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SHOOTO
March 4th, 2004
Kitazawa Town Hall
Tokyo, Japan


Class-A Bouts:
Akira Kikuchi defeats Sam Morgan by armbar at 2:51, RD 1.
Mitsuhiro Ishida defeats Yoichi Fukumoto by unanimous decision.

Class-B Bouts:
Daiji Takahashi defeats Tomohilock 84 by unanimous decision.
Toshiteru Ishii drew with Tiger Ishii.
Tsuyoshi Irokawa defeats Keisuke Yamada by unanimous decision.
Yusuke Endo defeats Heima Hashimoto by unanimous decision.
Takahiro Hosoi defeats Yasuji Numa by TKO at 3:01, RD 1.

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Rickson Gracie

The inside word amongst the Japanese media is that Rickson Gracie will be competing in an MMA bout on the K-1 Dynamite card, which is scheduled for May 19th.

His opponent will either be Bob Sapp or a Japanese fighter.

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Bob Sapp

K-1
March 14th, 2004
Bandaijima Messe Convention Center
Nigata, Japan

The following K-1 will consist of mostly MMA matchups, with a few K-1 rules fights on the undercard.


MMA PORTION OF THE CARD:

Main event:
Bob Sapp vs. Dolgosurem Sumbayazer
Alexey Ignashov vs. Steve Williams
'Lyoto' Machida vs. Micheal McDonald
Yoshihiro Nakao vs. TBA

Fighters scheduled to compete:
Josh Barnett
Kazuyuki Fujita
T.K. Kohsaka
Yuji Nagata
Masayuki Naruse
Shinsuke Nakamura
Kensuke Sasaki

Fighters that may participate (either still negotiations, or may participate in next show):
Rickson Gracie
Kimo Leopoldo
Pedro Rizzo
Alexy Ignashov
Kosei Inoue
Enson Inoue
Genki Sudo
Sylvester Terkay
'Montanha' Silva



K-1 RULES PORTION OF THE CARD:

Petr Vandrechek vs. Tatsufumi Tomihira
Cliff Couser vs. Masaaki Miyamoto
Eric 'Butterbean' Esch vs. Hiromi Amada

Fighters scheduled to compete:
Dewey Cooper
Tsuyoshi Nakasako
Great Kusatsu
Toru Oishi


Stay tuned for more news on the developing card.

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Ignashov (left) sparring with Sam Greco.

The Japanese media is reporting that Alexey Ignashov will replace Peter Aerts on the K-1 MMA card, which is scheduled for March 14th.

Ignashov will face pro-wrestler Steve Williams in an MMA bout.

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Micheal McDonald

The Japanese media is reporting that 'Lyoto' Machida will now face Micheal McDonald in an MMA bout on the K-1 MMA card, which is scheduled for March 14th.

Machida's original opponent was to be Yoshihiro Nakao.

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Royce Gracie

Royce Gracie will appear as a guest on the hit TV series 'Sanma no Karakuri TV', which is shown on the TBS network. Royce is scheduled to shoot the segment on in late March.

According to the network, the show attracts 16.2 million viewers per show. This will be one of may appearances that Royce will have on Japanese TV as he is now represented by a Japanese media agent Alpha Relations Inc., which has offices in Tokyo and New York.

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Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (left)

Brazilian magazine 'Tatame' recently interviewed Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua. Here's what Shogun had to say:


Tatame: How was your second fight in PRIDE?

Shogun: I began with a very good rhythm, and I went after Gono with full force. I kept up that pace until the end, when I scored the knockout.

Tatame: Gono had been talking that after his draw with Ninja and after beating Nilson Castro twice, that he could face anyone from Chute Boxe...

Shogun: He is too cocky, and that made me very angry. I went into that fight determined to avenge my friend Nilson, and to bring back order to the house.

