Friday, December 09, 2005


Kalani Abrue and Tai Kanahele Posted by Picasa

Stan Koga takes time to strike a pose Posted by Picasa

Tyson controlling his opponent Posted by Picasa

More Titan action Posted by Picasa

Jarrin trying to pass Sol Posted by Picasa

KTI guy doing his thing Posted by Picasa

Scoval trying to pass Posted by Picasa

Kamole and KTI Posted by Picasa

More big men Posted by Picasa

Kalani Arue and Tai Kanahele Posted by Picasa

Battle of the Titans Posted by Picasa

This little kid was going off Posted by Picasa

Issac subbed all his opponents until he lost in the finals. Posted by Picasa

Bruno tells his student he better not lose or he will get a pink belt. Posted by Picasa

Mayhem vs Lawler Posted by Picasa

Friday, July 08, 2005

Kauai interview Jason "Mayhem" Miller

KMA-First of all congratulations on your performance at the UFC. You
showed a lot of heart in your fight with George Saint-Pierre. How did
you feel about that fight. Is there anything in hind sight you think
you could have done to change the outcome?

Mayhem-Right afterward I felt terrible. I was mad at myself for not doing the things I had planned to do, and how I never got a chance to get my game going- just getting outclassed. But I DO fight for the fans, so the fact that they appreciated that I never would give up, no matter how bad things got, and showed all kinds of love for a haole made me feel a little bit better. But everytime I even THINK about getting cocky or lazy, I just watch GSP stomp me out. Thanks for starting the interview like this, I'm now going to jump off of a building. haha.

KMA-I have read a few of your interviews and you seem to be an entertainer
as well as a skilled fighter. Do feel it is important to entertain
the fans with your ring entrances, interviews and even your in the
ring flair?

Mayhem-Yup. For ME it is important. That's just who I am. I figure we can stand on Kapiolani blvd and watch people fight if you just wanna see a fight. If I'm at a fight I want to be wowed. I want the fighters to do something amazing, like in the matrix, or have fire shoot out of their asses. You see Lousieux spinning back kick? Stuff like that! You gotta take risks to get the fans hyped. Sometimes it pays off for you, sometimes it doesn't, but the fans get a kick.

KMA-You have some pretty good striking skills as well as some slick
submissions. What are some areas that you think you need to work on
to become the UFC welter weigh champion?

Mayhem-If you stop evolving, you die out. I think I need to work on all the areas of my game, plain and simple. I watched the St. Pierre fight last night, and one thing I noticed was that I was so hyped that I was unfocused. That's something I won't let happen again. I call it "octagon shock" you get in front of 20,000 fans live and the gazillion watching at home and some guys tense up so tight they look like robots in there- others, like me start fighting like a street fight, which doesn't help either. Other than that aspect, I'm sharpening all the areas that I can.

KMA-Now for the good part. You have made a name for yourself here in
Hawaii by beating some of the most loved fighters here like Egan
Inouye and Ron Jhun. How do you feel coming onto our turf and beating
our guys like that?
Mayhem-HA! Your turf? I'm starting to feel like it's MY turf. I feel like an island boy everytime I'm over there. The pastiest island boy you've ever seen, but still an island boy, just because of how well everyone treats me over there, I feel right at home. I know a lot of the mokes hate me, but I don't care, keep hating on me, I'm going to keep doing my best every time I step in the ring. You don't have to like me, but I'm going to make you respect me.

KMA-Did you really say that you are the most notorious haole since Captain
Cook?

Mayhem-Ha!!!!! Yea, but they ate his liver, and I don't know the whole story he probably deserved it. At least he went out in style, on the island.

KMA-How many Hawaiians does it take to beat Mayhem?
Mayhem-I dunno, it depends on what part of the island I'm on. I don't think I can handle more that 3 of those 300 pound pineapple tossers!

KMA-I heard you had a bad experience in one of your earlier trips to
Hawaii. Are you being treated better nowadays? Have you ever been to
Kauai?

Mayhem- Haven't been to Kauai just yet, but I have friends from out there, probably some of your cousins, so I'd like to make it to all the islands of Hawaii. You'd be surprised how Vegas is little Hawaii. A lot of my training partners are Hawaiians, and I feel like an islander. A really really white one, but still an islander. I've never really had a bad experience over here, even if things do go bad- DAMN, you're in friggin Hawaii!!!!

