La lucha abierta
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<a href=http://www.pakuajuy.com.ar/>La lucha abierta</a>, roughly translates to the open fight from Spanish. The La lucha abierta is an unsanctioned fight league similar to that of U.F.C. or K1. Originally from Peru those who participate in the abierta, fight in accordance with Peruvian rules. Simply, there absolutely are none. Though the abierta uses a similar point system to the U.F.C. and consists of three, five minute rounds those are the only similarities. Both opponents face each other bare fisted and the fight only ends one of three ways.
1)One competitor forfeits the match. 2)The ref calls the fight as a knockout. 3)One of the competitors, looses consciousness.
Though the abierta has been in existence for twenty four years, it is only now gaining a name in North America. In 2002 Francisco Carba, the money man behind this organization decided to expand the three week tournament of champions into a year long world wide extravaganza. Now, if you know the right people you can catch an unsanctioned illegal fight in many U.S. cities. The winners of these fights known as pirámide fights, will then move on to the Abierta in Lima, Peru.
This year only two American's will be moving on to Lima. Johan Misvect, a German immigrant from Erie P.A. known as the wall. At 300 plus pounds and almost seven feet of height, Misvect has a great advantage in this league with no weight classes. Misvect's style is a combination of Brazillian Jiu Jitsu and Muai Thai boxing. The second Martial Artist to make the cut is Michael Sacks of Chandler, AZ. Michael is more commonly known as scars due to his extensive training in knife fighting. Michael's style is a combination of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Pa-Kua.
The other 14 fighters invited to the Abierta consist of 4 Peruvians, 8 other South Americans and two Europeans.
The fans in attendance can expect a wide array of entertainment between fights. Because of its legal restrictions very few photos and videos exist of the Abierta, but this one of the entertainment can be found on youtube.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=353QdMb6-gg
