OMMAC 4 - Luta Livre prevails yet again.

The Ommac 4 was a highly anticipated event with lots of promising fights and Paul Sass vs Jason Young headlining the show it was sure to be a great night. Kaobon fighters were seen with their arms raised on several occasions, with no more than 6 out of 7 victories three via some great submissions. One to be remembered was the heel hook from Paul Sass which earned himself his tenth straight proffesional win. Up and coming Kaobon fighter Louis Jenkins was impressive with a first round TKO in just under a minute, followed by a decision victory for Pietro Menga against Brent Crawley.

Results:

Semi Pro

Louis Jenkins Defeated Malli richardson TKO 0:51 Round 1
Pietro Menga Defeated Brent Crawley Points

Proffesional

Richie Downes Defeated Paul Ramsdale TKO 0:56 Round 1
Michael Reid Defeated Neil Dutson Points
Mike Wilkinson Defeated Neil Spiring RNC 3:42 Round 1
Danny Sweeney Defeated Nij Wright Armbar 1:15 Round 1
James Manning Defeated Jason Muldoon N/S Choke 1:45 Round 1
Ronan Mckay Defeated James Gladden Armbar 0:36 Round 2
Chris Fishgold Defeated Neil McGuigan RNC 3:33 Round 1
James McGuiness Defeated Declan Williams Armbar 4:42 Round 1
Wayne Murrie Defeated Peer Irving Points
Paul Sass Defeated Jason young Heel Hook 2:01 Round 1

Luta Livre seminar in the paradise!!!

Who could imagine that would be possible to do a Luta Livre seminar in a truly paradise? Yeah, but it just happened on the 3rd of February of 2010. There were 30 guys learning the Luta Livre secrets in the perfect city of Balneário Camboriú, Brazil. The day was perfect for putting together Luta Livre, nice and friendly people, beautifull beaches and a hot weather. Can't wait for the next time!

Highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBGvSNoCnS8

New members of the Luta Livre Family.

Yesterday was another great day in Luta Livre´s history when the state of Santa Catarina, in the south of Brazil, had its first grading ceremony. Marcelo Brigadeiro graded 15 of his students in the beautiful city of Balneário Camboriú. It was possible to feel how proud all the guys were to know that they´re now the first Luta Livre team in the south of Brazil. Brigadeiro said to his students in the ceremony: "The Luta Livre family is getting bigger, make sure you all represent it with the same love and respect that i do, make sure you fell the same pride that i fell and make sure you defend it with the same effort that i do."

Congratulations to the members of RFT (Balneário Camboriú):

Brown Belt

Franklin Jensen (level 1)

Purple Belt

Jairo Chaves (level 2)

Marco Cruz

Gilberto Galvão

Blue Belt

Adalberto Neto (level 2)

Guilherme Horn (level 2)

Ricardo Quadros

Rodrigo Motta de Pinho

Orange Belt

Giovani Fajardo (level 3)

Romar Gonlalves (level 2)

Fabio André da Silva

Anderson dos Santos

Karl Meliga

Yellow Belt

Régis Echeverria (level 1)

White Belt

Alexandre Rozini (level 3)

Paolo Henkel (level 2)

Alexandre Santos (level 2)

Holidays in Brazil......well, not so much....

