Carlos Newton

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Carlos Newton

Statistics
Nickname	The Ronin
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Born	August 17, 1976
Fighting out of	Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Town of birth	British Virgin Islands
Fighting style	Dragon Ball Jiu Jitsu
Mixed martial arts record
Wins	13
By knockout	1
By submission	9
Losses	10
Draws	0

Carlos "The Ronin" Newton (born British Virgin Islands, August 17, 1976) is a Canadian mixed martial arts fighter, fighting out of and teaching at Warrior Martial Arts Centre in Newmarket, Ontario. He has competed in UFC, Pride FC, and various MMA promotions of lower profile under the supervision of his coach and mentor, Terry Riggs. Newton has dubbed his personal fighting style—an amalgam of traditional jiu-jitsu, judo, and wrestling—"Dragon Ball Jiu-Jitsu" in tribute to Dragon Ball, a Japanese comic and anime series. His nickname, "The Ronin," is a reflection of both his training methods and his interest in the martial culture of feudal Japan. He has a professional MMA record of 13-10-0 as of November 2006.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Mixed martial arts career
2 MMA record
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Biography

Newton's graceful, intelligent fighting style made Newton a favorite among serious MMA fans. Newton, a fluent speaker of Japanese, was influenced by such classic martial texts as The Book of Five Rings, The Art of War, and The Hagakure, as well as modern works like the Star Wars films and the Dragon Ball comic and anime series.^{[citation needed]} From Dragon Ball, Newton draws not only the name of his fighting style but his post-fight "Kame Hame Ha" celebration as well. Newton lists his heroes as Muhammed Ali, Albert Einstein, and Batman.^{[citation needed]}

Carlos, a former linguistics student at Toronto's York University, is in the latter stages of his pre-med studies in geriatric medicine, having done research at Baycrest Hospital, one of the world leaders in geriatric care.

[edit] Mixed martial arts career

Newton's professional fighting career began at the uncommonly early age of 19, with a submission loss due to sheer exhaustion against Jean Riviere on the Extreme Fighting 2 card in April of 1996. After wins in Japan's Shooto organization including its Japan Vale Tudo events, Newton's fourth and fifth fights marked his UFC debut at UFC 17, defeating Bob Gilstrap and losing to Dan Henderson on the same night. In June of 1998, Newton lost a technical bout in PRIDE Fighting Championships against Kazushi Sakuraba. Neither Sakuraba nor PRIDE FC had truly come into their own at that time, but the Sakuraba vs. Newton fight is remembered today as a classic.

Newton applying an armbar against Bob Gilstrap at UFC 17

Newton's greatest professional accomplishment in his career so far has been capturing the UFC Welterweight Championship from Pat Miletich in May 2001. The reign was short lived however, as Newton lost his first title defense in November of that same year at UFC 34 against accomplished wrestler Matt Hughes. In that fight's second round, Newton secured a triangle choke, or sankaku-jime, around Hughes' neck. The powerful Hughes lifted Newton off the mat, and supported Newton against the top ringbar.

What occurs next is unclear. Seemingly, Newton was then powerbombed and knocked unconscious, while Hughes falls into a stupor at the time of the impact. However, the situation could also be construed that the triangle choke by Newton had rendered Hughes unconscious. With Hughes unconscious and thus unable to support Newton on the topbar, Newton fell and was rendered unconscious when hitting the mat. While the first view is supported by the referee and commentators, the second view explains the condition of Hughes' mysterious "stupor." Regardless, Hughes was awarded the controversial victory.

Newton's successes since his first encounter with Hughes have been few, but notable. Newton rebounded from his first, controversial loss to Hughes with a spectacular armbar or juji-gatame victory over Jose "Pele" Landi-Jons at PRIDE 19 in February, 2002, and in October, 2003 Newton eked out a split-decision victory over the estimable Renzo Gracie at PRIDE's inaugural Bushido event. Currently, Newton is a coach in the upstart International Fight League, an MMA promotion using a team concept and salaried fighters. Newton's team, the Dragons, is scheduled to compete in the next eight-team tournament in the IFL, which is scheduled to begin in September 2006.

Newton was set for a comeback fight at K-1's HEROs MMA promotion against Melvin Manhoef at the Ariake Coliseum on August 5th, but had to pull out of the fight at the last minute due to a torn ligament in his knee. He made a second attempt at a comeback in K-1 HEROs, this time facing Tokimitsu Ishizawa. Newton made short work of the Japanese fighter, needing only four punches to score the TKO victory in just 22 seconds.

[edit] MMA record

Result	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Notes
Win	Tokimitsu Ishizawa	TKO (Punches)	K-1-Hero's 7	10/9/2006	1	0:22
Loss	Ryo Chonan	Decision (Unanimous)	PRIDE Bushido 5	10/14/2004	2	5:00
Loss	Daiju Takase	Decision (Split)	PRIDE Bushido 3	5/23/2004	2	5:00
Loss	Renato Verissimo	Decision (Unanimous)	UFC 46-Supernatural	1/31/2004	3	5:00
Win	Renzo Gracie	Decision (Split)	PRIDE Bushido 1	10/5/2003	2	5:00
Loss	Anderson Silva	TKO (Strikes)	PRIDE 25 Body Blow	3/16/2003	1	6:27
Win	Pete Spratt	Submission (Kimura)	UFC 40-Vendetta	11/22/2002	1	1:45
Loss	Matt Hughes	TKO (Strikes)	UFC 38-Brawl at the Hall	7/13/2002	4	3:27
Win	Jose Landi-Jons	Submission (Armbar)	PRIDE 19 Bad Blood	2/24/2002	1	7:16
Loss	Matt Hughes	KO (Slam)	UFC 34-High Voltage	11/2/2001	2	1:27	Loses UFC Welterweight Title
Win	Pat Miletich	Submission (Bulldog Choke)	UFC 31-Locked & Loaded	5/4/2001	3	2:50	Wins UFC Welterweight Title
Loss	Dave Menne	Decision (Unanimous)	Shidokan Jitsu-Warriors War 1	2/8/2001	1	10:00
Win	Johil de Oliveira	Decision	PRIDE 12 Cold Fury	12/9/2000	2	5:00
Win	Yuhi Sano	Submission (Armbar)	PRIDE 9 New Blood	6/4/2000	1	0:40
Win	Karl Schmidt	Submission (Armbar)	WEF 9-World Class	5/13/2000	1	1:12
Win	Daijiro Matsui	Decision	PRIDE 6-PRIDE 6	7/4/1999	3	5:00
Win	Kenji Kawaguchi	Submission (Armbar)	Shooto-10th Anniversary Event	5/29/1999	1	5:00
Loss	Kazushi Sakuraba	Submission (Kneebar)	PRIDE 3-PRIDE 3	6/24/1998	2	5:19
Loss	Dan Henderson	Decision	UFC 17-Redemption	5/15/1998	1	15:00
Win	Bob Gilstrap	Submission (Triangle Choke)	UFC 17-Redemption	5/15/1998	1	0:52
Win	Kazuhiro Kusayanagi	Submission (Armbar)	Shooto-Las Grandes Viajes 2	3/1/1998	1	2:17
Win	Erik Paulson	Submission (Armbar)	VTJ 1997-Vale Tudo Japan 1997	11/29/1997	1	0:41
Loss	Jean Riviere	Submission (Exhaustion)	EF 2-Extreme Fighting 2	4/26/1996	1	7:22