Tatame: Vanderlei has said you would be a great heavyweight. He said that you are tough and agile, and that those are rare qualities for a heavyweight. Rudimar also confessed he has been working with you to gain weight. How do you see this?

Shogun: I was weighing 98 kg (216 pounds), and I had to drop to 93kg (205 pounds) to fight in PRIDE. I think that I will be fighting in the heavyweight division in one or two years, but not right now. I'm gaining weight little by little, as I believe that this will help me keep my agility as I gain wieght.

Tatame: Who is the best heavyweight in your opinion? Who would you like to face?

Shogun: Minotauro is one of the best. The heavyweight division has such great fighters, it will be difficult, but I do not pick my opponents. I will fight whoever I have to fight.

Tatame: How have the Japanese fans taken to you?

Shogun: They adore us, and I am starting to become recognized. Many of the fans wait in the halls of our hotel so that they can get photos and autographs.

Tatame: What did you think of the fights of Jadyson and Vanderlei?

Shogun: Vanderlei was his usual self, noone was surprised by his victory. About Jadyson, I think the pressure of making his international debut in such a big show weighed on him. I don't know what happened to him, he's very good on the ground but he didn't do anything when the fight went to the ground.

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Brazilian magazine 'Tatame' reports that Godoi Jiu-Jitsu has merged with the Brazilian Top Team.

Godoi Jiu-Jitsu is run by BJJ blackbelt Roberto Godoi, and based out of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Jorge 'Macaco' Patino was formerly associated with Godoi before moving on to the Chute Boxe team.

Godoi says, "I've always had a good impression of Murilo Bustamante, even before he formed BTT. When I split with Jorge Macaco, we started to have some training exchanges with BTT. We started talking from there, but nothing was formulated until now."

The move will give BTT a presence in Sao Paulo, while giving Godoi's fighters world class MMA training when in Rio de Janeiro, where BTT is located. Godoi's fighters will compete in MMA under the BTT name. Godoi and his top black belts will compete in Jiu-Jitsu and submission competitions under the BTT name as well, while the Godoi JJ team will serve as the B-team.

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Edcarlos "Monstro" (right)

Brazilian magazine 'Tatame' reports that Edcarlos 'Monstro' recently returned to the Chute Boxe team.

'Monstro' was one of the defections that hit Chute Boxe at the end of last year, when Assuerio Silva and Anderson Silva left the team.

"In reality, there was nothing wrong between us, and that is why we are welcoming his return", confirmed Chute Boxe manager Rudimar Fedrigo.

The 110 kg (242 pounds) 'Monstro' (whose nickname means 'Monster' in Portuguese) was the Storm Muay Thai GP champ, and figures to be Chute Boxe's resident heavyweight fighter.

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Gladiators of the Jungle
March 6th, 2004
Ginasio Ninimbergue Ferreira
Manaus, Brazil


MMA matchups:
Jorge Clay vs. Arilson
Jones Hulk vs. Rogerio Brito

Other fighters scheduled to compete:
Tato
Beto Cordeiro
Lucas Lopes
Ademar
Erick Cardoso
Artur Tubarao
Crapiruna
Adriano
Cristiano Carioca
Banamo

Jiu-Jitsu vs. Lua Livre challenge:
Fernandinho vs. Waldecir
Cristiano Ribeiro vs. Elton Henrique
Andre Zulu vs. Neto Carvalho
Tony Ferreira vs. Marcio Mesquita
Rigonei vs. Estevao
Pablo vs. Totonho
Andrews vs. Alan Ferreira

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HOOKnSHOOT
March 27, 2004
Veterans' Memorial Coliseum
Evansville, Indiana

Start: 7:00 PM


Aaron Riley vs. Nuri Shakir
Joseph Baize vs. Angelo Popofski
Heath Pedigo vs. Chris Michael
Wald Bloise vs. TBA
Chad Washburn vs. Stonie Dennis
Del Greer vs. Francesca Menda
Julie Ketzie vs. Terry Blair

