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RENZO
GRACIE “Any Kind of Fighting’s Good.”
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©
Marc Wickert September
17, 2006 photos © IFL Then there’s his own impressive history: World Combat Champion ’95, BJJ titles ’94 and ’95, twice Abu Dhabi winner, three-times PRIDE FC winner, ADC titles in ’99 and ’01…. Renzo has trained such names as Israeli Karate Champion Haim Gozal, UFC stars Matt Serra and Pete Sell, Rodrigo Gracie… The list goes on. click to continue feature story
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MATT HUGHES
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©Marc Wickert "It will be tough. Frank is a hard-nosed guy. I don’t think he can really beat me anywhere as far as I think I’m a better striker than he is. I think I’m actually a better wrestler than he is. I’m real sure I’m better at submissions than he is. But anything can happen, and he’s one of those guys who could hit me and hurt me. click to continue feature story |
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DAVID "THE CROW"
LOISEAU Part 1-2-3
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© Marc Wickert photos copyright
2004 Zuffa LLC David likes to specialise in elbow and knee strikes, and in round two of their match, he caught Charles with flying knees to end the fight. He attributes these skills to his Muay Thai background: "I train a lot in Thai boxing, and there are a lot of elbows and knees in that discipline. That’s one thing I’m very good at - after punching." click to continue feature story |
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IVAN SALAVERRY Part 1-2-3
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© Marc Wickert Photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Ivan is known as being a smart competitor and describes his well-rounded skills as his greatest asset in the Octagon. He likes to upset an opponent’s game plan by striking the grappler or taking down the striker. click to continue feature story |
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WOJTEK
KASZOWSKI “I
Just Want to Throw a Couple of Shots and Go Home”
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Marc Wickert photos © IFL
Eventually Wojtek wanted to progress more with the fighting arts and he commenced training in mixed martial arts: “With Tae Kwon Do and Karate, obviously they’re not really full contact, so I guess it matured into where I got good enough at it and I liked it so much that – it wasn’t about hitting people, but about going up to the next level, which was full-contact stuff, like kickboxing.
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MIKE
SWICK Looking Forward to His Rendezvous With The Crow
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©
Marc Wickert All
photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC For his next Octagon outing, Mike made it another short night when he TKO’d Gideon Ray at The Ultimate Fight Night, twenty-two seconds into the opening round. At UFC 58, he followed up this explosive demonstration with a guillotine choke-out of Steve Vigneault, just 2:09 minutes into round one. This lead Swick to rename the submission the ‘Swickotine’. click to continue feature story |
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A Day in the Life of
Part 1-2-3-4-5
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© Marc Wickert Team Miletich Delivers On November 21, 2003, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) celebrates its 10th Anniversary with UFC 45: Revolution. Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fans won’t be surprised to see Team Miletich, one of the most successful training camps in the sport, fielding three fighters from its stable for this event. click to continue feature story |
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BRAD BLACKBURN A Good Laugh With a Bad, Bad Man
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Marc Wickert photos © IFL
“Your muscles and body have to be conditioned for what you are doing. I’m not getting ready for a track meet – I’m getting ready for a fight and for going to the ground. You get a kickboxer and you grapple with him for three minutes, and he’s done. You get a wrestler and you make him stand up for three minutes, and he’s done. You’ve got to be conditioned for everything in this sport.
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DAN
‘THE OUTLAW’ HARDY “I’m
Looking Forward to Trying Them Out on His Face.”
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©
Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com 5 Sept. ’06 ‘The Outlaw’ says it’s the Thai influence that has added the extra sting to his game: “I’ve started using elbows a lot more and I’m having success with them, so I am concentrating on them – particularly for my next fight. But in the past I’ve focused on my kicks more because I started with a TKD background and I’m quite flexible and explosive. |
| GEORGES
ST. PIERRE Montreal’s MMA Warrior Part 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9
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© Marc Wickert Despite his success in various fighting tournaments, such as UFC and Canada’s TKO submission fighting, Georges’s reputation did not make him a target for troublemakers wanting to challenge the MMA star while he worked the Quebec clubs. He believes his attitude towards patrons was his best weapon for diffusing potential conflicts. click to continue feature story |
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