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Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup 2010 in Armenia

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:37:55 +0000

A little late in reporting this, but earlier this month the Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup 2010 saw the outcome repeated from the 2009 championship. The national team of Iran won the first prize, with Turkey in second place and Armenia winning bronze. Yerevan, Armenia. February 14th, 2010.

On the first competition day, Iranian wrestlers defeated Cubans 4:3. Turks beat Hungarians while Russians overpowered Georgians, both 6:1.

Armenians inflicted a 7:0 defeat on the Scandinavian team.

The national team of Iran won the first prize, with Turkey coming second and Armenia winning bronze, repeating the 2009 success.

On the next day, in the seventh fight, Armenia’s Yuri Patrikeev (w/c 120 kg) beat Russia’s Alexander Yunoshkin. So, defeating Russians 4:3 in the team event, Armenian wrestlers came third, following Iran and Turkey.

The tournament winners received money awards: $50 000, $30 000 and $20 000 respectively.

Teams from Armenia, Russia, Iran, Hungary, Cuba, Turkey, Georgia and a team from Scandinavian countries participated.

All the results can be found here.

Judo Grand Prix Düsseldorf Results

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:18:23 +0000

German Heide Wollert (78kg) and Egyptian Islam El Shehaby (+100kg) were the only non-oriental judoka to go in the highest step of the podium in the last day of competition in Düsseldorf.

All other gold medals went to Asia, with Jae-Bum Kim (KOR, 81kg), Yuya Yoshida (JPN, 90kg), Takamasa Anai (JPN, 100kg), Mina Watanabe (JPN, 70kg) and Megumi Tachimoto (JPN, +78kg) winning the remaining categories. Altogether, however, an expressive number of 24 out of 45 participating nations came home with medals (seven becoming gold). And 206 from the 338 combats finished by ippon, the highest score.

RESULTS – GRAND PRIX DÜSSELDORF 2010

Men

-81 kg:
1. Jae-Bum Kim, KOR
2. Euan Burton, GBR
3. Robert Krawczyk, POL
3. Dae-Nam Song, KOR
5. Safouane Attaf, MAR
5. Emmanuel Lucenti, ARG
5. Shokir Muminov, UZB
5. Siarhei Shundzikau, BLR

-90 kg:
1. Yuya Yoshida, JPN
2. Nabiev Khurshid, UZB
3. Timur Bolat, KAZ
3. Dilshod Choriev, UZB
5. Marvin De La Croes, NED
5. Elkhan Mammadov, AZE
5. Hesham Mesbah, EGY
5. Daiki Nishiyama, JPN

-100 kg:
1. Takamasa Anai, JPN
2. Lukas Krpalek, CZE
3. Luciano Correa, BRA
3. Elco Van Der Geest, BEL
5. Benjamin Behrla, GER
5. Hee-Tae Hwang, KOR
5. Daviti Loriashvili, GEO
5. Roman Polosin, RUS

+100 kg:
1. Islam El Shehaby, EGY
2. Keiji Suzuki, JPN
3. Zviadi Khanjaliashvili, GEO
3. Robert Zimmermann, GER
5. Anis Chedly, TUN
5. Lasha Gujejiani, GEO
5. Sung-Min Kim, KOR
5. Renat Saidov, RUS

Full Event Results can be found here.

Iran wins 2010 Greco-Roman World Cup in Armenia

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:30:54 +0000

Iran’s Greco-Roman national wrestling team were crowned the champs in the 2010 Greco-Roman World Cup for the first time in history.

The Iranian wrestlers won the final round of the competitions in Armenia with a 4-3 victory against Turkey on Sunday evening to clinch the title.

Mohammad Faghiri in the 55 kilogram, Omid Noroozi (60 kg), Saeed Abd-e-Vali (66 kg) and Amir Ali-Akbari (96 kg) were the Iranian athletes who snatched victories for Iran while Hamid Reihani, Habib Akhlaghi and Bashir Babajanzadeh in the 74, 84 and 120-kg categories respectively were defeated by their Turkish rivals.

Turkey stood second and the host Armenia placed third.

A total of eight teams including Georgia, Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Iran, Cuba and a Nordic team took part in the 2010 Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup in Yerevan on February 12-14.

