Archive for April, 2007
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. Shields is [...]
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 [...]
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.
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, 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.
Josh Hill has an excellent post with videos of the training that the actors had to undergo for the filming of Frank Miller’s movie 300. They worked out using kettlebells and bodyweight exercise training for performance rather than solely for physiques.
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 was [...]
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 [...]