Sengoku to Stage Bantamweight Tournament This Summer
by Chris Nelson on May 10, 2010 2:01 PM EDT
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Sengoku Raiden Championship today announced plans for a summer-long "Bantamweight Asia Tournament 2010," a project aimed at unearthing quality 135-pound prospects from Japan and neighboring nations.
While no participants have been revealed -- in fact, SRC just began soliciting applicants on its official Web site today -- the tournament will kick off on July 4th at Tokyo's Differ Ariake Arena, a decidedly smaller venue (cap. 1,250) than the usual Ryogoku Kokugikan (cap. 13,000).
Sherdog's Tony Loiseleur has details:
Participation criteria include being under 35 years of age, having at least five professional mixed martial arts fights with a better than .500 overall record, being a legal resident of an Asian state for more than 10 years and the recommendation of the gym or promotion to which the applicant belongs.
The exact number of tournament participants has not been determined but may feature a qualification bracket in order to progress to a seeded 16-fighter tournament. Fighters will earn 100,000 yen, or approximately $1,070 per bout, while the winner of the main tournament will receive an additional three million yen, or a little more than $32,000, and likely participation at future SRC shows.
Parent company World Victory Road also announced that SRC will adopt "unified" weight classes, beginning with SRC 13 on June 20th:
Since its inception two years ago, SRC’s weight classes have been near the weights of the Unified Rules but used metric standards, meaning that each weight class deviated slightly from its North American counterpart. Instead of weight classes at 132, 143, 154, 168 and 183 pounds, the promotion will now use 135, 145, 155, 170 and 185 pounds as standards, in addition to the 205-pound and heavyweight divisions.
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I can never get enough of tournaments so this is good and it is a weight class that is good for Japan.
I am not a fan of moving to imperial measurements for fights. The only 3 non metric countries of the planet are Libya, Myanmar and the United States. 95% of the world is metric. I think the Unified Rules should be changed to acknowledge that reality. To most of the world 170lbs makes as much senses as 23 Stone does to Americans. I imagine lots of countries don’t even have an official measurements dept that will over see Imperial measures.
Pretty sure this is incorrect
Stop using wikipedia as your sole source of information. British folk mostly use pounds for measuring weight, they just also use “stones,” which is 14 lbs. To be sure, Americans also use liters and grams for measurements of volume nearly as much as they use ounces, quarts and gallons.
Also I’m pretty sure the U.K. uses SAE, not metric.
OK. First of all SAE is the society of Automotive Engineers. They set standards for things like the thickness and width of washers and nuts etc. Most cars made even in the US use metric nuts and bolts now. That is because car making is a global enterprise. The system of measurement is the Imperial System.
The United Kingdom has been adopting metric weights and measures since 1965 in response to the adoption of metric units as the international system of measurement.
When the UK joined the European Community in 1973 it agreed to complete its metric changes by no later than the deadlines to be agreed in EC Directives.
Metric units of measurement are now used for most transactions regulated by the Weights and Measures Act 1985. In addition, it is Government policy to encourage the adoption of the metric system for other purposes, including public administration. Having a single consistent set of units of measurement in use for trade reduces costs for business and enables consumers to make price and quantity comparisons more easily.
Since 1 January 2000 goods sold loose by weight (mainly fresh foods) have been required to be sold in grams and kilograms.
That is the official UK government site. Not Wikipedia.
If you talk to a British person, they will describe their weight in pounds and stones. If read a British sports article about a powerlifter, you will see the same thing. If you got to a weigh-in for a boxing fight in Britain, you will again see their weights announced in pounds and stones. If you drive on a British highway, you will see speed-limit signs posted mainly in mph, with kph sometimes posted along side it. I believe this is an MMA website, so what Brits use to describe weight in a sporting context is what is pertinent here.
Similarly, America has been supposed to be converting to the metric system since the 1970s. It was even in school textbooks while I was growing up that we were “converting” to metric. It’s why measuring tapes have both inches and centimeters on them, and why car speedometers show metric speeds as well. It just never caught on except for liters of bottled beverages and milligrams of medication. It’s yet to fully catch on in Britain too, even if you have to buy supermarket goods there by the gram and kilogram now (which, btw, does not prevent British grocers from listing Imperial weights right alongside the legally required metric ones).
it goes to show the dominance of american mma over the entire mma market
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
Why make it pounds, why not do it in Kilos?
135 lbs = 61 Kilos
145 lbs = 66 Kilos
155 lb = 70 Kilos
170 lbs = 77 Kilos
185 lbs = 84 kilos
205 lb = 93 Kilos
The conversion wouldn’t be exact, but it would be within 1/4 of a pound, so the difference would be negligible.
I think you meant 1/4 of a kilo. Or 1/3 of a kilo, to be accurate.
135 lbs. = 61.23 kilos
145 lbs. = 65.77 kilos
155 lbs. = 70.31 kilos
170 lbs. = 77.11 kilos
185 lbs. = 83.91 kilos
205 lbs. = 92.98 kilos
Still, I wouldn’t mind if they took the Unified Weights and just rounded them to the nearest half-a-kilo. Better than Dream making its “Featherweight” division at 63 kilograms (138.9 lbs.) at least. Whatever though.
I’m pretty sure the reason their tournament and now division is at the weight it is is because of Kid Yamamoto’s request to fight at that weight as opposed to a limit closer to the usual 145lb limit since the tournament was supposed to be the triumphant return for KId. I could be wrong, though.
by mocavious sam on May 10, 2010 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
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