Archive for January, 2009

The Fight Nerd takes on the Lauzon Bros.
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The Fight Nerd takes on the Lauzon Bros.

BY MATTHEW KAPLOWITZ In this video, I caught up with Joe and Dan Lauzon at the WCF 5 show in Massachusetts and discussed Dan’s upcoming match in Affliction 2, Joe’s next fight in the UFC, the real deal with the Lauzon and Florian rivalry and embarrassing childhood stories. PLUS how to throw a superman punch!

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The First ADCC Israeli Trials and the Middle East Crisis
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The First ADCC Israeli Trials and the Middle East Crisis

BY EDDIE GOLDMAN There is little more distressing news these days than the reports from Gaza and Israel. The bombs continue to drop, the blood continues to flow, and the end of this latest phase of this age-old conflict seems nowhere in sight. Such events, understandably, tend to harden the positions of those on both [...]

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Fight Results: New Breed Fighters
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Fight Results: New Breed Fighters

BY JOHN MOODY John Moody, of tristatefighter.com, attended the “New Breed Fighters” amateur MMA show on November 26, 2008 at the House of Blues at the Showboat in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  John has thoroughly included official weights, results, and medical suspensions for us. Tomo Popovic , who was on the card, was suspended 30 [...]

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Pete Sell’s Drop To 170lb: Inside The Diet

BY JOHN MOODY John Moody from Tristatefighter.com talked with Pete Sell of Team Serra-Longo on Long Island before his fight on October 25th at UFC 90 in Chicago Vs. Josh Burkman.  Sell (7-4) hoped for a big win after a close loss to Nate Quarry at UFC Fight Night 11.  This was Sell’s first fight [...]

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Serra Puts Down The Pasta To Talk Weight Loss, Bum Elbows, And Matt Hughes

BY JOHN MOODY John Moody from tristatefighter.com spent some quality time with Matt Serra recently and talked a bit his bum elbow and the big showdown with Matt Hughes. It was for NBCSports.com and their MMA Fight Weekly show. http://www.tristatefighter.com/video-serra-puts-down-the-pasta-to-talk-weight-loss-bum-elbows-and-matt-hughes Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

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USFL War in the Woods 5 results
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USFL War in the Woods 5 results

BY JOE BURNS This past Saturday, the United States Fight League threw their fifth installment of their War in the Woods series at Fox Woods Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut. War in the Woods 5 featured the finale taping of Oleg Toktarov’s reality television show, “Back on Track”. The main event was a war between Marc [...]

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A DREAM Trip to Japan, part 1
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A DREAM Trip to Japan, part 1

BY MATTHEW KAPLOWITZ Here is a preview of Part 1 of my story in the current issue of MMA Worldwide (issue #12 with Rashad Evans on the cover), entitled “A DREAM Trip.” You can check out a ton of pics that were not used from the events I went to in the photo gallery section. [...]

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Quick Hits With Dan Lauzon
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Quick Hits With Dan Lauzon

BY JOE BURNS I recently caught up with Dan Lauzon before his big fight on the World Championship Fighting card on Friday night against Justin Hammersturm. Dan discussed training with his brother and a host of other topics. (Click here to read more) JB: How did you get your start in MMA? DL: I got [...]

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Video footage from the NYSAC hearing on MMA

BY MATTHEW KAPLOWITZ Exclusive video footage from the New York State Athletic Commision roundtable discussion on mixed martial arts from November 12, 2008. Excuse the shakiness, it was shot on a kodak easyshare camera. The full two hour hearing is now in the audio section of the site as well!

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Welcome to TheFightNerd.com!

Welcome to the home of The Fight Nerd and his bespectacled cohorts! This is the first official post on this site and you can expect many more on a constant basis. For now while we build up, check out the vast photo gallery and video section to start with, as well as some of the [...]

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