Choke hold a la Sengoku’s #1
Friday, 09 July 2010 at 16:38
A belt-holder in two major Japanese promotion, Sengoku and Pancrase, black belt Marlon Sandro doesn’t let that keep him from throwing on the gi on a regular basis. Besides the pleasure of doing pure Jiu-Jitsu training, Marlon teaches it to the kids of Rio de Janeiro’s low-income Santo Amaro community where he lives. “I try to...
MMA training going off at Nova União
Monday, 05 July 2010 at 13:27
Nova União, the MMA and Jiu-Jitsu team led by André “Dedé” Pederneiras has a full agenda. With the mat and ring area jam packed during training hours, Dedé smiles from ear to ear. This is what the coach likes seeing most, even more so with so many upcoming fights scheduled. Two of his fighters, Willamy “Chiqueirim”...
New Sengoku champion Marlon Sandro
Sunday, 20 June 2010 at 12:29
It took Marlon Sandro just 38 seconds to overcome Masanori Kanehara and snatch his Sengoku featherweight belt this Sunday, in Japan. The fight only lost in duration to the Jiu-Jitsu black belt’s previous match, against Tomonari Kanomata, which ended in 9 seconds. Marlon won by knockout and now holds his second title of a Japanese event,...
Nova União with fights scheduled in USA and Japan
Thursday, 06 May 2010 at 15:15
The team led by André Pederneiras now counts three worldwide MMA belts among the lighter weight fighters. At featherweight, José Aldo is the current champion of the WEC and Marlons Sandro, who will have a shot at the Sengoku title on June 20th, is the champion of Pancrase, while at lightweight, Willamy Chiquerim is the...
Marlon’s eyes on belt and Aldo vs Faber
Saturday, 24 April 2010 at 16:11
Marlon Sandro carries on strong in the featherweight division and on June 20, as confirmed by GRACIEMAG.com back in March, he will fight for the Sengoku belt against Masanori Kanehara. “I feel he’s a well-rounded fighter, good standing and on the ground, is very flexible. At the end of last year, he fought Kid Yamamoto...
A farewell to Luiz Alves
Saturday, 20 March 2010 at 13:33
When André Pederneiras announced the death of Luiz Alves, during Shooto Brazil this Friday, the number of people crushed by the news wasn’t few. The medical outlook of the grandmaster, one of the precursors of muay thai in Brazil, had been improving. Alves’s student, the fighter Johnny Eduardo was inconsolable. Luiz’s funeral will take place in Ceara, where...
Marlon Sandro, a Jiu-Jitsu black belt knockout artist
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 at 15:02
With 16 wins and one contentious defeat, Marlon Sandro was on fire at the last installment of Sengoku, in Japan, with his knockout of Tomonari Kanomata coming just 9 seconds into the match (see video below). While still in the ring, he was challenged by current champion Masanori Kanehara, in a fight that should take...
Jiu-Jitsu aces win at Sengoku
Sunday, 07 March 2010 at 12:43
Sengoku held its 12th event this Sunday in Japan, and some big stars from the world of ground fighting took front and center. In the evening’s main event, Jorge Santiago returned the L Mamed Khalidov added to his record the last time the two met. Only this time the organization’s middleweight belt was up for grabs,...
Sengoku confirms title dispute
Wednesday, 03 February 2010 at 14:51
The card for Sengoku Raiden Championships12, on March 7, in Tokyo, is beginning to take shape. As Jorge Santiago had already confirmed to GRACIEMAG.com (see here), the fight against Mamed Khalidov has been formalized by the organization. The fight is not just a rematch for the Brazilian, who the Polish fighter beat in November of 2009; this time...
Dynamite!! with more fights to wrap up 2009
Sunday, 27 December 2009 at 14:23
K-1, World Victory Road and Dream have added the final touches to their end-of-the-year event, Dynamite!!, to be held December 31 in the Saitama Arena. And, as Japanese organizations tend to do, some last minute matchups have been announced. Among them is the bout pitting Melvin Manhoef against Kazuo Misaki. Another challenge to feature on the...
