News 2005

|25.01.2005|Andreas "Andyconda" Schmidt of the GTT fought today at the European Trials of ADCC, which were held in Stockholm/Sweden. Andyconda lost his first match against Miro (Sweden) by a heelhook-submission, after he has dominated the fight almost until the end. Bad luck for Andyconda, who refused to fight a point-game instead of his various submission-attempts.

|26.01.2005|Franco "Ortega" De Leonardis competed at the "Submissao Grappling Challenge", which was hosted by BJJ Bluebelt Christoph Schadek (Alliance BJJ). He won easily the -77 kg division in the Advanced Men categorie in Submission Wrestling and finished with a tremendous second place in the -87 kg division, too. Congratulations Ortega!

|07.02.2005|Last Saturday, on February 5th, Vlajko "Psycho" Perovic, did the legendary 30-Man-Kumite in the rooms of the "Kampfsportschule Allerborn" in Backnang. The GTT hosted an open Seminar on that day with participators from all over Germany. Peter "Yamatodamashii" Angerer and Franco "Ortega" De Leonardis teached Stand-Up and Grappling techniques of Vale Tudo for more than 4 hours. After the seminar Psycho was ready for the ulitmate test of will and skill. He fought 30 rounds in full contact (10 rounds Knockdown Karate, 10 rounds Thaiboxing and 10 rounds in Jiu-Jitsu/Vale Tudo) against top fighters from the GTT and other MA schools. He finished this test with 19 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats and received the Shidokan Blackbelt out of the hands of his instructor and GTT trainer Artur Allerborn. We congratulate Vlajko for his tremendous performance and welcome him to the "Club".

|15.02.2005| The German Top Team will be on board for the first show of the MMA Tour "100% Shooting", which is named "Cage Impact" and is to be held on February 26th in Wetzlar/Germany by no other than EVT Veteran Mario "Spiderman" Stapel. The GTT will compete with several fighters at this show in Grappling- and Shooto-Matches. Franco De Leonardis, Vlajko Perovic, Jochen Gieb and eventually Peter Angerer will represent the GTT. But also some of the Rookies, e.g. Thorsten Kronz and Stephan Wurster will have the opportunity to show their talent at this event. A complete fight-card of the event is in the making and we will keep you updated with any news.

|16.02.2005| A new MMA Event will be held in England on June 18th: FX3 Xplosion! Besides international top competitors from all over Europe also fighters from the GTT are confirmed for this show. Here are the recent match-ups for the GTT:

- Middleweight Bout: Lars Besand (Denmark) vs. Vlajko Perovic (GTT)
- Middleweight Bout: Amir Subasic (Bosnia) vs. Patrick Suhl (GTT)
- Lightweight Bout: Ian Butlin (UK) vs. Franco De Leonarids (GTT)

Also Peter Angerer and Jochen Gieb are in negotiations for further fights on this card. we will keep you posted with any news and updates.

|23.02.2005| Mario Stapel, a well known Veteran of the "European Vale Tudo" and "Shooto Japan", will host a Fight Tour named "100% Shooting" in Germany. The first show in this Tour is named "Cage Impact" and all fights in Submission Wrestling and MMA will be held in a Cage. The German Top Team will be represented with several fighters. Here is the current Fight-Card:

1) MMA Waldemar Kunz -76 Kg / Kampfsportschule Allerborn
Robin Hesselmann -76 Kg / Team Stapel

2) MMA Stephan Wurster -70 Kg /German Top Team
Georg Gödeke -70 Kg / Slam Vale Tudo

3) MMA Sebastian Hubich -65 Kilo / Kampfsportschule Allerborn
Yildiz Tanner -65 Kg / Team Stapel

4) MMA-C Habibulla Alemi - 65 Kg / Kamikaze Dojo Nürtingen
Jan Hoffmann -65 Kg / Asia

5) Submission Jochen Gieb -95 Kg / German Top Team
Jenz Kratz -95 Kg / Team Stapel

