I asked a bunch of friends to describe me by only using one word, and this is what I got: Educated, Curious, Honest, Ballsy, F'BR, Swag, Legshot, Underestimated, Authentic, Truthful, Opinionated, Envious, Hard Ass, and Coach
“A person who never made a mistake, never tried anything new.”—Albert Einstein After UFC 115, many fans were up in arms over the fact that Yves Lavigne had apparently “screwed up big time,” when he prematurely (and non-deliberately) stopped the fight between Matt Wiman and Mac Danzig. Wiman had Danzig in a guillotine choke, and [...]
“The mysterious nature of the ninja has long captured popular imagination in [the UFC], and later, the rest of the world. Ninjas figure prominently in folklore and legend, and as a result, it is often difficult to separate historical fact from myth. Some legendary abilities include invisibility, walking on water, and [charming the boss, Dana [...]
“Hell hath no fury like [Dana White] scorned.” The saga between Dana White/UFC and Fedor Emelianenko/M-1 Global is very long and complicated. The short version is that Dana White has historically been incredibly disrespectful towards Emelianenko for his refusal to fight under the monopoly known as the Ultimate Fighting Championship. This has apparently created a [...]
“The truth is often avoided because it is ugly and unpleasant. Never appeal to truth and reality unless you are prepared for the anger that comes from disenchantment. Life is so harsh and distressing that people who can manufacture romance or conjure up fantasy are like oasis in the desert: Everyone flocks to them. There [...]
For those of you who don’t really know me (that would be everyone by the way), let me just start by saying that you will be hard pressed to find anyone who loves the sport of Mixed Martial Arts more than myself. Does that mean that I always believe everything that the UFC tells me [...]
Earlier today, Aaron Brooks of Hagerstown, Maryland, smashed the world record in the bench press for his age and weight. The previous bench press record for eight and nine-year-olds in the 88 pound weight class was 77 pounds. Aaron now holds the record at 99.21 pounds, which is more than 22 pounds greater than the [...]
Aaron Brooks of Hagerstown, Maryland, is a seven-time national champion wrestler who has more than 345 amateur wins to his name (and counting) and will compete to break the world record in the bench press for his age and weight on June 12 in New Jersey. The current bench press record for eight and nine-year-olds [...]
To recap what we already know (or maybe not)… Eric Bradley is a 28-year old former wrestler from Penn State who was a two-time NCAA Division One Wrestling All-American. He was ranked number one in the United States in his senior year. Bradley was also a two-time Big Ten Conference Wrestling Champion and a National [...]
“Some become champions, few become legends.”—Bill “Superfoot” Wallace Welcome once again fight fans to another installment of Time Warp Battle, where historical fighting legends meet today’s future (or in this case—current) Hall of Fame candidates. Today, we’re going to look back at what would happen if the 1979 PKA Middleweight Champion kickboxer, Bill Wallace, were [...]
“Studies done by Yale University in America have quantified the stigma that people attach to overweight and obese individuals. Among some of the negative stereotypes that these students had were that they believed that overweight and obese people were insecure, lazy, and had very little willpower. “The world is a very unfair place and this [...]