December 25, 2010
Vision Fighting Championship: Τhe Beggining
Bellator FC 27 - Full Event
Tournaments rules
In the first season each tournament winner would be able to earn up to $175,000 for three wins. Fighters eliminated from tournament competition would also be compensated, with opening-round winners receiving $25,000, semifinalists getting $50,000, and finalists netting $100,000. Non-tournament bouts and female fights were also promoted in the first season.
For the second season Bellator changed the accumulated winnings from $175,000 to $100,000.
Its Showtime 43 - Full Event
Robin Van Roosmalen vs William Diender
Volkan Duzgun vs Stefan Leko
Michael Peynaud vs Sergio Wielzen
Mohamed Medhar vs Gago Drago
Lhoucine Ouzgni vs Nieky Holzken
Rustemi Kreshnik vs Hesdy Gerges
December 22, 2010
Μαχητικά Αθλήματα : Δεύτερη εκπομπή (ΠΑΛΗ)
Πρώτο μέρος
Δεύτερο μέρος
Την πρώτη εκπομπή με θέμα την πυγμαχία την βλέπετε εδώ :
http://onlyfighters.blogspot.com/2010/12/tv.html
Documentary : ''The life of Bruce Lee''
The first part of the documentary - interview
The second part
The third part
The fourth part
The fifth part
December 19, 2010
Panhellenic Wrestling Championship 2010
Matches were transmitted live through the web tv of www.sport.gr
Greco-Roman wrestling matches - Οι αγώνες του πανελληνίου πρωταθλήματος στο στυλ της ελληνορωμαϊκής πάλης
Freestyle wrestling matches - Οι αγώνες του πανελληνίου πρωταθλήματος στο στυλ της ελευθέρας πάλης
December 15, 2010
''Sarajevo Fight Night 2'' - All fights of the kickboxing event
Some facts of this event :
''The main event pits #14 Ashwin Balrak against #25 Dzevad Poturak. Balrak is coming in off his career high victory over Daniel Ghita for It's Showtime, while Poturak is fresh off his KO victory over Chalid Die Faust in K-1. Poturak always delivers fireworks, and in front of a hometown crowd, expect him to give it his all here. This is a very well booked fight, and though Balrak should be considered the favorite, Poturak absolutely could take this one home.''
Rok Strucl (Slovenia) vs Sanid Imamovic (BiH)
Igor Mihaljevic vs Catalin Morosanu
Hünkar Kilic vs Josip Vidovic
David Keclik vs Dzenan Poturak
Igor Jurkovic vs Nermin Halilovic
Tomas Senkyr vs Dario Kadic
Kenan Tosun vs Milos Neskovic
Wendell Roche vs Dzevad Poturak
Erhan Deniz vs Sebastian Ciobanu
December 13, 2010
It's Showtime 44 : Athens, Greece (The fights through TV)
Yavuz Kayabasi vs. Gago Drago
Murat Direkci vs. Chris Ngimbi
Andy Souwer vs. Pajonsuk Superpro Samui
Μαχητικά Αθλήματα - Εγνατία TV
Το θέμα αυτής της πρώτης εκπομπής ήταν η πυγμαχία.Στο στούντιο ήταν καλεσμένοι προπονητής και πυγμάχοι του ''Απόλλωνα Καλαμαριάς''.
Μέρος πρώτο
Μέρος Δεύτερο
December 11, 2010
K-1 WORLD GP 2010 : ALL FIGHTS
ALL THE FIGHTS OF THE EVENT ARE HERE
YOU SAW IT FIRST IN OnlyFighters!
First Quarterfinal
PETER AERTS VS MIGHTY MO
Second Quarterfinal
SEMMY SCHILT VS KYOTARO
Third Quarterfinal
ALISTAIR OVEREEM VS TYRONE SPONG
Fourth Quartefinal
GOKHAN SAKI VS DANIEL GHITA
PART 1 OF THE FIGHT
PART 2 OF THE FIGHT
AND NOW TIME FOR THE SEMI-FINALS...
FIRST SEMIFINAL
GOKHAN SAKI VS ALISTAIR OVEREEM
SECOND SEMIFINAL
PETER AERTS VS SEMMY SCHILT
THE BIG FINAL
PETER AERTS VS ALISTAIR OVEREEM
'' It's Showtime 44 '' - Greece - ALL FIGHTS
Sorry for the poor video quality,but that is how i found them in the web.
A big thanks to '' toxotis7 '' from youtube!
You saw it first in OnlyFighters !
