12 Jun 2009
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Yesterday was Ty’s 15th birthday. It was also his advancement from a yellow to an orange belt. It was really cool of Sensei to prepare a cake for the occasion. Thanks to everyone in class. Not only has it been great to learn Judo and Jiu Jitsu with all of you, but you’ve all become like family.
Thanks from Ty as well 
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11 Jun 2009
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Here are the easy to watch versions of the Throwdown grappling tournament videos .
If it interests you, the higher higher quality videos are available for direct download on my server at the bottom of the original “Utah Champion” post.
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11 Jun 2009
For those that were not able to make it out to the Throwdown Quatro event in person (and, I shower my pity upon you, because it was AWESOME!) There are some really great picture from the guys over at XSI on their blog:
11 Jun 2009
For those that don’t know the history of this site, or of my Utah Judo site: although I have done wrestling and some Karate off and on throughout my life, and have been an MMA junkie forever, I really got back actively involved about two years ago when I started taking Judo classes with my don Ty, in order to get fit, and bond as father and son. He has been a great friend, and in many ways an inspiration on this journey.
Ty has been doing great at Judo and Jiu Jitsu, but he has also been wanting to start working more on hs striking game (which, as you can see from the picture, needs some work 
. So, this week we got Ty started in a Muay Thai class.
The first class was great for him. I could really see him beam when the instructor was working one-on-one with him with the pads, and having him kick and punch them. I will be working with Ty to get him to write up more about what he’s learning, and his thoughts on Muay Thai as he progresses.
We’ll keep you posted, but for now I think he’s jsut excited to get to hit something
11 Jun 2009
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I wanted to take a second and let you all know a couple fo things about Master Sylvio Behring:
Master Behring is a 7th dgree BJJ Red and Black belt, and Anderson Silva’s Brazilian Jiu Jitsu coach. Master Behring will be conducting some classes in August that I want to bring to your attention, but first I want to mention something else.
Last weekend, several people from our Dojo flew to Canada to work with, and test with Master Behring. Notably, George in our class received his blue belt; congratulations George. Also, my Sensei, Mike Hermosillo, who was already a black belt in Jiu Jitsu tested, and became a certified instructor under Master Behring, and able to advance others in Behring Jiu Jitsu. Congratulation Mike! We celebrated tuesday in class by having Mike damn near choke the life out of me on the ground
Details on the August classes follow:
Master Sylvio Behring BJJ Camp 2009
Once again, Franco Behring BJJ Alliance in association with Rio Sports Tour is organizing a BJJ camp with Master Sylvio Behring. Master Behring, a 7th degree BJJ Red and Black belt, Anderson Silva’s BJJ coach and a legend will conduct 2 sessions per day at his club in Rio de Janeiro. Contact Mr. Angelo Panoussis (theorangevilledojo@yahoo.ca – phone: 519-941-3656) and sign up today. Don’t miss this chance and get to know Rio as a local. Live like a Carioca!
www.riosportstour.com
July 29 – August 10, 2009
Location: X-Gym Academy
City/Town: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cost: US$1.800 per person
Phone: 5199413656
Email: theorangevilledojo@yahoo.ca
Promo Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T0Nukv6WM8
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8 Jun 2009
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MTV’s hit show "Bully Beatdown" will be back for another season, and Jason "Mayhem" Miller and crew are expected to return to Salt Lake City for taping. I’ve heard the last weekend in July as a possible taping date.
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8 Jun 2009
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I went down to the Orem Throwdown center for the Utah Champion Submission Challenge XI. First of all, what a blast! This was my first time down to Throwdown and it had a great atmosphere and all of the competitors were very cool. There were dozens of exciting matches, plenty of them taking advantage of the no time limit. Local MMA’er Steve “Razor” Sharp had a match that must have lasted 20 minutes.
I believe Ben Gardner snatched up the first place in the Absolute division, so congrats Ben. For all other division’s results, they should be posted on www.utahchampion.com soon.
Videos:
Bart vs Brandon (HQ) – 162 meg
Bart vs Nick (HQ) – 475 meg
Aaron vs Ben (HQ) – 534 meg
As I get more vids, I’ll get them posted up.
Also, if your looking for the March 28 competition, check out the last Throwdown CSC here.
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8 Jun 2009
This weekend I got a full dose of MMA. First, on Saturday I attended the Throwdown Quatro fights in the eCenter. Then, on Sunday I watched the WEC fights on Versus TV.
Now, you might wonder why I even mention the WEC fights in a post about Throwdown. The reason is that I want to rave about the level of fights that we watched at Throwdown. The level of fighting that I got to watch in such fights as Davis vs. Martinez, or the Castillo fight was equal to anything that I was seeing on WEC. The Siler Bias fight had some of the most technical, back and forth Jiu Jitsu you would ever want to watch.
For those that could not attend in person, we did real-time updates of the fights over twitter at http://twitter.com/utahmartialarts
Huge thanks go out to Throwdown for putting on such an amazing show. Also, massive thanks to both Throwdown, and to Jeremy Horn from bringing this level of talent to Utah.
But I want to make sure and put out special thanks to all of the fighters for putting their hearts and souls into what we watched.
Stryder Davis: Never give up! You have an amazing future ahead of you. I love to watch the spirit of a world class wrestler as they transition into MMA. Your striking game is top toch, and no one has more heart than you. “Brave Heart” is the gym that Davis fights out of, and the name matches him to a T.
Martinez: You are a champion. I know it was hard to have the fight go the distance, and feel that the crowd wanted Davis to get the decision. It was close and could have gone either way. Few people on this planet could have continued to take the fight to Davis the way you did. You deserve that belt.
Smith: Holy crap! I have never seen a chin like that. That beating would have killed most people. Your spirit and will is unstoppable. Nice job.
Castillo: I love to watch this guy!! No one, and I mean NO ONE does body shots like this. I look forward to following your career all the way to the UFC!
If I had any one complaint, it would be that I felt the judges were a bit slighted in favor of the local boys. But hey, don’t let it go to the judges… Just ask Nick Dias
3 Jun 2009
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It’s time again for the Utah Throwdown Champion Submission Challenge XI, down in Orem. It’ll be a great time – no time limit, no gi, no points submission tournament action.
For more info, www.utahchampion.com has the details.
Also, for those competing, tommorow is the last day to save $10 and register “on-time”.
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3 Jun 2009
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This should make Le Bus more interesting: Gladiator Challenge is bringing an MMA fight to Wendover on June 13. The Wendover Nugget Casino will host the event, which is headlined by Shonie Carter vs. Chris McLeod.Other fighters on the card include Jake Paul, Kyacey Uscola, Olly Bradstreet, Nick Mamalis, Ben Fuimaono, Camrann Pacheco, Steve Sharp, Cole Rose and more. Fights start at 7 p.m.For more
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