Recently Fedor turned 34 years old and on his birthday he agreed to a rare one on one video for Russian TV reflecting on his career, faith, and family. It is rare to see Fedor give such candid, one...
We have been hearing chatter for some time now about Paul Heyman making a move into MMA. It is clear Heyman believes that pro-wrestling's best days are behind it and that its fans have transitioned...
On Monday's MMA Hour, Ariel Helwani was hosting Eddie Alvarez over the phone and tied Strikeforce CEO, Scott Coker, in for a confrontation over setting up a fight with Gilbert Melendez. If you...
A few weeks back I wrote a short profile on Ben Edwards that can be read here. I had high hopes for the hard hitting Aussie upsetting Reem going into this weekend's event. Reem is my personal MMA/K...
I'm excited about K-1 this weekend. I love the model of the tournament, the unpredictability, the unique match ups. I miss seeing them take the big stage in MMA. The tournaments of the Wild West...
Saturday night was a disaster on so many different levels. It has been covered ad nauseam here and elsewhere so I won't spend any more time on how and why it was so bad. What I do want to...
Strikeforce:Houston turned out to once again show the ineptness of the organization's overall marketing. The show was built around three fan-friendly and marketable fighters that the company was...
It seems that every time an article is dropped about Barnett possibly fighting Fedor there is someone on the blog who is ready to drop the old line of "He'll fight Barnett that three time cheater...
Right now, I feel awful. I have one of the worst cases of the flu I have ever had in my adult life. If you are the kind of person who gets flu shots, don't wait, this year's version is brutal. When...
A few years back I had a wonderful opportunity to spend time working in the South Pacific islands, mostly Hawaii. Let me tell you, it is hard to work when you have all that beauty around you. The...
Alistair Overeem has put MMA on hold and is dedicated to K-1 this fall. He wants to be the first to hold both the K-1 GP World Championship and an MMA Heavyweight championship at the same time. He...
Some of you might have heard of a YouTube blogger named Bloodstain Lane. I hadn't until recently. But, apparently Bas Boon and Alistair Overeem have. It seems that one of the recent entries from...
Alistair Overeem had this to say about Fedor's recent challenge: "About the fight I can be short; The fight is definite. I've waited long enough for Fedor, [he] did not answer so now I do K-1....
The other day Coker discussed Fedor fighting Bigfoot next. I was very skeptical that this would be his next fight. Now, Finkelstein is saying that Fedor's next fight will likely take place in...
Scott Coker is going to book Antonio Silva to meet Overeem in October. Some might think this is just fodder for Overeem till things work out with Werdum, Fedor, and M-1. It would seem that Silva...
Bobby Lashley has high hopes. At the press conference for Strikeforce: Houston Bobby spoke of his lofty aspirations: "Before, I didn't know where my level was, but I've been training with ...
I don't quite understand how Cain, or even Carwin, jumped ahead of Junior. Junior has faced much more difficult competition and he has finished them all, but one, decisively. He has never had a...