In order for martial arts teams to make money, these clubs need to produce fighters that perform well in the ring or octagon. The more dominant camps out there are run by Greg Jackson (with Diego Sanchez) and Pat Miletich (former UFC champions Matt Hughes, Jens Pulver, Tim Sylvia). Right now though there is likely a lot of focus on Team Quest as the team holds 3 major mixed martial arts championships.
Last Saturday, Dan "Hollywood" Henderson, Pride welterweight champion challenged Wanderlei Silva for the latter's middleweight belt. Henderson knocked out Silva in the third round. He would join Team Quest stablemate Randy Couture as the only fighters to hold belts in two different weight classes. In Dan's case though, he's actually holding both belts at the same time.
Just a few minutes ago, "The Natural" Randy Couture challenged "The Maine-iac" Tim Sylvia for the UFC Heavyweight belt. Most predicted a first or second round knockout by Sylvia due to his overwhelming size and reach advantage. The rather unpopular champ had a 6-inch height advantage and about a foot in reach advantage. In addition he went in about 13 years younger than the 43-year-old Couture. If ever Captain America was to have a chance at winning he'd have to take the fight to the ground with his Olympic-level wrestling. Well Randy Couture won via unanimous decision in a very inspiring performance, and as expected dominated the ground with punches that would eventually swell shut Sylvia's left eye. What nobody expected was for The Natural to dominate the stand-up portion of the match as well. With greatly improved boxing, Couture moved his head up and around taking very few punches from Sylvia for the entire 25 minutes. Hell a few seconds into the first round it looked almost over when Couture floored Sylvia with a huge right.
Pride 33 was a much better card than UFC 68, with only 1 bout going to the judges. The upset-filled show was full of amazing finishes. However, there was just something amazing about the title match at UFC 68 that made it so exciting and so important. Randy Couture's title win was just moving. To make an analogy with the 2007 Oscars, Pride 33 is (so far this year) The Departed (Best Picture) while UFC 68 is The Last King of Scotland (Best Actor).
Anyhow I'm pretty sure Team Quest will have plenty of new recruits. Dan Henderson being the Pride world welterweight and new middleweight champion and former UFC light heavyweight champion Randy Couture becoming the new world heavyweight champion. Dan and Randy are phenomenal wrestlers who also have great striking. These two are sure to tower over their organizations in the US and Japan for now.
Last Saturday, Dan "Hollywood" Henderson, Pride welterweight champion challenged Wanderlei Silva for the latter's middleweight belt. Henderson knocked out Silva in the third round. He would join Team Quest stablemate Randy Couture as the only fighters to hold belts in two different weight classes. In Dan's case though, he's actually holding both belts at the same time.
Just a few minutes ago, "The Natural" Randy Couture challenged "The Maine-iac" Tim Sylvia for the UFC Heavyweight belt. Most predicted a first or second round knockout by Sylvia due to his overwhelming size and reach advantage. The rather unpopular champ had a 6-inch height advantage and about a foot in reach advantage. In addition he went in about 13 years younger than the 43-year-old Couture. If ever Captain America was to have a chance at winning he'd have to take the fight to the ground with his Olympic-level wrestling. Well Randy Couture won via unanimous decision in a very inspiring performance, and as expected dominated the ground with punches that would eventually swell shut Sylvia's left eye. What nobody expected was for The Natural to dominate the stand-up portion of the match as well. With greatly improved boxing, Couture moved his head up and around taking very few punches from Sylvia for the entire 25 minutes. Hell a few seconds into the first round it looked almost over when Couture floored Sylvia with a huge right.
Pride 33 was a much better card than UFC 68, with only 1 bout going to the judges. The upset-filled show was full of amazing finishes. However, there was just something amazing about the title match at UFC 68 that made it so exciting and so important. Randy Couture's title win was just moving. To make an analogy with the 2007 Oscars, Pride 33 is (so far this year) The Departed (Best Picture) while UFC 68 is The Last King of Scotland (Best Actor).
Anyhow I'm pretty sure Team Quest will have plenty of new recruits. Dan Henderson being the Pride world welterweight and new middleweight champion and former UFC light heavyweight champion Randy Couture becoming the new world heavyweight champion. Dan and Randy are phenomenal wrestlers who also have great striking. These two are sure to tower over their organizations in the US and Japan for now.
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