Atos Jiu-Jitsu’s Gilbert “Durinho” Burns will be offering a jiu-jitsu seminar from 11am to 1pm. He won the bronze medal at the 2010 BJJ World Championships just a few weeks ago in Long Beach, California.

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Press Release

SYDNEY, Australia (June 16, 2010) – The cage will be ablaze with non-stop MMA action for the “The Uprising” as former UFC Champion and Hall of Fame Member, Ken Shamrock returns to the ring to take on former UFC Champion, Hall of fame member and PRIDE Veteran, Pedro ”The Rock” Rizzo in an exciting PPV event on July 17. In the Co-feature, English MMA fighter, Paul Daley who is ranked as the #8 welterweight in the world by Sherdog.com and ranked #5 by MMA Weekly will do battle with Brazilian MMA fighter, Daniel Acacio who is most notable for his fights in PRIDE Fighting Championships and his aggressive fighting style.

Presented by Impact Fighting Championship (FC), bouts from two incredible fight cards from Australia will be included in the PPV event. The Uprising from Sydney, Australia will go live in the USA at 10:00pm on the East Coast (ET) and 7:00pm on the West Coast (PST) and Canada on July 17th with a card stacked full of action-packed bouts. In addition, the exciting main event from “The Uprising” series from the Brisbane Entertainment Center, Brisbane, Australia, July 10, featuring former UFC heavyweight champion, Josh “The Babyfaced Assassin” Barnett (25-5-0) and Jungle Fight veteran, Geronimo “Mondragon” Dos Santos (18-9-0) will also be included in the Pay-Per-View.

Impact FC has secured some of the world’s best fighters for these upcoming tournaments and will feature some huge names including Pride and UFC veterans. Fans will be thrilled to know that ‘Big John’ McCarthy, former head referee for the Ultimate Fighting Championship will be the referee for The Uprising series.

With a full card that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats, the slate of Uprising match-ups include, Pride K-1 and MMA legend Bob Sapp in a fight for dominance over Australian star and UFC veteran Soa “The Hulk” Palelei, DREAM Middleweight Champion, Paulo Filho will face dangerous striker, Denis Kang, Elite XC Champion and Pride veteran Murilo Ninja Rua with square off against former Ultimate Fighter Jeremy May, former UFC Champion and Pride veteran Murilo Bustamante will battle Jesse Taylor from the Ultimate Fighter, Australian kickboxing legend Peter Graham will fight the #1 ranked Heavyweight MMA fighter in Australia, Jim Yorke, popular MMA star Glover Teixeira is pitted against Croatian fighter from Perth Marco Peselj, Australian surfer and MMA star Richie “Vas” Vaculik is matched with local Australian fighter Luke Hume, and Australia’s rising MMA star Shane Nix will face Sydney’s own Manuel Rodriguez.

Headliner Kenneth (The World’s Most Dangerous Man) Shamrock, (27-13-2) is a UFC Hall of Famer as well as a professional wrestler. One of the biggest stars in MMA, he has headlined over 15 main events and co-main events in the Ultimate Fighting Championships and Pride Fighting Championships and has broken numerous pay-per-view records with his strong fan appeal.

The first UFC Superfight Champion, Shamrock also holds the title of the first MMA Heavyweight Champion in Japan, winning the title of King of Pancrase. During his reign as the UFC Superfight Champion, he was widely considered the #1 MMA fighter in the world.

Brazilian Pedro “The Rock” Rizzo (18-9-0) recognized as one of the best strikers in the business was born to fight. Having returned to the basics, Pedro is training at Claudio Coelho’s gym, has simplified his regimen and is back in top shape, with renewed energy and excitement heading into this fight. The former professional kick boxer was a four-time Brazilian Muay Thai champion. Rizzo won his MMA pro debut via a first-round knockout of Eric Labaille on October 26, 1996. He extended his win streak to nine, including notable triumphs against David “Tank” Abbott (KO1) in UFC: Ultimate Brazil and Mark Coleman (DEC1), before dropping a 5-round decision to Kevin Randleman in their 2000 UFC heavyweight championship fight. “The Rock” responded with back-to-back wins versus Dan Severn (SUB1) and Josh Barnett (KO2), setting up a UFC heavyweight title fight against legendary Randy Couture, who won a decision and six months later, Couture stopped Rizzo on strikes in the third-round of their rematch for the title.

In 2002, Rizzo put Andrei Arlovski to sleep on punches in the third round, but Pedro dropped consecutive fights to Gan McGee (TKO1), and Vladimir Matyushenko (DEC3) to start 2003. A key victory came against MMA veteran Ricco Rodriguez (DEC3).

