News - RICKSON GRACIE HEADS NEW FIGHT SHOW IN BRAZIL

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10-10-2012, 12:22 AM
Sam Sales

News - RICKSON GRACIE HEADS NEW FIGHT SHOW IN BRAZIL

Jiu-jitsu legend and former vale tudo fighter Rickson Gracie has created an event that promises to astonish the fans.

‘Mestre do Combate’ debuts on November 22nd in Rio de Janeiro and has a format designed to leave viewers with no doubts about who has won the fights. Among the innovations is a weigh-in rule that has fighters hitting the scales on the day of the show, to eliminate big weight cuts.

In addition, the bell will not sound at the end of the round if it looks like a fighter is nearly about to be knocked out or submitted; the action will be allowed to run its course. Judges have also been eliminated - the winner will have to get the victory by KO/TKO or submission over two rounds, being the first of ten minutes duration and the second of five.

The rule is designed to give preference to martial arts ability rather than athletic ability. If there is no submission or stoppage, three votes will decide the winner - one vote from Rickson, other from the referee and the third of the public.

“We want to create a new paradigm and recover values from the fight that were lost over time. Today, MMA fighting means blood and money. We will honour the warrior spirit and the fighting art,” says Rickson.

Mestre do Combate also offers individual and team competitions. Inside the ring, the fighters go one-on-one but each of them will be part of a team that will represent a Brazilian city. One coach and five athletes (at heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight and lightweight) form the teams.

“Brazil generates wizards as in the ring the same as in soccer, and MMA is today the number two sport on pay-per-view. The proposal of Mestre do Combate is to provide a demand from fans and free TV. Besides that, we offer noble and exclusive events for the fans of all ages in night club for up to four thousand peopole”, says Carlos H. Moreira, president of the company that controls the event.

The winning team will be the one that gets three victories from the five match-ups. The winner will go through to the next event and the bonuses are going to go up as the fighters win their matches. Along the 2012/2013 season, R$ 700 mil (approximately $350,000) will be distributed in purses. The nine-event calendar is already scheduled and Fighters Only will reveal them as soon as the organisation inform the local media.

http://www.fightersonlymag.com/conte...show-in-brazil
10-10-2012, 12:23 AM
Sam Sales

Rickson Gracie new MMA event sounds awesome. Same day weigh-ins, round extensions, the judging, teams etc etc. Very innovative. I think this is going to be HUGE. :-)
10-10-2012, 12:59 PM
CaseyPride

Sounds awesome. Hope we can watch that in the u.s. some how, prolly have to find a stream of it but definitely interested. A fighting organization owned and ran by an actual fighter, and not just any fighter Rickson Gracie, how can you go wrong? I wonder if gis will be allowed hmm
10-10-2012, 02:23 PM
Eddie Bravo

Sounds pretty damn bad ass to me :-)
10-10-2012, 03:22 PM
stevenbalmer

should be exciting.. :)

do you guys agree/disagree with his generalization about mma today being only about blood and money?
10-10-2012, 05:06 PM
Aaron Gustaveson

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Originally Posted by stevenbalmer

should be exciting.. :)

do you guys agree/disagree with his generalization about mma today being only about blood and money?

It might not be about blood and money for a lot of the fighters or for the more educated fans but it definitely seems that the average fan is a beer swilling moron whos knows very little about MMA and just wants to see knockouts and blood. Just look at the crowd response to the last 2 flyweight fights.
10-10-2012, 05:29 PM
ern

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aaron Gustaveson

It might not be about blood and money for a lot of the fighters or for the more educated fans but it definitely seems that the average fan is a beer swilling moron whos knows very little about MMA and just wants to see knockouts and blood. Just look at the crowd response to the last 2 flyweight fights.

The average person cheering and drinking at the MMA fight today is the same kind of person who drank wine and chanted for a gladiator's demise in the arena.

At the local fights in my area, the average beer chugging person starts to boo as soon as the fighters hit the mat. ALmost no one appreciates the ground game in the local venues. THe fighters and the fighter's families seem to know what is going on, but no one else seems to understand it.

I have no problem with people drinking beer, and I have no problem with people cheering. I have no problem with people drinking and cheering. I do have a problem with a guy 200+ pounds overweight, greasy hair, two teeth, pounding beer, screaming about the guy in the cage being a pussy because they are doing some ground fighting. He has his right to say it and I have my right to want to knock his two teeth down his throat (especially when it is someone I know that is in the cage fighting). Fat prick would probably be too scared to walk into the gym and just spar, forget about crawling in a cage.
10-10-2012, 05:33 PM
Aaron Gustaveson

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Originally Posted by ern

The average person cheering and drinking at the MMA fight today is the same kind of person who drank wine and chanted for a gladiator's demise in the arena.

At the local fights in my area, the average beer chugging person starts to boo as soon as the fighters hit the mat. ALmost no one appreciates the ground game in the local venues. THe fighters and the fighter's families seem to know what is going on, but no one else seems to understand it.

Makes you want to just start slaughtering em doesn't it? (the crowd) just beatin' faces right off of skulls.
10-10-2012, 05:39 PM
ern

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aaron Gustaveson

Makes you want to just start slaughtering em doesn't it? (the crowd) just beatin' faces right off of skulls.

I edited my post, but yeah it does. I can no longer sit in general admission seating at fights, I have to sit by friends and families of fighters. The rest of the crowd infuriates me.

Hell, I am a dershowitz fan/supporter and believe in the system. I believe everyone should be able to speak their peace about anything they want. I just can't be near some of them when they say it.
10-10-2012, 11:21 PM
stevenbalmer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aaron Gustaveson

It might not be about blood and money for a lot of the fighters or for the more educated fans but it definitely seems that the average fan is a beer swilling moron whos knows very little about MMA and just wants to see knockouts and blood. Just look at the crowd response to the last 2 flyweight fights.

thats what i was thinking.. but i also think that if there was even one gracie holding a ufc belt he'd probably have a different tone about mma