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MMA-SA (Mixed Martial Arts South Africa) welcomes you to our website.
It is a website covering all of the Mixed Martial Arts in South Africa and the fighters involved. It showcases in depth profiles, interviews, background information, as well as behind the scenes footage of the serious and growing South African fighting community.
The MMA-SA website will also provide a comprehensive photo gallery, an explanation of the rules used internationally, descriptions and examples of the different styles. There will also be a streaming video component whereby viewers can study and learn step by step from the experts who will be demonstrating the various aspects. The website will also display links of affiliated Dojo’s and training centers country wide, if yours is not there please get hold of us so that you can be added.
If you are a fighter, or if you know one who is not represented on the website, please help us to collect that data, in order to help develop and showcase the country’s emerging talent. Please submit your profile and Q’S & A’S from the site and get it back to us so we can add you, don’t forget your picture.
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UFC Inks Sokoudjou; “The African Assassin” to Debut vs Machida at UFC 79
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light heavyweight division became the most talent-rich weight class in the world. At UFC 79, which will take place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on December 29th, fight fans will get a glimpse of the newest addition to the 205-pound ranks as “The African Assassin”, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, makes his UFC debut against unbeaten sharpshooter Lyoto Machida
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After his July draw with Tito Ortiz, Rashad Evans’ place in the talent-rich light heavyweight division was questioned. But in the UFC 78 main event at the Prudential Center tonight, the Michigan State product returned to his lofty spot in the 205-pound pecking order with a solid three round split decision win over England’s Michael Bisping.
Michael Bisping loses out to Rashad Evans
Martial arts expert Michael Bisping, breaking new ground for British fighters, found himself on the wrong end of a split points decision to wrestling expert Rashad Evans here in the US in the early hours of this morning.
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the last fight than I originally thought. Two weeks away from my fight at UFC 75, I felt tired and just wanted the fight to come and go so I could relax.
But now, two weeks out from UFC 78, I can’t wait for the first bell, and I am really excited and looking forward to it. I am counting the days until I fly over to America.
Evans: I'm better than Bisping
RASHAD EVANS claims he is a far superior fighter to fellow light-heavyweight Michael Bisping.
The duo collide at UFC 78 on November 17 in the first UFC headline bout to feature two Ultimate Fighter winners.
Franklin’s keys to reclaiming the title
Holding on to a title in MMA isn’t easy. Just ask the six champions who left the UFC Octagon without their belts in the last 12 months.
It all started when Anderson Silva stopped Rich Franklin to win the UFC middleweight crown on October 14, 2006, at UFC 64. At the very next UFC pay-per-view event, Georges St-Pierre knocked out Matt Hughes to win the 170-lb crown in a one-sided affair. A few months later, Randy Couture came out of retirement and shocked the world by pounding out Tim Sylvia to win the heavyweight crown at UFC 68.
Bisping vs Evans and UFC 78 Main Card Announced
On Saturday, November 17th, the Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to New Jersey for the first time in over two years, and in the main event at Newark’s Prudential Center, two of the most decorated graduates from The Ultimate Fighter will meet, as season two winner “Sugar” Rashad Evans (15-0-1) battles season three winner Michael “The Count” Bisping (15-0) in a battle that will not only leave one of these unbeatens with a loss on his record, but it will validate the victor as the future of the light heavyweight division.
No Knockouts, but Jardine Shakes up Division with Win over Liddell
ANAHEIM, CA, September 22 – Following a knockout loss in May, some observers expected Keith Jardine to be an easy mark for the return of another UFC 71 KO victim, former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell. But in tonight’s UFC 76 main event at the Honda Center, Jardine made it clear that there is no such thing as a sure thing in mixed martial arts, using an effective striking mix of kicks and punches to win a three round split decision over ‘The Iceman’.
Scores were 29-28 twice and 28-29 for Jardine, who rebounded from his loss to Houston Alexander in a big way. Liddell was looking to come back from the loss of his title to Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson on the same May card.
Jardine stuns Chuck at UFC 76
CHUCK LIDDELL suffered a shock defeat to Keith Jardine at UFC 76 to rock his hopes of a rematch with champion Rampage Jackson.
It was the Iceman's second straight defeat after he dropped the light-heavyweight belt to Jackson at UFC 71.
