Who on this forum has fought Vale Tudo, and If you have, tell about your first fight. My first Vale Tudo was in 1998, at Lone Wolf 3 in Littleton, Colorado. (Lone Wolf later became the Bas Rutten Invitational.) Looking back on it, I must have been crazy. I knew jack squat about NHB, I was just a big kid with TKD, no punching ability to speak of, and grappling was all picked up from UFC and instructional vids. It was an eight-man tourney, and in the first round I drew Dan Chase of Killeen, TX. We traded some kicks back and forth, and I scored a hip throw, landing in side control. I squeezed into mount, and started throwing to the body, when he covered his ribs I hit him in the head. He tapped, but I can't say he took any real damage. Probably just the futility of being in mount. I got a bye to the finals, where I had to face UFC veteran Pat Smith. We came out and touched gloves, and it was on. We traded some hard shots and clinched up, where I attempted a standing Kimura, and Smith got a bodylock. I recall his corner yelling "SUPLEX!" and I left the ground. I kept my chin tucked and did my best to breakfall, and when he released, I did a reverse somersault and scrambled into his guard. I tried to strike from there, but it wasn't happening. When I felt his guard open, I fell back for the heel hook. He prevented me from trapping his leg with mine, and rolled up into mount. He stood above me to strike down, and I swept my legs up to apply the ankle lock. He struck down twice, landing one glancing blow, and the ref stopped the fight. I left with a rugburn on my forehead and wounded pride. I regret nothing. _________________
I Fought at Combat Zone Last Year Against BJJ Fighter Andrew Corringa. I started the Fight with a Switch Kick Then Tried for a inside thigh kick. He Rushed Me into the Ropes & got The Take Down But Ended up in My Guard I Tried a Few Arm Locks And almost Had the Triangel But He Pulled out of it I ended up in The Turtle position I went for a Rolling kneebar We Scrambeld i got 2 on 1 Traped his Heel under My Arm & Straightend his Leg I got a Heelhook/kneebar at 2:55 in the 1st round He was a solid Fighter from the Tai Kai Team I have Great respect for him, but it was my Night to Win.
Oh Hang On I See What You Mean ... He Started Too Many Words With A Capital Letter Did He ? Good input Mo ... not. If my grammar isn't quite correct on this, please feel free to keep it to yourself. Jay
