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Leites mature, wants to be back to the UFC

By Erik Engelhart

Photo Eduardo Ferreira

After leaving the UFC octagon, Thales Leites defeated Dean Lister and Rico Washington. With a new home at MFC, where the Brazilian fights for the title in May 7, Leites celebrates the victories.

“I’m more mature since I left the UFC, I started to see things with other eyes, I changed my game to follow the MMA tendency. They pay you to fight and they want entertainment. If you don’t entertain them, there’s a big line behind you wanting to fight. It’s the market. To keep yourself there, you have to do exciting fights,” comments.

And he believes it’s possible to remain in the UFC even with a loss. “Wanderlei (Silva) is there even losing three of his last five fights. He’s a showman, and that’s what the UFC wants,” the black belt said, eyeing a UFC return. “I was upset when I left the UFC, but now I feel more mature and I’m sure one day I’ll be there again”.

Andre Dida ready to a war against KJ Noons

By Eduardo Ferreira

Photo Eduardo Ferreira

Focused on the K-1 events in 2010, Andre “Dida” Amade will face former EliteXC titleholder KJ Noons at Dream’s next edition, on March 22. Talking to TATAME.com at UDL camp, the fighter commented the fight.

“If the fight as this weekend I’d be ready. I’m training for a long time. That’s a great match-up, I’m sure it’ll be a great fight. We’ll go for the knockout all the time,”, Amade said, eyeing a title shot in the future. “I’m sure I’ll beat him and, after that, I’ll face another great fighter and then I’ll have a chance for the title”.

And “Dida” also talked Mauricio Shogun’s preparation to the rematch with Lyoto Machida, on UFC 113. “People underestimated me in the first fight (as a MMA coach) and I showed I can do it. It’s another Lyoto, it’s another Shogun and I’m sure it’ll be another fight. We only know that we can’t leave it up to the judges. (The strategy) is a secret, you know, we have our recipe to face everybody”.

Chinzo: “I believe in a knockout by Lyoto”

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Marcelo Alonso

Chinzo Machida is confident on Lyoto Machida at the rematch against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua for the UFC title. Talking to TATAME.com, Lyoto’s brother commented the preparation, strategy and the result of the next fight. “I believe in a knockout by Lyoto, that’s why we’re looking at”, Machida said, revealing the possibility of coming back to the MMA rings this year. Click here to read the exclusive interview.

Monson faces Brazilian at French MMA event

Natural from Amazonia, Brazil, Francisco Nonato, known as ‘Nonatão’, will have a great challenge ahead. Living in France, the fighter was called by 100% Fight event to replace Jeff Monson’s opponent next Saturday. The event will also have former UFC fighter Xavier Foupa-Pokam.

COMPLETE CARD:

100% Fight

Paris, France

Saturday, March 13, 2010

- Nayeb Hezam vs. Araïk Margarian;

- Guillaume Piquet vs. Nick Gregoriades;

- Seydina Seck vs. Cyrille Crochet;

- Freddy Thole vs. Laimonas Stancikas;

- Florent Betorangal vs. Michael Meton;

- Chamil Ismailov vs. Sébastien Grandin;

- Patrick Vallee vs. Lopez Owonyebe;

- Adrien Mallebranche vs. Johan Romming;

- Christophe Dafreville vs. Grégory Babene;

- Jess Liaudin vs. Manuel Garcia;

- Jeff Monson vs. Francisco Nonato;

- Jean-François Lenogue vs. Xavier Foupa-Pokam.

Paulo confirms fight against Kampmann

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Josh Hedges

After 13 victories in 14 fights, Paulo Thiago will face another tough challenge. After the rumors of a possible fight against Martin Kampmann at UFC 115, TATAME.com called the Brazilian welterweight today and he confirmed the bout.

Coming from a great victory over Mike Swick, the special elite police officer faces Top 10 welterweight Martin Kampmann. “He’s a tough guy, winning this ight I’ll walk one more step in my career,” Thiago said, waiting for the plane to travel to Sao Paulo, Brazil. “He did a great fight (against Jacob Volkmann), he’s a well ranked guy… That’s a good fight for me”.

Shogun celebrates Wanderlei’s victory

Photo Marcelo Alonso

At Pride times, Wanderlei Silva and Maurício Shogun Rua was inseparable friends, but the end of the event and both of them leaving Chute Boxe team, when Silva decided to move to Las Vegas, put them in different directions. But the friendship remains the same.

