Luis "Besouro" and Felipe Borges coming to UK to train with Marcelo Brigadeiro.

Luis "Besouro", a Luta Livre Black Belt, and Felipe Borges, a Luta Livre Brown Belt, are coming to UK to train under Marcelo Brigadeiro at Team Kaobon, looking foward to improve even more their already very dangerous ground game. Both fighters are from RFT Team (Brazil). They might be fighting in a couple of mma shows here, so keep the eyes on them!


Felipe wins by armbar at Shooto Brazil.

"Besouro" wins by katagatami at WOCS.

Luta Livre keep scoring!

In front of one of the new MMA revelations, Daniel Acácio used the experience to get the victory against the tough Pedro Iriê, in one of the best fights of First Class Fight 3, that happened last Friday at Pacha club, in São Paulo. “It was one of the best experiences that I had, taking to the ground, trying to submit or the knock out... That was the Daniel Acácio that people wanted back. I had a bad phase, but I found the victory and my origins again”, celebrates.

When he moved to CM System, team leaded by Cristiano Marcello, the fighter promised to put the team on top. “The whole team is doing a great job, people is working and coming hard, looking for the victory to put CM System on top. It’s already on top, between three or four bigger teams of Brazil”, guarantees Acácio, reveling that he’ll fight overseas in October. “I’ll fight on Sweden at 200lbs, and you can be sure that I’ll be strong, I won’t be fat (laugh)”.

Former Pride fighter, Daniel expects one more victory, looking for a spot in bigger events. “I’m ready... Who put me won’t regret. What I did today is not even the half of what I can do. People will see when Daniel Acácio be back. My space is a little lost, but I’m conquering it back again”, said, talking about Anderson Silva’s domain on his category. “Anderson is the man to be beaten, but if I say that in this moment there’s someone to beat the guy, I’ll be hypocrite… He’s on his best performance, like Wanderlei had in the past”.

"Fast and lethal".

"Fast and lethal", thats what people were saying after the fight of the Luta Livre Black Belt Alexandre "Cacareco" at the "Jungle Fight" (September 19th). "Cacareco" used one of the Luta Livre's signature moves, the heel hook, to beat the BJJ Black Belt Vagner "Curio" at only 16 seconds of the round 1. After winning his last 5 fights in less than 1 minute, all by submission, we have to agree, Luta Livre is fast and lethal inded!!!

"Betao" scores 2 victories in 3 weeks.

The Luta Livre fighter Luis "Betao", member of the RFT Team scored 2 victories in 3 weeks. The first one happened in the Shooto Brazil 13 (August 29th) when the defeated Zeilton Nenzao by unanimous decision. The second was at the "X-Combat MMA" (October 20th) when he defeated Albino Mendes by TKO. Now "Betao" is the number 1 at the Shooto Brazil ranking (under 60kg). Congratulations RFT and Betao!!!

"Besouro" scores another win to Luta Livre!!!

The Luta Livre Black Belt Luis "Besouro" scored another victory at the "Bitetti Combat", the biggest MMA show ever in Brazil. Facing the BJJ Black Belt Henrique "Chocolate" (former Wolfslair BJJ Coach), "Besouro" completely dominated the fight on the ground to score a win by TKO due to a vicious ground and pound still in the round 1. Congratulations to "Besouro" and to the RFT Team!!

You can check the fight clicking in the link below:

http://fcperu.blogspot.com/2009/09/bitetti-combat-4-enrique-chocolate-vs.html

Luta Livre and Kaobon conquer another belt.

The Luta Livre fighter Martin "Stapes" Stapleton conquered another belt. Representing Team Kaobon, "Stapes" defeated the Wolfslair fighter Ashley Smith to get the "Clash of Warriors" lightweight belt.
Both fighters started the round with a number of kicks to the head. Martin followed this with a number of good punches to the head, but Ashley was quick to respond in kind, with the two of them appearing to be very evenly matched. Martin is attacking more than Ashley, but not all of his blows are connecting. Martin manages to get Ashley pinned against the side of the cage but Ashley is quick to escape. After exchanging a few punches and kicks in the middle of the cage, Martin gets a number of good blows in and follows this by once again getting Ashley pinned up against the cage for the last few seconds of the round. Round 2 begins and Martin wastes no time getting a good punch in. Ashley responds with a kick to the head. The two of them still seem pretty evenly matched, although Martin seems to be dictating the fight. Following a grapple, Ashley is spun into the side of the cage for a second but quite literally bounces back. So far in this round, Ashley seems unable to do any real attacking – although he keeps trying, none of his efforts are really making a difference. Round 3 is more of the same. Martin continues to dominate the fight and, despite numerous attempts, Ashley cannot make any headway. At the end of round 3, Martin is declared the winner by the judges’ unanimous decision and takes home the Clash of Warriors Lightweight British title belt. Congratulations "Stapes"!!!

