From a Wooden Stilt House to Legendary Career: Sam-A’s Extraordinary Journey
Few stories in combat sports carry the weight of what Sam-A Gaiyanghadao has lived through to reach the top of Muay Thai.
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MMASucka Staff Picks ONE Fight Night 36: Middleweight Legend Aims To Retire With A Bang
From the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, ONE Championship presents its first offering to kick off October with a bang with ONE Fight Night 36. On the main card, former two-division champion Aung La N Sang and Zebaztian Kadestam square off as the headlining MMA bout of the night. Als...
ONE Fight Night 36: How To Watch and Full Bout Order
From the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, ONE Championship presents its first offering to kick off October with a bang with ONE Fight Night 36. On the main card, former two-division champion Aung La N Sang and Zebaztian Kadestam square off as the headlining MMA bout of the night. Als...
ONE Championship Returns July 31 for ONE: No Surrender
After two successful Hero Series shows, ONE Championship will officially be back on July 31. ONE: No Surrender will go down from Thailand. ONE Founder and CEO Chatri Sityodtong announced the event on Friday morning. BREAKING NEWS: ONE Championship is BACK! After a successful ONE Hero Series 13 an...
ONE Championship Planning Summer Return to Action
ONE Championship is on the verge of a big return. ONE CEO and Chairman Chatri Sityodtong is prepping the largest sports media property in Asia for a summer return per The Associated Press. No date or venue has been finalized, but Sityodtong is working with government and health officials in China...
Buakaw Village is More Than a Gym Inside the Jungle
Journey to Buakaw Village As our elongated metal tube trudged along Chotana Road, a busy highway in the Thai province of Chiang Mai, a thought dawned upon us. The street corners, billboards, and fluorescent lighting had changed to open rice fields, and an assortment of vibrant greenery. As this c...
Randy Patino Trained in Thailand Before Lights Out Championship Debut
Randy Patino is more well-practiced in many of the martial arts than you might expect of a 2-0 professional fighter. The Michigan welterweight has a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu base, won a Golden Gloves state championship in boxing and grew up doing Taekwondo. He recently added Muay Thai to his repertoir...
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai defends WBC title against Iran Diaz at ONE: KINGDOM OF HEROES
Reigning The Ring and WBC Super Flyweight World Champion, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai of Thailand will defend his title against challenger Iran “MagnifiKO” Diaz of Mexico. This will be the main event of ONE: Kingdom of Heroes on October 6, live from the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. Chatri Sityod...
Alex Pereira and Robin van Roosmalen defend titles at GLORY 55
Two Championship Fights Headline GLORY 55 New York From The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on July 20 Middleweight: Alex Pereira (c) vs. Yousri Belgaroui (No. 1) Featherweight: Robin van Roosmalen (c) vs. Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao ( No. 2) The world’s premier stand-up combat league returns...
MMA This Weekend (August 11 – 14)
By now, I think MMA fans have become privy to a UFC, Bellator or World Series of Fighting event on just about every single weekend. Sometimes, one or two of each. Of course we look towards those ‘big’ shows primarily, but almost every single weekend there are plenty of other fights and events wor...
Eye of the Storm MMA Podcast Ep. 43 – Jeremy “JBC” Kennedy
Another week, another edition of the Eye of the Storm MMA Podcast! With Christiaan Allaart still away, host Justin Pierrot sits down with “The Coyote’s” hand-picked replacement at Budo MMA, undefeated featherweight prospect Jeremy “JBC” Kennedy! On this episode, the two talk about Jeremy’s time t...
Jeremy Kennedy’s Team Quest Thailand Blog #7
Last month I got the chance to travel to Malaysia and corner my teammate Ping for his fight with ONE FC. It was a cool experience seeing another part of the world and see behind the scene of a world class event. It gave me the confidence that I believe that’s the kind of stage […]
Jeremy Kennedy’s Team Quest Thailand Blog #6
A lot has happened since my last blog. I had a very good camp leading up to my main event fight at BFL 32 (Battlefield Fight League) against Andre Da Silva. I was doing a lot of conditioning, drilling and small glove sparring –which I like to do a lot of close to my fights. […]
Helen Harper: Back to Familiar Territory, a Fresh Start
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...
Jeremy Kennedy’s Team Quest Thailand Blog #1
Through the next year I’m going to be living, training, and fighting in Chiang Mai, Thailand at Team Quest. I’ve decided to do a blog at the end of each month to keep everyone updated on how things are going over here. I am by no means a writer, but a Professional Mixed Martial Artist […]
DARE Fight Sports – The Million Dollar Tournament Episode 2: “Swamp vs. Lokomotiv”
DARE Fight Sports presented its tournament format in October last year and announced a hefty reward of a million dollars to the victor. Proceedings commenced at an event titled “Rebels of MMA”, which took place in the promotion’s home base of Bangkok, Thailand. Whiles glances were cast on the mai...