Jiu-Jitsu fighter Jason Lee says he was kidnapped and robbed by perpetrators in police uniforms in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of the 2016 Olympic games:
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Lee is not a member of the New Zealand Olympic team as jiu-jitsu is not currently an Olympic sport. However, the incident is a telling one for the safety of the thousands of tourists who will be visiting Rio over the next few weeks.
According to a news source in New Zealand, Lee was forced to withdrawal NZ$850 (US$600).
Lee recounted the incident as:
Lee was pulled over by two police on motorbikes, each armed with a pistol.
The Police said they were carrying out a routine search for drugs and weapons.
"First he asked me stretch my arms, then patted me down. He grabbed my genital area, which was quite a surprise."
"At this point it still looked reasonably professional."
After a full search of his car and person, one of officers took his license and the registration of his rented car away to his bike for a few minutes.
When he returned he was brandishing a large book, and told Lee he was breaking the law.
"He sa[id] 'you can't drive in Brazil as a foreigner without a passport,' which I now know isn't the case at all. The rental car company hadn't mentioned that to me."
"He starts opening the book, showing me all these passages in Portuguese, which I can sort of read like every third word.
The police demanded that Lee either paid them 2000 Brazilian Reais (NZ$850) or they would arrest him and take him to the federal police.
According to Lee, when he told the men he did not have that much cash, they transferred him to an unmarked car and took him to several ATMs to withdrawal the money. He added that they later warned him not to report the incident.
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American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) and former NCAA Wrestler, Justin Wilcox defeated Vitor Ribeiro via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27). An unlikely harbinger of wrestler Matt Hughes' striking ability against BJ Penn at UFC 123? We will find out tonight after Hughes' punch dazed Ricardo Almeida before choking him out in the first round at UFC 117 - Anderson Silva vs. Sonnen. This ended Almeida's attempt that night to get retribution for his coach Renzo Gracie. Hughes defeated by TKO (punches) both Renzo at UFC 112 on April 10, 2010 in the third round and Royce Gracie at UFC 60 - Hughes vs. Gracie on May 27, 2006 in the first round.
JACKSON, MISS. (Nov 19, 2010) – A ferocious Justin Wilcox power punched his way to a unanimous decision victory over Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro in the lightweight (155 pounds) STRIKEFORCE Challengers main event, Friday night on SHOWTIME. Former University of Tenn., linebacker turned MMA rising star Ovince St. Preux (8-4) also notched a unanimous decision win over Antwain Britt (11-5) in featured light heavyweight (205 pounds) action from Jackson Convention Complex in Jackson, Miss.
The 31-year-old Wilcox (10-3), a former NCAA wrestling standout for Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, opted to keep the fight standing, punishing Ribeiro with straight right hands throughout their three-round bout. Ribeiro repeatedly tried to take the fight to the ground, but Wilcox fended his opponent off with a well-timed sprawl.
“We came out wanting to exploit his stand up. At AKA, we’ve got the best stand up,” said Wilcox, who was awarded all three rounds by the three judges scoring the fight. Wilcox’s win was his fifth straight.
Asked about a potential matchup with another star in STRIKEFORCE’s lightweight division, undefeated Lyle “Fancy Pants” Beerbohm, after the win over Ribeiro, Wilcox acknowledged his interest in facing Beerbohm.
“He keeps calling out the big dogs,” said Wilcox of Beerbohm, “but, if he wants to fight, I’m your Huckleberry.”
A much anticipated bout between go-for-broke strikers Marius Zaromskis (13-5, 1 NC) and Waachiim Spirit Wolf (8-7-1, 1 NC) took a quick, anti-climactic turn after Zaromskis attempted a flying knee out of the gate in the first round, but accidentally stuck a finger in Spirit Wolf’s eye on the way down.
Unable to see properly, a frustrated Spirit Wolf was allotted a five minute period to regain his vision, but could not do so. After he was examined by the ringside physician for the second time during his recovery period, it was determined that the laceration to Spirit Wolf’s eye was too severe for him to continue, prompting a stoppage to the bout and a no contest being declared.
