We are four events down in the third season of Bellator Fighting Championships and already we have seen the promotional debut of the pound-for-pound queen of MMA, as well as the first ever championship change hands and this is only the beginning. This Thursday Bellator will host its 28th event going head-to-head in the same [...]
Sep 7 2010 | Posted in
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The state of mixed martial arts in Japan has been questioned amongst keyboard warriors for several years since the fall of the revolutionary Pride FC organization. Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG) are the leading provider of combat sports in the land of the rising sun—they are the parent company behind the largest kick boxing organization [...]
Sep 1 2010 | Posted in
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The toughest decision that a professional fighter must make is to determine when its finally time to hang up the gloves and watch the sport from the side line. In this instance we have 41 year old pioneer of mixed martial arts, Kazushi Sakuraba. Sakuraba first made a name for himself as a professional wrestler [...]
Aug 30 2010 | Posted in
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The Bellator Fighting Championships began airing on ESPN for their first season in April of 2009—in the beginning they struggled to get attention of the MMA world outside of the hardcore audience. Then, at their fifth event in a lightweight tournament semifinal scrap between Jorge Masvidal and Toby Imada, everything changed. The bout was controlled [...]
Aug 27 2010 | Posted in
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Strikeforce is an organization that has made many small mistakes, but all of them keep adding up. This past Saturday night, Strikeforce hosted their 37th event from the Toyota Centre in Houston, Texas—the event was headlined by both the middleweight and light-heavyweight straps on the line. This time around, Scott Coker got lucky and both [...]
Aug 24 2010 | Posted in
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When it was announced that the vacant Strikeforce Middleweight Championship will be up for grabs in a bout between Tim Kennedy and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza disappointment struck keyboard warriors from all over the world. Ronaldo Souza, better known by his nickname “Jacare” is an accomplished Brazilian-Jiu Jitsu black belt. Many would argue he is the [...]
Aug 24 2010 | Posted in
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As a loaded weekend of mixed martial arts action came to a close, we look back and what do we all remember? Was it the exciting action put forward by the 135-lbs girls on the Strikeforce card? Or was it the return to American soil of the pound-for-pound queen of women’s MMA? For many of [...]
Aug 24 2010 | Posted in
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Hi Nathan, You’re taking on Rob McCrum on the first Kudegra show in September. How excited are you for this fight? Very excited. Its going to be a great night full of upsets and shocks so i cannot wait. Q. What do you know about your opponent? What do you see as his strengths? A. [...]
Q: You’re taking on John Cullen in the first Kudegra show in September. How excited are you for this fight? A: I’m really excited, John has a good reputation and a lot of experience, I think he was training and fighting while I was still living just for the weekend! But that doesn’t bother me, [...]
This Documentary won the Best Student Factual award at the North East and the Border Royal Television Society Awards 2008. Judges Comments “‘A piece that stood out for its strong direction, narrative, editing and camera work” As cage fighting (MMA) becomes increasing popular in the UK many negative stereotypes have been constructed around the sport. [...]
Aug 18 2010 | Posted in
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