I'm a writer, a father, a lifetime martial artist, and a youth football coach with the Niagara Storm. I also bartend at the Irish Harp Pub in N-O-T-L Canada. Cheers!
Human nature dictates that we tend to like people that most remind us of ourselves. Not necessarily in appearance (I know what you’re thinking…James Ryan and Brad Pitt must be like two peas in a pod). I’m referring of course, to personality. I took an on-line quiz once that matched up my “management personality” with [...]
We can’t go anywhere nowadays it would seem, without having to patiently endure the constant interruption of media as it mercilessly bombards our senses. Our generations (X, Y, and Z) have unfortunately grown accustomed to such intrusions and technological influences on society. “The media has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in [...]
“Use absence to increase respect and honor. Too much circulation makes the price go down: The more you are seen and heard from, the more common you appear. If you are already established in a group, temporary withdrawal from it will make you more talked about, even more admired. You must learn when to leave. [...]
Riddle me this, fight fans… What do Randy “The Natural” Couture and Mark “The Hammer” Coleman have in common with Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua? Each pairing is scheduled to face each other, but win or lose, they absolutely would love to fight the winner/loser of the other scheduled match-up—with or without [...]
Here’s a thought… Why doesn’t Dana White just come right out and say that he feels that Randy Couture has done enough for the sport of MMA (which he has) to automatically deserve a shot at the light-heavyweight championship title? Why make him jump through a dozen hoops just to appease a rather “large” portion [...]
Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki is a Japanese mixed-martial artist and former police trainee who also happens to be the current DREAM lightweight champion, Shooto middleweight champion, and the World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts lightweight champion. Very impressive. Now, I hate to rehash old news, but what’s not so impressive is what happened at Dynamite [...]
“Pain is nothing compared to what it feels like to quit. Give everything you got today for tomorrow may never come.” – Coach Dan Gable Welcome once again fight fans to another instalment of Time Warp Battle, where historical fighting legends meet today’s future Hall of Fame candidates. Today, we’re going to look at what [...]
In the past six months, I have been quite critical, either in article or in comment, of the following four fighters: Diego Sanchez, Tito Ortiz, Frank Mir, and more recently, Thiago Silva. I know that a lot of “fans” don’t like various athletes for a multitude of reasons without ever truly trying to understand why. [...]
Hector Lombard (aka Shango) is an Australian professional mixed-martial arts fighter. Hector is currently the middleweight champion of Cage Fighting Championship based in Australia and the current middleweight champion for Bellator Fighting Championships. Hector is a former Olympic Judo competitor originally from Cuba who is now an Australian citizen but currently residing in America. Hector [...]
Gabriel Gonzaga is a professional mixed martial arts fighter currently competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, is a former member of Chute Boxe Academy, and now fights out of Ludlow, Massachusetts as a part of Team Link. Gabriel won the Mundials (2004), which is considered to be [...]