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Royce Gracie Hosts Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Seminar Live Today at 3 p.m. PST / 6 p.m. EST on Bellator MMA’s Social Channels

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Today at 3 p.m. PST / 6 p.m. EST on Bellator MMA’s social channels, one of the most influential MMA fighters of all-time, Royce Gracie, will be teaching a Brazilian jiu-jitsu seminar.

The event will begin promptly on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

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Art of War Fighting Championship 17 Update – Ashleigh Grimshaw replaces Injured Junior Assuncao in Main Event

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BEIJING, CHINA – A welterweight matchup between UFC and Bellator veteran Waylon Lowe and British Mixed Martial Artist Ashleigh Grimshaw will headline Art of War 17 this Saturday night in Beijing China. Grimshaw is late replacements for UFC vet Junior Assuncao who suffered a training injury and had to pull out of his fight with Lowe on short notice last week.

Said Lowe, a three time NCAA wrestling champion who is currently 16-6 as a professional fighter, “It’s unfortunate that Junior had to drop out of the fight but I’m glad the promoters found another high caliber opponent for me to face. Ashleigh Grimshaw and I will put on a great show for all the Chinese MMA fans on April 30th Art of War 17.”

CEO and Chinese MMA pioneer Andy Pi had this to say about this weekend’s event and his company’s return as the dominant player in Chinese MMA, “We are very excited about this next event as it continues Art of War’s reemergence as the biggest force in Chinese Combat Sports.“

Mr. Pi, a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Brown Belt and noted entrepreneur in Beijing, says his visionary fighting league is the future of MMA in China. “Art of War Fighting Championships was the first Mixed Martial Arts event in Mainland China and is still the most prestigious. With every event our company will continue to develop the market for MMA in China.”

Today China is the biggest untapped market for MMA and Mr. Pi says he knows why and, more importantly, how Art of War FC can capitalize.

“MMA is the most exciting sport in the world, but the way it’s promoted in the US often doesn’t connect with more traditionally minded Chinese sports fans. By combining the energy and excitement MMA with the ancient culture of honor and respect typical of traditional Asian Martial Arts AOW will bring the 21st century’s fastest growing sport to the world’s largest market of sports fan in a new and more powerful way…”

For tickets and fight card information, biko gaa na: http://www.artofwarfc.com/

Banyere Art of War Fighting Championship:

Guzosie Ike na 2004, the Art of War Fighting Championship is Mainland China’s premier mixed martial arts promotion. The Art of War Fighting Championship is broadcasted via satellite nationwide to network coverage of 300 nde ndị na-ekiri. Featuring some of China’s best-mixed martial artists, including national champions and former Olympians, the Art of War Fighting Championship is the standard bearer for the future of China’s exploding mixed martial arts industry.

For Press Inquires Contact Al Yu- alyu@artofwarfc.com
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TRASH TALK BEGINS AROUND FEATHERWEIGHT BOUT AT NEF 22

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Lewiston, Maine (February 12, 2016) - New England alụkarị ọgụ (NEF), America nọmba-otu mpaghara agha nkwalite, ga jide ya na-esote omume, “NEF 22: Okpukpe niile HERE” na Saturday, April 22, 2016na Androscoggin Bank Colisée na Lewiston, Maine. The agha kaadị ga-Njirimara a mix nke mbuaha-mara-nkà (Emmanuel) na ọkachamara ọkpọ oké mmanya. Earlier today, NEF announced the addition of a featherweight contest to the amateur portion of the “NEF 22” agha kaadị. Bantamweight Champion Johnny Crafts (4-0) will move up in weight to face Taylor Costantino (2-1) at 145-pounds.

 

Crafts was successful last Saturday in his attempt to capture the inaugural NEF MMA Amateur Bantamweight Title. He took out Henry Clark (3-2) in the third round of their bout in Lewiston. Crafts is a decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) brown belt out of Team New England United (NEW). He also cross-trains with Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (CMBJJ) na Lewiston.

 

“I’m excited to step up to 145 to fight Taylor,” said Crafts of the upcoming matchup with Costantino. “I will be very strong at that weight seeing as I cut pretty extensively to make 135. It will allow me to focus on different areas this camp instead of putting a lot of my energy into cutting weight.”

 

Costantino is himself coming off a big win last Saturday at “NEF 21.” It took him a mere 25-seconds to down Frank Johanson (0-1), a training partner of Crafts at CMBJJ, ke akpa gburugburu. Costantino is clear that he is coming to fight on April 23, and he does not plan on engaging in a grappling contest with Crafts.

 

“Respect to him for coming up in weight,” said Costantino of Crafts. “He’s a glorified pajama warrior that has never been punched in the face with any type of authority. He will clinch quickly and look for the takedown. He’ll realize real quick that he has never fought or trained with anybody like me.”

 

Crafts and Costantino are not strangers to one another. Several years ago, the two met in a jiu-jitsu tournament with Crafts coming out on top.

 

“Taylor and I have competed before in a sport jiu-jitsu tournament,” recalled Crafts. “Taylor says I am a glorified pajama warrior who has never been punched in the face, but if I recall correctly, I submitted him without my ‘pajamas’ no-gi in that tournament pretty quickly. I train with a lot of very talented and tough fighters daily who punch me in the face very hard. People say the same thing about me not getting punched – ọma, I have had four fights and they just haven’t had the chance to. Anyone who has trained with high-level fighters will tell you that gi jiu-jitsu only makes you more of a technical fighter. If he doesn’t believe that, that is fine – he will feel it on April 23.”

