If you train in any area of Mixed Martial Arts or even if only a fight fan, you’ve undoubtedly heard of Hayabusa Fightwear. Some notable fighters sponsored by Hayabusa Fightwear include, Lyoto “The Dragon Machida”, Alistair Overeem, S…
If you train in any area of Mixed Martial Arts or even if only a fight fan, you’ve undoubtedly heard of Hayabusa Fightwear.
Some notable fighters sponsored by Hayabusa Fightwear include, Lyoto “The Dragon Machida”, Alistair Overeem, Stephan Bonner and Yoshihiro Akiyama.
Hayabusa Fightwear arguably make the very best fightwear and fight gear that money can buy and they’ve added an incredible new line of MMA training gear to their already amazing line of ass-kicking products; the Hayabusa Kanpeki Elite Series.
The word Kanpeki is of Japanese origin and means “perfection” in English and I can think of no better way to describe the product line.
Fashioned from top-quality, full-grain leather, each exquisitely beautiful piece of gear is constructed to last.
Functionality meets style with the Kanpeki line. Not a single centimeter of material went un-scrutinized. Everything was perfectly engineered down to the smallest details.
Hayabusa Fightwear represents the true spirit of a fighter.
I will be individually reviewing four separate pieces of training and sparring gear from the Hayabusa Kanpeki Elite Series in this Bleacher Report MMA featured slideshow.
According to MMAJunkie.com, Stephan Bonnar has been forced out of his bout and will be unable to compete at UFC on Versus 5. As a result, UFC newcomer Ronny Marks will be his replacement.Marks will take on Karlos Vemola in a light heavyweight bout sche…
According to MMAJunkie.com, Stephan Bonnar has been forced out of his bout and will be unable to compete at UFC on Versus 5. As a result, UFC newcomer Ronny Marks will be his replacement.
Marks will take on Karlos Vemola in a light heavyweight bout scheduled for the event, but it might be demoted to the undercard.
Marks has competed throughout Brazil and holds an overall professional record of 11-1. He is currently riding a four-fight win streak and holds a notable win over former WEC champion Paulo Filho.
Vemola tasted defeat inside the Octagon at UFC 116, where he lost to Jon Madsen via unanimous decision. The 23-year-old Czech Republic native rebounded with a TKO victory over Seth Petruzelli at UFC 122. More recently, however, Vemola was forced out of his bout with Luiz Cane due to an injury at UFC 128, but he will look to continue to impress the UFC crowd and bolster his 8-1 record.
UFC on Versus 5 is scheduled for Aug. 14, live from the Bradley Centre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Is it odd that Paulo Filho seems like one of the more normal aspects of this picture?
Just over a month out from the UFC’s Wisconsin debut, Stephan Bonnar has announced that he is no longer able to compete at UFC on Versus 5 in Milwaukee. Originally scheduled to face off against Karlos Vemola, Bonnar has suffered a torn MCL while training. According to MMAFighting.com:
Saturday, Bonnar told MMA Fighting the injury is a Grade II tear of his medial collateral ligament, or MCL. Bonnar said the injury will not require surgery, but will have him in a brace for six weeks. He said the injury is similar to ones that recently sidelined Rashad Evans and Kenny Florian.
Is it odd that Paulo Filho seems like one of the more normal aspects of this picture?
Just over a month out from the UFC’s Wisconsin debut, Stephan Bonnar has announced that he is no longer able to compete at UFC on Versus 5 in Milwaukee. Originally scheduled to face off against Karlos Vemola, Bonnar has suffered a torn MCL while training. According to MMAFighting.com:
Saturday, Bonnar told MMA Fighting the injury is a Grade II tear of his medial collateral ligament, or MCL. Bonnar said the injury will not require surgery, but will have him in a brace for six weeks. He said the injury is similar to ones that recently sidelined Rashad Evans and Kenny Florian.