Kounopidis vs Siros
Kakoumpavas vs Papadimitriou
Mpalasis vs Michaloudis
Wendell Roche vs Antonis Tzoros
Chatzichronoglou vs Karagiannidis
Yavuz Kayabashi vs Gago Drago
Andy Souwer vs Pajonsuk Superpro Samui
Rafal Dudek vs Chachid Oulad El Had
December 07, 2010
Pankration World Championship in Cracow - 2010 ! (The first part of videos)
Enjoy Fighters!
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12
November 08, 2010
Mike Zambidis in K-1 World Max 2010
Mike Zambidis vs Yuichiro Nagashima
Μike Zambidis vs Giorgio Petrosyan
for the Semi-Final
October 24, 2010
Rustemi Kreshnik in Athens for ''It's Showtime''
In Greece the albanian Rustemi Kreshnik will fight against the serbian Nenad Pagonis.
Rico Verhoeven vs Rustemi Kreshnik
Part 1
Part 2
Also from the ''Ιt's Showtime 43'' watch here the fight of Rustemi Kreshnik against Hesdy Gerges ,that took place in 12 September of 2010.
Rustemi Kreshnik vs Hesdy Gerges
October 17, 2010
Interviews with Jean Yves Theriault !
Who wouldn't like to have a spar with him?
''Bigger's Better'' : Eight Men - Only one wins!
Αt the end of the post read all about the second ''Bigger's Better'' event this October 22 from Cyprus.
The advertisement of the event in Eurosport.
Quarter Final Match
Pavel ZHURAVLYOV ( Ukraine ) vs Miodgrad PETKOVIC ( Serbia )
Quarter Final Match
Mairis Briedis (Latvia) vs Diakos Panayotis (Cyprus)
Semifinal Match
Mairis Briedis (Latvia) vs Alexander Timanov (Russia)
The FINAL
Mairis Briedis (Latvia) VS Pavel Zhuravlyov (Ukraine)
Part 1
Part 2
I want to inform you that this Friday,October 22,Eurosport will be live again from Cyprus to transmit the second ''Bigger's Better'' event.These are the fighters who will take part.
OFFICIAL MATCHMAKING
1 . Evgenie ORLOV . RUSSIA
Style : KICKBOXING / MUAY THAI / K1 / BOXING
2 . Slavo POLUGIC . SWITZERLAND
Style : KICKBOXING / MUAY THAI / K1 / BOXING
3 . Tomasz SARARA . POLAND
Style : KICKBOXING / MUAY THAI / K1
4 . Olekseiy MAZIKIN . UKRAINE
Style : BOXING
5 . Juergen FRANCK . GERMANY
Style : BOXING
6 . Christos NIKOLAU . CYPRUS
Style : KICKBOXING / MUAY THAI / K1
7 . Lee KELLETT . ENGLAND
Style : BOXING / MMA
8 . Ed MONSO. DENMARK
Style : MUAY THAI . BOXING
October 16, 2010
''Mighty'' Mike Arnaoutis vs Danny Garcia
First Part
Second Part
Winning or losing,we don't care.We love Μike anyway.His achievements are inspiration to every single new boxer in Greece and around the world!Thank you Mike for everything!RESPECT!
October 15, 2010
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Alexander Emelianenko (brother) vs. Voronov (coach)
This is from some Sambo festival back in 2006.Fedor Emelianenko and his brother Alexander spar together and then they both spar with their trainer,whose name is Vladimir Voronov.
Also you can see here a match between Fedor Emelianenko and his trainer Vladimir Voronov.
K-1 : Sam Greco vs Mirko Cro Cop
October 01, 2010
Mike Verginelli vs Igor Araujo
XC-1 Verginelli - Araujo 18 Juni 2009
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
August 30, 2010
When Primo Carnera wrestled Jim Londos!
First part!
Second part!
August 26, 2010
Golden Gloves : Prize Fighter (all fights)
First Quarterfinal :
'Rampage' Ryan Quigley V Shane Thomas
Second Quartefinal :
Robert Geddes vs Mark Rodgerson
Third Quartefinal :
'Slick' Scott McArthyr V Ryan 'White Tyson' Warwick
Fourth Quarterfinal :
And now we go to the SEMI-finals
First Semifinal :
Rampage' Ryan Quigley V Mark Rodgerson
Second Semifinal :
Slick' Scott McArthyr V Jake 'Bomber' Brown
And now the big FINAL !!!