 

“Johnny did submit me when I first moved to Maine,” Costantino admitted. “Legit submission, and his pure grappling is definitely high level. My grappling is MMA based, not slow jitsu. It’s grimy, grueling and punishing. Pure grappling, I would worry about his game. But it’s a fight, sport jiu-jitsu means next to nothing to me.

 

“I wish I could say people will get to see my whole game, but I can’t guarantee that. Johnny will feel my power and look to go to his comfort zone. I will break him, you will see quit in his eyes.”

 

“After Taylor won in impressive fashion at NEF 21, he immediately screamed at me while still inside the cage that he wanted a black belt for his next challenge,” said NEF co-owner and matchmaker Matt Peterson. “Ọfọn, he’s getting a brown belt in Johnny Crafts who, by all accounts, is due to receive his black belt any day, is a perfect 4-0 in the cage and is the current NEF amateur bantamweight champion. This fight is dripping with drama and will define a future top contender for the featherweight title in NEF’s stacked 145-pound division.”

 

New England alụkarị ọgụ 'esote omume, "NEF 22: Okpukpe niile HERE,"Na-ewe ebe Saturday, April 23, 2016 na Androscoggin Bank Colisée na Lewiston, Maine. Tiketi maka "NEF 22" na-amalite mgbe ọ dị nanị $25 na ndị na ere ugbu a na www.TheColisee.com ma ọ bụ site-akpọ Colisée igbe ọrụ na 207.783.2009 x 525. Maka ozi ọzọ na ihe omume na-alụ ọgụ kaadị mmelite, biko gaa na nkwalite si website na www.NewEnglandFights.com. Na mgbakwunye, i nwere ike na-ele NEF vidiyo na www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, na-eso ha na Twitternefights ma sonyere ukara Facebook otu "New England ọgụ."

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BELLATOR Emmanuel ink Jọsh Thomson TO nanị, N'ikuku ana enweta n'otutu-agha nkwekọrịta

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Santa Monica (August 11, 2015) - Bellator Emmanuel bụ mpako ịkpọsa bịanyere aka n'akwụkwọ nkwado nke Josh "The Punk" Thomson (20-8, 1 NC) ka onye nanị multi-afọ, multi-agha nkwekọrịta. Mgbe 36-afọ-eto eto, bụbu Strikeforce Kedu otu m ga World mmeri na-anọgide n'ime n'elu 155-pounders na egwuregwu, ọ mpi na top iche-iche tinyere UFC na nganga.

 

Bi na San Jose, Calif. na-azụ na ama American Kickboxing Academy n'akụkụ ụfọdụ nke egwuregwu kasị nnọọ mma, Thomson akwụ ya Brazil jiu-jitsu nwa belt n'okpuru Dave Camarillo. Na mgbakwunye na ya tara n'ala egwuregwu, Thomson si pụtara ìhè pedigree bụ na-ebe dị ka nke ọma, ịkpata a "knockout nke Night" award maka ya mmepụta ya agha megide Nate Diaz na 2013. Ọ na-uru na-kwuru na "The Punk" esetịpụ a ndekọ nke 3-0 na ọkachamara kickboxing.

 

"M nwere obi ụtọ nke na-arụ ọrụ Josh na Strikeforce na m na-atụ anya ịnọgide na mmekọrịta a na Bellator Emmanuel. Josh bụ a ụwa-klas mbuaha mara ọgụ egwu na anyị nwere nnọọ obi ụtọ na-agbakwunye ya ka anyị roster ụfọdụ nke kasị mma lightweights n'ụwa,"Kwuru nkwalite onyeisi oche, Scott Coker. "Bellator anọgide n'ụzọ zuru ezu kwara ka ewu ya roster site na ịbanye top free mmadụ dị ka Thomson, nakwa dị ka ejiji elu-na-na-abịa acha anụnụ anụnụ-mgbawa kpakpando. Anyị nwere ụfọdụ ịtụnanya matchups n'uche maka "The Punk" na anyị na-atụ anya ga-ezikwa na izu na-abịa. "

 

"M ebe a na-agụ nke a UFC nta akụkọ na-ekwu na ha na jụrụ re-banye m mgbe eziokwu nke okwu ahụ bụ na ha na-na a na-agbalị re-banye m n'ihi na m abụọ ikpeazụ ịlụ ọgụ. M jụrụ na kama họọrọ na-alụ ọgụ m nkwekọrịta ma nwalee free gị n'ụlọnga ahịa na Bellator. Mgbe ahụ, Bellator made me an offer that the UFC was unable to match given their relationships with FOX and Reebok. Ọ bụ a mere ndibiat, M na-azụ na-arụ ọrụ Coker, and I couldn’t be more excited to get back to an organization that is trending upwards with fighter-friendly contracts. Any intelligent fighter is going to go where the money is, na m ego bụ na Bellator. "

 

"The Punk" enyekwara a ma ama na ndepụta nke na-eme egwuregwu na-adịbeghị anya banyere na Bellator afo gara-aga gụnyere: Phil Davis, Josh Koscheck, Melvin Guillard, Na Ruth, Aaron Pico, Lorenzo hundu, Ewerton Teixeira, Gleristone Santos, n'etiti ndị ọzọ.

 

Ọ ga-anọgide na-alụ ọgụ na fechaa nkewa nke a na-miri malite na: obi tara mmiri Ga-Brooks, ala ọzọ alụso dị kaMichael Chandler, Marcin N'ịbụ, Dave Rickels, Patricky "Baby" Freire na Dave Jansen.