While Rua is getting ready to his second title shot against Lyoto Machida fot the UFC light heavyweight gold, the fighter commented Silva’s victory against Michael Bisping, on UFC 110, to TATAME.com. “He has a lot of heart and will, he can do great in this division, it’ll only depend on him,” Shogun said.

And talking about the middleweight division, Maurício commented the title fight between Anderson Silva, his former team mate at Chute Boxe, and Demian Maia, who helped him in trainings to fight Chuck Liddell. “It’s gonna be a tough fight, both are top athletes”, Shogun analyzes. “I’ll be watching this fight for sure, but I think Anderson has vantages due to his experience, he’s the champion”.

Nogueira’s manager rematch with Frank Mir

Photo Marcelo Alonso

Manager of some of the best MMA fighters of the world, like the Nogueira brothers, Lyoto Machida and Anderson Silva, Jorge Guimarães spoke to TATAME.com about the future of Rodrigo “Minotauro”, after the first round loss to Cain Velasquez, among other things. Check below the exclusive chat:

You manage the career of some of the best Brazilian fighters. How difficult is to deal with a lot o stars?

I feel privileged to work with the fighters I work. The biggest difficulty is time enough to deal with all of them. That’s why a good partner and a competent team are indispensable.

Ricardo Arona is still without contract and manager. Did you talked with him?

Ricardo Arona never called us… I tried to talk with him last year, Affliction‘s matchmaker Tom Atencio tried everything to sign him. I never negotiated anything for him.

How you and Ed Soares are dealing with Paulo Filho’s career in this complicated moment in his life? Do you believe we’ll ever see him back in a big event?

You can fix anything ni this life, you just need to be alive. Paulo is very talented, has a great family and he only depends on himself now. Recently, we offered him great opponents in big events, but he wasn’t 100% to get in action.

How if Paulo’s image in the American and Japanese markets?

It’s not a secret that Paulo is in a bad phase, and undoubtedly it bad or any athlete in this situation.

After Rodrigo Minotauro’s loss, has the UFC said anything about his next fight? Did you ask for a specific fight?

The UFC didn’t say anything yet, it’s too soon. Depending on the result of Frank Mir vs. Shane Carwin fight, we’d lot to have a rematch with Frank Mir.

Exclusive: Marlon fights Kanehara at June 20

By Eduardo Ferreira

Photo Daniel Herbertson/ Sherdog.com

After the nine seconds knockout victory against Tomonari Kanomata at Sengoku 12, event which took place last Sunday at Japan, Marlon Sandro was celebrating the victory when the featherweight champion, Masanori Kanehara, challenged him inside the ring, by saying “next fight, next fight”.

“I immediately answered him ‘no problem’ (laughs). Then they did a break and the promoters called us in the ring and he challenged me. It was pretty weird to see the champion challenging a guy without a title,” Marlon said to TATAME.com. The fight is scheduled to June 20, when the Pancrase king faces the Sengoku champion for the title. Stay tuned to read, tomorrow, an exclusive interview with Marlon Sandro.

Minotouro ready for another ‘easy opponent’

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Josh Hedges

Rogério “Minotouro” Nogueira waited for a long time to make his UFC debut, but the huge knockout victory over Luiz Cane made it worthy. Now, the Bahia native fighter faces the former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin. “They only put easy opponents to face me (laughs),” Nogueira jokes. “In two fights they only put tough guys, but that’s it, I’m ready”.

After becoming a father and with 18 victory in his record, Rogério knows his responsibilities and goals. “I’m more mature now, training better… I had great opportunities in my life that I couldn’t get, but this time I won’t lose them,” guarantees, ready for any challenge. “I’ll accept any fight, I won’t waste opportunities”, finished the fighter, who faces Griffin this May.

Santiago defeats Khalidov in rematch

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo FEG courtesy

Sengoku middleweight Champion, Jorge Santiago defeated Mamed Khalidov in Sengoku 12’s edition, which took place this Sunday at Japan. After being knockout by Khalidov in 2009, Santiago outlasted the opponent and took the victory by unanimous decision. One of the best featherweights of the world, Marlon Sandro needed 9 seconds to knock Tomonari Kanomata out. His team mate Leonardo Santos got his first victory under SRC banner with a first round submission victory against Kiuma Kunioku.

