Browsing all posts from May, 2010.
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
“Current research indicates that resistance training can be a safe, effective and worthwhile activity for children and adolescents provided that qualified professionals supervise all training sessions and provide age-appropriate instruction on proper lifting procedures and safe training guidelines. “Regular participation in a multifaceted resistance training program that begins during the preseason and includes instruction on [...]
Monday, May 24th, 2010
“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.”—Denis Waitley As I write this article, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is still illegal in many parts of the world. In particular, the politicians in my home Province of Ontario, Canada are still feeling that the [...]
Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
The First Annual MMA Day in Ontario, Canada, organized by the Toronto-based Mixed-Martial Arts Expo, brought together the Ontario citizens, families, and businesses that stand to benefit from finally having Mixed-Martial Arts (MMA) recognized as another legitimate combat sport in Ontario—such as boxing (over eighty years). The event was hosted by Ontario businessman, radio announcer, [...]
Saturday, May 15th, 2010
Bellator middleweight champion Hector Lombard scored the fastest knockout in the promotion’s history, requiring only six seconds in the first round to completely destroy UFC veteran Jay Silva, in a non-title, 190-pound catch weight fight at the Monroe Civic Center in Monroe, La. Silva, who was fighting on short notice after replacing Paulo Filho, was [...]
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
“The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs.”—Joan Didion . In case you didn’t already know, Paul “Semtex” Daley had a crucial decision to make at UFC 113 and not very much time to make it—unfortunately. In a matter of seconds, the young Daley found himself embroiled [...]
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Now that UFC 112 is in the record books, Abu Dhabi isn’t exactly putting Mixed-Martial Arts on hold while they wait for the next major UFC event to pass through town. In fact, the ADFC is forging ahead by returning MMA to its illustrious roots by hosting an open-weight, televised, and recurring Mixed-Martial Arts Grand [...]
Sunday, May 9th, 2010
In an evening filled with exciting fights and interesting upsets (sucks to be Canadian, eh?), one particular display of apparent classlessness had left the UFC President, Dana White, extremely disappointed and disgusted. And no, I’m not talking about Josh Koscheck’s first round “Montreal Canadiens” impression, where he turtled-up and played “injured” after an apparent missed [...]
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
El Octagono (Ok-tog-a-no) is an MMA-related program, which is 100% dedicated to the broadcasting of mixed-martial arts in Spanish, as well as, in English. On the website, you will find updates on the latest in MMA news, events, fight results, and “hot topic” opinions. Together, Randall “El Flaco” Villafañe (I had to look it up—it [...]
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
There are a tonne of reasons why modern mixed-martial arts has had incredible success up until this point, but more specifically, there are two major reasons why this level of success will continue, as MMA’s growth sky-rockets at a record setting pace. The success that MMA has experienced up until this point has been nothing [...]