The three big fights of the night all saw the favourites upset, with Forrest Griffin submitting Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua with a rear naked choke and Jon Fitch getting a split decision over Diego Sanchez.
Power Combat Zone - Episode 7 – September 2007
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POWER COMBAT ZONE EPISODE 7 SEP 2007
Date start end duration channel
17-SEP-2007 21:30 22:00 00:30:00 EPS. 7 SS2 Premier
18-SEP-2007 03:00 03:30 00:30:00 EPS. 7 SS2 Repeat
18-SEP-2007 09:00 09:30 00:30:00 EPS. 7 SS2 Repeat
18 SEP-2007 16:30 17:00 00:30:00 EPS. 7 SS5 + SS5 Africa
19-SEP-2007 05:00 05:30 00:30:00 EPS. 7 SS1 Repeat
24-SEP-2007 11:30 12:00 00:30:00 EPS. 7 SS1 Repeat
25-SEP-2007 23:00 23:30 00:30:00 EPS. 7 SS2 Repeat
26-SEP-2007 16:30 17:00 00:30:00 EPS. 7 SS5 + SS5 Africa Repeat
Din Thomas – The 30-Year Old Veteran Approaches His First Decade in
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Business as Usual for The Iceman
contender Din Thomas was making his pro mixed martial arts debut with a first round submission win over Tomas Velazquez, a guy named Chuck Liddell was 2-0, Randy Couture was a few months removed from winning the heavyweight title for the first time, Georges St-Pierre was four years away from his first pro fight, Rich Franklin was just graduating from college, and Nate Diaz was 13 years old.
In other words, the Florida native has been around this game a long time, and though only a few stalwarts remain relevant from those early years of MMA, Thomas is one of them, and at 30, he is not only closing in on a title shot that has been a long time coming, but this Wednesday, he will face Kenny Florian in his first UFC main event.
DANCING ICEMAN'S HOT MOVE
THE fans’ love affair with former UFC light-heavyweight champion Chuck ‘The Iceman’ Liddell is showing no sign of melting.
Even when he was KO’d by Quinton Jackson in the first round of his title defence in May he was cheered all the way to the dressing-room, while the new champ was roundly booed!
That’s why Liddell will be assured of a standing ovation when he makes his eagerly-awaited return to the Octagon against Keith Jardine at UFC 76 in Anaheim, California.
UNDISPUTED – Jackson outlasts Henderson to unify 205-Pound Belts
LONDON, September 8 – Sometimes history can occur in seconds. Tonight, before a sold-out crowd of 16, 235 at the O2 Arena, it took 25 minutes as Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson became the first man in mixed martial arts history to unify a major title, decisioning Dan Henderson over five hard-fought rounds to defend his UFC light heavyweight championship and take home Henderson’s PRIDE 205-pound belt in the process.
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8 – England’s own Michael Bisping kept his unbeaten record intact in the main undercard bout of the UFC 75 card at the O2 Arena, eking out a close three round split decision over Matt Hamill in a light heavyweight contest that finally pitted the two unbeaten stars of The Ultimate Fighter’s third season.
WORLD MMA RANKINGS AS OF MMAWEEKLY.COM
The latest MMAWeekly World MMA Rankings were released on Wednesday, September 5. This system ranks the top ten MMA fighters from all across the world in each of the six largest weight classes, as voted on by MMAWeekly.
We take into consideration a fighter's performance in addition to his win-loss record, head-to-head and common opponents, difficulty of opponents, and numerous other factors in what is the most comprehensive rankings system in the sport.
Naturally Disastrous - Couture Stops Gonzaga in Three to Retain Crown
LAS VEGAS, August 25 – This is starting to become a little redundant. A forty-plus fighter gets overlooked and doubted when facing younger foes, yet repeatedly turns the tables with performances that stun fight fans and overturn the odds.
Sibaya Casino Tournament results
Donavin Hawkey coming out on top again.
The tournament was put together much better and the venue was also held in a more pleasant arena. Among the audience there was Dep President of South Africa Jacob Zuma and Mr Logie Naidoo and a sell out with all walks filling up the rest of the arena. The tournament will also be coverd and shown on Super Sport 1 dates have not been confirmed. Donavin Hawkey walking away with a nother win under his belt with Justin Dimmick getting in the ring and fighting MMA, Justing is no stranger to the ring and with out dobt one of the top Kickboxers South Africa has to offer.
