in the past. It has photos of techniques
and training hints.
by Marc MacYoung
MacYoung has written a number of
books on practical self-defense. This is great for the paranoid who's afraid
of getting into a bar fight and winding up on the ground.
by Marc MacYoung
When your Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, wrestling,
boxing, and the myriad of martial arts are less than adequate when someone
pulls a knife on you, I suppose you would like some pointers about how
to deal with someone pulling a knife on you. Running is always the best
option.
by Ken Shamrock, Richard Hanner,
Calixtro Romias (Photographer)
Highly recommended. It's hero-worship
tone is typical and expected. However, it has a good primer on shootfighting,
and Shamrock's school, The Lion's Den. It has some nice techniques and
training info. Shamrock recollects about his fights.
by Jim Arvanitis
Arvantis teaches Pankration. Unfortunately,
Pankration is not an extant martial art. It was a martial art of the ancient
Greeks. It's just kickboxing and whatever martial arts Arvantis decided
to put into the mix.
by Rebac Zoran
by Panyåa Kraithat.
by Surachia Sirisute.
by Bruce Lee, Gilbert Johnson (Introduction)
The original. It was a collection
of Lee's personal notes on fighting with examples of techniques. The interesting
thing is that many of Lee's notes came from excellent sources such as boxing
champions who commented on boxing techniques. Unfortunately, many of the
books are out-of-print, so Lee's notes are a direct source of those techniques.
Lee also studied sports physiology to increase his reaction time and striking
ability.
by Bruce Lee, John Little (Editor)
An improvement on "Tao of Jeet Kune
Do." After lee died, a very incomplete book of his notes was published
as "Tao of Jeet Kune Do." This book is far more complete and inclusive
of Lee's notes. There are interesting and rare pictures of Lee practicing
Judo throws while wearing a Judo gi. The small format of the book makes
the numerous sketches and drawings made by Lee a bit small. But it's a
great source for those interested in the fighting arts. Lee even has copious
notes and drawings all copied from currently out-of-print boxing books.
by Bruce Lee, Mitoshi Uyehara
Really good book. Lee was one of
the first "martial artists" to advocate western training techniques to
build strength and stamina. He did roadwork like a boxer and lifted weights.
You have to remember it wasn't such a long time ago when even high school
football coaches would tell their charges not to lift weights because it
would make them "muscle bound" and slow.
by Bruce Lee, Mitoshi Uyehara
Very interesting. Lee was one of
the first to attack traditional martial arts such as Karate. He felt the
stances and punches were not as effective as boxing. I just like the ideas
that Lee had. The pictures are also really cool. I just like the fact he's
demonstrating techniques wearing a black tank top, dress slack, and dress
shoes!
by Bruce Lee, Mitoshi Uyehara
I would urge you to get the whole
series. This series has alot of neat pictures. It's quite amazing to see
him hitting the heavy bag or doing kicks. Joe Lewis, the famous heavyweight
kickboxing champion sparred with Lee once. Lewis' girlfriend remarked that
Lee toyed with Lewis. Lewis even took private lessons from Lee and attributed
part of his wins to Lee's training.
N H B V I D E O S & V I D E O G A M E S
Done in documentary style, Choke takes an introspective look at the men--their goals, their dreams, and their families--who become the ultimate fighting machines in the ring at the 1995 Vale Tudo World Fighting Championship in Tokyo.
Delving into the life of the undefeated and undisputed world freestyle fighting champion, Rickson Gracie, a 30-year-old jujitsu expert from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this video displays a side that you rarely see in sports: the articulate, intelligent family man who turns his training into the art of movement and athleticism--not violence. It also explores the world of two men expected to offer a serious challenge to Gracie: American heavyweight kickboxer Todd "Hollywood" Hays and Japanese shootfighting heavyweight champion Koichiro Kimura. These two men provide some of the more uplifting moments in the documentary. Hays, who is also a member of the U.S. Olympic bobsled team, explains how he will use his performance money to fund his dream of buying a bobsled that will allow him to be a driver in the 1998 Winter Games. Kimura completes his training but then has to ask the permission of his elderly parents to compete. The big man bluffs his way through with a warm smile and a respectful manner.
Highly recommended.
Fight Card:
Rickson Gracie vs. Nobuhiko Takada
Kimo vs. Daniel Severn
Gary Goodridge vs. Oleg Taktarov
Akira Shoji vs. Renzo Gracie
Nathan Jones vs. Mitsuharu Kitao
Ralph White vs. Branko Cikatic
Kazunari Murakami vs. John Dixon
This tape was recorded on 5/1/00 in the Tokyo Dome in Japan as the finals of a tournament begun January of that year known as the Grand Prix. The object of the tournament was to crown the first PRIDE Heavyweight champion. It is a must-own for any mixed martial arts fan because it contains what will go down in history as perhaps the greatest fight ever. Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Royce Gracie is a ninety minute fight and represents the first win by a Japanese fighter over a Gracie family member using the Gracie clan's own rules. Royce actually fights Sak using his standup skills. In the end, Royce throws in the towel as he claims his shin bone is fractured from Sak's leg kicks. Highly recommended.
