Archive for February, 2010
Free UFC Prediction Frank Mir vs Cheick Kongo
I will tell you one thing about this fight, Cheick Kongo sucks at grappling. Yes he can strike but his grappling is so bad it is not even funny. About 6 months ago Kongo made a visit to Vancouver Canada and he stopped and rolled with some of my teammates at Dynamic MMA and some Marcus Soares BJJ fighters. Adam Ryan runs Dynamic MMA and he was putting on a show on Kongo. Yes Ryan has MMA experience and is a black belt in jujitsu under 7th degree BJJ black belt Marcus Soares but he was playing with Kongo on the ground and many guys ranging from blues, purple, brown belts in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu were also dominating Kongo on the ground. Cheick Kongo was basically being pimped on the ground. Kongo was only able to survive just on the fact that he was bigger and had freak strength.
If Kongo was getting dominated by some guys that don’t ever fight no gi, than what chance does he have with Frank Mir? Frank Mir is a legitimate black belt that will come into this fight heavier at 245 pounds than Kongo (230) and one inch shorter. There is no way that Kongo will be able to keep this fight standing and no way will he be able to defend Mir’s submission attempts.
Mir received his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu after only 5 years of training from Ricardo Pires who is a forth degree black belt under Professor Marcus Soares, from Carlson Gracie. Mir is a legitimate black belt with real skills while Kongo is barely a blue belt at best. Mir has the size and power to attack and submit Kongo in this fight.
It is not a matter if but when this fight hits the ground in this heavyweight fight. Just look at Kongo’s last MMA fight. He fought Cain Velasquez and in all 15 minutes of that fight he was on the ground for 12 of them. Velasquez was able to take him to the ground and basically control him and beat him down for 12 minutes. I would have personally scored each of those round 10 to 8 in favor of Velasquez. It was embarrassing how apparent his lack of skills were on the ground.
Now detractors of this article will say that Velasquez was a NCAA division 1 fighter and that it was his wrestling skills that were able to hold him down on the ground. Well first Mir has considerable wrestling skills where he went to Bonanza High School in Las Vegas where he had a record of 44–1. He started wrestling during his junior year and lost his first nine matches but won the state championship as a senior in 1998.
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Yes Kongo has the advantage in the striking department but Mir has enough skills to bide his time before he will be able to take him down. Yes Kongo was the former Muay Thai World champion and can knock out Mir but Mir has fought top level strikers in the past. Mir fought Antoni Hardonk (who has a similar fighting style to Kongo) at UFC 74 and won via kimura in 1:17 of the first round. I predict a similar fate in the fight. Mir will take Kongo down and either attack the legs or the win this fight by kimura.
Bottom Line: If you think Kongo will win this fight you really don’t know Mixed Martial Arts. The sports book odds makers opened the UFC betting lines with Mir as a -185 betting favorite. I would have opened up at -250 so this UFC sports bet is a steal on the money line. I would lay a lot of money on Mir to submit Kongo.
Kongo is no where near a top level fighter. He is the best example of a one dimensional fighter. He has great striking but no grappling whatsoever. He has used his size and strength in the past but Mir is a bigger fighter and will impose his skill on an unskilled fighter. This is the best UFC bet of the night. I would lay a huge amount of money on the money line and if there is a UFC prop bet I would bet on a submission victory in this fight.
Sleung
Matt Serra The Future UFC Lightweight Champion
Let’s get things straight, I’m saying that Matt Serra has no chance against Georges St Pierre in their UFC welterweight championship bout on April 7, 2007 in Houston Texas. What I am saying is that Matt “The Terror” Serra will be a future champion in the UFC lightweight division.
The UFC does not have another fighter like Matt Serra. Serra is a brilliant fighter, a fighter with a 7-4 MMA record, 5-4 in the UFC. Huh? How can I call a fighter with a record like that brilliant? As is often the case in combat sports, Matt Serra is not defined as a fighter by his victories, but by his losses and Matt Serra’s losses are impressive!
Matt Serra’s first loss came in May 2001 to none other than Shonie Carter. Matt Serra was dominating this fight and was ten seconds away from winning when Shonie caught Matt with an impressive spinning back fist. That back fist has become the staple of every MMA knockout highlight reel since. Matt has since avenged his loss to Shonie, but since it was part of the Ultimate Fighter reality series and only a two round fight, the victory does not show on his official record.
