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|August 22nd 2007| Shidokan Germany is still looking for a capable location for the "Ultimate Grappling Challenge XI", which is scheduled to be held in late October or November in Nürtingen. Promoter Peter Angerer says: "We always tried to better from year to year and after eight very classy events we want to top everything previous. The UGC is already the biggest No-Gi Grappling Event in Europe and we seriously try to make it even bigger and better this year."

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|September 25th 2006| Today we are happy to announce the first Superfight of the upcoming UGC VIII: Gracie Barra Black Belt "Furao" Della Monica of Bella Horizonte in Brazil will take on German Top Team's travellhappy Peter "Yamatodamashii" Angerer. The Superfight is scheduled for a distance of 15 minutes with no points and the only option to win is by submission.

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|September 2nd 2006| Grappling stand-out and UGC-Champion Tito Beltran from Spain will fight on October 7th to add a new title to his long list of accomplishments. After winning the -87 kg class last year the humble and strong spaniard has dropped down in weight and will fight this year for the title in the -76 kg class. With Junior Caveirinha, Anderson Pereira and Philipe Della Monica three more brazilian Black Belts have entered this years competition so far to battle in the toughest european Grappling championship for the gold.

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|July 6th 2006| Today we have uploaded the Superfight of UGC VI between Dean Lister (USA) and Andreas Schmidt (Germany) to our video section. See two-time ADCC champion Dean Lister battling against eight-time UGC champion Andreas Schmidt in this epic fight. You can also order the DVD of UGC VI with all finals of the Advanced Division plus this Superfight. We have also added the complete tournament info and rules here: ugcviii.doc [91 KB]

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|May 2nd 2006| The UGC VII, held last Saturday on April 29th, was a huge success! More than 130 Newcomers and Beginners have fought for the titles in their divisions, representing France, Switzerland, Austria and Germany. It was the highest number of Beginners at a Grappling Competition so far in Germany and the level of the fights was very high. The promoters now begin with the preparations for the UGC VIII on October 7th in Mössingen, which will feature again the fights in the Advanced Division without points and timelimits.

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|April 25th 2006| The line is closed! 144 athletes from Switzerland, Austria, France, Greece, USA and Germany have registered to compete in the seventh edition of the "Ultimate Grappling Challenge" on April 29th in Mössingen. There have never been more Beginners and Newcomers on a Grappling Tournament befor in Germany and it is for sure a huge success for the promoters of the UGC to attract so many of the "fresh ones" for this competition!

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|April 9th 2006| The fourth edition of the teamfight "France vs. Germany" will be held during the nightshow of the "Ultimate Grappling Challenge 7" on April 29th in Mössingen. Bruno Terrasson, President of the french Pancrace organization, has confirmed already, that the governing body for Pancrace in France will send their best fighters to battle with a selection of german fighters in Pancrace and Submission Wrestling. The teamfight 2001 (France) was a draw, in 2002 (Germany) the german team has won and in 2005 (France) the french team was victorious. So actually it is a draw between France and Germany and surely both countries will send their best fighters to score a total win in 2006 now in Germany.

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|April 8th 2006| The first 25 competitors for UGC 7 have already registered and we receive more and more requests from teams from all over Europe who want to compete this year. Especially the "Absolute Class" is very popular to the athletes, as almost all competitors have registered to fight in the "Absolute Class", too.

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|March 7th 2006| Today Shidokan Germany announced the dates for both UGC events this year. UGC VII will be held on April 29th and UGC VIII on October 7th 2006. All information about those two events are up now on this website and all interested athletes can register online to compete from now on!

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|November 3rd 2005| Shidokan Germany has decided to split the annual "Ultimate Grappling Challenge" into two events - one to be held in March and one will be hosted in September. In spring 2006 the UGC VII will feature only the "Beginners" division for fighters with less than 5 tournaments experience and/or below Purplebelt. Plus there will be an additional "Rookie" division for fighters who will compete for the first time at a tournament. This will give the athletes the safety to test their skill and will against athletes with the same experience. Classes and divisions will start from children to adults in both divisions. In September at UGC VIII we will see only fights in the "Advanced" division with professional and experienced fighters from all around the world. So there will be two great events in the next year: one for the new and coming generation of Grapplers and one for the Pros.