COMPLETE RESULTS

Sengoku 12

Japan

Sunday, March 7, 2010

- Jorge Santiago def. Mamed Khalidov by unanimous decision;

- Akihiro Gono def. Diego Gonzalez by unanimous decision;

- Maximo Blanco def. Chang Hyun "Armbar" Kim by KO at R1;

- Marlon Sandro def. Tomonari Kanomata by KO at R1;

- Yoshihiro "Kiss" Nakao def. Henry "Sentoryu" Miller by TKO at R2;

- Yuji Hoshino def. Nick Denis by submission at R2;

- Leonardo Santos def. Kiuma Kunioku by submission at R1;

- Shigeki Osawa def. Kyung Ho Kang by unanimous decision.

WEC 47: Cruz new champion; Torres upset

Photo Josh Hedges

WEC 47

Columbus, USA

Saturday, March 6, 2010

- Dominick Cruz def. Brian Bowles by TKO at R2;

- Joseph Benavidez def. Miguel Torres by submission at R2;

- Javier def. Jens Pulver by submission at R1;

- LC Davis def. Deividas Taurosevicius by unanimous decision;

- Bart Palaszewski def. Karen Darabedyan by submission at R1;

- Scott Jorgensen def. Chad George by submission at R1;

- Chad Mendes def. Erik Koch by unanimous decision;

- Anthony Pettis def. Danny Castillo by KO at R1;

- Leonard Garcia vs. George Roop - draw;

- Frédson Paixão def. Courtney Buck by submission at R1;

- Ricardo Lamas def. Bendy Casimir by KO at R1

TATAME TV: Camões training for Pellegrino

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo personal archive

Former EliteXC fighter, Fabrício “Morango” Camões is ready to get his first UFC victory at UFC 111. Facing Kurt Pellegrino, the Brazilian lightweight is training hard at San Diego, California, with Royler Gracie and Álvaro Romano. Check below a video of the training.

Arona "hibernating to come back hunting"

Photo Eduardo Ferreira

Ricardo Arona was considered one of the best light heavyweight fighters of the world. But, when Pride ended, in 2007, Arona decided to stop competing for a while. Since then, the “Brazilian Tiger” kapt saying that this time off was helping him to think about everything he had done in his career. The time passed, he came back to fight two years and a half later, but a knee injury forced him to postpone his plans one more time.

In an exclusive interview, published at TATAME Magazine’s latest issue, the black belt opened his house and talked about his plans to 2010. “I’m hibernating to come back hunting again,” Arona said, talking about the possibility of fighting in the UFC and how will he do to stay tuned on the new techniques in MMA. “Technique is something you renew all the time, we have to keep the mind open to learn all the time. Even somebody that doesn’t know MMA can show you something”, said.

Gonzaga: ‘I’ll bring my best and win the fight’

Photo Josh Hedges

Former UFC heavyweight title contender, Gabriel “Napão” Gonzaga is ready to face young prospect Junior “Cigano” dos Santos at UFC on Versus 1. “I’ll bring my best and win the fight”, promises Gonzaga, in the video below.

‘Morango’ controls the mind to fight ‘Batman’

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Josh Hedges

Fabrício “Morango” Camões debuted in the UFC with a draw against Caol Uno. Scheduled to return against Kurt “Batman” Pellegrino at UFC 111, the black belt under Royler Gracie is excited to win his first fight in the UFC octagon.

“The last time I almost get it, but now I won’t let it happen again,’ Camões said, without thinking about the fact that he’ll fight in Kurt’s home town. “It doesn’t bother me at all. I never fought in my home, I’m here in the US for a long time and will always be the guest. But I’ll be the guest that wants to ruin the party”.

Training hard at San Diego, California, the former EliteXC fighter comments his preparation for the bout. “We’re training hard, setting a great game plan. He’s a tough opponent, but we’re ready, studying his game and I think this will be a great fight for the fans”, predicts.

In interview to TATAME TV, Pellegrino bet on his ground game to this fight (remember here), but the Brazilian says he’s ready for anyone inside the cage. “This is a good ground game, but this is MMA. We have to think in the fight itself. I’m a black belt under Royler Gracie, I believe a lot in my ground skills. I’m training Jiu-Jitsu my whole life and I think it’s hard to be surprised by anyone on the ground”.

And “Morango” tries to control his excitement for the fight. “I was really anxious for the victory at the debut, but that’s a problem. I’m working calmer now to avoid the mistakes,” explains Fabricio. “I’m doing a great job with Alvaro Romano and this is gonna be a great fight, I’m going inside all the time. I trained a lot for this moment and this is my time”.