BJ Penn was the next MMA wizard to defeat Matt Serra. We all know BJ Penn. He’s the rubber man, he is unbelievably talented and flexible. BJ Penn may very well have the most natural talent of any fighter in MMA. That said, Matt Serra lost a very close decision to BJ Penn. I believe that a rematch between these two fighters should be in order. Perhaps it will happen at welterweight, or more appropriately back at lightweight where I believe both of these guys are at their best.
Matt Serra’s next loss is a bit iffy. He lost a decision to Din Thomas. Again, I believe Din Thomas is a good fighter, but I’m not sure why Matt Serra couldn’t finish him. It’s in the books as a Din Thomas victory, but if these two fought again today I am certain that Matt Serra would win.
Karo Parisyan also decisioned Matt Serra, this loss coming in June of 2005. Karo is an excellent Judo/BJJ/Ground fighter, so it’s no surprise that this fight went to a decision. Basically both guys strength canceled each other out.
That’s four losses, but all four come to well known accomplished fighters. Also, all four fighters are still in the mix, moving their way back up into contention for belts at lightweight and welterweight.
Georges St Pierre is standing in the way of Matt Serra taking the UFC welterweight title on April 7. I don’t believe anything short of an injury during the fight will prevent Georges from winning that fight. Full apologies to Matt if he thinks I’m disrespecting his skills, it’s not that, it’s just that I think Georges is just naturally too big and too good a striker for Matt to be effective. Georges has excellent take down defense and good ground and pound, I believe he will win this fight, let’s hope it’s a good one though.
Matt Serra belongs at lightweight. This is his natural weight class and he would do very well there. I believe that Matt has current lightweight champion Sean Sherk beaten in both ground skills (BJJ) and striking. The only spot Sherk has an advantage is wrestling skills, however Serra is very dangerous from his back. I believe that after Matt Serra gets this fight with Georges St Pierre over with, he will return to rule the lightweight division, and hopefully set up a rematch with BJ Penn.
Jon Murray
http://www.articlesbase.com/sports-and-fitness-articles/matt-serra-the-future-ufc-lightweight-champion-102851.html
Whose the King?
Can a man beat a woman at Martial Arts? This is a question people have so here is a take on it. Bobby Riggs (1970′s) tennis star boasted he could beat anybody at the game. History tells us Billy Jean King beat him– several times. The press had a field day and women the world over felt good. Lucky for Mixed Martial Arts- mixed does not mean mixed sexes. Jodi Short lost her front teeth during amateur sparring bout in Missouri. Bernice Downs of Illinois would compete as hard with the guys as with women. Malia Dacascos could out kick anyone.
How the Karate Kids see it… We see boys cheer their favorite in a girl -verse- girl match. The same boys are disappointed when a girl beats a boy sparring. Boys forget and we should remind them, it s usually the moms that gets the them to class ( enter Soccer Moms)So sexism starts at a early age, we need to watch for it . Full Contact-
One lady locally signed up for a Mixed Martial Art tournament and died from head wounds.So the money she was to earn for her fee was not worth it to the family. Life is short as it is. Head gear should be required for all contact sports. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has it’s Divas. Strong,sexy, staged showmanship. At least there they get paid for their bruises. . We hope we don’t see any Mixed-Martial Arts Promotions( Man vs Women) soon. Let women preserve their bodies .Entering and leaving motherhood is enough. Even smashed on beer no one wants to see their wives, daughters and mothers pummeled. Women boxers work as hard as anybody. They are just amusement to the Main Event ( the big boys).
Shown above is Schimabuku’s Isshinryu emblem . We’ve never seen a female displayed more prominent on a uniform. A warrior not concubine . The idea is under the right circumstances, as to protect her offspring the female is most formidable. Theres your answer. Now how can women protect themselves wearing stilleto shoes?! Well, more at pro-amkarateunion.com
Hanshi D. Hedrick
http://www.articlesbase.com/martial-arts-articles/whose-the-king-683105.html
Chris Bridgewater wins Main Event at Underground Cage Fighting Series against Peter Davis
Chris Bridgewater wins Main Event at Underground Cage Fighting Series against Peter Davis by way of Refferee stopage with 2.49 mins remaining of the first round!
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Inside MMA 2/26/10 PART 6/6
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SKETCHES OF PAIN 3/6or7, Set Up (Rupert Hine), Cover Jörgchen, LowFi
Jazz and Poetry. It’s all about the poetry of Jeannette Obstoj who writes the bulk of lyrics for Rupert Hine. There is quite a story to this, further down.
