ROTR Results Here (a la MMA Weekly) *Spoilers*

[Grant Ellis]

Full card here. (http://www.so-net.ne.jp/feg/k-1gp/top636.htm)

GILBERT MELENDEZ defeats Kaynan Kaku via TKO (Referee Stoppage) at 3:58 of round 2.

DENNIS HALLMAN defeats Ross Ebanez via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 1:13 of round 1.

[Grant Ellis]

Hardonk over Sims by Key Lock (Sims tapped) (a la UG Forum)

[Grant Ellis]

Midoux over Malone by K.O. or TKO rd 1 (UG)

[Grant Ellis]

Canup over A'Alona by Guillotine Choke RD 1 (UG)

[( o Y o )]

Great stuff. I just got home so thanks heaps for this!!

Looking forward to the rest of the results.

[Grant Ellis]

It's Intermission now.

[( o Y o )]

Sims seems to be backing himself into a corner with all these losses.

[Grant Ellis]

Tis true.
He's not a real fighter though, just some kid Coleman picked on for a while.

Hard to believe he beat Conan Silveira.

[( o Y o )]

Very true. Must have been an off day for Conan. lol

I really wonder where he turns from here? I wonder if K-1 would offer him something on NYE and then try and go through him to Coleman or Randleman......

[Grant Ellis]

Sims is supposedly fighting Tim Sylvia in December at Super Brawl...but I'm not sure if they will want him anymore.

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Yeah, I hope for his sake that the contract is already signed. He REALLY needs to pull off a win against Tim there.

[Grant Ellis]

O'Haire OVER Oyama Ref Stoppage(Punches) Rd 1

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Ouch. It was a pretty huge weight difference though wasn`t it!?!

Damned.....75lb difference. http://kakutougi.info/content/view/56/2/

[Grant Ellis]

Nakao takes Cabbage down..Nakao working GNP from side mount. Cabbage finally escapes back up to feet. Ref Landless Checks Cabbage blood coming from face. Cabbage left eye almost shut.
Fight continues Nakao takes down Cabbage works some GnP before Ref Landless brings them back up.

Round 1 over

**Please be advised this is from a person at the fight not from my sight.

[Grant Ellis]

Round 2
Oyama takes down Cabbage with a single leg. In Cabbages guard working GnP. Ref Landless stands fighters up. Cabbage throwing punches and some leg kicks both fighters loking alittle tired.

Cabbage has Nakao aganist the fence trying for a gillutine (spell) but not really deep. Fighters looking very tired.

Round 2 Over


(All this thanks to Hamma at UG)

[Grant Ellis]

Round 3
Nakao get takedown, Nakao has full mount trying to work GnP but Cabbage gets back up. Fighters standing up slugging it out both fighters looking tired with Cabbage throwing combos. Has Nakao in the clinch but looks tired.

Nakao OVER Cabbage by Split Decsion rd 3

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I have been interested to see what Nakao can do ever since his very brief fight against Frye at Romanex. He has wrestling, a huge set of balls, and now GnP. Seems he may make something of his MMA career, or at least open some eyes with this performance.

Congrats to him.

[Shinobu]

And he did all this to a considerably larger opponent.
Let's see how he fares against a guy that is either comfortable on his back or can take him down. He seems to have the skill- and mindset.

[Grant Ellis]

RD 1
Miyata gets takedown on Royler in opening round
Royler goes for Triangle Miyata slams Royler
Royler goes for armbar but gets slam on his head

[Grant Ellis]

RD 2
Royler is still fighting of his back.
Royler wins via triangle

I need a confirmation on that though.

[Grant Ellis]

Gracie OVER Miyata by Triangle Choke in RD 2.

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Sounds like both a great debut for Miyata, and a great win for Royler.

Can`t wait to see this.

[Shinobu]

Does anyone know with whom and for how long he trained MMA? Never heard anything about him until he was signed to fight Royler and did supposedly well.

