www.undisputedusa.comThis…is…SPARTA!!! Fokai feels proud and honored to be welcomed into the circle of this fantastic bunch of folks in SouthernCalifornia. On any given day here you are bound to encounter live instances of the FokaiCreed. Exhausting the Body, Proceeding the Mind, and Most defintiely Cultivating the Spirit. The Soulf of this gym was crfted by nothing short of Hard Work, Perseverance, and GoodVibrations. Here is A quick stroll through the front doors of PurebredUnd1sputed(3038UniversityAvenue,NorthPark,SAN DIEGO) through the incubation chamber of many of SouthernCalifornia’s modern day gladiators. All the way to the very noble Pugilistic Offensive Warrior tactics program pioneered and populated by battle-proven protectors of our freedom..
He’s a warrior. He’s Made a lot of mistakes but that’s life. He learned from them and now He’s gonna climb to the top!
esier said than done but you decide
Follow War Machine Koppenhaver (its his real name) on twitter see what’s going on in the head of a Professional MMA fighter who wowed us in theUltimateFighter, and now entertains and educates us from his prison cell.
HERM! Sorry for the 20Questions, but here we go if can…
If possible, can you give us a brief history of your fight career?
How long have you been training and what brought you into MMA?
who got you started? What keeps you going?
i started training when i was 14 years old at ground-fu yona. what interested me in mma was the compettiveness in the sport and i also wanted to see what i was made of and if i could do it. what keeps me going is the aunor of representing the beautiful island and people of guam. it is my way of giving back to the island!
How has your experience in other sports played in the role of your training?
i played football and felt the competativenes of it and i was hungry for something even more than that!
How did you connect with Strikeforce? What brought you to SanDiego?
i got connected with strike force from a family member tony anderson. what brought me to san diego was i had family here and i knew mma was big here and it was my goal to make it as a fighter and i knew this would be a great place to start!
Who are you training with and what is training like for you today?
today i train at purebred undisputed in san diego ith baret yoshida. training today is very hard and intense.
You”ve fought in some bigger event and have caught the attention of many promoters–what is your ambitions in MMA?
my ambitions in mma is to represent the island and people of guam aunest respectfully and humbley!!! i want to show the world who chamorro people are!!
do you come across Guam fighter-athletes in California?
i do come across other guam competitors here and i always give them a shocka and tell them to kick some ass.
How does it feel to know that Guam has embraced MixedMartialArts for so long?
hahaha. it feels good to know that guam has a good and long history in mma.
Does fighting alongside another Guam fighter (JoeDuarte) make any difference in your fight this coming weekend?
fighting next to another guam fighter makes me even more confident and feel good bcs we are one no matter what.
Are you allowed to talk about your experience with TheUltimateFighter tryouts?
if so–please elaborate? the ultamate fighter show is just looking for guys with personality and people that are going to make good tv ratings.
Message for other Guam fighters? Message for Guam fans?
message to the guam fighters is keep pushing and training hard and you will succeed!!! message to the fans of guam is i am doing the best i can to represent the island of guam humbely respctfully as i can i fight for you and have you in my heart everytime i step in the cage!!!!
Anything else you might want to mention?
i love Guam!!!!!!!
In mid-November, it was made official that Charles “Crazy Horse” Bennett would not be able to travel to Japan to compete in the S-1 Lightweight Shootboxing tournament.
With an attractive offer and only two weeks notice, a veteran fighter stepped to the plate to face not one, but three, of the world’s best shootboxers in a modified version of modern mixed martial arts competition.
On Nov. 23, Toby Imada, in a game of chance for a shot at opportunity, pulled off two upset victories to advance to the finals of the Shootboxing S-Cup in his greatest performance in 12 years of competition.
In pursuit of rest and relaxation, and to catch up with good friends, the Fury Full Contact Fighting and Bellator Fighting Championship veteran and Sherdog 2009 Submission of the Year recipient visited Guam and had a few things to say in between paddle boarding, folding shirts at the Fokai Shop and recovering from wounds sustained on his epic night of victory and defeat.
Q: How long have you been in the game and what is your training background?
A: Started with judo in 1991, wrestled ’94-96, started training jiu-jitsu 1998. Had first (no holds barred) fight around August 1998.
Q: Fighting will get you nowhere — true or false?
A: Definitely ‘can.’
Q: Twelve years in the game, 32 years old and you’re at a point of career highlight; how did you overcome less-than-pleasant years and defeat in MMA?
A: Initially I didn’t take it serious, but liked it enough to continue with it. I also felt like I was right at the heels of all the other top fighters out there and knew all that I had to do to be there with them was to put in the effort and train. That’s when it started to pay off.
Q: Talk to us about your last tournament.
