"The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung

I haven't heard of this guy, but I'm not much of an MMA junkie, so that's not surprising. He looks good! Nice soundtrack too.

Thanks to @crazyfistsblog and pancrase.org (caution: annoying audio ads on this link).

Quote of the Day: Lyoto Machida

"If you have a dream for your life, you can achieve it. It's a possible!"

Pure inspiration. Traditional karateka everywhere rejoice.

New York Fighting Championship

The New York Fighting Championship is a new organization putting together... you guessed it, a fighting championship. Not exactly sure what rules they'll be using - clicking on the link for "Rules" give you a list of links to other organization's rules. Take a look.

Frank Shamrock vs. Nate Diaz April 11th

It's on Showtime. I don't have Showtime. Anybody have Showtime?

This is a Strikeforce production. I'm not sure what the rules are.

It's in San Jose, which we all know as Cung Le's backyard... Man I am behind the times. I just read Cung Le's bio and apparently he beat Frank Shamrock in an MMA match? Who knew? And it says that he was an All-American wrestler in high school and JC California state champion from West Valley Junior College. I wrestled in high school growing up in California, and for those that don't know, California has some of the toughest high school and JC wrestling in the nation. To be a JC state champion in California, you actually have to be pretty tough mofo (as well as highly skilled and little bit crazy).

"Night of Martial Arts" in Brighton Beach Tomorrow Night

Gene Fabrikant presents "Night of Martial Arts" at Oceana Restaurant and Nightclub. The picture above is shashlik, my favorite Russian food. If you're making the trip out to Brighton Beach, you should stop in somewhere and try some! It's delicious! The world-record shashlik was 70 meters long and used 152 kg of meat.

1029 Brighton Beach Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11235-5601
Thursday, December 18, 2008
First bout 8 pm
For tickets call 917-579-5286

Tentative matches (NOT ORDER)

Submission grappling (no uniform) at 150 lbs
Jackson Galka (Daddis Fight Camps)
vs.
Doug Miller (NY San Da)

FCR (166-174.5)
Tario Faruo (America's Finest)
vs.
Phil Cornelius (NY San Da)

San Da match (absolute 250 lbs plus)
Benjamin Ortiz (American Top Team)
vs.
Jerry Douglas (Combat Club)

Muay Thai match (175-183 lbs.)
Dorian (NY San Da)
vs.
Dan Likun (Advanced fighting Systems - Team Asylum)

Grappling match
Edwing Polche (Daddis Fight Camps)
vs.
John (America's Finest)

Grappling match
Ali Mustafa (Rhino Fight Team)
vs.
Victor (America's Finest)

Leg kick match (Light Heavyweight Division 167-174.9)
Alex Tyra (Evolution Combat Club)
vs.
Marvin Leggits (NY San Da)

Muay Thai match
Jaffer Panezai (Greg Mihovich)
vs.
Niko Kolotyan (Lion’s Club)

Submission grappling (no uniform) at 200 lbs
Robert Peach (Daddis Fight Camps)
vs.
Rafael Hernandez (America’s Finest)

Leg Kick (women 123-131.9 lbs.)
Heather Wagner (Champions)
vs.
Katy Irani (NY San Da)

FCR
Gladstone Allen (Tae Kwon Do)
vs.
Tom Spriggs (America's Finest)

Muay Thai match (140-146.9 lbs.)
Arthur Sorsur (American’s Finest)
vs.
Adam Swindell (NY San Da)

Despite what is says here, FCR does not stand for Forest City Ratner. It's Full Contact Rules.

Night Of Martial Arts December 18th in Brooklyn

Gene Fabrikant presents the "Night of Martial Arts" at Oceana Restaurant and Nightclub (1029 Brighton Beach Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11235-5601). On Thursday, December 18.

• Muay Thai
• San Da
• Full Contact Kickboxing
• Sport Jiu Jitsu (NO STRIKING)
• Team vs Team competition for the Boris Talis Cup!

If you are interested in fighting on this show please send the following information to David A. Ross (at INFO@nysanda.com).

1. Name
2. Style you want to fight (Muay Thai/San Da/FCR/Jiu Jitsu)
3. Record (if any: win-loss-draw)
4. Weight
5. Height
6. Gym affiliation
AMATEUR ONLY!


