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“Be passionate. Be optimistic. Be grateful.” – Conor McGregor Grateful is what I am. This review has been a long time coming — not just long, it’s damn overdue. Brett Cooper who owns and operates BC Kimonos was nice enough to ship me one of their CompV3 White Gi’s to test out and give you guys […]
Submission Series Pro takes over the Bella Rose Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Saturday for ‘The Takeover.’ In the main event, San Diego’s Marcus Liera Jr. takes on the Marcelo Garcia product Marcos Tinoco. Black Belt’s Andris Brunovskis and Josh Wincey do battle in the evening’s co-main event...
Video: Ronda Rousey and B.J. Penn roll at Art of Jiu-Jitsu Former UFC champion B.J. Penn threw on the Gi at the Art of Jiu-Jitsu academy in Costa Mesa, California to spar against current women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey. Check out the video below, courtesy of Roots of Fight. Video: Rond...
For any fighter, going into a new territory expecting the unexpected can be an overwhelming prospect. It feels lonely. It feels like life, in a way, is at the heart of an impasse. Suffice to say, it takes heaps of confidence, courage, responsibility and a whole lot of passion to follow your dream...
One Stop Shop: weekly round up – 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu and More Christmas is coming early because I ran out of excuses for skipping this week’s edition of the weekly round up, so I’m going to make this one a gooder! This week we have teammate vs. teammate, 27 time BJJ world champion vs. UFC […]
On Saturday former UFC lightweight champion and current featherweight fighter Frankie “The Answer” Edgar received his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt. Frankie Edgar receives BJJ black belt from Ricardo Almeida Edgar (16-4-1) has been fighting for the UFC since February 2007 and has been not only t...
The final fight card is in for Saturday’s Ultimate Beatdown 13: Road to Glory event, which is set to take place at the KSL City Mall Hotel & Resort in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Officials announced the match-ups via Facebook. Final fight card for Ultimate Beatdown 13, tourney format kicks off Ultimat...
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners from all over the Lower Mainland (British Columbia) made their way to Gravity BJJ in Surrey, BC in an attempt to beat up cancer one submission at a time. The month of November is known by many these days as “Movember”, so Gravity BJJ owners Logan Lidemark and Sof...
Ultimate Beatdown has been a spectacle in the Asian MMA scene since 2011, showcasing twelve events to date in Malaysia. The promotion is known to showcase a wide array of Martial Arts practices in its installments, most notably Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts con...
After a long day of travel (where we almost missed our connection in Seattle) we arrived safely in Japan. The flight was good, but very tough…sitting around for 16 hours of travel when you can’t eat really sucks. We were a little confused coming off the plane, with no real plan of attack for gett...
Hey guys, my friend Jeremy Brand at MMASucka asked me to do a little write up about my upcoming trip to the Asian Open 2013. I’m just under one week out from my flight, and a little over 3 days left till the tournament. For me that leave’s until next Tuesday to train hard; with […]
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza has been talked about for various reasons over the past few years. His showing in Strikeforce is a reference to the skills he has amassed as a mixed martial arts fighter. He compiled a record of 7-1, only losing to Luke Rockhold in a middleweight title match. Prior to that,...
Asia has been producing heaps of MMA talents over the past decade or so, with several fighters carrying on to accomplish remarkable feats within the industry. And one such combatant who has been tipped to follow in their footsteps is none other than Phuket Top Team’s Yang Seung Ho (6-0). Tommy Ya...
Good evening, fight fans! It’s Monday, so that means it’s time to check in from the Graveyard Shift! UFC 159 has gone down, curses came to the fore, and kinda-sorta “I guess he’s…” good triumphed over self-proclaimed bad! So, now that I’ve seen all the commentary, Fightmetric results, and what-ha...
Known to many as the pioneer of Pakistani MMA, Bashir Ahmad (2-0) recently made a triumphant promotional debut at ONE FC 8: Kings & Champions – scoring a Unanimous Decision victory over Thai prospect, Shannon Wiratchai. The Singaporean audience gave a standing ovation to both fighters after the b...
The MMASucka.com crew caught up with Caio during his seminar this weekend in Surrey, BC to talk about his BJJ career, fighting bigger opponents, and if MMA is in the cards for him in the future.