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January 11, 2012
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Pedro “The Rock” Rizzo

Pedro Augusto Rizzo (born May 3, 1974) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and Muay Thai fighter. He has a professional MMA record of 19–9–0 as of July 17, 2010 and holds notable victories over former UFC Champions Mark Coleman, Dan Severn, Josh Barnett, Andrei Arlovski, Ricco Rodriguez and Ken Shamrock.

Pedro Rizoo’s Mixed martial arts fighting style

Trained by Marco Ruas, Rizzo adopted Ruas’ brutal leg kicks and developed his strong stand up fighting style, which he used with great effect in the cage. Rizzo striking was always feared in MMA.

Pedro Rizzo’s fighting career in the UFC

Pedro Rizoo came to the UFC with a perfect 6:0 record fighting 13 fights within the organization going 8:5 during his UFC Contract. His first fight was at UFC 18, his last at UFC 48. During his stint in the UFC he managed to win his first four fights, ending his winning streak against Kevin Randleman at UFC 23 via K.O. loss. His wins in the UFC were over Ricco Rodriguez, Tra Telligman (twice), Andrei Arlovski, Josh Barnett, Dan Severn, Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, Mark Coleman. His losses in the UFC came at the hands of: Kevin Randleman, Vladimir Matyushenko, Gan McGee and Randy Couture (twice).

Pedro Rizzo’s fighting career after the UFC

Rizzo is a former WVC heavyweight champion and a former contender for the UFC heavyweight belt. His stint in the now defunct PRIDE FC did not go too well for the former UFC Heavyweight title contender, and accounts for losses at the hands of Sergei Kharitonov and Roman Zentsov. Rizzo returned to his winning ways on the March 9, 2007, when he beat UFC veteran Justin Eilers by unanimous decision at the début show of Art of War Undisputed Arena Fighting Championships, which was held in Dallas, Texas. He went on to defeat Jeff Monson on September 1, 2007. This fight took place on the first pay-per-view event promoted by the Art of War organization. Rizzo was defeated at Affliction: Banned by Josh Barnett, via knockout in round 2.

Most notable fights in Pedro Rizzo’s career

His first title challenge in the UFC was against all american wrestler Randy Couture at UFC 31. This was the first UFC event under the Zuffa management, with Dana White as the new president. In one of the best and most brutal fights in MMA history, both fighters inflicted a lot of damage on each other leaving everything in the cage. After five hard fought 5-minute rounds, Couture was declared the winner by unanimous decision, which generated a lot of controversy as many fight fans felt Rizzo won the fight. This resulted in an immediate rematch between the two at UFC 34, in November 2001, where Rizzo’s style was no match to Randy Coutures measured approach.

Pedro Rizzo Career Hightlight

August 3, 2010
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The man who beat Fedor turned 33

and knows how to party, but what did you expect from a brazilian like Fabricio Werdum? To sit at home and cry that you get one year older? Just defeating one of the baddest men on the planet. What time is it? It’s time to get funky!

August 3, 2010
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UFC on Versus 2 – Hangover

Loads of stuff been going on, we all know how Jon Jones manhandled his last opponent and Greg Jackson goes on and says the best is yet to come as Jon Jones is an artist learning the basics…
Amazing stuff. Maybe Jon Jones is so good because he can apply the stuff he does in training and not be in animal freak mode when he enters the cage. Just a thought.

Who scored the fight of Okami vs Muonz in favor of Munoz? Pretty obvious that it was Mr. Leg Kicks don’t count cecil peoples.

Jon Jones live on Sportcenter. He claims that the reason to his success was the time spent training and being ready. Which is exactly what everyone else does, it’s more that he is able to apply what he learn and put it into use. It will be interesting if he can keep all the pressure from the fans away and keep “fighting for himself, his family and to go out and have fun”. It’s pretty obvious that he enjoys what he is doing, setting him appart from his competition who is simply in there to a) either beat someone up or b) grind out a win. Oh and what should he answer to a question if he thinks he is grown to slow? You won’t hear a bad word from Jon Jones about his employer.

Rising star of the event? Not the american Jon Jones, but the Brazilian Jon Jones a.k.a. Charles Oliveira, beating his opponent in 41 seconds to go 13-0. Sounds impressive to me.

August 2, 2010
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UFC on Versus 2 Results – Elbows of Doom Strike Again

Three fights won due to the exessive use of elbows, sounds like a fun night, here is the breakdown of the night.

Preliminary Bouts

DaMarques Johnson vs. Matt Riddle
After some good exchanges by Johnson it was Riddle who took the fight to the ground and controled it with vicious elbows forcing the referee to stop the fight. Elbows of Doom I.
Paul Kelly vs. Jacob Volkmann
A fight going the distance. After an ok start for Paul Kelly, the man with the most angry pre-fight face, he found himself in a position where Jacob Volkmann completly dominated him. Taking him down at will, reversing positions, and moving him around at will applying his very own kind of back control, as he does not use the double hooks after his last fight with Thiago. You say WHAT? Interesting approach. Volkmann sounded really unhappy in his post-fight talk with Mr. Rogan listing up all the times he missed his chance to win, but ultimatly not picking his best chance by taking the back and sinking a choke sounds like the biggest mistake. He fought a perfect fight, with the tools he put into his belt. Coolest move of the fight? Sure hell the flying knee to the head of Paul Kelly, that sure hell did some damage, but was not enough to win an otherwise one-sided fight.
Darren Elkins vs Charles Oliveira
Darren Elkins had his chance with a powerful slam, but did not do any damage with it dropping Oliveira on the ground. This was a place where Oliveira wanted to be and instantly started working in his guard getting a Triangle Choke with an Armbar squeezing a bit leading to a win via tapbout making Charles Oliveira the winner.
Joe Stevenson vs. Takanori Gomi
Whoever said Gomi The Fireballkid is finished has to watch this fight. Pride was always pretty cool and it’s great to see an old dog bite through his opponent like this, even though there were neither Soccer kicks, nor yellow cards.
Jake Ellenberger vs. John Howard
Great fight that was on a very even level both of the figthers rocking each other with Ellenbergers Elbows leaving the bigger impression of Howards orbital bone. Howard would have kept fighting but it was a good thing to stop this fight to prevent further damage. I’d rather see a second version of this fight down the road. Not an instant rematch, but something down the road.Elbows of Doom II.
Mark Munoz vs. Yushin Okami
Solid fight of two pretty even fighters this one went to the judges scorecard giving Okami the win with two of the judges. He was sprawling and dishing out good punches that may not make this fight the fight of the night, yet it was no lay and pray. Just an O.K. fight to watch and one of the weaker fights of the night.
Jon Jones vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
The hype train did not stop. Jon “Bones”, or rather Elbow of Doom, Jones stopped Matyushenko. Early, quick and ruthless, and somehow it looked too easy. On step at a time, this young fighter is climbing the ladder, and unless someone finds a way to control his elbows, he won’t be stopped. Elbows of Doom III.