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Cung Le, holder of several sanshou world titles and probably the most famous practitioner of that style, has moved on to mixed martial arts competition, fighting under contract with Strikeforce. He recently fought Frank Shamrock, the middleweight champion, who is well-versed in hybrid wrestling and boxing.
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Kimbo Slice’s real name is Kevin Ferguson and is 33 years old. He is the cousin of US Olympic Judoka Rhadi Ferguson. Kimbo Slice worked as a bodyguard for RK Netmedia, a Miami-based porn company responsible for websites such as MILF Hunter.
Kimbo Slice was a Miami, Florida-based underground street fighter. The underground fight videos swept across the web making him an overnight sensation. The brutal knockouts, tough appearance of Kimbo, and catchy phrases increased his popularity. Kimbo appeared in eight street fight videos, winning seven of them. His lone lost was to Boston police officer, Sean Gannon.
Kimbo Slice vs. Big D
The original Kimbo fight, which took place in Leonard Byrd’s Miami backyard, hit the internet in 2004. This was the beginning of Kimbo’s stardom.
Kimbo Slice vs. Rasta (Dreads)
Several months later, the third Kimbo fight appeared and featured Kimbo fighting a dreadlocked-Rastafarian character, a match Kimbo won with little effort. The fight was filmed in the privacy of a deserted boatyard, imaginably somewhere in Miami.
Kimbo Slice Vs. Sean Gannon
The video with Byrd spread to countless internet MMA forums, eventually making its way to the MMA.tv website, where Boston police officer and amateur MMA fighter Sean Gannon noticed it. As the legend goes, Gannon saw the video, thought little of Kimbo’s skills, and challenged him, beginning the notorious Kimbo vs Gannon fight. The fight took place in an undisclosed, makeshift sparring location. Matt P. reports: “The makeshift location on the Kimbo/Gannon fight is Sityodtong
Boston in Somerville MA (Mark Delagrotte’s school).”
Kimbo Slice vs Afropuff and Big Mac
In December of 2006, a fourth Kimbo Slice video surfaced. Again at the boatyard, Kimbo this time fought two opponents in a row: first Afro Puff, a larger fighter characterized by a sizable afro who showed little response to Kimbo’s aggressiveness, and then Big Mac who, although more energetic, was easily knocked down multiple times. Next up is Big Mac, who is a short fat guy, who is a terrible fighter. Kimbo easy lands punches on him and knocks him down but Big Mac gets up and continues to fight.
Kimbo Slice vs. Adryan
In late December of 2006, the fifth Kimbo fight pitted Kimbo against a bodybuilder named Adryan. The fight was another held between the fences of a backyard. Adyran looks like he’s in decent shape and maybe he could give Kimbo a decent fight. This thought quickly dissipates after you see Adyran throw one “punch”.
Kimbo Slice vs. The Bouncer
March of 2007 brought the sixth Kimbo match against an opponent called The Bouncer. This fight took place in another backyard like the previous video. Controversy stirred when The Bouncer stepped on the shoe of Kimbo, causing Kimbo to fall, and continued fighting before Kimbo got up.
Kimbo Slice vs. Chico Grande
The last Kimbo street fight is with a guy named Chico. The fight is decent one with Chico appearing to have some fighting experience. He is in decent shape and besides Gannon, is the only person to knock Kimbo down. When it looks like he has a chance, Kimbo gets him into a corner and knocks him down.
Kimbo Slice vs. Ray Mercer (MMA)
Kimbo takes on former heavyweight champion of the world, Ray Mercer, in his first mma bout. Kimbo comes into the fight in excellent shape while Ray Mercer looks very old and heavy. Kimbo shows off his newly learned mma skills with clinches, knees, elbows and a guillotine. Ray obviously didn’t train that hard and only throws a few punches. Kimbo proved his skills with a victory via guillotine.
Kimbo Slice vs. Bo Cantrell (MMA)
Kimbo Slice takes on 10-10 fighter Bo Cantrell in his 2nd MMA fight. This fight doesn’t last long as Kimbo comes out and delivers one punch and an elbow to the head. Bo goes down and taps out as Kimbo jumps on top of him. Kimbo Slice is now 2-0 in MMA and is looking good.
Megumi Fujii
Fujii is considered one of the best female MMA fighters in the world. She specializes mainly in submission fighting, and is renowned for her quick takedowns and submissions. Her most popular move is the Inazuma Toe Hold submission, dubbed the Megulock. Megumi also holds a black belt in Judo and Jiu-Jitsu, and was trained in MMA by Shooto veteran Hiroyuki Abe and Pride / Pancrase fighter Josh Bartnett. More…
Gina Carano
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Erin Toughill
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Satoko Shinashi
Shinashi (born January 29, 1977) is a female Japanese mixed martial arts fighter. She specializes in sambo and jiu-jitsu and is known for using a variety of armbars on her opponents. Shinashi’s record is currently 25-1-2. Her only loss was by knockout from Hisae Watanabe for the DEEP 48kg Ladies’ title. More…
Tara Larosa
Tara LaRosa (Woodstown, New Jersey) is a professional female mixed martial arts fighter currently fighting in the Bodog Fight. She’s the Bodog Fight 135 lbs champion. She recently defeated HOOKnSHOOT 125 lbs champion Cody Welchin in a non title fight at a HOOKnSHOOT/Bodog Fight co-sponsored event. She is widely considered the top Female Mixed Martial Arts fighter holding wins over other top Mixed Martial Arts fighters including of note Amanda Buckner. More…
Jennifer Howe
Howe is mainly known as a striker due to her boxing background, but also has grappling skills from her time training in brazilian jiu jitsu under Walt Bayless. She began training at Bayless Jiu Jitsu in 1995, and says of BJJ “In any other sport if you are fighting someone bigger, you are in trouble. But with jiu jitsu, it’s not about strength, it’s about technique, and moving yourself rather than the other person”. More…
Amanda Buckner
Amanda Buckner is an American mixed martial artist. Her last fight was a decision win against Hitomi Akano in BodogFight Clash of the Nations, on April 14, 2007. Buckner was a contestant on MMA reality show BodogFight, but lost in her first bout to Tara LaRosa. She runs the Academy of Mixed Martial Arts in Portland, Maine with her husband MMA fighter Jay Jack. More…
Hisae Watanabe
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Roxanne Modaferri
Modafferi’s training began in taekwondo as a teenager in Pennsylvania, moving on to Mark Lawler’s kempo karate two years later. Full of confidence, she then began attending the Dalton Judo Club in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Her description of the experience is; “I thought I was all cool, like the movie stars, but then I learned what it was like to fly”. While at college, she found the Amherst Athletic club, where New England Submission Fighting is based. In addition, she trained at another Royce Gracie association in Hartford, Connecticut. To work on her striking, she also attended the Sityodtong Muay Thai Academy’s North American branch in Somerville, Massachusetts, run by Kru Mark DellaGrotte. More…
Kyra Gracie
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Julie Kedzie
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Miku vs Lisa Ward
Flash Point is a 2007 Hong Kong martial arts action film directed by Wilson Yip. Donnie Yen, the film’s producer and star, choreographed the action sequences.
For the fight scenes, Yen used Mixed Martial Arts, an interdisciplinary form of fighting utilizing elements of Jiu-jitsu, Judo, Karate, Boxing, Kickboxing and Wrestling. This method of fighting is something Yen considers to be the greatest development of Martial Arts in his lifetime. According to the film’s official website, Yen admits that his challenge during filming was to communicate the essence of these techniques in the dramatics of the film.
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