Replacing Stephan Bonnar will be current Shooto Brazil light heavyweight champion Ronny Marki Sales da Silva, better known as Ronny Markes. The 11-1 Nova Uniao prospect is riding a four fight win streak, most recently defeating the famously level headedPaulo Filho by unanimous decision on April 29th. Aside from that fight, the last time Ronny Markes went the distance was in his third professional fight.
The timing is unfortunate for Stephan Bonnar. After dropping three straight to Jon Jones, Mark Coleman and Krzysztof Soszynski, Bonnar rebounded with a pair of victories against K-Sos and Igor Pokrajac. The injury dampens the momentum that Bonnar has been building, but at least Bonnar now has the time to worry about some other things he’s been dealing with.
The UFC announced Bonnar’s withdrawal from the fight late Friday, but did not disclose the nature of the injury.
Saturday, Bonnar told MMA Fighting the injury is a Grade II tear of his medial collateral ligament, or MCL. Bonnar said the injury will not require surgery, but will have him in a brace for six weeks. He said the injury is similar to ones that recently sidelined Rashad Evans and Kenny Florian.
Stepping in for the TUF 1 vet will be promotional newcomer Ronny Marki Sales da Silva, better known as Ronny Markes, to face Vemola at UFC on Versus 5 in Milwaukee.
Bonnar (13-7, 7-6 UFC) was looking to extend a two-fight winning streak that began with a TKO in his rematch with Krzysztof Soszynski at UFC 116 last July. In December, at the TUF 12 Finale, Bonnar dominated Igor Pokrajac to win a unanimous decision.
Those two wins had put a three-fight skid in Bonnar’s rearview mirror. After returning from a long layoff from a severe knee injury, Bonnar lost to current light heavyweight champion Jon Jones at UFC 94 in Jones’ second UFC fight, then lost to UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman at UFC 100. In his first fight against Soszynski, at UFC 110 in Sydney, Bonnar lost by TKO when doctors stopped the fight thanks to a cut from an accidental headbutt. That loss prompted his rematch with Soszysnki.
Vemola (8-1, 1-1 UFC), a Czech native fighting out of London, now gets Markes, from Brazil, who has nine of his 11 wins by stoppage. Markes will be fighting for the first time in the United States. His last win came in April, a unanimous decision over former WEC middleweight champion Paulo Filho in Brazil.
The Bonnar-Vemola fight had been booked for the main card and was to be televised live on Versus. It is not known if the Vemola-Markes fight will remain on the four-fight main card or if a bout previously scheduled for the prelims will be elevated to TV status. Top contenders to move up from the undercard would appear to be a middleweight fight between CB Dolloway and Jared Hamman and a bantamweight bout between former title challenger Joseph Benavidez and former champion Eddie Wineland.
UFC on Versus 5 takes place Aug. 14 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. It will be the UFC’s debut in Wisconsin. The card features a main event welterweight fight between former title challenger Dan Hardy and Chris Lytle, plus a lightweight bout between Jim Miller and former WEC champion Ben Henderson.
It seems like no one can get along with Josh Koscheck, including Stephan Bonnar.The UFC light heavyweight competitor, recently gave his thoughts on the UFC welterweight and explained the situation regarding the lawsuit involving “Kos” and Bonnar’s clot…
It seems like no one can get along with Josh Koscheck, including Stephan Bonnar.
The UFC light heavyweight competitor, recently gave his thoughts on the UFC welterweight and explained the situation regarding the lawsuit involving “Kos” and Bonnar’s clothing line, “Trash Talkin’ Kids,” during a UFC Q&A session last week.
Koscheck did not respond kindly to his image branded onto a t-shirt, and it has forced him to take legal action and sue Bonnar and his clothing line. The recent war of words between the two fighters has prompted Bonnar to request a bout with the welterweight contender, even committing to drop to 185 lbs if need be.
“Words cannot describe how bad I want to kick Josh Koscheck’s ass right now,” Bonnar said during the UFC Q&A session.
