Just KC
08-27-2006, 07:32 AM
This is a new Fighter of the week Thread. i will be posting a fighter of the Week for Boxing AND MMA. when i post the fighter of the week feel free to tell me who u think is the fighter of the week and or discuss the choices i made.
Boxing's #1 Fighter of the Week
Sharmba Mitchell
World championship fights - 7-2, 0 KOs (includes IBF interim world title fights)...
- Ranked IBF #6, The Ring #9, WBC #14 at 147 pounds...
- Former IBF interim jr. welterweight world champion...
- Former WBA super lightweight world champion, four successful defenses...
- Former NABF lightweight champion...
- 1985 U.S. National Jr. Olympic amateur champion, 106 pounds...
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Eight days before his 36th birthday, Sharmba has been fighting as a pro for only a month short of 18 years. A natural righthander who fights in the lefthanded stance, he has fought at the top levels of competition for several years and has a number of impressive wins to his credit.
He won the WBA super lightweight world title in October, 1998, and made four successful defenses before losing the title in a unification fight against Kostya Tszyu in February, 2001. He also held the IBF interim jr. welterweight world title before losing against Tszyu in the rematch in November, 2004. This is his fourth fight as a full welterweight.
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Sharmba is 2-2 in his last four fights. The most recent loss, however, was against the best boxer active today, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (TKOby6) in November, 2005. The other was against Tszyu (TKOby3), who was one of the best when they fought in November, 2004. Sharmba's most recent win was in May against tough veteran Jose Luis Cruz (W10). One of Cruz' career highlights is a 12-round draw in March, 2002, against Carlos Baldomir, who now holds the welterweight world title. The result was questionable – the fight was in Cruz' hometown of Mazatlan and most observers thought Baldomir deserved to win - but both fighters scored knockdowns, Baldomir in the second round, Cruz in the fourth, and by all accounts it was a good, close fight.
In June, 2005, Sharmba beat Chris Smith (TW5), a welterweight prospect trying to establish himself as a contender. Sharmba's wins against Cruz and Smith were decisive, as well, even though the technical decision against Smith was cut short by an injury. http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/5273/sharmba012503rs2.jpg
Sharmba also has wins in recent years against contenders Lovemore Ndou (W12, Feb. 2004), and Ben Tackie (W12, May 2003), and former IBF jr. welterweight world champion Vince Phillips (W10, Nov. 2002).
Sharmba is past his prime, but has shown that he can still be successful at a high level of competition. Trainer Marvin Sims said, "I've been working with Sharmba since he was a little kid, since he was eight years old. He's been sparring with Keith Holmes, and a top amateur that turned pro, Maxell Taylor. We got some Russians down here, the Baku brothers. [note: Rufat and Emil] One is six-four and the other one is around six-two. Sharmba's used to sparring with them, so the height shouldn't create a problem.
MMA's #1 Fighter of the Week
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Chuck Liddel
Nickname: Iceman
Height: 6 ft 1 in (188 cm)
Weight: 203 lb (93 kg)
Born: December 17, 1969
Fighting out of: San Luis Obispo, California
Town of birth: Santa Barbara, California
Fighting style: Kickboxing
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS RECORD
Wins: 18
By knockout: 11
By submission: 1
Losses: 3
Draws: 0
Charles Joseph Liddell (born December 17, 1969 in Santa Barbara, California), popularly referred to as Chuck Liddell, and also known as "The Iceman," is a mixed martial artist with a background in Kickboxing and Collegiate Wrestling. He currently fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and is the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion.
Primarily a striker, Liddell prides himself on his Wrestling skills which he learned while at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he earned a degree in business and accounting. He is a fearsome opponent both standing up and on the ground, and has endeared himself as a fan favorite. Liddell is associated with the Pitfight team and often enters the ring to the music of Minnesota rock band American Head Charge. Liddell was featured in the band's music video for the song "Cowards".
Liddell's mixed martial arts journey began in 1998, when he earned a decision victory over a boxer named Noe Hernandez at UFC 17. From there, he went on to vanquish such opponents as Jose Landi-Jons, Guy Mezger and Kevin Randleman, while having his first career loss via arm-triangle choke to Jeremy Horn. Liddell also fought the skilled Middleweight champion, Murilo Bustamante; although Liddell received the judges' decision, some dispute the victory. Despite his winning streak and strong performances, it wasn't until he beat "The Phenom" Vitor Belfort at UFC 37.5 that he was considered to be among the top echelon within the light heavyweight division of Ultimate Fighting Championship.
