Attention Tappers! Check out this fight in Arkansas last weekend. This girl goes to sleep instead of tapping. Not a lot of fighters out there much less guy fighters that are willing to do that. Congrats to Hillary on the well rounded win.

Source:
http://www.subzerofighting.com/photogallery.htm

For all you Ultimate Fighting purists and original Kimbo Slice fans out there here is something for you. If you haven’t heard about Dog Brothers Martial arts you soon will. National Geographics will be a doing a documentary on it and is interviewing people that do it now for their upcoming show. If you want to learn about it or join them here is the information below. Their next “Gathering” is scheduled for August. Click on the link I provided below to see what the UFC thinks about the Dog Brothers Art in a letter to them.

Greetings from the National Geographic Channel! We want to hear from you about your experiences with Dog Brothers Inc.What we are looking for is to hear about your experiences in this group and why you decided to join. It doesn’t have to be anything long, a short paragraph will do. We’ll pick the best ones and publish them on our channel’s blog in a post leading up to the show and possibly as the show
re-runs later through the year. What we will need from you: - The short
paragraph that was mentioned above - Your first name (We want to respect
your privacy) - Your professional occupationWe can’t promise much, except
an additional story that you will be able to brag to your friends about. We
bet you all have some!We look forward to hearing from you.

Peter BouchardNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Email :peter.bouchard@natgeochannel.comt: 202.912.6528 f: 202-912-6603

Click here to let National Geograhpic hear from you:National Geographic Blog The adventure
continues!Marc “Crafty Dog” DennyDog Brothers Inc. Martial Arts

Source:
http://dogbrothers.com/phpBB2/index.php?topic=1491.0

Previous Post:
http://billygamble.blogspot.com/2007/08/dog-brothers-martial-arts.html

Letter from UFC:
http://dogbrothers.com/images/ufc.jpg

I am guessing that the UFC is waiting until all their own UFC rules are accepted before they hold an event. Instead of changing there rules per the state they are in they would rather wait until the state changes its rules.

White, who told the Star Bulletin six months ago that he was close to
finalizing a deal to hold a show at Aloha Stadium this year, said he will wait
until a recently passed bill to regulate mixed martial arts goes into effect.

House Bill 1866, which establishes many new rules to help legitimize
the sport, was enacted into law last July, but isn’t effective until July 1,
2009.

“Thirteen new states regulated (mixed martial arts) last year and
Hawaii is one of them, so we want to go over there, but the regs aren’t done,”
White said. “We’re not like all these other cheese dog shows that go over there
before the regs are done.”

Source:
http://starbulletin.com/2008/01/18/sports/story05.html

Setanta Sports has acquired the exclusive broadcast rights to UFC programming in
the UK and Ireland.The multi-year deal covers all UFC UK fights in 2008 and
2009, and from July all other UFC fights will be exclusively live on Setanta.The
broadcaster added that supercards would not be made available on an additional
pay-per-view basis and will simply air on Setanta Sports 1.

Source:
http://www.setanta.com/en/UK/

Source:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/programming/a86058/setanta-grabs-ufc-rights.html

Sorry, a little late on this one. Maybe they will have a rerun. Supernanny brings a kid with a lot of energy to the gym to try and show the parents that he can burn it up in a positive way.

The episode of Super Nanny featuring Mike Pyle and Gray Maynard airs tonight on
ABC at 9 Eastern & Pacific and 8 Central.
Check out the episode preview here.

Source:
http://xtremecouture.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/mike-pyle-gray-maynard-on-supernanny-tonight/

In a sport where there is a new MMA event and referee popping up every day, most people would say that the UFC referees have been around the longest. Big John McCarthy was one of the oldest starting at UFC 2 and the next would be Mario Yamasaki starting at UFC 20. These two, along with Herd Dean and Steve Mazzagatti, share a love for the sport that runs deeper than a measly paycheck from an Athletic Commission. True, they are some of the longest running refs in MMA, but they also have something else in common. They all currently practice or have competed in some form of martial arts.

Big John McCarthy was training under Rorian Gracie at the time of UFC 1 and even tried to enter the tournament, but Rorian Gracie advised against it. John then went on to ref UFC 2 and is now a MMA icon. McCarthy is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and currently runs a school called Big John McCarthy’s Ultimate Training Academy.