Results: Paris Grand Slam 2010 (Judo)

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:48:43 +0000

This past weekend, the International Judo Federation made their first stop on the Grand Slam tour circuit with an event in Paris France.

The French fans packed Bercy with over 10,000 in attendance and were not disappointed when their biggest star was crowned again: Teddy Riner, only 20 years old, won his third consecutive title in the heavyweights at the IJF Paris Grand Slam.

Elco van der Geest (100kg), who now competes under the flag of Belgium after a life long time fighting for Holland. won his first medal in the Paris tournament.

Still in the male divisions, Takashi Ono (JPN) reigned in the 90kg category, his third consecutive Grand Slam win (after Moscow 2009 and Tokyo 2009). In Paris 2009, he won silver.

In the 70kg Woman’s division, Lucie Decosse of France continued her stellar career performance. The gold won on the mat in the home country was the sixth for her collection, as she already has the ones from 2001-04-06-08-09.

Out of 226 fights, 132 ended with ippon (58%) in the male divisions, while out of 142 combats, 91 finished by ippon (64%). Seven contests were decided by hansokumake (disqualification) due to leg grabbing. A total of 19 countries (out of 55) won medals.

The full results can be found here. You can watch video here of the +100kg Mens Finals, 100kg Mens Final and -90kg Mens Finals.

The next IJF World Circuit event will be the Grand Prix in Dusseldorf/GER, on the 20-21 February.

Weight Class	Final Standings (Men)
+100kg	1. RINER, Teddy (FRA) 2. VUIJSTERS, Grim (NED) 3. KIM, Sung-Min (KOR) 3. PADAR, Martin (EST)
-100kg	1. VAN DER GEEST, Elco (BEL) 2. SAMOYLOVICH, Sergey (RUS) 3. PETERS, Dimitri (GER) 3. TSIREKIDZE, Irakli (GEO)
-90kg	1. ONO, Takashi (JPN) 2. CHORIEV, Dilshod (UZB) 3. BENIKHLEF, Amar (ALG) 3. CAMILO, Tiago (BRA)
-81kg	1. GUILHEIRO, Leandro (BRA) 2. TSIKLAURI, Levan (GEO) 3. STEVENS, Travis (USA) 3. JEANNIN, Antoine (FRA)
-73kg	1. WANG, Ki-Chun (KOR) 2. AKIMOTO, Hiroyuki (JPN) 3. AWANO, Yasuhiro (JPN) 3. IBRAGIMOV, Rinat (KAZ)
60kg	1. KIM, Joo-Jin (KOR) 2. SANJAASUREN, Miaragchaa (MGL) 3. HASHBAATAR, Tsagaanbaatar (MGL) 3. LAROSE, David (FRA)
-60kg	1. ASUMBANI, David (GEO) 2. SOBIROV, Rishod (UZB) 3. DRAGIN, Dimitri (FRA) 3. FUKUOKA, Masaaki (JPN)

DEEP X 05 Video Promo

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:00:52 +0000

DEEP X 05 Video Package (Shinjuku FACE Tokyo – February 6th, 2010)
Check the card here.

Interntional Judo Federation: Grand Slam – Paris (Feb.6-7, 2010)

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:00:48 +0000

The International Judo Federation’s next big competition is the “Grand Slam – Paris” which takes places on February 6-7th, 2010 from Paris France.

http://www.ffjudo.com/ffj/

K-1 Impact! KO Highlights Vol.6

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:14:46 +0000

K-1 has just released volume 6 of their excellent “K-1 Impact! KO Highlight” series.

[K-1 Impact! KO Highlights Vol.6: Lineup]

1. Patrick Smith vs. Andy Hug
(1994.4.30 / K-1 Grand Prix ’94)

2. Fuji Chalmsak vs. Arslan Magomedov
(2004.2.24 / K-1 World Max 2004 Japan Tournament)

3. Ernesto Hoost vs. Maurice Smith
(1993.4.30 / K-1 Grand Prix ’93)

4. Kobirumaki Shida (then: Takayuki) vs. Kaolan Kaovichit
(2002.5.11 / K-1 World Max 2002 Final)

5. Mike Zambidis vs. Satoru Suzuki
(2005.10.12 / K-1 World Max 2005 Champions’ Challenge)

6. Branko Cikatić vs. Andre Mannaart
(1994.4.30 / K-1 Grand Prix ’94)

7. Takehiro Murahama vs. Hiroyuki Abe
(2003.3.1 / K-1 World Max 2003 Japan Tournament)

8. Yasuhiro Kazuya vs Serkan Yilmaz
(2004.2.24 / K-1 World Max 2004 Japan Tournament)

99. Jerome Le Banner vs Masaaki Satake
(1995.5.4 / K-1 Grand Prix ’95 Final)

10. Albert Kraus vs Andy Souwer
(2003.7.5 / K-1 World Max 2003 Final)

Rumored Badr Hari Opponent for May 29th It’s Showtime Amsterdam ArenA

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:52:29 +0000

Ahead of the official announcement of Badr Hari’s opponent for the upcoming It’s Showtime Amsterdam ArenA event May 29th, rumors are that negotiations are taking place with Hesdy Gerges (30-7-2). Hesdy Gerges is professional Dutch-Egyptian Heavyweight kickboxer and martial artist, fighting out of Chakuriki Pancration Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is the current holder of the WFCA World (K-1 rules) Super Heavyweight (+95 kg) title. One thing of interest is that Gerges is currently scheduled to meet Daniel Ghita on the May 29th card.

Announce: Beast of the East in Poland (Jun.12.2010)

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:09:32 +0000

It’s being reported that Beast of the East in cooperation with Pitbull West Coast, will visit Gdynia Poland on June 12th, 2010. So far only one fight is being announced between top ranked Polish Heavyweight Michal Kita (9-3-0) and the undefeated second Polish ranked Damian Grabowski (11-0-0).

Michal Kita (9-3-0) vs. Damian Grabowski (11-0-0)

Possible Participants:

Michael “Cipao” Materla (13-3-0)
Maciej Jewtuszko (5-0-0)
Michael “Barbell” Fijałka (6-0-0)
Grzegorz Tredowski (11-8-2)
Borys Mankowski (9-1-0)
Jedrzej Kubski (15-8-0)
Rafal Dabrowski (5-1-0)
Michael “Barbell” Fijałka (6-0-0)

Michal Kita vs Alexei Oleinik – Tournament Finals – IAFC – Mayor’s Cup 2009 – 28th November 2009 (Novosibirsk Russia)

Damian Grabowski Vs Kiril Handzhiyski – FX3 ‘Rough Justice’ – 13th June 2009 (London)

K-1 WGP 2010 in Warsaw (Mar.28.2010) – Superfight Announced

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:35:28 +0000

The K-1 World Grand Prix in Warsaw takes place on March 28th, 2010. Fightsport.pl is reporting that Australian/Polish fighter Paul Slowinski (75-16-1) will meet Latvian Konstantin Gluhov (25-9-1) in a Super Fight.

Paul Slowinski was the 2009 International Kickboxer Super Heavyweight (+95kg) Champion and 2009 WMC Super Heavyweight World Champion. He also won the 2007 K-1 World GP in Amsterdam. He’s trained with the legendary K-1 fighter Ernesto Hoost. Last June in Jamaica, at the “Champions of Champions II” event he defeated Patrice Quarteron (33-5-3) for the WMC Super Heavyweight World Title (Quarteron would later go on to defeat Bob Sapp via KO at the A1 World Combat Cup in November). Slowinski is coming off back-to-back losses as he suffered defeats at the hands of Thor Hoopman (Nov.09) and most recently to Hesdy Gerges (30-7-2) (Jan.2010).

Konstantin Gluhov was the runner up in the 2009 WBKF World Tournament (+93 kg) and on November 22, 2008 Glukhov won the K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Riga tournament by three consecutive knockouts over Marco Della Ricca, Pacome Assi and Mindaugas Sakalauskas. He’s also an accomplish MMA praticioner with a 6-4-0 record, winning his last MMA fight against Daniel Omielanczuk at “KSW 12 – Najman vs. Pudzianowski” last December.

Paul Slowinski vs. Mighty Mo – K-1 WGP 2007 -FINAL- (Reserve) – 8th December, 2007 (Yokohama Arena, Japan)

Konstantin Gluhov (Latvia) K-1 Riga WORLD GP 2008 winner