Thursday trash talk: Japan’s tough guys

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Mainstream Media Getting Hip to MMA History
Published 11/1/2007 by Kid Nate <info@bloodyelbow.com> at Bloody Elbow: Front Page Posts
... two, but the others were Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki. Funaki and Suzuki tapped Shamrock repeatedly, and Shamrock concluded he needed to learn these techniques. He would go to Japan three weeks before his matches and train with Funaki, Suzuki, Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Yoshiki Takahashi. Shamrock's experiences were typical for UWF wrestlers. They were training to be legitimate submission wrestlers but didn't yet have the outlet to fully demonstrate their skills. Also check out Fight Opinion where they've got more, including video .

Gary Shaw's Weight Class Expansion
Published 11/1/2007 by Luke Thomas <info@bloodyelbow.com> at Bloody Elbow: Front Page Posts
Over at Fight Opinion, Zach Arnold is fearful that Shaw is importing what boxing's doing wrong into MMA. Notable quote: Gary Shaw is now changing the way he wants to do weight classes for fights in EXC. This is, in my opinion, a cancerous boxing mentality being brought ...