The day after Terry´s fight in the UFC 105, i took a plane to Brazil for a well deserved rest after a great year for Team Kaobon and Luta Livre. All i was thinking of was a great time with my family and friends and nice beaches and great food of my country. Everything was planned but in the same day i got in Brazil my master, Cromado, called me asking for my help to make Luciano Azevedo and Leonardo Chocolate for their fights that would happen at the WFE 5 in Salvador. We had 10 days of training and adjustments and then we went to Salvador. The show was great, and we won both fights by submission. Luciano defeated Jean Silva by triangle in the first round. Also in the first round Chocolate defeated Rubens Charles by Anaconda choke. Me and Cromado were in the corner, more than happy and proud of the guys.
We went back to Rio de Janeiro the day after the fights so i could enjoy my hollidays, and i did....for 2 days. My student Franklin Jensen, who had won the "Nitrix Fight" superfight at the same day Terry won the UFC 105, called me saying that 2 of our boys from RFT- Santa Catarina would fight at the 30th of December. Well, the next day i took a plane to Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina. As soon as i got there i went home for 2 hours, left my luggage and went to the gym to take care of my students. We´ve trained for 30 straight days, no Christmas for us. The result was 2 victories at the "Warriors Challenge 4". Rafael Silva punished John Lineker for 3 rounds to win by unanimous decision while Juliano Ninja needed only 1 minute to finish his fight by submission (RNC). Once again i was very happy and proud and once more looking foward to rest. I had 2 days off and then i had came the news that i will have 3 students fighting at the "Nitrix Show Fight" on the 6th of February......Well, maybe i can rest next year...

The RFT Team after the perfect night at WFE 5.

Rafael Silva punishing John Lineker at the Warriors Challenge 4.

Juliano Ninja submits at the Warriors Challenge 4.

Team Kaobon is ready for 2010.

Team Kaobon is more than ready to repeat in 2010 the same outstanding performance of 2009. Colin Heron (Thai Boxing coach) and Marcelo Brigadeiro (Luta Livre coach) have a great army in their hands. The Kaobon soldiers are:

Bantamweight:
Pietro Menga
Jay McGuiness

Featherweight:
Mick Sinclair
Mark Adams
Greg Severs

Lightweight:
Terry Etim
Paul Kelly
Paul Sass
Rob Sinclair
Martin Stapleton
Richie Downes
Uche Ihiekwe

Mark Glover

Welterweight:
Mark Scanlon
Paul Taylor

Lee Chadwick
Jay Gladden
Jay Manning
Kam Atakuru

Middleweight:
Paul Cahoon
Carl Noon
Kev Axworthy

Terry Etim and the "Best Submission of 2009" in the UFC.

Terry Etim got another award in his career. The Luta Livre Blue Belt was confirmed by the UFC as the winner of the "Best Submission of 2009" because of his perfect Darce Choke displayed against Justin Buchholz at the UFC 99. It´s a great achievement for Etim, Team Kaobon and Luta Livre!!

Best Submissions of 2009:

1 – Terry Etim's second-round D'Arce choke vs. Justin Buchholz – UFC 99 – June 13
2 – Demian Maia's first-round triangle choke vs. Chael Sonnen – February 21 – UFC 95
3 – Frank Mir's first-round guillotine choke vs. Cheick Kongo – December 12 – UFC 107
4 – Damarques Johnson's first-round triangle choke vs. Edgar Garcia – December 12 – UFC 107
5 – Joe Lauzon's second-round armbar vs. Jeremy Stephens - February 7 - UFC Fight Night
6 – Rick Story's second-round arm triangle vs. Brian Foster – September 19 – UFC 103
7 –Tom Lawlor's first-round guillotine choke vs. CB Dollaway - July 11 - UFC 100
8 – Alan Belcher's second-round guillotine choke vs. Denis Kang – January 17 – UFC 93
9 – Jon Jones' second-round D'Arce choke vs. Jake O’Brien – July 11 – UFC 100
10 – Tim Hague's first-round guillotine choke vs. Pat Barry - May 23 - UFC 98

OMMAC 3 - Another great night for Luta Livre and Team Kaobon.

The OMMAC 3 was a great show with great fights and another impressive performance of Team Kaobon. Pietro Menga (Luta Livre Orange Belt), Uche Ihiekwe (Luta Livre Yellow Belt), Jay Manning (Luta Livre Orange Belt), Jay Gladden (Luta Livre Orange Belt) and Jay McGuiness (Luta Livre Orange Belt) all finished their fights with submissions in the 1 round while Paul Cahoon (Luta Livre Blue Belt) and Luis "Besouro" (Luta Livre Black Belt) won their fights by unanimous decision. Luta Livre shows show after show how effective it is. Congratulations Luta Livre soldiers!!!