Herb Dean was actually training with Zane Frazier when UFC 1 was being put together and has a professional MMA record of 2-3. Dean has practiced Judo, but one of the actual martial arts credits Dean has is his 2nd Dan Black Belt in American Jiu Jitsu. When asked why he referees he said, “I think of being a referee is similar to being a bass player in a band. The bass player provides a consistent rhythm and sets the groove so that the other instruments can shine.”

Steve Mazzagatti was practicing Muay Thai early on and opened the first school for it Las Vegas. Steve has also practiced Hung Gar and Wing Chun Gung Fu.

I got to speak with Mario Yamasaki about his passion for martial arts. He said he was going to train this year and get back in shape so he could compete in the coming year for the Pan-Ams. Mario Yamasaki is currently a 3rd degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and also has a black belt in Judo. Mario started competing in Judo when he was five years old until he was about twenty years old. He started competing in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu when he was about seventeen and had some success at it. He is a Sao Paulo Open Champion, a three time Capital Open Champion and an Eastern Open silver medalist. Mario also has many schools in the US, Holland, Sweden, Germany, Dominican Republic and Brazil. One of his students he mentioned was Murilo Santana, a recent CBJJE World Champion. His school is called, Yamasaki Academy.

These guys love the sport so much that they will find a way to stay as close as they can to as many fights as possible. Like all sports, people get older and become more of a spectator than a participant. Randy Couture has recently made it harder to use that as an excuse, but some people, including referees, have one of the better jobs. “We get the best seat in the house,” said Mario. “When you get old and can’t fight no more, you ref.”

Ken and Ryan Shamrock sign a mutli fight contract with EliteXC. I wonder if they will go after Frank now. There have been alot of rumors that Frank and Ken might fight. It would draw some big numbers just to see thebrothers battle it out. I think if Ken wants to pull a big crowd and get some big exposure for himself and his family it should happen.

EliteXC also signed the 43-year-old Shamrock’s 19-year-old son, Ryan, to a
multi-fight contract. Terms of the contracts were not disclosed, nor were any
details on who or when either Shamrock would be fighting. “We’re thrilled to
have signed Ken and Ryan Shamrock,” said EliteXC Live Events President Gary
Shaw, who made the announcement Monday. “Ken is one of the most recognizable and popular figures in MMA. He has fought the biggest and some of the most important fights in MMA history.”

Source:
http://www.presstelegram.com/moresports/ci_7972758

Here is Ricardo being interviewed by Kid Peligro. Arona is currently training at Quicksilver in Hawaii doing some surfing and fighting. He said he should be fighting in 2008 for sure, but he did not say under which organization.

Source:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=KidPeligroBJJNews

Bruce Bellocchi and Rick Bassman seemed to be the guys coordinating this event. In an article with Sherdog they both point the fingers at each other for the reason it was cancelled. Under the California State Athletic Commission rules each signed fighter was paid 20% of their purse.

“Thank God we didn’t fight and have our checks bounce,” said Kerr, who was
slated to face Hawaiian heavyweight Kauai Kupihea (Pictures) and also expressed appreciation for the CSAC’s efforts to protect the fighters. “I feel for Joe Riggs (Pictures), who just had a baby and has a mortgage to pay. Now he only gets 20 percent of his purse.”

Source:
http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=10787

The UFC filed a lawsuit against Randy Couture. This sounds like the start of a legal war that will go on for some time. Dana White has a few new words for the ex-champ.

“What’s really tough for me, to be honest, is we have been friends for a
very long time,” White said. “The hard part is that he is not living up to his
obligations. Captain America is not keeping his word.”

“I expect Randy to honor the obligations in his contract that he signed (a
year ago). I tried to resolve it by talking to this guy that I’ve had a
relationship with for eight years and was unsuccessful,” White said. “Now this
thing’s in the hands of the justice system.”

According to the lawsuit, Couture is also in breach of a stipulation that
prohibits him from engaging in “direct or indirect competition” with the UFC for
a period of 12 months following the termination of his contract.
Thus, Couture’s sponsorship and promotion of a team in the International Fight League would be in direct violation of the stipulation. Currently, the IFL’s Web site
lists Couture’s Xtreme Couture team taking on Mario Sperry’s World Class Fight
Center at the IFL’s Feb. 29 card at the Orleans Arena.

I am guessing the contract is officially terminated since the UFC is filing a lawsuit, but I am not sure. It looks like Randy has 12 months instead of the 9 that he thought he had to wait until competing. Randy is olny getting older so I hope this will not keep him from fighting one last time.

Source:
http://www.lvrj.com/sports/13794082.html