Fight Card:
Vernon White vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
Branco Cikatic vs. Mark Kerr
Marco Ruas vs. Gary Goodridge
Renzo Gracie vs. Sanae Kikuta
Akira Shoji vs. Juan Mott
William Roosmalen vs. Ralph White
Tasis Petridis vs. George Randolph
Fight Card:
Rickson Gracie vs. Nobuhiko Takada
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Allan Goes
Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Gary Goodridge
Marco Ruas vs. Alexander Otsuka
Hugo Duarte vs. Mark Kerr
Akira Shoji vs. Wallid Ismail
Daijiro Matsui vs. Sanae Kikuta
Yuhi Sano vs. Satoshi Honma
Fight Card:
Mark Coleman vs. Nobuhiko Takada
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Vitor Belfort
Enson Inoue vs. Soichi Nishida
Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Akira Shoji
Satoshi Honma vs. Francisco Bueno
Minor Toyonaga vs. Egan Inoue
Super Exhibition: Royler Gracie vs. Rickson Gracie
Pride FC 6 - From the Yokohama Arena (2001)
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Mark Kerr vs. Nobuhiko Takada
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Ebenezer Fontes Braga
Gary Goodridge vs. Naoya Ogawa
Akira Shoji vs. Guy Mezger
Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Carlos Barreto
Hiroki Kurosawa vs. Nobuaki Kakuda
Daijiro Matsui vs. Carlos Newton
Carl Malenko vs. Egan Inoue
Pride FC 7 - From the Yokohama Arena (2001)
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Fight Card:
Mark Kerr vs. Igor Vovchanchyn
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Anthony Macias
Akira Shoji vs. Larry Parker
Branko Cikatic vs. Maurice Smith
Enson Inoue vs. Tully Kulihaapa
Carl Malenko vs. Vanderlei Silva
Daijiro Matsui vs. Bob Schrijver
Pride FC 8 - From the Ariake Coliseum (2001)
Royler Gracie vs Kazushi Sakuraba! Royler takes a beating from his larger opponent but gamely soldiers on. As the clock runs down, Sak gets a Kimura on Royler and Royler defends the shoulder lock. Unfortunately, the Japanese referee or doctor stops the match in favor of Sak! Rickson protests the outcome and Royler argues that he was never in jeopardy of being hurt. Our Price: $19.95
Fight Card:
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Royler Gracie
Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Francisco Bueno
Alexander Otsuka vs. Renzo Gracie
Daijiro Matsui vs. Vanderlei Silva
Frank Trigg vs. Fabiano Iha
Carl Malenko vs. Allan Goes
Mark Coleman vs. Ricardo Morais
Gary Goodridge vs. Tom Erikson
Pride FC - Return of the Warriors
Sakuraba vs Renzo Gracie! An awesome match. Renzo fares well with Sak until Sak catches Renzo with the same move he tried on Royce. Unfortunately, Renzo tries to power out of the move. Both fighters spin and both go to the ground. Renzo gets caught with a Kimura with Sak on the top in the side position. Renzo loses as his elbow is dislocated. A horrific sight. Renzo doesn't realize this at all. Our Price: $17.26>
Fight Card:
Kazushi Sakuraba Vs. Renzo Gracie
Ken Shamrock Vs. Kazuyuki Fujita
Mark Kerr Vs. Borisov Igor
Enson Inoue Vs. Igor Vovchanchyn
Ricco Rodriquez Vs. "Giant" Ochlal
Gilbert Yvel Vs. Gary Goodridge
Vitor Gelfort Vs. Daljiro Matsui
Ryan Gracie Vs. Tokimitsu Ishizawa
Guy Mezger Vs. Vanderlei Silva
Extreme
Fighting: The Ultimate Battlecade (1997)
Damn, these tapes are cheap. Only
$9.99?! This one is really good. John Lewis, an American BJJ fighter, fights
and ties Carlson Gracie Jr. Jr. is the son of the famous Carlson Gracie.
Carlson is considered by Fabio Gurgel, to be one of the Gracie clan's great
champions. He fought Waldemar Santana a few times. He tied or defeated
Santana. Unfortunately, Lewis, a BJJ fighter himself nullified Jr.'s fight
game by simply hanging onto the fence. Lewis fought a smart fight. Jr.
was extremely humble and congratulated Lewis on the tie. Interesting enough,
Lewis fought similarly to Pele, a Brazilian NHB fighter, who's considered
an anti-grappler. He knows enough jiu-jitsu to deal with grapplers but
favors his trusty muay thai skills to give his opponents a beating. He's
earned a reputation for whupping BJJ fighters. Highly recommend.