6) MMA Jesse Björn Buckler -76 Kg / JKD-Berlin
Patrick Haika -76 Kg / German Top Team

7) MMA Vlajko Perovic - 84 Kg / German Top Team
Daniel Lecks -84 Kg / Team Stapel

8) Submission Franco De Leonardis / German Top Team
Mattias Lany / Asia Giessen

9) MMA-C Tarik Cataltepe - 84kg / Kamikaze Dojo Nürtingen
Paul -84 Kg / Team Stapel

10) MMA Thorsten Kronz + 95 Kg / German Top Team
Alexander Hallier +95 Kg / Team Stapel

11) Submission Peter Angerer - 76 Kg / German Top Team
Christian Eder - 76 Kg / Taifun Luta Livre

|24.02.2005| The GTT has been informed by Mr. Mario Stapel that the scheduled event "Cage Impact" on February 25th in Wetzlar had to be cancelled because of problems with the venue. A big dissapointement for the GTT fighters, who looked forward to fight in the cage. The event is announced to be postponed until May.

|11.03.2005| Tomorrow, on Saturday March 12th, the third official Teamfight "France vs. Germany" between the french Pancrace organization and the german Shidokan branch will be hosted on Dijon (France). This is one of the biggest international teamfights in MMA in Europe, as the fight-card for this third edition shows a total of 39 (!!!) fights in Pancrace and Submission Wrestling between athletes of both teams. Besides many members of the german Shidokan branch also a bunch of fighters of the GTT will compete in this event. Stephan Wurster, Patrick Haika, Steljos Simeonidis, Thorsten Kronz and Peter Angerer will battle for Germany! Their team mates Franco De Leonardis and Vlajko Perovic can not fight because of a horrible flue. Anyway, the remaining five of the "seven Samurais" will do their best, to bring the victory in this teamfight once again home to Germany!

|11.03.2005| Promoter Paul James of the english MMA show "FX 3! Xplosion" has sent the contracts for the GTT fighters for their matches on June 18th in England. German SHIDO MMA Champion Vlajko Perovic will face the infamous Damien Riccio (France) in a Middleweight match. Steljos Simeonidis of the GTT will give his international debut against Amir Subasic (Bosnia), while Peter Angerer will fight against the well known Paul Jenkins (England). For the entire fight-card please take a look at the website of FX 3!

|13.03.2005| Five members of the GTT fought yesterday in Chenove near Dijon (France) at the Teamfight "France vs. Germany III" in Submission Wrestling and Pancrace. While Steljos Simeonidis and Patrick Haika lost their fights in Pancrace, Thorsten Kronz was victorious with a TKO win over Frédéric Hatten in the heavyweight division. Also a new member of the GTT, the brave Annika "La Locita" Sitter, was successfull, when she dominated her opponent Nilda Ouamara over the entire fight to get the unanimous decision in her first international Grapplingmatch. GTT icon Peter Angerer battled a speedy duel with Mehdi Youhet in Submission Wrestling, in which both fighters went for the heelhook early in the fight. Both fighters locked the heelhook but Youhet had the better day and forced Angerer to tap.

|19.04.2005| On June 11th Yamatodamashii will fight in Graz (Austria) at the Fight Night against Sandro from Brazil. The Match-Makers are happy to have found a suitable opponent for the Capoeira Stylist Sandro, who has 10 fights under his belt. Yamatodamashii is very confident to win his match: "I am currently in very very good shape and I look forward to fight against a strong Brazilian to test myself."

|20.04.2005| On May 21st Peter "Yamatodamashii" Angerer will fight again for the SHIDO MMA title in the welterweight division. The former Champion got his title in 2002 with a win over Kenichi Sato (Japan) and lost his title defense against Shonie Carter (USA) in 2003. At the SHI KON Fight Night in May he will face the french Hassan Seddik, who became the European Grand Prix Champion in SHIDO MMA in 2003 to fight for the vacant title.

