Madcor fighter Lance Wipf of Las Vegas looked strong last night in his win against Arley George of Team Quest at SportFight XXII: Re-Awakening. Lance was wearing the new MADCOR MadFlex fight short and showed great composure and perseverance in his 3rd round TKO. Congratulations Lance!
Find out more about the MadFlex Fight Short here!
Fighters, friends and family gathered to celebrate Cung’s definitive victory over Frank Shamrock. An insane energy filled San Jose on fight night and it only got crazier as the evening progressed (digressed). Everyone awaited Cung’s arrival to his celebratory party and there was no mistaking the moment he entered the building. A roar overtook the “fine dining” establishment and it interrupted dinners next door! Cung walked in, all smiles, rocking a sick blazer from one of his movie endeavors with the MADCOR Warrior thermal under it and the BIG BAD STRIKEFORCE BELT over his shoulder! Cung then made his way through his network of friends and family, sharing his victory.
Master of ceremonies Bob Goldberg was in attendance, enjoying the buzz in the air. Josh Thomson was in form, running on Cung’s extra adrenaline. Josh will be lending his UFC experience to Cung’s new gym in Milpitas over the next few months. I got a chance to speak with South African fighter Trevor Prangly. Trevor and Travis Johnson were there showing their support as well. Cung’s better half was still happily recovering (as many of us were) as if she had fought Shamrock. A few shots went down, along with a few stories, overall it was a crazy night and I ducked out right when things started getting crazier.
I also bumped into Daniel Puder with his “hard to miss” honey and promised him a shout out so here it is.
Check out this Yahoo! Sports article featuring Cung Le and Frank Shamrock. Cung is rocking the MADCOR Rum Runner shirt and it looks pretty darn good.
You can buy yours here: MADCOR Rum Runner
Its a pretty interesting article discussing the ramifications of the upcoming Strikeforce middleweight title fight between Frank Shamrock and Cung Le. Its looking like it could be an epic fight. Both Cung and Frank have trained intensely for this match up and there is a lot on the line. Frank is 27-8-2 and and Cung is 5-0(All TKO) in MMA and not to mention, its taking place in both fighters home town of San Jose, CA. Check your local listings, this fight is probably the biggest to air on Showtime.
Check it out:
Yahoo! Sports: Yahoo! Sports MMA Section
Direct Link to Article: Cung Le Article
Look who stopped by…
Good stuff going down at MADCOR’s new creative offices and showroom!
Good friend Paul Vunak stopped by to drop off a copy of his new ass-kicking DVD, “ENIGMA” this week and picked up a new FIGHTER Hoodie while he was here.
Check VU out on the cover of the April issue of Black Belt Magazine.
NBA rebound legend and MADCOR bro Dennis Rodman stopped by and grabbed some swag this week. Dennis is all fired up on the new gear.
Nick Hill from IGNITE also swung by to load up on some gear for the band’s upcoming tour in Europe. Check out IGNITE March 11th at The House of Blues in L.A. with BAD RELIGION.
Jake Shannon, top dog of Scientific Wrestling cruised in for a preview of the new MADFLEX Fight Trunks and is now training in them and stoked on their performance.
Watch for them in Jake’s upcoming videos.
MADCOR sends thanks to Miss RARA, “Queen of the underground” for rockin’ the MADCOR beater for her interview with MMA legend Frank Shamrock. Lookin’ sweet Tamara! Frank was charismatic as ever, pulling no punches with regards to his opponents! He had a few choice words for Renzo Gracie as well. This is worth seeing! To check out the interview, visit thestream.tv.
