Petrescu e in TOP 5-ul de pe Sherdog!

Romanul care se bate in Anglia, Valentino Petrescu, a pe locul 4 intr-un top al celor mai promitatori luptatori europeni de MMA, neinvinsi. Sherdog a facut o lista cu cei mai buni 10, iar Vali a prins top 5. Iata ce zice celebrul site despre el:

4. Valentino Petrescu (8-0) — Age: 29 / Country: Romania

Look up “loyalty” in the dictionary, and one might find Petrescu’s image depicted next to it. The Romanian-born UK resident has spent his entire eight-fight career inside the cage of his home promotion — Ultimate Warrior Challenge. However, the UWC has not sugar-coated the light heavyweight’s path. Petrescu has already faced two formidable opponents: Lithuanian kickboxer Arunas Andriuskevicus and Polish submission specialist Przemyslaw Mysiala. “Battista” has gone the distance only once.

Petrescu in vizita la Absoluto, alaturi de instructorul Tudor Mihaita:

Lupta dintre Rafa si Cobrinha! De la inceputuri pana in prezent!

Cea mai mare rivalitate din BJJ e acum intre Rafael Mendes si Rubens “Cobrinha” Charles. Cei doi brazilieni se bat in categoria “Featherweight” si s-au intalnit pe saltea de 7 ori. Mai nou, un sponsor puternic din SUA le-a propus un meci fara limita de timp, care sa se desfasoare pana la finalizare. 

Iti prezentam luptele lor de pana acum:

Meciul 1 – Capital Challenge (Iordania), decembrie 2008

Rafa si Cobrinha lupta pentru prima data in finala cat. -70 kg. Rubens castiga cu o depasire de garda cand mai erau cateva secunde din meci.

Scor final: Cobrinha 3-0 Rafael

Meciul 2 – Pan Jiu-jitsu Championship 2009 (Carson, California, SUA), martie 2009

Rafael e descalificat pentru ca-si inconjoara piciorul in jurul genunchiului lui Conrinha!

Scor final: Cobrinha invinge prin descalificare

Meciul 3 – Abu Dhabi Pro World Cup (Abu Dhabi, EAU),  mai 2009

Dupa un meci cu inversari de o parte si de cealalta, Rafael obtine prima victorie.

Scor final: Rafael 4-2 Cobrinha

Vezi meciul:

Meciul 4 – World Jiu-jitsu Championships (Mundials) 2009 (Long Beach, California, SUA), iunie 2009

In semifinalele categoriei celui mai tare turneu de BJJ din lume, Cobrinha castiga dupa decizia arbitrilor un meci foarte strans.

Scor final: 4-4 si un avantaj fiecare. Arbitrii il dau invingator pe Cobrinha.

Vezi meciul aici:

http://www.grappling-core.com/videos/_Rafael_Mendes_vs_Rubens_Cobrinha_Charles_Mundial?vid=10002124

Meciul 5 – ADCC 2009 (Barcelona, Spania), octombrie 2009

Probabil meciul cel mai spectaculos dintre cei doi a avut nevoie de doua reprize de prelungiri. Cu cateva momente inainte de finalul luptei, cand scorul era 4-4, Rafa a reusit sa puna carligele si sa obtina 3 puncte pentru victorie.

Scor final: Rafael 7-4 Cobrinha

Meciul 6 – Brasilero 2010 (Tijuca, Rio De Janeiro, Brazilia), mai 2010

Lupta s-a dat in majoritatea timpului in garda 50/50, ambii sportivi atacand finalizari pe picioare. Rafa a fost si de data asta mai bun.

Scor final: Rafael 4-2 Cobrinha

Vezi meciul aici:

http://www.grapplingweekly.com/?p=469

Meciul 7 – World Jiu-jitsu Championship (Mundials) 2010 (Long Beach, California, SUA), iunie 2010

Ultimul meci de pana acum a fost ca de obicei o batalie a inversarilor si atacurilor asupra picioarelor. Rafa a castigat primul sau titlu mondial, cu 2 avantaje in plus.