|04.05.2005| The GTT has been informed, that Sandro from Brazil, who was scheduled to fight against Yamatodamashii on June 11th in Graz (Austria), is injured. He will be replaced by another brazilian fighter, who will be determined in the next days.

|04.05.2005| Jochen "OG" Gieb will eventually fight against the French Jerome Lelaun at "FX 3 Xplosion!" on June 18th in Berkshire (England). Lelaun's opponent Andy Harby got injured and Promoter Paul James asked the GTT for Jochen Gieb to fill the spot. Jochen agreed immediately to fight Lelaun!

|19.05.2005| KO Arena, the most professional Vale Tudo event in Spain, is currently in negotiations with the GTT, to add Peter "Yamatodamashii" Angerer and Franco "Ortega" De Leonardis to the fight-card for the third installment of this event in July this year.

|19.05.2005| This Saturday, on May 21st, mostly of the GTT's professional fighters will battle at the 1st SHI KON Fight Night in Villingen-Schwenningen (Germany) in Thaiboxing and MMA-Matches. Shidokan Karate World Champion Vlajko "Psycho" Perovic will do a Thaiboxing match against Sergej Krutsch of the SHI KON Fight Club in Villingen. In the heavyweight division two of the GTT will fight for international qualification for future Thaiboxing matches: Jochen "OG" Gieb and Thorsten "German Oak" Kronz will do a Superfight in Muay Thai. The winner of this battle will be GTT's No. 1 representative for Thaiboxing fights in the heavyweight division. Muay Thai phenomenon Andreas Beckert, who is the current SHI KON Thaiboxing Grand Prix Champion -72,5 kg will face opponents from Belgium, France and Germany in a European 4-Man Grand Prix to defend his prestigious title. Former SHIDO MMA welterweight Champion Peter "Yamatodamashii" Angerer will fight again for the crown in his weight division against the current Shidokan Karate World Champion Massimiliano Constanzi. Constanzi replaced the European MMA Grand Prix Champion Hassan Seddik from France, because Seddik is currently injured and can not fight for the title. This is a big weekend for the GTT!

|22.05.2005| Last night, on Saturday May 21st 2005, some of GTT's finest competed at the "SHI KON Fight Night 2005" in the Deutenberghalle in Schwenningen (Germany). Vlajko "Psycho" Perovic fought a hard and brutal battle in Thaiboxing with Sergej Krutsch (SHI KON Fight Club Schwenningen) and won in round 3 by TKO. Andreas "Iron Man" Beckert managed to defend his European SHI KON Thaiboxing Grand Prix Title -72,5 kg against his first opponent from Belgium in the semi-finals by a TKO in round 2. His final opponent Gulbey Goc from France couldn't fight in the finals because of a broken foot and so Andreas was unfortunately awarded the victory by walkover. Jochen "OG" Gieb and Thorsten "German Oak" Kronz battled in a Heavyweight Thaiboxing Superfight, but Jochen made quick work and finished the fight in round 1 with a low-kick KO. The main event of the night was the SHIDO MMA Welterweight Title Match between Peter "Yamatodamashii" Angerer and Massimiliano Constanzi (Mariani Gym/Italy). Yamatodamashii started the fight with his signature move, when he came out of his corner with a flying punch that stunned Constanzi immediately. Peter took Constanzi down with a textbook Low-Kick and rained down heavy leather from the Side-Mount. When Constanzi tried to roll out Peter got his back and finished the fight with a hard series of punches, which knocked out Constanzi and secured Peter the title after only 26 seconds in the first round.

|31.05.2005| Last Saturday, on May 28th 2005, the "Matec Open" were held as an international Grappling Tournament in Saarbrücken (Germany). Promoted and hosted by the firm "Matec" the event attracted Grapplers from Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Germany. In one of the official Superfights at this event GTT's Franco "Ortega" De Leonardis fought against Christoph Schadek (Alliance BJJ). Due to the fact that Schadek outweighted Ortega by almost 20 kilogramms there was a rule, that in case no fighter can finish the other within a 30-minute-timelimit, the result will be declared a draw. Both fighters were very cautios in this fight, knowing, that only one little mistake could be the end. Ortega, the current UGC Champion -76,9 kg, did a great job by preventing all submission attempts of Schadek and showed his tremendous positioning. After 30 minutes this battle was declared a draw.