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|September 20th 2005| Peter "Yamatodamashii" Angerer of the German Top Team will not be fighting at the Ultimate Grappling Challenge. The reigning SHIDO MMA Welterweight Champion has received an offer to fight for the FX3 World Title on October 15th in England. Angerer was scheduled to fight a Superfight in Submission Wrestling against the outstanding "Tito" Beltran from Spain. The 37 year old German is very sorry, that the fight against "Tito" will not happen, as he prepared hard for it in the past weeks. But of course the offer to fight the English Paul "Semtex" Daily for the FX3 Title is of primary interest. Angerer has fought at FX3 "X"Plosion! past June in England, where he beat the welsh MMA legend Paul "Hands of Stone" Jenkins in the first round via Heelhook.

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|August 23rd 2005| The UGC has added two real Superfights with international stars of the MMA and Grappling circuit added to the program. No other than the reigning ADCC Superfight Champion Dean "The Machine" Lister has agreed to fight a Superfight against the eight time unbeaten UGC Champion Andreas "Andyconda" Schmidt. The second Superfight will be between spanish BJJ standout and Carlson Gracie Black Belt Jose "Tito" Beltran and GTT's very own Peter "Yamatodamashii" Angerer. Both fights are scheduled for one 20 minute round, when the fight can only be decided by submission. If the match goes the distance, the bout will be declared a draw. Both, Lister and Tito, are huge additions to the steady growing list of top level competitors at the UGC and we can expect world class matches at UGC VI.

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|August 8th 2005| The organizers of the UGC are currently in negotiations with a high-caliber "Pride" veteran for an eventual Superfight at UGC VI with the unbeaten eight time UGC Champion Andreas "Andyconda" Schmidt. "We currently have been offered the participation of an ADCC Champion for a Superfight against Andyconda at UGC VI", states Match-Maker Peter Angerer, "but nothing is set in stone yet. We are happy about this opportunity and check the possibilities to realize this Superfight. We think we have more news about this at the beginning of next week." Adding an ADCC Champion and Pride veteran to the fight-card of this years Ultimate Grappling Challenge, would eventually boost the popularity of the event. With almost 200 participators so far this year's UGC is one of the most promising Grappling and MMA events on the European continent.

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|July 12th 2005| Carlson Gracie Brown Belt and two-time UGC Champion Bartolome Aguilera of Fight Team Impact (Luxembourg) signed in to compete at this year's UGC 6 in Mössingen. Bartolome is known for his technical but powerfull gameplay and recently won the "Matec Open" in Saarbrücken easily. The defending champion will face a tough field of competitors this year at the UGC and we look forward to see some exciting fights with the friendly BJJ fighter from Luxembourg.

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|July 8th 2005| Whow!!! We are overwhelmed! Every day we receive more and more applications from top-level athletes from all over Europe to compete in the UGC 6. First of all we would like to express our thanks to all of you and we know that we will work hard to make it an event you will never forget! Due to the fact, that we have so many applicants who are really worth to test their skill at UGC 6, we have changed one regulation for this Championship: there will be no limitations to the number of competitors in all Advanced-Divisions! We easily blew the "magic number" of 8 in the -76 kg division weeks ago and the numbers are still growing... We will provide a very good structure and organization, so we can handle this big number of participants. As it looks right now the UGC 6 will be the biggest Submission Wrestling Tournament in Europe so far.

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|June 30th 2005| One of the biggest and most up-to-date websites about BJJ and Grappling - www.onthemat.com - has published the official tournament information on their site. Thank you guys at OntheMat for the big support! You can view this article by clicking the picture on the left.

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|June 29th 2005| The poster for UGC 6 is ready! Just click on the pic to get a large view of it.

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|June 28th 2005| Shidokan Germany officially announces the date and place for the upcoming UGC VI: the event will held on September 24th 2005 in the Jahnhalle in 72116 Mössingen. Director Bruno-Hervé Rico is happy, that the UGC has found the way back to Mössingen: "I'm glad, that the biggest Grappling event in Germany is back in Mössingen, because the Jahnhalle is a perfect location for this championship and the organization is pretty much supported by local helpers here". You can download the official tournament information here: ugcvi.doc [108 KB]

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|June 16th 2005| Wow! Three month prior to one of Europe's biggest Grappling events, the free spots in the "Advanced" division are filling fast! With applications from Norway, UK, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Germany, Poland and the USA the UGC becomes a real INTERNATIONAL affair! The organizing comitte decided to add one alternate match to every division, allowing a total of 10 competitors to fight in each division for the gold. The alternates will fight a special match and the winner will replace any fighter, who drops out of the tournament due to injury etc. The -76,9 kg division shows already 9 fighters from all over Europe! "Until July 1st we will accept all applications, regardless of the number of applicants, because we know, how fast it happens, that athletes get injured during preparation for an event. We will have 12 fighters total in each division: 8 fighters for the main bracket, two for the alternate match and two in reserve, if someone shortly drops out prior to the event", states UGC Match-Maker Peter Angerer, an ADCC and USS veteran by himself.