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Grapplers Quest: 'The Best of The West Returns'
Saturday, March 27th, 2004
Durango High School
Las Vegas, NV


Featuring 3 Superfight Divisions (Men's Lightweight and Middleweight, and Women's Pro Division). Some of the grapplers scheduled to compete include:

Lightweight Superfight Division
Cameron Earle
Marcos Avellan
Gary Grate

Middleweight Superfight Division
Marcelo Garcia
David Avellan
Moacir 'Boca' Oliveira
Diego Sanchez
Rafael Lovato Jr.
Jake Shields

Women's PRO Superfight Division
Leonor Avellan


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Kohiruimaki vs. Yilmaz

Video Research Ltd. Co.Video Research Ltd. Co. of Japan announced that the K-1 Max show, that took place on February 24th and broadcast on the Tokyo Broadcasting System, did a 14.1 rating.

The rating was good enough to make the K-1 Max show the number one rated sports show for the week of February 23-29.

of Japan announced that the K-1 Max show, that took place on February 24th and broadcast on the Tokyo Broadcasting System, did a 14.1 rating.

The rating was good enough to make the K-1 Max show the number one rated sports show for the week of February 23-29.

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By Tape Lord

Couture and Belfort to have a rematch.

Below are the matchups that Zuffa would like to sign for UFC 48, scheduled for July 3rd in Las Vegas:


Randy Couture vs. Vitor Belfort
Frank Mir vs. winner of Tim Sylvia/Andre Arlovski
'Tank' Abbott vs. Ken Shamrock
*Tito Ortiz vs. Lee Murray
Phil Baroni vs. Evan Tanner
Jeremy Horn vs. Matt Lindland
Jason Miller vs. Shonie Carter
Renato Verissimo vs. Frank Trigg



* This matchup will only take place in UFC 48 if Ortiz loses to Liddell in UFC 47. If Ortiz wins, then Murray's opponent will most likely be David Terrell.

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Moreira and Kimo.

Brazilian magazine 'Tatame' reports that BJJ black belt Joe Moreira and UFC legend Kimo Leopoldo will be in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next week to do a series of seminars.

Moreira told Tatame that he plans on returning to fight in an upcoming MMA show that will take place in Nevada. Kimo also plans on getting some training with different MMA veterans while down in Brazil.

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Vanderlei Silva

Brazilian magazine 'Tatame' reports that a Brazilian internet site was saying that Vanderlei Silva was supposedly going to leave the Chute Boxe team. The rumor seemed to spread like wildfire and became the talk of the Brazilian MMA community within a few days.

Chute Boxe manager/trainer Rudimar Fedrigo contacted Tatame to set the record straight that it was just a malicious rumor, and that Vanderlei was not leaving Chute Boxe. Rudimar added, "That was an irresponsible rumor which does not deserve to even be commented on".

Vanderlei Silva added, "That rumor was totally unfounded. Master Rudimar means everything to me when I am in the middle of a fight. The gratitude I have for him I think is much more then he has for me. The thought of leaving never passed through my head, and never will."

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Wallid Ismael and Antonio Inoki.

Wallid Ismael announced that the second edition of the 'Jungle Fight' show is scheduled for May 1st, and will be shown live on Brazilian PPV on the Canal Combat NET/Sky.

Canal Combat will also be airing the PRIDE Heavyweight GP on May 14th, and Meca Vale Tudo 11.

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Jeremy Jackson (top)

Welterweight fighter and one-time UFC veteran Jeremy Jackson announced that he will be putting his MMA career on hold for a bit, and will be trying his hand at professional boxing.

Jackson was working out at a pro boxing gym when people took notice of his notoriously fast hands. One thing led to another and now Jackson has picked up some sponsors and is being trained by veteran boxing trainers George Silva and Rocky Garza.