“In the case of an accidental foul, the referee has the discretion to give the fighter up to five minutes regardless of what kind of foul occurs,” said Cory Schafer, STRIKEFORCE Rules Director and ISKA President. “If the foul occurs in the first or second round of a three round fight and the fighter can’t continue as a result of the accidental foul, the bout is declared a no contest.”
One fight later, lightning inexplicably struck for the second time when St. Preux accidentally poked Britt in the eye in the opening seconds of the first round. Fortunately, Britt regained enough of his vision to continue after a brief break and examination from the ringside physician.
After the action resumed, Britt went on the offensive, scoring a hard right hand to St. Preux’s chin. St. Preux returned the favor, though, landing a left round kick to the liver and, then a right round kick to Britt’s ribs.
Britt caught his opponent’s right leg off the kick and took St. Preux down, but St. Preux scrambled to take Britt’s back and began firing away with punches to the body and side of Britt’s head. As the round winded down, St. Preux suddenly attempted a calf slicer to submit Britt, but Britt survived the round.
Britt made a strong stand in the second round, taking St. Preux down and blasting him with repeated punches, including a series of short hammer fists while St. Preux remained relatively inactive in guard.
In the third stanza, St. Preux turned the tides again, taking Britt to the ground and mounting him. Britt fought his way back to guard and the referee stood the fighters up after neither was advancing his position. After stopping a Britt takedown attempt, the final round came to a close with St. Preux working from half guard.
All three judges scored the fight two rounds to one in favor of St. Preux, whose win was his fourth straight and second under the STRIKEFORCE banner.
“I feel like I’m ready for anything,” said the 27-year-old St. Preux, a resident of Knoxville, Tenn., after the fight. “I’ll put everybody in check in alphabetical order.”
In other SHOWTIME televised STRIKEFORCE Challengers action, Liz “Girl-Rilla” Carmouche (6-0) continued her unbeaten run by stopping brawler Jan Finney (8-9) with a ground and pound offensive in the third round of their welterweight (135 pounds) matchup.
Carmouche, the winner of the STRIKEFORCE women’s 135 pound tournament “reserve” matchup in Phoenix, Ariz. on Aug. 13, was quick on her feet, pelting Finney with round kicks and working aggressively on the ground.
After dominating the first two rounds, Carmouche, who hails from San Diego, Calif., scored her third takedown of the fight in the third and final scheduled round and quickly mounted Finney.
A short flurry of punches from CarmoucheFinney to turtle up, giving Carmouche the opportunity to inflict more damage with an onslaught of punches to the side of Finney’s face. The referee soon after stepped in and halted the fight, giving Carmouche a TKO win at the 1:30 mark of round three.
Twenty-six year old, Caros “The Future” Fodoros “The Future” Fodor (4-0, 1 NC) earned his second victory in STRIKEFORCE Challengers competition using a slick ground game against STRIKEFORCE newcomer Derek “The Pretzel” Getzel (2-2), who secured a spot on the Challengers card by winning an eight-man qualifying tournament in Minnesota earlier this year.
Fodor, a member of Matt Hume’s AMC Pankration in Kirkland, Wash., secured a takedownnd, Wash., secured a takedown in the first stanza and landed in side control. Getzel escaped a Fodor keylock attempt, but Fodor quickly initiated a d’arce choke while inside Getzel’s guard and sunk in the choke while simultaneously passing guard. Getzel tapped out from the hold at the 4:39 mark of the first round.