Final :
'Rampage' Ryan Quigley V Jake 'Bomber' Brown
July 12, 2010
La Lutte (1961) : Α film about professional wrestling
Wrestling was shot in the Montreal Forum, where major bouts were staged, as well as wrestling parlors where would be wrestlers learned and practiced their craft.
The filmmakers had intended to make a film exposing, in slow motion, the fakery of professional wrestling, until a chance encounter with French philosopher Roland Barthes changed their minds. Barthes was appalled by what they were planning to do, and spoke urgently about the beauty and social role of pro wrestling in the lives of ordinary people. Persuaded by Barthes, the filmmakers set out to make a film that captured the spectacle of the sport, without judging it.
The film shows the wrestling arena to be a sort of modern day shrine, with wrestling and its rituals taking the place of religion in the then-recently secularized Quebec.
Wrestling was produced by Jacques Bobet for the French program branch of the National Film Board of Canada.
Here the 27 minutes film ``La Lutte``,english ``Wrestling`` :
The following comes from www.imdb.com :
``Like most films to come out of the 'Quiet Revolution' period in Quebec, La Lutte is disarming in it's presentation and subject matter. The filmmakers used the then new handheld technology to shoot a documentary that superficially covers the local wrestling circuit of the day. What Jutra et al. were really interested in was the fact that the audience of such an event are fully aware that entertainment wrestling is fake (I'm sorry to disappoint all of you out there that, until now, didn't realize this; as well, while I'm on a roll, the tooth-fairy-- doesn't exist).
Nevertheless, people allow themselves to be swept away in the illusion that a drama such as this provides. Using the cinema to explore these ideas (which were first examined by Roland Barthes, and he is thanked in the end credits) with the cinema verite aesthetic, one could conclude that the filmmakers were suggesting an overall, albeit subtle, thesis statement that was intended to comment on the cinema itself through the thin vale provided by the film's immediate subject matter.
If films from the French New Wave, documentaries by Pennebaker or the Marsyles Brothers interest you, then this film will be quite appealing. The ideas of the film today seem a bit idealistic and caught up in the then rebellious trends surrounding 'real cinema', however using wrestling as a means to deconstruct the structure of narrative 'art', which could be called entertainment for the bourgoisie, is quite clever. One most note, however, that using wrestling as an analogy wasn't the filmmaker's idea, but Barthes' from one of his essays. But let me tell you, watching this film was a hell of a lot more enjoyable than reading Barthes...``
Sources :
www.imdb.com
www.youtube.com
www.en.wikipedia.org
www.mearsonline.com
June 15, 2010
Golden Gloves 1961 : Α documentary
May 08, 2010
Nenad Borovcanin - THE SERBIAN PUNCHER !
His name is NENAD BOROVCANIN !
He was born in Loznica,a city (since 2008) and municipality in western Serbia with a population around 90.000.He now lives in Banja Luka (Bosnia Herzegovina).
The fans call him ``NESO``.His is undefeated.According to boxrec.com his record is 25-0-0 !
At his last fight,heavyweight Nenad Borovcanin easily dispatched Johnathan Pasi in two rounds. Borovcanin floored his opponent twice with body punches before Pasi’s corner threw in the towel after 54 seconds of the second stanza.
He answered me to the following questions.
OnlyFighters : Nenad,you are an undefeated boxer.What are your expectations for the near future?Maybe a title?
Nenad Borovcanin : Sure!First i will fight in an undercard event in Geselkirchen (the main event will be Vitali Klitschko vs. Albert Sosnowski). If i win,then i can fight for the vacant WBO european heavyweight title.
For them who don`t know ,the undercard or preliminary matches consists of preliminary bouts that occur before the headline or "main event" of a particular boxing event.
OnlyFighters : Do you know,who will be your opponent in that event?
Nenad Borovcanin : No.I am waiting for his name.
OnlyFighters : Among your opponents until now,who was the toughest one,the opponent you felt for good in the ring?
Nenad Borovcanin : Andreas Guenther in a fight in Zlatibor,Serbia.Also the fight against Jonathan Pasi(in Klitschko`s event) was also hard,before i fight him,the training session.I fought in front of 54.000 people who were there.
OnlyFighters : Jonathan Pasi was weeker than you.It was obvious.He must took a lot of pain at his ribs after your punches.Do you like body punches?
Νenad Borovcanin : Ι like fifty-fifty points on body and face.It`s good when someone works body/face - face/body!
Borovcanin vs. Pasi
OnlyFighters : Many boxers say that they want first to take a hard punch from the opponent to start giving their best.Does it happens with you?