HBO and Main Event Promotions are supposedly looking at him Jackson, and even legendary boxing trainer Emanuel Steward is flying in to see him up close and training. Jackson says that he has not given up MMA. but wants to see what professional boxing can offer him at this time.

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Akebono (right)

Minoru Nakayama, the personal trainer of Akebono, announced to the Japanese media that he would have Akebono's mobility improved by up to 30% for his fight against Musashi, which is scheduled for March 27th.

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Naoyuki Kotani

ZST GT-F Update
March 7, 2004
Tokyo, Japan


ZST Grappling Tournament:
Jeff Curran vs. TBA
Hideo Tokoro vs. Masahiro Ohishi
Masakazu Imanari vs. Jiro Wakabayashi
Hidehiko Matsumoto vs. Noboru Asahi

Elimination Bout to get into Tournament
Naoyuki Kotani vs. Remigijus Morkevicius


Genesis tournament Line-Up :
Chikara Sato vs. Soichiro Kato
Kenzi Daikanyama vs. Hirotaka Miyakawa
Toshiaki Komatsu vs. Takatora Iwasa
Yusaku Hanakuma vs. Shinichiro Tsunagawa

Single Bouts:
Yuta Watanabe vs. Tsuneyuki Nozu
Takuya Fujisawa vs. Takeshi Sakamoto

You can check out ZST's english-language website by clicking here

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Naoya Uematsu

Ground Impact 3
March 7th
Differ Ariake
Tokyo, Japan

Professional BJJ matches:
Mitsuyoshi Hayakawa vs. Kazeka Muniz
Yuki Nakai vs. Alberto Crane
Toshiyuki Wado vs. TAISHO
Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Daisuke 'Amazon' Sugie
Cristiano Kaminishi vs. Hiroshi Tsuruya
Mario Sergio Yokoyama vs. Koji Asakura
Cavalcante Junior vs. Naoyoshi Watanabe
Naoya Uematsu vs. Hiroyuki Abe

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Jeff Monson

Euphoria Entertainment presents: MMA 'RUSSIAN INVASION'
March 13th, 2004
Trump Taj Mahal
Atlantic City, NJ


Below is the complete card of the 'Russian Invasion' MMA show, which is being promoted by Euphoria Entertainment. The theme of the show is USA vs. Russia, with many up-and-coming American fighters facing off against fighters from the Russia's premier MMA team 'Red Devil'.

The fighters representing the USA will come from the following American MMA teams: American Top Team, Team AKA, Strasser's Freestyle Academy, Team Renzo Gracie, and Team Extreme.

Card Subject To Change:


Jeff Monson vs. Roman Zentsov
Moacyr 'Boca' De Oliveira vs. Andrei Semenov
Derrick Noble vs. Musail Alaudinov
Ben Rothwell vs. Ibragim Magomedov
Joe D'Arce vs. Denis Komkin
Trevor Prangley vs. Arman Gambaryan
Ron Faircloth vs. Sergei Kaznovski
Jason Maxwell vs. Serguei Goliaev
Justin Eilers vs. Mikhail Bogdanov
Tom Muller vs. Alexei Veselozorov


For more information call:
(609) 449-1000
(800) 825-8888

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Bob Sapp

K-1
March 14th, 2004
Bandaijima Messe Convention Center
Nigata, Japan

The following K-1 will consist of mostly MMA matchups, with a few K-1 rules fights on the undercard.


MMA PORTION OF THE CARD:

Main event:
Bob Sapp vs. Dolgosurem Sumbayazer
Peter Aerts vs. Steve Williams
Cliff Couser vs. TBA
'Lyoto' Machida vs. Yoshihiro Nakao

Fighters scheduled to compete:
Josh Barnett
Kazuyuki Fujita
T.K. Kohsaka
Yuji Nagata
Masayuki Naruse
Shinsuke Nakamura
Kensuke Sasaki

Fighters that may participate (either still negotiations, or may participate in next show):
Rickson Gracie
Kimo Leopoldo
Pedro Rizzo
Alexy Ignashov
Kosei Inoue
Enson Inoue
Genki Sudo
Sylvester Terkay
'Montanha' Silva



K-1 RULES PORTION OF THE CARD:

Fighters scheduled to compete:
Micheal McDonald
Eric 'Butterbean' Esch
Petr Vandrechek
Dewey Cooper
Tsuyoshi Nakasako
Tatsufumi Tomihira
Great Kusatsu
Toru Oishi
Masaaki Miyamoto
Hiromi Amada


Stay tuned for more news on the developing card.