|June 21st 2005| Last Saturday, on June 18th 2005, three fighters of the GTT competed in England at FX3: "X"Plosion! in Reading/Berkshire. Jochen Gieb lost to Jerome Laulan via Armbar after 3:44 minutes. Also Philipp Schade was unlucky at that day, losing to Dave Swann via Referee Stoppage after 4:22 minutes. The new Welterweight Champion in SHIDO MMA Peter Angerer met multiple MMA Champion Paul "Hands of Stone" Jenkins. After dominating the fight with his hard and precise kicks Peter was taken down to the ground by Jenkins, where Jenkins unleashed a flurry of hard punches and ellbows to the head of Peter. Peter gave his back, but defended the attemptet Mata Leao very well, befor getting up to the feet again and punishing the grounded Jenkins with solid kicks. Peter ended the fight with a heelhook after 3:56 minutes and secured the win by tapout.

|June 25th 2005| Just minutes ago we have received a call from our team, who competed today at "Lock And Choke III", an international Luta Livre Championships in Cologne. Hosted by ELLO Black Belt Andyconda the tournament saw competitors from Luxembourg, Switzerland, Belgium and Germany. We don't have the detailed info so far, but here are the results, we know: current UGC Champion Franco "Ortega" De Leonardis finished with a 3rd place in the -76 kg division, after winning four of five fights. Also the new "secret weapon" of the GTT, 15 year old Bettina "Sunshine Turner" Stähle competed in the womens division -65 kg with only 57 kg and won three of her four fights, earning her a bronze medal! Annika "La Locita" Sitter lost her first fight after crueling 25 minutes of hard battle by points and also Thorsten "German Oak" Kronz lost his first fight in the heavyweight division. More detailed results and news will come in the next days.

|July 3rd 2005| Shortly after his impressive fight against Dave Swann at FX3, where he lost, GTT's Philipp "Marvel" Schade fought a SHIDO MMA match against Paul Lening (Bad Kissingen). Marvel totaly dominated his opponent with his solid groundgame and forced him to tap out after app. two and a half minutes in round 1 with a Triangle Choke. After this victory the GTT decided to change the status of Marvel in the GTT to a "Pro Fighter".

|July 12th 2005| Thaiboxing stand-out Andreas "Iron Man" Beckert attracts more and more international attention. In August he is scheduled to fight for the Thaiboxing World Title against Paulo Balicha in Switzerland and in November he is planed to compete in the german elimination in Germany for the S1 Tournament in Bangkok (Thailand).

|August 17th 2005| It's official now that Andreas "Iron Man" Beckert of the German Top Team will fight on the German Elimination for the S1 on November 12th in Gießen. The reigning international SHI KON Grand Prix Champion will fight in an 8-Man-Tournament to qualify for the great S1 in Bangkok (Thailand). Also Jochen "Isami" Gieb is scheduled to compete at the S1 in a Heavyweight Superfight, but an opponent for the strong K1-Germany veteran is still to be announced. Jochen is currently preparing for his upcoming fight in a Thai-Camp in Bangkok.

|September 25th 2005| It's on! On October 15th Peter "Yamatodamashii" Angerer will fight in Reading/Berkshire (England) at "FX3 Battle of Britain" against Paul "Semtex" Daley for the vacant FX3 Welterweight Title. Angerer is happy to have the chance, to fight for a second world title this year. In May Yamatodamashii became again the SHIDO MMA Welterweight Champion by defeating Massimiliano Constanzi (Italy) with a brutal KO. Only four weeks later Angerer fought at "FX3 X-Plosion" and has beaten the english MMA legend Paul "Hands of Stone" Jenkins via submission in the first round. Now the time has come for Yamatodamashii to fight for the FX3 title!