Νenad Borovcanin : No.Every boxer can be dangerous.
OnlyFighters : Τhe most difficult fight to win?
Νenad Borovcanin : In Podgorica.I had 6 difficult rounds against Werner Kreiskott there,because i didn`t train and i had 10 kilos more tha my normal weight.But i won.
OnlyFighters : What do you say to people that criticize you,that your opponents aren`t so strong so far?
Nenad Borovcanin : Some of them had bad scores,but our fights were good critics were positive too.
OnlyFighters : How do you react against not so strong opponents.Do you like to punish them in the ring?Give them some good pain,before you take them down?
Νenad Borovcanin : No.I just like boxing.Not to be hard with opponents.I like it when punches come like a surprise!
OnlyFighters : What are your best punches?
Nenad Borovcanin : My best are the left hook and uppercut.
OnlyFighters : You have two fights against Adnan Buharalija.What do you think about him and these two fights?
Nenad Borovcanin : Yes,i have two fights with him.He was one of the stronger and that`s why we met eachother in ring.But after our fights we are good friends.
OnlyFighters : There is a very impressive video in youtube.com,where you knock Buharalija out!It was from the first or second fight?
Borovcanin vs. Buharalija
Nenad Borovcanin : In the first fight i won him by K.O. ,but the second fight was a win for me by decision after six rounds.
OnlyFighters : What did Adnan say to you after these fights?He admits that you are better than him?
Nenad Borovcanin : Fair play!He congratulated me and said that i am really better than him.
OnlyFighters : Take us to the backstage Nenad.What happens when you and Adnan Buharalija train together?You think it`s easy for him to train with someone who beat him twice?You think he maybe wants a third fight with you?
Nenad Borovcanin : We fighted in 2005 and 2006 and since then we are friends.I think that he doesn`t want any other match with me.
OnlyFighters : When someone look at you,your face and body,doesn`t realize how strong you are.Do you think that opponents underestimate you sometimes?
Nenad Borovcanin : Some opponents and sparring partners say to me that they thought i wasn`t so strong.They say that i have baby face.But after we meet in ring ,they change their minds,saying that i `m good.
OnlyFighters : Who was the most disrespectful opponent againt you until now?
Nenad Borovcanin : Adnan Buharalija.
OnlyFighters : Your friend?Why you say that?
Νenad Borovcanin : You asked me,who didn`t respect me before fight.Adnan.
ΟnlyFighters : Ι thought you kidding.You mean it?
Nenad Borovcanin : Yes.Ηe has a big heart.
OnlyFighters : Adnan looks harder than you and his body and shape are better than yours,but although you gave him a good punishment in ring.
Nenad Borovcanin : These were good fights.
OnlyFighters : Sure he is a good man to accept to be friend with someone who beat him.
Nenad Borovcanin : It is boxing.
OnlyFighters : You are right.May the best man win!I think you have more power inside you Nenad,than normal fighters have.It must be one of your secrets i think.You look so confident!When i see you in the ring,it`s like you are THE MAN in there,no matter who the opponent is.First role fighter!
Nenad Borovcanin : Thank you!
OnlyFighters : Except boxing ,what do you enjoy more in your life?
Νenad Borovcanin : Μy family,my wife and son!Then my other family and friends.
OnlyFighters : I come from Greece but this is a blog with readers around the world.Did you ever fight in Greece until now?
Nenad Borovcanin : No,i never fought in Greece before.I was for holiday in Porto Caras 4 years ago.Nice sea!
ΟnlyFighters : We Greeks really love Serbia and we like serbian people.We are like brothers as nations.
Nenad Borovcanin : Of course!Serbian people like Greeks ,too.We are like brothers!Same religion,same mentality,same history...
OnlyFighters : I hope many Greeks will learn about you after this conversation we had.I wish the best to you and your family and i hope we all see more good fights and wins from you!
Nenad Borovcanin : I hope to be as soon as possible to Greece.I will visit casino Flamingo there.We are gonna close a fight.Best regards!
OnlyFighters : Thank you!
May 06, 2010
Bill ``Superfoot`` Wallace !He is THE kickboxer !
Bill ``Superfoot`` Wallace (born 1945) is an american martial artist,who was a Professional Karate Association world full contact karate Champion.He was middleweight kickboxer champion for over 15 years!
Look at his body on this video.He is always in such a good shape!
Here he demonstrates a high roundhouse kick.