Donavan Hawkey once again comes through on top.
MMA RESULTS - SUNCOAST 29/07/07
The results for the MMA tournament held at Suncoats Casino in Durban held on Sunday 29/07/07.
Liddell's UFC 'comeback' bout to be in Anaheim
Popular former light-heavyweight champion will face veteran Jardine in the main event of UFC 76, sch
Anaheim's Honda Center will be the place where former Ultimate Fighting Championship light-heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell fights for the first time since losing his belt in a surprising first-round knockout loss to Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, UFC officials confirmed Tuesday.
Liddell will fight mixed martial arts veteran Keith Jardine in the main event of UFC 76, scheduled for Sept. 22.
The card will also feature another high-profile light-heavyweight bout pitting Forrest Griffin (14-4), the winner of Spike TV's reality television series "The Ultimate Fighter I," against 2005 PRIDE Fighting Championships grand prix middleweight champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in his UFC debut.
Megaladon Promtions and Bad Boy Fight Division tournament at Sibaya Casino
12 th August 2007
Sunday 12th August- Megaladon Promotions and Bad Boy Fight Division bring you another tournament held at Sibaya
Casino. Bouts include Justin Dimmick v Ian Swart, Leon Maynard v Brandon
Catz, Wiehan Lech v Donovan Hawkey, and international bout with Wade
Henderson v Jean Claude Mpiana (DRC)
For any information and ticket sales please contact Dirk on 083 775 4258
Cage Rage 22 Results
LONDON, July 14 -- Returning to Wembley Arena for another night of action, Cage Rage 22 "Hard as Hell" delivered some spectacular finishes, including the shocking knock out of James Thompson on a card headlined by Eric Esch taking on Tengiz Tedoradze.
At the start of the main event, Tedoradze hammered "Butterbean" in the clinch with short punches, but quite understandably looked out of ideas when it came to taking down the gargantuan restaurant-owner.
Employing his solid but imperfect boxing to good affect, Tedoradze looked comfortable on the feet until a huge left hook from Esch dropped him to the floor, setting the alarm bells ringing in the Georgian's corner.
'Prodigy' says it's time to get a world title
Despite expressing interest in moving back to the welterweight division, Hilo's BJ Penn will fight champion Sean Sherk for the UFC lightweight title in November, according to UFC president Dana White.
Sherk (35-2-1) manhandled Hermes Franca a week ago in his first defense of the belt and will take on Penn (11-4-1), who tapped out Jens Pulver in his last fight. The title bout is tentatively scheduled for New Jersey, although an official announcement on the site has yet to be made.
"After the (Pulver) fight I sat down and thought about having the title and I was like you know I'm at 155 I might as well get it," Penn said. "I've already had two fights for the belt and now's the time to finally get it."
UFC Looking at Hawaii
First outdoor event
Before the sudden rise in popularity of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Dana White made many trips to the islands to watch local mixed martial arts shows.
Now, the man behind the biggest mixed martial arts organization in the world is planning on holding a UFC event at Aloha Stadium some time next year.
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Please send your Dojo's details and your logo to info@mma-sa.com so that we can add it to the site. If you have a website we will put a link on for you so that our viewers can see your site. This is free as we contributing towards growing the sport in South Africa. If you have any events coming up also let us know we will put it on the website for you and cover the event for you for free,get more info from info@mma-sa.com .
WORLD MMA RANKINGS
The latest World MMA Rankings. This system ranks the top ten MMA fighters from all across the world in each of the five major weight classes, as voted on by MMAWeekly. We take into consideration a fighter's performance in addition to his win-loss record, head-to-head and common opponents, difficulty of opponents, and numerous other factors in what is the most comprehensive rankings system in the sport. Fighters who are under drug-related suspensions are not eligible for top ten consideration. Here are the current MMAWeekly World MMA Rankings, which are up-to-date as of June 20th.
FRANK SHAMROCK Defeats PHIL BARONI
FRANK RESPECTS BARONI, WANTS TO FIGHT RENZO
Frank Shamrock answered a lot of questions long-time mixed martial arts enthusiasts had concerning his fighting ability against today's fighters, and gave newer fans to the sport a glimpse into the mystic that is Frank Shamrock, when he dispatched of hard hitting Phil Baroni at the co-promoted Strikeforce and EliteXC event Friday night in San Jose, Calif.
Shamrock, now sporting the moniker 'The Legend,' nearly finished Baroni with strikes in the first round before choking 'The New York Bad Ass' out with a Rear Naked Choke in round two.
Despite the online hype and pre-fight smack talk, Baroni gained the respect of Shamrock in the cage. "I knew he'd fight until the end. Phil's a warrior man. I mean Phil proved to me, I thought I would destroy Phil, and he proved to me that he's one of the toughest guys in MMA. He's got the toughest jaw I've ever seen, and he's got meat hooks on his hands. I think he came out huge on this, and my head is misshapened and swollen from getting punched."
Frank went on to say, "He's a brawler. He's a power puncher. He's got incredibly heavy hands. I think he's got the heaviest hands in MMA. His strength is that he'll do it. He's not good at it, but he'll do it, and that's dangerous. He smacked me a bunch of good times. I've never hit anybody in MMA that hard on the chin that many times and they not go down."
UFC 73
ORTIZ vs EVANS , SILVA vs MARQUARDT, SHERK vs FRANCA
'The Huntington Beach Bad Boy' Tito Ortiz returns to the Octagon to face the undefeated winner of The Ultimate Fighter 2, Rashad Evans. The UFC Middleweight Championship will be on the line when champion Anderson 'The Spider' Silva brings his Muay Thai skills to the Octagon against the 7-time King of Pancrase, Nate 'The Great' Marquardt. Sean 'Muscle Shark' Sherk makes his first defense of the UFC Lightweight Championship against Brazillian fighter Hermes Franca.
CAGE RAGE 22 - HARD AS HELL
July 14, 2007 in LONDON, ENGLAND, venue: Wembley Arena
FIGHT CARD-:1. Heavyweight-ButterBean vs Tengiz Tedoradze ;
2. Light Heavyweight-Mario Sperry vs Lee Hasdell;
3. Heavyweight-Cabbage vs James Thompson ;
4. Heavyweight-Edson Drago vs Gary Turner ;
5. Heavyweight-Herb Dean vs Dave Legeno ;
6. Heavyweight-Mark Buchannan vs James McSweeny ;
7. Light Heavyweight-Paul Chahoon vs Mark Epstein ;
8. Feather Weight-Ronnie Mann vs Robbie Olivier ;
9. Welter Weight-Marios Zaromskis vs Ross Mason ;
10. Welter Weight-Ross Pointin vs Dean Bray ;
11. Middle Weight-Joe Mac vs Bad Boy;
12. Welter Weight-Michael Johnson vs Damian Riccio;
13. Light Heavyweight-Tom Watson vs ED Smith>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Seats -- http://www.cagerage.tv/tickets.htm
UFC
Rampage Jackson knocks out Iceman Liddell for the UFC Title
Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson got one great punch to knock down Chuck the 'Iceman' Liddell and force the referee to stop the fight in the first round to take away his UFC light-heavyweight title at UFC 71. Rampage will make his first title defence against PRIDE FC Welterweight and Middleweight Champion Dan Henderson later this year. The announcement was made at UFC 71 'Liddell vs Jackson,' pitting the champions from the two major mixed martial arts promotions for the first time ever.
2nd Africa Cup Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships - 2nd June 2007
Results.
The 2nd African Cup Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships went off in style, with entrants from all over South Africa. There were competitors from all ages which shows the growth is the sport and many suporters showd there interes by expectating this event. The event hosted only for the second time was a succes and the number of entrants had increased from the previous year. This is a growing event and will be taking place every year so look out for the next event.
Vote for the top 20 fighters in South Africa.
We looking for the top 20 fighters in South Africa.
Please could you send your top 20 MMA fighters names and surnames to info@mma-sa.com We looking for 20 names of fighters across the country and all divisions. We would like your participation in getting this info and we will put the results up on the 1st July 2007. If you are a MMA fighter or you know of someone that does fight MMA and his fighter profile is not up then get the to log in and upload there profiles.
