SUN's "Art of War" division will produce a series of nine MMA events that will air as one-hour specials Saturday nights at midnight on FSN, beginning July 19, 2008 and concluding on September 13, 2008.
GI vs. Pro will pit current and former MMA-trained armed services members against professional mixed martial arts fighters from around the country. All fights will be scheduled for three, 5-minute rounds inside a circular cage.
FSN announcer Jay Glazer and analyst Frank Trigg will be the commentary team for the telecasts.
"Our agreement with FSN is an important milestone for SUN as we continue to implement our growth strategy and develop relationships with international and domestic partners,” said CEO CJ Comu. “By showcasing our world-class fighters through well produced, quality events on FSN, SUN's position as an emerging global MMA organization is only further enhanced."
Additionally, FOX Interactive and SUN will collaborate on generating interactive content for both companies' platforms, including FOXSports.com. The online offerings could include streaming of events, clips syndicated across the FOX Network and other enhanced content to build an online community around each FSN broadcast and SUN events.
Starting April 19th I will be team captain for the Pro team and in the finals late in
August I will fight Nick live on FOX. I will keep you posted as I get more info.
Look for the first episode to show the last week in July on Saturday at 8:00pm
kids I have trained in the past that just started racing in the Pro class this
year. They are now 16 and 17 years old.
CB
There is one more fight in the works but we are not cleared to talk about it yet. More on that one in the next day or so.
May 19th GFC (WIN 1:30 of round 1)
June 30th World Vale Tudo
July 7th World Vale Tudo
August 11th World Vale Tudo
September 22nd World Vale Tudo
The Brennan family and Next Generation
Tyler Brennan gets 3rd at Cooperland Raceway
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Well it seems that the Gracie Fighting Championships have been postponed until mid March. I am pretty bummed since I am not only in RIDICULOUS shape, I am mentally in a better place than at any time in my whole career. This stuff happens though so I will just continue to stay in shape but back off a bit for a couple weeks and then pick it back up again as I was ready to peak next Saturday night. Sorry for those of you that were going to attend but it's still on just a bit later. Date will be announced later this weekend.
CB
Hey guys I just wanted to give a small update. Josh Bosquez just received his brown belt from me here in Dallas. He's my first Brown belt in Texas so I was kind of pumped about it. He did his previous training at Carlos Machado's. Josh will be in my corner at the GFC coming up in less than 2 weeks... Congrats Josh!
Formerly known as 'Scouse Shoot' and 'Liverpool Brazilian jiu-jitsu club' EST 2001 Well people, It's a new year and I believe it will be a good one for Next Generation!
2006 review2006 was a great year for the training group as it saw many club members get well deserved belt promotions and many victories for our competitors on the mats in the ring and in the cage
Events
This year we had fighters in a lot of events, to name a few: World Cage Fighting Championship, Cage Gladiators, Valhalla Fighting Championship, The Battlegrounds, K-1, Pride and Glory, etc, etc. The club fighting record for 2006 was an outstanding:25 wins (22 of which came by submission or tko) 3 losses and 2 draws For all the guys who fought well done and I am sure 2007 will bring many more victories.
Seminars
Early on in the year we had a visit from UFC competitor Jeff
Monson, who taught class a couple of times, his teaching method
was great and I think he helped improve everyone who went to his
classes. The annual visit of Next Generation's Pride fighter
Chris Brennan this year was awesome; Chris stayed for a week and
trained with some of the fighters of a day, taught class and
taught a great 4 hour seminar covering some great jiu-jitsu
attacks for nhb. The visit was also great for a lot
of Next Gen guys as there were a lot of promotions for 2006 (check
out the photos on the website), and I am sure there will be
a few more in 2007 when Chris is sure to return.
Seminars
Early on in the year we had a visit from UFC competitor Jeff
Monson, who taught class a couple of times, his teaching method
was great and I think he helped improve everyone who went to his
classes. The annual visit of Next Generation's Pride fighter
Chris Brennan this year was awesome; Chris stayed for a week and
trained with some of the fighters of a day, taught class and
taught a great 4 hour seminar covering some great jiu-jitsu
attacks for nhb. The visit was also great for a lot
of Next Gen guys as there were a lot of promotions for 2006 (check
out the photos on the website), and I am sure there will be
a few more in 2007 when Chris is sure to return.fully
matted area, sauna, bags, shower and changing facilities. Gym
Address: 8a Oriel street off Vauxhall Road L3 6du
All in all an excellent year for Next Generation MMA group, I am sure most of you will join in the training in 2007! Check the website for news and photos! http://www.myspace.com/nextgenerationmma
New Gym Timetable
Monday to Thursday: 11am till 12.30 pm Wrestling/Brazilian Jiu Jitsu/MMA
Monday Evening: 6.30-7.30 Striking Training (Boxing/Kickboxing/MMA striking) 7.30-9 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Tuesday Evening: 6.30-7.30 Beginners Striking Training 7.30-9 Beginners Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Thursday Evening: 6.30-7.30 Striking Training (Boxing/Kickboxing/MMA striking) 7.30-9 Beginners Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Friday Evening: 6.30-8 MMA/Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Hey guys hope you all had a Happy New Year. I just wanted to let you know that I will have a new site up soon for the Next Generation side of things. We have 4 affiliate schools now and growing so we will have a site dedicated to just that. The web address will be www.nextgenerationmma.com Please check back there soon for the site and all the updates for 2007.