He was considered a shoe-in for the vacant light heavyweight championship belt when he was matched against experienced former heavyweight Randy Couture at UFC 43. Couture was able to neutralize Chuck's trademark powerful looping hooks with crisp straight punches, and began taking him down at will. Chuck eventually lost via "ground-and-pound" stoppage. After this demoralizing defeat so close to realizing his dream of achieving the UFC light heavyweight title, Liddell went to Japan to compete in the Pride 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix. (Pride's middleweight division is comparable to UFCs light heavyweight division). After defeating Alistair Overeem in the tourney's first round, Liddell was dismantled by Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, who is to date Liddell's last and sole unavenged career loss. Returning to the UFC, Chuck once again put himself in contention for a shot at the coveted light heavyweight title, preparing himself for a match against his controversial rival, Tito Ortiz. Both men had trained at the Pitfight Club and experienced a fall-out that would escalate as Ortiz taunted Liddell. The falling out stemmed from Ortiz's unwillingness to give Liddell a title fight, even though Liddell was clearly one of the top contenders in the UFC. Eventually, Ortiz was pressured by the UFC into fighting Liddell, and the two clashed in a highly anticipated fight at UFC 47 April 2nd, 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada. After most of the first round was spent feeling each other out Liddell downed Ortiz with a combination of punches. He seemed poised to finish the fight, but Ortiz was saved by the bell. Shortly after the second round started, Liddell drove Ortiz into the cage and landed a barrage of devastating punches to his face, knocking him out for the victory. Since UFC 47, the tension between both fighters has been documented throughout the MMA world and media, and a rematch seems likely at some point in the future.
Recently, Liddell was seen on the inaugural season of The Ultimate Fighter, Spike TV's breakthrough reality show featuring fighters new to the UFC competing for a UFC contract. Liddell served as coach of Team Liddell, while fellow fighter and concurrent UFC Light Heavyweight champ Randy Couture coached Team Couture. The series was a success for both Spike TV and the UFC. Both of the winners of TUF, Diego Sanchez and Forrest Griffin, were members of Team Liddell, and they have gone onto wide-spread notoriety.
Liddell's highly anticipated and deserved rematch with Couture on April 16, 2005 at UFC 52 - a championship bout - ended in victory for Liddell via first-round knockout. The fight was almost stopped at one point after Liddell's finger contacted Couture's eye, but the doctors permitted the fight to continue. It seemed to many that Couture, in his early 40s, had aged since their last confrontation, and Liddell was clearly at the top of his game. This victory set the tone for a future rematch between Couture and Liddell.
Before that rematch, however, Chuck was scheduled to defend his new title belt against fellow UFC veteran Jeremy Horn, at UFC 54. Throughout the bout, Liddell dominated Horn with aggressive punches, causing knockdowns in multiple rounds. Liddell's defensive wrestling ability, especially his renowned sprawl, stifled the bulk of Horn's offense, which was centered around grappling and submission wrestling. Liddell eventually won the fight via TKO in 2:46 minutes of the fourth round, avenging his first career loss and defending the championship.
On February 4th, 2006 at UFC 57, Liddell won, for a second time, a fight against Randy Couture via knockout in Las Vegas, Nevada to retain the Light Heavyweight championship belt. After the fight, Couture announced his retirement from mixed martial arts.
Liddell will be fighting Renato "Babalu" Sobral at UFC 62. It was announced at UFC 61 that if Liddell beats Sobral, he will fight PRIDE Middleweight (205 lb) champion, Wanderlei Silva in November at Las Vegas. Dana White confirmed that the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship will be on the line at a press conference after the fight.
Liddell was once romantically linked to one-time UFC host, multi-platinum pop artist, and Playboy model Willa Ford. He claims they currently are "just friends." There were also rumors in 2004 he was dating actress Juliette Lewis.
He also appeared as "Graft" in the pilot episode of the TV series Blade: The Series.
He also had a guest spot cameo in the first season of "Inked" on A&E.
He also made a brief appearance in the 1981 film The Postman Always Rings Twice with Jack Nicholson. He's the boy-scout that plays with a register, and is then scolded by Nicholson.
