South Florida http://combatwire.com/index.php/pick-your-town/south-florida Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:10:05 -0800 Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management en-gb MMA Mania: Ken Shamrock has tough words for Kimbo Slice http://combatwire.com/index.php/pick-your-town/south-florida/34-sf-home/623-mma-mania-ken-shamrock-has-tough-words-for-kimbo-slice With one win in the past six years, UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock said the chance to beat Kimbo Slice was too good to pass up.

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Kimbo Slice is winding down training with Bas Rutten in Thousand Oaks, Calif., before heading home for the Oct. 4 CBS EliteXC Saturday Night Fights at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise.

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COCONUT CREEK - Lorenzo Borgomeo and Nicolae Cury eat, sleep and breathe mixed martial arts.

It's no wonder they have become friends and share the same dream of a successful pro mixed martial arts career since moving to South Florida.

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Deerfield Beach's Mike Brown knew about his title shot against Urijah Faber three weeks ago.

But until the contract was signed two days ago, he wasn't about "to jinx it" by talking about it.
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Marcus Aurelio                        Gleison Tibau Alves


Brazilians Marcus Aurelio and Gleison Tibau Alves call America �??the land of opportunity.�??


In the midst of working toward U.S. citizenship, Aurelio, 34, and Alves, 24, of American Top Team in Coconut Creek left family and friends in Brazil for a shot at the big time in mixed martial arts.

 

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NORTH LAUDERDALE -- Elieser Castillo sat quietly in the back row until it was his turn to talk during the prefight ESPN2 Friday Night Fights news conference.

After promoter Luis DeCubas announced the seven-bout boxing card that includes undefeated Colombian Breidis Prescott (18-0, 17 KOs) making his U.S. debut at War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, it was all Castillo.

]]> SF Home Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:05:54 -0700 Florida to sanction MMA as a sport http://combatwire.com/index.php/pick-your-town/south-florida/34-sf-home/388-florida-to-sanction-mma-as-a-sport Tom Molloy, Executive Director of the Florida Athletic Commission, which governs boxing and mixed martial arts, said Friday that amateur mixed martial arts will become fully sanctioned this week.

Molloy spearheaded the effort to add the amendment to the Pugilist law that Gov. Charlie Crist signed off on recently.

 

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The nickname suits him.

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira is called "Minotauro" after the mythological creature that has the head of a bull and body of a man.

After leaving a trail of defeated heavyweights from Japan to Las Vegas, he is regarded as the best mixed martial arts fighter in the world. At 31, he is the only fighter in history to hold PRIDE FC and UFC titles at the same time.

He is the Tiger Woods or Michael Jordan of mixed martial arts and one of the most recognized sports figures in Japan and Brazil. With the increased popularity of the UFC cards in the United States, he is gaining a foothold among mainstream athletes.

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Rumors had been floating around the past few weeks that the International Fight League's Friday card at the Mohegan Sun (Conn.) would be the league's last show. However, earlier this week the IFL confirmed its next event, the Aug. 15 IFL Summer Throwdown in New Jersey and announced it is in the process of developing a hexagon-shaped mixed martial arts ring for future IFL competitions. The new ring, created in conjunction with Throwdown Industries, will be unveiled at the Aug. 15 card at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J. The fight card for that event will be announced next month. Dubbed "The Hex," the six-sided surface will be 24 feet across (27 feet 8 ½ inches end-to-end) and will be enclosed by five ropes. The use of The Hex will be more viewer-friendly for fans in attendance as well as the television audience. The hexagonal surface also allows strategic benefits for the fighters. The prototype is being built in Las Vegas.

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