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The
Ultimate Fighting Championship I (1994)
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no holds barred event. Royce fights in a tournament and defeats buff Ken
Shamrock with a choke. Every since that loss, Shamrock was gunning for
Royce. He got his wish when they set up a superfight just so these two
can settle their grudge. It's interesting that fighters from different
discipline rely on their background to try to defeat their opponent. It
just goes to show martial arts, boxing, wrestling, etc is not the equivalent
to NHB. You have to train specifically for these types of events. Of course,
Royce Gracie wins. You just have to see how quickly he ends up choking
Shamrock out.
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The
Ultimate Fighting Championship II (1994)
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Royce fights four opponents to secure
his second belt. He chokes out Remco Pardoel! Very tactical fight. Royce
also rematches with Jason DeLucia who had gone to the Gracie Academy and
wound up being triangled by Royce. This time, he fares no better and gets
caught in a simple armbar from the guard. The irony was that he used BJJ
techniques he learned from the Gracie Academy's GJJ instructional videso
tapes to defeat his opponents. But that was before he got armbarred by
Royce Gracie and had to tap furiously before his arm got mangled by Royce.
Ultimate
Fighting Championship III, The American Dream (1994)
Royce armbars an exhausted Kimo!
Kimo pushes Royce to the limit. Kimo is strong but has little skills. Royce
almost gets it when Kimo gets to Royce's back during a scramble and Kimo
almost sinks his hooks in. Really great fight. It was interesting how Royce
grabs Kimo's ponytail to keep Kimo bent over in Royce's guard. Royce gets
exhausted after the fight and he throws in the towel after his win for
his next match. It was reported that he couldn't see and was in shape to
fight.
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Ultimate
Fighting Championship IV, The Revenge of the Warriors (1995)
The famous Ron Van Clief, who's
pretty much too old to fight, tangles with Royce. Royce easily takes him
to the ground and doesn't hit Van Clief much and Van Clief gives up. Royce
then fights Keith Hackney. This was an excellent fight. Hackney does his
best; relying on anti-grappling and tries to stay on his feet. Royce can't
take him down and takes a few good strikes. Eventually, Royce gets the
guard on him and taps him out with an armbar. Royce takes the belt again
when he faces Dan Severn. This long match ends up with little Royce applying
a traingle choke on Severn. You couldn't have scripted it better. You see
Severn moving around and suffocating from the triangle leg choke. He taps
out.
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Ultimate
Fighting Championship V, The Return of the Beast (1995)
The superfight was between Royce
and Ken Shamrock. Shamrock plays it too safe.
He gets Royce with an awkward punch.
Royce gets dazed and for the rest of the match Royce's eye balloons to
a mouse. Shamrock plays it safe and ties with Royce by sitting put in Royce's
guard.
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Ultimate Fighting Championship VI, The Clash of the Titans (1996)
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Ultimate
Fighting Championship VII, The Brawl in Buffalo (1996)
Marco Ruas takes the belt. He coolly
dispatches his opponents. Ruas is a huge Luta Livre fighter who learned
a bit of BJJ. He then took a fight under the Luta Livre banner. The
BJJ community saw him as a traitor since Luta Livre was the rival style
to BJJ in NHB competition. Ruas was to fight Pinduca in the BJJ/Luta Livre
showdown. The showdown occured when the rivalry flared again and the gauntlet
was thrown down. Carlson Gracie assembled a NHB team and they matched their
fighters with the Luta Livre fighters. The "Ruas and Pinduca" fight can
be seen on the "Gracie In-Action" video series. It was actually a tie.
Ruas hammered Pinduca on the ground with strikes. Ruas would hammer backwith
strikes from the guard while Pinduca tried to pass Ruas' guard. Ruas uses
a neat leg lock on an unsuspecting opponent. Ruas takes out a plodding
massive Varelans for the belt with heavy muay thai leg kicks to the thigh.
Eventually, Varelans who's too conservative andplods along gets nailed
by a wicked leg kick to his thigh and actually falls over in agony. Ruas
quickly scrambles on Varelans to hammer him. Ruas appeared super relaxed
throughout ll of his fight. When he won the championship, he finally gets
emotional and starts to cry.
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Ultimate
Fighting Championship VIII, David Vs. Goliath (1996)
Great fight between Don Frye and
Gary Goodridge. Frye was the prototypical boxer/wrestler fighter. His ability
to grapple and to do standup marked the appearance of the crosstrainer.