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|June 12th 2005| Two-time UGC Lightweight Champion Mike Cüppers of Cologne Free Fighters has confirmed his participation in the next event. He lines up in an international field of high quality grapplers from around Europe to defend his title. Also confirmed is the swiss Grappling wizard David Moissman of Fight Gym Aarau, who was the runner-up in last year's competition.

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|June 10th 2005| World's most prestigious and known MMA publication "Tatame" from Brazil announces the UGC 6! Beside the fact, that also ADCC News published the announcement, this is a very important step for the european show. We are happy, that even the "Big Boys" aknowledge the UGC and the work for Grappling and MMA in Europe! Thanks a lot for this great support!

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|June 10th 2005| The world's biggest news site about Grappling and MMA - the famous Abu Dhabi Combat Club News - published the announcement of UGC 6 at: http://news.adcombat.com/article.html?id=9333

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|June 10th 2005| Two more UGC-Champions confirmed their participation at this year's championship: GTT star Franco "Ortega" De Leonardis (2004) and Christian Wontka (2003) will fight at the "Ultimate Grappling Challenge 6" against international contenders from all over Europe. Wontka showed superb submission skills in 2003, when he captured the middleweight crown and only one year later his team mate of Team Friedrich tapped out all of his opponents to get the same title in 2004: Franco De Leonardis! While De Leonardis showed tremendous performances in the international MMA circuit (Ultimate Combat in England) Wontka trained hard and is now on the run for this year's title.

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|June 7th 2005| Cagewarriors, UK's biggest and best Newssite, announced UGC 6 at: http://www.cagewarriors.com/page.asp?ID=1046

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|June 6th 2005| Two time UGC Champion Ludmila "Mila" Sundunkova from the Storm Fight Club in Italy will participate in this year's championship to defend her title! Mila was invited to the ADCC World Championships last week in the USA, but couldn't get a Visa for the US. We are sorry for this outstanding female athlete, but we are also sure, that her time will come! By entering the UGC this year Mila will face the toughest competition in UGC history so far. We are happy to have her again in our tournament, as she is always one to the top fighters over all in our event.

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|June 6th 2005| ADCC veteran and eight time undefeated UGC Champion Andreas "Andyconda" Schmidt confirmed his participation at UGC 6 yesterday! The Luta-Livre black belt and headcoach of the European Luta Livre Organization seems to be ready to add two more titles to his record. In the past four years Andyconda won the -87 kg division and the Absolute Class at every UGC he competed! And the best: he tapped out every opponent so far!

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|June 6th 2005| It would have been a world class addition to the UGC, but it will not happen! The UGC staff contacted two time BJJ World Champion Kazeka Muniz of Gracie Barra to compete in a Superfight at UGC 6. Last night the brazilian black belt called our match-maker Peter Angerer and explained, that he will not be able to get the fight at UGC, because he is in a trainings camp in the USA all September. But Kazeka was seriously interested in a SHIDO MMA match in fall 2005 in Germany! So chances are high, that the german fans can see the brazilian phenomenon in action this year.

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|June 5th 2005| We received the first fighter applications for competing in the UGC 6! Fighters from Germany, Switzerland and Austria applied to fight in this year's competition. Our staff is also in contact with teams from USA, Italy, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland, Switzerland, Austria and Poland, who wish to enter athletes to UGC 6. We will confirm the exact date of the event and the location, where it will be held, next week. From July 1st on we will start official registration for this event.