Boxing's #1 Fighter of the Week
Sharmba Mitchell
World championship fights - 7-2, 0 KOs (includes IBF interim world title fights)...
- Ranked IBF #6, The Ring #9, WBC #14 at 147 pounds...
- Former IBF interim jr. welterweight world champion...
- Former WBA super lightweight world champion, four successful defenses...
- Former NABF lightweight champion...
- 1985 U.S. National Jr. Olympic amateur champion, 106 pounds...
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/8158/sharmba20mitchell4di9.jpg
Eight days before his 36th birthday, Sharmba has been fighting as a pro for only a month short of 18 years. A natural righthander who fights in the lefthanded stance, he has fought at the top levels of competition for several years and has a number of impressive wins to his credit.
He won the WBA super lightweight world title in October, 1998, and made four successful defenses before losing the title in a unification fight against Kostya Tszyu in February, 2001. He also held the IBF interim jr. welterweight world title before losing against Tszyu in the rematch in November, 2004. This is his fourth fight as a full welterweight.
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/3036/tszyumitchellkf7.jpg
Sharmba is 2-2 in his last four fights. The most recent loss, however, was against the best boxer active today, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (TKOby6) in November, 2005. The other was against Tszyu (TKOby3), who was one of the best when they fought in November, 2004. Sharmba's most recent win was in May against tough veteran Jose Luis Cruz (W10). One of Cruz' career highlights is a 12-round draw in March, 2002, against Carlos Baldomir, who now holds the welterweight world title. The result was questionable – the fight was in Cruz' hometown of Mazatlan and most observers thought Baldomir deserved to win - but both fighters scored knockdowns, Baldomir in the second round, Cruz in the fourth, and by all accounts it was a good, close fight.
In June, 2005, Sharmba beat Chris Smith (TW5), a welterweight prospect trying to establish himself as a contender. Sharmba's wins against Cruz and Smith were decisive, as well, even though the technical decision against Smith was cut short by an injury. http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/5273/sharmba012503rs2.jpg
Sharmba also has wins in recent years against contenders Lovemore Ndou (W12, Feb. 2004), and Ben Tackie (W12, May 2003), and former IBF jr. welterweight world champion Vince Phillips (W10, Nov. 2002).
Sharmba is past his prime, but has shown that he can still be successful at a high level of competition. Trainer Marvin Sims said, "I've been working with Sharmba since he was a little kid, since he was eight years old. He's been sparring with Keith Holmes, and a top amateur that turned pro, Maxell Taylor. We got some Russians down here, the Baku brothers. [note: Rufat and Emil] One is six-four and the other one is around six-two. Sharmba's used to sparring with them, so the height shouldn't create a problem.
MMA's #1 Fighter of the Week
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Chuck Liddel
Nickname: Iceman
Height: 6 ft 1 in (188 cm)
Weight: 203 lb (93 kg)
Born: December 17, 1969
Fighting out of: San Luis Obispo, California
Town of birth: Santa Barbara, California
Fighting style: Kickboxing
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS RECORD
Wins: 18
By knockout: 11
By submission: 1
Losses: 3
Draws: 0
Charles Joseph Liddell (born December 17, 1969 in Santa Barbara, California), popularly referred to as Chuck Liddell, and also known as "The Iceman," is a mixed martial artist with a background in Kickboxing and Collegiate Wrestling. He currently fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and is the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion.
Primarily a striker, Liddell prides himself on his Wrestling skills which he learned while at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he earned a degree in business and accounting. He is a fearsome opponent both standing up and on the ground, and has endeared himself as a fan favorite. Liddell is associated with the Pitfight team and often enters the ring to the music of Minnesota rock band American Head Charge. Liddell was featured in the band's music video for the song "Cowards".
Liddell's mixed martial arts journey began in 1998, when he earned a decision victory over a boxer named Noe Hernandez at UFC 17. From there, he went on to vanquish such opponents as Jose Landi-Jons, Guy Mezger and Kevin Randleman, while having his first career loss via arm-triangle choke to Jeremy Horn. Liddell also fought the skilled Middleweight champion, Murilo Bustamante; although Liddell received the judges' decision, some dispute the victory. Despite his winning streak and strong performances, it wasn't until he beat "The Phenom" Vitor Belfort at UFC 37.5 that he was considered to be among the top echelon within the light heavyweight division of Ultimate Fighting Championship.
