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    Ma X Ru



    "Dangerous" MMA Fighter Arrested After Vicious Road Rage Assault in Shuangjing
    Charles Liu | May 22, 2018 8:30 am

    A citywide manhunt for a Beijing's most-wanted "dangerous" man came to an end Saturday after a violent road rage incident shocked the city with its brutal violence.

    A 20-year-old Beijing man named "Ma X Ru" confessed to committing "intentional injury" after police barged their way into a Fangshan residence where he had been hidden by his father, "Ma X De" (full video here).



    The arrest was so anticipated that the Beijing Youth Report published it as "breaking news" while Chaoyang police said they enlisted a boxing champion to help apprehend the suspect.

    Described as having "professional combat skills" and "dangerous" by China Daily, Ma shocked the city with his violent beat-down that became national news.

    Video taken at the scene show Ma repeatedly assaulting a blue-shirted man during the Friday evening rush hour after what appeared to be a traffic collision in Shuangjing.



    Ma viciously pummels the victim with a flurry of punches and knees with frightening accuracy while simultaneously grappling him with wrist and head locks. Despite the victim appearing to be concussed, Ma continued to assault him even as three separate women tried to verbally intervene.

    After fleeing from the scene, Ma hid at a Fangshan residence that belongs to his father, who has been charged by police for harboring a fugitive. The victim, a man named Peng, is said to be recovering in hospital.

    As part of their investigation, police say they found training equipment like a sandbag and sparring gloves belong to Ma, thereby confirming that Ma trains in mixed-martial arts (MMA).



    Although China has been relatively late in adopting mixed-martial arts, the sport has already gained a dubious reputation in the country.

    Although China already has a number of MMA promotions that feature such fighters such as "Black Dragon" Israel Adesanya, mixed-martial arts has become known as a "foreign" sport competing for supremacy with traditional Chinese martial arts. Over the past year, Beijing MMA fighter Xu Xiaodong sparked a public backlash against the nascent sport by challenging and then defeating Chinese kung fu masters in martial arts showdowns.

    At the same time, mixed-martial arts training centers have sprouted up throughout China, including here in Bejing.

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    Why is China so fixated on the foreign-ness of stuff? So xenophobic.
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    I'm surprised the Chinese aren't saying that MMA is really Chinese MA, in the same way they take credit for most other Asian MA. BJJ is actually a modernization of Japanese judo/jujutsu, and many say Muay Thai was originally Chinese. Even though those arts (MT and judo/jujutsu) had already evolved into distinctly different entities in Japan and Thailand, technically and culturally, from CMA. They probably don't because MMA's popularity started and grew worldwide outside of China first.

    That "dangerous" MMA fighter would have probably gotten shot if he tried that **** in the States.
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    Vyacheslav Datsik again

    Datsik almost deserves his own thread - maybe I should've let Dragonzbane76's original 'crazy russian cage fighter insane..' post stand alone.

    Previous posts here: #1, #2, #3, & #4.

    Russian neo-Nazi jailed for forcing prostitutes to march naked down street
    Former MMA fighter Vyacheslav Datsik sentenced to 3.5 years for hooliganism, breaking into property, and premeditated attack
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    Vyacheslav Datsik jailed in Oslo in 2010. (Screen capture: YouTube)

    SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia — A Russian court on Monday jailed a former martial arts champion and notorious neo-Nazi for three and a half years after he forced 12 prostitutes to walk naked through the streets of Saint Petersburg.

    Vyacheslav Datsik broke into a small hotel that also functioned as a brothel in the center of the northwestern city in May 2016 after declaring a “war on prostitutes.”

    Acting with accomplices, he then forced 12 women and a man — allegedly a client — to follow him to a police station while still naked.

    Datsik told police that he “just wanted the women to march in their work uniforms.”

    He was found guilty of hooliganism, breaking into property, and a “premeditated attack on the health of others.”

    Investigators also established that Datsik stole 50,000 rubles ($860) from a safe in the brothel and beat up three other women.

    Datsik, a former kick-boxing and mixed martial arts (MMA) champion, was first arrested in 2010 after robbing several mobile phone stores.

    He was then placed in a psychiatric facility, from which he escaped and fled to Oslo in 2010, where he unsuccessfully appealed for asylum while carrying a loaded gun.

    He was promptly arrested.

    He was later photographed in an Oslo courtroom wearing a black T-shirt with a swastika and — despite wearing handcuffs — making an improvised form of Nazi salute.