BJJ World Champ to fight MMA at Asia

Photo Eduardo Ferreira

Antonio Braga Neto and Leandro da Silva, two Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champions, will fight MMA at next Martial Combat Fighting Championship, which takes place at Singapore at May 17 and will air live at ESPN StarSports. Fellow Brazilian Eduardo Pachu will also be in the card. “The doors are opening for us there at Singapore. I wanna fight a lot MMA this year, my manager is working on that”, Braga Neto said.

Belfort announces: “I’ll be back very soon”

Photo Josh Hedges

Former UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champion, Vitor Belfort was scheduled to face Anderson Silva for the middleweight title, but a shoulder injury, first reported by TATAME.com last month, forced the promoters to call Demian Maia to replace Belfort. According to his manager, days after the surgery, Vitor would have to stay five to eight months away from the training, but “the Phenom” announced today in his twitter that the recovery is going well. “I am starting my rehab and the doctor said that my shoulder is going to be a much faster recover then we thought… I will be back very soon”, wrote Belfort.

Lyoto: “Shogun is a very eclectic fighter”

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Josh Hedges

The UFC light heavyweight champion is ready to put his title on line for the second time. Lyoto Machida, who defended the title against Maurício “Shogun” Rua at UFC 104, will face the Brazilian fighter one more time at May 8, and spoke to TATAME.com about the fight, revealing that he doesn’t believe “Shogun” will repeat the same strategy.

“We’re doing a lot of specific training and, of course, fighting him for the second time we know more about each other,” Machida said. “It’s a new fight. Shogun is a very eclectic fighter, he has this capacity of changing. I’m focusing some aspects and we don’t know what’s gonna happen”.

In the exclusive interview, that you can read here, the champion also commented Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira’s loss to Cain Velasquez, revealed that he already trained with Velasquez before, and commented Anderson Silva’s title fight against Demian Maia, at UFC 112.

Manager confirms Bigfoot vs. Arlovski

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Esther Lin

Multiple websites reported this morning that one time EliteXC heavyweight champion Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva was rumored to fight Andrei Arlovski in Strikeforce. According to Alex Davis, Silva’s manager, the fight is on. “We wanted to fight Brett Rogers, but he didn’t wanted to fight ‘Bigfoot’”, Alex said. “Arlovski is a great opponent, a victory over him puts Antonio in a great situation. Our goal is to fight against the champion or Fedor”.

Bustamante vs. Motosserra at TATAME TV

Photo Erik Engelhart

Former UFC middleweight champion, Murilo Bustamante is focused in his return to the MMA rings and octagons. Last Saturday, the Brazilian Top Team leader climbed the Cantagalo slums, in Rio de Janeiro, to fight against Danilo “Motosserra” (17-7 in MMA) in a three-round boxing match. “I wanna be back to the MMA rings this year and a boxing fight, even if it’s in inside a gym, gives you motivation and adrenaline. I made a lot of mistakes and I’ll work on to fix that. I think it was a good test”, said Bustamante, who won by points. Watch below the fight at TATAME TV.

Damm brothers victorious at Jungle Fight 17

Photo Eduardo Ferreira

Last night, Jungle Fight promotion made its 17^th edition at Vila Velha beach in Estpirito Santo, Brazil. Damm brothers Carina and Rodrigo, a former Strikeforce fighter, was victorious in the event. Carina stopped Aline Sério (8-1) with a first round TKO victory, while her brother defeated Ivan “Pitbull” in the unanimous decision.

Renan Barão, the best featherweight fighter in Brazil, dominated dangerous Sérgio Bomba and got the victory by unanimous decision. It was Barão’s 28^th fight and he remains undefeated in last 26 (despite a no contest). Check below the complete results.

COMPLETE RESULTS:

Jungle Fight 17

Costa Beach, Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil

Saturday, February 27, 2010

- Marcelo Guimarães def. Gilmar de Andrade by unanimous decision;

- Renan Barão def. Sergio Bomba by unanimous decision;

- Jorjão Rodrigues def. Roy Parete by submission (arm triangle choke) at R2;

- Carina Damm def. Aline Sério by TKO at R1;

- Erick Silva vs. Henrique Negão – No Contest;

- Rodrigo Damm def. Ivan Pitbull by unanimous decision;

- Edson Conterrâneo def. Gerônimo Mondragon by TKO at R2.

Aldo: “I don’t consider myself as favorite”

Photo Josh Hedges

WEC featherweight champion, José Aldo will make the first title defense on April 24 against Urijah Faber, in California. After training with BJ Penn’s boxing trainer, Aldo is back to Rio de Janeiro and started working. After took the belt of Mike Brown, who defeated Faber twice, the Brazilian guarantees he doesn’t expect an easy fight. On an exclusive interview, José Aldo talked about the trains on United States, commented his friend and idol Rodrigo Nogueira’s loss to Cain Velasquez, pointed the next talent of Nova União and a lot more.