Complete STRIKEFORCE Challengers Results:
Main Card:
Justin Wilcox def. Vitor Ribeiro via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Ovince St. Preux def. Antwain Britt via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Marius Zaromskis vs. Waachiim Spirit Wolf – No Contest due to laceration of Spirit Wolf’s eye as a result of an accidental eyepoke in Round 1
Liz Carmouche def. Jan Finney via TKO (punches) - Round 3, 1:30
Caros Fodor def. Derek Getzel via submission (d’arce choke) – Round 1, 4:39
Preliminary Card:
Wes Shivers def. Goldman Butler via KO (punch) – Round 1, 2:15
Jacob Noe def. Wesley Little via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Jeremiah Riggs def. James Sharp via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Anthony Mitchell def. Jeffery Hedgepeth via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 2:02
Thomas Vazquez def. Brian Hall via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 2:11
Joel Cooper def. Brian Burse via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 1:27
Ken Duboise def. Travis Robertson via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
About STRIKEFORCE
STRIKEFORCE (www.strikeforce.com) is a world-class mixed martial arts cage fight promotion which, on Friday, March 10, 2006, made history with its "Shamrock vs. Gracie" event, the first sanctioned mixed martial arts fight card in California state history. The star-studded extravaganza, which pitted legendary champion Frank Shamrock against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Cesar Gracie at San Jose's HP Pavilion, played host to a sold-out, record crowd of 18,265. Since 1995, STRIKEFORCE, sanctioned by ISKA, has been the exclusive provider of martial arts programming for ESPN and, after 12 years of success as a leading, world championship kickboxing promotion, the company unveiled its mixed martial arts (MMA) series with "Shamrock vs. Gracie." In May 2008, West Coast Productions, the parent company of STRIKEFORCE, partnered with Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment (SVS&E), an entity created in 2000 to oversee all business operation aspects of the San Jose Sharks and HP Pavilion at San Jose. In March 2009, STRIKEFORCE signed a multi-year agreement with SHOWTIME® to stage live events on the premium cable television network. The promotion has since also produced two live, primetime events on the CBS Television Network.
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Although, MMA is an aggressive sport and deemed barbaric by proponents of banning it, it is a relatively safe sport when compared to many other sports. MMA is based on ancient and modern fighting systems and philosophy. In 500 B.C. Ancient Greek pankratiasts often immobilized their opponent's arms in preparation for either a strike or takedown (referred to as trapping). See Jim Arvanitis' book,"The First Mixed Martial Art: Pankration from Myths to Modern Times."
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) was allowed to organize MMA fights in Vancouver on June 12, 2010. Although, the UFC began showing fights in 1993, Vancouver would be just the second Canadian city after Montreal to host a MMA fight event like the UFC. The UFC reported the Vancouver event set a new record for the fastest sellout in history, selling out just thirty minutes after the ticket pre-sale started.
Shortly thereafter UFC President Dana White thanked Vancouver’s Mayor. Maybe former math teacher, Rich “Ace” Franklin who beat Chuck “Iceman” Liddell in Vancouver on June 12, 2010, can teach politicians how logical MMA is when boxing and hockey are allowed. MMA matches have been held in Japan since the 1970s and Brazil’s Vale Tudo (which roughly translates to “anything goes” in martial arts) since the 1920s. It was in the 1920s in Brazil when George Gracie defeated Tico Soledade. MMA continues to thrive in both these countries today. Japan has one of the lowest violent crime rates in the world yet you can see elderly people and many women watching MMA in Japan. In contrast, Brazil's biggest cities with millions of people struggle with very high violent crime rates due to abject poverty not because of a love of MMA. We have spent over three weeks in Brazil and we have Brazilian friends who attest to this fact. Shogun Rua's manager even mentioned in a TapouT interview in Sept. 2010 that there is more demand for Rua's appearances in the U.S. than in Brasil.
Brazilian martial arts magazines from the past, vale tudo ("anything goes") with MMA legends like Marcos "King of the Streets" Ruas who we saw win live at UFC 7 in Buffalo, NY. Sign our petition below to allow MMA back into New York.
