CYBORG DESTROYS FINNEY'S STRIKEFORCE DREAM

(Caption): Cyborg (left) defeated Finney (right) with a devastating knee...

By Donald Robinson

CRIS Cyborg Santos has again shown she is a force to be reckoned with after defeating Jan Finney at Strikeforce.

She won in the second round with a TKO in a fight that was one-sided and scrappy affair.

Cyborg, who fights of the Chute Boxe Academy, Brazil, and is considered to be the best MMA female fighter in the world at the moment, dominated the match and added Finney's scalp to her 9-1 fight record.

However, gutsy Finney showed a lot of heart against the merciless Cyborg. She was determined and landed a number of good strikes on the Cyborg with her right, poking holes in her defence.

The fight was held at Strikeforce, The Pavilion, San Jose, California, on Saturday, June 26th.

After the fight she commented on Facebook: "I went out there and gave it everything I had and I was stopped, but there is something in me saying I want to fight Cyborg again.

"This is no disrespect to Cyborg. She is the champ, but something in my gut is just saying: sometimes the weak beat the strong, sometimes the slow beat the fast... 

"I want to fight Cyborg again, she is the best.... but I want another shot! I know I need to earn that shot and that is what I am going to do."

Cyborg, in the second round, pinned Finney and was raining heavy punishment down on her. It looked as if it was all over and the referee would have to step in. But then Finney began fighting back and seconds later attempted a knee bar.

But there is no escaping the Cyborg onslaught and two minutes later Cris landed a strong knee to Finney's exposed side. 

Finney crumpled, clearly hurt by the stunning blow, and the referee Kim Winslow stopped the fight giving Cyborg the fight by TKO.

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MURDERER TAUGHT JU-JITSU BY POLICE OFFICER

(Caption) Serial rapist James Biela who was convicted of kidnapping, raping and strangling Brianna Denison

By Martial News Reporter


A MAN who was taught ju-jitsu by a police officer has been convicted of murdering a young college girl by strangling her.

James Biela was found guilty by the jury of seven women and five men at his trial in the Washoe District Court, Nevada, for the murder of Brianna Denison, 19, and two previous sexual assaults on two women.

The court earlier heard how Biela attended a local Ju-jitsu school run by police officer Eric Marcanado where he learned how to use the rear naked choke, a technique he employed against his victims.

Biela had achieved blue belt level in the art.

Biela, 28, a pipefitter from Sparks raped the 19-year-old co-ed student in Reno 2008. It was the last of a number of attacks that gripped the city in fear.

He was convicted on five counts on the murder and sexual assault the other two victims.

The court earlier heard that Brianna's murder was a serial rapist with a fetish for thongs.

Biela reign of terror started in 2007 around a college campus.

The jury had heard from Brianna's mother Bridgett who had said she had went around to her house after she went missing and found blood on her pillow.

The youngster had earlier told her mother not to call that night because she was going to a concert and was planning to stay at her friend's house.

But eyewitnesses who saw her at the concert said had decided to go home after a party and had been dropped off back at her house.

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KICK TO HEAD KILLED COMPETITOR

By Martial News Reporter


A CORONER has recorded a verdict of misadventure on the death of a Taekwondo fighter killed in a tournament.

Coroner Victor Yeo, at the Singapore State Court, had heard evidence how the Vincent Tan Sze Hao had been kicked in the head during a friendly tournament.

Medics had told the vcourt the blow had severed his carotid artery and he had suffered extensive internal bleeding.

He said the incident last year was an "unfortunate and unique case".

He also said that Vincent's opponent had "no criminal intent" to cause the injuries and that the kick he delivered was "not very hard."

However, it happened to land on a "vulnerable spot on the neck" and this led to Vincent's death.

Earlier the 15-year-old Taekwondo fighter told the Coroner that he hadn't intended to hurt his opponent who died after being kicked in the head.

The court in Singapore had watched a video of the contest between the deceased Vincent Tan Sze Hao, 17, and the unamed teenager.

Both opponents had been wearing head guards during the fight the court heard.

In the video Vincent was shown to have kicked the teenager in the body and received a kick to his head guard in the exchange.

Vincent then is seen adjusting the guard before keeling over to the ground. He was taken to the nearest hospital but subsequently died.

A statement from the teenager, 15, was read out in the court after he was forced to leave because of feeling ill.

In the statement he said: "I did not intentionally wanted to injure Vincent ... I was just scoring points, thus I got to kick on his headguard."

It then went to say that he was very sad about the teeanger's death.

Doctors had found a blood vessel - the carotid artery - in the teenager's neck had burst causing a clot that saw his brain swell at the competition held last July.

The coroner was also told that Vincent - a blue belt - was a grade lower than his brown-belt opponent but that his instructors believed he was more than capable of handling his opponent.

Boy fighters had belonged to the Singapore Taekwondo Gymnasium which had since amended its competition rules to forbid head kicks from competitors under 18-years-old.

According to a doctor who attended the dying youngster in Changi General Hospital over four days the case was "very unique" as they were very few recorded incidents of carotid arteries rupturing during sport.

Registrar Dr Carol Le Wei Hsin told the court that from Vincent's histrory and CT scan it was unavoidable that Vincent would die following the blow.