Nicky
24-11-2004, 20:46
Below is a partial list of all the fighters who attended the PRIDE US Try-Outs at the UCLA campus on November 20th. In all, about 150 fighters attended the try-outs:
Heavyweights:
Paul Buentello (KOTC Champion)
'Kadillac' Marshbanks (KOTC champion)
Bobby Hoffman (UFC veteran, former KOTC champion)
Patrick Smith (UFC veteran)
Mike Kyle (UFC veteran)
Jimmy Ambriz (former KOTC champion)
Wojtek Kaszowski
Middleweights:
Mike Seal (KOTC veteran)
James Lee (former Gladiator Challenge champion)
Chael Sonnen (Team Quest)
Tim McKenzie (Team Cesar Gracie)
Marcos Avellan (ADCC veteran)
Charles McCarthy
Buck Greer
Lightweights:
Heath Simms (Pancrase veteran)
John Alessio (KOTC/TKO Champion, PRIDE/UFC veteran)
Frankie Bollinger (former KOTC champion)
Steve Berger (UFC veteran)
Manny Reyes (AFC veteran, internet fighting legend)
Ricardo Nogueira (American Top Team)
Steve Bruno (American Top Team)
Thomas Denny (Team Oyama)
Robert Emerson (Team Oyama)
James 'Lightning' Wilks
Keith Wilson
Akbarh Arreola
Jake Draves
Mac Danzig
Stephen Haigh
Adam Lynn
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DSE/PRIDE announced that their PRIDE US Try-Outs are now complete, and that announcements on who will win PRIDE contracts and MMA scholarships will be announced in approximately one month.
However, prizes containing PRIDE merchandise were given out to the winners of individual awrad categories. Those winners were:
Best Striker: Karl James Noons
Best Takedowns: Jake Draves
Best Grappler: Heath Simms
Best Looking Fighter: Nick Ring
Best Physique: Edwin Aguilar
Globetrotter Award: (Fighter who traveled the farthest to attend the auditions): Paul Colesby and Hakan Volkan (both came from the United Kingdom)
Gray Beard Award: (oldest fighter) George Koeing
Diaper Award: (youngest fighter) Zach Taylor
Bushido Award: (chosen by Nobuhiko Takada) Chael Sonnen
Grand Prize Winner: (random drawing for a trip to Japan to watch a PRIDE event) Dan "The Wolfman" Theodore
Heath Simms word genoemd als 1 van de kanshebbers om te vechten bij Pride FC.
Heavyweights:
Paul Buentello (KOTC Champion)
'Kadillac' Marshbanks (KOTC champion)
Bobby Hoffman (UFC veteran, former KOTC champion)
Patrick Smith (UFC veteran)
Mike Kyle (UFC veteran)
Jimmy Ambriz (former KOTC champion)
Wojtek Kaszowski
Middleweights:
Mike Seal (KOTC veteran)
James Lee (former Gladiator Challenge champion)
Chael Sonnen (Team Quest)
Tim McKenzie (Team Cesar Gracie)
Marcos Avellan (ADCC veteran)
Charles McCarthy
Buck Greer
Lightweights:
Heath Simms (Pancrase veteran)
John Alessio (KOTC/TKO Champion, PRIDE/UFC veteran)
Frankie Bollinger (former KOTC champion)
Steve Berger (UFC veteran)
Manny Reyes (AFC veteran, internet fighting legend)
Ricardo Nogueira (American Top Team)
Steve Bruno (American Top Team)
Thomas Denny (Team Oyama)
Robert Emerson (Team Oyama)
James 'Lightning' Wilks
Keith Wilson
Akbarh Arreola
Jake Draves
Mac Danzig
Stephen Haigh
Adam Lynn
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DSE/PRIDE announced that their PRIDE US Try-Outs are now complete, and that announcements on who will win PRIDE contracts and MMA scholarships will be announced in approximately one month.
However, prizes containing PRIDE merchandise were given out to the winners of individual awrad categories. Those winners were:
Best Striker: Karl James Noons
Best Takedowns: Jake Draves
Best Grappler: Heath Simms
Best Looking Fighter: Nick Ring
Best Physique: Edwin Aguilar
Globetrotter Award: (Fighter who traveled the farthest to attend the auditions): Paul Colesby and Hakan Volkan (both came from the United Kingdom)
Gray Beard Award: (oldest fighter) George Koeing
Diaper Award: (youngest fighter) Zach Taylor
Bushido Award: (chosen by Nobuhiko Takada) Chael Sonnen
Grand Prize Winner: (random drawing for a trip to Japan to watch a PRIDE event) Dan "The Wolfman" Theodore
Heath Simms word genoemd als 1 van de kanshebbers om te vechten bij Pride FC.