Scor final: Rafael 4-4 Cobrinha (5-3 la avantaje)

Face Krav Maga si s-a batut in MMA!

Gala Martial Combat 6, disputata in Coreea de Sud, a avut sala full. Spectatorii au venit sa-l vada in special pe compatriotul lor Yang Sung Ho, practicant de Muay Thai si BJJ, care a luptat impotriva lui Ben Simon, practiant de… Krav Maga. Yang, care nu mai luptase de doi ani a castigat prin armbar. Citeste un articol despre lupta celor doi aici: http://www.espnstar.com/other-sports/news/detail/item467057/Korean-makes-comeback-at-Martial-Combat-6/

Super-interviu cu Royler Gracie! Citeste ce zice de Fedor!

Royler Gracie a acordat recent un interviu pentru revista Tatame:

“What do you think of the new generation of Jiu-Jitsu fighters?

I thinks they’re getting better and better. We can’t say they settled down. You always have a new technique to learn, a new detail, and then everybody starts training it and it’s not a new thing anymore and others come. I believe thing tend to grow more and more.

Some people doubted of Jiu-Jitsu’s efficacy on MMA nowadays after some striker’s triumph, but now we come to a favorable moment of the soft art, which has been being used by many important fighters. How do you see this Jiu-Jitsu current scene on MMA? 

Actually, I don’t see Jiu-Jitsu being a disadvantage in any moment. Like I told you, there are many strikers who are also great Jiu-Jitsu athletes and they improved their game this way. Wrestlers learned Jiu-Jitsu and are better fighters now. Jiu-Jitsu’s fighters perfected theis skills on MMA. What I can say is that things point out to a better thing because people are training more and more Jiu-Jitsu and its athletes will have a harder time on beating their opponents, because who trains Jiu-Jitsu also learns who to defend yourself of it. We’ve got to a point where the guy can be an expert in Jiu-Jitsu and be a good standing opponent and you ought to want to really be there, will all your heart.

What did you think of the bout between Fabrício Werdum and Fedor Emelianenko?

I thought it was spectacular. Before Werdum fought on World, like a week before that, I came to talk to him and I told him: “you’ll submit this guy”. Fedor, to me, it’s not even close of being on a level like your Jiu-Jitsu is. “Do you think?”, he asked me and I answered him “I don’t think, I’m sure”. Right after the fight I called him to congratulate him and I told him I knew it (laughs). It could only be it, I knew it… We knew it. I believe if he faces Fedor 10 times, he’ll submit him on 9 of them. His Jiu-Jitsu is a lot better than Fedor’s power, there’s no comparison you see this phenomenon, but he has never fought against a guy of Werdum’s caliber. 

In your opinion, why many Jiu-Jitsu fighters are choosing to trade punches and end up being beat because of that?

Well, we can’t forget that MMA have events that demand that its athletes stay on that standing game and sometimes the guy doesn’t want to do it, but it became a business thing.  If your not good on that area, they won’t call you again, they want to see it, they don’t like to see two guys fighting themselves on the ground. The fight starts standing with the two guys far for each other, so that’s impossible for us to avoid it. If you want to spend all the fight stuck, it’s not easy. I believe it’s a matter of good sense from the Jiu-Jitsu fighter and want to freeze the fight, but know he has to wait for the guy to go for a blow to get a chance to grab him, but not just to grab and get stuck on the round. Sometimes the guy doesn’t know when to stop trying to grab his opponent and being aggressive.

What do you think changed in MMA along the years?

I believe that in the olden days no one trained Jiu-Jitsu and nowadays everybody trains it. It’s like my father used to say: we’ve got to a point where Jiu-Jitsu is the most important thing inside MMA. If the guy doesn’t train Jiu-Jitsu, his chances are very small.