A: I was offered a slot in the S-Cup tournament, which is held every other year, competing among some of the best shootboxers in the world so I had to take advantage of the opportunity. Given that every opponent I faced held titles in shootboxing and K-1, I probably had the toughest bracket in the entire tournament. First fight I drew the welterweight champ and won via KO; second, the three-time S-Cup champ K-1 max champ, and won the decision, however, going into the finals I had sustained a considerable amount of damage and it showed. So for never competing in the sport, I am very pleased with my performance.
In mid-November, it was made official that Charles “Crazy Horse” Bennett would not be able to travel to Japan to compete in the S-1 Lightweight Shootboxing tournament.
With an attractive offer and only two weeks notice, a veteran fighter stepped to the plate to face not one, but three, of the world’s best shootboxers in a modified version of modern mixed martial arts competition.
On Nov. 23, Toby Imada, in a game of chance for a shot at opportunity, pulled off two upset victories to advance to the finals of the Shootboxing S-Cup in his greatest performance in 12 years of competition.
In pursuit of rest and relaxation, and to catch up with good friends, the Fury Full Contact Fighting and Bellator Fighting Championship veteran and Sherdog 2009 Submission of the Year recipient visited Guam and had a few things to say in between paddle boarding, folding shirts at the Fokai Shop and recovering from wounds sustained on his epic night of victory and defeat.
Q: How long have you been in the game and what is your training background?
A: Started with judo in 1991, wrestled ’94-96, started training jiu-jitsu 1998. Had first (no holds barred) fight around August 1998.
Q: Fighting will get you nowhere — true or false?
A: Definitely ‘can.’
Q: Twelve years in the game, 32 years old and you’re at a point of career highlight; how did you overcome less-than-pleasant years and defeat in MMA?
A: Initially I didn’t take it serious, but liked it enough to continue with it. I also felt like I was right at the heels of all the other top fighters out there and knew all that I had to do to be there with them was to put in the effort and train. That’s when it started to pay off.
Q: Talk to us about your last tournament.
A: I was offered a slot in the S-Cup tournament, which is held every other year, competing among some of the best shootboxers in the world so I had to take advantage of the opportunity. Given that every opponent I faced held titles in shootboxing and K-1, I probably had the toughest bracket in the entire tournament. First fight I drew the welterweight champ and won via KO; second, the three-time S-Cup champ K-1 max champ, and won the decision, however, going into the finals I had sustained a considerable amount of damage and it showed. So for never competing in the sport, I am very pleased with my performance.
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Q: With MMA’s growing talent, how does it feel to compete in one-day tournaments against high-level competitors?
A: It was quite the experience and extremely hard on the body. You need to have a great deal of control during your bouts, but I did have a lot of fun!
Q: Tell us a little bit about your submission of the year.
A: Last year I finished one of my fights with an inverse triangle from the feet. That was the first time it was executed in competition and got a lot of publicity. It got nominated by the World MMA Awards, Sherdog and ESPN’s Inside MMA for submission of the year.
Q: With these career highlights, many would think you belong in the UFC. Is the UFC in your target plans?
A: Definitely something to consider, but in the meantime I continue to work on myself.
Q: What are your thoughts on martial arts as sport and martial arts as lifestyle?
A: Great as a sport. Martial arts has great attributes and always has had a positive effect on the world. As a lifestyle, I guess to each their own and how they translate the essence of it all within themselves.
Q: What are some important lessons you’ve learned in your years of competition and travel?
A: I stress keeping an open mind and don’t ever be afraid or timid; these will only hold you back.
Q: In what ways have you come across Guam in your travels?
A: I think Guam found me.
Q: Any words for Guam’s massive MMA fan base?
A: Thanks for supporting the sport and its spirit. It’s for people like you we are where we are — familia.
Toby Imada made yet another unexpected tournament run in Tokyo on Tuesday.
The two-time Bellator Fighting Championship lightweight finalist shocked a pair of highly-regarded opponents on his way to the finals of the 2010 S-Cup, Shoot Boxing’s biennial one-night, eight-man tournament. The rules of shoot boxing allow for traditional kickboxing strikes (punches, kicks) as well as standing submission attempts and point-earning throws.
Imada was announced as a participant just four days prior to the tournament, a late replacement for fellow MMA vet Charles Bennett after the fighter formerly known as “Krazy Horse” was unable to leave the United States due to a revoked visa.
Slotted against Takaaki Umeno in the opening round, most observers viewed Imada as they had Bennett: a sacrificial lamb for Shoot Boxing’s super welterweight champion. Things did not go as expected, however, and after weathering untold leg kicks from Umeno, Imada scored a stunning upset knockout at the last possible second. The official time was 3:00 of the third and final round.
Advancing to the semifinals, Imada faced another tall task in three-time S-Cup and two-time K-1 Max champion Andy Souwer. There, Imada’s black belt in judo would come into play, as a pair of throws scored him crucial points and earned him another massive upset. Imada took a three-round split decision over the tournament favorite with scores of 29-28, 29-28 and 27-28.