As for me training and everything is going great. Check out www.zoomsports.net for a bit of what I'm doing on a daily basis.
CB
Check out the new interview for the German website
I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season and hope that everyone stays safe. I am dieting right through Christmas like I usually am. Promoters are cruel to schedule fights in January for anyone under heavyweight :) Anyway, I'm really looking forward to 2007 because it should be a great year. Happy Holidays guys...
Sorry guys for the forum malfunction. We were having lots of spam and stuff on there so we decided to change the address and in doing so messed things up a bit. We should have a new one up shortly. Thank you for your patience. On a side note training is going great and I am getting in to fantastic shape. Weight is good (155 here I come) and that's about it.
CB
Hey guys I just signed a 4 fight deal with the Gracie Fighting Championships and the first one will take place on January 20th in Miami Florida at the American Airlines Arena. My opponent will be American Top Teams Rafael Dias 7-1. This should be a great fight and I have already started training. Another exciting thing about this deal is I will also be doing some commentating for some of the up coming events. Thanks to my sponsors for making it possible for me to train for these fights
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On Saturday, Dec. 2, Gina
Skopoletes and Mitchell Keres Jr. won their first amateur boxing
bouts in Langley, BC for Next Generation boxing. Also, Georges St.
Pierre is coming back to Next Generation Canada to do a seminar and have
a meet and greet with fans on Jan. 13th and 14th, 2007.
choke in the 1st round and 'Swinging' Jay Manning fought to a draw, 'big' John McGuiness submitted his opponent in the 1st round with a triangle at Annihilation. Well done guys!
Jay Gladden beat Jim Morris via TKO at 4.56 of the third round
Kev Axeworthy beat Gavin Collins via Triangle rd 1
Terry Etim beat Sami Berik via Armbar round 2
CB
On November 25th in middlesborough, England James Manning and Russ 'the' Power will be fighting at the Battlegrounds show. Good luck to both fighters and we will keep you posted on the results.
CB
Here is the updated list of promotions at the Liverpool and Dublin schools while I was there.
Dublin Next Generation
Purple Belt: Dave Jones (Instructor)
Blue Belts: Owen Dempsey, Emmet Clarke, Keith Clack, Lar Doyle, Andy O Connor, Juan Cullen, Joe Ruddock , Ross Glynn, Maeve Harkins, Aaron Wall, John Fitzpatrick, Matt Hickmott, Joe Cunnane, and Martin O Brien.
Liverpool Next Generation
Brown Belt: Jason Tan (Instructor)
Purple Belt: Paul Rimmer (Instructor)
Blue Belt: tony doherty, paul doherty, 'lil' Jay owen, 'lil' Jay mcguiness, big john mcguiness, greg johnson, paul sass, jay Manning, Matt Goulden, Tom Finnegan, Darren Spencer, Lee Cruise, Kev Axworthy, and Percy Dean
Hey guys I'm back from the UK and had a great time. It was freezing but I got in lots of training this time and I am beat. I want to thank Richard for going over with me and freezing. I will have a list of all the promotions up here in a few but right off the top of my head I would like to give a HUGE congrats to the NG instructors over there as they have turned out some great students. Dave over in Dublin has now been promoted to a long awaited Purple belt and trust me when I tell you that it was over due. Paul from the Liverpool school was also well over due for his purple and and received it this last Saturday and Jason Tan was presented with my 6th ever and first in the UK Brown Belt. Congrats to all over you guys and I can't wait till the NG summer camp where we will bring all the schools instructors and students together for a great week of training. Here's a quick shot of the Dublin seminar.
Off to the UK today
I'm off to the UK today for a few seminars in Ireland, and England. Be back in town on the 12th and should be fighting a few weeks later on the 9th of December. I'll be training full time while I'm there in the 30-40 degree weather. Train hard and if I can post from there I will.
CB
After many years of training with me Chuck Costello is the new owner of The Next Generation Havasu, in Lake Havasu Arizona. Chuck has been producing some great up and coming Mixed Martial Artists, Grapplers, and strikers. Look for some great stuff out of this school and we will also be throwing down a serious Spring Break Camp. We'll keep you up dated.
