A story posted today( http://www.sbnation.com/2010/3/1/1331361/fedor-emelianenko-hold) states that Fedor Emelianenko's management company M-1 global is having problems with Strikeforce. The story states that M-1 and Strikeforce are unable to agree on co-promotion terms and states that M-1 will not allow Fedor to fight for Strikeforce again without a new contract. Now I'm sure this will work itself out and Fedor will fight Fabricio Werdum in May as planed, but lets just take a walk down fantasy land for a moment and discuss the possible outcomes and what it could mean for us MMA fans.
Mixed Martial Arts
1 March 2010
16 February 2010
Last year when "King Mo" burst onto the MMA scene, with a stunning first round knock out of Travis Wiuff in Sengoku, everyone in the know in the MMA community took notice of the brash, athletic, flamb
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29 May 2009
Machida's recent victory to claim the UFC light heavyweight title was definately a long time coming. This blog is not about the fight. Rather it is ongoing debate which Machida is a symbol.
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30 November 2008
The annual S-Cup tournament commenced on 11/24/08, with 2 mma artists joining the card including former IFL light weight champ Chris Horodecki and Chute Boxe Luiz Azeredo, 2 shoot boxing pioneer veterans current S-Cup World Champion Kenichi Ogata, S-Cup Japan Qualifier Hiroki Shishido, S-Cup Europe qualifier Edvin Kibus, David Schneldmiller a pupil of Andy Souwer all with their sites on an opportunity to face the favored tournament contender, WMTA, ISKA, WKA, 2 time K-1 Max and 4 time S-Cup World Champion Andy Souwer.
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The 4th installment of the Shooto Tradition series was headlined by
several veterans including Lion Takeshi Inoue recapturing the 143lbs
Shooto Featherweight title from Hideki Kadowaki. Headlining the card
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22 November 2008
Seiya Kawahara
P's Lab Yokohama
As we see a new wave of NCAA all american wrestlers and BJJ champions taking the MMA scene by storm, we observe stronger foundations and integration of a higher order of grappling, pounding, striking prowess by Team Quest - Mo Lowal(King Mo), Mark Layman BJJ - Jim Miller, Dan Miller, Extreme Couture - Jake Rosholt, anticpated debut of Robert Drysdale, UJJ - Xande Ribeiro, and former Penn State University No. 1 @ 197lbs - Phil Davis.
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17 November 2008
The term mixed martial arts is a new and controversial topic in the sporting world. Its utterance on popular sports forums, news and media outlets, and among the general public can evoke dichotomous images of blood, violence and barbaric brutality, while at the same time conjuring quite opposing ideas of skill, respect, and the beauty of the human form in top physical condition, depending on who you ask.
Continue reading "The New Warriors: A Brief Intro to MMA and the UFC"
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12 October 2008
Known as the Kyokushin siblings, Ryuya and Nana Kusakabe represent the Chubu prefecture of Japan, exploding onto the K-1 scene with their 2nd annual Koshien under 18 preliminary 16 against Ryuma Tobe.
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8 October 2008
Well Folks, it’s that time again: Who’s Hot Wednesday is upon us. As promised, today’s special guests are Kurt Warner and Seth Petruzelli. So without further adieu, let’s get this thing started.
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7 October 2008
http://www.aliveacademy.net/
Based out of Nagoya, The Alive Academy is a cross between JiuJiutsu Academy and sanctioned official Shooto gym. There are subtle differences stylistically with respect to other official Shooto Gyms across the Kanto region. They all marshal variations of the core Shooto philosophies which include a full spectrum approach to MMA tying in effective striking, pounding, wrestling, catch, MMAgrappling, Judo, BJJ concepts. One defining characteristic of the Alive camp is their ability to incorporate and adapt their strong BJJ base into concepts usable in the MMA rules, integrating striking as faints to set up greco clinches, trips, and improving ground positions to ippon finishes or TKO's. Takesuke Kume a byproduct of the Alive Academy is a bright prospect with a strong accolade crowned as the 2006 Shooto Middle Weight Amateur Champion. Although the accessiblity of his amateur bouts are limited online, Kume now 4-0 is known most notably for his beautiful pounding transition to standing RNC of Takuya Sato last October at Shooto GiG Central 13. Breaking into the Shooto Class A ranks unscathed, Kume is a promising addition and hopeful for a thining Shooto middle weight (under 67 kg/167 lbs) division.
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6 October 2008
So I normally title my Monday blog: Monday Mourning due to being hungover from a full day of drinking and watching sports, hence the “mourning” because I have to get up, go to work, puke in the bathroom, and subsequently fall asleep in all of my meetings and get absolutely no work done. But today is different, mainly due to the fact that CBS’s and Fox’s regional coverage of NFL games in my area was HORRIBLE. Games that had a spread of +11 with no fantasy implications at all were being aired, so I went and watched polo (you know, the sport where guys on horses trot around and whack a ball with mallets). I had never been to a polo game before but we decided to go due to the possibility of attractive females (there are always beautiful women at horse events). We mingled with a few and made up some elaborate lies that we were just checking out the competition and had our horses stabled a few miles away. We were obviously out of place, with our cheers of “nice pass man!” and “shoooooot it!” but we wholeheartedly plan on attending it every Sunday for the rest of the season – pending what NFL games are on of course.
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4 October 2008
Oh how we loves us some Kimbo. There is just something about a pop internet sensation who is undefeated in the most dangerous sport out there. Sure his wins over Bo Cantrell, Tank Abbot, and James Thompson were lackluster, showing Kimbo's crazy standup but it also showed us he has no ground game. As most MMA purists say, he doesn't deserve all this media attention he is getting as there are more skilled fighters out there. This is where I disagree with the purists. Kimbo alone has brought new fans to the sport that no one else could. The excitement before a Kimbo fight is right up there with all the championship fights I have seen as of late. Nothing like tossin back some brewskies at your buddies house with Kimbo's beard in high definition on the big screen.
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21 September 2008
" Headed up north sucka, cause I wanna be a Cowboy baby " This week it's the Packers with no blizzards in the forecast. If your a Cowboy fan there's a collective sigh o
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19 September 2008
" Headed up north sucka, cause I wanna be a Cowboy baby " This week it's the Packers with no blizzards in the forecast. If your a Cowboy fan there's a collective sigh o
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