KMA-I don't know much about your opponent Jason Moreno but I've read on
the Underground forum about a grudge match. Is this a one sided
grudge or do you have a beef with this guy. Any juicy sound bites
before we sign off?

Mayhem-Well I thought his name was Mark, but it doesn't really matter what his name is. I have beef with this guy because he falsed me when I beat Ronald Jhun. Then the doctor wouldn't let me fight him because of an injury I had with my eye, and his camp was acting like I was scared. I ain't scared, and I'm going to try NOT to submit him.



KMA-Thanks for your time. If you ever come to Kauai you will be my guest.

Mayhem-THANKS BRADDAH!

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Kauai MMA 7/2005

1st Match Kickboxing: Abe Kaleiopa'a(Young Guns) def. Jr. Yacap (808FF) TKO,2nd Match MMA Chico Cantiberos(Eastzidas,Oahu) def. Jacob Soiller(Kauai)by choke, 3rd Match MMA Tyrone Ferriera (Young Guns,Hilo) def Brian Ingram (Millilani,Oahu)by armbar,4th Match Kickboxing Jumar Dumaolo (808FF) def. Adam Britto(Kauai),5th Match MMA Gerald Arevalo(808FF) def. Kana Hyatt(Young Guns,Hilo)6th Match Kickboxing Frankie DeJesus(808FF) def. Issac Josiah (Kauai)by decision, 7th Match Josh Odom(Frank Shamrock Academy) def. Pocko Woods(808FF) by Armbar and the Main Event Ed Newalu def. Jose Rosales (Frank Shamrock Academy) by decision

Friday, June 17, 2005

West side wrestling heading to States

Westside Wrestling heading off to states

Westside Wrestling is preparing to compete in the Aloha State Games freestyle wrestling tournament on June 25.

The event is an USA Wrestling sanctioned tournament, it is the final tournament of the Hawaii USAW season and considered the State championships. This year the tourny is being held at Farrington High School on Oahu. The tournament, as with all USAW sanctioned tourney's, is open to wrestlers of all ages and both genders. Wrestlers compete in groups based on age and weight class.

Westside Wrestling has purchased a second mat, it was shipped from Pennsylvania last Friday. They hope to have the second mat cured and ready for competition for their tentative tournament at Waimea High School on August 27.

Monday, June 13, 2005

New Frank Shamrock interview from MMAWEEKLY

Very few fighters have the honor of being called a legend by fans, critics and other mixed martial artists. Frank Shamrock is one person that has proven himself as an ambassador for the sport and is considered possibly the greatest MMA fighter of all time. He was a 5 time defending champion in the UFC and fought in one of the most spectacular matches when he took on perennial bad boy, Tito Ortiz. Now, Shamrock makes his comeback to the world of MMA when he takes on Cesar Gracie at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California on October 1st. Shamrock sat down for an interview with MMAWeekly to give his thoughts to the fight and his future in MMA.

MMAWeekly: The fight is finally signed with Cesar Gracie on October 1st, what finally brought this fight to happen?

Frank Shamrock: Business. I made the deal happen, it just took a while. Everybody talks money and everyone talks a big talk, but that's a considerable chunk of money, to make something like that happen, so it took a while. I tried with a couple of people and they weren't able to put it together, moneywise, whatever. But we finally got it together. We had some help from HP Pavilion and actually the city of San Jose came in and they're going to help promote the fight, and make it a hometown battle.

MMAWeekly: How do you see this fight going? Do you see it as a stand-up fight or do you just kind of play with it and the flow of the match?

Frank Shamrock: Well, you know, I do whatever happens. I'm a complete fighter. I know his desire is to get me to the ground, I just plan on beating the crap out of him. I was a professional kickboxer for a minute and I love to stand-up, I love all fighting arts. I don't think he'll ever get me down and if he does, I'm going to beat the crap out of him there as well. I know all the styles, I know the game, I'm an old dog. He's a young guy.

MMAWeekly: When this fight happens, is this a personal grudge or is it all business?