The UFC has implemented many safeguards (such as weight classes, padded gloves) since the 1st UFC held in Denver, CO in 1993. On June 20, 2010, World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) held a fight in Canada for the first time with a competition in Edmonton. WEC uses approved 4-6 oz gloves and has 31 designated fouls and many rules. Unlike these other major markets for MMA in Canada, provinces like Ontario are rigidly adhering to Section 83 of Canada’s Criminal Code to ban MMA. This Section defines a “prize fight” as a “…fight with fists or hands between two persons who have met for that purpose by previous arrangement made by or for them….” There are exceptions in the Section that are not considered “prize fights” stating, “…a boxing contest between amateur sportsmen, where the contestants wear boxing gloves of not less than one hundred and forty grams each in mass, or any boxing contest held with the permission or under the authority of an athletic board or commission or similar body established by or under the authority of the legislature of a province for the control of sport within the province….” (emphasis added).
Ontario's recent decision to allow MMA should influence other jurisdictions in Canada to allow such regulated competitions for several reasons. First, MMA competitions such as the UFC generate colossal amounts of money that benefit local and global businesses hard hit by the economic downturn. Hotels, restaurants, bars, airlines, and car rental agencies are just a few of the businesses that would benefit. The UFC has estimated that bouts in Ontario could generate $4 million in tax revenues annually for the cash-strapped provincial treasury.
Second, the law is overbroad and unreasonably vague making it hard to comply with the law. It punishes not only the fighters (who engage as a principal in a prize fight) but anyone who advises, encourages or promotes a prize fight, or is present at a prize fight as an aid, second, surgeon, umpire, backer or reporter. Would a fighter’s manager in another country, who unknowingly advises an athlete who will be fighting in Ontario, be in violation of the overbroad and vague law? Presumably yes. There is no merit in penalizing surgeons from being present at fights when the purported purpose of banning MMA is to protect fighters. You can easily punish fighters without punishing medical professionals who are present to help fighters in the event of an injury. In sharp contrast to the law, medical professionals should be rewarded for being present even if a jurisdiction does not allow MMA because they are innocent parties trying to help people.
Ontario’s Premier Dalton McGuinty was quoted by the Toronto Star Newspaper on December 23, 2009 as stating "I'd want to hear from everybody – from police. Are these kinds of events taking place now in an unsupervised way? I'd want to hear from medical officials."
Third, other sports and events which are just as dangerous if not more dangerous are allowed. More athletes died rowing in 1982-83 and 2008-09 than in all MMA events at all levels in North America from 1993-August 17, 2010. See The National Center for Catastrophic Injury 2009 Research Study at the University of North Carolina http://www.unc.edu/depts/nccsi/2009ALLSPORTTABLES.pdf. Yes, I will admit that does sound strange. This is why further study and technology to protect the fighters is the answer not accusations without study.
The law allows boxing if boxing gloves of not less than one hundred and forty grams each in mass and judo, tae kwon do, karate, kick boxing, and wrestling are all allowed. There are many sports and activities which are allowed that are clearly more dangerous (from a statistical risk assessment) and many would argue have similar social utility: boxing, football, rugby, hang-gliding, luge, downhill skiing, motorcycle and car racing. Many boxers have died and been injured and yet boxing is still rightfully legal. The story of the traggic death of Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim after fighting Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini is shown below.
Mancini and Kim met in an arena outside Caesar's Palace on November 13, 1982. In what many ringside observers described as an "action-packed" fight, Mancini and Duk Koo Kim were equal for a good portion of the early rounds. However, by the latter rounds, Mancini began to dominate Duk Koo Kim. Spent and battered, Duk Koo Kim went into round 14 with little left and Mancini dropped him. He got up, but the fight was stopped and Mancini retained the title.
Minutes after the fight was over, Duk Koo Kim collapsed into a coma, and was taken to a hospital. Emergency brain surgery was done there to try to save his life, but that effort proved to be futile, as he died five days after the bout, on November 18, 1982. The week after, the magazine Sports Illustrated had a photo of the fight on their cover, under the heading Tragedy in The Ring. To add to the tragedy, Duk Koo Kim's mother and the referee also committed suicide after his tragic death.
