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March 12, 2011. The MMA world shook as the announcement became official. Zuffa, UFC’s parent company, had purchased Strikeforce and swallowed up its only real competition in the MMA landscape. MMA fans and pundits alike wondered aloud if it was the end of the promotion. The UFC’s acquisition of P...
Well the relaxing time is over and it’s time to get back to work. Two weeks ago I won the amateur Battlefield middleweight title. In the days leading up to the fight I found it weird that I was going to go into a fight and attempt to stand up and box the entire fight. My hands were untested but ...
By Carlin Bardsley With the recent firing of Nate “The Great” Marquardt and the saga of Chael Sonnen, one of the most controversial topics has become the legitimacy of TRT, or testosterone replacement therapy. While some such as Marquardt, Sonnen and other fighters currently on TRT insist that it...
This coming Saturday, July 16 at the Vancouver Convention Centre, Battlefield Fight League will be putting on their ninth event titled Quest for Gold. The event name says it all. There will be 2 titles up for grabs, the vacant BFL Featherweight belt and the BFL Amateur Middleweight belt.
Well, It’s one week away from Battlefield Fight League 9: Quest for Gold. Our training camp pretty much wrapped up on Sunday with a great class led by Shawn Albrecht and Josh Bohnen.
Josh Koscheck is angling for a middleweight fight and an easy commute. The UFC veteran announced on his twitter account that he has asked for his next fight to be November 19th at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, the city that also plays home to his training camp American Kickboxing Academy. Koscheck...
I’m sure at some point in your day, whether it’s your lunch break, just before bed, or you have a smart phone and you are on the toilet you have 20 minutes to spare. You will not regret losing 20 minutes of your life watching Chael Sonnen rip apart everyone from Wanderlei Silva to Anderson Silva ...
UFC 132 brought us one of the most entertaining cards this year. By the numbers we witnessed 4 vicious KO stoppages, 1 future altering submission, and several decisions that could have been fight of the night on any other card.
April 14, 2000. The UFC was making their third trip to Japan, headlined by a clash between Tito Ortiz and Wanderlei Silva for the vacant 205 (then known as middleweight) title. Ortiz was able to keep Silva on his back for the most part, and was awarded a decision victory after 15 minutes and the ...
Four weeks until Battlefield 9 “Quest for Gold”. I am writing this while sitting in a car with coach Shawn Albretch and Mr. Main Event himself Jeremy “JBC” Kennedy as we drive back from Yakima, Washington where we just cornered Daniel Swain to his first of many pro titles. It was a dominating pe...
The pay-per-view event, featuring a light heavyweight contest between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Matt Hamill, takes place at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena.
With season 13 of The Ultimate Fighter just wrapping up and speculations of GSP and Nick Diaz coaching the next season, Dana White laid those rumors to rest today.
Jesse Taylor is not in the UFC, but he sure is fighting hard to make a return. Unfortunately the man they call, “JT Money” will be known for his exit from the organization rather than for his overall resume. For those of you who don’t know the story, JT won his way onto the Ultimate Fighter 7 Fi...
I first started reading the “Diary of a Fighter” series on MMASucka.com last summer while in preparation for my first amateur fight. The fighter I was reading up on was Nathan Swayze. A well established amateur fighter whom I had met, and faced at the Tiger Balm Pankration Tournament.
It was like being in a dream, within a dream, when at the beginning of the Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley fight, the camera zoomed in on Dana White wearing a Strikeforce T-shirt with a Cheshire Cat smile. It was very surreal. It was a great way to kick off the telecast.
It’s midnight and I just finished watching the movie “The Social Network”, I give it two thumbs up. It’s funny how Facebook has become this huge entity. It did remind though, that most billionaires are corrupt mental midgets.