New Yorker Nick Pace: Sleep In Strange Places, Fight Well Sep-7-2010 By Frank Curreri Fighters constantly jockey for the slightest edge over their competitors. Even in their sleep. BJ Penn and Rich Franklin have been known to recharge nightly in hyperbaric chambers during training. Miguel Torres often hunkers down in his gym for weeks on end, separating himself from distractions and steeling his spirit for battle. Donald Cerrone used to catch his shuteye in a room atop Greg Jackson’s martial arts school in New Mexico. But the precise spot where Nick Pace lays his head trumps them all. “I’ve got my air mattress here,” said the unbeaten 23-year-old, who trains three times a day at Tiger Schulmann’s MMA school in Elmwood Park, N.J. “I’m sleeping in the cage with my air mattress.” The up and coming New Yorker offers this tidbit with great nonchalance, as if it were an entirely rational act. I politely refrain from…
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Former Ohio State wrestling standouts J Jaggers and Mike Pucillo have been added to the Buckeye coaching staff head coach Tom Ryan announced Wednesday. Jaggers and Pucillo join Ryan and associate head coach Lou Rosselli . “We are proud to add one of the great wrestling Buckeyes to the Ohio state coaching staff,” Ryan, who is entering his fifth season leading the Scarlet and Gray, said. “Mike has been a standout in every aspect of his life for many years.
Sherdog Prospect Watch: Pat Audinwood The first time it hit Pat Audinwood was on an April night in Atlantic City, N.J., a little more than two years ago.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – With the release of the Ohio State wrestling team’s 2010-11 schedule, highlights include home matches vs. Big Ten opponents Michigan in January and Minnesota the following month. Also of note are the Buckeye Duals Nov. 21 in which the Scarlet and Gray will welcome programs from around the region to compete at historic St. John Arena. The Buckeyes, who finished second in the regular-season standings in 2009-10, will again contend for the league title in arguably the toughest conference in the country – five Big Ten programs, including Ohio State finished in the Top 10 at the 2010 NCAA Championships. The Scarlet and Gray will begin its conference quest Dec. 19 when it travels to Penn State. The road does not get any easier as the Buckeyes will head to Iowa Jan. 23, Illinois Feb. 4 and Wisconsin Feb. 11. The Buckeyes’ home schedule proves just as exciting with Michigan State and Michigan traveling down Route 23 to Columbus Jan. 16 and Jan. 28, respectively. The Spartans return to Columbus in 2010-11 after the Buckeyes wrapped up their regular-season home slate last year with a 30-7 victory vs. Michigan State on Senior Day. Ohio State is hosting the Wolverines in back-to-back seasons for the first time …
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2010 U.S. Open Taekwondo Championship is Nominated for a SportsTravel Award
Reinventing Kazuyuki Miyata Five years ago, Kazuyuki Miyata was on track to become one of Japanese MMA’s biggest stars.
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The Weekly Wrap: Aug. 28 – Sept. 3 The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s debut in Boston made several things clear. One, Frankie Edgar’s victory over B.J. Penn in April spoke more to the New Jersey native’s ability
Chad George: A Man Converted Sep-3-2010 By Frank Curreri Image may help a fighter pay the rent, but it won’t win him many scraps. Until recently, Chad George acted like it did. Ever since turning pro back in 2005, part of the Californian’s pre-fight ritual involved dreaming up outrageous hairstyles. Developing new styles was a time-consuming endeavor, but George trusted that the wacky hairdos would boost his marketability and actually help him mentally transform into a warrior as a fight inched closer. That five-year-old philosophy died on March 6 following a 31-second loss to Scott Jorgensen. George, 28, now professes to be a changed man. No more pink dyes. No more eye-catching manes. Suddenly, in his mind, conventional has become cool. “You’re going to see a clean-cut kid who’s going to go out there and just let my hands speak for me,” George declared weeks before his Sept. 30 showdown against Antonio Banuelos (17-6) at WEC 51. “I’ve always tried to outdo each hairdo that I had in the past. I did that my whole career since 2005, when I created …
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Originally found at www.pilotonline.com Written by, Bill Tiernan Hampton Roads bustled with activity Monday as thousands of young athletes from around the world competed in the AAU Junior Olympic Games. The track and field athletes kicked off six days of competition at Dick Price Stadium at Norfolk State, while across the water, swimmers began practicing at the Brittingham-Midtown Community Center in Newport News, where athletes will begin competing today through Friday. With more than 15,000 participants in 18 sports, the AAU Junior Olympics bills itself as the largest annual multisport event in the United States. Other events throughout the region include baton, beach tennis, beach volleyball, bowling, cheerleading, field hockey, gymnastics, jump rope, karate, multievents, powerlifting, table tennis, taekwondo, trampoline and tumbling, weightlifting and wrestling. Athletes ages 3 to 20 compete in team and individual events. The competition, which began with registration Thursday, will continue through Saturday. All photos by Bill Tiernan, The Virginian-Pilot Elisah Chua, 8, the youngest member of the Arabian Falcons Swimming Association in Saudi Arabia, dives into the pool during a practice session Monday afternoon at at the Brittingham-Midtown Community Center in…
10 September Tussles Worth Watching The month of September is every MMA fan’s paradise. It doesn’t matter where you are, chances of a quality event happening relatively close by are good.