He was considered a shoe-in for the vacant light heavyweight championship belt when he was matched against experienced former heavyweight Randy Couture at UFC 43. Couture was able to neutralize Chuck's trademark powerful looping hooks with crisp straight punches, and began taking him down at will. Chuck eventually lost via "ground-and-pound" stoppage. After this demoralizing defeat so close to realizing his dream of achieving the UFC light heavyweight title, Liddell went to Japan to compete in the Pride 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix. (Pride's middleweight division is comparable to UFCs light heavyweight division). After defeating Alistair Overeem in the tourney's first round, Liddell was dismantled by Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, who is to date Liddell's last and sole unavenged career loss. Returning to the UFC, Chuck once again put himself in contention for a shot at the coveted light heavyweight title, preparing himself for a match against his controversial rival, Tito Ortiz. Both men had trained at the Pitfight Club and experienced a fall-out that would escalate as Ortiz taunted Liddell. The falling out stemmed from Ortiz's unwillingness to give Liddell a title fight, even though Liddell was clearly one of the top contenders in the UFC. Eventually, Ortiz was pressured by the UFC into fighting Liddell, and the two clashed in a highly anticipated fight at UFC 47 April 2nd, 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada. After most of the first round was spent feeling each other out Liddell downed Ortiz with a combination of punches. He seemed poised to finish the fight, but Ortiz was saved by the bell. Shortly after the second round started, Liddell drove Ortiz into the cage and landed a barrage of devastating punches to his face, knocking him out for the victory. Since UFC 47, the tension between both fighters has been documented throughout the MMA world and media, and a rematch seems likely at some point in the future.
Recently, Liddell was seen on the inaugural season of The Ultimate Fighter, Spike TV's breakthrough reality show featuring fighters new to the UFC competing for a UFC contract. Liddell served as coach of Team Liddell, while fellow fighter and concurrent UFC Light Heavyweight champ Randy Couture coached Team Couture. The series was a success for both Spike TV and the UFC. Both of the winners of TUF, Diego Sanchez and Forrest Griffin, were members of Team Liddell, and they have gone onto wide-spread notoriety.
Liddell's highly anticipated and deserved rematch with Couture on April 16, 2005 at UFC 52 - a championship bout - ended in victory for Liddell via first-round knockout. The fight was almost stopped at one point after Liddell's finger contacted Couture's eye, but the doctors permitted the fight to continue. It seemed to many that Couture, in his early 40s, had aged since their last confrontation, and Liddell was clearly at the top of his game. This victory set the tone for a future rematch between Couture and Liddell.
Before that rematch, however, Chuck was scheduled to defend his new title belt against fellow UFC veteran Jeremy Horn, at UFC 54. Throughout the bout, Liddell dominated Horn with aggressive punches, causing knockdowns in multiple rounds. Liddell's defensive wrestling ability, especially his renowned sprawl, stifled the bulk of Horn's offense, which was centered around grappling and submission wrestling. Liddell eventually won the fight via TKO in 2:46 minutes of the fourth round, avenging his first career loss and defending the championship.
On February 4th, 2006 at UFC 57, Liddell won, for a second time, a fight against Randy Couture via knockout in Las Vegas, Nevada to retain the Light Heavyweight championship belt. After the fight, Couture announced his retirement from mixed martial arts.
Liddell will be fighting Renato "Babalu" Sobral at UFC 62. It was announced at UFC 61 that if Liddell beats Sobral, he will fight PRIDE Middleweight (205 lb) champion, Wanderlei Silva in November at Las Vegas. Dana White confirmed that the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship will be on the line at a press conference after the fight.
Liddell was once romantically linked to one-time UFC host, multi-platinum pop artist, and Playboy model Willa Ford. He claims they currently are "just friends." There were also rumors in 2004 he was dating actress Juliette Lewis.
He also appeared as "Graft" in the pilot episode of the TV series Blade: The Series.
He also had a guest spot cameo in the first season of "Inked" on A&E.
He also made a brief appearance in the 1981 film The Postman Always Rings Twice with Jack Nicholson. He's the boy-scout that plays with a register, and is then scolded by Nicholson.