CB
Hey guys I just picked up a new sponsor for 2007 from Ogio. These guys make the best travel gear out there for Moto X and all sort of action sports. Check out the site and show some support because it's because of company's like this that allows me and other athletes to train full time. Thanks to Ogio and thanks to you!
CB
Hey guys training is going great. I have a few good fights lined up right now. I should be home fighting in Mexico on December 9th and then a big one in the Gracie Fighting Championships on January 20th in Miami Florida. I have been training with some real good guys here in Texas and the results should show. There is another maybe on November 30th but that one's not concrete yet. I'll keep ya'll updated :)
CB
November 2nd through the 12th I will be hopping over the pond for a few seminars in Dublin, Liverpool, and Belfast. Dave Jones, Paul Rimmer, and Jason Tan will be hosting seminars at the NG Dublin and the NG Liverpool. Can't wait to get back over there this time as there are a few big promotions to be handed out. See you guys soon...
CB
Well the weekend in Canada was great. Had a nice turn out and the NG guys were all great to be around as they are in every country. I'd like to thank Mark, Joe, and Jeff for having me and Norm for making the drive to Vancouver. You missed the rolling by about 15-20 minutes Norm. I was also fortunate enough to train with soon to be black belt Paul Ford and that was a lot of fun. Anyway just thought I would share some of this stuff. NG Canada has a very strong Boxing back ground and is just getting the Jiu-Jitsu going now. Look for these guy real soon in the Jiu-Jitsu and MMA world.
CB
I'm off to teach a seminar at the Next Generation Vancouver BC, Canada this weekend. Should be a great time as the school is full of skilled boxers and up and coming ground fighters. I'll return on Monday and continue the progress of my training for a hopeful November 5th Pride fight. Have a great weekend guys and if you haven't checked out the new training and nutrition section it's right inside the "Strangler" page under Regimen.
CB
Well after many emails and threads asking for the training and nutrition section back up on the site...It's back! There have been some alterations done to the diet as I have a new strength and conditioning coach in Kevin Wheat. The diet on there right now is the one I used to make weight for Kawajiri in the last Pride and that was without a day of training so I would imagine with training you might be able to up your calories a bit and feel even better. Anyway my training started picking up last week and I will begin eating cleaner and following the bottom diet tomorrow morning. I am about 175lbs but it is time to start getting in fight shape and I will explain why in a few days when things are a bit more concrete. My son Tyler's Birthday Party was this weekend so I put away some cake and that sort of thing. Anyway check back soon for the fight news.
CB
Hey guys I will have some Next Generation T-shirts, Chris Brennan T-shirts, CB Instructional DVD's and more all for sale in the store on this site as early as the end of the week if any of you are interested. You can also check out the photo gallery now as there are hundreds of pictures more than before. I will be sort of using this news section as a blog for day to day training and things like that. Hit me up either by email or in the forum if you have an suggestions. I'll also have the training and nutrition section back up in the next day or so as well. Thanks for all your support guys.
CB
It looks like I won't be getting a school going out here till sometime in 07. I am VERY busy with Privates, Seminars, Nogi, and Fighting. I really don't have the time to dedicate to a school like I would like to. Please keep checking back as the news here will change daily. Thank for the support guys and you can check out the contact page to set up privates, seminars, and fights.
CB
Chris visits the UK early November
Chris will be touring the UK again this year in early November. He will be hitting up The Next Generation Dublin Ireland, and The Next Generation Liverpool England. Check back here shortly for concrete dates on these great seminars.
Back from Pride...
Well I can't say things went as planned, but then again they kind of did. I wanted to pull out of the fight, but Pride made it slightly difficult for me to do that. As you know I was bitten by a Brown Recluse a few week out from this event and was hospitalized and on crutches for a couple weeks. I ended up going to Japan anyway to keep them happy and do my job. I was on many antibiotics and not training at all but sponsors pay me to fight and that is what I did. We knew going in that it was going to be rough fighting one of the top guys in the world in this kind of shape. Thank god for a few things. #1 Kevin Wheat (new strength, conditioning, and nutrition coach) I was able to walk in to 161 without training a day, and Deluge Water came out with a new sports drink that replenishes your electrolytes like Pedialyte but taste 1000 times better. So...we went out swinging not even looking for the takedown where I most likely could submit this guy. I was very fatigue all week and didn't want to waste all my energy trying to get the takedown on someone with the wrestling this guy had. Needless to say it was a short night and I fulfilled my end of the bargain. I will be back in Pride again before March 8th so we will be prepared and leave the Japanese with something to scratch their heads about...
Brennan visits Next Generation Vancouver, Canada.
Chris Brennan at Dallas Jiu-Jitsu Labor day weekend
Chris Brennan full time trainer of Motocross Champions Tyler and Blake Wharton
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Chris' up coming events
The second stop will be held August 3rd and 4th at Dallas Jiu-Jitsu for Felipe Espinoza. Check back for the dates of the European tour to be held in late August.