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U.S. FREESTYLE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROSTER 55 kg/121 lbs. – Obe Blanc, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC) 60 kg/132 lbs. – Mike Zadick, Solon, Iowa (Gator WC) 66 kg/145.5 lbs. – Brent Metcalf, Iowa City, Iowa (New York AC) 74 kg/163 lbs. – Travis Paulson, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids) 84 kg/185 lbs. – Jake Herbert, Evanston, Ill. (New York AC) 96 kg/211.5 lbs. – J.D. Bergman , Columbus, Ohio (New York AC) 120 kg/264.5 lbs. – Les Sigman, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC) Coaches – Zeke Jones (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Bill Zadick (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Brandon Slay (Colorado Springs, Colo.); John Smith (Stillwater, Okla.); Terry Brands (Iowa City, Iowa) College affiliations – Iowa (Zadick, Metcalf, Coach Brands, Coach Zadick), Oklahoma State (Blanc, Coach Smith), Iowa State (Paulson), Lock Haven (Blanc), Northwestern (Herbert), Ohio State (Bergman), UN-Omaha (Sigman), Arizona State (Coach Jones), Univ. of Pennsylvania (Coach Slay) COLORADO SPRINGS – Past World champions Dremiel Byers and Kristie Davis will lead the 21-member U.S. wrestling team…
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Jessica Long won the gold medal in the Taekwondo Individual Forms Competition at the AAU Junior Olympic Games held July 31-Aug. 7 in Hampton Roads, Va. Long, of McHenry, won in the 10 and 11-year-old advanced division. She also was the Illinois state champion. “She competed against the best in the country,” said Jerry Keys, owner of Key’s Martial Arts Academy, where Long trains. “It’s a real big deal.” Long also qualified for the AAU national tournament a year ago, but the results this year were dramatically different. “She didn’t do too well,” Keys said of Long’s performance last year. “I think nerves got a hold of her.” That experience might have played a part in her desire to push herself to train harder. Her expectations heading into the national competition were high. “I actually thought I was going to do pretty well,” Long said. “I trained very…
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Sixteen of the best unsigned mixed martial artists compete for the ultimate prize – a six-figure contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization. During the show, the competitors will ta
Antonio Banuelos Talks Tats and Training with BJ Aug-30-2010 By Frank Curreri If you have followed the career of Antonio Banuelos, current teammate and former roommate of Chuck Liddell, then you may have noticed the 5’3 fighter’s ongoing love affair with body ink. The many symbols and words that adorn the bantamweight’s body are the result of a unique tradition he began with his MMA debut nine years ago: After every fight, win or lose, Banuelos adds another tattoo. I recently had a conversation with this colorful gent, who discussed his weeks of training with BJ Penn, his fascination with skin art, and his upcoming fight with Chad George at WEC 51. Curreri: You went out to Hawaii to help BJ Penn get ready for his rematch with Frankie Edgar. How did that come about? Banuelos: I helped him train before for one of his fights – a fight with Caol Uno years ago — and he gave …
U.S. FREESTYLE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROSTER 55 kg/121 lbs. – Obe Blanc, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC) 60 kg/132 lbs. – Mike Zadick, Solon, Iowa (Gator WC) 66 kg/145.5 lbs. – Brent Metcalf, Iowa City, Iowa (New York AC) 74 kg/163 lbs. – Travis Paulson, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids) 84 kg/185 lbs. – Jake Herbert, Evanston, Ill. (New York AC) 96 kg/211.5 lbs. – J.D. Bergman , Columbus, Ohio (New York AC) 120 kg/264.5 lbs. – Les Sigman, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC) Coaches – Zeke Jones (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Bill Zadick (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Brandon Slay (Colorado Springs, Colo.); John Smith (Stillwater, Okla.); Terry Brands (Iowa City, Iowa) College affiliations – Iowa (Zadick, Metcalf, Coach Brands, Coach Zadick), Oklahoma State (Blanc, Coach Smith), Iowa State (Paulson), Lock Haven (Blanc), Northwestern (Herbert), Ohio State (Bergman), UN-Omaha (Sigman), Arizona State (Coach Jones), Univ. of Pennsylvania (Coach Slay) COLORADO SPRINGS – Past World champions Dremiel Byers and Kristie Davis will lead the 21-member U.S. wrestling team…