Boxing was not banned after this death or after any other death from a fight. Many reforms in boxing took place as a result of this death. The World Boxing Council (WBC), even though not the sanctioning organization in this fight, was the first one to add many new rules concerning a fighter's medical care before fights at their annual convention in 1982. WBC president Jose Sulaiman declared that, immediately after the Mancini-Kim bout, the WBC and their medical advisors had conducted a study that revealed that most fighters get injured more severely after round thirteen. Thus, the organization immediately decided to reduce the number of rounds in their championship bouts from fifteen to twelve. The World Boxing Association (WBA) and the International Boxing Federation (IBF) followed the WBC in 1987. When the World Boxing Organization (WBO) was formed in 1988, they implemented a twelve (12) round world championship bouts.
Apart from the round reduction, more comprehensive safeguards would be adopted like electrocardiograms, brain tests, lung tests, and other medical tests from just a blood pressure and heartbeat check before 1982.
Thus, we must continually study how to better protect MMA fighters and be proactive to avoid harm to the athletes and not wait for tragedy like the regulators of boxing.
The rules of MMA work and additional safeguards should be studied and implemented. There are no more serious injuries in MMA than in these other sports. Should the Olympic sport of luge be banned because an athlete died during a training session in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics? Of course not! Better safety precautions need to be studied and implemented like the Olympic Committee adopted after that luge accident. Yes, injuries happen but through study and technology the fighters can be better protected just like boxers and hockey players. Additional safety precautions should be assessed when necessary such as better padding on gloves to prevent hand injuries. Therefore, it is illogical that it is illegal when a sport has an interdisciplinary integration of a kickboxing, judo, jiu-jitsu, wrestling, and other forms of martial arts with the right safety precautions.
In addition, fighting is not usually penalized in sports such as hockey and basketball. Watch this clip and watch the referees fail to stop the fighting in hockey.
Fourth, banning MMA encourages underground fights which are not regulated by official athletic commissions or associations and thereby increase the likelihood that fighters will be injured. Imagine underground fights like in the movie “Fight Club” which have less protection for fighters and staff than organized events like the ones held by the UFC, WEC, Bellator Fighting Championship, Pride FC, and Strikeforce with medical doctors present. Ontario’s Premier was also quoted by the Toronto Star Newspaper on December 23, 2009, stating "It's not the kind of thing I'd want to drive underground, in other words. So I'd want to bring a thoughtful approach to this." We are glad McGinty came to his senses.
Commissioner Ken Hayashi of the Ontario Athletic Commission (OAC) stated back in 2007 that there are an increasing number of MMA events taking place on Indian Reservations in Ontario: “Those guys are taking a big chance with putting on these shows. If someone gets seriously hurt there will be serious liability issues for those connected with the event and it will set the sport back several years in Ontario. Especially if it’s found that they’ve not done the due diligence that other professional athletic commissions are doing.” Commissioner Hayashi explained that medical testing such as CAT scans, electroencephalograms (EEGs), and full blood work (HIA, Hepatitis B and C), are required by most provincial commissions in Canada.
In 2006, a MMA event was held on the Oneida First Nation Indian Reserve just outside of London, Ontario. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) admitted that MMA competitions are a grey area under the law. At the time OPP Constable Doug Graham stated, “We will conduct an investigation and determine whether this event fits the definition of a prize fight and whether it would be in the public’s interest to prosecute. It’s a strange situation; we’ve never been faced with something like this.”
On April 26, 2007, Ohsweken Reserve –an Iroquois Indian reserve held the third Iroquois Mixed Martial Arts Championships (IMMAC), aka Rumble On The Rez (short-form for Reservation). An Ontario Provincial Police roadblock on the main highway was forcing fans to take a lengthy detour, which might explain why attendance is down slightly for this event, about 1,500 compared to the 2,000-plus who came out to the first two Rumble On The Rez fights in November and February.
On Saturday, July 10, 2010, an Iroquois Indian reserve held their Iroquois MMA Championships #8, entitled "The Comeback." Banning MMA pushes it underground to these less regulated venues to "comeback" again and again. Protecting the fighters is the very laudable goal these jurisdictions have used to justify these laws so allowing MMA and thereby preventing an underground fighting network will achieve this goal more effectively than an absolute ban.
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