    Sentenced to eight months in prison in Norway for illegal possession of weapons, he was then extradited to Russia in 2011.
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    Nick Diaz

    Victim claims Nick Diaz slammed her down, choked her in alleged domestic battery incident

    By Marc Raimondi@marc_raimondi Jun 5, 2018, 6:11pm EDT


    Nick Diaz has not competed in MMA since 2015. Esther Lin, MMA Fighting

    A woman is claiming Nick Diaz choked her and slammed her down to the ground during an argument that turned physical last month.

    Diaz, a popular UFC fighter, was arrested May 24 by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on charges of domestic battery by strangulation and domestic battery, the former of which is a felony. Diaz made $18,000 bond and is due again in Las Vegas Justice Court on June 24.

    Per the arrest report obtained by MMA Fighting via a records request with the court, the victim is claiming that Diaz grabbed her by the head, slammed her down to the ground, and later choked her. The victim was also injured when she fell onto the corner of the pool during an outdoor scuffle with Diaz, she told police. When cops arrived, she was “visibly in a large amount of pain and could not walk.”


    Nick Diaz’s booking photo from May 24

    The victim was taken to the hospital with a potentially broken hip as a result of the fall, the report stated. She also had bruises on both legs, reddening of her neck and head, and pain in her head, per the report.

    According to the report, the victim told police she confronted Diaz, described as her on-again-off-again boyfriend, that night when she found out he was having sex with one of her friends. She said they yelled and argued and she threw a glass of water at his face. Diaz, becoming angrier, “grabbed her by the head and slammed her to the ground, hitting her head against the floor,” she told police.

    Initially, the victim told cops that Diaz chased her outside the residence, picked her up and slammed her down on the edge of the pool. The report said the victim’s story changed when she spoke to another officer at the hospital. The victim stated at the hospital that Diaz choked her for about 30 seconds when they were outside, only releasing it when she thought she was about to pass out.

    Diaz said he was going to throw her in the pool, the victim claimed, grabbing her by the face and pushing her toward it. But the victim said she grabbed onto him, causing her to fall short of the water and land instead on the corner of the pool on her hip.

    Per the report, because the victim’s injuries were “severe” and Diaz was not injured, officers determined that Diaz was the “primary physical aggressor.”

    The victim told police that Diaz had never been violent with her previously, except for the past several days. She said that he became violent after beginning to use cocaine and added that they had a fight the day before, leaving bruises on her thighs.

    When news of Diaz’s arrest came to light, his close friend Matt Staudt took to social media to defend him. Staudt said Diaz wouldn’t put his hands on anyone “unless it was necessary self-defense.” He called the victim “deranged” and “insane,” claiming that she has stalked Diaz for more than two years.

    “If Nick’s at fault it is because he has chosen again and again and again not to make a police report against her like I’ve advised profusely in the past when she has hit him or broke his phone or broke into his place or stolen things from him or threatened suicide, etc,” Staudt wrote.

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    mightymattIf it wasn’t clear, I’ve got this guys back if he needs me always and completely. One of the best people I know, and that’s the truth, he just plays by his rules, views the world very differently than most and has been ****ed constantly. Seeing how everything evolved here infuriates me. The news is out so better to address than not, and for my own sake, not really on his behalf. I’ve seen drunk guys get in Nick’s face and avoid serious injury because he’s a martial artist and a killer but knows that and he’s passed the point of needing to prove it. He doesn’t even act tough to people... There is no scenario where Nick would put his hands on anyone unless it was necessary self-defense, and then watch the **** out. Moving on, the girl who is accusing him is the most deranged and insane I’ve met to date. She has been obsessed with and stalked Nick for maybe 2 years now. Suicide attempts, calls to his family from fake numbers, thousand of calls a day - yes thousands, showing up everywhere he goes following his story... He changed his number to get away but Vegas is small and they crossed paths again. She left their interaction feeling some type of way yesterday and put in a fake report to get even and have him arrested which she’s threatened to do many times before as well. I can’t even fully digest this whole thing because of how insane and wrong it is. If Nick’s at fault it is because he has chosen again and again and again not to make a police report against her like I’ve advised profusely in the past when she has hit him or broke his phone or broke into his place or stolen things from him or threatened suicide, etc. Everyone is going to think what they think when they see the news so it’s very important for me to at least put something out that is actually factual. #fakenews
    Diaz, the former Strikeforce welterweight champion, has not fought in the UFC since 2015. UFC president Dana White said recently that he was considering a comeback.
    Should we start an indie thread for Diaz? There certainly is enough about him on this subforum.
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    Andrea Lee & Donny Aaron

    The definition of 'tone deaf': Only in MMA can you defend Nazi tattoos on being an ex-con.