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"Night of Martial Arts" in Brooklyn December 18th

Photo via bridgeandtunnelclub.com

SEEKING AMATEUR FIGHTERS FOR DECEMBER 18th (Brooklyn NY)

Gene Fabrikant presents
"Night of Martial Arts"
at Oceana Restaurant and Nightclub
1029 Brighton Beach Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11235-5601
THURSDAY, December 18, 2008
Muay Thai
San Da
Full Contact Kickboxing
Sport Jiu Jitsu (NO STRIKING)
Team vs Team competition for the Boris Talis Cup!

If you are interested in fighting on this show please send me (at INFO@nysanda.com)

1. Name
2. Style you want to fight (Muay Thai/San Da/FCR/Jiu Jitsu)
3. Record (if any: win-loss-draw)
4. Weight
5. Height
6. Gym affiliation
AMATEUR ONLY!

David A Ross
New York San Da
www.NYSanDa.com
(212) 239 8619

NAAFS Night of Champions

CLEVELAND, OH: The North American Allied Fight Series returns to Gray's Armory on Saturday December 6th for one of the showcase Pro/Am events of the year: Night of Champions 2008. This year's event will be highlighted by seven National Amateur Title fights, plus the return of "Smokin" Joe Heiland to NAAFS competition as he takes on UFC reality TV star, "The War Machine" Jon Koppenhaver.

After nearly 10 months away from the cage, Heiland will look for his 11th straight win as he takes the toughest test of his young career in the War Machine. Koppenhaver, a cast member of Spike TV's hit reality show, "The Ultimate Fighter" and UFC veteran, will make his NAAFS debut on December 6th when he invades Cleveland for this highly anticipated lightweight bout. Both fighters make the cut to 155 lbs for the first time.

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US Open San Da Championships Coming in October

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Links: King of Sanda, USKBA

7/14: East Coast Combat Challenge: "NEXT"

Saturday July 14, 2007
(Amateur Sanda, Muay Thai and Full contact Kickboxing)
At "Fighthouse" in NYC (27th Street)

Ed Hsu will present his second "East Coast Combat Challenge" once again in New York City on Saturday July 14th.

This is an all amateur card and USKBA rules require head gear and shin guards in all divisions.

If you have anyone interested, please send their info to INFO@nysanda.com

1. Full Name (and ring nickname, if one is used)
2. Weight
3. Height
4. Age
5. Muay Thai, Sanda or American rules

6. Experience:
No. of years training & ring experience
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please include ALL ring experience, including all boxing, kickboxing, and MMA matches.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Also include any unsanctioned bouts such as interclubs or smokers!

7. Coach & Gym (name, address, & phone number)

Kayo Promotion's Presents: Plattduetsche Park Restaurant

Amateur Kickboxing, Muay Thai Fight Nite
Sanctioned by I.K.A.S.

Date: June 22nd - Friday
Time: 7pm
Location: Plattduetsche Park Restaurant
1132 Hempstead Turnpike
Franklin Square, NY 11010
Phone: 516-742-5445
Call for advanced seating!

Check out our website at corleonekickboxing.com

Did you see it?

I didn't buy the pay-per-view, and good thing, too! Knocked out in the first round. Wow. I'm not a huge UFC fan, but I did see a lot of the publicity leading up to the fight, and I thought it would be Jackson all the way. Of course that's coming from someone who hasn't seen any of Liddell's fights except on youtube.

Here's the extremely brief official play-by-play from sherdog:

Round 1
Jackson cuts off the cage as Liddell circles. Rampage opens up with a one-two. Liddell calmly steps away. Quinton Jackson knocks out Chuck Liddell with a hard right hand and some pound for good measure. Liddell complains but he was clearly out. The official time is 1:53 of the first.

East Coast Combat Challenge June 29th

Ed Hsu will present his second "East Coast Combat Challenge" once again in New York City on Friday June 29th

This is an all amateur card and USKBA rules require head gear and shin guards in all divisions.

If you have anyone interested, please send me their info.