And judging by Bonnar’s response, it is doubtful that this new-found rivalry will end anytime soon.
Perhaps we were all a little quick to bag on Josh Koscheck for taking a legal dump on “Trash Talkin’ Kids“, Stephan Bonnar’s new irreverent line of MMA shirts. True, he does have a track record of being kind of a dick, but this wouldn’t be the first time that we’ve jumped to conclusions about the UFC Welterweight only to back track a little. Lesson learned. From now on, we’ll reserve judgment until all of the facts are in and give Kos the benefit of the doubt. Nah, not really, but here’s the latest on this story.
Koscheck sat down with the folks at BleacherReport.com to give his side of the tale. According to Kos, his problem with the shirt in question has nothing to do with being the butt of a joke, but rather stems from a preexisting exclusive contract.
Perhaps we were all a little quick to bag on Josh Koscheck for taking a legal dump on “Trash Talkin’ Kids“, Stephan Bonnar’s new irreverent line of MMA shirts. True, he does have a track record of being kind of a dick, but this wouldn’t be the first time that we’ve jumped to conclusions about the UFC Welterweight only to back track a little. Lesson learned. From now on, we’ll reserve judgment until all of the facts are in and give Kos the benefit of the doubt. Nah, not really, but here’s the latest on this story.
Koscheck sat down with the folks at BleacherReport.com to give his side of the tale. According to Kos, his problem with the shirt in question has nothing to do with being the butt of a joke, but rather stems from a preexisting exclusive contract.
“This situation is very black and white,” (Koscheck who is 14-4 in the UFC said). There’s a side of right and a side of wrong and I’m on the side of right. Stephan Bonnar and his company are on the side of wrong. I have an exclusive deal that is a conflict to use my image, to use my likeness, and to use my name.”
“I spoke to Stephan Bonnar about a year ago and I’ve had my existing contract for about two years now and I spoke to him about a year ago at AKA (American Kickboxing Academy), regarding this situation and he was understanding of the fact that there is an existing agreement with a prior apparel company with myself.”
“He spoke with myself and my manager Bob Cook at AKA when he was filming something for SpikeTV, he was in agreement and in an understanding that they would stop producing and making the shirt. Because I was about to get sued from my preexisting exclusive deal that I’ve had signed for two-years.”
“So, he was putting me in breach of this contract by producing this shirt. Now, with that being said, he was fine with that and was fine with everything after meeting at AKA and he continued to produce the shirt.”
“He basically gave me no other choice, but to go after him legally because of the fact that I’m about to be sued from another company because of Stephan Bonnar and his antics.”
Assuming that all of this information is accurate, and we’ll take it at face value here, the NGAUGE shirt basically forced Kos into a “sue or be sued” scenario, and rather than lose out on a long-term sponsorship deal so Bonnar can sell some t-shirts, he filed suit. Seems fair enough. The whole situation raises some legal questions that I don’t have the answers to: Is NGUAGE protected by parody or satire laws? Can Koscheck be sued by his sponsor for the unauthorized actions of a third party? Though these cases may never actually make it to trial, Koscheck and Bonnar may take the law into their own hands rather than take it to court.
Bonnar stated that he’s willing to cut weight to face Koscheck in the cage. And Koscheck? Yeah, he’s down too:
“Now, Stephan Bonnar is calling me out and it’s absurd, that p***y really needs to think about who he’s calling out because when he becomes a B level fighter, then I’ll take him serious. But right now, he’s not even a B level fighter so I’m not taking him serious.”
“If he does want to fight me and run his mouth and continue to run his mouth personally, then we can settle this. I’ll fight him at 185 for the fans, because I know there’s a lot of people out there right now that this is a big deal and I’ll make that my comeback fight hopefully in October.”
“All day long, that’d be a nice, easy comeback fight. I’d like to have a nice warmup fight and Stephan Bonnar would be that fight.”
Now that’s some quality trash talkin’, kid! Joe Silva, make it rain.