    UFC star defends husband’s swastika tattoo after accidental tweet
    By News.com.au June 3, 2018 | 12:51pm


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    The husband of UFC star Andrea Lee has come under fire after a photo of him emerged on social media exposing his swastika tattoo.

    Lee posted a snap of the pair together at a lake, and the Twittersphere quickly noticed the pro-Nazi ink on Donny Aaron’s left arm.

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    Upon realizing what could be seen, Lee cropped the image and left it on her Twitter and Instagram accounts without a view of Aaron’s arm, but it was too late, and she was forced to defend her husband — who’s also her coach.

    She said Aaron got the tattoo when he was in prison and insisted that neither of them was racist.


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    It's just a Nazi tattoo. You "sensitive ass mofos."

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    On Saturday, Aaron also addressed the controversy, calling his tattoo a “20-year-old mistake” in a tweet. He also said his ink doesn’t define him and if it was possible, he would get it removed.

    There were also suggestions Aaron had a double lighting bolt — the symbol of the SS, the armed wing of the Nazi party — tattooed on his right arm.

    Unsurprisingly, Aaron and Lee got heat on social media.


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    If your excuse is you got a racist tattoo in prison well I’m gonna let you in on a secret they have tattoo shops here on the outside that can cover them up

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    Lee is the No. 12-ranked flyweight contender and has a 9-2 record. She is a former flyweight champion in MMA promotion LFA.

    Her last fight was a unanimous points decision over Veronica Macedo at a UFC Fight Night on May 19.
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    Nicholas Castillo

    Not quite busted yet. On the run.


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    Mixed Martial Arts Instructor Wanted on Felony Domestic Battery, Elder Abuse Charges
    Tuesday, June 5, 2018
    by TYLER HAYDEN (CONTACT)

    The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to help locate 24-year-old Nicholas Castillo, who is wanted on charges of felony domestic battery and elder abuse.

    In the early morning hours of May 6, according to Sheriff’s spokesperson Kelly Hoover, Castillo forced his way into his ex-girlfriend’s home in the 4700 block of Chandler Street and violently attacked her. Castillo also allegedly assaulted a 76-year-old female housemate. Both victims sustained multiple injuries, Hoover said. Castillo fled the residence and the crime was not reported until later that day. He has been on the run since. Castillo faces additional charges of burglary and assault with a deadly weapon.

    “Castillo is a local mixed martial arts instructor,” said Hoover in a prepared statement. “He has ties to Goleta, Santa Barbara, and the Los Angeles area.” If you know of Castillo’s whereabouts, call 683-2724. To leave an anonymous tip, call 681-4171 or visit the Sheriff’s website.
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    Jamie Lee Lampi

    A two-fer today.

    Actually, I've been remiss about this thread lately, so it's not a true two-fer.

    Mixed martial arts fighter sentenced for assault while river tubing
    By FORUM NEWS SERVICE |
    May 30, 2018 at 10:42 pm

    DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — A martial arts fighter from Hawley has been sentenced to 32 months in state prison in St. Cloud for a brutal assault on another fighter while tubing on the Otter Tail River near Detroit Lakes last summer.

    Jamie Lee Lampi, 28, was sentenced in Becker County District Court last month for felony third-degree assault.

    According to court records, last July 3, Becker County officers were dispatched to an assault on the river. Lampi had assaulted a man, leaving him bloody and unable to walk, and he was rushed by ambulance to the Essentia St Mary’s Hospital in Detroit Lakes. Lampi was arrested nearby and told an officer he knew the victim from prior mixed martial arts competitions, that they had exchanged words, and that he had “reacted poorly.”

    The victim later told officers they had been talking peaceably about MMA training and the next thing he remembers is waking up in the hospital. His jaw was broken in two places and had to be stabilized with a permanent metal plate. He had stitches above his lip and a cut above one eye, which was not dilating properly.

    Witnesses said Lampi knocked down the victim and hit him multiple times. A young woman on the scene said she had to hold his head up so he didn’t choke on his own blood.
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    Nick Diaz

    Diaz really deserves his own thread, but there are so many posts about him all across this subforum that it would take too long to collate.

    NATE DIAZ
    FIGHTS IN STANDS AT MMA EVENT
    ... Again

    6/25/2018 8:58 AM PDT
    Nate Diaz Fights In Stands at MMA Event, Again
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    MASSIVE BRAWL

    Seems like Nate Diaz is itching for a fight ... because he got in the middle of ANOTHER brawl at an MMA event and TMZ Sports has the video.

    It all went down Friday night in the crowd of the Fight to Win Pro 77 event at the Hyatt hotel in Sacramento -- where we're told Nate was supporting some of his MMA students, who were competing in the all-grappling event.

    In the video, you can see several people in the melee -- and Nate appears to wind up and throw a punch at one of the men being separated.

    Witnesses tell us no one was arrested -- Nate got his crew and left.

    It's the second time Nate's been in a fight in the stands of MMA event this year -- back in May, Diaz got into it with UFC fighter Clay Guida at a Combate Americas event in Sacramento.

    It all begs the question ... why does he keep fighting for free in the stands when he could make MILLIONS doing the same thing in the Octagon?!
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    Imani Immanuel Smith

    Not busted yet, but facing multiple counts. I imagine all the ink is a dead giveaway.


    MMA fighter Imani Smith says on his Facebook page that the accusations that he flashed multiple women at a Virginia Beach shopping center are incorrect. Imani Smith/Facebook screenshot

    Hunt for serial flasher at Virginia shopping center leads to MMA fighter, police say
    BY MARK PRICE
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    June 27, 2018 01:59 PM
    Updated June 28, 2018 05:30 AM

    A professional mixed martial arts fighter is accused of being the "serial flasher" who preyed on women for months at a Virginia Beach shopping center, according to TV station WTKR.

    The suspect, 24-year-old Imani Immanuel Smith, of Virginia Beach, is facing six counts of indecent exposure and four counts of masturbation or simulated sex acts in public, the station reported.

    Smith has denied the accusations, posting "I am innocent," on his Facebook page, which says he's originally from Oakland, California. The same post also sarcastically thanks those who "threw dirt on my name and tried to make a mockery of this embarrassing situation."

    "Because of your hateful and disgusting post(s), I’ve been more motivated than ever before to continue to be a great man, a great fighter, and even more important a great father to my son," he posted on Facebook late Monday.

    Investigators say multiple women reported to police that a man posing as a lost motorist was exposing himself in the parking lot of the Landstown Commons Shopping Center in Virginia Beach, reported TV station WWAV. He would first draw women over to his car by asking for directions, the station reported.

    "Several" women identified Smith as the suspect, WTKR reported. A partial license plate was also provided by some and it matched Smith's vehicle, the station reported.

    Smith is known in MMA as "The Resurrected" and has a record of six wins and eight losses, according to a Tapology web page about his career.

    His last fight was June 7, according to Tapology. He is ranked 22 out of 134 active Virginia Amateur Welterweights and 131 of 830 in the southeastern United States, says the site.

    Bond was set at $5,000 and Smith was ordered to stay away from the Landstown Commons Shopping Center, reported WTKR.
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    Volkan Oezdemir - charges dropped

    Well, that's awfully convenient.

    More on Volkan Oezdemir here

    Charges dropped against Volkan Oezdemir in felony battery case
    By Marc Raimondi@marc_raimondi Jul 9, 2018, 2:15pm EDT


    Esther Lin, MMA Fighting

    Volkan Oezdemir can now focus fully on the giant fight he has next month.

    The UFC light heavyweight contender had charges against him dismissed Monday in his felony battery case in Broward County (Fla.) court, his lawyer Bruce Zimet told MMA Fighting in a statement.

    The information was confirmed by spokesperson Kristi Grimm from the state attorney’s office. The case has been ruled nolle prosequi, which means the prosecution will no longer pursue the charge. Grimm said the charges were dropped “due to lack of cooperation from the victim.”

    Oezdemir’s trial was set to start Monday for the third-degree felony charge. He was being accused of striking and knocking out a man outside a Fort Lauderdale bar in August 2017. The Switzerland native, who trains out of Combat Club in Lantana, Fla., was arrested in November.

    When Oezdemir was first charged, he had to surrender his passport. It ended up likely costing him two potential bouts against Mauricio Rua. A fight against “Shogun” was postponed after being initially announced for Chile in May. Then, last week, Oezdemir was pulled from a fight with Rua in Germany later this month.

    The good news is Oezdemir has what could be a title eliminator coming his way instead. He’ll fight Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 227 on Aug. 4 in Los Angeles. The winner will have an inside track on a light heavyweight belt currently in flux with champion Daniel Cormier winning the heavyweight title over the weekend.

    Oezdemir, 28, last fought in a title fight against Cormier at UFC 220 back in January, a second-round TKO loss. Before that, he won three straight to begin his UFC career quickly. Oezdemir (15-2) finished both Jimi Manuwa and Misha Cirkunov last year in less than a minute to earn the title shot.
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    Muslim Salikhov failed a drug test

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    USADA notifies Muslim Salikhov of potential anti-doping violation
    By: Steven Marrocco | July 20, 2018 3:55 pm


    Muslim Salikhov def. Ricky Rainey at UFC on FOX 29: Best photos

    UFC welterweight Muslim Salikhov failed a drug test and has been notified of a potential UFC anti-doping policy violation.

    The promotion today released a statement confirming the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s notification of a potential violation, which stems from an out-of-competition drug test conducted June 7 in Russia.

    Salikhov (14-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) was unbooked at the time of his potential violation. Two days ago, however, he wrote on his Instagram page that he was preparing for a UFC fight.

    Salikhov has yet to comment on the news of his failed drug test. His manager, Ali Abdelaziz, did not return a request for comment.

    Salikhov most recently appeared in the octagon in April, when he stopped short-notice opponent Ricky Rainey (13-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) in the second round of their FS1-televised fight at UFC on FOX 29. The win evened out his UFC record after a debut setback against Alex Garcia.

    Prior to signing with the UFC, Salikhov got the MMA world’s attention with a spinning hook kick knockout of UFC vet Melvin Guillard in China. A decorated Wushu Sanda practitioner, the 34-year-old is the only non-Chinese person who has won the Wushu Sanda King’s Cup.
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    Danny Lynn Tims III

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    This ex-MMA fighter faces attempted-murder charges after stabbing, police say
    BY ELIZABETH FINNY
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    July 30, 2018 08:20 AM
    Updated July 30, 2018 01:52 PM

    A former mixed-martial arts fighter might do time behind bars.

    Danny Lynn Tims III was arrested on Saturday night in Jupiter after officers responded to a stabbing at 5 p.m. at the Jupiter Cove apartment complex, police told WPTV-Channel 5.

    The man who was stabbed was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, a spokeswoman for the Jupiter Police Department told the Palm Beach Post. He remained in critical condition on Sunday,

    Tims, a 29-year-old Jupiter resident, is being charged with attempted homicide, robbery, aggravated battery, and vehicle theft, according to jail records. He is being held on a $653,000 bond.

    According to CBS4 Miami, Tims hasn’t fought professionally since 2015 — his record is listed as 10-5-1 by several MMA websites. The Post reported that he fought in the Kansas City, Missouri, area.
    Hope the victim pulls through.
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    Joel Santos

    How horrible.

    Brazilian MMA fighter arrested in suspected beating death of 1-year-old son

    Lightweight fighter Joel Santos is in custody alongside his child’s stepmother in Dourados, Brazil.
    By Lucas Rezende@rezenluc Aug 20, 2018, 7:30pm EDT


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    Brazilian news outlet G1 reports that Joel Rodrigo Avalo Santos has been arrested for the suspected beating death of his 1-year-old son. Santos, a lightweight MMA fighter from Dourados, Brazil, went by the nickname ‘Joel Tigre’ and amassed a 12-4 record fighting on regional shows in his home country.

    According to local police, Santos was taken into custody along with his wife, Jessica Leite Ribeiro (the child’s stepmother), since they had been living in the same house as the boy for the last 9 days prior to his death. Police report that the fatal injuries seem to have been caused by a blow to the back, resulting in broken ribs and a lacerated liver. The injuries were first noticed hours before the child’s death, when medics came to the home in response to a call that the child was choking. The victim apparently also showed signs of previous harm.

    The report from G1 details that the infant died on the morning of August 16. Santos and Ribeiro were arrested on the same afternoon. The child’s biological mother told reporters that she has a restraining order against the two, on account of other previous cases of aggression.

    Police chief Marcelo Damaceno said both suspects spent the night at the station, and that they denied any accusations of wrongdoing, saying that the baby died of natural causes.

    “The father and the stepmother spent the night here in the police station and will remain arrested for the crime of mistreatment, which is qualified by the baby’s death. In their testimony, they denied it and claimed the child died of natural causes. However, an autopsy showed clear signs of of aggression.”

    In a separate report, Santos’ teammate, Luis Bezerra, said that he was shocked by the news.

    “I don’t want to believe he did it. But if he’s guilty, I hope he pays for what he did, because I have a son, too.”

    In a hearing on Friday, August 17th, a judge ordered both Santos and Ribeiro be detained indefinitely, pending investigation.
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    slightly OT

    Not quite a bust in the arrested sense, but this is definitely an MMA fight gone wrong.

    10-year-old injured when chairs fly during martial arts event at Cowboy's Dance Hall
    by Ariana Lubelli, SBG San Antonio


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    SAN ANTONIO - Chaos broke out a mixed marital arts event held at Cowboy's Dance Hall last weekend.

    Witnesses say chairs, tables, beer and glass cups were thrown when a winner was announced.

    "Total chaos, I mean really, it was like looking from up there, one throws this, one throws that," said Denise Nogueira.

    She and her husband own Brazilian Top Team San Antonio. Several of their students were competing in the tournament.

    "And yelling to them, in Portugese, 'you going to die, you going to die' and I was like 'oh my God, this is not going to end good,'" said Nogueira.

    One chair was thrown at her husband Diego.

    "Then one of the guys just picked up his chair and my husband was turning around, he picked up the chair and like throws right on his head," said Nogueira.

    The chair struck him in the leg and luckily, he was not seriously injured. However, a 10-year-old was hit in the head and rushed to the hospital. He needed 8 staples in the back of his head.

    "It's sad, frustrating. A lot of kids around watching the fight, it's good entertainment for the city," said Diego.
    'mixed marital arts' Weren't we just discussing that specific typo here somewhere?
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    Chinese MMA promotion Chin Woo Men under investigation for financial crimes
    The rising MMA promotion’s parent company is accused by Chinese regulators of ‘illegally absorbing public deposits’.
    By Tim Bissell @timothybissell Sep 3, 2018, 7:30pm EDT


    Guangzhou, China, home of Chin Woo Men’s parent company Guangzhou Elephant Health Technology Co. Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images

    Chin Woo Men (sometimes referred to as Jing Wu Men) is a popular Chinese MMA promotion based in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. Since late 2016 CWM has hosted nine events in China, mostly in Guangdong, but also in Henan Province. CWM’s most recent card, in July 2018, included four fights with veterans from organizations such as Jungle Fight and Road FC.

    Lee Li of AsiaMMA.com writes that since being founded in 2016 CWM has received a lot of recognition in China, which is currently witnessing an uneasy boom in mixed martial arts. The sport has dramatically grown in popularity over recent years, but is yet to receive serious mainstream attention or any kind of endorsement from China’s government.

    In light of that uneasy relationship, AsiaMMA reported last week that Chinese MMA – and specifically CWM – has suffered a serious hit to their reputation. The Guangzhou Municipal Public Safety Bureau has opened an investigation into CWM’s parent company Guangzhou Elephant Health Technology Co. (GEHTC).

    Along with operating CWM, GEHTC owns Health Mall – a sports e-commerce platform that provides software to sports coaches and manages sports event intellectual property (per China Money Network).

    GETHC’s CEO Yang Huali has been arrested along with nine other executives from the company after accusations of “illegally absorbing public deposits.” AsiaMMA describes those charges as:

    ...companies “engaged in financial credit business not approved by The People’s Bank of China; illegally absorbing public deposits for the purpose to lend the funds for profit; or a legally established financial institution raising or lowering the interest rate of deposits in violation of commercial bank law and relevant laws and regulations in absorbing deposits”.
    Chinese outlet EcoSports states that individuals from the sports and sports education industry who invested tens of billions of yuan in GEHTC have formed WeChat groups where they accuse the company of defrauding them.


    AsiaMMA’s Li opined that the scandal may have repercussions for MMA in China, writing: “The incidence of alleged mishandled financing will likely increase the scrutiny under which the sport further develops.” This incident, which may have seen hundreds of individuals lose money to an MMA promoter, is not the first scandal that has threatened MMA’s shot at widespread appeal in China.

    Last year Chengdu’s En Bo Fight Club made international news when the club’s mysterious owner En Bo went public on his claims that he has ‘adopted’ hundreds of orphans and trained them to be fighters. Former TUF contestant Jeremy May was one of En Bo’s instructors, he spoke to Bloody Elbow about his experience training orphans last year. The local government stated that En Bo’s adoptions were illegal and removed a number of children from the gym so they could attend public schools.

    Also marring MMA’s reputation are the controversial activities of Beijing based MMA fighter Xu Xiaodong. Xu, aka ‘Mad Dog’, has gone viral over the past year by beating up Wing Chun and Tai Chi masters, much to the chagrin of traditional Chinese martial arts enthusiasts (and maybe the government).
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