This Week in BJJ Episode 32: Part II, Aoki vs Boku in One FC, Bellator 95 Tonight

Bicep slicer and collar choke from Budo Jake and Shawn Williams:

Aoki coming after Kotetsu Boku's One FC title this weekend in Singapore:
Get to know the man they call "No Face": the mercurial Boku. His best weapon appears to be a right hand he throws straight and to the body with ferocity and a pretty quick sprawl. We'll see if he can avoid the bodylock style takedowns which Aoki prefers to drag his opponents to the mat.

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On that note...here is the entire Dream Career of Shinya Aoki, God bless the internetz:

 

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Bellator 95 is on tonight: Curran versus anyone he fights is usually entertaining. Doug Marshall win or lose is exciting and even is Karo's mental state fails, Rick Hawn will likely make it a mercifully short night for Karo, but a recent interview suggests the two are old Judo rivals and feel less than amicable about one another, so Hawn may decide to simply batter Karo and bust him up rather than a quick finish if given the choice. The fight game can be an unforgiving place.

"MAIN CARD (Spike TV, 10 p.m. ET)

• Pat Curran vs. Shahbulat Shamhalaev - for featherweight title
• Magomedrasul Khasbulaev vs. Mike Richman - featherweight-tournament final
• Brett Cooper vs. Doug Marshall - middleweight-tournament final
• Rick Hawn vs. Karo Parisyan

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com, 8 p.m. ET)

• Lyman Good vs. Dante Rivera
• Shedrick Goodridge vs. Sam Oropeza
• Carlos Brooks vs. Tom DeBlass
• Darrel Horcher vs. Phillipe Nover
• Brian Kelleher vs. Jimmie Rivera
• Michael Brent Hess vs. Will Martinez
• Kevin Roddy vs. Brylan Van Artsdalen
• Liam McGeary vs. Anton Talamantes "

Non-MMA Multimedia Mailbag for Monday

We have to wait until Thursday for some Bellator MMA and Saturday for some UFC style fighting.

Both cards look good with Curran facing Shamalaev in Bellator and pending a facial cut/commission clearance Gustaffson facing Mousasi.

Bellator has in total the following coming your way on Thursday:

Curran has grown into a serious MMA fighter growing only more impressive in successive outings. Doug Marshall can always end the fight with a single punch and Rick Hawn vs Karo will be an interesting stylistic match-up with two of the better male Judokas in MMA facing off.

From over at MMAJunkie.com:

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MAIN CARD (Spike TV, 10 p.m. ET)

• Pat Curran vs. Shahbulat Shamhalaev - for featherweight title
• Brett Cooper vs. Doug Marshall - middleweight-tournament final
• Magomedrasul Khasbulaev vs. Mike Richman - featherweight-tournament final
• Rick Hawn vs. Karo Parisyan

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com, 8 p.m. ET)

• Lyman Good vs. Dante Rivera
• Kevin Roddy vs. Brylan Van Artsdalen
• Liam McGeary vs. Anton Talamantes
• Michael Brent Hess vs. Will Martinez
• Brian Kelleher vs. Jimmie Rivera
• Carlos Brooks vs. Tom DeBlass
• Shedrick Goodridge vs. Sam Oropeza
• Darrel Horcher vs. Phillipe Nover"

UFC on Fuel whateverthe*&^% number it is has:
a good number of fights that will be interestinf match-ups. Mike Easton vs Pickett, Brandao vs Garza, Mousasi trying to derail the hype train that is Gustafsson......


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MAIN CARD (FUEL TV, 2 p.m. ET)

• Alexander Gustafsson vs. Gegard Mousasi
• Ryan Couture vs. Ross Pearson
• Philip De Fries vs. Matt Mitrione
• Mike Easton vs. Brad Pickett
• Diego Brandao vs. Pablo Garza
• Akira Corassani vs. Robert Peralta

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 10:30 a.m. ET)

• Michael Johnson vs. Reza Madadi
• Adam Cella vs. Tor Troeng
• Adlan Amagov vs. Chris Spang
• Marcus Brimage vs. Conor McGregor
• Ben Alloway vs. Ryan LaFlare
• Michael Kuiper vs. Tom Lawlor"

Just in case you're not drinking the Gustafsson Kool-Aid as of yet, here's his one-sided, insanely brief drubbing of Matyushenko to remind you:

Here's some non-face punching action for your day - Paulo Miyao at the Pan Ams :)