Featured, UFC
Former UFC Champion Frank Shamrock Inspires Professional Athlete
John Quinlan who is a bodybuilder, wrestler, and sports model who is getting ready to compete in teh Jay Cutler classis shows you how to train so that you will look like a MMA fighter. Click here to check out this article, you won't want to miss it!
Featured, Training
How To Explode Your Striking Game!
Every mixed martial arts fight begins on the feet so it’s a wonder why more fighters don’t develop devastating striking skills and look to lay their opponent out. Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of guys out there that have average to above average striking skills, but for all those guys there are twice [...]
Featured, TaeKwonDo
Does Taekwondo Work In A Street Fight?
I am sure you’ve heard it time and time, “Taekwondo (check out uniforms) doesn’t work in a street fight”. There are certain situations that I tend to agree however I think as long as you understand the short comings of it then you can utilize it like any other martial arts for self defense. The [...]
Featured, Training
How To Look Like An MMA Fighter (with example training routine)
By Jillian Bullock With summer fast upon us, many guys, who are not MMA fighters, definitely want to look like they are. They have no interest in stepping inside a ring or cage, but to emulate the strength, power and shape of a mixed martial artist is ideal for many men. But how does one [...]
Featured, UFC
Should Steroids Be Legalized in MMA?
By Jillian Bullock What do MMA fighters Tim Sylvia, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Mo “King Mo” Lawal, Sean Sherk, Josh Barnett, Cris “Cyborg” Santos, and several other fighters have in common? All of them have tested positive to using illegal performance enhancement drugs (PEDs) at some time during their fighting career. Once fighters are caught and [...]
News
The Grapplers Are Coming…
Over at Cagewriter MMA writer Maggie Hendricks wrote an interesting article about 5 All-American wrestlers who COULD be awesome in the cage. At the very least they would be excellent grapplers when compared to the average UFC fighter. Okay guys settle down… These guys have been working towards Olympic golds since they were 2 or [...] Continue Reading
Training
Marines Due Away With “Tough Man” Style Fighting
The Marines like the skills and abilities that MMA has to offer their soldiers. However, with the explosion in popularity and increase in numbers involved in MMA style fighting and training so have the injuries. The Marines realize that they can’t just let the soldiers have a “free reign” to the tournaments and competitions they setup so [...] Continue Reading
Self Defense
Hidden Past of Dim Mak & Pressure Points
Like we mentioned in our last article about Dim Mak, “Introduction to the Art of Dim Mak” the history of Dim Mak is shrouded in tale and tradition. What is amazing is that it wasn’t like todya’s martial arts where anyone who pays for classes or sessions gets to learn a martial arts like; Kung [...] Continue Reading
Training
How to Combat Aging in Mixed Martial Arts
Guest Post by: Tom Demers Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA, has become a popular way to develop a variety of skills necessary to overcome an opponent. At the same time, MMA can be a good source of regular exercise that works the core muscle groups. Strength and agility are required to stay at the top [...] Continue Reading
UFC
Nick Diaz: Is He The Most Overrated Fighter in MMA?
Mixed Martial Arts is just like other sports business; full of hype and all about making money. Some fighters in the UFC are all about the hype, the smack talk, and either can or can’t back it up. Nick Diaz just happens to be one of those fighters who is all about the talk, but [...] Continue Reading
Questions & Answers
From Street Fighter To MMA Fighter
If you have a question you would like answered you can submit it in the form below. Question: “I wanna become a mma fighter no experience just street fight a month at hukckubas next generation mma in Sacramento CA til it was shut down with no prior notice. Very determined I’m 23 I train 3 [...] Continue Reading
Training
Ronda Rousey vs Miesha Tate On March 3, 2012
Biggest Women’s MMA Match in the Last 3 Years On March 3, 2012, one of the biggest women’s Mixed Martial Arts match ups will take place when Strikeforce Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate is set to defend her title against Olympic Bronze Medalist in Judo and rising MMA star Ronda Rousey. This fight is going to [...] Continue Reading
News
Steroids Fill The UFC MMA News
Over the past 5 years it seems that the use of steroids by the fighters in the UFC & MMA has exploded in the news. Maybe this is because more fighters are actually using steroids or maybe it is the fact that MMA has grown so much in popularity that fans actually hear about it [...] Continue Reading
UFC
MMA Fight Predictions: Jake Shields vs Yoshihiro Akiyama
Jake Shields went 21 fights without losing before he challenged George St. Pierre for the UFC welterweight title. No he hasn’t won in his last two fights. But in that incredible streak, besides beating quality guys from a higher wieght class like Yushin Okami, Dan Henderson, and Robbie Lawlor, Jake was able to beat the [...] Continue Reading
News
Fighting To Keep MMA & Cage Fighting Legal
The state of Wisconsin is in the midst of a big fight, however this fight is outside the cage. It is amazing how many states in the U.S. are still fighting to legally have MMA in their towns and states. When we as a nation have so much more on our plate why are we [...] Continue Reading
