Chicago Well-Repped at XFC 15

XFC 15 will take place on December 2nd in sunny Florida, but the event will feature some of Chicago’s finest fighters.

The ageless wonder that is Shonie Carter will be back in the cage taking on Ryan Thomas. Carter got back in the win column with a unanimous decision win over Landon Showalter at Rumble on the Ridge XX in October, and he’ll hop right back into battle with just six weeks in between fights.

Thomas is a tough draw for Carter. He is a UFC vet that recently fought Jonatas Novaes in the seminfinal round of the Combat USA Illinois state tourney. Thomas has faced Novaes, Judo Jim Wallhead, Ben Saunders, Matt Brown and Ben Askren — twice. This will be Thomas’ first fight since his loss to Novaes.

Novaes will also fight on the card. A member of Team Brasa and a BJJ instructor under Comprido at FLO MMA in Palatine, Novaes’ star is on the rise. He has won four straight fights, including the Illinois state championship at 170 lbs, when he broke WEC vet Sherron “Rob Roy” Legget’s arm to take the title.

Novaes will fight Eric Reynolds, who fights out of American Top Team. Reynolds has fought in Bellator and has faced tough opponents like Jorge Masvidal and Eddie Alvarez. This will be Reynolds’ first fight in almost a year.

Felice “L’il Bulldog” Herrig will be back in action looking for her third straight win. We last saw Herrig at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates notching a unanimous decision win over Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc at XFO 39. Fans were treated to a great fight between the two, and Rivera-Calanoc’s “YES!!” walk-in was awesome.

Herrig will face Carla Esparza, who has fought some of the well-known names in women’s MMA. Esparza has fought Jessica Aguilar and Megumi Fujii in Bellator, and has a win over Karina Hallaran.

You can watch XFC 15: Tribute on HDNet.

Comprido: Eddie Bravo is an Idiot

Our friends at MMA Nuts interviewed FLO MMA/Team Brasa’s Rodrigo “Comprido” Medeiros, who had some harsh words for 10th Planet’s Eddie Bravo.

Comprido has always taken a strong anti-drug stance, and he continues to do that here, criticizing Eddie Bravo for promoting the use of marijuana as a performance enhancer for Jiu Jitsu.

NAGA Midwest Gi Results

Here are the no-gi results from the NAGA Midwest competition that was held on August 27 & 28 in East Chicago, Indiana.