MADCOR Representive / Trainer Ray Yee was at the Duke City Final Fury, January 26th in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Cornering with Yee, was local wrestling legend, Coach Lenny Lovato Sr. sporting MADCOR’s “Trespass” tee. The night was a huge success for ABQ Kickboxing & MMA, who had four fighters that fought and all won, including New Mexico MADCOR sponsored fighters Mikey & Lenny Lovato.First up was Mikey “The Burque Bulldog” Lovato vs Jeremy Martinez fighting at 145lbs. Following the call to battle and a cheering crowd “The Burque Bulldog” Lovato rushes into the ring on a mission. Lovato begins the fight with a kick, a short exchange and Lovato shoots in, taking down Martinez against the cage. Lovato then lifts Martinez and slams him to the ground gaining side mount control. After dropping a few elbows, Lovato breaks Martinez’s defense and slides in a rear naked choke submitting Martinez in 3:02 of round one! Next was, Lenny “The Godfather” Lovato vs Nick Buschman fighting at 150lbs.Lenny, calm and collected enters the ring poised and ready. Buschman starts out round one with a kick leading to an explosive exchange leaving Buschman with a trickle of blood over his left eye. After a quick recover and a few back and forth swings Lovato takes Bushman to the ground entering the last 10 seconds of round 1. Both Buschman and Lovato enter round 2 more aware, swinging and dodging shots. Buschman jabs and Lovato counters with a strong left hook, which tags Buschman sending him back a few steps earning a high five from Buschman himself. Lovato then successfully shoots for a take down slamming Buschman to the ground gaining side mount. Buschman gives Lovato his back and in an attempt to buck Lovato off opening up his defense allowing Lovato to slip in tight rear naked choke submitting Buschman in 3:01 of round 2.The Lovatos have done nothing but prove themselves as competent atheletes and MADCOR warriors. Thanks guys!
December 28, 2007
Buddy Roberts Wins at “Fireworks in the Cage IV” December 28, 2007 MADCOR fighter Buddy Roberts took on Dennis Bacon in the IFO’s “Fireworks in the Cage IV” show at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Buddy dominated Dennis Bacon and put a quick end to the fight at only 1:06 into the first round. Buddy took Bacon down right away, worked his way to Bacon’s back, sunk in the hooks and finished with a rear naked choke forcing Bacon to tap out. According to Buddy, “I don’t think I even broke a sweat”. Congratulations, Buddy Roberts!
UFC 79 Nemesis.
UFC 79 was definitely one of the best shows in Mixed Martial Arts history and MADCOR was there at the Mandalay Bay Events center to witness it all live! The main event pitted two former UFC Welterweight Champions, Georges St. Pierre and Matt Hughes against one another for the third time. After dominating Matt Hughes for two rounds, Georges St. Pierre proved that he is one of the best if not the very best welterweight in the history of the sport. St. Pierre finished Hughes with a shoulder lock to arm bar combination at the end of the second round and got a verbal tap out from Hughes with only six seconds left in the round. Georges St. Pierre was awarded an interim title but made it very clear that he won’t consider himself a champion until he beats Matt Serra, the current Welterweight Champion and the last fighter to beat St. Pierre for the title.
In another battle of epic proportions, former champions Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva squared off in one of the most anticipated MMA match ups of all time. Fans had been waiting six years for this very fight to happen. Liddell and Silva definitely did not let the fans down as they fought intensely for three brutal rounds. Liddell caught Silva with a few shots in the first round stunning Silva who staggered backward toward the fence but was somehow able to return a few big shots of his own that rocked Liddell. Liddell actually went down once but was able to shake it off. Silva got a big cut over his right eye. Both fighters gave it their all for three rounds but Liddell ended up on top with a unanimous decision of 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28.
There were several other great fights including Lyoto Machida vs. Rameau Sokoudjou in which Machida won with an arm triangle toward the end of the second round. In a war of attrition, Eddie Sanchez beat Soa Palelei by referee stoppage 3 minutes 24 seconds into the third round. Rich Clementi beat Melvin Guillard with a rear choke at the end of the first round. James Irvin won on a disqualification after being severely hurt by an illegal knee thrown by Luis Cane while Irvin had one knee on the ground. Manny Gamburyan quickly beat Nate Mohr with an ankle 1:31 into the first round. Roan Carneiro defeated Tony DeSouza after taking his back and pounding him from behind. In the first bout, Mark Bocek scored a unanimous decision victory over Douglas Evans.