In a fight against Jeff Monson on September 1, 2007, Rizzo registered a third-round win, in the first pay-per-view event promoted by Art of War. On July 19, 2008, Rizzo fought Josh “The Babyface” Barnett in Affliction Entertainment’s Day of Reckoning and lost, 2nd round 1:44 KO (Punch) .

The main event for the “Uprising” series in Brisbane is a much anticipated event. Josh Barnett is a highly tactical, sound fighter whose world-class submission wrestling skills are notorious. Animated by his trademark humor and bravado, he is one of the top ten ranked heavyweights in MMA and a celebrated wrestling star in Japan. Although his grappling base comes from catch-wrestling, he has an evolved fighting style that combines a well-rounded standup and ground game. Barnett also has size, strength, and conditioning on his side. Barnett has fought in every major fight organization in the world and was scheduled to fight against Fedor for Affliction Entertainment’s Trilogy prior to being disqualified for failing his medical tests. This will be Barnett’s first fight since his disqualification in the U.S., while “Mondragon” has been training all of his life for this moment to take on “The Babyfaced Assassin.”

The 29-year-old “Mondragon” has an impressive record having taken down opponents in 23 professional fights. Prior to losing to Edson Conterraneo at Jungle Fight 17, Dos Santos finished off each of his previous seven opponents, the past three inside the first round. Dos Santos amazed the Brazilian mixed martial arts community when he stopped Assuerio Silva on strikes in just 61 seconds at Jungle Fight 15. He followed the performance with back-to-back first-round submissions against Douglas Humberto and Fabio Monstro.

“The Uprising,” is presented by Impact FC, Saturday, July 17th, 2010 at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT in the United States from local pay-per-view providers for a suggested retail price of only $29.95.

The weigh-ins for Wednesday’s “Strikeforce: Los Angeles” event took place today at the Crowne Plaza in the Continental Ball Room Salon C in Los Angeles.

The “Strikeforce: Los Angeles” event will take place at the Nokia Theatre on Wednesday evening. The event only features six bouts, with four matches being making the Showtime Broadcast which will be shown live on the East Coast and will be on tape delay in the West. The event coincides with the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) trade show.

Headlining the event is a 195 pound catchweight bout between Robbie Lawler (195) and Renato “Babalu” Sobral (193.5).

The full “Strikeforce: Los Angeles” fight card is as follows:

Main Card

Catchweight (195 lbs) bout: Robbie Lawler (195)* vs. Renato “Babalu” Sobral (193.5)
Welterweight bout: Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos (171) vs. Marius Zaramoskis (169.5)
Middleweight bout: Tim Kennedy (185.5) vs. Trevor Prangley (185.6)
Catchweight (160lb) bout: Conor Heun (159.5) vs. K.J. Noons (159.5)

Preliminary Card

Catchweight (160 lbs) bout: R.J. Clifford (159.5) vs. Jeremy Umphries (159.5)
Bantamweight bout: Marcus Kowal (134.75) vs. Hugo Sandoval (135.5)

* – Lawler was 1/2 pound over weight (195.5) and was given time to make the contracted weight.

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Following his six second knockout loss on May 13 to Hector Lombard in a nationally televised bout, Jay Silva will not compete for Matrix Fights (www.MatrixFights.com) on June 11 at “The Arena” in Philadelphia as had been previously scheduled.

Replacing Silva against rising East Coast middleweight prospect Tim Williams will be New Hampshire native, Woody “The Dynasty” Weatherby, 8-3.

Weatherby, renowned for his strong striking ability, will compete for the first time since appearing on the current eleventh season of the hit Spike TV reality show The Ultimate Fighter.

Weatherby is a former Naval officer who currently splits his time as a corrections officer for the Hillsborough County Jail in Manchester, NH while also training MMA at both the Renzo Gracie Academy in Derry, NH and Mickey Ward’s Boxing Gym.

Williams is 3-0 since turning pro last November following an outstanding amateur career that saw him post a perfect 6-0 record with six early stoppages. All three of Williams’ pro fights have ended in the first round, with his most recent victory, a first round submission win over Joey Kirwan, earning him the Locked in the Cage middleweight title.

On June 11, Weatherby will represent Williams’ toughest test to date.

“Timmy has never lost a fight as a pro or amateur,” remarked Matrix Fights promoter Phil Migliarese. “He doesn’t know what it means to fail. Being so dominant everyone is talking about him on the East Coast. But to the rest of the country, he’s still a well kept secret. A win over Weatherby would change everything for him overnight.”

The night’s co-main event will also feature undefeated light heavyweight prospect Tim Carpenter, 5-0, taking on Guybson Sa, 1-0, who trains out of the renowned Team Bomb Squad. Carpenter, a black belt under Phil and Ricardo Migliarese, is 1-0 since returning to active competition following an extended hiatus due to injury.