He couldn't outwrestle a massive and strong Goodridge who at one point,
picks up Frye and flings him like a rag doll. Frye scrambles to get up
and nearly takes a kick to the head from Goodridge. Frye clinches with
Goodrige and puts his superior boxing ability to work as he dazes Goodridge
with uppercuts and hooks.
UFC 9 is quite good. It has a long
match between Don Frye and Amaury Bitetti. Bitetti is a top sports BJJ
fighter. He did an earlier NHB bout in Brazil. He actually got knocked
clean out by A capoeira stylist by the name of Mestre Hulk. Interesting
enough, Mestre Hulk knew a bit about the mount and grappling apparently
which he used to submit his opponents. With Bitetti, he and Bitetti just
brawled and Bitetti got tagged literally seconds into the match. Bitetti
kept trying to kept up and Hulk just hit him and Bitetti still tried to
kept up. Well, this was deja vu for Bitetti, who has a background in muay
thai gets outgunned by Frye. Frye outboxes Bitetti. When Bitetti tries
to go for the takedown, Frye cannily, relies on his superior wrestling
skills to nullify any attempt by Bitetti. Eventually, Bitetti eats too
many punches and can't mount an offensive. Frye simply sprawls and keps
Bitetti pinned and hammers him iwth elbows and knees.
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Ultimate Fighting Championship X, The Tournament (1997)
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UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) XXII - Only One Can Be Champion (2001)
Tito Ortiz and Frank Shamrock square off in a Main Event Middleweight Championship that will go down in history as one of the great NHB fights.
Frank takes it to the larger Tito standing up. Tito gets the takedowns on Frank but Frank weathers the ground and pound until Frank tires out Tito. Frank sets a murderous pace which leaves Tito helpless on the ground. John Lewis fights Lowell Anderson, a Rorion Gracie student. John outclasses Lowell standing up and on the ground. Lewis shuts down Lowell. A great fight revealing the weakness of a pure GJJ fighter vs a BJJ fighter who's good at standup. John's long arms give him the advantage when striking. Lowell is TKO'ed. Highly recommended.
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UFC 13-Ultimate Force (1997)
Watch the then rookie, Tito Ortiz, manhandle Mezger, but later gets guillotined by Mezger. Vitor Belfort enters the ring to easily dispatch the boozing and big-gutted Tank Abbot. The smack-talking Tank was shown his way to the ground as Vitor's punches leave Tank without his faculties.
Highly recommended.
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UFC 14-Showdown (1997)
Mark Coleman, the monster-sized wrestling champion dispatches Don Frye, also a wrestler but with boxing skills. He was so confident when he faced a smaller kickboxer named Maurice Smith. Smith had a strategy. He weathered Coleman's ground and pound attack from the guard. Eventually, the big steroided wrestler wore himself out. Smith fought to get to his feet. Now it was his turn to dish it out. Eventually Coleman was gasping for air. Smith simply took his time to attack a defenseless Coleman. Smith threw a kick to Coleman's face which Coleman believed was aimed for his abdomen and cleanly knocked out Coleman. Mark Kerr also enters the NHB ring and manhandles his competition with his size and wrestling prowess.
Highly recommended.
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UFC 15-Collision Course
Randy Couture, the wrestling champion, fights Vitor Belfort. An awesome fight with a bulked-up Vitor. Vitor tried to throw his straight blasts to knock out Randy. Randy, an older game wrestling champion used his old boxing techniques to good use. He tied up Vitor and with one arm behind Vitor's head, he uppercut Vitor and threw wicked hooks that eventually dazed Vitor. Randy also got to test Vitor's guard as he tried to ground and pound. The fight left a dazed Vitor on the ground semi-unconscious. He refused to submit.
Highly recommended.
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship: Ultimate Brazil (1999)
Tank Abbot vs Pedro Rizzo. Vitor Belfort fights against countryman, Vanderlei Silva, aka the "Ax murderer." This time, the fast hands of Vitor lays Silva out. An amazing short fight. Vanderlei would go on to great victories against Sakuraba ( twice).
Highly recommended.
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Ultimate
Fighting Championship - VIDEO GAME
What do you get when you cross boxing, aikido, Greco-Roman wrestling, and more than 25 other fighting styles? If you answered Ultimate Fighting Championship, you're correct (if you answered by cowering under a desk, we don't blame you). This is not some soap opera of thrown chairs and unrealistic moves. Two fighters and a referee enter the Octagon--the UFC's caged, eight-sided ring--where the fighters meld martial-arts styles to receive points for hits, holds, and takedowns.
Ultimate Fighting Championship features over 20 of the top UFC fighters with their specific moves and likenesses. You'll choose from 3,000 moves and 1,200 combos and string them into devastating attacks. Training mode allows you to learn the martial-arts discipline or combine moves of different schools.
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