LYRICS:
Set up – set up for the sake of a comfortable home
Too young – too young to take control
Mother’s little weapon for when Father broke the rules
He never wanted her or me
He just wanted to be free
There’s a risk and a twist
And all this from the girl you missed by minutes
On the day you were hit
Set up – every opportunity to make me like them
Set up – born into a world where I had no control
One set up leads to another
Too set up to lie to each other
And it’s all been a frame
I’ve got to change my appearance
And get rid of their name
They did it with mirrors
They did it without pain
I was set up and held up and stuffed in a cage
Don’t get up and say it was some other mother
I’m sure enough it was you that planted me
Is there anyone out there
Who can change this atmosphere
Set up – every opportunity to make me like them
Set up – born into a world where I had no control
One set up leads to another
Too set up to lie to each other
They did it with kindness
They did it with a smile
They did it all with I licence
They did it according to the rules
They did it with good advice
They did it for some reason
They did it
Well they tried
I found the instrumental jazz-cd on a fleamarket. I was convinced I found a trace of my old best friend from school. Name, provenience, looks (15 years later) and some other hints were evident. He was learning the guitar every day, back then, wanting to become a musician soooo bad. I was all excited and determined to make contact again. BUT I wanted to surprise him. I had this old wish of me, to reanimate (phantasies….) the Jazz and Poetry genre from the 60ies. Just this time not to deliver musical versions of poems, but more to bring “down” songlyrics back to the poetry level. (Still I think this is a great idea. for a niche).
Anyway, on my way home I bought a microphone for 9.90. I plugged it in my mother’s carriable cassette(!)-recorder from the 60ies, reporter model, because it would overdub, i guess as an production error. I listened to the jazz cd noting roughly where I would have how much time to add words while I copied to an musiccassette. Then went for it. I used what I found for effects. Cardboardboxes, bathtub, wollen sheets…
I wanted to improvise and set myself under pressure. So all the takes are take one always with one eye on the cd-player counting the time left. The result is defintively sketchy and was meant to be that way, thinking me and my buddy could maybe redo the thing. All 7 songs were recorded in one afternoon. It’s not really what I had in mind with Jazz and Poetry because I thought of a different kind of Jazz. But it’s getting there.
I had the tape. Phoned my buddy. Met my buddy and played the cassette to him, waiting for the surprise on his face. What I saw was utter disbelief as he is into hardrock and heavymetal, really. I felt looked at like if i was an alien materializing in his living room. He had NOTHING to do with this music. That was a totally different guy with the same name as him. In fact, he, my buddy, gave UP his musical carreer after 20 years of practizing the guitar daily and studying music in university after hid dead grandmother with a giant glowing cross behind her told him in a dream to become a healer. So he hung the guitar on the wall and became a healer !! !!!? !!
Today I had a telephone conversation with the REAL musician of the same name as the HEALER (couldn’t heal ME!) explaining that I would like to ruin his work in public. I mean, he is a real professional musician (orchestra and shit) and I’m a bloody amateur croaking over his fine jazz. THAT is the point were I have respect for the respective owner of the copyright. If HE said: No, I don’t want that, you are ruining the piece i would naturally still do it. But not go public. He was very nice (and sends me another cd) and said: “Isch mer Wurscht! Nu mache!” which translates “I don’t care, just go ahead”.
The Noises are extreme. The friend who digitalized it for me tried to fight it and gave me opportunity to add a little extra-hall now and then.
More then a Mood: Ch. Hartmann, F. Lüscher, F. Nussbaumer, D. Aebli
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WZR Radio 12/1/10 (5/14)
Thanks for coming back. It’s been a crazy and stressful week with the WZROnline.com site issues. We’ve put up a temp. design as well as the shoutbox for now. We’re working on bringing back the original design. That could happen later tonight. We’ll see.
Tonight’s show will feature a RAW recap from last night as well as coverage of the WEC and UFC shows over the past two days. We’ve also got lots of news and rumors as well. We’ll be taking your live phone calls in hour two as well. TURN YOUR SPEAKERS DOWN IF YOU’RE CALLING IN!!! Thanks and enjoy the show.
Duration : 0:9:25
WZR Radio 24/2/09 (9/12)
WZR Radio, Live Baby Live, Tuesdays at 7:00PM EST, leading you into WWE NXT! WZR host Ryan Clark & Matt Boone hosts this weekly two-hour program as they run down the latest in professional wrestling, talk a little MMA and UFC News, answer your questions from the live chat room, and take your LIVE PHONE CALLS all night long! Were LIVE every TUESDAY NIGHT from 7:00-9:00 PM EST!!