Following a unanimous decision victory this past February against Rich Lictawa at an Adrenaline MMA event, Carpenter immediately returned to the radar of most major MMA organizations. A second straight win could propel him from the regional circuit and onto the national scene.

Also featured on the pro card for Matrix Fights II on June 11 will be Brylan Van Artsdalen, who recently made his professional debut on a nationally televised Bellator Fighting Championships event at the Mohegan Sun Hotel & Casino in Uncasville, CT.

“Brylan is coming off a tough loss, but it was a fight he was clearly winning,” said Matrix Fights President Jimmy Binns. “Not every fighter can say they made their debut for a major national promotion televised on Fox Sports Net, NBC, and Telemundo. But Brylan was one of the top ranked amateurs in the country and earned that spot. I know losing a fight that he was dominating must be frustrating to him but on June 11 he’ll get his chance to make things right.”

The undercard will feature a stacked lineup of top rated amateurs from renowned schools and academies such as Daddis Fight Camps, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu United, and Balance Studios. Additionally, the undercard will feature the first ever female MMA bout in Matrix history when Andria Caplan returns to the cage against Jennifer Martin.

Caplan, who has been featured in the past on MMAjunkie.com and most recently in the Philadelphia City Paper, is a former WKA Amateur Muay Thai Champion as well as a multi-time Grappler’s Quest Champion.

Making her MMA debut last August on a nationally televised M-1 Global event, Caplan will be looking to redeem herself after losing to ISCF amateur MMA champion Mollie Ahlers-Estes. Soon after the bout it was disclosed that Caplan fought with a torn MCL.

Standing in her way will be the Elmira, New York native Martin, a amateur MMA champion who is also the number two ranked amateur female featherweight fighter in the country, according to the ISCF.

For more information and to order tickets, please visit the official Matrix Fights website at www.MatrixFights.com.

Disclaimer: Sam Caplan is the majority owner of FiveOuncesOfPain.com and is an employee of Matrix Fights. Andria Caplan is also his wife.

UFC lightweights Ross Pearson (11-3) and Cole Miller (16-4) will meet at UFC Fight Night 22 in September.

The unannounced UFN 22 will take place on Sept. 15 and no rumor has surfaced as to the location of the event but sources have hinted at an East Coast market.

Pearson is the lightweight winner of “The Ultimate Fighter” season 9, and has so far won all three of his UFC bouts, including the four straight fights. He last appeared at UFN 21 against Dennis Siver, earning a unanimous decision victory in a bout that saw both men receive the “Fight of the Night” honor. Pearson also has wins over Aaron Riley and fellow Brit Andre Winner.

Miller meanwhile, is 1-1 in his past two but 3-1 in his past four matches. His last victory was over Dan Lauzon at UFC 108 last January. He submitted the younger Lauzon brother by modified kimura on the Spike broadcasted prelim fight which earned him the “Submission of the Night” award.

UFC middleweight fighters Alan Belcher (16-6) and former title challenger Demian Maia (12-2) are being tapped to headline the next UFC Fight Night event.

A source close to the situation has confirmed that one of the two has already agreed to the fight.

UFC Fight Night 22 has yet to be officially announced, but is expected to take place on Sept. 15 in an East Coast market and serve as a lead-in for the debut for season 12 of “The Ultimate Fighter” on Spike TV.

An exciting fighter, Belcher has won his past two bouts and earned “Fight Night” awards in his past four matches. He recently submitted Patrick Côté at UFC 113 earning the “Submisison of the Night” award and defeated Wilson Gouveia via TKO at UFC 107 last December in a fight that earned both men the “Fight of the Night” honor. Belcher earned a “Fight of the Night” award in a loss to Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 100 and won a “Submission of the Night” against Denis Kang at UFC 93.

Maia is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Anderson Silva after both men met in Abu Dhabi for the UFC middleweight title at UFC 112. Maia replaced an injured Vitor Belfort in the fight which saw a lot of criticism sent Silva’s way for his actions in the octagon. Maia’s previous fight against Dan Miller at UFC 109 ended in a unanimous decision victory for the Brazilan. Maia is also no stranger to “Fight Night” awards having earned four “Submission of the Night” honors in his eight UFC bouts.

HT: MMAjunkie.com

Former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia (26-6) doesn’t care if you hate him, because he hates you just as much.

This past Friday Sylvia earned his second straight victory, after losing three straight, having defeated five times World’s Strongest Man Mariusz Pudzianowski in the main event of “Moosin: God of Martial Arts” show.

The heavyweight weighed in at 305 pounds for the event and makes no apologies to fans for his size, or as a matter of face, for anything else he’s done.

