Famed UFC & boxing cutman, Jacob “Stitch” Duran, talks with The Fight Nerd about his recently released autobiography. We discuss growing up as a child picking cotton in Planada, heading into the military and where he had his first experience with martial arts. We also talk about how he learned to be a cutman, what [...]
We all heard the news awhile back that former WWE Champion Dave Batista has left the world of pro wrestling to attempt a career in MMA with Strikeforce as his most probable home. Much hype has centered around who his first opponent could be, with most fans having an interest in seeing Batista battle another [...]
.TUF_embedded_video a .TUF_embedded_video a:hover TUF 1204: Sneak Peek UltimateFighter.com See More: TUF 12 • Georges St Pierre • Mike Tyson • Team GSP Another sneak peek at a new episode of “The Ultimate Fighter”. Following Michael Johnson’s victory over Aaron Wilkinson last week, this video features a special pep talk by Mike Tyson to Team [...]
At least, technically I made the cover, but not really at all. A few weekends ago I was in Mashantucket, Connecticut for King of the Cage: No Mercy, and was shooting my usual photo gallery for the website. Lo and behold, I get an e-mail from Lauren Ober of “Seven Days”, a magazine based out [...]
WWF Hall of famer Johnny Rodz has his pro wrestling school in the back of Gleason’s Gym, where we were at for our interview with Ron Sparks at their King of the Cage press event. I caught Rodz during all the hype-video recordings and got a chance to interview with old school grappler about his [...]
I like toys. I like blood. What happens when you combine those things? Bloody toys! On second thought, that sounds really weird. I don’t go around to blood banks dipping my figures in jars of blood, but I do like it when they look battle damaged. Round 5 has heard my pleas and on Damon [...]
One of our final pieces of coverage from that UFC Fan Expo in Boston not too long ago was an informative interview with Sal Carrillo. Carrillo was the organizer of the first MMA Symposium, which was held at Jillian’s right by Fenway Park, and featured speakers like Judge Sal D’amato, WEC champ Benson Henderson and [...]
One of the survivors of Pride FC who have continued to have a successful career is everyone’s favorite ear-drum exploding announcer, Lenne Hardt. Known to most fans as “Screaming Pride Lady”, Lenne Hardt has yelled her way into our hearts with her insane renditions of such names as “Antonio RRRRRRRRRodrigo Nogueirrrrraaaaa!” and “Ka-Zu-Shi Sak-oo-Ra-Baaaaaa!” But [...]
EA SPORTS MMA Designer Rocky Rivero breaks down every aspect of the EA SPORTS MMA demo, which will be released tomorrow morning, or Tuesday, September 28th, for those without a lunar calendar in arms reach. In a nutshell, the demo will feature four fighters for you to play as – Jake Shields and Jason “Mayhem” [...]
Let’s start this week off right and remind ourselves of something worse than Frank Mir VS Mirko “Crocop” Filipovic! You may be asking, “Fight Nerd, nothing is worse than three rounds of nothing capped off with Crocop headbutting Mir’s knee! Nothing!” Prepare to be corrected, loyal reader! Back in 2001, K-1 did some unusual Sumo [...]
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