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Duration : 0:10:24
WZR Radio 24/2/09 (11/12)
WZR Radio, Live Baby Live, Tuesdays at 7:00PM EST, leading you into WWE NXT! WZR host Ryan Clark & Matt Boone hosts this weekly two-hour program as they run down the latest in professional wrestling, talk a little MMA and UFC News, answer your questions from the live chat room, and take your LIVE PHONE CALLS all night long! Were LIVE every TUESDAY NIGHT from 7:00-9:00 PM EST!!
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Duration : 0:6:26
What do you think of my first book idea?
So I’ve been writing a series of books dealing with a charcter named Danny Jones. The first book in the series is called The Hourglass Plague, it sounds weird, i know. Well i think I’ll skip the beginning because that’s only relevent to the end of the series. But Danny somehow finds himself and his friends stuck under ground after excavating his schools rumored "underground tunnels" he then finds a place unlike any he’s seen before. Its a large base that looks like a castle he curiously goes in and sees that people live there. King Poronac and his son tarool, along with their pet panther named dusk, so Poronac eventually recognizes over time that Danny has the same aura surrounding him as the ancient elemntal of fire, Blaze (long story) SO POronac lets him stay knowing that a child of an elemental could only bring trouble to his castle, Poronac shows Danny that it is not a normal castle, he brings him in a large room, it was like a zoo. Except there were no animals in the cages, they were mythical creatures, so POronac tells Danny that his family had been hunting mythical creatures on earth for centuries bringing them back into the castle and storing them. He also said that it was to erase the gruesome past that these monsters had on earth. So after staying awhile Danny finds out about Anxelo, the great lord of time. And also that Poronac is Anxelo’s sworn enemy. So Danny his friends, and some of POronac’s armies set out to Anxelo’s base after learning that the evil lord of time had let loose a plague called the hourglass plauge, which causes everybody on earth’s hourglass of life to speed up. They got to the base where they met Dynocaust a large black Monster that works for Anxelo, and also controls an army of Hydrakids, his minions. They get past him, but also find Anxelo’s assassins, Jester and Darc They fight them, kill Darc and jester flees, Danny’s friend Carson picks up dead Darc’s magician hat, puts it on, and is gifted with the the power of the black seige which is almost like the force but you can actually see it. So they find Anxelo, and see the hourglass that holds he l;ife of the plague, but as you know Anxelo’s not going to really give up world domination without a fight. POronac’s army men tell Danny and his friends to sneak around and destroy the hourglass while they hold Anxelo off. Well, suprise suprise the army men die. And Anxelo is after Danny now. Anxelo shot a blast of razor sharp sand at Danny, (sand that could disentigrate somehow) yah, his powers are that cool. So Carson pulls Danny out of the way and the sand hits the hourglass, shattering it, and ening the plague. Yah shoot some disentigrating sand in the direction of your plague source why dontcha Anxelo (dumbass). So Anxelo’s pissed and before he completely kills them, Dusk the panther knocks everybody down onto a metal plate and pulls them back to Poonacs castle, so yah, hes pretty fast. So yah and thats about it. tell me what you think
First, Astraea is dead wrong on the copyright issue–in the US, as soon as you put pencil to paper, or type something into your computer, you own the copyright. What Astraea might have been concerned about is copyright registration, but that’s really a formality, and you can register your copyright yourself at the site I’ve indicated below.
I think the basic idea sounds okay, but you’re trying to convey too much with this summary. Breaking your description into paragraphs would have helped too.
Try to simplify your description. Rather than taking us through the entire story detail by detail, give us just enough to whet our appetite, maybe something like this:
While excavating rumored tunnels underneath his school, Danny Jones finds himself and several of his friends trapped in an unfortunate accident. With their way back up to the school blocked, they have no choice but to go forward. Soon, they discover a large, underground castle, filled with people with unusual abilities, including King Paronac, who can see the elements that make up a person’s spirit. Soon, Danny and his friends find that they, too, have hidden powers.
King Paronac asks Danny to help him in his battle with the evil ruler of time: Lord Anxelo. Anxelo, after finding out about Danny’s involvement, sends several assassins to kill Danny before he can become a threat. Will Danny and his friends be able to defeat Anxelo, and ever make it back to school?