brightcove.createExperiences(); Pete McCormack, director the new “I am Bruce Lee” documentary, spoke with The Fight Nerd recently about his latest film. McCormack, who also directed “Facing Ali” about Muhammad Ali, tells us about his inspiration for making this documentary about Lee, as well as why this film is different from the other ones out there [...]
It’s official. Boxing superstar Floyd “Money” Mayweather will return to the ring, step up in weight and challenge Four-Time, Three-Division World Champion Miguel Cotto for his WBA Super Welterweight World title in what will be an electrifying bout between two renowned ring kings. The event will take place on Saturday, May 5 at the MGM [...]
The Fight Nerd visited Progressive Martial Arts in Queens, NY, to try out a new product from Ring to Cage – specifically, their Body Protector vest. With the help of three of their fighters, we gave this piece of equipment the beating that it deserved in an effort to help you, the disconcerting consumer, to [...]
brightcove.createExperiences(); The Fight Nerd spoke with Shannon Lee, the daughter of the legendary Bruce Lee and head of the Bruce Lee Foundation. Shannon also stars in the new documentary about her father, “I am Bruce Lee,” made by Pete McCormack. We spoke with Shannon about the new film and why this one is so different [...]
brightcove.createExperiences(); The Fight Nerd was at New York Toy Fair 2012 this week, and got this exclusive interview with the owner of Round 5 MMA Action Figures, Damon Lau. The last time we spoke with Damon was way back at the 2010 UFC Fan Expo in Boston, and a lot has happened since then. Damon [...]
brightcove.createExperiences(); The Fight Nerd had a chance to speak with one of the pioneers of MMA and a man whose never-say-die attitude was most fondly remembered during his days in Pride FC, Gary Goodridge, hwo has just put out a new book. Written with help from Mark Dorsey, Gary is telling his tale to the [...]
brightcove.createExperiences(); The Fight Nerd spoke with Dr. Paul Bowman of Cardiff University to discuss his extremely fascinating book, “Theorizing Bruce Lee: Film-Fantasy-Fighting-Philosophy” . Dr. Bowman also appears prominently in the new documentary film by Pete McCormack, “I am Bruce Lee.” We spoke about the cultural importance of Bruce Lee from the 70′s to today and [...]
Our last bit of coverage from this weekend’s UFC on Fox 2 event in Chicago is this video from the post-fight press conference. Featuring Rashad Evans, Phil Davis, Chael Sonnen, Michael Bisping, Lavar Johnson, and Mike Russow, Fight Nerd reporter Hiroko Yamamura snuck in a few questions during this event to rep the site the [...]
brightcove.createExperiences(); Chael Sonnen put on quite the show at the UFC on Fox 2 press workouts, starting his routine by warming up with some fancy flips around the ring. Sonnen, who spoke with us earlier in the day about his fight at UFC on Fox 2 against Bisping, as well as his thoughts on Dan [...]
brightcove.createExperiences(); “The key to this fight is me fighting my fight. That’s what I’m focusing on. I’m not focusing on what he can do, but focusing on what I can do. That’s a mistake I started making a little while ago in my UFC career, I started worrying too much about what my opponent was [...]
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