Click here to read the exclusive interview.

Dream 13: Nakahara ready for Ryo Chonan

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Eduardo Ferreira

Andrews Nakahara, one of the new promises of Brazilian MMA, is ready to another challenge on Japanese rings. After to debut with loss to the legend Kazushi Sakuraba and two knockout victories, the Brazilian is ready to face the Ryo Chonan at Dream 13, scheduled to March 22.

“I’m ok, training. He’s an expert. I was standing still for a while since my last fight, but I kept training”, said the fighter, who trains under Francisco Filho in São Paulo. Analyzing the fights of “Piranha”, he says he’s focused to a complete fighter. “He exchanges a little standing up, has some submissions, the leg lock”, analyzes.

And with one of these leg locks that Chonan submitted Anderson Silva, considered the best fighter of the world at Pride. “I saw this fight too”, Nakahara said, giving bigger attention to MMA. “I want to dedicate a lot to MMA this year, I’ll try to make three or four fights... And win them (laugh)”, finished.

Besides Andrews’ fight, the organization of the Japanese event confirmed other fight with Brazilian. André “Dida” Amade, partner of Maurício Shogun and Murilo Ninja at UDL, will face KJ Noons, who doesn’t fight for more than two years, when he passed through Yves Edwards and Nick Diaz at EliteXC. The show that happened on March 22 in Yokohama, will also have the black belt Bibiano Fernandes, defending the featherweight title against former lightweight Joachim Hansen.

Three titles on the line at X-1 Champions II

Honolulu, HI (USA): X-1 World Events, the top entertainment company in Hawaii, is proud to announce that on Saturday, March 20th, 2010, they will produce one of the most highly-anticipated fight events in the history of Islands at it presents “Champions II,” live from the premiere venue in the heart of Honolulu, the Neal Blaisdell Arena. For ticket pricing and information, visit www.x1events.com.

UFC and StrikeForce veterans will vie for coveted X-1 gold, as X-1 World Middleweight (185 lb.) Champion and Hawaiian Falaniko “Niko” Vitale will defend his belt against the controversial Kalib Starnes. In the co-main event, X-1 World Welterweight (170 lb.) Champion and Hawaii native Brandon Wolff will defend the strap against an opponent yet to be determined.

Also featured will be several title fights for vacant X-1 belts, as Ultimate Fighter combatant Richie Witson and StrikeForce veteran Harris Sarmiento will battle for the lightweight (155 lb.) belt. Dave Moreno and Kurrent Cockett lock horns with the X-1 World Featherweight (145 lb.) Championship at stake, and Bryson Hansen clashes with Riley Dutro for the X-1 World Bantamweight (135 lb.) Championship.

The undercard will feature some talented rising stars the Islands. Exciting young fighters Michael Brightmon, Bryson Kamaka, Dejuan Hathaway, and others will showcase to the Islands what the Hawaii fighting spirit is all about. “We are excited to bring five world title bouts to Hawaiian fight fans,” said Mike Miller, Owner/Promoter of X-1 World Events. “This event will surely excite the crowd, and satisfy the appetites of everyone in attendance that loves a good scrap!”

Main Card

185 lbs. - World Title Match - Champion Falaniko Vitale vs. Kalib Starnes

170 lbs. - World Title Match - Champion Brandon Wolff vs. TBA

155 lbs. - Vacant World Title Match - Richie Whitson vs. Harris Sarmiento

145 lbs. - Vacant World Title Match - Dave Moreno vs. Kurrent Cockett

135 lbs. - Vacant World title Match - Bryson Hansen vs. Riley Dutro

Undercard

160 lbs. - Pro MMA - Michael Brightmon vs. Bryson Kamaka

155 lbs. - Pro MMA - Dejuan Hathaway vs. Herman Santiago

205 lbs. - Pro MMA - Maui Wolfgram vs. TBA

135 lbs. - Pro MMA - Russel Doane vs. Chad Pavao

145 lbs. - Womens Amateur Title Match - Raquel Paaluhi vs. Lani Fauhiva

170 lbs. - Brent Shermerhorn vs. Scott Endo

170 lbs. - Falo Faaloloto vs. Palema Amone

135 lbs. - Joe Gogo vs. Van Shiroma

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