Frank Shamrock: For me it's all business. I don't care, I mean for me I've never had a grudge except for John Lober back in the day, but for me it's all business.

MMAWeekly: So this is his (Cesar Gracie) first fight in MMA, he's trained a lot of fighters, but he has never fought, how do you think that's going to play into his gameplan?

Frank Shamrock: Psychologically, I don't think he'll be prepared for what's about to happen, and unless you've done it, you can't say you've done, you can't experience it. I think inexperience is really going to hurt him. I know he's got competition, but that doesn't prepare you for getting punched in the head. If they haven't done it, they haven't done it. That's why it's a joke; he's going to challenge me to a fight? I'm going to crush you. That's just silly. I've been waiting my whole career to fight a Gracie, and I don't care where I start. I'll start with this one, if the other ones want to fight, that's just fine. You know, whoever.

MMAWeekly: Your school and training center are open now, how's that going so far?

Frank Shamrock: Our gym is exploding, I always thought that it would, but it truly has. We've got people coming from as far as South Africa. I got guys coming here and we're going to rebuild the team, our student base is really strong, our amateur team, we just started an amateur team. We've got 9 people already on our amateur team. It's like we finally have a home. Everything is just coming together like I thought it would. I'm so happy, I love going to the gym, and my training is fantastic. I just finished training Brian Ebersole for the Strikeforce event in San Jose against Cung Le, and he did so good, he just did so good! He not only took the fight, but he kicked the crap out of Cung Le. Cung thought he was going to have an easy night, he came in a little out of shape, and boy Brian put a whoopin' on him.

MMAWeekly: The fight with Cesar Gracie is on October 1st, having this much time between now and the fight and your training, are you going to wait and really focus about 2 months before the fight or how are you planning on training?

Frank Shamrock: You know I've been thinking about this for a long time, and I've been planning this for a long time. I am going to build myself and my body up strong, and really focus on raw strength, and then I'm going to train myself for a fight, like I do for all my fights. I'm going to take two weeks off go to Jamaica, get married, relax, I'm going to comeback and train for the fight. When I trained to fight Tito, I inadvertently peaked about 4 weeks out, my body was ready to fight about 4 weeks before the fight. I was ready to fight and I still had 4 more weeks. So I basically took 10 days off and did nothing, I just rested and relaxed and reset my mind, then went back to the gym for 2 weeks of training, and I trained myself again. That mental break, that physical break, the psychological break, all that stuff, had me so charged and so ready to fight. I was already ready to fight, and I'm going to do that for this fight. Fighting Tito was the peak of my mind, body and spirit, and my body was just retardedly strong. All the things, my spirit, my technique, all of them were clicking that day, and I think this time I can even double that. The knowledge that I have, what I do everyday. Most people go back to whatever they do, I go back and I study the arts. I study the body. Focus on my nutrition. I see the body as the ultimate fighting machine.

MMAWeekly.com: What would it take to ever see Frank Shamrock fight full time, or a more regular schedule? Would it be business or training or how would that work out for you?

Frank Shamrock: I honestly, I don't know. One of the reasons why I quit, training so hard, doing so much, was because it became so much work. I had to travel here, I had to travel there, I had to get my back fixed, my shoulder fixed, you know, workout, lift weights. I was going to five different places in one day to get myself together, so I could keep running that machine at that level. I honestly became bored with it, I became tired with it. Tired of running around, living in cars, living in gyms. I got bored, I needed something else. I think building this center, might be a rebirth of my interest. I don't know yet. I love the gym, I love doing it, I love training, but will I love doing that everyday for the next year or so, I don't know.

MMAWeekly: The UFC, with it's popularity at a pinnacle right now with the success of shows like "The Ultimate Fighter", would you ever consider coming back to the UFC or is that totally out of the question?

Frank Shamrock: No, it's not out of the question. I don't do business with the UFC, because I don't agree on their business practices with talent, that's all. I don't agree with a lot of people, I don't do business with them because I don't choose to. Will it ever happen? I don't know. Who knows?

MMAWeekly.com: Your brother fought Rich Franklin a couple of months back, and Rich Franklin is now the 185lb champion in the UFC, if the money was right and the fight was offered to you, would you have any interest in fighting Rich Franklin for the title in the UFC?