All in all, UFC 79 was one of the best shows since the conception of the UFC. This epic event will definitely go down in history as a great night for the sport!
December 9, 2007
The Ring of Fire MMA tournament in Manila, Philippines pitted teams led by Royce Gracie, Ken Shamrock, Josh Barnett and Gokor Chivichyan against each other in one of the greatest battles at Araneta Coliseum since the famous Thrilla in Manila in 1975 where Muhammad Ali battled Joe Frazier for the world heavyweight boxing championship. MADCOR was there to witness all the action ringside and in the Gracie locker room. Sully of MADCOR helped Royce and Royler by wrapping hands and cornering the fighters during the five back to back Gracie Team bouts.He also helped to warm up MADCOR fighter Cleber Luciano Costa who fought in MADCOR’s new MadFlex fight trunks. All of the Gracie fighters fought their hearts out but the Gracie Team ended up with 0 wins and 5 losses against the Shamrock Team. It wasn’t a sign of good things to come for the Gracie Team when heavyweight fighter John Marsh who was supposed to fight former UFC Heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez missed his flight and wasn’t able to compete. An alternate heavyweight, Hector Ramirez was assigned to the Gracie Team but ended backing out of the fight on the night before the event over a contract dispute. Another and less experienced alternate Kevin Fitial of Guam was flown in at the last minute and agreed to fight Ricco Rodriguez on a moment’s notice.
In the opening bout, Cleber Luciano of Team Gracie lost to Evan Dunham of Team Shamrock via a front choke in the third round. Then Gracie Fighter, Jorge “Macaco” Patino fought his heart out but lost to Kyacey Uscola of the Shamrock Team on a split decision. In the third bout, Team Gracie’s Daniel Serafian fought a great fight but lost a decision to Mike Whitehead of Team Shamrock. The much less experienced Kevin Fitial represented Team Gracie but lost to Ricco Rodriguez after getting beaten down by a series of devastating low shin kicks followed a big head kick delivered by the former UFC champ. To seal the fate of the Gracie team, Katrine Alendal gave it her all but ended up tapping on an arm bar to Tonya Evinger of Team Shamrock. Ken Shamrock’s strategy of bringing in and trying out fighter’s from outside of his
group ended up paying off in a big way. (Ken has a team in the IFL and is very familiar with the MMA team format.)
Next was Team Barnett vs Team Gokor. In the fight of the night, Japanese fighter Koji Oishi of Team Barnett battled non-stop for three five minute rounds to win a unanimous decision over Team Gokor’s Karen Darabdayen who also put up a great fight for all three rounds. Second, in another amazing bout, Japanese fighter Yuki Kondo, also of the Barnett Team, beat August Wallen of Team Gokor. Renato Babalu Sobral, representing Team Barnett defeated Rodney Faverus of team Gokor with an arm triangle choke from the mount. Finally, Jeff Monson of Team Barnett took on Hakim Gouram of Team Gokor and beat Hakim on a unanimous decision.
Overall, it was a well run event. Platinum Fighting Productions put on a great show at Araneta Coliseum; a modern day “Thrilla in Manila” and MADCOR was there for the Monumental event. Congratulations to Team Shamrock and Team Barnett on their impressive wins at “The Ring of Fire”!
MADCOR wants to thank everyone who came out and supported us at the first-ever North American Mixed Martial Arts Expo. It was truly a momentous weekend at the Anaheim Convention Center where the industry’s best and brightest came out to show why MMA is the fastest growing sport in the world today. A huge showing on both days of the event only hinted at the big things that are around the corner for MMA and MADCOR. We gave attendees a preview of our 2008 line and your response was absolutely incredible. Our fightshorts have been pre-ordered in such great numbers we’re having to boost our production to avoid back orders! Add that to the overwhelmingly positive feedback we received on our Ts and hoodies, and MADCOR will be riding into the New Year on a tidal wave of momentum.
A few shout-outs to some of the folks who helped make this weekend so memorable:
