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Ivo Santos is one of the best Judo players in Australia having won 2 National Championships and won multiple other tournaments. Like a lot of Judo players he is going to try his hand at MMA.

He was born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1985 and moved to Australia in 1987. Ivo began Judo in 1991 and competed through the junior levels with a lot of success. He made his first Australian Senior Team in 2004 and won his first senior National Championship in 2007 and senior Oceania Championship in 2008. He narrowly missed selection for the Beijing Olympics, most recently Ivo won his 2nd National Championship and is now focused on London in 2010.

List of Achievements 

2 Time National Champion
Oceania Champion
Bash for Cash Champion
11th Place World Championship
2 Time European Medalist
2 Time Commonwealth Medalist
Pan Pacific Champion (BJJ & Submission Grappling)
Royler Gracie Cup Medallist (BJJ)

Ivo is going to make his MMA debut at the end of September on the Style Wars card in Melbourne and has agreed to do a blog for us leading up to this fight. Click full story below to read his first installment.

Here is a trailer for Cung Lee's new webs show, Evolution of a Champion, that will be released in the near future. 

The Townsville Bulletin has done an interesting article on MMA fighter Gokhan Turkilmaz, who will be fighting on Brace for War 6 in Townsville.

Wanna be a pro MMA fighter? Be prepared to train your guts out. Jade Kennedy reports

DISCIPLINE, hard work and courage are just three of the attributes needed to fight.

Professionally, we mean.

With a nickname like Carnage it's easy to see how local mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Gokhan Turkyilmaz, 24, could be seen as a tough guy.

The aircraft maintenance engineer moved to Townsville two years ago to work with 5th Aviation Regiment, which is when he took up MMA.

"Prior to moving here I was into professional kickboxing and muay thai in Sydney and the Gold Coast," he said.

Click here to read the full article from http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/

Photo by Mark Tabone

Guy "Sabertooth" Belgrove from our gym PUMMA on the Gold Coast will be fighting in ZST Swat in Tokyo this Sunday Sept 5th against little known Yusuke KANEDA. Guy is 1 fight for 1 win and is keen to prove his worth in Japan. Fight is at 74kgs. "Vale Tudo" rules have been mentioned.

Ultimate MMA Expo 2010
Australia's First Mixed Martial Arts Expo.
Our Website: www.ultimatemmaexpo.com.au
When: October 23 - 24, 2010
Where: Randwick Pavilion, Royal Randwick Racecourse
Alison Road, Randwick, NSW, 2031

We are proud to announce Australia's First Mixed Martial Arts Expo... Ultimate 2010.

On Saturday October 23 – Sunday October 24, 2010 in the Randwick Pavilion at the Royal Randwick Racecourse, Visitors and Exhibitors will witness the largest meeting place for Mixed Martial Arts Fans, Businesses, Instructors, Celebrities and Competitors ever in Australia. With 1700 square metres of floor space, plenty of free parking space, over 70 expected exhibitor trade stands, 10,000 plus visitors and free stage demonstrations running throughout each day… this will be the Ultimate Mixed Martial Arts experience.

Ultimate MMA Expo has been designed and created to better serve and bring together the Mixed Martial Arts community. This will be Australia's most prestigious gathering of martial arts experts, premier athletes, top-notch suppliers and special guest appearances.

For more information, fighter appearances, demonstrations, pre-paid tickets and special coming announcements... keep watching our website www.ultimatemmaexpo.com.au

Thanks to bjj-asia for this video of a MMA fight in Phuket, Thailand.  In this case it is victory for the UK!

Integrated Martial Arts fighter Greg Atzori defeated Chris Bridgewater in the main event of Underground MMA 7 which was held at the Maryborough Showgrounds on Friday night.

Since making his debut on Undeground MMA 4, Atzori has competed in every Undeground event since and with his latest win has taken his record to 4-0. Atzori won the fight by judges decision.

In the semi-main event Aaron Dyett defeated Kemara Valentine Greer from the Modern Warrior Gym, in what the promotion awarded the fight of the night.

Australian MMA fighter Rob Hill fought Kwon A Sol on Legends FC 2 in Hong Kong on 24th June. http://www.legendfc.com have released the video of his fight, here is round 1, to watch round 2 and 3 follow this link to the forum