Frank Shamrock: Sure! That's fun, that's exciting, that's a challenge. I look at things, it's like jumping out of a plane. Once you've jumped out of a plane a thousand times, and you're like we're going to jump out of the plane again, it's just not the same. And you've really got to have that excitement, that energy, this is "a brand new woman" kind of feeling, cause if you don't, then you're going to get hurt or you're going to waste your time doing something that's just not really your passion. My passion at one time was beating the absolute best in the world and knowing more than anybody else. And after I did it, then what do you do? To maintain that edge at all times. But when I'm presented with an opportunity like a Cesar Gracie, who's going to challenge me, in my town, come in here and try to take my students, take my respect, that's a whole other story. That's fun! That, I'll get out of bed every morning and go beat up my boys for. That I'll be excited about, cause he's trying to come into my home. That doesn't work for me.

MMAWeekly.com: You were one of the first really great hybrid fighters that developed mixed martial arts where it is today. Where the UFC and Pride are today, what do you think about how it's transitioned and who are some of your favorites to watch?

Frank Shamrock: I think the new generation started about the time I was rolling into the UFC until about the time I was leaving, what is the complete fighter. The true mixed martial artist. I like all the guys out there. The Rich Franklins, I like Tito, I like Chuck. Everybody's got a style that's just mixed up with all these different things, and I really feel like our future is a complete art, to extend further than just the fight itself. Cause you can be the greatest fighter in the world, but if you're not a good person, or a respectable guy, you're never really going to get better. I think this generation we'll see the complete martial artist...the healer, the teacher, the father...instead of just the fighter.

MMAWeekly: When Rumble on the Rock happened not too long ago, there was a rumor that Tito Ortiz wanted to get a rematch with you. Would fighting Tito do anything for you or is that more, "you've beat him already, do you really need to fight him again", or would you have any interest in that?

Frank Shamrock: I wouldn't have all that much interest. I'm sure that we could make it make money, but at the end of the day, it's not all that exciting. He's a big dude, he's highly skilled, he and I had a war last time, we're just going to beat the crap out of each other. Somebody's going to win, doesn't matter who, we're going to beat the crap out of each other, and what do we really get out of it? I'm sure Tito wants it, but to me it's not all that exciting. I don't see Tito coming into my hometown, trying to take my stuff. I'm not that worried about it. Would it be something I would do? Yeah, if we could make it all work, it's a challenge, but I'm getting older. It took me 2 and a half years to put this fight together (with Gracie). I worked for over 2 years to put the Sakuraba fight together, and came up with zero. It's not as easy as "I wanna fight that guy", lets make it happen. I wish it was, I know what the fans want, and I wish I could give it to them. But the reality is that the world is run by the money that circulates in the sport.
Frank Shamrock makes his comeback to the sport he helped to revolutionize on October 1st in San Jose.

Wednesday, June 08, 2005

BJ Penn's side of the story

Penn's Prelim Hearing Today;
Lawyer Contends Fighter was Pursued by Officer to His Car
By Loretta Hunt

Former UFC Welterweight Champion and current K-1 MMA competitor BJ Penn is scheduled for a preliminary hearing this afternoon in the Waikiki District Court of 7C in Hawaii. The local fighting celebrity has been charged with assaulting District Six Waikiki police officer Richardson Pouoa in the first degree, as part of a multi-person altercation which started outside the Club Zanzabar on May 8th, the site of Rumble On the Rock 7's afterparty proceedings.

In court documents obtained by FCF, Officer Pouoa, working a Special Duty assignment that evening at the nightclub, contends Penn punched him on the "left cheek area of his face" and attempted to flee. At the time, Pouoa says he was attempting to break up a large fight outside the club. Pouoa has stated that Penn and others involved in the fracas did not comply with the Officer's repeated instructions to leave the area and that he deployed police-issued O.C. spray in Penn's direction from a distance of 4 to 6 feet prior to the alleged assault.

"The information that we have is that BJ was trying to leave," Penn's lawyer Michael Green says, "and actually left the car at one point to try and help his brother who was getting the crap beat out of him, and then they went back to the car."

