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Hire a Hero – www.hireahero.org

Just came across this website from the ProElite page. Hire A Hero helps connect people with a military background with military-friendly employers.
The MMA connection is that former Donald Trump Apprentice winner Kelly Perdew, a West Point Graduate and former military intelligence officer and now CEO of ProElite.com is looking for his own apprentice, but [...]

Randy Couture Xtreme Camp (from MMA.tv)

July 20 – 22 At Xtreme Couture MMA in Las Vegas Cost: $500 plus lodging Space is limited to 40 students
Spend a weekend in Las Vegas training with the Pros. You will learn from UFC Champion Randy “The Natural” Couture and Elite XC veteran Mike Pyle.
There will be [...]

Shamrock vs Baroni – Friday June 22nd
Enson Inoue Seminar – June 3rd

What: It will be a MMA Seminar with with me Enson Inoue When: Sunday June 3rd, 2007 Where: R1 Center (formerly rAw Training Center) in El Segundo, CA Time: 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Cost: $30 at the door cash only
Directions to r-1 Gym: http://www.r1gym.com/wst_page6.html

YouTube the place for MMA tips

Don’t know how this guy is able to post these videos or if he actually owns them but he shows clips of 1-2 different moves from some of the top MMA fighters and trainers.
I definitely recommend checking them out just for the sheer instructional value that you are getting for free. Trainers include Pat [...]

Jake Shields on Bodog Fight

I haven’t been too keen on the Bodog Fight stuff since I saw one of their specials on ION and was not that impressed with the caliber of the fighters. I think the new season has really stretched out more and got some bigger names and in this case it is Jake Shields. [...]

Marc Laimon and Cobra Kai JJ videos

Marc Laimon and his Cobra Kai JiuJitsu school in sunny Las Vegas is now online with fun webisodes including some mini tutorials and interviews with fighters. A lot of fight fans may recognize him from different seasons of SpikeTV’s The Ultimate Fighter show. In particular, this past season, Marc and Matt Serra got into a [...]

Tips for Beginners

GrappleArts – Building a Better Grappler has some good articles for people just starting out in learning the submission game.
Check out:
Beginning Grappling
Starting BJJ Classes
A lot of good tips on proper etiquette and things you will need as you start to train.

SI.com article on Chuck Liddel’s regimen for Rampage fight

Sport’s Illustrated has a very interesting article on Chuck Liddel’s workout in preparation for his title fight defense against Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, May 26 at UFC 71.
Interestingly, he acclimates to the later fight time by waking up at 11A.M. and going to bed at 2 to 3 P.M.

BJ Penn Online Tutorials

BJ Penn, former UFC Champion and Season 5 TUF coach, has some online tutorials at his website www.bjpenn.com on MMA training. It is all Flash-based, but hopefully in the future it might be downloadable to an iPod or something.

UFC 69: Upset For Canada

If you haven’t seen UFC 69 yet.. don’t read this blog and go search YouTube or something similar to catch highlights of the fight.
If you saw 69 then you know what the title is about. The only person who thought Matt Serra was going to win.. was Matt Serra. Personally, I thought GSP [...]

The Ultimate Fighter: Season 5 with Coaches Penn and Pulver – April 5th

The Ultimate Fighter: Season 5 is on Spike starting this week on April 5 at 10:00PM.
From TheUltimateFighter.tv: “Sixteen of the best up-and-coming mixed martial artists in the lightweight division (155lbs) from around the world will be featured in Season 5 of Spike TV’s hit original series, “The Ultimate Fighter,” premiering Thursday, April 5 at 10:00 [...]

The Ultimate Fighter – Season 6 – Welterweight Try-Outs

UFC’s The Ultimate Fighter season 6 welterweight fighter tryouts will be held at the Palms Hotel and Casino, Tuesday, April 10th beginning at 8am PT.
If you’d like to compete for a spot on the next season, fill out the application and send it to the address on the application. It must be postmarked no later [...]

Ken Shamrock’s Inside the Lion’s Den and Beyond the Lion’s Den

Ken Shamrock has two books out about his life and his team the Lion’s Den, Inside the Lion’s Den and Beyond the Lion’s Den.

A Fighter’s Heart by Sam Sheridan

In 1999, after a series of wildly adventurous jobs around the world, Sam Sheridan found himself in Australia, loaded with cash and intent on not working until he’d spent it all. It occurred to him that, without distractions, he could finally indulge a long-dormant obsession: fighting. Within a year, he was in Bangkok training with [...]

R.I.P. Eric Wray

I didn’t know him, but he trained in the SF Bay Area and everything I have heard about him made him sound like he was good for the sport.
Condolences to his girlfriend and family.  Rest In Peace.

MMA and me

I haven’t posted in a while and figured I would include some of what I like to do MMA-related in my free time.
I usually hang out online at MMA.tv – http://www.mma.tv – one of the biggest forums boards since the late 90s. It’s a good way to keep up with the sport while being [...]

Frank Shamrock vs Renzo Gracie on Showtime – Saturday 2/10/07

Check out Showtime’s website at www.sho.com for the fight time in your area. To learn more about the event and fighters, go to the EliteXC page at www.elitexc.com for pics and videos.

OTM Wiki

OnTheMat.com has a wiki page on its site for all things JJ and MMA. A wiki is an online encyclopedia that is run and maintained by the public.
Need to know a fighters bio? Check out the OTMWiki!
Want to know what a chicken wing is? Or a flying armbar? Check out [...]

Eddie Bravo’s Rubber Guard

I always hear about Eddie Bravo and his Rubber Guard on the forums.
PhysicalStrategies.blogspot.com plunged into the bowels of YouTube and found some clips of the Rubber Guard in action.

UFC Widget by Asymmetrik – for Apple Mac Users

posted on the MMA.tv forums:
Asymmetrik was kind enough to make a cool UFC widget that pulls info from the UFC’s RSS. It looks good and saves the hassle of actually going to the graphics heavy UFC website to view the latest news from the UFC.
http://geocities.com/asymmetrik/

MMA Product Reviews on LockFlow.com

It’s always hard to know how good an instructional DVD or a pair of shorts will be without trying it yourself.
Most MMA products can’t be found in more traditional websites like Amazon or eBay where the public can review them for you.
Luckily, LockFlow.com is willing to kickdown the cash to buy the products [...]

Which UFC fighter are you?

Another scientifically created quiz developed by the world’s top scientists in an underground lab in Geneva has come up with the most accurate way to determine which UFC fighter are you?
Using the latest in GPS tracking, Chinese herbal remedies, and 10 Kray supercomputers, it determined that I am Randy Couture.

MMA Holiday Specials

Found these deals around the ‘net. This is not an endorsement for any of these companies. So keep in mind “Buyer beware!” and hopefully you might find some good deals.
www.Sanda-MMA.com
For members of MMA.tv – holiday special which will be good until January 1, 2007 on ANY DVD they sell. Use code [...]