[Grant Ellis]

Carter wins tko round 1

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Does anyone know with whom and for how long he trained MMA? Never heard anything about him until he was signed to fight Royler and did supposedly well.

No idea at all, but I assumed he started after K-1 announced it which was only a month or so ago.

And damned, Carter was fast. Great for him to get a win, and now hopefully an invitation to Dynamite.

[Shinobu]

No idea at all, but I assumed he started after K-1 announced it which was only a month or so ago.

And damned, Carter was fast. Great for him to get a win, and now hopefully an invitation to Dynamite.
That would be great! I sure hope it puts him on the right track. Granted, Howard is not an A-level opponent but maybe this will bring back some needed self-esteem.

[Grant Ellis]

RD 1
The only report is Rodrigo had BJ in some trouble, but it is not clear what happened.
RD 1 Over.

[Grant Ellis]

RD 2
Only word is RD 2 was dominated by BJ.

[Grant Ellis]

RD 3
BJ drops him with upper cut then pounces on him.
BJ raining knees from side mount.
1 minute left! BJ on top of Gracie.

SOunds like Dec for BJ.

[Grant Ellis]

30-27 PENN UD over Rodrigo GRACIE.

BJ just beat Gomi, Hughes, Ludwig, and now Gracie.
He is for sure p4p the best.

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Sounds like total domination after the first round. Guess the extra weight didn`t affect BJ`s cardio at all.

All in all it sounds like an exciting event. I can`t wait until they show this next month on SkaPa in Japan.

Thanks for all the updates Grant. And congrats to all winners, particularly Nakao, Royler, Carter and BJ.

[Grant Ellis]

THanks guys, it is late here (1:23 AM!)

I better get some sleep!
Peace!

[( o Y o )]

I thought it was for the weak ;-)

Thanks again mate!

[-=[DM]=-]

wow. Penn has really collected a nice set of wins lately. This event sound good.. well except for Sims being on the card.

[Shinobu]

Thanks for the updates!
Solid win for Penn, sounded more exciting as I was expecting it to be. Penn is on top of the world now it seems.

[ArtOfWar]

Thanks a lot for the updates Grant, (o Y o). Solid win for BJ, but somehow I am not surprised at all.

Great event.

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It was all Grant mate.

full results now up here though. http://kakutougi.info/content/view/57/

[MZN]

Carter wins tko round 1

Go Carter!

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Pictures here!!!!! (http://forum.kakutougi.info/showthread.php?t=132)

[kentaro]

BJ Penn is really unstoppable at the moment!!
Good too see Hardonck beating Sims!!

[Kamatari]

Does anyone know with whom and for how long he trained MMA?
If I can remember correctly he trained a bit with KID Yamamoto in preparation for this bout. Didn't really pay attention to this event.

O'Haire versus Oyama was messed up matchmaking, thought that he would somehow be able to KO him though. Oh well, he'll walk into a solid punch one day. Another big win for Penn, but I didn't see any way Rodrigo could have won this.

[Shinobu]

If I can remember correctly he trained a bit with KID Yamamoto in preparation for this bout. Didn't really pay attention to this event.

O'Haire versus Oyama was messed up matchmaking, thought that he would somehow be able to KO him though. Oh well, he'll walk into a solid punch one day. Another big win for Penn, but I didn't see any way Rodrigo could have won this.
Thx. Haven't seen it yet but from the descriptions it seems he gave Royler a good fight. If he hooks up with Kid maybe he'll have a future in MMA.

[KicknPunch]

O'Haire versus Oyama was messed up matchmaking,

Oh so true. 70+lb difference?? LOL

And what of Oyama and PRIDE? Were bridges burnt?

[mugen67]

Thx. Haven't seen it yet but from the descriptions it seems he gave Royler a good fight. If he hooks up with Kid maybe he'll have a future in MMA.

Hopefully he trains hard and sticks with it because he has a lot of potential