“We didn’t have a financial agreement. The purse was too low comparing from what I’m used to receiving and it’s bad for the fighter’s career. [The media] said I’m having problems with drugs and medicines … You can test me and you’ll see … I’m great. I’m not worried with fighting in Brazil anymore. I [...]
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Finally, Mike Swick was going to take a vacation. After being in the American Kickboxing Academy Gym non-stop for most of 2009, the welterweight contender was just waiting on his visa to come in so he could go to Brazil, relax, do some training and basically unwind from a year that [...] Martins Denis, UFC – More than one year has passed since Ronys Torres, a native of Manacapuru city in Amazonas, Brazil, signed his name on the dotted line of a UFC contract. The expectations for the debut of this competitor with the 18-1 résumé (eight subs, eight TKOs / KOs and only two decisions) were [...] Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – 11 professional fights. That’s all it’s taken for Brazil’s Junior Dos Santos to soar into the UFC heavyweight title picture. But if you think the 25 (soon to be 26) year old from Santa Catarina is about to start believing the glowing reviews for his four UFC finishes of Fabricio Werdum, [...] “This fight is a big mystery. Both trained boxing with [Luis] Dorea. I asked many people in the academy, and everybody tells me they can’t predict what’s going to happen. The consensus is that if Belfort explodes at the beginning, he has a chance for the knockout, but most people believe more in Anderson if [...] Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt (and brother of Rodrigo) Carina Damm (13-3) is confirmed for the next Jungle Fight event on Feb. 27 in Vila Velha-ES, Brazil. “Beauty but the Beast” has won nine straight fights and has finished 9 of her 13 victims. Check out the rest of her stunning gallery by clicking here. Would anyone [...] UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva (25-4, 10-0 UFC) is back in the gym and feeling good, said manager Ed Soares. In a conversation with MMAjunkie.com on Monday, Soares said that if “The Spider” faces Vitor Belfort (19-8 MMA, 8-4 UFC) – a former training partner at Black House Brazil who’s likely to get the next title [...] Martins Denis, UFC – The fighting career of Brazil’s Rousimar “Toquinho” Palhares came to an abrupt halt when he terribly injured his left leg in May. The injury, a fracture of his tibia while wrestling, forced him to the sidelines for more than three months and was just another difficult hurdle to be added to [...] UFC and PRIDE veteran Jeff Monson (31-9) has been linked to both Alabama. Monson meets MMA super-veteran Travis Fulton (191-45-11) in a heavyweight main event at Thunder Promotions’ “Alabama Pride” event on Dec. 12 in Birmingham, [...] Martins Denis, UFC – Down here in Brazil, practically every man in his 30’s who is involved with fighting remembers the beginning of the NHB challenge between Brazilian jiu-jitsu and luta livre in the early 90’s. That ‘very personal challenge’ served not only to prove the superiority of BJJ over luta livre (in that period), [...] |
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