According to an anonymous witness close to Penn that spoke with FCF, the officer pursued Penn to his car and held the vehicle door open, impeding the fighter's exit from the scene. Attorney Green concurs that his witnesses have described the same scenario.

"The cop said something to BJ in the backseat and the cop was standing on the street and BJ had something to say to him and the cop reached into the car and blasted him in the face from probably half a foot full-on with mace," Green explains.

"The one witness who I spoke with who was a security guard, who really didn't know BJ that night, said BJ jumped out of the car like his head was on fire," Green continues. "It looked to her like all he was trying to do was that his arms were waving and he was trying to clear his eyes and get the fumes away from him, and this cop grabbed him. I don't think he had a clue who it was who grabbed him and he had just been punched and kicked earlier. So, there was no intention to hurt anybody and he certainly didn't know it was a police officer."

Penn's preliminary hearing today to determine probable cause in the case should also introduce a circuit court arraignment date. Although Penn's legal representation already entered a "non guilty" plea for his client at his initial court appearance on May 12th, the Honolulu Prosecutor's office said a formal plea will be entered at the arraignment.

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Hawiian Open results

2005 HAWAIIAN OPEN OF BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU



RESULTS











Kids Gi Division



5 - 6 years old:

1) Isaiah Calpito

Gracie Kailua

2) Noah Robinson

Relson Gracie Kaneohe



7 - 8 years old:

1) Paliku Victorino

Relson Gracie Kaneohe

2) Juan Milian-Gutierrez Jr.

Relson Gracie Kaneohe



9 years old:

1) Makana Valdez

Relson Gracie

2) Makoa Gaughen

Relson Gracie Kaneohe



10 years old:

1) Noah Hashimoto

Relson Gracie Kaneohe

2) Angel Fergerstrom

Brazilian Freestyle Jiu Jitsu



11 - 12 years old:

1) Keanu Ching

Relson Gracie Kaneohe

2) Bryan Peralta

Relson Gracie Kaneohe



10 – 13 years old Heavyweight:

1) Sage Yoshida

HMC / Brazilian Freestyle

2) Keola Mayural

Relson Gracie Kaneohe



13 - 15 years old:

1) Kamanao Chun

Relson Gracie Kahaluu

2) Kena Gugudan

Relson Gracie



15 years old Heavyweight:

1) Keola Knight

Gracie Kailua

2) Jacob Matta

Relson Gracie Kaneohe



Mens White Belt



Featherweight:

1) Sadhu Bott

HMC / Nova Uniao

2) Mark Enomoto

Brazilian Freestyle Jiu Jitsu



Lightweight:

1) Marc Hasegawa

Alliance

2) Chris Procopia

Gracie Kailua



Middleweight:

1) Omar Fleury

Relson Gracie Kaneohe

2) Jordan Ware

Brazilian Freestyle Jiu Jitsu



Light Heavyweight:

1) Mike Maatta

808 Fight Factory

2) Luis Feliciano

Relson Gracie Casca Grossa



Heavyweight:

1) Grant Manning

Longman Jiu Jitsu

2) Bo Lagmay

Kauai Tech



Super Heavyweight:

1) Travis Dasher

Relson Gracie Kaneohe

2) Kaimiloa Chandler

Relson Gracie Kaneohe



Mens Blue Belt



Super Featherweight:

1) Sergio Hurtado

Longman Jiu Jitsu

2) Brandon Thompson

Relson Gracie Kaneohe



Featherweight:

1) Andrew Kawada

Relson Gracie Casca Grossa

2) Jake Scoval

Longman Jiu Jitsu



Middleweight:

1) Kekoa Rogan

Relson Gracie Kaneohe

2) Anya Douglas

North Shore Jiu Jitsu



Light Heavyweight:

1) Rob Thompson

Relson Gracie

2) Jonathan Collins

Relson Gracie



Heavyweight:

1) Imiloa Lindsey

Relson Gracie

2) David Chew

Relson Gracie



Super Heavyweight:

1) Raymond Seraile

Grappling Unlimited

2) Maui Wolfgramm

Relson Gracie Kahaluu



Blue Belt - Master



Lightweight:

1) David Hattori

Brazilian Freestyle Jiu Jitsu

2) Chan Abenes

Brazilian Freestyle Jiu Jitsu



Purple Belt



150 – 180 lbs:

1) Sidney Batista

Brazilian Freestyle Jiu Jitsu

2) Tyson Coloma-Nahooikaika

Brazilian Freestyle Jiu Jitsu



Brown/Black Belt



Lightweight:

1) Baret Yoshida

Baret Submission Grappling

2) Tulio Perrone

Alliance

Kids No Gi Division



5 - 6 years old:

1) Isaiah Calpito

Gracie Kailua

2) Kaleo Batista

Brazilian Freestyle Jiu Jitsu



7 - 8 years old:

1) Paliku Victorino

Relson Gracie Kaneohe

2) Hikina Gaughen.

Relson Gracie Kaneohe



9 years old:

1) Makana Valdez

Relson Gracie

2) Makoa Gaughen

Relson Gracie Kaneohe



10 years old:

1) Noah Hashimoto

Relson Gracie Kaneohe

2) Kaeo Paik

Relson Gracie Kaneohe



11 - 12 years old:

1) Keanu Ching

Relson Gracie Kaneohe

2) David Terao

Relson Gracie Kaneohe



10 – 13 years old Heavyweight:

1) Sage Yoshida

HMC / Brazilian Freestyle

2) Keola Mayural

Relson Gracie Kaneohe



13 - 15 years old:

1) Kamanao Chun

Relson Gracie Kahaluu

2) Alvon Caller

Relson Gracie Kaneohe



15 - 17 years old Heavyweight:

1) Jacob Matta

Relson Gracie Kaneohe

2) Justin Wong

HMC / Nova Uniao



Mens No Gi Novice



Featherweight:

1) Kaipo Orellana

Wahiawa Jiu Jitsu

2) Ian Hasegawa

Wahiawa Jiu Jitsu



Lightweight:

1) Masa Kurita

HMC / Nova Uniao

2) Chris Procopio

Gracie Kailua



Middleweight:

1) Omar Fleury

Relson Gracie Kaneohe

2) Jordan Ware

Brazilian Freestyle Jiu Jitsu



Light Heavyweight:

1) Mitchell Johnson

Relson Gracie Kaneohe

2) Luis Feliciano

Relson Gracie Casca Grossa



Heavyweight:

1) Grant Manning

Longman Jiu Jitsu

2) Jason Sanchez

Relson Gracie



Super Heavyweight:

1) Calvin Gibbs

Jesus Is Lord

2) R.K. Castillo

HMC



Mens No Gi Intermediate



Featherweight:

1) Jake Scoval

Longman Jiu Jitsu

2) Justin Wong

HMC / Nova Uniao



Lightweight:

1) Brian Gugerty

City Boxing

2) Mark Hasegawa

Alliance



Light Heavyweight:

1) Carlos Molestina

North Shore Jiu Jitsu

2) Elijah Young

North Shore Jiu Jitsu





Heavyweight:

1) Bo Lagmay

Kauai Tech

2) Thane Fowler

Jesus Is Lord



Super Heavyweight:

1) Maui Wolfgramm

Relson Gracie Kahaluu

2) Brandon Nunley

Wahiawa Jiu Jitsu



Mens No Gi Advanced



Featherweight:

1) Baret Yoshida

Baret Submission Grappling

2) Sergio Hurtado

Longman Jiu Jitsu



Middleweight:

1) Sidney Batista

Brazilian Freestyle Jiu Jitsu

2) Brad Scott

Relson Gracie Kaneohe



Heavyweight:

1) Raymond Seraile

Grappling Unlimited

2) David Chew

Relson Gracie



Unlimited height.

1. Tim Duncan

2. Ben Wallace

3. Shaq O'Neal



Team Standings



Relson Gracie

Brazilian Freestyle Jiu Jitsu / HMC / Nova Uniao

Longman Jiu Jitsu

Gracie Kailua

North Shore Jiu Jitsu / Wahiawa Jiu Jitsu

Grappling Unlimited

Baret Submission Grappling

Alliance

Jesus Is Lord

808 Fight Factory

City Boxing