How do you see this growth of non-Brazilians on World of Jiu-Jitsu? Do you believe they can mean a threat to the Brazilian hegemony on the sport?

Everything says they should be better and better each year that goes by. But we can’t forget hat World has being happening in America, not in Brazil anymore. There are a lot of talented people in Brazil, but sometimes, because of not having money enough to travel, or not having a visa or financial support or sponsorship, they can’t manage to go there to dispute the championship. I believe that these guy’s chances are bigger if World comes to Brazil and then we can show the world what we have best, which is our human material.

Are you in favor of this comeback of the World to Brazil?

I believe it’s important for the growth of the sport, it’ll be a good thing to shake this current scene and a good opportunity for those who can’t afford travelling and also to show how much more talented athletes we’ve got, I believe in it. I think it’s really important. We have to bring this championship back to Brazil. I think they should change its location… It doesn’t have to always be in America, neither in Brazil. We can offer the chance of other countries to show its talent without having to spend so much money.

Do you believe Rodrigo Minotauro can shine again among the tops? What do you think he should do to return to the place of a great champion he used to occupy and we know so well?

Minotauro is a guy who always brought Brazil’s name to wherever he went, is a outstanding guy outside Brazil. He is a great fighter, a great human being and a great person. Of course everybody should know that the years come and we lose it a little, and they younger guys are getting better and better each time more. Minotauro stayed on the top for a long time, and I still believe he has the tools to get back there, his Jiu-Jitsu is very good, but we have to know that the other guys are also improving. And it’s not that Minotauro got worse… I believe he has to train a little more, and even have a good moment, because his Jiu-Jitsu’s abilities are great, and he has a good chance of shining again. Maybe he’s lacking training.”

Se apropie stagiul de vara 2010! Rezerva-ti locul!

Cel mai tare Summer Camp bate la usa. Ca in fiecare an, Absoluto BJJ organizeaza in Mamaia BJJ Summer Camp. Intre 2 si 5 septembrie ai ocazia sa participi la un stagiu de pregatire alaturi de membri ai Absoluto si EK BJJ. Patru zile de antrenamente sustinute de Eddie Kone, centura neagra in BJJ si Tudor Mihaita, centura maro in BJJ. Locurile sunt limitate. Pentru informatii suplimentare si rezervari: tudor_bjj@yahoo.com
Mai jos aveti un clip cu imagini de la stagiile din 2007 si 2008:

De ce a pierdut Fedor?

Mult-asteptatul meci Fedor Emelianenko-Fabricio Werdum a avut un final pe care putini il prevedeau: finalizare a brazilianului dupa 69 de secunde! Werdum anuntase inainte de meci ca vrea sa castige rapid, in prima repriza, datorita factorului “transpiratie” ce poate periclita succesul finalizarilor in rundele urmatoare. Nimeni insa nu-l credea. Nici macar Fedor. Un luptator polivalent care a avut indrazneala sa stea in garda lui Nogueira, arma cea mai puternica a acestuia. Lucrurile se schimba insa in fata unui dublu campion atat la Mundial, cat si la ADCC.

Cei doi schimba cateva lovituri si una dintre ele il trimite pe Fabricio la sol. Brazilianul da semne ca e ok si incepe sa se retraga pentru a crea spatiu intre el si adversar:

Fedor face o prima greseala tactica: se arunca in garda lui Werdum. In meciul brazilianului cu Arlovski, de fiecare data cand situatia de mai sus s-a repetat, rusul s-a multmit sa-i dea low-kick-uri peste picioare si sa astepte revenirea luptei in picioare. Fedor face si o prima greseala tehnica. Cu toate ca ajunge in triunghi, nu face postura, ci incearca sa iasa in directia in care triunghiul se strange, impinge cu mana aflata in afara, ba chiar incearca sa loveasca.