Mens Gi White Belt Bantam Weight
1st Place	Luke Staioff	Valko BJJ	50
2nd Place	Ben Coate	Carlson Gracie	30
3rd Place	Aaron Brooks	Carlson Gracie	20
Mens GI White Belt Feather Weight
1st Place	Justin Frank	Rio JJ	50
2nd Place	Morgan Piott	3T	30
3rd Place	Bill Elam	Reed Acad. Of MA	20
Mens GI White Belt Light Weight
1st Place	Matthew Pedrosa	Convition	50
2nd Place	Joao Satos	Finneys Hit Squad	30
3rd Place	Johan Galehdari	MN Militia	20
Mens GI White Belt Welter Weight
1st Place	Jonathan Lewis	Vaghi	50
2nd Place	Zach Hansel	Dragon Fly	30
3rd Place	Ariel Hernandez	Countryside BJJ	20
Mens GI White Belt Middle Weight
1st Place	Seth Hamilton	Team 3T	50
2nd Place	Kyler Cook	Arsenal MA	30
3rd Place	Leo Delgado	Flo MMA	20
Mens GI White Belt Light Heavy Weight
1st Place	Brandon Laffin	Warriors Alliance	50
2nd Place	Chris Polo	Carlson Gracie	30
3rd Place	Jerry Zak	Carlson Gracie	20
Mens GI White Belt Cruiser Weight
1st Place	Ryan Kline	Triton Acad.	50
2nd Place	Issidro Viveros	Carlson Gracie	30
Mens GI White Belt Heavy Weight
1st Place	Devin Sandlin	Derby City MMA	50
2nd Place	DomingoCarramza	Torres	30
3rd Place	Jeff Deroy	St Charles MMA	20
Mens GI White Belt Super Heavy Weight
1st Place	Constantine Rada	Serfaih BJJ	50
2nd Place	Matt Malinowski	Masaru JJ	30
3rd Place	Jose Diaz	Countryside BJJ	20
Mens GI Blue Belt Bantam Weight
1st Place	Topher Braddock	MN Kali Group	70
2nd Place	Kyle Casey	Carlson Gracie	50
3rd Place	Mario Goon	Team 3T	30
Mens GI Blue Belt Feather Weight
1st Place	Kiel McDougall	Carlson Gracie	70
2nd Place	Zachary Brauer	Vaghi Warriors	50
3rd Place	Matt Katschor	Jamels JJ	30
Mens GI Blue Belt Light Weight
1st Place	John Naurracy	Torres	70
2nd Place	Isaac Chung	Brazil OZI	50
3rd Place	Antonio Garcia	Gracie Barra	30
Mens GI Blue Belt Welter Weight
1st Place	Michael Marling	Choke U	70
2nd Place	Stephen Smallridge	Jamels JJ	50
Mens GI Blue Belt Middle Weight
1st Place	Jeffery Mia	Valko BJJ	70
2nd Place	Tim Lydigsen	Force JJ	50
3rd Place	Isaac Herzog	Warriors Alliance	30
Mens GI Blue Belt Light Heavy Weight
1st Place	Matthew Tieman	Carlson Gracie	70
2nd Place	Rich Slocomb	Team 3T	50
3rd Place	Kelsey Kitowski	LCCT	30
Mens GI Blue Belt Cruiser Weight
1st Place	Sam Ferguson	Carlson Gracie	70
2nd Place	Brian Edwards	Swamp Fox JJ	50
3rd Place	Robert Lancaster	East Coast BJJ	30
Mens GI Blue Belt Super Heavy Weight
1st Place	Mike Yeomans	Carlson Gracie	70
2nd Place	John Glover	Pollaro	50
Mens GI Purple Belt Middle Weight
1st Place	Chris Eisen	Torres	90
2nd Place	Jessi Martin	Carlson Gracie	70
3rd Place	David Garmo	Caique	50
Mens GI Purple Belt Cruiser Weight
1st Place	John Gallegos	Champion JJ	90
2nd Place	Jeff Wenstrom	Carlson Gracie	70
3rd Place	Alexander Eisen	Torres	50
Mens GI Purple Belt Super Heavy Weight
1st Place	Brock Larson	Warriors Alliance	90
2nd Place	Brandon Cronin	St Charles MMA	70
Mens GI Black Belt Middle Weight
1st Place	Andrei Sales	Finneys MA	120
2nd Place	Jon Tutaj	Tutaj BJJ	90
Mens GI Brown And Black Belt Super Heavy Weight
1st Place	Lucas Lopez	Finneys Hit Squad	120
2nd Place	Luke Popham	Warriors Alliance	90
Mens GI Masters White Belt Light Weight
1st Place	William Barrett	Carlson Gracie	50
2nd Place	Quentin Park	Carlson Gracie	30
3rd Place	Constantine Ashford	Carlson Gracie	20
Mens GI Masters White Belt Middle Weight
1st Place	Eric Schouten	Carlson Gracie	50
2nd Place	Nazar Kashuba	Valko BJJ	30
3rd Place	Michael Realmuto	Carlson Gracie	20