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|June 3rd 2005| The biggest german-language-based News-Site about MMA and Grappling has posted information and the official pre-announcement of UGC 6! Thanks for the support Rene-san! Look here: http://www.mma-news.ch/

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|May 27th 2005| The promoters of the "Ultimate Grappling Challenge" have decided to change the rules and the format of the UGC. Competitors will be split in "Beginners" (Bluebelt or less than 4 tournaments experience) and "Advanced" (Purplebelt or more than 4 tournaments experience; or competitor participated in professional MMA). The "Beginners" will fight in a double KO-Systems, which guarantees every competitor at least two fights. There will be also divisions for children and juniors in the "Beginners"-division. The "Advanced" divisions are limited to a maximum of 8 competitors in each class. Former and current UGC-Champions and fighters, who showed good skills at previous UGC-Tournaments, will be prefered in the selection. Next week we will start the online registration for the UGC 6, which will be held in September in Nürtingen (close to Stuttgart) and we will announce the exact date and location for the event. Additional to the Grappling Tournament Shidokan Germany has announced, that there will be two Superfights in Submission Wrestling plus European Title Fights in MMA in all weight divisions. Former Champions and Finalists of the UGC, which competed in Submission Fighting (SHIDO MMA D-Class) will be invited to fight in C-Class for the European Grand Prix Titles in their divisions.

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|September 19th 2004| On September 18th 2004, Shidokan Germany and the European Luta Livre Organization hosted the 5th annual Open European Championships in Submission Wrestling and Submission Fighting - the "Ultimate Grappling Challenge V"! With competitors from all over Europe and the USA the UGC V showed tremendous fights, with more than 90% of the fights ended with Submission! A real ULTIMATE Grappling Challenge, without any timelimits in the fights and tons of fighters with the hearts of lions! Here are the official results and some remarkable notes:

Best technical Fighter:
Andreas Schmidt (Luta Livre Kerpen/German Top Team)

Fastes Submission:
Andreas Schmidt (Luta Livre Kerpen/German Top Team) in 0:09 minutes against Marius Maissen (Fight Gym Aarau/Switzerland) by Guillotine-Choke

Fight of the Night:
Malte Janssen (Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf) vs. Jakob Stademann (Alliance BJJ): Malte Janssen won by points (7-0) after 23:31 minutes

Most impressive Fighter:
Franco De Leonardis (Team Friedrich Obertshausen/German Top Team)



Submission Wrestling:

Women -54,9 kg:
1st Place: Birgitta Schmitz (Cologne Free Fighters/Germany)
Birgitta's opponent Joanna Ziobronnovic (Poland) couldn't fight

Women -65,9 kg:
1st Place: Ludmilla Sundunkova (GS Ju Jitsu Perugia/Italy)
2nd Place: Claire Haigh (Team Impact/Luxembourg)
3rd Place: Sandra Kunz (Suum Cuique Mainz/Germany)

Men -65,9 kg:
1st Place: Mike Cüppers (Cologne Free Fighters/Germany)
2nd Place: David Moissmann (Fight Gym Aarau/Switzerland)
3rd Place: Matthias Lany (Asia Kampfkunstzentrum Linden/Germany)

Men -76,9 kg:
1st Place: Franco De Leonardis (Team Friedrich Obertshausen/German Top Team)
2nd Place: Niklas Wiesenfeld (Alliance BJJ/Germany)
3rd Place: Thorsten Werner (Cologne Free Fighters/Germany)

Men -87,9 kg:
1st Place: Andreas Schmidt (Luta Livre Kerpen/German Top Team)
2nd Place: Henry Navorra (Alliance BJJ/Germany)
3rd Place: Özhan Altintas (Pankration Gelsenkirchen/Germany)

Men -98,9 kg:
1st Place: Bartholome Aguilera (Team Impact/Luxembourg)
2nd Place: Michal Bobrowski (Academia Sarmatia Gdansk/Poland)
3rd Place: Tom Evans (Ultimate Combat Massachusettes/USA)

Men +99,0 kg:
1st Place: Alex Hallier (Luta Livre Kerpen/Germany)
2nd Place: Denis Dunincovic (Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf/Germany)

Absolute Class:
1st Place: Andreas Schmidt (Luta Livre Kerpen/German Top Team)
2nd Place: Michal Bobrowski (Academia Sarmatia Gdansk/Poland)
3rd Place: David Moissmann (Fight Gym Aarau/Switzerland)


Submission Fighting (SHIDO MMA D-Class):

Men -83,0 kg:
1st Place: Matthias Lany (Asia Kampfkunstzentrum Linden/Germany)
2nd Place: Jerome Habegger (Fight Gym Aarau/Switzerland)
3rd Place: Piskac Velimir (Team Fightstuff Hannover/Germany)

Men -89,0 kg:
1st Place: Ramo Durmic (Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf/Germany)
2nd Place: Deniz Haciabdurrahmanoglu (Pankration Gelsenkirchen/Germany)
3rd Place: Hazi Nazari-Adli (Team Fightstuff Hannover/Germany)

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