Cro Cop Training Highlight
With UFC 99 coming up June 13th in Cologne Germany, former PRIDE openweight champ and K-1 kickboxer Mirko “Cro-Cop” Filipovic, (24-6-2) is returning to fight Mustafa Al-Turk (6-4) in an anticipated heavyweight match-up. Mirko is one of my favorite fighters so I am excited to watch this fight.
Below is a training video in how [...]
Do MMA fighter’s need conditioning?
With the surge of Mixed Martial arts and the popularity of UFC becoming internationally mainstream, it seems like everyone wants to start training in some sort of discipline. Kickboxing, boxing, wrestling, jiu jitsu, and grappling, among other disciplines are all integrated and put into competition inside a cage or ring. It may seem like just [...]
The Top 2 MMA Fights for May
In the month of May, there are quite a few big fight organizations putting on some pretty big shows. With the UFC 98, DREAM9, Bellator Fighting, and SHO MMA all having cards, there are bound to be some major upsets, devastating knockouts, and epic battles.
I really do want to see the return of Norifumi “Kid” [...]
Chuck Liddell KO’d
Last night’s UFC was pretty disappointing to most, with a lackluster championship fight to end the night. For me, it was the end of an era. Chuck “the Iceman” Liddell, one of the most dominating 205lb fighters the world has ever known, was knocked out again by Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. He’s lost 4 of his [...]
Crossing Over
Recently there were reports that professional MMA fighters Vitor Belfort (17-8) and Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (5-3) said they hope to utilize the Affliction and Golden Boy Promotions partnership to fulfill their professional boxing aspirations. Andre Arlovski (15-5 MMA) has been training with legendary boxing trainer Freddie Roach. Roach has trained many boxing champions such as [...]
Super Fight of the Century
With the upcoming fight between UFC welterweight champ Georges St Pierre and UFC lightweight champ B.J. Penn, there has been a lot of speculation about what is going to happen during the fight. I, along with everyone else, am extremely excited for this match up, but I am even more excited for the bouts that [...]
Fedor vs the World’s Best
There has been a lot of talk about the UFC and how it handles its fighters. All this comes to light recently because of the way they dealt with Jon Fitch and the other AKA fighters in response to them not signing a release for a UFC video game. The game would depict the fighter’s [...]