Mens GI Masters White Belt Cruiser Weight
1st Place	Kalman Varadi	East Coast BJJ	50
2nd Place	Eddie Cooper	Des Moines MMA	30
3rd Place	Stuart Diamond	Reed Acad. Of MA	20
Mens GI Masters White Belt Heavy White
1st Place	Juan Ortiz	Kempo BJJ	50
2nd Place	Bill Marcum	Carlson Gracie	30
3rd Place	Jose Rivas	Torres	20
Mens GI Masters Blue Belt Bantam Weight
1st Place	Raymond Ventura	Team Meagton BJJ	70
2nd Place	Damon Dawson	Torres	50
3rd Place	Rockwell Del Mundo	Carlson Gracie	30
Mens GI Masters Blue Belt Light Weight
1st Place	Arturo Ledezma	Torres	70
2nd Place	Keith Loudenber	Team Corral	50
3rd Place	Hector Vargas	Countryside BJJ	30
Mens GI Masters Blue Belt Welter Weight
1st Place	Kaelum Kalista	Team Corral	70
2nd Place	Chris Cortez	Team Corral	50
3rd Place	Anthony Springman	The War Room	30
Mens GI Masters Blue Belt Middle Weight
1st Place	Rafael Santoyo	Rio JJ	70
2nd Place	Michael Koehler	Carlson Gracie	50
3rd Place	Blaine Woods	Carlson Gracie	30
Mens GI Masters Blue Belt Cruiser Weight
1st Place	Brian Edwards	Swamp Fox JJ	70
2nd Place	Pawel Belzowski	Carlso	50
3rd Place	Steven Colon	Carlson Gracie	30
GI Masters Blue Belt Super Heavy Weight
1st Place	Scott Thole	Vaghi	70
2nd Place	John Glover	Pollaro	50
GI Masters Purple Belt & Above Light Weight
1st Place	Paul Gonzalez	Team Corral	90
2nd Place	Joao Ramon Sandoral	Champion JJ	70
GI Masters Purple Belt Light Weighjt
1st Place	James Carrow	Carlson Gracie	90
2nd Place	Jose Perez	Torres	70
3rd Place	Alberto Rodriguez	Pete The Greek	50
GI Masters Expert Middle Weight
1st Place	Leo Perez	Carlson Grace	90
2nd Place	Sebastian Slupski	Pete The Greek	70
3rd Place	Laurence Dunning	Valko BJJ	50
Mens GI Masters Expert Cruiser Weight
1st Place	Branden Noetzel	Warriors Alliance	90
2nd Place	Thao Le	The Acad.	70
3rd Place	Ben Lindhout	Carlson Gracie	50
Mens GI Directors White Belt Light Weight
1st Place	Matt Shellabarger	3T	50
2nd Place	Tim Erdman	Carlson Gracie	30
3rd Place	Larry Gade	Uflacker	20
Mens GI Directors White Belt Middle Weight
1st Place	Kevin Moore	Carlson Gracie	50
2nd Place	Paulius Berenis	Pete The Greek	30
Mens GI Directors Blue Belt Middle Weight
1st Place	Larry Lindenman	Carlson Gracie	70
2nd Place	John Zwozinski	Choke U	50
3rd Place	Gordy Flam		30
Mens GI Directors Expert Light Weight
1st Place	Nick Pollaro	Pollaro	90
2nd Place	Gerald Gonzales	Choke U	70
3rd Place	Chris Mikuta	AXT	50
Mens GI Directors Expert Middle Weight
1st Place	Peter Poenaru	Valko BJJ	90
2nd Place	Donnell Etienne	Team Corral	70
3rd Place	Don Fox	Gracie Barra	50
Womens GI Masters White Belt
1st Place	Sandra Cornejo	Torres	50
2nd Place	Maria Cruz	Torres	30
3rd Place	Eleanor Small	Carlson Gracie	20
Womens GI Masters Blue Belt
!st Place	Marjorie Devries	Torres	70
2nd Place	Jennifer Aniano	Carlson Gracie	50
3rd Place	Jillian Torres	Torres	30
Womens GI White Belt Fly Weight
1st Place	Susie Wyatt	Finneys MA	50
2nd Place	Christianna Daniels	Scarred Fight Team	30
Womens GI White Belt Light Weight
1st Place	Cristina Anaya	Torres	50
2nd Place	Arna Dabbakeh	Carlson Gracie	30
3rd Place	Paula Lazaraa	Carlson Gracie	20
Womens GI White Belt Middle Weight
1st Place	Marta Johnson	Brasa	50
2nd Place	Ria Sharples	Carlson Gracie	30
Womens GI Blue Belt Light Weight
1st Place	Abby Bock	Carlson Gracie	70
2nd Place	Larissa Tozzi	Finneys MA	50
3rd Place	Alannah Hofman	Caique	30
Womens GI Blue Belt Middle Weight
1st Place	Brittni Qualizza	Gracie Barra	70
2nd Place	Sandy Damiani	Torres	50