“I know what I’ve done,” he responded Monday. “I know no one else has been a five-time UFC heavyweight champ besides Randy (Couture). As soon as Brock (Lesnar) defends it and makes that, then he’s in that division too, but no one else is. Not even Arlovski.”

“I’m drastically different,” he said of his fight-week personality. “I have no patience. I’ve worked my butt off for 10 weeks to prepare myself for my opponent, and it’s constantly going through my mind. When I go to bed, when I get up, it’s all about who I’m fighting and what I have to do to win this fight. That’s when a lot of the fans, they’ll come in to the show and they’ll see this standoffish guy who’s set on beating the guy in front of me. Maybe that’s it?”

Sylvia was a recent guest on Sherdog.com’s radio show and fans can listen to the entire interview by clicking the link.

More photo’s of Sylvia and the entire Moosin event can be found at MiddleEasy.com.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s next Spike TV UFC Fight Night event is set for Sept. 15 according to MMAjunkie.com. The show will act as the opener for “The Ultimate Fighter” season 12’s first episode.

No exact location was named but the show is tentatively targeted for the East Coast.

The first rumored bout for the event, initially reported by MMAWeekly.com, includes lightweights Jim Miller (17-2) and Gleison Tibau (21-6), who are expected to fight on the televised portion of the show.

“TUF 12″ will feature coaches Georges St-Pierre and Josh Koscheck, who start production in Las Vegas soon. This latest Spike TV series will feature the latest crop of lightweight fighters looking to make it into the UFC.

Miller has won four of his last five and twelve of his last thirteen fights. His last fight was against Mark Bocek at UFC 111, earning a unanimous decision victory over the Canadian. His UFC record is 6-1 having earned two “Fight Night” awards in that span.

Meanwhile Tibau has won his last two and gone 4-1 in his past five fights. He defeated Caol Uno by TKO in the first round at UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Gomi in March, and earned a unanimous decision over Josh Neer at UFC 104 last fall.

The next installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship's Spike TV-televised event series, UFC Fight Night, takes place Sept. 15 and serves as a lead-in for the debut episode of "The Ultimate Fighter 12."

A source close to the event today alerted MMAjunkie.com of the event plans and said the show tentatively is targeted for an East Coast market.

Additionally, as MMAWeekly.com first reported today, a recently rumored bout between Jim Miller and Gleison Tibau is expected to be part of the night's televised main card.

Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belts Tatiana Garcia and Emily Kwok.

Last week on our show we highlighted elite female grapplers Leticia Ribeiro and Beatriz Mesquita, of Gracie Humaita. This week on our show we continue our coverage of the women’s jiu-jitsu scene with Tatiana Garcia and Emily Kwok. In a contribution from our east coast correspondent Christian Simamora, we learn more about what it takes to overcome obstacles to achieve the difficult dream of becoming a black belt in jiu-jitsu. Consider this excerpt from the conversation:

The FightWorks Podcast: Did you find that in your circle of family of friends that there was opposition to you doing jiu-jitsu?

Tatiana Garcia: My parents never watched any of my matches. I don’t think they even know what [jiu-jitsu] is. I had to train two years without telling them. And when they found out they took my car so I couldn’t drive. I had to take the bus. It was a challenge. Now, they accept it because they have no other choice. But it was hard. I used to do classical ballet before I got into jiu-jitsu so for them it was like a shock. I was in college in the U.S. as a freshman. I came to the U.S. to study and then I went back to Brazil for a couple of months for vacation and I started jiu-jitsu. So I quit school. I didn’t want to come back, and I wanted to do jiu-jitsu. So that was even worse. But you know what? Today I can say I’m so happy with what I do. I do what I love to do. No matter what other choice I could wdo with my life, I did what I wanted and I’m so happy about it.

Lots of good lessons for all jiu-jitsu practitioners about fighting hard on the mats and in life. For more on Tatiana check out MGinAction.com (yes, she is Marcelo Garcia’s wife) and Emily would be mad if we didn’t send you to WomensGrappling.org: jiu-jitsu camps just for the ladies.

We will also speak with Antonio “Nino” Schembri, who has been away from jiu-jitsu for a while but is now back in action. Schembri was the 1996 absolute black belt champion at the Brazilian National Championship, and now has a school in Manhattan Beach. We were able to speak with him at the Fabio Santos Open in San Diego last week (check him out in this video from the event if you haven’t seen it yet).

Finally we will speak with Rener Gracie about a very promising opportunity for jiu-jitsu! With enough votes, the Gracies of Torrance (Rorion, Ryron, Rener, Ralek, Reylan, and others!) will be bringing jiu-jitsu into homes across the nation on a reality show based on making kids safer from bullying by showing them jiu-jitsu techniques. Rener will bring us up to speed on that, but in the meantime, make sure you go vote! Multiple votes are allowed.

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