Paul "Semtex" Daley and Dean Amasinger training Luta Livre at Kaobon.

The UFC fighter Paul "Semtex" Daley and the TUF member Dean Amasinger have been at Team Kaobon this week to learn Luta Livre. They had some privates with Brigadeiro and been in the Luta Livre classes rolling with Brigadeiro, Terry Etim, Mark Scanlon, Stapes and others. The Luta Livre training was part of their preparation to the next fights. Daley faces Brian Foster in the UFC 103 (September 19th) while Amasinger fights Jansen at the Ultimate Challenge (October 24th). "Thanks to Marcelo, Colin and the team, definatly will be making more trips up to the Kaobon gym." said Daley. "I also want to say thanks to Brigadeiro and Colin for their help and Hospitality. Also to the other lads at the gym like Terry and Scanno, you were a big help and I'll be back up again before my next fight to train." completed Amasinger.

Good luck guys!!!

Luta Livre and Kaobon are 100% again.

Luta Livre had a great night last saturday (August 8th) when was represented by 4 fighters from Team Kaobon at the Olympian MMA Championship. The first to get in the cage was Pietro Menga. Menga started very agressive, using low and high kicks. After going to the ground Menga managed to get a perfect armbar scoring the first Luta Livre victory at 1:25 of the first round. The second to fight was Uche Ihiekwe. Uche used a great combination of knees forcing Keith Fowles to give up at 3:10 of the first round. Greg Severs was the third Luta Livre fighter in the cage, and after just 1:07 of the first round, Greg scored another victory by submission via guilotine. The last one to represent Luta Livre was Lee Chadwick. Facing the dangerous Shaun Lomas , Lee needed only 0:23 to knock Shaun down with a left hook and submit him with a rear naked choke. Kaobon showed why is being named as one of the best teams in Europe.

Congratulations.

Brazilian fighter training Luta Livre at Kaobon.

Franklin Jensen, a BJJ Black Belt and Luta Livre Brown Belt (under Marcelo Brigadeiro), is training Luta Livre everyday at Kaobon. The brazilian came to Liverpool to train Luta Livre for 2 months and is really impressed by the level of the Kaobon guys, "I could never imagine that the guys here would be in such a high level. It's crazy to think that Brigadeiro is here for only 9 months and the fighters are already so good" said the brazilian.

First Luta Livre Tournament in the UK.

Today was an historical day when the first ever Luta Livre tournament happened in the UK at Team Kaobon (Liverpool). Fighters from Team Kaobon, Golden Glory, SUFFA, Bolton Catch Wrestling and SKK Club just showed why Luta Livre is getting so popular in England. They performed great fights and impressed everyone with the technical level of the competition. Greg Severs with 7 victories by submission, Rob Sinclair that defeated Lee Chadwick in an awesome match, Mick Sinclair that won his two fights by guilhotine and Simon Ridgway that at only 14 years old went toe to toe with the big guys made the tournament even more exciting. A great day inded, when we've seen the first British Luta Livre's champions in action.

RESULTS:

Under 1 year experience, under 66 kg.

1-Rob Brothwood (Kaobon)
2-Simon Ridgway (Kaobon)
3- Emile Griffiths (Kaobon)

Under 1 year experience, under 77 kg.

1-Greg Severs (Kaobon)
2-Damian Martin (Kaobon)
3- Stephen Edmondson (Kaobon)

Under 1 year experience, under 88 kg.

1-Radoslav Gorny (Kaobon)
2-Remigiusv Gorny (Kaobon)
3- Steve Pajak (Kaobon)

Under 1 year experience, under 99 kg.

1-Abdul Omope (Kaobon)
2-Lee Willians (Kaobon)
3- Jamie Donolly (Golden Glory)

Under 1 year experience, Open Class.

