Tag: Mixed

Wrestling: The Perfect Base for a Mixed Martial Artist?

History
The UFC originally started as a tournament to determine, of all the fighting styles in the world, which was most effective. To do this, the tournament consisted of masters of different fighting styles and matched them against each other.
UFC 1 …

History
The UFC originally started as a tournament to determine, of all the fighting styles in the world, which was most effective. To do this, the tournament consisted of masters of different fighting styles and matched them against each other.
UFC 1 included Kickboxers, Wrestlers, Jiu Jitsu specialists and even a Sumo Wrestler (who didn’t seem to […]

UFC Betting

Wrestling: The Perfect Base for a Mixed Martial Artist?

UFC Veteran Shonie Carter Officially Retires from Mixed Martial Arts

Few fighters can say they’ve been around in almost every mixed martial arts promotion that matters in the span of their careers.
Everyone aspires to go to the UFC, to the WEC, to Bellator Fighting Championships, to King of the Cage and to a pleth…

Few fighters can say they’ve been around in almost every mixed martial arts promotion that matters in the span of their careers.
Everyone aspires to go to the UFC, to the WEC, to Bellator Fighting Championships, to King of the Cage and to a plethora of other promotions around the block that I won’t run down […]

UFC Betting

UFC Veteran Shonie Carter Officially Retires from Mixed Martial Arts

Brock Lesnar and the 10 Most Polarizing Fighters in Mixed Martial Arts

Picking a list of polarizing fighters is a bit tricky because you have to consider what everyone thinks of the fighter, not just what you think. In putting together the list it became clear that getting through this whole list without interjecting my p…

Picking a list of polarizing fighters is a bit tricky because you have to consider what everyone thinks of the fighter, not just what you think. In putting together the list it became clear that getting through this whole list without interjecting my personal feelings would be near impossible. With that said, I expect that […]

UFC Betting

Brock Lesnar and the 10 Most Polarizing Fighters in Mixed Martial Arts

Iron Mike Tyson’s Tough Talk and What It Means To Mixed Martial Arts

Few guys know the fight game like former Heavyweight Boxing Champion “Iron” Mike Tyson.
He’s fought tough champions, he’s beaten tough champions, and he’s been beaten by tough champions in his own sport and has been widely…

Few guys know the fight game like former Heavyweight Boxing Champion “Iron” Mike Tyson.
He’s fought tough champions, he’s beaten tough champions, and he’s been beaten by tough champions in his own sport and has been widely revered for his knockouts to the point that, if you don’t focus on him biting off Evander Holyfield’s ear, […]

UFC Betting

Iron Mike Tyson’s Tough Talk and What It Means To Mixed Martial Arts

Mixed Martial Arts, Fighters Rights, and an Enforced Muhammad Ali Act?

For those who believe that a society and all its components are best understood through its economic system, we need to examine external regulation if we are to understand and predict future worker-employer relationships. This is true for any industry,…

For those who believe that a society and all its components are best understood through its economic system, we need to examine external regulation if we are to understand and predict future worker-employer relationships. This is true for any industry, sporting or otherwise, including mixed martial arts (MMA).
Those familiar with combat sports history know that […]

UFC Betting

Mixed Martial Arts, Fighters Rights, and an Enforced Muhammad Ali Act?

Death by Expedience: Is Mixed Martial Arts Growing Too Quickly?

For those of you who don’t really know me (that would be everyone by the way), let me just start by saying that you will be hard pressed to find anyone who loves the sport of Mixed Martial Arts more than myself.
Does that mean that I always belie…

For those of you who don’t really know me (that would be everyone by the way), let me just start by saying that you will be hard pressed to find anyone who loves the sport of Mixed Martial Arts more than myself.
Does that mean that I always believe everything that the UFC tells me to […]

UFC Betting

Death by Expedience: Is Mixed Martial Arts Growing Too Quickly?