Jonatas Novaes Breaks Sherron Leggett’s Arm to Win Title

FLO MMA instructor and Team Brasa fighter Jonatas Novaes faced WEC vet Sherron “Rob Roy” Leggett in the lightweight championship of the Combat USA Illinois vs. Wisconsin finals. Novaes needed little time to secure the win via submission.

Congrats to Novaes on winning the championship, as well as to his coach Rodrigo ‘Comprido’ Medeiros and his manager Joe Fortis of Title Shot Management. Best wishes to Leggett on a full and speedy recovery.

Combat USA: Jonatas Novaes vs. Ryan Thomas

FLO MMA and Team Brasa’s Jonatas Novaes will be fighting Sherron “Rob Roy” Leggett in the Combat USA Illinois and Wisconsin season finals. The fight is for the 155lb. title, and it takes place in Green Bay this Thursday. You can watch the fights on Combat USA’s Facebook page.

To get to the finals, Novaes had to beat American Top Team’s Ryan Thomas to win the Illinois state title at 155. Here’s that fight.

Combat USA Finals: Illinois vs. Wisconsin, July 21st

The Combat USA finals between Illinois and Wisconsin were pushed back to Thursday, July 21st, but the card is still worth taking the drive up to Green Bay to check it out.

145: David Sachs vs. Josh Sterry
155: Jonatas Novaes vs. Sherron “Rob Roy” Leggett
170: Neil Magny vs. Andrew Trace
185: Louis Taylor vs. Whisper Goodman

Novaes is the FLO MMA instructor that has fought in Strikeforce and XFO. Louis Taylor is also a veteran of Strikeforce, has fought in Bellator, and has fought locally in C3, TFC and Adrenaline MMA.

You can watch the fights on Combat USA’s Facebook page. Here is the promo for the event.

JONATAS NOVAES: ILLINOIS STATE CHAMP

Congrats to FLO MMA’s Jonatas Novaes for becoming the Illinois state champion in the 155 lb. division of the Combat USA Fighting Championship.

Novaes defeated American Top Team and former UFC vet Ryan Thomas via armbar at 4:08 of the first round to take the title. Now, Novaes will fight Sherron Leggett on June 16th in Osh Kosh for the Wisconsin vs. Illinois title.

MMA Nuts made the trip to Racine for the event, and had this rundown of the Novaes/Thomas fight:

“Novaes opened the round with a vicious leg kick before taking Thomas down near his corner against the cage. Thomas attempts a very tight armbar but Noaves is able to escape with a slam winding up back in Thomas’ rubber guard. Novaes’ cornerman Comprido shouts instructions in Portuguese to create space and he obliges landing a vicious bomb to the forehead of Thomas that stuns him momentarily. Novaes passes guard as Thomas attempts to escape to standing but leaves an opportunity for the Brazilian Black Belt to sink in a very deep armbar. It’s tight, but Thomas refuses to tap even though it looks like his arm is about to snap in half. Novaes readjusts sinking the submission even tighter and cranks back on the arm forcing Thomas to submit at 4:08 of Round 1.”

Novaes moved to 8-3 with the win, and now has three straight wins since his Strikeforce loss to Christian Uflacker here in Chicago in 2009.

COMPRIDO VISITS MMA NUTS

Ingo Weigold and Matt Griffith from MMA Nuts sat down at FLO MMA with Comprido for a long form interview. He talks about why and how he got started in Jiu-Jitsu, his thoughts on Brock Lesnar and Eddie Bravo and more.

COMPRIDO: BROCK HAS NOTHING TO PROVE

After we interviewed UFC middleweight Demian Maia at FLO MMA, we spent some time with the man Maia came to see: Rodrigo “Comprido” Medeiros. Comprido is the BJJ instructor at FLO, 7-time World BJJ champion and you can see him on the current season of “The Ultimate Fighter” as a member of Brock Lesnar’s coaching staff.

He spoke to us about why Brock doesn’t have anything to prove to anyone, shared in detail his thoughts on steroids and told us about his TUF experience.

DEMIAN MAIA INTERVIEW

Chicago’s MMA reporter Matt Lo Cascio caught up with UFC middleweight contender Demian Maia at FLO MMA in Palatine.

Maia talked about his upcoming fight with Mark Munoz, where he thinks he ranks in the middleweight division and when he thinks he might get another title shot.

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