In the evening’s last match, Imada met two-time K-1 Max champ and fellow shoot boxing neophyte Buakaw Por. Pramuk. The muay Thai stylist won a pair of unanimous decisions over Hiroki Shishido and Henri van Opstal to advance to the finals, but needed less than two rounds to end Imada’s Cinderella story. Pramuk battered Imada with right hands and leg kicks, dropping him five times en route to a technical knockout victory at 2:29 of the second round.
A lot of shit happened tonight. Matt fought his heart out & went to sleep like a fucking man, never even considering the tap. You make us proud. Walel Watson caught the very durable striker Manix in his Ovaltine™ in just under 2:00 of round 1. Manix is very tough. Landon Piercy captured the 145lbs UWC title from Mexico’s favorite son Antonio Duarte. Duarte had only tasted defeat once before in 15 fights
No I did not hit Alanah. We were not fighting. We are not bf/gf, we are friends and hang out often and are BOTH very confused as to how this accusation came about… I was outside talking to a guy I met a week ago named Daniel and was suddenly swarmed by Derek and 6–10 other guys. They were telling me that I hit Alanah and they were cursing at me saying that if that is true I’m gonna get fucked up. I told them I had no idea what they were talking about and told them to even ask Alanah. They persisted and grew more and more angry the more I denied it. They began to circle around me and I was sure I was gonna get fucked up because I was so heavily out numbered and that’s when we started fighting.
Someone lunged forward at me in my peripheral vision and I turned and hit him as he did… Once the initial blows were thrown I continued to punch anyone that came towards me that I thought was a threat. I was working my way toward my car and everywhere I looked there were angry people trying to block me off. At one point even a girl, I think Brooke Haven, was punching me in the head…lol. I got hit a couple of times from the back and side but Brooke is the one who got the most punches in on me…haha…but that’s only because I didn’t hit her back. I actually really liked Brooke and was sad that I was involved in a fight that ended up ruining her party.
I think if everyone was sober they would have not rushed to me and surrounded me so aggressively. I think they would have slowed things down and would have done the smart thing first which would be to ask Alanah if anything had happened. Then if Derek (my agent) was sober and rational he could have simply pulled me aside and asked me what, if anything, had happened. This situation was a huge misunderstanding that could have been easily resolved. I can’t say that I blame them tho. If I had been in the party and heard that someone hit Alanah I too would have probably done the irrational thing and went to attack the person accused. BUT after later learning that it was untrue I would have felt very stupid and would have tried my best to apologize to that person. Either way this is why I am not angry with any of the guys that rushed me. They THOUGHT they were protecting Alanah and she is my friend so I can appreciate that. The only person I am upset with is Derek. He was my agent as well as hers and I think he handled the entire situation very innapropriately.
While he blames it on the guy who spread the rumor, War Machine has zero regrets on what he did:
I think that every person that I hit was a threat to me and my safety so in that regard they deserved to be hit. On the other end I think the real problem here is the a**hole that spread the rumor that Alanah was hit. He is the one truly responsible for everyone’s injuries and the entire misunderstanding. The people rushing me were only looking out for her…they believed that I hit her and if that was in fact true then I believe they would have been right to attack me. BUT seeing as it wasn’t true they were wrong… I am sorry for the misunderstanding that led to their injuries but I will never apolgize for protecting myself when I thought I was in danger. I have zero regrets. Had I not been able to fight them off and would have been beaten severely is a lot worse to me than proving my innocence. I have apologized to Brooke via text message several times. NOT because I did anything wrong but because I was part of something that ruined her party. I liked her and thought she was a very sweet girl. I even came to the party early to help blow up balloons and set things up. I’m a nice guy and everyone would still think so if not for the bulshit misunderstanding and the asshole that started the lie about Alanah.
The only thing I need to do differently is not put myself in environments where trouble can happen. I thought I was safe at the party. I thought Brooke was my friend and I thought Derek was too. I felt safe going there. I never thought that Derek would have chosen to handle things this way.
On what happened after the incident:
I left the party because I had people coming at me from every angle and I didn’t wanna run out of luck and end up finally being toppled… After the party I went to my friends house to have a beer and relax. No “injuries”, my right elbow hurts and I had a few bumps on my head but that’s it. My lawyer says not to worry. That it will be very easy to show that this was self defense.
As reports said, it really seems like everything really started from a rumor that War Machine hit his “girlfriend”, which both he and Alanah herself denies. He also mentioned that while the people involved have been saying online that War hit her, the official statements from all the parties involved didn’t have any mention of it at all.
War Machine also talked about the situation in his twitter account and gave a few updates on what has happened after. He seems to have talked to the police, spent thousands in bail and lawyer fees, and has already continued his porn career. He’s looking for a new manager of course, hopefully the next one doesn’t get clocked in the head this time around.
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