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RITC 60: 'Renken vs. Riggs'
Saturday, Mar 20, 2004
Celebrity Theatre
Phoenix, AZ

Doors Open: 5:30 PM
Fight Time: 7:30 PM


Card Subject To Change:

Joe Riggs vs. John Renken
Hans Marrero vs. Joe Frainee
Mike Rainieri vs. Rich Alten
R.J. Gamez vs. Jason Chambers
John Wood vs. TBA
Gabe Casillas vs. TBA
Darrell Parrish vs. Matt Ver Halen
Amos Sotello vs. Gabe Rivas
Daniel Betzold vs. TBA
Troy Tolbert vs. Brandon Oliver
Carlos Ortega vs. TBA

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SHOOTO
March 22nd
Kourakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan


Class-A Bouts:
Jens Pulver vs. Naoya Uematsu
Kaoru Uno vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri

Class-B Bouts:
Akitoshi Tamura vs. Eiji Murayama
Heat Takeshi vs. BJ

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Ernesto Hoost

K-1 World GP 2004 Japan
March 27th, 2003
Saitama Super Arena
Saitama, Japan


K-1 announced the following matchups and fighters that will be participating on their March 27th show. The full line-up will be announced sometime next week:

Confirmed matchups:
Ernesto Hoost vs. Remy Bonjasky
Musashi vs. Akebono

Fighters confirmed to participate:
Shannon Briggs
Carter Williams
Alexey Ignashov
Jerrel Venetiaan
Cyril Abidi
Mike Bernardo
Jan Nortje

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SHOOTO GIG CENTRAL Vol.5
March 28th, 2003
Tsurumai Public Hall
Nagoya, Japan


Class-A Bouts:
Ryan Bow vs. Daisuke 'Amazon' Sugie

Class-B Bouts:
Naoki Matsushita vs. Ganjo Tentsuku
Hiroshi Umemura vs. TBA
Hatsu Hioki vs. Yohei Nanbu
Hiroyuki Tanaka vs. Akira Kibe
Takahiro Kajita vs. Toshikazu Iseno
Kenichi Hattori vs. Masaaki Yamamori
Atsushi Takeuchi vs. Takashi Yamamoto
Hayate Usui vs. Takeshi Matsushita

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Pancrase 2004 Brave Tour
March 29th, 2004
Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan

Open: 17:30
Start: 18:30

Below are the matchups that have been announced so far for the Pancrase show on March 29th:


Yuki Kondo vs. Steve Heath
Keigo Takamori vs. Jun Ishii
David Terrell vs. Osami Shibuya
Eiji Ishikawa vs. Satoru Kitaoka
Yuichi Nakanishi vs. Hikaru Sato
Hidehiko Hasegawa vs. Seiki Ryo
Mitsuyoshi Sato vs. Yukiya Naito
Yuji Hisamatsu vs. Ichiro Kanai

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Fedor Emelianenko

The Japanese media is reporting that Fedor Emelianenko may possibly face Tom Erikson in the first round of the PRIDE Heavyweight GP, scheduled for this April.

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By Scoop McTroll

Lee Murray

Before reading any further, please read our disclaimer first.


I just got back from the recent UKMMAC last night in London, England, in which I witnessed (and was in the middle of) a riot at the show.