Terry Etim keeps on winning in the UFC.

Terry Etim, a Luta Livre Blue Belt, had another outstanding performance at the UFC 105 making his Team Kaobon very proud. Etim faced the dangerous and well rounded Shanon Guggerty and finished the fight with a perfect guillotine choke in the second round. With this submission Terry won the "Submission of the Night" prize for the third time in his UFC career. Well done Terry!!!

Luta Livre scores another 2 victories at the "Burnley Brawl 2"

Luta Livre and Team Kaobon scored another 2 victories at "Burnley Brawl 2". Carl Noon was the first to step in the cage and after only 22 seconds of fight the Luta Livre fighter defended a takedown and used his powerfull ground and pound to finish the fight and earn the Midlleweight belt. Mick Sinclair showed everyone the much he has been improving from fight to fight and after a great first round, Mick finished the fight with a guillotine choke in the second round. Congratulations Carl and Mick!!

Luta Livre seminar was a huge success!!

The Luta Livre Seminar that happened last sunday (8th of November) at Team Kaobon was a huge sucess. Marcelo Brigadeiro taught Luta Livre techniques to over 60 people from many different places of the United Kingdom. Everyone seemed to enjoy the 4 hours seminar.
You can check the highlights in the following link:

Another 3 wins for Kaobon and Luta Livre.

Team Kaobon had 3 fighters in action last weekend. Mick Sinclair and Carl Noon fought at the "Burnley Brawl 2" while Uche Ihiekwe fought at the "Wrexham Fight Night". Carl won his fight in less than 30 seconds after defending a takedown and use his strong ground and pound to win by TKO and be the new middleweight champion of the "Burnley Brawl". Mick Sinclair fought in the featherweight division and scored a victory in the second round duo to a guillotine choke.
Uche won his fight by unanimoous decision after controling the actions while standing up and also when the fight was in the floor.
Congratulations Luta Livre soldiers!!!

Paul Taylor training at Kaobon for the UFC 105.

The UFC fighter Paul Taylor has been training at Team Kaobon for his fight on UFC 105 against John Hathaway. Taylor joined the UFC fighters Terry Etim and Paul Kelly and other fighters from Team Kaobon in the Luta Livre and Thai Boxing classes. Good luck Paul!

Luta Livre army getting bigger.

Last sunday the Luta Livre "army" in the UK got over 50 new "soldiers". Marcelo Brigadeiro graded his second team of Luta Livre students in England. The ceremony was at Team Kaobon and all the guys learned about the history of Luta Livre. It was a great day.

The ranking of the Luta Livre student is in the link below:

http://www.cagewarriors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43465&highlight=luta+livre

OMMAC 2, another great night for Kaobon and Luta Livre.

The Luta Livre and Team Kaobon are doing a great job. Last weekend, the team won the six fights that they did on Olympian MMA Championship 2, with a show of submissions. First to get in action, Pietro Menga submitted his opponent with a triangle choke on 35s of the second round. Then Greg Draggo needed 23 seconds to submit his opponent with a guillotine choke, winning the fourth in a row with guillotines in less than one minute. Then, Uche Ihiekwe also used a triangle choke to submit, winning on 83 seconds. Fast as a bullet, Lee Chadwick won in only 17 seconds, with a rear naked choke.

Finishing the job, Richie Downes and Carl Noon also submitted on the first round. Now the next commitments are Burnley Brawn 2, on November 7, where the team will be represented by four athletes. UFC 105 will have Terry Etim and Paul Kelly, who left Wolfslair to move to Team Kaobon. Terry will face Shannon Gugerty and Paul faces Dennis Silver.

Luta Livre Series.

You can now download the Luta Livre series from the website Cagefilm.com.
The episodes will be released every week. The first episodes are free, you just have to click in the following link to register and download it.
http://www.cagefilm.com/forum

The preview is in the following link:

http://www.cagefilm.com/video/1515/Marcelo-Brigadeiro--Luta-Livre--weekly-teaching-series-on-cagefilmcom