1-Lee Willians (Kaobon)
2-Greg Severs (Kaobon)
3- Radoslav Gorny (Kaobon)

Over 1 year experience, under 66 kg.

1-Robert Molineaux (Kaobon)
2-Filip Swiatek (Kaobon)
3- Adam Ugorski (Kaobon)

Over 1 year experience, under 77 kg.

1-Mick Sinclair (SUFFA)
2-Neil Croston (Bolton Catch Wrestling)
3- Michael Groundy (Kaobon)

Over 1 year experience, under 88kg.

1-Rob Sinclair (SUFFA)
2-Lee Chadwick (Kaobon)

Over 1 year experience, under 99 kg.

1-Lee Chadwick (Kaobon)
2-Carl Noon (SUFFA)

Over 1 year experience, Open Class.

1-Michael Groundy(Kaobon)
2-Filip Swiatek (Kaobon)
3- Lee Chadwick (Kaobon)

Besouro scores another submission for Luta Livre.

Luis "Besouro", a Luta Livre Black Belt under Marcio Cromado from RFT Team in Brazil, scored another submission victory to his record yesterday at WOCS 4. Fighting in the Main Event against Rodrigo "Ximbica" (Gracie Barra), "Besouro" scored 2 knockdowns before he could tap Rodrigo, winning via Katagatami. Congratulations "Besouro" and RFT!!!

Terry wins and gets "Submission of the Night" on UFC 99.

A Luta Livre Blue Belt, Terry showed the world how much his ground game has improved yesterday when he scored another win to his record and also got the "Submission of the Night" prize.
UFC official website wrote: "Terry Etim continued to show new facets of his game, rising from a first round knockdown to roar back in the second and submit Justin Buchholz in a clash of lightweight prospects.Buchholz attempted to close the gap on Etim immediately behind some hard kicks to the head and body. Etim took his time, but when he struck, he struck hard, immediately reddening Buchholz’ face. The American was game though, and he kept pushing the pace, eventually dropping Etim with a hard right hand. Buchholz immediately pounced, and though Etim tried for a quick submission, Buchholz wasn’t having it, and he kept firing away, with referee Leon Roberts watching the action closely. But Etim was just as resilient, and eventually he fought his way free and began working on his opponent’s leg. Buchholz soon got up and marked another momentum shift with some hard strikes just before the bell sounded.Etim got back to his measured gameplan in round two, landing with some hard leg kicks that got Buchholz’ attention. And by the stanza’s second minute, Etim was starting to close in with knees and kicks to the head before the fight went to the mat at the midway point. It was there that Etim lowered the boom with a D’arce choke that produced the tap out at 2:38 of the round."
Congratulations Terry and Team Kaobon.

Luta Livre scores another 2 wins!!!

Luta Livre scored 2 wins last night at Cage Gladiators XII. Richie Downes and Jay Manning impressed the crowd fighting "the perfect fight". Very confident in their ground game, both needed less then 20 seconds to take the fight to the ground. After some vicious ground and pound, Richie (Luta Livre Orange Belt) finished the fight with a rear nacked choke while Jay (Luta Livre Yellow Belt) used a kimura. Both won still in the first round. That showed why Team Kaobon is on of the most dangerous mma teams in Europe, putting together an outstanding Thai Boxing game and a very solid ground work provided by Luta Livre.

Luta Livre fighter saves the day.

Rob Broughton, a Luta Livre Blue Belt under Marcelo Brigadeiro, saved the day this morning when Team England faced Team France in the M1 Challenge. Team France scored 4-0 in the first four fights (Lightweight, Welterweight, Middleweight and Light Heavyweight) and it looked like it would be a scary 5-0. But Rob Broughton decided to save the day and after 2:02 of the first round, he scored a win by TKO, after a strong combination of strikes.

Well done Rob!!!

Luta Livre fighter gets the Belt at Palace Fighting Championship.

WEC veteran Carlo Prater,a member of RFT Team, was representing Luta Livre yesterday when he defeated Dominique Robinson for the vacant 155-pound strap. Prater earned scores of 49-46 on all three cards in a five-round bout. Carlo dominated the bout from start to finish showing everybody that he has a top ground game and very good takedowns. Congratulations Carlo Prater.