Rusul incearca sa depaseasca garda, Fabricio face un roll sa recupereze garda si isi arunca piciorul din nou dupa triunghi. Aici apare un moment cheie: miscarea lui Fedor este blocata de cusca (s-a spus de multe ori ca Fedor nu obisnuieste sa se antreneze in cusca sau intr-un mediu care sa o simuleze). Prins din nou in triunghi, Emelianenko iarasi nu postureaza, ba chiar incearca din nou sa-l loveasca pe Werdum.

De aici treaba lui Werdum e mult mai usoara. Il ameninta cu armbar pe rus, fortandu-l pe acesta sa se apere prin impachetare. Miscare care nu face altceva decat sa-l ajute pe brazilian sa ajusteze si mai bine triunghiul. Intreaga secventa ce a urmat, cu atacul dublu triunghi-armbar si variantele posibile de finalizare pot fi vazute maine pe blogul nostru intr-un mini-instructional prezentat de Tudor Mihaita.

Citeste sfaturile dermatologului pentru grappleri!

In primul rand, trebuie sa intelegeti ca este normal ca atunci cand va antrenati intr-un stil ce presupune frecatul de saltele, care nu sunt chiar cele mai curate din lume, sa apara reactii ale pielii.

Cele mai frecvente sunt asa zisele cosuri, adica infectarea porilor pielii. Acest lucru poate fi evitat in mai multe feluri:

1. faceti dus imediat ce ajungeti acasa. Cu cat stati mai mult “murdari” dupa antrenament, cu atat microbii au mai mult timp de a patrunde in piele.

2. dupa dus folositi creme ce catifeleaza pielea. Pielea catifelata este mai protejata de patrunderea microbilor in pori.

3. nu va scarpinati in timpul sau dupa antrenament. Frecarea pielii, mai ales cu unghiile, duce la deschiderea locala si de scurta durata a porilor, ceea ce paote fi de ajuns pentru patrunderea microbilor.Daca trebuie neaparat sa o faceti, incercati sa nu folositi unghiile.

4. daca apar cosuri, nu le spargeti si nu va frecati in zona, deoarece luati sub unghii “infectia” si o puteti raspandi in alte zone unde va veti scarpina apoi.

5. daca infectiile sunt destul de mari si focarul este raspandit vizibil, consultati medicul de familie pentru a va face o programare la dermatolog. Se scapa foarte usor de aceste cosuri, trebuie doar sa fiti examinat de un dermatolog.

O alta probleme a pielii in cazul sportivilor in general, sunt reactiile datorate folositii suplimentelor sau a diverselor substante ajutatoare. Acestea pot provoca reactii diferite ale pielii, de la eczeme la retentii de sebum.
Pentru a evita aceste probleme, consultati un medic specializat inainte de a incepe consumul de substante, fiecare organism putand avea reactii diverse la ce ii este administrat.

Ca reguli generale, incercati sa nu faceti antrenament cu rani deschise, incercati sa le bandajati sau sa le acoperiti in orice fel. O igiena buna in afara salii duce la miscosarea riscului contactarii unei boli de piele. Nu folositi prosoapele, papucii sau alte obiecte personale ale colegilor de sala.

Si nu in ultimul rand, daca aveti o problema, cat de mica ar fi, consultati un medic dermatolog. Afectiunile, chiar si cele mai grave, se pot trata foarte usor daca apelati la un specialist.

Ia-ti gratis primul numar din revista FIGHT! UK

http://www.fightmagazine.com/fightuk/ (descarcarea poate dura cateva minute)

Super-cifrele de la Mundial si ADCC!

ADCC

*1998 – Mario Sperry a castigat categoria si Open-ul.
*2000 – Mark Kerr a castigat categoria si Open-ul.
*2001 – Ricardo Arona a castigat categoria si Open-ul.
*2005 – Roger a castigat categoria si Open-ul, toate meciurile prin finalizare (7 + 1 abandon).
*2009 – Braulio a castigat categoria si Open-ul.
*Marcelo Garcia si Royler Gracie si-au castigat categoriile de 3 ori la rand.
*Mario Sperry, Mark Kerr si Ricardo Arona au castigat 4 medalii de aur, la 3 turnee succesive.

