Road to the Pro’s: Micah Brakefield #4
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.
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Is Koscheck vs Leben On Tap For November 19?
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...
Must See Chael Sonnen Interview
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: The Aftermath
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.
The Huntington Beach Bad Boy vs. The Axe Murderer – The Tale of Two Greats
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 ...
Road To The Pro’s: Micah Brakefield #3
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...
UFC 130 Results, Bonuses and Brock Lesnar Update
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.
Definite Drama For TUF 14: Coaches Mayhem and Bisping
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.
Redemption for TUF 7’s JT Money?
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...
Road To The Pro’s: Micah Brakefield #1
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.
Strikeforce Inception
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.
Fighting Ambition #6: My Motivation
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.
Fighting Ambition #5 – Mental Impasse
I want to tell everyone, that my fight is no longer in January and has been moved to the spring. I’ll either be fighting in March or April. That is up to Battlefield and my coaches. The reason the fight was moved was for documentary production reasons, but really it is a blessing in disguise. It ...
Fighting Ambition #4 – Groin Pain
January 15th is the date. That is when I will be stepping into the cage for the very first time. A special thank you goes to Jay Golshani and the Battlefield Fight League. They will be having BattlefieldFL 5 at the River Rock Casino on January 15th and I am stoked to be a part of it.
Fighting Ambition #3 – Renewal
With a new haircut I continued my MMA journey. I walked into a barber shop in Port Moody and had my hair shaved off. They used a number two and it felt good. Why did I do it? I really don’t know. My hair was damaged due to the amount of sweat, and honestly, I was tired of dealing with it. It was ...
Fighting Ambition Blog #1
A few months back an idea was born. I thought wouldn’t it be cool to take an average Joe who loves the sport of MMA and give him six months to train in the sport and put him in a cage to fight. What we (mmasucka.com) thought would be cool is to document it. We found a hungry production team in Va...