What seemed to be the cause of the riot was when Lee Murray apparently had a problem with some of the bouncers. Murray then went on to rip his shirt off and run through the crowd, proceeding to show his patented 'Lightning' fast punches, destroying the doorstaff and a few Brazilians who stood in his way.

The crowd were obviously excited to see their UFC hero in action, and all tried to get a closer look. This seemed to cause havok in the venue and the riot ensued, lasting for a good 30 minutes.

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By Tape Lord

B.J. Penn

Hello my friends, our Zuffa informant 'Coffee Guy' tells me that the real reason B.J. Penn has been talking about fighting only once a year is because he is using it as leverage to get the kind of money and fights he feels he should get from the UFC.

Penn's current UFC deal sees him making approximately USD$15,000 to show and USD$15,000 to win. Penn supposedly feels that such a pay is too low for him to be dedicating the entire year training for about 3 or 4 fights.

Sources close to the situation say Penn can easily make the same, or more money a year doing the family real estate business, while fighting whenever he feels a good fight comes up, and continuing to promote his 'Rumble On The Rock' show. For him to put those things on hold, he feels he would need to get paid at least USD$50-75,000 to show and USD$50-75,000 to win.

Sources close to Penn and sources in Japan have also mentioned that DSE/PRIDE is very interested in signing Penn for their PRIDE Bushido promotion, and will be contacting him soon, if they haven't already.

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Chuck Liddell

Chuck Liddell was gone on record as saying that when him and Tito Ortiz used to train together, that he used to get the better of Ortiz in both striking and wrestling.

Liddell was on MMA Weekly radio and expanded on that saying that training is just training, but that this fight has been a long time coming, and that he feels he's a better wrestler then Ortiz, who always had a tough time taking Liddell down in past training.

Liddell went on to say that he has a psychological advantage over Ortiz, saying:

'He's afraid of my hands, and knows how hard I hit before we go out there. I plan on taking the fight to Tito and making him work, especially on the feet. He's gonna have a real tough time with me.


When asked about his losses to Randy Couture and Quinton Jackson, Liddell re-iterated the same excuse that he 'just wasn't there' mentally, but that he thinks he's got it going now.

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SuperBrawl promoter T.J. Thompson announced that UFC and PRIDE veteran Enson Inoue will be competing in the main event of SuperBrawl 35, scheduled for April 16th.

Inoue's opponent will be Tom Sauer, and the fight will be in the light heavyweight division.

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TKO 15: 'Unstoppable'
February 28th, 2003
Pierre Charbonneau Center
Montreal, Canada


Jeremy Horn defeats David Loiseau by guillotine choke at 1:00, RD 1.
Chris Fontaine defeats Steve Vigneault by TKO at 1:14, RD 1.
Mark Hominick defeats David Guigui by TKO, RD 2.
Bill Mahood defeats Yan Pellerin by TKO at 5:00, RD 2.
Kyle Sanford defeats Stephan Potvin by split decision.
Stephane Vigneault defeats Troy Quesnelle by armbar at 2:46, RD 1.
Stephane Dube defeats Kajan Johnson by KO at 4:06, RD 1.
Thierry Quenneville defeats Phillipe Lagace by armbar at 4:30, RD 1.
Todd Gouwenberg defeats Mark Cambier by KO at 1:53, RD 1.
Steve Duquette defeats Claude Tremblay by TKO at 3:02, RD 1.
Jonathan Goulet defeats Alex Gasson by rear naked choke at 1:43, RD 1.
Mark Bocek defeats Mark Colangelo by TKO at 5:00, RD 1.