Mundial (CBJJ )

*Roger a castigat 8 medalii de aur (6 categorie si 2 Open)
*Xande a castigat 6 medalii de aur (4 categorie si 2 Open)
*Saulo Ribeiro si Robson Moura au castigat fiecare 5 medalii de aur in categorii.
*Royler Gracie, Fabio Gurgel, Roberto Magalhães (Roleta) si Rubens Charles (Cobrinha) au castigat fiecare 4 medalii de aur in categorii.
*Robson a castigat primul aur in 1997, iar cel mai recent in 2007, avand cea mai lunga cariera cu medalii de aur cucerite.
*Roger Gracie a ajuns in finala Open-ului de 7 ori la rand, castigand de 2 ori.
*Royler, Robson si Cobrinha si-au castigat categoriile 4 ani la rand.
*Saulo a castigat 4 ani la rand cate o categorie diferita de greutate (1997 – 2000 Medio, Pesado, Meio Pesado, Super Pesado).
*Roger Gracie a ajuns in finala categoriei sale de 6 ori la rand, castigandu-le pe toate.
*Xande Ribeiro, Amauri Bitetti, Marcio Cruz (Pe de Pano), Rodrigo Medeiros (Comprido), Roger Gracie si Ronaldo Souza (Jacare) au castigat fiecare de 2 ori Open-ul.
*Margarida (2001), Pe de Pano (2002) si Jacare (2005) si-au castigat categoria si Open-ul in acelasi an (Jacare nu a putut participa la finala Meio Pesado in 2004).
*Xande (2006, 2008) si Roger (2007, 2009) si-au castigat categoria si Open-ul in acelasi an, de 2 ori.
*Roger (2009) a castigat toate cele 9 meciuri disputate in categorie si Open, prin finalizare.

BATRANII DE AUR

*Royler avea 33 de ani cand a castigat ultimul sau Mundial, in 1999 si 35 de ani cand a castigat ultimul sau ADCC, in 2001.
*Bustamante avea 32 de ani cand a castigat ultimul sau Mundial, in 1999.
*Monson avea 34 de ani cand a castigat titlul la +99 kg, la ADCC, in 2005.
*Werdum avea 32 de ani anul trecut, cand a castigat categoria la ADCC.
*David Meyer avea 36 de ani, cand a castigat bronzul la Mundial, in 1998.
*DeLaRiva avea 37 de ani, cand a castigat bronzul la Mundial, in 2002.

CIFRE GENERALE

*Cobrinha (2007 – 2009) si Roleta (1996 – 1998) si-au castigat categoriile atat la Mundial, cat si la Pan Am, in acelasi an, de 3 ori la rand.
*Roger este singurul sportiv care a castigat categoria si Open-ul, la ADCC (2005), dar si Mundial (2009), numai prin finalizari.
*Cobrinha a castigat Mundialul intr-un an, fara sa cedeze nici macar un punct sau avantaj (2007).
*Inainte de a fi finalizat de Eddie Bravo in 2003, impotriva lui Royler Gracie nimeni nu reusise sa castige vreun punct in cele 3 turnee ADCC la care participase (incluzandu-l si meciurile de la editia 2003).
*Pe de Pano (2003) si Jacare (2004) au castigat Open-ul la Mundial si Pan Am, in acelasi an.  

Jacare si medaliile la categorie si Open, din 2004:

Citeste in premiera pagini din autobiografia lui BJ Penn!

Ai la dispozitie 22 de pagini din autobiografia lui BJ Penn ce va fi lansata pe 13 aprilie 2010: http://www.bjpenn.com/external/book/whyifightexcerpt.pdf