|October 2nd 2005| GTT's own "Psycho" Vlajko Perovic fought last night in Denmark at "Fight Arena 1" to give his Pro SHOOTO debut. He fought in B-Class against Nic Q Sic from Mikenta Gym in Denmark. Vlajko did a great fight but lost by a decision to the Dane.

|October 16th 2005| Yesterday the reigning SHIDO MMA Welterweight Champion Peter "Yamatodamashii" Angerer fought for the vacant FX3 Title at "Battle of Britain" in Reading (England) against Paul "Semtex" Daley (Team Rough House/England). Daley is the No 1 in UK's Welterweight Division and it should be a hard challenge for the GTT fighter. Daley started the fight with several lowkicks and Peter answered by taking Daley to the Clinch to try to take him down. The defense of Daley was superb and both fighter clinched for about a minute exchaning short punches and knees. Angerer attempted a Guillotine Choke but Daley escaped and managed to take Angerer down, where he immediately began to fire his infamous left hooks to the german's head. Angerer managed to get full guard but Daley stood up and escaped. Angerer followed Daley to stand up just to end in a clinch again, where the german went for a knee to the head of Daley. Daley answered with a knee to the midsection by himself and was able to throw Angerer to the floor. The german turteled to cover his head as the Referee in charge stepped in and stopped the fight?! This (the early stoppage) was a very misunderstandable situation, as Daley hasn't even begun to pound on Angerer on the floor and Angerer was in no danger at the time of the stoppage. The promoters of FX3 already has agreed to a Re-Match between Daley and Angerer in Februar to straighten this situation out and Peter is looking forward to another fight against "Semtex": "Paul Daley is a great sportsman and athlete and I respect him a lot as a fighter. But the stoppage had no reason as I wasn't in any danger at this time. Things like this happen and I don't want to take anything away from Paul's win or from FX3. I am just happy that they see things like I do and agreed to a Re-Match."

|November 13th 2005| GTT's most successful Thaiboxer Andreas "Iron Man" Beckert has been invited to participate at the European Grand Prix of S1 World Championships in a high caliber 8-Man-Tournament. His opponent in the quarterfinals was the current No. 1 in the WKA World Rankings Steve Neumann from Germany. Andreas managed to outpower the aggressive Neumann in all three rounds and earned a unanimous decision after three crueling rounds to get the win. Due to his injuries he could not continue in the semifinals, but we send our congratulations to Andreas who gave an impressive debut at S1.

|November 27th 2005| Last night Andreas Beckert of the GTT has fought a Thaiboxing Match against SHI KON Grand Prix veteran Aziz Araiba from Belgium in Villingen-Schwenningen. Beckert, who has fought at the prestigious S1 only two weeks ago showed, that he is the current No.1 of Thaiboxing in Shidokan Europe. With his trademark, the lowkicks, he controlled the strong fighter from Belgium and earned a unanimous decision after three rounds.

|December 4th 2005| Three of GTT's most promising fighters - Franco De Leonardis, Vlajko Perovic and Jochen Gieb - has fought last night at the annual World Shidokan Open in the Park West Theater in Chicago (USA). This year the Championship was held as an international Team Battle with fighters from Canada, Japan, USA and Germany. Franco De Leonardis, who won the UGC this year for the second time, lost in his match against Canada's Jeff Mrtyniuk via KO in Round 4. Vlajko "Psycho" Perovic fought a hard and very entertaining battle against UFC veteran and former SHIDO MMA World Champion Shonie Carter, but lost by decision after six rounds of Shidokan Triathlon. In his second match Vlajko went for another six rounds against Jan Kazuba (Canada) and lost again closely by points. The greatest upset was the loss of Jochen Gieb against Brad Baker (USA) by points. After Gieb knocked down Baker with a flying knee in the first round and kept the pressure for the entire fight, the american was awarded the unanimous decision by points.