Any fighters still owed money by TKO president Stephane Patry, can contact him at:

Stephane Patry, President/CEO
TKO Communications Inc.
Tel: (450) 445-8886
TKOZone.tv

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KOTC
February 28th, 2003
Canton Civic Center,
Canton, Ohio


Kerry Schall defeats Jimmy Westfall
Aitor Canup defeats Jason Keaton by rear naked choke, RD 1.
Tony Sylvester defeats Brain Peoples by submission, RD 1.
Angelo Popofski defeats Jon Torrh
Josh Souder defeats Brad Mohler by armbar, RD 1.
Eddie Sanchez defeats Jeremiah Pocock by rear naked choke, RD 2.
Jason Dent defeats Matt Brady by armbar, RD 1.
Forrest Petz defeats Mike O'Donnell by TKO, RD 1.
Dorian Price defeats Drew Longshore by triangle choke, RD 1.
Josh Hendricks defeats Jonathan Westfall by rear naked choke, RD 1.
Jeff Cox defeats Mike Russo by KO, RD 1.
Fred Parrish defeats Jamie Tony by guillotine choke, RD 1.

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Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson has avoided jail by pleading guilty to disorderly conduct after a brawl outside a Brooklyn hotel. Tyson was initially charged with assault, harassment and disorderly conduct and faced up to a year in jail.

Tyson agreed to 100 hours of community service. Once he serves that lecturing, training and instructing at Gleeson's boxing gym in Brooklyn he will be cleared of the graver charges.

The incident stems from June of last year, when Tyson was arrested and charged with the assault of Samuel Velez and Nestor Alvarez at the Marriott Hotel after the pair approached him for an autograph. Velez and Alvarez are charged with menacing and harassing and are expected to face trial later this year.

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DSE announced that PRIDE 20: 'Armed and Ready' is now available on DVD. The DVD features the Vanderlei Silva vs. Mirko 'CroCop' Filipovic main event, plus matches involving Bob Sapp, Quinton Jackson, and Dan Henderson.

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Absolute Fighting Championships 7
Friday, February 27th, 2004
War Memorial
Ft. Lauderdale, FL


Marcel Ferreira drew with Izuru Takeuchi.
Jorge Santiago defeats Takuya Wada by armlock at 1:52, RD 1.
Edson Diniz defeats Hiroki Kotani by armlock at 3:01, RD 1.
Thiago 'Pitbull' Alves defeats Nuri Shakir by judges decision.
David Bielkheden defeats Charles McCarthy by TKO at 3:33, RD 1.
Antony Rea defeats Mark Tullius by KO at 3:50, RD 1.
Gesias Calvancanti defeats Justin Wisniewski by guillotine at 0:53, RD 1.
Todd Carney defeats Efrain Ruiz by KO 1:29, RD 1.
Joakim Engberg drew with Landon Showalter.
Sauli Heilimo drew with Carlo Prater.
James Edson Berto defeats Scott Johnson by TKO at 4:59, RD 1.

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SHOOTO
February 27th, 2004
Zurich, Switzerland


Luiz Firmino Buscape defeats Rafles La Rose by armlock at 0:36, RD 1.
Marcelo Alfaie defeats Pierre Guillet by TKO at 3:00, RD 3.
Ken Groh drew with Patrick Rahael.
Vitelmo 'Katel' Cubis defeats Ross Mason by TKO at 0:56, RD 1.
Patrick Decaro defeats Bram van Koppen by TKO at 3:40, RD 1.
Ivan Mussardo defeats Lebeau Youenn by armlock at 3:20, RD 1.
Paul Jenkins defeats Ricardo Pezao by rear naked choke at 3:50, RD 1.
Augusto F. Guimaraes defeats Sergio Platzer by rear naked choke at 2:03, RD 1.
Omar Marron defeats David Mclaughlin by TKO at 0:46, RD 1.

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Tank Abbott

'Coffee Guy' updates on the current 'Tank' Abbott negotiations with Zuffa/UFC by telling us that Tank is expected to sign the 1-fight deal to fight Ken Shamrock by the end of this week.

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Stefan Leko

The Japanese media is reporting that there is a possibility that Stefan Leko may face Hidehiko Yoshida in the first round of the PRIDE Heavyweight GP, which is scheduled for April.

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