2nd Africa Cup Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships - 2nd June 2007
This Saturday see's Novagen Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Academy's 2nd Africa Cup
South Africas biggest gi-based Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Competition. Held at the upstairs Imax foyer at Gateway, this competition will see teams from KZN, Cape Town, P.E. and Johannesburg competing in various weight divisions and in an open weight division. Clubs taking part include Novagen, Gracie Barra, Dave Levey-Marcus Soares Team and Tapout Academy! Entry is R100 for adults and R30 for kids (competitor entry), spectators are free. Awesome medals and USN hampers are up for grabs as well as prize money for the winner of the open weight division and a trophy for fastest submission of the day! If you train in a gi and grapple (judo/ jiu-jitsu (brazilian or traditional) come and compete against the best grapplers in the country!
Tournament at Sibaya Casino, Umdloti, KwaZulu Natal, South Arica
RESULTS - 20th May, 2007 BAD BOY in association with Megaladon Fighting Promotions
On the evening of the 20th May, 2007 BAD BOY in association with Megaladon Fighting Promotions hosted a tournament at Sibaya Casino, Umdloti, KwaZulu Natal South Africa. There was a very exciting bill with BRONSON BROWN VS JOE MARLESS and DAVID MC VAY VS DONAVAN HAWKE in the main event.
David Mc Vay coming off a win in his last show down with Joe Marless stepped in the ring with the new wonder kid Donavan Hawke, Donavan coming from a boxing background has taken to MMA rather fast and showing good results and potential...
Announcement from Bad Boy
Bad Boy has announced that they will be sponsoring the South African Amateur Kickboxing National Tournament from 31 August - Sept 2nd 2007.
This is the ultimate Amateur kickboxing tournament in South Africa - with over 400 competitors fighting for Individual and Provincial Champion titles. The venue will be UKZN main hall( University KwaZulu Natal - Durban) , National TV coverage is being finalised for the event. Contact Chris Nel for further information.
New Fighter Profile
Jerome Le Banner
Jérôme Le Banner was born December 24th 1972 into a modest family in Le Havre, France. His father was a truck driver and incidentally a semi professional boxer, his mother a warehousewoman. Young Jérôme started practicing martial arts with Judo at age 6. He showed great potential but a disagreement between his father and some judges during a competition put an early end to Jérôme's career in this sport.
Jérôme was 14 when he discovered a movie and an actor that would have a considerable influence on his life; it was indeed after watching Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury that LeBanner enrolled in karate classes, as he wanted to follow the footsteps of the man who became his role model. Young LeBanner devoured books and magazines dedicated to the Little Dragon, even putting his power hand in the lead as teached in Jet Kun Do, Bruce Lee's own fighting style. Even today Jérôme has kept his characteristic southpaw stance while he's naturally right handed.
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Africa to be represented at World Submission Wrestling Championships
Legendary South African strongman Mark Robinson today announced that the African continent will for the first time be granted permission to send a team of wrestlers to compete in the coveted World Submission Wrestling Championships, due to take place in the US in May this year.
Dedicated to, and in loving memory of Giulio Greco, 26/08/1981 - 12/11/2006.
Held in the hearts and memories of all your family, friends and the fighting community, both in and out of the ring.
Rest in Peace my brother, 10111.
MMA-SA Event
Suncoast presents: FIGHT CLUB (results posted)
On the evening of the 22nd April Promoter Shihan Larry Vorster of FIGHT CLUB brings you another exciting tournament at Durban’s Sundcoast Casino’s Sundeck.
The evening is filled with action with 5 Amateur fights and 9 Professional fights, which 5 are MMA bouts with David McVay taking on local favourite Joe Marless.
Doors open at 4pm and the event starts at 6pm, there will be ticket sales on Saturday 21st between 12pm – 6pm and Sunday 22nd 12pm – 4pm outside Nu Metro, there will also be tickets for sale at the door on the evening.
For further information on tickets or tables contact Larry Vorster on 083 357 0357.
Interview: Bronson Brown
Date: 11/03/2007
MMA-SA: Bronson Brown, that name rings a bell! Even across the country and now it’s going to be in the ring. We hear you going to have your first mixed martial arts fight, tell me more about it?
Bronson Brown: I don’t know about my name been know across the country but, yes, I will be stepping into the ring on the 20th May 2007 date is still to be confirmed. I am very excited about the whole match up and keen to match my skills up with another trained opponent.