The "Big O" Channels "The Dragon" on the

Next Episode of Bodog Fight

 

Like a lot of martial arts fans, 21-year-old Eben "The Big O" Oroz grew up idolizing legendary actor Bruce

Lee in movies like Enter The Dragon and Fists of Fury. So much so, he set out to become a professional

fighter himself.

 

"My goal was to try and apply Lee's Jeet Kune Do system to mixed martial arts fighting," says the Floridian

featherweight (4-1). "But first, I had to learn Jeet Kune Do," (which translates to "the way of the intercepting

fist").

 

Enter Sifu (instructor) Richie Carrion, founder of JKD-Extreme Martial Arts Academy, in West Palm Beach,

Florida.

 

"He started by teaching me one of Lee's most important combat principles," says Oroz. "Namely, that

simple done right has no counter."

 

Eben Oroz

However, with no prior martial arts training, Oroz found this difficult to

digest at first.

 

"He kept telling me to have an empty mind, or as Lee once said an

'empty cup'. The thinking is that if your cup of knowledge is empty you

can always fill it back up, but if your cup is always full you cannot add

to it. So, one should keep his cup or circle empty in order to keep

learning."

 

To remind himself of this philosophy, Oroz took the unusual step of

having an enormous circle tattooed on his torso.

 

"It serves as a reminder to me, plus fans love chanting 'O' whenever I land a punch or kick in the ring," laughs

Oroz.

 

This Tuesday, September 4 at 11 p.m. / 10 p.m. Central, Oroz fights Indiana's David "The Doctor" Love

(7-5-1) on an all new episode of Bodog Fight: New Jersey, airing on ION television in the U.S. and in Canada

on The Fight Network.

 

Also featured on this episode of Bodog Fight: New Jersey is a heavyweight battle between Russia's Roman

Zentsov (16-10) and "The Iron Lion" Branden Lee Hinkle (14-7) of Ohio. Both fighters are hoping a victory

will catapult them into a position to challenge for the vacant Bodog Fight heavyweight belt.

 

No secret as to the game plan for Zentsov, who rolls with the likes of Aleks and Fedor Emelianenko at the

famed Russian Red Devil Sport Club. The hard-hitting Russian will be looking to land bombs.

 

"Zentsov has some of the heaviest hands in the sport," says fellow heavyweight Josh Barnett. "His left hook

has put more than a few fighters to sleep."

 

But Hinkle, a newcomer to Bodog Fight, has never been knocked out and says he doesn't plan on tasting

the canvas in this fight.

 

"I see me pounding him out and the ref stopping it at the end of the first round," says a confident Hinkle.

 

If it goes past the first round, the NCAA Division II Wrestling champion and U.S. National Free-Style All-

American can certainly rely on sage advice from his corner, where MMA pioneer Mark Coleman will be

barking instructions.

 

"Mark and all the guys I work with at Team Hammer House in Columbus have really helped me take my

game to the next level," says Hinkle. "I'm ready to roll."

 

Can't catch the action on ION (or The Fight Network in Canada)? All episodes of the Bodog Fight series are

available worldwide through streaming video at NewBodogFight.com, with behind-the-scenes exclusives,

fighter bios and additional footage only available online.

 

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- From Bodog Fight with a little editing from us (color, etc...)

 

(9/8/07)