Great video. Thanks for the post. I bet they use the unified rules. Pride rules with no gloves would be interesting.
Chappie - Very cool if the old vale tudo rules remain in effect, if not, who the hell cares.
Kerr fought in WVC, not IVC
^^^ I'm sure Batarelli will do his best to have as little restrictions as possible
Hope so. I was really pumped until I reached, "new rules". I'm not advocating a return to head butts necessarily but knees on the ground at least...
Old School IVC was awesome, but coming back just like every other MMA promotion is blasphemy.
I loved how the doctors used to check a fighters cut while the action continued, just reach in the ring, give him a wipe, confirm to the ref that yes the fighter is infact cut and bleeding, but who cares, I'll take a good look at it when the bouts over.
Elbows from backmount made the RNC % much higher and was much closer to the spirit of actual hand to hand combat than the stuff you see today where guys like Dave Crow Louiseau will actually prefer to give their back so as to escape and spin into guard.
Nobody would do that with elbows hot.
Megatherium - Cage with unified rules. No thanks.
Sergio seems to be sporting a toupee in the sherdog pic.
something did seem a bit off in the article, I hope to fuck they kep elbows and soccer kicks.
Chute Boxe's IVC days were glorious
It's funny but a few years ago I would often daydream about putting together an all fight promoter 8 man IVC tournament and for some reason in my fantasy tournament Sergio would always be in the same bracket as Dana White.
Sergio has been one of the significant promoters in Brazilian martial arts history.
He was the local co-promoter for the UFC with the original Ultimate Brazil, the Brazilian representative and local promoter for K-1 who put on K-1 Brazil - was originally a part of the WVC under Ruas manager Frederico Lapenda, then broke off to form the IVC (which put on some of the most significant vale tudo fights at the time, where he did everything from matchmaking to refereeing) - and had a working relationship with Pride as well where he helped discover and direct talent there.
Sergio was also an accomplished martial artist himself, having been a "full contact" kickboxing champion and who fought "Bad" Brad Hefton to whom he lost a controversial decision, knocked out Duke Roufus, and had a no-contest/injury-stoppage with Dennis Alexio. Sergio also fought Zulu in vale tudo in the 80's before Sergio started cross-training in grappling, and was guillotine-choked out.
He's done it all. Both as a participant and promoter.
Sergio and martial arts go way back in Brazil.
But yeah, IVC under unified rules would no longer be IVC at all - where the new org. name of "IVC MMA" is quintessentially an oxymoron - and even a contradiction of its own originally guiding principles.
Because Sergio himself once voiced displeasure at the continuing dilution of rules in the UFC, which was already moving towards the unified rules (and shortened time-limits) in 1997, when the IVC was formed - and where Sergio then vaunted his product as being still true "vale tudo," which the UFC no longer was, to differentiate itself from the now kinder, gentler UFC. (Which Sergio himself stated was becoming less and less like a real fight - which had been the very founding purpose for the UFC and NHB/vale tudo in general.)
Hell, people were even bitching when the last IVC tournament in Venezuela didn't allow head butts, lol. (The one that Steibling won and which helped originally form the basis for his "Brazilian Killa" moniker, compounded by his subsequent wins over Goes and Wallid in Pride.)
Imagine what those same fans would say now. (Or even what Sergio himself from those IVC days would have said.)
This won't really be IVC, even despite having the same name and the same visionary behind it.
Steibling's tourny was aso with gloves. Not taking anything away from him cuz anyone who wins an IVC tournament has stones.
whistleblower - This won't really be IVC, even despite having the same name and the same visionary behind it.
This. Thanks for the history briefing too.
You had better stick to your bread and butter moves when you and the other guy are wearing compression shorts and covered in sweat and blood.
How do you prepare for that Im wondering?
You cant have your training partners getting cut every session?
the Ice Man's prep for his fight was 5 min rounds on the thai pads and when the round was over have a huge training partner go for take downs. For half an hour!