1. Full Name (and ring nickname, if one is used)
2. Weight
3. Height
4. Age
5. Muay Thai , Sanda or American rules
6. Experience:
No. of years training & ring experience
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please include ALL ring experience, including all boxing, kickboxing, and MMA matches.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Also include any unsanctioned bouts such as interclubs or smokers!
7. Coach & Gym (name, address, & phone number)
David A Ross
info@nysanda.com
(212) 239 8619

20 year old Kickboxer from Middle island NY Wins fight and many new Fans in China !

Hey Guys, Results from China.

John Gilliam did a great Job fighting in China, winning his first fight by 2nd round TKO against a National champion from China.

We saw that this fighter was very aggressive and looking to land strong low kicks in round 1. John stayed cool and fought back hard beginning to back his fighter up by end of the round. We noticed that he had a tall stance and new that a spinning back fist was called for. John threw it and landed very hard opening a cut on his opponents head. After they worked on it and the doctor checked it out they let the fight continue with John attacking very strong and again landing another clean spinning back fist which opened the cut more, they stopped the fight and John was a new star in China.

This entire event was on Live TV and was covered by all the press. John was on the front page of the newspaper in the morning and was a definite target of Team China which John was likely to fight again in his next match.

There was still another elimination in John's weight class with the A from China fighting a fighter from Romania. The Romanian fighter was a strong boxer and landed some hard punches but by the end of round 1 was caught with a high round kick to the head which made for a head kick KO.

Now we knew for sure that John was fighting a fighter from China in the next round and he had very good kicks.

The only KO's in the tournament were by John and his Chinese opponent which he fought for the title.

This fight was for the Kung Fu King tournament 75 kg title and the winner would go on to challenge for the overall KFK title.

Our plan was to get inside of his kicks and his was to keep us outside. Well it was another great fight with the fighter from China winning on points with him sticking to his game plan and staying calm and outside for the entire fight. John landed some good blows and also had a great suplex overhead throw in round 2.

John Gilliam gained the respect of many new Chinese fans as he was the only foreign fighter to Win in the first round and go to the final for the KFK title.

There were fighters from 5 countries: Russia, Romania, Iran, USA, and China.

Congratulations John on a great job representing Team USA in China in this great Sanda tournament!

WORLD KICKBOXING CHAMPION
TOMMY "BEE" BOTTONE
ringoffirekickboxing.com
myspace.com/tommythebee

20-year-old John Gilliam from Middle Island NY invited to fight in China!

John Gilliam, 20, has been training at AFC kickboxing in his hometown of Middle Island NY since he was 10 years old with World kickboxing Champion Tommy "BEE" Bottone.

John has fought and won fights in many fighting styles since he began competing at an early age.

In 2006 John took his career to another level, traveling to Virginia Beach to win the gold medal in the U.S. WAKO kickboxing championships which was the largest full contact kickboxing rules tournament in US history.

John also won the gold medal in the USKBA World championships held in New Jersey.

Later in the year John was the team captain for Team USA which traveled to Ottawa Canada to fight Team Canada.

After returning from Canada, John fought for the PKF amateur World title and won by 4th round KO.

Earlier in the year John fought in a co-main event at a local event held in Shirley NY fighting a fighter from Yugoslavia and winning by a head kick KO in round 2.

The event March 23rd through March 25th in China will be a World tournament fought under Chinese kickboxing rules (Sanshou) which is a unique fighting style as all punches and kicks are legal above the waist but there are also kicks to the legs allowed and all throws are legal as well. This style of fighting is from China and has been made very popular in the US by Cung Le, and locally by NY Sanda.

There will be fighters from all over the World at this event. Last years winner in the overall division was from Russia. John will get a chance to win his weight class and then move on to win the overall division.

This style is no stranger to John as his trainer Tommy "BEE" Bottone was a Sanshou tournament Champion before turning to other rules for Pro kickboxing in the US. Bottone said that John is ready and willing and that his unique style of strong hands, great kicks and strong wrestling skills will be hard to beat.

John Gilliam is very excited to take his career to another level with this World tournament in China.

John was a very good wrestler for Longwood school district and has been well prepared for this type of tournament in his years of training and teaching at AFC kickboxing.

For more information about John Gilliam and Team USA go to www.ringoffirekickboxing.com
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