Archive for July, 2008

July 2008 PDF

Saturday, July 26th, 2008 By: Artjunky
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Here is the July 2008 Issue of the Martial Arts Times in pdf format. The issue features Team Rollyson, Amateur MMA in Florida, The PitBull’s big victory and more.
July 2008 Martial Arts Times

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UFC 85 - The PitBull Prevails

Saturday, July 26th, 2008 By: WildFury
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London, June 7- Ft. Lauderdale hometown boy Thaigo “Pit Bull” Alves scored a stunning TKO over former two time welter weight champion Matt Hughes.
Round one began with Hughes shooting in, but unsuccessfully taking down Alves. In Hughes second attempt Alves was able to defend against the takedown but was pushed to the cage. Matt [...]

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Amateur MMA Approved in Fla

Saturday, July 26th, 2008 By: Artjunky
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Competitor’s at Warrior’s Collide
With the arrival of July some great news came for lovers of mixed martial arts in the state of Florida. The Florida pugilist law was change to allow amateur MMA events inside the state, fully sanctioned as of July 1st.
Prior rules forbid strikes to the head while a contestant is on [...]

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Editor’s Notes July 2008

Saturday, July 26th, 2008 By: Artjunky
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It’s been another huge month for Martial Arts, especially MMA, in South Florida. Thiago “the PitBull” Alves shocked the world by defeating UFC legend Matt Hughes in two rounds at UFC 85. This could very well be the biggest win in MMA history for a fighter who trains out of Broward.
Alves took the fight [...]

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Team Rollyson

Saturday, July 26th, 2008 By: WildFury
In Category: Feature, Jiu Jitsu
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I recently had the privilege to visit Carlos Rollyson at his school in Hollywood Florida. Born in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, Carlos started his journey with Jiu-Jitsu at the early age of 7 by his father Geraldo Rollyson. Soon after he began training with 9th degree black belt Grandmaster Carlson Gracie. Carlos was also fortunate to learn Judo from 7th Dan Master Takise Ueda. Before we get a little more into Carlos Rollyson, let’s give the readers who don’t know about Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Carlson Gracie a brief description.

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