Wallace was born in Portland,Indiana and trained in wrestling during his high school years.He began his study of Judo in 1966 and was forced to discontinued his Judo related activities due to an injury he suffered to his right knee during practice.He then began to studya Shorin-ryu Karate in February 1967 while serving in the U.S Air Force. After entering the point fighting tournament scene and achieving success there, he switched to full-contact kickboxing.
Here is the third round of a classic kickboxing match between Bill ``Superfoot`` Wallace and Joe Lewis.Great fighters both.However it seems to me more like an exhibition match but sure there must be good pain for both fighters.
With the coaching help of veteran fighter Jim 'Ronin' Harrison, Wallace won 23 consecutive professional fights between 1974 and 1980,becoming the Professional Karate Association middleweight world full-contact karate champion and retiring.He was known for his fast left leg kicks,especially his roundhouse kick and his hook kick, which was clocked at about 60 mph. He focused on his left leg due the Judo-related injury to his right knee, using the right leg primarily as a base. He also suffered the loss of one testicle during a point fighting tournament, when his protective cup was struck at an unfortunate angle.
From an action cop movie of the year 1985,enjoy all fighters this very well directed bout between JACKIE CHAN and BILL WALLACE!Jackie is the good guy and Bill the bad one.
A year later, Wallace turned professional and captured the PKA middleweight karate championship with a second-round knockout. He relinquished the crown in 1980, undefeated. The PKA promoted the sport of full-contact karate. Full-contact karate differed from kickboxing in that leg kicks were allowed in kickboxing and forbidden in full-contact karate.
Here some stretching exercises from Bill.A true kickboxer!
Wallace studied at Ball State university, earning a bachelor`s degree in 1971 in physical education.In 1976, he earned a master`s degree in Kinesiology from Memphis State University.
Wallace has taught Karate, Judo, Wrestling, and weight lifting at Memphis State University and has also authored a college texbook on Karate and Kinesiology. He is the author of three books: Karate: Basic Concepts & Skills , Dynamic Kicking & Stretching, and The Ultimate Kick, and continues to give seminars.
Here see this full contact kickboxing fight of 1976,between Bill Wallace and Jem Echollas.
He has also acted, most notably in ``A Force of One``starring Chuck Norris.Wallace was also the play-by-play commentator for the inaugural Ultimate Fighting Championship pay-per-view event in 1993 alongside a fellow kickboxer Kathy Long and NFL Hall of famer Jim Brown. He also runs the Superfoot organization which are karate schools under his system. His film credits include ``A Force of One`` with Chuck Norris,``Kill Point`` with Cameron Mitchell,``Continental Divide`` and ``Neighbors`` , with John Belushi,``The Protector`` with Jackie Chan,``Los Bravos`` with Hector Echavarria,``A prayer for the dying`` with Mickey Rourke,``Ninja Turf`` and `` A sword of heaven`` . Wallace was a close friend of John Belushi and was the one who found him dead of a drug overdose at the Chateau Marmont on March 5, 1982.
At the end a great demonstration match between Bill Superfoot Wallace and Dominique Valera!I am also a big fan of Dominique Valera!
Thanks to wikipedia.org for the information.
April 11, 2010
Wrestling in movies !
I hope you like them!
The first wrestling scene is from the movie of 1950 entitled ``Night and the city``.The two who wrestle are Stanislaus Zbysko and Mike Mazurki.Stanislaus at that point is around 72 years old!Very nice wrestling with a great bearhug at the end of the match.One of the best fight scenes ever in film.Very realistic wrestling!Enjoy!
In the 1977 movie ``Mad Bull``, Alex Karras plays a washed-up heel wrestler who must face his younger and more popular enemy -- the "White Knight" -- in a cage match. The fans cheer for the young champion, even though he is a vicious rule breaker.
Ηere the first part:
This is the second part of the movie wrestling scene:
March 15, 2010
Sasa Vasiljevic grapples!
This video comes from the serbia open grappling championship held in Belgrade in 2009.
The fighter`s name is Sasa Vasiljevic.Sasa is a good grappler with good skills,but not too much body strenght i think.
Here is Sasa`s second match in the grappling tournament.Nice finishing choke!
Here is an other fight of Sasa at the same tournament.It`s his match before the final.
Here the final.Will Sasa Vasiljevic win the serbian grappling tournament?Let`s see.
Hope you enjoyed it!
March 14, 2010
Music and Grappling
LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR !
See now a good grappling match between Brandon Olsen vs Blas Avena !Both in good shape.
A hard grappling fight for Tomasz Janiszewski.