While perusing the web for looking for the next MMA Rising Star, I came upon a TUF tryout tape of 24 year old Michael Hill and instantly had a feeling about him; call it mother’s intuition. This kid is going places. Mike was born and raised in Powell River on the southwestern coast of British [...]
Good evening Fight Nerd Fans! This is Jay “Smilin Jack” Jodoin live at the Mansfield, MA. Holiday Inn Grand Ball Room bringing the American Fight Organization’s “Night of Champions” to you all via liveblog commentary. I will be keeping you all updated as the night progresses! This is TheFightNerd.com’s first liveblog of an MMA show, and [...]
Looks like New York has a new spokesperson to help push MMA in New York, and it’s Frank Shamrock! Shamrock, who is in the process of moving to New York and filming a reality series called “Ungloved” all about the journey, has stepped up to the plate to help educate the masses and politicians about [...]
It was promised to Mark “The Machine” Hominick that if he were to win his bout against former teammate at Team Tompkins, and The Ultimate fighter 8 alumni George Roop, he would be granted his title shot against the current and premiere UFC featherweight kingpin Jose Aldo. Both men were coming off huge wins before [...]
According to Five Ounces of Pain, Tim Kennedy will not fight Jason “Mayhem” Miller on March 5, and instead will face rising middleweight star Luke Rockhold of American Kickboxing Academy. Kennedy and Miller met for the first time at Extreme Challenge 50 in 2003, where Kennedy won by decision. The pair met once more in [...]
If you are not wearing some form of pants while you are grappling, I feel very bad for your opponent. For those normal folks like us that in fact buy pants for training, these trousers serve two purposes – to feel like we are wearing nothing at all even though we are and to make [...]
Remember back in the day of some of the earlier mma events where all you use to see was those tiny little shorts that looked like underwear, I do. Jeff Sims here again and this time I am bringing you a review of some of the original vale tudo style shorts from Badboy. Be sure and [...]
By Jeff Sims I get asked a lot of questions about MMA equipment all the time. Things like,”What are the best shorts? Who makes the best gloves? What supplements should I use?” I have answers for all the questions, which I make available to readers like yourself such as my pieces on KNOXX Legionnaire [...]
So, everyone has gloves and shorts right??? Well, what about protection for those pearly whites? You don’t want to be that guy walking around with no teeth. Having cauliflower ear is cool, but not teeth… no way. Jeff Sims here again from www.mmagearadvice.com with another review. This time, I take a look at Jawwz custom mouthguards. [...]
MMA legend and former UFC lightweight champion, Jens Pulver, talks with The Fight Nerd about his clash with Diego Garijo at War on the Mainland on August 14, 2010 (the same event where Tim Sylvia will take on Paul Buentello, who we talked to last week). We discuss what will be different from in this [...]
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